Re: Mind's Eye Re: Green Issues (might make some 'green')

I came across the RBS bonus deal and just shook my head.//Another
issue is creating an economy that can absorb women in leadership
positions without displacing men entirely. :-)//I don't have a problem
with immigrants.//With these 3-D printers someone has developed a
method of making an automatic gun with blueprints on the web. Another
head shake.

On Mar 2, 6:47 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The real issue is immigration rigs.  I suspect the massive debts of
> our once vaunted financial sector will prove the real issue in a
> couple of years.  RBS is giving £600 million in bonuses on a £6
> billion loss and probable bankruptcy if class action over LIBOR and
> other fraud is successful.  I suspect Osbourne will try to buy votes
> by giving us the government shares.  UKIP is a bit like the Tea Party
> but has its own candidates.  They could take half the Tory vote.  We
> may yet see someone like Grillo in Italy.  Bulgaria and Romania get
> full integration soon and most of Western Europe already has a problem
> with the esterners.  I'm personally pleased - our neighbours are
> Bulgarian and lovely people - far nicer than your average Brit.  The
> EU will be much more popular if they push through bank bonus curbs and
> antitrust legislation.  Hester, the loon running RBS, has just told us
> he has to pay high salaries to attract the right staff (the ones
> running the bank at a loss?) - a weird argument now as you'd think
> wages would collapse given the redundancies and banks would be
> avoiding further losses in speculation.  His alternative to business-
> as-usual seems to be closing the bank completely - we should make it a
> utility bank instead.  The truth is likely to be that if we let the
> RBS investors take the losses they deserve we'd find all the alleged
> financial assets are worthless.  I have no vote worth holding - I want
> to go more Swedish-Norwegian and may have to go back to Scotland to
> get that.  I'd rather have a vote to become a republic than one on the
> EU.
>
> On 1 Mar, 12:39, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Oh those scrappy Brits- such elites who managed to hold onto their
> > royals! Never one to admit its negative impact on the Continent and
> > its empire. Tra-la, tra-la, old chap. It is easier to trade with a
> > block of partners, isn't it?
>
> > On Mar 1, 1:21 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > UKIP (sadly not a party advocating falling asleep at work) came a
> > > close second in yesterday's by-election here.  This will put the wind
> > > up our GOP equivalent.  UKIP are non-events who just want the UK out
> > > of the EU ( as probably 65% of the UK does) and are now recipients of
> > > the protest vote.  I regard it much more important to deal with our
> > > toilet offerings properly than bother whether we are chums with the
> > > French and Germans.  We should all be in the EU and abolish it at the
> > > same time - a more possible solution than it might appear - we could
> > > simply create an electronic parliament after abolishing the farces of
> > > Brussels and Strasbourg.
>
> > > On Feb 28, 7:45 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Farming practices have greatly improved..the soil loss i was seeing is
> > > > not the result of erosion.  flowing artisan wells are very rare and I
> > > > know of only one area in the US where they are common;
> > > > Now Neil there is a way you could join the super rich in the states..
> > > > step one.  get your degree in US Tax law passing the bar..  specialize
> > > > in national tax law and learn all of it ..  required reading will
> > > > include all of the tax law will be required, skimming will not be good
> > > > enough..  then you need to become a CPA (certified Public Accountant..
> > > > then what you do is you offer the rich the service tax evasion..if
> > > > interested I will explain it to you..  it will require the US not
> > > > getting the budget in place..
>
> > > > was looking at that..  the republicans need to remember that if they
> > > > don't get a new budget in place  they will lose all of the tax breaks
> > > > they are trying to protect..  lol  tough it will effect me,,  maybe it
> > > > is the best thing as it will force the rich to pay the taxes they have
> > > > been avoiding..  they will never get such a good deal again  as the
> > > > tax laws were passed by republicans for rich republicans during the
> > > > time when both the senate and house along with the president were all
> > > > republican..    that sweet heart deal no longer exist.
>
> > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:06 AM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > There's so much we could and should be doing.  I fancy a long-term
> > > > > plan bolted on to current economics, perhaps replacing derivatives and
> > > > > the like.
>
> > > > > On Feb 28, 2:43 am, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> It could also be called Facelift!
>
> > > > >> On Feb 27, 4:59 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> > It's just not fair Al - I always wanted to cry all the way to the
> > > > >> > bank!  Maybe we should petition the young jerk running Faceflop and
> > > > >> > impress him with out credentials - turning silk purses into sows'
> > > > >> > ears, the negative Kelvin temperature of our customer service and
> > > > >> > other assets we bring to maximising tax loses whilst simultaneously
> > > > >> > stacking piles of hard currency offshore?  Given the job we could hire
> > > > >> > Gabby's friend to do the books on double time (she'd do the bird for
> > > > >> > both of us later) ...
>
> > > > >> > On Feb 27, 8:51 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> > > Sorry Neil those tax breaks are for the super rich..  poor people like
> > > > >> > > you and me have to pay our taxes..
>
> > > > >> > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:16 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > > > I never settle in long enough to be under-paid Gabs - I move on before
> > > > >> > > > I could be barely competent to whoever is dumb enough to pay more for
> > > > >> > > > my next period of incompetence.  Your friend has made the mistake of
> > > > >> > > > learning how to competently do the job.  Does she not know the
> > > > >> > > > relationship between productivity and wages is inverse - ergo one
> > > > >> > > > should not be productive and spend one's time looking for the next
> > > > >> > > > employer not to be productive with.  That the employers bring this on
> > > > >> > > > themselves is apparent in your friend's sad tale.  Self-employed these
> > > > >> > > > days, I no longer fear the sack should I spend enough time in one
> > > > >> > > > place to be discovered inept (as I am a tolerant employer who realises
> > > > >> > > > any deficiencies I have are down to a lack of training) and dare to
> > > > >> > > > visit the same work place twice after reasonable gaps in which they
> > > > >> > > > have forgotten I was there before.  Does your friend do freelance -
> > > > >> > > > I'm looking for someone good and cheap!  I'd even pay time and a third
> > > > >> > > > if she gets me Faceflop's tax concession ($450 million rebate).
>
> > > > >> > > > On 27 Feb, 16:08, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > > >> I am sure Gabby your friend is highly accurate at her job or employment..
> > > > >> > > >> I never realized the soil loss until I was driving truck across mid
> > > > >> > > >> west in the US..   there you can see a 16 cm difference between the
> > > > >> > > >> fence line and the crop surface,,  thus difference is from the crops
> > > > >> > > >> removing soil matter from the land.  This loss needs to be replaced.
> > > > >> > > >> and that can be very difficult to do..  if your friend is saying the
> > > > >> > > >> soil does not need supplements  she can be right ass it can be quite
> > > > >> > > >> rich..  believe me if you are farming you have soil loss due to plants
> > > > >> > > >> using up the resources.  the long you wait the more difficult it
> > > > >> > > >> becomes..  even in my flower garden I replace approximately 4 cm every
> > > > >> > > >> year..
>
> > > > >> > > >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:41 AM, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > > >> > First, Allan, my friend is my friend, who happens to be earning her living
> > > > >> > > >> > by doing her employer's book-keeping. Secondly, the books are never
> > > > >> > > >> > officially out of balance, even when being checked by the finance office,
> > > > >> > > >> > because she is doing the book-keeping and not her boss. And yes, her wage
> > > > >> > > >> > amount has been forgotten to be dynamically integrated into that forever
> > > > >> > > >> > cyclic process for more than 10 years. But this is not his fault, this is
> > > > >> > > >> > hers. Is it not?
>
> > > > >> > > >> > 2013/2/27 Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com>
>
> > > > >> > > >> >> Gabby your accountant friend deeds to examine his books  as is
> > > > >> > > >> >> forgetting to add in some of his credits like the amount of soil the
> > > > >> > > >> >> plant uses to grow and is not replaced when we harvest that crop.. in
> > > > >> > > >> >> other words his books are out of balance.
>
> > > > >> > > >> >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:57 PM, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > > >> >> > Looking far and big is one option of going  beyond common sense
> > > > >> > > >> >> > limitations.
> > > > >> > > >> >> > My best friend does that on a much smaller scale for her employer and
> > > > >> > > >> >> > his
> > > > >> > > >> >> > different companies by doing his book-keeping. Their well-being is
> > > > >> > > >> >> > firmly
> > > > >> > > >> >> > rooted in  interdependency already, no further soil improvement is
> > > > >> > > >> >> > needed to
> > > > >> > > >> >> > mix the balance up.
>
> > > > >> > > >> >> > 2013/2/26 archytas <nwte...@gmail.com>
>
> > > > >> > > >> >> >> Stuff from the UK plants goes to farms - soil improvement.  I sense
> > > > >> > > >> >> >> there is plenty of money that could go into such schemes. Despite $1.1
> > > > >> > > >> >> >> billion in pre-tax profits from its US operations in 2012, Facebook
> > > > >> > > >> >> >> didn't pay any federal or state income taxes in the US—in fact it will
> > > > >> > > >> >> >> collect net tax refunds totaling $429 million (owing to some stock
> > > > >> > > >> >> >> option dodge).
>
> > > > >> > > >> >> >> On
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