Shopping (2013:November)

Bluetooth Headphones:

• $120: JayBird BlueBuds X Bluetooth Earbuds - White or Black - $120 Shipped (SD thread)
• arf thread
• fb thread

Golf

• $299: Callaway RAZR Fit Xtreme Driver (was $399; $90 Divot Daily Deal on 10.11.2013)
• $249: TaylorMade R1 Black Driver (was $399)
• $xxx: Callaway Diablo Octane Tour Driver (was $300; $89 Divot Daily Deal on 10.04.2013)

Misc:

• $15: USB Squirming Tentacle (FB thread)

Troubleshooting:

• Philips Fidelio DS3000 Docking Speaker for iPod®/iPhone® (SD thread)

• usa.philips.com
• p4c.philips.com
• Philips Connectivity Guide
• Philips docking speaker DS3000 for iPod/iPhone:
• DS3000/37: Battery/AC powered (2010)
• Support Page
• FAQs
• Product Details
• DS3000/37B: Battery/AC powered docking speaker (2010)

• Packard Bell iWave Bluetooth Receiver
• Amazon link
• Brand Name: Bell (i.e. Packard Bell)
• Item model number: I-Wave (Black)
• Information from product package:
• X000EQ031H
• Wireless Bluetooth Music Rec... ck stations - 30pins (Black)
• New
• BT-app-dock-rcv-01
• www.cyber-tech.com
• Product Description
• Bluetooth music receiver is developed specifically for Apple Dock Speakers. It directly plugged into the Apple speaker or on Apple base 30PIN slot. It does not require any cables and batteries. Compatibility: - Altec Lansing iM600, iM7, iMT325, iMT620, iMT810, T612 - Beats by Dr. Dre Beat by Dr. Dre, Beatbox, - Bose SoundDock II, Sounddock Portable SoundDock 10 - Cyber Acoustics CA461 - Geneva Sound System Model L - Harmon Kardon Go + Play Stereo - iHome iA100, iA17, iA5, iA63, iD37, iD8, iD91, iH16U, iH4, iH5, iH6, iP1, iP4, iP9, iP11, iP37, iP90 - iLuv iMM747 - JBL On Stage 3, On Stage 4, On Beat, On Time 200P, On Time Micro - Logitech S135i, S315i, S715i, Pure Fi Anywhere 2, Pure Fi Anywhere, S-0001, S135i, S315i, S715i - Memorex MA9010MS - Onkyo DS-A4 - Philips DC320/37, DCB291, DCB293, DCB352, DCD132, DCM2020, DCM230/37, DS1100, DS1200, DS3000, DS3510, DS7700 - Polk HD Radio I-Sonic - Pyle Home PiDock 1 - Skullcandy Skull Candy pipe, Vandal S7LACZ-04 - Sony AIR-SW10Ti, ICF-7iP, ICF-C05iP, ICF-C1iPMK2, ICF-CS15iP, RDP-M15iP, RDP-M5iP, RDP-V20iP, RDP-X30iP - Yamaha PDX-11, TSX-70
• The I-Wave Receiver Turns Any iPod Dock Into a Wireless Music Player
• Make Any iPod Dock a Wireless Speaker
• x

Ordered but not yet received:

• Tiles (3+1 bonus, pd 10/10/2013 via Amazon Payments)

To do for November:

• CareCredit
• Sam's Club
• Golf clubs via Divot
• Tent
• Bluetooth or WiFi speaker

To do for next month:

• x

The Economic Consequences of 'The Reef'

In 1919, John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

It was a call... not for regular 'action', but for relatively counter-intuitive action... less punitive (like the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations it criticized), and more rehabilitative (like the Marshall Plan it inspired).

Resources:
http://www.cato.org/research/drug-war

How Washington Funded the Taliban
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/how-washington-funded-taliban

Making the Case for Marijuana Legalization
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/making-case-marijuana-legalization

Why Did California Vote Down Legal Pot?
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/why-did-california-vote-down-legal-pot

Making an Economic Case for Legalizing Drugs
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/making-economic-case-legalizing-drugs

Drug Legalization — a Windfall for State Budgets
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/drug-legalization-windfall-state-budgets

Drug Decriminalization Policy Pays Off
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/drug-decriminalization-policy-pays

Drugs and Conservatives Should Go Together
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/drugs-conservatives-should-go-together
My just-released Cato Institute study shows that prohibition entails government expenditure of more than $41 billion a year. At the same time, the government misses out on about $47 billion in tax revenues that could be collected from legalized drugs.

Legalizing Marijuana: Money Over Minds
http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/2013/9/regv36n3-8n_6.pdf#page=13

Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies
By Glenn Greenwald
http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/drug-decriminalization-portugal-lessons-creating-fair-successful-drug-policies

The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition
By Jeffrey A. Miron and Katherine Waldock
http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/budgetary-impact-ending-drug-prohibition

Mexico’s Failed Drug War
http://www.cato.org/publications/economic-development-bulletin/mexicos-failed-drug-war

Time for an Alternative to Mexico’s Drug War
http://www.cato.org/publications/economic-development-bulletin/time-alternative-mexicos-drug-war