all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned
A 2004 U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study found that 61% of American corporations, including 39% of large companies, paid no corporate income taxes between 1996 and 2000. Last year, corporations shouldered just 14.4%...
“We did all kinds of experiments to see who could do the best split in Abu Snena. We would put [Palestinians] against the wall, make like we were checking them, and ask them to...
Apparently also for Doctor Who. I noticed, in passing, this 200+ GB torrent download of seasons 1-26 of Doctor Who. At that size that’s got to be some kind of record. A few years...
Quantum Sleeper
The Americans say the militias have been using trained pigeons to signal the presence of American and Iraqi troops. The Iraqis wanted to know if they could fire on the pigeon keepers as American...
[Apple] tend to play fast and loose with the truth in their ad copy. Their towers are the fastest, their laptop is the thinnest, their phone is the most advanced. With so many unchecked...
It’s no surprise that so few stopped to absorb the disastrous six-day battle of Basra that ended last week — a mini-Tet that belied the “success†of the surge … the political coalition and...
After his impassioned defense of aid, an African man in the audience asked Bono, “Where do you place the African person as a thinker, a creator of wealth?” Visibly wounded by the question, confused...
Sam “Walmart” Walton practiced corporate socialism. As much as he could, he put the public’s money to work for his benefit. Free land, long-term leases at below-market rates, pocketing sales taxes, even getting workers...
So we’re driving NY–>San Diego with a car full of crap and I am pleased to find that in the middle of the scary Great Iowan Corn Wilderness I can tether the PC to...