Archive for the ‘Gambling’ Category
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The Common Thread Between the Soda Tax and the Yoga Tax
Posted on October 9, 2014
On one side of the country, in the People’s Republic of Berkley, the city council there is trying to raise taxes on soda pop. On the other side of the...
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Viva Las Vegas
Posted on October 24, 2011
Politicians in Washington rushed Nevada into Statehood in 1864 to assure Abraham Lincoln a comfortable margin in his bid for reelection smack dab in the middle of the Civil War,...
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Repeal the Infield Fly Rule
Posted on August 5, 2011
The world is going to hell in a hand basket. The stock market just crashed as if Congress allowed the President to default on our debt payments. Europe is in...
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Shocked, Shocked
Posted on April 22, 2010
Everyone’s favorite line from the movie “Casablanca” is when Inspector Renault says to Rick (as he collects his gambling winnings), “I am shocked, shocked to find gambling going on here.”...
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