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Mikey
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Posted: Thu Dec 8th, 2005 01:59 pm |
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Police: Officer Zaps Partner After Soda Dispute
POSTED: 6:19 am CST December 8, 2005
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. -- Authorities said a police officer in Michigan used a Taser stun gun on his partner during an argument about stopping for a soft drink.
The suspect was fired after the Nov. 3 incident and is charged with assault.
Ronald Dupuis, 32, could get up to 93 days in jail if convicted.
Authorities said Dupuis asked partner Prema Graham to stop at a store for a soft drink, but she refused and instead kept driving back to headquarters.
Authorities said the partners struggled over the steering wheel, and Dupuis hit Graham's leg with his department-issued Taser gun. She wasn't seriously hurt.
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Dec 8th, 2005 11:31 am |
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House votes to put off tax increase
BY KEVIN G. HALL and JAMES KUHNHENN
KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
December 8, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to delay a scheduled tax increase that would hit about 19 million taxpayers next year and may still have an impact on 30 million people a year by 2010.
House members voted 414-4 to extend by a year the current income-exemption levels for the Alternative Minimum Tax. The Senate already had approved the extension, as part of a broader tax-cut package.
If the House and Senate pass identical bills containing the AMT terms, as is likely, President George W. Bush is expected to sign the legislation into law.
The AMT affects few families with incomes below $50,000, but increasing numbers at every income level above that, up to $1 million.
Its impact varies depending on eligibility for tax deductions under the regular income tax.
Because the AMT isn't adjusted for annual inflation, income levels that once were high increasingly are only middle-class, so each year more and more people become subject to the AMT.
The House's extension would exempt from AMT taxation the first $58,000 of income for married couples filing jointly and the first $40,250 for individual tax filers.
Without the extension, the amount of income that's exempted from the AMT would fall to levels that were set before tax-law changes in 2001 and 2003 -- $45,000 for married couples and $33,750 for individuals.
This year, 3.6 million Americans, fewer than 3% of tax filers, were affected by the AMT, sometimes called a stealth tax. Failure to extend the higher exemption levels would have exposed 19 million taxpayers in 2006, or 14% of taxpayers.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that almost one in four taxpayers could be hit by the AMT by 2010 unless a permanent fix is adopted.
House sponsor Rep. Thomas Reynolds, R-N.Y., said the taxpayers who would be spared tax increases in 2006 otherwise would have paid, on average, $2,736 more.
"It would be crushing to millions of American families and taxpayers to increase their tax burden by more than $2,700," Reynolds said in a statement.
The extension puts off the larger battle over eliminating the AMT.
By 2010, unless changes are made, two-thirds of the 26 million taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes between $50,000 and $100,000 will be subject to the AMT. More than 85% of taxpayers with incomes between $100,000 and $500,000 a year will, too.
The AMT generates huge revenues, and lawmakers would have to either raise revenue or cut spending elsewhere to offset its loss.
The extension alone will cut revenue by $12.5 billion in 2006, according to the House Committee on Ways and Means, which wrote the extension.
If the AMT were eliminated, it would cost the Treasury $600 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
What's the AMT?
The Alternative Minimum Tax was enacted in 1969 to prevent higher-income taxpayers from using credits, deductions and other measures to shield all their income from taxation. It parallels the regular income tax, but disallows many tax preferences available under the usual income tax. Taxpayers must calculate how each tax would affect their taxable income and pay the higher of the two amounts.
Knight Ridder Newspapers
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Dave
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Posted: Wed Dec 7th, 2005 08:08 pm |
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'Fat Little Brother' Jeb Bush Honored By Castro's Comment
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he was "honored" Cuban President Fidel Castro had referred to him as President Bush's "fat little brother in Florida."
During a Nov. 17 speech at the University of Havana, Castro made the comment while questioning whether the governor had helped a suspected anti-Cuba terrorist enter the United States. Students responded with laughter.
"I'm flattered and honored," Bush replied with a smile, but then turned serious.
"I will take any criticism from Fidel Castro, of all people, as an honor given the fact that, you know, 8 million people, I believe, live on the island, 8 million people are repressed and they've been that way for 40 or 50 years," Bush said.
"To be criticized by a man like that who has repressed people for such an extended period of time is a high honor," the governor added. "He can call me whatever he wants."
In his speech, Castro insisted his comment was intended as constructive criticism.
"Forgive me for using the term `fat little brother,"' the Cuban leader said, according to a transcript obtained by The Miami Herald. "It is not a criticism, rather a suggestion that he do some exercises and go on a diet, don't you think? I'm doing this for the gentleman's health."
Undoubtedly, the 6-foot, 4-inch, 52-year-old governor has put on a few pounds since taking office in 1999. He weighs 225 pounds, said Bush spokeswoman Alia Faraj.
The ideal weight for a man of his height, frame and age ranges from 181 to 207 pounds, according to Weight Watchers International.
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Dave
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Posted: Wed Dec 7th, 2005 08:05 pm |
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Suspicious Passenger Fatally Shot On AA Flight At MIA
MIAMI -- A federal air marshal fatally shot a suspicious passenger who was on board an American Airlines jet that had landed at Miami International Airport on Wednesday. MSNBC said two law enforcement agencies confirmed the fatality.
MSNBC said the suspect was shot as he fled onto the jet bridge outside the plane.
The plane had just arrived from Colombia and was headed to Orlando, the broadcast reports said. Television images showed police SWAT officers surrounding the plane. The shooting happened at about 2 p.m., on AA flight 924, according to NBC6 in Miami.
NBC6's Patricia Andreu reported that two air marshals were on the flight. She said they overheard the suspect talking about a bomb and confronted him. The man then reportedly tried to get off the plane, and the air marshals fired their weapons.
MSNBC reported that the man had boarded with a carry-on bag and shouted out that he had a bomb in the bag prior to the shooting.
Mary Gardner, a passenger on the plane, said she was three rows back in the coach section and saw a woman running after a man through the aisle toward the front of the plan.
Gardner said she heard shots after hearing the woman yell that her husband was bipolar and had not been medicated. Her husband was presumably the man who was fatally shot.
MSNBC reported that officials said the incident started when the man, who was sitting near the back of the plane with his wife, began arguing with her. He reportedly stood up, grabbed his carry-on bag, and began making his way toward the front of the plane while the plane was still being boarded. She reportedly ran after him. After air marshals confronted him, the man refused to comply with their orders, MSNBC reported, and they shot him.
Copyright 2005 by NBC4.tv. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 11:47 pm |
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Randy in Pensacola wrote: Vero Steve wrote: I like this guy, why can't he immigrate here............. Lets trade 50 of ours for one of him........
Don't we have a whole bunch down in Gitmo??? Let's trade them all for him.............LOL
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 11:36 pm |
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Vero Steve wrote: I like this guy, why can't he immigrate here............. Lets trade 50 of ours for one of him........
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 11:35 pm |
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| I like this guy, why can't he immigrate here.............
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Dave
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 11:07 pm |
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Yup... I agree. I got a very similar story in email today. I started lookin' around and that's about as close as I could find to what the email said.
Still nice to see a politician that still has a sack that ain't been cut by the PC crowd...
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marc
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 11:02 pm |
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| Ditto.....
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 09:29 pm |
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I want to vote for that son of a bitch....I dont care what party he is in.........
How do we bring him over here???????
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zippo
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 08:47 pm |
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RIGHT FUCKING ON!
Can you just see one of our gutless wonder politicans saying some like that?
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Dave
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 08:40 pm |
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This was published November 11, 2005. Would be nice if the US Politicians had the balls to make a stand like this...
Australia urges Islamic extremists to leave
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
CANBERRA, Australia -- An Australian official urged Islamic extremists to leave the country, saying there was no point living in a country under a system they oppose.
"There are some things Australia stands for, has always stood for, always will stand for, which will never change," Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said Friday on the television show "A Current Affair."
"We will never be an Islamic state. We will never observe Sharia law. ... We will always be a democracy."
Costello said people who were unhappy with that reality should leave Australia rather than try to change it, suggesting the problem might lie with the individual rather than the country. He encouraged people of dual nationality to go to their other country of citizenship if they disapproved of Australia.
Costello said the times were dangerous and terrorist threats might persist into the future, warning that "we as a community have to be on our guard."
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20051111-081341-6378r
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marc
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 06:51 pm |
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Babe wrote: Hopes ya all try that kinda crap with ABO's CAT!! uh huh! You would all get yer butts kicked! LOL
Yup...Beware of sniper cat....He is deadly.....LOL.....
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Babe
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 06:36 pm |
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Mikey wrote: Randy in Pensacola wrote: I didnt see the "Flaming Cat Toss"....Thats always my favorite.....LOL
The lil kittens make great muskie bait...LMAO
( I'm gonna get thumped in the head for that..so Ihope you all appreciate it..)
Hopes ya all try that kinda crap with ABO's CAT!! uh huh! You would all get yer butts kicked! LOL
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Mikey
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 06:34 pm |
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Randy in Pensacola wrote: I didnt see the "Flaming Cat Toss"....Thats always my favorite.....LOL
The lil kittens make great muskie bait...LMAO
( I'm gonna get thumped in the head for that..so Ihope you all appreciate it..)
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 06:18 pm |
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| I didnt see the "Flaming Cat Toss"....Thats always my favorite.....LOL
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Dave
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 06:03 pm |
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zippo wrote:
Mikey/Babe - some of your friends??
Wisconsin Divorced Men's Club Organizes First Ever Cat-Olympics
I got a few I could donate. Need to thin out the herd...
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Babe
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 05:59 pm |
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OMG Zippo...thats awful! LOL
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zippo
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 05:56 pm |
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Mikey/Babe - some of your friends??
Wisconsin Divorced Men's Club Organizes First Ever Cat-Olympics
By Mark Motz
Male tabby "Sparky" shows his stuff on the trebuchet competition, giving new meaning to the word "catapult."OSHKOSH, WI - The Oshkosh divorced men's rod, reel and gun club, recently squelched from passing a legal feral tabby hunting law in the state of Wisconsin, have shifted their misplaced passions and mad obsessions into the states, and the indeed the worlds, first Cat Olympics.
Divorced dad Elvis Weems elaborates :
"Well, they wouldn't let us hunt cats like we wanted, so we did the next best thing. We have over a dozen events planned this August in Oshkosh, including the tabby-hammer toss, cat fishing, cat-put, cat-a-pult and kitty-discus, to name a few! Should be exciting. We can get our rocks off in spite of the fact we can't hunt cats, so this is the next best thing!"
When prodded with the possibility that the divorced men’s sporting clubs vitriolic disdain of cats was merely a projection of their simmering hatred for their ex-wives onto the hapless felines, Weems fessed up
"He-he, you got that right. We like dogs. Dogs are sociable, sensitive and need the affections and approval of others to survive. Not cats! Damn things are detached, cold, impersonal and way too independent! Just like someone I used to know!"
No word is out how medals will be rewarded to the victorious contestants, but Weems promised "something in the size 12 EEE gilded chukka-boot category."
Red Green goes trollin' for tabby in the catfishing competition at nearby Wauhawkeechola lake. Green quips: "You can't catch catfish, or a cat for that matter, without the right bait!"
Billy Ray Cider exhibits rare form in the cat-put toss, sending "Fluffer Bunny" over 15 meters!
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Dave
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 05:27 pm |
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This was actually in the news on Sunday...
Man Given Jaywalking Ticket After Being Hit By Car
POSTED: 5:41 am PST December 3, 2005
WASHINGTON -- A former secretary of the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts has gotten a $5 ticket for jaywalking even though, at the time, he was lying critically injured in the street after being hit by a car.
Police told The Washington Post that Charles Atherton, 73, was conscious when he was issued the ticket before being taken to the hospital Thursday night.
But witnesses report that Atherton was unresponsive and struggling to breathe.
They said he had been knocked out of his shoes and was bloody from hitting his head on the vehicle's windshield.
Police said Atherton received the ticket because he caused the accident by crossing busy Connecticut Avenue in the middle of the block.
Atherton's daughter said the story is puzzling since her father "always felt strongly about crossing at intersections," especially since a friend was killed crossing the same street.
And the follow-up story...
Man Ticketed For Jaywalking After Being Struck Dies
WASHINGTON -- A man who was ticketed for jaywalking after being struck by a car in Washington, D.C., has died.
Police said 73-year-old Charles Atherton, a renowned urban designer and former secretary of the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, died at a Washington hospital over the weekend.
Witnesses said Atherton was badly injured and lying unresponsive at a busy intersection when an officer issued him the $5 ticket. A police spokesman told The Washington Post the ticket wouldn't have been written if the officer had known Atherton's injuries were life-threatening.
Over 40 years on the presidentially-appointed commission, Atherton contributed to the designs of countless monuments and projects, including the FDR Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the National World War II Memorial.
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