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What are the similarities and differences between the events leading to the great depression and the recession we are...

Sir Dent asked, " What are the similarities and differences between the events leading up to the Great Depression and the recession we are currently experiencing?" That's a great question. I have opinions...

52 comments    finance politics depression
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Preparing the Soil

Charles to the left and Richard to the right. "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was...

2 comments    god christian california
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Fast Food Spirituality: I'll Have a Law of Attraction with Fries Please!

Several months ago, I received an email from a friend which featured a link to a website for best-selling author Mike Dooley's Notes from the Universe. The pitch was that if you visited Mike's site you could...

57 comments    finance money religion
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Consumerism

Definition of Consumerism The movement seeking to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising, product guarantees, and improved safety standards ...

0 comments    money america economy
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Why is the customer always right when they are wrong?

I've worked at my share of places where the managers repeat how the customer is always right. But what about the incidents where they are wrong? I don't want to insult the intelligence of a customer, but...

0 comments    business marketing products
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Top 10 Global Concerns

I believe that the following Top 10 List of Global Concerns are vital in the 21st century...I choose this as NUMBER ONE, because it hits millions of individuals directly, every day of their lives. ...

30 comments    technology food politics
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10 Things That Make Me Proud To Be Indian, 10 That Make Me Sad

India, my wise friend wrote the other day, is a land of contrasts and contradictions. It is a land of peace and war, of love and hate and many other emotions. You can spend a lifetime and be none the wiser in...

42 comments    education india economy
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Less Is Best: Minimal Living For An Uncluttered Mind

Americans, by nature, are a gluttonous people. You can find our hoggishness on our bellies and in the piles of “stuff” that fill our homes. But all this stuff isn’t doing anything for our us. In fact,...

5 comments    money freedom mind
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american consumerism=shameful spending

I have never been a big fan of the pace at which technological advancements have accelerated and have thus made it impossible for most ordinary people to keep up. Obviously there are exceptions to...

0 comments    advertising commercial corporate
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Charlie and Danny say everything is OK as they wake up London

Charlie and Danny are waking up London and the world by making videos and interacting with shoppers and tourists and police and officials they meet in the capital of the UK. Charlie and Danny are calling...

16 comments    video videos truth
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