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38868   Vicente   2013 Oct 28, 12:03pm  

sbh says

Gains by the Ds will serve to condense the Tealiban lunacy.

Tealiban I like it.

Someone recently compared Stalinism to this bunch.

All criticisms, can be resolved by doubling down and being STERNER.

38869   Bigsby   2013 Oct 28, 12:13pm  

bgamall4 says

Remember that I said seismic measurements proved the shaking? So do the eyewitnesses you roach of a man, Bigs.

The tape above has audio as well.

What language do you think people would actually use to describe such an experience most especially when it had just happened?
You have someone specifically talking about a fireball coming down through the elevator shaft into the lobby - a rather obvious event given what had happened.
This video doesn't prove anything at all of your claims - just that people have difficulty, surprise, surprise, in putting into words what they have just experienced. I notice no video or audio evidence of your claimed bombs. All I hear is a lot of confused people. And I didn't notice anyone specifically saying any of this happened before the plane struck - where did they say that?
From what I just watched, what many are talking about are the blast waves and fireball that vented down the elevator shafts. Which parts talked about all this happening BEFORE the plane struck as you claim as these are all tiny out of context snippets with very unclear timelines - no doubt why the creator of the video used them.

38870   HydroCabron   2013 Oct 28, 12:14pm  

Vicente says

sbh says

Gains by the Ds will serve to condense the Tealiban lunacy.

Tealiban I like it.

Someone recently compared Stalinism to this bunch.

All criticisms, can be resolved by doubling down and being STERNER.

Yep: successive purges of anyone guilty of slight doctrinal deviation, and exacting attention to dogma.

38871   Bigsby   2013 Oct 28, 12:31pm  

Perhaps you'd like to tell me what the reason was for deleting the following post:

bgamall4 says

Cat got your tongue after that video right above this post, Bigs?

No, I went to sleep you plum.

bgamall4 says

I will find the other video but don't say it wasn't here or I will delete you because it was here you cockroach.

I have no idea whether it was or it wasn't. You said look at the video with the fireman in the lobby where you can hear the controlled demolition going off. You said that. You aren't denying it, and yet you can't find it. Hmmm, very convenient.

38872   rufita11   2013 Oct 28, 12:33pm  

I've gotten this a few times. My answer when someone tells me I look just like someone they know: "Wow. She must be really good looking." I say it with a straight face and walk away.

38873   mell   2013 Oct 28, 1:47pm  

Like it.

38874   Patrick   2013 Oct 28, 1:58pm  

Flat tax on assets would be much better. 2% per year would fund everything and keep the system in balance.

38875   bob2356   2013 Oct 28, 2:00pm  

bgamall4 says

Cat got your tongue after that video right above this post, Bigs?

Pretty obvious that there were explosions blowing out the glass on the first floor prior to any collapse of the building.

So, Bigs, you have proof of 9/11. You have witnesses who heard explosions and you have proof of the blown out windows on the first floor. Then the plane hit seconds later.

All very obviously the result of alien death rays preceding the impact. Why don't you want the truth to be heard? Why do you fear truth? You can't delete forever. You can run but you can't hide. Why don't you want the lack of alien investigation looked into? There is the fact you are from Nevada. Area 57 and all that. Maybe the reason you don't want the truth heard is you are actually one of them.

38876   mell   2013 Oct 28, 2:05pm  


Flat tax on assets would be much better. 2% per year would fund everything and keep the system in balance.

It's a possibility - but who is going to appraise them fairly? Stock market, house appraisers, what about cars? collectibles? What's the threshold? Not as simple..

38877   Reality   2013 Oct 28, 2:17pm  

Shall we then tax physical beauty? and smarts? After all, for many people, those are their most important assets.

38878   Vicente   2013 Oct 28, 3:03pm  

Bitcoins arent the future? says

Taxing assets is just immensely complex.

No it isn't, it's merely modestly difficult. Property is appraised all the time for multiple purposes. You own a city block of apartments, they have a value appraised for tax purposes. You own a painting by Van Gogh, it has a value declared for insurance purposes. You own a swath of Mortgage Backed Securities, they have a market value. It's only difficult to people who want to evade taxes. Fine they want to declare their one-of-a-kind collectible item as only worth a dollar to evade taxes on it, they can take the hit when the insurance company only pays them one dollar when it's damaged.

38879   Reality   2013 Oct 28, 3:09pm  

Vicente says

Bitcoins arent the future? says

Taxing assets is just immensely complex.

No it isn't, it's merely modestly difficult. Property is appraised all the time for multiple purposes. You own a city block of apartments, they have a value appraised for tax purposes. You own a painting by Van Gogh, it has a value declared for insurance purposes. You own a swath of Mortgage Backed Securities, they have a market value. It's only difficult to people who want to evade taxes. Fine they want to declare their one-of-a-kind collectible item as only worth a dollar to evade taxes on it, they can take the hit when the insurance company only pays them one dollar when it's damaged.

Have you ever bought any jewelry for your wife or girlfriend? I mean real jewelry that has substantial appraised value, as opposed to trinkets and trash. Did you ever pay for full appraised value for them?

What should be the tax basis for a house that I just bought for $100k on the open market that has assessed value of $200k?

38880   Homeboy   2013 Oct 28, 4:13pm  

CaptainShuddup says

Well let me see you pay any copay and coins what ever the rate on a McDonald's salary. The Doctors want their money up front. You'll find out soon enough fry boy.

This has nothing whatsoever to do with Obamacare.

38881   Homeboy   2013 Oct 28, 4:14pm  

Call it Crazy says

Well.... The Screwing seems to be growing!!!

Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance

Why are you Rushbots spamming this multiple times in multiple threads? Geez... get a fucking life.

38882   Vicente   2013 Oct 28, 4:46pm  

Bitcoins arent the future? says

Vicente, I don't quite understand... You're saying that in the case of an asset tax, the value of an item should be determined by how much the owner declares its worth on the insurance? Seems like paying taxes could be replaced by a good security system in this case.

No of course not, most ordinary items have an obvious replacement value. You can't declare your brand-new truck at zero dollars when clearly you bought it for $30K. I was speaking of less obvious items. For 99.99% of assets there are well-established means of assessing the dollar value to replace that asset. This is an underpinning of modern commerce I think. Your life & limb even have dollar values assigned to them.

38883   Dan8267   2013 Oct 28, 5:08pm  

Bitcoins arent the future? says

No more loopholes, no exceptions, no exemptions.

That has nothing to do with a flat tax. You can eliminate all loopholes and exceptions and still have a progressive tax. The "progressive" part of our tax code is the fucking simplest part of the tax code. That's not the problem and has never been the problem.

Furthermore, the income tax was intended as a tax only on the rich to pay only for social services for the poor to alleviate and end poverty. The income tax should be restored to that and the progressiveness should be a function of the rich-poor gap such that if the rich want to get richer, they have to eliminate poverty. Now that's motivation not to fuck up the system and maybe even improve it.

And yes, a progressive tax is KISS simple. It's every bit as simple as a flat tax. Just get rid of everything in the tax code except the progressive tax rate.

38884   Bigsby   2013 Oct 28, 5:13pm  

bgamall4 says

Jet fuel does not explode in the lobby. Explosions exploded in the lobby.

Shock waves and the huge fireball from the plane crash can vent down through elevator shafts and out into the lobby. Someone in your video specifically stated that happening.

38885   Bigsby   2013 Oct 28, 6:34pm  

bgamall4 says

Anyway, if you hear the explosions in the lobby at the first of this video you will see that the popping took place way before the collapse. The poppings were explosions. And everybody said so. Even firemen on the walkie talkies said so

Good grief. The word 'explosions' doesn't have to mean controlled demolition.The initial impact and damage from the shockwaves are 'explosions.' If debris crashes to the ground, then people call the sound it makes an explosion etc. etc. You, however, seem to be under the misapprehension that whenever people say 'explosion' it means controlled demolition. It doesn't. They are trying to make sense of something they have no knowledge or experience of. It has nothing, nothing at all, to do with your claims of a controlled demolition. You are just expanding out your nonsense.

38886   dunnross   2013 Oct 28, 11:49pm  

Call it Crazy says

See, Roberta THINKS he can hide his identity under this Egads screen name, but his writing style gives him away......

What style? He has no style.

38887   zzyzzx   2013 Oct 28, 11:59pm  

Dan8267 says

the income tax was intended as a tax only on the rich to pay only for social services for the poor to alleviate and end poverty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States#History

The first income tax suggested in the United States was during the War of 1812. The idea for the tax was based on the British Tax Act of 1798. The British tax law applied progressive rates to income. The British tax rates ranged from 0.833% on income starting at £60 to 10% on income above £200. The tax proposal was developed in 1814. Because the treaty of Ghent was signed in 1815, ending hostilities and the need for additional revenue, the tax was never imposed in the United States.

In order to help pay for its war effort in the American Civil War, Congress imposed its first personal income tax in 1861. It was part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800). This tax was repealed and replaced by another income tax in 1862.

In 1894, Democrats in Congress passed the Wilson-Gorman tariff, which imposed the first peacetime income tax. The rate was 2% on income over $4000, which meant fewer than 10% of households would pay any. The purpose of the income tax was to make up for revenue that would be lost by tariff reductions.

I would eliminate all income taxes and replace them with import duties.

38888   dunnross   2013 Oct 29, 12:01am  

egads101 says

ok, what does 148,000 jobs = then?

148,000 jobs means nothing, since we need at least 150,000 just to keep up with the growing workforce. Fact is, this has been the slowest recovery in the history of US. We are already 4 years into the recovery, and:

1. Unemployment is still above 7%.
2. 1.5 years of no improvement in involuntary part-time workers.
3. 700,000 public sector jobs lost during the 4 years of recovery.
4. No improvement in length of average work week.
5. Labor force participation still at recession levels.

And this is after over $3T of printing worthless paper. What a joke.

38889   John McDonald   2013 Oct 29, 12:04am  

Let's agree on some facts. US Healthcare is very good - it is generally fast, high quality, etc. US People are getting very unhealthy as anyone can see just walking around in public, every 3rd person is a walking diabetic time bomb and heart disease patient. The US does spend more than other countries on healthcare for two reasons 1) we don't ration and we don't have long lines. 2) we have better equipment and care.

Obamacare does limit the profit of Insurance companies. Anyone that thinks they will see a refund check of any meaningful amount is not thinking clearly. Limiting the profit of Insurance companies also means that future competition is also limited because new insurance ideas and lower cost treatments now have no profit incentive. This is why the stocks of insurance companies have skyrocketed as we get closer to implementation and medical devices manufacturers have not done as well. Insurance companies love 15% guaranteed profit, guaranteed customers, and little competition - think of their stocks like a 15% yielding bond.

Medical insurance companies formerly Republicans are now squarely in the pocket of Democrats - so don't expect any more bashing about how evil they are from the left. Health care in the US will gradually decay pretty quick as the system is clogged with the obese and addicts (aka pre-existing conditions). Gov types are now deciding the what care is covered and when - so if you thought insurance companies were bad wait till you see how great those former postal employees are at deciding what care you get.

38890   John Bailo   2013 Oct 29, 12:32am  

Bitcoins arent the future? says

But how could you track every single asset? It seems difficult.

Should be easier to track than income, which can come from many sources and is subject to all sorts of credits and deductibles.

Really, if you can't value an asset than our whole economy is based on falsehoods.

38891   Patrick   2013 Oct 29, 12:33am  

Bitcoins arent the future? says

But how could you track every single asset? It seems difficult.

I believe land alone is more than 50% of all assets and it's very hard to hide.

Stocks and bonds are also hard to hide.

38892   John Bailo   2013 Oct 29, 12:37am  

Reality says

Shall we then tax physical beauty?

Don't taller and more attractive people have higher incomes?

38893   Bigsby   2013 Oct 29, 12:43am  

Call it Crazy says

CameronCrazy says

egads101 says

File this under more retarded shit from dumbass smaulgld.

egads101 says

you are just too dumb

These comments remind me of a robertoaribas. He disappeared after allegedly making comments most identifiable to that of a rapist.

See, Roberta THINKS he can hide his identity under this Egads screen name, but his writing style gives him away......

Yeah, he's trying real hard to hide his identity. That must be why he keeps mentioning his purchases, life in Phoenix, what he's going to do with his profits etc. etc. He changed his name because some sad fuck on here tried to get him into trouble at work, but it's not as if it is some well kept secret who egads is.

38894   Bigsby   2013 Oct 29, 12:50am  

bgamall4 says

And Bigsby, you never commented on the structural steel being sheared off like demolitions are supposed to do. You saw the picture of ground zero. You know that those columns were sheared off and that is what they do as explained by how stuff works.

'As explained by how stuff works.' Arf. You have a picture of one steel beam and you think that is proof of a controlled demolition? How many thousands, millions, of beams do you think there were and the different stresses and pressures that were put on them, and you look at the result on one and go 'LOOK it's a controlled demolition.' Arf.
How about you post up that video with the fireman and the audible controlled demolition? Still can't find it I take it. How about you don't claim that a woman says in one of your recent videos "boom boom boom and then the plane hit" when she makes absolutely no mention of it being BEFORE the plane hit? How about you stop claiming videos contain proof of controlled demolition when all they contain are snippets of terrified people talking about 'explosions?' How about you just give your false descriptions a rest altogether?

38895   Bigsby   2013 Oct 29, 12:55am  

bgamall4 says

Many people reported the building shaking and explosions in the basement area before the plane hit. Many people. They were very clear and precise about it.

Then post up those videos. The ones you've posted up already are anything but clear about what they show, precisely because the people involved had no knowledge or experience of what they were seeing or had just experienced and were simply trying to give an extraordinary event some kind of meaning. That confusion and terror is being used by some sad conspiracist to stitch together a narrative that is full of little out of context sound bites and is utterly devoid of any real proof.

38896   dunnross   2013 Oct 29, 1:09am  

egads101 says

So, if had falling prices, but lots of sales, that would be an excellent recovery???

The real recovery would be with both falling prices and falling sales. As it stands, the housing market is sick as a cancer patient, being propped up by FED manipulation and hype.

38897   finehoe   2013 Oct 29, 1:34am  

Call it Crazy says

Well.... The Screwing seems to be growing!!!


Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance


From NBC News

The debate was widely covered in the press in 2010, so it’s unclear what exactly the NBC investigation unit has uncovered. Individuals can keep the plans they have if those plans remain largely the same. But individuals receiving cancellation notices will have a choice of enrolling in subsidized insurance in the exchanges and will probably end up paying less for more coverage. Those who don’t qualify for the tax credits will be paying more for comprehensive insurance that will be there for them when they become sick (and could actually end up spending less for health care since more services will now be covered). They will also no longer be part of a system in which the young and healthy are offered cheap insurance premiums because their sick neighbors are priced out or denied coverage. That, after all, is the whole point of reform.

38898   Bigsby   2013 Oct 29, 1:51am  

bgamall4 says

So there may have been subsequent explosions, but many people from the videos above said that the plane hit after the explosions on the lowest floors.

I've watched the videos. Those people interviewed at the time don't make that claim. They talk of explosions. They are clearly scared and confused for good reason. That video where you claim the women said 'boom, boom, boom and the plane hit' is a perfect example of you lying about the content of the videos that you post up. She simply didn't say that. I watched that entire video. The people in it aren't claiming that what they heard happened before the planes hit. That is your claim.

38899   pearcebauz   2013 Oct 29, 2:04am  

Just to make the addled minded author of this article "vile American- R asses" sleep a little better, I did a generic pole. Results 98% thought O bumbler is doing a great job, 99% thought Republicans were Satin, 96% thought Hillary C. was a virgin, and 100% thought that their right to food stamps, free phones, and section 8 housing was guaranteed by the Constitution. I conducted my poll on the West side of Chicago between a welfare office and a liquor store. Sweet dreams cup cake.

38900   HydroCabron   2013 Oct 29, 2:16am  

The Republicans have grown weak.

To remedy their electoral fortunes, they must be strong and purge all RINO's and comsymps from their party. Then run the most conservative possible candidates, well to the right of Michelle Bachmann.

Then they will gain control of the presidency and the senate.

38901   Dan8267   2013 Oct 29, 2:38am  

zzyzzx says

The first income tax suggested in the United States was during the War of 1812.

Looks towards the Woodrow Wilson administration for the original intent of the modern federal income tax and the establishment of the Federal Reserve.

38902   Dan8267   2013 Oct 29, 2:41am  


I believe land alone is more than 50% of all assets and it's very hard to hide.

For you muggles maybe. Unplotability spell

38903   John McDonald   2013 Oct 29, 3:23am  

1. Elements of the plan were originally conservative ideas.
2. Real health insurance is expensive - especially when it is disconnected from life style choices. Charging thin people the same rates as obese, addicts at the same rates as non-addicts, gays at the same rates as heteros, crazy sports nuts at the same rates as non-thrill seekers ... drives up the cost in major ways. 80% of healthcare costs are consumed by a small fraction of people. In my family, my mother (350lbs+) has consumed so much healthcare it is outrageous (fatty tumors, multiple hernias, foot surgeries, colon problems, etc.) why should my children's college be threaten so I can pay her medical bills and millions of folks like her who feel no obligation to control their diet. And trust me I've seen her eat so much it is insane all the while trying to convince others that she has a slow metabolism and many more excuses. I used to secretly throw away food in my house to try to get her to control her weight.
3. Single payer does nothing - probably makes it more expensive as the government are less efficient than insurance companies. The real problem is people are completely disconnected from medical cost vs. life style choices. I'm all for group paying for birth defects, cancers, etc. that are a random result of life - but stop asking me to pay for completely irresponsible folks. You want to get fat, fine with me but pay for it for yourself.

38904   RWSGFY   2013 Oct 29, 3:31am  

bgamall4 says

1. This was originally a Republican plan from the Heritage Foundation.

...

3. Single payer would have been cheaper, but the Republicans refused.

Enough with lame excuses. Dems own this shit and you know it.

38905   coriacci1   2013 Oct 29, 3:34am  

i’m still wondering what her crowd had to do with the murder of george moscone.

38906   FortWayne   2013 Oct 29, 3:36am  

She covers up for NSA constantly which makes me feel uneasy about her. I don't think she's going to leave anytime soon. She is too rich and too well connected.

She'll die of old age before she leaves that cushy gig of hers.

38907   RWSGFY   2013 Oct 29, 3:44am  

bgamall4 says

She must be unseated in the next election, preferably by the Democrats.

What's the point? The new one will be exactly the same as the old one.

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