I kid you not, if you follow the flow chart, you will end up where you belong by answering the questions honestly. We did this one and ended up with a NO. Try it, it's Tuesday night and I know that you have nothing better to do. Seriously.
SOTR

Gallup took a poll of adults regarding Obama's endorsement of gay marriage, and the topline number seems* to look good for the president: 51% approve of Obama's support of same-sex marriage, while 45% disapprove. But when you take a look at how it might move votes, it seems to be a losing issue for Obama: 13% of Americans say Obama's endorsement of gay marriage makes them more likely to vote for Obama, while 26% of Americans say the move makes them less likely to vote for Obama.

*The topline number should be taken with a large grain of salt. As Ross Douthat notes, research by NYU political scientist Patrick Egan shows that "the share of voters in pre-election surveys saying that they will vote to ban same-sex marriage is typically seven percentage points lower than the actual vote on election day."

This news is no surprise to any thinking individual. This was done to appease President Obama's donor base. One out of every six of his bundlers is openly homosexual. This move was made top pad his reelection war chest.

Let's hope that the blowback is more than the extra funds can handle.

Amazingly enough, I wrote about this last week! Rather than pay an amazing $575 million in taxes on his IPO, Saverin, billionaire co-founder of Facebook is renouncing his US citizenship to avoid the tax bite.

This is just one way that the very wealthy exercise tax avoidance. So Obama's unceasing desire to increase taxes on this group will be met with tax avoidance. People don't become very wealthy by not understanding or having advisors that understand tax code and proper legal avoidance of taxes. Money will be off shored and businesses will outsource labor and production. What ever must be done will be done to avoid paying higher taxes.

Relevant Links:

Two comparisons of tax rates:

http://www.theasi.org/assets/EY_ASI_Dividend_and_Capital_Gains_International_Comparison_Report_2012-02-03.pdf

http://accf.org/news/publication/an-international-comparison-of-capital-gains-tax-rates

The story goes viral on Twitter today:

http://twitchy.com/2012/05/11/taxed-out-facebook-co-founder-does-not-give-a-like-to-u-s-tax-policy-renounces-citizenship/

This trend has been going on for a while as the rich flee the increasing  US tax burden:

Stacy

Give a lady her own show and all professional decorum goes out of the window. I mean who gives a freakin' hoot if this chick was tougher than Mitt Romney 50 years ago?

By the by, if she was in high school 50 years ago, then she has aged remarkably well, but she's also Scary Spice on Meth. Tamron Hall has forgotten that any guest is bound to have some opinions of their own.

This story is trending nationally, so head over to Twitter and give as good as she did...

UPDATE: Head on over to El Sooper for a peek at his Heavy Meta t-shirt design...  It's awesome!

Stacyontheright

Say Hi is the Apple Store top rated new translation App that allows you to speak into your phone and it translates what you are saying into another language.

So far we tried it with German, Russian, Spanish and French, and it works with all of them (relatively well).
It has just as many problems as Siri, though: it's often pretty slow and doesn't always correct when guessing what you are saying.
But other than some slight translation errors, the app is great, and it only costs $1.
Check out SayHi, the most useful app we've seen in a while >

That's cool!
Stacy

Back to nature, while walking the mean city streets is given new meaning by the garden scenes created by Australian Steve Wheen. Wheen lives in London and creates tiny gardens all around his home.

"My project is all about turning the crappy in to the happy."

Love it!
SOTR