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Post by snow on Dec 20, 2014 21:39:12 GMT -5
according to the verses i quoted, yes... So this is nothing more than a head game after all. All religion is a head game!
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Post by déjà vu on Dec 29, 2014 20:16:32 GMT -5
Anti-Islam demonstrations in Germany 'getting bigger' 16 December 2014 Last updated at 06:36 GMT About 10,000 people have taken part in a march against "Islamisation of the West" in the east German city of Dresden. A large counter-demonstration of more than 5,000 people was also held. No major incidents were reported. Jenny Hill reports. Read more Anti-Islam 'Pegida' march in German city of Dresde www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30489799
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Post by BobWilliston on Dec 30, 2014 1:59:57 GMT -5
Crayfish (lobsters) are killed and cooked by immersing in boiling water regardless of religion (of the eater, not the lobster's religion) I think it would be the crayfish doing the praying. Shellfish are steamed open and may be dead or alive when cooked. Don't know much about snails, is there a Frenchie on here that could assist rational with a snail cooking recipe. ps, I do not eat crayfish because of the way they are cooked. Frenchie is not a polite term. And FWIW, anything that is cooked is dead already
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 4:11:46 GMT -5
Crayfish (lobsters) are killed and cooked by immersing in boiling water regardless of religion (of the eater, not the lobster's religion) I think it would be the crayfish doing the praying. Shellfish are steamed open and may be dead or alive when cooked. Don't know much about snails, is there a Frenchie on here that could assist rational with a snail cooking recipe. ps, I do not eat crayfish because of the way they are cooked. Frenchie is not a polite term. And FWIW, anything that is cooked is dead already Good on ya Bob. How condescending and rude (zzz)to use such an Impolite term. Assertive or shameful??
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Dec 30, 2014 13:44:09 GMT -5
My humble apologies for calling French people frenchies. Now, Crayfish are NOT dead when placed in boiling water. The same with shellfish. They may still be alive when placed in boiling water or in the steamer. The cooking process kills them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 13:50:07 GMT -5
My humble apologies for calling French people frenchies. Now, Crayfish are NOT dead when placed in boiling water. The same with shellfish. They may still be alive when placed in boiling water or in the steamer. The cooking process kills them. I agree with being PC correct! I object on behalf of potatoes, especially chipped potatoes, to calling the latter "French Fries!" No potato should have the derogatory label of "French" attached to it! Also, on behalf of the Amphibian Protection League, I object strongly to frogs being called "French!" The French might like to be frogs but they are not!
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Dec 30, 2014 14:07:02 GMT -5
Good point Ram. The other label that must be upsetting for a lot of people in the America's is hearing people from the United States being called American. Certainly lowers the tone for all the good people from Argentina to Canada. So I propose that from now on people from the United States be called United Statians.
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Post by BobWilliston on Dec 30, 2014 19:29:59 GMT -5
My humble apologies for calling French people frenchies. Now, Crayfish are NOT dead when placed in boiling water. The same with shellfish. They may still be alive when placed in boiling water or in the steamer. The cooking process kills them. Sorry to be so sensitive -- but I don't like being called nicknames. I realize you don't know my background. My kids didn't like being called things like Frenchie either when they were going to school.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Dec 30, 2014 23:51:54 GMT -5
My humble apologies for calling French people frenchies. Now, Crayfish are NOT dead when placed in boiling water. The same with shellfish. They may still be alive when placed in boiling water or in the steamer. The cooking process kills them. Sorry to be so sensitive -- but I don't like being called nicknames. I realize you don't know my background. My kids didn't like being called things like Frenchie either when they were going to school. That's ok Bob, I hate being called British when I'm really Irish,
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Post by dmmichgood on Jan 1, 2015 0:06:02 GMT -5
Frenchie is not a polite term. And FWIW, anything that is cooked is dead already Good on ya Bob. How condescending and rude (zzz)to use such an Impolite term. Assertive or shameful?? I thought that everyone knew that "frenchie" was an impolite word for the French people if they had ever listened to Hercule Poirot.
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Post by dmmichgood on Jan 1, 2015 0:08:19 GMT -5
Sorry to be so sensitive -- but I don't like being called nicknames. I realize you don't know my background. My kids didn't like being called things like Frenchie either when they were going to school. That's ok Bob, I hate being called British when I'm really Irish, Isn't at least part of Ireland a part of Britain, or is my geography all messed up?
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jan 1, 2015 0:21:00 GMT -5
Dm, your geography is fine. I'm just anti English/monarchy/. The USA went to war over this did they not.
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Post by BobWilliston on Jan 1, 2015 1:02:55 GMT -5
Dm, your geography is fine. I'm just anti English/monarchy/. The USA went to war over this did they not. What does that have to do with anything today?
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jan 1, 2015 2:26:42 GMT -5
I'm Irish that's what matters.
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Post by BobWilliston on Jan 1, 2015 2:30:13 GMT -5
I'm Irish that's what matters. So you don't like the Queen because you're Irish?
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jan 1, 2015 3:16:39 GMT -5
I never said anything about not liking the Queen. I do not like monarchy. And being of Irish descent has helped form that opinion. She keeps Corgi's too!
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Post by BobWilliston on Jan 1, 2015 3:29:59 GMT -5
I never said anything about not liking the Queen. I do not like monarchy. And being of Irish descent has helped form that opinion. She keeps Corgi's too! So this is more of an ideology with you than a present grievance, I gather?
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jan 1, 2015 13:46:40 GMT -5
Ideology is possibly a term that could be used to label my beliefs about a group of people who elected themselves through force to be our rulers in the past. Now they are there only to wave to the masses
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Post by rational on Jan 1, 2015 14:49:54 GMT -5
Crayfish (lobsters) are killed and cooked by immersing in boiling water regardless of religion (of the eater, not the lobster's religion) I think it would be the crayfish doing the praying. Shellfish are steamed open and may be dead or alive when cooked. Don't know much about snails, is there a Frenchie on here that could assist rational with a snail cooking recipe. ps, I do not eat crayfish because of the way they are cooked. Frenchie is not a polite term. And FWIW, anything that is cooked is dead already Oh, I think not. For example, consider yin yang fish. Or octopus dishes. Animals without central nervous systems, lobsters for example, make the moment of death difficult to determine.
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Post by dmmichgood on Jan 1, 2015 15:07:58 GMT -5
Dm, your geography is fine. I'm just anti English/monarchy/. The USA went to war over this did they not. If you mean the American Revolutionary War, I don't think that we were anti-English/monarchy as much as we rejected the authority of the British Parliament to tax us, "Taxation without Representation," and all that.
We would rather throw our tea in the Boston Bay!
Our English heritage & how much we counted on tea to keep ourselves free of anxiety, ("stay calm & let's have a cup of tea") indicates the horrific sacrifice that must have been!
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jan 1, 2015 21:10:40 GMT -5
As a teaholic also known as a drinker of vitamin T I can appreciate the sacrifice.The British Parliament in those days was not that democratic. Most democratic countries have come a long way since. King George who was slightly mad from inbreeding and so on has gone down in history as losing the USA. But Corgi's. Getting back to taxation. I would be interested to know how much corporate tax is paid as a percentage of gross tax take and how much personal tax is paid. Seems to me that the richer you are the less tax you pay which means the guy putting jam in jars has to pay more. Any thoughts on this or figures from the USA which show what I'm looking for?
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Post by fixit on Jan 1, 2015 22:07:29 GMT -5
As a teaholic also known as a drinker of vitamin T I can appreciate the sacrifice.The British Parliament in those days was not that democratic. Most democratic countries have come a long way since. King George who was slightly mad from inbreeding and so on has gone down in history as losing the USA. But Corgi's. Getting back to taxation. I would be interested to know how much corporate tax is paid as a percentage of gross tax take and how much personal tax is paid. Seems to me that the richer you are the less tax you pay which means the guy putting jam in jars has to pay more. Any thoughts on this or figures from the USA which show what I'm looking for? Is there anywhere in the world where the more money you earn the less tax you pay?
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Post by déjà vu on Jan 1, 2015 22:36:14 GMT -5
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I know that this is not politically correct, but the devil made me do it
While looking around at the exotic merchandise, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized,
bronze statue of a rat.
It had no price tag, but was so incredibly striking the tourist decided he must have it. He took it to the old shop owner and asked, "How much for the bronze rat ?" "Ahhh, you have chosen wisely! It is $12 for the rat and $100 for the story," said the wise old Chinaman. The tourist quickly pulled out twelve dollars. "I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story". As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, the tourist noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the Alleys and sewers and had begun following him down the street. This was a bit disconcerting so he began walking faster. A couple blocks later he looked behind him and saw to his horror the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and they began squealing. Sweating now, the tourist began to trot toward San Francisco Bay. Again, after a couple blocks, he looked around only to discover that the rats now numbered in the MILLIONS, and weresquealing and coming toward him faster and faster.
Terrified, he ran to the edge of the Bay and threw the bronze rat as far as he could into the Bay. Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay after the bronze rat and were all drowned. The man walked back to the curio shop in Chinatown .
"Ahhh," said the owner, "You come back for story ?"
"No sir," said the man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze muslim."
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Post by xna on Jan 1, 2015 22:36:53 GMT -5
As a teaholic also known as a drinker of vitamin T I can appreciate the sacrifice.The British Parliament in those days was not that democratic. Most democratic countries have come a long way since. King George who was slightly mad from inbreeding and so on has gone down in history as losing the USA. But Corgi's. Getting back to taxation. I would be interested to know how much corporate tax is paid as a percentage of gross tax take and how much personal tax is paid. Seems to me that the richer you are the less tax you pay which means the guy putting jam in jars has to pay more. Any thoughts on this or figures from the USA which show what I'm looking for? Is there anywhere in the world where the more money you earn the less tax you pay? The Vatican is almost - tax heaven. Same tax amount for all incomes; $0.00 "There are no taxes, no restrictions on the import or export of funds, and no customs or excise duties payable in the Vatican City.
Employees of the Vatican pay no income tax and no customs duty on gasoline or goods that they buy in the Vatican."www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Europe/Vatican-City-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT-AND-TAXATION.html
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Post by slowtosee on Jan 1, 2015 23:02:02 GMT -5
Cayman islands corporate and personal income tax free. Money god, exists there. Alvin
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Post by BobWilliston on Jan 2, 2015 1:40:13 GMT -5
Frenchie is not a polite term. And FWIW, anything that is cooked is dead already Oh, I think not. For example, consider yin yang fish. Or octopus dishes. Animals without central nervous systems, lobsters for example, make the moment of death difficult to determine. I get it. Like some .... people. No brain, no pain. I love octopus, squid, lobster .... yum yum.
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Post by rational on Jan 2, 2015 8:58:34 GMT -5
As a teaholic also known as a drinker of vitamin T I can appreciate the sacrifice.The British Parliament in those days was not that democratic. Most democratic countries have come a long way since. King George who was slightly mad from inbreeding and so on has gone down in history as losing the USA. But Corgi's. Getting back to taxation. I would be interested to know how much corporate tax is paid as a percentage of gross tax take and how much personal tax is paid. Seems to me that the richer you are the less tax you pay which means the guy putting jam in jars has to pay more. Any thoughts on this or figures from the USA which show what I'm looking for? Is there anywhere in the world where the more money you earn the less tax you pay? As a percentage of income or as an absolute amount? In the US, at the end of the day, my tax rate seems to be close to 30%.
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Post by slowtosee on Jan 2, 2015 10:29:29 GMT -5
Rough numbers from Canada. 20 percent corporate up to 400000 28 percent personal up to around 30000 then 43 percent up to around 50000 and approximately 50 percent above 50000. Of course, all depends on a lot of other variables. Investment income taken in a corporation is 50 percent tax automatically. In other words, not encouraged to have cash collecting interest in a corp..reinvest.....create more jobs.....people pay personal income tax.....etcetc. is the idea. Alvin. Edit. Talking net income as opposed to gross
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