Thursday, April 22, 2021

Nailed the Vetting Lies

I would distinguish between a visitor and a pilgrim: both will come to a place and go away again, but a visitor arrives, a pilgrim is restored. A visitor passes through a place; the place passes through the pilgrim.
—. Cynthia Ozick,  born in 1928



IRS chief says some $1T in taxes going uncollected annually


SHINE A LIGHT: What the Rolling Stones can teach us about today’s tax debate. “We’re about to embark on another national experiment to see how Americans react to tax increases. While some say that economic conditions have changed to the point where ‘it is different this time’ (cautionary words to any student of history) – we’re likely to find that human nature is a stubborn thing.”


 

Amazon workers react to the defeat of the RWDSU at Alabama warehouse WSWS


How Amazon Crushed The Union Threat In Alabama HuffPost


 

Tank vs. Toyota

In 1987 the army of Chad won a war against a more powerful Libyan force. The Libyans had tanks and aircraft; Chad had a fleet of Toyota pickup trucks

 

Krystal Ball: The Next Housing CRISIS Is Here And The Villains Are Exactly Who You’d ExpectYouTube From last week, still germane

 

Republican ‘attacks’ on corporations over voting rights bills are a hypocritical sham Guardian 

 

Elite philanthropy mainly self-serving Academic Times 


 Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 17, 2021 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Six key takeaways from Biden’s Russia sanctions announcement; Bill Would Prohibit Sale of Americans’ Personal Data to Adversarial Countries; Better than the best password: How to use 2 Factor Authentication to improve your security; and Cybercriminals Put Out Facebook Ads for a Fake Clubhouse App That Was Riddled with Malware.