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Tax cut zombies have created the deficits by BuckGalaxy June 12, 2011 7:54 pm

Ah, beware, phantom poster. You threaten the very foundations of the Faith. by ER 2011-06-13 04:53:05
Whose post is this? Can you please edit and insert a moniker? If you are not a member, ... by Eri 2011-06-13 00:20:08
- It's Buck. He's having the name-adding problems we've all had. by TB 2011-06-13 07:46:44
  - To get your name to show on original posts, go to your profile, and under "name" make sure you have ... by TB 2011-06-13 09:18:51
    - Got it. Thanks! by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-13 10:04:09
- Me thinks it is our very own Buck Galaxy! From infinity and beyond! by Jody 2011-06-13 06:18:36
The U.S. corporate tax rate is 39 percent, not 13. As for the rest, I've covered all this. More than ... by TB 2011-06-12 21:23:10
- Just because *anyone* in here says "I've covered that before" hardly means the discussion is over. Perhaps we doubt the ... by mcfly 2011-06-12 22:25:29
  - Naive? Actually, it seems pretty smart to me. Look how long TB has gotten away with it. by ER 2011-06-13 04:44:23
    - Sorry, but weren't you yelling at me for repeating the same stuff over and over again? There are probably a couple ... by TB 2011-06-13 08:23:30
      - Tom, you keep on bringing it up, you leave us no choice but to respond. Besides, you love this stuff, or ... by ER 2011-06-13 11:49:10
        
        Oh, I do enjoy using my brain on these things. But it does get frustrating sometimes. It's like trying to ... by TB 2011-06-13 12:10:22
        
        Yeah, but just because its not really green cheese doesn't mean there's an alien base on the Far Side. by ER 2011-06-13 12:54:54
        
        First there's no cheese, and now there's no aliens? Crap. Crappity crap crap. by mcfly 2011-06-14 13:39:04
        
        Maybe there are space mice. by TB 2011-06-14 14:11:30
  - I just get a little tired of dragging out the same damn numbers to meet the same damn tropes that ... by TB 2011-06-12 23:07:46
- Yeah, and in the real world corporations pay how much? Get your head out of that very dark place ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-12 21:54:17
  - Also, see this related article linked to from the Reuters page you posted. "Companies: Drowning in Taxes or Artful Dodgers?". http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/14/us-usa-taxes-corporate-idUSTRE73D7EL20110414 by ER 2011-06-13 05:18:47
  - I looked it up. In 2008, out of about half a million returns, and every tax loophole was applied, ... by TB 2011-06-12 22:24:05
    - So you've jumped from 39% to 23 % in one short post without an "oh shit I was wrong" in ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-13 09:02:38
      - I found no source anywhere that said "13 percent." I found endless papers on this, all over the map, ... by TB 2011-06-13 09:56:35
    - Extra Credit on Slide 10: After you've marked up that curve by year (I did every two years), circle the years ... by TB 2011-06-12 23:02:09

Some cool volcano photos by TB June 12, 2011 11:34 am

How not to look crazy on the internet by TB June 12, 2011 11:20 am

I think I've broken every one of these rules in the past ten years. Could be worse -0 I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-12 13:33:10
- I am not crazy...but it helps to act as if you are now and then..just to blend in.....bwahahahaha by Jody 2011-06-12 17:17:12
- ME TOO by mcfly 2011-06-12 16:55:42

Return of the Hum by TB June 12, 2011 11:00 am

What about the hum that used to occasionally plague Sausalito residents? Wasn't that eventually tied to some sort of ... by ER 2011-07-02 13:54:54
- The fishy culprit. I don't hear any background sound on that website, but might just be my computer. Woodland, the town in ... by TB 2011-07-02 14:23:27
Is it REAL? The question of whether or not it can be recorded, mentioned below, is central to the issue. It could ... by DavidFMayerPhD 2011-06-30 19:55:22
Hmmm.... Any changes in the magnetic field there? Any piezoelectric discharges? (Yeah, I'm a nut) by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-12 13:38:55
- First question I would have asked: Is the noise recordable? by TB 2011-06-12 14:19:06
  - If it isn't then maybe something's affecting their brains (A.K.A. some natural form of transcranial magnetic stimulation) by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-13 13:56:26
    - Or maybe its the witch that lives down the block. I'm just saying... by mcfly 2011-06-15 10:25:28
      - Har. Har. Har. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-15 18:38:37

Finding bin Laden by TB June 12, 2011 10:00 am

That's going to make a dandy low budget horror flick. by FrankC 2011-06-12 18:21:20
Hey, everyone needs a hobby. And it gets him out of the house. But I bet they weighted bin Laden's body ... by mcfly 2011-06-12 17:02:57
Hmmm.... I wonder what the reaction from the Islamic community will be. Will they be happy to have his body ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-12 13:36:22
- They don't have to find him. Just SAY they found him... by ER 2011-06-12 15:00:02
  - Wow. That would kind of bring it full circle. Then we can have this guy and the military ... by TB 2011-06-12 16:00:02
    - They'll put him on display and charge for people to view his remains and use the funds to promote terrorism ... by Eri 2011-06-13 00:29:02
      - Did you ever read Tim Robbins' "Another Roadside Attraction"? by ER 2011-06-13 12:09:35
        
        No, I don't think I have. by Eri 2011-06-13 14:18:26
        
        It's about a priest impersonator who has infiltrated the Vatican's elite commando squad (a highly-trained top secret unit within the ... by ER 2011-06-13 20:02:00
        
        "Weekend with Jesus?" by TB 2011-06-13 20:08:08
        
        The book predated the movie by 16 years. It wasn't even a particularly good book, IMHO, but the plot ... by ER 2011-06-14 05:32:44
- They'll recover just his nose, and try to clone him from it. by TB 2011-06-12 14:05:10

Update on Congresswoman Giffords by TB June 12, 2011 9:44 am

Gilfords: The Six Million Dollar (Wo)Man. This shooting incident ought to help her a LOT in politics. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-12 13:01:20
- I don't really know any more about this case than you do, perhaps its too early for anyone to say, ... by ER 2011-06-12 13:40:04

Consumers' electric bills likely to spike as coal plants close by TB June 12, 2011 9:40 am

One solution remains - every household in the US must find a way to generate it's own power. I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-13 13:51:11
- The people who can afford solar panels, large scale battery installations, and the associated systems, will manage. The vast ... by TB 2011-06-13 16:27:17
  - There's got to be a better way..... Hmm..... If you rigged the plumbing in your home to flow through a ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-14 00:07:44
    - Don't do that. The rapid and unimpeded flow of wastewater is a factor in keeping the entire sewage system ... by TB 2011-06-14 09:06:42
    - I was brought up on the Florida Gulf Coast, an oppressively hot, humid and windless climate for 9 months of ... by ER 2011-06-14 05:21:18
      - I guess it's engineers to the rescue, huh? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-14 14:44:05
        
        Yeah, Right. The old Cracker shotgun shacks weren't built by engineers. The engineers built those glass and concrete greenhouse ... by ER 2011-06-14 19:53:12

...from my neck of the woods...Brockway Trucks by Jody June 12, 2011 9:23 am

Another defunct truck manufacturer was REO Speed Wagon. Yes, that's where the rock band got its name. by ER 2011-06-12 15:08:08
- Sometimes you just have to Roll with the Changes.. by Jody 2011-06-12 17:22:49
  - Yep. Just keep on truckin'. Thanks for that. I've heard of REO but I'd never seen them perform before. ... by ER 2011-06-12 18:05:32
Thanks! I'd never even heard of that brand before. by TB 2011-06-12 11:25:18

Buttermilk Chicken Dumplings by Vitruvius June 11, 2011 8:04 pm

Chicken Fricassee with Dumplings, as told by Archie Goodwin in Rex Stout's "Some Buried Caesar:" It was another fine day and ... by TB 2011-07-07 09:19:22
This sounds positively delicious. Now you got me craving chicken and dumplings! I'll have to give this a ... by Eri 2011-06-16 22:50:49

Palin e-mail update by TB June 11, 2011 5:05 pm

Not schizophrenic. But certainly paranoid, and definitely narcissistic. Classic case. by ER 2011-06-13 11:58:40
So we created a paranoid schizophrenic. The seeds were already there, just waiting to sprout. And TB, if ... by Eri 2011-06-11 20:01:50
- *Cue woman/kitchen comment* by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-11 23:32:43
- The main point of the post eluded you. The "paranoid schizophrenic" is a complete invention of the media, the ... by TB 2011-06-11 21:05:21
  - You're the one who missed the point. I've seen the woman's reactions; she is exactly as described, a paranoid ... by Eri 2011-06-11 23:06:24
    - No, what you've "seen" is what the same Democratic media has told you. Think about it. We've all gone through ... by TB 2011-06-12 08:26:36
....WTF? Are they being literal here, or are they talking about a change in behaviour? I can't tell. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-11 20:00:32
- They're talking about a change in behavior. Before the VP campaign she had different ideas, mindset than after it ... by Eri 2011-06-11 23:08:03
- They're making something up to try and save their asses from the Capone Vault they've generated. Nothing in that article is ... by TB 2011-06-11 21:07:15
  - Hey, lets not be too harsh on Capone Vault journalism. After all, Geraldo still has a job, and ... by ER 2011-06-12 06:17:24
    - Yeah, unfortunately, Geraldo still has a job. His performance for Fox during Katrina was abysmal. In my opinion, all television ... by TB 2011-06-12 09:46:55

Accident at Le Mans by TB June 11, 2011 4:10 pm

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