tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post7497932665626871512..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Should Julian Assange be Hanged or Given a Medal?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57351182675751283872010-12-03T01:49:45.658-05:002010-12-03T01:49:45.658-05:00No, smiles never get old.No, smiles never get old.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66251321924493400182010-12-03T01:36:19.584-05:002010-12-03T01:36:19.584-05:00"Smiles" get Old? :)"Smiles" get Old? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58598045723309303732010-12-03T01:32:39.316-05:002010-12-03T01:32:39.316-05:00"Hope you've been well, Trish. :)"
..."Hope you've been well, Trish. :)"<br /><br />Where to begin?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm not adding the smiley face because it's been done to death.<br /><br />Need a new emoticon.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54516851286735958292010-12-03T01:26:07.676-05:002010-12-03T01:26:07.676-05:00Or whine with everything.
I do a pretty decent ch...Or whine with everything.<br /><br />I do a pretty decent chili, actually.<br /><br />Not bad at all.<br /><br />If I do say so myself.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1765536653175177172010-12-03T01:09:32.892-05:002010-12-03T01:09:32.892-05:00Hope you've been well, Trish. :)Hope you've been well, Trish. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32060653103832460572010-12-03T01:08:22.956-05:002010-12-03T01:08:22.956-05:00This, from someone who serves "wine" wit...This, from someone who serves "wine" with chili.<br /><br />:0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36739652666273431852010-12-03T01:07:10.530-05:002010-12-03T01:07:10.530-05:00The "Land of Odd," huh?The "Land of Odd," huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14934006796266795662010-12-03T00:56:22.436-05:002010-12-03T00:56:22.436-05:00Hiding?
: )
Oh, how I wish.
Avoid heart tr...Hiding?<br /><br />: )<br /><br />Oh, how I wish.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Avoid heart trouble.<br /><br />(When possible.)<br /><br />So sayeth the Cleaning Lady.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54099147216252543752010-12-03T00:31:09.666-05:002010-12-03T00:31:09.666-05:00So where have you been hiding?So where have you been hiding?MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79659683736130802392010-12-03T00:26:34.639-05:002010-12-03T00:26:34.639-05:00According to my maximal oxygen intake estimated fr...According to my maximal oxygen intake estimated from my submaximal heart rate I am not fit. The devastating news came this morning after an initial assessment using a ride on cycle. All the time and energy I spend staying healthy means crap shit if I can't fucking breathe. I feel robbed of all that is. I will reassess the situation in the morning and go forth with a new plan. <br /><br />Peace outMeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72718607933953079202010-12-03T00:24:47.712-05:002010-12-03T00:24:47.712-05:00Well, no, that's not quite right, as the Land ...Well, no, that's not quite right, as the Land of Odd encompasses my zip code.<br /><br />And others.<br /><br />In re saying one thing in public and something quite different in private: It serves its purpose. Or A purpose. <br /><br />Not just for us, obviously.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-11674101455216778252010-12-03T00:05:20.314-05:002010-12-03T00:05:20.314-05:00"My day started off nicely enough with a howd..."My day started off nicely enough with a howdy do..."<br /><br />Haha!<br /><br />I half expected to come back and find the Bar closed. <br /><br />Dreaded it, really.<br /><br />The Land of Odd. Shuttered and dark.<br /><br />Oh, how I missed it. And not.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4661111575651913872010-12-02T23:43:46.951-05:002010-12-02T23:43:46.951-05:00That Schumer bill calls'em out.
When most Ame...That Schumer bill calls'em out.<br /><br />When most Americans see the words "Small Business" they don't think about someone making $1,000,000.00/Yr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12252583583657226452010-12-02T23:01:59.517-05:002010-12-02T23:01:59.517-05:00.
Senate to take symbolic votes on taxes Saturday....<br /><br /><b>Senate to take symbolic votes on taxes Saturday</b><br /><br />POLITICAL MANEUVERING?<br /><br /><i>Voters in the November 2 elections gave Republicans big gains in Congress, though polls have show most Americans side with Democrats on the tax issue.<br /><br />A CBS News poll this week found 53 percent of Americans want the Bush-era rates extended for household income only up to $250,000 - the Democrats' preferred option.<br /><br /><b>About 26 percent want the additional cuts for the wealthiest,</b> the poll of 808 adults nationwide found. It has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points...</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20101202/NEWS-US-USA-TAXES-CONGRESS/" rel="nofollow">Playing The Game</a><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7368465100325604772010-12-02T22:50:53.175-05:002010-12-02T22:50:53.175-05:00Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a...<i>Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also had sharp words for Washington, saying the cables highlighted US hubris.<br /><br />"They have laid bare a mindset in which the Americans thought they were better than other,'' he told Brazilian radio.<br /><br />As the leaks piled on embarrassment for his administration, President Barack Obama named Russell Travers, an anti-terrorism expert, to lead efforts to mitigate the damage and prevent future illegal data disclosures.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/wikileaks/sweden-to-issue-new-arrest-wararnt-for-wikileaks-julian-assange/story-fn775xjq-1225965088133" rel="nofollow">Julian Assange</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18015558130682627322010-12-02T22:47:15.137-05:002010-12-02T22:47:15.137-05:00Hey there!
There's only room for one OZ in th...Hey there!<br /><br />There's only room for one OZ in this world.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5425484705545802532010-12-02T22:41:28.124-05:002010-12-02T22:41:28.124-05:00.
House censures veteran Rep. Rangel for misconduc....<br /><b>House censures veteran Rep. Rangel for misconduct</b><br /><br /><i>Veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, the raspy-voiced, backslapping former chairman of one of Congress' most powerful committees, was censured by his House colleagues for financial misconduct Thursday in a solemn moment of humiliation in the sunset of his career.<br /><br />"I brought it onto myself," Rangel told the House. But he also said politics was at work.<br /><br />After the 333-79 vote, the 80-year-old Democrat from New York's Harlem stood silently at the front of the House and faced Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she read him the formal resolution of censure.<br />Then, in response, he admitted he had made mistakes, including his failure to pay all his taxes, filing misleading financial statements and improperly seeking money from corporate interests for a college center bearing his name.<br />But he also declared, "In my heart I truly feel good." He said, "A lot of it has to do with the fact that I know in my heart that I am not going to be judged by this Congress, but I am going to be judged by my life."<br /><br />It was only the 23rd time in the nation's history that a House member received<b> the most severe punishment short of expulsion. Aside from the embarrassment, censure carries no practical effect</b> and ends the more than two-year ordeal for the congressman who was re-elected to a 21st term last month with more than 80 percent of the vote.<br /><br />Relief and defiance took over the moment Rangel finished speaking. Somber, Pelosi quietly slipped out of the chamber, <b>but some Democrats gave him a standing ovation. Rangel made it only a third of the way up the aisle when a phalanx of well-wishers stopped and hugged him;</b> he responded by saying something that made them laugh. He was smiling for the rest of the 10 minutes or so that it took to get through his colleagues to exit the chamber, his humiliation past...</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20101202/US.Rangel/" rel="nofollow">Charlie Censured</a><br /><br />Charlie says he wasn't corrupt because he made no 'personal gain'. Perhaps true now; however, what about the taxes he wouldn't have paid if he hadn't been caught. Another indication of how they think in D.C.<br /><br />Lead in the water?<br /><br />Ah well, tomorrow is another day and all will be well in our own little OZ.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4458050021817321862010-12-02T22:36:07.698-05:002010-12-02T22:36:07.698-05:00Allen, am I reading this wrong?
The Israelis ough...Allen, am I reading this wrong?<br /><br /><i>The Israelis ought to make a huge deal out of this. Since the 'Palestinians' are no longer bound by Oslo, neither is Israel and Netanyahu should make that crystal clear immediately.<br /><br />Since there's no longer a legal or practical basis for them,<b> Israel should immediately break off the futile negotiations with the 'Palestinians and annex the Israeli controlled areas of Judea and Samaria, while moving the 'Palestinian' non-Israeli citizens to the 'Palestinian' occupied areas.</b><br />,<br />End game.</i>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28442041756990868022010-12-02T22:11:20.294-05:002010-12-02T22:11:20.294-05:00Time to Buy Cisco<a href="http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2010/12/1/saupload_csco_chart_11_30_2010.png" rel="nofollow">Time to Buy Cisco</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45597382130249060132010-12-02T21:53:38.994-05:002010-12-02T21:53:38.994-05:00He's an old Jew - my landlords Dad (he' th...He's an old Jew - my landlords Dad (he' the patriarch who started his little business years ago and now buys buildings with the excess cash which his kids run). I'm sure the Jew's in the hood here can picture him shrugging his shoulders as he talks about taxes and making lots of money.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37996274633960462272010-12-02T21:47:26.807-05:002010-12-02T21:47:26.807-05:00As my landlords Dad said "At least if you are...As my landlords Dad said "At least if you are paying a lot of money to the Government in taxes you are making a lot of money!"Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1100536797945850762010-12-02T21:44:49.774-05:002010-12-02T21:44:49.774-05:00I found/find it necessary to worry about my income...I found/find it necessary to worry about my income taxes (and my employees) throughout the year. It really comes as a surprise when you've earned just enough to get by in a year and then you've got to face the fact that you actually made an income and it is taxable. I remember my first year in business and eeking out a living, something like a profit of 15k and coming to the end of the year and the government looking for a 1/4 of that. I was just able to make enough for food and lodging and the buggers wanted for 3k out of me. riiiight.<br /><br />I'm sure this applies to regular old employees in the US where the employer withholds tax for the government but "What is the definition of a Canadian? - Answer- they think that their annual income tax refund is a gift from the Government".<br /><br />In the US, the employer does withhold income tax for the employee, no? Usually they withhold a little more than is needed and you get a refund at the end of the year when you file? Anyway, that is the Canadian way.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47781245483776659802010-12-02T21:25:11.516-05:002010-12-02T21:25:11.516-05:00Brian Block is a professional mountaineer and pres...<i>Brian Block is a professional mountaineer and president of Ames Adventure Outfitters - a leading rep group in the outdoor industry. He was in Pakistan this summer and successfully climbed K2, the second-highest mountain in the world.<br /><br />...<br /><br />He continued, "The Pakistanis I know are regular people like me . . . just trying to live a normal life. Sometimes, I feel they are better people than me and many of my American counterparts as they are completely selfless in good times and beyond, accommodating and helpful in the worst of them.<br /><br />If anyone has ever deserved support in a time of need, it would most definitely be the people of the Northern Areas of Pakistan."</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/111227464.html" rel="nofollow">Nothing at All</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59812568642695341992010-12-02T20:01:25.274-05:002010-12-02T20:01:25.274-05:00As a "Small Businessman" I worried about...As a "Small Businessman" I worried about tax rates ONE day out of the year - the day I did my taxes. all the rest of the time I worried about staying in business, finding customers, making a buck.<br /><br />The ONLY reason you hire an employess is: He, or She will Make You Money. Tax rate has Nothing to do with it. The new employee will either make you money or he/she won't.<br /><br />The Republicans are as full of shit as a yard-full of Christmas turkeys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32633814404790565922010-12-02T19:23:57.436-05:002010-12-02T19:23:57.436-05:00The highest honor, the Zenith award, was presented...<i>The highest honor, the Zenith award, was presented to Bevins Bennett Jr., who launched Bentron Personalized Photography in 1985.<br /><br />...<br /><br />In addition to Bennett, the second annual Ascension Awards recognized:<br /><br /> * Executive of the Year: John Howard of PBC Black Business Investment Corp. The not-for-profit corporation provides loans to qualified black-owned businesses that cannot secure traditional financing.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Small Business of the Year: Emerge Consulting. The firm's clients include the Palm Beach County School District and the city of Fort Lauderdale.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Nonprofit of the Year: Spady Cultural Heritage Museum and its executive director, Daisy Fulton. The museum in Delray Beach is about to celebrate its 10th year.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/black-chamber-of-commerce-honors-four-with-ascension-1094062.html" rel="nofollow">Ascension Awards</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.com