Tornado warning. Oh, joy. It sounds like it's going to stay a bit north of me.
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please.
Connor ,'Not Fade Away'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Nov 16, 2011 8:55:34 am PST #7058 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Tom Scola - Nov 16, 2011 9:03:31 am PST #7059 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
David! Check out who Pen Ward would most like to cast on Adventure Time: [link]
DavidS - Nov 16, 2011 9:06:11 am PST #7060 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
David! Check out who Pen Ward would most like to cast on Adventure Time:
Is it me?! He should choose me!
eta: Oh. Tom Waits. Right. I could see that might work.
Also:
Fans really loved the gender-switched Fionna and Cake episode. Will there be more of them?
We’re thinking about it. If we did do another Fionna and Cake, it would be focused more on Marshall Lee the Vampire King. That’s about all I can say about it right now.
JZ - Nov 16, 2011 9:07:48 am PST #7061 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Nice. But since Adventure Time cast Kate Beaton's assassin pony, my stunt-casting wish list has dissolved into a puddle of helpless fangirlish squee. They can't ever, ever do any better than that.
Typo Boy - Nov 16, 2011 9:09:15 am PST #7062 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Either pay your taxes at your secretary's rate AND give more to charities that fall in line with your ideologies, which you can clearly afford, or don't. But don't bitch about it when you can absolutely do something about it. It's disingenuous.
To the extent that these are business taxes, there are good reasons for someone who wants higher tax rates not to pay more voluntarily. To survive as a business you can't raise your expenses a great deal higher than your competitors. I don't know about Rodger, but Buffet who deliberately does not take advantage of loopholes would be putting his business at risk if it started paying higher taxes while his competition did not. Same way progressive business people often support regulations and higher minimum wage. There is a race to the bottom in competitive situations, and a lot of reasons to say "make me and everybody do this" rather than just voluntarily doing the thing.
Gudanov - Nov 16, 2011 9:14:38 am PST #7063 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I wonder if there's a point at which they stop and think that they don't need one. more. thing.
I turn the mirror on myself. I have a pretty healthy income (nowhere close to high enough to be affected by a tax hike on 250k plus, though), a 1500sf house, three cars (the newest is 12 years old), and a fair share of gadgets. Spending a couple hundred dollars on something is doable without worrying about paying the mortgage.
All in all, that's awfully wealthy compared to a lot of people in this country alone. I'd still like to have more money to replace one of those cars with something newer and nicer. I wouldn't mind getting a house with even more space. A 50 inch TV instead of a 37 inch TV would be pretty sweet... I imagine it's just like that only scaled up.
I think until you get to a very select group who can basically buy anything they want without worrying about tomorrow, it's pretty easy to think 'it sure wouldn't hurt to have just a little more income'.
tommyrot - Nov 16, 2011 9:18:19 am PST #7064 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
For some rich people, the extra income is about keeping score.
DavidS - Nov 16, 2011 9:20:28 am PST #7065 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, Pope Palpatine... What the fucking fuck.
Cass - Nov 16, 2011 9:21:52 am PST #7066 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Suri's burn book.
I've fallen into this site and I can't click out.
Consuela - Nov 16, 2011 9:23:47 am PST #7067 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dude, I can't follow that. Is he saying:
1. The Church didn't used to think pedophilia was so bad; and
2. Child pornography is on the rise and society thinks it's okay.
?? Because dude, that makes no sense. Also, way to cast the blame for your child-abuse scandal on society as a whole.