It usually doesn’t take long for the rage felt because of some bastard in Connecticut shooting up a school full of kids to dissipate into a melange of Facebook Philosophy, Tawdry Tweets, Paltry Prayers, and Fruitless Photoshop. Already, I’m being hit with drawings like this that would make Van Gogh go Van Nuts:
In another startling instance of human beings doing a better job than god at creating stuff, Scientists at the might have unexpectedly created a new form of matter inside the Large Hadron Collider.
A little hobby that Mitt Romney picked up about 8 years ago has abruptly come to an end. Like a man who spent nearly a decade of his life trying to build a ship in a bottle to only have it collapse at the very last moment, Mitt Romney has suddenly found out that his hobby that he picked up years ago has been crushed. After spending millions of his and other people’s dollars, the millionaire venture capitalist will need to find something actually useful to do with his time. Maybe raking the leaves in his summer home in Massachusetts, or simply writing another book on the beach of his winter home in California. Either way, while he concedes that it is difficult to give up on a hobby that has taken up nearly 1/5 of his life, he’s probably just looking forward to taking it easy, sitting by the pool, collecting million dollar checks that he pays no taxes on. All and all, it was a good run. But, I’m sure he’ll get by with his meager earnings. Maybe he’ll buy a country to rule over instead.
A post on Bloomberg.com by Jesse Drucker finally helps expose a part of why Mitt Romney wouldn’t release his tax returns. Essentially, he used the Mormon Church’s tax exempt status to defer taxes for over 15 years.
Romney used the tax-exempt status of a charity — the Mormon Church, according to a 2007 filing— to defer taxes for more than 15 years. At the same time he is benefiting, the trust will probably leave the church with less than what current law requires, according to tax returns obtained by Bloomberg this month through a Freedom of Information Act request.
In general, charities don’t owe capital gains taxes when they sell assets for a profit. Trusts like Romney’s permit funders to benefit from that tax-free treatment, said Jonathan Blattmachr, a trusts and estates lawyer who set up hundreds of such vehicles in the 1990s.
The entire article can be read HERE.
Just another reason why churches shouldn’t have tax exempt status.
Suggested Musical Accompaniment: White Horse by Laid Back
In 1843, Joseph Smith, the dude behind Mormonism, said
You will see the Constitution of the United States almost destroyed. It will hang like a thread as fine as a silk fiber….It will be preserved and saved by the efforts of the White Horse and by the Red Horse who will combine in its defense.
Look at My Horse
Bill Nye, who I admiringly refer to as Uncle Billy, pushed himself into the front lines in the war of Creationism vs. Science. In a video titled “Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children”he rails against the notion that classrooms should teach Creationism alongside Evolution.
While most of Mitt Romney’s debate with President Obama was filled with lies and misdirection, there was one thing that old Mitty uttered that caused the Internet to go to fucking war.
In 95, when they took over congress, the Republicans introduced a bill to drive a tank down Sesame Street and kill the fuck out of everyone from Big Bird to Elmo. Now, they are trying to do it again. So, why do Republicans hate Sesame Street so much?
After a long night of drinking scotch and glutting myself with Chicken in Mole sauce, I turned on the TV to find something that my bloated inebriated body could lose consciousness before my bowels decided to let loose, leaving me swimming in a pile of my own shit.
When I was approached to write for AtheistHobos, I was hoping that I could use the opportunity to talk about two things that I love: Science and Philosophy.
Then this jerk came along:
Atheist Hobos 