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Thursday, February 17, 2022

States Are Trying to Exempt Cops From Paying Taxes

 A good player who loses at chess is genuinely convinced hat he has lost because of a mistake, and he looks for this mistake in the beginning of his game, but forgets that there were also mistakes at ever step in the course of the game, that none of his moves was perfect. The mistake he pays attention to is conspicuous only because his opponent took advantage of it.

~ Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

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There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it.

P. J. O'Rourke




Politicians in Robes New York Review of Books. Laurence Tribe. Larry minces no words in this takedown of Breyer’s claim that the Supreme Court is apolitical. Worth registering to leap the paywall to read this piece.

Analysis From 113 Countries Shows The Harrowing Extent of Loneliness We Live With.


Pay or Burn: An Italian Mafia’s Message to Businesses A southern Italian province thought it had the local mafia on the run. Now the mob is fighting back, with a wave of arson and bomb attacks.


IRS Office of Chief Counsel Hosts Navigating Careers In IRS' Office Of Chief Counsel


Court TV: Law Professor Murder For Hire


Shay: Comment On Sen. Ron Wyden's International Tax Reform Framework Discussion Draft



Doran Presents The Great American Retirement Fraud Today At Duke