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QotD: Gratitude Unlocks Fullness
Feb. 3rd, 2018 06:14 pmGratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance,
chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home,
a stranger into a friend.
-- Melody Beattie
Socialism never took root in America because
the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat
but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
--Ronald Wright
the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat
but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
--Ronald Wright
QotD: Wretchedness of Affluence
Dec. 20th, 2015 09:21 amThere is no poverty so great
as that of the prosperous,
no wrechedness so dismal
as affluence.
Wealth is poison.
There is no misery to compare
with that which exists
where technology has been
a total success.
--Thomas Merton, Catholic monk
as that of the prosperous,
no wrechedness so dismal
as affluence.
Wealth is poison.
There is no misery to compare
with that which exists
where technology has been
a total success.
--Thomas Merton, Catholic monk
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https://vimeo.com/111507586
Loved this video showing all my friends getting beat down. Everybody takes a turn at this level of whitewater. If you aren't willing to take a beating, you shouldn't be out there.
Loved this video showing all my friends getting beat down. Everybody takes a turn at this level of whitewater. If you aren't willing to take a beating, you shouldn't be out there.
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- beer,
- freedom,
- friends,
- kayak,
- oregon,
- orthopedics,
- recreation,
- risk,
- river,
- shoulder,
- wealth,
- whitewater,
- youth
QotD: Jim Carrey on Wealth and Fame
Jan. 19th, 2014 05:13 pmI think everybody
should get rich and famous
and do everything they ever dreamed of
so they can see
that it's not the answer.
--Jim Carrey as quoted in Forbes.com
should get rich and famous
and do everything they ever dreamed of
so they can see
that it's not the answer.
--Jim Carrey as quoted in Forbes.com
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QotD: Making a Living vs a Life
Aug. 8th, 2012 05:20 pmYou make a living
by what you earn;
you make a life
by what you give.
--Winston Churchill
by what you earn;
you make a life
by what you give.
--Winston Churchill
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- generosity,
- happiness,
- job,
- mercola,
- money,
- my practice,
- quotes,
- values,
- wealth,
- work
More Americans Live Alone Than Ever Before
Feb. 8th, 2012 08:49 pmTwenty eight percent (28%) of US households are now just one person living alone. This is the most ever. These singles are the biggest spenders, contributing 1.9 trillion to "the economy" each year. (According to The Week 2/10/12 which is in turn quoting Fortune magazine)
And another factoid from the same source: the number of US prisoners age 65 and over has increased 63% between 2007 and 2010. I guess we're keeping them put away so long that now they need more medical care, and it's becoming an issue. The total number of prisoners has been flat for that same period.
And another factoid from the same source: the number of US prisoners age 65 and over has increased 63% between 2007 and 2010. I guess we're keeping them put away so long that now they need more medical care, and it's becoming an issue. The total number of prisoners has been flat for that same period.
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QotD: Solitude
Aug. 26th, 2011 09:27 amLoneliness
is the poverty of self;
Solitude
is the richness of self.
--May Sarton, poet
is the poverty of self;
Solitude
is the richness of self.
--May Sarton, poet
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that does fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
--William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that does fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
--William Shakespeare, The Tempest
In order:
1) EXXON Mobil: 2009 $19 billion in profits, paid no taxes and got a $156 million IRS rebate according to SEC
2) BANK of AMERICA: 2010 $4.4 billion in profits, nearly $1 trillion bailout, and $1.9 billion tax refund
3) GE: $26 billion in US profits past 5 years, $4.1 billion tax refund (friends work there)
4) CHEVRON: 2009 $10 billion profits, $19 million tax refund
5) BOEING: $30 billion Pentagon contract, $124 million tax refund in 2010 (plant in my hometown)
6) VALERO Energy: 2010 $68 billion in sales, $157 million tax refund, and $134 million tax break from the oil and gas manufacturing tax deduction (25th largest co in US)
7) GOLDMAN SACHS: 2008 profit $2.3 billion, $800 billion bailout, paid 1.1% of its income in taxes
8) CITIGROUP: 2010 over $4 billion in profits, $2.5 trillion bailout, paid no federal income taxes (worst credit cards I ever had, except maybe for AmEx)
9) CONOCOPHILIPS: 2007-09 made $16 billion in profits, received $451 million in tax breaks (oil & gas deduct) (#5 oil co in US)
10) CARNIVAL Cruise Lines: 2005-10 made $11 billion in profits, fed income tax rate 1.1%
Sanders suggests:
--closing corporate tax loopholes
--eliminating tax breaks for oil and gas companies
--introduced legislation to impose a 5.4% surtax on millionaires-->$50 billion a year
--spending cuts must be paired with new revenue
SOURCE
compiled by Senator Bernie Sanders
http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/27/6355442-tax-time-not-for-giant-corporations-the-top-ten-tax-avoiders-who-refuse-to-pay-up-and-share-the-sacrifice
Hat tip: BuzzFlash.com
1) EXXON Mobil: 2009 $19 billion in profits, paid no taxes and got a $156 million IRS rebate according to SEC
2) BANK of AMERICA: 2010 $4.4 billion in profits, nearly $1 trillion bailout, and $1.9 billion tax refund
3) GE: $26 billion in US profits past 5 years, $4.1 billion tax refund (friends work there)
4) CHEVRON: 2009 $10 billion profits, $19 million tax refund
5) BOEING: $30 billion Pentagon contract, $124 million tax refund in 2010 (plant in my hometown)
6) VALERO Energy: 2010 $68 billion in sales, $157 million tax refund, and $134 million tax break from the oil and gas manufacturing tax deduction (25th largest co in US)
7) GOLDMAN SACHS: 2008 profit $2.3 billion, $800 billion bailout, paid 1.1% of its income in taxes
8) CITIGROUP: 2010 over $4 billion in profits, $2.5 trillion bailout, paid no federal income taxes (worst credit cards I ever had, except maybe for AmEx)
9) CONOCOPHILIPS: 2007-09 made $16 billion in profits, received $451 million in tax breaks (oil & gas deduct) (#5 oil co in US)
10) CARNIVAL Cruise Lines: 2005-10 made $11 billion in profits, fed income tax rate 1.1%
Sanders suggests:
--closing corporate tax loopholes
--eliminating tax breaks for oil and gas companies
--introduced legislation to impose a 5.4% surtax on millionaires-->$50 billion a year
--spending cuts must be paired with new revenue
SOURCE
compiled by Senator Bernie Sanders
http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/27/6355442-tax-time-not-for-giant-corporations-the-top-ten-tax-avoiders-who-refuse-to-pay-up-and-share-the-sacrifice
Hat tip: BuzzFlash.com
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Resolutions that Tolstoy Didn't Keep
Feb. 11th, 2011 01:28 pmExcerpted from Tolstoy's "Rules of Life" written when he was 18 years old:
· Get up early (five o’clock)
· Go to bed early (nine to ten o’clock)
· Eat little and avoid sweets
· Try to do everything by yourself
· Have a goal for your whole life, a goal for one section of your life, a goal for a shorter period and a goal for the year; a goal for every month, a goal for every week, a goal for every day, a goal for every hour and for every minute, and sacrifice the lesser goal to the greater
· Keep away from women
· Kill desire by work
· Be good, but try to let no one know it
· Always live less expensively than you might
· Change nothing in your style of living even if you become ten times richer
· Get up early (five o’clock)
· Go to bed early (nine to ten o’clock)
· Eat little and avoid sweets
· Try to do everything by yourself
· Have a goal for your whole life, a goal for one section of your life, a goal for a shorter period and a goal for the year; a goal for every month, a goal for every week, a goal for every day, a goal for every hour and for every minute, and sacrifice the lesser goal to the greater
· Keep away from women
· Kill desire by work
· Be good, but try to let no one know it
· Always live less expensively than you might
· Change nothing in your style of living even if you become ten times richer
Mapping the Measure of America
Jan. 31st, 2011 11:07 amhttp://www.measureofamerica.org/maps/
Interactive map where you can see health indices, income, education, political and religion stats for all the states. Very interesting, and very useful for my current project of sorting out where I want to set up.
Interactive map where you can see health indices, income, education, political and religion stats for all the states. Very interesting, and very useful for my current project of sorting out where I want to set up.
Q2otD: EA on Liberals/Conservatives
Jan. 17th, 2011 10:11 amCounterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and the powerful.
--Edward Abbey
--Edward Abbey
QotD: Voluntary Simplicity
Dec. 2nd, 2010 05:26 pmI have enough money in the bank now to buy enough beans and rice for twenty-five years. To the end (sometimes longed for). Why not kidnap Suzy and sneak off to the life of a semi-hermit? A tempting, constantly tempting idea. ......Peace. Simplicity. Order, ceremony and ritual. Voluntary poverty. An end to clutter and this vulgar, stifling, crushing burden of things.
--Edward Abbey
--Edward Abbey
