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I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Hi!
Biofuels!
wow you guys are fast! get a life!
3th?
Nope.
The taxes in Baghdad are so much better than those in Philly. I may just move there because of it.
And the safety issue, too.
Wow, wish they'd do that here in Montgomery County, MD!
Afghanistan: no good options left
I'm glad I'm not the only one who found the 'pit bulls kill boy's Make-A-Wish horse' darkly humorous. I thought maybe I was a really sick bastard.
Oh wait... I am.
Biofuels!
The Kenosha Kid
DON'T MOCK BIOFUELS MOTHERFUCKER!
Hey, Frist right off the bat. Nice solid single!
Oh, and regarding the FEMA thing below -
HAIL to FEMA!
HAIL to the MSM!
HAIL to the White House!
(by which I mean, hail at least golfball size or larger - with high winds, frequent lightning, and tornadoes. They all deserve it.)
Wow. I can understand being off by a million or so, but undervalued by 6.75 million? That's a bit excessive.
Shitty property tax system? Don't get me started.....
Hey, Atrios. Consider it rare "open space".
love,
A New Yorker
Fablous Friday Cat Blogging
so, moonbats... what's your halloween costume?
I'm going as a punk vampire
TAXES, MOTHERFUCKERS!
It has come to my attention that George W. Bush is not a very good President. Also I have recently noticed that Republicans sometimes tell lies.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who found the 'pit bulls kill boy's Make-A-Wish horse' darkly humorous. I thought maybe I was a really sick bastard.
Oh wait... I am.
r€nato, two wetsuits good
My first thought was: 'were they really "pit bulls"?' It's kind of a generic term for journalists for any dog larger than a toy poodle and smaller than a rottweiler.
But that's just me....
yeah, "open spaces" that end up being garbage pits or drug corners
I haff der lingenberry pancakes.
The folks in Philly should pay more
Though that might make you gag, dad.
Since as we know, the crime rate there
Is far worse than in Baghdad.
OT: Drug abuse is at its lowest level for a decade following a sharp fall in numbers of people smoking cannabis.
About 3.2 million people in England and Wales aged between 16 and 59, equivalent to 10 per cent of the population, took an illicit substance in the past year. They included 2.6 million who used cannabis and 1.1 million who took class A drugs such as cocaine, heroin or ecstasy, according to new Home Office research.
Almost two million said they were regular drug users, having taken an illegal substance within the past month. The proportion of people who have smoked cannabis in the past 12 months is now 8.2 per cent, a significant fall from the 10.6 per cent from the research of five years ago and 8.7 per cent last year.
Its use is dropping even more quickly among young adults, with 20.9 per cent in the 16 to 24 age group using cannabis in the previous year, compared with 28 per cent in 1998.
http://news.independent.co.uk/
uk...icle3098871.ece
yeah, "open spaces" that end up being garbage pits or drug corners
well, there's that...
You know, there are so many things going on both in the world at large and in my own life that I need to pay close attention to, but I read that headline and suddenly I'm thinking, "I wonder why they had the horse near a bunch of pitbulls?"
Shows how insidious that kind of distraction-based reporting really is.
I went to Philadelphia once. Or maybe it was Pittsburgh.
yeah, "open spaces" that end up being garbage pits or drug corners
Atrios
Damned anti-free enterprise environmentalist whackos! Always something to complain about, isn't there?!
I dunno about your region, but pit bulls have proliferated alarmingly around here.
Americans and their half-weight political scandals. We've gotta good one going here: wannabe immigrants pay $100,000 in order to enter a special provincial immigration program. They're given landed status, and the money goes to companies that supposedly "train" the immigrants, and pay them just $20,000 as a sort of training wage. The companies that get the dough are the same companies that gave measely $3-4,000 campaign contributions to the governing party.
See, *that's* how you do corruption.
Are there any other trools here??? Was this where we were supposed to meet???
See, *that's* how you do corruption.
That's capitalism, baby!
OT: A multimillion-pound programme will vaccinate all girls aged 12 to 13 to help protect against cervical cancer, the government announced today.
From next September, all those in year 8 will receive the jab as part of a scheme costing up to £100m a year.
In 2009, a two-year "catch-up" campaign will also begin for girls aged up to 18, costing a further £200m annually.
This will mean that all girls aged 16 to 18 (years 12 and 13) will be offered the vaccine from autumn 2009.
Professor David Salisbury, the director of immunisation at the Department of Health, said the initiative would help women "for generations to come".
"We will work closely with primary care trusts (PCTs) to ensure the success of this ambitious programme," he said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
societ...dicineandhealth
On topic: Atrios is sounding like Henry Goerge.
I'm not wearing any stolen panties.
I'm not wearing panties period.
fabulous images on NASA TV right now.
With google earth, zillow, etc., crappy tax assessing probably is favoritism or fraud. Those things also make it easier to catch, though.
BTW, I was right. The DNC said whatever it took to shut up Trouski's girlfriend and then they asked for money.
I'm not wearing panties period.
This is not news.
A Labour peer has admitted taking money to introduce an arms company lobbyist to the government minister in charge of weapons purchases. The case of "cash for access" in the House of Lords is likely to ignite fresh concern about ethical standards in parliament.
The lobbyist paid cash for an introduction to Lord Drayson, the defence minister in charge of billions of pounds of military procurement, according to evidence obtained by the Guardian.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/
h...2199621,00.html
Well, you could do guerilla gardening in those spaces. I blogged about it a while back. It's a movement that's become quite popular in England.
The connection to Spain makes me suspect our host is under surveillance:
State officials have decided not to publicize their list of polling places in Pennsylvania, citing concerns that terrorists could disrupt elections in the commonwealth.
The Department of State was influenced by the terrorist bombings that struck just days before Spain's national elections in 2004, spokeswoman Leslie Amoros said. Election officials consulted with state police, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and the state Office of Homeland Security.
"The agencies agreed it was appropriate not to release the statewide list to protect the public and the integrity of the voting process," Amoros said.
Did the Mob ever try to put a hit on Fumo like they did on Rudy?
Well, you could do guerilla gardening in those spaces.
cannabis garden!
yeah, "open spaces" that end up being garbage pits or drug corners
Where the hell else do you suggest people dump their garbage and get their drugs?
Eminent domain those puppies for green spaces, bitches!
so, moonbats... what's your halloween costume?
I'm going as a punk vampire
r€nato, two wetsuits good
The Cornpone Companion and I are probably doing either Popeye and Olive Oyl, or Fred & Daphne (we have a Scooby and Scrappy living with us who would eat their costumes, so we might just work around them that way.)
Henry George!
But its the RazorClam/Barcelona Connection, right?
I approve of Fred + Daphne
next year's Halloween costume is going to be S+M Jesus
Well, it looks as if mrs spinoza and I have a buyer for our house. The signed contract should be in our lawyer's office today. The house has only been on the market for 14 fucking months.
It's worth paying close attention to the parking signs outside Vince's house. Compare the time restrictions to the others on the same block.
Secret polling places?
Nice "democracy" ya got there.
TAXES, MOTHERFUCKERS!
NTodd, Joy Boy
Well, women just want a woman in the White House while the men have to worry about money. If Hillary raises taxes, the men will really be stressed out.
Tweets
Where was Ken Starr when the stolen panties caper went down?
Where the hell else do you suggest people dump their garbage and get their drugs?
They could be like you and go to liberal mountain.
Another corrupt Democrat getting more corrupt favors. WHAT A SHOCKER!!!
Congrats, Spinozer.
Hecate! Apple butter too, neh?
Where was Rudy Giuliani when the stolen panties caper went down?
you're not even trying very hard anymore, are you AH?
Henry George!
Some merit to his ideas. If property is theft (John Reed), let's make sure we tax it.
Interesting tid-bit from Yesterday's Gaggle.
Q Fran, were you in on the conversation in the conference room here? We saw the President sitting in there, having a pretty animated conversation. I was just wondering what the gist of that was.
MS. TOWNSEND: I'm not going to talk about it. Yes, I was in there. Anything else?
What pissed Chimpy off?
spinoza,
congratulations!!!
American Hawk and its mindless non-sequitors!
"The agencies agreed it was appropriate not to release the statewide list to protect the public and the integrity of the voting process," Amoros said.
Rmj, Face of Bo
Of course, that would have NOTHING to do with concerns that there are 8 times as many polling stations per 100,000 in suburbia than in Philly or Pittsburgh.
Well, women just want a woman in the White House while the men have to worry about money. If Hillary raises taxes, the men will really be stressed out.
Man, I'm stressed out just thinking about that.
Two wetsuits good-- Actually, it's the Democrats that aren't trying. They don't have to; if this was a republican, it'd be national news. Because it's yet another corrupt democrat, it's not news.
I'm not a tax law expert, but I think there must be some kind of dodge that allows developers in my area to clearcut and bulldoze a piece of land, then let it sit without further development, sometimes for years, just gently eroding into the river.
There's one piece of property near my hometown that was cleared and graded for a Piggly Wiggly way back when I was in high school. The deal apparently fell through, and it has sat there basically unused for literally decades.
It has to cost big bucks to tear up a piece of undeveloped land so thoroughly. How do the owners manage to swallow that cost as well as pay the taxes for so long on land that isn't producing income for them?
Congrats, Spinozer.
You have no idea the stress. Having a spouse who is bouncing off walls hurling nuclear insults while you want to hide in the bat cave is not fun.
I don't get it. Undeveloped property is a feature.
House-building targets for England must be increased or a whole generation may be unable to get a foot on the property ladder, the government was warned today.
As Yvette Cooper, the housing minister, announced extra incentives for councils that created millions of new affordable homes, a new report said that by 2016 an extra 250,000 homes would be needed beyond current targets.
The document by the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU) said that the government should be planning to build 270,000 homes a year by 2016, instead of its current target of 240,000.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/
h...2199874,00.html
I approve of Fred + Daphne
r€nato, two wetsuits good
If I can find the time, I'm going to do up the Cornpone Mini Cooper like the Mystery Machine. Because I am a dork.
Completely OT fluffernutter.
Halle Berry, and her big bazooms, LIKE Jewish people.
Why, some of her best friends are Jewish!
You have no idea the stress. Having a spouse who is bouncing off walls hurling nuclear insults while you want to hide in the bat cave is not fun.
spinoza
Makes for good liveblogging, tho.
Hecate-- we've got a local guerilla gardening group. They're in some big battles with the city, which keeps pulling up their gardens, even though they put signs on them and such.
Actually, it's the Democrats that aren't trying. They don't have to; if this was a republican, it'd be national news. Because it's yet another corrupt democrat, it's not news.
must... resist... temptation... to argue... with idiot troll...
property taxes are not the way to ease blight and have not proven to be a completely satisfactory method of raising revenue.
that being said -- it is easier to abatement taxes to people with fixed or low income issues than to find another way to tax.
Oh, dear!!
You have no idea the stress.
Yep. My townhouse was on the market for just about that length of time - and the attempt to lease it ended up in liens and small claims court and the effort to paint over walls covered with orange and purple enamel.... Congratulations!
Halle Berry, and her big bazooms, LIKE Jewish people.
Uh, that picture of her is somewhat glandular.
Oh, poo!!
if this was a republican, it'd be national news. Because it's yet another corrupt democrat, it's not news.
Yeah, city tax commission scandals never happen under the GOP, and always make national news because everybody gives such a damn about such things.
They don't have to; if this was a republican, it'd be national news. Because it's yet another corrupt democrat, it's not news.
Everything this dumb bastard posts is exactly 180 degrees from the situation as it would unfold.
And the stupid son of a bitch thinks we're as dumb as it is and will buy its inane bullshit.
Nope.
Halle Berry apologized.
I forgive her.
Uh, that picture of her is somewhat glandular.
Well, she IS pregnant.
Uh, that picture of her is somewhat glandular.
spinoza, non ridere, non luger
Elle est enceinte.
Why, some of her best friends are Jewish!
Didn't Michael Jackson use that line, some of my best accountants and attorneys are Jewish?
An annual gay rights conference in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, was attacked with smoke bombs, after a rally in the city was banned.
Over 200 gays, lesbians and transsexuals attended the meeting.
Delegates inside a local bar found it difficult to breathe after the smoke bombs were thrown, but had to stay inside because of safety concerns.
The event was to be part of a week of events organised by ILGA Europe, a gay rights group based in Brussels.
A press officer for Mayor Juozas Imbrasas told the BBC the public gathering had been banned because of what she said were "safety concerns" due to building works.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europ...ope/
7063132.stm
This property is worth whatever someone will pay for it.
That's the problem--most tax assesors don't even look inside.
The property could be gutted and it is still worth whatever their neighbor's property is worth.
Hehehe.
And the stupid son of a bitch thinks we're as dumb as it is and will buy its inane bullshit.
the point is to disrupt the thread. don't enable him.
Halle Berry apologized.
I forgive her.
Moe Szyslak
Doesn't matter.
She told me to tell you that she still won't go out with you.
Halle Berry, and her big bazooms, LIKE Jewish people.
Why, some of her best friends are Jewish!
I saw that last night. I even read the articular, despite her lovely bazooms (which look Jewish).
HOLY CRAP!...Stephen Colbert might win????
wt - Twinsies! Cocola?
Well, she IS pregnant.
Sadly, I'm not responsible.
And the stupid son of a bitch thinks we're as dumb as it is and will buy its inane bullshit.
use killfile. It makes it easy and painless to ignore the pests.
wt - Twinsies! Cocola?
no need! GMTA.
Oil currently above $94.00 on NY Mercantile Exchange. Happy Heating!
I think its the younger Amish girls that are stealing the panties out of Victoria's Secret stores.
Sadly, I'm not responsible.
We are all spermacus
Sadly, I'm not responsible.
NTodd, Joy Boy
That was one wild night, let me tell you.
caste system on the march
Regular at the Chevron is 2.999 right now.
Oil currently above $94.00 on NY Mercantile Exchange. Happy Heating!
I use natural gas which, as anyone who has a gas furnace knows, is impervious to "market fluctuations".
It would've been great if after her apology she mentioned how much she likes circumsized men.
CHURCHILL SPEAKS
Bush takes shot at Blanco while touring wildfires
Posted by The Times Picayune October 26, 2007 12:04AM
By Jan Moller û
Capital bureau
BATON ROUGE --As the California wildfires continued to rage Thursday, so too did the political feud between President Bush and Gov. Kathleen Blanco that has smoldered since the federal government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina.
The latest flare-up came when Bush, while touring the California disaster area, took an apparent swipe at Blanco's post-Katrina leadership as he complimented California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"It makes a significant difference when you have somebody in the statehouse willing to take the lead," Bush said, according to the Associated Press.
The president's statement, coming from a White House that seems determined to avoid a repeat in California of the public-relations disaster that followed Katrina, brought a swift response from Blanco.
In a statement forwarded by her press office, Blanco noted that it took federal forces nearly a week to arrive in Louisiana after the storm. "I was the only game in town, leading for nearly a week without the president's help," Blanco said.
Oh boy! Tweety's "putting the Clinton's marriage on the couch" tonight! Must flee-TV.
I use natural gas which, as anyone who has a gas furnace knows, is impervious to "market fluctuations".
LOL.
I use LP. And, of course, I burn Xtian babies.
They don't have to; if this was a republican, it'd be national news.
Did you hear about the Republican legislators whose spouses were divorcing them because the GOP legislators were having an affair?
I didn't think so. It didn't make national news. Juicy story though.
The trolls serve a purpose. They let us in on the lowest level talking points.
I do think, however, that he should be soundly rebuked for wilfully omitting from his posts any of the good news coming out of Iraq.
If only he realized how his thinking was being distorted by the librul media, he'd do the honorable thing and consider ritual suicide.
"It makes a significant difference when you have somebody in the statehouse willing to take the lead," Bush said
what a gaping fucking petulant asshole.
1/20/2009 can't come soon enough.
Nooner:
The New Republic's editors seem to have mistaken Vietnam movies for real life.
Well, you mistook Ronnie for a real live person.
"It makes a significant difference when you have somebody in the statehouse willing to take the lead," Bush said
Let's see, which state has more Electoral Votes...
"Get AWAY from me, man!"
(just pic)
The New Republic's editors seem to have mistaken Vietnam movies for real life.
Linkie? WSJ?
I think I know the building in question. It is incredibly huge. Hadn't realized it was Fumo's. The next block over, the 2100 block of Green Street, is one of Philadelphia's most beautiful, imho.
"But -- as long as there was rigor, there was vigor!"
--Peggy Noonan
Well, you mistook Ronnie for a real live person.
Is this an appropriate place to mention Nancy's embouchure?
1 barrel of oil = $91.73
$1 CAD = $1.04 US
£1 = $2.05 US
€1 = $1.44 US
Way to go GOPers!
Yew Like blotches, cowboy?
Is this an appropriate place to mention Nancy's embouchure?
I thought she was an organist.
In a statement forwarded by her press office, Blanco noted that it took federal forces nearly a week to arrive in Louisiana after the storm. "I was the only game in town, leading for nearly a week without the president's help," Blanco said.
sittenprettyfarmeress
Well, this gives us the perfect example of Republican math:
1,850 Republican houses > 300,000 poor minority houses.
Memorize this. You will be tested on this later.
"Get AWAY from me, man!"
(just pic)
watertiger
"So, if you won't let me rub your head . . . I guess there's no point in even asking for the 'Jimmy Jeff Special'?"
Linkie? WSJ?
NTodd, Joy Boy
A-yup.
Ah, Nooner.
NTodd
I am objectively pro-nooner.
Isn't it interesting that we haven't heard a hue and cry that people shouldn't live in SoCal or that we shouldn't help them rebuild ... but the story was vastly different for New Orleans?
Gee, I wonder why that is ...
WaPo's "No, DUH!" headline du jour:
Strike on Iran Would Roil Oil Markets, Experts Say
The Guardian's movie review Peter Bradshaw gave Sicko 5 stars
Of course there's a Wikipedia entry on Scott Thomas.
The Guardian's movie review Peter Bradshaw gave Sicko 5 stars (its finally showing over here)
Last week in this paper, Seumas Milne reported on the boa-constrictor-sized parasites of US private health insurance seeking to get their fangs into the British NHS. This magnificent new film from Michael Moore is a timely reminder of the grotesque mess that Americans have made for themselves with healthcare, and how insidiously easy it would be for the same thing to happen to us, little by little. Sicko is a full-throttle polemic, teeming with tremendous flourishes of showbiz sentimentality, gloriously outrageous stunts and exquisitely judged provocations. He shows how the American public - especially its hardworking middle classes - have been taken for mugs by the corporate fatcats of health insurance, particularly the inventors of an intensively marketed form of lower-priced insurance called the health maintenance organization, or HMO.
"Get AWAY from me, man!"
(just pic)
Close talker.
NTodd has mail.
Well, this gives us the perfect example of Republican math:
1,850 Republican houses > 300,000 poor minority houses.
Memorize this. You will be tested on this later.
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yea ...if he had an ounce of intell,he would NOT REMIND PEOPLE,HE DID NOT SHOW UP ,AND HENCE LET PEOPLE DIE
but as his sweet ole mom says
it works out WELL for them
Ooo, and watertiger also has mail!
Off to the fair, moonbats. l8r.
Scheiss, and I have class.
*mwah!*
Good morning, all!
Let me just state for the record that I am objectively pro-Halle Berry's big bazooms.
I know this is a controversial stance, but my stance is firm, as well as wide.
WSJ --
Former Treasury Secretary Rubin, White House Press Secretary McCurry, Deputy Secretary of State Armitage and Centcom Commander Abizaid next week join in simulation of deepening energy crisis. Their “Oil Shockwave” exercise, staged by two energy-policy groups, involves a 2009 scenario in which oil prices reach $160 a barrel with Iran in turmoil.
Participants will play roles of top administration officials responding to mock news broadcasts and reports from officials around the world. “Our nation needs leaders who can assume responsibility before we suffer an economic train wreck,” says ex-Marine Corps Commandant P.X. Kelley, who heads Securing America’s Future Energy with Fed Ex Chairman Fred Smith. SAFE advocates reducing foreign oil dependence through tougher fuel-economy standards, increased offshore drilling, and more reliance on biofuels.
heh Britney Spears, Blackout
Britney's new record is fantastic, says Alexis Petridis
What pissed Chimpy off?
Holden Caulfield
Someone hid his bowl of pretzels.
Well, it looks as if mrs spinoza and I have a buyer for our house. The signed contract should be in our lawyer's office today. The house has only been on the market for 14 fucking months.
spinoza, non ridere, non luger
Ouch. We did that three years ago... lots of rice'n'beans for a year...
But the mortgage interest deduction was ++good.
Atrios is sounding like Henry Goerge
There's a Henry George school here in Philly, I think. Last time I checked, which was a few years back, George's book Progress and Poverty which was incredibly influential and widely discussed in the late-19th century, was not even in print in the US.
I think it's a real shame that his ideas are relatively unknown. I think a single tax on the use of natural resources would be worth studying. Maybe someone has, I don't know. Maybe it's a bad idea, maybe it's regressive, I dunno. But it does seem to lend itself to allowing for free markets to operate relatively unfettered without the "tragedy of the commons" all sorts of negative ecological externalities, etc. etc.
There seems to be a real paucity of big thinking in terms of the political/economic ideas that are put on the table or even discussed these days...
Berkeley going solar - city pays up front, recoups over 20 years
Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, October 26, 2007
Berkeley is set to become the first city in the nation to help thousands of its residents generate solar power without having to put money up front - attempting to surmount one of the biggest hurdles for people who don't have enough cash to go green.
The City Council will vote Nov. 6 on a plan for the city to finance the cost of solar panels for property owners who agree to pay it back with a 20-year assessment on their property. Over two decades, the taxes would be the same or less than what property owners would save on their electric bills, officials say.
Participants will play roles of top administration officials responding to mock news broadcasts and reports from officials around the world.
I bet Bush wants to play Condi.
I use natural gas which, as anyone who has a gas furnace knows, is impervious to "market fluctuations".
I got the little problem with the fireplace fixed. I'm using mesquite and oak this year.
Britney's new record is fantastic, says Alexis Petridis
Moonbootica, Der Rosenkavalier
Well, the single, and the accompanying video, are jaw-droppingly slow-motion car-wreck awful.
OT: A man who urinated on a woman as she lay dying and shouted "this is YouTube material" has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Anthony Anderson also covered Christine Lakinski with shaving foam after she collapsed in a Hartlepool street.
The 50-year-old, who suffered from a number of medical conditions, was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Anderson, 27, and from Raby Road in the Teesside town, had earlier admitted outraging public decency.
The court heard how, on 27 July, Miss Lakinski was making her way home with a box of laminate flooring when she fell ill and stumbled into a doorway.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engla...ees/
7063366.stm
I can haz meeting.
Catch you patriotz laterz.
I burn oak.
OT: A man who urinated on a woman as she lay dying and shouted "this is YouTube material" has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Oh
my
god.
OT: A man who urinated on a woman as she lay dying and shouted "this is YouTube material" has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Anthony Anderson also covered Christine Lakinski with shaving foam after she collapsed in a Hartlepool street.
Moonbootica, Der Rosenkavalier
On second thought, let's not go to England. 'Tis a silly place.
OT: A man who urinated on a woman as she lay dying and shouted "this is YouTube material" has been sentenced to three years in prison.
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i did not know Chimp had crossed the pond
Isn't it interesting that we haven't heard a hue and cry that people shouldn't live in SoCal or that we shouldn't help them rebuild ... but the story was vastly different for New Orleans?
Gee, I wonder why that is ...
Sinfonian, frustrated
Suburbia is burning. The ghettos are flooded.
What to do, what to do?
Has the Congressional leadership told Howard Dean to stay quiet, not step on their massive PR campaign?
jawbone
Does a bear shit in the woods?
Henry George!
Some merit to his ideas. If property is theft (John Reed), let's make sure we tax it.
spinoza, non ridere, non luger
Even William F. Buckley, Jr. is a Georgist.
LVT baby!
There are at least two long time Georgist communities in the U.S.A.
The Ardens, Delaware. That's expanding into another township I think. And Fairhope, Alabama.
I will burn whatever the guy with the truck brings me...i suppose
I think the Muppet Show is the epitome of American culture.
The court heard how, on 27 July, Miss Lakinski was making her way home with a box of laminate flooring when she fell ill and stumbled into a doorway.
It's the quotidian details that make case law so interesting.
Suburbia is burning. The ghettos are flooded.
What to do, what to do?
Rmj, Face of Bo
Pour the ghettos all over suburbia.
"You got your ghetto on my suburbia!"
"You got your suburbia on my ghetto!"
simple land taxes aren't the panacea that henry george fans imagine, but certainly moving a bit in that direction is a good idea
A man who urinated on a woman as she lay dying and shouted "this is YouTube material" has been sentenced to three years in prison.
this would be an example of a "chav" ?
But what are Santorum's thoughts on the matter, and will he write a column about it?
I guess I should pack at some point. And clean the goddamned catboxes.
But maybe some coffee and a little more fucking around here suits...?
this would be an example of a "chav" ?
The Old Man From Scene 24 | Homepage | 10.26.07 - 11:08 am | #
nah, just your garden variety awfulness
'Chavs' get ASBOs
But maybe some coffee and a little more fucking around here suits...?
NTodd, Joy Boy
Never a bad idea.
But maybe some coffee and a little more fucking around here suits...?
NTodd, Joy Boy
Too much ain't enough.
certainly there is a faint whiff of the class system when talking about 'chavs'
middle classes laughing at the poor inner city types
Why, some of her best friends are Jewish!
watertiger
That's good because, I was, you know, worried...
I'm a chav!!!!
its become quite popular amongst affluent kids to have chavs parties and dress up as chavs
and so it goes, the higher orders mocking the lower ones
The court heard how, on 27 July, Miss Lakinski was making her way home with a box of laminate flooring when she fell ill and stumbled into a doorway.
At least she didn't fall down the stairs while carrying deer meat.
Damned Canucky dollar - my prescriptions just increased $30.
'Course, that's still $170 a month less than if I paid for them in the States - on my insurance....
Burberry has been trying to disengage itself from Chavdom
It has come to my attention that George W. Bush is not a very good President. Also I have recently noticed that Republicans sometimes tell lies.
The Old Man From Scene 24 |
BREAKING
SKY IS BLUE, WATER WET
First of all, the Bush Administration started trying to end-run FISA laws SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE 9/11, according to the former CEO of Qwest. Do try and report it accurately. This power grab and illegal activity began soon after the Bushies took office, and despite it 9/11 happened anyway.
HOW IN BLOODY HELL DID THEY GET A SECOND TERM to run us into the Pit?
"Get AWAY from me, man!"
(just pic)
Maybe the guy reads blogs and knows BushBoy's penchant for rubbing bald heads--this guy's head is pretty closely shaved....
I'd be worried if I were in his place!.
Mmmmm...Jewish bazooms...Abraham's bosom...
Of course, I might also be arrested for telling BushBoy what I thought of his lying ass.
A woman who murdered her disabled daughter and then killed herself had told police they were victims of anti-social behaviour.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engla...ire/
7063422.stm
"gag, dad"?
How did the house go son long without being reassessed?
Good thing this guy is headed to jail anyway.
And how does a public servant get such a house?
Newly-released satellite images of the presumed site of an Israeli air raid on Syria last month suggest that a large building has been completely removed.
US research group, the Institute for Science and International Security, obtained and analysed the images.
The industrial-style building may have been a nuclear reactor under construction, says the ISIS.
A BBC correspondent says the images are not conclusive. Nor is it certain that they show the site hit by Israeli jets.
The Israeli strike has been shrouded in mystery and speculation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ast/
7063135.stm
I was bummed when Wes Clark threw his weight behind Hillary a month or two back.
He just now sent me a nice email about how we shouldn't attack Iran...wonder why Clark is talking to me about Iran instead of talking to his good pal Hillary.
I mean since she's supporting Kyle/Lieberman and all...
A woman who murdered her disabled daughter and then killed herself had told police they were victims of anti-social behaviour.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engla...ire/ 7063422.stm
Moonbootica, Der Rosenkavalier | Homepage | 10.26.07 - 11:14 am | #
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yup...our cousin Brits are just as crazed as we are
A woman who murdered her disabled daughter and then killed herself had told police they were victims of anti-social behaviour.
What exactly do they mean by "anti-social behaviour" ?
Gordon Brown will push for an extension to the time terror suspects can be held without charge in a bill to be included in next month's Queen's Speech.
But Downing Street is playing down reports he wants to double the current time limit to 56 days.
The prime minister wants to head off a potential backbench rebellion by stressing new safeguards to protect civil liberties.
He has promised greater judicial and Parliamentary oversight of detention.
The 28-day limit came into effect in July 2006 after rebel MPs defeated plans for 90-day detention.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_po...ics/
7063486.stm
Re Henry George:
iirc the catholic church is the second largest landowner in NYC.
A woman who murdered her disabled daughter and then killed herself had told police they were victims of anti-social behaviour.
In US, everyone is born on equal footing, whole and in one piece.
Fiona Pilkington, 38, and her daughter Francesca Hardwick, 18, were found dead in the mother's burning car in a lay-by in Leicestershire on Tuesday.
Four people were arrested earlier in the week for anti-social behaviour in Barwell, where the pair lived.
The arrests were not connected to the inquiry into the deaths, police said.
Learning disability
Neighbour Ann Jones said she had heard local youths had thrown stones at windows and harassed the family.
"I think something should have been done about it. She used to cry and was heart-broken," Mrs Jones said.
Francesca, 18, who was known to her family as Frankie, suffered from severe learning difficulties.
The car fire was so ferocious detectives had to rely on DNA tests to establish the identity of the bodies but relatives were traced on Wednesday through the car's registration details.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engla...ire/
7063422.stm
'Course, that's still $170 a month less than if I paid for them in the States - on my insurance....
GWPDA, yclept Irate
Hang on -- are you getting B . . from C . . .?????
simple land taxes aren't the panacea that henry george fans imagine, but certainly moving a bit in that direction is a good idea
Atrios
I'm no economist but it can't be any kookier than the Austrians. It has some merit and if more libertarians would tend in that direction, it would make them more libertarian and less "propertarian".
http://www.savingcommunities.org/
John Hospers, the first Libertarian Party presidential candidate, wrote a decent review of this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Libertaria...d/dp/
0911312978
Even Nozick renounced Big L before he died.
ok flame coming
---If they were listening in 2001 and they didnt stop 9/11...is that not considered an accessory before the fact?
---If they were listening in 2001
They weren't listening to terrorists, silly.
ok....you know ....they knew
I burn oak.
Moe Szyslak
Looking at my lot, I'm pretty sure it's what we would call 'scrub oak', not your likely true oak. Still, it's good, hot burning wood and the creosote should be limited. The mesquite is great, of course. The house ends up smelling like really good barbecue...
[goes to open Firefox so he can get behind watertiger's blue box...]
Yow.
Can't you photoshop Bush?!! Please, please, please!
They weren't listening to terrorists, silly.
pie | 10.26.07 - 11:19 am | #
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i thought they were listening to everybody....but cherrypicking again...i spose
[goes to open Firefox so he can get behind watertiger's blue box...]
Moe Szyslak
Ummmmm . . .
Can't you photoshop Bush?!! Please, please, please!
Like a monkey on a wire, I something-something-something to be free.
They weren't listening to terrorists, silly.
If only Mohammed Atta had campaigned against a local Wal-Mart or gone to a meeting of "Quaker Grannies for Peace" maybe they would have cracked that plot.
Yow.
Can't you photoshop Bush?!! Please, please, please!
pie
[looks again]
Oh, that's an actual monkey!
[goes to open Firefox so he can get behind watertiger's blue box...]
Moe Szyslak
NO FLIRTING!
i sorry...i just cant get it off my mind,that they are THAT diabolical
[goes to open Firefox so he can get behind watertiger's blue box...]
I'm fairly certain it's not blue.
it is as evil as any sick B movie plot
Yikes [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
From Rasmussen:
Thompson has accomplished something once thought impossible—he now has higher negative ratings among Republican Primary Voters than McCain. Thirty-eight percent (38%) of those likely to vote in New Hampshire’s primary have an unfavorable opinion of the former Tennessee Senator.
Jeri. it's time to unleash the big guns.
Big increase on property taxes in Cook County this year. People in the McMansions by my home are going to pay around $30,000.00 this go around. My bill incresed $1200.00 since last year.
Property Taxes in the growing collar counties are also on the rise, so much so that many homeowners in the new McMansion subdivisions built within the last 10 years are being forced to move because they just can't afford their property tax bill.
Hey, just because everyone else can get into watertiger's box doesn't mean you have to make fun of me for being excluded.
I'm fairly certain it's not blue.
NTodd, Joy Boy
Whatever that monkey has, it's blue -and maybe a little red.
10 years are being forced to move because they just can't afford their property tax bill.
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not to mention ..INN surance
many homeowners in the new McMansion subdivisions built within the last 10 years are being forced to move because they just can't afford their property tax bill.
There should be a reasonable deduction for primary residences-- $200,000, whatever-- and higher tax rates for commercial properties.
The flap over the Obama gospel tour reminds me that the Democratic congress's inability to prioritize is a reflection of the base.
Krauthammer:
Major grumbling among conservatives about the Republican field. So many candidates, so many flaws. Rudy Giuliani, abortion apostate. Mitt Romney, flip-flopper. John McCain, Mr. Amnesty. Fred Thompson, lazy boy. Where is the paragon? Where is Ronald Reagan?
Well, what about Reagan? This president, renowned for his naps, granted amnesty to 3 million illegal immigrants in the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli bill. As governor of California, he signed the most liberal abortion legalization bill in America, then flip-flopped and became an abortion opponent. What did he do about it as president? Gave us Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy, the two swing votes that upheld and enshrined Roe vs. Wade for the last quarter-century.
I just creeped myself out.
for Pie.
I just creeped myself out.
I love the facial expression!!! You're the best.
in cities such as Gloucester, Swansea, Bath etc. much 're-development' is going on i.e. building huge flats and arts centres.
my dad was saying how this is a sign the whole bubble is going to burst, the whole thing is going to go kaput, because its peaking at the moment.
so later on they will find that these flats they have built are barely half full.
its all going to end soon.
For the first time I can't see what's at Watertiger's blog--whassup?
There should be a reasonable deduction for primary residences-- $200,000, whatever-- and higher tax rates for commercial properties.
Moe Szyslak
There is, in Maricopa County. Also, for people over 65, and for folks making under a certain amount. My taxes rose last year, after the idiots across the street bought the comparable for more than $400k - but everybody else's in town did too, because of the real estate boom. I suspect they'll be re-adjusted next year, downward. We're taxed about evenly tho on the land and the house on it - this year, $1600.
.
I just creeped myself out.
for Pie.
watertiger
That monkey oughta sue his plastic surgeon.
War with Iran [Jonah Goldberg]
I know that lots of folks, not just liberals, are concerned that Bush is hellbent on bombing Iran and/or going to war with Iran. Moreover, lots of people call attention to the allegedly ominous parallels between administration rhetoric now and pre-Iraq war rhetoric.
There's lots that can be said about all of this. But here's one thing I want to know. Do people really think that Iran would be a replay of Iraq? It may well be bad policy to bomb Iran, that's a serious question. But I don't quite see how hostilities with Iran over their nuclear program (as well as their mischief in Iraq, and support for terror) would much resemble the Iraq war. For starters, we wouldn't occupy Iran — an enormous difference in terms of politics, casualties, diplomacy and cost. Also, we wouldn't expressly try to change the regime. And so on. An attack on Iran would be much more like the strikes launched by the Clinton administration against Saddam in the 1990s, wouldn't it? Again, it might be bad policy — I have an open mind on all that — but the "here we go again" attitude on display from lots of opponents strikes me as disingenuous or at least ill-conceived.
I dunno, Pantload. How do you know we won't have to occupy Iran?
jawbone,
i don't know what's going on with certain browsers, but apparently, if you hit "stop" and then "refresh" while the page is loading, it boots up.
I have to go check to see if Typepad got back to me.
Friday Music
M.I.A - Jimmy (its a storming tune!)
1 barrel of oil = $91.73
$1 CAD = $1.04 US
£1 = $2.05 US
€1 = $1.44 US
Way to go GOPers!
The Old Man From Scene 24
Why do Republicans hate America?
Also, we wouldn't expressly try to change the regime.
Sinfonian -- did you hear what Ginny Brown-Waite said about the SHCIP program?
"you can put powdered sugar on horse manure but that still doesn't make it a doughnut" or some such claptrap.
There's lots that can be said about all of this. But here's one thing I want to know. Do people really think that Iran would be a replay of Iraq?
Yes.
Stupid Question, Simple Answer.
I have an open mind on all that — but the "here we go again" attitude on display from lots of opponents strikes me as disingenuous or at least ill-conceived.
Stuff it Pantload.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Intern...tory?
id=3778338
'Yemen has set free one of the al-Qaida masterminds of the USS Cole bombing in 2000 that killed 17 American sailors, a senior security official said Thursday.'
So much for Bush bringing terrorists to justice.
ah. Typepad says that it's only problematic in Explorer.
going to check some of my coding to see if it's jacking anything up.
many homeowners in the new McMansion subdivisions built within the last 10 years are being forced to move because they just can't afford their property tax bill.
My property taxes every month are more than my mortgage payment. No shit.
"Diana's Last Words: 'Oh My God'"
MSM BREAKING NEWS!!!!
Hehehe.
my mum and sis are off to Oman next year, around March/April time, I hope the Bush Junta hold off bombing Iran
Back from my meeting. Best thing about being a short-timer is that meetings are shorter, since there are fewer expectations. Also more blogging. 
Sinfonian -- did you hear what Ginny Brown-Waite said about the SHCIP program?
"you can put powdered sugar on horse manure but that still doesn't make it a doughnut" or some such claptrap.
V for Virginia
I didn't see that, but I'll look ... thanks.
Everywhere today," Lippmann wrote in Liberty and the News, "men are conscious that somehow they must deal with questions more intricate than any that church or school had prepared them to understand. Increasingly they know that they cannot understand them if the facts are not quickly and steadily available. Increasingly they are baffled because the facts are not available; and they are wondering whether government by consent can survive in a time when the manufacture of consent is an unregulated private enterprise."
Lippmann had witnessed firsthand how the "manufacture of consent" had deranged democracy. But he did not hold those in government solely responsible. He also described how the press corps was carried away on the wave of patriotism and became self-censors, enforcers, and sheer propagandists. Their careerism, cynicism, and error made them destroyers of "liberty of opinion" and agents of intolerance, who subverted the American constitutional system of self-government. Even the great newspaper owners, he wrote, "believe that edification is more important than veracity. They believe it profoundly, violently, relentlessly. They preen themselves upon it. To patriotism, as they define it from day to day, all other considerations must yield. That is their pride. And yet what is this but one more among myriad examples of the doctrine that the end justifies the means? A more insidiously misleading rule of conduct was, I believe, never devised among men."
Public opinion was not a free marketplace of ideas, but was channeled and polluted by the managers of news. They concentrated their power at the expense of accurately informing the public, whose fears and hatreds they exploited. Reason was impossible to sustain in the whirlwind. Lippmann wrote:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/blu...alter_lippmann/
The politics of the Respect split
V for Virginia: found it. Thanks again.
one more bit
The behavior of the press corps under Bush revealed a corruption more in line with Lippmann's analysis than Sinclair's, although Sinclair's stress on the primacy of vulgar economics had its play, too. Indeed, Bush administration officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, complained to the chief executive officers of major media corporations about reports and reporters, and the pressure fell down the chain of command like an anvil. Nearly every correspondent, producer, and commentator on every broadcast and cable network outlet was keenly aware of such interventions and adjusted accordingly. The cable network MSNBC's dismissal in February 2003, one month before the invasion of Iraq, of the popular Phil Donahue as host of a public affairs program that had raised skeptical questions about the rationale for the war was cautionary and symptomatic. An internal memo claimed that Donahue presented "a difficult public face for NBC in a time of war" while "at the same time our competitors are waving the flag at every opportunity." For crass reasons, jingoism became a criterion for presentation of news.
Nice straw man doughbob:
lots of people call attention to the allegedly ominous parallels between administration rhetoric now and pre-Iraq war rhetoric
OK, true so far.
I don't quite see how hostilities with Iran...would much resemble the Iraq war
Who's saying that they would? In the sense that it would be stupid, immoral, and illegal, yes. That the long-term outcome would be bad, yes. But in terms of specifics about tactics and such, I haven't heard anyone making the case that Iran War = Iraq War.
this year, $1600
Mines about twice that, even though my house is nowhere near as grand as yours and I'm tying to do everything in my power to bring neighbourhood property values down, hee.
But, here in Canadaland we get services and such, so there's that.
Re: Syria and the Israeli bombing there--
Is it now simply accepted that a more powerful country can just enter the territory of another, weaker, country at will?
In all the discussions I've heard of this matter, other than from Syria complaining to the UN, there has been no mention of this breach of another nation's territory. Actually, two nations, as they Israeli's dumped things--was it empty fuel tanks?--in Turkey.
A bit amazing, no?
There's lots that can be said about all of this. But here's one thing I want to know. Do people really think that Iran would be a replay of Iraq?
What, like, would it only just be as big a fuckup instead of a worse fuckup?
'Yemen has set free one of the al-Qaida masterminds
How many masterminds do these fuckers have?
Lots of people say that Jonah Goldberg is fat. But I don't see how his personal life would necessarily be exactly the same as John Wayne Gacy's.
There's lots that can be said about all of this. But here's one thing I want to know. Do people really think that Iran would be a replay of Iraq?
Y'know, Jonah, you're right. If we just send in bombs or cruise missiles, rather than living breathing soldiers, it's not messy at all. In fact, it's like it never happened! And Respect For America will suddenly bloom and ponies and....
Is it now simply accepted that a more powerful country can just enter the territory of another, weaker, country at will?
Yes.
Troops have surrounded a pro-Taliban cleric's hideout in northwest Pakistan, leading to heavy clashes with his supporters, witnesses say.
The battle erupted on Friday in the Swat valley in North West Frontier Province, the base of religious leader Maulana Fazlullah who has been driving a fierce campaign to introduce pro-Taliban laws.
The fighting broke out at the village of Imam Dheri, where Fazlullah has a religious school.
A day earlier, a blast hit a security forces vehicle in Swat, killing about 20 people and wounding another 35, after the arrival of more than 2,000 Pakistani soldiers in the area earlier this week.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...9970E175884.htm
Since we have no sales tax in Oregon, property taxes are relatively high. Part of the resentment of some here toward Californians is that they come up and get 2-3x the house for half the price, jacking our prices up. Those on fixed incomes can get taxed right out of their homes.
Is it now simply accepted that a more powerful country can just enter the territory of another, weaker, country at will?
jawbone | 10.26.07 - 11:41 am
Only certain more powerful countries can pick on the weak and defenseless. Only US-backed countries are supposed to walk away from this without repercussions.
Mines about twice that, even though my house is nowhere near as grand as yours and I'm tying to do everything in my power to bring neighbourhood property values down, hee.
But, here in Canadaland we get services and such, so there's that.
Moe Szyslak
My house isn't grand at all - 2000 sf brick bungalow is all. Probably do have a bit more land tho - but you know, looking at the tax bill, every bit of it goes out to the schools, libraries, fire and police. I have absolutely no issue with how the money's used.
President Giuliani
those are words that resonate
of torture rooms and 5 minute hate
Of "order" imposed with an iron boot
Blackwater mercs with license to shoot
and cops who have broomsticks to go with the gun
and interesting ideas of what constitutes fun.
Is it now simply accepted that a more powerful country can just enter the territory of another, weaker, country at will?
Yes. The only question is, "will the military campaign be identical to the Iraq war in every way, or not?"
There's lots that can be said about all of this. But here's one thing I want to know. Do people really think that Iran would be a replay of Iraq?
What part of "Iranian military readiness" don't you understand, Jonah, you douchebag?
last one
In the rush to war, from September 2002 through February 2003, the Washington Post editorialized in favor of an invasion twenty-six times. Every single editorial contained disinformation, some of it directly leaked by administration officials. On February 6, 2003, the day after Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the United Nations Security Council presenting supposed evidence of WMD, the Post ran an editorial headline, "Irrefutable," and said "it is hard to imagine how anyone could doubt that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction." (Two years later, Powell described his speech, which had been revealed as a string of disinformation, as a "blot" on his record, "terrible," and "painful.") Afterward, the Post's editorial board issued no "Editors' Note"
Example...Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 with US approval.
Help! This just arrived on my intra-office e-mail:
The Federalist Society will be having its 25th Anniversary Gala at Union Station on Thursday, November 15, 2007. The event is black tie, and the reception begins at 6 pm with dinner at 7 pm. The following luminaries are scheduled to speak at the Gala:
Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court
Hon. Robert H. Bork, Former Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Hon. Edwin Meese III, Heritage Foundation
Hon. Theodore B. Olson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Hon. Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court
Hon. Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court
Only certain more powerful countries can pick on the weak and defenseless. Only US-backed countries are supposed to walk away from this without repercussions.
Tom - 大肚腩 | Homepage | 10.26.07 - 11:44 am | #
The "bad guys" in the Millenium exercise completely confused the "us side" by preempting their preemption. The admiral who commanded the "bad guys" side essentially said that the "US" commanders didn't even consider that their embrace of preemptive strike first could be foiled by the other side striking as they got ready.
"Book your place in space now and join around 200 Virgin Galactic astronauts who could venture to space as early as 2009!
Tickets cost $200,000 and deposits start from $20,000. If you are interested in making a reservation then fill out this page and we will be in touch shortly to answer your questions. Or you can contact one of our Accredited Space Agents around the world"
How does one become an "accredited" Space Agent?
Hehehe.
Example...Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 with US approval.
sekmet
Let's remember Ford and Kissinger sending Suharto a cable saying, "We know you're having some problems there--"
And one of the reasons for invading? Oil.
Still the same--
"Sunday, on the History Channel -- The Lost Book of Nostradamus."
Dudes -- go back to 24/7 WWII, wouldja?
'Yemen has set free one of the al-Qaida masterminds
How many masterminds do these fuckers have?
Lime Rickey | 10.26.07 - 11:42 am
It's a catch-and-release program.
or, as was explained on WNYC recently, they catch guys with huge rewards, argue about who's going to get how much of the money, release the wanted person until they can agree, then catch him again....
The "bad guys" in the Millenium exercise completely confused the "us side" by preempting their preemption. The admiral who commanded the "bad guys" side essentially said that the "US" commanders didn't even consider that their embrace of preemptive strike first could be foiled by the other side striking as they got ready.
Red Team also used non-electronic communications and other ASW tactics. Big chearters.
Troops have surrounded a pro-Taliban cleric's hideout in northwest Pakistan, leading to heavy clashes with his supporters, witnesses say.
I thought the Taliban types were supposed to stay in their Waziristan sandbox to limit this kind of shit.
bye for now
"Sunday, on the History Channel -- The Lost Book of Nostradamus."
Is that the book where he scribbled, "God, fucked that one up! Better do a rewrite so the rubes aren't upset . . . hey, it's not like some dumbass 500 years from now is gonna read this shit."
My house isn't grand at all - 2000 sf brick bungalow is all.
I guess it's all relative. That's still bigger than my two-storey house, and you've got that pool.
I've never asked my neighbours what they think of the garden. The one behind the fence loves it, but I suspect next-door-anal-retentive-guy hates it. I'm sure it's considered a negative in the property value department. Which is kinda funny, really, given how much work I put into it.
The following luminaries are scheduled to speak at the Gala:
Professor Wagstaff
Is the company supplying the heroin, or will you have to buy your own?
Red Team also used non-electronic communications and other ASW tactics. Big chearters.
NTodd, Joy Boy
No one's supposed to beat the Kobayashi Maru scenario.
If we get enough good Dems in the necessary numbers to actually pass legislation, we need to pack the damn Supreme Court.
The rightwads deserve it. Revenge is a dish best served cold--and we're gonna be freezing with the cost of oil going where it's headed.
The following luminaries are scheduled to speak at the Gala:
Luminaries? Luminous in that they are radioactive shit, or what?
If weaker, oil-rich countries would just give us all their oil up front, we wouldn't have to invade them. It's win-win! That's called "diplomacy."
/PNAC
Aren't American troops in Iraq pretty much in the same postion vis-a-vis Iran as Saddam's troops were to the invading Americans?
WT--went directly to Dependable Renegade--everything loaded, then just blanked out to blue.
Tried what you suggested, and after several tries (things showed up, then went to blue, at varying rate of speed) got it to stabilize.
Intersting.
NSA? Have you really pissed someone off at the WH?
No one's supposed to beat the Kobayashi Maru scenario.
If only William Shatner were in charge.
The haloscan hamsters appear to be wheezing. Jeevan, help them!
hey, it's not like some dumbass 500 years from now is gonna read this shit."
Supreme Commander Thor
Moe, you better watch out for the garden at night, the anal retentive neighbor pro'ly revenges himself for dropping property value by taking his 'share' of the goodies.
And today has seen the justice system let out two innocent men; at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
owls!!!!!!!
and fuck haloscan
Moe, on what planet would anyone think that a garden reduces property value?
NSA? Have you really pissed someone off at the WH?
jawbone
They really didn't find the monkey pic amusing.
Jeez, ProfWagstaff, they left out Kenn Starrrrr.
Mmmm ... doughnuts ...
(thanks V for Virginia)
Red Team also used non-electronic communications and other ASW tactics. Big chearters.
NTodd, Joy Boy
We were really grateful to be asked.
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However, if you rolled Ginny Brown-Waitein powdered sugar, she would still look like horse manure
Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court
Hon. Robert H. Bork, Former Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Hon. Edwin Meese III, Heritage Foundation
Hon. Theodore B. Olson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Hon. Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court
Hon. Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court
Professor Wagstaff
There's only one non-traitor on this list. Congratulations Professor Wagstaff.
Sugar covered manure will attract illegals?
NTodd, Joy Boy
In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the manure, then you get the women...
HOW IN BLOODY HELL DID THEY GET A SECOND TERM to run us into the Pit?
sittenprettyfarmeress |
um, THEY CHEATED.
Atrios' post seems to imply Philly doesn't have a "primary residence" rule for caps on property assessment increases. In short, if you live there valuation (and thus taxes) can only increase, say, 5% per annum; otherwise it's valued at market levels, so doubling the value of a property doubles the tax revenue. Is this true?
property tax high valuations are the encouragement matrix of home-inflated subprime-rates-etc because the increased tax valuation yields great income returns for municipalities. these became forced as federal funding declined post 2000. this funds the billionaires-ownership society increase.
spinoza, non ridere, non luger wrote, Some merit to his [Henry George's] ideas. If property is theft (John Reed), let's make sure we tax it.
Which entirely misses the point.
Property in natural resources like land is theft, insofar as the landowner extracts rents for access to something he didn't create.
Property in the fruit of own's own labor is, OTOH, not theft.
Wait a second, you mean increased taxes can actually spur economic growth?
Someone get a towel, I think Grover Norquist's head just exploded.
usufruct! wrote, I'm no economist but it can't be any kookier than the Austrians. It has some merit and if more libertarians would tend in that direction, it would make them more libertarian and less "propertarian".
To add to that: The "Georgist critique" of right-wing libertarianism is the strongest critique.
An excellent essay in this vain is "Are you a real libertarian or a Royal libertarian?"
Joshua wrote, Wait a second, you mean increased taxes can actually spur economic growth?
Note, however, that land taxes are one of the few types of taxes that exhibit this property.
Sales taxes and income taxes are taxes on economic activity. While it's reasonable to assert that in certain ranges these taxes aren't harmful, it's hard to justify assertions that they do not create disincentives at all.
Land value taxation, OTOH, creates no disincentives, because the land is already there. It's efficient, because taxing economic rents cannot introduce inefficiencies---indeed, as Atrios pointed out, it can reduce inefficiencies. It's also just, because the landowner in his role as landowner creates none of the value in the land. Not to mention that land ownership, weighted by value, is highly concentrated.
Just remember: because the supply of land is fixed, hence completely inelastic, landowners cannot pass land taxes onto tenants. That is, the amount of land rent is fixed; any which goes untaxed goes into the landowner's pocket. Increase the tax, you just decrease the fraction going to the landowner.
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