:(
Bush roasts, toasts champions
Jay Leno Hunted By Network Companies
Diablo Cody Says She Released The 'Nude Photos' Herself
I am very curious to hear about people's reactions to Juno, and I would appreciate it if they're not the generic "it's cute" or, "george michael was so funny". no shit, that's why they cast a funny, likable character in the movie.
Wednesday
Monday
Sunday
some interesting articles...
and i never quite remember how i stumble upon them.
but..
i also started a blog entry between the Batman movie of 1966 and 'The Dark Knight', which has already had a star suicide.
I hope I can finish it shortly..
Chickensaurus Skeleton
Many Thoughts of Many Minds (Quotations)
Crime and Punishment
stereolab vinyl
Defenders of Wildlife
dailylit
dogmatic? (i have no idea where this came from, nor do i know what's on this site
cadillac of..... fight club
dumb and dumber society (yes, i posted it a few days ago, too
damn interesting
it's about vicki, stupid
For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk
The McCain Article
and of course google news and gmail are always up..
but..
i also started a blog entry between the Batman movie of 1966 and 'The Dark Knight', which has already had a star suicide.
I hope I can finish it shortly..
Chickensaurus Skeleton
Many Thoughts of Many Minds (Quotations)
Crime and Punishment
stereolab vinyl
Defenders of Wildlife
dailylit
dogmatic? (i have no idea where this came from, nor do i know what's on this site
cadillac of..... fight club
dumb and dumber society (yes, i posted it a few days ago, too
damn interesting
it's about vicki, stupid
For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk
The McCain Article
and of course google news and gmail are always up..
Labels:
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Wednesday
lunar eclipse...
Lindsay Lohan Pics; Brain Computers; Tech Spending Blues
La Internet Reacts to La Lohan
lunar eclipse
Jennifer Lopez (© Jordan Strauss/WireImage.com)
How celeb moms get rich
Celeb Moms Make Big $$$ With Baby Shots
More than ever, it pays to be pregnant in Hollywood.
Jennifer Lopez, about to give birth to twins, is reportedly the latest A-lister to strike a deal worth millions for exclusive photos of her children. And the incentive might not be purely financial: Such pacts can also protect celebs' privacy by thwarting the paparazzi.
seriously? just fuck off. selling your kids?
that's way too much money.
now we know who's soulless!!
(the public)
I do enjoy giving money to charity or something of that regard, it's just amazing to fathom we are that into celebrity.
La Internet Reacts to La Lohan
lunar eclipse
Jennifer Lopez (© Jordan Strauss/WireImage.com)
How celeb moms get rich
Celeb Moms Make Big $$$ With Baby Shots
More than ever, it pays to be pregnant in Hollywood.
Jennifer Lopez, about to give birth to twins, is reportedly the latest A-lister to strike a deal worth millions for exclusive photos of her children. And the incentive might not be purely financial: Such pacts can also protect celebs' privacy by thwarting the paparazzi.
seriously? just fuck off. selling your kids?
that's way too much money.
now we know who's soulless!!
(the public)
I do enjoy giving money to charity or something of that regard, it's just amazing to fathom we are that into celebrity.
Sunday
Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?
if anyone knows a secret to passing standardized test, please send them my way, as i am failing miserably at it.
i'm also looking to purchase an HD-DVD player VERY cheaply so i can purchase the planet earth movies to coincide with it. I probably won't buy a blu-ray player, if ever, for a long time, so i figure if i can purchase an HD cheaply, why not.
hit them while they're down. (even though, technically, i'd be helping, because i'd be one of the few still giving toshiba money).
and now onto the title..
Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?
Airline mergers could mean fare hikes, fewer routes
HD DVD Format: Game Over
The battle between Toshiba’s HD DVD and Sony’s Blu-Ray is raging for about three years and at the core of both formats are blue lasers, which have a shorter wavelength than the red lasers used in current DVD players, allowing discs to store data at the higher densities needed for high-definition movies and television. Blu-Ray discs store information only 0.1 millimeter from the surface while HD-DVD discs store it at 0.6 millimeters.
Missing student's body is found
Queens Man Is Arrested in Killing of Therapist
Church Services Focus on NIU Shooting -- (playing on guilt)
Nascar Returns to Basics in Hope Fans Will Return to Nascar
George Romero breathes new life into 'Living Dead'
Futures
Portman, Johansson Share Steamy Red Carpet Kiss
religion is stopping the progression of man. i will be shot for having an open mind.
and, good news for weed..
US doctors group backs marijuana for medical uses
if a natural substance solves the same problems that chemically created, heavily expensed drugs create.......
i'm also looking to purchase an HD-DVD player VERY cheaply so i can purchase the planet earth movies to coincide with it. I probably won't buy a blu-ray player, if ever, for a long time, so i figure if i can purchase an HD cheaply, why not.
hit them while they're down. (even though, technically, i'd be helping, because i'd be one of the few still giving toshiba money).
and now onto the title..
Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?
Airline mergers could mean fare hikes, fewer routes
HD DVD Format: Game Over
The battle between Toshiba’s HD DVD and Sony’s Blu-Ray is raging for about three years and at the core of both formats are blue lasers, which have a shorter wavelength than the red lasers used in current DVD players, allowing discs to store data at the higher densities needed for high-definition movies and television. Blu-Ray discs store information only 0.1 millimeter from the surface while HD-DVD discs store it at 0.6 millimeters.
Missing student's body is found
Queens Man Is Arrested in Killing of Therapist
Church Services Focus on NIU Shooting -- (playing on guilt)
Nascar Returns to Basics in Hope Fans Will Return to Nascar
George Romero breathes new life into 'Living Dead'
Futures
Portman, Johansson Share Steamy Red Carpet Kiss
religion is stopping the progression of man. i will be shot for having an open mind.
and, good news for weed..
US doctors group backs marijuana for medical uses
if a natural substance solves the same problems that chemically created, heavily expensed drugs create.......
Saturday
gorrilas..
Gorillas Mate Face-to-Face in First Photos a sign of evolution..
No Pristine Oceans Left, New Map Shows
Bernanke Optimistic On Late '08 Growth, Hints At Fewer Cuts
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COMMODITY INVESTING THEN TRY THESE TIPS
No Pristine Oceans Left, New Map Shows
Bernanke Optimistic On Late '08 Growth, Hints At Fewer Cuts
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COMMODITY INVESTING THEN TRY THESE TIPS
Labels:
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global warming,
gorillas,
national geographic,
oceans,
recession
Wednesday
ups and downs.. lots of them
internet sex auction...
exiled billionaire..
so what were we writing about?
and, can you blame me?
i think if i could have a cup of coffee with her, i would feel complete. she seems to be an insanely humble, extremely positive person. Yes, she is absolutely beautiful, but after hearing her talk i feel like i would walk away from a conversation with her happy.
i could be wrong, but i hope i'm right.
and i know i sound like a jr. high school crush, but i don't care, i think you need that sort of innocence to stay optimistic.
exiled billionaire..
so what were we writing about?
and, can you blame me?
i think if i could have a cup of coffee with her, i would feel complete. she seems to be an insanely humble, extremely positive person. Yes, she is absolutely beautiful, but after hearing her talk i feel like i would walk away from a conversation with her happy.
i could be wrong, but i hope i'm right.
and i know i sound like a jr. high school crush, but i don't care, i think you need that sort of innocence to stay optimistic.
Labels:
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jimmy kimmel,
natalie portman,
pregnancy,
sex auction,
writers strike
Monday
polar bears are cute.
(i couldn't copy this link, but courtesy of the Washington Post, search Polar Bears' Plight Raised In Drill Bids For Oil, Gas)
The Interior Department yesterday announced $2.6 billion in winning bids from companies seeking to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's Chukchi Sea despite protests from environmental groups and members of Congress that oil and gas exploration would endanger polar bears.
Companies made 667 bids for 448 tracts in the 29 million-acre area north of Point Barrow. The winning bids included a record-breaking $105.3 million offer by Shell Oil for one three-by-three-mile leasehold, almost twice as much as the previous high bid for a single offshore U.S. tract.
"This is a tremendous opportunity, and with that comes a tremendous responsibility to Alaska and the offshore area," said Annell Bay, vice president of exploration for Shell in the Americas.
Environmental groups said, however, that they doubted the area, home to about one-tenth of the world's polar bears, could be explored without high risks of a spill and damage to the habitat of the bears and other wildlife, such as walruses and bowhead whales.
Athan Manuel, an offshore-drilling expert for the Sierra Club, said that the oil companies would be drilling "in an Arctic ecosystem that is frozen much of the time and, when it's not frozen, is full of other hazards such as huge floating chunks of ice that could be hazards to rigs and pipelines."
Some lawmakers also criticized the Interior Department, whose Fish and Wildlife Service last month missed a court-ordered deadline for deciding whether to declare polar bears a threatened species while the department's Minerals Management Service went ahead with the lease sale.
"Signing on the dotted line with oil companies before creating clear lines of protection for the polar bear will only lead to litigation, oil company compensation and the potential decimation of the polar bear in Alaska," Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, said in a statement.
and, icebox.
The Interior Department yesterday announced $2.6 billion in winning bids from companies seeking to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's Chukchi Sea despite protests from environmental groups and members of Congress that oil and gas exploration would endanger polar bears.
Companies made 667 bids for 448 tracts in the 29 million-acre area north of Point Barrow. The winning bids included a record-breaking $105.3 million offer by Shell Oil for one three-by-three-mile leasehold, almost twice as much as the previous high bid for a single offshore U.S. tract.
"This is a tremendous opportunity, and with that comes a tremendous responsibility to Alaska and the offshore area," said Annell Bay, vice president of exploration for Shell in the Americas.
Environmental groups said, however, that they doubted the area, home to about one-tenth of the world's polar bears, could be explored without high risks of a spill and damage to the habitat of the bears and other wildlife, such as walruses and bowhead whales.
Athan Manuel, an offshore-drilling expert for the Sierra Club, said that the oil companies would be drilling "in an Arctic ecosystem that is frozen much of the time and, when it's not frozen, is full of other hazards such as huge floating chunks of ice that could be hazards to rigs and pipelines."
Some lawmakers also criticized the Interior Department, whose Fish and Wildlife Service last month missed a court-ordered deadline for deciding whether to declare polar bears a threatened species while the department's Minerals Management Service went ahead with the lease sale.
"Signing on the dotted line with oil companies before creating clear lines of protection for the polar bear will only lead to litigation, oil company compensation and the potential decimation of the polar bear in Alaska," Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, said in a statement.
and, icebox.
Saturday
Thursday
Saturday
meat
Schools, burger chains ban targeted beef
By ROBERT JABLON
The hamburger chains Jack-In-the-Box and In-N-Out as well more than 150 school districts around the nation have banned meat from a Chino slaughterhouse after a video showed workers brutalizing sick and crippled cows, officials said Friday.
The New York City public school system -- the nation's largest with 1.1 million students -- pulled all hamburgers from its menus.
School districts in at least 11 states have stopped using ground beef from Hallmark Meat Packing Co. and its associated Westland Meat Co. until a federal investigation is complete.
By ROBERT JABLON
The hamburger chains Jack-In-the-Box and In-N-Out as well more than 150 school districts around the nation have banned meat from a Chino slaughterhouse after a video showed workers brutalizing sick and crippled cows, officials said Friday.
The New York City public school system -- the nation's largest with 1.1 million students -- pulled all hamburgers from its menus.
School districts in at least 11 states have stopped using ground beef from Hallmark Meat Packing Co. and its associated Westland Meat Co. until a federal investigation is complete.
Labels:
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Friday
unity
the point is to skim the article and read the comments.
Normally I find the comments after an article to be a little offensive, as 'why the heck would i want to read what some jerk other than the article writer is saying emotionally as a backlash?" (yes, i'm aware that's me).
My point here is that this is a huge topic. I only read about 5 comments, so do what you wish, but I think it's interesting to hear peoples views on 1 of the 2 certain things in life...
snipes and taxes
Wesley Snipes’s Anti-Tax Manifesto
By Mike Nizza
Wesley Snipes Argument Against Taxes: Greatest Hits
Update Friday, Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m. Eastern.
The verdict is in: The jury found Mr. Snipes guilty on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file tax returns or pay taxes, but he was acquitted on the more serious felony charges of fraud and conspiracy, as well as three more misdemeanor counts. He faces up to three years in prison. Two codefendants in the case — the tax-denial promoter Eddie Ray Kahn and the disbarred accountant Douglas Rosile — were convicted on separate felony counts and face potentially stiffer sentences. Complete coverage here.
Original post:
David Cay Johnston, who covers the tax beat for The New York Times, is down in Ocala, Fla., this week for what he calls “the most prominent tax prosecution in nearly two decades.”
He’s talking about the trial of Wesley Snipes, the action movie hero who has been reinvented lately as a leading voice against paying taxes. He’s using a strategy that goes back years — some of the leading figures are part of a piece that helped add up to a Pulitzer Prize for Mr. Johnston in 2000.
blah blah blah.. here are the comments..
comments so far...
*
1.
January 30th,
2008
6:53 pm
This is a guy who stiffs waiters and is notoriously cheap. Now he doesn’t want to pay taves either. Screw him. No sympathy here.
— Posted by CanadaGoose
*
2.
January 30th,
2008
7:08 pm
I forgot being a cheapskate invalidates your opinion. By that standard 50 cent is … Plato?
— Posted by The Water American
*
3.
January 30th,
2008
7:29 pm
The federal reserve enslaves Americans with their unconstitutional enterprise and when a slave decides to stand up to his malevolent master he is sure to recieve a thorough whipping, Americans are mere slaves.
— Posted by Elvis Allen
*
4.
January 30th,
2008
8:09 pm
Come on… he’s obvisouly acting.
— Posted by jc
*
5.
January 30th,
2008
8:12 pm
Governments all over the world are the biggest crime organizations. When there is a sales tax, income tax is robbery. If a person can get away with not paying taxes, I say go for it. Big Corporations are getting away with it legally.
— Posted by Azra Daniel Francis
*
6.
January 30th,
2008
8:13 pm
I pay my tsxes properly..why can’t this so called actor pay his fair share. Who does he think he is. A few years in prison will do him some good.
— Posted by RonNV
*
7.
January 30th,
2008
8:15 pm
Mr Snipes is doing in a dumb way what American business has been doing for a very long time. Here is an quote from an 1889 address by Charles J. Bonaparte (later US Attorney General):
“I hope…that I have not wholly lost my character as a man of business if I admit that I once, when a young man, told the truth to a tax-gatherer”
— Posted by Michael S
*
8.
January 30th,
2008
8:28 pm
Nobody likes to pay taxes but if some rich guy gets off with not paying it does not help any the average folks whose paychecks are deducted at source. Just another sign of the inequalities that continue to burden the average wage earners that support this country and have to pay for all the misdeeds of the banks, hegde funds etc. whose executives take home a surplus of untaxed money. Taxes are important to keep this country competitive through infrastructure, research, and other things that are not paid for through private means. However everyone needs to pay their fair share according to their real income.
— Posted by robert
*
9.
January 30th,
2008
8:34 pm
Perhaps Mr. Snipes refusal to pay his taxes is more intimately tied to his overall financial picture, than a political manifesto.
A better defense, and possibly more accurate one, would have been he was broke and wedded to a Hollywood Lifestyle his cash flow could not support.
This is a sad day when a proud, brilliant black American puts himself at risk for decades in prison over obligations we all share.
Did it not occur to him that the infrastructure that enabled him to make millions as an actor, producer, writer were paid for by average Americans paying their taxes?
Jeese and Al are waiting for the G Verdict to play the race card. Can anyone provide the racial component to a person not paying their income taxes? It will be interesting how they spin this to Jenna, La.
— Posted by ALAN ROBINSON
*
10.
January 30th,
2008
8:43 pm
If he wants to “disassociate” himself from the federal government, he should find another developed industrial democracy where the income taxes are lower that the U.S. Ireland and Iceland don’t seem like places where Wesley would prosper, or where he would enjoy similar “constitutional rights,” such as the right to an attorney in criminal proceedings.
— Posted by Paul
*
11.
January 30th,
2008
8:44 pm
Anyone ever stop to think he may be right??? Did you know the “Federal Reserve” is nothing more than a group of international banks, and not “Federal” at all! We can print our own money, per the U.S. Constitution so why do we have the Fed issue our currency and allow them to charge us interest??? Sound like a good ol boys club to me. Watch “America: Freedom to Fascism” it’s a great documentary, it is slanted no doubt but has many great points.
— Posted by Openminded
*
12.
January 30th,
2008
8:46 pm
My wife and I pay our taxes. We aggressively take all deductions, and try to minimize the taxes as much as possible. When the calculation is finished, we pay up.
I hope that anyone who does not pay goes to jail for a long long time. Jerks like this idiot have at various points made large amounts of money. He should pay large amounts of taxes.
— Posted by POed Lib
*
13.
January 30th,
2008
8:49 pm
I think the prudent thing was for Mr. Snipes to have paid his taxes in compliance with the Tax Code. Then go to court. I think what happens now is forced payment with interest and fines plus jail time. Didn’t Mr. Snipes read the script: the MAN mostly wins and on those occasions when he doesn’t he rewrites the rules. Don’t fool with the government: it NEEDS MONEY to exist. The same as we need food.
— Posted by John Brady
*
14.
January 30th,
2008
9:13 pm
The thing I don’t really get is this: The government provides services and the services cost MONEY. Even if income taxes are illegal (which I just don’t see), we have to be taxed somehow to pay for it and it would cost us all on average the same!
Is Snipes saying: let’s cut spending? Let’s cut off entitlements (with defense, the VAST bulk of the budget)? Let’s eliminate defense? No, he is saying we (or really just he) just shouldn’t have to pay for it. Or we shouldn’t have to pay for it through income tax…ok, then there would be a VAT or import duties would be really high or whatever.
— Posted by Steve
If you go to the site there's 112 (as noted above), so i figured 14 is sufficient.
Just remember... these are our individual snowflakes that some have issues merging.. and others yell at those merging... and others just drive..
and this is what made me read the article...
Comments of the Moment
“Here I am in Cairo, finally back online, so I can read about internet slowdowns in ... Cairo.”
— Ms. FourIn Cairo, Seizing the Day, but Not the Internet
“I once saw him stab this guy in the heart and turn him to dust. Shouldn't we be focusing on that rather than tax evasion?”
— David ClarkeWesley Snipes's Anti-Tax Manifesto
Normally I find the comments after an article to be a little offensive, as 'why the heck would i want to read what some jerk other than the article writer is saying emotionally as a backlash?" (yes, i'm aware that's me).
My point here is that this is a huge topic. I only read about 5 comments, so do what you wish, but I think it's interesting to hear peoples views on 1 of the 2 certain things in life...
snipes and taxes
Wesley Snipes’s Anti-Tax Manifesto
By Mike Nizza
Wesley Snipes Argument Against Taxes: Greatest Hits
Update Friday, Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m. Eastern.
The verdict is in: The jury found Mr. Snipes guilty on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file tax returns or pay taxes, but he was acquitted on the more serious felony charges of fraud and conspiracy, as well as three more misdemeanor counts. He faces up to three years in prison. Two codefendants in the case — the tax-denial promoter Eddie Ray Kahn and the disbarred accountant Douglas Rosile — were convicted on separate felony counts and face potentially stiffer sentences. Complete coverage here.
Original post:
David Cay Johnston, who covers the tax beat for The New York Times, is down in Ocala, Fla., this week for what he calls “the most prominent tax prosecution in nearly two decades.”
He’s talking about the trial of Wesley Snipes, the action movie hero who has been reinvented lately as a leading voice against paying taxes. He’s using a strategy that goes back years — some of the leading figures are part of a piece that helped add up to a Pulitzer Prize for Mr. Johnston in 2000.
blah blah blah.. here are the comments..
comments so far...
*
1.
January 30th,
2008
6:53 pm
This is a guy who stiffs waiters and is notoriously cheap. Now he doesn’t want to pay taves either. Screw him. No sympathy here.
— Posted by CanadaGoose
*
2.
January 30th,
2008
7:08 pm
I forgot being a cheapskate invalidates your opinion. By that standard 50 cent is … Plato?
— Posted by The Water American
*
3.
January 30th,
2008
7:29 pm
The federal reserve enslaves Americans with their unconstitutional enterprise and when a slave decides to stand up to his malevolent master he is sure to recieve a thorough whipping, Americans are mere slaves.
— Posted by Elvis Allen
*
4.
January 30th,
2008
8:09 pm
Come on… he’s obvisouly acting.
— Posted by jc
*
5.
January 30th,
2008
8:12 pm
Governments all over the world are the biggest crime organizations. When there is a sales tax, income tax is robbery. If a person can get away with not paying taxes, I say go for it. Big Corporations are getting away with it legally.
— Posted by Azra Daniel Francis
*
6.
January 30th,
2008
8:13 pm
I pay my tsxes properly..why can’t this so called actor pay his fair share. Who does he think he is. A few years in prison will do him some good.
— Posted by RonNV
*
7.
January 30th,
2008
8:15 pm
Mr Snipes is doing in a dumb way what American business has been doing for a very long time. Here is an quote from an 1889 address by Charles J. Bonaparte (later US Attorney General):
“I hope…that I have not wholly lost my character as a man of business if I admit that I once, when a young man, told the truth to a tax-gatherer”
— Posted by Michael S
*
8.
January 30th,
2008
8:28 pm
Nobody likes to pay taxes but if some rich guy gets off with not paying it does not help any the average folks whose paychecks are deducted at source. Just another sign of the inequalities that continue to burden the average wage earners that support this country and have to pay for all the misdeeds of the banks, hegde funds etc. whose executives take home a surplus of untaxed money. Taxes are important to keep this country competitive through infrastructure, research, and other things that are not paid for through private means. However everyone needs to pay their fair share according to their real income.
— Posted by robert
*
9.
January 30th,
2008
8:34 pm
Perhaps Mr. Snipes refusal to pay his taxes is more intimately tied to his overall financial picture, than a political manifesto.
A better defense, and possibly more accurate one, would have been he was broke and wedded to a Hollywood Lifestyle his cash flow could not support.
This is a sad day when a proud, brilliant black American puts himself at risk for decades in prison over obligations we all share.
Did it not occur to him that the infrastructure that enabled him to make millions as an actor, producer, writer were paid for by average Americans paying their taxes?
Jeese and Al are waiting for the G Verdict to play the race card. Can anyone provide the racial component to a person not paying their income taxes? It will be interesting how they spin this to Jenna, La.
— Posted by ALAN ROBINSON
*
10.
January 30th,
2008
8:43 pm
If he wants to “disassociate” himself from the federal government, he should find another developed industrial democracy where the income taxes are lower that the U.S. Ireland and Iceland don’t seem like places where Wesley would prosper, or where he would enjoy similar “constitutional rights,” such as the right to an attorney in criminal proceedings.
— Posted by Paul
*
11.
January 30th,
2008
8:44 pm
Anyone ever stop to think he may be right??? Did you know the “Federal Reserve” is nothing more than a group of international banks, and not “Federal” at all! We can print our own money, per the U.S. Constitution so why do we have the Fed issue our currency and allow them to charge us interest??? Sound like a good ol boys club to me. Watch “America: Freedom to Fascism” it’s a great documentary, it is slanted no doubt but has many great points.
— Posted by Openminded
*
12.
January 30th,
2008
8:46 pm
My wife and I pay our taxes. We aggressively take all deductions, and try to minimize the taxes as much as possible. When the calculation is finished, we pay up.
I hope that anyone who does not pay goes to jail for a long long time. Jerks like this idiot have at various points made large amounts of money. He should pay large amounts of taxes.
— Posted by POed Lib
*
13.
January 30th,
2008
8:49 pm
I think the prudent thing was for Mr. Snipes to have paid his taxes in compliance with the Tax Code. Then go to court. I think what happens now is forced payment with interest and fines plus jail time. Didn’t Mr. Snipes read the script: the MAN mostly wins and on those occasions when he doesn’t he rewrites the rules. Don’t fool with the government: it NEEDS MONEY to exist. The same as we need food.
— Posted by John Brady
*
14.
January 30th,
2008
9:13 pm
The thing I don’t really get is this: The government provides services and the services cost MONEY. Even if income taxes are illegal (which I just don’t see), we have to be taxed somehow to pay for it and it would cost us all on average the same!
Is Snipes saying: let’s cut spending? Let’s cut off entitlements (with defense, the VAST bulk of the budget)? Let’s eliminate defense? No, he is saying we (or really just he) just shouldn’t have to pay for it. Or we shouldn’t have to pay for it through income tax…ok, then there would be a VAT or import duties would be really high or whatever.
— Posted by Steve
If you go to the site there's 112 (as noted above), so i figured 14 is sufficient.
Just remember... these are our individual snowflakes that some have issues merging.. and others yell at those merging... and others just drive..
and this is what made me read the article...
Comments of the Moment
“Here I am in Cairo, finally back online, so I can read about internet slowdowns in ... Cairo.”
— Ms. FourIn Cairo, Seizing the Day, but Not the Internet
“I once saw him stab this guy in the heart and turn him to dust. Shouldn't we be focusing on that rather than tax evasion?”
— David ClarkeWesley Snipes's Anti-Tax Manifesto
Labels:
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new york times,
tax,
taxes,
wesley snipes
today!
NASA Says, ‘Hello, Universe. Meet the Beatles.’
Intel, Micron Claim To Boost Solid-State Drive Speeds By 500%
Third undersea Internet cable cut in Mideast
I usually think posting these 3 things that I found significant from today should be enough, but, I may start adding extra commentary to why exactly I find them significant in our daily lives..
Intel, Micron Claim To Boost Solid-State Drive Speeds By 500%
Third undersea Internet cable cut in Mideast
I usually think posting these 3 things that I found significant from today should be enough, but, I may start adding extra commentary to why exactly I find them significant in our daily lives..
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