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Ben St. Hilaire - Ex-bankers on pushing customers to rack up debt - CNN.com

Ben St. Hilaire — Sun, 2 Nov 2008 19:46:37 +0000

"I think we need a simple rule for the industry that caps interest rates at prime + X for some reasonable value of X (10% or 15% seem likely)." Interesting...I think this may be the first time in history we have actually agreed on anything relating to economics or politics. Although, looking at how big a chunk my low-interest federal student loans take out of my income as it is, prime + 10-15% still seems pretty steep. I can see how it makes good business sense for the lender, not sure it's quite enough of a boost to the borrower. But that's a difference of degree, not principle. Yes, I realize that post is about five weeks old. I just found your blog through Susuk's blog this morning. P.S. Howdy! How goes?

Ben St. Hilaire - Brilliant Counterterrorism Tactic

Ben St. Hilaire — Sun, 2 Nov 2008 19:36:52 +0000

I find myself wondering whether laundromats are common in Iraq...

Salman - Brilliant Counterterrorism Tactic

Salman — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:56:58 +0000

Truly a unique idea --- but the scale of the problem ("terrorism in the US") seems a bit too large for this to be a practical idea. Although I can see it being effective in specific neighborhoods of cities where intelligence already suspects there may be activity. In addition, it's pretty clear that the "sleeper agents" gain anonymity by avoiding technology in their daily operations, so i doubt they would be using a laundry service.

Tyler Willis - Amazing talk on structural issues with the military

Tyler Willis — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:01:12 +0000

Now that you're a blogger, you gotta start giving hat-tips to the people that share cool stuff with you! (www.tylerwillis.net)