The Czar has never witnessed a more accurate video. This is so accurate it is positively painful. Know who found this for us? Borepatch. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The … Continue reading →
Operative MR has been working on a secret project for us, the nature of which shall not be revealed, named Project Shoot Down ISON. She takes time out from her busy schedule to write in. Please note especially her first … Continue reading →
A Primer on Union Types There are basically three different types of labor unions. There are trade unions, who are the oldest, consisting of your electricians, masons, plumbers, carpenters, and so on. These men and women serve a serious function, … Continue reading →
California is raising its minimum wage to $10 an hour. Presently, it is $8 an hour. If a store owner has three part-time employees who are paid minimum wage, and let us say each worker shows up 24 hours a … Continue reading →
Many of you will remember back in 1999 when the Y2K bug was all the rage. Suddenly, all these retired COBOL programmers were brought back as high-paid consultants to turn -00 into 1900. Reportedly, some programmers made more in 1999 … Continue reading →
GorT has many years of experience in working in and around the federal government and if there’s one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that when the government faces a problem it generally puts the same people in change of fixing … Continue reading →
Today, it’s nothing less than a book review: The End Is Near and It’s Going to Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure, by Kevin D. Williamson, landed in the Czar’s mailbox a couple … Continue reading →
Hostess announced plans to shut down this week. They are facing a workers strike which their CEO has determined they can’t weather over a prolonged period. The plans include laying off most of their 18,500 strong workforce after a Thursday … Continue reading →
Sometimes it is not good to be the Czar. For example, he is helping his sainted mother translate some paperwork from her father, and needless to say, penmanship was pretty bad in that century. One can hardly tell a ѣ … Continue reading →
During the debate, President Obama crowed that he did not raise taxes on 97% of small business owners. Mitt Romney explained to him, to the Presidents obvious discomfort, that the 3% who suffered the tax hike actually are responsible for … Continue reading →
“You and the Naboo form a symbiont circle. What happens to one of you will affect the other. You must understand this.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace On Monday, Dr. J. was riding shotgun with Pa … Continue reading →
If you can put up with annoying ads and popups, Forbes posted an article by Eric Jackson called “Here’s Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years.” Mr. Jackson’s premise is that companies like Google and … Continue reading →
GD writes in with a couple more arguments and reminders about Corporate Tax Rates (including GorT’s favorite). Sorry: sometimes we assume that you all know this, but GD is right to add this in for our many first-time readers: Dread, … Continue reading →
The next time some weenus says that maintaining obscene corporate profits are why our jobs are moving overseas, point them to this picture: Here is why jobs are going overseas: the corporate income tax rate. Ask them which businesses pay … Continue reading →
The Czar is finally getting around to tackling a backlog of mail. First up, BG writes in: I read this and all I could think was, “Arghhh! The stupid! It burns!!!!!!!!!” E.J. Dionne writes: So on the one hand, we … Continue reading →
Lao Tzu (for whom the Volgi has always had a low tolerance and once hit him in the head with an empty port bottle) once wrote “The Dow which can be spoken of is not the eternal way.” Indeed, the … Continue reading →
There’s very little devoted to the topic of ruining your own success, so rather than join the millions of people trying to make you rich (and themselves), the Czar thought he’d show you business slouches how to really shoot yourself … Continue reading →
