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The Other GM Bailout

Matt Johnson
February 29, 2012 18:33

The Other GM Bailout: Corporations in the red, as GM was for years, are allowed to carry forward net operating losses that reduce their future tax liability when they are making money. GM had accumulated about $45 billion in such profit-shielding chits by 2008, with a book value of about $18...

What about the people whose identity he stole?

Matt Johnson
February 11, 2012 21:57

IRS Employee Stole Data To Forge $8M In Fraudulent Returns - Slashdot Do they get any compensation? ______________________________ Check out my soccer blog Nutmegs & Stepovers

Gasoline deliveries and the economy

Matt Johnson
February 11, 2012 16:36

If there is one thing Freakonomics taught us is that seemingly unrelated data sets can often be important predictors of human behavior. Guest Post: Why Is Gasoline Consumption Tanking? | ZeroHedge I don't know about rest of the country but demand is going to go down in Maryland as the General...

Good.

Matt Johnson
February 11, 2012 16:24

A VICTORY FOR CITIZENS IN THE WAR AGAINST PHOTOGRAPHY: Public can record Baltimore police officers … This should be the case.  So long as the videotaping does not interfere with the police doing their job, such as getting in the way of a crime scene, or putting officers at risk, the...

It may be an extreme case, but.....

Matt Johnson
February 11, 2012 16:19

It is totally possible.  Disgraced teacher is worth $10M, makes $100,000 a year, does nothing, & refuses to leave - m.NYPOST.com ______________________________ Check out my soccer blog Nutmegs & Stepovers

Louisiana's Governor betting big

Matt Johnson
February 11, 2012 16:15

On Revolutionary education reform With Gov Bobby Jindal and a Republican controlled legislature on the verge of radically expanding school choice programs, Jindal may very well be providing education watchers a unique real life laboratory of democracy and public policy. But is Jindal really taking...

Orwellian Justice in New Haven--This Time against a Professor

Matt Johnson
February 08, 2012 21:51

Orwellian Justice in New Haven--This Time against a Professor.I read with disgust the hit piece on Yale University quarterback Patrick Witt, who as a finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship make a difficult choice and decided to play in the annual Harvard-Yale football game. Whether this was a wise...

Women In Sports

Matt Johnson
February 07, 2012 14:36

I saw this piece at the Sports Law Blog about women in sports. Although I grew up with Title IX (well it was passed when I was three years old), it was not until my middle and high school years and beyond that I really saw the effect.As a kid I played soccer for most of my youth (after two years...

really?

Matt Johnson
February 07, 2012 13:35

WH: Women 'Deserve' to Have Catholic Church Buy Them Sterilizations, Contraceptives and Abortifacients (Fred Lucas/CNSNews) Last I checked health insurance was a benefit that is not required to be offered. ______________________________ Check out my soccer blog Nutmegs & Stepovers

Word Play Gone Awry

Matt Johnson
January 11, 2012 01:24

A Slate resident feminist hears Gov. Christie talking about oral sex when he's obviously not. Course, as Althouse points out, the writer's name means nothing. ______________________________ Check out my soccer blog Nutmegs & Stepovers