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The more things change, the more they stay the same.... I've gone back and reviewed EU positions from a year ago. Nothing of substance has changed. EU-27 opposed: the UK, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and probably Denmark. EU-17 opposed: Malta, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands...

It wasn't just one American that died. Over 2000 guns were handed over to known violent drug cartels resulting in the death of a US federal agent and as many as 200-300 Mexican civilians.

[b] The presidential election is still a tossup, but right now congress is key for the FTT. All tax legislation has to go through the House Ways & Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. As long as Republicans control the House of Representatives the FTT won't see the light of the...

A good friend of my wife works for a political consulting firm. She said the unions are making a full-court press on this issue. They're telling political candidates they must promise to support the FTT to get union support. It's what they call a "money-and-votes" issue. We need to launch a...

Tell 'em what you think about the FTT. --http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-ruffalo/robin-hood-tax_b_1607258.html

King got a $3.8 million civil lawsuit settlement from the city of Los Angeles.

I never said they were "below average." I said they were "bad or mediocre." Let me clarify: They lack the skills and/or motivation to do their jobs. Let me clarify further: they're lousy at what they do. Bell curves are irrelevant. I'm talking about basic competence. By comparison, the...

Teaching creationism is the least of the public schools' problems. As a parent of two school-age kids I can tell you that public schools (at least in California) are circling the drain for the following reasons: 1. About 25% of the teachers are incompetent and should be fired immediately...

Farage has been right for ten years. Peope just started paying attention to him over the last couple of years. A decade ago he predicted the euro would fail because the weaker countries weren't productive enough to be competitive with stronger countries like Germany. He also predicted the euro...

Even if the police announce themselves it's not enough. The homeowner should be given time to call 911 and verify that police are at their door. There was a series of home-invasion robberies about 20 miles away from us last year where the perpetrators showed up with badges, announced themselves...

Europe will blow up, but I don't know if it will happen before the election. Greece, Portugal, Spain, and possibly Italy, will drop out of the euro. They only way they can survive is to return to their own devalued currencies. Everything will unravel at that point. As bad as things are now, it...

You and Stalin would get along well. Stalin "outlawed ignorance" and then declared that everyone who disagreed with him was "ignorant." But rather than go the Stalin route, maybe you should try what the Catholic Church used to do: torture people until they publicly recant any beliefs you...

The unions also lost in California. http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2012/06/07/26867/is-the-success-of-san-diego-san-jose-pension-refor/ It may take some of the wind out of their sails temporarily, but don't expect them to give up on the FTT. They've made a big investment in...

My wife and I were in Greece and Spain last summer. The misery they're suffering is hard to comprehend from here in the US. Not quite as bad in Spain, but still a lot of suffering. Both countries have 20+% unemployment and, worst of all, their economies are contracting at 6% per year. The...

Most California cities are on the verge of economic collapse. When I say most, I mean most. In Los Angeles, the state's largest city, employee retirement benefits have grown from 8% of budget to over 15% in the past decade and will top 30% of the entire budget by 2025...

There's going to be an interesting test of Intrade tomorrow. The pollsters and press are saying the Wisconsin recall election is very close and Governor Walker has only a slight edge. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/walkers-lead-wisconsin-recall-election-tightens-poll/story?id=16490870...

One of my summer jobs when I was in college was working for a brilliant entrepreneur. He was very successful at buying struggling businesses and turning them around. He used to say, "You can't fix a business by tinkering around the edges. You have to ask yourself how you would do things...

They either find a way to ammend the charges down on a technicality or they lose. In California, they ammend down by both sides agreeing to allow the jury to convict on lesser charges. I don't see Zimmerman's lawyer agreeing to any changes at this point because the murder2 case is so weak. It...

That's the same reason the evidence regarding lying to the judge about finances will probably not be allowed. It's likely to be seen as prejudicial and grounds for appeal. The judge was pissed about being lied to and reacted accordingly at the hearing, but when the trial starts the...

As a general rule, anti-propensity doctrine prevents the prosecution from presenting evidence of a defendant’s "bad character" because our system of justice does not want a jury convicting a defendant for being a bad person when, in fact, he or she is on trial for some specific crime -- in...