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No time to write about the ridiculous economics of this (or how bottled water is literally printing money on stolen paper) so I’ll just utilize the super effective powers of visual memes.
Quick story time: My uncle used to make fun of people that would come to his gas station only to complain about gas being $2.50 a gallon and then would go inside and pay $2 for a tiny bottle of Fiji… He’d say these idiots think that oil comes up out of the ground and makes it into their sports cars for free…
Just finished work for the day… at 2:05 am…
I haven’t been posting much here or anywhere and that’s because I’ve been working like a mule. I’ve been putting in 50 to 60 hours a week for a few months now but this last week has spiked up to 80 hours…
reblogging the hustle
Thanks! Although it feels more like struggle than hustle.
Just finished work for the day… at 2:05 am…
I haven’t been posting much here or anywhere and that’s because I’ve been working like a mule. I’ve been putting in 50 to 60 hours a week for a few months now but this last week has spiked up to 80 hours…
satans-advocate said: a 9mm? what kind?
A Ruger SR9.
WHERE ARE THE PICS HOMIE
I don’t like taking pictures of it.
The SR9 is a great choice. Did you get the sub-compact?
My wife just picked up the SR40.
“going Bulworth”
(via nedhepburn)
DO IT.
DO IT.
DO IT.
(via apoplecticskeptic)
Hmm, using Warren Beatty movies from the 90’s as inspiration seems like a bit of a shaky premise to me. Never mind that Bulworth was having an affair, right? Yeesh, doesn’t exactly conjure up images of Roosevelt’s fireside chats, but maybe if he just starts lighting up in public & makes a rap video, this whole “going Bulworth” strategy will have some legs. Then again, IT WAS A BEATTY MOVIE FROM THE 90’s!!! (via winstonwolfe)
I can only imagine what Obama’s REALLY thinking…
(via winstonwolfe)
In honor of Skylab’s anniversary, here is a documentary worth every second of your time. Educate yourself on the space race and private industry as it concerns us today.
Orphans of Apollo is (description provided by mirforpeace) …the extraordinary true story of a rebel group of entrepreneurs who seized command of the Russian Mir Space Station. It was the pioneering efforts of these brave, free marketeer buinessmen who launched the New Space Revolution, and kick-started the privatization of outer space as we know it today. This is the greatest story never told, and one film you are not supposed to see…
“Orphans of Apollo” is the award winning documentary that has been called the “greatest space story never told.” The film tells the extraordinary true story of a small group of entrepreneurs who felt, ‘orphaned’ by President Nixon’s decision to end the NASA Apollo Moon program and the subsequent years of nominal space activity. This band of brothers took matters into their own hands, and commandeered the Russian Mir Space Station, behind the backs of NASA and the US government. The rebellious, yet pioneering efforts has been credited with launching the new commercial Space Revolution. This is the remarkable untold story of the greatest secret in the new space race.
This dramatic tale chronicles the adventure of the boldest business plan the Earth has ever seen. ‘MirCorp’, the entrepreneurial company ’s vision to transform the Russian space station into an outpost for what was intended to be the first phase of a trillion dollar business. The project was to include mining of asteroids, gravity free laboratories, a space ‘hotel’, and a research facility. MirCorp was the ultimate start-up company, and unlike anything the universe had ever seen.
Join this band of rebels out to change the course of history in space, as they board a private jet, fly to Russia, negotiate one of the most remarkable business deals of the final frontier. Follow this diverse group as they pioneer their way through this new business of space. Listen to the management team as they struggle with issues of branding, finance, technology, and engage in the ultimate slugfest with the most powerful governments and bureaucrats.
Orphans of Apollo is an intimate and compelling epic which eloquently communicates the real origins of the private commercial new space revolution. Now for the first, and possibly the last, time, “Orphans of Apollo” combines archival material from original NASA film footage, Russian archival footage, personal footage, IMAX footage, with interviews and or footage with key players including Tom Clancy, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Rick Tumlinson, Walt Anderson, Gus Gardellini, Jeff Manber, and others. Available via Google, Amazon, Amazon Instant Video
I’ve only seen the trailer but judging by that, the history that I already know and the movie poster, this is probably the most Anarcho-Capitalistic space documentary of all time.
I try not to get political on IG but @omgitsdagz sent me this so I had to posy it up. #ronpaul
say what you want about anarchists at least we don’t make bad rap songs
That depends what counts as “Anarchist” and what counts as a “bad rap song”, though
That awkward moment when a mutualist acknowledges that value is subjective…
Boom.
Minimum Wage Business Realities
Why do some employers favor a raise in the minimum wage? Profit per employee plays a major role.
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Costco is doing what Amazon just did, trying to play an ignorant public to help make the market more hostile for their own competitors.
Costco would love for the minimum wage to go up to a point that’s higher than the average starting pay of their competitors but below the starting pay at Costco. It has zero impact on Costco’s business model but will severely hurt the bottom line of others, like Walmart or Target.
Costco plays this off as if they are trying to help the people, in reality, they are aiming to hurt or even shutdown their competition, and they want to do this not through better business models but through legislation that comes from misguided economical theory based solely on emotions.
Amazon did the same thing when it lobbied for an internet sales tax. Many people thought that, “Oh, it must be a legitimate tax if the biggest online retailer is lobbying for it!”. What these people didn’t realize is that Amazon is building local warehouses and would now have to pay local and state sales tax and they wanted the government to levy an Internet Sales Tax so that they could ensure that their competition, who don’t have local warehouses, would have to pay taxes just like Amazon.
No one is better at playing politics than the CEOs of giant corporations. Always remember that and take what they say with a cargo container of salt.
