Vandals_handle

Vandals_handle, 2 days ago

Sea otters can dive down to 600 feet, at that depth the pressure is about 265 psi. So the answer is yes, Steve can perform under pressure.

Vandals_handle, 1 day ago

Not just any old rock, sea otters often have favorite rocks they keep in a fold of skin in their armpit.

Vandals_handle, 1 day ago

I sea what you did there 🦦

Vandals_handle, 2 days ago

Even if scripted, roller derby in the 70’s took athleticisms and power. I agree the sport of roller derby is different now, but practitioners of the past deserve respect. The level of training/conditioning in all sports is very different now, does not mean past practitioners were not athletes. Comparisons across eras is difficult because standards change.

Vandals_handle, 3 days ago

Yacht is a boat, sail or power, that has a cabin for sleeping. Large size is not a prerequisite. Some boats as small as 17 ft meet this definition.

Vandals_handle, 7 days ago

Maybe I’m gatekeeping, but isn’t a fence door a gate?

Vandals_handle, 10 days ago

Ever hear of Eugene V. Debs?

Vandals_handle, 10 days ago

Had run already run for office 4 times prior, once earning 6% of vote so it is disingenuous to say he decided to run when already in prison. Yes he had no real chance of winning, but as a labor leader of international national prominence, he was a serious candidate for the office. Yes not exactly the same but there is precedence.

Vandals_handle, 11 days ago

English fluently, Spanish poorly.

Vandals_handle, 11 days ago

Go to Yosemite and attempt to climb something sick like Wyoming Sheep Ranch or Sea of Dreams.

Vandals_handle, 12 days ago

So you’re raging against the machine?

Vandals_handle, 12 days ago

I wonder what Kaitlin Bennett’s perspective is on all this.

Vandals_handle, 12 days ago

I guess Kaitlin is not Depenable, needs to be Pampered.

Vandals_handle, 13 days ago

According to the University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources department:

“Ground squirrels are associated with the spread of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rat bite fever, tularemia, Chagas’ disease, adiospiromycosis, and encephalomyocarditis. Notably, they can serve as reservoirs for sylvatic (bubonic) plague, a highly infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis…People and their pets can get plague if they visit or live in areas where ground squirrels or other rodents are infected.”

Vandals_handle, 13 days ago

Soup from a stone?

Vandals_handle, 13 days ago

I agree that flat tax is unfair, but flat tax with no deductions would be better than current inverted scale where rich pay smaller percentage.

Vandals_handle, 13 days ago

If flat tax would apply evenly to all sources, investment sales taxed at same rate as wages. No deductions. How would this not be fairer than the US current tax scheme?

Vandals_handle, 13 days ago

No I do not think it’s fine. I did read what you said, but from your reply it’s obvious you didn’t read what I said.

I said if “apply evenly to all sources, investment sales taxed at same rate as wages” From your reply “billionaire takes money from capital gains (lower taxes)”. That’s not the same rate is it.

I said "No deductions."From your reply “so its use can be written off partially” That’s a deduction isn’t it.

The current system where rich pay a lower tax rate because they can take advantage of things like capital gains and deductions is not fair or equitable. A flat rate system that eliminated things like capital gains and deductions would not be fair, but it would be fairer because it keep the millionaire mfrom paying a lower rate than the poor (or the software engineer).

Graduated tax that eliminated things like capital gains and deductions would be fairer still. Also gift exemption, inheritance exemption and other carveouts that unduly favor the wealthy should at least be be adjusted if not outright eliminated.

Vandals_handle, 13 days ago

Not advocating for flat tax, I’ve said flat tax not fair, we’re in agreement on that.

I stand by my statement that a flat tax scheme applied evenly to all sources of income with no deductions to shield income, is fairer than the current scheme. Your arguments that flat tax scheme is unfair are all true but do not repudiate that statement.

I say it again, fairer than the current scheme. Don’t tell me not fair, I agree. Tell me how everyone paying the same rate would not be fairer than the current scheme where wealthy are able to pay a lower rate. Again, fairer than, not fair.

Vandals_handle, 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago)

I understand, you are arguing quite ably against a point I didn’t make and not addressing the point I did make.

Vandals_handle, 13 days ago

See’s Butterscotch Squares or Dark Chocolate Truffles

Vandals_handle, 13 days ago

• CL
• RPG II
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• RPG400
• RPGILE
• PL/SQL
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Vandals_handle, 14 days ago

The instant you try to be cool, you aren’t. Them’s the rules.

Vandals_handle, 14 days ago

Sounds like something a motorcycle would say

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Vandals_handle, 19 days ago

Faked out again.