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brown water

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  1. He said “running back hoes” which is the most believable task on that list.
  2. Boner
  3. In an earlier career stop, I had a female aggy “peer” in a department we worked with frequently. We had a group meeting one morning and she walked in late and says “Good morning Brownwater, your hair’s getting thinner.” I glance up from my computer and say “You’re not.” Room goes quiet. My team still giggles about it today even though we’ve all moved on or retired.
  4. Coach Subprime
  5. Back to steak…. Happy Halloween assholes But not to Gus
  6. Assistant speaker or assistant to the speaker?
  7. Try not to get indicted on the way to the parking lot
  8. Repping the above because I wandered in to my local specs today looking for the hirsch but leaving with EHTBP. Leveling up
  9. I am so reluctant to wade in here but… One can argue the rationale and veracity of laws in a given venue ad nauseum. At the end of the day those laws existed and someone chose to incorporate or operate subject to them. I’m a CFO of a modest sized company. When we make decisions about organization structure and corporate jurisdiction, we consult counsel who advises us on the benefits and risks of that decision. Frankly, nearly any modestly sophisticated company does the same. So I don’t really care about the equity of consequences relative to transgressions for the misdeeds of TrumpCo in NY. They chose to be subject to those laws. They leveraged the status of NYC to promote their stature. Now they have to deal with the (preexisting) statutory consequences of running afoul of those laws. It’s not complicated…
  10. No doubt from the Q range in their lineup
  11. Recovering CPA here… Accountants can provide 3 types of reports: Compilation = we were handed a shoebox of information and turned it into normal looking financial statements. We did nothing to question the accuracy of what was in the shoebox. It’s our client’s responsibility to provide accurate records for us to use. Review = Our client turned the shoebox of information into financial statements for us. We asked a few questions and did a few things to make sure they weren’t utter bullshit but that’s still our client’s responsibility to make accurate statements. Audit = We did a lot of work to determine if the financial statements of our client had material errors (that would reasonably impact how a user might interpret that information). We are still not responsible because that work may not find material errors and we rely on our client not lying to us. Arthur Andersen audited Enron and it, including the disclaimers, couldn’t save either firm. I know. I worked for AA in HTX at the time. The notion that Trump is asserting a compilation report somehow protects him is laughable. If anything Mazars could be at risk even though a compilation requires almost no confirmation because general ethical standards of objectivity and independence require not turning a blind eye to utter bullshit.
  12. To whom?
  13. Cash? Or could we use Trump’s accepted valuation approach? I’d be down for giving him 2 more Mar A Lagos and a NY apartment to keep him from office. Oh - and the trials proceed.
  14. Forgot to circle back. Agree on the above. Thx for mentioning. Hadn’t watched Guga and am finding some interesting stuff on his channel.
  15. Certainly reflective of the genre but that’s our oldest vizsla. No doubt with worse manners that straw’s pup
  16. Letting it rest for a bit before a finishing smoke
  17. I usually do without butter. Think this is the second time I’ve tried with butter. I’ll use it for the sear too. Report back…
  18. Dry brined most of the day and now butter poaching in the sous vide.
  19. Yeah. Came in a bit hot yesterday evening. Sorry… Responding to point 3 - which I read to mean have higher capital gain tax rates on larger gains. My point is that large gains are often a function of longer holding periods (significantly longer than the 1 year break point for the lower gain tax rate) and because of inflation over those periods the “real” gain is smaller. Taxing big gains occurring over extended periods at higher rates could economically result in a loss to the seller
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