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I'm some of the poorest of the poor by US standards, so I've been told it won't affect me at all. But I don't really follow it that closely. I've tried to follow it, but like others I just don't understand it. :oops: The deduction depends on your tax bracket and is really just handing more money to...

jbarter wrote:I've had enough of you lot. I'm off. I'm gonna join a political website and post about whistles.

Interesting how you single out politics when it isn't the only OT on this website. I'm sure you must be familiar with the Poststructural Pub.

Sorry to hear you're leaving, Tony... bye.

This thread obviously belongs in the political forum.

Well, let's see... what have I learned from this thread? 1. You don't under any circumstances disagree or question the moderation policies. If you do, you face the possibility of being ridiculed by some of the members, and even by the moderators themselves. 2. Even if the moderators request it, do n...

I haven't been there for awhile so I haven't seen the behavior that caused this little upset, but people who think the moderators are picking on their side probably could benefit from a vacation. I mean, dang, they've gotten me a few times but it's been pretty clear they roped in a few others too :...

But you bring up a good point. Two hundred dollars is not enough. Anyone who would pay $200 a year for a Gold membership would pay $400 a year. Look upon it as a way to weed out the insincere and the uncommitted riff-raff. ... and the forum might end up with at least 2 people in it... if that many....

People won't pay to participate in that forum. If you think they would, then ask yourself if you would have joined C&F if there was a fee involved.

Why are the music forums so successful and the political forum so problematic? I think Dale & Co. have a great whistle and music website and do a fine job moderating it. Having said that, I think even though the political forum was informative and useful, it was an exception. A political forum i...

I share the concern that if we don't have the Poli board, we'll have to deal with stuff differently in the pub. Anyway, I remain open to folks' feedback and ideas. Dale Is there anyway we could arrange a "Town Meeting" on this matter to solicit ideas on how, if the forum is reinstated, wh...

The truth is, it's hard to have any OT section (such as the pub) and not have politics come into play. For example: I started a thread about a possible cure for cancer that is taking a turn into politics as I write this. If the ‘pharmaceutical industry vs. people with cancer’ debate remains free of ...

I think one reason for the devolution of the poli board into something less good is the new policy banning posting whole entries by another author. This is in place to prevent us from harming said author, though what the harm is has never been explained--to my knowledge. There was a lengthy thread ...

The last time I checked, folks who went to pubs for music did exactly that, go for the music. Those who became agitated and boisterous and loud in their arguments were told to shut the feck up, because they were ruining the enjoyment of the music. Any person who becomes "agitated and boisterou...

The forum was a very good place to learn about current events with people you have something unique in common with. I don't think anyone here who has read or participated in it can claim they never learned anything useful there. Many days when I came to that forum I would read about things I might n...

Isn't it the way these things always seem to happen? A drug intended for something else entirely ends up being what they've been looking for... and it's been around for years.

Cheap, safe drug kills most cancers