Round 10 - Russia

This race:
Cbear3 - 19
dodint - 13
MR25 - 25
Shyster - 36
tifosi - 26
Gaucho - 32

Leaderboard:

1. MR25 - 333
2. Shyster - 244
3. Cbear3 - 233
4. dodint - 228
5. Gaucho - 221
6. tifosi - 187

There's a difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion . Tax avoidance is taking advantage of every possible deduction and loophole in the tax code (of which there are many) in order to reduce taxes to a minimum. Tax evasion is not paying taxes that are due and payable. Avoidance is legal. Evasi...

The highest bidders are in for Remington's assets in bankruptcy. These are still subject to court approval and finalization, but as it stands these would be the new owners of these assets and intellectual properties: Vista Outdoor, Inc. (current owner of Federal, CCI, and Speer) gets Remington Ammun...

Appellate practice is its own world with specialized skills. It's probably the most "academic" of the various legal specialties, and it requires someone to be highly skilled in research, writing, and critical thinking. People with those skills make for good appellate judges, and plenty of SCOTUS nom...

In space news, the delayed Delta 4 Heavy launch of an NRO spy satellite is supposed to now launch early Monday morning. The launch has been pushed back another 24 hours for additional testing and checks of ground equipment. The Antares NG-14 resupply launch to the ISS is scheduled for next Tuesday f...

Schedule is out. https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/1310025503554891776?s=19 More accurate schedule: Oct 12: Grandstanding. Oct. 13+14: Grandstanding only slightly disguised as questions. The nominee's answers are irrelevant. Oct. 15: Start wasting time when every Democrat has already decided to ...

One of my cats barfed in the litter box. I wish I could train them to do that every time.

Salt Lake City finds ‘pattern of abuse’ when police use dogs to bite suspects https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/09/25/salt-lake-city-police/ After bodycam footage showed a Salt Lake City police officer ordering his dog to bite a Black man on his knees with his hands in the air, department officials ...

If Barrett believes that women should be meekly submissive, then someone needs to tell her that she's screwing it up by going to law school, clerking for two prominent judges, teaching at Notre Dame, and sitting on the Seventh Circuit, where, oddly enough, not one of her opinions says "I defer to my...

Allegheny County is finally sending out mail-in ballots. I got mine in today. Voted for Trump. Which was less a vote for Trump and more a vote against the most anti-Second Amendment ticket ever nominated by the Democratic party.

Delta has announced that two more types will be leaving its fleet, although this time the departure is not immediate. Delta's 91 Boeing 717s and 54 Boeing 767-300ERs will be retired by 2025. My guess is that we may see an additional order for Airbus A220s to replace the 717s; the A221 is almost a se...

Yes! The can opener feeds again!

It looks like the 737 MAX is getting close to recertification. From what I've read, the hardware and software changes are pretty well set, and the only stuff remaining is the training processes and procedures for pilots. The MCAS system in the MAX will be substantially revised. The system will monit...

Winter is king.

Still my favorite season. Low humidity. No bugs. No lawn care. Heating bills in the winter are cheaper than cooling bills in the summer. And nothing beats sleeping in a slightly chilly room under a big pile of heavy blankets.

Congrats!

... and condolences.

Dude, it's Thursday.

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Twitter bubbles are driving the divisiveness:

Who wants to bet that the "custom storage expansion card" is just a M.2 NVMe drive in a proprietary enclosure, probably with some pins switched around so that an off-the-shelf drive can't be used.

Sorry for your loss, mikey.

Tesla's Battery Day saw announcements of new battery cells that should give a 16% increase in range thanks to a 5x increase in energy with a drop in cost by 14%. The Model S is getting a new "Plaid" version with a range around 500 miles, a top speed of more than 200 mph, and a 0-to-60-mph time unde...

California Bans Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars Beginning in 2035