http://www.veraverba.com/blog True Words Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:52:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remember this story, it could be crucial in a few years. First, let me give you the facts: Just a few days ago, Internet law expert Larry Lessig revealed the details of a conversation he had with Richard A. Clarke, a long-time (and very high-level) counter terrorism official. Lessig relates that the conversation ... http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/08/07/i-911/ I wrote this piece for Digital Gold Currency Magazine. A comment to one of our blog entries inspires me to repost it here. This article was adapted from material I am assembling into a new book, entitled The 21st Century: What Will Happen And Why Hopefully I'll have it ... http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/07/06/commerce-versus-state/ This article made the rounds recently, and has a lot of people worked-up. First, please read the article, then I'll tell you why I'm not ringing alarm bells: New Law Makes Escape Tougher For Tax Exiles By M. A. VAUGHAN It's been called "the ultimate estate plan": Moving to a foreign locale to ... http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/06/25/escape-from-america-will-it-soon-be-tougher-for-tax-exiles/ from Grandpa - 16 June 2008 While many in the world are either worrying about the impending collapse, or gloating about the "US Housing Crisis" here's a new perspective (mostly the observations of a bright friend) who is doing what I suggest in the last paragraph. There are about 75,000,000 single-family houses ... http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/06/21/the-usa-housing-crisis-a-distressed-property-opportunity-for-you/ I just deleted dozens of spam comments to one of my posts. (And some of it was pretty sick stuff.) Our apologies. We'll try to get rid of it faster next time, and to train our spam filter better. What bastards. http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/06/20/spam-comments/ For many years I was (and even after retirement, still am) a successful consultant. This is an excellent "Portable Trade" you can do anywhere, online, and without any government licenses. If you want to be a highly paid, sought after consultant with more business than you can handle, there are several ... http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/06/20/how-to-be-a-consultant/ "Life can be a banquet, but the average guy doesn't know where the table is." -- Grandpa I've encountered several gurus who did in fact change my life. One was the TV preacher "Reverend Ike" who said if you are unhappy with a ... http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/06/20/can-a-guru-be-of-help-in-changing-your-lifes-direction/ Recently a friend contacted me regarding an advert for an Honorary Consul position. My response was as follows: Don't even think about paying some scammers for something you can get for free. Expat World Magazine in Singapore (free subscription) put out a CD around 10 yrs ago that included our ... http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/06/20/how-to-get-an-honorary-consul-job/ The Great Dubai Crash of 2008-2009 Dubai real estate values will fall far more in the next 3 years than USA values than USA or GB values have dropped in the current sub-prime crunch. Further, they stand far less of a chance of coming back to ... http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/06/20/the-coming-dubai-bust/ I recently came across a book review of "God Wants You Dead" by Robert Ettinger - a man who is sometimes known as the 'Father of Cryonics' and who is actually mentioned in the book. Here is the link: http://www.cryonics.org/immortalist/january08/god%20wants%20you%20deadBR1pg.pdf The review is a mixed one. I think he generally liked ... http://www.veraverba.com/blog/2008/06/02/a-review-of-gwyd/