Dakryn's Batshit Theory of the Week
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metal_wrath
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Here's how you can help: stop whining about how "the black man" thinks he is oppressed and the NAACP is perpetuating this mentality and black people just act like thugs and live in the hood. You would think you yourself were speaking for all black people, and complaining based on the few perceptions you have gathered based on biased observations.
I personally don't believe a half a century of "equal rights" legislation would erase a long history of suppression of any race though I don't personally feel any stigma in regards to race. Though I don't think in terms of race except times where I have to respond to typical comments like this one.
King Richard
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So you disagree that a lot of black people believe they are oppressed and the NAACP doesn't perpetuate racism?
metal_wrath
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Not all African Americans feel this way but it is something that is perpetuated in everyday things like music, the media, everyday discussions. As far as I know the NAACP has little to no relevance to many black people other than giving out achievement awards or something like that. I don't know anyone who cares what Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton has to say either.
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King Richard
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I had a black guy get pissed at me for referring to a black guy as being black instead of African American. I retorted with, "But he's Jamaican..." The look on his face after I said that was fucking priceless.
He really was Jamaican mon and he always had good weed. /stereotypes
He really was Jamaican mon and he always had good weed. /stereotypes
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Yeah, I knew a Haitian who got extremely pissed if someone tried "African-American" on him. He apparently did have much use for "those my pals from Africa".
In other news:
White Paper on the negative effects of Sodium Fluoride.
In other news:
White Paper on the negative effects of Sodium Fluoride.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66S33620100729
The U.S. Justice Department had argued provisions of the law encroached on federal authority over immigration policy and enforcement.
Here are some scenarios for what could happen next:
ARIZONA PLANS TO APPEAL
Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer said the state plans to file an expedited appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to lift the injunction against the immigration law.
The appeals court, based in San Francisco, could consider whether to lift the injunction and let the full law go into effect or request legal briefs and arguments from both sides before ruling on Arizona's request.
It was not clear how quickly Arizona would move to file its appeal. Regardless of how the appeals court rules, either side could then appeal that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. COURT HEARS FORMAL ARGUMENTS
While Judge Susan Bolton granted a preliminary injunction against the Arizona law, she did so on the grounds that she believes the Obama administration would ultimately succeed on the merits of the case when presented in court.
Therefore, Bolton would still need to hear arguments from both sides on the merits of the federal government's challenge, requiring lengthy legal briefs, and likely hear oral arguments, a process that can take months.
Either side could then appeal to the Ninth Circuit and ultimately the Supreme Court.
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
With the initial victory in hand, that could lead some lawmakers in the U.S. Congress to try to forge a compromise on a comprehensive immigration reform plan that has been elusive regardless of which political party holds the White House.
But the chances are slim that the Obama administration and lawmakers will reach a deal before November's congressional elections in which Republicans are expected to make gains.
Republicans demand more effort to secure the southern border with Mexico and have said the initial deployment of National Guard troops to the border was inadequate.
Many Republicans also oppose giving amnesty to the nearly 11 million illegal immigrants believed to be in the United States to allow them to remain in the country.
Obama supports allowing undocumented immigrants in good standing to pay a fine, learn English and get on the track to citizenship. He also has supported tightening border security and clamping down on employers that hire undocumented workers.
STATE LEGISLATURE
With the ruling, the Arizona legislature could try to alter the law to address concerns raised by Judge Bolton. Arizona's governor could call a special session to make those changes.
State lawmakers already have amended the immigration law once to try to prevent racial profiling. Under the changes, police will be required to investigate the immigration status of people they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally only in the case of lawful contact such as a traffic stop
The U.S. Justice Department had argued provisions of the law encroached on federal authority over immigration policy and enforcement.
Here are some scenarios for what could happen next:
ARIZONA PLANS TO APPEAL
Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer said the state plans to file an expedited appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to lift the injunction against the immigration law.
The appeals court, based in San Francisco, could consider whether to lift the injunction and let the full law go into effect or request legal briefs and arguments from both sides before ruling on Arizona's request.
It was not clear how quickly Arizona would move to file its appeal. Regardless of how the appeals court rules, either side could then appeal that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. COURT HEARS FORMAL ARGUMENTS
While Judge Susan Bolton granted a preliminary injunction against the Arizona law, she did so on the grounds that she believes the Obama administration would ultimately succeed on the merits of the case when presented in court.
Therefore, Bolton would still need to hear arguments from both sides on the merits of the federal government's challenge, requiring lengthy legal briefs, and likely hear oral arguments, a process that can take months.
Either side could then appeal to the Ninth Circuit and ultimately the Supreme Court.
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
With the initial victory in hand, that could lead some lawmakers in the U.S. Congress to try to forge a compromise on a comprehensive immigration reform plan that has been elusive regardless of which political party holds the White House.
But the chances are slim that the Obama administration and lawmakers will reach a deal before November's congressional elections in which Republicans are expected to make gains.
Republicans demand more effort to secure the southern border with Mexico and have said the initial deployment of National Guard troops to the border was inadequate.
Many Republicans also oppose giving amnesty to the nearly 11 million illegal immigrants believed to be in the United States to allow them to remain in the country.
Obama supports allowing undocumented immigrants in good standing to pay a fine, learn English and get on the track to citizenship. He also has supported tightening border security and clamping down on employers that hire undocumented workers.
STATE LEGISLATURE
With the ruling, the Arizona legislature could try to alter the law to address concerns raised by Judge Bolton. Arizona's governor could call a special session to make those changes.
State lawmakers already have amended the immigration law once to try to prevent racial profiling. Under the changes, police will be required to investigate the immigration status of people they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally only in the case of lawful contact such as a traffic stop
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n 1632, John Tuttle arrived from England to a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm.
Eleven generations and 378 years later, his field-weary descendants — arthritic from picking fruits and vegetables and battered by competition from supermarkets and pick-it-yourself farms — are selling their spread, which is among the oldest continuously operated family farms in America.
"We've been here for 40 years, doing what we love to do," said Lucy Tuttle, 65, who runs the 134-acre farm with brother Will. "But we're not able to work to our full capacity any longer, unfortunately."
Tuttle added that she and her brother and their sister have done their best "to lovingly discourage" their children from becoming generation No. 12. "We would be saddling them with a considerable amount of debt," she said.
According to eyewitness accounts, John Tuttle was shipwrecked off the Maine coast before arriving at his land grant, which boasted a mature stand of white pine trees. He cut them down and farmed around the stumps, starting what would become 250 years' worth of subsistence farming by Tuttles.
Throughout, change has been a constant on the farm, which grows sweet corn, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes, and blueberries, raspberries and strawberries.
Lucy Tuttle's grandfather, William Penn Tuttle, built the original 20-acre parcel to about 200 acres, growing more produce than the family needed and selling it in nearby towns — first on a horse and buggy.
Her father, Hugh Tuttle, who was profiled in 1971 by Life magazine as the last of a dying breed, developed irrigation ponds on the farm and was well-known in New Hampshire for his interest in soil and water conservation work before his death in 2002.
Lucy and Will Tuttle, who grew up in a 1780 farmhouse built by family members, didn't spend their whole lives on the farm.
She lived in Paris for seven years, teaching English. He went to work for an auto dealer in Boston, then worked at Campbell Soup Co. as a sales representative.
She remembers her father contemplating selling the farm.
"I think he felt discouraged," Lucy Tuttle said. "All of a sudden, the three of us came flocking back with our energy."
When they took over, Tuttle and her brother made changes, turning the farm into a year-round business instead of a seasonal one. They built a a new farm stand to replace the family's old red barn — now used for storage — and diversified the product offerings to include gourmet cheeses, baked goods, plants and other products.
"They changed their business model with the times in order to stay profitable and stay in business," said Lorraine Merrill, New Hampshire's agriculture commissioner. "It's much more than a farm stand."
But the growth of supermarket chains, the emergence of the local food movement — New Hampshire has more than 80 farmers markets — and the grueling routine took a toll.
"Eleven generations is unique," said Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Neb., a nonprofit policy analysis and advocacy group. "What's not so unique is that farms being operated as family farms for generations are being sold, or at least the family no longer is operating the farm."
Competition from large farms has become much more intense, whether in the Midwest — where it tends to be for land — or in New England, where it's likely to be for markets.
"That's put a lot of pressure on family-size operations," he said.
Too, the local food movement has had an impact, with consumers growing their own vegetables.
`People are getting more interested in canning, they're getting more interested in freezing food," said Juli Brussell, agricultural resources program leader for the University of New Hampshire's cooperative extension.
For years, the Tuttle farm has been referred to as the nation's oldest continually operating family farm, but it's unclear whether that's true.
News articles dating to the 1930s confirm its age, and the Tuttles said they've never been challenged over the distinction. In 1989, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the nation's oldest farm was the Tuttle Farm, but it made no mention of the Shirley Plantation in Charles City, Va., which was founded in 1613 and was in business in 1638.
The Shirley Plantation calls itself the oldest family-owned business in North America, also for eleven generations.
Julian Charity, visitor services supervisor there, said there have been questions about whether the plantation or the Tuttle farm is older, but the plantation never challenged the Tuttle Farm over the designation.
"A couple of words can change the complete definition of a title," he said.
On Tuesday, the Tuttle Farm went on the market. Asking price: $3.35 million.
Under a deed restriction that came with its 2006 designation as conservation land, it can't be developed into strip malls or condos.
"The farm is operating until we find a buyer who loves this land almost as much as we do," said Will Tuttle, 63.
Longtime customer Linda Struble, 63, of Dover, loves the farm's corn and cried when she heard the Tuttles were selling.
She'd like to see it stay as it is. "I can't imagine anything else with it. It would be even more heartbreaking than it is now," she said.
But Lucy Tuttle says that if her ancestors could see her now, they'd be amazed.
Her sister, Becky, jokes that if John Tuttle were around today, he'd say, "What's the matter with you? Have you got no ambition? Pick up and go. I did."
n 1632, John Tuttle arrived from England to a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm.
Eleven generations and 378 years later, his field-weary descendants — arthritic from picking fruits and vegetables and battered by competition from supermarkets and pick-it-yourself farms — are selling their spread, which is among the oldest continuously operated family farms in America.
"We've been here for 40 years, doing what we love to do," said Lucy Tuttle, 65, who runs the 134-acre farm with brother Will. "But we're not able to work to our full capacity any longer, unfortunately."
Tuttle added that she and her brother and their sister have done their best "to lovingly discourage" their children from becoming generation No. 12. "We would be saddling them with a considerable amount of debt," she said.
According to eyewitness accounts, John Tuttle was shipwrecked off the Maine coast before arriving at his land grant, which boasted a mature stand of white pine trees. He cut them down and farmed around the stumps, starting what would become 250 years' worth of subsistence farming by Tuttles.
Throughout, change has been a constant on the farm, which grows sweet corn, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes, and blueberries, raspberries and strawberries.
Lucy Tuttle's grandfather, William Penn Tuttle, built the original 20-acre parcel to about 200 acres, growing more produce than the family needed and selling it in nearby towns — first on a horse and buggy.
Her father, Hugh Tuttle, who was profiled in 1971 by Life magazine as the last of a dying breed, developed irrigation ponds on the farm and was well-known in New Hampshire for his interest in soil and water conservation work before his death in 2002.
Lucy and Will Tuttle, who grew up in a 1780 farmhouse built by family members, didn't spend their whole lives on the farm.
She lived in Paris for seven years, teaching English. He went to work for an auto dealer in Boston, then worked at Campbell Soup Co. as a sales representative.
She remembers her father contemplating selling the farm.
"I think he felt discouraged," Lucy Tuttle said. "All of a sudden, the three of us came flocking back with our energy."
When they took over, Tuttle and her brother made changes, turning the farm into a year-round business instead of a seasonal one. They built a a new farm stand to replace the family's old red barn — now used for storage — and diversified the product offerings to include gourmet cheeses, baked goods, plants and other products.
"They changed their business model with the times in order to stay profitable and stay in business," said Lorraine Merrill, New Hampshire's agriculture commissioner. "It's much more than a farm stand."
But the growth of supermarket chains, the emergence of the local food movement — New Hampshire has more than 80 farmers markets — and the grueling routine took a toll.
"Eleven generations is unique," said Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Neb., a nonprofit policy analysis and advocacy group. "What's not so unique is that farms being operated as family farms for generations are being sold, or at least the family no longer is operating the farm."
Competition from large farms has become much more intense, whether in the Midwest — where it tends to be for land — or in New England, where it's likely to be for markets.
"That's put a lot of pressure on family-size operations," he said.
Too, the local food movement has had an impact, with consumers growing their own vegetables.
`People are getting more interested in canning, they're getting more interested in freezing food," said Juli Brussell, agricultural resources program leader for the University of New Hampshire's cooperative extension.
For years, the Tuttle farm has been referred to as the nation's oldest continually operating family farm, but it's unclear whether that's true.
News articles dating to the 1930s confirm its age, and the Tuttles said they've never been challenged over the distinction. In 1989, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the nation's oldest farm was the Tuttle Farm, but it made no mention of the Shirley Plantation in Charles City, Va., which was founded in 1613 and was in business in 1638.
The Shirley Plantation calls itself the oldest family-owned business in North America, also for eleven generations.
Julian Charity, visitor services supervisor there, said there have been questions about whether the plantation or the Tuttle farm is older, but the plantation never challenged the Tuttle Farm over the designation.
"A couple of words can change the complete definition of a title," he said.
On Tuesday, the Tuttle Farm went on the market. Asking price: $3.35 million.
Under a deed restriction that came with its 2006 designation as conservation land, it can't be developed into strip malls or condos.
"The farm is operating until we find a buyer who loves this land almost as much as we do," said Will Tuttle, 63.
Longtime customer Linda Struble, 63, of Dover, loves the farm's corn and cried when she heard the Tuttles were selling.
She'd like to see it stay as it is. "I can't imagine anything else with it. It would be even more heartbreaking than it is now," she said.
But Lucy Tuttle says that if her ancestors could see her now, they'd be amazed.
Her sister, Becky, jokes that if John Tuttle were around today, he'd say, "What's the matter with you? Have you got no ambition? Pick up and go. I did."
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t is interesting story, but there is another dynamic that US taxpayers may not be aware of:
The Greek government is using Google Earth to find tax evaders. How will they do this? Very easily. They are using Google Earth to see people who have pools, and Villas and other stuff that they’ve been lying about on their taxes for years.
But here’s the thing…one of my Greek clients told me that in Greece nearly everyone cheats on their taxes. It is sort of a national past time. Now, I haven’t researched the Greek tax code, so do take this with a grain of salt or two, but he told me it is assumed everyone is cheating so everyone gets taxed a higher rate — automatically.
If one wants to be taxed at the lower rate, then one have to prove to them —submit oneself to an audit — and swear an affidavit that no cheating is occurring. Then, and only then, will the lower rate will be assessed.
I’m not entirely sure what to make of it. Perhaps this program is to catch people who are cheating on a separate property tax; or to catch people who swore they weren’t cheating; or perhaps it is a message to Greece taxpayers that cheating will only be tolerated to a point; or even perhaps it is a even an employment program for even more civil servants.
t is interesting story, but there is another dynamic that US taxpayers may not be aware of:
The Greek government is using Google Earth to find tax evaders. How will they do this? Very easily. They are using Google Earth to see people who have pools, and Villas and other stuff that they’ve been lying about on their taxes for years.
But here’s the thing…one of my Greek clients told me that in Greece nearly everyone cheats on their taxes. It is sort of a national past time. Now, I haven’t researched the Greek tax code, so do take this with a grain of salt or two, but he told me it is assumed everyone is cheating so everyone gets taxed a higher rate — automatically.
If one wants to be taxed at the lower rate, then one have to prove to them —submit oneself to an audit — and swear an affidavit that no cheating is occurring. Then, and only then, will the lower rate will be assessed.
I’m not entirely sure what to make of it. Perhaps this program is to catch people who are cheating on a separate property tax; or to catch people who swore they weren’t cheating; or perhaps it is a message to Greece taxpayers that cheating will only be tolerated to a point; or even perhaps it is a even an employment program for even more civil servants.
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Krigloch the Furious
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Dak
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It's unfortunate I can't mention the possibility of joy at said person meeting an fortunate early end of existence without being pegged as an actual threat, as opposed to a passive but joyous bystander.
