can't wait until the s hits the fan in the US

Rule Number 1 from the right wing playbook.

When you don't have an answer for something, or have no knowledge about a topic, change the subject, deflect, obfuscate and never never never open your mind to another point of view.

Just watch them when they run for office. They are all the same. No answers, no details, no program, no nothing but no, no, no.

Man them jokas was big! size of a quarter dog gone! KAPOOYA, KAOOPYA.

The sky is falling
The sky is falling

Pathetic
Fearmongering
Frustrated

You learned nothing from the Reagan-O'Neill tax 'simplification' and the fraud it played on the American middle class. A few crumbs in minor tax lowering for the poor and middle class and huge tax breaks for the rich. Thats not fear mongering; it's history and it's the truth. Something else for your self-education program. (If you need to come back to the teacher for special help, remember to be polite or you will be left on your own).

And I must remind you that all of those tax rates that everyone quotes are the top MARGINAL rates, not overall rates. During America's last big emergency, the highest marginal rate was 91%, so even your el diablo 75% doesn't seem that bad. It's not the number that counts as much as how it's set up.

I hope I didn't get too complicated for you. But, once again, remedial assistance is available with certain caveats.

raise the tax rate to 75% and then I want to hear all of you libs crying, I say take your money

Well, how about them? Do you see the liberals here parroting what is on MSNBC? I sure don't. And I still see an inability to have a back and forth discussion with the right wing here because they don't have their own knowledge to back up what their talking heads say. I don't need the MSNBC crowd to form my ideas or to put words in my mouth. And I don't agree with all that the MSNBC crowd has to say either. You still don't get it, do you? Liberals are not identical; we are not clones. We don't adhere strictly to a party line. Just because you do, doesn't mean everyone does. Some people, even ones on the right, are capable of independent thought, analysis of facts and data, and drawing their own conclusions. I have yet to see you do anything close to that. To the contrary, you seem to believe that facts and data are evil somehow, probably because they constantly challenge your assertions.

No wonder the right wing has become so nasty and frustrated. They got whupped in the last election and have no idea how to recover. There is no direction now because the Republicans cannot satisfy their base and attract anyone from the center at the same time. And the current handwringing, arguing, blame-gaming, and generallized fratricide is better entertainment than Linda McMahon could ever provide. And the best part is that the show is free !!!

LOVE IT !

How about left wing talking heads, all the idiots on MSNBC,Chris Mathews ,Al Shapton etc.

Didn't the Republican Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindahl, say something about the need to stop being the stupid party?

because they are stupid

They weren't rumours. They were cuts that Siemens announced and I believe they did so publically. They may have done well enough last year to be able to cut back on the layoffs.

Why are people so quick to jump to conclusions?

All the rumors last year about a big layoff -- didn't materialize. YOu have lost your credibility.

whatever you say. she's not my president.

The 10 Commandment? Are you kidding me? Politicians on both sides of the aisle are constantly destroying them in their own personal actions or actions in government.

Graft: Thou shalt no steal
All sorts of sex-capades: Adultery

Note that none of those things are political or partisan. It's just public, visible people breaking the laws of God, much as many Americans do. There are many forms of stealing that don't involve armed robbery or breaking in and entering.

The only part of the 10 Commandments I see being followed is the one about resting on the Sabbath. Congress has decided to observe the Sabbath beyond all reason.

Not all Americans believe in the 'western' God. And there was never any intent on the part of the Founding Fathers that the country be founded as a Christian country although they may have based some of their ideas on Christian principles. The issue, however, to me is those who run around today saying this is a Christian country AND, as such, should base its laws, values, etc. on THEIR interpretation of the Bible. And, that is not what freedom of religion is about. Hopefully, you will understand the distinction.

Christian country. I would more likely say a country that believe in God.
"In God we trust" Let me see-- the 10 Commandments -- was that a Christian concept ?

Put a crucifix is a bottle of urine -- and put on display as "art". That is OK. Try doing that with something that symbolizes some other religions and see what happens.

No. Try to use your brain for a second. We all know that what you post here is regurgitation of right wing talking heads. Now you want to be spoon fed on the Israeli issue. It's about time to grow up and take responsibility for yourself. Isn't that the kind of thing Republicans are always talking about anyway?

It's really not that hard to figure out if you can just drop your blind hatred for a minute or two. This issue of Obama and Israel may be a big deal to the right wing talking heads you listen to, but in reality, like much of what they talk about, this is much ado about nothing.

Perhaps the better question would be why any one, including any Jew would vote for a party that keeps hammering home this notion that America is a Christian nation (yes, Christians are a majority, but we are not a religious-based country like Iran) and a party that has shown complete antipathy towards almost every minority except men (yes, women are the majority in America and we all know what Republicans think about womens' issues).

I again refer to you recent polls that show that Republicans are on the wrong side of just about every big issue today.

"American Jews should be ashamed that they voted for Obama. He hates Israel. And yes,I am a jew."

It amazes me how the Jewish in this country ( USA) continue to vote with the Democratic party. Especially how they voted for Obama .... Can some Jewish person out there explain this to me.

Thanks

Say goodbye to Israel. You will have only yourselves to blame.Long live the Iranian revolution!

Thank you for showing the world that not all Jews are intelligent. Other than right wing talking points, you have no real evidence to support your statement. If people in Israel can disagree with some aspects of Netanyahu's positions and policies, why can't Americans do the same? You seem to forget how controversial Mr. Netanyahu is.

American Jews should be ashamed that they voted for Obama. He hates Israel. And yes,I am a jew.

Two simple facts about Obamacare.

1. It is here to stay for the foreseeable future. In order to repeal it, it will take Republicans winning the White House, maintaining control of the House, AND obtaining a minimum of 60 seats in the Senate. That is not likely to happen soon.

2. By the time that repeal becomes a political reality, Obamacare will have been in full force for several years. Remember it won't come into full effect until next year. After that, one of two things will happen. Either the predictions that it will be terrible will come true and pressure will come from the public to either repeal it or fix the parts that are broke OR they will come to love it in which case repeal will be as impossible as repealing social security or medicare is today.

It matters no whether you like Obamacare or hate it or are indifferent, the above is fairly certain. A whatever is said about it here is of vitually no consequence.

There, I did it. I admitted to being a participant in an exercise in futility. (However, I continue because there are a few positive things in it for me).

Wow !!! The truth must really hurt. All these posts about Adam Smith being flagged. Someone must be getting through and someone must be feeling the pain of the truth.

Should I just save you the trouble and self-flag this post too?

Good try, but not even close.

The quote was from Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations, and generally recognized as the father of modern capitalism. And that was back in the 1770's, I believe.

How's that for a kick in the head?

Stalin

Hey, Mr. Buick man, are you around? I have a question for you. The following is a quote from a fairly famous person:

"The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their little revenue is spent in getting it. The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal expense of the rich . . . . It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion."

Can you identify the author of this socialist viewpoint?

animals, good to eat..yum

Siemens, the layoffs, the last question, some other specific post, or the entire thread?

Is there an 'appropriate' standard or review committee or have you just appointed yourself censor in chief?

Inappropriate

Any layoffs in Tarrytown ?

No, Mengele only used Jews.

"There are plenty of people in jail who should be taking the place of every animal."

I take it you're a disciple of Josef Mengele.

Coulda? Shoulda and woulda, too? That's all speculation, aka fantasy. It's a legend in your own mind.

Politics is the art of the possible. It involves compromise, give and take, and an acceptance of reality. You seem to possess all, but three of the above qualities. Thus, you don't understand politics, you only understand a dogma that is almost certainly not of your own creation. And I have a pretty good idea of where you get many of your ideas. The pattern of conformity and uniformity is becoming all too obvious to me now.

i have always said this. Murderers, rapists, pedos, should be in test labs. Why should animals be sacrificed for human testing? There are plenty of people in jail who should be taking the place of every animal.

I was fully aware that it was the Republicans that inserted the huge gift tax exemptionsinto the bill. We all know that IF HE COULD Obama would just tax the hell out of everyone at every level. The point is, he and congress passed the legislation, while the Dem's hold power in the exective and senate. My point was that he obviously cared less about how much the uber rich could get away with as long as he got greater revenue overall........which means that the middle class get's sucker punched again. He talks a great game to you liberals and you guys suck it up, but look at the actual effects of his legislation.........it targets enormous, enormous benefits to the uber rich..........there is just no way around it. In fact I am flabbergasted that the exemtion is so generous and fantastic. It is so enormous that I will not even use the entire amount of it! I do not have enough to give away what he will allow us to do......incredible. The balance of my net worth is better passed on after my death, so I actually need more wealth to give away! I could not have imagined such crazy generosity. You see, it is obvious both parties try to squeeze in as much stuff as their agendas can generate, but the party that holds the most power has the ultimate decisions to make on compromises........and the Dem's are the party currently with that power, and Obama has the bully pulpit.....and decided to go ahead and SIGN IT. He doesn't care as much about the uber rich getting their way as much as he is about getting the most from the general population as he possibly can get away with. Otherwise he would have done anything to avoid giving it all away to the uber rich.......its just simple deduction from his actions. You tell me Mr. Liberal, that you are not pissed that he let this one go the Republicans way, and I'll tell you you are a fool. Even I think it is rediculously generous, and I honestly would rather see the gift exemption max out at around $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Lets face it, Obama has been the uber rich's best possible friend in Washington........the very people he and all the far left goes crazy about. You cannot make up a more counter intuitive outcome from his presidency than this utter nonsense. And this is coming from a conservative who believes in government giving us less taxeation not more. Imagine that.......Obama a hero to the Donald Trumps of this country.

Do you have a clue as to how out government works? Do you understand that the President does NOT write and pass legislation? Do you understand the distinction between the legislative and executive branches? Show me where President Obama requested or demanded the uber rich tax breaks you describe. The truth is that, in a complex law, many components get included; some put in by Democrats and some by Republicans. And in this case, the tax breaks for the estates of the rich was included because Republicans, not Democrats demanded it as partial compensation for not lowering taxes on the rich. Note that when the new tax law was passed, the Bush tax cuts had all expired and thus, rather than being a tax increase for the rich, it was really a tax cut for most Americans.

Your problem is that you blame Obama for anything and everything you don't like without ever checking facts. The fact is that the very section of the latest tax law to which you object was put in by your guys and not Obama.

If you insist on re-writing history, do so with someone else. I don't fall for the lies and talking points of the right wing talking heads that you seem to constantly parrot. Once again, your lack of facts and denial of reality shows how shallow you really are.

The more lies you promote, the most you drive Americans away from the Republican Party. Please keep it up. We need more people like you to help destroy the Republican Party. Remember that, historically, most political parties destroy themselves rather than being destroyed by the opposition (in a democracy, not a dictatorship). Not that history or facts mean anything to you. You are far to bitter, angry and bigoted to be bothered by reality.

Since I plan to liquidate a significant portion of my business upon retirement, I consulted with my estate planning lawyer, to make sure that I proceed with all the advantages allowed by the convoluted IRS policies. And what do you know! I learned (not that I really had any doubts) that our illustrious president, really could give a rats ass about the uber rich and what they can shelter from the US government tax system. He is more concerned with making sure the upper middle class gets screwed, i.e. those making >$250K a year (probably because there are far, far more of us than the uber rich and if he can tax us higher, he will get huge revenue streams for the IRS). He has been fooling you socialist lefties after all! How do I know this? Well it turns out that he passed the "fiscal cliff" negotiated packages that included.........get this.......a $5,200,000 lifetime gift tax exemption for everyone, spouses included. This means that the uber rich can "gift" $5.2 million dollars each per household. That is, a couple can give away $10.4 million dollars away in their lifetimes to their heirs with out a SINGLE PENNY in taxes to be paid by the giver or the recipient!!!!!!! And if they want, they can give this $10.4 million dollars away in a single year, and not have to worry about parceling out a small amount each year. So does it sound like the president is after the truly rich and their gifts to heirs? I don't know about you, but I do not think the majority of the middle class can give away anything near even a million dollars away in their lifetimes. So we are talking about very, very rich people here, and further more there are rules that will exempt millions and millions more of inheritance from any taxes after one dies so most of the uber riches net worth can be protected from the IRS. Does it really sound like Obama made it tougher for the uber rich when the previous years max lifetime gifting was only a million dollars? He intends to make it tougher on the somewhat rich....... those with $250K + incomes, but those who already have tens of millions in net worth, he just threw the biggest bone ever. As for me he has made it a Hail Marry catch for a touchdown, because I will be able to gift all I need this year with ZERO TAXES to worry about. I still would not vote for the guy, but I must say he has made my decision to cash out most everything this year a slam dunk. Thank you Mr. Liberal, and all your like for putting this fool in office against my wishes, because his foolishly generous policies will save me tons in tax liability and headaches this year.

"And btw ... once again you make an ASSumption about my vehicle"

There must have been hundreds, maybe many hundreds of car models from dozens of manufacturers made worldwide over the last decade or so. You don't think that I would seriously take a guess at a single make/ model, and assume that it would be the very car you drive, correct? I was being sarcastic, because the Prius is the poster child for the left leaning whackos of the world. I would also call you a tree hugging, salmon slurping, organic broccoli injesting, socialist but excepting the socialist tag I would seriously doubt the description would be anywhere near an accurate description of you..........or is it?

And btw ... once again you make an ASSumption about my vehicle. Are you trying to prove something by constantly exhibiting your ignorance? Is there any value at all in discussing various options for personal transportation devices? How many irrelevant tangents do you have up your sleeve?

And we really don't care.

As long as Republicans find ways to create bigger messes, the American people will demand bigger mops to clean up the mess.

You just offered the American people a choice between your way and Obama. You lost. Get it?

George Bush offered the American people a privatized social security program. The proposal was soundly rejected.

Paul Ryan offered the American people a privatized senior care program and the elimination of Medicare. The proposal was soundly rejected.

You are left with only a few choices:

Go back to the drawing board and offer things that Americans want.

Continue as you have been doing and watch your minority shrink as you old white guys die off.

Take all your guns and ammo and try to otherthrow the government (hey, it's a choice, even though you will be easily defeated).

What does it take to make you understand how unpopular the ideas of the right wing are? Why do so many Republican politicians avoid campaigning on the details of their plans in contrast to their 'attack the other guy' strategy? Easy answer: they know that if they really laid it all out, they'd be completely crushed at the polls. So they wind up talking in vague generalities for the most part; those that don't like the Senatorial candidates in Missouri and Indiana last time, and Nevada and Delaware in 2010, wind up losing, and losing big time ... even in the most red of Republican states.

Nonetheless, the American people do seem to like your car. How often have you heard them respond to you and your ideas with either a "boooooooooooo" and/or and "ick".

PRICELESS !!!

"Unemployment insurance existed long before Obama"

This is like saying I have a car and so do you, so we are much the same when it comes to cars.

Trouble is, I have a nice, simple, safe Buick that doesn't cost a lot and is a great car for people who do not want to show off, and you probably have one of those stupid looking hybrids that are a bore to drive. Bet you think you are sooooooo much more enlightened to drive a car that gets better milage, right?

By the way, unemployment benefits were limited to 26 weeks for as far back as I can remember, so Obama's 99 weeks is a bit more don't you think?

"True,at 2150 there was definitely something going on,"

Yup; big blood clot in leg viewed with the ultrasound scan. .. now on warfarin (a.k.a. rat poison)

Getting old --- well these things happen.

True,at 2150 there was definitely something going on,

"Is the Zionist racist director of systems engineering AG still there...."

AG ? sure you do not mean DS ?

250/500 no matter 2150 was way above.

Is the Zionist racist director of systems engineering AG still there. I swear god that he never went to school.

Depends on the cutoff, which should be determined by each lab. Depending on the methodology I'm more familiar with a 500 cutoff.

My D-Dimer reading was 2150. I understand anything over 250 indicates a clot somewhere .

D-Dimer;

I was just curious as I had one done on Saturday, then they went to ultrasound imaging. YUP, I had a big clot in my leg. Quite painful.

Now they have me on blood thinners.

Interesting point -- the technician who drew the blood worked with me at Technicon -- 20 years ago ...

D-Dimer is actually a chemistry test that is run under the coag umbrella.It is a rule out/rule in test that will not tell you if you have a clot, but will tell you if you don't. It is usually run as a precursor to expensive imaging tests.The quality of the test varies between manufacturer's, that's where you have to do some research.

D-dimer:

http://healthengine.com.au/info/D-Dimer_Test

If this is not sufficient, just google 'd-dimer'. You will find many articles about the test, its usefulness, and how it is conducted.

Was there something specific about the test that you wanted to discuss? From what I see, it is pretty straightforward and nowhere near controversial enough to warrant a posting on this raucous thread.