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  1. Re:Over 18 on IRS Can Now Seize Your Tax Refund To Pay a Relative's Debt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Don't you know, the $4,462 was seized. Because of interest. That's right, when they find a debt like that they charge compounding interest. And they charge it at a rate no one can get on their savings accounts.

    So I wager that they consider Ms. Grice to actually owe about $20,000 still.

    ***

    Please note that I had a friend who was taxed on a million dollars in stock options that he never sold, and never made money from (dot com bust). Mortgaged house to pay taxes. Took it to court, won as it was deemed unconstitutional. IRS was ordered to pay it back. And they are....in increments over 20 years.

    That's right, they demanded it now. And are paying it back slowly.

  2. Re:Over 18 on IRS Can Now Seize Your Tax Refund To Pay a Relative's Debt · · Score: 2

    In the article...

  3. In most of the world... on Hewlett-Packard Admits To International Bribery and Money Laundering Schemes · · Score: 1

    That's called business. In many places such bribes, and expenditures are just simply part of business. Those in government get paid low wages. The take is considered acceptable as long as its within reason.

    And many places like Eastern Europe, Asia, S. America. You're not building an office building without bribes.

  4. Finally.... on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 1

    We can take on kaiju...

  5. Re:"Low Cost" on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Railgun $25,000 a round versus $1,000,000 a round for missiles.

    Cost on just purely physics level, is rather irrelevant. It is economics that are the limiting factor.

  6. Re:Power? on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 2

    New cruisers and carriers just coming out were spec'd to have 3x-6x power generation. New carriers are getting rid of steam catapults in lieu of railgun catapults as well.

  7. Re:IANA Physicist, So... on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Oxygen, it's in the air...

    fine vaporized particles of metal...

    *poof*

  8. The Rich just got Richer on For the First Time, Organ Regenerated Inside a Living Animal · · Score: 1

    Can you imagine the tragedy if the likes of Michael Bloomberg and Koch Brothers could remain useful and continue accumulating wealth?

  9. Re:Please NOTE... on U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Wait....

    You're telling me that NSA has stopped it's monitoring? This is news to me.

  10. We protest, we call our selected officials, and we maintain the final veto.

  11. Re:Please NOTE... on U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Some can disable the lighter ones. But usually IEDs are used to take out armored vehicles.

    Other considerations, you have to believe no American soldiers being forced to fire on Americans will defect with their own tanks. Many tanks will be stolen when tanker stop to piss.

  12. Re:Please NOTE... on U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 1

    You don't think American's hobbyists could take down a Predator drone?

    And well, sure, the drones reduces the lives we've lost in the combat zones. But they've done very little to achieve victory or control.

  13. Re:Please NOTE... on U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Yes, ....

    See Vietname, Afghanistan, and Iraq for example of victory. Tanks are useful for attacking and over-running. But to maintain control, usuallty devolves to rifles.

  14. Re:No registration... on Algorithm Challenge: Burning Man Vehicle Exodus · · Score: 1

    Have a unique QR code printed on them to scan....that will limit forging.

  15. We the citizens make a warrantless search of the White House and the Capitol building....

  16. Re:Seems reasonable on U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Go read the 4th Amendment please.

    U.S. CONSTITUTION : AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION : ARTICLE IV

    *"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
    and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
    violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported
    by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
    searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

  17. Re:Time to shoot theses elderly fucks in the head on U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Love to hear your opinion on the rest of the idiots. Considering if it were just those three, they could of chosen to hear this case I believe. So what's your damnable excuse for the other 5 besides petty partisan politics.

    If you're still thinking that only the Democrats or only the Republicans are the problem, please realize YOU are the problem.

    They're one and the same...

  18. Please NOTE... on U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 0

    Damages in court speak means $$$...

    so damn your rights, if you haven't lost the almighty dollar....

    and this my dear gun control advocates, is why we need our friggin guns...NOT for hunting. Because when it goes beyond data collection to people collection, we need means beyond a court that enable us to VETO.

    And if you say it will never come to that, please let me point out that you 1D10T5 erred when you said it would never come to universal surveillance either.

  19. Like my HD Channel Service Fee on FCC Orders Comcast To Stop Labeling Equipment Rental a Service Fee · · Score: 1

    Cause I pay $15 extra to use an HD box. Because there are oh so many TVs that don't display HD being sold.

    I am of the opinion, FCC legislation should mandate that Comcast cannot charge any surchage fees for anything that is standard, and define standard as at least 50% of the TV sold.

    So in this case, since more than 50% of the TVs sold are HD, they should not be allowed to charge extra for the HD service. They could for 3D. Until 50% of TVs sold offer 3D.

    That's a nice rule of thumb that eliminates being charged extra for a standard conveyance.

  20. Cause.... on SF Evictions Surging From Crackdown On Airbnb Rentals · · Score: 1

    These are the criminals our police and lawyers need to be expending time against.

  21. Re:Solving the wrong problem on Algorithm Challenge: Burning Man Vehicle Exodus · · Score: 1

    What you want to do is evaluate when a peak time is, and encourage the spreading out of departures. And a fast lane can encourage that. But I think use of color cards with a time is far easier and simpler than a registration. Drive in, handed your random color card, trade card with someone else for a more desirable time, use fast exit.

  22. No registration... on Algorithm Challenge: Burning Man Vehicle Exodus · · Score: 1

    When people arrive, they are randomly given a color ticket with a time stamp.

    Red = 4pm
    Green = 11am
    Blue = 1pm
    Purple = 6pm

    etc.

    These get to go through preferential lines in their respective hour. People get what they get. But here's the thing, if I got a 4pm Red but I'm leaving in the morning. I'll try to find someone to swap with, and if I want to stay later, I'll see if I can swap my blue for your purple.

    Registration is WAYYYYYYY too long. Handing a simple pass makes it extremely easy. You allow the desired time to be sorted out via the festival's barter system.

    Well, darn I want to use my 1pm blue exit, but the guy gave me a 6 pack of craft beer and his 6pm Purple. I figured, I could linger for a few more hours while drinking the sixpack.

  23. Actually, initially, the Tea Party knew fairly much what it wanted. Then it got smeared in the media, labeled racist, which allowed it to be co-opted by right-wing Republicans.

    Initially...

    - balanced budget, debt reduction
    - end to the wars and imperialism
    - end to corporate bailouts and welfare
    - end to the war on drugs
    - secure borders
    - civil focused platform, that offered a broader tent (gays, blacks, etc were quite welcome in the early Tea Party and Ron Paul Revolution movements)

    That was what the movement was initially talking about. Which scared the crud out of the embedded factions. And why they launched a demonization campaign against the early libertarian focused groups. Because they were becoming broad tent. Can you imagine the power of a political group that took the libertarian wing of the Republican party, and then brought in gays and blacks. Both the Democrat and Republican party faced the possibility of a new rival, one that was more anti-war, and anti-corporate welfare than the Democrats. And more libertarian and fiscally conscious than the Republicans.

    Rest assured, they succeeded in preventing that from happening. Then when OWS began, they did the same demonization to them but marketed toward the right. They wanted to absolutely prevent the Tea Partiers and OWS from realizing how much common ground they have.

  24. Re:DEFINITION on NSA Confirms It Has Been Searching US Citizens' Data Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    Only the fool thinks he is anonymous....

    "We know who you are. We are controlling your Netflix."

  25. Re:DEFINITION on NSA Confirms It Has Been Searching US Citizens' Data Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    Arguably 6....

    (heck, if you object to GMOs or vaccines, you're probably being monitored)