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grumbler

#14850
August 10, 2025, 06:57:25 AM
WW1 wasn't a twinkle in the European eyes when the US income tax was reestablished in 1913. It had earlier been used in the Civil War (from 1861-1872).

Dunno why the WW1 myth is so durable.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Zanza

#14851
August 10, 2025, 08:09:32 AM
Germany still has a champagne tax to pay for the High Seas Fleet.  :lol:

Baron von Schtinkenbutt

#14852
August 11, 2025, 09:33:05 AM
Frigates aren't cheap nowadays.

viper37

#14853
August 11, 2025, 09:46:52 AM
Quote from: Zanza on August 10, 2025, 08:09:32 AMGermany still has a champagne tax to pay for the High Seas Fleet.  :lol:
They scuttled it.  It takes a while to get back on that investment when it's at the bottom of the ocean.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

The Minsky Moment

#14854
August 11, 2025, 10:32:14 AM
Quote from: Zanza on August 10, 2025, 08:09:32 AMGermany still has a champagne tax to pay for the High Seas Fleet.  :lol:

The tax remained even after the fleet was paid for.

But the Nazis did use it to buy UBoats, with similar results.

Seems to me the smart move is to dedicate the proceeds to Chinese naval construction as it has a solid track record of dooming any fleet it is applied for.
We have, accordingly, always had plenty of excellent lawyers, though we often had to do without even tolerable administrators, and seen destined to endure the inconvenience of hereafter doing without any constructive statesmen at all.
--Woodrow Wilson

Baron von Schtinkenbutt

#14855
August 11, 2025, 10:40:22 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on August 11, 2025, 10:32:14 AMSeems to me the smart move is to dedicate the proceeds to Chinese naval construction as it has a solid track record of dooming any fleet it is applied for.

Chinese "seamanship" seems to be on track to do that anyway (fun starts at about 0:50).

Duque de Bragança

#14856
August 11, 2025, 11:42:51 AM
Quote from: Zanza on August 10, 2025, 08:09:32 AMGermany still has a Sekt (German sparkling wine) tax to pay for the High Seas Fleet.  :lol:

Fixed!  :P

Zanza

#14857
August 11, 2025, 12:21:32 PM
No it is for all kinds of sparkling wine ("Schaumwein"), not just Sekt.  :contract:

Duque de Bragança

#14858
August 11, 2025, 12:50:00 PM Last Edit: August 11, 2025, 12:58:13 PM by Duque de Bragança
Quote from: Zanza on August 10, 2025, 08:09:32 AMGermany still has a champagne tax to pay for the High Seas Fleet.  :lol:

Quote from: Zanza on August 11, 2025, 12:21:32 PMNo it is for all kinds of sparkling wine ("Schaumwein"), not just Sekt.  :contract:

So not a champagne tax, per se.  :P Une taxe sur le mousseux.  :frog:

QuoteDie Schaumweinsteuer (auch Sektsteuer genannt) ist eine Bundessteuer in Deutschland und Österreich.



A bit surprised about Austria though, was it really for their navy?  :hmm:


Josquius

#14859
August 12, 2025, 03:31:33 PM
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HVC

#14860
August 12, 2025, 03:37:18 PM
Screech?
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Crazy_Ivan80

#14861
August 12, 2025, 03:56:25 PM
Shave his head and can go to the nod temple in sarajevo

Zanza

#14862
August 12, 2025, 04:03:45 PM
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on August 12, 2025, 03:56:25 PMShave his head and can go to the nod temple in sarajevo
:lmfao:

Darth Wagtaros

#14863
August 13, 2025, 05:59:08 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 12, 2025, 03:37:18 PMScreech?
I saw Diamond perform his comedy once.  Only good part was his story about being mistaken for Screech when he was asked to perform for a 'packed house' that turned out to be a nursing home.  

That and a woman saying after, "SCreech wanted 50$ for his autograph? Fuck that!"
PDH!
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