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Treat all income the same. Tax it all according to the same rate schedule. A dollar is a dollar, whether you got it from your labor or your inheritance or your hedge-fund fees or your stock sales. It isn’t the only thing we could do to improve the tax code, but it would be the most transformative, and it expresses a principle that few would be able to argue against.

“Ms. Bosanek, who is Warren Buffett’s secretary, will be joining Michelle Obama in the first lady’s box seats during the speech, Stephanie Cutter, deputy manager of the Obama 2012 campaign, said in a Twitter message. That’s where presidents typically put their poster children in order to put a human face on a policy point.” —NY Times (via afternoonsnoozebutton)

Jan 24, 20122 notes

#politics #SOTU

“When Newt Gingrich isn’t on the attack, he isn’t any good.” —Howard Fineman

Jan 24, 20122 notes

#politics #2012

Jan 23, 201210 notes

#rand paul #tsa #phoning it in

Jan 21, 20125 notes

#politics #2012

Congratulations to Newt Gingrich! Winning the South Carolina primary is like being the richest guy in the shelter.

Jan 21, 201210 notes

#politics #proper comparisons

Jan 19, 2012347 notes

Fact: Newt Gingrich treats women like they are property.

Suspicion: So perhaps we can find his ex-wives listed as depreciating assets on the tax returns he disclosed during the debate. Does anyone seriously think he’s a decent-enough person to not do this?

Jan 19, 20129 notes

#scdebate

HAY RICK SANTORUM: No one would even want a free market for healthcare.

Jan 19, 20126 notes

#phoning it in for the night #scdebate

Things that actually exist: an iPad for communists.

The RedPad was built especially for Communist Party members and enthusiasts. It will compete against foreign brands while catering to the tech needs of the country’s bureaucrats and government workers. … An online survey conducted by China’s 91wenwen.net found that people believe the tablet would be a “symbol of privilege,” as translated on CNET.

Jan 19, 20129 notes

#china #tech #apple

mauricecherry:

Legitimate vs. No Real Purpose

From Sen. Patrick Leahy, one of the co-authors of PIPA (bolding mine):
“The PROTECT IP Act will not affect Wikipedia, will not affect Reddit, and will not affect any website that has any legitimate use. A foreign rogue website is clearly defined as one that has no real purpose other than infringement. Theft and fraud on this scale undermines consumer trust in online transactions.” [source]

Deeming a website “legitimate” or having “no real purpose” seems highly subjective, yet to Sen. Leahy, this is clearly defined.

So what does that make search engines and most blogs? Legitimate, or having no real purpose? It’s this kind of ambiguity that needs to be cleared up, which is one big reason why people are protesting these bills.

Jan 19, 20126 notes

#pipa

Jan 19, 2012236 notes

thecallus:

Loathsome soon-to-be-ex-candidate troll’s campaign ends tonight.

There is dirty laundry in everyone’s past. For Romney it’s Bain. For Perry it was all the huffing (kidding!). For Santorum it’s the violently evangelical background.

Newt leaves them smelling like linen at the Four Seasons. This…

Jan 19, 201211 notes

Jan 18, 201291,512 notes

#SOPA #Lamar Smith #PIPA

softerthanstarlight:

Democrats in Wisconsin collected 1,000,000 signatures to recall Governor Walker. He received 1,128,941 votes in 2010. Absolutely incredible.

Jan 17, 201219 notes

#politics #wisconsin

It’s time Americans begin treating computer code the way we do the alphabet or arithmetic. Code is the stuff that makes computer programs work — the list of commands that tells a word processor, a website, a video game, or an airplane navigation system what to do. That’s all software is: lines of code, written by people.

We are socializing, working, consuming, and living in a world increasingly defined by programs. Learning to code is the best way to understand what all those programs do, or even to recognize that they are there in the first place.

Jan 17, 201256 notes

Jan 17, 20125 notes

#2012

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January 2012

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