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- A Catechism for Robots. Surprised Isaac Asimov was never mentioned.
- Have surtaxes and tax increases on high earners led to more tax revenues?
- The Internet is real life. "News now exists to summarize things that have already happened online."
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- Morgan Housel: Long-term Money. He's not wrong.
- Washington's millionaire tax unlikely to raise revenues. It never works and some never learn.
- Heading back to the moon - an appreciation.
- AI based agents building back door vulnerabilities. Scary stuff.
Some satiric thoughts on taxation - or are they said in jest?
Wouldn't many people prefer paying lower or no taxes if it meant giving up the right to vote? Think the honest answer to that may surprise many.
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- Kevin Kelly: The Big Here Quiz. Got about two-thirds of the questions without looking anything up. How did you do?
- Simplifying the tax code is a pro-growth policy.
- Europe's 'Say vs Do' Problem.
- Jonathan Turley: Grand jury investigates the real Russia collusion conspiracy. Yet the real conspiracy will get a fraction the hoax did.
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- The great American 2023 tax migration. The science is settled - raising taxes on high earners is moronic.
- Why sucking at your hobby could be a secret weapon. Don't be afraid to fail or not be "expert" at something. If it makes you feel good - do it.
- Happy birthday to William Shatner who turns 95 today!
- Jonathan Turley: Chicago ramps up taxes and dept in familiar death spiral. Some people never learn.
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- A Mine Threat? Where are the Minesweepers? A question that will bother me as well as the question of why this dog hasn't barked?
- From the archives: Brewing tea removes lead from water.
- A surge in taxes on high-earners is leading to a mass exodus. Some people never learn.
- Kevin Kelly - How to Future. When knowing history is particularly useful.
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- Sanders and Khanna introduce federal billionaire tax. Sometimes you need to let the stupid people talk introduce bills so we know who the stupid people are.
- You seem to get a lot of stories like this about President Trump.
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- Kevin Kelly: Growth vs Evolution.
- California's billionaire tax will reduce revenues.
- From the archives: This is the best time to be alive.
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- "The Laffer Curves are flat." Taxing the rich schemes are fantasies.
- On Technologies vs Commodities. Long but interesting read.
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- New FAFSA updates flags colleges with 'lower earnings' for graduates. Would like to see colleges fight to have better tuition vs graduate earnings ratings as much as they fight for Newsweek ratings.
- TIME's top 100 photographs of 2025.
- Interesting - Find My Tax Breakdown. How your taxes are spent.
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- How NBA legend Michael Jordan is blowing up NACAR's monopoly. Excellent backstory to an important case.
- Wait - is this true or satire?
- Rand Paul's proposal to improve healthcare and lower costs.
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- US Navy's stealth Seawolf-class submarine shortage is extremely dangerous. Impression that Russia's and China's navies are weaker than believed - but so are ours.
- Trump's "Genesis Mission" AI Executive Order. Can't help but remember that the Manhattan Project, which the Genesis Mission is compared to, was done in secret and that other nations stole our findings through spies. Just saying.
- Congress should let the work opportunity tax credit expire. You know how I feel about federal programs with sunset dates.
- The Future of Journalism. (HT Execupundit)
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- Why a Value Added Tax is the wrong fit for the US. I tend to agree.
- The X-Bat looks pretty cool.
- President Trump's tariffs vs the Supreme Court's duties. Think that tariffs are part of trade deals with foreign nations and are reciprocal are the key. The Constitution only gives the President power to negotiate foreign agreements. Plus the exploding national debt can be termed an emergency.
- 'People are tired:' Democrats splinter as shutdown nears record. Don't think they thought through the optics of not wanting to reopen the government because Senators may not want to work through the Christmas holidays.
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- James Boasberg the Deep State's favorite judge. He deserves to be impeached. No one is above the law.
- Everything is TV. Social Media is not social.
- From the archives: The 3 characteristics of an educated man.
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- NATO or BRICS - a tale of two conferences.
- Michael Wade: A novel way to learn about people. People skills are key and classic books may prove the answer,
- China is co-opting climate scientists. This is my shocked face!
- Stop saying, "We need to pay for the tax cuts." Taxes pay for the spending, not tax cuts.
