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Between 1776 and 1783 an scrappy army of 17,000 fought the British (or Good King George as he is commonly called). The army didn’t own any guns, so individuals had to bring their own muskets (muskets, mind you, not automatics) to war. When the war was over the last thing the government wanted was a …
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Don’t count on the geniuses running WalMart to figure out the problem anytime soon. Rather than looking at how meager is the pay of millions of working Americans, the execs are blaming the expiration of the payroll-tax break on Dec. 31. The Bloomberg report noted that “For a person making $40,000 a year, that is …
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“For some reason we like having family men at the to, perhaps because we think they’re kinder or more empathetic.” In fact, the opposite is true. The problem with having children is that it makes you more grasping on their behalf – at your colleagues’ expense. A recent Danish study found “that the first thing …
54% of voters support David Cameron’s plan to renegotiate Britain’s EU membership and hold an in-out referendum. 27% do not (YouGov/The Sunday Times). 13% say the policy makes them more likely to vote Conservative at the next election; 16% less likely (The Times/Populus) The reason for the above poll results is the relentless propaganda against …
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A majority of Visa shareholders recently rejected an effort to require the company to provide more disclosure about its role in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and related lobbying activities. Boston Common Asset Management, an investment firm focused on socially responsible investing, and the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA), a religious organization, filed …
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