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It’s that time of the year again!

Posted on December 19, 2017 by

As usual during the last weeks of the year, I’m reminding everyone to consider contributing to charity. This year, this is especially so since you may not be able to get any tax benefit from charitable contributions next year, making … Continue reading →

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Analyses of the New Tax Reform Coming Out

Posted on November 4, 2017 by

The new Republican tax reform proposal has finally been published this week, and analyses of it are now coming out on various sites. Here’s my take on what I’ve learned. Continue reading →

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A little bit on how easy it is to manipulate you…

Posted on November 10, 2015 by

I’ve been busy lately, and haven’t posted anything for a while, but there is something that keeps bugging me. So I decided to come back and write about it. How easy it is to manipulate you. Yes you, the average … Continue reading →

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God wants to love gays in Kentucky, but needs more help in doing so!

Posted on September 7, 2015 by

We’ve all heard about the Kentucky county clerk adopting the Sharia law instead of the United States Constitution and claiming that doing so is the governments’ god-sent right. Well, God apparently disagrees. In his/her recent post, God said that he/she … Continue reading →

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Do you have foreign accounts? Then the Highway Bill affects you.

Posted on July 31, 2015 by

That’s right. You’re not a truck driver, nor a construction worker. You merely drive on highways, and even that not every day. But if you have any foreign accounts, this bill that has just been passed in the Congress – … Continue reading →

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Happy V-Day!

Posted on May 9, 2015 by

It’s been 70 years since the allied forces were victorious in their fight against the Nazi Germany and their allies in Europe, and most of the people who participated in that great war are long gone. Yet we owe a … Continue reading →

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Obama is no Romney.

Posted on April 19, 2015 by

So we’ve read that Obamas paid 19.8% tax last year on their almost $478K income (the full return here). During the 2012 election cycle, we’ve heard Romney paying about 13%. Some claim that because most of the money Romney got … Continue reading →

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What should we do about the backward people?

Posted on March 29, 2015 by

There’s seem to be some “swan-song”-like effort from various groups of retarded people to remove themselves from the civilized society. I’m talking about the “religious” bigots and haters who adopt laws that allow them to continue hating and hurting other … Continue reading →

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A short reminder about the Middle Eastern affairs coverage

Posted on November 2, 2014 by

This summer I was writing about the media coverage of the yet another round of violence in the Middle East. I was showing that the media, and the social media in particular, is extremely biased against Israel and the Israelis. … Continue reading →

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“Red States” may make their poor poorer. Thanks, GOP!

Posted on July 23, 2014 by

Not many noticed, with all the latest news storms from Ukraine and the Middle East, but something happened in the courts on the East Coast of the US. Two specific ones, actually: US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit … Continue reading →

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