Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. — Romans 12:19 (KJV) On May 15, 1916, a 17-year-old black farmhand named Jesse Washington went on trial in Waco, Texas, for the murder of his employer[...]
Archive for March, 2014
SOUTH CAROLINA: Why does ANYONE want to live there? The Maps Part I
South Carolina, with what may be the worst record of any state in the union, will celebrate the civil war this weekend. Slavery, as horrible as it was elsewhere in the South, reached its peak in South Carolina where there were intentional efforts to breed a better slave by crossing African sl[...]
March 20th, 2014 - 1:16 pm § in Uncategorized
Stop Legal Thuggery: Dish It Back!
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 [...]
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[...]