Who says I never let y’all have fun on the weekend?
For your weekend entertainment pleasure — at least if you’re a nerd like me — I present:
Feels like it needs a bit more, huh? How about:
That’s better.
All joking aside, this is a pretty neat interactive site created by Christine Ries, an economist at Georgia Tech and member of the special council on tax reform which the Legislature created three years ago to produce reform recommendations. Reform recommendations it largely went on to ignore, that is.
But, had those recommendations not largely been ignored, there would be no reason for Tax Reform: The Game. In it, Ries has included several of the recommendations the council made. Players can mix and match them — and see how their choices would affect state revenues.
Here’s a preview of what it looks like, though you’ll have to click through one of the links above to actually play the game:
And if fiscal fun isn’t your idea of a good time this weekend, feel free to use the thread below to discuss other topics.
(H/t to, and more information about the game available at the site of, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.)
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Hillbilly D
February 9th, 2013
10:29 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtY9GL8hm2k
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
10:33 pm
Time to put Bruno out of his misery, er, or something like that –
Don’t worry for Bruno. I got nothing that a hot piece of ass can’t fix.
Hillbilly D
February 9th, 2013
10:36 pm
How many rock songs lifted this bass line?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbQa-SsjD0A
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
10:37 pm
HD–Back at your 10:23:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inb1z-qjxIU
md
February 9th, 2013
10:38 pm
And a bit of Styx in light of this rogue cop that needs to see the gallows…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mFVl-jy8fY
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
10:39 pm
In my book, Bo Diddley blazed some trails:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAGoqMZRLB4
Hillbilly D
February 9th, 2013
10:45 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xraIf_cYRQE
Hillbilly D
February 9th, 2013
10:50 pm
The rhythm and general groove of Rock Around the Clock, is the basically the same as this song……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq86msntH6Y
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
11:07 pm
HD–Not sure if this is your cup of tea, but I love the guitar work on this Les Dudek number:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Rf3M1J4WI
CC
February 9th, 2013
11:08 pm
“Last 10 threads, it’s 4495 to 2160.”
Libs talk (type) a lot or, in other words, whole lot of talking and damn little productive action.
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
11:14 pm
How about a little “Serenade” from the Steve Miller Band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KTRpu2E3pw
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
11:25 pm
A tribute for the Blog Band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw1bHaUk1CM
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
11:29 pm
Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell in to a ring of fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehhXtGEd5qM
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
11:36 pm
He’s a poet he’s a picker he’s a prophet he’s a pusher
He’s a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he’s stoned
He’s a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction
Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVUILVM0Xw
Bruno
February 9th, 2013
11:42 pm
But dreaming was as easy
As believing it was never gonna end
Loving her was easier
Than anything I’ll ever do again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztuXo9BuNAk
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 10th, 2013
8:34 am
“Every moonbat wakes up in the morning hoping this is the day he gets to inconvenience, or hector, or lecture somebody else, preferably some “bitter clingers” who have to work for a living.” – Howie Carr of the Boston Herald
Truer words were never spoken.
indigo
February 10th, 2013
8:40 am
Tiberius – 8:34
More fluff from the home school boy who has never had to work a day in his life.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 10th, 2013
8:47 am
Indigo @ 8:40
More incorrect assumptions from the leg-humper who has never posted anything deemed factual in his life on this blog.
indigo
February 10th, 2013
9:03 am
Tiberius – “more incorrect assumptions”
And yet, you’re able to post nonsense here all day, every day.
Give it up boy.
You’re not fooling anyone.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 10th, 2013
9:07 am
At least indigo knows she’s a moonbat.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 10th, 2013
9:15 am
A taker using the “never worked a day in your life” putdown: Priceless.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 10th, 2013
9:26 am
Indigo, you are always free to debunk any facts or challenge any opinion I have with a counter argument.
Your problem is that you never have one.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 10th, 2013
9:41 am
Dick Cheney, a Wyoming native, said it was vital to the nation’s national security that “good folks” hold the positions of secretary of state, CIA director and secretary of defense.
“Frankly, what he has appointed are second-rate people,” he said.
He forgot “president.”
JamVet
February 10th, 2013
9:45 am
The third rate R. Cheney berating second rate people is pretty ironic. And if not for his staggering record of deadly incompetence would be rather funny…
CC
February 10th, 2013
10:02 am
“his staggering record of deadly incompetence”
I’m sure that you can offer some proof of your statement or is this just more of your mindless meandering?
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 10th, 2013
10:05 am
Cheney said Hagel, a former Nebraska U.S. senator, was chosen because Obama “wants to have a Republican that he can use to take the heat for what he plans to do to the Department of Defense.”
And makes obozo a moral coward. You can’t put it more succinctly than that. The dude wants to form the Department of Peace and throw all the nukes in the garbage but he knows the only people that will approve of that will be the Chinese. So then we’ll have this pos obozo “I had no idea he gave all our nukes to egypt” or “I didn’t listen to the sermons.”
FH.
CC
February 10th, 2013
10:11 am
I note that indigi once again has her panties in a wad about something . . .
Her Obamaphone must have run out of minutes.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 10th, 2013
10:37 am
I guess Barry wants to use the money from DOD cuts to fund his “healthy Home for everyone” initiative. First they feed, provide welfare and unemployment compensation, then provide housing assistance, then insure, provide free phones and internet, and now a nice house, and we are left to wonder what wonderful thing the big government Obamanist will come up with next, now that the “basics” are covered.
I’m guessing fashion. I am sure they see the need to keep everyone up to date fashion wise, it not being fair that a child has to go to school with a pair of generic tennie runners on, while the affluent sport the latest Nike’s. If they want to make everyone alike and equal it would be cheaper to emulate the old PRC model. Give everyone a little blue coolie suit, hat, bicycle and assign us to a filing cabinet styled apartment, but hey we are America, we can do better than that. Our grandchildren can afford it.
bluecoat
February 10th, 2013
10:43 am
Cheney then Cheney now.A man that I would be afraid to bird hunt with,much less take his opinion as science.Must be afraid Iran will not be as lucrative for Halliburton………….
moonbat betty
February 10th, 2013
10:49 am
Looks like all the fun is being had over here.
Bruno, I’ll have to check in over here more often. Catch you on the flip side.
Indigo is always a hatin’ about something or somebody.
Gotta, hand it to her though…She is an equal opportunity offender.
Have a good day, all.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 10th, 2013
10:53 am
Anybody is welcome to dispute the man on the observation he made. Which of you sneering libs would like to argue that chuck hagel has more sense about him than a potted plant does?
CC
February 10th, 2013
10:55 am
Rafe:
“I’m guessing fashion.”
The latest Nike offering?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 10th, 2013
10:58 am
Wow, an AmVet post that didn’t have to do with music.
How long did his self-imposed ban last? Two weeks? Three?
bluecoat
February 10th, 2013
11:01 am
In some ways Hagel typical republican.Otherwise pretty normal.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 10th, 2013
11:05 am
I have a hard time zeroing in on what Chuck Hagel believes.
I have no trouble figuring out what he actually knows.
Not much.
He’s the perfect Obama nominee.
bluecoat
February 10th, 2013
11:16 am
Say what,Boy.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 10th, 2013
11:17 am
“He’s the perfect Obama nominee.”
—————-
Yup. Like most intellectual weaklings posing as leaders, Obozo doesn’t want anyone smarter than he in his administration.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 10th, 2013
11:25 am
Hagel said at the confirmation hearings that he didn’t see himself occupying a policy making position. Obama had already told him who makes the decisions for the Obama regime. Hagel just wants to be the gofer.
After 2008, Obama kept talking about a cabinet of equals, like Lincoln had. I guess he couldn’t find any equals, to his own imagined brilliance; so he is just giving up the pretense this time, sycophants only need apply.
bluecoat
February 10th, 2013
11:26 am
Ought to name him Dumb Dubya.
JamVet
February 10th, 2013
11:28 am
Music it is, then!
For Dave and his famous Sunspot Theory…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujTTjt5VkZM
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 10th, 2013
11:32 am
Then AmVet comes back with a clear violation of the rules.
Is he looking for a not so self-imposed ban?
CC
February 10th, 2013
11:32 am
“Yup. Like most intellectual weaklings posing as leaders, Obozo doesn’t want anyone smarter than he in his administration.”
That explains why the average IQ of Team Obama is lower than room temperature. It is a difficult task to locate that many people who have undergone lobotomies making them only very slightly intellectually inferior to Hussein.
JamVet
February 10th, 2013
11:36 am
Another for our constitutional scholar…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtDAK7Umk7A
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 10th, 2013
11:37 am
When did hagel become a Republican????
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
February 10th, 2013
11:41 am
Or should I say, ANOTHER not so self-imposed ban?
JamVet
February 10th, 2013
11:51 am
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record:
Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance:
YES on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion:
YES on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP:
YES on banning partial birth abortions:
YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions
Rated 11% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance:
YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business:
NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training:
NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women:
Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance:
NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation:
Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4
Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record:
Rated 0% by the AU, indicating opposition to church-state separation:
YES on killing restrictions on violent videos to minors:
NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes:
Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record:
YES on school vouchers in DC:
Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes:
YES on increasing penalties for drug offenses:
Rated 78% by NTU, indicating a “Taxpayer’s Friend” on tax votes:
Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation:
YES on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M:
YES on limit welfare for immigrants:
YES on building a fence along the Mexican border:
YES on declaring English as the official language of the US government:
NO on favoring 1997 McCain-Feingold overhaul of campaign finance:
NO on banning campaign donations from corporations:
NO on requiring FISA court warrant to monitor US-to-foreign calls:
Our current Iraq policy is not worthy of soldiers’ sacrifice:
Iraq was a war of choice, like Vietnam:
Ignorance is not an asset…
And quit taking liberties with my name!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1c2OfAzDTI
Bruno
February 10th, 2013
11:54 am
Looks like all the fun is being had over here.
Bruno, I’ll have to check in over here more often. Catch you on the flip side.
Big hello to moonbat betty. Looking forward to swapping some tunes with ya. Bookman’s FNM is passe.
Music it is, then!
One of Harrison’s best compositions, IMO:
Music it is, then!
Bruno
February 10th, 2013
11:55 am
Oops, didn’t change my copy/paste content. Here’s the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y9W8tgXKQU
Bruno
February 10th, 2013
11:59 am
More Beatles for breakfast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00VTswskFI
Bruno
February 10th, 2013
12:06 pm
This song reminds me of walls melting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaRmyUrEu4I