UPDATE: On Friday the Susan G. Komen Foundation reversed their decision. Wonder how much damage they did to their brand though. Everyone’s favorite pink charity is at it again this week. In the past, they’ve been known to sue other breast cancer charities for unknowingly infringing on their trademark. Because they’re the only ones allowed [...]
Does the evil antagonist Voldemort share any similarities to our own Republican party? Did You Know? Author JK Rowling has compared Voldemort to Hitler, and the Wall Street Journal has drawn parallels between Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. -Nick
My econ professor has another video out! Great stuff. “The Tea Party: People who believe in Social Darwinism, but don’t believe in Darwin.” -Nick
The United States Postal Service is losing money at an alarming rate — an estimated $14 billion next year. As a “semi-independent federal agency,” the USPS is mandated to be “revenue-neutral”, meaning it must pay for its own operation without additional taxpayer support. Right now they’re failing their mandate, to the tune of approximately $125 [...]
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Yesterday the Occupy Wall Street attempted to shut down several west coast ports, including Oakland, Portland, and Seattle. Why? Because they think it will somehow hurt Goldman Sachs, which owns a minority stake in a shipping company. I can appreciate the sentiment, because we all want to stick it to Goldman, but the logic is [...]
Although the Occupy Wall Street movement hasn’t made any official statements on taxes, I think it’s pretty safe to assume they would support higher tax levels on the rich. With the huge tax drama playing out in Congress, it seems inconceivable that the top federal income tax bracket was 50% as recently as 1980. And [...]
