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Bank Robbers and Middle-Class Tax Hikes When asked why he robbed banks, William "Willie" Sutton allegedly replied " because that’s where the money is. " The story, however, is false. Although he stole an estimated $2 million over his forty-year career, Horton denied ever saying that
Link: IMF Proposes Eurozone Fiscal Union, Banking Union, Harmonized Employment, Common Unemployment Scheme, Firewall Tax
View article: Italy on Verge of Downgrade to Junk; Silvio Berlusconi’s Supporters Threaten Mass Resignation from Parliament
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Continued here: Obama & Rouhani: The historic handshake that never happened
Tweet Via Tamino , I learned of a not particularly large, $250 bet with Scott Stupak over whether there will be statistically significant warming in 25 years starting in 1997 (details posted at Roy Spencer’s blog ). This is an update to a bet offer that Michaels’ newsletter made in 1998 for a 10 year period. James Annan learned of that offer in 2005 and tried to accept, but the new editor Chip Knappenberger pulled a Lindzen  (defined here ) and declined to keep that bet.