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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
Now here is what seems to be a good idea that really has
disaster written all over it. I think pretty much everyone
would agree that recycling is a good idea. There is no
reason an aluminum can should end up in a landfill instead
of being recycled. It costs about 60 percent less money
and energy to recycle an aluminum can than it takes to dig
out and refine the same quantity of raw material.
Almost every material you can think of requires less money
and energy to recycle than to produce new; glass, plastic,
most metals...even paper. So why don't more people recycle?
Because they're lazy.
So the obvious solution is to require them to do it. Now
here comes the sticky part. If you are going to criminalize
failure to recycle how do you execute the law?
Introducing smart recycling bins. They are part of a new
recycling initiative being introduced in Cleveland next
year. The way it works is new trash and recycling carts
will be embedded with radio frequency identification chips
and bar codes.
The chips will allow city workers to monitor how often
residents roll carts to the curb for collection. If a chip
shows a recyclable cart hasn't been brought to the curb in
weeks, a trash supervisor will sort through the trash for
recyclables.
Trash carts containing more than 10 percent recyclable
material, including glass, metal cans, plastic bottles,
paper and cardboard, could lead to a $100 fine.
So basically, garbage cops. Of course, citizens could just
side-step the issue by wheeling an empty recycling bin to
the end of the drive once a week, but the question is, is
it right for your local government to bug your garbage cans?
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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-------- Police encounter mellow bears at pot farm --------
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canadian police investigat-
ing a British Columbia marijuana farm said they were
greeted by 10 to 15 docile black bears. Police Sgt. Fred
Mansveld said officers investigating the marijuana growing
operation, which included more than 1,000 plants, encounter-
ed 10 to 15 docile black bears on the property and found
a domesticated raccoon and a pot-bellied pig in the two
houses on the Christina Lake property, the Vancouver Sun
reported Thursday. Constable Dave Smith said someone had
apparently been giving dog food to the bears to get them
to remain on the property. "Common behavior of a bear is
usually to avoid humans," Smith said. "The ones that are
used to people are quite wary of you, they don't just sit
there and watch you, and these bears were just sitting
around, laying around just watching, wandering around."
Police said the man and woman living on the property will
face charges of production and possession of marijuana.
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------------- Woman's leg sinks into grave -------------
SKANE, Sweden - Emergency responders were called to a
Swedish graveyard when a woman's leg sank into soil that
had been softened by recent heavy rains. Witnesses said
the woman was leaving flowers at a family grave about
5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bragarps church in Skane when her
leg sank into the muddy terrain and became stuck, The
Local reported Thursday. Emergency responders were called
to free the woman and she required no medical attention,
witnesses said. "I have been working here for 11 years
and I have never seen anything like this," the Rev. Jonas
Kristiansson said. Kristiansson said recent rains caused
subsidence in several areas of the graveyard. He said
workers plan to repair the grave Thursday.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> READER COMMENTS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Lewis, Long time reader, first time writer (sorry, I have
waited so long). I sincerely hope that you actually write
most of the comments that I have read from "subscribers".
Why? Because the thought that there are that many idiots
out there that have the ability to breed really scares the
H--- out of me. Seriously, really enjoy yor e-zine and
stories. I would send nude pics but I am not a nubile,
young woman, I am a balding, older, wrinkling man. -Scotty
[Then thank you for not sending any nude pics!]
Starting in 2011, the new health law requires employers to
begin reporting the value of the health benefits they pro-
vide to employees on their W-2 forms ? the wage and tax
statement you receive to use when filing your taxes. But
the amount on the form is for informational purposes only.
As is now the case, you?ll owe no tax on your employer's
contributions to your health insurance. I think the pro-
vision is intended to raise awareness about how much
employee health benefits cost. -Kerri
[I received several emails like this, so I did look into
it further. It appears employees won't be taxed directly
on that money, but their insurer might be, at 40 percent,
depending on whether the policy they have is considered a
high-premium or "Cadillac" health plans. And, of course,
there is nothing to keep your employer or your insurance
from passing along the cost to you if you fall into this
category. And there will be limits as well, like the tax
won't be on the full value of your health plan, only on
what the law calls the "excess benefit". The other important
thing to remember is the precedent this sets. The first part
of taxing the money is identifying it. Now that the govern-
ment has the money in the right place...reported on W-2s,
how long before it gets taxed?]
Lewis, I hope you're wrong about our employer-paid portions
of health insurance becoming taxable. We could solve a lot
of our nation's problems if we would just stop exempting the
rich, subsidizing the poor, and soaking the poor slobs in
the middle. All income should be taxed the same. We
laughingly call it "income tax," but what we really have is
a salary tax. -Dave
[That depends on how you define "rich". 86 percent of all
federal income taxes are paid by the top 25 percent of
income earners. If you widen it to the top 50 percent of
income earners, they pay 97 percent of all income taxes.
Those numbers never cease to amaze me because it means that
practically half off all wage earners (depending on how you
interpret the numbers) pay no income taxes!]
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