2011 archive
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Facebook Frolics 0
I have reached a point of distrusting Facebook so much that I will only visit it in a private tab in my browser.
If I didn’t use Facebook to pimp promote my blog, I would have deleted all my data (even though Facebook keeps deleted data, so what’s the point) and signed off long ago.
Game Over 0
Oh, my.
Friedhild Miller, 42, won the money on the German version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” on Monday. On Tuesday, a few hours before she was due to show up for work as a secretary in a car transport firm, she was sacked by her employer, named only as Salvador S., with a text message saying “you don’t really need money at the moment and I’ve got none to give away.”
Facebook Frolics 0
Facebook Agonistes: Another appearance in the agony column.
Drinking Liberally Today in Virgina Beach 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us.
When: Wednesday, October 26th, 6 p
Where:
The Jewish Mother
600 Nevan Road (Map)
More here.
QOTD 0
Lewis Grizzard, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
As best as I can tell, God was undefeated in all sports last year. Anybody who won thanked Him, and I never heard a single loser blame Him.
Mitt the Skipped Heath Class that Day 0
Rachel Maddow explains how it works in words even a Republican can understand.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Via Contradict Me.
Super PacMan 0
Flat Tax, Flat Out Lie 0
Bloomberg takes a look at flat taxes. They conclude (my words, not theirs) that it’s one more trick for making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Read the whole thing:
(snip)
Would a flat tax be “fairer” than the current system? Perry plans to call for a rate of 20 percent, which is lower than today’s top rate of 35 percent and higher than today’s lowest rate (which is zero). If your income currently puts you in a bracket higher than 20 percent, a 20 percent flat tax constitutes a tax cut. If you’re in a bracket lower than 20 percent, a flat tax will constitute an increase, unless it comes with lots of deductions, in which case it’s no longer flat. If lowering taxes on high incomes and raising taxes on low incomes would be an improvement, then a flat tax is fairer than the current code. Otherwise, it isn’t.
The Beat Goes On 0
One of the most disheartening things I have learned over the years is that there is far more wife (and husband) beating that goes on–and more persons who turn a blind eye to it–than my very safe and stable upbringing led me to believe.
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Economy 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer looks at the real estate bust in Nevada.
“These people over here just walked away,” said Dave Johnson, gesturing toward the empty stucco-and-tile home next to his on Diazo Street.
Johnson and his wife bought their place for $249,000 41/2 years ago, when he had steady work as a truck driver. Now he has an agreement to sell the house – for $65,000.
Persons such as this are the victims, not the perpetrators, of the crash.
The perpetrators don’t even have to be driven by their chauffeurs through these communities as they travel between their corner offices and their country clubs.
