1 If you don't want to heat your feather just leave it in hot water. 2  Don't forget to clean and wash the feather thoroughly if you got it outside. 3  Cut the nib (the writing point) blunt(er) to make a calligraphy pen. 4  Some feathers have a membrane that must be removed after the second cut. If you don't want to heat your feather just leave it in hot water. 2  Don't forget to clean and wash the feather thoroughly if you got it outside. 3  Cut the nib (the writing point) blunt(er) to make a calligraphy pen. 4  Some feathers have a membrane that must be removed after the second cut.
Bernie Sanders Wants to Tax the Rich at 90%. Here's Why That's Not So Crazy. CNBC released an interview Tuesday with presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in which he discussed what it means to have a moral economy in the U.S.
But that's only the general level of taxation -- what about the top rate? Although the top rate for income taxes was 70 percent under Carter (where it had always been, since Kennedy), Carter gave the rich the most sacred tax cut they hold dear: a capital gains tax cut in 1978, from 39 to 28 percent. Thus, Carter gave the rich their first tax cut in 15 years.