ita, can you shoot me a mail to mohmlet at gmail?
I need to ask you a quick question.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - Dec 08, 2006 7:49:41 am PST #5118 of 10007
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
tommyrot - Dec 08, 2006 7:51:42 am PST #5119 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OCALA -- Wesley Snipes, the Hollywood action star, was taken into custody this morning and will appear before a federal judge to answer charges of tax fraud and conspiracy later today.
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Snipes had an initial appearance and arraignment in front of Magistrate Gary Jones at 10:30 a.m. today. Jones released Snipes on $1 million bond and allowed him to go back to Namibia to complete filming of Gallow Walker, a motion picture Snipes is starring in. The judge orderd that Snipes come back to the states for another appearance on Jan. 10.
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Snipes, an Jones High School graduate and former Isleworth resident, was indicted before a federal grand jury in Tampa on October 17 on charges of conspiracy to defraud the IRS and submitting false estimated-tax payments worth $14 million.
Huh. This goes beyond just not paying your taxes....
Amy - Dec 08, 2006 7:56:36 am PST #5120 of 10007
Because books.
I don't think he can method-act his way out of that.
Aims - Dec 08, 2006 8:00:15 am PST #5121 of 10007
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I don't think so, too. It's much bigger than a paper bag, and he's STILL working on that.
askye - Dec 08, 2006 8:01:39 am PST #5122 of 10007
Thrive to spite them
Snipes is involved with Guiding Light Ministries a "church" that just teaches people how to avoid paying taxes. This is a pretty good article about the situation. [link]
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2006 8:33:03 am PST #5123 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I had a coworker whose line on tax law sounded mightily like Guiding Light Ministries. Creeped me out, he was so intense and wanting to convert.
tommyrot - Dec 08, 2006 8:37:59 am PST #5124 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Those people are weird/scary. Years ago I worked for a credit card company - our department would get all the weird cases. There were these people who would get credit cards secured by their houses, borrow tens of thousands of dollars, and then claim that the US money system was unconstitutional or some such BS and as a result they had no obligation to repay the money.
Once I saw a church that apparantly conviced a couple to borrow $80,000 against their house - the church attempted to legally represent the homeowners in their assertion that they didn't have to pay the money back. Of course, they lost their house.
Jessica - Dec 08, 2006 8:44:51 am PST #5125 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ah, like Ken "all my money belongs to God, so the millions I rake in every year from speaking and merchandising don't count as taxable income" Hovind.
Jessica - Dec 08, 2006 8:50:48 am PST #5126 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
brenda m - Dec 08, 2006 9:06:59 am PST #5127 of 10007
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Are you fucking kidding me?
Subject: CNN Breaking News
-- The Associated Press reports the House ethics committee has concluded that Republican leaders did not break any rules in handling ex-Rep. Mark Foley's improper advances to former male pages but were negligent in protecting the teenagers, a congressional aide said today.