Fellow progressives, let us take a moment away from the angst over politics to gape at Sarah Palin's hair. This is NOT A PHOTOSHOP. Dear Quitty: Thank you for being you.
h/t Rumproast, who compliments Doctor Quit, Medicine Woman's 'Frontiere Flowbee' hairstyle. Perfect.
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Ewwww.....kinda looks like the bastard love child of the Church Lady and Rod Blagojevich. The fun thing about watching the interview with Hannity is trying to figure out which one's head is going to reject their hair first.
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“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
Be afraid..very afraid
Thom Hartmann: Must see! The TRUE story of the Boston Tea Party
...from talking in tongues and snake handling.
Lower the retirement age.
Bettern n'tonguing snakes...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
wearing a wig?
mullet!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
Have you ever watched "Visitor?"
It looks like she's been poached away from Fox News by Russell T. Davies to star in her own Doctor Who spinoff.
No Americans are going to get that reference and I DON'T CARE. :)
Love David Tennant as Doctor Who, as well as Torchwood.
Wrong spinoff. She's trying to be Sarah-Jane Smith. She iiiiiiiiiiiiiis!
But not a big fan of that show.
they could not keep the good Dr. out.
me-oww!
who is there?
Dr.
Who?
Exactly!
/facepalm
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I don't give a toss.
it was a telepalmpter.
Wut are ya talking about!?
EXTERMINATE!!!
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they were talking about the handwriting on the wall....er hand.
Ah, i thought were talking about Dr. who, who i admit never saw. I just like Daleks.
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Ever watch Van Der Valk?
me-oww!
Is that with falcons that has lasers, like dino riders?
I guess no :)
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playing a Dutch detective, Commisaris Piet van der Valk. It was a hoot. It was filmed in Amsterdam, where everyone speaks English and all the main characters speak it w/ an English accent. Plus they did it in the 70's, so the wardrobe is a howl.
me-oww!
It sounds like a hoot. I've never heard of it tho.
But no Dinosaurs and no lasers? Camon, that sucks :p
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I don't give a toss.
but the scenery was beautiful.
Van Der Valk
me-oww!
Who?
were any Amricans hurt in producing that hair? Or is it perhaps really Chinese or Indian hair? Would that be sanctified?
This proves that fashion is a religion, that it has sins, and that the Left will be just as intolerant as the Right when someone gores their pet house of worship.
We know that Stepford Sarah has only the chill winds of Alaska blowing between her ears. Her hair and her personal wardrobe are total irrelevancies. The hideously expensive GOP campaign wardrobe? That's another story.
I despise Sarah, but will fight for her right, and yours, to wear her hair or clothes any way she damn well pleases. Or none at all, if she or you prefer.
Your consumption bigotry disgraces the Progressive cause and erodes the credibility of any issues we espouse or criticize.
I know Sarah-Jane Smith, and this woman is no Sarah-Jane Smith.
She's not even K-9.
The Brig wouldn't be amused.
...Rose Tyler!
Outstanding dress, Ms. Piper. OUT!STANDING!
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
HEY,PBS! GET KATIE BROWN A WARDROBE LIKE THAT!
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
NYT Reporter confirms Obama cut a deal to kill the public option months ago.
Dennis Kucinich returning some campaign donations.
Glen Geenwald on why Rahm was right: Progressives are pushovers.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Whatsa matter, fiver? Having trouble understanding the concept of staying on topic? Or, just pissed because your wet dream is being trashed again?
On an Open Thread?
Hope you have a better day tomorrow :)
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Tundra dreadlocks.
make her look more scholarly. Good luck with that one. Hah!
She put the Ugh in ugly.
Ugh Retired US General proves his stupidity.
Fess Parker---Dead (FYI he was a close friend of ...ugh Reagan)
When you're a Rethug, all you gotta do is through money around Ugh.
"Have you ever watched "Visitor?"
Yeah...now that you mention it, I could imagine Palin unhinging her jaw and swallowing a live rat whole. Probably why Hannity had her do a remote.....live studio would be too risky for a rodent like Sean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObQfWMgmIM
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Since she is part of the right-wing crazies, like the people who said Rachel Ray was wearing a "terroist scarf" in a commercial, I just have to ask this question of Sarah:
What is that pagan neckless you are wearing in that picture? - would God approve of you straying away like that? - shame shame shame Sarah Palin.
What is it? An idol?
Arf!
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"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I finally took some photos of that unidentifiable tree. The other day I was checking out the "flowers" and noticed little puffs of smoke rising above them. I checked other parts of the tree and lo and behold, the tree (I presume from the flowers) puffs litte smoke clouds, even blue and all (I assume they're pollen). Anyhow, I've never seen that before and it's all over the tree.
Pretty bizzare.
Cotinus coggygria?
I can't believe I spelled it correctly the first time. I couldn't do that on a test
me-oww!
I thought she was blowing smoke out of her ass.
I've never heard of that before (and I thought you were pulling my leg), but I checked the photos on google, nope, that's not it.
YOu sure it's not a smoking caterpillar?
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Little puffs of blue smoke all over the tree. It's pretty incredible.
but I can't find it you thought it was a fruit tree and now I remember a tropical?
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my father in law was visiting from China and planted a few seeds in the yard. This is the only one that took. It's about 6 years old and maybe 18ft. tall.
I loaded some photo's in flickr but have never used it before so I'm not quite sure what to do with them.
In 35 years when that tree takes over your region and wipes out all the indigenous trees...LOL, just kidding.
As far as what little research I've done shows most asian trees share commonality with european. If so, I would think it's probably already here.
However, until we can identify it there's no way to know.
Leaves? Flowers?
Sometimes I can get these, but a pic is worth a thousand guesses...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Not the flowers or tree - seriously, smoke or polen.
well, I read all that was on flickr this morning and while this doesn't seem right, here goes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stinkyjunior/sets/
I'll have to see if I can get my old video camera working - it's been in the closet forever too (then you'll be able to see the smoke/pollen rising). BTW stinky junior is one of my cats.
Your "fruit" tree is a white mulberry, Morus alba. Native to Asia, used as food source for silkworms. Very fast, hardy, easy to grow, drought tolerant, dense shade provider. If it does produce fruit (some are fruitless, but this looks likely to set), they are typically like whitish raspberries. Usually sweet, good in preserves, etc.
The tree will eventually overwhelm small lots w/o judicious pruning. Roots will lift pavement, get in water, sewer, septic lines if too close. Pollen causes bad allergies for some people; new plantings are banned in some desert cities (Vegas maybe one) because of pollen issues.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
in excess of half the speed of sound, which makes it the fastest known movement in the plant kingdom...That's why it looks like smoke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_alba
These internets are so cool...
me-oww!
I'm glad I know what it is. I've had to prune it about twice a year, it does grow fast.
Now, I wonder, if it's so evasive, what I should do?
Make sure your pruning cuts are thinning cuts, not heading cuts.
Find out the proper way to make pruning cuts. Alex Shigo is considered the word on pruning, having spent decades conducting scientific research on the effects of proper and improper pruning.
Don't injure the root zone or the trunk. That can cause the tree defenses to kick in and start suckering.
Fast growing trees are notoriously weak wooded. Keep the tree branches light, so the weight does not break branches.
Don't fertilise with nitrogen rich fertiliser.
Don't use weed and feed on your lawn.
It might be worth your while to hire an ASA or ISA certified Arborist. You can find listings on the internet for your area. Spending a couple hundred bucks on getting good care for your tree can make it an asset that adds thousands to the value of your property; not doing so can turn it into a liability that will cost you to remove.
An good arborist will talk to you and explain how your tree should be cared for.
me-oww!
I don't have the funds to hire someone so I'll look up Alex Shigo and hopefully get some tips. Ideally, if my yard were large enough, I'd plant a little forest.
Which reminds me of when I was a kid and used to mow the lawns of several people, there was one older woman who's husband had planted a maze of hedgerows in the back yard, canopied by large overhead branches of other tree's he had planted.
You'd follow the maze and at the end of one of the ends(?) there would be a birdbath or a statue and the trees where trimmed so stategic rays of sunshine would hit in certain places.
It was really beautiful. I've always wanted to do that.
Ideally one of those (the back one) should have been eliminated about 5-6 years ago.
Definitely find out the correct angle to cut and take off that low branch on the back trunk; it will cause the back truck to increase in size...
Save your pennies. You could have a problem with that double stem.
And I would love to have a garden myself. The ahole that manages the building fucked me over. I've been here 25 years, have loads of experience, he just moved a year and a half ago, no experience in landscape, pretended to be a friend stabbed me in the back (a long ugly story) and took the gardens off of me here. He'll pay. I'm going Hamsher on him. He's earned it several times over. He thinks any old asshole (like him) can do a complex landscape ("Hey! If she can do it...). Thing is, I've worked with him. He will fail badly.
me-oww!
I get the picture. I just read up on some of what Alex Shigo suggests and think I should wait a little longer to prune. I also looked up the properties of mulberries and think this tree should just be taken care of (that's a relief). Maybe I can make some mulberry wine. Hey, it's good for the blood.
Did you link any pics yet?
I tend to doubt smoke tree, which blooms in summer, and is rare, in CA.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
and I didn't catch the word blue in there and then I remembered it was a fruit tree, But I was so self-impressed with my spelling
:)
me-oww!
and by the way, fastfeat was correct about the silk thread tree (he used the latin as well).
I can't find "silk thread tree" in the internets.
me-oww!
Here it is:
Ceiba speciosa (Chorisia speciosa).
And he said silk floss tree (so I'm wrong again).
according to the internets. But yeah cool. It's good to know your tree names.
:)
me-oww!
(for me, anyway). Common names are so, well, local. And a plant only has one correct Latin(ized) name (though there may be synonyms). Anyway, I can rattle those off all night long--women love it at parties...
Good call miss_k on Cotinus, though that's one specific epithet I'd have had to verify. Been a few years since I've had to spell it. Double 'g' is pretty uncommon--can only think of Quercus kelloggii at the moment.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
but after I typed it :)
me-oww!
'Chorisia speciosa,' because that's a South American tree with gnarly thorns on its trunk...I looked at those snaps, I know the tree. Can't pull the name out.
Has it ever borne fruit? Because I don't see fruiting spurs.
me-oww!
But the fruit are large pods full of silk floss. Very, very soft.
...
me-oww!
I'll figure out what's up with flickr tomorrow and post them.
Your such a good sport on this.
Yeah. This post is stupid, shallow, and lame. I hate to defend this woman but what the fuck are we talking about here? A haircut? Just gaze upon your average SEIU supermodel in comparison.
individuals as Ms. Quity is doing.
Hey...it's okay because its satire...you know...just like when Rush Limbaugh uses the word "Retard".
Is it satire if i call him fucking fat? Oh wait, he is. nvm.
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Rush was not being satirical. Therefore this is not just like Drugbo using the word 'retard'
me-oww!
Lighten up.
A little satire late at night never hurt anyone.
This is an open thread. Talk about whatever you want as long as you follow comment guidelines.
oh, ok. I've just ordered a Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion to replace my crap Audigy 1.
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I don't give a toss.
~
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Better than my SB Audigy 1 for sure. It's not super pro, but for the price it's alright.
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I don't give a toss.
that's pretty shallow
me-oww!
is I had to find my old Sony DSC-F717, find the charger, charge it, find the USB (it's special for Sony), then remember how to use it.
Works great though.
to get to one pic, drive somewhere to get it developed, pay for the developing, buy another roll, etc etc etc
me-oww!
Did you get pics linked to Photobucket or Flicker or one of those sites? Photobucket is easy, free. Don't know about the others.
http://photobucket.com/
BTW, I doubt smoke tree, which is rare in SoCal and blooms in summer anyway.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
but as near as I can tell without e-mailing them my password and user name are visible. Who knows what someone could attach and send?
shouldn't allow access back to your password, not sure about username though in Picassa, not sure about Flikr or PB. Let me investigate further tomorrow.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
about Dr Who.
me-oww!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-A1LNw9eRg&fe...
– Levin: “And did the Dutch leaders tell you it was because there were gay soldiers there?”
– Sheehan: “It was a combination…”
– Levin: “Did they tell you that? That’s my question.”
– Sheehan: “Yes.”
– Levin: “And can you tell us what Dutch officers you talked to who said that Srebrenica was in part caused because there were gay soldiers in the Dutch army?”
– Sheehan: “The chief of staff of the army who was fired by the parliament because they couldn’t find anybody else to blame.”
– Levin: “Who was that?”
– Sheehan: “Hankman Berman.”
– Levin: “Pardon?”
– Sheehan: “Hankman Berman.”
“I couldn’t disagree more. I take pride in the fact that lesbians and gays have served openly and with distinction in the Dutch military forces for decades, including in leading operational positions, such as in Afghanistan at the moment. The military mission of Dutch UN soldiers at Srebrenica has been exhaustively studied and evaluated, nationally and internationally. There is nothing in these reports that suggests any relationship between gays serving in the military and the mass murder of Bosnian Muslims.”
Edit: last quote by ambassador Renee Jones-Bos.
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I don't give a toss.
Have you got a link for that quote at the end?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
In the YouTube comments it says there is no Hankman Berman. Is that correct?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
The same was said here on the news. this, "fired by the parliament" makes it odd, because i never heard of it. Also the name sounds somewhat Dutch, but no, not close enough. really "Hankman Berman"?
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Van Hankman Berman, but that doesn't make sense to me- Van Hankman would be a surname, no? If there's a place known as Hankman, right?
Man, this might be the one time in my life where I'm glad that I'm surrounded by all of your cousins. :)
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Well, you can guess any name. Thing is if a high military official ever made such statement like that "Hankman Berman" dude did i would have known because the news would sure reported on it. And some outrage for sure.
I think it's safe to say that he (Sheehan)is a liar.
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http://weblogs.nos.nl/washington/2010/03/18/s...
Most in Dutch though.
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I don't give a toss.
Is Jones-Bos the US Ambassador to the Netherlands, or the Netherlands Ambassador to the US?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
oh sorry, the ambassador in Washington.
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her look like she needs to go to the stylist and demand a refund, and then find someone else who can cut some of that mess off hair up top.
Oh, and in that photo ysb posted in the Republican sex w/ animals thread of Ann Coulter suggests she needed to eat a foot-long at Subway, and then go find a colorist to touch up those ugly dark roots she had showing.
But I digress. :P
I've never seen change without a fire
she is an idiot
she gets paid to be an idiot
i want that job
wife. Right on target, Walt.
I've never seen change without a fire
discussing some stolen insulin that was (allegedly) stolen and resold through Rite-Aid. Though I couldn't find that story, I did find this gem:
$75 million in pharmaceuticals stolen from Eli-Lilly warehouse in CT last weekend
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.as...
That's some big-time money, folks....
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
forget dealing in illicit drugs...the money is in pharmaceuticals
that and medicare fraud
another reason why medicare for all is so important
take the profit out of the system
Medicare fraud. The Bush admin. legalized Medicare fraud with Advantage Plans (private insurance companies take advantage of senior citizens)and Medicare Part D and the donut hole.
What may well be relevant is the genealogical connection of Stepford Sarah with the Lilly family. I wonder if it's drug Lilly or Mozilla Lilly?
first day, all my brackets are destroyed
nice day for upsets in the ncaa's
living in multi-generational extended family housesholds.
Even if I haven't always lived in a household with extended family, there usually was extended family across the street. My first childhood home was on a vineyard with two houses; my parents and I lived in one of the houses, and my father's brother and his wife and children lived in the other house. My second childhood home was again my parents and I, but my mother's father and his girlfriend and her sister living in the house directly across the street. I haven't lived that way in a long time however, and I miss it.
Anyway, I first learned about these statistics in the Shanghai Daily. It would be interesting to see if China's stats are the opposite of ours; if maybe their traditional extended families are giving way to nuclear families as their economy goes up and ours goes down...
I've never seen change without a fire
I nominate her to ambassador of New Beckistan or Foxlandia - then send her to any foreign country - she'll never know the difference...
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Why do you hate foreign countries ? you hater :(
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my bad
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
is devolving out of Texas.
but, hasn't the health insurance industry spent over $350 million on ads against health care reform? How much more have the drug companies, the chamber of commerce and private hospitals spent on ads?
No, he wasn't rude to me, but the idiot decided he was going to make a customer service phone call to AT&T on his cell while we were waiting at the K-mart bus stop. First thing is, that was already a huge mistake, the bus stop faces the county line and it's very hard to hear on a cell phone with all the racket from semi-trucks and cars whissing by.
The poor woman that had the misfortune of answering his call had to put up with him for several minutes... She wasn't solving his problem as fast as he wanted and it didn't even take long for him to yell at her like she had insulted his mother, when really all she did was get one number of his zip code wrong.
I felt so bad for her, since he had it on speaker and I could hear everything. She sounded East Indian and I hope that asshole didn't take her accent as a license to be rude and impatient with her. He bitched and bitched some more, and he told her than in the time it was taking her, he could just get on the bus and go to the AT&T store and ask his question there. I figured without saying anything that that's what he should have done all along and just left that poor woman alone.
Anyway, when he finally hung up he was trying to get me to commiserate with him, but I ignored him and wouldn't answer. Ugh.
*big hug for any customer service C&Lers*
I've never seen change without a fire
The Dumbing Down of Society is a sad and scary thing to watch. Then you have that torture porn of shows like 24 and all those war video games. We need to watch out and guard against that by being aware of it in the future. Journalism in this country has failed us into two wars and tax cuts that have about bankrupted us in the same manner Enron went down. Not to mention our Bill of Rights went Kaput after patriot act was passed. how'd that all happen.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Presstitute. Never heard of that til today. Perfect for our corporate owned and for profit news industry.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
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Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
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"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
...that a forced retraction, apology, or air time for the opposition is presstitution
She looks like Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island.
http://www.catholica.com.au/specials/sevendea...
Congressman Grayson Demands Release of AIG Emails
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
CongressManWithGuts.com
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
I'm thinking about itemizing stuff (basically a year's worth of expenses--meals, office supplies) that my employer didn't pick up (Actually, I just didn't submit them, in an effort to help the company out). I have all the receipts, no problem, averaging maybe $200/week.
What I need to generally know is
a) What % of these can be deducted (general guidelines)
b) How much ($ total) would be needed to make itemizing wothwhile.
c) Any simple/quick references for doing this shit.
I'm single, W2 employee, no kids, no interest income, grossed about $47K last year. Doing the 1040 EZ, I'd be due a $440 refund. Not bad, but if I can stretch a couple hundred more out of it by itemizing, well...
Liberty Tax wanted $150 to "confirm" my 1040EZ, plus another $100+ to get the "rapid refund". Fuck them!!
Any advice will be appreciated....
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
website. Look up itemized deductions, and find the amount you have to beat in order to itemize. If you cannot beat it with out-of-pocket medical expenses and other allowable expenses, you must take the standard deduction. Do you own real property and if so, did you pay a mortgage? Did you pay property taxes? What was the total of your work-related unreimbursed expenses? If you are not sure what those would be, the website will inform you. I'm going to go look at the itemized minimum right now.
I don't own squat. No kids, wife, etc.
I just opened the 1040 form online--175pp!
But thanks for a starting place.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
the majority of your potential deductions are work related. Is that right? You only need four or five of the pages, and you can bookmark the instructions and read them. Use the table of contents in the beginning of the instruction booklet. I didn't mean to freak you out. It won't be that hard. You do not need hardly anything from the 175 pages. Promise.
I'm not sure you can itemize like that on an EZ form. I seem to remember there being a place for tips or other claimed income but I'm not sure about anything else. You may have to file a long form. 1040A I think. Your post office should have a tax handbook for your state or you could google it.
/not an accountant
//may be wrong lol
Just get a "quicky" snapshot of what I could get the fastest way possible. Thanks.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
out of pocket for expense you have to have an accountant do your deductions for you. For everydollar you spent it comes off your gross income and shouldn't be taxed. I believe it's a 1099 you need to take those deductions and it should increase your return substantially. Good luck. I'm not the expert though.
paid you as a subcontractor. I thought you said you did not turn in the expenses you want to deduct, if possible. Did I misunderstand? And, were you a subcontractor or a salaried/hourly employee? Did you get a W-2?
your addressing fastfeat but I did use 1099 for my last employer but I arranged for him not to take any deductions from my pay. I think I got both W-2 and 1099 so it made it easier for me to claim all of my deductions. I was strictly on commission.
They normally paid my expenses (I turned in receipts weekly before), but times got tight, I got behind in submitting them, but I figured I could still take the deduction (in lieu of my employer payer paying me directly). Maybe I can't w/o being a 1099 employee then.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
weren't reimbursed you can still deduct them. I'm not an expert, that would be my sister. She has worked for a CPA for over 25 years.
But you must beat the standard deduction. You are single, so look on the 1040 for your standard deduction and you must beat that with your total expenses, which so far n your case are work related expenses that were not reimbursed by your employer and any medical expenses you paid, including the cost of your health insurance if you paid it. I am going back to see what the standard deduction for a single person is this year. Back in a minute.
See below. Got about $10K in receipts.
I've got to run for awhile.
Thanks all for the help. Will check back later tonight.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Goodnight.
Ron, and everyone else. I've got a good idea where to start and what to do. My receipts are completely unorganized (in ziplocs, Fedex folders, etc), but they're all there. Just got to get to LA and get them out of storage and sort.
Since I've never done it this way before, I guess I should expect an audit next year too? No big deal, I suppose.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Many employers love this as you are responsible for all of your taxes. Did you have a base pay and also commissions? Is that why you got both a W-2 and a 1099?
commission only but I may not have gotten the W-2. Retired and on SS so I can't remember.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sa.pdf Print it out an work it out. On the main IRS page, click on Forms and Publications. You want Form 1040, as you know, and the appropriate schedules, which is probably just the schedule A. Start there.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf
spent several hundred dollars or thousands out of pocket, you don't want to go easy.
Standard deduction for me is $9350, so I figure thats (roughly) $700 or so to work with, maybe...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
related expenses (unreimbursed) are more then your standard deduction you can deduct them. How about health insurance?
cell phones, note paper and other things you bought that were job related. They all add up. Your computer and internet access also.
Motel 6, food, etc.
I used to be pretty organized, but once I got behind, shit just snowballed. But I threw away nothing, kinda like a receipt hoarder...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Surely you jest. And no, I haven't carried my own either.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I'm in Portland, OR and they have several locations. It's first come, first served, so you have to wait a while, but once it's your turn, they are quick and efficient...they have a special tax program, and they do it for FREE. The tax preparers are trained by the IRS, so they know what they're doing. They have a supervisor double check it and send it electronically while you're sitting there, and give you hard copies. Also, the IRS has a free electronic filing online, if you want to check that out. Good luck!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
I'm not quite old enough to be an AARP member yet, but there may be similar local groups as well. (My late father had this shit down pat, as he did it every April 14. I made sure to be gone tax day/weekend; I should've stuck it out once...)
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
for AARP....it's open to everyone, regardless of age or membership. They just sponsor it. The only problem is that it will take a little of your time because you have to wait your turn. But otherwise, it's perfect.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
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