The Obama administration has found an innovative way to close the tax gap. Via the satire site Scrappleface:
1. Find a wealthy individual who hasn’t paid their taxes.
2. Nominate him or her to a cabinet-level position.
3. Bad publicity ensues. Taxes are paid.
Best of all, tax evasion is a bi-partisan phenomenon. It’ll work just as well during a Republican administration.
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Posted in Economics, General Foolishness, Taxation
From The Hill: Celebs compare Obama to Jesus, Gandhi
Oh, for Christ’s sake.
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Posted in General Foolishness, Media
President-elect Obama has a plan to create 2.5 million jobs over the next two years.
One of his ideas is to install energy-efficient light bulbs in federal office buildings.
In other words, we’re about to find out exactly how many federal employees it takes to screw in a light bulb.
My guess: a lot.
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Posted in Economics, Executive Power, General Foolishness, Political Animals
ABC News reports:
“A Wal-Mart employee died and four others were hurt in the Black Friday rush to get into the Valley Stream store this morning… Four others were also hurt in the crush, including a 28-year-old pregnant woman.”
I think I’ll do my Christmas shopping some other time.
Posted in General Foolishness
GM is putting their merger plans with Chrysler on hold. Looks like someone finally spoke to Daimler-Benz.
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Posted in Bailouts, Economics, General Foolishness
In researching an article, I just learned that “regulation is no longer a four letter word.”
Right on. “Regulation” is, in fact, a ten letter word.
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Posted in General Foolishness, regulation
Robert Novak hit a pedestrian this morning, approximately one block away from where I work. Fortunately, the victim suffered only minor injuries.
I can’t decide if what Novak said to the Politico is funny or scary:
“I didn’t know I hit him,” Novak told Politico. Novak said he was a block away from 18th and K St. NW, where the accident happened, when a bicyclist stopped him and said, “You hit someone.”
If you’re ever in DC, look both ways before crossing the street. Novak’s driving habits are par for the course around here.
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Posted in General Foolishness
“DC drivers are 84 percent more likely to be in an accident than the average driver nationally,” according to a new study.
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The price I pay for subscribing to the “free” weekly Evans-Novak Political Report is a never-ending cavalcade of political spam emails from Human Events.
The most recent one is a real gem. It bears the subject line, “Petition: Tell McCain to Say No to High Energy Prices.”
So, does that mean that John McCain currently says “yes” to high energy prices?
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The Mayan calendar comes to an end in 2012. Thousands of people in the Netherlands, of all places, think this means that the world will also end.
One believer thinks this can be a good thing: “I don’t like it here anymore. Take immigration, for example. They keep letting people in.”
Sounds like Lou Dobbs has an international following.
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Inertia Wins! 