August 2011
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There is presently a short story that is a cross...
On Reddit today, The_Quiet_Earth asks:
Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus if I traveled back in time with a modern U.S. Marine infantry battalion or MEU?
Prufrock451 has responded/is responding with this incredible short story that is being written in real time. As I write this, the most recent entry is day 7, 10 minutes ago. Here is day 1:
DAY 1
The 35th...
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Why that scary "Money As Debt" movie on YouTube is...
If you don’t know, there’s a “documentary” on Youtube called Money As Debt, which purports to describe the way that the modern economy is doomed to, I don’t know, feudalism or something, because of fractional reserve banking and fiat money. It is nonsense, and here’s why.
The premise of the scaremongering is that fractional reserve banking is unsustainable....
lol look how long the Wikipedia article on Ron... →
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An interesting and frankly very compelling theory...
Bryan Caplain:
It’s easy to see why elite women find this inequality nettlesome. But isn’t the obvious explanation just that men have higher variance in general? This is easiest to prove for cognitive ability - see Garett Jones’ review of the evidence. But it also seems very plausible for interests and obsessiveness. Anyone can start a blog, but men are much more likely...
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A congratulatory note, and a polite request, to...
Dear Sean “The Fresh Prince” Bassi and the rest of you,
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Justine Franson for doing the right thing and resigning from her position as Director of Operations of the Kwantlen Student Association. While her motives for this action are unclear as she refuses to talk to the Runner or any other news outlet, I am choosing to take the...
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More KSA commentary: The most recent "Presidential...
The following “Presidential Update” was posted to kusa.ca on August 10th:
The allegations that the lawsuit against former directors is “frozen” or “paused” is [sic] inaccurate. On April 1, 2011 the Executive voted to change our general legal counsel. To avoid an appearance of conflict in the matter, on August 2, 2011 the Executive voted unanimously to reaffirm decisions of our...
I hate it when old people whine about younger...
“Without it [cursive handwriting] you lose the sense of having your thought process through your hand movements to create your language and thoughts to someone else,” says Michael Sull, a master penman in Spencerian script; past president of the International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting; and author of four books on handwriting including,...
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An open letter to president Sean "Birdman" Bassi...
Dear Sean “Birdman” Bassi,
In your most recent release on kusa.ca (link is to a screen capture, since your website seems to be having some reliability issues lately), you make the following claims:
The Director of Operations and the Director of Finance, respectively, understand the appearance of a possible conflict. Both have, and will continue to abstain from any decisions pertaining...
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For the benefit of journalists, investigators, and...
If you are trying to research the renewed KSA fraud scandal, but are disappointed to find that the Media Releases page of kusa.ca is mysteriously empty, fortunately the internet never forgets. Here are some of the documents that have been removed.
Part 1 of the PricewaterhouseCoopers forensic accounting report on the KSA circa 2006 (when they stole all that money).
Part 2 of the same report.
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Anonymous asked: What can I steal from my office to sell and make a bunch of money?
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An open letter to Justine Franson, and/or any...
Dear Justine Franson
You and I have never spoken before, and I’m not entirely sure how to reach you, but hopefully if I put this out to the internet, it will serendipitously find its way to you, like The Secret.
You probably already know this, but recent articles in the Runner are presently making you and the rest of the KSA look really, really bad. And I know there are plenty of other...
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The Liquidity Trap, as explained to a five year...
Here’s another post from /r/explainlikeimfive, which was selected to be part of The Five-Year-Old’s Guide To The Galaxy (honestly I am more proud of this than I ought to be).
The question is: Why can’t Japan just print money?
I understand how printing money can be bad because it leads to inflation. What I don’t understand is why, if it’s so easy to cause an...
