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@acc 11209 wrote:

1%, 2%, 3%….
1%: Washed out white and undrinkable
2%: Better for you but not quite the same
3%: The *good* stuff

We are talking about milk, aren’t we?

Let me know when you get to 6% or 7% so I know we’re talking about beer.

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Thanks for the story, and the warning about rooftop carriers. Glad you’re okay.

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@Dirt 11090 wrote:

On the dummy I make a damn good one. I got rear ended by a cyclist once when I stopped at a stop sign and another cyclist didn’t. I felt something bump off the back of my bike and looked back… They were sprawled out on the pavement. Amazing that I barely felt the impact.

Awesome!

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@acc 11061 wrote:

How upset can you get at a grinning woman wearing a ridiculous rhinestone helmet?

That would terrify me.

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@SerialCarpins 11062 wrote:

I recently received the bike map I ordered through WABA….for a whopping $1.00. This thing is great…has the entire DC area, and also a blowup of downtown. Very detailed, very well-done, and lots of little tips and what-not for cycling in the area in general….just a general thumbs-up if you’re thinking of getting a map from them….I also don’t have a GPS for my bike, and while my commute is fairly standard every day, I like to mix it up, and also like to know my options should I have to change my route for any reason on the fly…I just tuck it into my panniers, and I’m good to go.

Years ago, I got (for free) one of the earliest consumer GPS hand-held units, which retailed for $100. A friend asked me all about it, and then said “So basically its a $100 compass?” I said “yeah, basically.”

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@MCL1981 11069 wrote:

For the record, I’m sorry I started this post. My intention was express my annoyance with disorganized foul smelling fools blocking roads. Not start a two page political argument.

Yes, you wanted to ignore and belittle a political protest movement. Doesn’t always work out. You don’t have to agree with their message or their methods (I support them in general but disagree strongly with some of both) but you can’t just dismiss them and ride away without someone responding.

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@mstone 11079 wrote:

that must be why the trails need bollards

Are you calling Pete a bollard? That’s not nice.

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I think I get the rudeness now. People hate being told that they are wrong or dumb. So take the rudeness as vindication, Dirt. And thanks for doing your part.

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@DismalScientist 11021 wrote:

I explicitly addressed both the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. Look at the rhetoric in 2001: it was “tax cuts for the rich” then as well as in 2003.

I’d call an extension of tax cuts for the rich “tax cuts for the rich” too. If a change in law reduces their future tax bill, that’s a cut.

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@DismalScientist 11023 wrote:

His effective tax rate is his average tax rate. He takes his total income and payroll taxes paid (and payroll taxes paid on his behalf) and divides by his total income. For some reason, he does not include corporate taxes that are paid by firms in which he is invested.

I don’t count the taxes of firms I’ve invested in as taxes on me either. He seems to be talking about his personal income and comparing it to his secretary’s, which is exactly what he should be doing.

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@dasgeh 10988 wrote:

Given the stance of one of the two major parties towards bikes and cyclists, I think riding a bike implies a political sticker…

Why doesn’t “Pro-Life” include the protecting the lives of pedestrians and cyclists?

“I’m pro-bike and I vote.”

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@DismalScientist 10995 wrote:

There are no tax cuts proposed or recently implemented for the top 1%.

Not specifically the top 1%, but there are definitely proposals that would result in (even more!) cuts for many wealthy people, along with some increases for the not-so-wealthy. And they are very much in play. From yesterday:

The plan by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., who serves on the 12-member debt supercommittee, would raise revenue by limiting the tax breaks enjoyed by people who itemize their deductions, in exchange for lower overall tax rates for families at every income level. Taxpayers who already take the standard deduction instead of itemizing – about two-thirds of filers – could see tax cuts. The one-third of taxpayers who itemize their deductions might find themselves paying more.

The top income tax rate would fall from 35 percent to 28 percent, and the bottom rate would drop from 10 percent to 8 percent. The rates between would be reduced as well.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/17/republican-tax-plan-itemized-deductions_n_1099047.html

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@DismalScientist 10997 wrote:

Unfortunately, Uncle Warren has a problem confusing average and marginal tax rates. His average income tax rate was a little over 17 percent. (This does not include the taxes paid by the companies in which he invested, which should be included in this calculation since taxes on capital income are assessed at multiple levels. As I discussed in my post responding to Will, how the incidence should be calculated is tricky.) His secretary is in the 25% marginal tax bracket, but her average tax rate is likely to be around 7%. Just plug her numbers into a 1040 EZ and find out!

I’m going to trust the multibillionaire on the numbers thing. Plus he was actually there.

In any event, the overall argument is that taxes aren’t progressive enough.

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@OneEighth 10986 wrote:

Gotta ask for the backstory on the rudeness.

Yes, gotta hear how someone found a way to be rude about you giving them something for free to keep them safe.

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@DismalScientist 10975 wrote:

Can we please talk about sex or religion rather than politics?:rolleyes:

Those are different?

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