here is the huff post electoral map clickable interactive map...



http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map

That may be...



But what do you think the results of elections in the above states
will be?

which states?

Now there's somebody who is not chicken!

CO - Romney/Obama?
FL - Romney/Obama?
IA - Romney/Obama?
NV - Romney/Obama?
NH - Romney/Obama?
OH - Romney/Obama?
VA - Romney/Obama?
WI - Romney/Obama?

lpt easier if you happen to be in an international location at the time.

Could be painful. Maybe highly profitable!

Now at Ladbrokes

Obama 1/4
Romney 3/1

a $1 bet for Obama will get you a quarter
a $1 bet for Romney will get you 3 bucks

Romney pays out 12 times better than Obama.



http://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/politics/us-presidential-election/2012-us-presidential-race-e212304268

Ron Paul - FTW!!

sure, but they can play a duet organ recital alone!

Everybody likes an intelligent independent caring person who is
attractive and open and fun. It's a slam dunk.

this site has gotten a lot more boring over the years
in the beginning it was really good for a few laughs
there were a lot of colorful characters and playful repartee
and salacious innuendo

there were many borderline inappropriate pics
silly fake pics and outrageous exaggerations

now it is reduced to primarily pablum and many of the most exciting
and interesting personalities have moved on

i spend much less time here than i used to...still enjoy
running across old friends and making a few new ones but
much of what attracted me to the site and the people here
is gone with the reformulations and the loss of many of the
more stimulating conversationalists so to speak.

it's a shame really.

not an uncommon sentiment
unfortunately
well written

The Bloomberg article is the best reference. Yes, It is very sleazy.
The title of this thread is BS though. Romney seems to have paid
taxes. He just used this outrageous slimy loophole and does not
want to talk about it.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-29/romney-avoids-taxes-via-loophole-cutting-mormon-donations.html

Romney Avoids Taxes via Loophole Cutting Mormon Donations
By Jesse Drucker - Oct 29, 2012 12:01 AM ET

In 1997, Congress cracked down on a popular tax shelter that allowed rich people to take advantage of the exempt status of charities without actually giving away much money.

Individuals who had already set up these vehicles were allowed to keep them. That included Mitt Romney, then the chief executive officer of Bain Capital, who had just established such an arrangement in June 1996.

The charitable remainder unitrust, as it is known, is one of several strategies Romney has adopted over his career to reduce his tax bill. While Romney’s tax avoidance is legal and common among high-net-worth individuals, it has become an issue in the campaign. President Barack Obama attacked him in their second debate for paying “lower tax rates than somebody who makes a lot less.”

In this instance, Romney used the tax-exempt status of a charity -- the Mormon Church, according to a 2007 filing -- to defer taxes for more than 15 years. At the same time he is benefiting, the trust will probably leave the church with less than what current law requires, according to tax returns obtained by Bloomberg this month through a Freedom of Information Act request.

In general, charities don’t owe capital gains taxes when they sell assets for a profit. Trusts like Romney’s permit funders to benefit from that tax-free treatment, said Jonathan Blattmachr, a trusts and estates lawyer who set up hundreds of such vehicles in the 1990s.

Near Zero

“The main benefit from a charitable remainder trust is the renting from your favorite charity of its exemption from taxation,” Blattmachr said. Despite the name, giving a gift or getting a charitable deduction “is just a throwaway,” he said. “I used to structure them so the value dedicated to charity was as close to zero as possible without being zero.”

When individuals fund a charitable remainder unitrust, or “CRUT,” they defer capital gains taxes on any profit from the sale of the assets, and receive a small upfront charitable deduction and a stream of yearly cash payments. Like an individual retirement account, the trust allows money to grow tax deferred, while like an annuity it also pays Romney a steady income. After the funder’s death, the trust’s remaining assets go to a designated charity.

Romney’s CRUT, which is only a small part of the $250 million that Romney’s campaign cites as his net worth, has been paying him 8 percent of its assets each year. As the Romneys have received these payments, the money that will potentially be left for charity has declined from at least $750,000 in 2001 to $421,203 at the end of 2011.

Tax Returns

The Romney campaign declined to answer written questions about the trust.

“The trust has operated in accordance with the law,” Michele Davis, a campaign spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.

I have done the fish, egg, meat salads thing and can recommend it also! 8^)
Spreads are nice particularly if "less juicy"

Good old fresh veggies and fruit are a nice complement.
I view it as eating my salad one component at a time.

Favorites for me are peeled apple slice or oranges, banana,
raisins or dried cranberries or mixed gorp, baby carrots,
sliced pita or tortillaor nan, celery, cucumber, pickles or olives,
cherry tomatoes can be good, jicama...well you get the idea.
Sometimes I use the tortilla or nan and eat the spreads indian
style.

I have also had yogurt or gogurt or marinated tofu with or
without a sauce. The tofu can be made into a salad spread too.

Happy eating and driving!

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201210/93-year-old-bodybuilder-medical-marvel

Dr. Charles Eugster, a 93-year-old British bodybuilder, did not begin weightlifting six years ago as a way to stay in shape or to occupy his time. No, Eugster had a more, shall we say, ambitious rationale.

"The idea is to turn the heads of the sexy young 70-year-old girls on the beach," Eugster told BBC News.

After an athletic youth in which he was a competitive rower, Eugster lost his sturdy physique during 30 years as a dentist. In his late 80s, he noticed the complexion of his body had changed, and he wasn't happy about it.

"I'm extremely vain," Eugster said. "I noticed I was getting fat."

So for the past six years, Eugster's been hitting the gym three or four times a week, even working with a former Mr. Universe as a trainer.

At a recent competition he did 57 dips, 61-chin-ups and even pulled off 48 abdominal crunches in 45 seconds.