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  • Business

Didn’t Pharma Bro Get Sent To Prison For Price Gouging?

  • UpdatedNov 23, 2023
Price Gouging: college text books and tuition.

Price gouging: college textbooks and tuition. Pharma Bro and Moneybagg Yo, on being productive.

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  • Cycling

Lowering the Bar on a Motorcycle

  • UpdatedDec 16, 2023
  • 2 Comments
Motorcycle meme of Yamaha FZ1 (yammie) and Honda Magna v65 (maggie)

Lowering the bar on a motorcycle by using a DIY top box.

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  • Finance

Happy Belated 88th Birthday, Dr. Ron “End the Fed” Paul!

  • UpdatedDec 23, 2024
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Image of Ron Pauls tweet from 22nd April 2022 regarding Repealing 1913 and his discussion on his YouTube channel and The Liberty Report. It includes a quote: “What we really need to do is repeal 1913. That way we could get rid of income tax and the Federal Reserve at the same time.” Dr. Ron Paul

A reference to Dr. Ron Paul's book, "End the Fed," and an interactive chart illustrating the loss of purchasing power of the dollar since the creation of the FED in 1913.

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  • Gardening

Yuge Italian Zucchini

  • UpdatedAug 15, 2023
My Yuge Italian Zucchini next to a big tomato and some herbs.

My yuge Italian Zucchini with herbs and a big tomato.

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CounterIt.ch is a minimalist personal publication exploring Markets, Machines, Midwest, and Musings—the recurring themes that shape everyday life and many of the essays found here.

Written by Joe, an Ohio-based Linux user and former Wall Street professional, CounterIt.ch offers observations on technology, business, philosophy, books, motorcycles, gardening, politics, the outdoors, and life in Northeast Ohio. Some entries are practical, others reflective, but all share a common goal: slowing down long enough to think beyond headlines, algorithms, and the constant stream of online noise.

The site was created as a place for longer-form writing and independent thought—an alternative to the limitations of mainstream social media and the fleeting conversations that often define it. Some ideas simply deserve more than a few hundred characters.

Although the writing is rooted in the American Midwest, the ".ch" domain is a nod to Switzerland and its traditions of precision, independence, and simplicity—qualities that also inspire the site's minimalist design and philosophy.

Whether you arrived here looking for insights on markets, technology, Linux, motorcycles, books, or simply thoughtful observations about everyday life, I hope you find something worth reading—and perhaps something worth thinking about long after you've left the page.

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