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Apple right to avoid ridiculous taxes

May 22, 2013 By John Seiler Apple Inc. is the world's most profitable and admired company. It's also the world's biggest tax dodger. Reported the Wall Street Journal of a U.S. Senate grilling of CEO Tim Cook, "The Senate panel, in a report released Monday, said that Apple used technicalities i...

Bridge debacle foreshadows bullet train mega-debacle

May 22, 2013 By Chris Reed Mankind has been building bridges for more than 3,000 years. A bridge built in the 13th century BC in Greece is still in use. Building durable bridges over water is not a modern accomplishment. The Roman Empire liked to build simple arch bridges over rivers and pu...

Noon today: Tea Party protests against abusive IRS

Update 8:30 pm: The protests have occurred. Please post below any reports of protests you attended or witnessed. May 21, 2013 By John Seiler The Tea Party is holding peaceful rallies today at noon across the country to protest IRS abuses. As has been revealed the past 11 days, the Obama...

Obama-connected Media Matters smeared prez critics

May 21, 2013 By John Seiler Last year, the Obama-connected left-wing group Media Matters engaged in a vendetta against the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is a venerable, old, bipartisan group that helps legislators craft bills. Media Matters was upset that ALEC had produced model ...

Surprise! Government assaults its critics

May 20, 2013 By John Seiler Government cons us into believing it "helps" people. It really exists to help itself -- and hurt those that want to reduce its immense powers. My colleague Steven Greenhut just visited Washington, D.C., and reported on how rich the area is. At least $4 trillion o...

No spare change under the dome

May 20, 2013 By Katy Grimes During his press briefing last week while discussing the state’s lack of budgeting flexibility, Gov. Jerry Brown said, "Anyone who thinks there's spare change around here, they haven’t read the budget." Brown released his May Budget Revision l...

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