Is Offensi.com a US entity? Because if they are foreign, the IRS doesn't get diddly. If they are Irish, tax (10%) only applies to income earned in Ireland.
Yes, it is. And that goes all the way back to some of our major political figures' involvement in liquor smuggling during Prohibition. More recently, Seattle's cabaret laws were written to perpetuate the Colacurcio family monopoly of strip clubs. And they were probably written with input from Frank himself. According to some NGOs involved in stopping sex trafficking, Seattle's laws bear striking resemblances to those in some Asian countries designed to keep sex workers indentured to specific clubs. And one of the most significant lobbying forces to keep Seattle's laws as they are is law enforcement. Who spend quite a bit of time sending undercover officers into clubs with our tax dollars to buy lap dances.
Oddly, there (was) a push in Amsterdam to close down a lot of the 'sole proprietor' store window prostitutes that the Red Light District is famous for. Some scholarly articles were written talking up brothels as an alternative and preferred by the women. Except that the women wanted to work for themselves. And the scholarly articles were commissioned by brothel owners, including the Hells Angels (who bought and the screwed up what were a couple of nice establishments) and other organized crime syndicates. Governments don't like sole proprietors, particularly in cash businesses, due to the difficulty of collecting taxes. So we can see where their priorities lie. Besides, brothels are easier to squeeze for political contributions than are a bunch of independent businesswomen.
Steering little pouches around with external magnets while irradiating some poor kid with X-rays (so you can steer the 'robot') sounds time consuming. How does this compare (both in time and cost) with using a GI endoscope? Or just shoving a funnel and some syrup of ipecac down the kid's throat and having him vomit the battery back up?
This sounds like an interesting but very special purpose procedure and equipment. Better care might be had using commonly available tools.
It will be like money laundering. Since there are 'approved' methods of encryption (funds transfer), anyone using an 'unapproved', not back-doored method MUST be a criminal. And then use of the unapproved method becomes a crime in and of itself.
why a functional test can't be administered to detect impaired drivers.
Because a person's baseline reaction times vary too much due to many other factors. Like age, experience, genetics, etc. It's not too difficult to judge alcohol (or pot) impairment if you know what that person's baseline is. But if you apply an absolute cutoff line to the impaired/no impaired decision, you will catch too many people who are just plain slow. And many of these people have powerful lobbying organizations to back them up. I'm not taking on the AARP.
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Darwin is rolling over in his grave.
A good day to turn your PC off and read a good book or something.
Is Offensi.com a US entity? Because if they are foreign, the IRS doesn't get diddly. If they are Irish, tax (10%) only applies to income earned in Ireland.
Time to move your corporate 'home' overseas.
Yes, it is. And that goes all the way back to some of our major political figures' involvement in liquor smuggling during Prohibition. More recently, Seattle's cabaret laws were written to perpetuate the Colacurcio family monopoly of strip clubs. And they were probably written with input from Frank himself. According to some NGOs involved in stopping sex trafficking, Seattle's laws bear striking resemblances to those in some Asian countries designed to keep sex workers indentured to specific clubs. And one of the most significant lobbying forces to keep Seattle's laws as they are is law enforcement. Who spend quite a bit of time sending undercover officers into clubs with our tax dollars to buy lap dances.
in Germany the pimping actually exist and is doing very well indeed.
A couple of things about this. First, read the chapter in SuperFreakonomics>/a> about the relationship between pimps and hookers in Chicago. It's not always about women being abused and exploited. The cases where it is are generally where women cannot exit an abusive relationship because of their criminal status.
The state does not like freelancing
Oddly, there (was) a push in Amsterdam to close down a lot of the 'sole proprietor' store window prostitutes that the Red Light District is famous for. Some scholarly articles were written talking up brothels as an alternative and preferred by the women. Except that the women wanted to work for themselves. And the scholarly articles were commissioned by brothel owners, including the Hells Angels (who bought and the screwed up what were a couple of nice establishments) and other organized crime syndicates. Governments don't like sole proprietors, particularly in cash businesses, due to the difficulty of collecting taxes. So we can see where their priorities lie. Besides, brothels are easier to squeeze for political contributions than are a bunch of independent businesswomen.
charged with promoting prostitution after being infiltrated by undercover detectives
Law enforcement: It's a tough job. But somebody has got to do it.
Imagine standing at the checkout and the clerk pages the pharmacy over the PA for a price check on dragon dildos.
This could work to our advantage.
Judge: So, exactly what is recursion?
Definition: recursion; see recursion
Supreme Court is now stuck in an endless loop, never to bother us again.
From a today perspective calling a program "less" which's only purpose is to display "more" makes no sense at all.
Why do I have to click on the 'Start' button to stop my PC?
Steering little pouches around with external magnets while irradiating some poor kid with X-rays (so you can steer the 'robot') sounds time consuming. How does this compare (both in time and cost) with using a GI endoscope? Or just shoving a funnel and some syrup of ipecac down the kid's throat and having him vomit the battery back up?
This sounds like an interesting but very special purpose procedure and equipment. Better care might be had using commonly available tools.
You'd think that they could build kids with more efficient processors to extend their battery life.
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Seriously, those Wasabis leave a bad taste in my mouth.
Lets have Febo
The Corporation of the City of Philadelphia is not a person?
Perhaps. But the police are just its pet pit bull.
Can the police legally impersonate a corporation?
Corporations are people. Police are not.
the browser will suggest turning on power-saving mode, too.
A bit late, IMO.
The CIA/NSA will take care of those 193.
It will be like money laundering. Since there are 'approved' methods of encryption (funds transfer), anyone using an 'unapproved', not back-doored method MUST be a criminal. And then use of the unapproved method becomes a crime in and of itself.
on their side of the road.
Hey! I am always make sure that my tires are making that "Brrrt, brrrt, brrrt." signal.
why a functional test can't be administered to detect impaired drivers.
Because a person's baseline reaction times vary too much due to many other factors. Like age, experience, genetics, etc. It's not too difficult to judge alcohol (or pot) impairment if you know what that person's baseline is. But if you apply an absolute cutoff line to the impaired/no impaired decision, you will catch too many people who are just plain slow. And many of these people have powerful lobbying organizations to back them up. I'm not taking on the AARP.
long time alcoholic reaction times might still be reasonably ok even when way over the limit
Not really. What happens is that long time alcoholics become practiced at compensating for lousy reaction times.
Am I driving OK?