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    kayak fishing

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    3 minutes ago, Fireballer said:

    I tossed the 10ft Lifetime into the truck this morning and headed to the river for first time this year.  The water was low-ish and I hit em pretty good with a sapphire blue Zoom finesse on a little dropshot and KVD square bill.  Just a perfect day to be on the water.

    Yes yes but did you do any fishing?

    Fock Taxes

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    2 hours ago, TheNewGirl said:

    A friend of mine was telling me about a book she read way back in the 70s called something like “F*ck Taxes” but for the life of me I cannot fine this book. 
     

    Basically about how the lay-person can use tax code to their benefit. 
     

    Anyone have any insights or recs that are similar? 

    These may help

     

    • "How to Legally Avoid Paying Taxes" (1970) by Barry Steiner. One of the most famous layman-friendly books of its era, it provided everyday Americans with actionable advice on deductions, exemptions, and income-shifting tactics.
    • "The Rape of the Taxpayer" (1973) by Philip M. Stern. Though more of a critical look at the tax system, it was a massive bestseller that exposed the loopholes the wealthy used, giving everyday readers a roadmap of how the code operated.
    • "J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax": Throughout the 1970s, the Lasser Institute published updated, highly practical annual guides designed to be easily read by laymen, full of specific line-by-line instructions and year-specific changes.
    • "Sylvia Porter's Money Book" (1975) by Sylvia Porter. This comprehensive personal finance guide included heavily referenced, layman-friendly sections on minimizing income, property, and estate taxes. [1, 2, 3]
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    Poor Afghan Dads Need to Sell Kids to Survive

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    2 minutes ago, Fnord said:

    I'm not sure what post you're talking about; I've never accused you of spreading hate.

     

    This post

     

    "This isn't just about selling daughters. They force women to cover the majority of their body's. They attempt to enact Sharia law wherever they go, including the US. Despite their laws conflicting with our own laws."

    Poor Afghan Dads Need to Sell Kids to Survive

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    1 minute ago, Fnord said:

    Because these threads are almost always framed as being negative toward an entire population. It's never "look what this POS did!" It's always "look at how all these people are such animals!"

    The post I quoted in no way spreads hate, you yourself agreed that that some attempt to install Sharia Law.  I'm not going to get into what you think/feel about other threads/posts as I didn't comment on them.

    Three dead at San Diego school and mosque; act of anti-Muslim hatred

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    9 minutes ago, Tree of Knowledge said:

    Sadly, we have to chalk this up as another transgender mass killing. 
     

     

     

    This simply can't be true, it can't Tim told us in no uncertain terms these were conservatives and most likely MAGAS

     

    "And because almost all of the irrational hatred against Muslims comes from the right, it also makes sense that they are conservative, perhaps MAGA (since the most virulent anti Muslim rhetoric in this country in recent years has come from MAGA types like Trump, Laura Loomer, Tommy Tuberville, etc.)"

    Three dead at San Diego school and mosque; act of anti-Muslim hatred

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    7 minutes ago, Fnord said:

    I had to google teen takeovers, never heard of them. Unsurprisingly, many of the links were from Fox News. I didn't click on them but did do some more research. What I found was, again unsurprisingly, not quite what you make it out to be.

    Basically, these things are put together via viral SM posts. Most of them at least begin as a way for teens to hang out and socialize. This is a good thing! Then, as they go on, much like your average protest, things get squirrelly. Some idiots get in a fight, a few more idiots vandalize property, and then sometimes some uberidiots start shooting. Cops show up to break it up, and the kids doing nothing wrong get thrown in with the troublemakers. This is a bad thing.

    I'm in favor of measures that get teens out of the house, off of their devices, and offer a chance to socialize with each other. The old grumps here (of which I am definitely one) I think take for granted that younger folks today don't have nearly the outlets we had for in person socializing, despite their access to information being about a million times more than what we had. Any time you have a big gathering of people, there are going to be folks intent on being disorderly jerks. Cut the kids some slack, prosecute the ones actually committing crimes, and lets figure out positive ways for our young to gather together and enjoy each other's company like we used to.

    It's become a huge issue here in Florida, lots of violence, lots of arrests and even loss of life.  These things as they currently exists are not good things

    $1.7 Billion of our taxes going to the Jan 6 rioters

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    1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

    I don’t know what people would do but this would be number one story on Fox for weeks and people would understandably be very pissed at how outrageous it is

    Instead we get whatabouts, the “I haven’t followed this”, and silence.

    You're displaying enough outrage for all of us

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