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Amanda tells me that our horse Tuscano has won 1st and 3rd in Prix St George at Palgrave! God he is a beautiful work of art. (Thank you Erin. Thank

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/mini-concepts-2011-08-15?imageNo=1#.Tk_LtHG4rok.facebookOK. I love Mini’s. …. Except for tacky, cheap, plastic interiors. And … except they’re in last place in quality ratings due to a need for frequent repairs. And ….

**Social status is the human currency. It has to be. If we didn’t pursue status humans couldn’t ‘calculate’ (in the heuristic sense) how to behave any more than they could

Dell is a better fit culturally for MSFT. But Dell has a strong server business. MSFT’s problem is laptops. Not Servers. ie:HP. Source date (UTC): 2011-08-19 15:38:08 UTC Original post:

Other than RIMM is a bad long term bet. Source date (UTC): 2011-08-19 15:35:57 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/104577349705662465 Reply addressees: @dkberman Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/103179245571940354 IN REPLY TO: Original post on

Am I slow: Why DOESN”T MSFT buy HP’s PC biz? Dell is a better fit. But why not HP? Source date (UTC): 2011-08-19 15:34:33 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/104576997321216000

RT @miguelcarrasco: It’s not HP to Apple: You Win. It’s actually HP to Microsoft: You win. They tried to go it alone, and fell flat on … Source date (UTC):

Author Glain States That A War Between US and China Is Inevitable http://www.capitalismv3.com/index.php/2011/08/author-glain-states-that-a-war-between-us-and-china-is-inevitable/ Source date (UTC): 2011-08-19 13:24:26 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/104544253266505728

Adam Ozimet quotes Felix Salmon when discussing why people pay for entry into a museum even if it’s free. But here’s the thing about freeloaders: if they value what they’re

http://www.capitalismv3.com/index.php/2011/08/author-glain-states-that-a-war-between-us-and-china-is-inevitable/A Criticism Of The Critics of Glain’s Proposition That The US Will Eventually Go To War With China Source date (UTC): 2011-08-19 09:24:00 UTC

http://www.capitalismv3.com/index.php/2011/08/whether-or-not-to-pay-for-free-museum-entry-as-an-example-of-status-acqusition/Understanding Status as similar to Prices in producing incentives, and relating it to current political trends – I respond to Felix Salmon via Adam Ozimek Source date (UTC): 2011-08-19 09:19:00

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/08/yes-virginia-us-back-in-deflation.htmlAaron Elder was right. I was sure we would intentionally inflate our way out. Source date (UTC): 2011-08-14 16:47:00 UTC

Emotions Are Universally A Reaction To Changes Property – An Austrian Criticism Of Immigration http://www.capitalismv3.com/index.php/2011/08/emotions-are-universally-a-reaction-to-changes-property-an-austrian-criticism-of-immigration/ Source date (UTC): 2011-08-13 20:01:04 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/102469738625646592

Karl Smith quotes Eli Dourado It is perhaps unsurprising that those who think they benefit from the current system wish to keep it. They trot out all kinds of practical-sounding

http://www.capitalismv3.com/index.php/2011/08/emotions-are-universally-a-reaction-to-changes-property-an-austrian-criticism-of-immigration/Karl Smith and Eli Dourado criticize conservatism by a convenient and simplistic ruse. I try to explain behavior to them. Source date (UTC): 2011-08-13 15:50:00 UTC

Why I grew a beard: Because I look like I’m twelve without it. Seriously. Source date (UTC): 2011-08-13 09:25:00 UTC

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904006104576504383685080762.htmlObamacare will now certainly go to the Supreme Court. The structure of Obamacare is meant to destroy the public system and drive us all to state run health care. I’m

http://www.capitalismv3.com/index.php/2011/08/author-glain-states-that-a-war-between-us-and-china-is-inevitable/Yes, I think it’s inevitable. And yes, within the next century. Source date (UTC): 2011-08-12 06:16:00 UTC

We have over 300 international studies that show that women are more violent, more often, in relationships than men. The evidence is overwhelming. (Why I have had to train every

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/dismal-thoughts/Missing the point. Source date (UTC): 2011-08-10 07:29:00 UTC