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Airline passenger boards wrong plane, winds up in Japan instead of Nicaragua
Our take: Yikes. Hard to imagine how this could happen in today’s age of scanning/cameras/24-7 surveillance. Anyhow, I hope she had a good time while she was in Japan.
COURTESY: FOX NEWS
Department of redundancy department: Washington considers additional tax on millionaires despite warnings of exodus
Our take: Yet another state is facing a multi-billion-dollar budget shortfall. Washington is facing a $2.3 billion shortfall, which of course it blames on federal policies. In a shock to no one, the Democratic governor is supporting a 9.9% income tax on those with adjusted incomes over $1 million. This is especially noticeable in Washington, which currently does not have an individual income tax.
The playbook is always the same. Spend more than you can bring in, then point to the “boogeyman” rich jerks who owe it to everyone to pay more in taxes. It never occurs to them to cut unnecessary programs and spending to lower costs instead of soaking taxpayers. They also ignore the fact that many rich people will move once their tax burdens get too onerous. Just ask Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Ken Griffin.
You’ll have to go to Florida to ask them, because they all moved there to enjoy the income-tax-free state. It's not hard to figure out, people. The most likely solution is almost always the correct one. Stop funding shitty programs and wasting taxpayer money, and you’ll have plenty of money left for safety, infrastructure, and education—things people actually want the government to provide.
COURTESY: MSN
ESPN reporter cries while lauding Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance
Our take: ESPN reporter John Sutcliffe broke down in tears when describing Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance. Breaking down in tears over a 12-minute performance is not something a well-adjusted adult does. We hope everything is OK with him.
COURTESY: YAHOO
Tip of the day – How to think critically
Internalize Intellectual Standards.
Each week, develop a heightened awareness of one of the universal intellectual standards (clarity, precision, accuracy, relevance, depth, breadth, logicalness, significance). Focus one week on clarity, the next on accuracy, etc. For example, if you are focusing on clarity for the week, try to notice when you are being unclear in communicating with others. Notice when others are unclear in what they are saying.
When you are reading, notice whether you are clear about what you are reading. When you orally express or write out your views (for whatever reason), ask yourself whether you are clear about what you are trying to say. In doing this, of course, focus on four techniques of clarification: 1) Stating what you are saying explicitly and precisely (with careful consideration given to your choice of words), 2) Elaborating on your meaning in other words, 3) Giving examples of what you mean from experiences you have had, and 4) Using analogies, metaphors, pictures, or diagrams to illustrate what you mean. In other words, you will frequently STATE, ELABORATE, ILLUSTRATE, AND EXEMPLIFY your points. You will regularly ask others to do the same.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It’s better to be alone than in bad company.” – John Spence