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...video's minimalism makes way for Ellis' rich retelling of the story. The middling hurler - whose career record stands at 138-119 - claims he dropped acid not knowing it was a game day, and took the hill despite being "high as a Georgia pine." He tells viewers about imagining Jimi Hendrix in the batter's box, Richard Nixon calling balls and strikes and coping with a ball that constantly shifted in size. But despite these drug-induced hallucinations (and eight walks), Ellis stifled the Padres, striking out six. It may not be an achievement Major League Baseball is eager...
...European scale. The big difference is we have no national VAT, or value-added tax. We rely on income and property tax for revenue, and our corporate tax is higher than that of most European nations. And yet our system is very progressive. Rich Americans pay a larger share of their income in taxes than the richest Europeans do. We have a low absolute level of taxation, but it's progressive by European standards...
Cazer, the aspiring large-animal vet, grew up on a farm in upstate New York and as a child, she presented rabbits, llamas, and cows at competitions. She says that as soon as she grew out of “that phase where all little kids want to be rich and famous,” she knew she wanted...
...honest and ready to stick to her principles. That's making it hard for Sarkozy to get rid of her, especially since she's one of the last visible people he turned to [in order] to create a racially diverse cabinet." (Read "Sarko-Fatigue in a Ghetto of the Rich...
...angry about the economic crisis and hold a grudge against the banking system for being one of the causes of it. It's not surprising that a bank heist would have such broad appeal - it's almost as if Musulin was a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing from the rich (the banks) to give back to the poor (himself). As Sonia Mohammedi, one of Musulin's Facebook fans, puts it (in a Facebook message, of course): "His story reminds us of the society we're living in: it's precarious even when you've got a job, getting up every...