Fox News on an athlete getting Iran's first gold medal: "IT'S IN THE BAGHDAD."
It's funny because all brown people are the same.
I don't see that but I did see - WTF - America taxes our athletes for their winnings after they bring home the gold. NO! Winners should not be taxed! They have brought glory to the nation.
The Brits look at this in puzzlement. Our athletes don't get cash for winning medals; some of them get a stamp and the glory of having won.
(but yes, the US tax thing where you essentially get taxed twice is ridiculous).
Taxed twice how?
I only ask because "But double taxation!" is bandied about as an argument against Estate Tax by people who conveniently ignore that we already have multiple taxes on income, property, sales, etc.
It's the "worldwide" tax thing, and I'm gonna explain this wrong, but even if people get taxed on their income in the country they earn it, they also get taxed in the US. This is how I understand it, anyway.
(EDIT: of course, this doesn't count for the Olympics people 'cos they're not getting taxed on the money in the UK or anything, but I know there's a feeling that paying tax on earnings when it's from the Olympics is bad. I don't really agree but, meh).
Because of tax havens. Or else I'd find a country with 0 or negligible income tax, do everything there, and then bring my money back to the US for free. Under the current system, it's still possible to get around income tax for repatriated money, but it's much harder.
Think I'm done with Amazon. Cannot deal with Yodel anymore.
What is this yodel?
Perhaps the worst parcel delivery company ever. And Amazon use them. And you can't specify that you'd rather have Royal mail deliver (even if it means you have to wait longer).
Lame, we've got lazership or some such garbage over here that Amazon uses on occasion and usually sucks.
Lazership decided that hidden under my patio furniture with no notice of delivery in the middle of winter was good enough.
If found the package 4 days later while coming in through my porch after grocery shopping.
man if i had a lazership i wouldn't work very hard at delivering either
i'd just wanna fly around and fire my lazers
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BobCescaIs a girlBirmingham, UKRegistered Userregular
nobody gets to the olympics without the gubmint's help anyway
uncle sam deserves a cut
American athletes would preform better but they know a third of their winnings will go back to taxes so they're discouraged. "I could nail this dismount perfectly but then I'd have more paperwork to do in April. Better fake a bad landing to avoid that hassle."
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Deebaseron my way to work in a suit and a tieAhhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered Userregular
REPORT TO YOUR FRIENDLY LOCAL REEDUCATION CAMP OR BE SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR, CITIZEN.
You'll have to send the US archery team to get me, because while you Five Ring Fanboys have been watching swimming, I've been Flething some Hawkeye-style multipurpose arrows.
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nobody gets to the olympics without the gubmint's help anyway
uncle sam deserves a cut
There are a lot of talented, successful athletes who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn't -- look, if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so fit. There are a lot of fit people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great trainer somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a gold medal -- you didn't earn that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the athletes could make money off the Internet.
The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don't do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.
Donkey Kong on
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
Ugh, kind of want to play DoW 2 multiplayer. But I don't want to just do a pick up game because I am awful now. But no one plays it anymore here. *sigh*
I have no idea what my free time over the next few days is going to be like, because a friend of mine is couch surfing at my place. But if you want to, we can give it a try this weekend. I've never played before but I'll probably poke around this week to figure things out.
Coo. Multiplayer is its own monster that is completely different from single player. The game is very micro heavy with pretty much 0 macro in the rts sense. Keeping squads alive through the game is important. You buy a small amount of units and have to micro all their abilities. It is a lot of fun but the skill level intro is pretty huge. Also throw in some random thanks to the cinematic animations and stuff it isn't balanced to perfection like starcraft. But it is also the best game to just sit and watch in big battles because it is so pretty.
nobody gets to the olympics without the gubmint's help anyway
uncle sam deserves a cut
There are a lot of talented, successful athletes who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn't -- look, if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so fit. There are a lot of fit people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great trainer somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a gold medal -- you didn't earn that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the athletes could make money off the Internet.
The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don't do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.
the thing that irked me about this speech wasn't the "you didn't build that" as much as the "Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet."
that isn't why the internet was created at all!!
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TehSlothHit Or MissI Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered Userregular
Think I'm done with Amazon. Cannot deal with Yodel anymore.
What is this yodel?
Perhaps the worst parcel delivery company ever. And Amazon use them. And you can't specify that you'd rather have Royal mail deliver (even if it means you have to wait longer).
Lame, we've got lazership or some such garbage over here that Amazon uses on occasion and usually sucks.
Lazership decided that hidden under my patio furniture with no notice of delivery in the middle of winter was good enough.
If found the package 4 days later while coming in through my porch after grocery shopping.
Some of my hatred for them is partially misplaced and should've gone to my apartment complex. Like, they always took packages from USPS at the front office and every other shipping company had to leave stuff at your door or whatever. So I got a notice from lazership that I'd missed a package and had to go pick it up from the front office. As soon as I got there I showed them the notice and they were like, nope, not possible, we only accept packages from usps, it couldn't be here, the driver must have written the slip intending to drop it off here and then just not corrected it after not being able to. So I call lasership, and I think it's friday night or something like that and they can't do anything to help me until they can get in contact with the actual delivery driver monday morning. So I wait, and he calls, and is like, I definitely left that package with the front office. I went back to the office, asked if they could check if there was a package for me and that I didn't have a notice for it and of course it was there.
That one was mostly the office's fault but I pretty much always end up having some kind of hold up when an order gets sent from them.
REPORT TO YOUR FRIENDLY LOCAL REEDUCATION CAMP OR BE SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR, CITIZEN.
You'll have to send the US archery team to get me, because while you Five Ring Fanboys have been watching swimming, I've been Flething some Hawkeye-style multipurpose arrows.
you
me
zucotti park
8:30ish
cause i have to get on a plane
and then sometimes the cab line can be really long at la guardia
and if my cabbie tries to take a bridge over it will add like another 15 minutes at least
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Deebaseron my way to work in a suit and a tieAhhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered Userregular
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Because of tax havens. Or else I'd find a country with 0 or negligible income tax, do everything there, and then bring my money back to the US for free. Under the current system, it's still possible to get around income tax for repatriated money, but it's much harder.
Daytime NPR is where all the lefties cut their teeth. They learn how to apply subtlety to their bias, then they get promoted to All Things Considered.
Seriously though it's no surprise. The daytime shows are non-good most of the time.
Or, at least, I would...
i'd just wanna fly around and fire my lazers
I'm very much not hating on the Olympics.
I'm not even hating on countries whose Olympic Committee gives cash (sometimes very significant amounts) out to athletes who win medals.
I am perhaps hating on those who feel that because they got an Olympic medal, the money given to them by their country should not be taxed.
I bet, given the right reason, you'd even walk 500 more.
Also, good evening.
American athletes would preform better but they know a third of their winnings will go back to taxes so they're discouraged. "I could nail this dismount perfectly but then I'd have more paperwork to do in April. Better fake a bad landing to avoid that hassle."
You'll have to send the US archery team to get me, because while you Five Ring Fanboys have been watching swimming, I've been Flething some Hawkeye-style multipurpose arrows.
There are a lot of talented, successful athletes who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn't -- look, if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so fit. There are a lot of fit people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great trainer somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a gold medal -- you didn't earn that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the athletes could make money off the Internet.
The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don't do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.
no, you are
"Hey nerds look at me flip on these bars. You could never flip on these bars. Nerds!"
4 finger swipe to change programs
5 finger pinch to close program and go to home screen
So isn't Eastern Standard Time.
CAR
TALK
Depending on your interpretation, that is a very sad song.
I will hold off on the locusts
for now
you can't swing this high babies
most of them are really dirt poor and will pay very little tax on their winnings because of it
I baked you this pie elendil
and by pie I mean
dish full of locusts
I guess I didn't bake it either
And probably Planned Parenthood. Because he is a monster.
:bz
Coo. Multiplayer is its own monster that is completely different from single player. The game is very micro heavy with pretty much 0 macro in the rts sense. Keeping squads alive through the game is important. You buy a small amount of units and have to micro all their abilities. It is a lot of fun but the skill level intro is pretty huge. Also throw in some random thanks to the cinematic animations and stuff it isn't balanced to perfection like starcraft. But it is also the best game to just sit and watch in big battles because it is so pretty.
PISTOLS
AT
DAWN
Cats are free anyway!
Find the nearest dumpster. Reach inside and move your arm around. Pull out arm. There you go, free cats. Just throw the ones you don't want back in.
the thing that irked me about this speech wasn't the "you didn't build that" as much as the "Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet."
that isn't why the internet was created at all!!
Some of my hatred for them is partially misplaced and should've gone to my apartment complex. Like, they always took packages from USPS at the front office and every other shipping company had to leave stuff at your door or whatever. So I got a notice from lazership that I'd missed a package and had to go pick it up from the front office. As soon as I got there I showed them the notice and they were like, nope, not possible, we only accept packages from usps, it couldn't be here, the driver must have written the slip intending to drop it off here and then just not corrected it after not being able to. So I call lasership, and I think it's friday night or something like that and they can't do anything to help me until they can get in contact with the actual delivery driver monday morning. So I wait, and he calls, and is like, I definitely left that package with the front office. I went back to the office, asked if they could check if there was a package for me and that I didn't have a notice for it and of course it was there.
That one was mostly the office's fault but I pretty much always end up having some kind of hold up when an order gets sent from them.
twitch.tv/tehsloth
Nomination submitted. Category: Worst person
Pfft. Not as good as being honoured for all time on a stamp.
(even if it is a car rather than a cat)
Now I'm off to farm points. I'm thinking I'll just post some pictures of cats and puppies.
They selling some sexy wheelchairs in there.
you
me
zucotti park
8:30ish
cause i have to get on a plane
and then sometimes the cab line can be really long at la guardia
and if my cabbie tries to take a bridge over it will add like another 15 minutes at least
You wanna go 9 rounds for the Gold?
(You will be taxed on the Gold)
What. The. Hell.
Someone get this man a copy of Rocky IV, stat.