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BetAgainstYou.com

There's a lot of idiots out there investing in the stock market. And here's the typical business model. You have these online brokerage houses, etrade.com, etc. who charge a flat $8 or so per transaction. That's how they make their money. Here's my idea. BetAgainstYou.com. No transaction charges. Invest for...

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Group-Sing

Have you ever been in a stadium setting where you have thousands of people singing, and it sounds pretty good? How is this possible? Most of these people aren't good, and yet the whole is much greater than the average of all its parts. There's something profound here. I just...

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Why Every President Sucks

(a continuation) #13. Millard Fillmore Always the political pragmatist, Millard Fillmore took office after the death of his predecessor, Zachary Taylor, and quickly ushered in the Compromise of 1850. While the goal of the act was to settle the slave controversy, the Fugitive Slave Act contained in the bill which...

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