chad's opinion thread

shortstack

st. pat was a jerk.

oysterjar

Chad,

Your thoughts on Toronto's Mayor, Rob Ford?

Wobbie

oysterjar said:

Chad,

Your thoughts on Toronto's Mayor, Rob Ford?

this should be good

chadwick

shortstack said:

st. pat was a jerk.

can you give a short example?

chadwick

toronto's rob ford

toronto has 2,791,140 residence which is something like 84,000 more people than Chicago’s 2,707,120
this is easy... frig toronto & frig rob ford
i'd like robbie if he were the mayor of a small farming community or river town with 10,016 residence

cities & people on top of one another = chadwick running away & throwing charcoal briquttes at nearly 3 million people that irritate the hell out of him

do you know how many 53 foot semi trailer loads it takes to toss charcoal briquettes at all the 2,791,140 people of toronto?

rob ford they say parties his ass off? smoking grass, drinking & some say even crack cocaine. we all know he enjoys food.
i say good for him. if i were even living among half those people i'd be injecting crack or crushing the rocks & dumping the stuff in my water bottle

some say rob has saved toronto a shit ton of money. good for him.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/05/rob-ford-crack-video-toronto-mayor.html

11. i guess he can get oxycontin
15. goes to toss a football & falls down
17. he likes ass
18. storms the dance floor in a drunken mess

excellence

i could use a few pain meds my own damn self

F Me In The Brain

4.

In 2005, Ford referred to fellow city council member Gloria Lindsay Luby as "a joke," "a waste of time," and "a waste of skin."


Haven't we all known at least a few wastes of skin?

I think that this one really doesn't belong on Rob's list of hits.
What if Gloria Lindsay Luby was a joke, a waste of time and a waste of skin? Perhaps he was only confirming what Gloria Lindsay Luby's own 3rd grade teacher wrote in her 'comments' section of her report card one time?

(Of course, this could be a wonderful woman who Mayor Chris Farley is talking shit on for no reason.)

rollings

chadwick said:

shortstack said:

st. pat was a jerk.

can you give a short example?

leprechaun.

Plus he kicked all the snakes out of the country.

Chad,

What is your opinion of St. Pat booting all the snakes off the island?

chadwick

rollings said:

chadwick said:

shortstack said:

st. pat was a jerk.

can you give a short example?

leprechaun.

Plus he kicked all the snakes out of the country.

Chad,

What is your opinion of St. Pat booting all the snakes off the island?

yes they say leprechauns are short examples
thanks, rollings

booting all the snakes off the island... you bastard!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090316-st-patricks-day-facts.html

No Snakes in Ireland

"The St. Patrick mythology includes the claim that he banished snakes from Ireland.

It's true no snakes exist on the island today, Freeman said. But they never did.

Ireland, after all, is surrounded by icy ocean waters—much too cold to allow snakes to migrate from Britain or anywhere else.

But since snakes often represent evil in literature, "when Patrick drives the snakes out of Ireland, it is symbolically saying he drove the old, evil, pagan ways out of Ireland [and] brought in a new age," Freeman said.

The snakes myth and others—such as Patrick using three-leafed shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost)—were likely spread by well-meaning monks centuries after St. Patrick's death, Freeman said."

well kiss my grits. i guess he is a bullshit-artist.

if he had actually lead all snakes to the sea & cast them out into the big drink, boy oh boy, i would have set his house on fire.
i love snakes & i dislike fuckers messin with my cold blooded pals. since day one on this planet - in this life here, snakes, lizards & amphibians have befriended me. treefrogs actually climb my house to come say, "hello-good evening, you silly shitheaded curly haired guy" "i think i'm gonna dump on your windows"

snakes & lazards... same stuff. they crawl for miles just to curse me out, eat my bagels & cream cheese, asian cuisine & use the bird bath in my bedroom as a toilet where a japanese giant salamander swims with newts & other slippery guys

i love these guys a lot

oysterjar

I watched an episode on these little guys and I was quite impressed with them. I believe they could do some damage.

shortstack

rollings said:

chadwick said:

shortstack said:

st. pat was a jerk.

can you give a short example?

leprechaun.

Plus he kicked all the snakes out of the country.

Chad,

What is your opinion of St. Pat booting all the snakes off the island?

yep, that's what i was referring to; snakes, pagans, christianity and all that... he wasn't even irish and he probably went to ireland to avoid paying taxes.

cutz

Chad: what do you think about Americans giving up their citizenship?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/02/20/275937138/why-more-americans-are-renouncing-u-s-citizenship



Why More Americans Are Renouncing U.S. Citizenship

The number of U.S. citizens renouncing their American citizenship spiked to 3,000 last year, up from about 500 in earlier years. While reasons vary from person to person, a U.S. tax law passed in 2010 has complicated life for many Americans living abroad.
The number of U.S. citizens renouncing their American citizenship spiked to 3,000 last year, up from about 500 in earlier years. While reasons vary from person to person, a U.S. tax law passed in 2010 has complicated life for many Americans living abroad.

David Sucsy/iStockphoto
A few times a year, the Treasury Department publishes a long list of names announcing all of the Americans who have lately abandoned their U.S. citizenship.

According to the legal website International Tax Blog, the number hovered around 500 a decade ago. Last year, it hit a record high of nearly 3,000.

This was not a gradual change. It was a sudden spike. It's a story of dominoes falling, one after another, leading to an unexpected outcome.

The first domino fell in 2008, when federal prosecutors accused the Swiss bank UBS of helping wealthy Americans hide their money tax-free in overseas accounts. It was a big case, leading to indictments, fines and prison time.

The U.S. Congress wanted to make sure it didn't happen again. During the economic recession, lawmakers saw a chance to bring in massive sums of money and stop tax cheats at the same time.

"They just found UBS in a terrible scheme to encourage tax evasion," Barney Frank, the Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, told NPR in 2009. "I think there are clearly tens of billions that can be recovered there."

The next year, in 2010, Congress passed the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act. The law affects every foreign bank that does business with the U.S. And not just banks: It also applies to retirement accounts, mutual funds, and more.

Renouncing citizenship is not as easy as throwing a passport onto the fire. It's a lengthy process, involving interviews, paperwork and legal procedures. So people who do it generally have a compelling motivation. And while individual reasons for renouncing may vary from person to person, experts in the field say the recent dramatic spike has more to do with the 2010 tax law than any other factor.

Wisconsin financial adviser David Kuenzi works with Americans overseas who are affected by the law.

"[Congress] said to all of these institutions, 'You need to follow this set of criteria to determine all of the Americans who are your clients," says Kuenzi, "and you need to report directly to us on their holdings.' "

Shut Out Of Foreign Banks

Foreign banks looked at the new law and decided that the regulations would be a huge hassle. Many of them decided to wash their hands of American account-holders.

"They canceled the accounts of just about every American in Europe," says retiree John Mainwaring, "including me."

Seventy-year-old Mainwaring grew up in Ohio, served in the U.S. Army, and has lived in Munich, Germany, for about 40 years.

After his old German banks kicked him out, he tried to find new ones that would take him in.

"I went everywhere," he says, "to every bank in Germany. The problem is, the ones here don't deal with Americans."

Congress wanted to catch tax cheats. But the net also snagged Americans whose foreign bank accounts let them pay their bills in the countries they now call home.

U.S. Taxes Americans, No Matter Where They Live

The United States is very unusual in this respect. Most countries in the world don't tax their citizens living abroad. So, for example, a Spaniard living in Canada won't pay Spanish taxes. Instead, he'll pay Canadian taxes. But the U.S. taxes American citizens wherever they are in the world.

"If I can compare it to romance, I say the U.S. is like Fatal Attraction," says Suzanne Reisman, a lawyer in London who advises Americans abroad. "Once they've got you, they never let you go. You have to renounce your citizenship, or you have to die."

So today, Americans who don't like the Fatal Attraction relationship are giving up their U.S. citizenship in record numbers.

In Switzerland, so many people want to renounce their citizenship that the U.S. Embassy actually has a waiting list.

"I want to be clear: It's not about a dollar value of taxes that I don't want to pay," says Brian Dublin, a businessman who lives near Zurich. "It's about the headache associated with the regulations, filing in the U.S., and then having financial institutions in the rest of the world turn me away."

Dublin says he is ready to renounce, despite the ties he feels to the country of his birth. "I grew up in America. I love my country. But I just feel that the current regulations are onerous."

Officials from the Treasury Department, the State Department, the IRS and Congress spoke on background for this story. None would talk on tape.

They all generally agree on the facts of the situation. Even so, there is very little pressure to change it. As one Senate staffer pointed out, nobody in Congress represents overseas Americans. And government officials think this law is succeeding at catching the tax cheats. That may be worth the side effect of losing a few thousand American citizens every year.

chadwick

that is some question

i learned something here. a spaniard living in canada pays canadian taxes not spanish taxes. but the united states taxes it's citizens no matter where they may live on this planet. that is some real rich bullshit right there.

are they saying a guy born & raised in missouri, now living & working in ethiopia will be taxed by the u.s.? what kind of taxes? school tax, road tax, state & federal taxes? this is the craziest shit i've ever heard of.

however, i am thinking that the united states special forces would come rescue a guy or gal from being held hostage, therefore, the u.s. needs tax dollars from every single swingin john ever born here to pay the navy seals ships, helicopters & time on the clock bill?

http://youtu.be/qSqMjK85tfc
i betcha she is ecstatic to have been paying her taxes whilst living/working in somalia

rollings

Chad,

Thanks for posting that picture of St. Patrick...very green.

I was wondering what you thought of people who bring and run their lawnmowers in public and impractical places, like malls and bank elevators.

Is this normal behavior or is it rude?

Thank you.

chadwick

http://youtu.be/HiO5eWF0Bik
grass cutting music or lawn mower riding bank elevator jams

http://prrbiz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cs_gmlme1.png

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5EYJ3tkg9ps/UlYchRZdy1I/AAAAAAAAtdM/PpEF4rsrRpM/s400/310892.jpg

http://cdnl.complex.com/mp/620/400/90/0/bb/1/ffffff/852e6ea947dba272cb0d4c55d7beffdb/images_/assets/CHANNEL_IMAGES/RIDES/2013/09/custom-lawn-mowers/tyfar_amishmower_703145.jpg

http://cdnl.complex.com/mp/620/400/90/0/bb/1/ffffff/849229c06ef5464e98407967c8a70303/images_/assets/CHANNEL_IMAGES/RIDES/2013/09/custom-lawn-mowers/tkzcg_rabbit_703145.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01440/lawnmower_1440710c.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4uq5kOHRo1qasthro1_500.jpg

http://funnygasm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Riding-Lawn-Mower.jpg

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/28/58/a9/2858a98cf2a2d44119f9f93662f5d6b8.jpg

that picture blown up

http://www.thesharkguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tigertimelawn.jpg

http://youtu.be/XwTzBVhlurE
greatest lawn care, bush & tree trimming video in the world

http://youtu.be/JgCYLTojay8
& finally lawn mower & chain saw on a stick

lawn mowers in bank elevators is a wonderful idea. i'll sign up on youtube & get a video camera cell phone... set

F Me In The Brain

Lawn mower in a bank elevator is fucking classic. Nice question Rollings

Chad, have you ever been to a national park and paused to take a moment and think about all of the water it took to make that park?

oysterjar

Chad,

Great photo compilation of lawn mowers. I cant wait to start cutting down grass around here.


What are you thoughts on this news story:

A Michigan 5th grade teacher gave a class Non-Alcoholic beer to represent beverages consumed in the 18th century.

http://www.aol.com/article/2014/03/20/mich-teacher-gives-5th-graders-non-alcoholic-beer/20853474/

chadwick

i lived a short distance south of the olympic national park & olympic national forest, a wonderful rainforest. now we're talkin rain, fog & the good shit. brand new fresh air! green & green, trees & trees, ferns & ferns, rivers & rivers, creeks & creeks, waterfalls & waterfalls - drink & drink, depressed frickin asshats & depressed frickin idiots & some folks obviously are cooler than others & mountains cut sharp as shit, steep & vast all bathing in falling wonderment from above or below when the clouds hang low, fog kicks ass on the coast & surfs with the pacific

some national parks are dry as a fucking bone.

http://www.chayacitra.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Joshua-Tree-National-Park-7.jpg

some national parks/forests are wet as ........ hoh rainforest

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HlTDhEBX8BU/Tmj-OTSrpcI/AAAAAAAAAq0/6HpOQCTc8NQ/s1600/Hoh+Rainforest%2C+Olympic+National+Park%2C+Washington.jpg




some dry places have a magical painted sky at sunset
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LEnai1YmW9I/UWbQswbHFJI/AAAAAAAAAfs/jIgxPFcNBIE/s1600/californiatravel.jpg



some national parks drink a lot of fucking water

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/10/74/54/2345730/7/628x471.jpg


& some national parks/forests need fog when the rain goes away for a bit
http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/forest/Combing the Clouds, Olympic National Park, Washington.jpg


play time
http://www.govisitcostarica.com/images/photos/full-waterfall-rincon-de-la-vieja-national-park.jpg

chadwick

kids in 5th grade should have jobs, cooler fulla pabst blue ribbon, chainsaws, shotguns, knives, axes, hatchet kits, tents, firepits, woodpiles, lawn mowers, snow shovels, cars, motorcycles, grass stained jeans, boxing gloves, heavy bags, speed bags, speed bag gloves, mouth pieces, stitches & messy hair

if you are in 5th grade & pampered with non-alcoholic brews your parents & teachers might should be slapped across their mugs with sticks

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MZjfsAd4bvQ/ULVmZXwi4TI/AAAAAAAACjY/AwZHHI5ktww/s1600/bitch+slap.jpg

even this smaller than average 5th grader means business

The Juggler

chadwick said:

that picture blown up

http://www.thesharkguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tigertimelawn.jpg



lawn mowers in bank elevators is a wonderful idea. i'll sign up on youtube & get a video camera cell phone... set

hot chicks wearing bandanas, mowing lawns....yes/no?

(hint--the answer is a resounding yes)

shortstack

those boobies look really hard.