by Leif Jensen | Jan 9, 2023 | Rant |
I was brought up in a world that did not trust China. In 1989 the Chinese military attacked students and protestors in Tiananmen Square protests and massacred many with tanks and rifles, killing 218 civilians (official number) or up to 800, by other estimates. Today,...
by Leif Jensen | Jan 4, 2023 | General |
I remember a 100 years ago when I was a kid plastic blow molded holiday decorations were everywhere. Houses had lots of them, some more than others. It seemed like stores always had huge quantities and options. Each year we put our blow mold snowman on our stoop in...
by Leif Jensen | Jan 3, 2023 | General |
I always had a rough idea on the differences between trademarks and copyrights, Copyrights primarily protect the rights of people who create literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works (like history tests, and software code). Trademarks...
by Leif Jensen | Dec 14, 2022 | Rant |
The first thing I think of when immigrants are mentioned, are field hands harvesting crops slowly by hand. I know a stereotype. We are aware that many industries depend on immigrants, granted in many cases to fill low-skill positions; immigrants account for roughly a...
by Leif Jensen | Dec 13, 2022 | Taxes |
The IRS has a Free File program which began in the mid-1980s, it lets individual taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of $73,000 or less use free commercial tax software to prepare and e-file their returns. No state returns. Its usage is anemic. Only about 3% of...
