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UNPACKING THE BACKPACK – Artists ask where’s the money?

“Like, where’s the (bleep)in’ money?” Leave it to hip hop icon and pop culture philosopher Snoop Dog to clarify the issue regarding the streaming of digital content and the related labor strikes by writers and actors that has currently brought film and television production to a screeching halt. As the nation took the day off …

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BARBWIRE BOB – 9-7-23

The highlight of this Labor Day weekend was watching the CU/TCU football classic Sat. Morning. “Coach Prime” lived up to his reputation and the CU’s winning score, 45-42 will go down in college sports history as a revival of The University of Colorado football program.  The team will host perennial rival Nebraska at home this …

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BANKER’S NOTE – Communist China’s Capitalism: Lessons in Freedom

The Wall Street Journal published an article on the demise of communist China’s capitalism.  https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-economy-debt-slowdown-recession-622a3be4?mod=china_news_article_pos4 A friend wrote the book “All Roads Lead to China.”  He often said that China was more capitalistic than America.  It was.  China’s capitalism exists only because the Chinese government allowed it to exist.  It exists in an artificial bubble …

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