https://simanaitissays.com/2026/05/04/a-lenten-workaround-and-a-breakfast-treat-part-1/Simanaitis Saysen2026-05-04T13:05:00+00:00A LENTEN WORKAROUND—AND A BREAKFAST TREAT PART 1"The Pretzel: A Twisted History" Sarah Pruitt "History", pretzel's water/flour/salt = acceptable eating during Lent, pretzel c. 610 AD monk makes "pretiola" as little rewards, German "Brezel" maybe "bracellus" (bracelet) maybe "brocchiola" (little arms), bakers' guilds use pretzel as symbol, pretzels symbolized undying love/good luck, Lititz Pennsylvania (one of first commercial pretzel bakeries in U.S.https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/baeckerzunft_goerlitz_bismarckstrasse.jpg?w=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/05/03/tesla-profit-shifting-sheds-some-400m-in-u-s-taxes/Simanaitis Saysen2026-05-03T13:05:00+00:00TESLA PROFIT-SHIFTING SHEDS SOME $400M IN U.S. TAXES"Offshore Tax Tricks Likely Saved Tesla Millions" "Automotive News" "Reuters", Tesla plus 14 European Asian and North American subsidiaries, Musk in 2024: "pretty shady/I don't think we should do that", Stephen Shay adjunct professor Boston College Law School, profit shifting: passing tax exposure to subsidiary where taxes are lower, profit sharing saved Tesla perhaps $400 million, Tesla Netherlands/Singapore involved, Tesla's TM International (Dutch nonresident "partnership" lists no employees, nobody's talking (IRS/Dutch tax authority/Singapore IRS, Microsoft is currently arguing similar profit shiftinghttps://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/profit-shift.jpg?w=150