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#11

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 12:34:37 PM

If anyone finds any reallt good reports of what's happening I encourage you to post it in The Back Room.

Ukrainians are claiming they're advancing on both the north and south Bakhmut flanks.

Bieber and Dolik might not be enough...

#12

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Maladict - Today at 12:34:27 PM

If anyone finds any reallt good reports of what's happening I encourage you to post it in The Back Room.

Unless you think some of our members are Russian sleeper agents.

I think you might be overestimating the importance of Languish.

And some of us don't have back room access you know 

#13

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:32:19 PM

I suspect that we (and the Russians) will not know which attack is the main effort and which are the diversions for some time to come.

Yeah, in the meantime we can just admire the mental torment the Ukrainians are inflicting on the Russians as the Russians wait for the inevitable hammer to fall on them.

#14

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by grumbler - Today at 12:30:39 PM

I suspect that we (and the Russians) will not know which attack is the main effort and which are the diversions for some time to come.

I wonder what kinds of breaching equipment has been sent to Ukraine.

#15

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:30:33 PM

So no. You never paid income tax on it-your dead parent did?

Surely by the same logic here your boss already paid tax on your salary before it gets to you.

By the same logic your boss expensed your salary and was not taxed on it.

Also, to meet the threshold, the likelihood of getting there just on income earned is remote.  The wealth was likely generated in a manner that paid little or no tax. 

#16

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:28:51 PM

Less than 4% of deaths qualify for inheritance tax.

So there's not much point to it, is there. Sounds like it screws a minority who is well-off enough to fall under it but not rich and/or prepared enough to get out under it.

That percentage is likely made up of the people who had just enough assets to be caught by the law and lacked the foresight to plan for it.  If there were not so many exemptions, that number would likely rise dramatically.  There is a reason why estate planning lawyers and financial advisors make such a good living. 

#17

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 12:28:17 PM

Positioning themselves to blame others for defeat when the offensive does start?

God knows.

These are diversionary attacks to fix/probe the enemy lines. They can be exploited if the mobiks shit themselves and run but this is not the expected hammerblow.

#18

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by grumbler - Today at 12:26:50 PM

I really enjoyed that movie.  The switching back and forth in time was very reminiscent of that technique as used in The Godfather Part 2.  The ambiguity of the characters and the plot worked out well, I think, in showing the ambiguity of America's treatment of organized crime in the era presented.  The only downside I saw was that the characters didn't seem much changed despite the length of time the story encompassed.

#19

Off the Record / Re: Weather WTF

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:24:25 PM

Thursday: 30C.
Friday: 10C.

Fuck it.  If Arizona could make their hockey a success, I think I'd move there.

You have water

#20

Off the Record / Re: Property prices thread

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:23:10 PM

Thanks