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If you’re reading this on company time, congratulations on beating the system. If you’re reading it on your own time, you really need to find a job where they pay you to do this sort of thing.
Find out below the fold.
Irwin Schiff doesn’t like the federal income tax:
Schiff contends that the federal tax code doesn’t require taxpayers to pay income tax. He disputes the government’s definition of income, and argues that the Internal Revenue Service has no authority to seize property.
He has stood staunchly by his convictions but perhaps will soon acknowledge the facts:
Anti-tax crusader Irwin Schiff and an associate were found guilty Monday of charges including conspiracy, tax evasion and tax fraud.
The authority of the irs, like all extortionists, comes from the barrel of a gun. If you do not play by their rules you get screwed. There is nothing voluntary about it.
Even in the land of the free.
James Joyner reports that 2000 American troops have now died in Iraq:
Each American casualty represents a personal tragedy for their loved ones and should be soberly weighed by all of us. At the same time, it is low by any historical measure; we had more people killed on D-Day, for goodness sake. Nor is it an indication of the worth of the mission for which these troops died. If the war in Iraq was not worth fighting, then one death is too many. Otherwise, the toll has to be weighed against the benefit to the nation, which remains to be seen.
From this vantage point one death was too many and 2000 is still too many.
Take a look at 2000 dead. May they rest in peace. And, may the 1000s of Iraqis who have died as a result of this war also rest in peace.
Via …You Are A Tree
Given this DeFrank piece I wonder if DeFrank got the reference wrong here:
As the White House and Republicans brace for possible indictments in the CIA leak probe, defenders have launched a not-so-subtle campaign against the prosecutor handling the case.
“He’s a vile, detestable, moralistic person with no heart and no conscience who believes he’s been tapped by God to do very important things,” one White House ally said, referring to special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald.
Just sayin’; as usually when the mud starts flying they’re lookin’ in the mirror…..
Via Mark Kleiman.
This may be more than you wanted to know about .htaccess:
Now that I can use Apache’s .htaccess for my own websites, I’ve been immersed in learning more about how to use this powerful tool conservatively but effectively to redirect URLs and to combat spammers and bad bots. Today’s post provides links to some of the online sources that I’ve found especially helpful.
If this seems like it might apply to you go read and learn.
Via The Daily Glyph.