The Olympics are upon us and I for one have been looking forward to this event for some time — the purest form of athletic competition and a political tool. Will the issues around censorship and human rights get the attention they deserve?

Get Fit Slowly (the fitness and health counterpart to the wildly popular Get Rich Slowly) discussed our Expanding Waistlines, Shrinking Wallets.

Lazy Man asks Is Eating Organic Food Worth the Money?

Brip blap has 5 Signs Your Job Sucks

GenX Finance offers The Benefits of Diversification: A Look Back at the Past 20 Years of Stock Market Performance

Rich Credit Debt Loan discusses Smart Credit Card Debt.

Cash Money Life asks Do We Need Another Stimulus Check?

At The Digerati Life you are asked How Would You Grade Your Money Management Skills?

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RateLadder is a Prosper lender and has been since July, 2006. He has a passion for p2p lending. He owns RateLadder — My Prosper.com Journey and other P2P Lending Adventures, P2P No Bank the P2P Blog Aggregate, and ProProsper — Professional Tools for Prosper Lenders featuring SQL access to Prosper data.