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M12BH

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  1. You know, we’ve been mulling our options for a late Spring getaway and DC came up. Some instinct told me “Oh, honey.....no”. Thanks for confirming my fears. And oh btw I was told we’d be OK once the olds die off. If these reports of MAGA children are accurate then I see no hope for this country’s future. Yeah I know. Ledge, scotch, rinse, repeat. Reserve me a spot.
  2. JFC, maybe it's because I'm a CPA and I've lived and breathed this shit for so long, but the number of people who think withholding and refunds are all just things that go into a meat grinder and magically come out as some random numbers at the end of the year never ceases to astound me. Pay attention here: The IRS tax tables ARE NOT SET UP TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A REFUND WHEN YOU FILE YOUR TAXES. They are an estimate, based on the information that YOU are supposed to provide on your W-4 based on the calculations YOU are supposed to do on the backside of the W-4, of how much tax YOU are supposed to be assessed for the year. If you do it correctly, you should have virtually no refund or no tax due. That might not be the case if your income fluctuates during the year, if you get a bonus, if you work two jobs, etc., because the tax tables don't "know" this - they are based on the predication that you are going to earn x amount every week, two weeks, whatever your pay cycle is, and your taxes will be withheld accordingly. Want a bigger refund? Here's how: increase your withholding by $20 per paycheck. Or $50. Or $100. Or $10. It doesn't matter. At the end of the year, if you had more of YOUR money withheld from your paychecks than the amount of tax assessed on your tax return, you'll get a refund. If you did not have enough of YOUR money withheld from your paycheck then you have to make up the difference. So essentially, if you're getting a refund, you're giving the government a bunch of YOUR money out of each one of your paychecks so they can give it back to you when you file your taxes. If you're happy about that then you're kind of stupid. OK let me rephrase that...if you're happy about it once you understand what's happening, THEN you're stupid. Any questions?
  3. Not just a shutdown. A Shutdown!!1
  4. Geez, I don't like McConnell either but I don't know if I'd refer to him as "something". OTOH.....
  5. Flying to Atlanta Feb 15. FML.
  6. Fucking amateurs. I was pulling that shit in high school. My mom never knew why she had to keep replacing that particular kind of soup.
  7. I think I've found where most of the 36% live. The stupidity of some of these people never seem to amaze me. Rationale for why the government shutdown is good: ""It kind of makes me question what they do on a day-to-day basis. If I don't miss them, what were they doing?" Yeah motherfucker, it's all about you. Christ on a sidecar, of all the arguments you could make supporting the shutdown, this is what you're going with? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/20/trump-country-republicans-cheer-federal-shutdown/2549255002/ And no, USA Today is not my normal reading material but I saw one in a hotel lobby in Bumfuck Florida and picked it up.
  8. OK let's see. This one for all the marbles. It's really really difficult: Q: You are are a MAGA kid from a Catholic High School at a pro-life rally participating in your school cheer or whatever on the steps of a DC Monument. An elderly native American man chanting and banging a drum approaches you. Do you: 1. Courteously move out of the way because he is an elderly person, not to mention another fucking human being in a public space leading up to a National Memorial, not to mention obviously (for anyone who is not a total fucking idiot) engaging in some kind of song/dance/ritual possibly of a religious nature and might not be paying as much attention to his surroundings, or might have a reason for wanting to choose that particular path, or 2. Mock him, taunt him get in his face, because, Goddammit HE approached THEM!!! Hmm, that's a tough one. And when passing judgement on the event, do you: 1. Look at the 3 seconds of the recording where the man arguably approaches the kids and say, "Yup, that's all I need to see, he was the aggressor, fake news, build the wall, MAGA MAGA MAGA!", or 2. Look at the whole fucking video and see that the kids behaved in a really sickening manner. Although I have to say the "He started it" excuse dovetails nicely in with the infantile behavior consistently epitomized by the Cheeto. That excuse shouldn't fly unless you're three fucking years old. Who gives a good goddam who started it? Why is that even at issue? The behavior of those kids is vile. I have to say I was encouraged by the swift condemnation of the events by the school authorities and a number of Kentucky politicians. Then of course came the practically illiterate rant by the alleged mother of one of the kids. Like we didn't already know where it came from. Nice call, Brisket. I mean, I appreciate that some of y'all think this kind of behavior is on the way out with the Boomer generation, but let me tell you something, I'm old AF, and the shit doesn't stop. It grows new legs every fucking time. I just want to go weep. Instead I'm going to go catch a plane to Florida. Yay me.
  9. There is some debate about whether this is truly Michael Hodge or another odious punk. At any rate, from the comments, user name checks out: SeattleAggie‏ @Troopaloop 3h3 hours ago More Replying to @josemercado @RedTRaccoon I don’t get it. Looks like a group of trump supporters and this guy picked one of them and then beat his drum in his face. Do I have that right?
  10. Y'all know what makes me cry these days? Almost nothing. You know what made me cry today? That video. I think I'll just stop there.
  11. M12BH

    Caravan

    My dear, pointing out the extraordinary similarities between the things you say and the things said by virulent white supremacists is hardly "shutting up any real discussion". But if it makes you feel better to play the victim by claiming so, well, then, who am I to argue. Anyway, from what I've seen of Stomrfront, you're a natural and you'd fit right in. Except for one little thing. But I'm sure those guys won't mind it. At all.
  12. M12BH

    Caravan

    Globalist elite! Ooh ooh! I know that one! Hahaha, shit.
  13. M12BH

    Caravan

    Love and kisses, Stormfront.
  14. That' the craziest "both sides" I've ever seen. No selective outrage! No selective outrage! YOU'RE the selective outrage!
  15. Yeah well if the government hadn't shut down they'd be able to post more PSAs about smoking and people would see them and not smoke and die, so what about THAT Mr. Smarty Pants?
  16. Yeah. You know...and just work with me on this one....let's say it's 100% true that someone found a prayer rug in the desert. What might that mean on its face other than a MUSLIM MAY HAVE BEEN SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE US, OMG YALL!!1
  17. OK here's how old I am. I remember the original and didn't even know there was an edited version. When the song first came out there was no sense that Mark Knopfler was being homophobic. He was describing a hypothetical conversation between two dumb, uneducated, stoned, probably homophobic, furniture movers bitching about how hard they had to work for their money while the "faggots" making music videos had it so easy. Wah. But yeah I can see how that wouldn't fly today. Just about a week ago I was watching a documentary about Lou Reed. They had interviews with the original Jackie, Sugar Plum Fairy, Candi, etc. It was wild. Anyway Lou himself said that the reason Wild Side got past the censors was because the old farts didn't even know what "giving head" meant. Nor did they know anything about the trans culture, so the whole notion of "he was a she" didn't even compute. So they let it ride. I mean hey, it's not like he was singing, "LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER", or "GIRL WE COULDN'T GET MUCH HIGHER". Now, THAT was offensive and not to be allowed.
  18. The comments are spot on and scarier than the tweet and confirm my worst fears. Why do the 21st century American rubes outnumber the 20th century Communist Russia/Eastern European rubes? That don't make no sense....
  19. Crisis. Hmm. And the reason a crisis today and not for the period beginning January 20, 2017 and ending January 2, 2019 is because..... . . . . . I'll wait.....
  20. I've had to do this with some lifelong friends. I don't mind having different politics, but I refuse to associate with racist pricks. I can't say it's brought me peace of mind - more like sorrow over the loss of close relationships and my utter chagrin that I've been associating with such assholes. Except they weren't assholes before. Or they were, but they didn't show it. Or.....fuck it. At least my elderly parents haven't gotten sucked in. On the contrary, my parents hate all things Trump and Trump-like. But quite frankly, having CNN blaring all day with my mother screaming how much she hates the Republicans does not exactly make for a peaceful and harmonious visit either. I mean, I get it, but what's the use of being riled up over it 24/7? Then again she is old and becoming senile. And there is a lot of other baggage between my mom and me. Ironic that it's one of the few thing upon which we totally agree that is causing so much strife right now.
  21. This. You can see Uga catch Bevo's eye right below he lowered the horn. Bevo meant bidness. You know, bovines don't like dogs as a rule, and you never can predict the reaction of one animal to another with 100% certainty so it really whoever's bright idea it was to bring the dog that close to the steer is responsible for any bullshit fallout from here on out.
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