They're on their way. I'll wave bye bye to the rich folks who don't impress the aliens.

I'll be here until Dec 24th. After that, I will be somewhere else.

Then it's not for free, is it? Someone pays those taxes. In this case, they're just giving the people the option of not paying the tax. Personally, I think they shouldn't give people that option, because someone's always dumb enough to take it.

I wonder if your homeowner's insurance refuses to pay out if your house burns down because you didn't pay the firefighters' tax.

Another shooter at Virginia Tech. So far two dead, killer at large.

May be isolated incidents. Or may be another 30+ dead.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/08...virginia-tech/

The second time it happens you start to think, "What's the matter with Virginia Tech?"

The people I know who admit to having gone to Virginia Tech talk about it fairly often and with pride. They love the place.

Guns on campus

okay, Australian constitution time.

Only the Federal government has the power to charge taxes, which we do mostly with income tax and a goods and services (sales) tax. The federal government spends much of this on social security, defense, tertiary education, and primary health care (your local GP) and divvies the rest up among the states, who spend it on hospitals, schools, police, firefighters and medium sized roads*. And probably a lot of other BS we don't really need :right: . Local councils collect "rates" based on property values, collect garbage, fix pot-holes and regulate development/building approvals.

So calling the fire brigade is as free as calling the police. They attend based on need and are funded by the taxpayer. There is no option of paying or not paying a firefighter levy.


*IMHO this is a massively inefficient arrangement and the state governments should be pretty much abolished. Never gonna happen.

They have too many cans.

Woops
 

Smart is smart.

Runaway golf cart runs over people at high school football game at Cowboy stadium
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/9...-football-game

Bullshit it "got loose." Those two orange rectangles have been deliberately leaned against the gas pedal. As soon as the guy throws them off at 28 seconds, the cart stops driving.

Some dumbass high school students are going to be brought up on charges for this, if they can only figure out which ones did it.

omg that is so funny!

Except for the people who died.

I'm with clod, its the only plausible explanation.

Barney Frank offers a lesson for the Youth Of America:

Rep. Frank's Moobs

Fat old Democrats just can't rock the silk tee.

This seems less Politics than a Current Event.