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Some additions: - Buy 2 train tickets(me, my wife and it's free for our daugther) for Vancouver and go surprise my mom. - Write a book. It'd be crappy but it's something I'd like to do. - Learn how the toolset works(mostly scripting though) and complete a half-decent module for NWN. - Shave my head. - Fake my resume to get a job interview at a super high-class, hard to get position, like brainsurgeon or Supreme Court Judge or something.

If we only had sales tax to fill governmantal coffers I would expect most marketing campaigns to skyrocket in numbers and to be funded in part by the Government. I would also expect them to actually give away small TVs to those who can't afford them. They would need people to buy things. LOTS of things.

Hi! I was just wondering what's on people's "To do" list. Perhaps for inspiration but mostly out of curiosity and for conversations. As for mine: - Getting hitched : CHECK - A child : CHECK - Paying off my car : CHECK - Completing at least one University degree : On hold - Finding a decent job : In progress - Buying a house : On hold - Begin a retirement plan : In progress - Learn to fly a plane : Dreamin' - Learn to Scuba dive : Dreamin' - Learn stunt driving : Dreamin' - Learn Mandarin : On hold - Finish Final Fantasy 12 : In progress - etc What about you guys?

Agreed. But don't think for a second that even if the IRS is shut down and other heavy governmental "features" are closed this will mean less tax for you. Unless you don't buy anything, ever. And if this would happen, how big would the marketing explosion be? Product placement in Baldur's Gate 3? You bet!

In order for the Govs to get at least the same amount of money from taxpayers, a unique sales tax would have to be closer to 20-30 cents per dollar methinks. And I think I'm being generous here. For anyone who works, at the end of the year when all is paid, the Governments take close to 50-60% of one's total income. But I love your idea Sand. Simplicity.

Fuel in Quebec is taxed at 60% Same with cigs.

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Aside from the chute itself, I use a G-22 and UnderArmor to ninja some evildoers.

I didn't like this episode too much. Not sure why. Maybe I just don't care about these characters anymore? Or about the story, if there is even one. Lost really needs to advance its plots and last night was nothing special. At first it seemed like it could've been. OooOOh Eyepatchman has cows! Then we get a third faction in the mix which we really don't need and in the end we don't know who Boris Eyepatchovitch really is, which raises more questions when so many already need answering. Sawyer: "First, Who the hell are you???" Haha priceless! Maybe they're Hostiles! OooOOoooh!

Here in the wonderfullest province of Quebec we have 2 taxes on everything. A federal tax and a provincial tax. On everything. The second tax is not taken out of the price of the product but rather on the product taxed with the first. An apple costs 1 dollar. Add the 7% Goods and services tax(federal) The apple costs 1.07$ Add the 8% Quebec sales tax(provincial) The apple costs 1.16$ Now imagine a car, medecine, clothing, etc. I'm not sure if this still applies but we used to be the most taxed state in the world. And healthcare ain't free. Everybody pays for it and we don't always have to pay to exit a hospital but it ain't free. Income tax, once a year, is taken from our total revenues before taxes. Let's say I make 100$/week. Out of my paycheck my governments take about 20% in taxes so I'm left with 80$/week. At the end of the year, my governments will take another 20% out of my 100$/week, not 80$/week. However, if my yearly income is below a certain amount(12k I think) I don't pay anything and I may get a tax return depending on what I need to spend on to live. Meh

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That was beaten to death over on the BSG forums. The shows producer RJM came right out and said if you are seeing real life allegories in that show, then you are the one putting them there. It's RDM as in Ronald D. Moore There are obviously inspirations from real world events but to say, for example, that the Fleet is the US and the Cylons are terrorists would be a mistake. Each side behaves as both these parties multiple times during the course of the series. BSG is excelling in a very gray zone.

Sure. That's why tomorrow morning I'll be at your front door waiting to punch you in the face. Because I want your computer.

It is to the advantage of the west that this region of the world be kept in chaos. While they're tearing each other appart and not looking at us, we can freely plunder their ressources for our own greedu little needs.

Can it stop bullets? If yes then I suggest you don't get this. Your pitiful attempt to kill Chuck Norris will fail.

Pullo's a dirty dog!

Stranger Than Fiction I thought it would be a lot funnier but it's more of a dramatic comedy than a Haha comedy. Will Ferrel shows some decent dramatic chops and Emma Thompson, as usual, is stellar. Suspension of disbelief is essentiel to enjoy the piece(we never know why Harrold Crick comes alive) but if one can do that it's a very enjoyable, feel good film. 8/10

Hmm. Strange questions. The hot Asian-American(actually, Grace Park is Asian-Canadian ) is a full Cylon, a #8 model to be exact. Each Cylon model has many, many copies. The #8 was first introduced as Sharon "Boomer" Valerii, a Raptor pilot "secretly" involved with Chief Tyrol. She is revealed as a Cylon at the very end of the miniseries. Her story arc is rather complex to explain here, not to mention the multiple spoilers it would reveal but what I can say is that by the end of Season 1 Boomer has both saved the entire fleet and almost destroyed it in one single very cool episode(the S1 finale) and by mid-season 2 Boomer, as we know her, is dead. The #8 in the "warzone", lets call her... Athena, is the "good" Cylon. Involved with Helo through lies and misleadings, she is eventually accepted in the fleet as a valuable intelligence tool in Season 2. She also brings forth a new era of sort but you'll just have to find out how by yourself. Now for Cylon downloading stuff... These are not "posessed" in any way. It is an actual download of consciousness into a new but identical body. There are many copies of #8 but it is believed each one has a different consciousness, different experiences, different lives. What is confusing is that Athena seems to remember things that Boomer did. This does not seem to be the case with #6 or #3, etc. So, when a Cylon body dies, the consciousness is downloaded into another body that is waiting in storage. That new body then rises from a tub of goo to continue the life of the previous body. The premise of the show is that the entire human race has been almost completely annihilated by the Cylons and the survivors are running for their lives in search for Earth, a mythical promised land. The humans are guided by religious scrolls, scriptures and prophecies that point to markers in the Galaxy, markers that show the way to Earth. The motivation of Cylons is simple. According to everyone, humans and Cylons alike, Everything has happened before and it will happen again. The Cylon believe they are playing their part in an ongoing story. Their job, according to them, is to wipe out human-kind. As simple as that. Another detail is that Cylons are monotheists and humans are polytheists. This also plays a role in the story. If you want to know more, I recommend watching every episode in order or check out the Battlestar Wiki.

Just when I thought the show was sinking into nothingness they completely redeem themselves with something like sunday's "Maelstrom" I mean wow! This is the kind of BSG I was used to and now it's back. It's about time! Oh and :'(