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From: krw on 5 Nov 2006 09:53 In article <KYd3h.4613$7F3.1151(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... > > "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fb72c9273625a39989a97(a)news.individual.net... > > In article <Fea3h.4927$B31.4835(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, > > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... > >> > >> "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message > >> news:MPG.1fb683e1f860803a989a88(a)news.individual.net... > >> > In article <eifrsp$irb$3(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, lparker(a)emory.edu > >> > says... > >> >> In article <eifgj0$8qk_005(a)s820.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, > >> >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> >In article <ZDn2h.3658$B31.603(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, > >> >> > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> > > >> > <big snip> > >> > > >> >> >>Nothing about income there. > >> >> > > >> >> >Pay attention to the if clause. There is paragraph that says > >> >> >if you don't have records, you can opt to pay your out > >> >> >of state purchases sales tax as a percentage of your income. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> Sure, and for the IRS, you can estimate your sales tax deduction as a > >> >> percentage of your income too. Nothing new there. > >> > > >> > IRS? "Sales tax deduction"? What drugs are you on? > >> > >> > >> None. I've done it the last few years. You have to itemize in order to > >> take advantage of it, though. > > > > You have no income tax? Try it next year. ^ state > > What? Where did I say I have no income tax? The only way sales tax is deductible is if there is no state income tax. -- Keith
From: krw on 5 Nov 2006 09:57 In article <454DBACA.3CA76BD2(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > "Jamie" <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote in message > > > Eeyore wrote: > > > > > >> Why would anyone spend that much on a watch ? I can't figure it. Aside > > >> from bragging rights of course ! > > >> > > > you can't figure it out? why does that > > > not surprise me? > > > > Because not everybody in the world allows the cost of their possessions to > > define them as human beings? > > A film and sound editor acquaintance of mine who's worked in the USA said he > couldn't live there long-term in part because he found the use of wealth to > define yourself to be offensive. Yes, lineage is such a nicer way to define yourself. -- Keith
From: unsettled on 5 Nov 2006 10:04 Eeyore wrote: > > unsettled wrote: > > >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>> >>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>>>>And yet you prefer to believe impersonal books when learning about what >>>>>Islam is all about, instead of talking to actual Muslims. >>>> >>>>What do you suggest? >>> >>> >>>How about talking to some actual Muslims before you make ridiculous >>>statements like "they grow up in a culture of violence". I think I'm talking to one here. >>Start by asking them about female circumcision. > > > That's a traditional African practice not Islamic. "Although it is practiced by African Muslims, it is also known to exist throughout the Middle East, though it is veiled in secrecy, unlike in parts of Africa, where it is practiced relatively openly." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_circumcision >>Then ask them >>about female rights to ownership of property, female education, >>divorce laws. > That will depend on the laws of the country they live in. Muslim countries, not secular nations with a primarily Muslim population. >>Ask what countries females can drive in. > How about naming the ones where they can't. I can only think of Saudi. >>Ask them >>how many western women are trying to get custody of their children >>after a divorce. > What's that about ? How does that relate to Islam ? If you don't understand now, no one can explain it to you. This is an issue that's been in the mainstream news for decades. >>How about the practice of chopping the hand off a thief, or >>hanging a family member who dishonors the family? > There aren't many countries wher this is allowed. ISTRC the hand being chopped > off goes way back before Islam btw. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_in_Islamic_Countries
From: unsettled on 5 Nov 2006 10:09 Eeyore wrote: > > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > > >>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> >>>Can you get US comprehensive ( no exclusions ) medical insurance for $2418 >>>regardless of age or medical history ? >> >>Of course not. However, since his/her employer pays his/hers, all he knows >>is it's free and if we were to nationalize, it would cost him/her a paltry >>extra 4 % of his/her income. Such simple-minded thinking, along with the >>attitude "I've got mine, go find your own somewhere else" is what keeps us >>from adopting a realistic system of health care...that and the drug and >>insurance lobbies, that plant such misanthropic thinking in peoples' heads >>and panders to their basest selfish emotions. > > > I just checked out Blue Cross HMO Select ( California ). I see the cost varies > according to where you live ! > > Visits to the Doctor still cost $25 and nothing seems to be 100% covered. > > Between $249 and $475 PCM for a single person of my age. Say $365 avg - that's > $4380 pa ( ?2305 ) - add in uncovered costs and that's easily twice the UK NHS > cost. > > No cover over 64 it seems ! What happens then ? Between age 64 and 65 the individual is forced into a program negotiated with each individual state. Those vary all over the place in cost. At 65 one qualifies for Medicare and can purchase supplementary coverage. I have never signed up with an HMO. I refuse to be at the mercy of a single physician's ideas, especially when that physician is responsible for holding down costs and his personal income is tied to his success at cost containment. I have always been willing to pay for the right to seek medical advice anywhere.
From: unsettled on 5 Nov 2006 10:11
Eeyore wrote: > > unsettled wrote: > > >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> >>>>Unsettled wrote >>> >>>>>I never was able to find buttermilk in any shop or >>>>>"supermarket." >>>> >>>>Probably because there's little demand for it. >>> >>>It's one of those regional cuisine things. >> >>It is a beverage many people like to drink. > > > Not here. Just where is "here"? Do you live in goat milk country, or perhaps camel milk country? > T Wake posted that his local Tesco has it btw. |