(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 57, Issue 16

Steven mcquaryq at comcast.net
Mon May 18 18:27:13 PDT 2009


On May 18, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Daniel D Jones wrote:

>> Did you know that usury, which has been illegal since
>> the Byzantine emperors, is now legal in the US?

Still illegal in the Muslim world, that bastion of social  
equity...but more commonly called 'interest' in these parts, not  
'payday loans'.  Now legal? Wha?



Steven



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