February Current Events: a momentary lapse of treason

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FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

Yeah imagine if your landlord and your boss' boss' boss was the same person.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 18:55

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# ? May 28, 2024 11:50

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Eej posted:

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1095793507946639362

NYPD having a normal one but the real question is what is vincent d'onofrio doing there

lol it looks a lot like him...

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:01

BadOptics: Sep 11, 2012

BigDave posted:

https://twitter.com/NorahODonnell/status/1096020537069977600?s=19

So...this happened.

Just LOL if anyone thinks Mike "The Heathens will burn" Pence will bring this poo poo nation state together.

Eej posted:

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1095793507946639362

NYPD having a normal one but the real question is what is vincent d'onofrio doing there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsuH1msEkvM

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:05

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

mlmp08 posted:

I tried some more ecofriendly plant-based cat litter, but the problem is that plant matter soaks up piss and is also prone to clinging to cat fur/paws so you just get pissy plant detritus everywhere. That experiment lasted maybe 2 days.

Wife and I have a couple cats and use the wheat-husk scoop stuff that's flushable. It works quite well and containment isn't an issue if you have a litter mat around the box etc. We compost it for the ornamentals garden now that we're on a septic system in the new house.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:08

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

this is pretty huge because both Cuomo and de Blasio were massively on board with Amazon while the rest of the state was like "what"

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:11

Viva Miriya: Jan 9, 2007

Proud Christian Mom posted:

this is pretty huge because both Cuomo and de Blasio were massively on board with Amazon while the rest of the state was like "what"

Cool. Lets get rid of them both next election.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:13

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Maybe because they're both capitalist shitheels? :shrug:

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:14

BadOptics: Sep 11, 2012

I can vote in NC, so all of my candidates probably have worn blackface if we're going by what VA's norms are.....

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:21

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

BadOptics posted:

I can vote in NC, so all of my candidates probably have worn blackface if we're going by what VA's norms are.....

I mean if they're older than 40 and not transplants it's looking very likely

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:25

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

BadOptics posted:

I can vote in NC, so all of my candidates probably have worn blackface if we're going by what VA's norms are.....

Have you? No? Then run for a local office

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:27

Reign Of Pain: May 1, 2005; Nap Ghost

https://www.tampabay.com/business/a-tampa-man-reported-an-income-of-18497-the-irs-sent-him-a-refund-check-for-980000-20190213/

quote:

A Tampa man reported an income of $18,497. The IRS sent him a refund check for $980,000

The IRS has seized a Lexus and $919,251 from a Tampa man who got a $980,000 refund after filing a tax return that falsely showed $1 million in federal income tax withholding.

TAMPA � At a time when millions of Americans are bemoaning their smaller-than-expected tax refunds, consider this: Ramon Christopher Blanchett of Tampa once got a refund of $980,000. On a reported income of $18,497. As with most things involving the IRS, this story does not end happily, at least for Blanchett, 29. But it does display a degree of ingenuity, as outlined in a federal forfeiture complaint recently filed in U.S. District Court in Tampa:

In February 2017, Blanchett electronically submitted a self-prepared income tax return listing his occupation as "free-lancer. '' He had W-2 forms from a Tampa nursing home and a Sizzling Platter restaurant in Murray, Utah.One W-2 showed $17,098 in wages and $1 million of federal income tax withholding. In reality, the complaint says, Blanchett was paid just $2,098 and no tax was withheld. The other W-2, which was accurate, showed $1,399 in income and no withholding.

"Based on Blanchett's submission of the (tax return), falsely representing that $1 million in taxes had been withheld, the U.S. Treasury issued checked number 4038088544305, made payable to Blanchett, for $980,000,'' the complaint says.

Blanchett deposited the money into two accounts at SunTrust. After freezing the funds for suspected fraud, SunTrust closed the accounts last May and sent Blanchett a cashier's check for $980,000. He used that to open a money market account with Grow Financial Credit Union, "falsely representing that the funds were from the estate of his deceased father,'' the complaint says. Blanchett then transferred various amounts among various Grow Financial accounts, ultimately withdrawing $49,117 in the form of a cashier's check. On Aug. 9, he bought a 2016 silver Lexus RC350.

By this time, the IRS had realized it had a problem. Pursuant to a federal seizure warrant, an IRS special agent took custody of the Lexus and the remaining $919,251 balance in Blanchett's accounts. The IRS is trying to get back another $809, the amount Progressive Insurance refunded to Blanchett after he cancelled his policy because he no longer had the car. Last month, the U.S. Attorney's office in Tampa filed the forfeiture complaint for the Lexus and the $919,251. A magistrate judge found that there is probable cause to believe that the $809 insurance refund is "the proceeds of (Blanchett's) wire fraud'' and is also subject to forfeiture. No date has been set for a hearing on the complaint.

Blanchett, who could not be reached for comment, has not been charged with a federal crime. He was arrested in Hillsborough County in 2016 for possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest without violence. He was ordered to pay $274 after pleading guilty to resisting and a lesser offense on the paraphernalia charge. He also had a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge in 2014 but adjudication was withheld.

Neither the IRS nor the financial institutions involved would comment,, citing privacy concerns. According to IRS records, in the year that Blanchett got his $980,000 check the average tax refund was about $3,000.

Florida man buys a Lexus with his $980k cashiers check he got from the IRS instead of going straight to Bolivia and double birding the US all the way there.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:28

Jarmak: Jan 24, 2005

mlmp08 posted:

Similarly the difference between all seasons and good summer tires is just nuts. The lateral Gs you can pull absolutely blow away even �fancy� all seasons.

Yeah I almost went summer/winter but my dad talked me out of it because of the times of year where it's 40 one day and 60 the next. Summer tires are like rocks when the temp drops.

Similarly I wish there were winter compound motorcycle tires, I take my bike out pretty much right to 32 (cause gently caress ice on two wheels) and the biggest thing that bothers me about the cold is knowing my tires are basically summer tires.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:31

Hot Karl Marx: Mar 16, 2009; Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

Reign Of Pain posted:

https://www.tampabay.com/business/a-tampa-man-reported-an-income-of-18497-the-irs-sent-him-a-refund-check-for-980000-20190213/

Florida man buys a Lexus with his $980k cashiers check he got from the IRS instead of going straight to Bolivia and double birding the US all the way there.

https://twitter.com/Lmoneybags_/status/1094277048640638976?s=19

Edit:

https://twitter.com/Eevin_Almighty/status/1094283819656597504?s=19

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:35

egyptian rat race: Jul 13, 2007; Lowtax Spine Fund 2019; Ultra Carp

Reign Of Pain posted:

Florida man buys a Lexus with his $980k cashiers check he got from the IRS instead of going straight to Bolivia and double birding the US all the way there.

Imagine getting a check for a million dollars and all you can think to do is buy a Lexus

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:50

pantslesswithwolves: Oct 28, 2008

Tryzzub posted:

street sweepers will sort that

I may be an outlier here, but can we not actively wish for this? Think of the immense strain these poor people will be under, the trauma that they�ll endure from having to deal with the short-sighted decisions of others. These people won�t exactly have it easy.

I�m talking about street sweepers having to mop up the broken bodies of vulture capitalists and aspiring robber baron landlords, who did you think I meant?

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:50

BadOptics: Sep 11, 2012

M_Gargantua posted:

Have you? No? Then run for a local office

I'm still active duty and I have around 8 years till I'm out, plus it's been awhile since I've been back home (and I have a wife and two step daughters). The thing that truly sucks about American politics is that there's no net to keep you from tumbling to the abyss.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 19:54

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

BadOptics posted:

I'm still active duty and I have around 8 years till I'm out, plus it's been awhile since I've been back home (and I have a wife and two step daughters). The thing that truly sucks about American politics is that there's no net to keep you from tumbling to the abyss.

It's almost as if that's by design

# ? Feb 14, 2019 20:07

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

Reign Of Pain posted:

https://www.tampabay.com/business/a-tampa-man-reported-an-income-of-18497-the-irs-sent-him-a-refund-check-for-980000-20190213/

Florida man buys a Lexus with his $980k cashiers check he got from the IRS instead of going straight to Bolivia and double birding the US all the way there.

As I was reading this article I was basically thinking the exact thing you wrote at the bottom: "Why the gently caress didn't he just flee the US to South/Central America?"

# ? Feb 14, 2019 20:15

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

Milo and POTUS posted:

It's almost as if that's by design

Welcome to capitalism, please mandatorily deposit all wealth in your cubicle.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 20:17

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

A story in two parts.

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1096130882300203011?s=19

https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1096131737212592131?s=19

Looks like a lot of jobs are dependant on if Stephen Miller can find a hooker's corpse to gently caress and eat tonight.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 20:43

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

Reign Of Pain posted:

https://www.tampabay.com/business/a-tampa-man-reported-an-income-of-18497-the-irs-sent-him-a-refund-check-for-980000-20190213/

Florida man buys a Lexus with his $980k cashiers check he got from the IRS instead of going straight to Bolivia and double birding the US all the way there.

Had he said it was 919 million and carried it back over a decade or two it would have been pointedly ignored

# ? Feb 14, 2019 20:45

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Sorry to keep posting, but LOL DONNIE MAD

https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1096133708917231617?s=19

https://twitter.com/LauraLitvan/status/1096136931627450368?s=19

Boy he bout to do it

https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1096138734175690760?s=19

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Feb 14, 2019

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:01

Nick Soapdish: Apr 27, 2008

facialimpediment posted:

Sorry to keep posting, but LOL DONNIE MAD

https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1096133708917231617?s=19

https://twitter.com/LauraLitvan/status/1096136931627450368?s=19

Boy he bout to do it

https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1096138734175690760?s=19

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1096139449388486657

gently caress you Grassley

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:14

not caring here: Feb 22, 2012; blazemastah 2 dry 4 u

When this national emergency poo poo gets bailed up in court, which I assume will be immediately, I'll be looking forward to the zany reasons as to why it's a national emergency now.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:20

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

I like how the stupidest outcome is both the one that everybody expected and is the one that actually happened.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:29

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

Yes

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:36

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

EBB posted:

1. Insiders at Amazon learn of final internal selections for HQ sites before the general public
2. Insiders become shitbag insider-dealing speculators and gobble up reasonably priced leases and properties in the chosen cities
3. Insiders speculate that Amazon will set up shop in the neighborhood they speculated in, and thus can charge a premium for rent as slumlords.
4. ...except Amazon isn't going to NYC, so those speculators now have worthless investments.

In essence: no pity, enjoy your short trip to the pavement from the roof.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:40

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/abo/d/long-island-city-long-island-city/6807102932.html

:laugh:

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:42

Reign Of Pain: May 1, 2005; Nap Ghost

I think Pelosi said that the bill included the raise for federal employees that Dirty Donny had previously frozen. I'll take that 1.9% thank you.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:42

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Reign Of Pain posted:

I think Pelosi said that the bill included the raise for federal employees that Dirty Donny had previously frozen. I'll take that 1.9% thank you.

Yep that made it in, backdated to January. Repayment of laid-off contractors didn't make it, nor did an extension of the Violence Against Women Act.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:44

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

EBB posted:

1. Insiders at Amazon learn of final internal selections for HQ sites before the general public
2. Insiders become shitbag insider-dealing speculators and gobble up reasonably priced leases and properties in the chosen cities
3. Insiders speculate that Amazon will set up shop in the neighborhood they speculated in, and thus can charge a premium for rent as slumlords.
4. ...except Amazon isn't going to NYC, so those speculators now have worthless investments.

In essence: no pity, enjoy your short trip to the pavement from the roof.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-14/long-island-city-brokers-despair-over-amazon-s-abrupt-reversal

quote:

�It�s still going to be a bedroom community, and I feel bad for all the local restaurants, all the local mom-and-pop shops who were counting on this,� he said. �They needed this.�

"I feel bad for all the local shops whose massively inflated lease payments I missed out on"

That Works fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Feb 14, 2019

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:48

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:48

Vasudus: May 30, 2003

My favorite part of the Amazon HQ2 part, aside from watching cities and states debase themselves for our capitalist overlords, is the wannabe slumlords in all those poo poo cities getting hosed. Like sorry my dudes, nobody should really have expected Amazon to set up shop in Cleveland. Or even Atlanta. It was always going to be NYC, DC, Chicago, or Philly.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:54

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

DoktorLoken posted:

https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/abo/d/long-island-city-long-island-city/6807102932.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cL1HisrNc

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:55

Reign Of Pain: May 1, 2005; Nap Ghost

facialimpediment posted:

Yep that made it in, backdated to January. Repayment of laid-off contractors didn't make it, nor did an extension of the Violence Against Women Act.

I don't understand how the extension didn't go through but contractors always get hosed.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:56

Reign Of Pain: May 1, 2005; Nap Ghost

Vasudus posted:

My favorite part of the Amazon HQ2 part, aside from watching cities and states debase themselves for our capitalist overlords, is the wannabe slumlords in all those poo poo cities getting hosed. Like sorry my dudes, nobody should really have expected Amazon to set up shop in Cleveland. Or even Atlanta. It was always going to be NYC, DC, Chicago, or Philly.

I thought Austin had a real chance

# ? Feb 14, 2019 21:58

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

EBB posted:

1. Insiders at Amazon learn of final internal selections for HQ sites before the general public
2. Insiders become shitbag insider-dealing speculators and gobble up reasonably priced leases and properties in the chosen cities
3. Insiders speculate that Amazon will set up shop in the neighborhood they speculated in, and thus can charge a premium for rent as slumlords.
4. ...except Amazon isn't going to NYC, so those speculators now have worthless investments.

In essence: no pity, enjoy your short trip to the pavement from the roof.

DoktorLoken posted:

https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/abo/d/long-island-city-long-island-city/6807102932.html

I�m definitely going to need a direct feed of all the misery this puts scum fucks through

# ? Feb 14, 2019 22:06

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

I hope NoVa does it too

# ? Feb 14, 2019 22:07

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

All of the states & cities need to be like, yo come and setup your new hq its fine but gently caress no we are not going to give you free money to do it.

# ? Feb 14, 2019 22:09

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# ? May 28, 2024 11:50

Johnny Five-Jaces: Jan 21, 2009

Vasudus posted:

My favorite part of the Amazon HQ2 part, aside from watching cities and states debase themselves for our capitalist overlords, is the wannabe slumlords in all those poo poo cities getting hosed. Like sorry my dudes, nobody should really have expected Amazon to set up shop in Cleveland. Or even Atlanta. It was always going to be NYC, DC, Chicago, or Philly.

our fat gently caress governor is trying to lay himself prostrate before B E Z O S in order to get it to come to Chicago

eh whatever, I'm escaping this hell for a different one

# ? Feb 14, 2019 22:12

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