Over the last decade, according to a May 27 report on corporate expatriation issued by the Congressional Research Service, 47 American companies have moved their headquarters abroad over the past decade, at least in some nominal sense, in order to avoid paying taxes. And the numbers, according to Ranking Member of the House Ways and […]
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Walgreen’s, tax inversions, and the big question of the day… “Why does corporate America hate America?”
Posted in Corporate Crime, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged AbbVie, Alliance Boots, Bernie Sanders, corporate expatriation, Corvex Management, hedge funds, Jana Partners, Mark Cuban, patriotism, Sander Levin, Shire, tax inversion, tax policy, taxes, treason 38 Comments
Sending the wrong message with Instagram
Today, after seeing the doctor about my persistent cough, I want to the drug store, to pick up the inhalers that I’d been prescribed. And, while there, waiting, I strolled around, looking at stuff, and coughing on things. I found two things to be particularly interesting. In front of Better Homes and Garden magazine, I […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Pop Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged Ayn Rand, bondage, Christian cocktails, cocktails, Fifty Shades of American Women Who Love the Book and Live the Life, Fifty Shades of Grey, inhalers, Instagram, Libertarianism, lube, magazines, Mark's big ideas, pills, rats, sadism, Toddlers and Tiaras, Wal-Mart, Walmarting 15 Comments
Colbert on Kyl’s vestigial tail, sex with cousins, lying on the floor of the Senate
Arizona Senator John Kyl, while making the case on the floor of the Senate for the elimination of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding, said that abortions account for “well over 90%” of what the well-respected women’s health organization does. Then, when it was pointed out to the Senator that abortion services actually only account for 3% […]
Posted in Politics Also tagged "not intended to be a factual statement", abortion, Arizona, asshole Republicans, Fox and Friends, John Kyl, lies, men making health decisions for women, pap smear, Planned Parenthood, reality deficient, Stephen Colbert, vestigial tail, women's health, women's rights 18 Comments