Daily Archives: September 20, 2012

US Corporate Tax Rate Double World Average

You’re shocked, I know! This comes via ye olde email, so I cannot access the PDF with ye olde Droid in a viewable manner Cato has released a new study by scholars Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz on corporate effective tax rates in 2012 for 90 countries. http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb_65.pdf The study provides estimates of marginal effective […]

Horror! McRib Delayed Due To Hotcoldwetdry

Now it’s personal! Well, not so much, I’ve only eaten one a few times, and, quite frankly, living down South affords much better pork sandwiches, but, hey, some people are really as crazed to eat them as the TV commercials show. Alas… (Clarion Ledger) The McRib sandwich is traditional McDonald’s fare, appearing on the menu […]

If All You See…

…is an awesome planet healing bicycle, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Stix Blog, who went all out in celebrating Talk Like a Pirate Day yesterday with lots of posts. Like this one.

Libyan Attack On September 11 Was A Terrorist Attack

Surprise! (Fox News) Intelligence sources tell Fox News they are convinced the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was directly tied to Al Qaeda — with a former Guantanamo detainee involved. That revelation comes on the same day a top Obama administration official called last week’s deadly assault a “terrorist attack” — […]

Michelle Obama Stumps At NCCU, Tries Out Her Patronizing Fake Black Southern Accent

If your stomach can take it, listen to a smattering of Michelle Obama at NCCU for a campaign rally. Is there such a thing as a Black being racist to Blacks? During her speech she tries out her fake Southern accent, and mixes in poor English jargon. For those who aren’t familiar with North Carolina […]

Obamacare To Leave 30 Million Uninsured, Tax 6 Million Americans

Remember back to the beginning of the long, long idiocy of passing Obamacare: the talking points of the day were to make sure that the 30-45 million uninsured were provided with health insurance. Then, over the following 10 months of ignoring the economic conditions, Democrats trotted out the travesty that is Obamacare, which is still […]

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