Akkam’s Razor

• Stay Cool!
  Tips for coping with the summertime heat.
  (tags: Lifehacks)
• Disparities of Tax Rates
  Buffett cited himself, the third-richest person in the world, as an example. Last year, Buffett said, he was taxed at 17.7 percent on his taxable income of more than $46 million. His receptionist was taxed at about 30 percent.
  (tags: Econblog, taxes, disparity, effectivetaxrate)
• Social Spending and GDP per Capita
  These are countries whose per-capita incomes are greater than the OECD average. The point here is that there’s no trade-off between high levels of national income and high levels of social spending.
  (tags: Econblog GDP socialspending)

Thank you Bill O'Reilly, for FINALLY stating the anti-immigration argument in the simplest words possible.

• STING - STING CONSIDERS POLICE REUNION RUMOURS
  Possible Police reunion this year?
  (tags: music poppunk ThePolice Sting reunion)
• Daily Kos: Big OIL plan to rip off Iraq for 30 years cited on floor of House
  From the floor of the House: “How long will we be there if western oil companies are given free rein to put a vice grip on Iraq’s oil? If western oil companies get a 30-year agreement , we may call Iraq the 30-year war.”
  (tags: big Iraq oil)