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(...) did. (...) I too must offer a belated apology. (Busy, school, finales, etc.) I tend to be stubborn myself. I still am trying to figure out why people think I was trying to deny the hardships of various 'racial' groups. That was definatly not (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's the root of my rant about Americanism--it's actually a hybrid culture that's gravitated towards the US because of economic power and demographic strength. The insidious part of Americanism is actually its functioning--its corporatist (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) D'oh! Thanks for clearing that up for me - I'm a bit inept at this whole finance stuff - it consists of the tautology: "I like coding, people foolishly pay me to code, then I buy LEGO" :) You're probably right about the UK being worse overall (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Richard, you need to be sure you're comparing apples with apples. If you scroll down in that Fraser Institute tax calc page you'll find this: (...) So you are not just looking at income tax here, and to truly compare with the UK you'll need to add (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I *would* have been affected, if I had cable, but I don't have cable or a dish. I use a 6' antenna in my attic, on the rare occasion when I actually turn on the TV. OTOH, I'm on a first-name basis with the librarians at the local public (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The Fraser Institute is your classic right wing think-tank, so bear that in mind when using their site <g>. Are they including GST, prov sales tax, etc in that calc or just income tax? Sales tax here, depending where you are, is always less (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) True, as a recent mobile graduate entering the computer software industry with long hair, and from looking at some of the 500 daily jobs in news://tor.jobs $50k CAD seems like a modest figure.. and it isn't too far off comparative wages in the (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What's the inherent skin tone of dogs? Yellow? I do know for a fact that we've got lots of different hair colors, so Lego would never argue that all animals have the same fur color, including human animals. Oh, yes, and brown-furred wookies. (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't do much more than poke at the Fraser calculator, but it's cool. Thanks for the link. 50% seems awfully high. I supose it depends partly on what you consider "modest", and whether or not you've mouths to feed. Modest varies a lot (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ahhhhh! Cultural imperialism. It's good to be king! Now forgive me while I drive home in my Mazda and play Nintendo games on my Panasonic TV and play Pokemon cards with my son. :-O Bruce (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I wasn't on my Laserdiscs either - but then I found the color control knob on my TV. Now everyone is a pleasant Lego yellow. Silly me! I've simply had it adjusted wrong all this time. ;-) Bruce (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I'm looking at working in Toronto, Ontario for a year - but according to: https://secure.lexi....r/etfd.htm Even if I got a modest computer-contract, I'd be paying close to 50% tax! Please tell me that this isn't true! I mean, I regard myself as (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Larry, you're pointing all the fingers at Time Warner - Disney wants $300,000,000!!!! In order for Time Warner to be able to carry the local ABC channels, Disney is insisting that Time Warner carry their new Cartoon and Soap opera channels and (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK, my bad, but it's still a horrifying statistic. (...) No it's not, sadly, but that's why the medical funding needs to continue. What I'm saying is that we need the education to prevent further infections, otherwise people will continue to (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) Breaking only for a few words, but you are now making misteaks (first in the history?)..:-) Just think about the tremendous numbers of people who have the virus right now. I can't think of any kind of education (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) that (...) your (...) 20% of the *adult* population, not just *male*. As to the breakdown between male and female, I don't know. In India, I know it is spread through prostitutes. I'm not familiar with the primary vector in Africa. (...) 20% (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Before I make any points, lemme say where I'm coming from. I'm gay, my partner has AIDS. "Don't bareback" is not enough. My SO and I are _extremely_ careful and follow every safe sex guideline you can think of... and in 8 years we've been (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The main reason we don't feel alienated by US cultural dominance is because we're raised on it. When 75% of our world view comes from America, and has done so for the past couple of generations, it's not surprising that we are fairly (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) and (...) triple." (...) With all of the stats just presented above, on must ask the obvious question "How is it spreading so darn quickly?" How did 20% of tha male population in that African nation become infected? Are they so sexually (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
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(...) I got to thinking about what you said... so I went back and watched the Star Wars videos and you know what? Neither Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, nor Qui Gon Jinn were yellow. Papa Skywalker isn't gray. Whattaya know. I know! They could make Lando (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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