tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post6847473207440772224..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Media Bias of the Day@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-61971488310591455402011-11-05T11:13:54.564-04:002011-11-05T11:13:54.564-04:00Testing testing...Testing testing...sueknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-74711568717586663582011-11-04T19:51:54.943-04:002011-11-04T19:51:54.943-04:00Ok...testing. Commenting from the computer at wor...Ok...testing. Commenting from the computer at work. If this works right, I'll be pretty certain it's something in the NoScript program.<br /><br />Looks like the comment I did this AM from home didn't come up. Probably in the spam file again.sueknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-26811385703464423402011-11-04T12:25:00.278-04:002011-11-04T12:25:00.278-04:00I'm guessing here - since I'm in no way a ...I'm guessing here - since I'm in no way a technological whiz - but my son is a somewhat paranoid technological whiz, and convinced me that installing "NoScript" was a good move. I suspect that it has something to do with that. As I write this, I show that 19 scripts on the page are being blocked. Probably one of those 19 is some kind of a cookie or something similar and controls some other little device that redirects the comment.<br /><br /><br />My trick is going to be to find out which one it is, and allow it.<br /><br />I'd dump the whole thing, but I must admit that between the blocked script count and the "Ghostery" list (another one he had me install), I'm a bit spooked myself. Who is collecting what information with all these javascripts?? It probably wouldn't bother me as much if I knew more. Or maybe it would. My son knows more and it bothers him. Of course, he's always been slightly paranoid.<br /><br />He's going into computer security. It's a good field for him!<br /><br />I'll make changes one by one - and please let me know if I move from the spam file!sueknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-43435741864338843992011-11-04T11:24:31.899-04:002011-11-04T11:24:31.899-04:00I recently heard an interestingly relevant quote:
...I recently heard an interestingly relevant quote:<br />"Institutions try to preserve the problems of which they are the solution"<br />---Jay Parkinson, MDKitWistarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824004653382583593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-26549798544025571942011-11-04T11:21:55.497-04:002011-11-04T11:21:55.497-04:00Here is an interestingly relevant quote I heard re...Here is an interestingly relevant quote I heard recently:<br />"Institutions try to preserve the problems of which they are the solution" ( Jay Parkinson, MD).KitWistarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824004653382583593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-52762000303460041092011-11-03T23:53:56.315-04:002011-11-03T23:53:56.315-04:00SueK -- You are so right! Lawyers and accountants...SueK -- You are so right! Lawyers and accountants lobby to keep their jobs, and their lobbies are powerful. Some might say the head of their lobby is sitting in the White house right now. <br /><br />By the way Suek for whatever reason all your comments end up in the spam bin and I have to dig them out manually. Not sure why, but that's why you see a delay in posting on the blog, it takes me a while to get to them.<br /><br />Yes OBH even a blind squirrel catches a nut now and then.Bob Cosmoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420771432114368417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-10458552801010263632011-11-03T18:48:13.831-04:002011-11-03T18:48:13.831-04:00>>> These are the same preparers that can...>>> <i>These are the same preparers that cannot agree on anything </i><br /><br />Oh, but wait, there's more...<br /><br />The REALLY lovely part of this, is that, if you ASK THE IRS ITSELF what the law is, the response they give you, even in writing, should it be in error, does not protect you in any way from any failure to obey the diktat of some other IRS official or Tax Court as to wat you <b>should</b> have done.<br /><br />Right -- <b>the IRS <i>itself</i></b> denies <b>any responsibility</b> for correctly answering questions about the tax code.<br /><br /><b>You want insanity, that's insanity.</b><br /><br />When the government can demand compliance with laws which their own agents are not expected to be able to provide an accurate answer as to the meaning of, that's insane.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-47241260599580060352011-11-03T12:19:51.468-04:002011-11-03T12:19:51.468-04:00I've been wondering when someone would notice ...I've been wondering when someone would notice this very basic fact...<br /><br />Lots of tax preparers, lots of accountants, lots of tax lawyers, lots of computer tax programs...<br /><br />And these aren't "little" guys. My guess is that they'll fight simplification tooth and nail.sueknoreply@blogger.com