Nobody has a patent on the technique of harassing their adversaries with silly and outrageous demand letters, so this is a game anyone can play. My office has prepared a form letter that potentially can be used for many situations. Readers of this blog are welcome to use it, but please send the [...]
Archive for March 20th, 2014
China’s Crimea
Why has China not opposed Putin’s Imperialism? The commander of the US Pacific Fleet has hit out at China’s “revanchist tendencies” and warned that Asia-Pacific nations must forsake “unilateral actions and inflammatory rhetoric” or risk stumbling into a Crimea-like crisis that would [...]
March 20th, 2014 - 8:18 am § in Misc.
Washington the 6th best state in which to be a taxpayer.
Yet Another Reminder: Washington Is a Low-Tax State! by Goldy, HORSESASS Personal finance social network WalletHub ranks Washington the 6th best state in which to be a taxpayer. Apropos to yesterday’s post on the proper context in which to put proposed local tax hikes, I’d just like to mention f[...]
March 20th, 2014 - 7:28 am § in Hypocrisy
Legal Thuggery” Threatograms
Legal Thuggery, or Law as Transaction Cost Posted on January 17th, 2011 by Derek Bambauer (Via JZ) BoingBoing has a neat, infuriating post about a ridiculous takedown threat they received over a post about autism. The threat-0-gram is from The Academic Advantage, by way of their personal injury lega[...]
March 20th, 2014 - 12:00 am § in America
PRESIDENT ROMNEY Announces the “Ronnie” … a replacement for the Paper Buck
At his news conference today, Pres. Romney announced the immediate switch from paper currency, the venerable greenback, to a new currency based on what he called “a hard dollar.” The currency, will be represented by a new coin… “The Ronnie .” To assure that these new[...]
Soak The Rich!
The world’s 85 richest people have as much wealth as half the world’s population (3.5 billion people), according to CNBC. Roger Rabbit Commentary: The rich haven’t made many friends by dodging taxes and buying political favors, including exclusive access to valuable resources controlled by n[...]