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Should California Tax Sales on Amazon? - Room for Debate
California and other states are trying to get revenue from online sales, but Amazon is fighting to be exempt.Amazon has a choice. They can remove their physical presence from California or they can pay sales tax on sales to California.This has been the rule and I see little reason to change it.An exemption would be a subsidy.I have no idea why that would be given. -
Fast Blueberry Jam
I never see blueberries here.
The birds eat them when they show colour.I am still looking for glucose. It is the nontoxic part of sugar. -
The Main Highway of Commerce - Room for Debate
Would you rather see public programs slashed in your state, or pay a few percent more on your purchase online?This is the wrong question.Sales taxes are a terrible idea that Republican legislatures like.They appear to be flat and are regressive.I would far rather have more progression in the income tax.The oligarchs hate the thought.As a designer everything I buy can be tax exempt.I have not bothered. The bookkeeping has not been worth the ten percent. Boost that rate to twenty seven percent like the Canadians and it will be worthwhile or raise my rate of expenditures to a middle class level. -
Patrick LaForge
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Four New Landmarks Include N.Y.C.'s Youngest
“Four New Landmarks Include N.Y.C.'s Youngest - http://nyti.ms/dSzJf0”None of these gets my vote. All of them deserve protection. All of them are enclaves and do not add to street life.
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Obama Calls for Debt Deal; Congress Still Widely Split
I expect we will get an executive rescue.
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Michael Wolff on Looking Cool in the Heat
A week in the life and wardrobe of Michael Wolff.I think he is trying to play mind games.Murdochs thrown to the liberal wolves.A liberal wolf doesn't care what it pulls down. -
Why Executions Should Be Televised
In this article from the next issue of Sunday Review, the authors argue that executions ought to be made public so people can see what is being done in their name.This again is the wrong debate. I am sure that the actual death is as humane as possible.Death penalty trials should be broadcast with knowledgeable real time commentary. -
For Asian Stars, Many Web Fans
On YouTube, a young generation of Asian-Americans has found a voice (and millions of eager fans) on the democratized platform.
They should organize and employ a producer. They obviously have star power. Hollywood was built by United Artists and other such cooperatives. Only recently has a very conservative business management wrested control from the organized talent. -
Gene Patent in Cancer Test Upheld by Appeals Panel
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that genes can be patented, overturning a lower court decision that had shocked the biotechnology industry.Judge Sweet got it right.The invention rests on the identity betweem the extracted genes and the genes found in the test subject and the lack of identity. It is the lack of identity in the test subject that indicates a positive for cancer risk. The genes in question are identical to healthy genes found in nature. The patent fails on originality. and should be thrown out on further appeal.The usual quibbles that I am not before the bar and am not looking at original material apply.Utah has some very greedy corporations and no love of the federal courts. -
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Book Review - Summer Gardening Roundup
“Book Review - Summer Gardening Roundup - http://nyti.ms/iPsimH”"Over the centuries, around the world, we have always come home to one truth: Gardening sustains life, love and happiness."I must find a building with enough property to build a reasonable garden. Grey water storage and a drip system will go a long way toward acceptable operation.
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Pasta With Anchovies and Arugula
I have been meaning to play with anchovies for some time.I will try it with spinach which is in the house now.It is almost time for local tomatoes.I will check on the arugula on my next expedition. -
How Budget Cuts Will Change the Black Middle Class - Room for Debate
What will the shrinking of the public sector mean for the economic prospects of African-Americans?These deep cuts will be a disaster for all of us who are not terminally rich. -
A Great Big City
None of these four buildings contribute to street life.
They are worth saving but will not help make the city more liveable. -
Colleges Join Plan for Faster Computer Networks
There must be some excuse for going to campus.
We can get fibre to the desktop. It costs about a hundred bucks a month.
Trivial for a $200,000 salary. -
Calling for Religious Law, Islamists Flood Square
Egypt is not out of the woods.
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Online Retailers Should Play by the Same Rules - Room for Debate
Online companies like Amazon are unfairly undercutting their brick-and-mortar competitors, which often end up cutting jobs.Not an applicable argument. Local stores must provide services Amazon cannot. Local stock is one. knowledgeable people is another.Contact with the authors is yet another. Associated books yet another. -
Facing Call for Concessions, Verizon Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
There is a physical part of the net that cannot be out sourced.
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A Dutch Factory Town, Now a Design Center
Cheap space is where it starts. Gentrification is not a friend to a start up.
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It’s Up to the Senate
The tantrum will continue.
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In Baring Facts of Train Crash, Blogs Erode China Censorship
Time for another great leap forward?
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