jcoletax.bsky.social
In no particular order- father, former chemist, farmer’s market denizen, lawyer, and temporarily embarrassed unpublished author.
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The question is not about Musk’s competence, but his true aims. Musk aim is not a good faith effort to improve the government. Musk’s aim is to plunder and loot the American people. In this regard, Musk has competence.
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With all due respect, W at the very least appeared to have a scintilla of conscience and shame. Trump is a stone cold sociopath so this song, which is an appeal to a President’s supposed sense of decency, rings hollow right now.
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As an American I wish we could send Ukraine more than thoughts and prayers. I wish we did a better job sending you missiles and tanks. Slava Ukraine! May Putin and all his vile henchman (wherever on Eath they are) leave this planet soon!
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The IRS is mostly made up of good people that are trying to do the right thing. Their job will always involve making difficult decisions. They have a difficult tightrope to walk balancing mercy with protecting the public fisc.
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I heard some appeals officers were fired. IRS appeals is a wonderful program and most state agencies do not have an analog. Pretty much every decision at the IRS can be appealed so no agent has all the power. Cutting this is disastrous.
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The Israeli government treated Sinwar’s brain cancer-the same man that orchestrated the October 7 attacks against Israel-because providing medical care to a terrorist prisoner is still the right thing to do. Our government cannot look after its own vets. Shameful.
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I am not 100% on board with DEI measures, but I am a “mend it don’t end it” guy. The MAGA approach is too extreme and is outright racism and destruction. MAGA anti-DEI is about promoting kakistocracy, chaos, and helping the Kremlin rather than meritocracy.
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Bulgogi and other table bbq is the gateway drug to Korean cuisine. Bonchon is the free base. Cannot confirm nor deny rumors I did some sketchy things for yellow pickled radishes and that cucumber salad with the peppers on it.
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He spends a lot of time here carrying on business activities and enjoying the protection of law enforcement we Californians pay for. I hope he pays income taxes to the state of California.
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Sorry to hear that. I am a tax attorney. While I sometimes disagree with IRS agents, I can say that the IRS is mostly made up of people trying to do the right thing. They have a tough job and have to make difficult decisions.
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We aren’t replacing DEI with meritocracy. If General Brown is fired for supposedly being unqualified, then an alcoholic rapist with less than a decade of military experience has no damn business having a mop job in the military, let alone being Secretary of Defense.
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We are all living in Dresden. While many of us did not FA, all of us are getting the FO!
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I am a tax lawyer and deal with the IRS all day every day. The IRS is pretty ineffective compared to state agencies. No disrespect to the agents I work with. Its computers are old enough to rent cars and it is understaffed. The IRS needs more agents and better, upgraded technology.
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I practice tax law and put a couple tax questions into Chat GBT. Chat GBT got it wrong, so my job is safe for now. I noticed that the output was better when I guided it with real specific questions which may suggest AI I could be helpful in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing.
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Didn’t Trump fight tooth and nail against the release of *HIS* tax returns? If Congress can’t have Trump’s return, DOGE shouldn’t have yours and mine.
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Anybody who is determined/crazy/hellbent on killing Musk is not going to give a damn about hurting the kid. The kid is an answer to the trolley problem if we are going to be honest.
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I understand the schadenfreude, but at the same time it’s not good when millions of our countrymen are choking on a heaping plate of FAFO. We are all in this together and hopefully we all relearn fascism and radicalism are evils that harm us all.
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I do not work in a job that requires security clearances. I’ve been able to contact old coworkers. You’d think this agency that is literally handling nuclear secrets would know all sorts of stuff about their workers- not just their phone numbers and email addresses.
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This is true for wage earners, but not business owners (using the term broadly ti cover anybody who files schedule c). If you own a coffee shop, the IRS has no idea what you spent on beans, rent, etc. If you do a side gig,the IRS does not know mileage and other costs.
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Remember when Hunter Biden’s plea deal was not approved by the court? I practice tax law and have seen hundreds of clients do what Hunter did that were nowhere near a jail cell. Make SDNY carry out the prosecution. Maybe have someone at SDNY indict Musk while we are at it.
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I guess soccer moms on Facebook doing their own research are better than all these Ph.Ds. We can outlaw things with “chemicals” somebody who barely passes high school chemistry finds scary, at the same time ignoring bird flu, TB, and climate change.
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Love hate relationship with Europe. They hate Europe’s “socialist ways” while at the same time putting Europe on a pedestal so they can denigrate non-Europeans like Africans or Latin Americans.
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Only two people in this picture are not wearing diapers. (Hint-it’s the least intelligent and most helpless one).
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Wonder how much Jack and coke was in his system when he took these workout photos.
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I don’t like cheese.
No, I am not a devil worshipping weirdo. I stopped going to satanist meetings two weeks ago. Yes, I don’t like pizza.
Here to answer your questions.
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It depends on the scope of the ban. There is a well arrest and beat up anybody who we think might have looked at the book type of ban which is bad. There is the politician in tiny town bans book from school library type ban which is free publicity and does little to stop readers.
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He’s a famous sailor. I think he’s on all the captain Morgan rum bottles.
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No doubt Lamar is great, but SB halftime is about appealing to a broad audience including 50+ crowd. Dre did that in a way Lamar didn’t. There are pop acts with 1/20th his talent that might hit that 50+ crowd better. Not knocking Lamar as much as saying Dre did at least one thing better.
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Is Lamar great? Absolutely. He is one of the best. But SB halftime is for a wide audience that includes 50+ fossils that might not get him. There are pop acts with 1/20th his talent that are a better fit for SB halftime. There are some amazing country acts that should never do SB halftime.
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NOOO-
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Pol Pot, Hitler, and Stalin are at the pearly gates. It’s almost their turn and Pol Pot is laughing. Hitler says, “you idiot! We’re going to hell in a minute!” Pol Pot says, they only send down 3 people a day and a bus load of Seniors who send 85 jpegs to their CPA just stepped up to the window.
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Paul McCartney is a fossil right now, but he is arguably a better SB halftime pick because he has widespread pop appeal. If you are going to give SB halftime ti the best musician (without regards to popularity), then Clowncore headlines.
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Lamar may very well be one of the top musicians today, but that doesn’t necessarily make him the best SB halftime pick. People under 30 may have loved him, but the 40+ crowd didn’t recognize him. Snoop and Dre were amazing in part because everybody has known their material for decades. 1/x…
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It’s more like if guy1234 is a good prospect, how do you go about contacting him in a professional way? You shouldn’t contact him through the dating ap. You’ll want his work phone/email. Not impossible to track down, but difficult to do with 100s prospects.
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They should pass a law stating any decision to deny medical coverage must be signed by a doctor who owes a duty of care to the patient. Any doctor or any insurance worker that unreasonably denied coverage should not only be subject to malpractice claims, but murder charges as well.
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The aps themselves are collecting and selling data on people. Putting whatever solicitation rules you have to follow, it seems like a lot of work. You need to find out how to contact guy123422 offline then repeat the process with the hundreds of potential clients in your area.
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The Bible condemns eating pork. Not quite sure of reports of drag queens teaching kindergartners how to perform sex changes on themselves, but I am 100% certain pork is served at school cafeterias all the time. If we are concerned about “living biblically,” we would take all pork out of schools.
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Maybe silencing chat is a good idea. It’s not necessarily about silencing anti-Trump voices. You wouldn’t want a bunch of MAGA people rambling about DEI and trans people during a course on conservation easements.
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Pluto is not paying tariffs. We need to invade that too! Maybe Donald Trump will need to go on the rocket to personally supervise and direct the invasion of those filthy and horrible Plutonian!
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You don’t get to pick and choose with fascism. It picks and chooses you.
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If I ever write a novel, I will make a point of having a female character with no mention of her boob size. I’ll be playful about it. Describe her as wearing a baggy shirt because she is self conscious or describe her ordering a new bra and typing in size, but mentioning zero about size.
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I have negligible Italian ancestry. I break pasta because I cook it in a small pot usually just for myself. Cannot fit whole strands in a small pot.
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To extend the metaphor, David could not beat Goliath in hand to hand combat so he engaged in unconventional warfare (slingshot) and killed the giant. Mexico, Canada, etc. can harm us with guerilla tactics like taking out key infrastructure like refineries or even hacks of key networks.
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If you want to bet on the economy collapsing, you can short a bunch of stocks.