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

[LessinSF]

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, and what remained unclear/undecided as of yesterday is whether one has to choose one or the other, or can combine them to reach the $10,000 cap.

Also, California would appear to support the strippers are employees side of the argument. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...ettlement.html

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Strip clubs are like Churches.

This line was not adequately appreciated.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

Both total, and what remained unclear/undecided as of yesterday is whether one has to choose one or the other, or can combine them to reach the $10,000 cap.

Also, California would appear to support the strippers are employees side of the argument. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...ettlement.html

Seems like strippers could be either employees or independent contractors, depending on the job.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Seems like strippers could be either employees or independent contractors, depending on the job.

Hand or blow?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

Hand or blow?

For IRS “control of work” assessment, a blow job is clearly 1099 territory. A hand job is arguable (client could self-complete).

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Much too kind. I agree with "fucktard" as closer but we are talking about a situation where someone goes and argues a garden variety motion (in my absence doing other work) and comes out with an unrelated decision saying the equivalent of Icky has to go back to High School, College and Law School. Really that the defendant gets a do over on a month of discovery.

Hate the judge, not the player. Two months ago I was in a mediation with a very smart Fed Judge and pond scum opposing. We had trial scheduled to start last week. We told Judge these guys will settle because they will not let a Jury near a patent verdict. They knock off 50 ideas each year and make $300 Million. But they never settle until the jury is inevitable. And as I sat there she agreed to move the trial back 6 months so that they could flesh out some issues that mean nothing to nobody. For that matter, better to be stupid in front of a judge, at least the fucked decisions won't bother you so much.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Hate the judge, not the player. Two months ago I was in a mediation with a very smart Fed Judge and pond scum opposing. We had trial scheduled to start last week. We told Judge these guys will settle because they will not let a Jury near a patent verdict. They knock off 50 ideas each year and make $300 Million. But they never settle until the jury is inevitable. And as I sat there she agreed to move the trial back 6 months so that they could flesh out some issues that mean nothing to nobody. For that matter, better to be stupid in front of a judge, at least the fucked decisions won't bother you so much.

You fucked up. You told her they would settle. She figures settle on your clock not hers. And if not you just lost 6 months. No lose.

This is far more fucked up. This, she agreed to let a defendant redepose a plaintiff that was deposed for 13 days because they forgot to ask some questions.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

You fucked up. You told her they would settle. She figures settle on your clock not hers. And if not you just lost 6 months. No lose.

This is far more fucked up. This, she agreed to let a defendant redepose a plaintiff that was deposed for 13 days because they forgot to ask some questions.

Honestly, I cannot remember a Judge ever denying another bite at deposition. I think afraid to create a reversible issue. Different in state?

[Ty@50]

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.

Forget worrying about that. We need to power up the greedy associate energy into making sure our contracts with our assisted living homes are as they should be!

[SEC_Chick]

It's cool to know that as an in-house securities lawyer, I am still qualified to be a federal district court judge! FTR, that's an R asking those questions, reportedly pissing off other Rs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.4616f22e81e9

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Honestly, I cannot remember a Judge ever denying another bite at deposition. I think afraid to create a reversible issue. Different in state?

Context. It’s like your wife sending you out for milk and you coming back saying you sold the car, adopted out the kids and brought home 90kittens.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by SEC_Chick

It's cool to know that as an in-house securities lawyer, I am still qualified to be a federal district court judge! FTR, that's an R asking those questions, reportedly pissing off other Rs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.4616f22e81e9

Plenty of Judge appointees have no court experience. It's political payback in many many cases. My old mentor suggested this for appointee protocol: When a Judge dies or retires, court officers block the doors out of the court house. The President must then pick the new Judge from lawyers in the building. At least that way we get a Judge that has a decent chance of some knowledge.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by SEC_Chick

It's cool to know that as an in-house securities lawyer, I am still qualified to be a federal district court judge! FTR, that's an R asking those questions, reportedly pissing off other Rs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.4616f22e81e9

Well, he hasn't made it on to the court yet. Let's see how Sen. Kennedy actually votes.

If he does make it through, you and I are both qualified!

To be fair, I'd worry less about either of us than some of those recently approved. And the biggest reason to not vote for this guy is that he's a complete hack (Federal Election Commission? We're talking swamp central there, the land of the soulless), not just unqualified.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Ty@50

Forget worrying about that. We need to power up the greedy associate energy into making sure our contracts with our assisted living homes are as they should be!

I thought we put Penske in charge of this one.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

True, I'm probably describing the American rural I'm most family with (upstate NY). Which is probably among the least diverse rural areas in the country (on par with Pennsylvania). And I'm being a bit hyperbolic in doing so.

But I wasn't talking about rural cities, whatever they are. Even Birmingham Alabama doesn't fit the model I was talking about.

Probably should have said town, but I was thinking, in particular, of Wilmar, Minnesota. There's also a apparently a good-sized Somali population in St. Cloud, although sprawl has sort of turned it into an exurb.