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by Andrew D
Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:43 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: 75% tax
Replies: 33
Views: 3283

Re: 75% tax

rubato wrote:
Andrew D wrote:Is the French tax marginal?
What do you think?
I think that I would like a straightforward answer to a straightforward question, no matter how ignorant or naïve that question may be.
by Andrew D
Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:38 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: How to Get Republicans to Support the Affordable Care Act
Replies: 70
Views: 6587

Re: How to Get Republicans to Support the Affordable Care Ac

And yet another potentially enlightening discussion degenerates into a bitchfest.
by Andrew D
Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:24 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: 75% tax
Replies: 33
Views: 3283

Re: 75% tax

Is the French tax marginal?
by Andrew D
Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:13 am
Forum: All our own work
Topic: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)
Replies: 35
Views: 7157

Re: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)

Ding! Ding! Guinevere wins!

"To think is to say no." A quotation from Emile Auguste Chartier (also known as Alain Chartier).
by Andrew D
Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:28 am
Forum: All our own work
Topic: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)
Replies: 35
Views: 7157

Re: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)

Rick is correct!

To (1) think is to (2) __________ (3) no.
by Andrew D
Wed Dec 18, 2013 12:28 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: What passes for intellingence discourse among conservatives
Replies: 8
Views: 998

Re: What passes for intellingence discourse among conservati

This sort of thing defiles the ideals of libertarianism.
by Andrew D
Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:22 pm
Forum: All our own work
Topic: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)
Replies: 35
Views: 7157

Re: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)

(2) Mama what?

(3) Word of terrible twos
by Andrew D
Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:36 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Californian prisoners get sent on holiday
Replies: 5
Views: 778

Re: Californian prisoners get sent on holiday

Out-of-state incarceration should be prohibited under the Eighth Amendment. What if the out of state prison is closer to the friends/family than an in-state prison? Then the prisoner can choose not to assert her or his right to be imprisoned in the State in which he or she was convicted. Nothing re...
by Andrew D
Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:31 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Santorum on Nelson Mandela and.... Obamacare!
Replies: 26
Views: 2673

Re: Santorum on Nelson Mandela and.... Obamacare!

Charging everyone for garbage removal makes more sense than does charging everyone for garden-trimming removal: If people can get out of paying for garbage removal simply by not presenting any garbage for removal, some people will let their garbage accumulate until it becomes a health hazard to othe...
by Andrew D
Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:17 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The ACA Is Not Just Surging; It Is Roaring Ahead
Replies: 1
Views: 498

The ACA Is Not Just Surging; It Is Roaring Ahead

As reported by Politico , "About 26,000 people selected a health plan [through the federal exchange] during October and about 100,000 people did so in November," whereas "About 29,000 people signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov on Sunday and Monday," December 1 and 2. Consider the i...
by Andrew D
Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: How to Get Republicans to Support the Affordable Care Act
Replies: 70
Views: 6587

Re: How to Get Republicans to Support the Affordable Care Ac

If the Democrats lose seats in Congress in 2014, that will be nothing but same old same old. The party that holds the presidency for a second term just about always loses seats in Congress in the second-term midterm election. The only one since FDR not to do so was Clinton, and it didn't help him mu...
by Andrew D
Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:41 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: How to Get Republicans to Support the Affordable Care Act
Replies: 70
Views: 6587

Re: How to Get Republicans to Support the Affordable Care Ac

The US shells out 17.9% of its GDP for health care. Here is a partial list of countries that spend less than 2/3 that percentage -- i.e. , less than 11.9% -- of their GDPs on health care: Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Luxembourg Ne...
by Andrew D
Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:10 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Santorum on Nelson Mandela and.... Obamacare!
Replies: 26
Views: 2673

Re: Santorum on Nelson Mandela and.... Obamacare!

Many US jurisdictions require all residents to pay for garbage collection, even if those residents do not generate any garbage to be collected.
by Andrew D
Sun Dec 08, 2013 9:01 am
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Californian prisoners get sent on holiday
Replies: 5
Views: 778

Re: Californian prisoners get sent on holiday

Out-of-state incarceration should be prohibited under the Eighth Amendment.
by Andrew D
Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:55 am
Forum: All our own work
Topic: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)
Replies: 35
Views: 7157

Re: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)

Clever, but no.

By the way, sorry for the delay in clues. It's been busy, we've had people staying over, blah, blah, blah. I'll try to come up with them more quickly.
by Andrew D
Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:01 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: It used to make everything taste better
Replies: 18
Views: 1652

Re: It used to make everything taste better

Wow! Our cupboard and fridge look a lot Lord Jim's (although we're out of Sriracha at the moment). Black bean hot sauce, Cayenne pepper, Chili garlic sauce, Chinese hot mustard, Chipotle pepper, Crushed red pepper, Horseradhish mustard, Kimchi, Jalapenos, Mongolian fire oil (which is not as hot as o...
by Andrew D
Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:06 pm
Forum: All our own work
Topic: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)
Replies: 35
Views: 7157

Re: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)

(2) You don't

(3) Don't.
by Andrew D
Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:50 am
Forum: Lifestyle
Topic: NHS exerts discipline
Replies: 2
Views: 495

Re: NHS exerts discipline

Whatever one thinks of the policy in general, maybe adding mental stress to patients already in psychiatric units is not the best idea ....
by Andrew D
Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:35 pm
Forum: All our own work
Topic: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)
Replies: 35
Views: 7157

Re: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)

(3) ball jump throw

(I am providing an extra clue for blank (3), because I no longer have any idea how the previous clue for blank (3) actually relates to the answer for blank (3).)
by Andrew D
Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:11 am
Forum: All our own work
Topic: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)
Replies: 35
Views: 7157

Re: Riddle me this (a game, nothing more)

(2) make known

(3) bring into use a fault of character