Saturday, January 5, 2013

NATIONAL: Businesses Fleeing to "Anywhere But California"

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Based on the annual survey of 650 US business leaders, California (once again!) ranks 50th out of 50 states (i.e. last or worst - take your ...
Friday, January 4, 2013

INTERNATIONAL: Why Are We Still Defending Japan (and Germany)?

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******************** UPDATE 1/4/2013: We continue to read stories of the tensions between Marines and the Japanese citizens and government...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

WORLD: What Mark Twain Did and Did NOT Say (Happy New Year!)

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Click image to enlarge. Mark Twain is attributed with many clever and worldly sayings, many of which he did NOT actually utter. I'...

NATIONAL: The Fiscal Cliff - Gee, What Fun We Are Having!

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******************** UPDATE - 1/4/2013: The Fiscal Cliff Fix of 2013 has capped charitable deductions for high income earners, likely resu...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

CALIFORNIA: The Next Big Joke on Us is SavingsPlus

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We just got our "SavingsPlus" password and user ID in the mail yesterday 12/24/2012, and what a joke this thing is. Sue wrote a re...

WORLD: Happy Holidays from the Waags!

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This is a photo of our dog Shayna sitting in front of the living room window. This is particularly meaningful because our strange dog of ...

STATE: ObamaCare and the California Legislative Supermajority in 2013

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******************** UPDATE 12/25/2012: To those who are still under the illusion that ObamaCare will some you some money, think again. We ...