Posts: jcboy3 | Ugly Hedgehog

Apr 23, 2024 17:13:02 #

Whoopi says abortion isn’t in the “BIG 10”

Racmanaz wrote:

Your mistake is that you’re conflating man’s law with God‘s commandments. It doesn’t matter if we as men legalize all killings of humans it’s still murder in the eyes of God and That’s the point.

Your mistake is first imagining there is a God, then imagining that God communicated commandments only to a Middle East desert tribe, and then imagining that God has eyes, and then imagining that there are loopholes and exceptions and justifications for killing other people, and then imagining that a fetus is a person.

What a load of rubbish.

Apr 23, 2024 15:16:55 #

Whoopi says abortion isn’t in the “BIG 10”

Racmanaz wrote:

https://youtube.com/shorts/mpPHk9Hrgzg?si=khKdn-PbMFFtrlv1

Lolol

The 6th commandment is not "thou shalt not kill", it is "thou shalt not murder".

Why not "kill"? Because kill applies to anything living, not just human beings. Swat the fly, go to hell?

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. -- Wikipedia

Abortion is not murder when it is legal. In fact, it is usually not murder when it is illegal. See

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/08/abortion-bans-penalty-fines-prison-us-states#

What is the justification or valid excuse for abortion? A woman's right to not be forced to carry a pregnancy to term and be subject to the inherent risks of childbirth.

Apr 23, 2024 15:05:07 #

This is working out well for CA, isn't it??

FrumCA wrote:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/california-chaos-newsom-grapples-with-minimum-wage-law-fallout/ss-AA1nofh4?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=7d3725d450224ff8b8fafbaee4f59cb4&ei=108#image=2

A QPWC is $5.39 in Hawthorne, CA (Los Angeles).

It was $6.49 in Christiansburg, VA.

High cost of living states...cost more to live in.

(Main Photography Discussion)

Apr 23, 2024 14:47:12 #

Making the switch to mirrorless

Tote1940 wrote:

Z50 and. Zfc
Love silent mode, should be mandatory in press conferences.
Agree image not as good as on SLR , very difficult to manual focus, what saves the day are focus aid, a red outline.
Best feature see histogram and what you see is pretty much what you get.
A convert.

I find manual focus on mirrorless to be very easy. Focus peaking can quickly get you in the zone, and image magnification will let you nail focus if you're using a large aperture.

(Main Photography Discussion)

Apr 23, 2024 14:43:24 #

Making the switch to mirrorless

User ID wrote:

How is that different than an SLR ? Seems the same to me but I havent used an SLR in ages.

But OTOH the OPs complaint isnt really focus shifting and much as I love the Z, just like the OP I also wish I could nail that AF target into its position in the frame !

If you turn the camera off, the AF target will not move.

Apr 21, 2024 22:50:09 #

Blurryeyed wrote:

Why don't you higher tax types call for eliminating useless government programs, eliminating waste, why do you folks always demand more of others money to support a government so full of waste? If a public corporation were ever as sloppy as the federal government its corporate officers would be prosecuted and thrown in jail.

The government runs on debt. Other peoples money isn't being used to run the government.

Unlike corporations, government workers actually make very little money.

One persons "useless government program" is another persons "cash cow".

I have a six figure income, and a 4% tax rate (like last year). I don't want to pay more in taxes, but that's just me. What's your tax rate?

Apr 21, 2024 22:44:52 #

Triple G wrote:

I believe personal and business returns should be kept separate. Being able to pull through business losses to offset personal income tax liability should be thoroughly investigated. It's pretty easy to create a paper loss with business deductions.

There isn't anything to investigate. It's not a "paper loss" issue; it's simply a question of whether your business is entangled with your personal life to the extent that personal expenses look like business expenses.

Apr 21, 2024 13:23:23 #

Blaster34 wrote:

But either one is far better than the totally complex, incomprehensible and unfair current system in place now. However, if you want to change the current code, eliminate ALL loopholes then reduce the effective tax rate on everyone and ensure ALL citizens pay federal income taxes. If they can tax Social Security, they can tax welfare, child support, workers comp, disaster relief payments and many others.

Eliminating ALL business deductions will have profound impact on the economy. And shift more wealth from working Americans to the wealthy.

Apr 20, 2024 23:53:09 #

Could Biden be the world's worst pathological liar

scooter1 wrote:

https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/us-news/white-house-admits-biden-uncle-wasnt-eaten-by-cannibals-died-in-pacific-ocean-crash/

Trump is the worst pathological liar.

Because he’s boring and predictable.

Apr 20, 2024 23:51:41 #

DennyT wrote:

For a change I agree. My choices for tax system are (1) FAIR tax (2) Flat tax in that order .

FAIR tax isn’t fair, FLAT tax isn’t flat.

Apr 20, 2024 23:34:51 #

Finally Ukraine Gets It's Bullets

ken_stern wrote:

I assume you have zero proof?
Which as I smell it makes this pure shit

It was a question. Can you smell how illiterate you are? I know you can’t read it.