Senate Democrats united to pass a financial regulatory bill that allows the government to collect data on any person operating in financial markets at any level, including the collection of personal transaction records from local banks, including customers’ addresses and ATM receipts.The new bureaucracy is then allowed to “use the data on branches and [individual and personal] deposit accounts … for any purpose” and may keep all records on file for at least three years and these can be made publicly available upon request.And we have always been at war with Eastasia.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Breaking News from the Ministry of Truth
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Russia Has No Piracy Problem
Eleven Somali pirates seized a Russian oil tanker. Russian special forces regained control of the tanker, killing one pirate and capturing ten. The ten pirates were then released, but their boat sank and they died.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Section 9006 of the health care bill -- just a few lines buried in the 2,409-page document -- mandates that beginning in 2012 all companies will have to issue 1099 tax forms not just to contract workers but to any individual or corporation from which they buy more than $600 in goods or services in a tax year.
Don't think about the implications of this little bookkeeping change. It'll just ruin your day. Trust your government. Trust. Your. Government.
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