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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Supreme Court to Rule on Race in College Admissions - Campaign for Liberty
Supreme Court to Rule on Race in College Admissions - Campaign for Liberty: "it is appalling that race is still considered when applying for higher education. It seems that affirmative action’s advocates have completely lost sight of the core principles behind the civil rights movement of half a century ago. Martin Luther King’s dream wasn’t to see the roles of previous racial injustice reversed; it was to see a day when people weren’t defined by race whatsoever, being judged “not… by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” "
Google: GPAs are worthless | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
Google: GPAs are worthless | Technically Incorrect - CNET News: "Google famously used to ask everyone for a transcript and GPAs and test scores, but we don't anymore, unless you're just a few years out of school. We found that they don't predict anything."
"Bock said the percentage of Googlies who've never been to college is increasing. Sometimes, as much as 14 percent of team members are entirely unsullied by phis, betas, kappas, and Saturday football rah-rahs."
"We found that brainteasers are a complete waste of time." "They don't predict anything. They serve primarily to make the interviewer feel smart."
"when you ask somebody to speak to their own experience, and you drill into that, you get two kinds of information. One is you get to see how they actually interacted in a real-world situation, and the valuable 'meta' information you get about the candidate is a sense of what they consider to be difficult"
"You want people who like figuring out stuff where there is no obvious answer."
"Bock said the percentage of Googlies who've never been to college is increasing. Sometimes, as much as 14 percent of team members are entirely unsullied by phis, betas, kappas, and Saturday football rah-rahs."
"We found that brainteasers are a complete waste of time." "They don't predict anything. They serve primarily to make the interviewer feel smart."
"when you ask somebody to speak to their own experience, and you drill into that, you get two kinds of information. One is you get to see how they actually interacted in a real-world situation, and the valuable 'meta' information you get about the candidate is a sense of what they consider to be difficult"
"You want people who like figuring out stuff where there is no obvious answer."
Korean D�j�Vu | Cato Institute
Korean D�j�Vu | Cato Institute: "North [Korea] cannot trade away its nuclear arsenal, pull back its advanced conventional forces, or implement fundamental economic reform. All Kim & Co. can do is attempt to extort money out of the North’s neighbors and anyone else foolish enough to pass the hat."
"What possible argument is there for keeping the subsidies going after Kim Jong-un’s recent fire-and-brimstone tirade? South Koreans are putting money into the hands of the North’s barbaric elite which is threatening to destroy the ROK. Every won sent north can be used to add more nuclear weapons, miniaturize nuclear bombs, and extend the range of nuclear-capable missiles."
"continuing to subsidize the North likely will extend the life of the Kim regime"
"[The U.S. should give] no defense subsidies for a government which underwrites its enemy"
"What possible argument is there for keeping the subsidies going after Kim Jong-un’s recent fire-and-brimstone tirade? South Koreans are putting money into the hands of the North’s barbaric elite which is threatening to destroy the ROK. Every won sent north can be used to add more nuclear weapons, miniaturize nuclear bombs, and extend the range of nuclear-capable missiles."
"continuing to subsidize the North likely will extend the life of the Kim regime"
"[The U.S. should give] no defense subsidies for a government which underwrites its enemy"
Economy Miraculously Adds Jobs despite Increase in Unemployment - Campaign for Liberty
Economy Miraculously Adds Jobs despite Increase in Unemployment - Campaign for Liberty: "the economy added 175,000 jobs this month despite unemployment climbing from 7.5% to 7.6%"
The Marketplace Fairness Act: a headache for small business owners | The Daily Caller
The Marketplace Fairness Act: a headache for small business owners | The Daily Caller: "Each of this country’s 10,000 different taxing jurisdictions has its own laws for applying sales tax to all sorts of goods"
"within the same zip code, even on the same street, different tax rates can apply"
"the [free] software will only provide me with rates, not product categories, and it will do nothing to help lift the time-and-money burden of submitting up to 600 tax returns per year."
"I’d have to upgrade to the Sage 100 platform in order to automate my sales tax calculations"
"my shopping cart isn’t compatible with their program and would have to be modified"
"I’d have to change my entire sales software and strategy because no multi-channel cart solutions are currently supported by their software."
"I’d also have to categorize all of my products to be readable by the software."
"clothing might be exempt, depending on the price" "sports bras are tax exempt, but sports shorts aren’t. A sewing button is exempt but a scrapbooking button isn’t. That same sewing button isn’t exempt if it’s included in a sewing kit. Yarn is exempt unless it could be used to make a rug. Thread is exempt, unless it’s sold with a needle."
"within the same zip code, even on the same street, different tax rates can apply"
"the [free] software will only provide me with rates, not product categories, and it will do nothing to help lift the time-and-money burden of submitting up to 600 tax returns per year."
"I’d have to upgrade to the Sage 100 platform in order to automate my sales tax calculations"
"my shopping cart isn’t compatible with their program and would have to be modified"
"I’d have to change my entire sales software and strategy because no multi-channel cart solutions are currently supported by their software."
"I’d also have to categorize all of my products to be readable by the software."
"clothing might be exempt, depending on the price" "sports bras are tax exempt, but sports shorts aren’t. A sewing button is exempt but a scrapbooking button isn’t. That same sewing button isn’t exempt if it’s included in a sewing kit. Yarn is exempt unless it could be used to make a rug. Thread is exempt, unless it’s sold with a needle."
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