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Quick question re FBI

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    caliking said:
    All these doofuses worried about the IRS coming to audit them, and there's that guy telling folks to stop paying their taxes.

    Hmmm... What happens when you don't pay your taxes??
    My 92 year old dad did pay his taxes. His income level is lower middle. He spent 11 months last year exchanging letters with an IRS contract bounty hunter. She started off wanting $800 or so but by the time he got through explaining tax law on his sole rental house to her he ended up owing nothing. It still took nearly a year and several days worth of his time pouring through tax records and receipts to get to that point. 


     Not saying that the IRS is the most efficient govt entity, but things have been particularly bad in the past 2 years. They are apparently understaffed, with a major backlog of returns to process, and other pending business. We've had extreme delays with regards to Pops' return, without any resolution in sight.

    In their defense, Pops lived abroad for about 30yrs, and the IRS was always professional, reasonable, and fairly prompt. It may not be a huge stretch to think that they could improve with more resources and manpower.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,577
    this thing reads like the beginnings of a very bad B rated movie.......i love B rated movies


    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,896
    I think we can just call what we're seeing now Trump's Nero Decree.
    Stillwater, MN
  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    Do I have to use AOL dial up to get their news?
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,675
    this thing reads like the beginnings of a very bad B rated movie.......i love B rated movies



    Is this unexpected?
    canuckland
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,577
    this thing reads like the beginnings of a very bad B rated movie.......i love B rated movies



    Is this unexpected?

    i dont know, tune in tomorrow.....same bat time, same bat channel


    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,577
    Legume said:
    Do I have to use AOL dial up to get their news?

    i go out of my way thru firefox to get my B rated news
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    this thing reads like the beginnings of a very bad B rated movie.......i love B rated movies



    Is this unexpected?
    I can't say that the few incidents like this are unexpected. What I am having a bit of difficulty with is that I'm not sure if this is:
    a) just a few isolated events
    b) a harbinger of many more (and more serious) events to come
    c) is the media overplaying or underplaying the events/concerns
    d) restock my old Y2K larder/shelter and brush the dust off my other prepper gear
    e) should I hasten my New Zealand visa process
    f) all of the above
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,577
    HeavyG said:
    this thing reads like the beginnings of a very bad B rated movie.......i love B rated movies



    Is this unexpected?
    I can't say that the few incidents like this are unexpected. What I am having a bit of difficulty with is that I'm not sure if this is:
    a) just a few isolated events
    b) a harbinger of many more (and more serious) events to come
    c) is the media overplaying or underplaying the events/concerns
    d) restock my old Y2K larder/shelter and brush the dust off my other prepper gear
    e) should I hasten my New Zealand visa process
    f) all of the above

    just wait for the movie....i hear jim carrey and jeff daniels are playing the lead spots for the secret service
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,675
    edited August 2022
    HeavyG said:
    this thing reads like the beginnings of a very bad B rated movie.......i love B rated movies



    Is this unexpected?
    I can't say that the few incidents like this are unexpected. What I am having a bit of difficulty with is that I'm not sure if this is:
    a) just a few isolated events
    b) a harbinger of many more (and more serious) events to come
    c) is the media overplaying or underplaying the events/concerns
    d) restock my old Y2K larder/shelter and brush the dust off my other prepper gear
    e) should I hasten my New Zealand visa process
    f) all of the above
    I take offense at e), you pick NZ over GWN  :o
    canuckland
  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    HeavyG said:
    this thing reads like the beginnings of a very bad B rated movie.......i love B rated movies



    Is this unexpected?
    I can't say that the few incidents like this are unexpected. What I am having a bit of difficulty with is that I'm not sure if this is:
    a) just a few isolated events
    b) a harbinger of many more (and more serious) events to come
    c) is the media overplaying or underplaying the events/concerns
    d) restock my old Y2K larder/shelter and brush the dust off my other prepper gear
    e) should I hasten my New Zealand visa process
    f) all of the above
    I take offense at e), you pick NZ over GWN  :o
    One word... Ottawa!  =) *ducks*

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,577
    Nz is friendly. Gwn just says they are a much more friendly place
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,353
    NZ is also damn near impossible to emigrate to.  

    “I'll have what she's having."  

        -Rob Reiner's mother!   

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,675
    Botch said:
    NZ is also damn near impossible to emigrate to.  
    Also harder to get smuggled guns 😉
    canuckland


  • Facts do tend to have a well-known liberal bias…
  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,704
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 1,998
    Bit of an echo chamber with that password. Guessing they will need to change it now. 999888777666 might be a bit easier to remember.  =)
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,704
    SamIAm2 said:
    Bit of an echo chamber with that password. Guessing they will need to change it now. 999888777666 might be a bit easier to remember.  =)
    I would suggest they go with something that's actually helpful to family members and guests, such as "PleaseStopCriming!"
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    No way that’s the combo on the lock in the basement “file room”
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,734
    edited August 2022
    Botch-cutting to the last paragraph, The level of Kool-Aid dispensed and consumed alarms me although I did not watch your show.  When you are handling that security level of documents you are either focused or should not have been given the clearance  independent of who's Richard is the flavour (nod) of the day. 
    I have had the challenge of investigating the perceived loss of TS/SCI material which ended up being a failure of transfer of accountability for the TS/SCI within the USN. Yes, the sphincters were tight.   Turns out it was failure of receipt documentation that went unnoticed (that was beyond my scope of investigation) until the required update to the documentation before follow-on delivery to an operational command was planned. I did not recommend any of the parties go to Leavenworth to make little rocks out of big rocks.  But all got what I always called a CTM- career termination maneuver, in this case censured.  FWIW-
    Edit: it was a Judge Advocate General (JAG) investigation; thus "Findings of Fact", "Opinions" and "Recommendations" defined the landscape.  Not my first JAG investigation rodeo, and I'm a sailor not a lawyer...

    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,704
    @Botch - to your last paragraph about Crenshaw’s comments, the obvious pushback he should have received was that the warrant also cited obstruction of justice.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,704
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,704
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Hillary had 5 documents which caused the "Lock Her UP" crowd to foam at the mouth but when it comes to Trumpy the same crowd says...<crickets>...
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk