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we observed this were 'bout an obtuse notion o' fairness. a flat tax disproportionate impacts the poorest elements o' society, which is exactly why absolute NO flat income tax plan advocated by even the most hardarsed republican in the last +75 years has ignored the need to significant increase filer deductible or reduce that flat tax to near 0% for folks making less than X dollars. 'cause sending more families into poverty does not help anybody and eventual costs all americans more money. obtuse masquerading as fair. what would also be fair is a lottery. not a you-win-millions-of-dollars, but more like the short story. some % of americans lose all wealth instead of life. would be equal beneficial for the economy as your suggestion, and you know what, it would be fair. equal chance for those with little more than debt to lose everything as for bezos. that would be fair. HA! Good Fun!

new patch looks as if am gonna need to restart 'cause even with a clean install, our most annoying bug remains. that said, is a positive the issue o' respec breaking mythic has been addressed. HA! Good Fun!

recognizing the perversity o' human nature, am suspecting the bitterness were a known quality before the question of toxicity were resolved. HA! Good Fun!

well, today's Congressional hearings regarding january 6 were 'bout as partisan as we mighta' expected. the witnesses did all they could to avoid answering relevant questions and when they were confronted with inconsistencies in previous written testimony, they pretended as if there were no such inconsistencies. am not sure why rosen were allowed to avoid questions about whether or not he spoke with trump. is kinda questionable rosen could raise executive privilege regarding details o' a conversation with a now former President, but at least that would be a reasonable position to take. rosen did not invoke privilege. rosen refused to speak 'bout conversations, 'cause? regardless, refusing to admit whether a conversation took place with a now former President wouldn't have been protected by privilege, but he refused to answer that basic question, and the committee just let it slide. 'course the speechifying from both sides o' the aisle were complete worthless save for fact it did provide moments o' dark humor. HA! Good Fun! ps curious side note: 'ccording to comments from carrolyn maloney, today's testimony were scheduled to accommodate christopher wray o' the fbi, but he nevertheless refused to make himself available for questioning. supposed, wray will testify before oversight... next month. is mid may and we have heard little more than crickets from the fbi regarding january 6. improbable, but it is our reality.

our first shot o' moderna resulted in zero side effects, but at the time we were sufficient hydrated and avoided stressful physical activity. have no idea if the hydration and physical exertion made a difference for the second injection. correlation v causation. HA! Good Fun!

that is fair. matthew were s'posed to be awkward and unlikable, but we were pleasant surprised by how the show somehow managed to make the character sympathetic in rare moments-- we gotta give some credit to andy d!ck for that. visual gag and falling stuff rare makes us laugh, but we nevertheless did laugh at andy d!ick on news radio. HA! Good Fun!

am gonna guess majestic is young. have yet to watch the mark v. jay video, but one assumes andy d!ck is relevant 'cause o' the voyager episode? am gonna admit we kinda liked that episode. other than news radio, which ran from the mid to late 90s, and the aforementioned voyager role, am trying to think o' anything we liked more because of andy d!ck and am coming up with zero titles. we were a big fan o' news radio. HA! Good Fun!

2nd shot o' moderna were administered to this individual on monday and we did everything wrong we coulda' possible done. we did not stay hydrated and we did not avoid strenuous activity. on tuesday we were feeling less than 100%, but we had no fever. symptoms suffered: headache, chills, nausea (minor), muscle aches. as o' wednesday, am back to our status quo, such as it is. am looking forward to finally getting a haircut. has been literal over a year since we were last shorn and our hair is current three inches beyond shoulder length. HA! Good Fun!

sales tax on yachts? *chuckle* to stay revenue neutral requires at least 23% and possible as high as 30%, depending on where conservatives is willing to install a floor, which pretty much everybody but gd would deem necessary. poor get poorer and rich get richer in some misguided attempt to achieve an obtuse notion o' fairness? HA! Good Fun!

is not false imprisonment if you is sentenced to years in prison for murdering your neighbor. claim you personal never agreed to such laws and punishments would be laughed away as nonsensical, no? nevertheless, the exact same argument when used to defend the notion that taxes is theft persists. weird. the founders were not demanding an end to taxation, 'cause that would be stoopid. "no taxation without representation." is not theft if, through social contract, your state or nation or territory agrees to such taxes. unfortunate for washington dc, and the us territories, they get no fed representation, so... HA! Good Fun!

15% punishes the poorest. 15% is considerable less than the wealthy pay. 15% would vast increase the debt you is concerned 'bout, 'cause innumerable programs has durations which require 'em to be funded for more than the next couple years, and you are talking about a massive functional tax cut for the rich. massive revenue shortfall. etc. worst plan evar HA! Good Fun! ps point to anecdotal situations where an individual shows losses for a given year and is able to get a considerable refund is exceptions. the obvious response when such exceptions is inequitable is to make corrections so such exceptions is not exploitive. s-can the system 'cause o' uncommon exceptions is not reasonable.

House, Justice Department report deal on McGahn testimony "A spokesperson for Trump, Jason Miller, said the former president was reviewing his legal options." Former Trump Officials To Defend Federal Response To Capitol Riot "He (christopher miller) is expected to also cite "commentary in the media about the possibility of a military coup or that advisors to the President were advocating the declaration of martial law" as a reason for seeking to limit the use of the military." The Official and Unofficial Timeline of Defense Department Actions on January 6 HA! Good Fun!

all fantasy is arguable a bit silly when viewed from a real world pov. that said, gawain is not a save the world plot and may be a bit less ridiculous than the typical fantasy stories made into movies. however, it is possible to view gawain as punishing with symbolism and mopey with introspection. HA! Good Fun! ps repeat word fail

... you did notice the list included stripper poles and boris mikhailov, yes? HA! Good Fun!

no doubt putin has many things on his mind. having individual doctors and covid patients fall from windows is gonna be kinda far down on his personal to do list. 1) navalny 2) have more stripper poles installed at the pleasure palace 3) navalny 4)boris mikhailov refused an invitation to my hockey event. "seventy six years old," is hardly a decent excuse. maybe he suffers an "icing" penalty from which he never recovers... 5) navalny 6) navalny etc. putin, whatever his flaws, ain't an idiot. HA! Good Fun!

well, that was quick. on the lighter side, from one o' the other despots attempting to undermine western democracies, HA! Good Fun!

am one o' those nut jobs who always has a gallon o' chicken stock in the freezer. however, IF am making a recipe which calls for a cup o' chicken stock, or something similar, we will use better then bullion, low sodium, w/o any guilt. better than bullion has a strong chicken flavour which we find appealing, but even the low sodium variety is a bit salty for us. 'course that just means you may reduce the salt you would typical add in the recipe, or dilute. HA! Good Fun! ps during the initial covid staple purchasing madness when items such as tp, beans and rice were nowhere to be found anywhere, we were unable to buy better than bullion 'less we wanted to pay comical high prices. this were what were at amazon, and am admitting it were kinda good, but even more salty than better than bullion.

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as soon as you mention putin or russia, a few o' the board conspiracy folks sudden go all skeptical. is... amusing. HA! Good Fun!

warning: sweary is gauche to quote self, but from our first post in the very first covid thread on these boards: "and Americans is just plain stoopid and obtuse at times. US is not china, so is hardly practical to be locking down whole cities and states if it is deemed necessary at some point. got more than a few folks who is gonna see any such government efforts as conspiracy laden fodder and the inevitable precursor to a full scale attack on their personal liberties-- next thing you know, they will be coming for your guns. " the alt-right and no-compromise gun folks aren't afraid of needles or masks. they is afraid of the government, but only the wrong government. the same folks angry at being forced to wear masks is perfect ok with the government stepping in and limiting the first amendment rights of big tech, or the voting rights o' predominant minority communities in pennsylvania or arizona. oh, and don't forget the muslim ban. the sweary guy in the twitter clip gots no problem wearing shoes and a shirt when he enters a soopermarket, but a mask, which contributes to saving the lives o' fellow human beings, is a bridge too far? middle-aged angry guy went on 'bout his Constitutional rights to be free of masks in soopermarkets, but you are gonna be a long time waiting if you expect him or any o' his gadsden flag brethren to identify where in the Constitution such a liberty is codified. hint: no such liberty exists. and even if you believe masks (or vaccines which has been tested for safety, vaccines which after millions o' administered doses we still ain't seen any vaccine related deaths) only provide a small benefit in limiting the spread o' the pandemic, why on earth would you need be told that such actions is compulsory? (btw, practical nobody in the US has been pushing for vaccines to be government requisite compulsory) as such, refusal to wear a mask is kinda an a-hole litmus test more than anything else, no? am nevertheless understanding if pregnant women is reluctant to get vaccinated. there shouldn't be any side effects for the kids o' moms who is vaccinated, but in the past, vaccines has resulted in unforeseen and long term effects on children. should be extreme unlikely, but if a mom decides she is gonna be ultra safe and hold up in her proverbial bunker until after she delivers, then am having a hard time finding any justification for criticism. is a few other folks with allergies and past horrible experiences with vaccines who regardless o' dr. advice may still choose to forgo getting vaccinated and am understanding such fears. however, if the reasons you is against wearing masks or getting vaccinated is some kinda liberty stance, then am disappointed. even so, this situation, from our pov, were complete predictable, and we got the receipts to prove just how predictable it were. HA! Good Fun!

putin accounted for eight goals. eight. HA! Good Fun!

compare to mir, which were more than a decade after skylab went into orbit, may not be fair. however, there is indeed truth in observing there were inherent safety concerns with skylab which were recognized but dismissed as fixable after launch. assume the shuttle would be able to fix skylab issues were the inexplicably compelling argument back in the early 70s. HA! Good Fun!

the original criticism were quality control o' chinese products, so a faulty O-ring is actual more appropriate than skylab if you are trying to make parallels. skylab were original launched in the early/mid 70s(?) and were a jerry-rigged conversion o' a saturn (?) rocket. @Guard Dog would know the details. plan were to eventual have the space shuttle boost skylab but with all the shuttle development delays... space shuttle were avoidable. skylab were a series o' unforeseen events culminating in a margin of error math fail, but isn't as if skylab tumbling down were 'cause o' bad design. HA! Good Fun! ps (edit) again, would be better to ask gd, but am thinking the first successful multistage rockets were tested in the late 40s. landing on the moon and successful deployment o' skylab happened in a relative eye blink, with the soviets making near all the milestone firsts until kennedy got elected on a platform o' chinese and soviet opposition.

we played blind side flanker... and prop. at Cal we added enough weight to play fullback (sorta) on the football team, and then we quit. were easier to quit the team than the extra 25-30lbs. that said, as a sometimes prop, we know what waddling looks like. HA! Good Fun!

*chuckle* HA! Good Fun! ps hoon, as we has noted multiple times in the past, does drive-by posts. nobody should take serious. nevertheless, he near always responds to china. others have their triggers and appear far more invested than hoon.