HULK SMASHED
thirst?
Good morning!
Have a good time
Smash!
Ain't no way I'm going to that link. I've got something to do in a few hours.
mccainstream media
OK, where's the liquor cabinet?
The Anasazi, like the Maya, didn't "disappear." Lifestyles changed, is all.
Moe Szyslak, cold
the only reason we know so much about them is they built on the worst peice of real estate in the United States.
the only reason we know so much about them is they built on the worst peice of real estate in the United States.
Falstaff
Well, it wasn't back then.
DoughBob LoadPants book slammed by FT
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/
9c96d6...00779fd2ac.html
Foser just notes that in obsessing over HRC's tax returns, they never mention that McCain has also not released his.
mccainstream media
jr
I'm going to steal that or change it to mclamestream media.
from below: I still think Dave Schuster shold have been fired for his "pimping" comment. Slimeball.
Molly, sounds as if I woke up to business as usual.
I love the smell of super poly-grip in the morning, smells like....(plop)
Dammit, there goef mah teef again!
The media is going to focus on the battle taking place right now. McCain is an afterthought.
OK, where's the liquor cabinet?
I'll give you whatever's left in mine. (Searches contents)
Heh. The last "travelling, no postings" i remember from Atrios had something like 5 new posts/hour fr a while. Fasten seat belts.....
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By sending "Kristen" to DC, Spitzer committed a Federal Crime by violating the Mann Act, It's raely prosecuted, but there it is.
plantsman
Is Spitzer's action what the legislation was designed to curb?
Is Kristen of age to be responsible for her own actions and not be under the control of Spitzer?
Is this a partisan persecution/prosecution?
U.S. Not Planning To Attack Iran, Says U.S. Iran War Czar
USS STENNIS, PERSIAN GULF—U.S. Iran War Czar Gen. Glenn Jacobs, the general director of the U.S. Center of the Invasion of Iran, announced Monday that neither the United States government nor the 30,000 troops aligned along Iran's border have any plans to invade the "dangerous and belligerent" Middle Eastern country. "We're simply taking every precautionary measure we can to maintain the peace between the two countries, such as making sure we have enough cruise missiles to carry out that peace, taking comprehensive aerial photographs of Iranian bombing targets, and calculating how many lives would be lost if we did invade Iran, which we're not going to do," Jacobs said while studying a video simulation of what a wide-scale assault on Iran would look like.
I'm always "mostly gone" but that doesn't prevent me from commenting here.
Gail Collins is shocked into noting how truly bad Chimpy's NYC speech was
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/1.../
15collins.html
From below...
I've said it before, our guys and gals need media training, and what's more, writers that know how to get a point across without "sounding whiny". How to use humor to good effect.
Spocko is available!
r
The MSM believes that "Gotcha' journalism" generates the largest audiences and the largest ad revenue.
Ergo: they will play up the Obama "guilt-by-association" thingy for all it's worth.
I'm sure CNN and MSNBC will have numerous clips of this on for at least a week.
McStains associations with Haggee and Parsley, not so much.
Yeah, sallyh. Oh, well.
I'm so sorry you won't be coming, partly because I found out another Atriot shares your not-all-that-common surname. Weird.
OK... not sure about all that white space...
http://tomwatson.typepad.com/tom_watson/
Top 3 posts are interesting, first being about the economy and the election, then a sharp joke from David Paterson, soon to be NY's new governor, and then some early reactions to the Spitzer fall.
It's like looking at thousands of small towns across the southern and western US that have been abandoned over the past few decades and concluding that Americans have "disappeared."
U.S. Not Planning To Attack Iran, Says U.S. Iran War Czar
Molly, I know. The things you learn on the Intertubes 
IIRC, the Mann Act was mostly intended to prosecute child prostitution and "white slavery", and to prevent taking women from an area with a high age of consent to one with a lower age (for marriage purposes, then).
Rarely used, then or now, for women considered adult, unless as you say, political. (And of course never used in re men, so far as i know).
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Me, I'm just resting up before another fun week on Wall Street. Whee!!!
But the news media -- McCain's "base" -- don't treat him the way they treat other (particularly Democratic) candidates. And so you probably haven't heard or read a word -- not a single word -- about John McCain's wealth during a news report about his tax policies. Indeed, you probably haven't heard or read a word about his wealth during any news report.
That's because he gives them free food and drink and lets them swing on his tire.
I'm a straight guy but...
Spocko is available!
...I'd switch.
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Oh, did he mention it to you? Are you related?
It's like looking at thousands of small towns across the southern and western US that have been abandoned over the past few decades and concluding that Americans have "disappeared."
THE RAPTURE!!! IT'S HERE!!!!!!
By sending "Kristen" to DC, Spitzer committed a Federal Crime by violating the Mann Act, It's raely prosecuted, but there it is.
plantsman
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I don't believe "sending" a grown woman anywhere, violates the Mann act. TAKING a woman out of the state for immoral purposes does. She wasn't forced, she was asked, and Spitzer wasn't anywhere near her.
That being said, he's still an idiot. And her whining through a lawyer that the media showed naughty pictures of her and gave out her name is just silly. She is not a private citizen, she is a commodity, selling herself for $4000.00 a pop to very rich and influential men. When the sh*t hits the fan, she has no expectation of privacy.
Weren't some supposed casting agents for Gone With the Wind prosecuted under the Mann Act?
you probably haven't heard or read a word -- not a single word -- about John McCain's wealth during a news report about his tax policies. Indeed, you probably haven't heard or read a word about his wealth during any news report.
But - but - he's a REGULAR GUY!
the media showed naughty pictures of her
I must have missed those.
U.S. Iran War Czar Gen. Glenn Jacobs, the general director of the U.S. Center of the Invasion of Iran, announced Monday that neither the United States government nor the 30,000 troops aligned along Iran's border have any plans to invade the "dangerous and belligerent" Middle Eastern country.
Damn. Official notice that we're invading within 6 weeks or so.
Damn.
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I must have missed those.
Moe Szyslak
You didn't miss much. She's attractive, but nothing to drop 80 G's on.
That being said, he's still an idiot. And her whining through a lawyer that the media showed naughty pictures of her and gave out her name is just silly. She is not a private citizen, she is a commodity, selling herself for $4000.00 a pop to very rich and influential men. When the sh*t hits the fan, she has no expectation of privacy.
foolme1ns | 03.15.08 - 9:47 am | #
I don't see why she has any less right to control her images than other celebrities. Why should CNN make money selling advertising around photos of her without sharing the wealth?
But the news media -- McCain's "base" -- don't treat him the way they treat other (particularly Democratic) candidates. And so you probably haven't heard or read a word -- not a single word -- about John McCain's wealth during a news report about his tax policies. Indeed, you probably haven't heard or read a word about his wealth during any news report.
That's because he gives them free food and drink and lets them swing on his tire.
Lime Rickey
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The news media are John McCain's "Kristen", only a whole lot cheaper. They will do anything for him for a hotdog.
Molly Ivors
Why not list the Eschaton posters (nyms only) that are signed up to come?
Who amongst us hasn't violated the Mann Act?
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er, Cynicus...
Anyone whose plane was shot down over North Vietnam 40 years ago is above reproach.
?????????
Good morning.
Anybody want to come over and do my laundry?
I don't see why she has any less right to control her images than other celebrities. Why should CNN make money selling advertising around photos of her without sharing the wealth?
rootless-e
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celebrities lost that battle years ago. They don't have any rights to control their images when they have broken the law. Look at Dawn Wells mug shot. Nope, when your running with the big dogs, and breaking the law, you lose that control.
er, Cynicus...
Yes?
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But - but - he's a REGULAR GUY!
That's the Metamucil.
Kristen's playing it smart. From the start. She strikes me as a very clever woman, sure of herself, thinking through her every move. I really can't fault her.
[that was the Onion...]
"Who amongst us hasn't violated the Mann Act?"
i keep it in state. gas is expensive.
Who amongst us hasn't violated the Mann Act?
It is true that Thers and I once had sex in Pennsylvania.
(hangs head in shame, looks around for federal agents)
I thought "Kristin" was at the $1000/hour level--and was she always the one he saw?
Anyone whose plane was shot down over North Vietnam 40 years ago is above reproach.
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Losing one plane in Vietnam may make you a hero, but John McCain lost THREE planes in Vietnam, he was captured after the last one was shot out from under him. It seems to me he was incredibly wreckless and foolish, and not much has changed.
That's the Metamucil.
I thought it was Serutan*.
*That's "Natures" spelled backwards...
America has been so egregiously misled by Goopers that it is a scandal of gargantuan proportions.
Of course, most Americans aren't aware of it because the MSM never tells them.
From Raygun, through the Gingrich "Contract on America" Congress, to Bushdaddy and Bushboy, the dogma has been promoting the mythical "free market," insisting on "deregulation" of government oversights and numerous Gooper winks and nods to corporate criminals.
The result? The taxpayer had to come up with nearly $1 trillion to bailout the S&Ls in the 1980s and we will be shelling out far more for the current credit crunch caused by the incredibly greedy and irresponsible behavior of the banks and brokerage firms and their abuse of loan procedures.
Goopers have wrecked America's finances on their altar of greed and tax cuts for the rich. It's long past time for Americans to wake up and realize the Goopers are the enemy of the people.
[that was the Onion...]
Oh. Well, considering that Onion parody becomes Bushco policy in about 2 weeks, i guess we have maybe 10 weeks to Iran D-Day.
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Kristen's a songwriter and musician, too. All that talent wrapped into one little package.
MSNBC just ran an ad for Dave Gregory's new show for this Monday. Guess that makes it official.
Bye, Tucker!
Molly, distantly. The geographic locations of his ancestors is different from that of ours, but I imagine movement took place at some point.
Have a moment of pity--"Kristen" lost her highly lucrative gig. She's got to do something.
Is it accurate that highly paid call girls keep 50%?
John McCain lost THREE planes in Vietnam, he was captured after the last one was shot out from under him. It seems to me he was incredibly wreckless and foolish, and not much has changed.
foolme1ns
Or as a celebrity once said "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
It is true that Thers and I once had sex in Pennsylvania.
Harlot! Pimp!
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via greenwald (who bears the shame of a pajamas media link)
http://pajamasmedia.com/2008/03/
...of_spitzers.php
All that talent wrapped into one little package.
She points out that my package is little, she doesn't get $4000. Hell, i get that pointed out for free.
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Molly, NTodd's going to accuse you of cheating.
Is it accurate that highly paid call girls keep 50%?
More if they don't have a pimp.
You have a "friend" in Pennsylvania.
Ahem.
From Raygun, through the Gingrich "Contract on America" Congress, to Bushdaddy and Bushboy, the dogma has been promoting the mythical "free market," insisting on "deregulation" of government oversights and numerous Gooper winks and nods to corporate criminals.
The result? The taxpayer had to come up with nearly $1 trillion to bailout the S&Ls in the 1980s and we will be shelling out far more for the current credit crunch caused by the incredibly greedy and irresponsible behavior of the banks and brokerage firms and their abuse of loan procedures.
Goopers have wrecked America's finances on their altar of greed and tax cuts for the rich. It's long past time for Americans to wake up and realize the Goopers are the enemy of the people.
Rudy
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And some democrats (not nameing names, but the president between the bushes (sorry about the pun)) also contributed to the current situation with NAFTA. Not to mention wanting to be the Bush's adopted son.
Rudy, when I'm foodshopping, I hear a ton of grumbling about the Bush Economy. I also see more and more people having to remove items from their orders, having inadequate funds to cover what they intended to purchase.
If the JD is going after Spitzer for paying her, will the IRS go after Kristen for unreported income?
Johnny Maverick's new economics adviser: the former president of eBay.
'Nuff said...
Molly, NTodd's going to accuse you of cheating.
He's just my pretend internet husband. I don't think that's legally binding.
Yeah, but what about Roswell?!
There was no doubt about it
It was the myth of UFOs
That's what that old Air Force base was for...
J Paul Getty used to make these there, out of flying saucer scrap...
So what would happen if one of them high cost classy ho's told their regular, look just call me directly and I'll give you a 25% dickscount? Would they sue her for breach of contract? Would the Emporer's club have her disfigured or off'd to set an example to the other girls? I thought they were a real classy outfit.
dave, don't forget about the Geritol!
Molly, never stopped him before
Good morning!
Check out these conservative T-shirts that Glenn Reynolds and Michelle Malkin are hawking ...
Is it accurate that highly paid call girls keep 50%?
It seems high, but she wouldn't have the high-priced connections without the managers. She could turn tricks on the street and keep 100 percent, but she'd only be making a couple of hundred bucks a shot, if that.
If the JD is going after Spitzer for paying her, will the IRS go after Kristen for unreported income?
Rudy
In a heartbeat.
having inadequate funds to cover what they intended to purchase.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
The shocking fact is that America and the American people have become much poorer in the past 7 years.
Prices have risen and wages have been stagnant and many jobs have disappeared.
Only the rich are better off, thanks to the criminals in the WH.
Does 40 million make a person superrich?
-Atrios 09:30
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where is that fl. guy? He could use this all day.
The geographic locations of his ancestors is different from that of ours, but I imagine movement took place at some point.
Sallyh
That would dependonn the type of name. Mine's a byname, so the original bearers may not have been related.
"If the JD is going after Spitzer for paying her, will the IRS go after Kristen for unreported income?"
i would think..
In a heartbeat.
Elmer
*If* she didn't report it.
Cougarhutch, I don't know, but if you've got it lying around, we could use a little
If the JD is going after Spitzer for paying her, will the IRS go after Kristen for unreported income?
Did she fail to report? Occupation: "consultant", income $XXXXXX, etc...........
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Kristen can still declare her income. Even if she's a year or two late, the IRS won't come after her.
So what would happen if one of them high cost classy ho's told their regular, look just call me directly and I'll give you a 25% dickscount? Would they sue her for breach of contract? Would the Emporer's club have her disfigured or off'd to set an example to the other girls?
Since prostitution is technically illegal, there's a whole series of things the "pimp" could do to both the worker and her client in that situation. Disfigurement and death are way down on that list (though not necessarily unthinkable)...
Yeah, but what about Roswell?!
There was no doubt about it
It was the myth of UFOs
That's what that old Air Force base was for...
J Paul Getty used to make these there, out of flying saucer scrap...
Elmer, PHD (horrible)
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Interesting, that reminds me that Thursday was the anniversary of the Phoenix Lights. I think it was in 1997 that strange lights showed up in the sky over Phoenix Arizona, Nevada and Sonora Mexico, and were seen by thousands of people on the ground and millions of people on television. The pentagon claimed it was gaseous grenades or something like that, but the Governor of Arizona said that wasn't what he saw.
hmmmmmmm
My grandfather's name was changed from the Prot spelling to the Catholic spelling when he was put in an orphanage by his dad. Dad then disappeared. So if I ever find anyone with the original spelling, I'm almost certainly related. My name is common, but the alternate spelling is relatively unusual.
For all we know, the Emporer Club took out taxes, and provided health care or whatever. In fact, I bet they did.
I haven't done my taxes yet and as I expect to be paying in a small amount I'll probably put it off until the last minute as I usually do. So I won't be releasing my tax records just yet.
...don't forget about the Geritol!
Do they still make that? My wife and I were wondering, since she's been feeling "run down" recently...
How could she report it?
When my then fiance and I were discussing our upcoming nuptuals she said she wanted to keep her family name. I asked her why and she took out the Chicago phone book and showed me ~ 10 pages with my last name and there were none of her's. End of that discussion.
Hell, I thought 40 million was the minimum recommended for heading into retirement these days.
And McCain's over 65, I believe...
Rudy, last week, Monsieur was pumping gas, and he was next to a guy doing the same in his monster truck. Guy looked like classic CA redneck, naked ladies on the mudflaps, gun rack on the truck, etc.
He says to Monsieur, "I don't care if Obama wants to paint the white house black, I'm done with these fuckers in there making a mess. Time for someone to come in and clean the damn place up."
How could she report it?
Occupation: independent contractor.
If the JD is going after Spitzer for paying her, will the IRS go after Kristen for unreported income?
Did she fail to report? Occupation: "consultant", income $XXXXXX, etc...........
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I think she would have to have reciepts. I would love to know what she was claiming to "consult" on.
hmmmmmmm
foolme1ns
Yeah, 'cuz govenors are so smart. Just look at Huckabee.
I once saw lights in the sky.
PROOF!!!
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Occupation: independent contractor.
dave™©
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Certainly not "no bid".
How could she report it?
Molly Ivors
"Caterer"
How could she report it?
Molly Ivors
Thinking it through, the Emporer CLub probably paid her a paycheck, with deductions, as an escort.
Even if they didn't, she can declare income. She doesn't have to explain what she did for the money, just that she made it. But, heck, at this point she could declare that she was a prostitute. It's not like it's not known.
Isn't McStain tied in with the beer fortune of Budweiser?
I thought I read that a lot of his net worth is tied up in that.
dave™© | Homepage | 03.15.08 - 9:58 am ~~~
Given the debt and deficits, probably.
But I was wondering the same thing.
"I don't care if Obama wants to paint the white house black, I'm done with these fuckers in there making a mess. Time for someone to come in and clean the damn place up."
That should be enough to encourage Rush to go sit on a toilet for a couple years.
*If* she didn't report it.
JR, kerosene and a match
Good point. And, if it's that high-class an outfit, she's probably on the books as "administrative assistant".
Yeah, 'cuz govenors are so smart. Just look at Huckabee.
JR, kerosene and a match
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I don't care what the governor said so much, but when you have something like that seen by millions of people, you think you might have heard a little more about it. But the media just went along with the "official" story and that was the end of it.
Yeah, 'cuz govenors are so smart. Just look at Huckabee.
And Ahnuld.
Isn't Huggybear rich because of his third (present) wife?
I think she would have to have reciepts. I would love to know what she was claiming to "consult" on.
foolme1ns
The angle of the dangle?
Isn't McStain tied in with the beer fortune of Budweiser?
I thought I read that a lot of his net worth is tied up in that.
Rudy
I believe that's what Cindy Lou brought to the table.
OH, say it isn't so...our MSM playing "favorites"...toying with "the truth"...so hard to believe because they are so honorably in pursuit of the facts and information needed to help the people make good choices...why, you've just spoiled my day...shame on you!
I think she would have to have reciepts. I would love to know what she was claiming to "consult" on.
Secret of 'consulting' is there's nothing to show for advice given. Why not investment advice? No receipts necessary, and as we see with the Carlyle Group, no actual fiscal insight necessary.
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Good point. And, if it's that high-class an outfit, she's probably on the books as "assministrative assistant".
Elmer, PHD (horrible)
FYT
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
I sure hope the scales are falling from most of American's eyes about the insidiousness of the Goopers.
I hope your redneck gas-pumper is the tip of the iceberg that sinks the Gooper's titanic party.
Elmer, how are the felinous family members?
$40M?
Quite comfortable, maybe.
Up here, where it's legal, any decent "service" provides real bookeeping, booking, advertising, transportation, bouncers, etc.
Rudy, I think it's gonna be a long, hot summer.
Gas already hitting $4/gal in SoCal.
Rudy, when I'm foodshopping, I hear a ton of grumbling about the Bush Economy. I also see more and more people having to remove items from their orders, having inadequate funds to cover what they intended to purchase.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Sally, I am just about ready to give up commenting. I keep saying shit but no one is even paying attention. I am not rich and never will be now. We live pretty much pay check to pay check because we live in a nice house in a good area. We made this decision because we wanted our kids to go to the best schools and stuff. We could have lived somewhere cheaper. And then we are paying for both boys college with whatever money we can scrounge. So. . .
This economy is killing people like me and I am better off than MOST people in this town. Every time the gas prices rise, people get hurt. Every time something costs more at the grocery store, people get hurt. The government, the blogosphere, and the news seems to be completely unaware of HOW MUCH this is hurting people.
Its effect cannot be OVERSTATED. Gasoline went up fifty cents a gallon here this week. People NEED to drive to work. There is no choice. They cannot junk their cars and buy more efficient ones. They cannot use mass transit, there isn't any. They either drive to work or they don't have a job. They have to drive to the store. They have to go to school.
They have to eat. There is no choice. They will drive. They will eat. They will heat their houses. What they will not do is go to JC Penney and buy a new blouse or coat or some shoes. They will not got to Olive Garden and be treated as family. They will not get their cars washed. . . and so on.
Without this ancillary spending our economy is going down ---->
I gotta run. See you fine folks later.
Up here, where it's legal, any decent "service" provides real bookeeping, booking, advertising, transportation, bouncers, etc.
Just like "Night Shift"!
Isn't McStain tied in with the beer fortune of Budweiser?
Hard to see how you could go wrong investing in booze. Times are good, Scotch sells, times are bad, beer goes up.
Course, more folks did like Sallyh & me, Ed McMahon'd have to find a new job.
If he's still around......
Maybe the Emperor's Club had an Iraq contract. Then it wouldn't matter what they did with their money.
but when you have something like that seen by millions of people, you think you might have heard a little more about it.
You did, far too fucking much about it. The UFO thing is like a cult, no matter if there is a really good non-woo expliation, it will still be promoted as "mysterious". And the teebee panders to that crap.
Wish I had said that.
In the lead up to the March 4th primaries, the tone of both campaigns shifted and the civility that I had appreciated disappeared. The long term goal of beating the Republican nominee took a back seat to the short term goal of proving one's viability by tearing down the other Democratic candidate. We lost sight of the general election, we lost sight of the true opponent and if we continue to be shortsighted, I fear we will lose in November.
The heated rhetoric between both campaigns has continued to intensify as we head into the Pennsylvania primary. While you trade barbs, McCain is uniting the Republican Party around his thinly disguised right wing agenda. In the next six weeks, McCain can sit back, amass his war chest, concentrate his base and delight as you deconstruct each other.
I have but Pete DeFazio has said it much better.
I hope your redneck gas-pumper is the tip of the iceberg that sinks the Gooper's titanic party.
Rudy
Sadly my conversations over this topic always has them blaming the cost of a barrel of oil and not realizing/acknowledging that Exxon is making gazillions of dollars profit despite the cost of a barrel of oil.
I hope your redneck gas-pumper is the tip of the iceberg that sinks the Gooper's titanic party.
sad to think that it's all about gas prices, isn't it?
Remember back in '04 (and even '06) talk about how the prices would magically drop in late October?
this year it'll take quite a drop to make a dent...
Just like "Night Shift"!
Molly Ivors
Live Tuna Fish will NOT eat mayonnaise.
Don't ask me how I know this.
There's never yet been a war without prostitution. Someone's servicing those guys.
Just like "Night Shift"!
Molly Ivors
Heh. A friend of mine workjed as a "driver" for one of those services. He and the car waited outside, the lady had a beeper.
Another woman of my acquaintance ran a small service. She did at lest 8 hours a day on bookkeeping, etc. It's not the same thing as "pimping" at all.
Beowulf, by summer, I'm thinking that the economy is going to be the first thing on everyone's minds. People are getting crushed. My husband and I have good jobs, and we're still feeling the pinch.
We're angry because we were good kids who followed the rules. We went to college, got degrees, worked hard. We were assured that while we might never be rich--and we won't--that if we played by the rules, we'd be okay.
And then, the rules were abandoned.
Not certain about the exact economics of it, but I believe most strip clubs treat their dancers as "independent contractors," so they're probably issuing a 1099 instead of a W2, which also means they don't necessarily withhold taxes. Strip club dancers usually work for "tips" and, unfortunately nowadays, in most cases they pay some sort of "stage fee" for the privilege of working. The "tips" minus the "stage fee" would be the "reported" income.
"I don't care if Obama wants to paint the white house black, I'm done with these fuckers in there making a mess. Time for someone to come in and clean the damn place up."
Typical CA redneck, All blacks are janitors...
Every time something costs more at the grocery store, people get hurt. The government, the blogosphere, and the news seems to be completely unaware of HOW MUCH this is hurting people.
Its effect cannot be OVERSTATED. Gasoline went up fifty cents a gallon here this week. People NEED to drive to work. .
Faux News ticker: "Price of gas goes up $1.75 per gallon since Dems sieze control of Congress."
jac! How are you, sexy one?
jac! How are you, sexy one?
Sallyh
All is well here!
Obama needs to mention the fact that McCain hasn't released his tax return. Every day until the MCM pays attention.
I can't release my tax return right now because I haven't done my taxes yet...
Elmer, he had an Obama sticker on his truck.
The point is that people are fed up. 75% of the nation realizes it's being screwed without lube.
The other 25% are just batshit.
not realizing/acknowledging that Exxon is making gazillions of dollars profit despite the cost of a barrel of oil.,/i>
which comes from buying the Exxon story that "We're helpless before OPEC", when the fact is, much of that Exxon profit is the increase of the value of the oil bbls. IN THE OIL FIELDS EXXON OWNS.
OPEC cartelsto keep crude artificially scarce, and thus artificially expensive, but it's with the full cooperation of the big oil companies, who also profit thereby. the companies then cartel to reduce refinery capacity, creating artificial scarcity of refined petroleum products, further jacking prices.
Whenever you see/hear an oil shill saying the words "free market", shoot him. Petroleum is THE most artificial and unfree market in this world.
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Tralfaz, spring break's next week. I've got to do mine.
"We're all adults here - we can talk about this openly... PROSTITUTION!
But what does that mean really? Sometimes it helps to understand a word if you break it down, so let's do that now shall we?
Pros... it doesn't mean anything, you can forget about that...
Tit, I think we all know what that means,
Tu, two tit and TION of course, from the Latin to shun... to say uh-uh no thank you anyway I don't want it, to push away... it doesn't even belong in this word really. "