TINY MINDS

Archive for October, 2006

Yesterday was the last day to file your extended 1040 form and related state returns. Not that that made much difference to this incredible assclown:

WASHINGTON (AP) – Movie actor Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday on eight counts of tax fraud accusing him of bilking $12 million from the government in false refund claims.

Snipes, 44, also failed to file tax returns for six years, according to an indictment unsealed in Tampa, Fla.

Federal prosecutors said Snipes fraudulently claimed the refunds in 1996 and 1997. It also charged him with failure to file returns between 1999 and 2004.

According to the indictment, Snipes had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments for their clients. As part of the deal, the indictment alleges, the firm, American Rights Litigators, would receive 20 percent of refunds from clients.

Snipes faces a maximum of 16 years in prison.

Guess Vampire Nation wins, after all.

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I’m at a loss for how to head this one up — so please make your suggestions in the comments, and we’ll pick the best one — you’re prize will be fantastic, if ephemeral:

KARACHI (Reuters) – A Pakistani man has committed suicide outside his fiancee’s home after he thought he accidentally killed her while trying to persuade her to get married early, police said Saturday.

The man, Ahmed Ashraf, was shooting a gun in the air outside his fiancee’s home in the southern city of Karachi on Friday as part of his efforts to persuade her to get married two months early when a stray bullet accidently hit her, police said.

“He was so eager to get married he stood in front of his fiancee’s house and started firing shots in the air to catch her attention,” said investigating officer Ghulam Hussain.

The young woman was coming downstairs when a bullet ricocheted off a wall and hit her. She fell down screaming “I have been shot,” Hussain said.

“He thought he had killed her and within seconds shot himself. The girl is fine,” Hussain said.

“It is a tragic accident. They were engaged to be married with their parents’ consent on December 25. He was insisting they get married earlier.”

Ashraf had told his fiancee, Naureen, he would do something drastic if she didn’t agree to get married straight away. The woman insisted the marriage date had already been set and there was no need to hurry, Hussain said.

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Let’s hear it for this woman’s constitutional rights!

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — An appeals court has upheld a Florida woman’s right to protest topless.

Elizabeth Book was arrested in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 2004 when she took off her shirt to protest the city’s nudity laws.

Ed: Frankly, I think maybe she should just keep the top on. It’s not like she’s going to ignite a riot or anything with that floppy mess of a rack.

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Is is apparently OK to tell a group of school children that you would like to schtup the Governator, but not OK for the opposition to criticize you for it.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia apologized for remarks she made at a La Quinta school about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, but at the same time she pinned part of the scandal on her rival’s political backers, it was reported Monday.

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1) Melt down artillery round.

2) Remove explosives from round.

Oh, wait, do I have that backward?

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Two people were killed and seven seriously wounded in Uganda when an artillery round blew up as a man tried to melt it down for scrap metal, police said on Saturday.

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