From Rubin on Tax, the IRS' "top ten": Collection due process hearings; Summons enforcement; Trade or business expenses; Gross income; Accuracy-related penalties; Frivolous issue penalties; Actions to enforce federal tax liens or to subject property to payment of tax; Failure to file penalty and estimated tax penalty; Family status issues; and Relief from joint and …
When Nations are Riskier Than Corporations
I never thought I'd live to see the day, but here it is, from David "Spengler" Goldman: “For the first time, the market has started to price in a bigger probability of default among industrialised countries than among investment grade companies. More specifically, it now costs more to insure the combined risk of default of …
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Prosecutorial Abuse: Martha Coakley and the Amirault Case
I never thought I'd link to the Daily Kos, but here it goes: If you don't remember the Amirault case, you're probably sleeping better at night. Â The pre-school child-abuse witch hunts of the 80's remain an indelible blot on any history of justice and reason in this country. Â The Amiraults were at the center of …
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Life Lesson for Barack Obama: The Only People Who Blame Everything in Life on Others are Failures
He's still blaming Bush: He says "the buck stops with me," but nearly a year into office, President Barack Obama is still blaming a lot of the nation's troubles — the economy, terrorism, health care — on George W. Bush. Over and over, Obama keeps reminding Americans of the mess he inherited and all he's …
Some Interesting (and Disturbing) Statistics about Vietnam Veterans
From this Weekly Update of the Church of God Chaplains Commission: Army Chaplain (COL) Charles Howell, Command Chaplain at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, works with a lot of old Vietnam vets. He recently sent us these interesting facts about the Vietnam War: Of the almost three-million Americans who served in Vietnam, today, …
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The Greatest Game of All: Central Asian Oil and Gas
Lost in the angst over the war in Afghanistan, underwear bombers and fanatical jihadis is the whole competition for oil and gas access in Central Asia. The Russians and the Chinese, not natural allies by any means, have struck up a cooperation for the production and delivery of oil and gas from Central Asia to …
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Brit Hume's Interview with CBN's Lee Webb on Why Tiger Woods Should Turn to Christianity
Hume's remarks take on a new perspective in view of his own testimony. http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnnewsplayer/cbnplayer.swf?aid=12979 Lee, like myself, is from "where the animals are tame and the people run wild."
Health Care Reform and the Christmas Candy
One of my many activities over the years has been working for the Laity Ministries Department of the Church of God. For the last thirteen years (the last four of which as Ministries Coordinator, an Administrative Ministries Council level position) it's been a rare opportunity for a layman--and one not raised either in the Church …
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Jim Wallis Stands in Front of His Biggest Problem
"Evangelical" (sort of) Jim Wallis stands in front of his biggest problem and doesn't know it: One cold morning the week before Christmas, I found myself huddled with a group of homeowners and religious leaders on Pennsylvania Avenue, in the shadow of the White House and the Treasury building. The homeowners, who had all worked …
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Virginia Drills for Oil
Buried in the Wall Street Journal's article on Virginia Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell is the following: Mr. McDonnell also scored politically with his proposal to allow oil drilling in the state's coastal waters. His proposal builds on a policy set in motion a year ago when a federal ban on drilling off the Atlantic Coast was …
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