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269 Responses to “Roundup: Alligator Rips off Half of Teenager’s Arm; the Legally Blind Beauty Queen going to Florida State & Sesame Street Does “Call Me Maybe””

• 1

  Caribou Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
  

  Jessica Biel

  She can definitely get it, especially here, but that pic with bangs/fringe has got to go.

• 2

  illformula Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
  

  i challenge all of you to find a worse picture of jessica biel.

• 3

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
  

  Caribou its so obvious in the bikini pic that those are real

• 4

  Razor Shines Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
  

  The dichotomy between the main page pic and the pic on this page is staggering.

  Oh, sports? Yeah they are boring right now.

• 5

  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
  

  “What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?

  This doesn’t account for Paul Konerko still being able to slap that nuclear plasma mass into right for a sharp single…otherwise good read

• 6

  illformula Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
  

  the legally blind 18-year-old beauty queen

  /only reason i clicked
  //wtf? no pic?
  ///worthless link

• 7

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
  

  Biel > almost any other person on this site

• 8

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
  

  Biel > almost any other person on this site

  not the Tranny Biel impersonator in the pic up top.

• 9

  Mike NYC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
  

  For the “pay your fair share” zombies in the audience (which, proportionally, always seems to be quite high here):

  Wealthy Americans earn about 50 percent of all income but pay nearly 70 percent of the federal tax burden

• 10

  cracker jack Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
  

  Jessica Biel

  Am I crazy, and/or a jealous female.. but isn’t that a man’s face?

• 11

  johndewar Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
  

  Lou Williams is going to the Atlanta Hawks. He’ll have plenty of opportunities to score and rap. [AJC]

  Solid work, LouWill, you’ll be missed.

• 12

  cracker jack Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
  

  And I’m not talking just that picture either. Shes had a man face since 7th Heaven

• 13

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
  

  kaiser – i stopped raising hell about the after-the-jump-pic a long time ago. Its obvious the trick is to get you to click the link, and we all know the next picture will be some Golden Girls impersonation.

  mike – the funnest thing to do is to ask a liberal just what, exactly, the upper earners should pay. They never give you a serious example, because doing so would put a finite amount on their redistribution plans. It’s always “a lot more” or “more than a person on welfare or a middle class family struggling to get by”. Well, then please give us a number so we can move on…

• 14

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
  

  Ohio: “Fireball lights sky near fairgrounds after train derails”

  those crazy buckeyes are at it again!

  /it’s really sad, isn’t it?

• 15

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
  

  Am I crazy, and/or a jealous female.. but isn’t that a man’s face?

  the pic above is quite possibly the worst pic I have ever seen of her. TBL has outdone himself this time.

• 16

  Pastor of Muppets Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
  

  “Sometimes, people recognize you and sometimes they don’t,” he said. “I get it all the time. ‘Hey, you look like Gronk.’ I just say, ‘Thanks, he’s a cool guy.’ ”

  Sorry, but I fucking love this guy.

• 17

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
  

  Google Images said she might be ok. She probably finds it easier to bang the skeevy judges, not knowing what they look like.

• 18

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
  

  rather have a man face like biel than a horse’s face like sarah jessica parker.

• 19

  Jason Lisk Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
  

  i challenge all of you to find a worse picture of jessica biel.

  it will be in next Wednesday’s Roundup. Don’t lay down a gauntlet like that.

• 20

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
  

  Jessica Biel

  Cagey move to hide those cankles. Somebody alert Minka to this hot trend.

• 21

  I'm a Horse Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
  

  college kid’s column: “how to find the perfect husband in college”

  At my alma mater this would have been called a ring by spring column.

• 22

  TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
  

  Well, I’m not going to read that Washington Times piece Mike, but I can say affirmatively that Cookie Monster is a communist. Listen to him just pleading for everyone to share their hard-earned cookies.

• 23

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
  

  i challenge all of you to find a worse picture of jessica biel.

  accepted.

• 24

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
  

  spencer – see the new Anser driver at golfwrx? Looks like somebody is finally taking adjustable clubs seriously. should be interesting to see how they walk back their disparaging comments of the concept over the years.

• 25

  Grizz Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
  

  You know what’s sad? PSU reports being released tomorrow am.

• 26

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
  

  but that pic with bangs/fringe has got to go.

  Those designer haircuts must cost a fortune. Easier to get the salad bowl out and just snip away. Old school.

• 27

  johndewar Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
  

  college kid’s column: “how to find the perfect husband in college”

  What century is this kid from? Is this column written ironically?

• 28

  Bob Chipeska Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
  

  For the “pay your fair share” zombies in the audience (which, proportionally, always seems to be quite high here):

  Wealthy Americans earn about 50 percent of all income but pay nearly 70 percent of the federal tax burden

  Nice stat. Waiting for the inevitable “it’s still not fair” argument to ensue

• 29

  Milk Steak To Go Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
  

  /it’s really sad, isn’t it?

  That part of town needed redevelopment anyway…

• 30

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
  

  i challenge all of you to find a worse picture of jessica biel.

  accepted.

  Careful guys; once you see it, you can’t un-see it!

• 31

  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
  

  The challenge of being a woman in sports journalism. [Penn State College of Communications]

  Sad: They still have a College of Communications at Penn State.

• 32

  johndewar Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
  

  You know what’s sad? PSU reports being released tomorrow am.

  As a PSU alum, I’m looking forward to seeing it.

• 33

  I'm a Horse Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
  

  Cookie Monster sings “Call Me Maybe.” Because everyone’s doing it.

  Sesame Street always does the best parodies.

• 34

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
  

  You know what’s sad? PSU reports being released tomorrow am.

  totes sad

• 35

  Lorenzo Von Matterhorn Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
  

  ESPN’s Charissa Thompson, stylin’

  She is really, really hot, but does anyone else get the feeling she is like 6’3″?

• 36

  QueeferSutherland Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
  

  I tried posting a retort to Mike’s stale crusty talking point but WP keeps eating it. Bottom line, in 2009 Americans paid their lowest tax rates in 30 years. Republicans need to stop whining about taxes. Right now, their nominee is an absurdly wealthy silver spoon brat whose signature accomplishments firing middle class workers and paying almost nothing in taxes. The fact that this race is a toss up is one of the stronger indictments you could ever level against our political process.

• 37

  cracker jack Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
  

  i challenge all of you to find a worse picture of jessica biel.

  accepted.

  Thats what I’m talking about!!

• 38

  HtownHacker Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
  

  Interesting article, Mike. I like numbers and facts.

• 39

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
  

  spencer – see the new Anser driver at golfwrx? Looks like somebody is finally taking adjustable clubs seriously. should be interesting to see how they walk back their disparaging comments of the concept over the years.

  yea…i mean, it looks fine and all but i have a bad feeling about it. im sure it’ll perform well, but it won’t perform as well as a g20 or i20. the color code is their adjustability…they didn’t need to let consumers adjust the club to fit worse.

  those new wedges looked sick too.

• 40

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
  

  rather have a man face like biel than a horse’s face like sarah jessica parker.

  It is better to live on your cankles than die on your horse face.
  -Emiliano Zapata Salazar

• 41

  Pastor of Muppets Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
  

  What century is this kid from? Is this column written ironically?

  I *think* it is supposed to be satirical. However, being from New England and having no understanding of life in a large Southern university, I really thought she was being serious. Until she threw the Instagram thing in there. That’s about when I started to think it was a poor attempt at satire.

• 42

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
  

  It is better to live on your cankles than die on your horse face.
  -Emiliano Zapata Salazar

  well ma’am, tomorrow i’ll wake up sober but you’ll still look like a horse.

  -winston churchbiel

• 43

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
  

  Biel gets a lot of credit for her ass but those tits are tasty too

• 44

  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
  

  Nice stat. Waiting for the inevitable “it’s still not fair” argument to ensue

  I’m for tax increases across the board, sucks Obama is keeping up Bush’s failed policies

• 45

  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
  

  mike – the funnest thing to do is to ask a liberal just what, exactly, the upper earners should pay. They never give you a serious example, because doing so would put a finite amount on their redistribution plans. It’s always “a lot more” or “more than a person on welfare or a middle class family struggling to get by”. Well, then please give us a number so we can move on…

  well, there have been studies to look into the optimal top marginal tax rate. that is, the top rate that people will pay without starting to work less. studies have shown that it is somewhere between 70-80%.

• 46

  TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
  

  Rob Gronkowski is such a fantastic representation of “Polish bro from Buffalo”.

• 47

  QueeferSutherland Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
  

  I’m for tax increases across the board, sucks Obama is keeping up Bush’s failed policies

  This. Close the loopholes, increase rates across the board, punish corporations who flee overseas to avoid taxes, and decrease spending anywhere and everywhere you can. State and local governments are the ones who really need to adopt this policy, because they are really hurting right now.

• 48

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
  

  i consider myself a liberal, and if you asked me that hypothetical, id suggest bumping up the estate tax to over 50% on anything over the current exemption. fuck heirs.

  id also suggest taxing religious orgs, but that’s the point where my campaign would go down in smoke.

• 49

  Jason McIntyre Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
  

  And I’m not talking just that picture either. Shes had a man face since 7th Heaven

  lies

• 50

  NinoBrown Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
  

  Cankles?
  Please. She does NOT have cankles. That is an ugly picture of her though, especially when compared to the sweet main page photo.

• 51

  GloriousMullet Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
  

  That is the absolute worst pic of Biel I have ever laid eyes on. Good job JMac.

• 52

  squawkbox Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
  

  Jessica Biel

  Not a fan. Not enough cute.

• 53

  Historys Greatest Monster Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
  

  I hit the G15 irons last week and am thinking about pulling the trigger on a set. Any thoughts from the golf intelligentsia? I’ve been shooting 84-90 this year (92 last round becuase I finished double-triple damn bogey).

• 54

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
  

  TBL…did you click the link in 23? pretty damning evidence there.

• 55

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
  

  Wealthy Americans earn about 50 percent of all income but pay nearly 70 percent of the federal tax burden

  you make it sound like they are just barely scraping by, living pay check to pay check. those poor wealthy americans.

• 56

  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
  

  recent Economist article on tax rates

  http://www.economist.com/node/21543184

• 57

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
  

  college kid’s column: “how to find the perfect husband in college”

  I actually think it’s a great article. By not breaking the wall and letting the satire become too obvious it makes is fantastic. Papers used to do more of this but people aren’t smart enough to wade through the morass.

  Also, time to update the staff photo. Woof.

• 58

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
  

  jessica biel is one of the top 4 hottest girls on the planet, but that pic sucks. i hate the bangs trend. it makes everyone look like an ugly piece of shit.

• 59

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
  

  Well Ping has always done exceedingly well with the color code fit system, but once you get the clubs it’s hard account for issues that may develop later. Kind of a weak argument, but you know the enthusiast player going to want to tinker instead of getting a new driver entirely. I actually prefer the “get fit right the first time” approach, but the discernible benefits of the R11s are not lost on me.

• 60

  The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
  

  id also suggest taxing religious orgs, but that’s the point where my campaign would go down in smoke.

  Add unions to that list, and you may not even get 5% of the vote.

• 61

  cracker jack Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
  

  That is an ugly picture of her though, especially when compared to the sweet main page photo.

  Read: In that other pic I can see her boobies and her man face is blurry

• 62

  The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
  

  Nice pissing contest DirecTV and Viacom are engaged in.

• 63

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
  

  I hit the G15 irons last week and am thinking about pulling the trigger on a set.

  not my bag, but i have hit g5′s and g10′s a lot (g15′s are very similar…only a few refinements)…they’re forgiving as shit and the feel aint half bad. if i were in the market for “game improvement” irons, that’s prolly what’d id have.

• 64

  squawkbox Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
  

  
  

  “Sometimes, people recognize you and sometimes they don’t,” he said. “I get it all the time. ‘Hey, you look like Gronk.’ I just say, ‘Thanks, he’s a cool guy.’ ”

  Sorry, but I fucking lovehate this guydouche bag.

  fixed for the majority.

• 65

  Liquor Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
  

  Rashard Lewis joins Ray Allen as aging lethal shooters to sign with the Miami Heat.

  2 years, 2.8 mil. And to think Orlando gave him like 110 million just 4 or 5 years ago.

  I like it, big enough to defend the 4, but still stretches the floor on offense. This is what you people feared, guys who already got their money choosing beaches and rings.

• 66

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
  

  I hit the G15 irons last week and am thinking about pulling the trigger on a set. Any thoughts from the golf intelligentsia? I’ve been shooting 84-90 this year (92 last round becuase I finished double-triple damn bogey).

  i traded my g15s in a few months ago for some mizunos. i had the g15s for about 10 months. i liked them at first, but they are just too chunky for my taste. and i found the distance control to be bad.

• 67

  squawkbox Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
  

  
  

  Wealthy Americans earn about 50 percent of all income but pay nearly 70 percent of the federal tax burden

  you make it sound like they are just barely scraping by, living pay check to pay check. those poor wealthy americans.

  Point …. missed. Again.

• 68

  GloriousMullet Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
  

  I hit the G15 irons last week and am thinking about pulling the trigger on a set. Any thoughts from the golf intelligentsia?

  Can’t speak for the irons, but I do have a G15 driver with an Aldila Serrano stiff shaft and a G15 3 wood, and I love them.

• 69

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
  

  Hit the G15′s along with a number of other products recently, including R11′s, AP1′s and AP2′s, JPX800′s, G20′s, and a few others. Really liked the R11′s so I went with them, but they all hit well. If I can offer any advice, it’s to go get properly fitted by a FITTER, not just some guy who looks at swing speed and orders some stuff.

• 70

  mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
  

  “What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?”

  that link is AWESOME!

• 71

  johndewar Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
  

  Also, time to update the staff photo. Woof.

  I guess I wasn’t expecting satire out of a chick wearing sorority letters in her college paper’s by line photo.

• 72

  TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
  

  Add unions to that list, and you may not even get 5% of the vote.

  Had a look at the list of organization types that get a 501C exemptions? It’s quite long and it’s way, way more than unions and churches.

  Our tax code is insane, but it’s not because the basic federal income tax rates are wrong.

• 73

  squawkbox Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
  

  bumping up the estate tax to over 50% on anything over the current exemption. fuck heirs assets attained through moneys/income already taxed (likely multiple times).

  Fixed … for accuracy.

  Yay! Political Wednesday … and I already woke up in a piss mood so this day will suck infinitely.

• 74

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
  

  Point …. missed. Again.

  sarcasm…. missed. again.

• 75

  NinoBrown Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
  

  ESPN’s Charissa Thompson, stylin’

  How much did the Spurs’Danny Green spent most of his new check on that back tattoo

• 76

  Jason McIntyre Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
  

  can’t wait for the Boston types to weigh in on the Bob Kraft video that just went up

• 77

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
  

  including R11′s, AP1′s and AP2′s,

  i played with a buddy who just got the ap2s, they are sweet. look badass at address and not too hard to hit. kind of wish i have those now.

• 78

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
  

  Point …. missed. Again.

  It’s never been about the money, but you’ll have a hard time convincing others of that.

• 79

  NinoBrown Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
  

  Read: In that other pic I can see her great ass

• 80

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
  

  Well Ping has always done exceedingly well with the color code fit system, but once you get the clubs it’s hard account for issues that may develop later. Kind of a weak argument, but you know the enthusiast player going to want to tinker instead of getting a new driver entirely. I actually prefer the “get fit right the first time” approach, but the discernible benefits of the R11s are not lost on me.

  oh, i hear that side of the argument completely. it’s easier to tinker and adjust, sure, but how do you know if you’re making consistent contact if the clubface angle and weight distribution are being shifted around.

  no doubt they’re convenient to fit and you’re not losing THAT much performance by dist weight away from the head, but whatevs…who am i to say anything.

• 81

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
  

  Read: In that other pic I can see her great ass

  she has the best ass in human history.

• 82

  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
  

  squawk, I linked to an Economist article on optimal tax rates. care to comment?

• 83

  cracker jack Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
  

  I mean, does everyone realize how douchey they sound when they ‘talk’ politics here? “Surely the other side will realize the error of their ways after I get done talking down to them like they are 5 year olds!”

• 84

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
  

  can’t wait for the Boston types to weigh in on the Bob Kraft video that just went up

  where’s the twitter link to the article?

• 85

  Historys Greatest Monster Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
  

  Thanks, guys. I do plan to get properly fitted. I just can’t decide if I want to spend the cash right now. When I do the research online and hit some demos I start salivating and then I think of the $.

• 86

  bourbonboy Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
  

  the funnest thing to do is to ask a liberal just what, exactly, the upper earners should pay. They never give you a serious example, because doing so would put a finite amount on their redistribution plans. It’s always “a lot more” or “more than a person on welfare or a middle class family struggling to get by”. Well, then please give us a number so we can move on…

  39.6% for the top 1.5% of wage earners. Is that specific enough?

• 87

  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
  

  I mean, does everyone realize how douchey they sound when they ‘talk’ politics here? “Surely the other side will realize the error of their ways after I get done talking down to them like they are 5 year olds!”

  No one wanted to talk Paul Konerko combating nuclear fusion with me so options were limited

• 88

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
  

  When I do the research online and hit some demos I start salivating and then I think of the $.

  when you find the irons you like and play well with them, you will quickly forget about the cost.

• 89

  Jason McIntyre Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
  

  right here, Kaiser

  https://twitter.com/TheBigLead/status/223041050485334016

• 90

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
  

  “What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?”

  that link is AWESOME!

  Not enough emperical evidence as it fails to show you how the picher generated the ability to throw the ball that hard. Also, the spread offense has not been around long enough to realize it’s data impact and in the end – WE ARE NO CLOSER TO A MATH FORMULA TO DETERMINE THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPION.

  /ty duffy’d

• 91

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
  

  MP – The AP lines are all-around winners. I really hope they get the time they deserve from prospective purchasers. Titleist has always done better jobs with its players equipment, but they are on to something with the AP1′s and 2′s.

  spencer – i agree. for the average player, they are going to tinker with the club to address the undesireable results as opposed to getting to the root of the problem and fixing the swing. Having just gone through fitting, I really liked the 910, the Rocketballz, and the G20. Just give me a decent club that is forgiving on mis-hits and fit the shit out of my swing to optimize distance and reduce spin to a manageable level.

• 92

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
  

  history’s greatest monster…id consider looking at the nike vr pro combo. fairly easy to find used and feel fantastic. it’s a set that’d last you longer than g15′s…the better you get, the more the offset and thick topline on the g15′s is going to drive you batty.

• 93

  squawkbox Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
  

  sarcasm…. missed. again.
  doh! Need to update the fonts.

• 94

  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
  

  Not enough emperical evidence as it fails to show you how the picher generated the ability to throw the ball that hard

  Just the right balance of the Cream and the Clear plus Don Cooper teaching proper mechanics

• 95

  The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
  

  Had a look at the list of organization types that get a 501C exemptions? It’s quite long and it’s way, way more than unions and churches.

  As someone that serves on the board of directors for two non-profits, neither of which are religious or union based, I’m well aware of the 501(c)(3) reach and scope. In both entities, the exemption benefits are quite minimal.

• 96

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
  

  i feel like a military dictatorship is exactly what this country needs.

• 97

  BFFredo Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
  

  Katie Holmes used a disposable cell phone to escape from Tom Cruise

  I’m picturing something out of the last Bourne movie.

  27-year-old wife stabs 72-year-old husband

  No way this wasn’t the ending that was going to happen

  Second step to keeping Chris Paul – Blake Griffin inked a 5-year, $95 million extension.

  Don’t think it matters. He’s testing the FA market next year.

• 98

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
  

  sarcasm…. missed. again.
  doh! Need to update the fonts.

  if i only knew how to use the code to make all my sarcastic comments flash and give people seizures.

  with the whole tax debate i just think the loop holes need to be closed. close every loop holes and have the top 1% or 1.5% or whatever have every penny they earn taxed the same way 99% of the population does. keep the rates the same, just make sure all their earnings are taxed.

• 99

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
  

  MP – The AP lines are all-around winners. I really hope they get the time they deserve from prospective purchasers. Titleist has always done better jobs with its players equipment, but they are on to something with the AP1′s and 2′s.

  they are making me rethink my jpx800 purchase, which is saying something because i love those irons so much.

  basically, i am a golf equipment slut and am always looking on new clubs to help my game. i am at this crappy point where game improvement irons arent really helping me anymore, but i am unsure if i am good enough for forged, like ap2s or mp 59s.

• 100

  Historys Greatest Monster Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
  

  the more the offset and thick topline on the g15′s is going to drive you batty.

  Thats the main problem I have with them now. I just don’t like the look at address. But I was hitting them straight. The Nikes are on the list too.

• 101

  Liquor Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
  

  i feel like a military dictatorship is exactly what this country needs.

  Civil war. Lets settle this shit again, we all know the winner wont change.

  Or just let the SEC and Texas secede. Florida will be cut in half, with the Union getting the good part.

• 102

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
  

  wayne fontes safari could buy us all

• 103

  TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
  

  i feel like a military dictatorship is exactly what this country needs.

  I’m in, provided I can play the role of the Iraqi Minister of Information.

• 104

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
  

  Florida will be cut in half, with the Union getting the good part.

  disney world will be much more tolerable.

• 105

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
  

  the more the offset and thick topline on the g15′s is going to drive you batty.

  thats what made me trade them in.

• 106

  squawkbox Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
  

  SS … the following statement from the article kind of blows it for me.
  1. No real evidence
  2. I don’t believe it
  3. They use the word “reckon”

  They reckon that if the tax system were reformed to make evasion impossible, the top tax rate might be able to rise to as much as 83%—that is, to levels last seen in the 1960s—without hurting the economy.

  You’re essentially talking about “economic communism” here.

• 107

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
  

  Katie Holmes used a disposable cell phone to escape from Tom Cruise

  what i learned: Katie Holmes is smarter than Tiger Woods

• 108

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
  

  H.G. Monster…what you playin’ now?

• 109

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
  

  Texas secede

  sure, why not. we could use the break from carrying the country anyways.

  /takes pull from shiner
  //gets in Z71, peels out

• 110

  phillymantis915 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
  

  You’re essentially talking about “economic communism” here.

  So Dwight Eisenhower and the 80% top tax rate was an economic communist. Good to know.

• 111

  The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
  

  i feel like a military dictatorship is exactly what this country needs

  I can do a pretty mean goose step. And berets. We’ll need some hipster berets.

• 112

  cleet Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
  

  “Specifically, between 2007 and 2009, the share of taxes paid fell for the bottom three income quintiles, was close to flat for the fourth quintile, but rose for the highest quintile,” CBO said. “Within the top quintile, however, the shift was uneven; the share paid by the top percentile fell, and the share paid by the rest of the top quintile rose.”

  This is great: The super rich screwing over the very rich in their own bracket.

• 113

  Remember the Bibliomaine Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
  

  Looking forward to the ESPY red carpet show tonight for Chariisa

• 114

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
  

  So Dwight Eisenhower and the 80% top tax rate was an economic communist. Good to know.

  he was a real commie bastard. just look at the interstate highway system that was used by everyone, even the commoners and working class. Red bastard.

• 115

  squawkbox Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
  

  with the whole tax debate i just think the loop holes need to be closed. close every loop holes and have the top 1% or 1.5% or whatever have every penny they earn taxed the same way 99% of the population does. keep the rates the same, just make sure all their earnings are taxed.

  I’d wager a guess that over 75% of all americans agree with this.
  I’d wager a guess that over 95% of all ‘muricans agree with this.

• 116

  cleet Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
  

  what i learned: Katie Holmes is smarter than Tiger Woods

  This is true and hilarious.

• 117

  molemaninthemorning Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
  

  i feel like a military dictatorship is exactly what this country needs

  I’ve got just the guy for the job.

• 118

  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
  

  Ike was more concerned with greens in regulation than tax policy…and really, who can blame him, man earned it

• 119

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
  

  I had an idea about the Bourne movies. There was a minor stir when Damon opted out of the franchise and then they just moved ahead with Renner. But I had a thought, what if that was a smokescreen and Damon was somehow filmed and showed up at the end to put it motion the next film where it’s Jason Bourne and Renner’s Aaron Cross going off on people?

  /not happening

• 120

  BFFredo Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
  

  i feel like a military dictatorship is exactly what this country needs

  Trust me, they’re not as fun as they’re advertised. It’s less “forcing people to stop being assholes” and more “standing in long lines for basic amenities.” And people becoming smarter assholes to remain assholes — find your Party friend to get access to the military store where they sell the good shit.

• 121

  geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
  

  college kid’s column: “how to find the perfect husband in college”

  aka Getting your Mrs degree.

• 122

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
  

  but i am unsure if i am good enough for forged, like ap2s or mp 59s.

  ap2′s def…i found em really forgiving. the nike vr pro line, for players’ irons, are extremely forgiving as well…my next set will probably be the vr blades.

  but man, those mp59′s. whoo…those are outstanding too. pure class.

• 123

  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
  

  You’re essentially talking about “economic communism” here.

  no, you’re not. you’re talking about designing a tax system that maximizes revenue, so that we can pay for our society. roads, schools, police, and yes, things like healthcare and social security. People want all of those things.

  as to your other comments:
  -what “real” evidence do you want? it references studies conducted, you can read them.
  -awesome rationale.
  -even better.

• 124

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
  

  I’ve got just the guy for the job.

  lol

• 125

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
  

  [Gravatar image]

  I had an idea about the Bourne movies. There was a minor stir when Damon opted out of the franchise and then they just moved ahead with Renner. But I had a thought, what if that was a smokescreen and Damon was somehow filmed and showed up at the end to put it motion the next film where it’s Jason Bourne and Renner’s Aaron Cross going off on people?

  /not happening

  Damon only opted out of this film, he has expressed interest in being in subsequent ones.

  I would not be surprised if he showed up at the end in a cameo since the trailers indicate this happens almost at the exact same time as the previous Bourne movie.

• 126

  cleet Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
  

  Civil war. Lets settle this shit again, we all know the winner wont change.

  Not with all that SEC speeeeeeeeeeeeeed down south.

• 127

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
  

  39.6% for the top 1.5% of wage earners. Is that specific enough?

  More specific than 99.999% of the people on the campaign trail.

• 128

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
  

  Katie Holmes used a disposable cell phone to escape from Tom Cruise

  what i learned: Katie Holmes is smarter than Tiger Woods

  so she got to sleep with one of the most popular dudes on the planet and walked away with tons of jack. Woods got to sleep with a Perkins waitress and gave away half his jack.

• 129

  geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
  

  college kid’s column: “how to find the perfect husband in college”

  Now that I’ve actually read it, pretty funny. Excellent take on sorority girl attitudes, especially in the South.

• 130

  Jason McIntyre Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
  

  love the political discussions. well, i only like them, really …

  i much prefer the same 15 people bashing me every morning.

  /back to politics

• 131

  cleet Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
  

  i much prefer the same 15 people bashing me every morning.

  Don’t know if I am in the fave 15, but the Roundup picture really is horrible.

  In response to CJ, Biel has a sharp face, but doesn’t cross the line into manface, and her body cancels out everything.

• 132

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
  

  The Ambrose books on DDE are pretty good.

• 133

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
  

  ap2′s def…i found em really forgiving.

  i kind of wish i got those now. oh well, the jpxs will have to work.

• 134

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
  

  college kid’s column: “how to find the perfect husband in college”

  either she has already mastered the fine art of snark, sarcasm and wit as a sophomore in college or she is a waste of space.

  hard to say unfortunately, since there are people like that out there as freeloaders on society.

• 135

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
  

  MP – The AP2′s are harrrrrrrrrrrrd to beat. They felt outstanding, but i haven’t played much in the last 5-6 years, so I am putting off players irons until i get back to a consistent handicap and game that fits them again.

  Spencer – the MP59′s are an awesome club. Of all the clubs we used to sell, the MP line would have customers buying those sets 2 or 3 times over.

• 136

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
  

  i kind of wish i got those now.

  why are you doing this to yourself?

  here’s what’s going to happen. the jpx’s will be great and youll improve and say “hmm…ap2′s.” then you’ll play those and think “yea, i want something more forged, maybe the cb’s.” youll hit those just as well and keep improving and then dive into blades.

  skip all that. go right to blades. you know you want to. THE FEEL MAN…THAT BUTTERY SOFT, MARSHMALLOWY GOODNESS.

  /heroin coma

• 137

  Mike NYC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
  

  you make it sound like they are just barely scraping by, living pay check to pay check. those poor wealthy americans.

  Good job, good effort.

• 138

  Historys Greatest Monster Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
  

  Playing Big Bertha 06′s.

• 139

  BFFredo Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
  

  college kid’s column: “how to find the perfect husband in college”

  Now that I’ve actually read it, pretty funny. Excellent take on sorority girl attitudes, especially in the South.

  It’s clearly sarcasm and it’s clearly aimed at the sorority girls in the South. And yes, for many, this is their game plan.

• 140

  molemaninthemorning Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
  

  i much prefer the same 15 people bashing me every morning.

  To be fair, your Pirates “articles” tend to go up in the afternoons.

• 141

  Grizz Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
  

  Some Obama people were canvassing the neighborhood I live in and they knocked on my door, I was hungover and we talked for 20 minutes. I enjoyed it very much.

• 142

  molemaninthemorning Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
  

  college kid’s column: “how to find the perfect husband in college”

  Now that I’ve actually read it, pretty funny. Excellent take on sorority girl attitudes, especially in the South.

  It’s clearly sarcasm and it’s clearly aimed at the sorority girls in the South. And yes, for many, this is their game plan.

  And it would seem a ton of people missed that it wasn’t serious.

  Granted, not hard to do considering that playbook is exactly how chicks do it. Especially the instagram part.

• 143

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
  

  Spencer – the MP59′s are an awesome club. Of all the clubs we used to sell, the MP line would have customers buying those sets 2 or 3 times over.

  i LOVE my mp67′s, but there’s just so much good shit out there these days. the adams mb2, ping s56 and nike vr blades…i dont know how you could improve on those designs.

  /dont worry everyone, im going outside to chip around…ill stop golfbonering

• 144

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
  

  i much prefer the same 15 people bashing me every morning.

  Count me out this morning. Nothing to get too worked up about, aside from the terrible Biel pic.

• 145

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
  

  so she got to sleep with one of the most popular dudes on the planet and walked away with tons of jack. Woods got to sleep with a Perkins waitress and gave away half his jack.

  translation: you agree with me

• 146

  Mike NYC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
  

  People want all of those things.

  And want other people to pay for them. That’s the point.

• 147

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
  

  skip all that. go right to blades. you know you want to.

  Spoken like a man jonesin’ for a few minutes at the range. enjoy the chipping.

• 148

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
  

  Playing Big Bertha 06′s.

  if you’re hitting them well, id be hesitant to change but…you check out callawaygolfoutlet.com? razr x tours wouldnt be a bad set.

• 149

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
  

  love the political discussions. well, i only like them, really …

  i much prefer the same 15 people bashing me every morning.

  /back to politics

  didn’t think the number was that high.

  sharpen that banhammer

• 150

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
  

  Now that I’ve actually read it, pretty funny. Excellent take on sorority girl attitudes, especially in the South.

  indeed. was in a wedding in bowling green kentucky, and at the rehearsal dinner some friends of the bride were very excited to discuss their home economic skills. college is where you find husband so you can make him ‘pecan paaah’

• 151

  jthussler Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
  

  i much prefer the same 15 people bashing me every morning.

  That seems low.

• 152

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
  

  x-22 tours too.

  Spoken like a man jonesin’ for a few minutes at the range. enjoy the chipping.

  18 this afternoon. hit the ball fairly shitty last night…well, not shitty, but i think i mishit the ball more times yesterday than i did my last three range sessions combined.

  but dude, im telling you, i cannot imagine a worse addiction than seeing constant improvement in golf. it’s like fucking crack. it’s worse than diablo ii.

• 153

  JWM Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
  

  that history of wfan was great, when wfan just did it a week ago… do people out of the tri-state area even know who they are?

• 154

  sousedbergin Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
  

  So Dwight Eisenhower and the 80% top tax rate was an economic communist. Good to know

  We need to incentivize the poor remove the safety net reduce wages.
  We need to incentivize the rich by making them richer.

  Rich people do not create jobs, consumers do. If you think taxing the rich more will negatively effect GDP you are a dumb asshole.

• 155

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
  

  or she is a waste of space.

  hard to say unfortunately, since there are people like that out there as freeloaders on society.

  a bit harsh. it’s merely a role to play. someone has to be a wife and mother, and ones who take both roles seriously are valuable. now, if we’re talking merely snagging a boy from a rich family so you can live large and not work, obviously you;re right

• 156

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
  

  if we had listened to fucking dwight eisenhower when he was fucking president, we wouldn’t have been paddling up shit’s creek with our bear hands for the past six decades.

  /BEAR HANDS

• 157

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
  

  why are you doing this to yourself?

  here’s what’s going to happen. the jpx’s will be great and youll improve and say “hmm…ap2′s.”

  if i find a deal on the ap2s, i am pulling the trigger. screw it.

• 158

  njensen79 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
  

  Ok you golf experts. Thinking about upgrading my irons. The Burners by Taylormade seem to be on sale everywhere (don’t know if that means they are shit but are an upgrade on what I got now) and I am THIS close to hitting the checkout button, but keep getting stuck on Stiff v Flex part. Which one do I choose? I have tried looking this up, but keep getting conflicting answers on interwebs.

• 159

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
  

  if i find a deal on the ap2s, i am pulling the trigger. screw it.

  shut up…im scheduling you 90 minutes with a miura fitter. we’re throwing your ass in the deep end. thank me later.

• 160

  sousedbergin Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
  

  Good job, good effort.

  If is terrifying that people are still arguing traditional conservative economic principles with a straight face.

• 161

  squawkbox Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
  

  I’m not into over-sharing.

  Until rampant waste is fixed, they have no basis to argue for additional money.

• 162

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
  

  mike nyc, i’m going to assume you are doing pretty well financially. so, as the target group, would paying higher taxes change your lifestyle or deprive you, or are you against it philisophically only?

• 163

  njensen79 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
  

  Raise the captal gains tax. There will be a slight drop in the market after the raise, but that money has to go somewhere and why not give more credits to people who invest in small businesses.

• 164

  phillymantis915 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
  

  Until rampant waste is fixed, they have no basis to argue for additional money.

  Start with the Department of Defense, an audit of the $550 bn we spend a year on them wouldn’t hurt.

• 165

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
  

  shut up…im scheduling you 90 minutes with a miura fitter. we’re throwing your ass in the deep end. thank me later.

  you shut up. i cant handle nor afford miura.

  anyone want to sell their ap2s?

• 166

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
  

  njensen…i haven’t seen you swing, not sure what you shoot or how often you play or any of that, but id buy a used set in good condition in a heartbeat for cheaper than the burners. it’s not that they’re bad or anything, you just gotta know what gaps to fill and they have strong lofts where you’d be better off going with weaker lofted irons and replacing the longs with hybrids. you’d need a gap wedge…it creates gaps where you don’t want em in your bag.

  re: flex…not going to get technical, but the faster you swing, the stiffer flex you want. if you swing slower and smoother, go with regular…faster and more aggresive, go with stiff.

  but get fitted no matter what.

• 167

  BFFredo Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
  

  Rich people do not create jobs

  Not true! They create:

  - valets for their Mercedes, Lexus and Range Rovers
  - bartenders and waiters/waitresses for their clubs and restaurants
  - maids to take clean up after them
  - gardeners to tend to their yards
  - au-pairs (NOTE: ONLY hot European 20 year-olds allowed)

  See! Jobs created! (NOTE: These jobs are minimum-wage and do not have health/retirement benefits)

• 168

  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
  

  but dude, im telling you, i cannot imagine a worse addiction than seeing constant improvement in golf. it’s like fucking crack. it’s worse than skyrim.

  fixed for my gaming vice, but the point is spot-on. I feel it’s one of the only sports where you can actually see your progression happen. Sure, you get faster, shoot the ball better, catch and throw better, etc in other sports, but golf is an immediate and noticeable skills game.

  jensen – gosh, not sure how to help there. hit them if you can, buy one club on ebay of each if you can’t?

  MP – give it a few months and find a deal if you can.

  Spencer – have you hit any of the CB’s or MB’s from Titleist the last few years?

• 169

  mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
  

  A careful reading of official Major League Baseball Rule 6.08(b) suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered “hit by pitch”, and would be eligible to advance to first base.

  fucking beisbol, meng.

• 170

  BFFredo Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
  

  Until rampant waste is fixed, they have no basis to argue for additional money.

  Start with the Department of Defense, an audit of the $550 bn we spend a year on them wouldn’t hurt.

  YOU AREN’T SERIOUS ABOUT THE DEFENSE OF AMERICA!! TERRORISTS WILL WIN!!

• 171

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
  

  you shut up. i cant handle nor afford miura.

  i berrreve in you!!!

• 172

  Milk Steak To Go Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
  

  I linked to an Economist article on optimal tax rates.

  Jist for those not reading link, the top earners could withstand a 83% tax rate.

• 173

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
  

  we are in the midst of a sports trivia question and answer

  what are the only two days of the year with no major sporting event?

  the day before and after the asg

• 174

  cleet Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
  

  Start with the Department of Defense, an audit of the $550 bn we spend a year on them wouldn’t hurt.

  We are literally pooping away millions upon millions of dollars to pay defense contractors that used to work for the government but now realize they can just go private sector and bilk away. More alarming than that, they really aren’t protecting the country.

• 175

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
  

  Team Make sure you have the best wedges, ideal putter and your driver and wood match ideally before you are constantly changing irons

• 176

  brian billick Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
  

  I’m always amazed at how people fall for the Democrats class warfare tactics and all this fairness nonsense. Who own companies and employ the middle class? Rich people. What happens when you raise taxes on the rich? Do they just shrug their shoulders and say Oh well? No they downsize and lay people off or put off plans of expanding the business. Result- you end up screwing the very middle class you claim to care about. But the Democrats are smart enough to know how jealous,petty and stupid people are and they keep falling for it.

• 177

  Mike NYC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
  

  I’m more talking about the laughable trope that is the rich don’t pay their “fair share”. I mean, it’s the bedrock argument used by the most powerful person in the world to push his class warfare rhetoric into dividing the country. And it’s complete & utter bullshit.

  Group A: 1% of the country that pays 22% of federal taxes.

  Group B: 20% of the country that pays 3/10th of a single percent of federal taxes.

  And the way it plays out, with the President of the United States, and in the media, is that it’s Group B that is tired and angry that Group A isn’t doing “enough”.

  I’m just asking someone to make sense of that canard.

• 178

  MP III Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
  

  MP – give it a few months and find a deal if you can.

  any advice on where to find these deals?

• 179

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
  

  what are the only two days of the year with no major sporting event?

  the day before and after the asg

  another reason why baseball is in decline.

• 180

  Milk Steak To Go Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
  

  Rock Bottom Golf is a good place for clubs. Deals to be had on 1, 2 year old models.

• 181

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
  

  Start with the Department of Defense, an audit of the $550 bn we spend a year on them wouldn’t hurt.

  /shoves all the budget cuts from defense into Department of Homeland Security

• 182

  Big Hoss Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
  

  I will never, never, never understand why the Republicans insist on redistributing wealth upward at the expense of virtually everyone else in the country.

  To the point about the wealthy paying 70% of taxes, I reply with this. It basically says that – brace yourselves here – poor people don’t pay taxes because they don’t make enough money. Not rocket science.

  And for some historical perspective, I offer this. The rich are doing just fine and by historical standards, fantastic even.

• 183

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
  

  Spencer – have you hit any of the CB’s or MB’s from Titleist the last few years?

  hit the whole 710 line and put the 712 ap2 and cb thru their paces…only hit the mb 7i. the ap2′s felt fantastic but i felt they performed b+ compared to the nike pro combo a and i liked the cb’s, but titleist irons have always felt “hard” to me, even on pure contact. less so in the cb’s, but def in the mb’s.

  it’s all subjective tho…ive seen a lot of meh reviews re: the 909 line of woods and hybrids, but that line is my favorite ive ever played. the hybrid and driver are phenomenal. huge fan of titleist woods, wedges, putters and balls…but irons i give the edge to mizuno and nike.

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  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
  

  What happens when you raise taxes on the rich? Do they just shrug their shoulders and say Oh well? No they downsize and lay people off or put off plans of expanding the business

  Aren’t taxes the lowest they’ve ever been? How’s that working out?

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  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
  

  rock bottom is great…globalgolf.com is excellent as well. GREAT used selection.

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  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
  

  yeah that’s where I got my irons a few years back.

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  mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
  

  “Every effort was made to try to get the arm there in time to help in any way,” Pino said. Hayes said late Monday night the arm was in too poor a condition for reattachment.

  Pino said the agency is conducting an investigation into the incident to determine how it happened.

  here’s what happened: the dumbass was swimming in the Caloosahatchee (sp?) River in the middle of Florida just south of Lake Okeechobee and just north of the Everglades. there are large alligators EVERYWHERE down there. investigation closed.

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  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
  

  Fuck, didn’t realize we were dropping brands like Miura up in here! Glad I don’t have a lot to choose from (lefty), so no sense in getting too excited about them. However, they are probably my “just won the lottery” clubs, to which I will put them in a safe until I can properly hit them and do them justice.

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  Big Hoss Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
  

  I’m always amazed at how people fall for the Democrats class warfare tactics and all this fairness nonsense. Who own companies and employ the middle class? Rich people. What happens when you raise taxes on the rich? Do they just shrug their shoulders and say Oh well? No they downsize and lay people off or put off plans of expanding the business. Result- you end up screwing the very middle class you claim to care about. But the Democrats are smart enough to know how jealous,petty and stupid people are and they keep falling for it.

  This, of course, is bullshit. As is the idea that if you lower taxes, the rich will spend their money and hire more people and blah blah blah. It’s simply not true. We know this.

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  molemaninthemorning Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
  

  Coach Billick!

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  njensen79 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
  

  Spence,
  I have a very hard swing that I need to dial down a bit, but yeah I have thought about going with pre-owned through tgw but seems like they are more than some of the on sale big names.

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  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
  

  to push his class warfare rhetoric into dividing the country

  I’m politically open-minded but the GOP declared war on the middle class here in the Midwest. Ohio/Wisc are two places to start. This nation has been politically polarized long before this and will remain so long after.

  The last election, every city went for the Dems and ever urban area went GOP. College towns in rutal areas when Dem. It is simply a fight for those suburban areas that tread between.

  Everything else is a money grab. Stop with this “he divided the nation” bullshit. You’re better than that.

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  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
  

  However, they are probably my “just won the lottery” clubs, to which I will put them in a safe until I can properly hit them and do them justice.

  this is my dream set.

  here’s the way i see it though…say you get a brand new set of titleist mb’s or nike vr blades or whatever. you get project x’s and multicompounds and you’re looking at $1,100 for a set of irons thrown together with relatively lax factory tolerances meaning you neec the swingweight/loft/lie adjusted for an additional expense.

  you get miura’s, it’s COMPLETELY fit and customized for you to EXACT SPECIFIC tolerances from the highest grade steel made by a master craftsman for $1,200.

  if you’re dropping that kind of money on new irons, miura’s are a very sound investment.

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  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
  

  This, of course, is bullshit. As is the idea that if you lower taxes, the rich will spend their money and hire more people and blah blah blah. It’s simply not true. We know this.

  So I guess the three small businesses I have worked for who did EXACTLY that are full of shit? got it.

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  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
  

  I have a very hard swing that I need to dial down a bit, but yeah I have thought about going with pre-owned through tgw but seems like they are more than some of the on sale big names.

  go with stiff…you’ll be fine assuming you’re at least somewhat able bodied and athletic.

  check out rock bottom and global golf…also discount dan’s and ebay. tgw is shit except for clothes and deals on balls and stuff like that.

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  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
  

  [Gravatar image]

  I’m more talking about the laughable trope that is the rich don’t pay their “fair share”. I mean, it’s the bedrock argument used by the most powerful person in the world to push his class warfare rhetoric into dividing the country. And it’s complete & utter bullshit.

  Group A: 1% of the country that pays 22% of federal taxes.

  Group B: 20% of the country that pays 3/10th of a single percent of federal taxes.

  And the way it plays out, with the President of the United States, and in the media, is that it’s Group B that is tired and angry that Group A isn’t doing “enough”.

  I’m just asking someone to make sense of that canard.

  the president’s argument and your argument lack the one thing that would make it worth debating: context.

  of course the bottom 20% don’t pay as much in taxes, they have almost no income to tax.

  I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt that you’re just egging on the debate for fun and not just repeating GOP talking points b/c you really believe this nonsense.

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  ohheelyeah Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
  

  Spencer – I am in complete agreement on those points. Just wish Miura would make me whatever I wanted, hence the lottery comment

  /dangles bag of cash in front of Miura
  //he promptly tells me to fuck off and that i can’t buy him off
  ///we quickly settle on him taking said bag, and me taking a set of 1-off, LH black blades

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  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
  

  So I guess the three small businesses I have worked for who did EXACTLY that are full of shit? got it.

  so those three small businesses were owned by people in the top 1%-1.5%? that’s pretty rare.

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  phillymantis915 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
  

  It’s funny that the richest are always screaming bloody murder about welfare, medicare, etc. Yet they are the ones who are bigger aggreate users of government services.

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  BFFredo Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
  

  Who own companies and employ the middle class? Rich people.

  And here I thought the middle class employed themselves by starting their own small businesses.

  I’m just asking someone to make sense of that canard.

  That 20% that pays 3/10th of a single-percent is the people below the poverty line which, in today’s America, can include the fabled “welfare moms with the 8-kids by 6 different baby daddies” as well as the “drain on our society illegal immigrants” but it can also include retired US veterans, senior citizens, people with physical/mental health conditions, recently-graduated students without jobs, people whose businesses and jobs went under, etc.

  There has never nor will there ever be a fair and equal distribution between the rich and the poor. The poor will always outnumber the rich — that’s why they’re the rich.

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  sousedbergin Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
  

  What happens when you raise taxes on the rich? Do they just shrug their shoulders and say Oh well? No they downsize and lay people off or put off plans of expanding the business.

  This is literally untrue.

  I’m just asking someone to make sense of that canard.

  So the average .01% make 23 million. The average 90% make 29,000.

  23 million guy pays a Romney-esque 15% at 3.4 million.
  29,000 at 15% pays $4350

  It takes 781 average people to pay the rich guys share. Way more if the 23 million was paying the proper rate of 35%.

  Rich people are paying more because they are really really fucking rich. Middle class are playing less because their wages have been stagnant since the mofucing 70′s while CEO pay has risen 400%.

  /probably got the math wrong

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  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
  

  The poor will always outnumber the rich

  good seqway to The Dark Knight Rises since that’s a theme of the movie.

  9 days, should be pretty a good show in Imax.

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  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
  

  nothing will change until both of these change: human nature and our political system that allows elected officials who tout doing what’s best for people to hamper doing what’s best for people

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  Jay V Of Considerable Influence Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
  

  For the ‘funemployed,’ unemployment is welcome.

  I know plenty of them.

• 205

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
  

  ohheelyea…yea, you’re fucked as a lefty.

  i always found it interesting that in baseball, lefties have the most graceful beautiful swings, but in golf, lefties typically look strange. can’t really think of a lefty with perfect technique.

  crazy golf legend mac ogrady once wanted to enter a pga tournament twice, once as a righty and lefty. he was a legit scratch lefty. great swing.

  /bonus vid of him with randy quaid

• 206

  phillymantis915 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
  

  9 days, should be pretty a good show in Imax.

  Bought my tix for IMAX for 7/22 last night. Can’t wait.

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  BFFredo Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
  

  good seqway to The Dark Knight Rises since that’s a theme of the movie.

  9 days, should be pretty a good show in Imax.

  Deshi! Deshi! Basara Basara!!

  It’s funny that the richest are always screaming bloody murder about welfare, medicare, etc. Yet they are the ones who are bigger aggreate users of government services.

  That’s because when a rich guy gets a stadium built for him for free, it’s not “welfare.”

  The NFL has gotten lots and lots of government subsidy throughout its history. No one blames them for being a “welfare” industry.

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  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
  

  i also love the quaid/ogrady vid because it’s a great example of the difference between a good amateur and a pro. at the top (0:07) they’re in identical spots, but when they transition into the ball, ogrady stays under the plane, while you can see quaid start the “over the top” move.

  it’s subtle, but when you compare them side to side, even quaid’s miniscule over the top is evident next to ogrady’s perfect transition.

  interesting.

  /”not really”
  //hernia’d

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  Mike NYC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
  

  I’m not asking why the rich are paying more.

  I’m asking why the argument from POTUS and the DNC is that they aren’t paying their “fair share”.

  In other words, since the word has been devalued of all meaning: what is fair?

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  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
  

  So I guess the three small businesses I have worked for who did EXACTLY that are full of shit? got it.

  Sorry to hear that dude, but you got laid off because enough people weren’t buying what they were selling. tax rates sensitivity in that case is a sympton, not the disease.

  Jist for those not reading link, the top earners could withstand a 83% tax rate.

  that is an 83% top marginal tax rate, not 83% overall.

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  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
  

  Bought my tix for IMAX for 7/22 last night. Can’t wait.

  i’m waiting a couple weeks, only for logistics since my wife planned a movie night with another couple and the closest Imax is either Philly or NY State.

• 212

  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
  

  I’m just asking someone to make sense of that canard.

  I linked to it. A top rate of anything less than 83% (I’ve heard numbers slightly lower as well, between 70-80%) does not cause people to work less because it isn’t worth it.

• 213

  TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
  

  Mike, are you actually asking why politicians are behaving like politicians? Is this some sort of riddle?

• 214

  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
  

  what is fair?

  Again, increases across the board…are you waiting for the president to log on and answer you here or why do you keep asking?

• 215

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
  

  I’m asking why the argument from POTUS and the DNC is that they aren’t paying their “fair share”.

  In other words, since the word has been devalued of all meaning: what is fair?

  i’m guessing that the rich couldn;t be rich unless they took advantage of our laws as well as depended on the less wealthy to buy things. if you are dependent on comsumers, most of whom are not as wealthy as you, for your wealth, helping them is ‘fair’

• 216

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
  

  that’s the TDKR release most places? Next THUR at midnight?

• 217

  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
  

  In other words, since the word has been devalued of all meaning: what is fair?

  Fair is the amount for the country to pay for everything it wants and needs, but not so much that it causes people to decide to work (and produce) less utility than they currently do.

• 218

  BFFredo Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
  

  [Gravatar image]

  that’s the TDKR release most places? Next THUR at midnight?

  Yep. 12:01 next Friday. Get there early.

  I’m sure some theaters are even running a “TDK Marathon” with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight ahead of the The Dark Knight Rises.

• 219

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
  

  what is fair?

  golf. it is one of the few things that is 100% legitimately, unprejudicedly fair.

• 220

  geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
  

  Mike, are you actually asking why politicians are behaving like politicians? Is this some sort of riddle?

  My thoughts exactly.

  Politicians are going to be politicians. The GOP says it wants to “repeal and replace” the health care law but they actually have no replacement plan (and haven’t offered one since 2009 in the midst of the health care debate). Why? Because keeping the health care debate out front is good for getting conservatives riled up, which is good for the GOP. That’s politics.

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  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
  

  I’m asking why the argument from POTUS and the DNC is that they aren’t paying their “fair share”.

  In other words, since the word has been devalued of all meaning: what is fair?

  why do you keep arguing the wealthy pay 70% and the bottom 20% pay less than 1% of tax rates? it’s an argument that panders to the base of the party you follow, that’s why the president makes his argument when his opponent has off shore bank accounts, worked at Bain capital firing people (yes, and hiring people, i know), and has hundreds of millions of dollars to his name.

  what is fair? in terms of taxes? in terms of society? employment? the american dream?

• 222

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
  

  MY GOD…not in love with the backswing, but holy shit, from the top thru impact, it’s perfect.

• 223

  cracker jack Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
  

  ohheelyea…yea, you’re fucked as a lefty.

  When political and golf discussions collide!

• 224

  TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
  

  President Obama and the DNC say shit because it will get them re-elected. What a politician says often has very little correlation to what he does.

  Just as an example, you can be assured that in his second term Obama will retain or bring in new people from the same Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, NYSE crowd.

  The rich will be just fine. No need to worry.

• 225

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
  

  When political and golf discussions collide!

  i lolled.

  /im sorry my golf addiction took over this morning…im trying to get better, i know it’s obnoxious

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  sousedbergin Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
  

  In other words, since the word has been devalued of all meaning: what is fair?

  Enough so as to protect their own self interest. The economy as is stands now in untenable with shrinking middle class and growing consumer debt. Cause of this is stagnate wages and the evaporation/lack of a social safety net (heath care debt, student debt). Historically 75 to 80 was the best for GDP but I would start at 39.6 with higher capital gains tax and less loopholes. A strong class of consumers is in everyone’s interest.

  It should be fluid, lowering taxes in times prosperity and raising taxes during recessions for stimulus programs.

  /Trying to save the gentry from the guillotine

• 227

  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
  

  golf. it is one of the few things that is 100% legitimately, unprejudicedly fair

  Fuck that, the lip out I had on Saturday proves there is no higher power governing the universe

• 228

  Mike NYC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
  

  Fair is the amount for the country to pay for everything it wants and needs, but not so much that it causes people to decide to work (and produce) less utility than they currently do.

  No. That is the maximum amount you have calculated that allows you to steal from high-earning people in order to fund your utopian welfare state.

  You have all failed the supposed riddle. Fair is an equal federal income tax hit across every single person in the country. Say, 20%. Across the board. Everyone.

  Period.

• 229

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
  

  
  In baseball a sacrifice doesn’t even count against your average. That’s why baseball’s better than life – it’s fair.

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  phillymantis915 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
  

  It should be fluid, lowering taxes in times prosperity and raising taxes during recessions for stimulus programs.

  That’s actually the opposite of what should be done, but your intention is good. In times of prosperity, you raise marginal tax rates and can lower your spending since demand from the other three parts of GDP will take over. In recession, you lower taxes and raise spending to help make up for lack of demand from consumer, investment and net exports.

• 231

  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
  

  All that build up and the answer was just “Flat tax”? Haven’t been this let down since the third Matrix movie

• 232

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
  

  Fuck that, the lip out I had on Saturday proves there is no higher power governing the universe

  EXACTLY.

  “the harder i practice, the luckier i get.”

  -gary player

• 233

  cracker jack Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
  

  You have all failed the supposed riddle.

  Ah, shit! What happens now?

• 234

  phillymantis915 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
  

  You have all failed the supposed riddle. Fair is an equal federal income tax hit across every single person in the country. Say, 20%. Across the board. Everyone

  20% of 20,000 = 4,000
  20% of 2 million = 400k.

  The 16,000 the 20k worker has left will leave them in a much worse position than the $1.6 million the 2 million worker earns. Flat taxes will never work and can’t. This libertarian utopia that you and others want will never work.

• 235

  spencer096 Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
  

  Say, 20%. Across the board. Everyone.

  Period.

  oh my.

• 236

  cracker jack Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
  

  “Can Oral Sex Cure Morning Sickness?

  Cant believe I am just reading this now. Must forward to husband..

• 237

  Big Hoss Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
  

  The funny thing is, by today’s GOP standards, Mike NYC would be considered an intellectual conservative.

• 238

  sousedbergin Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
  

  You have all failed the supposed riddle. Fair is an equal federal income tax hit across every single person in the country. Say, 20%. Across the board. Everyone.
  Period.

  Way too easy to cheat first of all and secondly you would have so much crumbling infrastructure the whole country would look like Detroit. 90% of the country would pay $1400 more in taxes and buy less whereby the 01% can’t buy enough to churn output. Mass unemployment. Eventually a shiftless layabout such as myself would scale the walls of your palatial estate and decapitate you.

• 239

  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
  

  All that build up and the answer was just “Flat tax”? Haven’t been this let down since the third Matrix movie

  /dying

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  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
  

  No. That is the maximum amount you have calculated that allows you to steal from high-earning people in order to fund your utopian welfare state.

  You have all failed the supposed riddle. Fair is an equal federal income tax hit across every single person in the country. Say, 20%. Across the board. Everyone.

  Period.

  Mike, I’m going to let you behind the curtain a little bit. I’m not doing this to brag. I’m the 1%. My fiancee and I earn well over $300K/year. That isn’t “fuck you” money, but by any measure makes me very well off. I work in finance. I’m asking/begging that I get taxed more.

  I don’t view it as stealing from me. It is an investment. If there is better infrastructure, I think the cost of goods and services will be less. If we teach children better, there will be more smart kids innovating and producing and growing the economy. I think this is in my best interest.

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  sousedbergin Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
  

  That’s actually the opposite of what should be done, but your intention is good. In times of prosperity, you raise marginal tax rates and can lower your spending since demand from the other three parts of GDP will take over. In recession, you lower taxes and raise spending to help make up for lack of demand from consumer, investment and net exports.

  I made it backwards. I’ve had a very late night year.

• 242

  ButtersBC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
  

  I’m asking/begging that I get taxed more

  Well, you don’t HAVE to take deductions…the IRS will happily take any voluntary donations to the cause

• 243

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
  

  mike, you didn’t like my ‘what’s fair’ answer? let me riddle you:

  could rich people be rich without the non-rich? if so, then yes, they should hoard all their wealth. if they rely on the vast majority to buy things, use their services, then paying more taxes seems like the price to pay if nothing else to help the poor/middle class to not go under and continue to be able to pay for things/services

  please respond, someone, before i think i have the answer to everything.

• 244

  kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
  

  Mike, I’m going to let you behind the curtain a little bit. I’m not doing this to brag. I’m the 1%. My fiancee and I earn well over $300K/year. That isn’t “fuck you” money, but by any measure makes me very well off. I work in finance. I’m asking/begging that I get taxed more.

  I don’t view it as stealing from me. It is an investment. If there is better infrastructure, I think the cost of goods and services will be less. If we teach children better, there will be more smart kids innovating and producing and growing the economy. I think this is in my best interest.

  i’m curious, what’s your political ideologies, if you have any?

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  Mr. C Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
  

  I don’t view it as stealing from me. It is an investment. If there is better infrastructure, I think the cost of goods and services will be less. If we teach children better, there will be more smart kids innovating and producing and growing the economy. I think this is in my best interest.

  This assumes that the government will use those extra dollars effectively or in a manner you agree with. I’m not certain this would happen.

• 246

  illformula Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
  

  this is my dream set.

  /boner

• 247

  TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
  

  Fun fact – first federal income tax was progressive. 3% of all incomes over $800. In 1861.

  (3%!!)

• 248

  sousedbergin Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
  

  please respond, someone, before i think i have the answer to everything.

  “I refuse to invest in public transportation so my workers can travel to my factories, have more discretionary income and breath better air”

  /How is this a popular political party?

• 249

  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
  

  i’m curious, what’s your political ideologies, if you have any?

  I’m pretty liberal. One of the most liberal guys in my office (economically, at least).

• 250

  BFFredo Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
  

  All that build up and the answer was just “Flat tax”? Haven’t been this let down since the third Matrix movie

  /dying

  This just made my day!

• 251

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
  

  “I refuse to invest in public transportation so my workers can travel to my factories, have more discretionary income and breath better air”

  I saw The Lorax too!

• 252

  HtownHacker Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
  

  Fun fact – first federal income tax was progressive. 3% of all incomes over $800. In 1861.

  I guess government has grown a bit since then, huh?

• 253

  cleet Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:56 AM
  

  Sir Spicious. Humanized.

• 254

  Walking Underwear Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:56 AM
  

  I think this is in my best interest.

  some people say what’s in your best interest is wrong

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  Mike NYC Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
  

  I’m asking/begging that I get taxed more.

  Christmas just came early for you.

  Please be sure to let us know how much of that $300k you donated.

• 256

  TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
  

  I guess government has grown a bit since then, huh?

  Empires are expensive.

• 257

  Nada Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 10:59 AM
  

  This may be Duckworth’d, but whoever chose a picture of Biel in a dress should be shitcanned immediately.

  / Bikini butt shots only, please

• 258

  PeerLessPrices Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
  

  I actually enjoy these political talks. Mainly because I’m unaware of most of the problems.

  /country education
  //spits

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  Sir Spicious Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
  

  Please be sure to let us know how much of that $300k you donated.

  because I’m one of history’s greatest monsters, some of it went to Penn State.

  /sad

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  sousedbergin Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:01 AM
  

  Christmas just came early for you.

  Debt is a conservative trojan horse. Who cares? Only scared assholes would throw money at that.

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  Nada Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
  

  “What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?”

  Looks like it was illustrated by the XKCD guy.

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  TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
  

  Looks like it was illustrated by the XKCD guy.

  The whole thing was done by him, yep.

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  PeerLessPrices Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
  

  Awful awful Biel photo. Then again, I agree with CJ – man face. Not a fan

  /sad

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  scripty Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
  

  Empires are expensive.

  Death Star superlaser technician 1: [after blowing up Alderaan] So, anyway, I says, “Forget the dental plan, forget sick leave. I just want a railing. You know, one railing right here!”
  [points to the edge of the platform they're standing on]
  Death Star superlaser technician 2: Yeah, I know. I’ve almost fallen over that thing so many times.

  or
  General Tagge: Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they’ve obtained. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe.
  Stewie (Darth Vader): That is fantastic. Terrific work. So no weaknesses at all?
  General Tagge: N… no.
  Stewie (Darth Vader): You, uh, you hesitated there. Is there something I should know?
  General Tagge: No, it’s virtually indestructible, like 99.99%.
  Stewie (Darth Vader): Uh, okay, wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t ask what’s the 0.01?
  General Tagge: Well, I mean, there’s this little hole. It was kind of an aesthetic choice by the architect. And if you shoot a laser into this hole, the station blows up.
  Stewie (Darth Vader): Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! That sounds like a pretty big design flaw, then.
  General Tagge: No, no, the hole’s only two meters across.
  Mayor Adam West (Grand Moff Tarkin): Well, that’s no bigger than a womp rat.
  General Tagge: Exactly. And even to get within range of it, you have to skim along this whole trench. It’s not a big deal.
  Stewie (Darth Vader): Can’t we board it up or, you know, put some plywood over it or something?
  General Tagge: Well, that would look terrible. I mean, we gotta think about resale.
  Stewie (Darth Vader): Resale? What are you talking about? …..
  All right, so were’ going to plug up that hole?
  Imperial Officer: Yeah, we can get it done tomorrow if price is no object.
  Stewie (Darth Vader): Ehhhh…
  Imperial Officer: We’ll get estimates.
  Stewie (Darth Vader): Get estimates, yeah, yeah.

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  Nada Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:09 AM
  

  Wealthy Americans earn about 50 percent of all income but pay nearly 70 percent of the federal tax burden

  I will always counter with the fact that last year I paid more in taxes than General Electric did, while earning about $14 billion less.

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  Big Hoss Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
  

  I will always counter with the fact that last year I paid more in taxes than General Electric did, while earning about $14 billion less.

  Yeah, but you’re not a job creator.

  /talking point’d

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  Nada Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
  

  i feel like a military dictatorship banana republic is exactly what this country needs

  / Louisiana’d

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  Nada Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:25 AM
  

  Yeah, but you’re not a job creator.

  /talking point’d

  Give me Jessica Biel, and we’ll see how many blow jobs can be created.

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  Nada Says:
  July 11th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
  

  what are the only two days of the year with no major sporting event?

  the day before and after the asg

  Also every day of the Stanley Cup Finals.

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