Bits & Pieces (It’s Hump Day!)

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Kevin S. Willis

What’s money really worth? The dollar value of the metal in coinage. 

Yes, McWing, I picked this up from Ace of Spades. How much does it cost to print a dollar bill, and how much of what is in circulation? There’s a lot in circulation, and in 2011 it costs about 9.1 cents per note.

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IN 1974, K-Tel released a compilation album (both on vinyl and 8-Track) called Dynamic Sound. I’ve got a Spotify list that reconstructs that album’s playlist, but not the fade and ka-chunk of the 8-Track switching tracks (there is an iPod/iPhone app that I believe does this). You have to have Spotify to listen to it, however. I don’t pay for the mobile and other features, but the free account is teh awesome.

Why did I do that? Because K-Tel’s Dynamic Sound has never been available, since original release, yet I listened to that eight track a hundred times between ages 5 and 10. It, along with the soundtracks to the broadway musicals Hair and Jesus Christ: Superstar, were as formative as any of my other music. And my sister listened to it a lot, and I thought it might make a nice Christmas gift to put it altogether for her. It’s interesting to listen to something you heard a hundred times as a kid, but includes songs that I literally have not heard since 1978 or so.

If you’ve got Spotify, I also recommend Planet P’s 1931. It’s a concept album dealing with the rise of Hitler. And Tony Carey is an awesome song-writer.

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The Plastic Billionaires do a lovely cover of Brian Eno’s “Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)”. From their album Bankrupting Tiger Mountain (By Credit Default Swap). Which is, in fact, just a great cover album of Brian Eno’s 1974 classic. 

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    MsJS, on November 16, 2011 at 11:49 pm said:

    Ahhh, but if you fold a $1 bill into a teddy bear or a heart or a lizard or a pineapple or other whimsical shape and give it to a friend, it's priceless.

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    Mr. Troll McWingnut, on November 17, 2011 at 12:26 am said:

    In all honesty that was not the best ONT over at the HQ.  These Tweets from Ace are pretty good though, ""From time to time, the Tree of Liberty must be fertilized with the shit of hipsters." — a commenter calling himself "Occupy Sewage Dept."""From time to time, the Tree of Liberty must be fertilized with heroin, and scabies, and lice. And rape."

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    okiegirl, on November 17, 2011 at 2:01 am said:

    Good evening, Mr. McTroll. We missed you (but maybe not those quoted tweets).Any thoughts on Fox Cites Non-Existent Part of the Constitution to Hype Argument for Kagan Recusal?

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    Mr. Troll McWingnut, on November 17, 2011 at 2:08 am said:

    Okie, no clue, I haven't seen the report. I don't believe any rational person thinks that Justice Kagen was not intimately involved in the legal aspects of Obamacare though.This will boil down to whether or not Kennedy enjoys the cocktail party circuit in D.C.

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    Michigoose, on November 17, 2011 at 2:25 am said:

    Hey there, McWing! You were too busy last week, so I never got a chance to wish you Happy Birthday. Semper fi!And I want to see one of MsJS's teddy bear bills.

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    Mr. Troll McWingnut, on November 17, 2011 at 3:28 am said:

    Thanks Michi! Hope all is well with you!

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    Michigoose, on November 17, 2011 at 4:22 am said:

    Hangin' in there, McWing. Managed to slay the bears so far this week. and a week from now I'll be heading to CA to spend Thanksgiving with some of my favorite members of my family, so that's all to the good.Now if I could just beat Scott into submission on the other thread. . . 😉

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    Mr. Troll McWingnut, on November 17, 2011 at 4:42 am said:

    Well a good week then and a better one coming up. I'm pretty sure submission is not in Scott's lexicon!

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    Mark in Austin, on November 17, 2011 at 6:30 am said:

    I was asleep but then I woke up.I have had an inspiration for a procedural reform.Selective bipartisan term limits.It works like this: if a committee of either house fails to report out an appropriations bill timely – say by June 30 – all its members, R and D, are prohibited by law from running for reelection next time around.Then the bastards might knock heads and work.

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    Michigoose, on November 17, 2011 at 9:44 am said:

    McWing: I'm pretty sure submission is not in Scott's lexicon!A girl can dream though! The power of the Boots and all. . . although I suspect you're right. ;-)Mark:Awesome idea! Be careful–if you keep coming up with stuff like this I might have to join lms in launching a concerted write-in campaign for you as President!

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    Michigoose, on November 17, 2011 at 10:37 am said:

    Chris (I know, I know. . .) linked to this opinion piece over on PL and I thought that it was interesting. Here's the author's home page, if you're curious.

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    Fairlington Blade, on November 17, 2011 at 1:42 pm said:

    Here's a way to save the government some money.1 – Stop printing dollar bills already.2 – Failing #1, stop minting dollar coins, because nobody is ever going to use them.3 – Regardless of 1 and 2, stop minting pennies. All cash transactions can be rounded to the nearest nickel (once we run out of pennies) and all electronic transactions can still be done to the cent. Commemorative pennies can still be minted for coin collectors.BB

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    lmsinca, on November 17, 2011 at 1:50 pm said:

    BTW mark, I like your idea. Most of us wouldn't be paid or retained for doing a job so poorly.

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