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It never re-classifies my income as "loans", so I agree -- it sucks.

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Checks from Russian Oligarchs, added to the balances in a Russian captive Cyprus bank!!

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Fun fact: in Icelandic, many familiar words end in -ur (pronounced more or less like English -er) in the subject case, then lose it when then word is used as an object.Some examples:kattur / katthundur / hundgrundur / grund

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Sorry, worded badly. I meant the 4th Circuit appeals court which is in Virginia. Thanks.

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Well, federal court. So not quite.

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I can’t be the burglar, because my fingerprints are all over the apartment. A burglar would have wiped all the fingerprints up, or, actually, worn gloves in the first place. So obviously I am innocent. QED.

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But what is a Mews and why does a singular noun end in s?

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Pride goeth before the fall!

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Checks and Balances FTW!

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Sounds to me like Manafort makes himself look like an asshole with no help whatsoever.

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Well their neckties are diverse.

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As one recent accident victim to another, hang in there, take it easy and make sure to follow up on everything, even if it seems trivial at the time.

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I spent four figures on a jacket from L. L. Bean ten years go. Admittedly, two of those figures were after the decimal point but it's pretty much the same thing, right?

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Yet he’s broke and on trial for tax evasion among his many, many crimes.

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β€œManafort's attorney Kevin Downing painted his client as a naive dupe, honestly mistaken about the need to report foreign accounts to the IRS ”

Isn’t that why people like Manafort hire accountants in the first place? That’s what experts are for.

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Paul Manafort doesn’t pay his taxes because he likes having things like ostrich jackets and $1.9 million homes.

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