Mary Roll
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Mary Roll
Effective tax rates before and after the Trump tax law:
Verizon Before: 21% After: 8%
Walmart Before: 31% After: 17%
AT&T Before: 13% After: 3%
Walt Disney Before: 26% After: 8%
FedEx Before: 18% After: 1%
This is what a corporate giveaway looks like.
Robert Reich
The hail in Texas was so big Tuesday that it required a new description Forecasters warned of “DVD-size hail” as stones larger than grapefruits bombarded an area near Lubbock.
Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of b
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Daily Stoic Emails
It doesn’t have to be this way. The world could be so much fairer, the safety net stronger. We could take better care of people, we could make life easier for parents, we could make it easier to afford a home. We could make things more color blind, we could adjust for past evils like slavery and racism
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the thing is, as an adult, you get to make your own cool. you get to choose your own friends, live your own life. and let me tell you, in my life, where i make the rules, i am the coolest cat around.
being passionate about your hobbies is cool. asking good questions is cool. reading books is cool. taking notes is cool.
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being passionate about your hobbies is cool. asking good questions is cool. reading books is cool. taking notes is cool.
thinking of projects and then d... See more
“cool” - Tasshin
In one way, it is easier to be inexperienced: you don’t have to learn what is no longer relevant. Experience, on the other hand, creates two distinct struggles: the first is to identify and unlearn what is no longer necessary (that’s work, too). The second is to remain open-minded, patient, and willing to engage with what’s new, even if it resemble... See more
Frank Chimero • Everything Easy is Hard Again
“When you’re used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
“The circles of women around us weave invisible nets of love that carry us when we’re weak, and sing with us when we are strong.”
SARK - Succulent Wild Woman