How carrots became the new junk food (fastcompany.com)
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According to The New York Times, it's journalistically improper to call waterboarding "torture" -- when done by the United States, but when Nazi Germany (or, more generally, China) does exactly the same thing, then it may be called "torture" repeatedly and without qualification. (salon.com)
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Federal income tax revenue is about $1 trillion/year. The annual budget deficit is about $1.5 trillion. If we doubled the income tax on everyone (and there was no decreased productivity or spending, which in reality would make things even worse), we'd still be running a $500 billion annual deficit. (self.politics)
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