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Topic: Loophole


In the News (Mon 16 Nov 09)

  
 Close the Stormwater Rule Loophole!
In order to close a loophole, DEP has issued a revised stormwater rule that grandfathers and allows developments having preliminary local approval AND one of four state land use permits to be EXEMPT from the stormwater rules.
I urge you to make the language changes necessary to the proposed regulations to ensure that development projects which do not have all final approvals and permits in hand cannot in any way be grandfathered and/or exempted from the necessary requirements of the new proposed stormwater regulations.
Environmentalists said they were glad the DEP was closing the loophole, but irked at the delay and wary that the new grandfathering clause would also be too broad.
actionnetwork.org /SierraClubNJ/alert-description.html?alert_id=2004645   (913 words)

  
 National Campaign to the Close the Newspaper Loophole
The potential danger to the general public from the private sale of firearms through the classifieds is illustrated by the Mark Williams and Benjamin Smith incidents.
Since the campaign was launched in November 2001, at least 71 newspapers across the country with a combined circulation of 8 million have changed their firearms advertising policy.
Later on the same day that he bought the gun, he shot and killed his estranged wife, Raquel Soliz-Williams, in front of her nine-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.
www.gunloophole.com   (548 words)

  
 Loophole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loophole (short story), a short science fiction story by Arthur C. Clarke
Loophole (1954 film), film about a bank teller
Loophole (1999-2006 interactive TV game,books,comics,toys), Loophole is the game and book universe created by Michael Stenmark for Hidden Dinousaur AB, first released by swedish TV4.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loophole   (137 words)

  
 Loophole Debate Highlights Lack of Property Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Resistance from teachers unions prevented passage last week of legislation aiming to close that loophole, but the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday moved to pass the legislation again, hoping for victory on the floor of the House.
If an individual retires from a job that is covered by Social Security, then he or she is considered legally enrolled in the program and does not suffer the benefit offset.
The [Government Pension Offset] "loophole" raises fairness and equity concerns for those receiving a Social Security pension and are currently subject to the spousal benefit offset.
www.socialsecurity.org /daily/03-18-03.html   (659 words)

  
 MapCruzin - Summary of Recycling Loophole Report
This "recycling loophole" in right-to-know reporting is diminishing the value of one of the nation's only multi-media laws governing toxic pollution.
Thus, the recycling loophole serves as a disincentive for companies to achieve genuine pollution prevention and could easily mislead both government and the public about the true extent of pollution prevention progress.
However, the recycling loophole deprives the public of critical information needed to assess the effectiveness of these laws, and conceals information needed to assess the effectiveness of recent pollution prevention initiatives.
www.mapcruzin.com /scruztri/docs/seek15.htm   (4883 words)

  
 BESS's Secret LOOPHOLE (censorware vs. privacy & anonymity)
And silly as it sounds, from the point of view of trying to leave the prisoner no conceivable way to harm themselves (that is, harm themselves by reading forbidden sites), they have to fllist the equivalent of toilet paper.
Because of this feature, they provide a "loophole" that can be used to get around filtering software, i.e., they display a URL that is different from the one that appears on the filtering company's control list.
The practice of blocking loophole sites necessarily results in a significant amount of overblocking, because the vast majority of the pages that are cached, for example, do not contain content that would match a filtering company's category definitions.
sethf.com /anticensorware/bess/loophole.php   (2564 words)

  
 VPC - Closing the Gun Show Loophole
Overall, the gun show debate in the Senate and the subsequent debate in the House provided valuable insight into the most effective means to close the gun show loophole, as well as a road map to the routes most likely to be traveled by those working to sabotage these efforts.
It will simply be unproductive to try to close the gun show loophole with legislation that has the effect only of opening new loopholes in federal law.
Criminals are sure to exploit a "let's step outside" loophole that would allow unscrupulous gun sellers to use gun shows as venues for arranging sales and then finalizing them off-site to avoid background checks.
www.vpc.org /studies/gunloop.htm   (2913 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Closing tax loophole could spur SUV sales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
But as word spreads that the tax loophole is ending, sales could pick up among businesses looking for year-end tax breaks.
Congress passed and President Bush is expected to sign into law a corporate tax bill that — among other things — would make sport-utility vehicles weighing more than 6,000 pounds subject to the same $25,000 tax break as other vehicles used by businesses.
The measure would close a loophole that lets business owners deduct up to $100,000 of the cost of an SUV if the vehicle was primarily used for business.
www.usatoday.com /money/autos/2004-10-12-suv-tax-loophole_x.htm   (486 words)

  
 Close the Gun Show Loophole! [Free Republic]
A loophole, by definition, is a portion of law which "slipped through the cracks", an unintentional result of poorly-written legislation.
The very idea of such a "loophole" did not even enter into American parlance until years after the passage of the Brady Bill into law, and then only due to the efforts of anti-firearms lobbying groups.
These groups, with a vested financial interest in maintaining fear and loathing amongst the general public towards firearms and their owners, cannot be allowed to direct public policy with their hatred, fear, and narrow-mindedness.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b6228e52c67.htm   (1956 words)

  
 The Potentials Unlimited - The Loophole Papers - Loophole One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The purpose of The Loophole Papers is to expose the loopholes in the Constitution, the Law, and the IRS Code that make it possible for most people to keep all the money they earn.
In future issues of The Loophole Papers you will discover the loophole that will allow you to keep all the money you earn.
The Loophole Papers are a creation of the mind of Barrie Leslie Konicov, author and voice of Potentials Unlimited, Subliminal Persuasion, Self-hypnosis tapes and is intended to make it possible for you to stop the Federal and State governments from reaching directly into your pockets and taking your money.
www.thepotentialsunlimited.com /LH1.htm   (819 words)

  
 AlterNet: Loopholes Big Enough To Drive Through
The rub, the infamous "loophole," is that the law makes no distinction between an accountant commuting in a Hummer and a contractor updating a fleet of pickups.
The deduction, up to $25,000 until May, was raised to $100,000 as a part of President Bush's recent "economic stimulus package." This 300 percent increase passed despite widespread criticism that the loophole clearly encourages the purchase of unnecessary gas-guzzling SUVs like the rugged Lincoln Navigator and that trusty workhorse, the Mercedes ML-55.
With all this political clout behind the loophole it's difficult to envision politicians, without a significant outcry from their constituents, lining up to close it.
www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=17357   (899 words)

  
 WorkingForChange-Closing the loophole
Congress, upheld by the high court, long ago passed laws to limit the sources and size of campaign contributions in order to restrain big money's influence.
But over the years, a giant loophole opened up which allowed corporations, unions and wealthy individuals to give unlimited sums to politics.
But proponents of the big money system insist that whenever one loophole is closed, another will open.
www.workingforchange.com /article.cfm?ItemID=15578   (749 words)

  
 THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX LOOPHOLE
However, one type of investment income – capital gains, income from sale of stock or commercial property – is either tax free or taxed at a much lower rate.
The law creating this loophole was passed without debate or even public notice in the closing hours of the 1994 legislative session.
The top one percent of taxpayers, with an average income of over $1 million, receives three-quarters (76%) of the benefits of the loophole, three times as much as all the rest of us combined.
www.massbudget.org /stcfactsheet.html   (642 words)

  
 Op-Ed: The Gun Show "Loophole" Fraud -- Part III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bennett says the "most persuasive" data concerning the "loophole" problem is that the ATF has said that gun shows are the second leading source of guns recovered in firearms trafficking investigations.
The case for closing the gun show "loophole" must be dismissed for a lack of evidence showing that this "loophole" is a problem.
In my next and final column, for now, regarding the gun show "loophole," we'll peer, in some excruciating detail, into the mind of Arnie Grossman, who reveals in an interview that a mind is, indeed, a terrible thing to waste.
www.gunowners.org /op0243.htm   (842 words)

  
 Doctors to exploit Medicare loophole : Melbourne Indymedia
Doctors are set to exploit a loophole in the Federal Government's MedicarePlus scheme by restructuring fees to give patients cheaper medical care, courtesy of the taxpayer.
One area set to change is obstetrics, with the cost of having a baby privately likely to drop sharply as obstetricians take advantage of the new provisions that came into force last month.
Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Melbourne Independent Media Center.
melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2004/04/68118.php   (667 words)

  
 loophole - OneLook Dictionary Search
loophole : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
Loophole : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
Loophole : AMEX Dictionary of Financial Risk Management [home, info]
www.onelook.com /?w=loophole   (232 words)

  
 Statement on the Bush Administration's Dual-Fuel Loophole Extension   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Bush administration is touting this hypocritical loophole as an incentive "to spur the continued development and use of alternate-fuel-powered vehicles." What is disturbing is that just two weeks ago the Bush Administration announced that it was ending a program that required private and local government fleets to acquire alternative fuel vehicles.
Because automakers use the dual-fuel loophole to evade federal fuel economy standards by getting extra credits towards meeting federal fuel economy standards.
The loophole allows automakers to build more gas-guzzlers, increasing America’s oil dependence and putting more heat-trapping global warming pollution into the atmosphere.
www.sierraclub.org /pressroom/releases/pr2004-02-19e.asp   (438 words)

  
 Loophole Software - Loophole FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
When I "Test Connection to Loophole Server" I get an error.
After I start Loophole Server, why is my Host is displayed as ?
Why is "Your computer's clock is inconsistent…" displayed when I start Loophole Server?
www.loopholesoftware.com /support/faq   (300 words)

  
 Could U.S. give terrorists green cards?(Weldon, Atta)
An immigration reform group says a loophole in a "mini-amnesty" bill favored by the Bush administration and already passed by the House could allow terrorists to apply for and receive permission to be in the United States.
According to a briefing provided to Congress by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, the loophole exists in legislation passed by one vote in the House March 12.
"The legal issues raised by this loophole have national security implications" that could be far-reaching, the group asserted.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1464243/posts   (1497 words)

  
 NRDC Press Archive: Court Rejects EPA Appeal to Resurrect Clean Air Act Loophole
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Three judges on the court had ruled on March 17 that a loophole the EPA adopted for the new source review program violated the law by allowing thousands of aging power plants and other facilities to avoid installing modern-day pollution controls and emit more air pollution.
The loophole the court rejected in March was a clear violation of the Clean Air Act and would have allowed industrial facilities across the country to pump out millions of tons of additional air pollution.
www.nrdc.org /media/pressreleases/060705.asp   (597 words)

  
 Loophole - Moviefone
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movies.aol.com /movie/loophole/1093943/main   (115 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Businesses Jump on an SUV Loophole
The "SUV loophole" once seemed to be just a quirk in the tax code -- deplored by environmental activists but ignored by most everyone else.
Now it is shaping up to be a marketing bonanza for financial planners, accountants and auto dealers eager to snap up commissions and drive up sales of heavy vehicles, ranging from workhorse Ford F-250 pickup trucks to elite Hummer H2s, BMW X5s and Mercedes-Benz ML55s.
The Senate Finance Committee voted to plug the loophole in a little-noticed provision in a broader corporate tax bill that it approved last month.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A10045-2003Nov6?language=printer   (1226 words)

  
 sketch show, loophole
Quite incredible album from Sketch Show, a project that has risen from the ashes of the legendary Yellow Magic Orchestra (Haruomi Hososno and Yukihiro Takahashi).
"Loophole" evolves through its delicate popping microscopic clicks and pop structures into what sounds like a singer songwriter fairytale album fed through a laptop and spat out covered in velvet and loose wires.
It sounds like an album that took a lifetime to record, not a glitch or scratch out of place, the threadbare vocals judged to perfection : fragile, vulnerable, touched.
www.boomkat.com /item.cfm?id=13962   (240 words)

  
 Loophole Software - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Download it at work and install it, or download our ISO image at home, burn a CD, and run from CD at work.
Loophole uses HTTP tunneling to avoid filtering by the firewall or web filter.
For help, see the FAQ, Loophole User's Guide, or our Support Area.
www.loopholesoftware.com   (176 words)

  
 NAR To Congress: Fix Loophole That Permits Commercial Firms to Own Banks.
NAR explained that recent applications for federal deposit insurance by Wal-Mart and Home Depot for industrial loan companies have again raised deep concerns about the dangers of mixing banking and commerce.
Also today, NAR reiterated its strong support for bi-partisan legislation that would protect America’s financial systems by closing the loophole that allows retail and commercial firms to own industrial loan companies (ILCs).
H.R. 5746 would address the ILC loophole by prohibiting any additional commercial firms from directly or indirectly controlling an industrial bank.
www.realtor.org /PublicAffairsWeb.nsf/Pages/FixLoophole06?OpenDocument   (546 words)

  
 Loophole Software - Download   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Download Loophole Client to your work computer, or burn a CD from the Client ISO Image and bring the CD to work.
Download Loophole Server to your home computer, then get a free trial license.
The downloads are large because Loophole includes its own private Java Runtime Environment.
www.loopholesoftware.com /download   (69 words)

  
 Bankruptcy loophole lets debtors keep mansions while others suffer
Bankruptcy loophole lets debtors keep mansions while others suffer
As the bankruptcy bills passed by the House and Senate head to the House-Senate conference committee for final crafting, the most intriguing question to Charles J. Tabb, a University of Illinois bankruptcy expert, is how Congress will deal with an infamous loophole used by wealthy debtors.
The loophole allows residents of Florida, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas to use their homes to shield unlimited amounts of money from creditors.
www.news.uiuc.edu /biztips/01/04bankrupt.html   (476 words)

  
 What Gun Show Loophole?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
There is no separate law for gun shows, and there is no loophole.
So, tell us what it is! Expose this "gun show loophole” so that the rest of us can share your righteous indignation and work with you to get this terrible loophole closed!
These people just want to expand their gun control laws and advance their gun-banning agenda, and they can’t do that without building huge, evil mythical bogeymen for the public to fear.
www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2001/5/16/170949.shtml   (904 words)

  
 Loophole Allows Some To Get Off Megan's Law Site - News
Loophole Allows Some To Get Off Megan's Law Site
The reason is a loophole in California's Megan's Law, which allows sex offenders to keep their names off the list.
Debbie McMillan said she was shocked when she recently logged onto the state's Megan's Law Web site.
www.theksbwchannel.com /news/5251961/detail.html   (595 words)

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