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Never Trust a Scamming Beggar – Pictures and Video Evidence

by John P.

I KNOW you’ve been hassled by beggars about 100 times at least in your life. And nothing drives me crazier than people standing around begging. I absolutely NEVER give them money.

So, do you think that makes me an a-hole? Because I’m not. I’ve donated more to charity than most people will in a lifetime. What it makes me is not a sucker.
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The Global Economy: 10 Astounding Infographics Comparing Money Matters Around the World

June 18, 2011
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It goes without the saying that comparing wealth and spending in different countries is almost impossible: people work, earn and even spend differently – moreover, their ways of life and views can be too different to compare. However, we still try to compare because people move around the world and they want to know what [...]

The $0.99 Cent Effect

December 28, 2010
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Last night I went to pick up a few groceries to replace items for the week. While moving through the cereal aisle I saw a box of a generic brand of granola bars that I wouldn’t normally purchase. But the price had been reduced to $1.99, so I decided I would grab a box. Later [...]

Americans Spend More on Mother’s Day than the top 50 Poorest Nations Entire GDP

May 25, 2010

I found this fascinating. A few weeks ago we celebrated Mother’s Day here in the US, and when I was watching the news they reported that Americans will spend $2.5 Billion on jewelry, and another $3 Billion taking moms out to eat. And there was more money to be spent in other categories too ($Billions). [...]

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Airwaves – Why Economics Are Killing ‘Old Media’

November 9, 2009

For a long time now I’ve been hearing people predicting the death of traditional media (you know: television, radio, books and newspapers). “Old Media is dead! Long live New Media!” This is 50% crap, but it’s also 50% true. And since I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about this lately, let me see if [...]

Episode #13 | The Wealth Nation Bloopers – Volume 1!

October 22, 2009
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As I wrote over on the WealthNation.FM blog… Well, I guess they were bound to catch up to us sooner or later. Our supreme editor, Dave Moyer, has compiled the first ever set of Wealth Nation bloopers for your listening enjoyment. Now you can get a real listen “behind the scenes” to see what he [...]

An Open-Source Look at the Cost of WordCamp Dallas

July 13, 2009

I’ve had many people asking about what it takes to actually put together WordCamp Dallas, and there have been a lot of questions specifically involving the costs associated with the event. I’ve been hesitant to share all the details up to this point for a variety of reasons including: Confidentiality for our event sponsors. No [...]

My $2,550 Routine Doctor Exam – WTF?!?

April 27, 2009

Folks, a few weeks ago I went to the doctor to get a physical. Nothing special whatsoever. Just a routine annual physical. It was a two part visit. The first time I went they took blood to run the normal tests (I’m healthy). Then I went a few days later to see the doctor and [...]

SEDO’s Domain Brokerage Service SCREWS Me!

March 27, 2009

Folks, I’m here to share a story with you that I can hardly believe occurred. It’s the story of a major violation of trust between myself and a company we hired to specifically represent us as the buyer’s broker in a purchase transaction. That company is SEDO, and this story is, well judge for yourself… [...]

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