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2/3 of Millionaires Avoid 50% Tax Rate
Two-thirds of millionaires left Britain to avoid 50p tax rate Almost two-thirds of the country’s million-pound earners disappeared from Britain after the introduction of the 50p top rate of tax, figures have disclosed. via Telegraph. Shhhhh… This is a secret. No one tell the U.S. media. They think the “rich” will just stay and give…
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A General Lack of Regard for Einstein’s Brain
There’s a story about Einstein’s brain over at the Washington Post. It’s your basic nature vs. nurture about how this guy got to have this unique piece of gray matter between his ears. It appears quite a few Wash. Post readers don’t think much of Ol’ Albert or his accomplishments. One particular genius wrote: He…
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China To Build World’s Tallest Building In 90 Days
It all started simple enough. A 15-Story Hotel in just 6 days. Six days. That’s how long it took to build this level 9 Earthquake-resistant, sound-proofed, thermal-insulated 15-story hotel in Changsha, complete with everything, from the cabling to three-pane windows. The foundations were already built, but it’s just impressive. While still in basking in the…
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Racists Blacks Fret About Sole White Lady
Black leaders are growing increasingly worried that a white candidate might seize the seat of former Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson in the upcoming Illinois special election. With a host of black candidates announcing their intention to seek the seat, the concern is that they could split the African-American vote and provide a plurality to a…
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Everyone Wants a Drone – Zero Concern For Your Privacy
Are unmanned aircraft, known to have difficulty avoiding collisions, safe to use in America’s crowded airspace? And would their widespread use for surveillance result in unconstitutional invasions of privacy? via SFGate. Yes, and no seem like pretty straightforward answers to these questions. But the elected idiots who man the Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus have taken…
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Black Friday Gun Sales Hit New Record High
Black Friday gun sales hit an all time record high last week with demand for new firearms so overwhelming that it caused outages at the FBI background check center on two separate occasions. Fueled by fears that the Obama administration will go after gun rights during a lame duck term, the FBI reported 154,873 background…
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Illinois’ Pension Time-Bomb Too Big Too Fix
So says the Commercial Club of Chicago. In a memo to its members, the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago said last week’s elections didn’t bring in an influx of lawmakers willing to deal with the pension crisis but instead leaves taxpayers with “more legislators who aren’t prepared, or willing, to make the…
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Ineptocracy
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Union Workers Turn Against Organized Labor
As organized labor loses leverage in a race-to-the-bottom global market, some workers are becoming so disillusioned by what their unions can, or rather can’t, do for them that they want out. The disaffected include dozens of machinists at Caterpillar Inc.’s plant in Joliet who crossed the picket line during a strike last summer and are…
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Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants | Politics and Law – CNET News
A Senate proposal touted as protecting Americans’ e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law. CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his…
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