Switzerland's top tax bracket is 40%+, so I'm not really sure what it is you're trying to get at. That we need higher taxes on the wealthy in America? I agree.
No it isnt.
Actual persons don't pay an income tax in Switzerland, just social security, VAT and others. No 'progressive taxation' bullshit on how 'wealthy' you are.
The tell that to Vladimir Horowitz and basically dozens of other classical pianists who spent most of their lives sleeping or sitting down and died on their 80s and 90s.
Fuckin' phony research for the sake of giving out paychecks to mediocre 'scientists'.
So you've never ever bought something because it looked good? Thank goodness people like you don't have their way all the time. The world would look like Soviet Russia if they did.
Have you ever bought a frying pan because it looked good?
Read the Constitution of the United States and when you find something about the head of the Executive having the discretion to wage-war-on-some-country-because-they-think-some-dude-that-blew-up-a-building-of-theirs-might-be-hiding there, please lemme know.
I understand your point, though. You got me there.
1) Invade and occupy another country
2) Dethrone the current government
3) Get your own government/puppets in charge, especially easy if you can hold a "democratic" election where not everyone's represented
4) Get new government to ask for your help
SEE WE'RE NOT ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING [anylonger]
Sorry, but how stupid do you think the rest of the world really is?
I don't think of them as assets, folks that work in intelligence/counter-intelligence do.
What you say makes complete sense, but still, if whoever calls the shots in this world thought of them as 'human' they wouldn't invade the country and occupy it for 9 years, wreaking havoc and killing people now, would they?
So you claim that even top brass just might send some soldiers to show up to a house rigged with IED's if the risk that the source is compromised or would go over the other side is smaller than the chance of getting good info anyways?
You shouldn't have a problem with what Wikileaks is doing, then. Unless you just think the soldiers lives belong to the generals and not some insolent European whistleblower to risk.
Yea... Showing up at a compromised asset's home after its identity has been leaked actually sounds like something 'military intelligence' guys would do...
But you know, these aren't known for being particularly intelligent.;-)
Individuals will reward the companies that build the best cars to suit their needs. Government bureaucrats will just buy from the company that bribes them the most, i.e. will turn an economic decision into a political one.
I'm not necessarily in disagreement about your point about rebates, but having the government spend peoples' money in electric cars instead of letting them do it is definitely a worse way to select the best out of the competing companies.
Mission Type Price*
LEO (s/c80% capacity to the customer orbit) $56M
GTO (s/c
Considering the maximum cargo capacity for LEO being about 10 tons, it would cost me 350K to fly up to the ISS. This is a seriously insane cost reduction. And the heavy version has even more cost cutting potential.
attempts of an exiled Sheikh to regain power in a bloodless coup. The plot, led by British solicitor Peter Cathcart, involves the use of Washington political lobbyists, PR agencies writing fake blogs and Twitter accounts, and a newspaper advertising campaign in the US.
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It was the Fed. Everyone already knows.
Imho false analogies have done the world more harm overall than false charges. :-P
Switzerland's top tax bracket is 40%+, so I'm not really sure what it is you're trying to get at. That we need higher taxes on the wealthy in America? I agree.
No it isnt.
Actual persons don't pay an income tax in Switzerland, just social security, VAT and others. No 'progressive taxation' bullshit on how 'wealthy' you are.
The corporate income tax is 20%-ish.
An RTS probably?
What happens to a plane whose engines stops? It crashes into the ground.
What a good analogy. Let me add to it: What happens to a plane with one pilot whose engines stops? It crashes into the ground.
What happens to a plane with TWO pilots whose engines stop? The same fuckin' thing.
"He fucked me and didn't call back! Stop listening to him on Afghanistan!"
The tell that to Vladimir Horowitz and basically dozens of other classical pianists who spent most of their lives sleeping or sitting down and died on their 80s and 90s.
Fuckin' phony research for the sake of giving out paychecks to mediocre 'scientists'.
That he got the prized "Insightful" badge just goes to show how many people on Slashdot are idiots.
Ah, the internet. I'm going to find something better to do RIGHT NOW. :)
Would you buy a screwdriver with a handle shaped like a sensuous woman?
And if so, wouldn't you be EMBARASSED to have it in a place where you - and god-forbid, anyone else - might see it?
I know I would.
So you've never ever bought something because it looked good? Thank goodness people like you don't have their way all the time. The world would look like Soviet Russia if they did.
Have you ever bought a frying pan because it looked good?
A hammer?
A screwdriver?
You get the point. :P
What a retarded use of human resources.
but if you can stand living in a world where Greedo shot first
I can't.
Sure.
Concerned, yes.
Dropping bombs and having armored divisions roll in, no.
There IS a difference.
I think its wrong, and do think it IS illegal.
Read the Constitution of the United States and when you find something about the head of the Executive having the discretion to wage-war-on-some-country-because-they-think-some-dude-that-blew-up-a-building-of-theirs-might-be-hiding there, please lemme know.
I understand your point, though. You got me there.
I make mine the words of Anonymous Coward.
And I quote:
1) Invade and occupy another country
2) Dethrone the current government
3) Get your own government/puppets in charge, especially easy if you can hold a "democratic" election where not everyone's represented
4) Get new government to ask for your help
SEE WE'RE NOT ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING [anylonger]
Sorry, but how stupid do you think the rest of the world really is?
I don't think of them as assets, folks that work in intelligence/counter-intelligence do.
What you say makes complete sense, but still, if whoever calls the shots in this world thought of them as 'human' they wouldn't invade the country and occupy it for 9 years, wreaking havoc and killing people now, would they?
So you claim that even top brass just might send some soldiers to show up to a house rigged with IED's if the risk that the source is compromised or would go over the other side is smaller than the chance of getting good info anyways?
You shouldn't have a problem with what Wikileaks is doing, then. Unless you just think the soldiers lives belong to the generals and not some insolent European whistleblower to risk.
Afghanistan and Iraq.
Look, I don't like watching TV either, but you gotta keep up with the rest of the world here, mate. :-)
Yea... Showing up at a compromised asset's home after its identity has been leaked actually sounds like something 'military intelligence' guys would do...
But you know, these aren't known for being particularly intelligent. ;-)
Individuals will reward the companies that build the best cars to suit their needs. Government bureaucrats will just buy from the company that bribes them the most, i.e. will turn an economic decision into a political one.
I'm not necessarily in disagreement about your point about rebates, but having the government spend peoples' money in electric cars instead of letting them do it is definitely a worse way to select the best out of the competing companies.
Even tax breaks for vehicles that supposedly are good for the environment - that liberals are supposedly supportive of - get handed the 'Envy' card.
Shit, I was pretty sure I hit 'Preview'.
Oh well, fail.
Mission Type Price* LEO (s/c80% capacity to the customer orbit) $56M GTO (s/c
Considering the maximum cargo capacity for LEO being about 10 tons, it would cost me 350K to fly up to the ISS. This is a seriously insane cost reduction. And the heavy version has even more cost cutting potential.
attempts of an exiled Sheikh to regain power in a bloodless coup. The plot, led by British solicitor Peter Cathcart, involves the use of Washington political lobbyists, PR agencies writing fake blogs and Twitter accounts, and a newspaper advertising campaign in the US.
That's called politics.
The part of the "meaning of value" in Marx isn't Marx, it's Ricardo. And it has been debunked thoroughly.
By all means, Marx's view of conflict as the motor of history is good, his theory of exploitation is quite convincing.
But surplus value is just a fraud.
Oh, and capital investment may control production. But consumers control capital investment. Sorry, its just the way it is.
Ask Lehman Brothers.