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  1. Include WHAT beer. Left to his own devices (pun intended) he'll get Old Milwaukee. People actually buy that for something OTHER than SCR ceremonies? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  2. Thanks, everyone - nice, quiet day spent reading. Boring, but enjoyable. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  3. Thank you, baby...love you too!!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  4. Here's some through 09. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  5. If you hold less than a year, you pay your normal income tax on the profit. If you hold more than one year, you pay either 0% (10/15% tax brackets) or 15% (all other brackets) on the profit. ANYBODY that invests gets those same rates, whether they're Joe Sixpack or George Soros. There's no "special rates" just for the rich. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  6. I *KNOW* you're the latter. If you were honest, you'd admit that there's no clear evidence that AGW is affecting temperatures, only suppositions and possibilities. By your paper above, stating that heating preceded CO2? Yup, that was just *devastating*. You mean the ice extent graphs that come from the same folks as the Arctic graphs you like to show? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  7. Speaking of twisting and turning - I never said everyone ELSE was wrong, just your interpretation. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  8. it's still stupid - income is income, taxing different buckets at different rates is just social engineering - which the gov should stay out of Claiming that "the rich" get a special rate is social engineering as well. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  9. Oh, you mean that paper you trumpeted over that stated: "Substantial temperature change at all latitudes (Fig. 5b), as well as a net global warming of about 0.3 uC (Fig. 2a), precedes the initial increase in CO2 concentration at 17.5 kyr ago, suggesting that CO2 did not initiate deglacial warming. Nice out-of-context quote. Expected from you. www.rtcc.org/learning/research-breakthrough-co2-rises-caused-warming-that-ended-last-ice-age/ Not *MY* fault that it shot your argument down. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  10. You're right... blaming it on CO2 *IS* a stupid comment. And mnealtx resorts to the rubber/glue 4th grade debating style, as he always does when he runs out of ideas. And kallend resort to 4th grade insults when he can't rebut. So, show us how the recoveries from Minoan, Roman and Medieval Warm periods were natural variation, but the temps NOW are because of manmade CO2. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  11. Interesting stats...where are they from? According to the IRS tax stats (2009), the 200k+ filers (roughly the top 3%) earned 26% of the total income, and paid 50% of the total income taxes. 500k+ filers are 0.5% of filers, earn 14% of the total income and pay 30% of the total income taxes. The dreadful evil millionaires are 0.16% of filers, earn 9.5% of the total income and pay 20.5% of the total income taxes. So...how much *MORE* of the burden to you think they should carry? Enough that their overall tax rate is not less than that of their administrative assistants. Investment income should be taxed like any other income, not at some special favored rate for the rich. It's not - anyone that invests gets that rate, not just the rich. Class envy is *so* petty. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  12. You're right... blaming it on CO2 *IS* a stupid comment. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  13. Oh, you mean that paper you trumpeted over that stated: "Substantial temperature change at all latitudes (Fig. 5b), as well as a net global warming of about 0.3 uC (Fig. 2a), precedes the initial increase in CO2 concentration at 17.5 kyr ago, suggesting that CO2 did not initiate deglacial warming. Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  14. Uh-huh. Maybe you should let Trenberth know that, then he won't be wondering where the heat is. All you do is try lamely to throw dust in the air. No, that's YOUR gig. "It *HAS* to be CO2...there's no way it can be from natural variation"!!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
  15. Interesting stats...where are they from? According to the IRS tax stats (2009), the 200k+ filers (roughly the top 3%) earned 26% of the total income, and paid 50% of the total income taxes. 500k+ filers are 0.5% of filers, earn 14% of the total income and pay 30% of the total income taxes. The dreadful evil millionaires are 0.16% of filers, earn 9.5% of the total income and pay 20.5% of the total income taxes. So...how much *MORE* of the burden to you think they should carry? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706