Extremely doubtful he'll ever be anywhere near that furious. Which is all the more ironic considering this story- Mass is a blue state. How could such a thing happen in a state that's been controlled by the saintly Democrats since forever? But let's bring up Bush/Cheney, which really has fuck all to do with this story.
Election years (and the year leading up to them) crack me up. In the last few months, I've seen more comments about Bush and Cheney on teh interwebs than I have in the past 2 1/2 years.
Why repeatedly? When I went through the public school system, I only got tested once. I have no memory of the test, I don't think they told us what is was for at the time. I only found out about it when I got my records after I graduated high school. I don't even know which year it was taken.
Well, some motorcycle guys (in the more infamous gangs) might consider you to be a pussy if you don't ride a hog or know anything about mechanics, so yes, sometimes there is snobbery there. Though I've found, personally, the vast majority of bikers to be pretty cool guys, honestly.
But it's very definition, any kind of inclusivity implies an exclusivity - people belong to a group because of their similarities, and by the same token, people are excluded from the group for not having that something in common.
I concede that. But either way, with the death of oil, the ICE will be obsolete among other things, and people are going to have to start thinking harder about alternative energy.
Because whether or not they would change their tune has nothing to do with their argument that unconstitutional activities are bad; it doesn't debunk it. Well, I'm not sure what your point was. Random curiosity?
Yep, actually.
The government should not violate the constitution under any circumstance.
I agree. The government has to be above board before it can expect anyone else to be.
I was just curious, and honestly a little surprised that not one person defended the IRS in this case, because of the hate of large corporations or rich people we so often see expressed here. I was just expecting it. The IRS really needs to be overhauled. Though I'd also like to see this accountant slip up again in the future so he can be nabbed legally, because he's a dirtbag.
That's scary. And the powers of the Federal government just keep growing like a cancer, and the states take on ever more subservient, delegated roles.
This country was never designed for a monolithic seat of power, and yet it keeps moving in that direction. And on a related note, no matter which side of the legalize pot issue you're on, I think it's good to see Washington and Colorado giving the finger to DC, at least it's something where the states and the people have reclaimed some authority, though there are other issues they should address too.
You think the US is doing nothing about alternative energy? You're not paying attention then. But from a pragmatic view, for now, the traditional methods of power generation still have priority because demands must be met and only oil/coal/nuclear can meet them in a sustainable manner. You can believe that when the oil wells begin to show signs of running dry, the energy companies will bust a move. They'll go nuts looking for other ways to provide energy. Yes, they're driven by profit, that's kinda what businesses do. But if solar/wind/geothermal can make them money too, they'll embrace them wholeheartedly, and they'll have the resources and motivation to catch up, if needed. I don't see us getting left behind in anything. This headline was misleading in what solar can actually provide, it was little more than a PR stunt. It'll be a long way off before truly green, sustainable energy is a reality. Placing current technology in large scale scenarios isn't likely to prove very useful, the tech still needs to mature.
How is that not relevant?
A good many users here believe the rich to be essentially evil, corrupt hoarders of money, who have stolen more than their fair share of the common wealth from us, and who do not pay their fair share of taxes; and then to add insult to injury I suppose, use that wealth as leverage to pay even less taxes or none at all. You can't deny this is a common mantra here.
So, the ethical dilemma I proposed (and this is why it's devil's advocate): what if instead of an accountant in this story, the IRS had illegally come across a multimillionaire who had cooked their books? On one hand, bad IRS.. but on the other, bad multimillionaire. Sooo... would the 99%er's here still feel the IRS should get the smackdown for their actions and let the guy go free, or should there be an exception here?
You can tell it's an election year. It's just desperate handwaving ("Bush! "Squirrel!") because polls indicate the democrats aren't looking too good, and they have nothing substantive to counter with.
I think that's a bit optimistically premature. When Asia finally does eventually get around to stopping that practice, Africa will probably be the next, last bastion for poor and oppressed labor. It's always been the way of third world countries trying to compete in a global market.
Hah, my second thought when reading this article, was would it enable solid state guitar amps to sound more like tube amps..? Upon further reflection, I think most likely not. I'm not very happy with modeling though, I'm still a tube head.
My *first* thought was, transistors were "discovered"? What, were they found nesting in a rock by a lake somewhere, pre-assembled? Nomenclature like this leads me to believe the submitter doesn't believe in any kind of IP whatsoever. They were invented. What was discovered was the result of doping silicon into N type and P type material.
Y'know, in my younger days, I pretty much hated winter, the cold, and short days and long nights.. I loved summertime, beaches, sunshine, long days.. but oddly, as I approach middle age (some would say I'm there already) I find myself preferring wintertime now. As you said, it's easier to get warm than it is to get cool. Also, I hate having to mow my lawn at least once a week every week, and I'm tired of the incessant drone of lawnmowers and chainsaws all weekend long, every weekend. (Obviously I live in the 'burbs). And the mosquitoes. And constant thunderstorms, which knock out power (sucks being in IT when UPSes fail, and we have stations spread out all over the state)
Things just seem more calm in the winter, there's just less static background buzz, and snow is pretty. (well.. literally speaking, there's more static - zap). I should move farther north. A blanket, a fire, a book, and a mug of hot chocolate, life is good.
But there's still one thing to be said for summertime that winter will never match. women in tank tops, shorts and bikinis. Guess I'm not that old yet.
I wonder who here would dispense with their principles and be for prosecuting this guy if he were a corporate multimillionaire CEO, instead of a mere accountant, evading his obligation to pay taxes. Not that I condone CEOs getting insane salaries and/or bonuses and evading taxes through loopholes, nor do I sanction the IRS's overreaching tyranny. I'm for neither.
Just stop with the common sense already. That leaves little room for outrage, hyperbole and overreaching capitalism bashing. You're no fun.
That said, it is important to shop around for the right dealer, there are a lot of scumbags out there.
Whether under the guise of Democracy, Communism, or Facism, those who seek personal gain suck something from someone. They have to because, in order to profit they have to have someone to profit from.
While that's often the case, that's not an absolute truth. It's quite possible to achieve personal gain without "taking" it from someone else. Unless you're talking about obscene amounts of gain maybe. But even then, look at star athletes- most lay people in this world seem to have no problem throwing their hard earned dollars at the sports industry and placing athletes on pedestals: good athletes can make tens of millions of dollars in a few short years, (is any human really worth $40 million just because they're good at throwing a ball around ??) but are they oppressing the fans by doing this? Not if the fans *willing* pay silly prices for tickets and are willing to endure all kinds of advertising to watch someone do that. Beats the hell out of me why they do, but they do.
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Extremely doubtful he'll ever be anywhere near that furious. Which is all the more ironic considering this story- Mass is a blue state. How could such a thing happen in a state that's been controlled by the saintly Democrats since forever? But let's bring up Bush/Cheney, which really has fuck all to do with this story.
Election years (and the year leading up to them) crack me up. In the last few months, I've seen more comments about Bush and Cheney on teh interwebs than I have in the past 2 1/2 years.
Certainly not while you are there.
Damn, , Bazinga..! Remind me not to get into an argument with you.
Why repeatedly? When I went through the public school system, I only got tested once. I have no memory of the test, I don't think they told us what is was for at the time. I only found out about it when I got my records after I graduated high school. I don't even know which year it was taken.
Well, some motorcycle guys (in the more infamous gangs) might consider you to be a pussy if you don't ride a hog or know anything about mechanics, so yes, sometimes there is snobbery there. Though I've found, personally, the vast majority of bikers to be pretty cool guys, honestly.
But it's very definition, any kind of inclusivity implies an exclusivity - people belong to a group because of their similarities, and by the same token, people are excluded from the group for not having that something in common.
I concede that. But either way, with the death of oil, the ICE will be obsolete among other things, and people are going to have to start thinking harder about alternative energy.
Because whether or not they would change their tune has nothing to do with their argument that unconstitutional activities are bad; it doesn't debunk it. Well, I'm not sure what your point was. Random curiosity?
Yep, actually.
The government should not violate the constitution under any circumstance.
I agree. The government has to be above board before it can expect anyone else to be.
I was just curious, and honestly a little surprised that not one person defended the IRS in this case, because of the hate of large corporations or rich people we so often see expressed here. I was just expecting it. The IRS really needs to be overhauled. Though I'd also like to see this accountant slip up again in the future so he can be nabbed legally, because he's a dirtbag.
That's scary. And the powers of the Federal government just keep growing like a cancer, and the states take on ever more subservient, delegated roles.
This country was never designed for a monolithic seat of power, and yet it keeps moving in that direction. And on a related note, no matter which side of the legalize pot issue you're on, I think it's good to see Washington and Colorado giving the finger to DC, at least it's something where the states and the people have reclaimed some authority, though there are other issues they should address too.
You think the US is doing nothing about alternative energy? You're not paying attention then. But from a pragmatic view, for now, the traditional methods of power generation still have priority because demands must be met and only oil/coal/nuclear can meet them in a sustainable manner. You can believe that when the oil wells begin to show signs of running dry, the energy companies will bust a move. They'll go nuts looking for other ways to provide energy. Yes, they're driven by profit, that's kinda what businesses do. But if solar/wind/geothermal can make them money too, they'll embrace them wholeheartedly, and they'll have the resources and motivation to catch up, if needed. I don't see us getting left behind in anything. This headline was misleading in what solar can actually provide, it was little more than a PR stunt. It'll be a long way off before truly green, sustainable energy is a reality. Placing current technology in large scale scenarios isn't likely to prove very useful, the tech still needs to mature.
but more methane emissions
It filled a Nietzsche.
How is that not relevant? A good many users here believe the rich to be essentially evil, corrupt hoarders of money, who have stolen more than their fair share of the common wealth from us, and who do not pay their fair share of taxes; and then to add insult to injury I suppose, use that wealth as leverage to pay even less taxes or none at all. You can't deny this is a common mantra here.
So, the ethical dilemma I proposed (and this is why it's devil's advocate): what if instead of an accountant in this story, the IRS had illegally come across a multimillionaire who had cooked their books? On one hand, bad IRS.. but on the other, bad multimillionaire. Sooo... would the 99%er's here still feel the IRS should get the smackdown for their actions and let the guy go free, or should there be an exception here?
The Bullwinkle party :-D
You can tell it's an election year. It's just desperate handwaving ("Bush! "Squirrel!") because polls indicate the democrats aren't looking too good, and they have nothing substantive to counter with.
I think that's a bit optimistically premature. When Asia finally does eventually get around to stopping that practice, Africa will probably be the next, last bastion for poor and oppressed labor. It's always been the way of third world countries trying to compete in a global market.
And if bikinis are your thing, you can always find a fat woman in a bikini at 3am in the local Walmart winter or summer! :)
Well thank ya very much for that lovely imagery! May as well put a thong on a snowman. Actually, that sounds less horrific.
Hah, my second thought when reading this article, was would it enable solid state guitar amps to sound more like tube amps..? Upon further reflection, I think most likely not. I'm not very happy with modeling though, I'm still a tube head.
My *first* thought was, transistors were "discovered"? What, were they found nesting in a rock by a lake somewhere, pre-assembled? Nomenclature like this leads me to believe the submitter doesn't believe in any kind of IP whatsoever. They were invented. What was discovered was the result of doping silicon into N type and P type material.
Y'know, in my younger days, I pretty much hated winter, the cold, and short days and long nights.. I loved summertime, beaches, sunshine, long days.. but oddly, as I approach middle age (some would say I'm there already) I find myself preferring wintertime now. As you said, it's easier to get warm than it is to get cool. Also, I hate having to mow my lawn at least once a week every week, and I'm tired of the incessant drone of lawnmowers and chainsaws all weekend long, every weekend. (Obviously I live in the 'burbs). And the mosquitoes. And constant thunderstorms, which knock out power (sucks being in IT when UPSes fail, and we have stations spread out all over the state)
Things just seem more calm in the winter, there's just less static background buzz, and snow is pretty. (well.. literally speaking, there's more static - zap). I should move farther north. A blanket, a fire, a book, and a mug of hot chocolate, life is good.
But there's still one thing to be said for summertime that winter will never match. women in tank tops, shorts and bikinis. Guess I'm not that old yet.
I wonder who here would dispense with their principles and be for prosecuting this guy if he were a corporate multimillionaire CEO, instead of a mere accountant, evading his obligation to pay taxes. Not that I condone CEOs getting insane salaries and /or bonuses and evading taxes through loopholes, nor do I sanction the IRS's overreaching tyranny. I'm for neither.
Just stop with the common sense already. That leaves little room for outrage, hyperbole and overreaching capitalism bashing. You're no fun.
That said, it is important to shop around for the right dealer, there are a lot of scumbags out there.
Yes, entirely Exchange's fault. No one at the IRS has ever heard of backups.
I use my semicolon when I don't have a full shitload.
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you lost me on BFDB.. Big F'n Deal B ...? I got the rest.
"Get the lead out"
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Whether under the guise of Democracy, Communism, or Facism, those who seek personal gain suck something from someone. They have to because, in order to profit they have to have someone to profit from.
While that's often the case, that's not an absolute truth. It's quite possible to achieve personal gain without "taking" it from someone else. Unless you're talking about obscene amounts of gain maybe. But even then, look at star athletes- most lay people in this world seem to have no problem throwing their hard earned dollars at the sports industry and placing athletes on pedestals: good athletes can make tens of millions of dollars in a few short years, (is any human really worth $40 million just because they're good at throwing a ball around ??) but are they oppressing the fans by doing this? Not if the fans *willing* pay silly prices for tickets and are willing to endure all kinds of advertising to watch someone do that. Beats the hell out of me why they do, but they do.