July 2011
19 posts
J.K. Rowling on Taxation →
rafer:
mattgalligan:
An excerpt from The Times.
I chose to remain a domiciled taxpayer for a couple of reasons. The main one was that I wanted my children to grow up where I grew up, to have proper roots in a culture as old and magnificent as Britain’s; to be citizens, with everything that implies, of a real country, not free-floating ex-pats, living in the limbo of some tax haven and...
June 2011
22 posts
Power grid change may disrupt clocks, traffic... →
Things you never knew but likely should - at least this means I’m not going crazy when the clocks run fast.
'Death Tax' Deception →
But the estate tax was meant to do more than bolster budgets and aid charities. From its inception, it was meant to ward off the emergence of a hereditary aristocracy in the United States. Established in 1916, the tax was a populist response to the excesses of the Gilded Age. President Theodore Roosevelt justified it by arguing that society has a claim upon the fortunes of its wealthy. Roosevelt...
“Goldman’s techniques harmed the capital markets. Goldman brought something into...”
– Misdirection in Goldman Sachs’s Housing Short - NYTimes.com
Why Goldman isn’t yet being held accountable is amazing testament to corporatism.
“The problem isn’t that Goldman went short and reduced risk — it’s how. To...”
– Misdirection in Goldman Sachs’s Housing Short - NYTimes.com
Goldman perverted the market for its own benefit? I’m shocked I tell ya, shocked…
“Once again, health care policy [ed: and reform] needs to be about the supply...”
– Marginal Revolution — Small steps toward a much better world.
Want prices to go down for medical care? Radically increase the supply of medical providers.
“‘Viral’ puts the focus squarely on one metric of success: number of views. Is...”
– My friend Thom launched himself a new blog for his birthday. You should follow it. Cause he’s super smart and a great writer. (via diablocodyisnotevenherrealname)
Abso-fuckin’-lutely.
(via geekyjessica)
I love that last line so fucking much.
(via spytap)
Slight tangent (since I agree with the...
“So why did Google buy Admeld?
QPS volume? Yes.
Publisher relationships?...”
– The Real Reason Google Is Paying Up Big For Admeld | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and Technology - Advertising Age
“I know it’s countercultural. More than 90% of college housing is now...”
– John Garvey: Why We’re Going Back to Single-Sex Dorms - WSJ.com
Likely a self-selection bias between those who select single-sex vs co-ed dorms, but interesting to ponder as a parent myself.
Feingold WON re-election (by 51%), True Vote... →
It is logical to assume that there were more returning Obama voters than indicated in the 2010 WI exit poll. Therefore, the returning Obama/McCain share (mix) of the 2010 vote was changed from 49/43% to 52/40%. If this was indeed the case, then election fraud may very well have cost Feingold the election. The True Vote analysis indicates that Finegold may have had a 51% vote share.
Where was...
“9000 RT @rafer: Ok, i want to see more photos without cutifying effects. Enough...”
– Twitter / @sawickipedia: 9000 RT @rafer: Ok, i wan …
Rafer sez: Awesome. The LOLcats sales guy is sick of how cutesy instagram has made our streams. or maybe it’s just too much competition.
hey todd, which is it? ;)
Sawickipedia says:
I only play a sales guy on TV but at least LOLcats are at...
“There’s an IPO cartel in the US, and now that Europe has moved to a US-style...”
– The US IPO cartel | Felix Salmon
“Thankfully, a promising alternative is emerging: an entity called the Benefit...”
– The Rise of Benefit Corporations | The Nation
Hadn’t heard of Benefit Corps before certainly sounds interesting and might be a nice way to counter overt corpratism undercutting our political fabric.
“We certainly suspected this when New York City first announced that it was...”
– Why Is The Federal Government Running Ads Secretly Created & Owned By NBC Universal? | Techdirt
Glad to see corporatism is alive and well in NYC as well as the Federal Gov’t.
“The plain old bubble. LinkedIn is a profitable company. It can stay in business...”
– Can Your Company Survive a Bubble? - Justin Fox - Harvard Business Review
“The argument for prohibition is that it would lead to an ever-diminishing market...”
– FT.com / Comment / Op-Ed Columnists - We should end our disastrous war on drugs