(Part 3) Top products from r/offbeat

It so rare to find someone on reddit who is open to at least learning about a new idea. :)

If you want to learn more you can check out the FairTax.org website. There was also a book and a follow-up book written about it. Finally, you can check out the actual text of the proposed House bill.

Is the plan perfect? Nope, but there are no perfect plans when people are involved. I just think its better what we have right now and its the best idea I've seen to replace the current system.

There is a fantastic sci-fi/horror book trilogy about Morgellons and alien invasion by Scott Sigler. He captures the feeling of paranoia better than any book I've ever read.

This is a pretty cool book if you feel like your schooling has failed you in the science department. It's a very readable introduction to the basics of physics, chemistry, biology and astronomy.

A couple of books you may find interesting:

http://www.amazon.com/1421-Year-China-Discovered-America/dp/0061564893/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239643357&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239643315&sr=1-3

The second is quite a bit more academic than the first. The first having been written by a retired British Naval officer and the second by a researcher/academic writer.

Funny you should mention that. The only place I've ever seen this used is in Diaspora by Greg Egan. I thought he made it up. TIL.

The Modern Man's Guide to Life was the original, and is still essential for high school / college age men.

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Mans-Guide-Life/dp/0060961333

http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-History-Ancient-Egypt/dp/0192804588/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209908587&sr=8-1

The paperback is fabulous- At one point I bought a second copy by accident, simply because it was so inexpensive.

Relevant: Vampires, Burial, and Death. It's a book about the actual origins of vampire myths. TL;DR Sometimes corpses don't decay like you'd expect. And if a lot of people are dying in your village, and you've never heard of the germ theory of disease, vampires are a reasonable explanation.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Climb-Tragic-Ambitions-Everest/dp/0312206372

What really happened on Everest, with corroboration by all the other remaining climbers.

Look at these cars UpThaPunx! VRRRROOOOOM!

If you need to do school work, you should totally not read The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings.

We all have our quirks. One of mine happens to be this craziness.

People really need to read Flat Earth News, this stuff has been going on for years. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0099512688

I think when the National Review (through a guest columnist from The Hoover Institute) even asserts that there is a "rule or ruin" faction to the Republican Party then we might be on to something. Also, I'd reference Geoffrey Kabaservice's works on the decline of Republican moderates (and his book "Rule and Ruin") as evidence that we do have a core in at least one party that is abandoning compromise and is willing to see no action on issues as opposed to negotiated action.

To your point though, I think in the 60s and 70s, we had similar issues in the Democratic party.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373566/rule-or-ruin-faction-gop-thomas-sowell

http://www.amazon.com/Rule-Ruin-Moderation-Destruction-Development/dp/0199975515

I thought of the narrator from World War Z and after 40 questions he goes "You have defeated me!" or something like that. And now he's added, so all you guys can go find him if you want

Let's see if he finds Paul Redeker

...HEC's finest you are not sir, but for christ sake, pull your head out your ass.

You rationalised interest changes using supply and demand of debt, not knowing most debt isn't with banks and that rate changes are affected by the FLOW of debt, not with the STOCK of debt.

The 90% figure was pulled out your ass and then you changed it to be 90% of transactions instead of capital, which is irrelevant. That would imply buying US treasuries is speculative.

>Just because you can put a lot of industry lingo in your response doesn't mean you understand shit

Industry lingo, or as it is more commonly known economic understanding.

>I'm not answering your counter-arguments because they are superficial and ineffective

Solid premise there sir/madam.

>You never asked yourself what happens if the 700bn figure turns into 7 trillion or any other larger amount, did you?

No I didn't, but that wasn't the question... (also the answer is QE if your interested)

You have been defensive from the get go dude, you got called out, your knowledge was paper thin and you want sources for fundamental economic concepts? Seriously man, read a book.

Fine here is a source for you:

[Wendy Carlin, Macroeconomics: Imperfections, Institutions, and Policies] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198776225?keywords=wendy%20carlin&qid=1449615248&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2)

Wendy was my thesis advisor at UCL, but i'm sure your casual knowledge will always be good for you.

You just lowered my wonderful opinion of france's education system.