April 23, 2013
— Gabriel Malor Happy Tuesday.
Dzhokhar Tsaraev is telling investigators that his brother was motivated by jihad, but that no foreign terrorist groups were involved.
The Canadian train bomb plotters will get a bail hearing today. They are not Canadian citizens. The investigation has been going on for six months. And their plot is not related to the Boston bombing.
A car bomb injured two outside the French embassy in Tripoli.
Mark Sanford is struggling in SC1. He's going on the air today with an ad knocking Elizabeth Colbert Busch for her union ties. It's still a red district.
The internet sales tax is gaining steam in the Senate. The White House says President Obama will sign it if it passes.
Rep. Rangel is suing Speaker Boehner and six other lawmakers to try and overturn the ethics censure handed out for Rangel's many dirty actions, including using a rent-controlled apartment in Harlem as a campaign office, using congressional stationary and staff to solicit funds for an academic center named after him, and failing to pay taxes on rental income for 17 years.
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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2013 02:52 AM (tqLft)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:52 AM (53z96)
The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating and charging Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with crimes that could bring the death penalty.
And if you believe that I have a Time Share condo I will gladly sell you for $1.
http://is.gd/K4CB8j
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:52 AM (53z96)
"The cost has gone from $143 million a few years ago to $2.2 billion today," Republican Louisiana Sen. David Vitter said, noting that today's cost is 15 times what it was.
It did what every damn welfare “do good program does”. It first costs much more than predicted, then the fraud and abuse kicks in, and then it balloons out of control. But you people in the House could kill it if you did what you promised in 2010; individual take it or leave it budgets. Also note that there is no “AP” slug with this story. That means the rest of the MFM is not covering this.
http://is.gd/rKgKkJ
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:52 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 23, 2013 02:53 AM (pYXiI)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:53 AM (53z96)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:53 AM (53z96)
Oddly enough, the urologist that I had an appointment with yesterday was from Brooklyn. He said NY was collapsing and he bailed out in 2008. You folks from NY, be advised that he said it would not be long before there was a severe shortage of doctors in NY because they were leaving in droves.
http://is.gd/sLBbaH
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:53 AM (53z96)
http://is.gd/HhpPx3
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:53 AM (53z96)
Chutzpah: unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
Charlie “CBC Tax Evader” Rangel is suing Boner over the ethics investigation and resulting censure. Hey you stupid shit, if you were not protected by black democratium you would be in jail. Kiss my ass.
http://is.gd/9NSoaq
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:54 AM (53z96)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:54 AM (53z96)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)
The leaders of our nation asked me, a bicultural undocumented American, to testify in the senate
There are no words.
http://is.gd/sKYqLF
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)
http://is.gd/WfKQLg
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 23, 2013 02:55 AM (feFL6)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Mark formerly in Spokane,now in Sandy Ut at April 23, 2013 02:56 AM (xGX1p)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:57 AM (53z96)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:57 AM (53z96)
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Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:57 AM (53z96)
One of the most compelling arguments offered by brick and mortar retailers is that the current system allows Americans to visit their local stores to shop and then order goods online without having to pay the sales tax.
Anyone who is making that argument is either a liar or an idiot. Besides that, contrary to the disingenuous title of the bill, this has NOTHING to do with fairness. It has everything to do with States wanted to tax the shit out of everybody.
I have a recommendation to the States; you want to get some fairness? Reduce your damn sales tax back to the ranges it used to be in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, 3% max.
http://is.gd/IcQe8m
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:57 AM (53z96)
http://is.gd/ohhm0O
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:58 AM (53z96)
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 02:58 AM (LRFds)
http://is.gd/dP8kDd
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:58 AM (53z96)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2013 02:59 AM (tqLft)
Also you gamers may want to note the Gold Box Deals today are a bunch of “God of War” titles.
http://is.gd/KQ0g2s
And thatÂ’s it for today. I will be bailing early today as well to pick up drugs and mow
And when did this ludicrous "first" meme get started.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 02:59 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at April 23, 2013 03:00 AM (r2PLg)
While he may, in fact, be struggling, I would not bank on it from a Democrat polling organization.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:00 AM (53z96)
And what about local sales taxes? Will that have to be computed as well?
Morning!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 23, 2013 03:01 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: zeera at April 23, 2013 03:05 AM (JeTjJ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 03:05 AM (9hekj)
http://is.gd/sLBbaH
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 06:53 AM (53z96)
My mom is a nurse at Columbia-Presbyterian in NYC. She tells me all the older doctors are retiring and have been making sure their kids don't follow them into medicine. The residents have been getting increasingly dumber year after year, though that part might just be because it's NYC and unrelated to the destruction of medical care.
Posted by: mugiwara at April 23, 2013 03:06 AM (hpYnL)
I'm gonna bet on time served and probation...his heart was in the right place.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 03:07 AM (/gHaE)
Because the PRC is only one-third the distance compared to the US, the charter revenue from VLCCs has collapsed.
http://tinyurl.com/bqv9wmc
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 03:07 AM (a8E3N)
Hello, ‘rons and ‘ronettes. Nothing big today, just a few quick bits by or about Hollywood stars:
Heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey on Rudolph Valentino, after a bout of sparring: “That guy packs a he-man punch!”
Louis B. Mayer to Judy Garland during the filming of The Wizard of Oz: “How’s my little hunchback today?” (Garland had to wear a brace to correct her posture)
Critic Bowsley Crother on Katherine Hepburn’s acting: “She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.”
Former silent leading lady Norma Talmadge, to a group of autograph hunters: “Go away – go away! I don’t need you anymore!”
Restauranteur Dave Chasen: “Bogie’s a hell of a nice guy until ten o’clock. After that, he thinks he’s Bogart.”
Silent comedienne Mabel Normand, to a fan magazine writer who asked her hobbies: “Print anything you want. Just don’t say I like to work – that sounds like Mary Pickford, that prissy bitch!”
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 03:08 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 03:08 AM (9hekj)
Computers and other electronics, for instance, are subject to this behavior. People go to a local computer store and use up an hour of the salesman's time, then they go order the recommended piece online.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 23, 2013 03:08 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 23, 2013 03:08 AM (feFL6)
the Internet sales tax is going through like greased shit through a goose. It passed the cloture vote overwhelmingly.
Specifically
YEAs 74
NAYs 20
With about 3/5ths of the Republicans signing on.
Boy, the GOP is doing a killer job on taxes this year, aren't they?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 23, 2013 03:09 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 03:09 AM (a8E3N)
but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said
the State Department does not consider any Chehen groups terrorists group as a matter of policy
not they did NOT say they had no connection to any Chechen groups
just to what they CLASSIFY as "Muslim terrorist groups
see the lie?
Posted by: thunderb at April 23, 2013 03:10 AM (nH8jP)
BTW, what happened with North Korea? That whole story seems to have gone away.
Posted by: HH at April 23, 2013 03:10 AM (XXwdv)
Posted by: tony redenzo at April 23, 2013 03:11 AM (Vodnq)
Maybe they've silently adopted a "fan the flames" outlook?.......
....or they might just be fucking imbeciles.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 03:11 AM (/gHaE)
Horse shit...and CTJ let's take your pap to its logical conclusion and outlaw comparison shopping.....
"no more wasting the poor dear salesman's time...walking through a door is a fucking contract"
*eyeroll*
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 03:12 AM (LRFds)
The left, the greens, the commies, are all like the socialists. They believe their system is for the people, but not themselves.
Al Whore is a perfect example.
Posted by: ExSnipe at April 23, 2013 03:12 AM (PBm/l)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2013 03:13 AM (tqLft)
if State will not classify Chechen groups as Muslim terrorist groups
then the bomber brothers had no link to "Muslim terrorist groups"
clever. But not real
Posted by: thunderb at April 23, 2013 03:13 AM (nH8jP)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 07:11 AM (/gHaE)
I'll go with the bought off by crooked lobbyists for those lying dickweasels in the brick and mortar stores, along with pressure from some of the blue States like fking IL and bigger fking Chicago.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:13 AM (53z96)
This is what it has come down to: The Single Party of John McCain and Harry Reid.
Posted by: sTevo at April 23, 2013 03:14 AM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 23, 2013 03:15 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 07:09 AM (a8E3N)
No, I didn't Anna, but I have it on Blu-Ray. Doesn't Clara Bow look absolutely delicious in that? Costumer Edith Head said she had to follow Bow around the shoot taking away the belt Clara kept using to make her Red Cross uniform tighter and sexier.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 03:15 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: John Mellencamp [/i] at April 23, 2013 03:15 AM (feFL6)
http://youtu.be/YCzb25RllOM
Or a photo
http://tinyurl.com/c2ogbqk
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 03:16 AM (a8E3N)
The good news for you is there's a party devoted to trying to fix unfairness legislatively. Sure, it always comes with unintended consequences, but then we just call everyone racist and they back off. Come home!
Posted by: The Democrats at April 23, 2013 03:16 AM (OevbG)
from My Pet Jawa
Or maybe we have the State Department to blame here? To this day, the State Department refuses to designate the Islamic Emirate of the Caucuses, it's emirs, and it's related branches as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
And we're not just talking about Obama's State Department, this goes back to the Bush years too.
This despite clear acts of terror by the group and clear ties to al Qaeda.
So, assume the Russians report that Tamerlan Tsarnaev is meeting with terrorists. But the terrorists aren't considered terrorists by the State Department. Would an FBI agent have to pass on investigating further since there was "no relationships with terrorists"?
Simply because the cowards in State refuse to designate a group as "terrorists" doesn't make them any less so. And if federal agents are constrained from doing their jobs because of this, then whoever continues to make the decision to keep the Chechen jihadis off the terror list has blood on their hands.
I know that's a lot of ifs, but isn't it about time to designate the Islamist jihadis fighting in Russia terrorists?
so, that is why the administration is saying "no links to Muslim terrorist groups".
Because they will not classify any Chechens groups as a Muslim terrorist group
Posted by: thunderb at April 23, 2013 03:17 AM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 03:17 AM (EXemq)
0bama wants to charge Canadians at minimum $5 per capita for the privilege of visiting the USA. Can you smell the desperation of a bankrupt kleptocracy?
Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 03:18 AM (+iA5G)
Yeah I used to believe it was eleventy-d aikido...
now
Derp, derp derp, DERP! derp derp
on the bright side I post the ever cute Ornella Muti
http://youtu.be/KOY5iWvlUQg
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 03:19 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 03:20 AM (a8E3N)
And so basically we sacrificing a house seat to Mark Sanford's ego. Nice.
Posted by: Sinalco at April 23, 2013 03:21 AM (zDJDu)
Pshaw!! Surely you jest.
Morn' Ya'll
Posted by: dananjcon at April 23, 2013 03:21 AM (jvd3N)
Hey now...
he needs that sacrifice for his absolution....
"sexual healing and trespass baby'
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 03:22 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 03:23 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 03:23 AM (WxJTH)
maybe they'll import Americans to mow their snow....
or just burn coal to import our weather....
Obama is a fucking idiot as an economist and a great economist as a foreign agent
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 03:25 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Jen at April 23, 2013 03:27 AM (Wm+Ab)
He already slapped a $10 cover charge on people entering from visa waiver countries; doesn't seem to have stopped anyone from coming in to drop their kid here.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 23, 2013 03:28 AM (hO8IJ)
I wish Jake Tapper or Sheryl Atkinson or anybody would ask the administration if the bomber brothers had and links to any Chechen groups
or ask why the State department refuses to designate the Islamic Emirate of the Caucuses, it's emirs, and it's related branches as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Posted by: thunderb at April 23, 2013 03:28 AM (nH8jP)
Vic, I was discussing the internet sales tax with an elderly gent who used to own his own bidness, and he immediately said, "Well, all you have to do to be the sales leader is reduce your sale price to where it's lower than the competition's price with the added sales tax.
Wonder how long it will take for some to figure that out?
Posted by: RushBabe at April 23, 2013 03:28 AM (orY9d)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at April 23, 2013 03:29 AM (wbmaj)
SC1 went for Romney by +18 and now Sanford is polling 9 behind.
It just makes you want to throw in the towel and stop the fight.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 23, 2013 03:29 AM (kdS6q)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/farmers-benefits_718074.html
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 23, 2013 03:29 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: zsasz at April 23, 2013 03:30 AM (MMC8r)
well at least we'll have shown in the primary that we believe politics is a religious vehicle somehow
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 03:30 AM (LRFds)
Muzzies should rise up and reject terrorists! How many damn times has that been said after the latest outrage?
Well, at least in England, if you graffiti against Hitler, you're a H8R.
Posted by: RushBabe at April 23, 2013 03:32 AM (orY9d)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 07:23 AM (WxJTH)
That's exactly what Australia used to do in the 80s, they still might. I think I had to pay $20 Aus. to leave. They collected it at passport control before you got on your plane.
Posted by: ExSnipe at April 23, 2013 03:32 AM (PBm/l)
The thing about this sales tax crap is that long ago, even with a court more liberal than it is now, the Supremes ruled that you can not force one State to collect sales tax for another if the selling organization has to physical presence in the State.
This proposed law is unconstitutional. And since Choomer and all the rest of the commiecrats believe in stare decisis we have to see how they react.
But like always, some private group like Amazon will have to spend $3.5M to fight it and they will defend it using our money.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:32 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 03:32 AM (Q7wUg)
87 As they have for two decades, farm families took home more annual income—about $20,000 more on average—than non-farm families.
.............................
That sounds about right. Some of the richest guys I know are farmers.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 23, 2013 03:33 AM (bQiJA)
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 03:33 AM (JZBti)
It just makes you want to throw in the towel and stop the fight.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 23, 2013 07:29 AM (kdS6q)
As I posted earlier, it is a Democrat poll. Don't get too upset....yet.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:33 AM (53z96)
They're way ahead of you.
http://is.gd/0UGPkj
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 23, 2013 03:33 AM (hO8IJ)
Don't you mean the other way around? If politics was a religious vehicle Sanford should've gone down in flames for the world's most obvious 10th Commandments violation.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2013 03:34 AM (OevbG)
yeah I'm sure had bush not done the sort of things barry was braying for during the crisis they'd be all "yeah this was all BARRY"
math is math it's on Choom King no matter what lies idiots tell themselves.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 03:34 AM (LRFds)
Comedy Central has decided not to renew Futurama, which means that the 31st-century-set animated comedy will end its 140-episode run on Sept. 4. The final 13 episodes begin airing on June 19.
Kinda sucked since it came back -- heavy on Fry con Lea and liberal politics, but back in the day....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 23, 2013 03:34 AM (kdS6q)
Me: Yawn.
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at April 23, 2013 07:16 AM (wbmaj)
FIFY
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 03:34 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 03:34 AM (JZBti)
Posted by: sithkhan at April 23, 2013 03:35 AM (/RTvI)
Some of the guys I went to HS with are pulling in $750K/yr before they sell a single bushel.
Yeah, I'm bitter.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 23, 2013 03:35 AM (hO8IJ)
Watch for Basic Instinct Sharon Stone in 8-bit.
http://youtu.be/q0ygjD04vyU
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 03:35 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 07:33 AM (JZBti)
Where have you seen that? They sure as hell fought it here and in CA.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:36 AM (53z96)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at April 23, 2013 03:37 AM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: tony redenzo at April 23, 2013 07:11 AM (Vodnq)
Sort of like "Killing Me Softly..."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2013 07:13 AM (tqLft)
Bitch probably deserved it.
Posted by: Ike Turner at April 23, 2013 03:38 AM (ujrve)
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 07:33 AM (JZBti)
___
ebay is rallying its users to fight against the internet sales tax.
Posted by: kallisto at April 23, 2013 03:39 AM (jm/9g)
Posted by: dogfish at April 23, 2013 03:39 AM (nsOJa)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at April 23, 2013 07:37 AM (Gk3SS)
Good morning, Empress. I brewed a special cup of Yorkshire Gold tea for you. Enjoy before the day goes to hell.
**slides cup across**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 03:39 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 23, 2013 03:39 AM (eyJh9)
Posted by: thunderb at April 23, 2013 03:39 AM (nH8jP)
Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 03:39 AM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Dr Foistus at April 23, 2013 03:40 AM (FMsYN)
Where have you seen that? They sure as hell fought it here and in CA.
Posted by: Vic
Amazon fought it, but then folded and agreed to pay up voluntarily once they got bought off by getting their money back in local tax breaks.
Now they see an opportunity is seeing the smaller online companies squeezed out once everybody is paying sales tax.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 23, 2013 03:40 AM (kdS6q)
Apparently Kim Jong Un is still missing. My guess is Beijing called up and told him to STFU.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2013 03:41 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 03:41 AM (bmHOj)
It's a sweet life.
Plant in spring then take off for your summer home up north by the lakes(with a few visits 'to the farm' now and then to see that the help is keeping up on things). Come home to harvest then leave for your AZ home for the winter. A few European vaycays and skiing in CO round out the year.
Crops fail? No big whoop. You got that nice crop insurance.
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 03:41 AM (JZBti)
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 03:41 AM (Cnqmv)
Like software hucksters, Battlecruiser 3000 anyone, promising a super duper killer game. The customers wait and wait. And then when it is delivered its full of bugs that make it do things the customer was promised it would never do.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 03:42 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:43 AM (53z96)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 03:44 AM (GVL0g)
Yep...they want to be the 'Walmart' of the internet. Little online retailers get hammered.
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 03:45 AM (JZBti)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 03:45 AM (2UX1i)
Thanks, that really pisses me off. It is nothing more than crony corruption at its worst.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:46 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Gem at April 23, 2013 03:46 AM (zw+pb)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 07:44 AM (GVL0g)
No, the damn problem is State legislatures jacking sales tax through the rood so that there IS a significant difference.
So why did they do that? Because they had already jacked income tax AND property tax through the roof.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:48 AM (53z96)
For certain. It will make shopping at Amazon not so enjoyable. Once the tax shows up, I'll find I don't need the item so much. Feeding the beast and all that.
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 03:51 AM (JZBti)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 23, 2013 03:51 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 23, 2013 03:51 AM (/djtm)
Posted by: Tmitsss at April 23, 2013 03:52 AM (sf536)
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 03:52 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 03:52 AM (2UX1i)
That's funny because back when I was in the Navy Filipino 10 centavo and 25 centavo pieces would work in US machines because the US Mint actually made those coins for them.
We thought it was a big joke until you got one back in change.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:53 AM (53z96)
Ha, I used to look at that, but my blood pressure and envy would simultaneously go through the roof. You think your local gov't bureaucrat has a sweet deal? Pikers, compared to the poor, struggling farmers(who only get all that dough because we need a stable food supply that's cheap, uh huh).
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 03:54 AM (JZBti)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 03:55 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 03:55 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 07:54 AM (JZBti)
One of the times I was visiting family down in GA me and a brother were riding around in the country where he was showing me a lot of the local changes. We went by several of what I would call McMansions.
His remark was "some of those farmers that just aren't making it".
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 03:56 AM (53z96)
Hills are only an illusion, and not a very realistic one at that!Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 03:57 AM (Cnqmv)
http://www.ufunk.net/en/univers-geek/lord-of-the-ring-black-milk/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 03:57 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: Dept. of Acuracy at April 23, 2013 03:57 AM (+I8Mq)
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 03:57 AM (JZBti)
I used to manage state sales tax collections for a company I worked for years ago.
The department for managing these things in my state was relatively small - if we had specific questions it tended to be difficult to get a knowledgeable person on the phone. Plus we had to agree to have our books audited by that agency at any time. I'm interested how these audits are going to work if the buyer is in Georgia and the seller is in Alaska. Will Georgia be sending people up to Wasilla to check the seller's records and confirm he's sending what he's collecting?
Likely not, and hence the fundamental idiocy of this. Things follow the path of least resistance, and least resistance means a chunk of sellers will collect sales taxes as best they can and submit them as best they can. Another chunk will collect them and keep the taxes as extra revenue. A third chunk won't bother and it will be unenforceable. In all cases the state(s) involved won't be able to enforce any of it anyway.
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 03:57 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 07:54 AM (JZBti)
My wife's cousin's husband runs a couple very successful farms in Iowa. He says that farmers are the biggest fucking whiners when it comes to just about everything. Where they do have a legitimate gripe is that the cash flow is extremely uneven.
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2013 03:57 AM (huAxf)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 23, 2013 07:15 AM (UTq/I)
They also have a distinct advantage supply wise. They're not limited by shelf space for one. And go into an electronics/computer store, they are extremely limited. You are likely to see only one brand of RAM. One or two brands of harddrives. You'll probably see one brand of nvidia graphics cards and one brand of radeon graphics cards. And those will be extremely limited in what they have even from those brands.
Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2013 03:59 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:00 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 07:57 AM (tVWQB)
That is the law of regulation. It only applies to honest people and makes their life miserable.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:00 AM (53z96)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 04:01 AM (GVL0g)
Posted by: Rob in Katy at April 23, 2013 04:01 AM (PiTBB)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 23, 2013 04:01 AM (/djtm)
His remark was "some of those farmers that just aren't making it".
Lol..one of my chums from school married a farm boy. Wow...did they work it.
Anyway, the hubs just built them a really gothic, dark,
gargoyle -y mansion down in some holler on their land. It is the oddest thing you ever saw in farm country. Just huge and weird.
I blame too many European jaunts.
Posted by: Lizabth at April 23, 2013 04:02 AM (JZBti)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 08:01 AM (GVL0g)
Why don't you merchants band together and hire lobbyists to get the State to lower their sales taxes instead of hiring lobbyists to increase taxes?
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:02 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 23, 2013 04:03 AM (eyJh9)
Posted by: Rep. Rangel at April 23, 2013 04:03 AM (f+TdG)
Yeah...the key is I suspect trying to enable states to go after Amazon and E-bay in Big Tabakky style class actions...
the government is *never* doing what it says it is doing anymore.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:04 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 08:01 AM
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 08:02 AM
Agreed. The "unfairness" isn't that Internet vendors don't have to collect sales tax. The unfairness is that physical stores must do so. The remedy for this "unfairness" is to abolish the sales tax, not to spread the misery.
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 04:04 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 23, 2013 04:04 AM (eyJh9)
the government is *never* doing what it says it is doing anymore.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 08:04 AM (LRFds)
They will not do that because most of the courts, excluding the 9th district, would rule based on the SC ruling.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:05 AM (53z96)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 04:06 AM (GVL0g)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:06 AM (fwARV)
@151 Captain Hate
"My wife's cousin's husband runs a couple very successful farms in Iowa. He says that farmers are the biggest fucking whiners when it comes to just about everything. Where they do have a legitimate gripe is that the cash flow is extremely uneven."
You wife's cousin's husband is a cunt.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 23, 2013 04:06 AM (f+TdG)
correct...say that ~40% of the internet sellers are straight shooting honest citizens who are strangely compelled tp act ethically in the service of the unethical asshole ruler class...
that is a "tip' for Hell's Waiters at .gov b/c they will then go after the "uncollected 60%" from the online companies and try to get punitive damages added on...
hell Hell's Waiters would likely prefer less compliance for the bigger jackpot.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:07 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 23, 2013 04:07 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Jeff Bezos' Aching Anus at April 23, 2013 04:07 AM (Cs2tJ)
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 08:04 AM (tVWQB)
As I have been saying, this was not an issue until sales tax was jacked up out of the nuisance category to the back breaking level. Hell even here in Podunck, SC we have sales tax in the city at 10.5%.
I try my damnedest to NOT buy anything in the damn city.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:08 AM (53z96)
Five to eight years ago I'd agree...how many wise latinas does it take to get to a banana republic?
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:08 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: keep it simple, stupid at April 23, 2013 04:08 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 23, 2013 08:01 AM (/djtm)
Well yes, cash flow problems disappear when you cash in your business's assets although land is an extremely illiquid asset.
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2013 04:09 AM (huAxf)
I'm pretty sure you're doing it wrong if science is screaming.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2013 04:11 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 23, 2013 04:11 AM (QXlbZ)
You probably need to fill out the proper forms and mail them in.
Results may take up to six weeks....
Posted by: HH at April 23, 2013 04:11 AM (XXwdv)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 04:11 AM (GVL0g)
150
I bet there'll be a few well-publicized Federal raids on selected scoff-law online retailers pour encouragers les autres. First target selections already in the works: Guns, cigars. The people who, when they get raided, nobody will bitch too much about.
Posted by: Bigby's Hearty Handshake at April 23, 2013 04:11 AM (3ZtZW)
Maet went into borderline Catatonia...I don't think I made the top ten let alone the #1 slot
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:12 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 23, 2013 04:13 AM (/djtm)
As I have been saying, this was not an issue until sales tax was jacked up out of the nuisance category to the back breaking level. Hell even here in Podunck, SC we have sales tax in the city at 10.5%.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 08:08 AM
10.5% ?!?!?!? Holy Moly. And as you say, that just magnifies the incentive for people to shop out of state if they can.
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 04:13 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: zsasz at April 23, 2013 04:14 AM (MMC8r)
You probably need to fill out the proper forms and mail them in.
Results may take up to six weeks....
Posted by: HH at April 23, 2013 08:11 AM (XXwdv)
Most transparent AoSHQ evah!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:14 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wilde Wrepublican Wench at April 23, 2013 04:14 AM (FSLFK)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 04:15 AM (l86i3)
So I have 7.5% State income tax, an outrageous property tax on cars, boats, highest taxes in the nation on alcohol, and sales tax of 10.5% and its fair that I pay sales tax on a music CD I order from Amazon because nobody here sells anything but top 40 crap, new country crap, and rap/hip hop.
All that so places like yours can collect sales tax so you don't have to do that.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:15 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 23, 2013 04:15 AM (/djtm)
Yeah Ohio is "low" at ~ 6.5%-7.5% depending on county up to ~9.0% in Cleveland metro....
you are of course correct in what the goal *shold* be but the leviathan is hungry.
I am pretty much to the point I accept that the GOP wants to be back to where we were for 54 years of donkey rule if they pass amnesty.
If that happens I will not vote for any GOPer who does not make genuine cuts their plank.
Fuck the political class
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:15 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 23, 2013 08:06 AM (f+TdG)
I'm not sure what that comment is based on but he certainly knows WTF he's talking about at least in his corner of the universe. Farming's not for everybody. My wife has other relatives that were complete failures at it. It requires a certain work ethic and organizational skills to do it right.
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2013 04:16 AM (huAxf)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 23, 2013 04:17 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:17 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 04:17 AM (GVL0g)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 23, 2013 04:18 AM (QXlbZ)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 08:17 AM (GVL0g)
No but your lobbyists are buying the Senate to vote in some more damn taxes.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:18 AM (53z96)
Anyway, the hubs just built them a really gothic, dark,
gargoyle -y mansion down in some holler on their land. It is the oddest thing you ever saw in farm country. Just huge and weird.
Pics? Sounds like the next version of stately Poppins Manor, pending Poweball win.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 04:18 AM (zF6Iw)
>>>>Tax on-line shopping, good luck with that. What happens when the businesses move the accounts off shore?
They'll make 'em open a TaxPal account.
Posted by: Bigby's Hearty Handshake at April 23, 2013 04:18 AM (3ZtZW)
"It's your right to have a knee jerk reaction in the form of 'disliking' another new tax - who doesn't - but it isn't okay to just hand wave the problem."
But...but...that's the AoSHQ way.
We have experts here who are skilled at bitching, moaning and knee-jerking, but no one who can offer solutions. Of course, any attempt at solutions is automatically a communist plot to destroy the American way of life.
Maybe it's the volume of problems we deal with each day. If we had to propose and debate actual answers, it would slow us down considerably.
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 04:18 AM (u2a4R)
You know you and Chi are beginning to sound more and more like Mobies every day.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:20 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 23, 2013 08:15 AM (/djtm)
Yes but there's a long period of time between when you plant corn and harvest it, for example. You can fill in some of the gaps by raising animals for slaughter but again you have a lag between all the money you invest in them and when you receive a return. During that time you still need money to live on.
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2013 04:20 AM (huAxf)
MFM headlines: No foreign help. Got it off the internet. Look what's buried in this ABC story:
But the younger brother is reportedly telling investigators is consistent with what many of those who knew Tamerlan were observing -- his disgust with things American and Christian.
Watch how fast this story disappears
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 23, 2013 04:20 AM (sDTwi)
UN Human Rights Council “expert” Richard Falk has published a statement saying Bostonians got what they deserved in last week’s terror attack.
Meh. I'd rather have his honest hatred than the phony sympathy from assholes like TFG and Mooch.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 04:20 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Truman North at April 23, 2013 04:21 AM (I2LwF)
"...bitching, moaning and knee-jerking..."
Here's your solution to proposed new taxes:
No new taxes.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 04:21 AM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 08:20 AM (53z96)
Just keep bitching, moaning and knee-jerking Vic, it's got to help sometime.
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 04:21 AM (u2a4R)
Williams-Sonoma suspends sales of pressure cookers in Taxachusetts.
http://scoamf.us/96
Every day another reminder that the Idiots Are In Charge.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 23, 2013 08:18 AM
Yes, I'm sure the Brothers Tsaranev went to one of the most high-end retailers in the country and spent $500 for each of their pressure cookers.
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 04:22 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 08:20 AM (53z96)
Beginning to?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:22 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: keep it simple, stupid at April 23, 2013 04:22 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:22 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: Truman North at April 23, 2013 04:22 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at April 23, 2013 08:21 AM (I2LwF)
How can it be a good morning?
The terrorists bought fully-automatic assault weapons without a background check!
Posted by: ChickenLittle'sDildo at April 23, 2013 04:22 AM (/WLC3)
YOu know since I have not said it in a while J Mau mau....
"fuck you"
When will you assholes present a final binding "estimate' on what paradise costs?
You know...."America we need only 2 trillion more per annum and promise that is IT!"
We are sending more money and spending even more on top of that than ever and I am pretty sure the streets ain't gold and the water fountains ain't spouting hershey's Choco milk.
Asshole motherfucking corruptocrat class
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:23 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:23 AM (fwARV)
Nice!
Please to explain more!
Presidential run?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 04:24 AM (/WLC3)
This is a fucking delta you idiot. It changes what is going now to something new. It is based on a damn lie and bad shit that was already enacted.
And besides that, if you would learn how to read you would see that every damn thing I have bitched about I had a solution.
And here is a solution for you, take your damn tax and purity bitching worship to Kos.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:24 AM (53z96)
Vic is en fuego this AM. Well done.
As to the interwebz vs. storefronts, especially electronics and such - amazing to me that the bigger storefronts are somehow unable to compete due to "unfair" (and undefined) "price advantages", yet my local MicroCenter is a beehive with excellent $/square foot sales. Could it be that BB (the biggest complainer and pride of social justice Minnesota) is just full of c**p?
On the "attacks are not related" - hey, look at that rain on my leg. Smells funny and looks yellow, but at least the "authorities" tell me it's rain.
Similar groups, with similar outlooks, creating similar actions. Hmmm. No, no linkypoo there...
This kowtowing to the Religion of Peace will get us all hurt. Don't want to admit that? Your problem, not mine.
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 04:24 AM (lbiWb)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 23, 2013 04:25 AM (tnXia)
Posted by: zsasz at April 23, 2013 04:26 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 08:23 AM (LRFds)
No one here is saying to increase the overall tax load on the people, but you were too busy knee-jerking to understand that.
Try taking a couple of deep breaths before going off on a rant about every fucking thing in the universe.
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 04:26 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 08:20 AM (53z96)
Vic, stop being so reactionary and embrace the accommodationist tendencies of the Republican party.
They use lube!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 04:26 AM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Truman North at April 23, 2013 04:27 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 06:53 AM (53z96)
We have already noticed it. It is very difficult to get appointment with some specialist. Furthermore many have stopped taking any insurance and just want cash.
Posted by: Long Island at April 23, 2013 04:27 AM (hl8SI)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 04:27 AM (zF6Iw)
Sheesh.
Posted by: zsasz at April 23, 2013 08:26 AM (MMC8r)
They don't get solved in congress either; they get created.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:27 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 04:27 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Dept. of Acuracy at April 23, 2013 04:27 AM (+I8Mq)
http://scoamf.us/96
Every day another reminder that the Idiots Are In Charge.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 23, 2013 08:18 AM (QXlbZ)
Someone send a cunt punt SWAT team.
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at April 23, 2013 04:27 AM (AWmfW)
yeah I mean it is not like back in 2008 I was not posting 15,000 word analyses of the Great depression, Tax theory, and why the US needs to actually you know control fucking spending and compete gloabally on fucking wage.
Jwest is a gun grabbing troll
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:28 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: rickl at April 23, 2013 04:28 AM (sdi6R)
No?
Ok, thanks.
And again with the stupid shit secretary. If you're going to put new drinks in the refrigerator, then how bout not mixing them up with the drinks that were already cold?
No?
Thanks again.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 04:28 AM (da5Wo)
"Williams-Sonoma suspends sales of pressure cookers in Taxachusetts"
Anyone have a quintuple facepalm meme/pic available? And to think that I actually bought a few things there at Christmas, er, WinterHolidaySeason time...
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 04:29 AM (lbiWb)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 23, 2013 04:29 AM (tnXia)
This is so ridiculous even JFKs head is spinning.
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 23, 2013 08:25 AM
It actually makes a bit of sense if you look at it from a cynical perspective. W-S is looking at poor sales because of our Depression-In-All-But-Name. So they pull a product they aren't selling anyway "out of respect" and get free PR and goodwill. Then some Low Information Voters look at that and think "Hey, Williams-Sonoma is a great outfit and Oh So socially conscious! I think I'll go buy some $200 napkins from them as a show of support."
It's a business decision aimed at capitalizing on the bombing, nothing more.
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 04:29 AM (tVWQB)
Hey J Mau Mau it is a new fucking tax dolt...what tax is being eased?
Why none...
what spending will be cut or controls will be enacted to stabilize the expenditure per capita?
Why none...
Go hug your wife's luddism stud
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:29 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 08:24 AM (53z96)
I'm sure that in your mind, you think you're offering solutions, but they're invisible to everyone else.
Stick to knee-jerk rants. You've found your niche.
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 04:30 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 08:29 AM (tVWQB)
You know its bad when major companies wave the bloody shirt for advantage.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:30 AM (53z96)
Ditto Fry's in California and the few other places they've expended to. They carry a full line of computer stuff (all the motherboard brands, all the video card brands, all the RAM brands) and do good sales.
Could it be that BB (the biggest complainer and pride of social justice Minnesota) is just full of c**p?
BB has the same problem that many of the sainted Main Street businesses had when Wal-Mart came to town: they were so locked in to being the only option they forgot about customer service. I will in fact pay a little more (sales tax or whatnot) for instant gratification, but not if I'm going to be insulted and/or mislead and/or completely unable to find anyone to help me.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2013 04:31 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 08:30 AM (u2a4R)
They are only invisible to dumb fucks who can not read.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:31 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:31 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 04:31 AM (Cnqmv)
JWest is a guy who thinks Jon Cuntsman was a little too conservative but the best available GOPer...
you know Barky Choom with a pink diaper instead of red
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:32 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:32 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2013 04:32 AM (GFM2b)
"I know that's a lot of ifs, but isn't it about time to designate the Islamist jihadis fighting in Russia terrorists?"
What's in a name? A turd called any other smells as vile.
Posted by: Cicero Kid, poet. at April 23, 2013 04:32 AM (026j9)
"Jwest is a gun grabbing troll"
That's right sven, criminals and mental incompetents.
You're on my list.
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 04:32 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 23, 2013 04:33 AM (JDIKC)
Hey, jwest....Chris Cox is on the phone. He is getting ready to propose new NRA-supported legislation and he wants to be sure you are there in the room so you can report back to the HQ and decode a later NRA statement on the matter.
LOL - at you.
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 04:33 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 04:33 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 04:34 AM (GVL0g)
funny I sure do pass background checks with ease asshammer...
how many guns were used to kill how many fans and runners in Bwoston again?
"duh"
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:34 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 08:30 AM (u2a4R)
Actually, Vic has a significant solution for one of the basic problems in this country. ask him about the primary clusterfuck and how to fix it.
And....fuck you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 04:34 AM (/WLC3)
Stick to knee-jerk rants. You've found your niche.
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 08:30 AM (u2a4R)
"Everyone else," of course, is defined as "me".
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:34 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 08:34 AM (GVL0g)
All of those Merchants Associations do, and that is one of the groups pushing this crap bill. Do you contribute to any associations?
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:34 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 08:32 AM (a8E3N)
THAT'S NOT FUNNY!
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at April 23, 2013 04:35 AM (/WLC3)
Posted by: keep it simple, stupid at April 23, 2013 04:35 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 23, 2013 08:33 AM (JDIKC)
Well there's his mistake. Perkins is where it's at.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 04:35 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 23, 2013 04:35 AM (9Bj8R)
"I'm sure that in your mind, you think you're offering solutions, but they're invisible to everyone else."
This may come as quite a shock to you, but there are times when a simple statement of fact is indeed a workable, if not superior, solution.
#247, Agreed. I will on occasion wonder in to BB to touch/see/feel, but I had no plans whatsoever to actually purchase there - a sentiment echoed by many, and oddly not understood by BB...
Oh, and Tarjay, 240? They're in the big town, right? I though BB was out in the Minneburbs.
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 04:36 AM (lbiWb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 04:36 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 08:34 AM (/WLC3)
We're gonna have to put a motion up that all Moron statements end with "and fuck you."
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 04:37 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Long Island at April 23, 2013 08:27 AM (hl8SI)
Hey, someone must pay the $150k starting salaries of Nassau and Suffolk's finest. Stop your complaining bagger.
Posted by: Jeff Bezos' Aching Anus at April 23, 2013 04:37 AM (Cs2tJ)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 23, 2013 04:37 AM (tnXia)
None of what we face is a mystery or things that have not been faced before.
It's like i said about the housing bubble the key is taking the pain of hitting the floor and resetting.
What troubles the US in a determined to destroy the free market regulatory hyperstate that is refusing to allow new economic matrixes to develop.
The people have gotten used to trying to use the government to thwart the creative destruction phase of the cycle.
Again "duh"....
Jwest thinks helping barky gum up the works in "the right way" is the fucking answer when the answer is to quit fucking up the gears at all.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:37 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 23, 2013 08:35 AM (9Bj8R)
Based on his rent control apartment use (multiple) I doubt it. And one wonders why NYC has not prosecuted him for that? <snark tag>
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:37 AM (53z96)
"Does he even know the difference between public and private money? "
Sure. Works like this:
Money not yet in his pocket = public
Money in his pocket = his.
Any questions?
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 04:37 AM (lbiWb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 04:37 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Hon Chas Wrangle at April 23, 2013 04:38 AM (Cnqmv)
Seconded.
And.....fuck you.
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 04:38 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:38 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 08:37 AM (da5Wo)
I know we quit doing it but didn't it used to be "but first you will blow me".
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:38 AM (53z96)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2013 04:38 AM (tqLft)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 04:39 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 04:39 AM (l86i3)
@192 Captain Hate
It was based on "all farmers are whiners" dig. My mothers family has been farming since they got off the boat in 1834. One of the last family farms still surviving in the county.
No, it isn't for everyone.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 23, 2013 04:39 AM (f+TdG)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 08:37 AM (da5Wo)
Maybe all statements to trolls, et al.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:39 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: ElKomandante at April 23, 2013 04:39 AM (D+TJG)
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2013 04:39 AM (huAxf)
Hey JWest is just a concerned Conservative Christian who happens to agree with 85% of Bark's agenda....
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:39 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 08:39 AM (fwARV)
Kinda like 'sucks cock by choice.'
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:39 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 23, 2013 04:40 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy
Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 08:37 AM (l86i3)
Seconded.
And.....fuck you.
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 08:38 AM (GQ8sn)
Hmmmm....ok. What if we passed a motion supporting and encouraging the use of "and fuck you" at the end of each statement to a troll/troll like commenter?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 04:40 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: cornelius at April 23, 2013 04:40 AM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 04:40 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2013 04:41 AM (tqLft)
yes...
then it was 'sucks cock by choice"
of course I think just signing them off as "bubble blowers' works...
as in they blow bubbles with bark's Reggie Juice
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:41 AM (LRFds)
Which means the IRS will have to expand its enforcement arm. To create a national tax police like what happens in Italy. To ensure the stores are charging the taxes they are supposed to.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:41 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 23, 2013 04:41 AM (tnXia)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 04:42 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 04:42 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 23, 2013 04:42 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: John Roberts at April 23, 2013 04:42 AM (29vnO)
you know Barky Choom with a pink diaper instead of red
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 08:32 AM (LRFds)
Huntsman. Don't remind me. We've got a guy running for Senate here in MA named Gabriel Gomez - former Navy SEAL on the GOP ticket. Problem is, before he began running, he wrote Cadillac Deval looking for a job and has also said he has no problems with TFGs gun-grabbing agenda. The Globe hasn't printed their GOP endorsement, but I'm willing to be Gomez is on their short list.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 04:43 AM (zF6Iw)
"To create a national tax police like what happens in Italy"
Which can lead to some incredibly funny/stupid stuff - I could regale w/tales of largish purchases in the Med regions (where avoiding the tax man is a high art)
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 04:43 AM (lbiWb)
Posted by: ALH at April 23, 2013 04:43 AM (yAPdC)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2013 04:43 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 08:38 AM (53z96)
Ooooh....I forgot about that one. That's a good one.
Gentlemen, we may need to table this motion for further discussion.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 04:43 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2013 04:43 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2013 04:43 AM (tqLft)
http://youtu.be/L7xTRt27FOI
Mr Mom Tax/Penalty whatever it takes
220 221 whatever it takes
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:45 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2013 04:45 AM (huAxf)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2013 08:43 AM (OevbG)
Praise be to the Lord, my rock, who teaches my fingers to fight and my hands to war.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:45 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:45 AM (a8E3N)
Agreed.
But first you will blow me!
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 04:45 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 04:46 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 23, 2013 04:46 AM (DRG6e)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 23, 2013 04:46 AM (eyJh9)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 04:46 AM (zF6Iw)
Bible references? Like what exactly?
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 04:46 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:47 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 04:47 AM (lbiWb)
THere's a part of me who thinks that since the force wants to be oh so inclusive to Jihadi Jim's moderate cousins and all and let them goat warble thrice daily minimum maybe we Xians should leave the military community....
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:47 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2013 04:47 AM (tqLft)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:47 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 23, 2013 04:48 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2013 04:48 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:48 AM (a8E3N)
Were everyone on a digital currency, internet sales tax collections would become far less easy to evade.
Posted by: Bigby's Hearty Handshake at April 23, 2013 04:48 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Ill Bayers at April 23, 2013 04:49 AM (/V1dY)
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 08:46 AM (GQ8sn)
See #16. When I first saw that my first thought was "there are no atheists in Fox Holes".
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:49 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 23, 2013 04:49 AM (tnXia)
329,
Exactly so. "Good man"? No question. Better choice than alternatives? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. Beyond that? No.
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 04:49 AM (lbiWb)
We're gonna have to put a motion up that all Moron statements end with "and fuck you."
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 08:37 AM (da5Wo)
Seconded, Mr. Chairman, with the amendment that But first, you will blow me also qualifies as an acceptable sign-off.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 04:50 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 23, 2013 04:50 AM (9Bj8R)
Pffft...that's such bullshit. Who looks for that kind of stuff?
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 04:50 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2013 04:50 AM (OevbG)
We're doomed, I tells ya, DOOMED!
Posted by: Fritz at April 23, 2013 04:51 AM (gyDll)
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/go-ahead-admit-it-george-w-bush-is-a-good-man-20130422
Well worth the read
I loved W. I am one of the few who still do, I understand. He made us safer and was a great leader. I tell you what, the Norks would not be pulling this stuff if W was still in the WH. The man did not suffer fools easily.
Posted by: ALH at April 23, 2013 04:51 AM (yAPdC)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 23, 2013 04:51 AM (tnXia)
Posted by: Fritz at April 23, 2013 08:51 AM (gyDll)
He will be next mayor of NY!
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 04:52 AM (53z96)
Posted by: notsothoreau at April 23, 2013 04:52 AM (Lqy/e)
"Sometimes it's helpful to back off, focus on the subject and not the individuals. But hey, that's just me."
I know, it would be easier to keep the peace, but sometimes you've got to smack the idiots up side the head and stop their incessent whining.
A tax on internet sales by itself is a terrible idea, but if not this, then what? It's not fair to the brick and morter retailers, so what's the answer?
Of course, I know what the answer is, I'm just trying to stimulate curiousity among the slower thinkers here.
Some people wanted to check backgrounds so that gun dealers wouldn't sell to criminals and mental defectives. As stupid as it seems, some people here were against it. No one was arguing that a bill like that would keep guns out of the hands of these people, it was just a nonsense, feel-good bill proposed in the wake of a tragedy to make the masses believe the politicians were doing something.
However, to oppose the concept of not selling guns to criminals and crazies, in an unqualified manner, basically saying it was every criminal's and crazy's right to buy guns was so cosmically stupid it was incredible.
There is far too much knee-jerk, absolutist, purity driven assholedness here that it needs to be called out. Who knows, maybe some of the worst offenders are capable of rational thought. Let's see.
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 04:52 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 23, 2013 04:52 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Caliph Barky Ochoomba at April 23, 2013 04:52 AM (Cnqmv)
"Bible references? Like what exactly?"
Trijicon had the unmitigated gall to inscribe "bible verses" like "JN8:12" on their mil issue ACOG optics. Soon enough the fundamentalist athiest and muslim types were up in arm over such overt prostheletizing.
Asshats.
Posted by: Jaws at April 23, 2013 04:53 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 23, 2013 04:53 AM (9Bj8R)
Bible references off of rifle scopes. Because that will make them work
better.
Bible references? Like what exactly?
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 08:46 AM (GQ8sn)
On the side of Trijicon's ACOG scope is embossed JN8:12 and 2COR4:6 which refer to John 8:12 and Second Corinthians 4:6 which refer to Jesus as "The Light of The World". It's an Illuminated Reticle scope
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at April 23, 2013 04:53 AM (+I8Mq)
2 Corinthians 4: 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 04:53 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:53 AM (a8E3N)
I know, right? They're all up in your grill with like policy questions and shit, and you're all "Can't I just eat my waffle?"
Posted by: SCOAMF XIV at April 23, 2013 04:54 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 08:47 AM (LRFds)
And then who would defend the country?
Part of the struggle is that we protect a thankless nation whose reckless drive towards what has been a suicidal path down diversity road for other nations threatens our own.
But if we don't do it, who will?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 04:54 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 04:54 AM (lbiWb)
I've seen it in action...
my career was short....in wife's office was once a female e-7 with a tan that never made it to the finishing class for the rank who was lobbying to get her E-8 never having met the criteria for E-7 rank and having been on profile every day she wore the two rockers....
yeah let a white male try that trick
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:54 AM (LRFds)
We're doomed, I tells ya, DOOMED!
Posted by: Fritz at April 23, 2013 08:51 AM (gyDll)
I guess the thinking is that they got Schmucky Schoooooomer to spend valuable camera time promoting someone other than himself and, since that's not likely to ever happen again, they may as well try to capitalize on it.
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2013 04:54 AM (huAxf)
A tax on internet sales by itself is a terrible idea, but if not this, then what? It's not fair to the brick and morter retailers, so what's the answer?
Of course, I know what the answer is, I'm just trying to stimulate curiousity among the slower thinkers here.
Some people wanted to check backgrounds so that gun dealers wouldn't sell to criminals and mental defectives. As stupid as it seems, some people here were against it. No one was arguing that a bill like that would keep guns out of the hands of these people, it was just a nonsense, feel-good bill proposed in the wake of a tragedy to make the masses believe the politicians were doing something.
However, to oppose the concept of not selling guns to criminals and crazies, in an unqualified manner, basically saying it was every criminal's and crazy's right to buy guns was so cosmically stupid it was incredible.
There is far too much knee-jerk, absolutist, purity driven assholedness here that it needs to be called out. Who knows, maybe some of the worst offenders are capable of rational thought. Let's see.
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 08:52 AM (u2a4R)
That's a lot of damn straw. You paid the straw tax, right? If you haven't proceed to the nearest IRS office for your enfuckening........but first you will blow me.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 04:55 AM (da5Wo)
who says *this* is a nation worth defending?
You know what the wife and I say whenever someone thanks her and or I for our service?
"easy nation to want to defend"
that is going out of its way to be less so every day
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 04:55 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Ill Bayers at April 23, 2013 08:49 AM
CALLING SLUBLOG FOR PHOTOSHOP DUTY
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at April 23, 2013 04:56 AM (+I8Mq)
Posted by: Liberal Marching Orders for Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at April 23, 2013 04:56 AM (x9s9/)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 23, 2013 04:56 AM (JYCHx)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 08:54 AM (fwARV)
Who is John Galt?
Posted by: somebody else, not me at April 23, 2013 04:56 AM (29vnO)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 23, 2013 04:56 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2013 04:57 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 04:57 AM (a8E3N)
I'll have to ask my stepson if there's anything on his ACOG.
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 04:57 AM (GQ8sn)
So unless you go look it up, it's just some ASCII characters.
Posted by: SCOAMF XIV at April 23, 2013 04:58 AM (/kI1Q)
(didn't read the article yet, but this was brought up last year.)
Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2013 08:57 AM (fWAjv)
5 secs of Google searching and there were articles on it from 2010.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 04:58 AM (da5Wo)
"Here in Pennsylvania we're still paying an 18% tax on booze for Johnstown Flood victims -- who all died of old age by now. Oh, they also put 6% sales tax on top of the 18% tax."
Neighbors fruit that they do not know how to utilize + yeast = tax-free booze.
Posted by: Cicero Kid moron sommelier at April 23, 2013 04:58 AM (026j9)
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at April 23, 2013 08:53 AM (+I8Mq)
I'm an Old Testament guy myself, but that is great. Good for them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 04:58 AM (/WLC3)
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 08:52 AM (u2a4R)
That's going to be a no. Since you regularly demonstrate your incapability of generating rational thought.
Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2013 04:58 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 23, 2013 04:58 AM (9Bj8R)
So we started with NBC (aka non-conventional weapons) and then appended R in case anyone ever developed a radiological weapon. Then (to get the UN involved?) that was all out and WMD was in. Now every explosive device and nasty looking rifle will be a WMD? Can we go back to NBC now?
Posted by: RioBravo at April 23, 2013 04:59 AM (eEfYn)
That bill, which amounts to a giant tax hike on millions of ordinary consumers hard-hit in this economy, is being pushed through the Senate by not only liberal Democrats, but by... Mike Enzi of Wyoming, a so-called "conservative Republican".
So this steaming pile of shit is "gaining steam" with Republican help.
Then next cycle, the GOP will wonder again why a huge number of people who used to make up the party's solid base of conservative voters have vomited from utter frustration at no longer having a conservative option, and simply not gone to the polls to vote Republican.
"Hey, folks, we got all the tax increases and illegal alien amnesties anyone could ever want! Come on down! Uh, folks? Folks? Anyone here? Where'd everybody go?"
Posted by: torquewrench at April 23, 2013 04:59 AM (gqT4g)
Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2013 04:59 AM (fWAjv)
"A tax on internet sales by itself is a terrible idea, but if not this, then what? It's not fair to the brick and morter retailers, so what's the answer?"
"Fair"? This may come as a total shock, but life's not "fair". Nothing is "fair". Storefronts want lower prices, then figure out how to do same. MC, WM, and others have. BB and Target can't? Then history will forget them, along w/GC Murphy, Kresges, and Woodies (and Lothrop) - all of whom imploded long before the interwebz.
I suppose you're clueless about the current state of background checks, so there's not much point in attempting to clarify the obvious to you.
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 04:59 AM (lbiWb)
Some people wanted to check backgrounds so that gun dealers wouldn't sell to criminals and mental defectives.
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 08:52 AM
And that's already happening now. You keep putting up that strawman doesn't make it any less flammable.
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 23, 2013 04:59 AM (tVWQB)
Killing Jihadi scum is obedience to God and protecting his flock.
If Christianity doesn't start standing up to the union of Jihadi Jim and Evangelist Atheist we are gonna get to getting Martyred
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 05:00 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at April 23, 2013 05:00 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 05:00 AM (GVL0g)
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 05:00 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 05:01 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 23, 2013 05:01 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: notsothoreau at April 23, 2013 08:52 AM (Lqy/e)
Done and done.
*slides over fresh cup*
And happy birthday!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 05:01 AM (zF6Iw)
Collect 'em all!
Posted by: Deffrey Jahmer at April 23, 2013 05:01 AM (/V1dY)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2013 08:41 AM
Only if we start rating all posts on the Peter Meter....
Posted by: MrScribbler at April 23, 2013 05:01 AM (mHrip)
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2013 05:02 AM (huAxf)
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 05:02 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Jean at April 23, 2013 05:02 AM (sTfkB)
My family came to Texas in 1785 to Mill Lumber for the King of Spain but half of them were whiskey makers so they set about to do that. I have some fantastic recipes plus a secret for cooking off the alcohol at a very low temp which produces a superior proof.
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at April 23, 2013 05:02 AM (+I8Mq)
"I was in south Italy"
Sorry to hear that. (KIDDING)
Most (again IIRC) gold and jewelry production is in the north, and there are (were) some incredible little "back room" operations that created breathtaking designs. Oh, and check out the earrings - if they're marked "750" that's 18K.
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 05:03 AM (lbiWb)
Boston bomber charged with the use of WMDs? Really?
Then Iraq was goddamned FULL of WMDs, right, Obama?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 23, 2013 05:03 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 05:03 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 08:58 AM (da5Wo)
It showed up this morning because after all that time the Army has finally decided that the existing optics must have them removed and painted over with black paint and the company MUST quit doing it.
But first you will blow me
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 05:03 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Bigby's Hearty Handshake at April 23, 2013 05:04 AM (3ZtZW)
Those are some nice scopes too! I wouldn't mind a surplus scope with the bible reference still on it.
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 05:05 AM (GQ8sn)
this is just giggles using more of his new found "felxibility"...
I would not be shocked if he keeps Maj hasan from the Death Penalty through Judge shopping
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 05:05 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 05:05 AM (l86i3)
Outside of Naples was a cameo factory. People asked if I wanted to go. When I heard Naples I said no thanks. Talk about a place that needs a good cleansing. Naples I think was the model for Mos Eisely for wretched hive of villainy.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 05:06 AM (a8E3N)
Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2013 08:52 AM (u2a4R)
Ignoring the arrant stupidity of expecting "fairness," Here's your answer.
Because the brick and mortar business operate at a disadvantage, end the sales tax completely. No taxes on sales at the retail level.
See? Fairness!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:06 AM (/WLC3)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 09:00 AM (GVL0g)
Well good for you, I withdraw the comment. Its all the other merchants supporting this crap.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 05:06 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 23, 2013 05:06 AM (JYCHx)
A tax on internet sales by itself is a terrible idea, but if not this, then what? It's not fair to the brick and morter retailers, so what's the answer?
Please point to the Constitutional provision guaranteeing "fairness," would you?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2013 05:06 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at April 23, 2013 09:03 AM (l86i3)
When I think of West Virginia I think of Joe Manchin. And Larry Flynt. And Sheets Byrd.
And green glass.
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2013 05:06 AM (huAxf)
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at April 23, 2013 09:02 AM (+I8Mq)
Hmmm....care to play let's make a deal?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 05:06 AM (da5Wo)
Regarding the internet sales tax thingy, it is going to be a nightmare for me.
I sell antiques and collectibles on eBay. I have no more than 100 or so items at a time in my store, because each one is individual and unique. I am being squeezed by shipping costs (which local merchants do NOT have to pay). Sales tax will be a killer with records and accounting. If this is instituted, unless eBay voluntarily decides to manage the collection and payment of sales taxes, I will have to shut down.
Posted by: Miss Marple at April 23, 2013 05:07 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 05:07 AM (a8E3N)
"Then next cycle, the GOP will wonder again why a huge number of people who used to make up the party's solid base of conservative voters have vomited from utter frustration at no longer having a conservative option, and simply not gone to the polls to vote Republican."
You mean like this last Prezzy election? (BTW, anyone notice the complete lack of "low voter turnout" handwringing over the last election? Some states had the lowest primary and general turnouts ever, but hey, as long as jugearedmckf***stick get in, all is good)
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 05:07 AM (lbiWb)
But first you will blow me
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 09:03 AM (53z96)
Which would be my response. If Chris Kyle can operate with a giant black skull spray painted on his back, my scope can have an inscription that no one can see.
But then, I have what's been deemed as an "authority problem".
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 23, 2013 05:09 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at April 23, 2013 05:10 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Bigby's Hearty Handshake at April 23, 2013 09:04 AM (3ZtZW)
No, the requirement was to remove the references and paint over the grinded spot with black paint. A solution that took 2 years to develop by the geniuses in our government.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 05:11 AM (53z96)
"Because the brick and mortar business operate at a disadvantage"
You know, I keep hearing this (many times and places), yet when I enquire as to the exact "disadvantage", no one seems to able to clearly identify why a given condition is a "disadvantage". Storefronts have advantages - and if they can't figure out how to promote said advantages, well, cry me a river.
Oh, and Naples? Yeah, the place is a mess. Works, somehow, but it's a mess.
Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 05:12 AM (lbiWb)
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2013 05:12 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Miss Marple at April 23, 2013 09:07 AM (GoIUi)
And that is exactly what a lot of these merchants, including Amazon want.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 05:12 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 09:11 AM (53z96)
Yeah. A brilliant solution to a non-existant problem that is only a problem due to the military now being run by brain dead politically correct hacks with balls like a flea.
Posted by: maddogg at April 23, 2013 05:13 AM (OlN4e)
@348 jwest
"Who knows, maybe some of the worst offenders are capable of rational thought. Let's see."
So you denounce yourself? Ok, but first you must blow me.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 23, 2013 05:13 AM (f+TdG)
But like always, some private group like Amazon will have to spend $3.5M to fight it and they will defend it using our money.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 07:32 AM (53z96)
Vic,
You're missing the point though. Amazon wants this bill. It goes them a great service of harming smaller upstarts (and incidentally they now have a product that handles sales tax collection.)
This is pure corporatism.
Posted by: tsrblke at April 23, 2013 05:13 AM (GaqMa)
--
It will have severe consequences for me as well. I have an internet business. It's enough that I have to keep track of all the local and state taxes that I'm required to submit all all purchases inside the state of SC. I've got a huge file folder of notices from SC Dept. of Revenue, where I am responsible for knowing all local taxes that must be accessed, depending upon the buyer's shipping location. I can't even begin to imagine having to be responsible for collecting and submitting local and state taxes for all 50 states....of which the number tossed out recently was 2600 combined. I simply will not be able to handle it and will likely close the business I've been operating for 10 years.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 23, 2013 05:14 AM (3V9LU)
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 05:14 AM (53z96)
Simple solution to offensive Bible cites on scopes:
At the legendary Black Hawk Rifle Club match, held at River Bend outside Dawsonville this weekend, the Army Marksmanship Unit prone ace known to all fans as "Upda" (youse can look it up), was taunted into shooting through the second day Any Sight competition with his metallic reticle sights (you know, "iron"). He shot a 1598/1600, and won the whole shootin match. The Air Force kid who taunted him into it also shot through with irons, and ended up Second Master.
Strong men (all members of the Unertl Owners Club) wept openly.
Posted by: comatus at April 23, 2013 05:18 AM (qaVK+)
And what about local sales taxes? Will that have to be computed as well?
Morning!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 23, 2013 07:01 AM (UTq/I)
Many of the B2B vendors I deal with don't charge sales tax for that very reason. It falls on us to calculate the tax and send it in to the state. The state then sends the local part back to the city.
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 23, 2013 05:24 AM (Gkhxf)
Posted by: JQP at April 23, 2013 05:27 AM (GVL0g)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 23, 2013 09:24 AM (Gkhxf)
I'm sure by the time this bill is finished both the Feds and the State will get a "service charge" cut. That in turn will create another problem which they will scream for a "fix" that requires sales taxes to be increased yet again.
Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2013 05:29 AM (53z96)
So thank you for your interest, but I am not able to post my store name here.
Posted by: Miss Marple at April 23, 2013 05:32 AM (GoIUi)
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Posted by: spypeach at April 23, 2013 05:49 AM (6xG9/)
re upda
Utah Post Doctoral Association? (5th result on bing)
Uganda Peoples Democrat Army (4th)
Urban Planning and Development Authority (3rd)
wait... I'm still looking.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at April 23, 2013 06:39 AM (WFVKT)
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Posted by: Fourth Virginia at April 23, 2013 07:12 AM (wbmaj)
"I think one of the great dangers here is going and categorizing anybody from one religion as a terrorist." - NYC Mayor Bloomingidiot
Who the fuck does all this "categorizing" anyway? Do we make them wear little yellow crescents on their sleeves? Why is it a "danger" if we have a negative attitude toward Muslims because of the behavior of some of them, but there is no danger in letting them pursue their centuries-old custom of regarding non-Muslims as subhuman in the middle of our modern pluralist society?
How come all these assholes like Bloomingidiot think they have the right / duty to tell me how to think, and don't seem to understand that they are not my parents?
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 23, 2013 09:30 AM (bxc5w)
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