Re: fairly balanced maybe?

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
I see actions on both sides I disagree with. I think there are legitimate reasons, like trying to prevent assassinations, for a perimeter around a building with a bunch of heads of state in it. So while ok, I suppose free speech is everywhere, I think protesters were pushing by trying to get to th

Re: fairly balanced maybe?

2012-05-21 Thread LRS Scout
I much prefer British journalism to our own. Which is funny considering my opinion on their government, but I digress. This seems like a better story for the most part. I have big problems with the IAVW. They have major reliability and verification problems. Several times members of theirs ha

fairly balanced maybe?

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
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Re: FBI Informant that kled to trumpoed up conspiracy charges

2012-05-21 Thread LRS Scout
While I agree that these arrests are problematic, the article never mentions the F.B.I., and the suspects are being held on state charges, so mentioning the F.B.I. in your title is polemic and misleading. This is one of my issues with underground journalism and new media. If those of us that are

FBI Informant that kled to trumpoed up conspiracy charges

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
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Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
http://libertarianreview.us/2012/05/20/nato-protests-in-chicago-some-officers-refuse-to-arrest-non-violent-protesters/ On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Dana wrote: > agreed, just saying -- posting edited video and saying look, brutality is > damaging in the long run also. There *are* two sides

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
[image: Glenn Greenwald]*Glenn Greenwald*‏@*ggreenwald* ** Follow ** The 1st Amendment really does guarantee "the right of the people peaceably to assemble" #*Whatever* * * On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Eric Rob

Re: ADOBE - PUT COLDFUSION ON THE HOMEPAGE!!!

2012-05-21 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:45 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > It's never been great, but it was always at least the red headed step > child, mentioned on menus and and product lists. > > At least e-week on-line picked it up for a slideshow... http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Adobe-ColdF

Re: ADOBE - PUT COLDFUSION ON THE HOMEPAGE!!!

2012-05-21 Thread LRS Scout
Not even in the menu, what the hell kind of product marketing do they have on our beloved application server? It's never been great, but it was always at least the red headed step child, mentioned on menus and and product lists. We need Adam back over here. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:43 PM, LRS

Re: ADOBE - PUT COLDFUSION ON THE HOMEPAGE!!!

2012-05-21 Thread LRS Scout
Wow, it's not even listed under products on the homepage anymore? WTF? On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Vivec wrote: > > ...it seems they read your post and "fixed" it...not seeing > anything about Coldfusion :-) > > On 21 May 2012 21:15, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions > wrote: >

Re: ADOBE - PUT COLDFUSION ON THE HOMEPAGE!!!

2012-05-21 Thread Vivec
...it seems they read your post and "fixed" it...not seeing anything about Coldfusion :-) On 21 May 2012 21:15, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions wrote: > > Subject says it all! ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology

ADOBE - PUT COLDFUSION ON THE HOMEPAGE!!!

2012-05-21 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
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Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > Go look up the labor movement Cam...they protested and went on > strike...that > was pretty effective. Protesting also got us out of the war in Vietnam as > it brought extreme attention to it and as a resul

Re: All your google belong to us

2012-05-21 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > If they really want to know how many points my poker players have > accumulated over 9 weeks, they can have it! LOL > "Your" poker players... Sounds like someone needs to win a few hands LOL ~~

Re: All your google belong to us

2012-05-21 Thread Ras Tafari
well yeah, like 3 weeks ago and stuff :0 runs. fast. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > Google Drive bab! > > https://drive.google.com > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www

Re: All your google belong to us

2012-05-21 Thread Erika L. Rich
Oh I am not using it for anything important. Just crappy stuff, I don't need taking up space on my drive. If they really want to know how many points my poker players have accumulated over 9 weeks, they can have it! LOL On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Vivec wrote: > > partsy poopers! > > On 21

Re: All your google belong to us

2012-05-21 Thread Vivec
partsy poopers! On 21 May 2012 20:00, LRS Scout wrote: > > I don't know, their refusal to talk about what their relationship is with > the NSA, and the way they data mine for adsense and stuff, I'm not sure I'd > be using it anytime soon.

Re: All your google belong to us

2012-05-21 Thread LRS Scout
I don't know, their refusal to talk about what their relationship is with the NSA, and the way they data mine for adsense and stuff, I'm not sure I'd be using it anytime soon. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > Google Drive bab! > > https://drive.google.com > > > ~~

All your google belong to us

2012-05-21 Thread Erika L. Rich
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Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread LRS Scout
I totally agree with you. The picture of the one cop punching someone in the face has gotten a lot of mileage on various sites, but it's totally out of context. The guy the officer is hitting had just broken a piece of wood over another officers head. Although there is something to be said for

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
agreed, just saying -- posting edited video and saying look, brutality is damaging in the long run also. There *are* two sides. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:31 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > Black Bloc and R.A.S.H. are pretty retarded, and prone to starting trouble > on their own. I've had run ins in t

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
no no there were batons used -- look at video #2 above On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I haven't heard that (about the police) but it is possible. I am skeptical > of what the MSM is reporting as they were saying that many of the injur

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
if true the comment applies to that particular situation. But apparently they never did use the tear gas. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I haven't heard that (about the police) but it is possible. I am skeptical > of what the MSM is r

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread LRS Scout
Large scale protests most certainly contributed to the end of the war in Vietnam. The anti-war movement didn't really have major support until about 68, and it kept growing right up until we were forced to sign the Paris peace nonsense. It certainly also impacted our conduct of the war, in many

Yet another reason why we need to take the profit out of healthcare...

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
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Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
I am not sure either -- just summarizing the other side of the story. There is one. I *will* say that I did personally see streaming video of a van, apparently the same van, being banged on and almost rocked. I could understand feeling threatened, even refusing to stop. I am not sure the speed I s

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
I would disagree...the protests really cast a bright lite on it. -Original Message- From: Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions [mailto:ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:14 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
I haven't heard that (about the police) but it is possible. I am skeptical of what the MSM is reporting as they were saying that many of the injuries were self-inflicted...definitely not buying that. -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 201

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread LRS Scout
Black Bloc and R.A.S.H. are pretty retarded, and prone to starting trouble on their own. I've had run ins in the past with both. That being said the use of false flag ops and agents provocateur is well established and documented, to the point that the vast majority of today's terror arrests are

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
Not only does it look disproportionate...it was...31,000 Chicago police (plus whatever Philadelphia and Charlotte sent) for the estimated 10,000 protestors... -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:49 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pi

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
that may well be what is going on and in fact I suspect it is. It needs to be addressed, though I will admit I have no suggestions on how. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > It is well known that there are agents provocateur starting troub

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
I am not sure I am buying the police response to that... -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:48 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest #1 looks like the black bloc stuff I was talking about, did not see a compl

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:13 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > I would like to add the civil rights movement as another time that protests > work, as well as the solidarity movement in eastern Europe. > Civil Resistance is what makes a difference, not protests by themselves. Protests are one part, and whi

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
It is well known that there are agents provocateur starting trouble. They caught a bunch of undercover cops trying to sneak into the crowd here and I have seen it at the protests in California. Many of them pose as black bloc and start problems to try and discredit protestors. That is an age ol

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > Go look up the labor movement Cam...they protested and went on > strike...that > was pretty effective. Protesting also got us out of the war in Vietnam as > it brought extreme attention to it and as a resul

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread LRS Scout
I would like to add the civil rights movement as another time that protests work, as well as the solidarity movement in eastern Europe. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Dana wrote: > > yeah that's the livecaster stuff I was talking about. > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Eric Roberts < > ow

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
yeah that's the livecaster stuff I was talking about. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > TimCast... > > http://www.ustream.tv/timcast he also has other vids recorded throughout > the day and evening > > A couple of links that point to the

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
nod, what defused the situation at Michigan and Cernak as I saw it was that protesters near the rear moved a barricade so they could move back and give the front line protesters a place where they could move back without trampling each other. I also heard but did not see that some of the journalis

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
Go look up the labor movement Cam...they protested and went on strike...that was pretty effective. Protesting also got us out of the war in Vietnam as it brought extreme attention to it and as a result it because really unpopular. -Original Message- From: Casey Dougall - Uber Website Sol

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
LOL...yeah... -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:27 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest mind you "what I expected" is a low bar indeed. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Dana wrote: > there was some dispr

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
TimCast... http://www.ustream.tv/timcast he also has other vids recorded throughout the day and evening A couple of links that point to the raid. They were held and cuffed at gunpoint...that's a bit excessive and totally uncalled for. http://bit.ly/LmIhIr http://bit.ly/KtvMvZ -Original

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
Overall...they did do a lot better...I wish I could post the pic here, but I have one on FB that has cops in riot gear pushing a group of p eople up against the fence and one cop has a taser (not the projectile type...the one that just arcs at the end...i forget what it is called) up against one g

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
maybe not. There were some injuries there though and I saw part of it is what I am saying. The number of police looks disproportionate until you think about it. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Yes...Michigan and Cermak is right by McCo

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
Yes...Michigan and Cermak is right by McCormick place...though I don't think that was the center of the protests that day. -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:27 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest there wa

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
#1 looks like the black bloc stuff I was talking about, did not see a complete tape on this #2 police really do seem to be hitting and hitting people who are already down #3 saw a raw livestream on this. Protesters had that van surrounded and were banging on it. Police version is that someone brok

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
The one I was referring to was on Washington near Daley Plaza... -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:19 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest was that Michigan and Cernak? Cause that's the one I am talking abo

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
see... assuming the McCormick Place metro is near the convention center, the were only three blocks away, and there were how many heads of state in the building? They really couldn't let them get much closer. Especially not guys with t-shirts saying hi, I am an anarchist, I mean really, there is n

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
I saw that. I made a tinyurl for it here um Saturday or so. I am also not happy about the livestreamers who got hassled at gunpoint, not the way to treat journalists, Chicago, and yes citizen journalists do count. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wr

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
mind you "what I expected" is a low bar indeed. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Dana wrote: > there was some disproportionate force. But on the *whole* Chicago did > better than I expected. What was so important about Michigan and Cernak > though? Getting to close to McCormick Place and trigge

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
there was some disproportionate force. But on the *whole* Chicago did better than I expected. What was so important about Michigan and Cernak though? Getting to close to McCormick Place and triggering security concerns I am guessing? Been meaning to look that up. That might actually be kind of leg

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
Plus, they did a preemptive raid, claiming that the people arrested had incendiary devices. The "incendiary devices"...welll it was a beer making kit. Occupy Chicago documented it early on and posted the pics of what was confiscated (unfortunately, I only know of a FB page, and FB doesn't seem t

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > I only watched the first, but it sure looked like the protesters were > trying top break the line and the police responded. There really isn't > enough context to judge wether the force they used was reasonable, maybe it > wasn't. > > Bu

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
I did also want to comment that I don't completely understand this black bloc bullshit but everytime I hear about them -- and I can think of incidents in Oakland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz off the top of my head in addition to the charging the police thing yesterday -- they really seem to do mo

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > Let me find the video on Youtube where the cops were kittling and beating > the protestors... I only watched the first, but it sure looked like the protesters were trying top break the line and the police

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
was that Michigan and Cernak? Cause that's the one I am talking about too. I will give that police chief credit that showed up and naw naw naw take the gas masks off. I read he ordered no batons if possible, too. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wro

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOImv8e14RE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M97GDTzmyR4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cNXNwSN4o There's a few -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:13 PM To: cf-community Su

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
Let me find the video on Youtube where the cops were kittling and beating the protestors... -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:13 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest This reads as "we're protesting

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
I think that with some exceptions -- ramming protesters with a van being one -- the police were kinda controlled. As far as I know they backed down from teargas, for example. I watched some of the livestreams and saw some stuff where police where trying to back protesters up who really had no plac

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Cameron Childress
This reads as "we're protesting anything and everything that anyone has ever been upset about". ...and I'm not saying that the police always act right, but the Chicago Trib link that started this thread was primarily of peaceful protests. I saw a few injuries oh unknown origin, and a protestor wh

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > NATO Summit... protesting the war in Afghanistan as well as other military > actions taken by NATO, plus all the other occupy stuff like income > inequality, healthcare, etc... > And Democracy... http://w

RE: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
NATO Summit... protesting the war in Afghanistan as well as other military actions taken by NATO, plus all the other occupy stuff like income inequality, healthcare, etc... There was a big protest in front of Boeing HQ today "Healthcare not Warfare"... It's a shame the FB links are not working

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:45 PM, GMoney wrote: > I haven't been following this...what's everyone pissed off about now? > > From the pictures, it looks like maybe they cancelled a Phish concert? Yeah I'm a little lost too... -Cameron ... ~

Re: Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread GMoney
I haven't been following this...what's everyone pissed off about now? >From the pictures, it looks like maybe they cancelled a Phish concert? On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > OK.this is from the Chicago Tribune, so they should be ea

Pics from the NATO Protest

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Roberts
OK.this is from the Chicago Tribune, so they should be easily accessable. http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-120520-nato-summit-protests-sun day-pictures/index.html#2 http://bit.ly/LeHwUX if the above isn't working. ~

Re: DOJ: videotaping cops is a constitutional right

2012-05-21 Thread PT
Did you see that Baltimore Sun link at the bottom? No so encouraging. It shows that you can't give PDs ANY leeway or they will find a way to abuse it. Come on guys. If you aren't doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to hide. At least, that's what YOU keep telling US. On 5/21/2012 2:

Re: DOJ: videotaping cops is a constitutional right

2012-05-21 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
I saw that last week, and was encouraged. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > DOJ comes out and argues the seemingly obvious, that videotaping and > photographing police in public areas is a protected 1st Amendment > activity. Ridiculously obvious, I know, but something tha

DOJ: videotaping cops is a constitutional right

2012-05-21 Thread Judah McAuley
DOJ comes out and argues the seemingly obvious, that videotaping and photographing police in public areas is a protected 1st Amendment activity. Ridiculously obvious, I know, but something that police departments nation-wide have been fighting against for quite awhile. http://www.nytimes.com/2012

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread PT
You can ask your nearest Small Business Development Center for further advice in this area. Most assistance is free and they will know some good CPAs. http://www.sba.gov/ http://www.asbdc-us.org/ You can check with any local colleges too. The center for student development (or whatever the

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Maureen wrote: > I agree that a CPA is a good idea, but I still think knowing the > terminology and at least having a basic idea of what is deductible is > helpful because not even CPAs are infallible, and there are some bad > ones out there. Agreed. At that e

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Cameron Childress
Very true... Also, most good CPAs will also be able to instruct you on what types of deductions are most likely to trigger an audit in the first place. -Cameron On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Dana wrote: > I actually usually do my own taxes. But I have read that one of the > edvantages of h

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Maureen
I agree that a CPA is a good idea, but I still think knowing the terminology and at least having a basic idea of what is deductible is helpful because not even CPAs are infallible, and there are some bad ones out there. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > To add a bit to

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Maureen
Should have been: http://home.mchsi.com/~taxcalculator/download.htm On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > was there a link Mo, except to the IRS? > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Maureen wrote: >> >> Go here and download the spreadsheet. ~~

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
I actually usually do my own taxes. But I have read that one of the edvantages of having a CPA is that if God forbid you get audited and the IRS is wondering why this deduction doesn't correspond to this other record over here, the CPA says hmm I will ask about that. Whereas if you did your own yo

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Greg Morphis
Yeah, I'm thinking a good CPA is the way to go. Thanks all! On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Maureen wrote: > >> Go here and download the spreadsheet.  It has most of the forms you >> need.  There are couple that aren't there that

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
was there a link Mo, except to the IRS? On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Maureen wrote: > > Go here and download the spreadsheet.  It has most of the forms you > need.  There are couple that aren't there that you can download from > IRS.GOV > > Look at  what items are listed on the schedule A,B

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Maureen wrote: > Go here and download the spreadsheet. It has most of the forms you > need. There are couple that aren't there that you can download from > IRS.GOV Greg- To add a bit to this... These are great things to research, and I encourage you to rea

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Maureen
Go here and download the spreadsheet. It has most of the forms you need. There are couple that aren't there that you can download from IRS.GOV Look at what items are listed on the schedule A,B,C, etc. Those are the items you can deduct. Itemizing is only useful on Schedule A if your itemizat

Re: anyone ever hear of a promotional version of windows?

2012-05-21 Thread Dana
could be. There was a son who apparently works on the computer when he comes over. And that is essentially what he told her, but he was in Yosemite. I did not actually check the version -- does 8 look a lot like 7? But otherwise it was as described -- password required, and she had no idea what it

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread J.J. Merrick
Yes a good CPA will save you HUNDREDS in taxes... http://www.daveramsey.com/elp/home/ictid/rt.nav is a good place to find one. They are all vetted and are the real deal. -J.J. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Justin Scott wrote: >

Re: taxes and itemization

2012-05-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Justin Scott wrote: > A word of advice... if you want to get serious about tax strategy, go > to a local CPA and avoid the franchised "big box" accounting mills. > They're basically marketing companies that just happen to have > computerized forms that do some tax

Re: anyone ever hear of a promotional version of windows?

2012-05-21 Thread Matthew Small
I'm thinking maybe it's Windows 8 Developer Preview or Consumer Preview. There is no promotional version, but Windows can be installed without activation and it will expire in some time period like 90 days or comething close. >so there *is* such a thing as a trial version of windows? That is w