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    UNC capital needs underfunded

    I like this. We're supposed to believe this is all some unintentional, benign outcome ? There's nothing more to it than people like to hang out with others with similar stripes. Probably the main difference between state governments trying to impose some political loyalty test on university...
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    UNC capital needs underfunded

    FIFY.
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    Concert Goers

    Schmigadoon at the Nederlander Theater tonight. Since it won ‘Best Musical’ - I think that counts as a ‘concert’. It’s a lot of fun. I think you’d enjoy it. 👍👍👍
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    9-11

    My next door neighbor in the office was scheduled to meet a client for breakfast at the Windows on the World restaurant on 9 / 11. As it turned out he came down with a bad cold or flu the day before and cancelled the trip. Wow. In the past we would routinely take clients to Windows on the...
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    What are you reading?

    Finally finished trudging through the 2nd volume of Rick Atkinson's American Revolution trilogy. Volume 2 ends with Lafayette returning to Washington's army after a visit to France -- May 1780. Volume 3 isn't out yet. Atkinson has produced a comprehensive, detailed history of the...
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    Best Joke You’ve Heard Lately

    A brief history of economic thought .... from Luis Garicano: Adam Smith said a bunch of stuff that was mostly right. Marx said a bunch of stuff that was wrong. Keynes fixed some things up, messed some others. Then Lucas broke everything again. Now, we've got it all basically worked out...
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    Ads and Membership Levels

    Removing the ads just depends on whether BuckSanders and Greg Barnes like you or not. Perhaps you could try sucking up to the PTB more or maybe just be a bit more likable overall and get that taken care of.
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    Hey, Grandpa, What’s for Supper?

    Despite news headlines to the contrary, this might be a good, affordable alternative for dinner tonight.
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    Where Do You Get Your News?

    Here's your trivia from Barron's today ........... a) What was the first diet cola brought out by a major soft drink company ? b) Coca Cola eventually came up with - Tab. What was the comparable product brought out by Pepsi at the time ?
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    NY Yankees

    5 - 4 …. Dayum As if we needed another reason to hate the NY Yankees.
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    What are you reading?

    I'm halfway through the second volume of the (planned) trilogy by Rick Atkinson on the American Revolution. The third volume is yet to be published. Let me say -- reading about the American Revolution is tougher slog than many other areas of American or world history. 0 The Revolution...
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    Favorite ice cream flavor and brand.

    How about -- butter pecan (y) (y)
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    Where Do You Get Your News?

    It's mostly economic / financial news: The Wall Street Journal - on-line Washington Post - on-line Barron's - have read just about every Sunday for 40+ years ... kept up with it even after Alan Abelson retired. Various web sites ..... economics related .. not necessarily news: Marginal...
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    Stoicism and More!

    I have a well worn copy of The Daily Stoic in the file cabinet next to my desk. I think I'm in my fifth year of reading it from January - December. I don't read it a page or day at a time anymore. But I keep up with it every week or so. I also never the leave the house without my...
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    Stoicism and More!

    Lots of wisdom here. It's tough to always follow Stoicism’s precepts every day though.
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