2017 was an "on the other hand" year for RushBabe49. For every great thing that happened, there was something disgusting in return. No good thing goes un-punished, and 2017 was a great example. Starting in January with the inauguration of duly-elected President Donald Trump. Election night in 2016 was the most fun I had had …
On January 1, Seattle initiates a new "sweetened beverage tax", of $0.0175 per OUNCE of sweetened beverage (Coke, Pepsi, Simply Lemonade, VitaminWater...). Below is information I copied off the City of Seattle Web site. Now, the reason for this tax in the first place is to make the citizens of Seattle healthier by making it …
Continue reading Seattle Liberals-stuck on stupid with their Sweetened Beverage Tax
Right now, the US Congress is hashing out a "tax reform" set of bills intended to change the ways taxes are confiscated from American workers and savers. Those on the Left often refer to "tax cuts for the rich", showing their basic envy of people who actually EARN their livings in the real world. Republicans, …
A recent op-ed in Pravda on the Hudson, better known as the New York Times, says the writer is telling his black child that he may not be friends with white children. Sorry, but That's Racist. That's Deplorable.
Hubby and I spent the afternoon yesterday in the town of Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula, collecting on the last of the Jazz package we bought at an auction (dinner at the Hanazono Asian Noodle House). Before dinner, we walked up what seemed like 1,000 steps to check out the Uptown neighborhood. Walking down …
People are probably quite familiar now with the big story of how a Google software engineer was summarily fired for circulating a memo around his company, positing the viewpoint (taking into account verifiable scientific studies that confirm this) that a reason why more women don't work as software engineers could be that most women don't …
Continue reading We knew the managements of Facebook and Google were Liberal
IT Staffer Arrested Trying to Flee the Country Now, have you noticed this story being covered by any of the traditional "news" outlets, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN?? Not one of the above "news" outlets has even mentioned this huge story, not even on an inside …
Continue reading A Clear Case of Media Malpractice! Democrat National Committee…
Here is the text of the ballot measure on the primary ballot in King County, Washington, that includes Seattle and surrounding suburbs. King County Proposition No. 1 Sales Tax for Cultural Access Program The King County Council passed Ordinance No. 18513 to establish and fund a cultural access program. The program would expand access to …
As usual, the latest session of the Washington State Legislature (third "special" session) has found ways to forcibly extract more of their hard-earned money from taxpayers. Yes, to your ostensible "representatives", all you are is a bottomless source of funds for them to spend (waste?). And when a small tax reduction was attached to the …
Continue reading State of Washington to Taxpayers: All your money are belong to us.
Democrats just love talking night and day about getting the big money out of politics. They constantly rail about elections being "bought" by "special interest groups" and rich donors (they love to demonize the Koch brothers and Wall Street). Their cure for the big money in politics is often "public financing", meaning government support of …
Continue reading So, Democrats…Let’s Talk Money in Politics, Shall We?
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