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I want those duck earrings SOOOOO BAAAAAAD. I'm willing to fly to Paris to pick them up, also too.

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from the IRS linkie - "Beginning this week, the IRS will start sending out noncompliance letters to more than 25,000 people who earn more than $1 million per year and 100,000 people with incomes between $400,000 and $1 million who failed to pay their taxes between 2017 and 2021."

So now they are going after the 1%. But the .1% are in the clear. Okeydokie.

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They were pretty good at noticing where I hadn't complied, a spell where I made very little, so little I thought I came in below the filing requirements. I'll be clawing my way out of that hole for another 3 years probably. The penalties and interest turned that error into real money.

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When I read this, it says they're going after everyone making at least $400,000 who failed to pay their taxes between 2017 and 2021. So how does it leave out the scofflaws in the .1%?

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25 to life. In other words, you'll die in prison. Good. Enjoy the rest of your life, you damn coward.

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As early as the summer of 2021 I was saying if Garland did not get off his ass and start investigating the leaders of the insurrection he was going to run out of time. To which several people said chill out, he's probably doing lots if things we don't know about. Something we also heard about Mueller and I fell for. But this time I noticed his refusal to cooperate with Congress, including stalling in filing criminal contempt charges for refusing to testify in Congress. But mainly because every time the congressional committee just mentioned Trump or his close associates voluntarily answering a few questions the GOP erupted in anger, saying it was a witch hunt, persecution, and illegal.

You know who they never whined about for over a year? Merrick Garland. Which was a clear sign he was not contacting leaders of the insurrection. Plus we had dozens of investigative journalists scouring court records, digging for rumors on the streets, and going to the few inside contacts they had for any signs of subpoenas or unexplained grand juries. But for a year and a half nothing was showing up. While we were getting a lot of evidence revealed by Congress the DOJ could have used in their own work. We now know there were no leaks for over a year because there was nothing the DOJ was doing that warranted leaking.

What is happening now should have been happening a year ago. The fault for that lies solely on Garland's shoulders. If Biden wins in November I hope Garland has the decency to resign, saying he has done what he set out to do. Let the public make of that what they want to. I know what I will make of it.

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My eldest baby just outgrew the last kids' shoe size. I'm not quite sure how I feel about this, lol. Fortunately, he seemed okay with the fact that there weren't any light up ones.

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I always wanted a French girl with a third hand growing out of her hip.

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I thought they were serving hand. You know. Finger food.

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Doesn't everyone?

Huh. Maybe it's just me. Or us.

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Being an old white American man has many disadvantages. Today I found out what it means to be out of touch with 'fashion'.

I was pretty "meh" for awhile there and was beginning to think I would never find anything for me. I almost quit looking when I finally hit on one that was definitely for me: the top that used seven to eight belts!

For old white American men this one will be a piece of cake; all we need is a trip to our closet and there we will find ALL THE OLD BELTS.

But do not despair if you only have five. Thrift stores ALWAYS have plenty more in great abundance and in all colors!

FASHION! FTW!

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"dropping with a bullet."

Thinking the shell drops, not the bullet, but..

Encouraging gnus about the IRS digging up millionaires and hopefully, billionaires

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Bullets drop, there are calculators and scope reticles with cross points accurate at varying ranges for 180 grain bullets (for example). They don't drop dramatically now..but they're falling.

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Liz Cheney, published by The New Republic. "Strange bedfellows" indeed.

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The Siena poll showed Democrats with 12 percent support of Dean Phillips and women tied at 46 percent. That alone make the poll a joke.

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Women should be tied, only voluntarily. (another joke). But yes, can't figure how anyone could conduct a legitimate poll. We're not running on three major networks anymore.

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The NYT can't even bother to try and more they are so in the bag for the GOP

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Leeegalz. 9 to 0. "We reverse" ... scrolling over it, it looks to me like they really wanted a unanimous decision, and therefore didn't put anything in that would make either side look good (or bad) methinks.

https://twitter.com/AnnaBower/status/1764667625009807825 ---

BREAKING: The Supreme Court of the United States declines to disqualify Donald Trump from the presidential primary ballot in Colorado, reversing decision of the Colorado Supreme Court.

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So like the Emoluments Clause, the Insurrection section of that amendment states it is illegal to seat anyone involved in an insurrection if they previously swore to support the constitution, but there is no way to enforce those provisions. There were several lawsuits filed on the emoluments provision but every court ruled the plaintiffs did not have standing.

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The sole purpose of the US "legal system" is to facilitate and enable rich, racist white men's crimes against America and humanity.

This ruling from the Supreme Klux Kourt is no surprise, however it's disgusting and despicable nonetheless.

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Where are the liberals? Apparently they are more concerned with comity than with what is right.

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Bets on how long Julia Fox can walk around in that getup before tripping.

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Happy Monday Morning, Y'all!!

Just a quick (not-at-all)Humble Brag on my daughter and her middle school archery team! This past weekend was the state archery tournament. Her score in the regional (qualifying) tournament about a month ago was her worst score in competition in the past 2 years. She was VERY upset with herself, but the rest of the team shot well, so they made it in. On Friday, she scored her BEST EVER in competition, with the entire team setting a new school record, and qualifying for the National Tournament!! Only the third team in school history to do so! We are SO PROUD of these kids and their amazing coaches!!

Brag over. Hope everyone has a good week, and let's get some more Biden delegates nailed down! Super Tuesday is almost upon us!! (I voted early 😊)

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WOW, that's an incredible comeback. High five, no, high ten, kiddo!!

And HI, BABS! Nice to see you 😸

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Thanks!! I been busy, not enough time for my Wonkette lately 😁

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Yeah, hopefully not with MEASLES cases!

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Thankfully, no! My area of medicine isn't affected by all the idiots getting sick with preventable diseases. Just normal mom life, 3 teenagers in the house, trying to get all the shit done that needs to be done every damn day 😜

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Hoooboy, 3 teens must be about equivalent to 3 toddlers, but maybe driving, less diapering, LOL. I'm glad to hear you're safer from the plagues.

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𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘰 was a Johnny Depp/Antonio Banderas waste of time movie made some 20 years ago.

The reason I bring it up is that Depp's character used a false arm to distract an opponent from realizing that he had a pistol in the real hand...

AI French Girl One, on the left, stealing whatever that is, has clearly seen the flick...

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For me, ‘Paris street style’ conjured up images of the Lucy episode where she wants a Jacques Marcel dress but Rickey refuses to pay that much so her and Ethel concoct their own homemade versions.

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Nice!

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