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Tuesday Tax Tidbit: Should You Make a "Charitable IRA Rollover" in 2016? | Weaver | Assurance - Tax - Advisory
Tuesday Tax Tidbit: Should You Make a "Charitable IRA Rollover" in 2016? | Weaver | Assurance - Tax - Advisory: Should You Make a "Charitable IRA Rollover" in 2016?
Last year a break valued by many charitably inclined retirees was
made permanent: the charitable IRA rollover. If you’re age 70½ or older,
you can make direct contributions — up to $100,000 annually — from your
IRA to qualified charitable organizations without owing any income tax
on the distributions.
Satisfy your RMD
A charitable IRA rollover can be used to satisfy required minimum
distributions (RMDs). You must begin to take annual RMDs from your
traditional IRAs in the year in which you reach age 70½. If you don’t
comply, you can owe a penalty equal to 50% of the amount you should have
withdrawn but didn’t. (An RMD deferral is allowed for the initial year,
but you’ll have to take two RMDs the next year.)
So if you don’t need the RMD for your living expenses, a charitable
IRA rollover can be a great way to comply with the RMD requirement
without triggering the tax liability that would occur if the RMD were
paid out to you.
Additional benefits
You might be able to achieve a similar tax result from taking the RMD
payout and then contributing that amount to charity. But it’s more
complex because you must report the RMD as income and then take an
itemized deduction for the donation. This has two more possible
downsides:
Have questions about charitable IRA rollovers or other giving strategies? Please contact us. We can help you create a giving plan that will meet your charitable goals and maximize your tax savings.
Last year a break valued by many charitably inclined retirees was
made permanent: the charitable IRA rollover. If you’re age 70½ or older,
you can make direct contributions — up to $100,000 annually — from your
IRA to qualified charitable organizations without owing any income tax
on the distributions.
Satisfy your RMD
A charitable IRA rollover can be used to satisfy required minimum
distributions (RMDs). You must begin to take annual RMDs from your
traditional IRAs in the year in which you reach age 70½. If you don’t
comply, you can owe a penalty equal to 50% of the amount you should have
withdrawn but didn’t. (An RMD deferral is allowed for the initial year,
but you’ll have to take two RMDs the next year.)
So if you don’t need the RMD for your living expenses, a charitable
IRA rollover can be a great way to comply with the RMD requirement
without triggering the tax liability that would occur if the RMD were
paid out to you.
Additional benefits
You might be able to achieve a similar tax result from taking the RMD
payout and then contributing that amount to charity. But it’s more
complex because you must report the RMD as income and then take an
itemized deduction for the donation. This has two more possible
downsides:
- The reported RMD income might increase your income to the point that
you’re pushed into a higher tax bracket, certain additional taxes are
triggered and/or the benefits of certain tax breaks are reduced or
eliminated. It could even cause Social Security payments to become
taxable or increase income-based Medicare premiums and prescription drug
charges. - If your donation would equal a large portion of your income for the
year, your deduction might be reduced due to the percentage-of-income
limit. You generally can’t deduct cash donations that exceed 50% of your
adjusted gross income for the year. (Lower limits apply to donations of
long-term appreciated securities or made to private foundations.) You
can carry forward the excess up to five years, but if you make large
donations every year, that won’t help you.
Have questions about charitable IRA rollovers or other giving strategies? Please contact us. We can help you create a giving plan that will meet your charitable goals and maximize your tax savings.
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(97) Mark Wingfield
(97) Mark Wingfield
think about this: Mark, I suspect that you are trying to be a positive influence of the racial divide in the US. However, I believe that to say that White Christian ministers should support Black LIves Matter is delusional. Furthermore, to support the movement of Black Lives Matter is to support a hate movement. So that you understand, slavery is detestable from its origin and the North Atlantic Slave Trade was shameful for the African tribal kings that captured other Africans, the Muslim traders that bought and sold them to the North Atlantic Slave Trade trafficker and finally the slave owners was a pathetic economic system. However, it did not originate with North America but it ended for North America by those that knew it was wrong. And of course there has been a continuation of conflict perpetuated from both blacks and whites. However, since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there has been a even playing field except many black parents, pastors, and mentors have nurtured black children to believe they are victims. Probably before you were an adolescent, as a minister in Brunswick, Georgia, I attended black churches that preached vicitimology like The Reverend Wright. They did not preach forgiveness of a millennium ago, but they preached hate. And a large part of the black community including Obama and his wife have stoked the flames of racial animosity. Read his books. He hates white folks as many of this race hate white folks. Your call for White Ministers to support Black Lives Matter is to pour fuel on the fire of racism. All lives matter of folks that follow the rules. You sound like many of those folks that came to judgement about tragic losses of life before the facts were in. Most of us resent authority. However, when confronted by a cop, obey. Yes, there are rare instances when a bad cop kills. However, remember that the Black Lives Moment has no concern about the many blacks killed by blacks. For 20 years I have been in the criminal community. You have been in a sheltered environment of nice people. You do not know shit from Shinola.
think about this: Mark, I suspect that you are trying to be a positive influence of the racial divide in the US. However, I believe that to say that White Christian ministers should support Black LIves Matter is delusional. Furthermore, to support the movement of Black Lives Matter is to support a hate movement. So that you understand, slavery is detestable from its origin and the North Atlantic Slave Trade was shameful for the African tribal kings that captured other Africans, the Muslim traders that bought and sold them to the North Atlantic Slave Trade trafficker and finally the slave owners was a pathetic economic system. However, it did not originate with North America but it ended for North America by those that knew it was wrong. And of course there has been a continuation of conflict perpetuated from both blacks and whites. However, since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there has been a even playing field except many black parents, pastors, and mentors have nurtured black children to believe they are victims. Probably before you were an adolescent, as a minister in Brunswick, Georgia, I attended black churches that preached vicitimology like The Reverend Wright. They did not preach forgiveness of a millennium ago, but they preached hate. And a large part of the black community including Obama and his wife have stoked the flames of racial animosity. Read his books. He hates white folks as many of this race hate white folks. Your call for White Ministers to support Black Lives Matter is to pour fuel on the fire of racism. All lives matter of folks that follow the rules. You sound like many of those folks that came to judgement about tragic losses of life before the facts were in. Most of us resent authority. However, when confronted by a cop, obey. Yes, there are rare instances when a bad cop kills. However, remember that the Black Lives Moment has no concern about the many blacks killed by blacks. For 20 years I have been in the criminal community. You have been in a sheltered environment of nice people. You do not know shit from Shinola.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
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Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello:
Religious Shit
Catholicism:
Shit happens because you're bad.
Protestantism:
Shit happens because you don't work hard enough.
Taoism:
Shit happens.
Buddhism:
If shit happens, it's not really shit.
Islam:
If shit happens, it's the will of Allah.
Judaism:
Why does this shit always happen to us?
Hinduism:
This shit happened before.
Hare Krishna:
Shit happens rama rama.
T.V. Evangelism:
Send more shit.
Jehova's Witness:
Knock knock, shit happens.
Hedonism:
There's nothing like a good shit happening.
Christian Science:
Shit happens in your mind.
Agnosticism:
Maybe shit happens, maybe it doesn't.
Rastafarianism:
Let's smoke this shit.
Existentialism:
What is shit anyway?
Stoicism:
This shit doesn't bother me.
No shit.
If there was no God there would be no athiests
Religious Shit
Catholicism:
Shit happens because you're bad.
Protestantism:
Shit happens because you don't work hard enough.
Taoism:
Shit happens.
Buddhism:
If shit happens, it's not really shit.
Islam:
If shit happens, it's the will of Allah.
Judaism:
Why does this shit always happen to us?
Hinduism:
This shit happened before.
Hare Krishna:
Shit happens rama rama.
T.V. Evangelism:
Send more shit.
Jehova's Witness:
Knock knock, shit happens.
Hedonism:
There's nothing like a good shit happening.
Christian Science:
Shit happens in your mind.
Agnosticism:
Maybe shit happens, maybe it doesn't.
Rastafarianism:
Let's smoke this shit.
Existentialism:
What is shit anyway?
Stoicism:
This shit doesn't bother me.
No shit.
If there was no God there would be no athiests
(95) Joe Rose Pet story
(95) Joe Rose
Lori Renee Fye
An old cowboy was riding his trusty horse followed by his faithful dog along an unfamiliar road. The cowboy was enjoying the new scenery, when he suddenly remembered dying, and realized the dog beside him had been dead for years, as had his horse. Confused, he wondered what was happening, and where the trail was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall that looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch topped by a golden letter "H" that glowed in the sunlight. Standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like gold.
He rode toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. Parched and tired out by his journey, he called out:
'Excuse me, where are we?'
'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.
'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.
'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up.'
As the gate began to open, the cowboy asked 'Can I bring my partners, too?'
'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'
The cowboy thought for a moment, then turned back to the road and continued riding, his dog trotting by his side.
After another long ride, at the top of another hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a ranch gate that looked as if it had never been closed. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
'Excuse me,' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'
'Sure, there's a pump right over there. Help yourself.'
'How about my friends here?' The traveler gestured to the dog and his horse.
'Of course! They look thirsty, too,' said the man.
The trio went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with buckets beside it. The traveler filled a cup and the buckets with wonderfully cool water and took a long drink, as did his horse and dog.
When they were full, he walked back to the man who was still standing by the tree.
'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.
'This is Heaven,' he answered.
'That's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'
'Oh, you mean the place with the glitzy, gold street and fake pearly gates? That's hell.'
'Doesn't it make you angry when they use your name like that?'
'Not at all. Actually, we're happy they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind ...'
(~~author unknown~~)
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Sometimes, we wonder why friends forward things to us without writing a word. Maybe this explains it:
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Sometimes, we wonder why friends forward things to us without writing a word. Maybe this explains it:
When you're busy, but still want to keep in touch, you can forward emails.
When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep in contact, you can forward jokes.
When you have something to say, but don't know exactly how, you can forward stuff.
A 'forward' lets you know you're still remembered, still important, still cared about. So the next time you get a 'forward,' don't think of it as just another joke. Realize you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end just wanted to send you a smile.
P.S. - You're welcome at my watering hole anytime. Life is short ... forgive quickly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably ... and never regret anything that made you smile.
On Tattoos, Facial Piercings, and Helmets @ AMERICAN DIGEST
On Tattoos, Facial Piercings, and Helmets @ AMERICAN DIGEST
What do tats and piercings on a woman really mean?
What do tats and piercings on a woman really mean?
Most
of them are functional. The majority would fall under the umbrella of
bi-polar. But bi-polar is different for different individuals, sometimes
very different. Serious symptoms usually become apparent at puberty but
often are masked and difficult to identify.
Typical situation is while everything is going well the individual is
fine but when things aren't going well... watch out. Usually this is
discovered after you marry them and usually it isn't pretty. One major
confounding factor with bi-polar is the mentally ill person thinks that
they are normal and YOU are crazy. Everything that happens including
everything they do is YOUR fault.
If you
suddenly discover that your spouse is crazy there is only one safe
choice to make: Apologize for whatever you did (or they think you did),
promise to buy them something expensive and awesome, kiss ass and play
nice... and rent a storage unit, move your shit out when they are gone
one day and leave. If you fail to take this advise you will most likely
one day be sitting in the back of a police cruiser in cuffs charged with
domestic violence and mot likely you will not even have committed any
violence.
They will harm themselves, tear their
clothes, hit you and deny it, etc. When you get to court your spouse
will appear sympathetic, be crying, will have bruises. or pictures of
bruises, a good story and will cry on the stand. If you dare look up
during this entire case expect the judge, jury, prosecutor and even your
own attorney to be looking at you like you are shit.
You
will go to jail. She will sell or throw away all your stuff. You will
lose your license to drive, your job, your dignity and good name, and
you will get to pay alimony, child support, fees for classes and
shrinks, etc. Good luck. I told you how to avoid it but you didn't
listen.
There is the chance of schadenfreude
however. She will remarry (or more likely shack up so you have to keep
paying alimony). And the guy who sleeps in your bed and plumbs your ex's
depths will be all shitty to you when you try to see your kids. But his
day will come. Sit back, wait, the shit storm will strike again.... Posted by: GoneWithTheWind
(2539 unread) - jdr1228 - Yahoo Mail
(2539 unread) - jdr1228 - Yahoo Mail: TOO GOOD NOT TO SHARE
And Then:
Earl and Bubba are quietly sitting in a boat fishing,
chewing tobacco and drinking beer when suddenly
Bubba says, "Think I'm gonna divorce the wife - she
ain't spoke to me in over 2 months."
Earl spits overboard, takes a long, slow sip of beer and says, "Better think it over...women like that are hard to find."
And Then:
Earl and Bubba are quietly sitting in a boat fishing,
chewing tobacco and drinking beer when suddenly
Bubba says, "Think I'm gonna divorce the wife - she
ain't spoke to me in over 2 months."
Earl spits overboard, takes a long, slow sip of beer and says, "Better think it over...women like that are hard to find."
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Racism is a Human Right – PA
Racism is a Human Right – PA: during Thomas Paine’s time the European powers (and USA) still had a huge problem with the piracy and white slave-taking of both the Ottomans and the Barbary States (like Tripoli). The Barbary States were able to extract $$ tribute from European countries up until about 1810, in return for safe passage for their ships. It is estimated that Muslim slavers or raiders may have taken up to 1 million Western and Southern Europeans captive over the centuries, mainly selling them in slave markets in Instanbul or Cairo.
The Ottomans themselves were able to mount successful invasions of central Europe even until the late 17th century. They besieged Vienna as late as 1671.
I think that alt-right blogger “Gates of Vienna” talks a lot about this sort of stuff.
The Ottomans themselves were able to mount successful invasions of central Europe even until the late 17th century. They besieged Vienna as late as 1671.
I think that alt-right blogger “Gates of Vienna” talks a lot about this sort of stuff.
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes: black America shouldn't be required to live by the same rules and laws as the rest of us because they, and only they, have had it tough. And if we go for too long without thinking of them, and only of them, they'll throw a bloody tantrum because nothing else and no one else matters but them
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Monday, July 11, 2016
The Truth about Abraham Lincoln & Slavery | Frontpage Mag
The Truth about Abraham Lincoln & Slavery | Frontpage Mag: The Emancipation Proclamation was not a universal declaration. It detailed where slaves were freed, only in those states "in rebellion against the United States." Slaves remained slaves in states not in rebellion — such as Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. The hypocrisy of the Emancipation Proclamation came in for heavy criticism. Lincoln's own secretary of state, William Seward, said, "We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them and holding them in bondage where we can set them free."
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Top 10 Famous People with Surprising Darksides - Toptenz.net
Top 10 Famous People with Surprising Darksides - Toptenz.net: Lincoln was not intent on freeing slaves is shown when only slaves in the South were freed, yet those in the North remained in chains. Lincoln also did not intend on making ex-slaves equal citizens, saying there was “no (reason) … to introduce equality between the white and black races.”
A Few Thoughts on the Killing of Philando Castile | National Review
A Few Thoughts on the Killing of Philando Castile | National Review
If Reynolds’s account were to be confirmed, it should worry all 13
million concealed carriers in the United States (well, it should worry
everybody, but it should especially worry concealed carriers). Under
Minnesota law, concealed carriers are not required to tell police
officers that they are carrying until they are explicitly asked.
Moreover, in no state is the mere act of carrying a firearm sufficient
justification for a police officer to open fire (there is a crucial
difference between “carrying” and “brandishing” that is often ignored in
the press). If, as Reynolds claims, Castile was killed while doing no
more than reaching for his ID, then it seems clear that the officer was
in the wrong. How many other cops, one wonders, remain unaware of how
they should engage with citizens who are licensed to carry?
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/437559/few-thoughts-killing-philando-castile
million concealed carriers in the United States (well, it should worry
everybody, but it should especially worry concealed carriers). Under
Minnesota law, concealed carriers are not required to tell police
officers that they are carrying until they are explicitly asked.
Moreover, in no state is the mere act of carrying a firearm sufficient
justification for a police officer to open fire (there is a crucial
difference between “carrying” and “brandishing” that is often ignored in
the press). If, as Reynolds claims, Castile was killed while doing no
more than reaching for his ID, then it seems clear that the officer was
in the wrong. How many other cops, one wonders, remain unaware of how
they should engage with citizens who are licensed to carry?
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/437559/few-thoughts-killing-philando-castile
Saturday, July 09, 2016
James Comey - the fix was in!
JoeRoseBlog
"found this( on line) about Comey, its interesting, he's not as clean as they would have you believe....
THE FIX IS REAL !!! 20 years ago James Comey as an attorney on the
Senate Whitewater Investigation was looking into the conduct of
President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton.The investigation
was to determine whether Bill Clinton used his political position as
governor of Arkansas (in the 1980s) to push through an illegal loan to
benefit Bill and Hillary's business partner in Whitewater. Several
people involved in Whitewater went to jail, but no criminal prosecution
was in the cards for Bill and Hillary. Remember James Comey was the
Deputy Special Counsel for the Whitewater investigation....In
Christopher Anderson's book, American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Rise to
Power, Anderson gives details of the New Square offenders pardon by Bill
Clinton (who had been convicted of bilking the government of $30
million dollars). Christopher Anderson relates that at Hillary's urging
Bill gave clemency to 16 Puerto Rican terrorists who took the lives of
16 Americans and wounded many others.Anderson tell us that Hillary
admired the Marxist Carl Oglesby and Saul Alinsky. It is from her
admiration for Saul Alinsky that she formed her belief that "the only
way to make a real difference is to acquire power." The pardon of
billionaire Marc Rich (who traded illegally with America's enemies
including Iran) by President Bill Clinton was something that everyone
knew reeked of impropriety after learning that Rich's wife donated
$450,000 to the Clinton Library. Again James Comey oversaw
investigations of the pardon matters as well. Unbelievably James Comey
did not recommend charging the Clinton in any of these matters. Wouldn't
it be fair and balanced to give news coverage to these facts?"
"found this( on line) about Comey, its interesting, he's not as clean as they would have you believe....
THE FIX IS REAL !!! 20 years ago James Comey as an attorney on the
Senate Whitewater Investigation was looking into the conduct of
President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton.The investigation
was to determine whether Bill Clinton used his political position as
governor of Arkansas (in the 1980s) to push through an illegal loan to
benefit Bill and Hillary's business partner in Whitewater. Several
people involved in Whitewater went to jail, but no criminal prosecution
was in the cards for Bill and Hillary. Remember James Comey was the
Deputy Special Counsel for the Whitewater investigation....In
Christopher Anderson's book, American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Rise to
Power, Anderson gives details of the New Square offenders pardon by Bill
Clinton (who had been convicted of bilking the government of $30
million dollars). Christopher Anderson relates that at Hillary's urging
Bill gave clemency to 16 Puerto Rican terrorists who took the lives of
16 Americans and wounded many others.Anderson tell us that Hillary
admired the Marxist Carl Oglesby and Saul Alinsky. It is from her
admiration for Saul Alinsky that she formed her belief that "the only
way to make a real difference is to acquire power." The pardon of
billionaire Marc Rich (who traded illegally with America's enemies
including Iran) by President Bill Clinton was something that everyone
knew reeked of impropriety after learning that Rich's wife donated
$450,000 to the Clinton Library. Again James Comey oversaw
investigations of the pardon matters as well. Unbelievably James Comey
did not recommend charging the Clinton in any of these matters. Wouldn't
it be fair and balanced to give news coverage to these facts?"
Thursday, July 07, 2016
Thug-ocracy | The Z Blog
Thug-ocracy | The Z Blog: the ruling class has lost control of the reigns and they can no longer police themselves. Hillary Clinton has no business being president. It’s absurd even without the massive corruption and criminality. Hillary’s crowning achievement was marrying Bill Clinton 50 years ago. Even a deeply corrupt and incompetent ruling class should be able to filter out the likes of Hillary Clinton. The fact that they cannot bring themselves to flush her from the system when they have an iron clad criminal case against her is ominous.
Wednesday, July 06, 2016
Humor
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: BTW,
I'm reminded of one of G. Gordon Liddy's favorite jokes. A man is seated on an airplane next to a strikingly sexy woman. He asks where she's headed and she reveals that she is a sex researcher and is headed to a sex researchers' convention. He inquires what her research has revealed, and she tells him that she's found that the ethnic group with, statistically, the largest penile endowment is that of the American Indian. She also says that she's learned that Jewish men are the most attentive and skillful lovers.
The man says, "That's quite fascinating! By the way, allow me to introduce myself: my name is Tonto Goldstein."
# posted by Blogger Stu Tarlowe : 7/5/16, 10:56 PM
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Obama is the biggest dick I know of.
I'm reminded of one of G. Gordon Liddy's favorite jokes. A man is seated on an airplane next to a strikingly sexy woman. He asks where she's headed and she reveals that she is a sex researcher and is headed to a sex researchers' convention. He inquires what her research has revealed, and she tells him that she's found that the ethnic group with, statistically, the largest penile endowment is that of the American Indian. She also says that she's learned that Jewish men are the most attentive and skillful lovers.
The man says, "That's quite fascinating! By the way, allow me to introduce myself: my name is Tonto Goldstein."
# posted by Blogger Stu Tarlowe : 7/5/16, 10:56 PM
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Obama is the biggest dick I know of.
One Line in the Bible They Need You to Ignore
One Line in the Bible They Need You to Ignore:
Luke 16:15 of the New Testament, and here’s how it reads in the King James translation:
…
that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
For comparison’s sake, here’s how the more modern Revised Standard Version renders it:
…
what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Luke 16:15 of the New Testament, and here’s how it reads in the King James translation:
…
that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
For comparison’s sake, here’s how the more modern Revised Standard Version renders it:
…
what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Congress Summons F.B.I. Director to Explain Lack of Charges in Clinton Email Case - The New York Times
Congress Summons F.B.I. Director to Explain Lack of Charges in Clinton Email Case - The New York Times: explanation of the difference between “extreme carelessness” — the phrase Mr. Comey used the characterize Mrs. Clinton’s behavior — and gross negligence, a prosecutable offense
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
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Humor
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: Did you know that the words 'race car' spelled backward says 'race car'?
Did you know that 'eat' is the only word that if you take the 1st letter and move it to the last letter, it spells its past tense 'ate'?
Did you know that if you rearrange the letters in ‘illegal immigrants’ it spells out: ‘Go home you free-loading, benefit-grabbing, kid-producing, violent, non-English speaking assholes and take those other hairy-faced, sandal-wearing, bomb-making, goat-loving, raggedy ass bastards with you.’?
Did you know that 'eat' is the only word that if you take the 1st letter and move it to the last letter, it spells its past tense 'ate'?
Did you know that if you rearrange the letters in ‘illegal immigrants’ it spells out: ‘Go home you free-loading, benefit-grabbing, kid-producing, violent, non-English speaking assholes and take those other hairy-faced, sandal-wearing, bomb-making, goat-loving, raggedy ass bastards with you.’?
Friday, July 01, 2016
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Dr. James Dobson: Donald Trump Has Accepted Christ — Charisma News
Dr. James Dobson: Donald Trump Has Accepted Christ — Charisma News: Donald Trump, according to a new report, has accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
Monday, June 27, 2016
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Saturday, June 25, 2016
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes:
Everything Is Broken
The dominant and disorienting attribute of America in 2016 is that nothing is what it seems or, more accurately, what it actually is. On the campuses, intolerance is tolerance and censorship is free speech. In our public bathrooms, boys are girls and men are women. In our cities, the forces of protection are the forces of aggression. Stagnation is recovery; poverty is prosperity; war is peace. | City Journal
Everything Is Broken
The dominant and disorienting attribute of America in 2016 is that nothing is what it seems or, more accurately, what it actually is. On the campuses, intolerance is tolerance and censorship is free speech. In our public bathrooms, boys are girls and men are women. In our cities, the forces of protection are the forces of aggression. Stagnation is recovery; poverty is prosperity; war is peace. | City Journal
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes:
Good point!
The responsibility of the people put in charge, their chief responsibility, is to maintain public order. You cannot have a civilized and prosperous society with civil unrest. Deliberately inviting in these problems, as we see with Merkel in German and the open borders lobbies in America, is a betrayal of the public trust. In another age, the elites would not have to fear these populist parties as the people would have hung the elites before it got to this point.
Good point!
The responsibility of the people put in charge, their chief responsibility, is to maintain public order. You cannot have a civilized and prosperous society with civil unrest. Deliberately inviting in these problems, as we see with Merkel in German and the open borders lobbies in America, is a betrayal of the public trust. In another age, the elites would not have to fear these populist parties as the people would have hung the elites before it got to this point.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Kris Kristofferson Biography
Kris Kristofferson Biography: the poet, William Blake, awoke something in him. Blake valued commitment and personal freedom. In the Pomona College mag interview by Michael Balchunas, Kris is quoted as saying, “I studied his (Blake’s) commitment to being an artist, to not being enslaved to another man’s system.
Kris Kristofferson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kris Kristofferson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Kristofferson has said that he would like the first three lines of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" on his tombstone:
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Kristofferson has said that he would like the first three lines of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" on his tombstone:
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Monday, June 20, 2016
Is Allah of Islam the same as Yahweh of Christianity? | Columbia International University
Is Allah of Islam the same as Yahweh of Christianity? | Columbia International University: Is Allah of Islam the same as Yahweh of Christianity?
As I was passing the State House in Columbia, SC, I noticed
the Confederate flag waving in the breeze behind a large, decorated
Christmas tree. The contrast of symbols caught my attention. To most
people, the tree nominally symbolizes the season of Christmas and the
focus on the first coming of Jesus Christ. For some people any
representation of a spiritual reality on public property is a travesty
against their rights. The flag, however, has become more controversial.
For some, the Confederate flag merely symbolizes a past conflict, for
others it represents a spirit of independence and state’s rights, and
for still others it is an ugly reminder of when one people group
enslaved another. Thus, we have one symbol with several different
meanings.
This is similar to the word “Allah.” For
most Muslims, Allah is the only God and therefore must be the same God
as the one that the Jews and Christians worship. Similarly, for some
Christians, Allah is just another name for the one God of the universe.
For others, however, the Muslim Allah and the biblical Yahweh are
contradictory and cannot refer to the same being, for, they say, “how
can the God of Muhammad be the Father of Jesus Christ?” The question
before us, then, is whether the terms “Allah” and “Yahweh” are just two
names for the same God, or are they referring to different Gods? (And
since there can only be one true God, the ultimate question is, “if they
are different, which one is the true God?”)
Let’s
first look at the origin and meaning for the term “Allah.” Allah
probably comes from the Aramaic compound term “al-ilah,” which means
“the god.” It is a generic term for the highest god of the people, and
in Arabia it was in use for centuries before Muhammad came on the scene.
Apparently it was one of the 360 gods worshipped in the ka’aba in
Mecca, and was the chief god for the Quraysh tribe, which was the tribe
Muhammad belonged to. In the pre-Islamic time, Allah had three
daughters, Al-At, Al-Uzza, and Al-Manat. In Muhammad’s campaign against
polytheism he chose Allah as the one true God and rejected the notion
that Allah could have any daughters or sons. The Allah from the Qur’an,
however, is very different from the Yahweh of the Bible. For one thing,
Allah is a distant, remote being who reveals his will but not himself.
It is impossible to know him in a personal way. In his absolute oneness
there is unity but not trinity, and because of this lack of
relationship, love is not emphasized. Indeed, for the Muslim, Allah
cannot have any associates. In fact, to claim that Jesus is God’s son is
the greatest of all sins in Islam and is known as “shirk.” Allah is
also an arbitrary God and is said to deceive people, especially
unbelievers. In the end, even for the devout Muslim there is no
guarantee of salvation because in his arbitrariness Allah may reject the
believer’s good works and send him to hell. Thus, even if one’s good
works outweighed his bad works salvation is ultimately up to the Will of
Allah, which is arbitrary at best.
When we look at
Yahweh, however, who is the God of the Bible, we see a different kind of
deity. First of all, the name “Yahweh” comes from the time that God
appeared to Moses in the burning bush. At that time God told Moses to
call him “I am that I am,” or in Hebrew, “Yahweh.” It is significant
that Jesus referred to himself as the “I am” in John 8:58. The Jews
realized that Jesus was referring to himself as God and took up stones
to stone him for what they believed was blasphemy. This link between
Jesus in the New Testament and the burning bush in the Old Testament
demonstrates the unity of the one God manifested to both the Jews and
the Christians. This cannot be said of the Muslim God because Muslims
reject the deity of Jesus and therefore reject much of what the New
Testament says about Jesus. We also find that the Bible portrays Yahweh
in contrast to Allah. For example, Allah is considered to be too holy to
have personal relationships with man, but Yahweh is often described as a
loving God interested in our personal struggles. Yahweh is also
depicted as unchanging and One who assures the salvation of the
faithful. Finally, because there is unity in the Trinity with the one
God also being three persons, God can be described as the Father of
Jesus.
Some scholars want to emphasize the
similarities between Yahweh and Allah, and point to a common belief in a
monotheistic God who is Creator of all things, omnipotent and merciful.
Both religions also claim that God has sent prophets to reveal His will
and produce scriptures to guide our lives. However, Allah and Yahweh
cannot refer to the same person for the following reasons. First of all,
their attributes are different. In Allah’s monadic oneness his
attributes stem from his powerful Will which, because it provides no
basis for relationship, often promotes capriciousness. Also, since his
power is more important than his other attributes, there is an unequal
emphasis on power over his other attributes. In the end, a follower
cannot know God or even be sure of the consistency of his attributes. On
the other hand, because Yahweh is by nature a triune unity his
attributes stem from his nature. The eternal relationship within the
Trinity promotes love within the Godhead and extends to his creation.
Also, since his attributes are based on his unchanging nature rather
than his powerful will, all his attributes are equal and promote
trustworthiness rather than capriciousness. This means that believers
can know God and be sure of his attributes. Second, Christians
understand the nature of God to be triune (Father, Son and Holy Spirit),
which is the only way that Jesus Christ, as the second person of the
Trinity, could die on the cross to pay for our sins. If Jesus were not
God himself, then his death on the cross would be meaningless. However,
Muslims deny that Jesus died on the cross and they reject the belief in
his resurrection from the dead. Only a triune God, defined as one
essence and three persons, could become incarnate and still remain God
of the universe, and yet this is the God that Muslims reject. For them,
Jesus cannot be God nor can God be a Father, for he cannot have a son.
Therefore, if Muslims reject God as the Father of Jesus, then Allah
cannot be the same as the God of the Bible.
But wait a
minute, some will say. What about the Arabic Christians who call the
God of the Bible “Allah”? Doesn’t this illustrate the fact that Allah
and Yahweh are referring to the same God? Actually, when the Arabic
Christians refer to “Allah” in their translation of the Bible, they
believe that “Allah” is the father of Jesus and they believe that
“Allah” is triune. Therefore, the Allah of the Arabic Christians cannot
be the same Allah of the Muslims! This semantic [shibboleth]
strangulation can be cleared up if we remember that words have both a
denotative and a connotative meaning. Denotation refers to a dictionary
definition, so it would be correct to say that Yahweh and Allah both
refer to the concept of God, especially for their respective language
groups. However, the connotation is determined by what a person
conceives about the object of that word. For example, an Arab Christian
may still use the word “Allah” to denote God, but his understanding of
that term would be starkly different from a Muslim, for the Christian
would recognize that Jesus Christ is God (Allah) whereas the Muslim
would never consider that connotation. Thus, denotatively the word
“allah” merely refers to “god, deity, etc.” However, we understand the
denotative use by our connotative presuppositions. Therefore, “Allah”
for the Muslim cannot be reconciled with the “Jesus is Allah” of the
Arabic Christians. There is still a world of difference between the
content of the word (connotation), even if the denotation is the same.
Without this very important distinction made when we refer to “Allah”
and “God” (Yahweh), a lot of Christians will be confused.
After
comparing the Allah of the Qur’an and the Yahweh of the Bible, it
should be apparent that they could not be referring to the same God.
Either the Muslim Allah is the true God or the Christian Yahweh is the
true God, or neither is true. As the Law of non-Contradiction teaches,
they both cannot be true. One thing should be sure, though, the God of
Muhammad cannot be the Father of Jesus.
Is Allah of Islam the same as Yahweh of Christianity?
As I was passing the State House in Columbia, SC, I noticed
the Confederate flag waving in the breeze behind a large, decorated
Christmas tree. The contrast of symbols caught my attention. To most
people, the tree nominally symbolizes the season of Christmas and the
focus on the first coming of Jesus Christ. For some people any
representation of a spiritual reality on public property is a travesty
against their rights. The flag, however, has become more controversial.
For some, the Confederate flag merely symbolizes a past conflict, for
others it represents a spirit of independence and state’s rights, and
for still others it is an ugly reminder of when one people group
enslaved another. Thus, we have one symbol with several different
meanings.
This is similar to the word “Allah.” For
most Muslims, Allah is the only God and therefore must be the same God
as the one that the Jews and Christians worship. Similarly, for some
Christians, Allah is just another name for the one God of the universe.
For others, however, the Muslim Allah and the biblical Yahweh are
contradictory and cannot refer to the same being, for, they say, “how
can the God of Muhammad be the Father of Jesus Christ?” The question
before us, then, is whether the terms “Allah” and “Yahweh” are just two
names for the same God, or are they referring to different Gods? (And
since there can only be one true God, the ultimate question is, “if they
are different, which one is the true God?”)
Let’s
first look at the origin and meaning for the term “Allah.” Allah
probably comes from the Aramaic compound term “al-ilah,” which means
“the god.” It is a generic term for the highest god of the people, and
in Arabia it was in use for centuries before Muhammad came on the scene.
Apparently it was one of the 360 gods worshipped in the ka’aba in
Mecca, and was the chief god for the Quraysh tribe, which was the tribe
Muhammad belonged to. In the pre-Islamic time, Allah had three
daughters, Al-At, Al-Uzza, and Al-Manat. In Muhammad’s campaign against
polytheism he chose Allah as the one true God and rejected the notion
that Allah could have any daughters or sons. The Allah from the Qur’an,
however, is very different from the Yahweh of the Bible. For one thing,
Allah is a distant, remote being who reveals his will but not himself.
It is impossible to know him in a personal way. In his absolute oneness
there is unity but not trinity, and because of this lack of
relationship, love is not emphasized. Indeed, for the Muslim, Allah
cannot have any associates. In fact, to claim that Jesus is God’s son is
the greatest of all sins in Islam and is known as “shirk.” Allah is
also an arbitrary God and is said to deceive people, especially
unbelievers. In the end, even for the devout Muslim there is no
guarantee of salvation because in his arbitrariness Allah may reject the
believer’s good works and send him to hell. Thus, even if one’s good
works outweighed his bad works salvation is ultimately up to the Will of
Allah, which is arbitrary at best.
When we look at
Yahweh, however, who is the God of the Bible, we see a different kind of
deity. First of all, the name “Yahweh” comes from the time that God
appeared to Moses in the burning bush. At that time God told Moses to
call him “I am that I am,” or in Hebrew, “Yahweh.” It is significant
that Jesus referred to himself as the “I am” in John 8:58. The Jews
realized that Jesus was referring to himself as God and took up stones
to stone him for what they believed was blasphemy. This link between
Jesus in the New Testament and the burning bush in the Old Testament
demonstrates the unity of the one God manifested to both the Jews and
the Christians. This cannot be said of the Muslim God because Muslims
reject the deity of Jesus and therefore reject much of what the New
Testament says about Jesus. We also find that the Bible portrays Yahweh
in contrast to Allah. For example, Allah is considered to be too holy to
have personal relationships with man, but Yahweh is often described as a
loving God interested in our personal struggles. Yahweh is also
depicted as unchanging and One who assures the salvation of the
faithful. Finally, because there is unity in the Trinity with the one
God also being three persons, God can be described as the Father of
Jesus.
Some scholars want to emphasize the
similarities between Yahweh and Allah, and point to a common belief in a
monotheistic God who is Creator of all things, omnipotent and merciful.
Both religions also claim that God has sent prophets to reveal His will
and produce scriptures to guide our lives. However, Allah and Yahweh
cannot refer to the same person for the following reasons. First of all,
their attributes are different. In Allah’s monadic oneness his
attributes stem from his powerful Will which, because it provides no
basis for relationship, often promotes capriciousness. Also, since his
power is more important than his other attributes, there is an unequal
emphasis on power over his other attributes. In the end, a follower
cannot know God or even be sure of the consistency of his attributes. On
the other hand, because Yahweh is by nature a triune unity his
attributes stem from his nature. The eternal relationship within the
Trinity promotes love within the Godhead and extends to his creation.
Also, since his attributes are based on his unchanging nature rather
than his powerful will, all his attributes are equal and promote
trustworthiness rather than capriciousness. This means that believers
can know God and be sure of his attributes. Second, Christians
understand the nature of God to be triune (Father, Son and Holy Spirit),
which is the only way that Jesus Christ, as the second person of the
Trinity, could die on the cross to pay for our sins. If Jesus were not
God himself, then his death on the cross would be meaningless. However,
Muslims deny that Jesus died on the cross and they reject the belief in
his resurrection from the dead. Only a triune God, defined as one
essence and three persons, could become incarnate and still remain God
of the universe, and yet this is the God that Muslims reject. For them,
Jesus cannot be God nor can God be a Father, for he cannot have a son.
Therefore, if Muslims reject God as the Father of Jesus, then Allah
cannot be the same as the God of the Bible.
But wait a
minute, some will say. What about the Arabic Christians who call the
God of the Bible “Allah”? Doesn’t this illustrate the fact that Allah
and Yahweh are referring to the same God? Actually, when the Arabic
Christians refer to “Allah” in their translation of the Bible, they
believe that “Allah” is the father of Jesus and they believe that
“Allah” is triune. Therefore, the Allah of the Arabic Christians cannot
be the same Allah of the Muslims! This semantic [shibboleth]
strangulation can be cleared up if we remember that words have both a
denotative and a connotative meaning. Denotation refers to a dictionary
definition, so it would be correct to say that Yahweh and Allah both
refer to the concept of God, especially for their respective language
groups. However, the connotation is determined by what a person
conceives about the object of that word. For example, an Arab Christian
may still use the word “Allah” to denote God, but his understanding of
that term would be starkly different from a Muslim, for the Christian
would recognize that Jesus Christ is God (Allah) whereas the Muslim
would never consider that connotation. Thus, denotatively the word
“allah” merely refers to “god, deity, etc.” However, we understand the
denotative use by our connotative presuppositions. Therefore, “Allah”
for the Muslim cannot be reconciled with the “Jesus is Allah” of the
Arabic Christians. There is still a world of difference between the
content of the word (connotation), even if the denotation is the same.
Without this very important distinction made when we refer to “Allah”
and “God” (Yahweh), a lot of Christians will be confused.
After
comparing the Allah of the Qur’an and the Yahweh of the Bible, it
should be apparent that they could not be referring to the same God.
Either the Muslim Allah is the true God or the Christian Yahweh is the
true God, or neither is true. As the Law of non-Contradiction teaches,
they both cannot be true. One thing should be sure, though, the God of
Muhammad cannot be the Father of Jesus.
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Friday, June 17, 2016
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Against Compassion
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Against Compassion: Jesus fed the hungry, and even more powerfully healed the lame and blind, and most importantly gave all, that poor beggars such as we might find salvation.
I don't have a lot. I give what I can as the spirit moves me. When I do, it brings me closer to the Lord, because I know that nothing of this physical existence matters. Only the spiritual will remain in the end, and I need to spread all the love that I can. If some poor soul tricks me, well the sin is his not mine, and his is a poor soul indeed. I'm richer, because I still get to keep the love I shared.
I don't have a lot. I give what I can as the spirit moves me. When I do, it brings me closer to the Lord, because I know that nothing of this physical existence matters. Only the spiritual will remain in the end, and I need to spread all the love that I can. If some poor soul tricks me, well the sin is his not mine, and his is a poor soul indeed. I'm richer, because I still get to keep the love I shared.
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Against Compassion
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on Against Compassion: Out here in the urban jungle of Jakarta
Out here in the urban jungle of Jakarta, it's easy to find all the
beggars you could want, some of them as young as 5. Women with babies,
too, as well as the occasional amputee or street singer. You can give
them quartas (about 2500 rupiah) if that makes you feel good and salves
your conscience. Problem is, the kids and women and amputees will only
see a small fraction of the money. Look more closely at the major
intersections and traffic circles where the beggars congregate. See
him? No, over there, sitting next to the motorcycle taxi stand. Yeah,
him, the tough-looking guy keeping a close eye on the action. That's
the beggars' "handler", who works for the local "preman" or godfather.
That's the organized crime boss who runs groups of beggars (who really
are poor) to increase his own bottom line. He'll also do really
despicable things like take babies from their mothers and give them to
other women to hold while begging, to increase the sympathy factor.
Sometimes, these women will pinch the kids--hard--in order to make them
cry and generate even more sympathy. In return, the street kids and the
rest get enough food and money to survive, barely. Westerners are
viewed as particularly attractive targets, because we're all "rich",
suckers for suffering kids, and most don't know how the system works.
But what some other long-term residents and I have started to do is to
carry around some local snacks that we can give out when caught at some
of the interminable traffic lights (and traffic jams) they have around
here. The snacks are fairly nutritious, the women and kids like them,
and, unlike money, they're worthless to the thugs. That's life in the
big city out here.
Posted by waltj at August 27, 2009 8:35 AM
beggars you could want, some of them as young as 5. Women with babies,
too, as well as the occasional amputee or street singer. You can give
them quartas (about 2500 rupiah) if that makes you feel good and salves
your conscience. Problem is, the kids and women and amputees will only
see a small fraction of the money. Look more closely at the major
intersections and traffic circles where the beggars congregate. See
him? No, over there, sitting next to the motorcycle taxi stand. Yeah,
him, the tough-looking guy keeping a close eye on the action. That's
the beggars' "handler", who works for the local "preman" or godfather.
That's the organized crime boss who runs groups of beggars (who really
are poor) to increase his own bottom line. He'll also do really
despicable things like take babies from their mothers and give them to
other women to hold while begging, to increase the sympathy factor.
Sometimes, these women will pinch the kids--hard--in order to make them
cry and generate even more sympathy. In return, the street kids and the
rest get enough food and money to survive, barely. Westerners are
viewed as particularly attractive targets, because we're all "rich",
suckers for suffering kids, and most don't know how the system works.
But what some other long-term residents and I have started to do is to
carry around some local snacks that we can give out when caught at some
of the interminable traffic lights (and traffic jams) they have around
here. The snacks are fairly nutritious, the women and kids like them,
and, unlike money, they're worthless to the thugs. That's life in the
big city out here.
Posted by waltj at August 27, 2009 8:35 AM
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton: I sparred with Muhammad Ali — The Dandy Goat
Hillary Clinton: I sparred with Muhammad Ali — The Dandy Goat
Presumptive
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has paid tribute to
boxing legend Muhammad Ali, recalling how she sparred with the
three-time world champion in the early 1970s.
“I remember back in 1970 when the
Nixon administration had banned him from boxing. I would often spar with
him to keep him fresh, you know, keep him on his toes,” Clinton
recalled.
And that wasn’t the only Clinton family connection to the man known as “The Greatest” to fans around the world.
“My daughter Chelsea was an au pair to his children at the same time. They used to call her mammy,” said Clinton.
“I remember the day Martin Luther
King, Jr. was shot. I was eating fried chicken and watermelon with
Muhammad’s mother. She wept uncontrollably into my shoulder. I still
have that tear-stained dress.”
“And I just remembered that my middle
name is Muhammad and that name was actually given to me by my parents
in homage to Mr. Ali,” Clinton went on.
“After all, what nobler calling could
an African-American have than to beat the crap out of another
African-American for the amusement of white people, giving
themselves permanent brain damage,” said Clinton.
“Another thing I just remembered,”
said Clinton, “is that on 9/11 when I went into the South Tower to
rescue Chelsea, Muhammad was there with me, and he took my hand and led
me up those 398 floors.”
Clinton continued: “Muhammad, if he
could have spoken coherently in the last few years of his life, would
have said, ’You run girl.’ And you know what? That hot sauce I keep in
my purse? It’s Muhammed Ali’s own recipe that I created with him when we
were lovers.”
PresumptiveDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has paid tribute to
boxing legend Muhammad Ali, recalling how she sparred with the
three-time world champion in the early 1970s.
“I remember back in 1970 when the
Nixon administration had banned him from boxing. I would often spar with
him to keep him fresh, you know, keep him on his toes,” Clinton
recalled.
And that wasn’t the only Clinton family connection to the man known as “The Greatest” to fans around the world.
“My daughter Chelsea was an au pair to his children at the same time. They used to call her mammy,” said Clinton.
“I remember the day Martin Luther
King, Jr. was shot. I was eating fried chicken and watermelon with
Muhammad’s mother. She wept uncontrollably into my shoulder. I still
have that tear-stained dress.”
“And I just remembered that my middle
name is Muhammad and that name was actually given to me by my parents
in homage to Mr. Ali,” Clinton went on.
“After all, what nobler calling could
an African-American have than to beat the crap out of another
African-American for the amusement of white people, giving
themselves permanent brain damage,” said Clinton.
“Another thing I just remembered,”
said Clinton, “is that on 9/11 when I went into the South Tower to
rescue Chelsea, Muhammad was there with me, and he took my hand and led
me up those 398 floors.”
Clinton continued: “Muhammad, if he
could have spoken coherently in the last few years of his life, would
have said, ’You run girl.’ And you know what? That hot sauce I keep in
my purse? It’s Muhammed Ali’s own recipe that I created with him when we
were lovers.”
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: This particularly resonates with me because my wife, over years of working as an RN in Hospice, Critical Care, and surgical wards, witnessed quite a few incidents along these lines. Some are still so terrifying that she has difficuly relating them; i.e. One of her patients, a nice man, near death, suddenly jumped out of his bed. The look on his face was hideous, and he "hissed," then made nightmarish guttural noises before throwing his arms in the air, swatting away, yelling "OKAY I'M COMING!" And dropped dead.
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: why not ban illicit drugs, then there would be no more drug problems.
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on What Pisses Me Off About The Orlando Terrorist Attack
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on What Pisses Me Off About The Orlando Terrorist Attack:
One article indicates that this perp was super vetted and licensed to use firearms by the State of Florida. If the politicians got their ultimate firearms confiscation wet dream, this guy, who worked under a DHS contract, would still be armed.
Furthermore, his coworker quit because of the toxic work environment caused by his constant mouthing off about potentially killing all blacks. The company refused to discipline the very important Muslim employee.
Now, I don't know about you, but I am incredulous that this nut could kill, with small arms, 50 victims, and wound about the same number, all by himself. That is almost a miracle. The USMC will be studying this event for practical reasons for decades to come. I see now that he might have somehow missed or wounded the door guard, then had three hours of freedom to slaughter his victims before the SWAT team arrived. He got so bored with killing, he called 911 to make sure his motives were recorded.
One article indicates that this perp was super vetted and licensed to use firearms by the State of Florida. If the politicians got their ultimate firearms confiscation wet dream, this guy, who worked under a DHS contract, would still be armed.
Furthermore, his coworker quit because of the toxic work environment caused by his constant mouthing off about potentially killing all blacks. The company refused to discipline the very important Muslim employee.
Now, I don't know about you, but I am incredulous that this nut could kill, with small arms, 50 victims, and wound about the same number, all by himself. That is almost a miracle. The USMC will be studying this event for practical reasons for decades to come. I see now that he might have somehow missed or wounded the door guard, then had three hours of freedom to slaughter his victims before the SWAT team arrived. He got so bored with killing, he called 911 to make sure his motives were recorded.
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes:
Walt Whitman:
To The States, or any one of
them, or any city of The
States, Resist much, Obey
little,
Once unquestioning obedience,
once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation,
race, city, of this earth,
ever afterward resumes
its liberty.—
Walt Whitman:
To The States, or any one of
them, or any city of The
States, Resist much, Obey
little,
Once unquestioning obedience,
once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation,
race, city, of this earth,
ever afterward resumes
its liberty.—
Monday, June 13, 2016
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Joke Humor
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: their two five-year-old boys were getting acquainted.
"My name is Joshua. What is yours?" asked the first boy.
"Adam," replied the second.
"My daddy is a doctor. What does your daddy do for a living?" asked Joshua.
Adam proudly replied, "My daddy is a lawyer."
"Honest??" asked Joshua.
"No, just the regular kind." replied Adam.
"My name is Joshua. What is yours?" asked the first boy.
"Adam," replied the second.
"My daddy is a doctor. What does your daddy do for a living?" asked Joshua.
Adam proudly replied, "My daddy is a lawyer."
"Honest??" asked Joshua.
"No, just the regular kind." replied Adam.
Monday, June 06, 2016
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on June 6: A walk across a beach in Normandy
AMERICAN DIGEST: Comment on June 6: A walk across a beach in Normandy: To save your world you asked this man to die:
Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
- Epitaph for the Unknown Soldier, by W. H. Auden-
Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
- Epitaph for the Unknown Soldier, by W. H. Auden-
PTLG - Property Tax Rules - Rule 462.180
PTLG - Property Tax Rules - Rule 462.180: Property Tax Rules
Title 18, Public Revenues California Code of Regulations
DIVISION 1. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION—PROPERTY TAX
Chapter 4. Equalization by State Board (370–500)
Article 4. Change in Ownership and New Construction (460–500)
Rule 462.180
Title 18, Public Revenues California Code of Regulations
DIVISION 1. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION—PROPERTY TAX
Chapter 4. Equalization by State Board (370–500)
Article 4. Change in Ownership and New Construction (460–500)
Rule 462.180
(b) EXCEPTIONS. The following transfers do not constitute changes in ownership of the real property:
(1) Affiliated Corporation Transfers.
Transfers of real property between or among affiliated corporations,
including those made to
achieve a corporate reorganization if:
Transfers of real property between or among affiliated corporations,
including those made to
achieve a corporate reorganization if:
(A) the
voting stock of the corporation making the transfer and the voting stock
of the transferee
corporation are each owned 100 percent by one or more
corporations related by voting stock ownership to a common parent, and
voting stock of the corporation making the transfer and the voting stock
of the transferee
corporation are each owned 100 percent by one or more
corporations related by voting stock ownership to a common parent, and
(B) the common parent corporation owns directly 100 percent of the voting stock of at least one
corporation in the chain(s) of related corporations.
corporation in the chain(s) of related corporations.
A transfer of real property by P, A, B, or C to any of the other three corporations would not be a change in ownership.
Example 1: Any transfer by C (wholly owned by A and B) to B (wholly owned by A and P) would not be a change in
ownership because of those relationships and because P owns 100 percent of A.
ownership because of those relationships and because P owns 100 percent of A.
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The Top 40: June 2016 Archives: The Perversion of the Law
The law in America no longer confines itself to its proper functions as it has become the chief weapon of injustice acting in direct opposition to its own purpose. As the French classical economist Frederic Bastiat noted in his famous essay The Law, “It has been used to destroy its own objective. It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect.” Bastiat continues, “The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense.”
The law in America no longer confines itself to its proper functions as it has become the chief weapon of injustice acting in direct opposition to its own purpose. As the French classical economist Frederic Bastiat noted in his famous essay The Law, “It has been used to destroy its own objective. It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect.” Bastiat continues, “The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense.”
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes
AMERICAN DIGEST Essays, News, Notes, and Quotes: – Politically Short
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https://politicallyshort.com/2016/06/05/the-perversion-of-the-law/
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Up the street from my apartment, at the intersection of my small street
with the main road, there sat an old beggar with a long white beard and
longer white hair. Every day, monsoon or blazing sun, he was there. I
would pass him every day averting my eyes. He was just one more of
many.
One day, my cook came to me horrified--"you must come right now with
me--and bring money." She dragged me down the block first to the
coconut salesman, then to the center of the crossroad (to break the
coconut, of course), and then to the foot of the beggar.
"He's a good man," she said. "He just does not know. I will teach him. Please forgive him."
Meanwhile, a crowd had gathered about. They were apparently most
interested in the transaction and seemed to approve of what my cook was
saying.
She then instructed me to empty my pockets, including the bedes, in
front of the beggar, to the wholehearted approval of the audience, and
then she dragged me from the corner.
"The beggar chats everyday about the welfare of everyone on HIS
block. He knows who gives, who does not give, and who should give but
doesn't. For a while now, he has been saying that you could give at
least a few paisa or an orange. He is YOUR beggar. Do not neglect him
in the future."
I give something to them all everyday. Before Shabbat, I also give some oranges. Make no mistake--God listens to their cries.
Posted by Daniel Jackson at June 10, 2010 2:49 AM