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[chinook]

Just tried calling Puget Sound Clean Air to file a complaint and after spending 20 minutes on hold was disconnected. Save yourself the aggravation – there’s an online complaint form here: https://secure.pscleanair.org/Complaint/Odor.aspx I’ll post back when I hear from them.

[Big Bling]

so – no takers on the dirt !

so what does one do with extra fill dirt ? you can’t take it to the dump, as i’ve heard.

suggestions ?

[datamuse]

Ephesus is my personal favorite. I like Jak’s as well.

The rest of these suggestions are giving me ideas for date nights. ;)

[DBP]

What do you use to mend a jack-o-lantern?

 

A pumpkin patch.

[DBP]

One day two pumpkins, who were best friends, were walking together down the street. They stepped off the curb and a speeding car came around the corner and ran one of them over.

The uninjured pumpkin called 911 and helped his injured friend as best he was able. The injured pumpkin was taken to emergency at the hospital and rushed into surgery.

After a long and agonizing wait, the doctor finally appeared. He told the uninjured pumpkin, “I have good news, and I have bad news. The good news is that your friend is going to pull through.”

“The bad news is that he’s going to be a vegetable for the rest of his life.”

 

[DBP]

When is a pumpkin not a pumpkin?

 

When you drop it. (Then it’s _________ )

[DBP]

Brad, you got some bodacious punkins there.

For a man, I mean. (Wink!)

 

 

[TBC]

[DBP]

Bah! HUM-bug! HPAC didn’t bag this one.

I DID!

[DBP]

Here’s an idea for owners wot don’t pick up da poo-poo . . .

Imagine YOUR face here instead of GWB’s . . .

It’s like: Wow! Instant celebrity!

If only my camera had a little printer in it.

[c@lbob]

Funny, Kootchman was trying to peddle much the same line on a different thread, where I answered with this:

—- begin of c@lbob post in thread “Ramblings”

From the PERS June 2012 quarterly report:

“Performance for all annualized time periods are positive. The PERS Comingled Trust Fund outperformed the passive benchmark all time periods. It is exceeding the actuarial return of 8% for the 3 year time period and since inception.” The Comingled Trust Fund was established in 1981.

Washington’s retirement system is one of the top four in the nation, along with New York, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

The only real problem with the Washington fund is that it is directly controlled by the legislature, who look upon it as a piggy bank to make up for the freeloaders among the citizentry who insist that they can’t be taxed to pay for public services and infrastructure.

Leeches are consistantly attempting to drain PERS.

Just as with Social Security. Private retirement systems, too.

Throw out the Paul Ryans of the world, and retirement looks rosier for me, and that’s how I’ll vote.

end of post from other thread

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Did he make a mistake? Forgive me if I don’t think so. You see, the lies in the links he provides above, don’t stand up in the state we are dicusssing here, that being the State of Washington.

Always the cherry picker, he seems to shy away from relevancy. Reality isn’t the sandwich he ordered.

[Meg]

I’m looking for a space to hold a weekly daytime (currently scheduled for Wed. 12-2pm, but that’s flexible) drop-in support group for new parents. We need space for 15-20 people. The group is nonprofit with a suggested donation (collecting donations means we can’t use libraries). Any suggestions?

[DBP]

Oh, look! Here’s another one from the Crypto-publican File . . .

https://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/romney-red-carpet-photos-by-dbp

And here’s the journal entry I recorded for that day:

This morning I went into “deep cover” and infiltrated a group of protesters. They were en route to the “Belly of the Beast” where Dear Leader was having his fundraiser.

In order to maintain my disguise I had to smoke a “joint” curse a lot and generally act like I was very much into the whole “free love” thing.

Well I must’ve been pretty convincing because at the end of the march they dragged me up on the stage and someone shoved a megaphone into my hand. I don’t know if it was the joint talking or what, but in that moment I felt really . . . inspired.

“Off the Cows!” I screamed. But I guess that wasn’t the right thing, cuz the crowd got real quiet.

 

“We’re vegans,” said a girl in the front row.

 

(Damn! And it was that hot little co-ed, too. The one I’d been chatting up all day.)

 

 

“Hey, I still wanna stand with you and Planned Parenthood,” I told her at the coffee shop later. “I would never EVER try to take away your birth control.”

“Can’t I stand with you some more? Just for a little while? Please? Pleeeeeeeez?”

But it was no use. She just kept piddling with that damn thingamajobber of hers and talking about someplace else she was supposed to be.

 

 

So much for “free love.”

 

 

   

 

[miws]

If somebody had the financial ability, and desire, they could get a bunch of doggie T-Shirts printed up that read; “I went to the Park, where my owner let me walk illegally, off-leash, and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt!”, and distribute them to violators! ;-)

Mike

[anonyme]

I really don’t understand why citizens could not be deputized on a volunteer basis to patrol parks and beaches and issue citations, especially as the City is unable or unwilling to do so. To keep it all above board, Deputy Dawgs would patrol in pairs and record all transactions with violators as DBP did. Citizens are continually being blamed for not being more participatory in government, and yet attempts (like this suggestion) to be meaningfully involved are routinely shut down without discussion. Why?

BTW, DBP, you sound much younger and sexier on your recording than I’d imagined…;-)

[Bonnie]

Any recommendations who to call for yard waste removal? We have so much yard waste we cannot fit them in our bins so we’d like to have someone come by and haul it away for us. Any suggestions?

[redblack]

psst. hey, rich. i want you to do a little homework here.

so if pope reagan is the yard stick by which we measure all presidents, maybe you could tell me what the unemployment rate was in the third and fourth years of reagan’s first term.

gas prices: the fact that the media isn’t reporting on gas prices might have something to do with the multi-billion-dollar ad blitz that the oil industry is dropping right now.

POTUS doesn’t set oil prices. the market does. and no, i never blamed bush or congress for gas prices. but i did and do criticize their energy policies. which haven’t really changed – much – under obama.

libya: i want you to be very clear about something here, rich: are you suggesting that our response should be a declaration of war every time someone commits a terrorist act against americans?

and against whom should we be declaring war?

iran: well, i’m the other half of america, and i like the obama doctrine vis-a-vis iran.

and, no, our foreign policy should have nothing to do with israel – whose capital is tel-aviv, last time i checked. at least, that’s where our embassy is. they have billions of dollars’ worth of american planes, bombs, and nukes. let them use their own blood and treasure if they want to intimidate their neighbors or defend themselves or whatever.

hey, by the way, when is israel going to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty?

iran, israel, libya… they’re over there. i’m over here. i have no problem with those people, nor do i have any friends over there.

like obama said, “neither our allies, nor our enemies.”

i do have a problem with my government and american business roaming around the world buying up whatever they please and shooting anyone who gets in their way. so i’d like my armies and my aircraft carriers back over here, please.

[JoB]

redblack..

those highest hit by the alternative minimum tax are two income high wage earners with a substantial mortgage and children.

in other words.. those who are supposedly living the American dream…

that.. for the most part.. they make enough money to not require the child raising credits that often push them over the limits is something that is rarely mentioned.

there are exceptions.. the family that gets hit by catastrophic health care bills the year that two high wage earner income becomes one…

or as someone else noted… the additional expenses in an adoption year…

but for the most part.. it’s those who have worked hard and hit the American equivalent of the wage jackpot.

those who derive their income from sources other than wages aren’t much affected since the income to deduction ratios that trigger the alternative minimum tax kick in after they have “expensed” their income away.

[shed22]

Mike, I understand. Maybe someone you know would like a little friend? He’s quite the snuggle bug!

[amalia]

Depends on what kind of cover you have nearby. Before I stopped drawing birds to my yard (because of the outdoor cat kills), I got (on suet): red-breasted nuthatch, downy woodpecker, flicker, black-capped and chestnut-backed chickadee, bushtit, Bewick’s wren, Townsend’s warbler. Suet might get you more species than the seeds alone. Won’t get you the finches, though. I suggest a squirrel-proof, cage-in-a-cage type.

Always waiting for a brown creeper, but I don’t think I have enough big conifers nearby.

[redblack]

DP: in the past few weeks, i’ve watched you skewer obama on a number of issues. but the harshest you’ve been to lord willard is, “he’s just not that bright.”

and look at how this thread started: you attacked an article as speculative that explains how a member of LDS criticized lord willard, despite the fact that LDS has, indeed, scheduled the guy’s excommunication. and you attacked NF as possibly being an anti-mormon bigot when there was no reason to conclude anything of the sort.

seems to me like you defend lord willard every time someone starts a thread that criticizes him – like harry reid did. (yes, i know harry reid didn’t start the thread. smitty did.)

reid: “hey, where are lord willard’s tax records?”

DP: “where are your tax records, harry?”

then there’s the thread about how obama appointed a couple of goldman sachs guys, and you roasted him, despite the fact that lord willard’s policies – or lack thereof – will likely undo any attempts democrats have made to regulate wall street. and he definitely wants to take a meat axe to the taxes imposed on the upper classes.

then there’s the “when NOT to apologize” thread.

then there’s the thread where you dissected a rachel maddow blog piece for 2,000 words – without really saying anything.

yeah, you like to “zero right in” on strident liberal speech, but ko0tch gets away with “imam obama” all day long. JV gets all of the verbal potshots in that he can manage. HMC parrots republican talking points and cites opinion pieces as fact.

and you accuse me of being a mouthpiece for the DNC and the obama reelection campaign, when in fact, i read very few opinion pieces. the things that i post about tax fairness and republican zealotry and teabaggers – that’s all from the hip. but if my posts sound like DNC talking points to you, well… maybe i should be suing them for copyright infringement.

at least no one is unclear on where i stand.

what the hell am i supposed to think here? your posts seem to be saying, “don’t vote for obama” and and ask us to just “dig ourselves” when we show a little emotion or occasional irrationality. i think your posts leave most people with the impression that you believe that lord willard is a viable alternative who should be considered seriously.

is that the case? or not? based on your posts in these fora, i can’t discern. criticizing dino rossi three or four years ago doesn’t tell me a thing about who you’re voting for – or why – for POTUS in 2012.

because by all means, if you’re going third party, let’s have it out on the table.

[JanS]

Well, thanks, everyone. The support means so much. I am doing relatively well. Have had some ups and downs, but for now it ‘s up. Having breakfast at the moment -fresh fruit cup, oatmeal, sausage, egg, tea. Could be worse -lol.

[c@lbob]

From the PERS June 2012 quarterly report:

“Performance for all annualized time periods are positive. The PERS Comingled Trust Fund outperformed the passive benchmark all time periods. It is exceeding the actuarial return of 8% for the 3 year time period and since inception.” The Comingled Trust Fund was established in 1981.

Washington’s retirement system is one of the top four in the nation, along with New York, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

The only real problem with the Washington fund is that it is directly controlled by the legislature, who look upon it as a piggy bank to make up for the freeloaders among the citizentry who insist that they can’t be taxed to pay for public services and infrastructure.

Leeches are consistantly attempting to drain PERS.

Just as with Social Security. Private retirement systems, too.

Throw out the Paul Ryans of the world, and retirement looks rosier for me, and that’s how I’ll vote.

[kootchman]

Wow…. a new movie trailer!!??? Atlas Shrugged Part ll is being released Oct 12. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

[meg]

Kootchman,

I just recently been diggin into the effects of AMT, from the non-business side. haven’t yet looked at the business side.

About state sales tax. For individuals at least, sales tax is a smaller bite than income tax, and sales tax is a lot easier to avoid by using internet, going to another state, just doing without, yard sales, etc.

Your experience indicates businesses spend more sales tax $$ than do individuals. If so, yeah, I can see how AMT would kick in with their sales tax deductions, much the same as an individual’s income tax deductions.

[DBP]

>>do you have any opinions that aren’t based on other peoples’ opinions?

–Dude, you insult me. Which is karmically great, because I insult you, too. But please, from now on, try to insult me with a little more panache, will you? I feel the spark going out of our relationship.

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Now then . . . here’s a couple of items I created and posted on the Blog specially for the Patty Murray/Dino Rossi Senate contest back in 2010:

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I have to admit that these weren’t based on my own opinions. ‘Cuz, as we know, I don’t have any of those.

Fortunately, that is not a problem. See, whenever I feel like having an opinion, I simply call upon my local Democratic Party Spokesweenie (aka redblack), and ask him what opinions the Democratic Party is currently endorsing.

Then I just choose from one of those. :-)