November 5th money bomb Posted: 1 year ago by gammerus
Ron Paul supporters have created a grass roots campaign to raise money on November 5th. There are over 1300 videos on youtube dedicated to the subjects and many webpages too. This graph shows the total being raised on November 5th, and it is updated every other hour.
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Obama Vs Paul Posted: 1 year ago by gammerus
Never thought that would happen. Some of Obama's grass roots supporters are trying to replicate Ron Paul's fund raising success by raising 5mil in one day.
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Spending Godless Money Posted: 1 year ago by theamelianator
For more than 10 years, Mitchell Kahle has spent only Godless money. Here’s what he says, “Using a red pen or stamp, I mark a circle and slash over the word “God” on every bill that passes my way. When I make a withdrawal from the bank ATM, I immediately “de-God” each of the crisp new $20s.
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Zoo hopes to make money from poop Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A Florida zoo hopes to make money from the vast piles of poop released by elephants and other large animals by selling it as fertilizer.
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U.S. paper money discriminates against the blind Posted: 6 months ago by lpoindexter
A federal appeals court today upheld a 2006 ruling that U.S. paper money discriminates against the blind. The decision may force the Treasury Department to redesign the currency, which might result in bills that are different sizes or embossed with raised markings.
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Pope: financial crisis shows futility of money Posted: 1 month ago by 2manyusernames
Benedict says that "now with the collapse of big banks we see that money disappears, is nothing and all these things that appear real are in fact of secondary importance." He urges those who build their lives "only on things that are visible, such as success, career, money" to keep that in mind.
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Former WaMu execs raising money for workers losing stock, jobs Posted: 1 month ago by jhordie
Former Washington Mutual Chief Executive Lou Pepper is leading an effort to raise money for local employees hurt by the thrift's failure and subsequent sale to JPMorgan Chase.
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Chinese Internet addict kills mother over money Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
A teenage boy in southern China, "heavily addicted" to the Internet, killed his mother and severely injured his father with a kitchen knife after he was refused money to go to a cybercafe, state media said on Thursday.
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