Steve Pavlina instructs us on how to be “driven”. This is a must-read for anyone who aims to lead a productive, goal-oriented life. When asked during an interview how he managed to reach the top as a professional bodybuilder and Hollywood actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger replied with a single word, “Drive!” All great success ultimately begins […]
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The Sunlight Foundation wants the public to review, criticize and edit proposed congressional bills at Public Markup. But, but … the lobbyists just don’t like this idea! “I don’t think the way you advocate is to put everything online and say, ‘All right American people, weigh in on that,’ because then what’s next?” Miller [past […]
Richard Conniff of the New York Times would like us to stop using the word ‘taxes’ and replace it with dues. ‘Taxes’, you see, has “become the ugliest word in the English language, right up there with its evil twin, ‘death.’” (Gee I wonder why that comparison is so apt.) … the word “dues” also […]
Venezuela sends 364 tons of food to Haiti. President Hugo Chavez said the shipment is to help relieve the crisis in Haiti that has plagued the country for the last nine days. Since last week, Haiti has been the scene of disturbance due to a sharp hike in food prices. The situation has also led […]
Dave Barry sounds off on taxes. Hilarious. You’ll enjoy this. But it’s also time to file your federal tax return. Yes, this is a pesky chore, but remember that paying taxes is not a ”one-way street.” When you send your money to the government, the government, in return, provides you with vital services, such as […]
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Fly Like a Bird
What do you get when you combine helium and super-light artificial bird wings? The unbridled joy of flight. The YouTube video says it has no specific practical purpose, but I say joy is practical purpose enough.
An Iraqi entrepreneur hangs on to his shoe manufacturing business through the war. Inspiring. Now Attiya, humbled by security fears, the shuttering of Iraqi tanning factories that provided his raw materials and an avalanche of cheap imports from China and Syria since the invasion, hangs on in a crumbling former dentist’s office with a handful […]
Police in California are ticketing owners of cars with engine modifications. “If you’re not into street racing, why would you need that?” Riverside Police Traffic Sergeant Skip Showalter asked an enthusiast during a similar crackdown last year. “Why would you want more power going to your car?” Police issued a total of forty-eight tickets for […]
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New Scientist: The Sky WILL Fall!
According to NewScientist magazine, it is in the nature of civilization to fail. Every civilisation in history has collapsed, after all. Why should ours be any different? Doomsday scenarios typically feature a knockout blow: a massive asteroid, all-out nuclear war or a catastrophic pandemic. Yet there is another chilling possibility: what if the very nature […]
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz seems to have forgotten that we don’t have free markets (yet). The idea that markets are “self adjusting,” that free, unfettered markets lead as if by an invisible hand to the well being of all, has been repeatedly refuted (the Great Depression was the most telling refutation). But it is […]