Ah yes, George W Bush’s fan base: Karl Rove.

Let’s not forget about the crusades and the conquistadores.

They’re not sensible. They’re Republicans.

[Donald Trump] announced that his administration would no longer be enforcing the law for U.S. shell companies—and that no one would need to worry about prosecution for breaking the law. A few months later, Trump’s Treasury Department announced that it was destroying all of the filings the registry had compiled thus far, torching the database entirely.

This sounds like a cover-up to me.

Some things that would help:

• A wealth tax. Their wealth will continue to grow exponentially, but at least a portion of it could be harvested to reduce the deficit.
• Taxing capital gains the same as ordinary income. Making money from investments requires no effort, and it blows my mind that wage income is taxed more heavily.

Clearly Idi Amin read Animal Farm.

Exactly. Only a sith deals in absolutes.

What if I told you that the news exists so that not everyone on the planet has to research everything?

How convenient.

This will not increase the housing supply. In fact, it should theoretically decrease construction of housing, by reducing the demand for it. But it would be much harder for Congress to address the root of the problem, and big companies make an effective scapegoat.

Algae’s victory is inexorable. After humans are gone, there will still be algae in the reflecting pool.

“In diplomacy, the side with leverage doesn’t wait in the room,” Taha wrote. “You claim to be leading and winning, yet you arrived first. First mistake.”

Taha also flagged a telling moment from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghci, who Taha claimed “entered last and refused to shake hands,” a claim supported by reporting from the Iranian news outlet Tasnim News Agency.

… That’s it? The headline seems hyperbolic.

I dislike this cartoon because of the way that the server is pointing angrily at the tip box. In reality, the servers are also victims of tipping culture. They deserve consistent and fair wages.