I have been noticing the new Google+ tracking cookie popping up across the web as well. (I blocked it with Ghostery.) Not sure what it does, perhaps someone could explain?
Wrong. Your best bet for predictions is Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27.
Kyllo held that the use of a thermal imaging device from a public vantage point to monitor the radiation of heat from a person's home was a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and thus required a warrant. Because the police in this case did not have a warrant, the Court reversed Kyllo's conviction for growing marijuana.
Majority: Scalia, joined by Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
Dissent: Stevens, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy
Kyllo was a win for us, but you can bet Sotamayor and Kagan will follow Stevens lead, and Roberts and Alito will follow Rehnquist/Connor. We get the worst of both the "liberal" and "conservative" Justices.
... and thus a tool for the consolidation of wealth to those with the power to inflate, and the power to spend the newly inflated currency at pre-inflation prices.
So let's say the government can't inflate the currency or issue bonds. Let's say they can't tax either, because the same argument would be used.
Inflation hides the true cost of war by spreading out that cost over time and suffusing the cost throughout the economy. Wars should be paid for through taxes; that way the people experience the true cost of war closer to real time.
We have been financing the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq largely through inflation, but the American public has not yet felt the full brunt of that cost. But they will.
So many trackers on that web site, no? Why not link to the company itself, which seems to be in early stages.
Its like people make up topics that they know will get traffic and then load a web site site up with trackers.
Is that really a business model?
What "liberals" just don't get is that raising taxes does not necessarily mean raising revenue. California doesn't have revenue problem, it has a spending problem.
Basing mating choices on physical appearance is the product of a hundred million years of selective pressure. It is not shallow, but rather it is one of our deepest animal traits.
Since when did one relinquish their rights at the airport? -it wasn't always that way.
According to Originalists like Scalia and Thomas (who have been reliably most protective of 4th Amendment rights) , it has always been that way in the sense that persons have always had less of an expectation of privacy at ports.
Ahh, yes. Kyllo v. U.S. - one of my favorite cases.
To the extent that these devices were being used to observe individuals without a search warrant, any evidence discovered would not be admissible in court. The general rule (though IANAC[riminal]L) is that unless the technology is generally available to the public, then a search warrant is necessary to use it for evidence gathering purposes.
That doesn't negate the general invasion of privacy this technology poses, and each technology must be evaluated on its impact.
Deflation can certainly be attributed to the factors you have noted. There is no doubt that the drop in domestic demand is causing deflation, and giving the Fed and Treasury cover to inflate. The velocity of money is low.
However, inflation will eventually come when Treasuries lose value, as they must when the Fed is buying them by the hundreds of billions worth. (Buying our own debt? What could go wrong there?) When our overseas lenders stop buying Treasuries, and start selling them, inflationary pressures will come from outside the US.
Economic terrorism? The US is destroying its currency - literally stealing from productive Chinese savers through inflation. Who will the "terrists" be when the US dollar loses half its value and our Treasury bonds are junk?
Not every aspect, but look at the U.S. real estate market where the free market is bordering on non-existent. Tax policy, government "foreclosure prevention" programs, the fact that GSEs like Freddie and Fannie own upwards of 90% of the secondary mortgage market and, most of all, the artificially low interest rates created by the Fed, mean that nobody knows what the real, free market price of real estate is.
As someone who has voted (almost) strictly Libertarian line since he was 18, I was with you until you said "Barr." What happened to the Libertarian party that they nominated that guy?
Exactly. The third party vote (whatever your choice - Green, Libertarian, AIP, Reform, etc.) doesn't need to win - it just needs to prove itself a crucial swing vote.
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Inflation is when there is an increase in the money supply. Prices rise because the currency is weaker.
I do a fair amount of debt collection. Facebook is one my best sources for finding my deadbeats for service of process and wage garnishments.
Have you tried the Ghostery add on for Firefox? It does the trick.
I have been noticing the new Google+ tracking cookie popping up across the web as well. (I blocked it with Ghostery.) Not sure what it does, perhaps someone could explain?
Kyllo held that the use of a thermal imaging device from a public vantage point to monitor the radiation of heat from a person's home was a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and thus required a warrant. Because the police in this case did not have a warrant, the Court reversed Kyllo's conviction for growing marijuana.
Majority: Scalia, joined by Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
Dissent: Stevens, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy
Kyllo was a win for us, but you can bet Sotamayor and Kagan will follow Stevens lead, and Roberts and Alito will follow Rehnquist/Connor. We get the worst of both the "liberal" and "conservative" Justices.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States
http://mises.org/money.asp
... and thus a tool for the consolidation of wealth to those with the power to inflate, and the power to spend the newly inflated currency at pre-inflation prices.
Inflation hides the true cost of war by spreading out that cost over time and suffusing the cost throughout the economy. Wars should be paid for through taxes; that way the people experience the true cost of war closer to real time.
We have been financing the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq largely through inflation, but the American public has not yet felt the full brunt of that cost. But they will.
The argument is not that "printing" money creates wars but that it makes war easier to wage because wars can paid through inflation.
So many trackers on that web site, no? Why not link to the company itself, which seems to be in early stages. Its like people make up topics that they know will get traffic and then load a web site site up with trackers. Is that really a business model?
Oh wait, we are already doing that ...
You are assuming that US debt will remain attractive. That is a dubious proposition indeed.
States cannot declare bankruptcy! They can default on their obligations, but there is no statutory provision for a state to declare bankruptcy.
http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_tot_tax_bur-total-tax-burden-per-capita
What "liberals" just don't get is that raising taxes does not necessarily mean raising revenue. California doesn't have revenue problem, it has a spending problem.
Bankruptcy is a creature of statute. There is no statute by which a state can go bankrupt. We need a better term.
Basing mating choices on physical appearance is the product of a hundred million years of selective pressure. It is not shallow, but rather it is one of our deepest animal traits.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/luckycoyote.asp
According to Originalists like Scalia and Thomas (who have been reliably most protective of 4th Amendment rights) , it has always been that way in the sense that persons have always had less of an expectation of privacy at ports.
To the extent that these devices were being used to observe individuals without a search warrant, any evidence discovered would not be admissible in court. The general rule (though IANAC[riminal]L) is that unless the technology is generally available to the public, then a search warrant is necessary to use it for evidence gathering purposes.
That doesn't negate the general invasion of privacy this technology poses, and each technology must be evaluated on its impact.
Deflation can certainly be attributed to the factors you have noted. There is no doubt that the drop in domestic demand is causing deflation, and giving the Fed and Treasury cover to inflate. The velocity of money is low. However, inflation will eventually come when Treasuries lose value, as they must when the Fed is buying them by the hundreds of billions worth. (Buying our own debt? What could go wrong there?) When our overseas lenders stop buying Treasuries, and start selling them, inflationary pressures will come from outside the US.
And housing prices always go up, right? http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BASE
Economic terrorism? The US is destroying its currency - literally stealing from productive Chinese savers through inflation. Who will the "terrists" be when the US dollar loses half its value and our Treasury bonds are junk?
I call it corporatism.
As someone who has voted (almost) strictly Libertarian line since he was 18, I was with you until you said "Barr." What happened to the Libertarian party that they nominated that guy?
Exactly. The third party vote (whatever your choice - Green, Libertarian, AIP, Reform, etc.) doesn't need to win - it just needs to prove itself a crucial swing vote.