"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
From Dodgy Coder via Stack Overflow comes some fun definitions about programming (these may be impenetrable to non-geeks) . A few samples. Smug Report – a bug submitted by a user who thinks he knows a lot more about the system’s design…
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Florida) introduced an amendment to the constitution to end corporate personhood, appropriately named the OCCUPIED Amendment. This amendment would overturn the controversial Citizens United v. FEC case that equated money to speech and opened the floodgates for…
It is not just Mr Monti [the new premier of Italy]. The European Central Bank, another crucial player in the sovereign debt drama, is under ex-Goldman management, and the investment bank’s alumni hold sway in the corridors of power in…
Journalist Andy Carling in Belgium, on the dire situation there, where for 18 months now a caretaker government has been handling only routine business. Now, Belgium, a nation that appears intent on geographical suicide is about to go under. A…
According to Jeffrey A. Winters, author of Oligarchy (Cambridge University Press, 2011), there’s the “income defense industry” which is composed of [L]awyers, accountants, wealth management consultants, revolving-door lobbyists, think-tank debate framers and even key segments of the insurance industry whose…