Posted on 04/20/2021 9:18:06 AM PDT by weston
You are welcome. Good morning.
Amen. Thanks.
Good morning, lysie!
You Make Breakfast Great Everyday, thanks.
We got a bit of rain yesterday, hooray!
I’ll take every little bit.
RSBN is broadcasting ‘America First’ Rally with Marjorie Taylor Green and others in Vero Beach FL this morning.
Already live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_N8FRLUmk
When this came out, that the FBI could just blatantly lie for all to see, facts be damned, I knew it was going to take total cleaning and purging of all functions in the government and it will be by means that won't be peaceful.
.@SteveScalise is demanding answers about why the hell the FBI insultingly mischaracterized the assassination attempt against him & he deserves those answers. https://t.co/Q6X0y5ariW— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 22, 2021
Rep. Steve Scalise Blasts FBI Conclusion That 2017 Baseball Shooting Was ‘Suicide By Cop’ https://t.co/uK0aqney2G pic.twitter.com/ANfzy4Qvv3— FOX News Radio (@foxnewsradio) April 22, 2021
Donald Trump is ‘MOVING from Mar-a-Lago to his New Jersey golf club to escape muggy Florida summer and to be closer to New York political powerbrokers ahead of 2024’
Donald Trump is to relocate from Florida to New Jersey this summer, according to a report - escaping the stifling heat, and putting him closer to his New York business empire and political network.
The former president, 74, officially moved his residency for tax purposes from New York to Florida in late 2019.
As president, he spent a significant amount of time during the winter in Florida, and during the summer he would escape Washington for New Jersey, staying at his Bedminster golf club.
He now looks to continue that pattern.
Mar-a-Lago, a private club that also serves as Trump’s residence and post-presidential office, closes just after Memorial Day, when many of the residents head north to flee the muggy, swampy summer weather.
It reopens in time for Thanksgiving.
‘They’re moving the whole operation to New Jersey because they’re going to start doing more fundraising,’ said one Trump advisor.
Trump said this week he is ‘beyond seriously’ considering a 2024 presidential run, and being close to Manhattan will allow him to network with the donors, strategists and political heavyweights he will need to retake the White House.
DeGrom is on fire. Hopefully for him, he will stay injury free this year. Nolan Ryan was always one of my favorites. Tough as nails.
I'm just getting caught up after watching my oldest son's games yesterday. You can have spectators at MLB games, and HS games, but apparently not at these college games. I had to watch, sitting on the ground from center field. From the ground up about 2 feet, the fence was not blocked, so I spent the afternoon like a dog on the grass trying to watch from CF. Not a good view.
@jackPosobiec
Unaccompanied migrant kids brought from the U.S.-Mexico border to a new shelter in Long Beach, Calif., will be given a copy of Kamala Harris’ 2019 children’s book, “Superheroes are Everywhere,” in their welcome kits
Crazy. My granddaughter is at UCLA. Living in dorm, but all online classes. Cafeteria not open so she eats a lot out of vending machines.
She was going to have to quarantine for ten days after she met us in New Orleans.
Not Hunter’s book?
Do they require her to be on campus? Would it be possible for her to stay home & save money or is there some reason she needs to be in the dorm?
I ate a lot out of those vending machines too, but that was usually around 2:00 am.
China creates “Rumor Refutation Platform”
A new app and hotline allow Chinese citizens to more easily report their neighbors to the government for having “mistaken opinions.”
The “Rumor Refutation Platform” allows users to report rumors and false information which contradict the Chinese Communist Party. The party will determine what is truth in categories such as science, history, and of course, current political affairs.
China believes this will, “improve the ability of readers to identify rumors and false information.”
Officials “hope that most internet users will play an active role in supervising society…and enthusiastically report harmful information.”
Harmful information includes “distorting, slandering and denying Party, national, and military history. . . in an attempt to confuse people’s thinking.”
In other words, it’s anything that goes against the official narrative.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2021-04-23/et-tu-nasa-wokeness-goes-space-oh-and-cheese-racist
You are welcome. Happy you got some rain
Her mom moved to Wisconsin and her dad has a new family that is not welcoming.
Pandemic good Samaritan faces hefty tax bill for his efforts
A Connecticut middle school teacher who raised $41,000 to help hundreds of his struggling neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic got an unwelcome surprise for his charitable efforts: a form stating he could owe $16,031 in income taxes.
Louis Goffinet, 27, of Mansfield, began picking up groceries for elderly neighbors afraid to go to the store during the early days of the pandemic, often spending his own money. Given the great need, he later organized two fundraisers on Facebook over a year and helped hundreds of families with groceries, rent money and holiday gifts, the Hartford Courant reported, setting a $200 limit.
Goffinet said both financial support for his efforts and demand for assistance ended up becoming higher than he first expected. He tracked 140 grocery trips on a spreadsheet, noting he also provided Friday night dinners to 125 families, holiday gift cards for 20 families so they could buy gifts for their children, 31 Thanksgiving dinners and rental assistance to five families. Some local businesses donated food.
It became dramatically bigger than I thought,” he said. “My original goal was to raise $200 to help one family with groceries. I was already doubting myself when I set that up, that people in town are not going to want to pay for someone else’s groceries.”
In January, Facebook sent Goffinet a 1099 form that stated he owed taxes on the money he had raised. Facebook warns users that money generated from a fundraiser on the social media platform may be taxable if more than $20,000 is raised and that a 1099 tax form will be issued.
“I was so shocked,” Goffinet told the Courant. “When I think about the mental spot I was in at the end of January, coming off a second fundraiser that was quite a lot of work — busy weekends coordinating Thanksgiving, holiday gifts — to get what I perceived as a bill in the mail for $16,000 was just shocking.’′
Goffinet is now working with a local accountant to determine how best to handle the situation. His bill is due May 17 and he expects to pay “some sort of tax burden” but isn’t sure exactly how much. Meanwhile, some people in the community are now trying to help him out with the tax bill, so far sending $2,000 in checks to a post office box — not through Facebook.
https://apnews.com/article/business-oddities-general-news-1a54d5ca4736d5dbd9d4810fb394d991
Welcome to reality, grasshopper.
After he subtracts out expenses, he probably won't owe that much, but will owe something.
I understand he was trying to do a good thing, but seriously, how naive can you be? He's 27. Failure of the "education" system.
what are they auditing ? has to be more than a recount...
I remember Oprah giving away cars and the people were outraged they had to pay taxes on them.
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