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Marketing Power – Alex from Target
An interesting social media phenomenon swept through twitter when a young employee from Target had his picture posted on Twitter and immediately began to get tens of thousands and now millions of view....
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Friday after Holiday Law
A friend of mine made the following post, in jest, on her Facebook page this morning and it’s got me thinking. I think it should be a law that if a holiday falls on a Thursday you just get Friday off...
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Parental Responsibility in Murderous Children – Thomas Gilbert
The last few days have brought us a tragic story in that a man named Tommy Gilbert murdered his father. I’ve been keeping up with the sad story somewhat peripherally but I read a new article on the...
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Stan Kroenke and the St. Louis Rams
Anyone who reads my blog with any regularity knows I’m from St. Louis, a huge sports fan, and holder of Rams season tickets. The big story around here the last few weeks involves the owner of the Rams...
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Illegal to Shovel Snow?
There’s an interesting little story in the news related to the blizzard that sort of wasn’t on the Eastern Seaboard this week. A couple of young men decided to go door-to-door soliciting their snow...
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The Krispy Kreme Klub
Today I take up the gauntlet of political correctness with a news story coming out of the United Kingdom and a Krispy Kreme story that ran a, shall we say interesting, promotion. A Krispy Kreme store...
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Cheating to Win – Kendall Schler at the St. Louis Marathon
I have several friends who run marathons and specifically St. Louis area marathons so when I saw a story about how a woman cheated to win this year’s GO! St. Louis Marathon I was intrigued. The story...
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Why Host Olympics and World Cup … Money
Hosting major international sporting events like the Olympics and the World Cup is an enormous money loser for the country that takes on the task. So why do countries bid for and apparently bribe...
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What is the Work Week?
There have been a number of stories in the news this week about something called the Work Week. We had Jeb Bush suggesting that people need to work more (he “clarified” suggesting he meant part-time...
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How to Succeed in Business – The American Way
I’ve been watching the rise of Donald Trump as a viable political candidate with some interest of late and I just saw a sound blip that I thought was very telling. At question was the fact that Trump...
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Sports and the Nature of Capitalism – Spieth vs Day
One of my favorite sporting events of the season is the PGA Championship; thanks in no small part to the enlightened view those in charge take as far as online viewers are concerned. This attitude...
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Phony Corporate Tax Dodgers Facebook Post
One of my friends shared a post from US Uncut’s Facebook page and because I’m not a friend of them I couldn’t comment. It made me angry so I’m going to write a blog instead of a comment. The image...
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$400 a Month Forever Student Loan
I went down to my corner bar the other night to watch my beloved St. Louis Cardinals play, eat a delicious burger, have a nice gin & tonic, and generally try to shake off my anti-social tendencies....
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Do not take Stelara if …
I do most of my television watching on the computer using Hulu, ESPN3, and other outlets. Lately I’ve seen a commercial for a drug called Stelara quite frequently. There is something in that commercial...
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Farmers’ Market as Example of Anarchy
I recently got into a somewhat cantankerous although not particularly angry or heated debate at my Libertarian website about why I was a Libertarian rather than an Anarchist. One of those who disagreed...
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U.S. Government Murders Phedras de Blondel
A prize Show Jumping horse was recently killed, dismembered, and it’s meat taken from a rural farm in Florida and it’s the United States Government’s fault. This will my third blog on this topic. I...
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Cybersquatting Los Angeles Ram Domain Name
As a fan of the former St. Louis Rams there’s an interesting case involving domain names that caught my attention. The team is moving from St. Louis to Los Angeles and their old domain name of...
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Advertisement, Outrage, or both? Terry Crouppen Superbowl Ad
It’s been a few days since the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers in the Superbowl but I wanted to take just a moment to discuss the commercial a fellow named Terry Crouppen paid to have...
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Kicked Out of a Bar for Being Eight
Once a month we have a company happy hour after work at the tavern downstairs in our building. We drink a few drinks, sing a few songs, eat some pizza, and have a nice time. The owner of the company...
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Chess and the Internet Live Update Controvery
I know the title of this blog isn’t too exciting but if you’ll put up with me for a moment I think I can show how a controversy that is roiling the chess world might well have a big impact on you. The...
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