Thread of the Random

[Bishop2b5]

I doubt the IRS expects many criminals to declare their illicit profits. However, it being in the tax code means that when you charge someone for criminal acts that they profited from but, obviously, didn't pay taxes on, you now can charge them with tax evasion. That's a federal crime and a mighty big stick to hold over their head.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

 

[Wild Bill]

Illegals typically earn income that is not reported to the government. It is technically illegal to work in the United States without proper authorization, and the government has the authority to tax all income earned by individuals regardless of their legal status. I've known several who choose to claim their cash payments to avoid any potential issues when applying for American citizenship in the future.

This may fall under the same provision as other illegal activities noted in the publication but I'm not sure.

I'm guessing it's the only illegal income that's ever reported.

 

[NorthDakota]

Illegals typically earn income that is not reported to the government. It is technically illegal to work in the United States without proper authorization, and the government has the authority to tax all income earned by individuals regardless of their legal status. I've known several who choose to claim their cash payments to avoid any potential issues when applying for American citizenship in the future.

This may fall under the same provision as other illegal activities noted in the publication but I'm not sure.

I'm guessing it's the only illegal income that's ever reported.

Maybe the one time when admitting to a crime is good lmaooo.

We talked about the provision in federal tax, probably got notes somewhere.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Illegals typically earn income that is not reported to the government. It is technically illegal to work in the United States without proper authorization, and the government has the authority to tax all income earned by individuals regardless of their legal status. I've known several who choose to claim their cash payments to avoid any potential issues when applying for American citizenship in the future.

This may fall under the same provision as other illegal activities noted in the publication but I'm not sure.

I'm guessing it's the only illegal income that's ever reported.

Many illegals get assigned tax ids and do pay federal taxes and pay into Social Secuirty and Medicaid.

The Facts About the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) - American Immigration Council

The Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) is a tax processing number issued by the IRS to ensure that people pay taxes even if they do not have a Social Security number (SSN).

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

 

[Irish#1]

LMAO

 

[Black Irish]

I doubt the IRS expects many criminals to declare their illicit profits. However, it being in the tax code means that when you charge someone for criminal acts that they profited from but, obviously, didn't pay taxes on, you now can charge them with tax evasion. That's a federal crime and a mighty big stick to hold over their head.

I'm no lawyer, but it seems to me this goes against the right against self-incrimination. I'm sure some clever criminal defense attorney has tried this tack. The "admit you committed crimes and made money from them so you can pay the requisite taxes" is rather absurd. Can you write off associated business expenses? Bullets, bribes, pinkie rings?

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

LMAO

This guy does all of JCVd and Steven Segal movies and they are fucking hilarious.

 

[Wild Bill]

Many illegals get assigned tax ids and do pay federal taxes and pay into Social Secuirty and Medicaid.

The Facts About the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) - American Immigration Council

The Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) is a tax processing number issued by the IRS to ensure that people pay taxes even if they do not have a Social Security number (SSN).

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

Some use fake SS# to pay as well. It's wild

 

[ulukinatme]

Truly I thought Bloodsport was his greatest work. I have been wrong all these years.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Truly I thought Bloodsport was his greatest work. I have been wrong all these years.

You should watch his JCVD vs Steven Segal video. Amazing. A rabbit hole I could live in.

I find myself narrating my experiences in life like this guy…lol

“Cack enters the Irsay YMCA not knowing what he will find… but when he finds it…. He kicks the everloving shit out of it ….just for fun…”

 

[Irish#1]

You should watch his JCVD vs Steven Segal video. Amazing. A rabbit hole I could live in.

I find myself narrating my experiences in life like this guy…lol

“Cack enters the Irsay YMCA not knowing what he will find… but when he finds it…. He kicks the everloving shit out of it ….just for fun…”

“Cack enters the Irsay YMCA not knowing what he will find… but when he finds it…. He kicks the everloving shit out of it ….just for fun…only to turn around and find Irish#1 waiting for him.”

 

[ab2cmiller]

There must be more to this story, because at first glance, I can't see any fathomable way that you could NOT suspect foul play.

"Authorities say they do not suspect foul play in the death of a Georgia man whose body was found wrapped in plastic and rolled up in a carpet."

 

[Bishop2b5]

There must be more to this story, because at first glance, I can't see any fathomable way that you could NOT suspect foul play.

"Authorities say they do not suspect foul play in the death of a Georgia man whose body was found wrapped in plastic and rolled up in a carpet."

Maybe he had some dirt on Hillary

 

[Irish#1]

Maybe he had some dirt on Hillary

Or has the Epstein list with Bills name on it.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Something happened today that reminded me of one of the funniest moments of my life. One of my life-long best friends had a Javelin AMX during most of our college years. The car's been out of service for almost 40 years and sitting in his barn. My friend retired a few years ago and spends much of his time restoring old cars. Today he announced on FB that his next project is to fully restore the Javelin, which brought back an old memory.

When he and I were in our early 20's, we'd been hanging out one Saturday night just cruising around in that Javelin. We stopped around midnight to get something to eat at a fast-food place when a little scrawny guy riding a 10-speed bike asked us for a ride. He said he'd been drinking and had pedaled as far as he could. He'd been to the county fair and bought a giant foam-rubber cowboy hat just like the one below, except it was gray.



We explained that there was no way to fit his bike in the trunk, but he said he'd be glad to just hold onto the passenger mirror and let us tow him home about 3 miles away, straight up the main 4-lane drag through the middle of town. Against all good sense, we decided this would be a good idea, and away we went.

It was after midnight and there was virtually no traffic, and we got up to about 20 mph. I had the passenger window down and there was the scrawny, drunk, giant cowboy hat wearing bike rider about 18 inches to my right, holding onto the mirror with his left hand and keeping his head down so his cowboy hat wouldn't blow off. I asked him if he was OK and said "Great! Go faster" so we sped up to 30. He said to go faster, so we did. Eventually, we hit 62 mph with that drunk guy on a bike hanging on. When we finally slowed down and stopped near where he'd asked us to take him, he said, "That was a blast! Let's do it again!" So we did. Back through town for about 3 miles at 60. Then we turned around and did it once more and took him home. All the time, my friend and I were laughing until we had tears rolling down our cheeks and talking about how, if we saw a cop, my friend would just slam on the brakes and let the drunk on the bike go flying by the cop at 60.

As crazy as that story sounds, it is absolutely 100% true. The foolishness of youth. I don't know that I've ever laughed any harder in my entire life than I did that night with us pulling that guy in the giant cowboy hat on his bike at 60 up and down the street. It's a miracle he didn't get killed or us cited to hell and back for engaging in such stupidity, but it made for a good laugh and a great memory.

 

[ulukinatme]

Something happened today that reminded me of one of the funniest moments of my life. One of my life-long best friends had a Javelin AMX during most of our college years. The car's been out of service for almost 40 years and sitting in his barn. My friend retired a few years ago and spends much of his time restoring old cars. Today he announced on FB that his next project is to fully restore the Javelin, which brought back an old memory.

When he and I were in our early 20's, we'd been hanging out one Saturday night just cruising around in that Javelin. We stopped around midnight to get something to eat at a fast-food place when a little scrawny guy riding a 10-speed bike asked us for a ride. He said he'd been drinking and had pedaled as far as he could. He'd been to the county fair and bought a giant foam-rubber cowboy hat just like the one below, except it was gray.

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We explained that there was no way to fit his bike in the trunk, but he said he'd be glad to just hold onto the passenger mirror and let us tow him home about 3 miles away, straight up the main 4-lane drag through the middle of town. Against all good sense, we decided this would be a good idea, and away we went.

It was after midnight and there was virtually no traffic, and we got up to about 20 mph. I had the passenger window down and there was the scrawny, drunk, giant cowboy hat wearing bike rider about 18 inches to my right, holding onto the mirror with his left hand and keeping his head down so his cowboy hat wouldn't blow off. I asked him if he was OK and said "Great! Go faster" so we sped up to 30. He said to go faster, so we did. Eventually, we hit 62 mph with that drunk guy on a bike hanging on. When we finally slowed down and stopped near where he'd asked us to take him, he said, "That was a blast! Let's do it again!" So we did. Back through town for about 3 miles at 60. Then we turned around and did it once more and took him home. All the time, my friend and I were laughing until we had tears rolling down our cheeks and talking about how, if we saw a cop, my friend would just slam on the brakes and let the drunk on the bike go flying by the cop at 60.

As crazy as that story sounds, it is absolutely 100% true. The foolishness of youth. I don't know that I've ever laughed any harder in my entire life than I did that night with us pulling that guy in the giant cowboy hat on his bike at 60 up and down the street. It's a miracle he didn't get killed or us cited to hell and back for engaging in such stupidity, but it made for a good laugh and a great memory.

Suddenly my buddies and I dragging kiddie pools with a Ford Escort around parking lots with one of us inside the pool...just doesn't seem that big a deal lol. Of course, I was the lucky one that got to go last. We wore a damn hole through the bottom of that pool, and managed to tear the rear of my shorts as well. I was lucky I didn't end up with road rash on my ass.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Thanks for the morning laughs fellas. I literally laughed out loud.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Another story about my friend with the Javelin. In the late '80s, he bought a very low mileage used Porsche 930 Turbo. The 930 was the fastest production car sold in the US for much of the '80s and was a real beast. One night he was on his way home from a date and stopped to grab a soda when he ran into a guy on a Ninja that he sorta knew. The biker talked him into "comparing" the two rides on the same street we'd dragged the drunk bicycle rider several years before. On their second pass, they were spotted by a cop who turned on his lights and gave chase. The guy on the Ninja ran and easily got away, leaving my friend in the 930 to deal with the cop.

He did something stupid: he decided that getting nailed for drag racing would be financially disastrous, so he ran. He knew the cop would radio for help and thus he only had a minute or two to escape. Knowing he had an enormous advantage in acceleration, braking, and cornering, he turned onto a side street and began zig-zagging every block or two, quickly pulling away from the pursuing cop car. After 6 or 7 such turns, he switched off his lights and made 3 rights, doubling back and escaping the pursuit. He then drove to the apartment of one of our friends, parked his car around back, and crashed on our friend's sofa for the night.

The next morning he drove to his home, a few miles out of town. When he got there, his older brother, who lived nearby, was waiting on him. "Where have you been??? Have you seen the newspaper this morning? The back of your 930's on the front page, you idiot! The cop's dash cam got a good picture of your car and license plate. The cops and a Sheriff's deputy have already been out here along with a tow truck to impound your car and arrest you. What the hell have you done??? You need to call the family attorney and make arrangements to turn yourself and your car in this afternoon."

My friend turned white as a sheet and about threw up. He was on the verge of being sick and crying when his brother finally said, "Oh relax. Don called me after you left his apartment and told me the whole story. We just had some fun with you and hopefully you'll learn not to do that sort of stupid s#!% any more."

 

[Irish#1]

The Javelin. Remember it well. It was AMC’s attempt to get their share of the muscle car market. Unfortunately AMC had a poor reputation for building cars and what they did make was a really nerdy family car called the Rambler. I don’t remember if the Javelin could keep up with the other muscle cars, but it was a nice looking car.

 

[ab2cmiller]

The only AMC car I can remember is the Pacer. Hard to imagine why the car with no blindspot didn't do better.

 

[Bishop2b5]

The Javelin. Remember it well. It was AMC’s attempt to get their share of the muscle car market. Unfortunately AMC had a poor reputation for building cars and what they did make was a really nerdy family car called the Rambler. I don’t remember if the Javelin could keep up with the other muscle cars, but it was a nice looking car.
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The Javelin stacked up very well against the other muscle cars of the 70s. Horsepower was good and they were light and geared well. They'd do about 140-150 depending on whether they had the 360 or 401 engine, and get there pretty quickly. They did have a tendency towards lightness in the front end at speed and the front end felt like it was lifting and losing steering control over 100 mph. In the early '70s, the Alabama State Troopers switched almost entirely to Javelins. They were very cool looking and could run down just about anything on the road, but because of that tendency to get light in the front at high speed and drift, they had a high crash rate and didn't stay in use too many years. I drove my friend's once at 128 and the front end felt like it was drifting all over the road. Scared the bejeezus out of me and didn't take me long to decide that was enough of that foolishness and slow way back down.

 

[Wild Bill]

My buddy's dad bought him a 72 cutlass with a 455 rocket when we were in high school. That rocket launched our stupid asses right through a house at 2am. It was only a few doors from my buddy's house so we decided to wake his dad up to help calm this guy down. Damn we were so stupid.

 

[Bishop2b5]

My buddy's dad bought him a 72 cutlass with a 455 rocket when we were in high school. That rocket launched our stupid asses right through a house at 2am. It was only a few doors from my buddy's house so we decided to wake his dad up to help calm this guy down. Damn we were so stupid.

I look back at so many incredibly stupid things I did as a teen and in my early to mid twenties and wonder how I survived without ending up permanently in a wheelchair, a jail cell, or a casket. There are few things with less common sense and appreciation for consequences than guys at that age. It's a miracle any of us survive to become adults.

 

[ACamp1900]

Y’all act like you’re not still dumbasses,…

 

[Bishop2b5]

Y’all act like you’re not still dumbasses,…

Dumbest. most dangerous thing I ever did: in the middle of an argument with my wife, I rolled my eyes and said, "Just accept that you're wrong on this one... as usual." Don't tell me I haven't stared death in the face and lived to tell about it.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

 

[NorthDakota]

Oh my goodness