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  • No Taxes?

    Take Silicon Valley real estate mogul Jay Paul, who hauled in $354 million between 2007 and 2018. According to Forbes, he vaulted into the ranks of the multibillionaires in those years. Yet Paul paid taxes in only one of those years, thanks to losses of over $700 million. Then there’s the other Stephen Ross, the…

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  • Stephen M. Ross

    wiki — 83 years old. Having doubled his net worth since 2008, he paid no income taxes in the next decade utilizing the losses on the properties he owned.[4] Then there’s the other Stephen Ross, the big loser. That’s the one depicted on his tax returns. Though the developer brought in some $1.5 billion in…

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  • Who owns equinox, and who owns that company?

    Who’s Stephen Ross equinox Stephen M. Ross, born on May 10, 1940, is a prominent American real estate developer and the founder and chairman of The Related Companies. This firm is known for major projects like the Hudson Yards in Manhattan. In the sports world, he is recognized as the owner of the Miami Dolphins…

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  • Low Profile, High Output?

    Waking up super early in the morning, before the sun is out, I’m starting to have this interesting passion of going to Home Depot and just going to the artificial light section, and seeing all these super bright LED lights in real life?

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  • Looking at the real prices of things?

    To me, the reason why I find this so fascinating is because, ultimately, it is very empowering. If you know that you could simply buy the stuff yourself, you are not dependent on other people. This is great A new interest of mine; going to the source, going to Home Depot, and just looking at…

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  • BlackEagle Fund

    Not Blackstone, blackrock… Blackeagle? Invoking and evoking the notion of the fact that I am a Boy Scout Eagle Scout?

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  • Who owns Blackstone?

    Cornelius Vander Starr Dutch Cornelius Vander Starr was of Dutch ancestry. His father worked as a railroad engineer. This background likely influenced Starr’s early life and possibly contributed to his later entrepreneurial ventures. For more detailed information on his family background and early influences, you can refer to his Wikipedia page here. Cornelius Vander Starr,…

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  • WHY FAT IS BAD

    OK, some things: First and foremost, I do not promote fat shaming. This is not productive nor constructive. If you shame somebody for being fat, it actually has the opposite effect; they feel bad about themselves, eat more sugars starches and carbs, and actually become fatter. The funny thing is people look at me and…

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  • Marijuana, weed is bad for entrepreneurs

    Why am I so anti-marijuana and weed? It makes people lazy, unmotivated, fat. People who smoke weed get the weed munchies, and end up eating late late night McDonald’s or Jack-in-the-Box, or even worse Taco Bell… And get really fat. And let us not be fooled; yes, fat is bad. Anybody who says this new…

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  • Morning commute

    A funny morning commute; when you wake up have your coffee and feel good, just drive to the closest Home Depot, to walk around, think, do creative work? Wow — 40,000 posts and still going! Until 100,000 and beyond!

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  • Does Japan or Germany have a standing army

    As of 2024, Japan has significantly increased its defense budget and capabilities. The Japanese Cabinet approved a defense budget of 7.95 trillion yen ($55.9 billion) for fiscal year 2024, which is a 16.5% increase from the previous year. This increase is in response to what Tokyo describes as “the most severe and complex security environment…

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  • HOW THE JAPANESE ARE GOOD

    For example the new Lexus GX 550 — super cool, in this natural “earth” color. Japanese ethos: Kaizen — ever better, ever better until infinity and the end of time! Lexus is Toyota on steroids!

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  • WHY DO TESLA CARS LOOK SO CHEAP?

    I love Elon and Tesla, but if you truly critically look at Tesla cars up close and personal, they look insanely cheap. For example the paint. The paint lacks any real lustre, shine, or depth? Even the blizzard tri color sparkly, pearl tone paint on my 2010 Prius looks 15x better than the standard white…

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  • WHO I DON’T TRUST

    Anyone with public-facing tattoos (Walter Margerison the only person with tattoos I respect … has them hidden from public view… I didn’t even know he had *any* tattoos until a year AFTER I got to befriend him?) People, guys, girls whatever with publicly visible tattoos … something weird to assert or prove? People who wear…

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  • Tolerances

    If it says it has a weight capacity of 600 pounds, but you know you can lift 700 pounds … Atlas Ἄτλας— etlen… to endure, tantalus. Talaton (taxes)— balance, scale, gold or silver. To carry, to endure. Tehl Tolero — to endure Tolerance etymology The word “tolerance” has an intriguing etymology rooted in the Latin…

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  • Don’t Backtrack

    Think a very very very very long time before doing things, maybe days, weeks, a month, two months, three months, months years etc … but once you’ve decided, stick with it. Don’t backtrack.

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  • I WANT IT TO LAST FOREVER?

    No such thing as perfect in most things besides yourself, your body, your child, wife, and them— External things — no such thing as perfection. But the things you have designed and created yourself are wholly perfect!

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  • THE ART OF *REMOVING* DISTRACTIONS

    No such thing as “focusing” or to “focus”, but rather … to simply CUT OFF superfluous distractions! For example an insanely simple heuristic I got — Minimum viable apps on home screen. 3 or less? And every day, start from scratch at zero again?

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  • Virtue & Faith

    Galiani to separate oneself from the many isnot always a sure path to truth, have wished to deter­ mine for myself whether the introduction of money istruly harmful, or whether it constitutes a Perfect example of those laws of civil society which have led usontothepathofagoodlife. Ihave,onreflection, concluded that money is, indeed, a great and most…

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  • You can’t fake a Bitcoin

    Dollar cost to produce one dollar worth bitcoin The cost to produce one Bitcoin varies significantly across different countries, mainly due to differences in electricity costs. As of 2024, in the United States, the cost to mine one Bitcoin is at least $17,000 oai_citation:1,Mineflation: Cost to mine 1 Bitcoin in the US rises from $5K…

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  • Gold?

    people cannot for long use only representative money. Combine … you can combine two pieces of gold, but not with diamonds. You can combine two pieces of Bitcoin!

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  • Gold silver

    Having explained all uses of money, I turn now toa discussion of the nature of the metals, principally cold and silver.***^ The metals are the heaviest bodiesinnature. Theyareliquefiedwithfireandlaterr^ converted into durable solids by cooling. Malleable, fusable – Their utility is not related to their weight when used as money, but only to their malleable andfusible…

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  • Rosetta Stone

    Hidden link between Egypt, Moses, the “Jewish” religion, later Christianity which is essentially Judaism 2.0: Rosetta Stone gist Finances and Taxes

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  • WHO WAS MOSES?

    From the Egyptians: Oraseph changed his name to Moses? Prof. Knohl dates the Exodus to the second year of the kingship of Pharaoh Setnakhte, around 1186 BC. He explains that Moses’ parents belonged to the descendants of Jacob, who came to Egypt during the famine. Moses grew up in the court under the protection of…

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