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Tag Archives: History
Same as it ever was ; for “Fowler”, read “Webb”
It was a shame Steve Webb wasn’t at last night’s excellent witness seminar on “Thatcher’s Pensions reforms”. He would have made an able replacement for Norman Fowler who has been in bed all week with a Lergi (get well … Continue reading
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The Facebook timeline – a teenage diary.
Facebook gives kids the space to learn who they are without the intrusion of unwanted authority. Parents, teachers, coaches and big brothers take note Continue reading
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Posted in Facebook, social media, twitter
Tagged Business Insider, Facebook, Facebook features, FacebookTimeline, History, Online Communities, Social network, Timeline
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How the banks try to f*ck us – and how we deal with them
It’s Sunday morning and I am reading a poem written around 1936 by Ezra Pound. It is about Usury , in this context the bad practice of the Medici Bank which Pound claimed screwed up the great artistic achievements of medieval … Continue reading
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Posted in economics, ezra pound, Fiduciary Management, Financial Education, Fred Goodwin, governance, happiness, pensions, poetry, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Duccio, ezra pound, History, Medici Bank, Pietro Lombardo, Pisa, poetry, Usury
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From aubergines to Amazon- the unstoppable Vivi Friedgut
I had been hoping to make an Amazon bulk purchase of Vivi Friedgut’s book “Money Smarter- a Family Guide” but have been frustrated by the book’s being virtually sold out. It’s turning into a phenomenon and is on the verge of breaking into Amazon’s top … Continue reading
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Occupiers- what’s your big idea?
Stands genius a deathless adornment,
a name not to be worn out with the years. Continue reading
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Posted in Bankers, Church of England, ezra pound, Occupy London
Tagged Canto, Duccio, History, Medici, Middle Ages, Pietro Lombardo, Sextus Propertius, U.S.U.R.A., United States, Venice, World view
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Seafaring
My mood ‘mid the mere-flood,
Over the whale’s acre, would wander wide Continue reading
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Posted in ezra pound, poetry
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Earth Sciences, ezra pound, Health, History, Iceland, International Maritime Bureau, On-base percentage, pension, Philippine, poetry, Seafarer, seafaring, William Laud
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Well you’ve got to laugh..Cameron, Fogarty, Mourinho, me..
Posted in ezra pound, Facebook, pension playpen, pensions, twitter
Tagged Angela Eagle, BBC Radio 5 Live, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Cameron, Ed Balls, ezra pound, Facebook, Grosvenor House Hotel, History, Humour, Laughter, Nicky Campbell, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Prime Minister's Questions, Shelagh Fogarty, Society, twitter
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