WARREN BUFFETT GETS A BILL NAMED AFTER HIM

He always complained about tax regulations in his beloved United States. Well, it seems his days of moaning may be over. When Buffett reportedly said that he should not be taxed any less than his secretary, President Obama took him up on his own suggestion. And introduced a bill.

 

And, true to form, the Republican machine has climbed on the bandwagon, putting its on spin on the scenario. Theirs [Republican's] is called "The Buffett Rule Act of 2012", a close version of that of the Demacrats. Michigan Republican, Dave Camp, has thrown some light on the Act, saying

 

"If Warren Buffett wants to give, then H.R. 6410 allows him to give to his heart's content. [The Act] makes it easy for those who want to donate money to the Treasury for debt reduction to voluntarily do so, without raising taxes on entrepreneurs and job creators."
 

The U.S national debt currently stands at a staggering $16 trillion. It will be interesting to learn how the Oracle of Omaha will respond to this development. After all, the Act is under his own inspiration.

 

 



THE SHOW OF FIRSTS BY OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

So "my girls" graduated with flying colours from The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls  last summer. And they got accepted at prestigious institutions of higher learning around the world. All was set for the brilliant future.

But the big O has hit again. And time, it's going to go cinematic. Oprah, through her OWN, has produced a show to display the vision of the academy from inauguration to graduation and beyond. The big O herself said,

  "This journey began as a dream to build a school for girls in South Africa. I have an especially close connection to this first graduating class. I hand-picked each of them. I can see who they are, where they came from, and the potential of who they can be. To create a school that is able to change the trajectory of these students' lives has been one of the greatest gifts of my life."
 

The "First Graduating Class" will be premiered on October 14, 2012. 

IT'S T20 FRIDAY FOR THE PROTEAS

"Nkosi Sikelel' i Africa...

This is what the whole of South Africa--all nine provinces--needs to do this friday. From MPs to councillors, from President to civil servants, and just everyone across the board. We need to stand up, put our right fists on our hearts, and anthem our spirit of patriotism for our boys out in Colombo. They need luck. Yet, most of all, they need to know that back home, fifty million voices are trumpeting the national song as one man.

The Proteas are up against Pakistan, whom they have never beaten in a T20 encounter. If they win today, history will be made. So come on 49M,  

"Sounds a call to come together

And united We shall stand

Let Us live and strive for freedom

In South Africa Our land."

AMERICA TO HAVE "THE BEST

WORKFORCE IN THE WORLD"

If Barack Obama will have his will voted for in November, the United States is to invest urgently in its youth and future. This comes in the wake of a report earlier this week. The report painted an "unpatriotic" pic with reference to the difficulties U.S students are coping with. This is especially true in the thorny question of tuition, with student loan debt coming burdensome. The report said that in 2010 student loan debt stood at 19%, up 4% from a figure posted in 2007.

 

The U.S Pres. addresses this very issue, among other weighty considerations, in a television commercial for his re-election campaign to be released this Thursday. Obama told his audience that, as Americans,

"We insure that we maintain the best workforce in the world by...cutting the growth of tuittion in half and expanding student aid so more Americans can afford it."
 

His message is intentionally impressive; its timing brilliant. In terms of his election base, two thirds of voters in the age bracket 18 to 29  contributed to his victory in 2008. It is just natural that he should come out and cater to the American youth. 

 

  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

JAPANESE BOFFINS SYNTHESIZE ELUSIVE ELEMENT 113

Scientists in Japan claim to have produced one of the most sought-after products in the laboratory. The element--still to be named from Japanese quarters--is commonly known as element 113. For the longest time, this atomic "black pimpernel" dogded professional boffins the world over. Yet, apparently, it has opted to be a Japanese brainstorm. Japanese 113 is said to not be a naturally occuring element, boasts a relatively hefty atomic mass, and, judging by the scientific cookbook, mighty eluvise.

Associate chief scientist, Kosuke Morita, extended his appreciations to all who saw the historic project through. And then added,

 "I would like to thank all the reseachers and staff involved in this momentous result, who persevered with the belief that one day, 113 would be ours. For the next challenge, we look to the uncharterd territory of element 119 and beyond."

Morita and his diligent team of wonks have earned themselves the right to put the name tag on 113. 

BO UNION III ADDRESS 

 

A decade and four years ago, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, conceived Google, in its own image, and dedicated it to the proposition that virtual reality is not an absurdity.

Today I am engaged in a great blog, testing whether that virtual reality, or any virtual reality so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. I am met on a great post of that blog. I come to dedicate a portion of that post, as the initial "greetings" place for Larry and Sergey who, with Google, ensured that that reality might live. It is oh so cool to always remember this fact.

But, in larger freedom, I will not dedicate--I will not sanctify--I will not bless--this blog. The happy eyes, aware and oblivious, who will visit here, will sanctify it, far above my power to add or subtract. My friends will little note, nor long remember what I write here, but they can never forget what Google did here. It is for me the editor in chief, rather, to be dedicated here to the half-done blogging which Larry and Sergey have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for me to be dedicated to the task outstanding before me--that from these honored Googlers I take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave their first measure of their devotion--that I here highly resolve these happy eyes will not read in vain--that this blog, under Google, will have a new birth of passion--and that virtual reality of the people, by the people, for the people, will not disappear from the face of the earth.