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Dirty Money

I don't usually carry hardly any cash in my wallet, but last night we had a birthday party at a club for my wife. I don't drink anymore, but I had a wad of cash in my pockets for drinks and tips and whatnot. I was looking at it this mornin

5 years ago by clumsysilverdad, comments: 9, votes: 21, reward: $0.95

We live in the original paradise

Think about it briefly. Everything we know. Everything we see. Everything that has come before us. All the biological knowledge. All the physical manifestations. All the ecological cycles that have balanced and rebalanced over eons. The

5 years ago by clumsysilverdad, comments: 4, votes: 23, reward: $0.39

Nobody likes that empty feeling. Be more on the blockchain.

In modern food science, where both the food and the consumer are victims, there is a term for the devious and vacuous nature of capitalist food models. It’s called vanishing caloric density. “If something melts down quickly, your brain thi

5 years ago by clumsysilverdad, comments: 0, votes: 43, reward: $1.13

Divide and Conquer; The Basics of Social Engineering

Venkatesh Rao, in his epic treaties on corporate and sociopathic culture via “The Gervais Principles” applied numerous theorems to investigate and dissect the manipulations and office dynamics that conspire to elevate the clueless and subord

5 years ago by clumsysilverdad, comments: 4, votes: 40, reward: $0.54

There's Gold in them thar Bills !

Growing up in the 80s we accepted as natural that the U.S. dollar was the world’s currency. I didn’t really know why, like everything else it seemed that the world wanted to adopt Western ways and that part of being a super

5 years ago by clumsysilverdad, comments: 10, votes: 45, reward: $1.96

Politics in America: Pardon the Narcissism

Every day on the news the same politicians bloviating and bloviating all over again about their own personal squabbles and wild goose chases distracting the populace for keeping their eyes and the prize. The same petty disp

5 years ago by clumsysilverdad, comments: 5, votes: 18, reward: $0.25

Ozark - The Endless Swamp (Season Two)

Ozark is many times a complex weaving of emotions. The story line is always fresh and edgy, with not only multiple character stories, but more importantly multiple subtexts for those characters. Most impressively the protagonists are const

5 years ago by clumsysilverdad, comments: 3, votes: 16, reward: $0.85

America's Rich at Thanksgiving: Pass the Gravy

Another year and more to give thanks for. But every year that portion of "more" is one that so many of us have and so many of us do not. As we share our family table and our family around us, we are defined by the landscapes we inhabit and

5 years ago by clumsysilverdad, comments: 5, votes: 18, reward: $0.60

1,000 U.S. Citizens Dead: Where's the War?

There’s going to be about 1,000 people dead in California before it’s all said and done… 100 confirmed already and about 900 missing. So, being that we are the goddamn United States, it’s time to start a war with someone. You know, you reme

5 years ago by clumsysilverdad, comments: 5, votes: 18, reward: $0.23