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So, you don't want the National Guard.  You want ATF involved?

I killed a small axis buck this weekend.  My son shot a spike.  The most interesting thing I saw was a very big buck running around with yellow tags in each ear.  I guess he is an escapee from some neighboring ranch.  probably 3 years old scoring 150ish

I believe the title of the thread is misleading.  Do you?

UT wishes they were in the SEC.   What else can be said?  Yeah, the competition is tough,  Don't run from it.   I would rather get beat by Bama and LSU than Baylor and TCU.  Just saying.

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How This Happened Here we should explain that the IRS routinely seeks to collect both federal income taxes and federal payroll taxes from illegal immigrants, who are required to pay regardless of their immigration status. Because such workers don’t qualify for a valid Social Security number, the IRS issues a nine-digit Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. An ITIN doesn’t authorize the user to work legally in the U.S., and doesn’t entitle him or her to Social Security benefits. But in addition to collecting taxes, the IRS has increasingly been making payments to low-income workers who pay no federal income tax but qualify for “refundable” credits. Generally, illegal immigrants don’t qualify for Social Security, Medicare or other federal benefits, except for emergency medical treatment in hospitals. And since passage of the 1996 welfare reform law, they have been ineligible for the refundable portion of the Earned Income Tax Credit as well. At that time, Congress required that a valid Social Security number be filed for those claiming the EITC, and that requirement saved an estimated $300 million a year. But Congress did not enact a similar requirement when it created the child tax credit, which went into effect in tax year 1998 at $400 per child, and was increased to $500 the following year. Initially the credit wasn’t refundable in most cases (only for families who had three or more children and who also met certain income tests). So the issue of illegal workers claiming credits did not arise at first. But the 2001 Bush tax cuts made more parents eligible for refundable credits, and increased the amount in steps to $1,000 per child. So by 2005, the recent IG report said, 796,000 persons without valid Social Security numbers claimed refundable child credits totaling $924 million, and in 2008, these claims had risen to 1,526,276 persons claiming $2.1 billion in refunds. Finally, President Obama’s 2009 stimulus measure made temporary changes that had the effect of allowing more parents to claim the refundable credits, or claim greater amounts. And the total grew the following year to the $4.2 billion cited by the IG. Those “temporary” changes now have been extended at least through 2012 by the bill Obama signed in December 2010, which also extended the Bush tax cuts and enacted additional economic stimulus measures including a reduction in federal payroll taxes.

I don't know steve   What if the number is 5 degrees, or 10 degrees?  

But wait....Isnt he a big conservative?

If this warming trend is man made. should we do something to try and stop it?

meh.  We buy tons of Chinese stuff. They don't want to shut down our economy.

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I dont doubt that the pipeline is relatively safe, but you have to convince the landowners in Nebraska.    For the record. I think it should be approved.

Tried to provide the most reliable links I could find, unlike some other posters on this site.

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The earth is warmer than it was 80 years ago.   Man made?  Who knows?   Every "expert" has a different opinion depending on who is paying them.

None of this matters until it gets approved by the state of Nebraska

Romo is one of the best 10 quarterbacks in the world.  He has a few screw ups, but who would you want in his place?   Whoever it is, you cant get him.

There used to be a new thread about the economy and unemployment every day.  Now.......crickets.   I even saw some fool who said his 401k was finally going to grow.  Hello?   

Got into it with the middle school principal.  Bad blood for some reason.

Uh...maybe because he has things he needs to work on?

I guess that's why JFF also had a personal coach.  Dang that Sumlin.

I don't care if Obamneycare gets repealed.  Maybe the pubs will come up with a better plan to save Medicare.  They never have, but one can always hope. 

Assuming they both finish 6-6, who would have a better crappy bowl game?  It would be watched and attended, assuming it was played in texas.