Yup, win a prize worth more than $600 from the radio and such and you won't receive it until you've filled out the 1099 related paperwork that requires you to give yuour SSN. Win more than $600 at the casino or in something like a dart tournament and the same thing happens?
Oh, and as far as end-of-year payments... Coming up quite short on all that excess income will result in some penalties, the least of which is requiring you to file quarterly estimated payments. In other words, if you have a lot of taxable income not subject to withholding, you better be making some mid-year payments or adjusting the withholdings to account for it or you will be required to file and remit quarterly payments the following year.
We did not indict him for being a politician's son. We indicted him for committing crimes. Personally, I find it ridiculous that diplomats get blanket immunity from prosecution but I fully understand the reasoning behind it. Now we have people suggesting that not only do accredited diplomats get immunity, but any politician? Seriously?
And another Executive Branch agency just went to the Maldives to protect American (and other states') commerce (very much related to shipping as the purpose of said shipping was to engage in commerce. So how is his analogy "very tenuous"?
"Actually a kidnapping"... I guess in an ideal world, nobody would ever break laws so we wouldn't need such unpleasant things as extradition treaties and such. However, we live in this reality and the situation is pretty simple. Mr. Seleznev was in Russia suing international communications media to commit crimes against American corporations and citizens. Had his activities been targeted against Russian corporations and citizens, he would still have been committing crimes; the same crimes. If Russia was unwilling to extradite him, then that makes the Russian government an accomplice to his crimes. One of the main purposes of countries having militaries is to protect their citizens and their citizen's legitimate business interests. This is because countries have decided that engaging in commerce with each other is a good thing and no country can afford to not protect its interests.
Attila, we are probably in agreement. I was merely trying to point out that the Civil Service Act does not protect everybody on the federal payroll as the top few levels are considered political and not career.
Surprising that "Mother Jones" would distort the truth, isn't it? What is even more surprising is that people have ever viewed them as a credible source of anything.
Seeing as where I am sitting was at one time under tens or hundreds of feet of ice for thousands of years but seems to have had people living here for thousands of years after the ice disappeared, I'd guess that maybe we've been in a warming period since before the industrial revolution.
They have the power to fire the policy makers and that is where the problems start. For instance, Lois Lerner could easily have been fired by Obama. Eric Holder could easily be fired by Obama.
Ah yes, the European and Australian governments listen so intently that they, like the NSA over here, listen in on everything because you demand that they do so? Governments everywhere do things many people don't like.
Ah yes, the old "some people will misuse it so lets ban it for all" argument. Why are you not also clamoring for severe restrictions on the purchase of computers, cameras of all kinds but especially any device capable of video recording, cars and boats? Every one of those has been used irresponsibly and illegally in the past and will be in the future.
If the 5.56 is so useless for self-defense, why are many federal agencies buying them for use as defensive weapons for their officers? Personally, I think 9mm or.40 carbines would be better but opinions differ.
Why would it matter if it were near the approach to an airport? The fireworks themselves are more of a danger than the drone based on the numbers of them up there.
Anyone in a boat underneath the display was already violating the restricted area (most likely) and if they weren't then the organizers would not have cared about the drone either.
"similar" in the same way that this little toy is similar to an Apache? I've never heard of any "raids" where we flew over some Nazi or Japanese celebrations but maybe they are still highly classified. Anti-aircraft shells have a bunch of metal that comes apart and becomes known as shrapnel. It is this metal that does all the damage to aircraft. Fireworks have paper and a small bit of flammable stuff. Not quite as similar as you might think.
Well, that is exactly half of the arguments used for banning guns. The other one is "because other countries don't have freedoms we shouldn't either." Neither is really a valid reason but...
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Oh, we could go even further and mention programming and IT work. We'd get even closer if we mentioned basement dwelling as an occupation.
Yup, win a prize worth more than $600 from the radio and such and you won't receive it until you've filled out the 1099 related paperwork that requires you to give yuour SSN. Win more than $600 at the casino or in something like a dart tournament and the same thing happens?
Oh, and as far as end-of-year payments... Coming up quite short on all that excess income will result in some penalties, the least of which is requiring you to file quarterly estimated payments. In other words, if you have a lot of taxable income not subject to withholding, you better be making some mid-year payments or adjusting the withholdings to account for it or you will be required to file and remit quarterly payments the following year.
But what he did were also crimes in Russia and were partially committed within the US.
We did not indict him for being a politician's son. We indicted him for committing crimes. Personally, I find it ridiculous that diplomats get blanket immunity from prosecution but I fully understand the reasoning behind it. Now we have people suggesting that not only do accredited diplomats get immunity, but any politician? Seriously?
because America... Therefore, bad.
And another Executive Branch agency just went to the Maldives to protect American (and other states') commerce (very much related to shipping as the purpose of said shipping was to engage in commerce. So how is his analogy "very tenuous"?
"Actually a kidnapping"... I guess in an ideal world, nobody would ever break laws so we wouldn't need such unpleasant things as extradition treaties and such. However, we live in this reality and the situation is pretty simple. Mr. Seleznev was in Russia suing international communications media to commit crimes against American corporations and citizens. Had his activities been targeted against Russian corporations and citizens, he would still have been committing crimes; the same crimes. If Russia was unwilling to extradite him, then that makes the Russian government an accomplice to his crimes. One of the main purposes of countries having militaries is to protect their citizens and their citizen's legitimate business interests. This is because countries have decided that engaging in commerce with each other is a good thing and no country can afford to not protect its interests.
Attila, we are probably in agreement. I was merely trying to point out that the Civil Service Act does not protect everybody on the federal payroll as the top few levels are considered political and not career.
Oh that's rational debate right there, that is.
Surprising that "Mother Jones" would distort the truth, isn't it? What is even more surprising is that people have ever viewed them as a credible source of anything.
Seeing as where I am sitting was at one time under tens or hundreds of feet of ice for thousands of years but seems to have had people living here for thousands of years after the ice disappeared, I'd guess that maybe we've been in a warming period since before the industrial revolution.
They have the power to fire the policy makers and that is where the problems start. For instance, Lois Lerner could easily have been fired by Obama. Eric Holder could easily be fired by Obama.
Hey, go easy on him. He's saving the planet by not owning a car.
Ah yes, the European and Australian governments listen so intently that they, like the NSA over here, listen in on everything because you demand that they do so? Governments everywhere do things many people don't like.
Ah yes, the old "some people will misuse it so lets ban it for all" argument. Why are you not also clamoring for severe restrictions on the purchase of computers, cameras of all kinds but especially any device capable of video recording, cars and boats? Every one of those has been used irresponsibly and illegally in the past and will be in the future.
Because many people think that 2 events is an epidemic.
More rare than by cars. As for actual children being killed... more rare than swimming pools.
If the 5.56 is so useless for self-defense, why are many federal agencies buying them for use as defensive weapons for their officers? Personally, I think 9mm or .40 carbines would be better but opinions differ.
At least fireworks are a better excuse for goose bumps than Obama but that was tingles so maybe it was different.
Except fireworks aren't missiles in the same way that a baseball or paper airplane is not a missile.
Why would it matter if it were near the approach to an airport? The fireworks themselves are more of a danger than the drone based on the numbers of them up there.
Anyone in a boat underneath the display was already violating the restricted area (most likely) and if they weren't then the organizers would not have cared about the drone either.
"similar" in the same way that this little toy is similar to an Apache? I've never heard of any "raids" where we flew over some Nazi or Japanese celebrations but maybe they are still highly classified. Anti-aircraft shells have a bunch of metal that comes apart and becomes known as shrapnel. It is this metal that does all the damage to aircraft. Fireworks have paper and a small bit of flammable stuff. Not quite as similar as you might think.
Yes, we do know because of physics. They called and said you are wrong. Do the research yourself and learn something.
Well, that is exactly half of the arguments used for banning guns. The other one is "because other countries don't have freedoms we shouldn't either." Neither is really a valid reason but...