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TwiceHorn

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    Edited by TwiceHorn

    12 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    Twice, what other organizations get property tax exemptions? I’m legit asking because I don’t know. It seems to me that there is no reason for a church to not pay property taxes but maybe I don’t understand the issue well enough.

    It depends on the state, and I didn't know until you asked, but Texas exempts property taxes for all charitable organizations, much like 501(c)(3).  https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/exemptions/index.php.  Worth noting that while Texas has an exemption specifically for religious organizations and a separate one for charitable ones, there is significant overlap:  a religious organization must also qualify as a charitable organization.

    So, again, if a church otherwise qualifies as a charitable organization, denying exemption because it's religious would probably be a problem.

    But, again, closer examination of how "chartitable" or "non-profit" any organization is seems like a worthwhile thing to do.

    As usual, the IRS has some pretty good info on 501(c)(3) https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/exemption-requirements-501c3-organizations

  2. One thing about this Moto G7, the screen notifications that come up real time, like incoming phone calls, text messages, etc. are these huge white blocks.  They're super-readable, but less slick looking than the little banners from Samsung.  Is that what Android looks like?  I'm guessing so because the text app is messaging and the dialer is google.

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    Edited by TwiceHorn

    There are two main ways "religion" avoids taxation.  There is an exemption in most states' codes for property taxes (and income taxes, if any).  And, for federal income taxation, they are 501(c)(3) exempt.  Many organizations other than churches are 501(c)(3) exempt.

    Eliminating 501(c)(3) for churches (rather than everything) would be legally problematic.  Eliminating it altogether would be problematic problematic.

    Eliminating the property tax exemption would probably be most immediately crippling to legitimate churches.

    Rigorously enforcing the proscriptions of 501(c)(3) on political activity and individual benefit, across the board, would probably be a good thing.

  4. Just now, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    way past time to tax churches - and all religious institutions. I don't care how much charity they provide of if they're one of the good actors. we have shown generation after generation that politics and religion cannot be inherently separated in this country, so might as well make the marriage official. Pastor Osteen can preach whatever the fuck he wants from the pulpit, as long as 25% of that that 10% goes back to the people.

    and I patently reject the idea that religion is under attack in this country. 

    Bahaha.  See.

  5. And, I suppose we have to admit that there is a somewhat unfounded hostility toward all religion based almost solely on the transgressions of evangelicals.

    If you don't want to admit that most Methodists and Episcopalians are ok. then think of the Buddhists or the Unitarians, or the Rosicrucians ffs.

  6. 9 hours ago, F250 said:

    Consoles are for children or people that lack the basic intelligence to build a quality gaming rig. With that said, yes I am forbidden from gaming on weekdays. So, I smoke pot and post on Surly instead.

     

    Also women. 🤬🤬

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    Edited by TwiceHorn

    10 minutes ago, Lobwedgephil said:

    What do you mean you have to use the gestures for assistant? Can't you just squeeze it or say google to get activate assistant like previous pixels? I would turn off the gestures if possible to save battery. 

    And I suppose you could install Nova Launcher and use the "home button."  Maybe you google-philes don't do that shit.  Nova til I die.

    Or not.  I must be a fuddy duddy, but I dgaf about gestures.  

    I only really use Google App/Assistant as a news feed on the can or when I have a few minutes to kill.

  8. The gulf between Article I's reservation to Congress of the power to declare war and Article II's making the President Commander in Chief is broad.  I think there are some military actions that are below the "declaration of war" threshold and that's fine.  But if it's a prolonged shooting engagement, Congress needs to get off it's ass and approve or disapprove.

    Not sure you can call congressional inaction, or executive action, unconstitutional.  I think as a matter of prudence, though, Congress should speak more often than it does and more definitively than it does (resolutions are a cop-out, but better than nothing).

    I don't think the founders envisioned any sort of commitment of troops other than an outright war.**  The Barbary Pirate thing immediately tested that, but I don't think it was politically unpopular, just expedient.

    **I haven't looked at the debates on this, but it's possible they recognized the problem and just punted to let someone else figure out it, or decided some play in the joints was desirable.  They did that with some regularity.

  9. Well.  Hmm.  The one thing is, if I sell the S8 for $200 or so (I should think this refurb would command the top price for an S8),  then I'm basically even or ahead.  If I take the G7 back, I'm out a restocking fee.  And an activation fee?

    But I have an arguably shitty phone.

    I do have a little distrust of the Samsung, but I have been on them since the S2 with no problems other than micro USB giving out repeatedly on the S2.

    Odd thing.  This moto has almost no moto bloat.  It has a sort of branded launcher that I think is just stock android, and maybe 100MB of Moto apps (particular gestures and stuff) that are removable.  Configured just like the S8 (but using google things for calendar, contacts, gallery etc.) it uses almost the same amount of storage, just a tad less.  It does seem to have more free memory at any given time (Knox and Bixby shit, I assume).

  10. 8 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    i would think that the s8 is still better than the g7.  i would do the opposite, keep the s8 and return the g7.  you can still go cheap from now on but after you s8 dies.

    however, the s8 will not get more OS updates, it should receive security patches although that's not a guarantee with samsung.  i don't know how moto is with updating os and security updates.  

    is there a compelling reason to keep the g7 over the s8?

    Just that it's newer and somewhat less likely to croak.  DGAF about security patches as that's what seems to have provoked this.  Moto/Lenovo supposedly is bad about pushing Android updates, but when activating, I got a bunch of monthly security patches.

    The S8 that croaked was a year-old refurb after I lost the original on an MTB trail.  I was treating it as dead until I got lucky, apparently, with the repair/replacement for free.

    I gotta say, I have used other people's low-end Android phones, mostly Samsung, and they're slow and gimpy.  The G7 sacrifices little or nothing on daily user experience to the S8.  The only way I can tell it has a lame processor is app installs are slower.

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    Edited by TwiceHorn

    15 hours ago, DanRydell said:

    The paid and incurred medical damages are $2,200 in that scenario. It's any amount paid, regardless of source, and any amounts the provider can still contractually recover.

    Fair point.  Not that it's worth quibbling over too much, but if you have a deductible or copay, it might be properly ADDED to the insurance-paid portion, or the insurance paid portion may be the total due as damages.  It's what the provider is due to be paid by any source, you, the insurer, or any combination.

    In my scenario, I was envisioning a bill that said something like Covered Benefit: $2000, of which your portion is $200, so the total to the provider was $2000.  Whereas Rydell, I think, is envisioning a scenario where you pay $200 at the time of visit and the insurance pays another $2000.

    Of course, these days deductibles can be pretty huge, so it behooves you to figure out how it is.

  12. Welp, Asurion is replacing the phone free of charge.  So I will get a newish S8, 10 days after commencing the claim.

    I'm liking this Moto G7 although I can tell it's a cheaper phone in a lot of ways.  Not daily operation for the most part, but the S8 installs things much faster.  I kind of like the pure-ish Android.  Also the visual voicemail app doesn't seem to be 100% working.

    If I take the G7 back, I incur a $45 restocking fee.

    My current thinking is to sell the S8 on swappa for about $200, which will zero me out, and stick to a steady diet of cheap fones from here on in.

    Other thoughts welcome.

    Anyone want to buy an S8?

  13. As far as election law violations go, I see no necessity for "quid pro quo."  Trump solicited, end of story.  It was a thing of value, but was it an election contribution?  I dunno. Nothing in the code requires quid pro quo.  The solicitation doesn't have to succeed even.

    It's nasty shit and should be impeachable regardless.

    Somewhere else in our vast federal criminal code, there has to be another statute that this would violate.  Certainly if it were Trump leaning on a domestic official to investigate a poltiical opponent/enemy. 

  14. 3 minutes ago, Yesh said:

    I agree with you but since I don't see much changing this year, I am at least trying to stay positive since we almost certainly won't have a coaching change.

    I also don't think it was just more experience.  We didn't have a stud B-backer like Ossai in 2017 and still managed to be successful.  Does Orlando need talent at certain positions?

    My theory on 2017, in keeping with mine and bschoolprof's posts, is that Bedford wasn't a gimmick coordinator, but maybe just a mediocre coach hampered by even more mediocre staff in Jennings.  Thus, the 2017 players weren't taught some fucked up system they had to unlearn, but did get some degree of fundamental coaching that served them well while starting on the Orlando gimmick plan.  There was some unique talent there, also.

    Same-ish for 2014.  The team was recovering from Diaz' fucked up gimmicks and had been fundamentally coached by Gerg.  Also Chris Vaughn was pretty decent as a coach/teacher.

  15. It's been alluded to, but I think a lot of DCs without experience in the B12 (and/or experience generally) seem to think that they need to come up with the defensive "answer" to the spread-ish offenses in the conference.  And that leads them to flailing around with "exotic" or gimmicky schemes that detract from playing solid, fundamental defense.  In year 1, the "scheme" is only partially implemented, and fundamental defense concepts prevail. In years 2 and 3, the "scheme" starts to take over practices and everything goes to shit.

  16. 6 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    The point of that video is that the roles as described in the constitution have been upended. Congress should be making declarations of war and the commander in chief should be executing those wars. I don't think that you can call a house resolution that doesn't really do anything unconstitutional, but it seems pretty clear that our process around war making is not as intended, at least based on my reading of the constitution.  

    Yet another instance of Congress abdicating its authority because it might be unpopular.

  17. One other thing.  Although the kid's act was intentional, which will almost never be covered by insurance, the parents' liability will be premised on negligence, so there might be coverage by the homeowner's policy.  Maybe.

    What you need is a personal injury lawyer.  Hank Scorpio and Bob Lives, among others, can refer/advise.  Also probably thujone.

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