Corporations never pay taxes, they are just a collector. Taxes for any company are a Right Hand side of the ledger entry.
Berkshire Hathaway paid $1.75 billion in federal taxes last year or 2.5% of ALL taxes paid by corporations. Read about it here. Or, as Buffett writes in his Annual Report:
In 1985, Berkshire paid $132 million in federal income taxes, and all corporations paid $61
billion. The comparable amounts in 1995 were $286 million and $157 billion respectively. And, as
mentioned, we will pay about $3.3 billion for 2003, a year when all corporations paid $132 billion. We
hope our taxes continue to rise in the future - it will mean we are prospering - but we also hope that the
rest of Corporate America antes up along with us.
There actually are some honest companies out there. If we can get rid of the corrupt CEO's and cut down on executive salaries, then we would be moving in the right direction. While I am liberal, I miss the days of the fiscal conservative... at least I can understand where they're coming from.
Paranoia is awesome. But if you're looking for another RPG that's fast and fun, check out TOON.
In the TOON RPG, you are a cartoon and you are rewarded for doing bizarre and hillarious things. Just like Paranoia - the more you think outside the rules, the better it is, it's endless fun. Both games are still on the shelf behind me. I'll probably never play either of them again, but they're the most fun I ever had playing an RPG.
Basically, if in either game you could survive for longer than 15 minutes, you weren't doing it right. Of course, destroying the other player characters was the unstated objective for everyone.
In general, it's usually better to avoid giving layout-suggestive names to your div tags. In the example, the author calls the Login/Sections/Help div leftcolumn. It would probably be better to name it something that is more suggestive of it's content rather than it's location - this way, if in the future a new skin was added that moved the content to the right-side, or even bottom of the page, the div name wouldn't contradict it's location.
Another suggestion would be to disable all images in the print.css file. The author already went ahead and disabled the advertisement, the left and right columns, but he left those pesky story icons. I know that when I print an article, usually all I care about is the text. It's a simple way to make a page a little more printer friendly.
My last suggestion would be to move the content div tag, up near the top of the page. This way, as your browser downloads the information from the server, it will download the story information (important) before downloading the left/righthand content panes (unimportant). If someone stops loading their browser before the page download has been completed, at least the browser can attempt to render the story data. And with css, the layout will be preserved.
Scientific American sums it up better than I ever could:
15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense - A great article, written by the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, that goes point-by-point through creationist beliefs. My mother (who is religous) actually sent me the article because she thought cleared up so many muddy issues.
NPR Commentary
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Strike on Iraq
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· Score: 4, Insightful
All right, let me see if I understand the logic of this correctly. We are going to ignore the United Nations in order to make clear to Saddam Hussein that the United Nations cannot be ignored. We're going to wage war to preserve the UN's ability to avert war. The paramount principle is that the UN's word must be taken seriously, and if we have to subvert its word to guarantee that it is, then by gum, we will. Peace is too important not to take up arms to defend. Am I getting this right?
Further, if the only way to bring democracy to Iraq is to vitiate the democracy of the Security Council, then we are honor-bound to do that too, because democracy, as we define it, is too important to be stopped by a little thing like democracy as they define it.
Also, in dealing with a man who brooks no dissension at home, we cannot afford dissension among ourselves. We must speak with one voice against Saddam Hussein's failure to allow opposing voices to be heard. We are sending our gathered might to the Persian Gulf to make the point that might does not make right, as Saddam Hussein seems to think it does. And we are twisting the arms of the opposition until it agrees to let us oust a regime that twists the arms of the opposition. We cannot leave in power a dictator who ignores his own people. And if our people, and people elsewhere in the world, fail to understand that, then we have no choice but to ignore them.
Listen. Don't misunderstand. I think it is a good thing that the members of the Bush administration seem to have been reading Lewis Carroll. I only wish someone had pointed out that "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" are meditations on paradox and puzzle and illogic and on the strangeness of things, not templates for foreign policy. It is amusing for the Mad Hatter to say something like, `We must make war on him because he is a threat to peace,' but not amusing for someone who actually commands an army to say that.
As a collector of laughable arguments, I'd be enjoying all this were it not for the fact that I know--we all know--that lives are going to be lost in what amounts to a freak, circular reasoning accident.
I went to a screening last night, and although my friends who hadn't read the book came out with completely enthusiastic reviews, I was somewhat disappointed.
The writers did an incredible job sticking to the true story - but maybe they did too much. The characters were fantastic (especially the kids), but I knew exactly what each child was going to do from minute one. The problem is that I never got completely engaged - there wasn't any mystery or spontaneity to the story. Now some people would support a movie true to its book, but I need some other compelling reasons to see a movie.
The CGI was pretty awful for the entirety of the movie. But watching the character portrayals made this movie worth my money. Everyone from Harry's awful aunt and uncle, to the other kids at Hogwarts, to the teachers was done magnificently. And a couple of those really surprising, frightful moments were nice (but I think younger kids would be quite scared).
My final suggestion: If you haven't read the books or seen the movie, put your money into reading the books! They are truly fabulous, and your imagination will create a more engaging and wondrous story than any director can portray. Now if that doesn't convince you, fine, go see the movie, you'll like it, you'll laugh, it's a fine time.
And if you have read the books, I don't know. You can pay to see the movie, but don't expect incredible things. I found myself thinking about other things during the movie (like how hot my feet were) because I was expecting everything. It's still fun, and good acting is always a nice change.
Final unrelated note: The new Star Wars trailer was AWFUL. Scooby Doo trailer was hilarious.
Throughout the event there is this horrible cutout woman holding signs that direct visitors to certain areas.
If any of you happen to come across one with a missing head.... umm.... well I *think* the best way to remove the head is bend and rip. Forget using a knife, it takes too long to cut through.
I thought COMDEX was lame. I wouldn't suggest anyone under the age of 21 attending. And really the only reason I can see for attending if you are 21 or older is to drive the Mercedes (they had free test drives).
SPOILER - DON'T READ THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE!!!
I have a question about the last ten minutes of the film when Clarice is in the house with the doctor. After she handcuffs them together, Hannibal seems to cut his own hand off to free himself. This is cemented when we see him with a sling, and only using his left arm on the airplane.
But my question is why wasn't Clarice wearing the handcuffs when she chased him out onto the water? Am I missing something, or is this an error in the movie?
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Corporations never pay taxes, they are just a collector. Taxes for any company are a Right Hand side of the ledger entry.
Berkshire Hathaway paid $1.75 billion in federal taxes last year or 2.5% of ALL taxes paid by corporations. Read about it here. Or, as Buffett writes in his Annual Report:
In 1985, Berkshire paid $132 million in federal income taxes, and all corporations paid $61 billion. The comparable amounts in 1995 were $286 million and $157 billion respectively. And, as mentioned, we will pay about $3.3 billion for 2003, a year when all corporations paid $132 billion. We hope our taxes continue to rise in the future - it will mean we are prospering - but we also hope that the rest of Corporate America antes up along with us.
There actually are some honest companies out there. If we can get rid of the corrupt CEO's and cut down on executive salaries, then we would be moving in the right direction. While I am liberal, I miss the days of the fiscal conservative... at least I can understand where they're coming from.
E-Mail Revives Calls to Probe Halliburton, Cheney
Paranoia is awesome. But if you're looking for another RPG that's fast and fun, check out TOON.
In the TOON RPG, you are a cartoon and you are rewarded for doing bizarre and hillarious things. Just like Paranoia - the more you think outside the rules, the better it is, it's endless fun. Both games are still on the shelf behind me. I'll probably never play either of them again, but they're the most fun I ever had playing an RPG.
Basically, if in either game you could survive for longer than 15 minutes, you weren't doing it right. Of course, destroying the other player characters was the unstated objective for everyone.
Thanks for clearing that up. Makes more sense now.
Good article, just a couple of suggestions...
In general, it's usually better to avoid giving layout-suggestive names to your div tags. In the example, the author calls the Login/Sections/Help div leftcolumn. It would probably be better to name it something that is more suggestive of it's content rather than it's location - this way, if in the future a new skin was added that moved the content to the right-side, or even bottom of the page, the div name wouldn't contradict it's location.
Another suggestion would be to disable all images in the print.css file. The author already went ahead and disabled the advertisement, the left and right columns, but he left those pesky story icons. I know that when I print an article, usually all I care about is the text. It's a simple way to make a page a little more printer friendly.
My last suggestion would be to move the content div tag, up near the top of the page. This way, as your browser downloads the information from the server, it will download the story information (important) before downloading the left/righthand content panes (unimportant). If someone stops loading their browser before the page download has been completed, at least the browser can attempt to render the story data. And with css, the layout will be preserved.
Scientific American sums it up better than I ever could:
15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense - A great article, written by the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, that goes point-by-point through creationist beliefs. My mother (who is religous) actually sent me the article because she thought cleared up so many muddy issues.
Listen to the commentary. Transcript follows...
PETER FREUNDLICH:
All right, let me see if I understand the logic of this correctly. We are going to ignore the United Nations in order to make clear to Saddam Hussein that the United Nations cannot be ignored. We're going to wage war to preserve the UN's ability to avert war. The paramount principle is that the UN's word must be taken seriously, and if we have to subvert its word to guarantee that it is, then by gum, we will. Peace is too important not to take up arms to defend. Am I getting this right?
Further, if the only way to bring democracy to Iraq is to vitiate the democracy of the Security Council, then we are honor-bound to do that too, because democracy, as we define it, is too important to be stopped by a little thing like democracy as they define it.
Also, in dealing with a man who brooks no dissension at home, we cannot afford dissension among ourselves. We must speak with one voice against Saddam Hussein's failure to allow opposing voices to be heard. We are sending our gathered might to the Persian Gulf to make the point that might does not make right, as Saddam Hussein seems to think it does. And we are twisting the arms of the opposition until it agrees to let us oust a regime that twists the arms of the opposition. We cannot leave in power a dictator who ignores his own people. And if our people, and people elsewhere in the world, fail to understand that, then we have no choice but to ignore them.
Listen. Don't misunderstand. I think it is a good thing that the members of the Bush administration seem to have been reading Lewis Carroll. I only wish someone had pointed out that "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" are meditations on paradox and puzzle and illogic and on the strangeness of things, not templates for foreign policy. It is amusing for the Mad Hatter to say something like, `We must make war on him because he is a threat to peace,' but not amusing for someone who actually commands an army to say that.
As a collector of laughable arguments, I'd be enjoying all this were it not for the fact that I know--we all know--that lives are going to be lost in what amounts to a freak, circular reasoning accident.
I went to a screening last night, and although my friends who hadn't read the book came out with completely enthusiastic reviews, I was somewhat disappointed.
The writers did an incredible job sticking to the true story - but maybe they did too much. The characters were fantastic (especially the kids), but I knew exactly what each child was going to do from minute one. The problem is that I never got completely engaged - there wasn't any mystery or spontaneity to the story. Now some people would support a movie true to its book, but I need some other compelling reasons to see a movie.
The CGI was pretty awful for the entirety of the movie. But watching the character portrayals made this movie worth my money. Everyone from Harry's awful aunt and uncle, to the other kids at Hogwarts, to the teachers was done magnificently. And a couple of those really surprising, frightful moments were nice (but I think younger kids would be quite scared).
My final suggestion: If you haven't read the books or seen the movie, put your money into reading the books! They are truly fabulous, and your imagination will create a more engaging and wondrous story than any director can portray. Now if that doesn't convince you, fine, go see the movie, you'll like it, you'll laugh, it's a fine time.
And if you have read the books, I don't know. You can pay to see the movie, but don't expect incredible things. I found myself thinking about other things during the movie (like how hot my feet were) because I was expecting everything. It's still fun, and good acting is always a nice change.
Final unrelated note: The new Star Wars trailer was AWFUL. Scooby Doo trailer was hilarious.
Throughout the event there is this horrible cutout woman holding signs that direct visitors to certain areas.
If any of you happen to come across one with a missing head.... umm.... well I *think* the best way to remove the head is bend and rip. Forget using a knife, it takes too long to cut through.
I thought COMDEX was lame. I wouldn't suggest anyone under the age of 21 attending. And really the only reason I can see for attending if you are 21 or older is to drive the Mercedes (they had free test drives).
SPOILER - DON'T READ THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE!!!
I have a question about the last ten minutes of the film when Clarice is in the house with the doctor. After she handcuffs them together, Hannibal seems to cut his own hand off to free himself. This is cemented when we see him with a sling, and only using his left arm on the airplane.
But my question is why wasn't Clarice wearing the handcuffs when she chased him out onto the water? Am I missing something, or is this an error in the movie?
2001-03-23 23:23:23 Lots of 23's == Good.
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