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Category Archives: Torque
Interstate Commerce Abuse
Let’s make a deal. I am a private entity and you are a private entity. Can our transaction ever be called Commerce among States? Am I a State? Are you a State? No. We are private entities conducting a private … Continue reading
Posted in Bongos, Torque
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Islamophobia is bad but it is a good step
A national ban on an architectural element seems silly but the vote to stop the construction of minarets in Switzerland is a real accomplishment. The people of a mature country have peacefully expressed a strong collective feeling against what they … Continue reading
To Time Warner Cable
What’s wrong with charging internet subscribers per gigabyte? When you pin your rates to an index that is guaranteed to rise faster than costs in order to increase profits, your risk remains pinned to customer retention. This business is sums, … Continue reading
Posted in Bongos, Shameless, Torque
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Smoke… for the children!
The health of American children will rest on the shoulders of a dying breed if President Obama signs the SCHIP Reauthorization Act of 2009. Click the PDF version and scroll to page 265, Title VII—Revenue Provisions. Taxes on tobacco and … Continue reading
Posted in Bongos, Torque
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Thanks to Pema Chodron
I never took a serious interest in Buddhism. Maybe because it never did anything for me, I never did anything for it. Yesterday that changed. Zoe and I were on a flight when I got furious at a flight attendant. … Continue reading
Posted in Allure, Torque
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