Friday Night Acoustic Guitar Excellence: Daniel Padim, “New Metal” [VIDEO]

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Music from the album Legitimate by Daniel Padim. Mixed and Mastered by Daniel Padim.

Guitar Tabs, CDs & Mp3s available at https://www.danielpadim.com

iTunes & apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/br/album/legitimate/1442409553

CDs and Mp3s: https://www.danielpadim.com/musica

Daniel’s social networks:
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Instagram: @danielpadim

Daniel uses:
dBr Woodwings Pickup System: https://www.dbrsound.com/dbr-woodwings-en
Novaes Guitars: http://novaesguitars.com/
Santo Angelo Cables: http://www.santoangelo.com.br
Ernie Ball Strings: https://www.ernieball.com/

Video by Eduardo Ohara
http://eduardoohara.com

Audio recorded at Fingerstudio:
https://fingerstudio.com.br/

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 14, 2018 • 8:22:24pm
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Teukka  Dec 14, 2018 • 8:31:17pm

re: #1 I Would Prefer Not To

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 14, 2018 • 8:46:14pm

I can’t believe what I stumble upon
Pretty likely I’ll be watching youtube, on my TV, all weeked

YouTube

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jaunte  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:24:20pm
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austin_blue  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:39:33pm

Brilliant! Nice ax. Although at this point, there almost an infinite number of nice axes.

The number of really excellent luthiers has reached the point where they are going to bring down the price of great guitars.

Capitalism. Supply and demand.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:41:28pm

My pissed offedness level is on a mounting simmer.

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Belafon  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:42:34pm

re: #6 goddamnedfrank

My pissed offedness level is on a mounting simmer.

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The judge might be highly sought after by those who want to trash the constitution, but he’s not highly respected.

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Ace-o-aces  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:46:42pm
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Broad With Sass  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:47:02pm

re: #3 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

I can’t believe what I stumble upon
Pretty likely I’ll be watching youtube, on my TV, all weeked

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Video

Comet TV has it on all the time..as well as a ton of other old scifi

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Ace-o-aces  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:47:31pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:51:52pm

re: #8 Ace-o-aces

aceoaces
@aceoaces
Trump 2015: I have a great healthcare plan that protects pre-existing conditions!

Trump 2018: I sure hope Democrats can come up with a great healthcare plan that protects pre-existing conditions!

Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump
As I predicted all along, Obamacare has been struck down as an UNCONSTITUTIONAL disaster! Now Congress must pass a STRONG law that provides GREAT healthcare and protects pre-existing conditions. Mitch and Nancy, get it done!

11:34 PM - Dec 14, 2018

Nancy can provide the perfect solution in the next few months. Medicare for all! Of course, Trump will take the credit but it will accomplish the objective of eliminating the ACA and simultaneously providing health care for all.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:53:13pm

Let him gloat. The GOP can’t win on health care because they have no solutions. Just we hate ACA because of the guy who passed it.

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Belafon  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:53:53pm

re: #11 Hecuba’s daughter

Nancy can provide the perfect solution in the next few months. Medicare for all! Of course, Trump will take the credit but it will accomplish the objective of eliminating the ACA and simultaneously providing health care for all.

Mitch: There’s nothing we can do.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:54:52pm

So many layers to this fuckery.

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austin_blue  Dec 14, 2018 • 9:56:39pm

Well, I think we have tomorrow’s meme:

Drumpf has now turned his 2016 campiagn promise on a bigger, better, and cheaper plan for health care inside out, turning his promise into an absolute lie. His new position is to fuck everybody he can right up the ass.

Here’s my shocked face!

:-/

Night all. Sweet scaly dreams.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:14:01pm

re: #11 Hecuba’s daughter

Nancy can provide the perfect solution in the next few months. Medicare for all! Of course, Trump will take the credit but it will accomplish the objective of eliminating the ACA and simultaneously providing health care for all.

One can only hope! Since my divorce, I’ve been on COBRA. His workplace is claiming that I can only get it for 18 months, but it’s really 3 years and I have a letter from Medicare stating such. I’ve got to get that straightened out soon before the 18 months is over. It costs me quite a bit, but it’s insurance I can actually use immediately without spending a pile and then still having to meet a huge deductible before it kicks in. This is bankrupting me and I’m quickly going through all my savings. I need Medicare for all because of chronic conditions.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:27:02pm

Wink Wink

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:31:48pm

re: #16 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

One can only hope! Since my divorce, I’ve been on COBRA. His workplace is claiming that I can only get it for 18 months, but it’s really 3 years and I have a letter from Medicare stating such. I’ve got to get that straightened out soon before the 18 months is over. It costs me quite a bit, but it’s insurance I can actually use immediately without spending a pile and then still having to meet a huge deductible before it kicks in. This is bankrupting me and I’m quickly going through all my savings. I need Medicare for all because of chronic conditions.

Would it be less expensive to switch to the ACA (assuming it survives this latest attack)? I think tomorrow may be the last day to register for it, but I’m not sure the rules when you are covered by an existing policy.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:36:26pm

re: #18 Hecuba’s daughter

Would it be less expensive to switch to the ACA (assuming it survives this latest attack)? I think tomorrow may be the last day to register for it, but I’m not sure the rules when you are covered by an existing policy.

I ran into this when I was first divorced before I thought of COBRA. When I looked into it, the more affordable plans (about $350 per month) had a huge deductible (around $7500) and the more expensive plans (about $800-900 per month) had a smaller deductible (around $1000), but one could start using the services for a primary care doctor with a copay. With COBRA, I pay $589 per month and get the copays for all physicians, radiologic studies, and medications. It also kept me from going bankrupt when I ended up being admitted to the hospital this past year. It’s not sustainable, but it’s what I have for now and it’s cheaper than the ACA options.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:42:00pm

re: #17 Dave In Austin

Wink Wink

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When I read up on the Thuggee Cult one of the things that caught me off guard was how superstitious they were about farts.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:48:32pm

Beep…Beep….

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:49:15pm

re: #19 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

I ran into this when I was first divorced before I thought of COBRA. When I looked into it, the more affordable plans (about $350 per month) had a huge deductible (around $7500) and the more expensive plans (about $800-900 per month) had a smaller deductible (around $1000), but one could start using the services for a primary care doctor with a copay. With COBRA, I pay $589 per month and get the copays for all physicians, radiologic studies, and medications. It also kept me from going bankrupt when I ended up being admitted to the hospital this past year. It’s not sustainable, but it’s what I have for now and it’s cheaper than the ACA options.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:53:27pm

re: #22 Hecuba’s daughter

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Dave In Austin  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:56:25pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 14, 2018 • 10:59:04pm

re: #23 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

I always forget this —- due to some bug in the code, I cannot see any private comment directed only to me; probably because there is a ’ in my name :-(

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:00:09pm

re: #25 Hecuba’s daughter

Nope. I don’t qualify for the subsidy. I’m self-employed and trying to maintain a rental home for my kids. I ended up paying almost $10,000 in taxes last year, and I make about $50,000 a year before I write-off all the business expenses which brings my actual earnings way down. I don’t know what the heck is going on with the taxes except I have to pay my two portions for the employer portion of Medicare. It was really an eye opener realizing just how few things I can deduct now with only being able to claim one child for deduction purposes and not having the house anymore because we had to sell it. I got screwed bigly.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:06:36pm

re: #24 Dave In Austin

We need Single Payer Healthcare 💪🌸
@Brasilmagic
Trump Wants to Reclassify Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Weapons to ‘Low Level’ so Disposal Is Cheaper

Improper disposal of radioactive waste will kill people. Cheap?
Fatal. He’s nuts. newsweek.com …

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11:22 PM - Dec 14, 2018

Let’s blame the Department of Energy and everyone working there who is seriously considering this proposal. Did Trump himself actually order them to do this? Those proposing this should be immediately fired and barred from working on anything related to nuclear energy.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:10:37pm

Goodnight, all! Lots of work to do in the morning.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:15:46pm

re: #26 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

The FICA taxes for the self-employed are brutal because you have to pay both the employee and employer portions of the tax. Can you qualify for any ACA subsidies in your state?

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:21:26pm

good night people, here’s to hoping that we will all

work better in the morning.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:25:49pm

re: #30 I Would Prefer Not To

Goodnight lizards everywhere!

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:27:58pm

He’s still wrong.

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goddamnedfrank  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:29:35pm

re: #26 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

Nope. I don’t qualify for the subsidy. I’m self-employed and trying to maintain a rental home for my kids. I ended up paying almost $10,000 in taxes last year, and I make about $50,000 a year before I write-off all the business expenses which brings my actual earnings way down. I don’t know what the heck is going on with the taxes except I have to pay my two portions for the employer portion and Medicare. It was really an eye opener realizing just how few things I can deduct now with only being able to claim one child for deduction purposes and not having the house anymore because we had to sell it. I got screwed bigly.

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meteor  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:34:11pm
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meteor  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:35:00pm
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meteor  Dec 14, 2018 • 11:37:24pm
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goddamnedfrank  Dec 15, 2018 • 12:40:34am
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DodgerFan1988  Dec 15, 2018 • 1:37:56am

Read the thread… if you can stomach the hundreds of hate comments by Right Wingers, gloating about the death of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal, just to “own Killary Clinton.” They are not deplorable, they are insects.

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freetoken  Dec 15, 2018 • 1:46:15am

re: #38 DodgerFan1988

The proper term for the deplorables is “deplorable”.

Some think Hillary was wrong to state that in public, but I think she didn’t go far enough.

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freetoken  Dec 15, 2018 • 2:06:33am

Libera - Carol of the Bells (Concert Version)

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freetoken  Dec 15, 2018 • 3:30:21am

Some rocks are more special than others:

Largest diamond ever found in North America is size of chicken egg

Image: diamond.jpg

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freetoken  Dec 15, 2018 • 3:31:21am

That’s one purdy rock.

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freetoken  Dec 15, 2018 • 3:33:08am

When you make the rules, you determine what is “victory”:

Chinese pres. announces ‘overwhelming victory’ in his anti-corruption campaign

China’s President Xi Jinping has declared victory in his anti-graft fight, saying that the campaign to root out inherent corruption within the ruling Communist Party will continue.

Xi announced at a meeting of the party’s Politburo on Friday that the campaign had now achieved an “overwhelming victory,” state broadcaster CCTV reported.

[…]

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Dec 15, 2018 • 3:35:28am

re: #43 freetoken

When you make the rules, you determine what is “victory”:

Chinese pres. announces ‘overwhelming victory’ in his anti-corruption campaign

And who to go after. Hint: Not your allies.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Dec 15, 2018 • 3:46:39am

Should be covered with polonium instead. It not only costs more, it’s a permanent cure for the brain-rot that makes people do stupid stuff like this.

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Ming5000  Dec 15, 2018 • 3:50:03am

re: #45 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Will the demeaning of norms never end??

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freetoken  Dec 15, 2018 • 4:22:31am

re: #45 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Gold on food was a fad in Japan a couple of decades ago.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Dec 15, 2018 • 4:32:22am

Mustn’t forget Goldwasser.

Danziger Goldwasser (Polish: Gdańska wódka, “vodka of Gdańsk”), with Goldwasser as the registered tradename, is a strong (40% ABV) root and herbal liqueur which was produced from 1598 to 2009 in Danzig (Gdańsk). Production now takes place in Germany.[1]

The most prominent characteristic of the drink is small flakes of 23 karat gold suspended in it.[1] The beverage also includes herbs and spices such as cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, lavender, thyme, coriander and juniper, and has a syrupy texture.[2]….

….Another brand of Goldwasser, Schwabacher Goldwasser, and other sorts of food embellished with gold, are produced in the city of Schwabach near Nuremberg. Goldschläger is a Swiss cinnamon schnapps which also contains small flakes of 22 karat gold.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 15, 2018 • 4:36:17am

Looks like a pretty good-sized fire has broken out at the Chester Zoo in NW England - seems to have been in the Monsoon Forest habitat. The zoo’s been evacuated.

Sorry, it’s from the Daily Mail. dailymail.co.uk

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 15, 2018 • 4:44:37am

Kyl will not have served in McCain’s seat for a whole four months when he departs at the end of the month.
I think the reason McSally didn’t make an ass of herself during the prolonged ballot counting in her race has been pretty much confirmed.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 5:01:44am

re: #50 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Kyl will not have served in McCain’s seat for a whole four months when he departs at the end of the month.
I think the reason McSally didn’t make an ass of herself during the prolonged ballot counting in her race has been pretty much confirmed.

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It will also make McSally the Senior Senator too. But yeah this does make sense.

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freetoken  Dec 15, 2018 • 5:24:02am

re: #51 HappyWarrior

Seniority in the Senate is determined by time in the Senate, I thought.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 5:50:31am
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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Dec 15, 2018 • 5:50:46am

re: #50 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Kyl will not have served in McCain’s seat for a whole four months when he departs at the end of the month.
I think the reason McSally didn’t make an ass of herself during the prolonged ballot counting in her race has been pretty much confirmed.

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Here’s hoping the Democrats can come up with another great candidate to beat McSally (if she gets appointed) again in 2020, or whoever the GOP nominee is, so both Az Senators are Democrats!

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 15, 2018 • 5:51:57am

Seriously, who would do this?

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MsJ  Dec 15, 2018 • 5:53:50am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:04:59am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:08:00am
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jeffreyw  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:08:36am

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Good morning!

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:09:26am

re: #56 MsJ

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Lock her up.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:10:37am

re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He did. Clinton did lie under oath but I’m sure Trump would too and Lindsay wouldn’t care because he has no ethics at all.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:11:26am

re: #52 freetoken

Seniority in the Senate is determined by time in the Senate, I thought.

Sinema will likely to be sworn in January. Kyl’s replacement will be likely seated in December.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:15:16am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:17:25am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:18:15am

re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:18:57am

re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ask yourself if you’d say this for HRC, Devin NothingbiyaTrumpgofer.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:20:49am
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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:25:55am

re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth

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We never asked you for Ted Cruz tho. :) No one did.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:26:03am

moron is awake…

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:27:12am

Zinke is out. I wonder if he knows yet..

The president said in a tweet Saturday that Zinke would leave the administration at the end of the year.

Zinke’s personal conduct and management decisions have spurred at least 15 investigations, several of which have been closed.

The most serious one, which the Interior Department’s acting inspector general referred to the Justice Department, focuses on whether the secretary used his office for personal gain in connection with a land deal he forged in Whitefish, Mont., with Halliburton Chairman David Lesar and other investors.

washingtonpost.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:28:20am

such a grownup…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:29:52am

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:32:00am

re: #70 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

Zinke is out. I wonder if he knows yet..

washingtonpost.com

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CleverToad  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:32:32am

re: #28 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

Goodnight, all! Lots of work to do in the morning.

Fierce Mom, when you wake up (tried to post this last night but my internet was screwing up)
I used to work in COBRA admin.Apologies if you already know this, but:
If the Qualifying Event — i.e the reason a dependent lost their coverage — is Divorce or Death, the dependent spouse &/or child has 36 months eligibility, no question about that.
Your Medicare letter is correct, but make good and sure the company shows the correct Qualifying Event on all of your COBRA paperwork, double-ditto for their COBRA admin if they outsource that function. Your Qualifying Event and eligibility dates should be prominently displayed on the original offering letter, if they’re complying with the law.
(And yeah, have that fight before the 18 months runs out. HRs have been known to screw the QE’s up, especially if they don’t use an outside admin and the internal person doesn’t deal with COBRA very often.)

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:33:58am

Zinke got an early Xmas Present!

Zinke Got Zonked!
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ObserverArt  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:40:45am

re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth

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such a grownup…

After hearing that, I think Bevin went to the John Kasich School of Supreme Asshole Politicians.

He has that same dismissive smarmy style of I am smarter than everyone do not touch the ring.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:51:54am

re: #73 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Well, OK
Didn’t expect to find a Zinke fan around here

lol

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Jay C  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:53:06am

re: #62 HappyWarrior

Sinema will likely to be sworn in January. Kyl’s replacement will be likely seated in December.

Kyle tendered his resignation as of Dec. 31, when the Senate, I believe, will not be in session; so presumably, his appointee will have wait until the beginning of the next session on Jan. 3 to be sworn in. So if it is Martha McSally, I think the definition of “seniority” by Senate rules is determined by “previous service”, in this case, how long either Sinema or McSally served in the House…

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:57:06am
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Dec 15, 2018 • 6:59:24am
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Semper Fi  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:00:09am

re: #25 Hecuba’s daughter

I always forget this —- due to some bug in the code, I cannot see any private comment directed only to me; probably because there is a ’ in my name :-(

How about, Daughter of Hecuba?

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:05:10am

re: #77 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Well, OK
Didn’t expect to find a Zinke fan around here

lol

Sometimes I think an overly enthusiastic upding shows up as a downding. Sometimes I think there’s dyslexia involved. Intermittent dyslexia is the worst, left and right are always trading places.

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Jay C  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:17:31am

re: #82 wrenchwench

Sometimes I think an overly enthusiastic upding shows up as a downding. Sometimes I think there’s dyslexia involved. Intermittent dyslexia is the worst, left and right are always trading places.

Or, just as likely, a case of Tablet Thumb.
On my iPad, the Comment Rating button is right where my right thumb lands when I use it to scroll the page. Which produces occasional mistakes…
At least Charles has provided an alert box for Flagging.

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:18:49am

“Sand Lizard” sounds to my ears like ‘Water Fish’. Lacks distinguishing details. But they’re British, so who am I to judge?

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:19:08am

re: #78 Jay C

Kyle tendered his resignation as of Dec. 31, when the Senate, I believe, will not be in session; so presumably, his appointee will have wait until the beginning of the next session on Jan. 3 to be sworn in. So if it is Martha McSally, I think the definition of “seniority” by Senate rules is determined by “previous service”, in this case, how long either Sinema or McSally served in the House…

Ah you’re correct then. My bad.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:19:27am

This is a great, heartfelt story:

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:19:56am

Didn’t think Zinke would be the next asshole cast off the island of misfit assholes.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:21:42am

re: #86 Barefoot Grin

This is a great, heartfelt story:

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I don’t always agree with Sir Charles’ observations on society but he’s a damn good guy. And despite what he said, a role model. I like him better than Jordan since he’s always himself. He’s a damn good guy.

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:22:09am

re: #83 Jay C

Or, just as likely, a case of Tablet Thumb.
On my iPad, the Comment Rating button is right where my right thumb lands when I use it to scroll the page. Which produces occasional mistakes…
At least Charles has provided an alert box for Flagging.

Almost every time I upding I also hit the heart and create a favorite

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ObserverArt  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:30:16am

re: #77 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Well, OK
Didn’t expect to find a Zinke fan around here

lol

I think you can be assured Joe B. is not a Zinke fan.

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:39:30am

re: #83 Jay C

Or, just as likely, a case of Tablet Thumb.
On my iPad, the Comment Rating button is right where my right thumb lands when I use it to scroll the page. Which produces occasional mistakes…
At least Charles has provided an alert box for Flagging.

re: #89 dangerman

Almost every time I upding I also hit the heart and create a favorite

Mis-dings can be corrected with another click. Aim counts. My mouse may be bigger than your phones. But errors don’t seem to show up as well in ‘Preview’ as well as they do in ‘Post-view’ (Master Spy).

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jaunte  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:49:56am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:52:01am

The way things are going I’m hoping that they reactivate Alcatraz and stick every corrupted Trumper in it.

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Sufficient unto the day...  Dec 15, 2018 • 7:55:34am

re: #93 Joe Bacon 🌹

Pfft…they’re going to have to do something like Escape From New York.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:01:07am

So, here’s an interesting documentary about the most wacked-out cult you’ve probably never heard of: The Workers’ Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought.

en.wikipedia.org

This is some serious bananapants craziness.

The Cult of JACKIE - ‘Jehovah Allah Christ Krishna Immortal Easwaran’ (2017)

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Decatur Deb  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:03:57am

re: #92 jaunte

Mulvaney is Bitcoin-curious.

“Just wrapped up a Small Business Committee hearing on Bitcoin. I know it isn’t a mainstream issue yet — and may not become one — but it is extraordinarily interesting and something that could eventually influence the dollar and our monetary policy. In fact, one of the witnesses drew favorable comparisons between Bitcoin and Milton Friedman.”

coingape.com

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:04:07am

re: #94 Sufficient unto the day…

Pfft…they’re going to have to do something like Escape From New York.

Trump Tower can be their prison.

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retired cynic  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:04:11am

Good morning!

Facebook Video

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Decatur Deb  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:05:11am

re: #94 Sufficient unto the day…

Pfft…they’re going to have to do something like Escape From New York.

We could just tell them it’s an exclusive gated community.

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:07:43am

re: #98 retired cynic

That’s what my cat was doing last night! Well, rehearsing for it, at least.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:11:02am

re: #95 Dr Lizardo

So, here’s an interesting documentary about the most wacked-out cult you’ve probably never heard of: The Workers’ Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought.

This is some serious bananapants craziness.

[Embedded content]

They were active when I was an undergrad at Pitt in the mid 70s. Posters plastered all over the campus promotion “MLMTTT”.

What was funny was when the Young Libertarian Alliance printed up old Lucky Strike “LSMFT” posters and plastered them on top to those crazy posters!

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:24:41am

re: #96 Decatur Deb

Mulvaney is Bitcoin-curious.

“Just wrapped up a Small Business Committee hearing on Bitcoin. I know it isn’t a mainstream issue yet — and may not become one — but it is extraordinarily interesting and something that could eventually influence the dollar and our monetary policy. In fact, one of the witnesses drew favorable comparisons between Bitcoin and Milton Friedman.”

coingape.com

Bringing back more memories of being an undergrad at Pitt in the 70s when the Economics department endlessly engaged in a Milton Friedman vs. Murray Rothbard debate…Monetarists vs. Anarcho-Capitalists…and I knew both were bullshit…

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:36:11am

re: #98 retired cynic

Thanks. That was very entertaining. :)

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:40:44am

re: #29 Hecuba’s daughter

The FICA taxes for the self-employed are brutal because you have to pay both the employee and employer portions of the tax. Can you qualify for any ACA subsidies in your state?

No, I apparently make too much money for subsidies. Sure doesn’t seem like I make too much money when it comes time to pay the bills!

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:43:22am

re: #33 goddamnedfrank

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Unshaken Defiance  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:47:15am

Has nothing been learned?

The left blindsides Beto
politico.com
The Texas congressman is taking flak for several votes and for not joining the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:52:00am

re: #74 CleverToad

Thank you so much for the confirmation and the suggestions. I will do as you say! Appreciate it!

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 15, 2018 • 8:58:34am

re: #106 Unshaken Defiance

Has nothing been learned?

Nope, certainly not from some of the Bernie aficionados that I know. They would rather the Koch Bros make this nation an oligarchy than that they work with moderates who are trying to save this country.

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:03:36am
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retired cynic  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:16:11am

re: #81 Semper Fi

How about, Daughter of Hecuba?

Bint Hecuba

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Jay C  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:19:47am

re: #110 retired cynic

Bint Hecuba

Bat Hecuba?

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:21:15am
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retired cynic  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:26:44am

re: #111 Jay C

Bat Hecuba?

Naw, Bint! (Arabic for daughter of)

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retired cynic  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:30:35am

re: #113 retired cynic

I raised Arabian horses for decades. It comes much more easily to the “tongue” than the Jewish word. TMI?

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ObserverArt  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:40:37am

Regarding the Fed judge that declared the ACA unconstitutional. Did everyone hear why it was declared so?

Remember how the new Republican tax plan dropped the ACA necessity of having insurance or you would be taxed.

The judge ruled without the ACA tax part of the legislation it is unconstitutional.

Mmmm Hmmm. Planned. Sneaky fucking Republicans. Again.

And all those promises they tried to sell during the recent election: “Oh we are for preexisting conditions…we never said we weren’t.”

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Unshaken Defiance  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:45:22am

Life is as intense as ever right now. Good and bad.
Lurking and chatting here is helping me de stress. Whew. And easing off politics helps, although I feel like I stepped back right where the fun part starts.
His worst nightmare: Trump’s life under a legal microscope

Trump increasingly isolated as aides leave, friends flip and investigations advance

A devastating report details a ‘monumental’ assault on science at the Department of the Interior

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Unshaken Defiance  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:47:39am

re: #115 ObserverArt

And this betrayal of Vietnamese… Extensive profanities withheld.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:48:54am

re: #117 Unshaken Defiance

And this betrayal of Vietnamese… Extensive profanities withheld.

The bringing over of the Vietnamese refugees is a great part of President Ford’s legacy but Trump wants to go down in history as a monstrous asshole.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:50:29am

re: #117 Unshaken Defiance

And this betrayal of Vietnamese… Extensive profanities withheld.

I would not be surprised to see President Fearless Feeder go after Cubans next.

Asshole Rubio won’t utter a peep because of the Kompromat Putin has on him!

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:50:34am

re: #118 HappyWarrior

The bringing over of the Vietnamese refugees is a great part of President Ford’s legacy but Trump wants to go down in history as a monstrous asshole monster.

FTFY. Asshole implies a jerk — he’s an outright monster.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:52:10am

re: #120 Hecuba’s daughter

FTFY. Asshole implies a jerk — he’s an outright monster.

Monstrous asshole. Monster asshole.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:52:25am

I’m just waiting for the next round of ACA supporters hounding Republican Senators and Congresspersons.

And that TexASS judge is too stupid to realize what he’s unleashed!

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:53:06am

re: #119 Joe Bacon 🌹

I would not be surprised to see President Fearless Feeder go after Cubans next.

Asshole Rubio won’t utter a peep because of the Kompromat Putin has on him!

Cruz too and it will be hilarious given the shit fit they threw over Obama’s Cuba policy.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:54:11am

Too bad Trump’s grandfather got kicked out of Germany. Germany’s gain became our loss when Frederich Trump came here.

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Jay C  Dec 15, 2018 • 9:59:47am

re: #117 Unshaken Defiance

And this betrayal of Vietnamese… Extensive profanities withheld.

Extensive profanities are certainly called for here…
But given that the main influx of Vietnamese refugees is now something like 40 years in the past, hasn’t said peoples’ “immigration” status been settled by now? And any children they may have had here now citizens?

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:01:08am

re: #125 Jay C

Extensive profanities are certainly called for here…
But given that the main influx of Vietnamese refugees is now something like 40 years in the past, haven’t said peoples’ “immigration” status been settled by now? And any children they may have had here now citizens?

I imagine so. The troubling thing though is they’ve said they’d look at stripping citizenship away.

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Unshaken Defiance  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:03:01am

re: #125 Jay C

Extensive profanities are certainly called for here…
But given that the main influx of Vietnamese refugees is now something like 40 years in the past, haven’t said peoples’ “immigration” status been settled by now? And any children they may have had here now citizens?

You would think so. from some interviews with concerned Vietnamese Americans I saw on local TV, it’s not that simple. What if you had some misdemeanor years ago?

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:05:00am

re: #127 Unshaken Defiance

You would think so. from some interviews with concerned Vietnamese Americans I saw on local TV, it’s not that simple. What if you had some misdemeanor years ago?

And that’s exactly what they’re looking for. One fuck up and deportation. It’s so pointlessly cruel.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:06:12am

re: #125 Jay C

Extensive profanities are certainly called for here…
But given that the main influx of Vietnamese refugees is now something like 40 years in the past, haven’t said peoples’ “immigration” status been settled by now? And any children they may have had here now citizens?

BS like this is the reason why all of California’s Orange County turned Blue for the House. And it’s going to get deeper and deeper Blue!

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:07:10am

re: #129 Joe Bacon 🌹

BS like this is the reason why all of California’s Orange County turned Blue for the House. And it’s going to get deeper and deeper Blue!

I hope it’s a good reminder to the older conservative Cubans as well. Trump will sell you out to make white nationalists happy.

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:07:23am

re: #108 Hecuba’s daughter

Nope, certainly not from some of the Bernie aficionados that I know. They would rather the Koch Bros make this nation an oligarchy than that they work with moderates who are trying to save this country.

“The complicated business of politics is to negotiate agreements between groups with different interests with the object of finding a common way forward.”

this concept seems to have been lost by most people who are involved in politics these days

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:12:26am

re: #130 HappyWarrior

I hope it’s a good reminder to the older conservative Cubans as well. Trump will sell you out to make white nationalists happy.

It’s an inevitable demographic change. Further destructiveness by those who cannot adapt to change is to be expected, as is victory over them by those who make change and/or thrive with it.

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:17:41am

re: #115 ObserverArt

Regarding the Fed judge that declared the ACA unconstitutional. Did everyone hear why it was declared so?

Remember how the new Republican tax plan dropped the ACA necessity of having insurance or you would be taxed.

The judge ruled without the ACA tax part of the legislation it is unconstitutional.

Mmmm Hmmm. Planned. Sneaky fucking Republicans. Again.

And all those promises they tried to sell during the recent election: “Oh we are for preexisting conditions…we never said we weren’t.”

im still chewing on this
and i know there are way smarter people than me - legal brains who have all kinds of good arguments

if i understand correctly, the ruling referred to the ‘effect’ of the zero penalty amount.
something abuot if there’s no effect then there’s no penalty

i think that logic alone is flawed before you get to the real legal stuff

the 2018 tax law set the tax/penalty equal to zero.
they didnt remove the penalty entirely.
if they didnt remove the penalty, and just set it to zero, it’s still there.

a tax of zero is still a tax.
lots of people dont pay income tax in a particular year.
they dont lose citizenship, rights or privileges that year
they participate in the tax system, even file tax returns
with a ‘total tax’ line amount of zero.

i could be wrong
and maybe no one thinks the way i do

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ObserverArt  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:18:28am

re: #130 HappyWarrior

I hope it’s a good reminder to the older conservative Cubans as well. Trump will sell you out to make white nationalists happy.

Anymore it seems the entire Republican party will sell people of the wrong color and faith out to make White Nationalists happy.

As a party they sure seem to have signed on to Trumpism. I think they are all in on what he is doing. They may never have thought they could get away with it in the past, but Trump seems to have shown them the way.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:18:45am
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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:19:33am

re: #128 HappyWarrior

And that’s exactly what they’re looking for. One fuck up and deportation. It’s so pointlessly cruel.

Cruelty is the point. They want only white people to feel comfortable enough to stay here.

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:19:47am

re: #128 HappyWarrior

And that’s exactly what they’re looking for. One fuck up and deportation. It’s so pointlessly cruel.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:20:24am

re: #134 ObserverArt

Anymore it seems the entire Republican party will sell people of the wrong color and faith out to make White Nationalists happy.

As a party they sure seem to have signed on to Trumpism. I think they are all in on what he is doing. They may never have thought they could get away with it in the past, but Trump seems to have shown them the way.

Art, the bottom line now is that ReppubliKKKlans no longer need dog whistles to win elections. They can come right out of the KKKloset, turn up the racism to 11, rig elections and get away with murder.

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:27:49am

re: #138 Joe Bacon 🌹

Art, the bottom line now is that ReppubliKKKlans no longer need dog whistles to win elections. They can come right out of the KKKloset, turn up the racism to 11, rig elections and get away with murder.

All true, except maybe the ‘get away with murder’ part. I think the M&M (Midterms & Mueller) campaigns show accountability is coming. They will still need to be pushed toward haste after the swearings-in.

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retired cynic  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:29:59am

I don’t have the problem anymore, but I can remember when I was the person in the family who had to buy the tree, the presents, decorate the house, wrap the presents, make dishes for potlucks, prepare parties, etc. I never did it to the extent of a “lady’s magazine,” but I still enjoyed this article from Mrs. Whatsit: Bah Humbug?

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:30:31am

Thing is the GOP especially if they suffer losses in 2020 will only get more radical, homozygous, & more racist than ever. In the year of women getting elected everywhere, they actually lost women in Congress.

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ObserverArt  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:31:11am

re: #133 dangerman

im still chewing on this
and i know there are way smarter people than me - legal brains who have all kinds of good arguments

if i understand correctly, the ruling referred to the ‘effect’ of the zero penalty amount.
something abuot if there’s no effect then there’s no penalty

i think that logic alone is flawed before you get to the real legal stuff

the 2018 tax law set the tax/penalty equal to zero.
they didnt remove the penalty entirely.
if they didnt remove the penalty, and just set it to zero, it’s still there.

a tax of zero is still a tax.
lots of people dont pay income tax in a particular year.
they dont lose citizenship, rights or privileges that year
they participate in the tax system, even file tax returns
with a ‘total tax’ line amount of zero.

i could be wrong
and maybe no one thinks the way i do

I had heard this morning the Democrats in the House think the judge’s ruling was on thin grounds, so they may already be looking into the details of the tax and how it was written in the new Republican Tax Regulation.

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sagehen  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:34:19am

re: #134 ObserverArt

Anymore it seems the entire Republican party will sell people of the wrong color and faith out to make White Nationalists happy.

As a party they sure seem to have signed on to Trumpism. I think they are all in on what he is doing. They may never have thought they could get away with it in the past, but Trump seems to have shown them the way.

And at the same time, Ryan has pushed through a bill to give thousands more work visas to Irish college grads every year.

Breitbart is opposed:
breitbart.com

Yet despite the huge relative gain for Irish business, the E-3 giveaway legislation would only help about 5,000 older Americans retire in Ireland, presumably with their 401Ks. That lose-lose deal would transfer U.S. jobs to Irish graduates in exchange for transferring U.S. savings to Irish businesses.

Ireland’s finance minister tweeted Thursday that a major Irish airline is hiring pilots. Under the E-3 bill, young Irish pilots could be hired in the U.S., and retired American pilots can spend their savings in Irish pubs.

Multiple Irish media sources - some tweeted by Irish government officials — say the giveaway is backed by several administration officials, including Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and John Kelly, the outgoing chief of staff.

One Irish media outlet says Trump endorsed the E-3 extension during a St. Patrick’s Day meeting with the Irish Prime Minister in 2018.

After the meeting, Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he had helped Trump deal with a business problem facing a Trump golf course in Ireland. Varadkar told the story in a speech to Hill legislators — but later backtracked amid criticisms from Irish groups.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:34:40am

re: #139 wrenchwench

All true, except maybe the ‘get away with murder’ part. I think the M&M (Midterms & Mueller) campaigns show accountability is coming. They will still need to be pushed toward haste after the swearings-in.

Wait til the KKKorrupted KKKourt kills Obamacare on a 5-4 vote and see people dying from losing their health care. Remember the father who stood up to MacArthur and tore him to pieces over MacArthur pushing Obamacare repeal?

That’s going to be repeated at every fucking town hall RepubliKKKlans hold and angry people will accuse them of getting away with murder.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:36:03am

re: #141 HappyWarrior

Thing is the GOP especially if they suffer losses in 2020 will only get more radical, homozygous, & more racist than ever. In the year of women getting elected everywhere, they actually lost women in Congress.

Good. Let them get even more radical.

That will open the door for Wall Street to pull the plug on them and spur the creation of a new moderate centrist party.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:36:49am

re: #141 HappyWarrior

Thing is the GOP especially if they suffer losses in 2020 will only get more radical, homozygous, & more racist than ever. In the year of women getting elected everywhere, they actually lost women in Congress.

I agree - the GOP will be trying to cling to power with an ever-shrinking base and as that base dwindles further over the next couple of decades, they’ll become increasingly radicalized.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:38:02am

re: #143 sagehen

And at the same time, Ryan has pushed through a bill to give thousands more work visas to Irish college grads every year.

Breitbart is opposed:
breitbart.com

Always met a ton of Irish kids working at Ocean City or Dewey when I was younger. Nice people all around. Been having some neat conversations about how our cultures differ but was giving the Irish props for how welcoming they are to immigrants and my theory is the Irish people more than most know what it’s like to have to leave home. They also hate when our right wingers push the Irish Slave myth to dismiss slavery’s evils.

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HappyWarrior  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:38:23am

re: #145 Joe Bacon 🌹

Good. Let them get even more radical.

That will open the door for Wall Street to pull the plug on them and spur the creation of a new moderate centrist party.

Yeah I wouldn’t complain.

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:39:12am

re: #144 Joe Bacon 🌹

Wait til the KKKorrupted KKKourt kills Obamacare on a 5-4 vote and see people dying from losing their health care. Remember the father who stood up to MacArthur and tore him to pieces over MacArthur pushing Obamacare repeal?

That’s going to be repeated at every fucking town hall RepubliKKKlans hold and angry people will accuse them of getting away with murder.

There have been and there will continue to be murders. I think some of the murderers will go to jail. We will have to work hard for each one.

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ObserverArt  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:42:18am

re: #144 Joe Bacon 🌹

Wait til the KKKorrupted KKKourt kills Obamacare on a 5-4 vote and see people dying from losing their health care. Remember the father who stood up to MacArthur and tore him to pieces over MacArthur pushing Obamacare repeal?

That’s going to be repeated at every fucking town hall RepubliKKKlans hold and angry people will accuse them of getting away with murder.

Do they hold town hall meetings anymore?

I don’t think they want to meet people opposed to them anymore so they stay away from things like town hall meetings.

Now they hold things like phone-ins to a big group (conference call), dinners with known supporters and heavily scripted “questions and answers” with very little question. So…no answers.

They represent who voted for them. Everyone else is told to deal with it.

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Unshaken Defiance  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:48:20am

re: #144 Joe Bacon 🌹

Wait til the KKKorrupted KKKourt kills Obamacare on a 5-4 vote and see people dying from losing their health care. Remember the father who stood up to MacArthur and tore him to pieces over MacArthur pushing Obamacare repeal?

That’s going to be repeated at every fucking town hall RepubliKKKlans hold and angry people will accuse them of getting away with murder.

Some angry spouse or close relative driven to violence with grief is a very real possibility when these policies hit millions.

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Belafon  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:50:05am

re: #135 Charles Johnson

I hope he doesn’t stick then in the freezer first.

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Jay C  Dec 15, 2018 • 10:50:14am

re: #150 ObserverArt

Minor edit:

They represent who voted for donated to them. Everyone else is told to deal with it.

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:02:21am

re: #141 HappyWarrior

Thing is the GOP especially if they suffer losses in 2020 will only get more radical, homozygous, & more racist than ever. In the year of women getting elected everywhere, they actually lost women in Congress.

and if so then hopefully/likely they will also continue to shrink in size

while i care about their racism, etc i care less if they’re not in any position of power

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:04:27am

re: #142 ObserverArt

I had heard this morning the Democrats in the House think the judge’s ruling was on thin grounds, so they may already be looking into the details of the tax and how it was written in the new Republican Tax Regulation.

yeah im just guessing - and from a tax/ accountants perspective
i’ve read it was ‘repealed’
and also that it was ‘set to zero’
so i dont actually know what’s what

and like i said, way smarter political and legal brains than mine have been following this and working on it all along

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:05:12am

re: #146 Dr Lizardo

I agree - the GOP will be trying to cling to power with an ever-shrinking base and as that base dwindles further over the next couple of decades, they’ll become increasingly radicalized.

said better than i did below, er above, er….

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:07:25am

re: #154 dangerman

and if so then hopefully/likely they will also continue to shrink in size

while i care about their racism, etc i care less if they’re not in any position of power

They can keep their bigoted attitudes. They just need to get that attitude out of government policies and practices, take it home, and hide it in the basement. They can feed it there if they want, they just can’t let it out of the house.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:10:00am

re: #157 wrenchwench

Exactly. The idea of politics is to work for the greater good of all the people not just a few.

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:14:38am

re: #157 wrenchwench

They can keep their bigoted attitudes. They just need to get that attitude out of government policies and practices, take it home, and hide it in the basement. They can feed it there if they want, they just can’t let it out of the house.

yes, exactly

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:14:39am

re: #158 PhillyPretzel

Exactly. The idea of politics is to work for the greater good of all the people not just a few.

Those who want to check a person’s ID before giving them a bottle of water need to be retrained. ALLL the people!

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:15:27am

re: #158 PhillyPretzel

Exactly. The idea of politics is to work for the greater good of all the people not just a few.

would you all please stop posting what im thinking faster than i can get it down and click the damn button!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:18:26am

re: #158 PhillyPretzel

Exactly. The idea of politics is to work for the greater good of all the people not just a few.

Unfortunately, Citizens United fucked that all up.

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dangerman  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:20:33am

re: #160 wrenchwench

Those who want to check a person’s ID before giving them a bottle of water need to be retrained. ALLL the people!

that’s why i use “liberty, and justice for all” as a catch line

liberty means freedom to mostly do what you want and be left alone
justice means fairness and proportional equity in all things
for all means everyone’s included - we all put in and we all get out

any spin or twisted interpretation to exclude or gain unfair advantage is downright unamerican - it’s the pledge of allegiance. you wanna argue with that?

as an aside:
The promise for all is especially for those left out and left behind…
Not the privilege of the few…the already haves
the “privileged” dont need help - all they’re trying to do is keep more for themselves

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:24:20am

re: #133 dangerman

im still chewing on this
and i know there are way smarter people than me - legal brains who have all kinds of good arguments

if i understand correctly, the ruling referred to the ‘effect’ of the zero penalty amount.
something abuot if there’s no effect then there’s no penalty

i think that logic alone is flawed before you get to the real legal stuff

the 2018 tax law set the tax/penalty equal to zero.
they didnt remove the penalty entirely.
if they didnt remove the penalty, and just set it to zero, it’s still there.

a tax of zero is still a tax.
lots of people dont pay income tax in a particular year.
they dont lose citizenship, rights or privileges that year
they participate in the tax system, even file tax returns
with a ‘total tax’ line amount of zero.

i could be wrong
and maybe no one thinks the way i do

That would be the precise argument against it. Zero tax is still a tax, and the rate can be set higher by any future Congress. They did not remove the tax.

I have not paid income taxes in decades, yet I have not lost my right to vote, run for office, &c. (I imagine given the chance, conservatives would correct that oversight.)

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wrenchwench  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:25:31am

re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg

Unfortunately, Citizens United fucked that all up.

It can be fixed. Since it’s mostly about the freedom to do what you want with your money, it will continue to be a big fight.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:27:47am

re: #150 ObserverArt

Do they hold town hall meetings anymore?

I don’t think they want to meet people opposed to them anymore so they stay away from things like town hall meetings.

Now they hold things like phone-ins to a big group (conference call), dinners with known supporters and heavily scripted “questions and answers” with very little question. So…no answers.

They represent who voted for them. Everyone else is told to deal with it.

Yup. That’s my rep.

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retired cynic  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:29:32am

Boy, this article p*ssed me off. I had no idea the courts in Australia had the ability to shut down all discussion of any case. WaPo

A top cardinal’s sex-abuse conviction is huge news in Australia. But the media can’t report it there.

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Danack  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:35:29am

re: #167 retired cynic

I had no idea the courts in Australia had the ability to shut down all discussion of any case.

They don’t - they’re blocking discussion of this case because there are very similar cases outstanding against the same person, and they want to avoid the criminal process from being tainted.

However, this is just bollocks. When it comes to investigating child abuse, the Catholic church has a deliberate policy of doing nothing for as long as possible, and hoping that everyone involved will die of old age.

Which is another way that justice can be denied.

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Anymouse 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:36:02am

Conservative Texas Judge Thinks He Can Murder Obamacare All By Himself. (Wonkette, a law-splainer):

Today, as we hope you know, is the last day to sign up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act (GO DO THAT NOW if you have not already and need to! Click here!). Last night, in a move which will affect absolutely nothing right now, a Bush-appointed conservative judge in Texas ruled Obamacare “unconstitutional.” More specifically, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor of Fort Worth, TX, declared the individual mandate unconstitutional, and found that the rest of the ACA needed to go as well because everything in it is “inseverable” from the mandate and therefore “invalid.”

This will be swiftly appealed, and even Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded to the ruling by saying “We expect this ruling will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Pending the appeal process, the law remains in place.

As Robin reminds in the article, five of the nine Supreme Court justices have already ruled in favour of the law.

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jaunte  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:36:50am
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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 15, 2018 • 11:46:01am

re: #170 jaunte

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Fiore is involved because that’s her district. I used to live in that district and voted against her.

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jaunte  Dec 15, 2018 • 12:01:48pm

The more you can see of the people in Trump’s administration, the smaller they get.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 15, 2018 • 12:09:01pm

re: #172 jaunte

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The more you can see of the people in Trump’s administration, the smaller they get.

Small AND more corrupt.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Dec 15, 2018 • 12:18:59pm

re: #171 Sionainn, Fierce Mother

Fiore is involved because that’s her district. I used to live in that district and voted against her.

I thought she got kicked out of the state legislature!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 15, 2018 • 12:27:57pm

re: #174 Joe Bacon 🌹

I thought she got kicked out of the state legislature!

she was elected to the Las Vegas City Council

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Sionainn, Fierce Mother  Dec 15, 2018 • 12:44:01pm

re: #174 Joe Bacon 🌹

I thought she got kicked out of the state legislature!

She was, but then she moved in District 6, rented a home to show she lived there, and ran for city council. She won. After that, a bunch of her supporters realized that she was screwing them on a park situation. I just laughed at them.


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