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The study is seriously flawed. There is nothing that smells like bacon, it is a category all of it's own. I'll bet it wasn't peer reviewed, was it....
They forgot bacon
It might seem that the range of scents humans can detect is infinite, but scientists have managed to sort them all into 10 basic categories, ranging from peppermint to pungent. The classifications are meant to be the olfactory equivalent of the five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and u...
I'm failing to understand one point here. If currency was 100% backed by gold (or silver, or some other commodity that doesn't have dramatic supply swings, or even a combination thereof), why would the price of those commdoities ever rise at all? Unless the CB decides to change the ratio, which they shouldn't be allowed to do, the price is fixed, isn't it?
I would further argue that we wouldn't, and shouldn't even need a CB if we were on a fixed commodity standard. The whole premise of a CB with people running them that think they are smart enough to manage the economy hasn't exactly worked out too well, has it.
From gold standard to CPI standard
Inflation targeting is a much better monetary policy than the gold standard. But that's not what this post is about. Is there any fundamental theoretical difference between how monetary policy worked under the gold standard and how monetary policy works today for a modern inflation-targeting cen...
A few years ago when we weren't making enough income, we were alloted 100 gallons from Citizens Energy.
http://www.citizensenergy.com/english/pages/OilHeatProgram
Not much mind you, but better than the alternative of freezing. The group is partnered with CITGO, which is in turn owned by none other than that 'axis of evil' country, Venezuela. I have to wonder just who the evil country is when our won is cutting out help and CITGO is still offering.
Unfortunately they ran out of the supply they were offerring last year by the end of January, so if anyone knows someone in the NE who needs help tell them to get the application in now!
Heating Help Cut for Poor in Northeast
according to the Associated Press, thousands of families across the Northeast are preparing to have one of the worst winters ever, because of a ice cold combination: rising fuel prices and government cuts. Congress is considering cutting $1 billion out of the Low Income Home Energy Assista...
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