*monacle pops out* Shuuuuuulllltttz!!!!

Like, say, the 4th amendment protecting against unlawful search and seizure? Bastards were caught with their hands in the cookie jar and are trying anything to deflect attention.

... the tough get going! Who's with me? Let's go!!

What the fuck happened to the Slashdot I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts?

Archive.org to the rescue. Maybe the 9-June-2003 issue of Marsbugs (#23), page 5, "Martian Spiders"?: http://web.archive.org/web/20080725114636/http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/volume10old.html

Man, just realized how long ago Spirit and Opportunity were.

Lean bacon, or would a low fat meat like ostrich work just as well? Also, ob WSPTOTC.

Okay, let's put it this way: has the effective tax rate increased or decreased since the year 1995? How about the early 1900's?
Here's an interesting link from Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-tax-rates?op=1 discussing that.

Not sure where you got the "double negatives" idea from so can't really respond to it, but your logic statement is a bit shaky. If you are partying by definition you are not sleeping. However, if you are not sleeping you could be engaged in any manner of activities, not just partying. P implies not S, but not S does not imply P.

This whole rigmarole about "tax increases" is misleading as a more correct description would be the expiration of tax cuts. For example, in this case FICA returned to 6.2% due to the 2% reduction from the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 not being renewed.

I think you're confusing economics and accounting.

Oh, and e.g. Mark 10:21-22:

"Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions."

Actually took a quick introductory beekeeping course at a local agricultural university extension here recently. One of the things they mentioned was that the Chinese were now filtering the honey to get rid of the original pollen and then putting the "correct" pollen in. So even this method isn't foolproof.

"An inject printer (someone else's)" gives a whole new meaning to mainline printing equipment. Sorry, yes, that's the best I can do before the caffeine hits on a Monday morning.

Probably the best quote I've heard that addresses this is from Calvin and Hobbes: “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”

Maybe they're trying to prop up the US Treasury's minting operation by making cash more attractive. It will be interesting to see whether people start carrying more cash or simply avoid retailers with the added surcharge.

After RTFA, it seems like yet another hurdle for smaller businesses as the "big box" stores with higher profit margins are better able to absorb the processing fees. For example, I work for a nonprofit that handles a fair amount of credit card transactions and it's positively sickening how much processing fees cost the company.

I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords.

Sorry, someone had to say it.

Am I the only one who saw the "electrichum" tag and thought "electri-chum"? Think electrified chum would work pretty well for fishing. The scent would bring the fish in and the electricity zaps them/dolphins/penguins/scuba divers.