A little scary, the examples

artappraiser — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 05:18:34 +0000

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A little scary, the examples of frenzy and fear from the nuttiest right wing sites about nationwide lefty protests this coming Saturday. Ironically, given the mood of the country, worrying about a mob effect growing out of clashes between the two tribes is not totally irrational:

The antifa apocalypse is coming this weekend, if you believe the hype

By Kyle Swanson @ WashingtonPost.com, Nov. 1

[....] the online hysterics over Nov. 4 have put the potential demonstrations in the crosshairs of extremists.

“It’s utter lunacy on these sites. If you read their stuff, and people are believing it,” the organizer added. “They are calling for people to bring their weapons to the demonstrations. We just have to outnumber them.” [.....]

Americans Are Renouncing

artappraiser — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 04:05:31 +0000

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Americans Are Renouncing Citizenship at a Record Pace

Third-quarter numbers point to another annual high.

By Suzanne Wooley @ Bloomberg News, Nov. 1

In the third quarter of this year, 1,376 Americans renounced their U.S. citizenship, putting the annual tally on track to top 2016’s record, data from the Treasury Department show.

If this year’s fourth quarter mirrors that of 2016, when 2,365 people chose to expatriate, 2017’s annual tally would be 6,813. That’s a 26 percent rise from 2016’s total of 5,411—which was itself a 26 percent jump from 2015.

The pace of Americans jumping ship started to accelerate in 2010, when the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) became law. The act was intended to stem tax evasion of U.S. citizens living or working abroad by basically requiring foreign institutions holding assets for American expats to report those accounts or withhold a 30 percent tax on them [....]

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A little scary, the examples

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