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That would be over 150 hours, and three institutions. It is a small sample size, as I previously stated. It is, however, beyond anecdotal example. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Ahem. And 'ahem' again. Apparently you fail to see the difference between taking one class (anecdote) and several dozen (small data sample). Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

The flip side of that coin: What about the possibility that professor Paula Anderson overreacted, considering there hasn't been any evidence presented that the student acted improperly? Nor is there any reason to believe the student was treated in any way unfairly. Have you ever had a LEO ask you a question? Did you feel persecuted because of it? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Have you considered changing the locks? It would be even better if you got keys that said "Unlawful To Copy." You could explain to her there are only two keys, and that you and the other roommate are terribly sorry, but since she is the newest roommate, she'll have to do without. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Agreed. Dull knives are good for little, except cutting fingers. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Maybe Steve just hadn't had time to pick them up yet. Or perhaps the store was selling them on consignment for him. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Drugs will get you through times with no money better than money will get you through times with no drugs. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

You didn't think a Republican who is married to a prominent Democrat would consider bipartisan compromise? That sounds rather naive. No, but you can ask that boss for a raise (i.e. a tax increase), in this case via public elections or via the state legislature. Living in a democracy does not imply low taxes or a free market economy. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Which debate? Gun control? I've only taken one stance on the topic. I favor a system similar to the Swiss: stand down our active army and promote responsible gun ownership. If citizens want to keep a gun, but cannot afford to purchase a gun, allow one to be issued by the government. Such a system would be far more consistent with the US Constitution, as well as many state constitutions compared to what we have today. Of course, not many gun advocates support such a system because it emphasizes not only the right to keep and bear arms, but also the responsibility of defending the nation that recognizes that right. I just don't try to start a new thread on the topic each week. RIIGGHHHT - those profs running around in terror I think you underestimate the power that students have with their professor evaluations. Those are taken quite seriously by university administrators. Furthermore, students can complain to department heads if they feel they are being graded unfairly relative to other students. The incentive for professors is to attain tenure and not be fired. In subjects for which the grading is largely subjective (i.e. most subjects outside of mathematics and science), it's difficult to make any sort of real effort on an assignment and receive less than a B. seems it would depend on each professor and how they handle their class - overall culture at a college would be college specific, so can't really say except on a case basis Fair enough. In 150+ credit hours at three different schools in two different states, I've never seen it. incredible fun - I believe you've run with tactic on occassion or other topics too I actually did so recently, when the OP advocated genocide. You don't think there might be a little bit of a difference between that and this? I'm not sure it's a healthy sense of humor that can make light of the Holocaust. I don't know - why did you? Are you referring to my opinion that the most vocal gun advocates have overreacted, considering there hasn't been any evidence presented that the professor acted improperly? Whatever you say. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Don't believe it then. It just might be that she isn't. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I think you'll find most professors do exactly the opposite; they grade easier those students with whom they most vehemently disagree, to avoid any sign of impropriety. There's far fewer negative consequences for a professor to inflate grades than to be perceived as being overly critical due to differing philosophical viewpoints. There's zero incentive to take a chance on the latter occurring. Contrary to what you would have everyone believe, college is not some liberal indoctrination camp where conservative ideology is willfully suppressed. That may be how it works in whatever fantasy world you live in, but reality is quite different. Still others will accept that the highest probability lies somewhere in between the two extremes. For all we know, the professor reporting the student may have consisted of no more than inquiring with officials to see if the student lived on campus. Or maybe she told the police that she didn't think there was any cause for concern, but she was legally obligated to tell them about certain claims the student may have made during his presentation. That you're attempting to compare what happened to Nazi Germany is - well, let's just say it doesn't add any credibility to your post. Not at all. Given the information reported, it was a non-event. Why form an opinion at all? That it was even considered newsworthy seems rather sensationalist, given the lack of detail in the article about what actually transpired in the classroom or what constituted "reported one of her students to the police." The police ask people questions all the time, it doesn't mean they're being arrested or persecuted for their beliefs. Heck, I had police officers from two different jurisdictions ask me questions this past weekend. I wasn't charged with anything, didn't feel threatened, and didn't feel persecuted. People would take gun advocates a lot more seriously if so many of those advocates would stop crying wolf so often. Nothing in the article offers any indication that there was any impropriety on the professor, school, or police's part. Given Fox News conservative bias, it's reasonable to expect that, if evidence of such impropriety existed, they would have reported it. Yet, the same usual suspects are on here whining about how the student's rights were violated or how this is just like Nazi Germany. Give me a fucking break. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Pool fits those requirements as well, more or less, if the twenty-something girl plays well enough to have a backer. The backer could have some bad debt related to one of her sessions, and the person to whom the money is owed holds her responsible as well (or perhaps solely responsible due to backer's untimely, yet unrelated, death). Just a thought. I think outside of casinos and card rooms, most gambling that involves large sums of money and young people will also involve backers. Technically, wagering on oneself in a game of pool doesn't meet the criteria for gambling in most states, but the difference is pretty subtle. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I've never heard of anyone coming up with a profitable betting system on horses. Titanic Thompson, the greatest golfer to ever swing a club (not to mention being the greatest proposition bettor ever), lost thousands upon thousands of dollars trying, though. He was probably that young or younger when he started trying to win with the ponies. He was always over confident when it came to playing pool and betting horses. It was a damn good thing for him that he could beat anybody in the world by one stroke playing golf. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

What would Arnold do? He's an intelligent person with a business mind charged with running a state, right? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Agreed. It is WAY too early to draw any conclusion about Obama's performance w/r/t the economy. He hasn't even been in office for two months yet. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Add a Cabana Boy or Beer Bitch and you would have the perfect night! She already said she managed a sandwich! Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Perhaps, if it is considered a 'claim against the estate' - I have no clue if that is the case or not. Jerryzflies is correct. The estate gets to pay off outstanding debt (as well as pay a few other qualifying expenses) prior to tax assessment. The estate tax is then subject to estate tax only on the vale that exceeds $3.5 million. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

According to this calculator, taxes are applied to the net value of the estate, not the gross value. so if the estate in question was taxed (under the estate tax), then the net value of the estate exceeded $3.5 million. From The Estate Tax: Myths and Realities from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The number of small, family-owned farms and businesses that owe any estate tax at all is tiny, and virtually no such farms and businesses have to be liquidated to pay the tax. The estate of only 0.24 percent of all people who die in 2009 (i.e., the estates of between two and three of every 1,000 people who die) are expected to owe any estate tax, according to the Tax Policy Center. And only about 1.3 percent of the few estates that still are taxable are small business or farm estates. TPC estimates that only 80 small business and farm estates nationwide will owe any estate tax in 2009. This figure represents only 0.003 percent of all estates — that is, the estates of three out of every 100,000 people who die this year. Furthermore, the minuscule number of small business and farm estates that do owe estate tax generally owe only a modest percentage of the estate’s value in tax. The 80 small farm and business estates left by people who die in 2009 that will owe any estate tax will owe the tax at an average rate of just 14 percent.. Despite the oft-repeated claim that the estate tax has dire consequences for family farms and small businesses, no evidence supports that charge. Indeed, the American Farm Bureau Federation acknowledged to the New York Times several years ago, when the estate tax was more expansive than it is today, that even then it could not cite a single example of a farm having to be sold to pay the estate tax. A Congressional Budget Office study, as well, exploded the myth that small businesses and farms have to be liquidated to pay the estate tax. CBO found that of the few farm and family business estates that would owe any estate tax under the 2009 parameters, the overwhelming majority would have sufficient liquid assets (such as bank accounts, stocks, bonds, and insurance) in the estate to pay the tax without having to touch the farm or business. For instance, of the 65 farm estates that would owe any tax after the $3.5 million exemption, just 13 could potentially face liquidity constraints, and CBO explained that even this figure likely overestimates the number of farm estates with liquidity constraints, because CBO was unable to take into account certain assets held in trusts (such as life insurance trusts) when calculating the liquid assets available to estates to pay the tax. Furthermore, the few, if any, farm estates that would face any liquidity constraints would have other important options available to them — such as spreading their estate tax payments over a 14-year period — that would allow them to pay the tax without having to sell off any of the farm assets. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

The net value of the estate had to exceed $3.5 million before it was even subject to the estate tax. That means after all debts were paid. If the net value exceeded $3.5 million, only the net value of the estate over $3.5 million would have been subject to the tax. I don't know about you, but for me, $3.5 million is still quite a large sum of money, especially to receive free and clear of taxes. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Interesting, but it addresses a point not thus far being discussed in this thread. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

It can hardly be considered being nosey if I don't know who your friend is. It's relevant because, so far, you've offered no indication that your friend lost any significant, portion of ranch land to the estate tax. Blaming the estate tax for his siblings wanting to liquidate the property they inherited isn't a fair criticism of the estate tax. It's understandable why his siblings would want to liquidate, especially if the land was not owned free and clear. Keeping the land would have meant taking on additional debt, which they may not have wanted, or may not have been able to afford. That's hardly the fault of the tax code, but it's easier to criticize Uncle Sam than one's siblings. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

All of the data seem to offer information about the number of guns per capita. I think another metric that might (or might not) be relevant would be the number of gun owners per capita. Of all the gun owners that I know, I can't think of any that own only one. A few own dozens, and at least one owns well over a hundred. Even I own two (both of which were gifts, neither of which is currently in my possession). Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I'm sure there have been farmers who have managed to take a vacation. However, I don't think it's uncommon for farmers to not be able to enjoy such luxuries (ignoring for the moment the question of whether or not an occasional vacation should be considered a luxury). Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

No, I never claimed to now the minute details of the estate tax. That does not mean I cannot have a reasonably informed opinion on the matter. I'm still waiting for your reply with respect to how much land your friend's ranch lost due to his siblings liquidating their share compared to how much was lost due to the estate tax. You seem to be avoiding that question. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

So you're okay with the police detaining and questioning people who utter politically incorrect speech? Should she call the police on students who gave a speech on the legalization of drugs, to see if they have any illegal drugs in their possession on campus? Should she call the police on students who give a speech on relaxing laws against illegal immigrants, to ensure that they are legal citizens themselves? In some states, teachers/professors are legally obligated to report to authorities actions or words from students when the teacher/professor believes those actions/words to be indicative of a potential threat to safety. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!