February 2012
76 posts
girls & taxes: What the IRS Knows (even if you... →
girlsandtaxes:
the irs has access to and obtains some substantial information about you - without you ever having given it to them. fortunately the list is relatively short, and unless you’re trying to hide money - it’s info that you’d detail in your return.
u.s. based financial institutions report…
Robert Reich: The GOP's Big Investors →
robertreich:
Have you heard of William Dore, Foster Friess, Sheldon Adelson, Harold Simmons, Peter Thiel, or Bruce Kovner? If not, let me introduce them to you. They’re running for the Republican nomination for president.
I know, I know. You think Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Mitt Romney are…
Watchthegopleftme:
Former Reagan staffer Bruce Bartlett discusses how right-wing tax policies — pushed in part by Grover Norquist and Tea Party activists — are destroying the country’s economic foundation.
Grover Norquist on the GOP candidates: All we need... →
cartonplanet:
David Frum notes that Grover Norquist’s CPAC speech was “charmingly blunt.” Norquist would be begrudgingly satisfied with Mitt Romney as president; he would also accept a monkey, a plate of lasagna or a potted plant. The base may be making noise and trying to come to grips with a selection of candidates hardly suitable for running a school board, much less leadership of the entire...
"You've confused a 'war on your religion' with...
— JON STEWART, The Daily Show.
Yep, conservatives.
It's Okay To Be Smart: Adding some color →
jtotheizzoe:
Yesterday’s OK Go video about the primary colors had an incomplete explanation, and I apologize for that. I should do better. Here’s some more context, because color is confusing, and no, you weren’t lied to in kindergarten
If our eyes use red, blue and green to interpret all colors of light,…
Opportunity
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)
Oh, the lemmings~: Open questions to all... →
Will or would you adopt or foster or otherwise support any of the lives you’ve worked to save once they are born, in the event that the mother doesn’t want them/is unable to care for them? Why or why not?
Do you support collecting taxpayer money to support human infants that would have…
The World is Confused: I wonder if the Catholic... →
theworldisconfused:
Why, when the Catholic Church has actually taken numerous admirable stands in history, does the Church decide to stake its moral prestige on something as ridiculous as preventing affordable access to birth control?
For the most part, people will still get birth control. It will just be a bigger…
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03... →
Obama, Explained
As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged.
RuthOUTspoken: Prop 8 declared unconstitutional:... →
ruthoutspoken:
Here’s the breakdown of what you need to know:
Today’s ruling: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 vote that Prop 8 is not constitutional. This affirms Judge Vaughn Walker’s earlier ruling that Prop. 8 violated the U.S. Constitution by denying rights to a certain group of people.
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