Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Exxon's 2007 Tax Bill: $30 Billion - Seeking Alpha
Exxon's 2007 Tax Bill: $30 Billion - Seeking Alpha: "In other words, just one corporation (Exxon Mobil) pays as much in taxes ($27 billion) annually as the entire bottom 50% of individual taxpayers, which is 65,000,000 people! Further, the tax rate for the bottom 50% is only 3% of adjusted gross income ($27.4 billion / $922 billion), and the tax rate for Exxon was 41% in 2006 ($67.4 billion in taxable income, $27.9 billion in taxes)."
The Lies of Tet - WSJ.com
The Lies of Tet - WSJ.com: "On January 30, 1968, more than a quarter million North Vietnamese soldiers and 100,000 Viet Cong irregulars launched a massive attack on South Vietnam. But the public didn't hear about who had won this most decisive battle of the Vietnam War, the so-called Tet offensive, until much too late."
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Nelson says he doubts official explanation of terrorist attacks - Examiner.com
Nelson says he doubts official explanation of terrorist attacks - Examiner.com: "'I saw those towers fall and I've seen an implosion in Las Vegas, there's too much similarities between the two. And I saw the building fall that didn't get hit by nothing,' the singer-songwriter said. 'So, how naive are we, you know, what do they think we'll go for?'"
FOXNews.com - Cops: Drunk Driver Buckled Up Beer, but Not Baby - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
FOXNews.com - Cops: Drunk Driver Buckled Up Beer, but Not Baby - Local News News Articles National News US News: "A Florida woman arrested on drunk-driving charges on Super Bowl Sunday, allegedly buckled up her case of beer in the front seat, but left a 1-year-old girl in the backseat without one, police told FirstCoastNews.com."
AberdeenNews.com
AberdeenNews.com: "Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money, researchers reported Monday.
It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars."
It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars."
Clearwater Police: Woman's Arrest At McDonald's Justified
Clearwater Police: Woman's Arrest At McDonald's Justified: "She was being rude,' said Sarah Curtis, a McDonald's manager, 'saying, you know, she's prominent, she knows people. And saying that she's 75 years old, and that she could die tomorrow, and that the officer should be ashamed' of himself."
Monday, February 04, 2008
My Way News - Fat People Cheaper to Treat, Study Says
My Way News - Fat People Cheaper to Treat, Study Says: "It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars."
ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball
ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball: "Texas Tech coach Bob Knight, the all-time winningest Division I men's basketball coach known as much for his brilliance as his fiery temper, resigned Monday in the middle of the season.
The program will be turned over to his son, Pat Knight, who was named head coach-designate in 2005."
The program will be turned over to his son, Pat Knight, who was named head coach-designate in 2005."
ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball
ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball: "Texas Tech coach Bob Knight, the all-time winningest Division I men's basketball coach known as much for his brilliance as his fiery temper, resigned Monday in the middle of the season.
The program will be turned over to his son, Pat Knight, who was named head coach-designate in 2005."
The program will be turned over to his son, Pat Knight, who was named head coach-designate in 2005."
My Way - Sports News
My Way - Sports News: "Spain could lose both its Formula One races following the racist taunting of driver Lewis Hamilton by spectators.
The sport's ruling body said Monday the abuse aimed at F1's first black driver during weekend testing at the Barcelona circuit might result in sanctions. Punishment could lead to the removal of two races from the Grand Prix calendar - the Spanish Grand Prix on April 27 in Barcelona and the European GP on Aug. 24 at Valencia.
FIA, the governing organization, said it will write to Spanish authorities to learn what happened before making a decision.
'Formula One is a global, multicultural sport,' FIA said. 'It does not have scenes like this in its history and doesn't want to see scenes like this.'"
The sport's ruling body said Monday the abuse aimed at F1's first black driver during weekend testing at the Barcelona circuit might result in sanctions. Punishment could lead to the removal of two races from the Grand Prix calendar - the Spanish Grand Prix on April 27 in Barcelona and the European GP on Aug. 24 at Valencia.
FIA, the governing organization, said it will write to Spanish authorities to learn what happened before making a decision.
'Formula One is a global, multicultural sport,' FIA said. 'It does not have scenes like this in its history and doesn't want to see scenes like this.'"
No fart zone?
(Camden) Middle school issues ban on intentional flatulence - Community - VillageSoup: "'Strange, but true, thanks to a bunch of 8th grade boys, intentional farting has been banned from CRMS,'"
Judge orders jail time for wetlands damage
Judge orders jail time for wetlands damage: "SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. -- A judge in Chippewa County has ordered two men to serve five days in jail for driving off-road vehicles through sensitive wetlands on Drummond Island.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality says Michael Edward Coon and Michael Donald Lucchesi pleaded guilty to violating the state's wetland protection law.
They destroyed vegetation and disturbed habitat of nesting ospreys and other wildlife.
In addition to the jail time, District Judge Michael MacDonald ordered them to fix the damage and pay $2,655 in fines and court costs."
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality says Michael Edward Coon and Michael Donald Lucchesi pleaded guilty to violating the state's wetland protection law.
They destroyed vegetation and disturbed habitat of nesting ospreys and other wildlife.
In addition to the jail time, District Judge Michael MacDonald ordered them to fix the damage and pay $2,655 in fines and court costs."
The Volokh Conspiracy - -
The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Large numbers of people also believe that John F. Kennedy's assassination was the result of a wideranging conspiracy in the government, that the AIDS virus was secretly produced in a government laboratory for the purpose of infecting blacks, and that the government is covering up evidence of alien visitation of Earth."
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Power Line: Forcing Young People Into the System
Power Line: Forcing Young People Into the System: "Pizza Hut learned this a few years ago when it pioneered a program that made health insurance available to its part-time workers at remarkably advantageous rates. To the company's surprise, few of its part-time employees--fewer than ten percent, as I recall--signed up for the plan. Even at subsidized rates, the vast majority of young, single employees had no interest in spending money on health insurance.
Thus, the crocodile tears that are shed over 'the uninsured' are by no means entirely genuine. One of the basic purposes of just about anyone's 'health care plan' is to find a way to force those millions of young, single people to pay for the health care required by their elders."
Thus, the crocodile tears that are shed over 'the uninsured' are by no means entirely genuine. One of the basic purposes of just about anyone's 'health care plan' is to find a way to force those millions of young, single people to pay for the health care required by their elders."
Poisoning the economy::By Roy Innis
Townhall.com::Poisoning the economy::By Roy Innis: "Worse, every ounce of “stimulus” is offset by a pound of new government arsenic."
Norton Shores student dies in skiing accident - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Norton Shores student dies in skiing accident - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "A Michigan Technological University student has died in a skiing accident at Mont Ripley.
The Houghton school says 18-year-old Robert W. Smith of Norton Shores was skiing Friday night when he apparently lost control and hit a tree. The school says he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Smith, an experienced skier, was a mechanical engineering major and 2007 graduate of Mona Shores High School."
The Houghton school says 18-year-old Robert W. Smith of Norton Shores was skiing Friday night when he apparently lost control and hit a tree. The school says he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Smith, an experienced skier, was a mechanical engineering major and 2007 graduate of Mona Shores High School."
The Denver Post - Shrediquette: Skiing manners
The Denver Post - Shrediquette: Skiing manners: "Amie Johnson said the buzz among her snowboarding friends at the recent X Games in Snowmass was all about how annoying skiers are.
'They were all saying skiers are taking up the whole slope, carving big turns all the way across. They create traffic jams for the 'boarders,' Johnson said. 'The 'boarders spray them with snow on purpose.'"
'They were all saying skiers are taking up the whole slope, carving big turns all the way across. They create traffic jams for the 'boarders,' Johnson said. 'The 'boarders spray them with snow on purpose.'"
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