#551 2017-10-20 18:08:05
EU Commission on Food Fraud wrote:
Top 10 products that are most at risk of food fraud
1 Olive oil
2 Fish
3 Organic foods
4 Milk
5 Grains
6 Honey and maple syrup
7 Coffee and tea
8 Spices (such as saffron and chili powder)
9 Wine
10 Certain fruit juices
Table 1. Is based on Spink et. al. and information from retail and branch organisations
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#552 2017-10-29 06:19:29
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#553 2017-11-02 13:56:25
The National Association of Homebuilders on Thursday ramped up its opposition to the GOP's tax plan.
At issue is the mortgage-interest deduction, which will reportedly be capped on new mortgages worth $500,000.
"We're worried about a national housing recession," Jerry Howard, the NAHB's CEO, told Business Insider.
The group is concerned that middle-class homeowners may see their property values fall.
..so long tax break....
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#554 2017-11-02 14:57:22
Unless you live along the Left Coast or in New York City, average house prices seem to be around $200,000. How many families does this really effect, and how many of those would not build a new home based on the cap? And, how would this cause a housing recession, which is usually caused by banks getting really picky about who gets home loans? If they want to argue it would cause a housing bubble due to limited available properties and that causes home prices to rise, okay, maybe. We're in a major bubble right now in the Dallas area due to this already. A big influx of people moving here has made a lot of home prices rise 50% over five years ago, ours included.
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#555 2017-11-02 15:13:00
With Republicans this divided, a president this unpopular and the Republican Senatorial advantage at merely two votes (and with a president who has ongoing personal battles with MORE than two GOP Senators)...I just don't see this passing.
Or if it does...if will be so watered down as to be inconsequential.
I'm a lone voice on this (most pundits give it a reasonable shot at success) but I just don't see how it survives when the coalition required to get it over the line is so fragile.
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#556 2017-11-02 19:13:23
Baywolfe wrote:
Unless you live along the Left Coast or in New York City, average house prices seem to be around $200,000. How many families does this really effect, and how many of those would not build a new home based on the cap? And, how would this cause a housing recession, which is usually caused by banks getting really picky about who gets home loans? If they want to argue it would cause a housing bubble due to limited available properties and that causes home prices to rise, okay, maybe. We're in a major bubble right now in the Dallas area due to this already. A big influx of people moving here has made a lot of home prices rise 50% over five years ago, ours included.
Being retired, I know losing that home interest deduction will bite a chunk out of us,,,,,ouch!
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#557 2017-11-02 20:29:58
Mugwump wrote:
Baywolfe wrote:
Unless you live along the Left Coast or in New York City, average house prices seem to be around $200,000. How many families does this really effect, and how many of those would not build a new home based on the cap? And, how would this cause a housing recession, which is usually caused by banks getting really picky about who gets home loans? If they want to argue it would cause a housing bubble due to limited available properties and that causes home prices to rise, okay, maybe. We're in a major bubble right now in the Dallas area due to this already. A big influx of people moving here has made a lot of home prices rise 50% over five years ago, ours included.
Being retired, I know losing that home interest deduction will bite a chunk out of us,,,,,ouch!
Sell your fucking $500,000+ house and come live with the rest of us.
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#558 2017-11-02 20:32:21
Baywolfe wrote:
Mugwump wrote:
Baywolfe wrote:
Unless you live along the Left Coast or in New York City, average house prices seem to be around $200,000. How many families does this really effect, and how many of those would not build a new home based on the cap? And, how would this cause a housing recession, which is usually caused by banks getting really picky about who gets home loans? If they want to argue it would cause a housing bubble due to limited available properties and that causes home prices to rise, okay, maybe. We're in a major bubble right now in the Dallas area due to this already. A big influx of people moving here has made a lot of home prices rise 50% over five years ago, ours included.
Being retired, I know losing that home interest deduction will bite a chunk out of us,,,,,ouch!
Sell your fucking $500,000+ house and come live with the rest of us.
..No I understand it as I lose my deduction.....only 500K+ houses can claim it..
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#560 2017-11-03 01:17:52
#561 2017-11-03 10:59:44
Mugwump wrote:
Baywolfe wrote:
Mugwump wrote:
Being retired, I know losing that home interest deduction will bite a chunk out of us,,,,,ouch!
Sell your fucking $500,000+ house and come live with the rest of us.
..No I understand it as I lose my deduction.....only 500K+ houses can claim it..
It's a $500,000 Cap, so, you're golden. :-)
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#562 2017-11-03 11:40:50
Mugwump wrote:
..No I understand it as I lose my deduction.....only 500K+ houses can claim it..
If you are retired, why are you still carrying $500K+ in mortgage principle? It only affects the interest paid on principles over $500k. Even if you live in a million dollar house, if you only owe $400k, you can still deduct. And people who live in > $500K houses can probably find enough other deductions. Granted, that's a 2/2 in a big metro market, but I'm sure someone will offer bridge loans on the excess so that the first $499 is still deductible.
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#563 2017-11-03 12:39:10
GooberMcNutly wrote:
Mugwump wrote:
..No I understand it as I lose my deduction.....only 500K+ houses can claim it..
If you are retired, why are you still carrying $500K+ in mortgage principle? It only affects the interest paid on principles over $500k. Even if you live in a million dollar house, if you only owe $400k, you can still deduct. And people who live in > $500K houses can probably find enough other deductions. Granted, that's a 2/2 in a big metro market, but I'm sure someone will offer bridge loans on the excess so that the first $499 is still deductible.
I am not carrying a high principle, and have my ducks in a row financially........but in my current 'senior moment' I misunderstood the new cap......I figured he was just screwing the little guy again and the cap was for below the stated 500k......rewarding those over 500k with the break.....just read the new tax code proposal....we're just getting screwed in other ways...oh well...
...sorry for any confusion tho on my part......live and learn....
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#564 2017-11-03 14:21:36
Honestly, it surprised me that the exclusion was so low, coming from the Repubs. But then I remembered who carried the mortgages, his banker friends. So while they will trumpet about the low deductible, go over the bill with a fine toothed comb and you will probably also find extra powers being given to the banks and lenders to "secure" these mortgages and give them more power over the interest rates charged.
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#565 2017-11-03 15:32:42
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#566 2017-11-03 19:35:01
choad wrote:
Stole that one too.
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#569 2017-11-10 21:25:15
Taxpayer piggy bank lets Congress settle sexual harassment cases in secret - I'm too tired at this point to try to come up with witty titles.
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#570 2017-11-14 08:11:01
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#572 2017-11-26 07:02:40
#573 2017-11-26 12:00:29
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#574 2017-11-26 12:02:06
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#575 2017-11-27 00:56:44
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#576 2017-11-27 15:59:52
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Casting further doubt on the authenticity of his notorious “Access Hollywood” tape, Donald J. Trump said on Monday that the voice on the tape was actually that of Hillary Clinton, imitating him.
“That’s not me on the tape,” he said. “That’s Hillary faking like she is me.”
Trump said that he had a theory to explain how Clinton came up with the infamous “locker-room talk” that appeared on the tape. “It’s so obvious that Bill came up with that,” he said.
Trump added that if the special counsel, Robert Mueller, has any recordings of Trump associates, such as Paul Manafort or Michael Flynn, colluding with Russians, those voices will “probably turn out to belong to Crooked Hillary also.”
“In addition to being evil, Hillary Clinton is a woman of a thousand voices,” he said.
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#577 2017-11-27 16:21:18
Mugwump wrote:
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Casting further doubt on the authenticity of his notorious “Access Hollywood” tape, Donald J. Trump said on Monday that the voice on the tape was actually that of Hillary Clinton, imitating him.
“That’s not me on the tape,” he said. “That’s Hillary faking like she is me.”
Trump said that he had a theory to explain how Clinton came up with the infamous “locker-room talk” that appeared on the tape. “It’s so obvious that Bill came up with that,” he said.
Trump added that if the special counsel, Robert Mueller, has any recordings of Trump associates, such as Paul Manafort or Michael Flynn, colluding with Russians, those voices will “probably turn out to belong to Crooked Hillary also.”
“In addition to being evil, Hillary Clinton is a woman of a thousand voices,” he said.
LOL. Very good.
PS - I sent you a PM.
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#578 2017-11-27 21:44:34
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#579 2017-11-29 14:53:02
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#580 2017-11-29 15:38:34
I believe that this is real and not a joke:
Edit: Yeah, it's from here:
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt … 26df5.html
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#581 2017-11-30 20:50:55
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#582 2017-12-01 03:01:24
This could go a several different threads, but I opted for here:
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#583 2017-12-01 08:38:39
Thanks, Smudge.
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#584 2017-12-01 14:03:08
Yep, awesome. Already stolen and re-posted.
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#585 2017-12-01 14:31:26
There's more where those came from:
Looks like we are getting that final season of House of Cards after all...
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#586 2017-12-05 13:05:29
One of my longest-running suspicions finds validation in this article. You have to read through Pence's political bio before reaching the meat, but that's pretty illuminating in itself:
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/546569/
During a short campaign swing through Indiana, Trump got word that his plane had broken down on the runway, and that he would need to spend the night in Indianapolis. With nowhere else to go, Trump accepted an invitation to dine with the Pences.
In fact, according to two former Trump aides, there was no problem with the plane. Paul Manafort, who was then serving as the campaign’s chairman, had made up the story to keep the candidate in town an extra day and allow him to be wooed by Pence. The gambit worked: Three days later, Trump announced Pence as his running mate.
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#587 2017-12-05 13:35:10
George Orr wrote:
One of my longest-running suspicions finds validation in this article. You have to read through Pence's political bio before reaching the meat, but that's pretty illuminating in itself:
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/546569/During a short campaign swing through Indiana, Trump got word that his plane had broken down on the runway, and that he would need to spend the night in Indianapolis. With nowhere else to go, Trump accepted an invitation to dine with the Pences.
In fact, according to two former Trump aides, there was no problem with the plane. Paul Manafort, who was then serving as the campaign’s chairman, had made up the story to keep the candidate in town an extra day and allow him to be wooed by Pence. The gambit worked: Three days later, Trump announced Pence as his running mate.
There's no question that this guy would be as bad or worse than Trump from a "destroy our democracy" point of view. I'm assuming he'd be much less of a National embarrassment, though.
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#588 2017-12-05 14:08:34
Trump's personal banking information handed over to Robert Mueller.
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy...
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#589 2017-12-05 19:14:55
"Personal" for a guy that owns 20 companies to hide the bodies in means nothing.
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#590 2017-12-05 19:20:33
#591 2017-12-05 20:15:56
GooberMcNutly wrote:
"Personal" for a guy that owns 20 companies to hide the bodies in means nothing.
You're forgetting Donny, among his many other sterling qualities, is first and foremost arrogant and stupid.
I'm just here for the show, to watch a clueless game show host dig himself a deeper and deeper hole.
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#592 2017-12-05 21:23:21
GooberMcNutly wrote:
The real question you should be asking is: "What would a President Pence be like?"
Simple, a Theocracy for as far as they can bend the Constitution without breaking it. Maybe even past that, since they filibustered and waited for a Republican President so they could take control of the Supreme Court by adding another religious/gun nut.
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#593 2017-12-15 05:55:05
#594 2017-12-15 11:50:34
melons wrote:
Net neutrality vote regrets?
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingin … w4pF0Vt.01
If this goes along Brexit lines, the most Googled thing for the next few days will be "What does the loss of Net Neutrality mean?" Ajit Pai is just another unqualified retard put in place by the head retard, D. Jackass Trump.
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#595 2017-12-15 12:38:57
Baywolfe wrote:
Ajit Pai is just another unqualified retard put in place by the head retard, D. Jackass Trump.
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#596 2017-12-19 12:10:08
Appearing on Breitbart Radio on Monday morning, a reporter for the conservative website defended an article he wrote that posits that “feminists” are turning to witchcraft to combat President Donald Trump.
...(and not Ann Coulter either) LOL
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#597 2017-12-22 06:43:37
Presidential Incapacity: A Holiday Gift Guide
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/opin … guide.html
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#598 2017-12-22 09:02:30
choad wrote:
https://cruelery.com/sidepic/gerald.trump.png
Presidential Incapacity: A Holiday Gift Guide
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/opin … guide.html
And to think Trump claimed we don't celebrate Christmas anymore.
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