Google Effective Tax Rate 2.4%
There's a news story out today declaiming the fact that Google only pays about 2.4% in taxes by passing their money through Ireland, the Netherlands, and then finally sending the money to island...
View ArticleAttention Fools: It's Not a Tax Cut
This is why I tend to hate journalists so much: they're inveterate liars.The mainstream media outlets are spinning the Republican-backed 'Tax Cut' bill as a reduction of taxes, but it plainly (on...
View ArticleAmerican Crisis: Too Many Rich People
After reading today's posted results of Gallup's latest poll, I realize now why I don't like taking surveys. It's the openly stupid questions. The main feature of the poll results is that Americans...
View ArticleFinally, Time Enough for E-Books
Well, it finally happened.First it happened to my father who (along with my mother) spends one month out of the year in Florida, and decided it was a hassle to ship so many books south for the winter....
View ArticleSuper Mario = Personal Finance Manager
Lifehacker has a great article discussing whether there are ways to make personal finance decision-making into a more gamelike experience. Imagine if we could focus the same kind of passion and energy...
View ArticlePeople of Walmart (Sexy And I Know It)
This one is for Will, who loves to mock Walmart patrons. Me... I like Walmart myself.
View ArticleThe Perils of Rejecting ObamaCare
An incredibly chilling interview with Neal Katyal, US Solicitor General who argued in defense of ObamaCare's individual mandate in the lower courts. Read it and weep: The original text of the interview...
View ArticleThe Chief Justice Blinks
Last week the Supreme Court shocked everyone by ruling that ObamaCare was constitutional, and while I was fully prepared to hear liberals declare victory in the wake of the opposite ruling, I was...
View ArticleOn Arcologies
Ok, so it's been far, far too long since I posted anything -- and yet I continue to pay for hosting, so it's time I wrote something again. There's an article about an architect planning on building a...
View ArticleTrekkers Get LCARS Mechanical Keyboard Keyset
To buy one of these keycap sets requires that you join a 'groupbuy' -- if enough people join, then the keycap set is manufactured and everyone gets their set. There's a new set out that I thought...
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