Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Jake Tapper has blocked me on Twitter, and I have no idea why.

Really? Intriguing. I assume you tried to figure out what you were posting just prior to being blocked? Any leads as to what the offending tweet might have been? Did you interact with him by replying to or commenting on one of his tweets or however one interacts on Twitter? Of course, it is possible that, after interview upon interview with frothing ideologues and drooling morons in order to fill 24 hours every day with something that someone might want to watch and that might somehow arguably be related to "news," he decided to block everyone. Hell is other people indeed.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

The compromise tax bill is somewhat better for me. Mortgage deduction reduced to $750,000 instead of $500,000. SALT, including property taxes, deduction capped at $10,000.

Can we deduct up to $10k in state income taxes AND up to $10k in property taxes? Or is $10k the cap for both total?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Can we deduct up to $10k in state income taxes AND up to $10k in property taxes? Or is $10k the cap for both total?

Both total.

Idiocy. Sheer idiocy.

Prepay your property taxes if you can. Maximize deduction this year.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Jake Tapper has blocked me on Twitter, and I have no idea why.

Eric Erickson has blocked me on twitter, but it's because he is a little snowflake who can't handle someone owning him in public when he's a dumbass.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

I repeat - how do strip clubs operate?

I've got no idea. Shut 'em the hell down.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Both total.

Idiocy. Sheer idiocy.

Prepay your property taxes if you can. Maximize deduction this year.

It's also possible to prepay (up to 3rd quarter 2018) NYS tax. Accountants are discussing whether it may be viable to do this and deduct in 2017. Something to consider.

[Icky Thump]

to refer to your coworkers as "Hey retard" in emails?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick

It's also possible to prepay (up to 3rd quarter 2018) NYS tax. Accountants are discussing whether it may be viable to do this and deduct in 2017. Something to consider.

This stuff also trips AMT, so there's that consideration.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I've got no idea. Shut 'em the hell down.

I don't like strip clubs. Seedy, creepy shit. Waste of money as well.

However, let's not slide into Puritanism here. I may not patronize strip clubs except when severely arm-twisted at bachelor parties or similar events, but I will fight to the death for someone else's right to do so. (I can't recall whose famous quote about free speech I'm bastardizing there.)

It's bad enough the right is in bed with so Puritans. If the Left goes there, We Are Doomed.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Really? Intriguing. I assume you tried to figure out what you were posting just prior to being blocked? Any leads as to what the offending tweet might have been? Did you interact with him by replying to or commenting on one of his tweets or however one interacts on Twitter? Of course, it is possible that, after interview upon interview with frothing ideologues and drooling morons in order to fill 24 hours every day with something that someone might want to watch and that might somehow arguably be related to "news," he decided to block everyone. Hell is other people indeed.

I don't tweet very much, my tweets run to the earnest and innocuous, and I don't believe I ever had any interaction with him, so I suspect some mistake or mishap on his end.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

to refer to your coworkers as "Hey retard" in emails?

I used to hate fucktard and asshat, but I've come around to those as well.

It's a classic. Long may it run.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

to refer to your coworkers as "Hey retard" in emails?

Our HR suggests "slow adult" as an alternative.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I don't like strip clubs. Seedy, creepy shit. Waste of money as well.

However, let's not slide into Puritanism here. I may not patronize strip clubs except when severely arm-twisted at bachelor parties or similar events, but I will fight to the death for someone else's right to do so. (I can't recall whose famous quote about free speech I'm bastardizing there.)

It's bad enough the right is in bed with so Puritans. If the Left goes there, We Are Doomed.

Strip clubs are like Churches. They should be allowed to do what they do as long as they comply with the same rules that everyone else does.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Republicans are out of touch with Blue America. To this, I would add that the reason that Red America seems more authentically American than Blue America is that it's stagnant, not dynamic and innovative, and because it's not changing as much it seems closer to the way things used to be.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Republicans are out of touch with Blue America. To this, I would add that the reason that Red America seems more authentically American than Blue America is that it's stagnant, not dynamic and innovative, and because it's not changing as much it seems closer to the way things used to be.

If you compare rural America today to rural America at the time of the founders or at the time of civil rights amendments, today you would find few immigrants, less religious diversity, less innovation, less upward mobility, and a more rigid class structure. There's nothing authentic about any of it. Ya'll should hang out at the John Deere Museum sometime to see how diverse, innovative, and dynamic rural America of the 19th century was.