Well, I have a new battery. He was right on time, and it only took about a quarter hour. Without going into too much detail. I need to be home the next two days, so I’ll make a vax appointment for Saturday, Sunday, or Mondey. And I will let y’all know how it goes.
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Common Dreams – ‘Biggest Tax Story of the Year, If Not the Decade’: Analysis Shows Just How Little Richest .001% Pay in Taxes
I was running out of video space for today, so instead of including Thom Hartmann, I am including here this article he cited.
Quote: ProPublica makes clear that, far from being the beneficiaries of a sprawling, illegal tax dodging scheme, “it turns out billionaires don’t have to evade taxes exotically and illicitly—they can avoid them routinely and legally,” a point that spotlights the systemic inequities of the U.S. tax system. [emphasis mine]
There is a legal distinction between tax avoidance and tax evasion. But to my mind, there’s not much of a moral distinction. Click through for the full article, and if you are really interested, through again from there to the full report.
Politico – Yesterday was a very busy day, so frankly, I have only skimmed this myself. But so much I have been featuring, here and in videos, skirts around this topic, I thought it would be well to bring it to the fore.
Quote: During a Senate budget hearing, Garland said he was aware of the controversy triggered by the Justice Department’s actions defending Trump in a civil suit and seeking to maintain secrecy around memos sent to former Attorney General William Barr as he responded to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Click through for more.
Wonkette – Ohio Kooks Think COVID-19 Vaccine Will Give You Freaky Magnetic Powers Like That’s A Bad Thing . As a person who often drops small metal parts, like beads and findings, I would love for this to be true. Sadly, no.
Quote (in Wonkette’s unique style): Ooh, boy, so the usual gang of idiots are promoting a conspiracy theory that the COVID-19 vaccine contains microchips or other metals that the government uses to track Americans. It’s like a 25-year-old plot from the “X-Files,” and Agent Scully was clued into the government’s diabolical scheme after the metal detector at the FBI picked up the chip in her neck. Yes, because the shadowy government conspiracy never imagined that a person might someday walk through a goddamn metal detector.
Click through for some details and more giggles.
Food for Thought:
