Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid: taxes are voluntary in America

IOU

Your tax refund check fom the state of CA for 2008 might be an IOU in lieu of a check. [MSNBC]

Will banks accept it? Unknown, though they did in 1992.

Meanwhile, here is an eye-popping article [LATimes] which exposes the financial legerdemain cities in CA have practiced in order to finance themselves into looming bankruptcy.

Gotta love them FI-NAN-SHALL geniuseseses.

Hmmm, I guess if I paid the state my taxes owed with my personal IOU they’d understand, eh?

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Robert Rubin is a part owner of the highend fly fishing shop Urban Angler (stores in NYC and DC), in which Andy and Mark Madoff are also investors.

Phun

Nice kitty

If you know Russian, do let us in on the story of what kind of “cat” this is.

Make mine a Jagged Edge

Bury Me with a Name Tag

Because it will make it easier for whoever accidentally uproots me from my stainless steel sarcophagus in 150 years.

Old Percy here, he had the latest thing from 1870, cast iron.

Save the mummy wrap for next in line. I want a top hat, coat with tails, and a martini glass in my hand. A monocle would add a touch of much needed style.

UPDATE
Yesterday was a busy day for accidental discoveries. (Although, you can’t convince me someone didn’t already know about this.)