Archive of entries posted on November 2020

Still Less Intrusive than Kamala Harris

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Wild Boars Shot Dead After Breaking Into Home, Leaping Onto Bed
International Business Times | 11/06/20 | Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan

Two black wild boars broke into a home in a village in Kerala, a state in southern India, barged into the bedroom and began jumping on the bed.

The incident, which happened last week, left residents terrified. The animals also reportedly destroyed the furniture in the room.

The family immediately locked the bedroom, ran out of the home and managed to escape unhurt.

Babesleaga Week 2 : Results and Standings

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Week two in the books.

Results

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Who do you prefer?
265 votes · 265 answers
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Who do you prefer?
244 votes · 244 answers
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202 votes · 202 answers
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190 votes · 190 answers
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ContestantsRecordTotal Points
Grace Kelly2 – 0 – 0309
Sophia Loren2 – 0 – 0301
Marilyn Monroe2 – 0 – 0277
Elizabeth Taylor2 – 0 – 0271
Gina Lollobrigida0 – 2 – 0213
Ava Gardner0 – 2 – 0197
Jayne Mansfield0 – 2 – 0137
Jane Russell0 – 2 – 096

This week’s polls close on Sunday November 22nd at 9:00 am

  • 10:00 am Grace Kelly vs Sophia Loren
  • 2:00 pm Elizabeth Taylor vs Marilyn Monroe
  • 6:00 pm Gina Lollobrigida vs Jane Russell
  • 8:00 pm Jayne Mansfield vs Ava Gardner

Saturday Night Hootenanny

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I hope you enjoyed the pinch hitter from last week. Sir, I thank you for your service!

This week’s selections have a connection. Guess right and you may win a cookie. Or I may be inclined to create another reward badge. You never know.

Now, on to the music!

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Not Just No, But Heil No

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Should Remote Workers Pay a Tax for the ‘Privilege’ of Using Their Home as an Office?
Reason | 11/12/2020 | Christian Britschgi

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the service sector, made millions unemployed, and forced many of us who still do have jobs to work remotely. Fortunately, we now have a perfect solution to all this economic dislocation and disruption: a new tax on working from home!

This week, the German financial giant Deutsche Bank released a new report full of proposals for how governments and corporations should respond to the pandemic. Included in the report is a call for a 5 percent tax on the incomes of people who work from home in places where the government is not advising or forcing people to do so.

“For years we have needed a tax on remote workers—COVID has just made it obvious,” writes Deutsche Bank’s Luke Templeton. “Remote workers are contributing less to the infrastructure of the economy whilst still receiving its benefits.”

Those who have the privilege of telecommuting are reaping rewards hand over fist in the form of less money spent on transportation, restaurant meals, and dry cleaning, argues Templeton.

… This tax would be paid by the employer if it requires people to work from home, and it would be paid by the employee if he or she voluntarily opts into the arrangement.

A 5 percent tax on remote workers’ income, which would net about $10 a day per worker on average, according to Deutsche Bank, would make sure no one benefits too much from using their home as an office.

CNN, MSNBC, NYT Declare Jesus’ Claims in the Sermon on The Mount To Be Unsubstantiated

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“Blessed are the meek? We see no evidence of that. He seems to be just, as it is said, playing to his base.”

The Village Voice, however, did produce a lengthy think-piece on how such claims might be transubstantiated.

Recently-formed group Meek Lives Matter issued a demand — a request, as it turns out — that the word “Meek” be printed with a capital M” from now on.

The Rosie Ruiz Election

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Democrats: “No one saw her take the subway. There’s no evidence. Thus, she won the marathon.”

Or:

The Jeffrey Epstein Election

Democrats: “It was the most secure facility in American history. Thus, he committed suicide.”

Or:

The Chicago White Sox Election

Democrats: “Safeguards were in place . . . “