Author: toritaiyo
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How ‘NEW’ is born – a little theory
Jazz – (Buddy Bolden 1895)Rock-n-roll – (as early as the 1920s or possibly Arthur Crudup’s 1947 release)CyberPunk (Neuromancer in 1984) There is nothing new under the sun.How do “new” things come about?
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Travel Lies – “50 Tips from Experts on Ways to Make Money Traveling”
Yeah. Here’s a nice example of a boldface propaganda-to-tickle-your-ears (and maybe get-your-money) blog post title: 50 Tips from Experts on Ways to Make Money Traveling -claimcompass.eu Let’s take a moment to think about this…
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Lies Someone Told You – “You can trust [insert human]”
There is nothing good about a global pandemic. But it does offer a wake up call. And a wake up call is sorely needed.
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Life Abroad Nightmares – embassy red tape
Although I’ve ranted before about the boldfaced lie of “blissfully traveling the world” I just can’t help myself so here I go again. When it suits their fancy governments seem to know everything there is to know about you (big brother). On the other hand when it comes to issuing a visa, authenticating a marriage, […]
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Lies Someone Told You: “He’s an expert”
What do Herman Melville and Warren Buffet have in common?For one thing they accurately described a plague of false competency.What do I mean? And what is there to learn from it?Let’s start closer to the beginning.
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Tax and IRS webpages to read for U.S. citizens living abroad, including the self-employed
DISCLAIMER: First off, this website offers no tax advice. Anything that appears to be advice you use at your own risk. With that out of the way, the links:
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Lies Someone Told You: “Travel the world”
To a fair extent I can say I’ve “travelled the world” And I can also tell you that if someone is saying to you “I can teach you how to get rich, travel the world, and live the life” he/she is trying to sell you something, and you better beware.
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Idle hands make for poetry
Idle hands make for poetry – A short prose There is nearly no one idle as the [male] poet. With his pen he muses to himself and with the press he infects the world with his nonsensical ramblings. I speak here of the male poet. The female is birthed from the wonderous world of the […]
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FreeTaxUSA.com – because enemies don’t even let enemies use TurboTax…
I’ve posted elsewhere more specifically about the evils of TurboTax (and all things Intuit), and have suggested ways of doing your own accounting without software (namely, getting free help from government agencies like the SBA). In this post I am happy to tell you that I have found a truly free online tax alternative.
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Lie: You need TurboTax to do your taxes
No, you most certainly don’t. In fact you really shouldn’t! Here’s why…