As I was working developing a website and blog for a friend’s business, something occurred to me. It was just a minor observation, but one that got me thinking and you might find it interesting. It is something that has probably, at least fleetingly, come to the mind of everyone who keeps a blog – [...]
Yesterday’s post was some railing against greedy artists who imagine that the copyright law gives them some right to force others to pay them undue tribute. I admit, this stuff pisses me off. I do realize, however, that many people are simply ignorant of the principles behind copyright and patent law and have no means [...]
After yesterday’s internet black out, I realized that more clarification is needed about the “copyright” part of the so-called “intellectual property.” Why the quotes? Well, because the concepts are faulty and I frankly don’t want to give them any respect. I recently explained my views on patents in my open letter in response to Professor [...]
This is an election year and there are plenty of people who at this point realize that the US President is largely a figurehead, as are pretty much all the others, and who will tell you that it really doesn’t matter who is elected, the outcome, essentially speaking, is largely the same. The same, in [...]
As a timely follow up to my recent post Against Patents, I thought it might be appropriate to show an example of how the little sister of patent monopoly, copyright, is abused. One of the worst copyrighting ideas is the idea of licensing where you as an individual pay for something but you nevertheless don’t [...]
I am continuously working to improve the pages over at illumicharts.com. To that end, I have now added new permalink “about” pages that include some explanation about each chart and/or my views about it. Check out the one for the Dow/Gold Zoom. Since the first collection of charts that went up on ridethegoldbull.com a lot [...]
A few years ago I wrote a letter to the editor of Bioscience Hypotheses, a journal in which, shortly before, I had published an article speculating on the cause of Bee Colony Collapse. One of the reasons I chose that forum for my editorial was that it seemed to me (and it still does) that [...]
A friend of mine recently sent me an article regarding a possible breakthrough in the cause of Bee Colony Collapse (Zombie Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees, Yahoo News, January 4, 2012). Some of you may remember that back in 2009 a friend and I published a paper called Honey bee colony collapse disorder is possibly caused [...]
2012 has begun. You may be prepared for disaster, but are you prepared for good fortune?
The mass market paperback is dead and Winston Smith never dreamed how easy his job could be.
I thought this very well done video from the Corbett Report would make a good follow up to yesterday’s post The Marketing of Establishment Propaganda. James Corbett is an excellent reporter and I encourage anyone who hasn’t seen his work to check out his website and podcasts. He lists transcripts and sources for all his [...]
Okay, so the title of this post isn’t exactly correct. I’m not going to discuss the marketing of establishment propaganda per se. I am going to discuss one of the methods used to maintain it, however. Recently, a friend of mine, knowing that I run with an “alternative” crowd sent me a post by author [...]
The Generalist has a new look! Finally! Ok, ok, it took a little goading on the part of a friend of mine, but here it is. Do let me know if you encounter any problems. I will be tweaking as I discover little issues. Also, there will be new posts and articles coming soon, too!
In addition to the usual weekly updates of the Dow/Gold Zoom, How Low Dow, How Low Dow 70s, and Commercial Paper, there are a few new charts appearing on Illumicharts.com that will be updated on roughly a weekly basis. They are: How High Gold and How High Gold 2012 (about these charts) Dow Priced [...]
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