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NLL Notebook: Long Time No See in Champion's Cup Matchup
by Neil Stevens | LaxMagazine.com
|In Saturday's NLL final, former
Rochester captain Shawn Williams returns to Blue Cross Arena for
the first time since being traded to Edmonton last
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The opponents in the National Lacrosse League's championship game this Saturday night did not meet during the regular season so they will be going at it for the first time since Feb. 26, 2011, when the Rochester Knighthawks defeated the visiting Edmonton Rush 13-9.
There are 12 players from that game remaining in the Knighthawks lineup, while only nine players who appeared in that game remain with the Rush.
The Champion's Cup showdown sends Rush forward Shawn Williams and Rush goalie Aaron Bold into Blue Cross Arena for the first time since Rochester traded them to Edmonton last October for Ryan Cousins, Alex Kedoh-Hill and Andy Secore. Cousins is the only one of the three currently getting floor time with the 'Hawks. Williams was the Knighthawks' captain.
Vitarelli Fits Right In
Cody Jamieson was Rochester's leading goal scorer during the regular season with 36 and Cory Vitarelli was next with 29. When opposition defenses key on Jamieson, it is Vitarelli who often picks up the slack. Vitarelli, with four goals, was the individual scoring star in Rochester's 17-13 East final triumph in Toronto last Saturday.
''We have some big-name players like Cody,'' Vitarelli replies when asked to define his role. ''My role is to set picks to get other guys open and to fight for loose balls and, hopefully, score when I get my chances.''
He's extremely good at it.
The Knighthawks were up and down during their 7-9 regular season. They were a mystery to many observers. But Vitarelli says that he and his teammates always felt that as long as they made the playoffs they'd be capable of big things. They got in, and then they got hot in winning their first two playoff games. They are peaking at the right time.
Head coach Mike Hasen has pulled all the right strings.
''He's obviously very knowledgeable,'' says Vitarelli. ''He knows how to get guys to work together. He's very supportive. He helps guys be confident in themselves and you need that confidence to win. We have a lot of respect for him.''
Vitarelli played major junior hockey and his signing with the Knighthawks was delayed for four years because he was playing hockey at the University of Prince Edward Island.
His explanation on how he wound up wearing 23 in the NLL is a touch confusing. He had worn 25 and wanted to ask for it at UPEI but it was taken. He'd worn 13 the previous year with his summer lacrosse team in Peterborough, Ontario, so he took 23 because it was somewhat similar to 13 and was close to 25.
''It was just an available number that was decent,'' he says.
He's stuck with 23 with the 'Hawks.
Is hockey still in his future?
''The way things have gone with lacrosse, it's definitely my No. 1 focus and I don't see that changing anytime soon.''
Hasen Looks Ahead
Rochester coach Mike Hasen didn't spend any time gloating over his team's win in Toronto. He even found something to complain about: his team has only a .500 record this year -- 7-9 in the regular season and now 9-9 after two playoff wins.
Peaking at the right time, Mike?
''We're only .500,'' he replied. ''We're 9-9 and we don't want to fall back below .500 so we've got a long way to go. It's going to be even tougher next weekend.''
Owner-manager Curt Styres paid for seven buses to take 350 supporters from Rochester to Toronto, and he even supplied game tickets. They were on their feet cheering every time the 'Hawks scored -- all 17 times.
''When we got up [in the score], they were there for us,'' said Hasen.
Accursi Only Player Left From 2007
Mike Accursi is the only Knighthawks player left from the last Rochester team to win the NLL title. That was in 2007 when a 13-11 win over the Arizona Sting in Glendale, Arizona, earned the 'Necks the Champion's Cup. Hasen was a defenseman with the 'Necks that year. Now he's head coach. Pat O'Toole was the goalie. Now he's the goaltending coach.
Two Edmonton players -- Shawn Williams and Steve Toll -- were on the '07 championship Rochester club.
Rush In Fine Form
The Edmonton Rush have won six of their last nine games after starting the season 2-7. Wow, what a turnaround.
''A couple of months ago, everyone was dogging us and saying that we're terrible and everything else and now we're in the championship game,'' forward Ryan Ward said after scoring three goals and assisting on four in that 15-3 shocker in Minnesota that upended the Swarm last Saturday night. ''It's all about peaking at the right time and playing together and believing, and we're doing that.''
This Saturday will see two sub-.500 teams meet in the Champion's Cup game for only the second time in NLL history.
''We're coming in with the right mindset,'' adds Ward. ''It's all about compete, hustle and hard work. That's our mindset going into it and we've been able to do that two in a row.''
Everybody, including Rush GM-coach Derek Keenan, was surprised by the lopsided score in Minny.
''We were pretty confident we could come in and win but I didn't think we would dominate a good team the way we did,'' he said after the huge win. ''It was a complete effort all the way around and that's what you need to win playoff games like this and move forward into championship games.''
Rubisch's Reputation Grows
Kyle Rubisch's excellence in his rookie NLL season last year earned him the reputation as one of the best up-and-coming defensemen in the NLL. Team Canada noticed. He was selected for the world tournament and was a valuable component in Prague in Canada's march to a third straight world title last May.
Now the Edmonton Rush defenseman, who led the league with 43 forced turnovers, has been named 2012 defensive player of the year. He's strong and he's aggressive. Doubt it? Just try to get around him.
''Kyle Rubisch had an outstanding year for the Rush and is very deserving of the defensive player of the year award,'' says GM-coach Derek Keenan. ''Kyle is the ultimate team player and makes the sacrifices necessary to lead a defense.
''At just 23 years old, it's scary to think how much better he will be as he continues to develop. The sky is the limit.''
Keenan was an assistant Team Canada coach in Prague and after watching Rubisch punish opponents there was no question in his mind that he'd select Rubisch with the No. 2 pick he had for the dispersal draft of Boston Blazers players last summer.
Rock Captain Gives Rose Vote of Confidence
It wasn't Nick Rose's night.
The Knighthawks had their way with the Toronto goalie in their 17-13 win over the Rock in the East Division final but Rock captain Colin Doyle wasn't about to blame Rose for their failure to repeat as NLL champs.
''They hit their shots when they needed to,'' Doyle said of Rochester's offense. ''That's what championship teams do and I feel like they played like one and I don't think we did. That's how it goes.''
Toronto outshot Rochester 64-41. Veteran goaltender Matt Vinc outplayed Rose, who was acquired in a trade with Calgary in March. He'd never started an NLL game but went 6-1 before being taken apart by the Knighthawks. His bubble burst.
''When you're winning and you're talking about Nick you rave about how he can bounce back from things and how he's so even keeled,'' said Doyle. ''He knows we've got his back.
''He's the reason we were in this game. He won it for us last week (over Buffalo). Nobody is hanging this on him at all. He's going to be a good goalie for this time for a long time and we're proud to have him on board. Nobody is blaming him. We feel happy to have him here. Thankfully he was here last week. We just didn't give him our best (against Rochester). That's what sucks.''
Injuries Stripped Rock of Depth
Drew Petkoff, Ryan Sharp, Rob Hellyer, Jamie Rooney, Dan Carey, Phil Sanderson -- injuries destroyed Toronto Rock roster depth.
Head coach Troy Cordingley didn't want to talk about injuries. He wasn't making any excuses for his team's ouster at the hands of the Rochester Knighthawks. But anybody who followed the Rock in 2012 is well aware of how many players were too banged up to finish out the season.
''We ran into a very, very hot goaltender,'' Cordingley said in sticking to the present. ''They played very well. They're very well coached and they had a very good plan. They deserved to win. The majority of the game we were waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen. Vinc would make a big save and then they'd go down and score a goal. Four or five times that happened. It puts a dagger in you.''
Petkoff, a solid veteran defenseman, played only the third, fourth and fifth games of the season and was ruled out for the duration. Sharp, another reliable D-man, played the first nine games before having his career ended by another serious knee injury.
Hellyer, a nifty forward, played only the first game of the season. He never reappeared. Rooney, another creative attacker adding roster depth, was unavailable after March 31 because of a groin injury.
Carey suffered from concussion-like symptoms after a hit to the head by Buffalo defenseman Darryl Gibson on March 31 and was done. Having had previous concussion issues while playing for Colorado, Carey's career might be over.
Veteran defenseman Phil Sanderson wasn't available for the last three regular-season games and the playoffs after being felled by a high hit from John Grant Jr. on April 14. His uncle, GM Terry Sanderson, said it's a career-threatening situation. Weeks ago, he complained loudly that the league wasn't doing enough about punishing players for high hits.
C'est la vie.
''We're proud of our guys,'' said Cordingley. ''With all the injuries we had, the guys who were left continued to battle. We battled as hard as we could.''
Added captain Colin Doyle: ''I'm quite proud of what we did this year. We lost significant guys to significant injuries and guys stepped up who weren't even in the league at the start of the year. We had a lot of people write us off at 2-4 and 4-6 but we battled back and beat some good teams in a tough league. We positioned ourselves for a chance to go on a run at home to win the championship. This was a good group, a championship team, for sure. We just didn't play like it [Saturday] and unfortunately we're going home the loser. That's the way it goes.''
Toronto won't have a pick in the first round of the 2012 entry draft. It was traded to Minnesota for the rights to Josh Sanderson after the Swarm claimed him in the dispersal draft of Boston Blazers players.
Billings Has No Regrets
The Rock offense started slowly and didn't kick into high gear in time to match Rochester's attack.
''Actually, I felt we played pretty well,'' said Rock forward Garrett Billings. ''We had nearly 65 shots to their 41. Matt stood on his head out there and we couldn't figure him out.''
Was it just a matter of Rochester being due after losing its last eight games against the Rock? Did he sense the Knighthawks were a determined bunch?
''To tell you the truth, I felt the determination of our side,'' said Billings. ''There's no quit in our team. We kept getting chance after chance after chance. If you break down the game's scoring chances, we played really well, especially late. We never quit. Sometimes you run into a hot goalie. It happened to us the last two games. Fortunately, we pulled out the first one. In this one, [Vinc] got the better of us.''
The 2012 Draft
Edmonton not only made it to the championship game, it has the No. 1 pick in the 2012 entry draft. The Rush got it in the trade that sent Athan Iannucci to Washington.
The order of selection for the first seven picks when the draft rolls around in September: 1. Edmonton (from Washington); 2. Minnesota (from Buffalo); 3. Buffalo (from Philadelphia via Edmonton); 4. Minnesota; 5. Minnesota (from Toronto); 6. Calgary (from Colorado); 7. Calgary.
Neil Stevens has covered pro and Canadian lacrosse since 1971. He and the late Tom Borrelli -- a longtime Lacrosse Magazine contributor -- are the only media members recognized by the NLL Hall of Fame.
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It was one of those jump start kind of days thanks to a blast of frigid air that dropped temperatures well below zero and put some car batteries into hibernation with a groan.
"You need to have a good battery with this kind of weather," said Erik Johnson of Johnson Towing.
The off-and-on cold snap, coupled with last week's winter snowstorm, has also left many north country homes vulnerable to the dangers of ice and snow buildup.
The thawing and refreezing of melting snow on roofs has created the formation of ice dams - leaving thick ridges of ice along the roof's edge.
While Mother Nature's icy art work may be pretty to look at it, the build-up can cause water to back up, get under shingles and eventually leak into the house, causing costly damages.
Contractor William Locy says using a roof rake to clear snow can pay off in the long run.
"A lot of people get up there and hammer them with axes and sledge hammers. You don't want to do that. You want to just get up there and remove the snow as best you can with a roof rake," he said.
It has also been a busy time for roofing contractor Jason Schumaker, who says while snow is pushing some roofs to their limit, this is one of the worst years for ice dams he's seen.
"It can actually cause moisture in the walls and insulation and eventually it could actually cause mold problems," he said.
Meanwhile, there are still a number of fire hydrants in communities around the county that are covered by the remains of the last snowstorm.
"It's extremely important that the public takes a little extra time to help clear the hydrants out," said Canton Fire Chief Bob Crowe.
In Saranac Lake, the temperature plunged to -23 during the overnight hours Thursday.
In Jefferson County, Watertown recorded a low of -4 at 7 a.m.
An hour earlier, Lowville recorded a temperature of - 7.
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It may be clarified that on dry days, sale and supply of liquor will remain suspended meaning thereby all the whole salers of country liquor as well as IMFL/Beer will not make the supply of liquor and all the retail vends will remain closed. But service of liquor in licensed Bars/Hotels/Clubs and Restaurants is permissible even on dry days except on three National holidays.
Even on the three National holidays, there is no bar on service of liquor in the rooms by the hotels provided they have obtained L-3 license for room service.
Not only this, on the National holidays, even L-20 / L-49A licenses are not granted. These are special temporary licenses granted for service of liquor in parties/functions. These licenses may however, be granted on other dry days.
It may be clarified that there is no ban for service of liquor by anyone at his residence provided the liquor served is authorised and is within the permissible limits.
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How to Set Up an S Corp in Texas
An S Corporation provides legal protection for its owner's personal property in case of lawsuits, but all income of the S Corporation passes through to the individual owner's tax returns. The liability protection combined with ease in tax filing make S Corporations a good choice for many small business owners. To establish an S Corporation in Texas, you must first file the appropriate paperwork with the state and receive registration approval. Once approved as a Texas corporation, you designate the corporation as an S Corporation by electing that status on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) paperwork.
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Select a name for your corporation that is unique to the state of Texas. The Office of the Secretary of State can help you determine if the name you've selected is unique to the state. Make sure your chosen name does not violate existing corporation trademarks. You can reserve the name for your corporation with the Secretary of State so that it cannot be taken by another corporation while you are filing your incorporation paperwork.
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Obtain state of Texas Form 201--Certificate of Formation For-Profit Corporation. The form can be downloaded and printed from the Texas Secretary of State website, or you can elect to complete the form online.
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Enter the name chosen for the corporation in Article 1 of Form 201. The name must contain a corporate designation, such as "corporation," "company" or "ltd."
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Enter the registered agent information in Article 2 of Form 201. The registered agent of a corporation is the person or organization designated to take legal action on behalf of the corporation. The corporation cannot act as its own registered agent.
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Identify the name and mailing address for each director of the corporation in Article 3 of Form 201.
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Record information concerning the total number of shares issued for the corporation and the value of the shares, if any, in Article 4 of Form 201.
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Explain the purpose of the corporation (the corporation's primary business) in Article 5 of Form 201 and identify the person designated as the organizer of the corporation.
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Select the option for filing effectiveness that applies to your situation. If you need to delay approval of the corporate filing based on a specific event, you must identify the event on Form 201.
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Sign and date the form and submit it to the Secretary of State along with the appropriate filing fee.
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Decades old. Heh, I work in a place these days where the code (mostly C and C++) has roots in Fortran. The database APIs (all homegrown, natch, since SQL didn't exist 'then') are, er, interesting, and unless you've experienced unstructured Fortran, you won't understand WHY things are the way they are.


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We were pleased to pick up the latest issue of Velo News and notice a large number of podium finishers sporting Specialized cycling shoes with Boa.
American Evelyn Stevens of the Specialized-lululemon women's pro cycling team had the biggest win of her career on April 18, when she won the Fleche Wallonne Femmes World Cup cycling race. The victory places her in a solid position for being nominated to the U.S. women's Olympic cycling team.
Maxim Iglinskiy of team Astana rode to the front of the field at the 257.5-kilometer Liege-Bastogne-Liege in April, also wearing the Specialized S-Works Boa. "It's a beautiful victory for me and for my country," Iglinskiy said in an interview with Cycling Weekly. "I think we will have a big party in Kazakhstan."
Check out CyclingWeekly.co.uk for a full report and the June 2012 issue of Velo News for more race news.
Plus, Tom Boonen of the Omega-Pharma Quick-Step Pro Cycling team has been having a banner season, pictured here on his way to winning his fourth Paris-Roubaix in April.
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Our Thanksgiving was absolutely lovely this year; and although I'm a bit late in posting a brief recap, the pictures of the impressive spread were too tasty not to share. A huge thanks to Marie for hosting our quaint party of fourteen and to Masterbuilt for providing the Indoor Electric Turkey Fryer!
We indulged in not one, but two deep fried turkeys, three different variations of potatoes, stuffing, veggies and all the trimmings. My contribution was the cranberry sauce and our family favorite, Cheesy Ritzy Broccoli Casserole. The dishes were kept traditional, with just enough pizazz that we knew we were in some great foodie company. The curried roasted sweet potatoes were my personal favorite.
As if we hadn't packed in enough, the dessert spread included tiramisu, cran-apple crisp, apple pie, pumpkin 'pie' and my Mommom's pecan pie. The pecan pie was a hit and not a single crumb came home with us. I'm always proud to show off the recipes of childhood and this pie was no exception.


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"Great!" said Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters in a statement Thursday. "Now I can write in some laughs, notable by their absence in the movie."
"The Wall," which was turned into a semi-animated 1982 film, is a semi-autobiographical double concept album about a decadent rock star named Pink Floyd. The album churned out hit songs "Hey You," "Mother," "Comfortably Numb" and "Another Brick in the Wall."
Since its release in 1979, "The Wall" has sold over 23 million copies, and is now the third best-selling album of all time.
"There are few projects as timeless as 'The Wall,"' said Mottola in a statement. "Even after two decades since its first release, 'The Wall' continues to break through every generational, socioeconomic and political boundary."
Waters, who conceived the double album, will write the book and arrange the music for the Broadway version. Although Waters left the band in the 1980s, he retained the rights to "The Wall."
Musicians' libraries of songs turned into Broadway musicals isn't new. The Who, Billy Joel, ABBA and others have achieved success in musical form on the Great White Way.
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Geocaching Avian Adventure Finishers
These masterful geocachers have completed all 82 Avian Adventure challenges. That's quite a feat—our hats are off to all of you! Congratulations.
This slideshow features photographs of geocachers who have completed all 82 of the challenges in the Minnesota State Parks and Trails Geocaching Avian Adventure.
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Culture of Death
The Unattractive Truth About "Heart-wrenching Decisions"
A guest post at the League or Ordinary Gentlemen provides an interesting critique of pro-choice rhetoric from a doctor who is himself pro-choice:
[quoting a pro-choice advocate covering Obama's Notre Dame address]
Good, I thought. It will be from the parent of the mentally retarded high school student who was gang raped, the doctor of an 11 year old incest victim, or possibly a woman with four kids already whose husband has just lost his job and medical benefits along with it.
Boy, was I wrong."
The above desired examples of women (or girls) seeking abortion are precisely the kind of examples that do nothing whatsoever to further the purpose of honest debate about abortion in this country. Women (or girls) in such circumstances are chosen as examples because theirs are the stories most likely to evoke sympathy from most people (even if they do not sway the edicts of the Holy See). That Ms. Burk would cherry-pick them is not surprising, but nor does it speak to her desire to see abortion honestly discussed.
My trouble with her examples stems from my own experience as a doctor in New York City. For a few years, I worked in a clinic that provided free care to adolescents and young adults. I saw many, many young women who had become pregnant unintentionally. Many of them went on to deliver and parent their babies. Many opted to abort. (Before moving forward, I should clarify that our clinic did not provide abortions, but did serve as a point of referral.)
Tortured Credibility
It has become an oft repeated trope of Catholics who are on the left or the self-consciously-unclassifiable portions of the American political spectrum that the pro-life movement has suffered a catastrophic loss of credibility because of its association with the Republican Party, and thence with the Iraq War and the use of torture on Al Qaeda detainees. Until the pro-life movement distances itself from the Republican Party and all of the pro-life leadership who have defended the Iraq War and/or the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on detainees, the argument goes, the pro-life movement will have no moral authority and will be the laughing stock of enlightened Catholics everywhere.
Regardless of what one thinks about the Iraq War and torture (myself, I continue to support the former but oppose the latter) I'm not sure that this claim works very well. Further, I think that those who make it often fail to recognize the extent to which it cuts both ways.
The Culture of Death and Consumerism
Contributor Joe Hargrave posted a link to an interesting new essay of his today on the topic of the Culture of Death and its connections to consumerism. It's an interesting essay, and I encourage people to read it. I do not pretend to similar length or erudition in this piece, but in formulating some thought about Joe's essay I realized that it would be very long for a comment, so I'm writing it up as a post here instead.
There are a lot of things I found interesting and wanted to discuss (or dispute) in your essay — perhaps in part because I get the impression that our areas of historical knowledge are somewhat non-overlapping (I know most about 3000 BC to 400 AD, you seem to be most expert on the last two centuries), and the person who imagines himself an expert in anything invariably has all sorts of quibbles with what the "outsider" writes. However, I'm going to try to stick to what I think is my most central critique.
Joe finds at the root of the culture of death the materialistic and individualistic phenomenon of modern consumerism, and about consumerism he says the following, beginning with a quote from Pope John Paul II:
Hattip to Catholic Key Blog. Bishop Robert W. Finn gave an address at the 2009 Gospel of Life Convention on April 18, 2009 that deserves to be read by every Catholic in this country. He is blunt, forceful and truthful, qualities that have too often been in short supply among bishops in this country over the last four decades. Here is the text of his address:
Irony Alert
Hattip to The Catholic Key Blog. Comments of President Obama at the Holocaust Memorial in Washington.
"It is the grimmest of ironies that one of the most savage, barbaric acts of evil in history began in one of the most modernized societies of its time, where so many markers of human progress became tools of human depravity: science that can heal used to kill; education that can enlighten used to rationalize away basic moral impulses; the bureaucracy that sustains modern life used as the machinery of mass death — a ruthless, chillingly efficient system where many were responsible for the killing, but few got actual blood on their hands."
Notre Shame
The pic above certainly sums up the damage this scandal by the president of the University of Notre Dame Fr. John Jenkins has caused.
Seems the President of Notre Dame, Fr. John Jenkins, comprimised everything he lives and stands for for a few pieces of silver.
To Further Divide Us
President Obama has signed an executive order lifting restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, as he promised in his campaign speeches. For anyone who doesn't see this as yet one more blow in a long string of anti-life policies, consider the chilling words at the end of the article that people are using to justify the research:
"This was already life that was going to be destroyed… The choice is throw them away or use them for research."
I wonder how long it would take before we use such arguments on, say, criminals sentenced to life in prison (or who are on death row, even). Or the elderly. Or the sick. Or the mentally deficient. Or…
Congratulations American 'Catholics'
You've done so much to advance the Culture of Death.
(Biretta Tip: St. John's Valdosta Blog)
Road To Tyranny
It's a commonplace of sorts in Catholic and conservative circles that democracy without virtue will quickly become tyranny. At the same time, this is one of those phrases which seems to drive secular commentators to distraction. How could liberal democracy lead to tyranny when it's clearly those authoritarian religious people who want to be tyrants?
Damon Linker (the "the theocons are coming" chicken little whom First Things once made the mistake of briefly employing in his younger days, thus giving him the claim to know the "theocon conspiracy" from the inside) has a post on The New Republic blog which seems to me to throw this point into sharp relief. Linker, it seems, tired of attacking "neocons" and decided to go after the more quixotic paleocons as his newest batch of crypto-authoritarians. The following section is fascinating in its thought process:
Blood and Guts Obama?
Obama was the candidate of the anti-war Left, including much of the Catholic anti-war Left.
Kulturkampf Time
Father Neuhaus predicts a Kulturkampf between the Obama administration and pro-lifers in general and the Catholic Church in particular.
Cardinal: Obama "Aggressive … and Apocalyptic"
His Eminence the polite and soft-spoken James Francis Cardinal Stafford head of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary gave a lecture on November 13 at the Keane Auditorium at Catholic University of America last week titled, "Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II: Being True in Body and Soul". In it Cardinal Stafford critiqued President-elect Obama as "aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic," and he further added that Obama ran an "extremist anti-life platform".
Here are some highlights of his lecture:
"Because man is a sacred element of secular life," Stafford remarked, "man should not be held to a supreme power of state, and a person's life cannot ultimately be controlled by government."
"For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden," Stafford said, comparing America's future with Obama as president to Jesus' agony in the garden. "On November 4, 2008, America suffered a cultural earthquake."
Cardinal Stafford said Catholics must deal with the "hot, angry tears of betrayal" by beginning a new sentiment where one is "with Jesus, sick because of love."
The lecture, hosted by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, pertained to Humanae Vitae, a papal encyclical written by Pope Paul VI in 1968 and celebrating its 40 anniversary this year.
Stafford also spoke about the decline of a respect for human life and the need for Catholics to return to the original values of marriage and human dignity.
"If 1968 was the year of America's 'suicide attempt,' 2008 is the year of America's exhaustion," said Stafford, an American Cardinal and Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary for the Tribunal of the Holy See. "In the intervening 40 years since Humanae Vitae, the United States has been thrown upon ruins."
Truth and Consequences
Cardinal Ratzinger once said in an interview that the Church may have to shrink, but it would be a purer more faithful Church if this were to happen (1). I've been reflecting on these words since Election Day, especially in reference to the many Catholics that voted for the most unabashedly pro-choice (pro-abortion) candidate in memory. A vote for Obama by a Catholic says something about the Catholic, meaning they were poorly catechized. Why then are these Catholics still in the Church if they don't believe even the basic tenets of faith?
Well it's a complicated issue to tackle and one that I have been muddling through recently. But first I want to make it clear to my readers that I don't want a smaller Church. Though I do want the majority, if not all, Catholics to love their faith and practice it. Yet we don't have that in the American Church. Whose responsibility, and/or blame, should this be assigned to? How do we respond to this predicament?
I wish I had the answers and unfortunately I have more questions. Is it our parents that failed to pass along the faith along with the parish priest and school? Or does it reside with the bishop? What I do have is some analysis and commentary, and it isn't pretty.
A Persecuted Church?
A very liberal friend in California challenged my support of Proposition 8 and homosexual "marriage" by stating that the faithful would still be able to "discriminate" against them in churches. Well, beside the utter ridiculousness of her statement, it looks to me like she was wrong. Los Angeles saw a massive gathering in front of the Mormon Temple on Santa Monica Blvd. From what I saw in the video tape, there were folks trying to scale the gates surrounding the building. Now from World Net Daily comes proof that the most militant of homosexual rights activists are calling for violence against Christians and destruction of our places of worship. One person quoted in the article stated:
The Root of All Abortion
While sitting down with a group of friends for an afternoon of games, the issue of pregnancy came up. My friends, which are of a liberal bent, had the following things to say about pregnancy: "the most contracted STD", supporting a "parasite", like "having cancer", and a few other clever remarks we've all heard hundreds of times over. When the issue of abortion came up, you can bet they were all in support of a woman's right to "choose".
Senator Obama's 'Nuanced' Golden Rule
Senator Obama claims that he is a Christian. Yet when citing the Golden Rule it applies to non-mistakes nor punishments:


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Okay, the major stress is over! School is out for the year... can you believe it???? I certainly was ready except that I didn't get my room all in order yet. Still gotta go back in to do that but other than than, we are officially on a more relaxed schedule! Mornings will not be rushed and afternoon naps may be reinstated! Lots of swimming and playing is mandatory!!!! Maybe even some laziness mixed in (well, as much as can be allowed with 2 little kids running around!). I might get some scrapping and artwork done this summer as well... maybe. Why don't toddlers understand the need to go play in a safe and quiet manner for more than 2 seconds!
Right now I'm working on some new CHA stuff for Couture Cardstock that I can't share yet until CHA comes and goes! Sorry for the tease, but I'm working hard on it! I also have some awesome news... I was asked back to the Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker DT for a 2nd year!!!!!! So EXCITED!!!! Nikki is so wonderful to design for! Her papers, stamps, and embellies are adorable and so versatile! I love her designs! So, I'm so excited to get the first group of new papers!!! Here is a sneaky peek of one of her collections debuting at CHA:
Here are a few newish Couture Cardstock pages that I can post now.
I love the neutral color of the Confectionary line so I decided to use die cuts and punches of leaves and add some textures mixed with some patterned papers for a "fallen leaves on the ground" look.
Supplies: Nougat, Hot Chocolate, Hazelnut, Fudge, Bon bon, Fondue, and Caramel cardstock. Cosmo Cricket Joyride papers. EK, Martha Stewart and Fiskars punches. Cuttlebug dies and texture folders. Cosmo Cricket chipboard button letters. Martha Stewart ribbon. Glimmer Mist (Tattered Leather and Coffee Shop).
This is quite linear for me, but I wanted to use multiple photos and thought I'd keep it simple.
Cosmo Cricket Joyride, Canvas cardstock, Cosmo Cricket button letter, Adirondack paint, American Crafts ribbon.
OMG.. did I have fun with this one! I started with Fondue paper and added paints, glimmer mists, more paint, more glimmer mist, die cut remnants, and a multitude of other things to this artwork.
The photo is from a big map in an ice cream parlour in Anna Maria Island, FL... where everyone that visits leaves their map pin in their hometown! So colorful and fun!
Supplies: Fondue cardstock, paints (FolkArt, Adirondack, Golden), Glimmer Mist (Marshmellow, Cinder, Pashmina, Lime), Cuttle bug die cut letters and texture folder in dots, bubblewrap, punches (EK, Fiskars, and hole punch), Tiny Attacher.
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Have you spent time thinking about applying to graduate schools in Indiana? The Hoosier State is home to several universities that offer graduate programs.
Indiana has a population of 6,596,855 as of a 2014 estimate, which is a 1.7% change from 2010. 23.2% of the population has a Bachelor's degree or higher, and the median annual household income is $48,248. Some of the largest cities in the state include Indianapolis (the capital), Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Hammond, Bloomington, Gary, Carmel, Fishers and Muncie.i
Tourist attractions include Wyandotte Cave (one of the largest in the U.S.), the springs in French Lick and West Baden, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, and the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park. Indiana is home to several publicly-traded companies, including WellPoint, Eli Lilly and Company, Simon Property Group and more. ii
Indiana is home to many fun trivia facts as well. For example, the first professional baseball game was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 4, 1871. Another is that more than 100 species of trees are native to Indiana.
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WASHINGTON — With the federal online insurance exchange running more smoothly than ever, the biggest laggards in fixing enrollment problems are now state-run exchanges in several states where the governors and legislative leaders have been among the strongest supporters of President Barack Obama's health-care law.
Republicans have seized on the failures of homegrown exchanges in states such as Maryland, Minnesota and Oregon — all plagued by technological problems that have kept customers unhappy and enrollment goals unmet — and promise to use the issue against Democratic candidates for governor and legislative seats this fall.
"People see incompetence when they look at this," said Michael Short, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee. "Everyone that's associated with it is going to have to deal with the consequences of this terrible law, including the state legislators who created these exchanges and the governors in charge of running them."
Last month, the Republican National Committee filed public-records requests in Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Oregon seeking information about compensation and vacation time for the exchange directors, four of whom have resigned. All five states have Democratic governors whose terms end this year. Three of them — Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, Gov. Mark Dayton of Minnesota and Gov. John Kitzhaber of Oregon — are seeking re-election.
All five states lean Democratic, and many analysts think the exchange failures will not be enough to allow Republican upsets this fall.
Still, the issue has been potent enough to hurt Obama's approval rating and put congressional Democrats on the defensive. If nothing else, it will provide a continuous headache for Democratic candidates such as Dayton in Minnesota, who is hoping to cruise to a second four-year term. The website of the state's exchange, known as MNsure, is still plagued by software defects, and an outside review last month found that it cannot be completely fixed before the March 31 enrollment deadline.
Lawrence Jacobs, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota, said it was "quite possible" that Republicans could regain control of the state's House of Representatives — the only chamber whose seats are up for election this year — if problems with the exchange persisted into the fall.
"If we're still talking about MNsure in October," he said, "that's bad news for Democrats."


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Groovystuff celebrates 10th anniversary
October 1, 2008-- Casual Living,
With 10 successful years in home furnishings under its belt and a newly expanded showroom, sustainable style expert and home furnishings manufacturer Groovystuff has reason to celebrate.
As part of the Dallas-based company's year-long celebration, High Point Market customers can expect to find unique product introductions, enticing marketing promotions and live entertainment in its showroom at The Suites at Market Square (G-1148) Oct. 20-26.
"It seems like just yesterday when we debuted at the October 2000 market with a modest 200-sq.-ft. showroom on the top floor of the Suites," said Chris Bruning, founder, designer and chief marketing officer. "We've grown to 2,700 square feet in just eight short years, and it's all thanks to our extraordinary customers. We're showing our appreciation by creating a dynamic showroom filled with amazing products and unique entertainment."
The company's product introductions for High Point Market include the launch of the Chris Bruning Signature Collection and the debut of other inspired pieces crafted from reclaimed teak and antique farm implements.
Groovystuff is a member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council and the American Home Furnishings Alliance.
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Information Systems
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The Information Systems examination covers material that is usually taught in an introductory college-level business information systems course. Questions test knowledge, terminology, and basic concepts about information systems as well as the application of that knowledge. The examination does not emphasize the details of hardware design and language-specific programming techniques. References to applications such as word processing or spreadsheets do not require knowledge of a specific product. The focus is on concepts and techniques applicable to a variety of products and environments. Knowledge of arithmetic and mathematics equivalent to that of a student who has successfully completed a traditional first-year high school algebra course is assumed.
The examination contains approximately 100 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. Some of these are pretest questions and will not be scored. The time candidates spend on tutorials and providing personal information is in addition to the actual testing time.
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CALLER: Yes, sir. How are you, Rush?
RUSH: Never better. Thank you.
CALLER: All right. Rush, been listening to you since the '02 election, and, if we didn't have you around, it would be tough to navigate through all this stuff, but thank you for what you do.
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CALLER: Yes, sir. I was on the couch yesterday evening finishing up my offering and compromise to the IRS so I could get a life back, and the evening news was on, and Charlie Gibson comes on after about three stories and says, "Oh, and, by the way, the news from Iraq today..." he hesitated for a second or two, and then he said, "there is none." I said, "Have I gone to sleep?"
RUSH: All right. We have that sound bite. But before I play that sound bite, I got two questions.
CALLER: Yes, sir.
RUSH: It's October 18th. What are you working on now for your taxes?
CALLER: Well, I'm having tax problems. They went back and used an off-the-wall --
RUSH: Oh, okay, okay, never mind, you don't have to divulge personal details. We're nowhere near a quarterly filing date, so I wondered. Secondly, what in the world are you doing with the World News Tonight on?
CALLER: Well, I was sitting there, my kids were there, older kids, and they just had it on, it just happened to be on, they were watching something else.
RUSH: Everybody says, "It was on," but nobody knows how it got turned on, nobody was listening to it, it was on. (laughing)
CALLER: I was doing something else. It really caught my attention when he said it. I couldn't talk.
RUSH: Listen to the whole thing. You didn't report the whole thing. This is Charlie Gibson World News Tonight on ABC.
GIBSON: One item from Baghdad today. The news is... that there is no news. The police told us that, to their knowledge, there were no major acts of violence. Attacks are down in Baghdad and today no bombings or roadside explosions were reported.
RUSH: And that's not news? That is news! That is huge news, but not to these guys, because it doesn't fit the narrative. The narrative is burning cars; IEDs; people in the streets; mangled bodies; smoke wafting up from the streets. And none of that happened yesterday in Iraq. There's no news! This is just the greatest illustration, I keep saying that. But they keep outdoing themselves, illustrating to one and all just how they work and how they operate.


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The French gov't is preparing documents now that will demand that the US Banks reveal the names of the rich French citizens that have money in "secret" US bank accounts so they can be taxed in their home country.
French citizens pay no tax in the US on gains made there.
Swiss Banks: Privacy Or Piracy?— October 1, 2009
On August the 19th 2009 the IRS finally reached an agreement with the Swiss banking giant UBS for the latter to disclose the details of some 4,450 US account holders believed to be using their Swiss bank accounts for tax evasion purposes. The deal was hailed as a victory by US politicians from both sides of the fence as they have united in their fight to bring tax evaders to justice – but why is taxation avoidance seemingly such big business in America?
The problem is believed to be so endemic that a so-called tax amnesty was offered with a cut off date originally of September the 23rd 2009. The Internal Revenue Service extended the deadline to October 15 stressing there would be no further postponements. This action allowed US citizens at home and around the world who have previously failed to make full disclosure relating to their overseas and offshore holdings to come forward and face limited fines and reduced repercussions from the IRS.
Perhaps the question one should be asking is why Americans are seemingly driven as a nation to hide their wealth and protect their assets so aggressively. Maybe the problem Americans have is not with tax evasion but with tax rates and the far reaching nature of their policy on taxing a US citizen's worldwide income and gains regardless of where in the world the individual lives, works or retires. More annoyingly for many American expats is that any wealth earned overseas is also subject to US taxation.
There's really no doubt about it, the previous American government launched the tax evader witch-hunt in an attempt to deflect attention from the nation's own failing economy. It whipped up hatred for those it held up as exploiting the tax system and profiting whilst others suffered in poverty in the US. By castigating certain pockets of wealthy society the Bush administration attempted to win the votes of the average person. By suggesting that a handful of US citizens were robbing the economy of billions of dollars worth of tax income, Bush managed to redirect a certain amount of attention away from the gaping cavernous hole that he left the US economy in when he finally left office.
The incoming government has seemingly kept up momentum in this cat and mouse game. They are being wily about it too, keeping their cards very close to their chest to give nothing away to benefit those who have avoided paying taxes but are unsure as to how much the government actually knows about them. In the deal signed with the Swiss government in August a sealed document was handed over that outlines the criteria by which the Swiss will have to select which American clients will have their details turned over to Washington. This document's contents are being kept as secret as the Swiss banking system once was because Obama's men and women don't want anyone getting wind of which criteria make a person's activities and antics offshore of worthy note and due to an investigation and which don't.
By holding back and displaying a poker face to the nation, the new government is forcing potential tax evaders into a game of chicken. Who will break, who will reveal their hand first? Well, as mentioned the exceptionally narrow window of amnesty has been offered by the government to allow anyone who has knowingly avoided making a full disclosure over the past 6 years to come forward. Following the end of this amnesty the government has advised that it may make known the contents of the aforementioned sealed letter. If you're a tax evader are you going to take the risk that the government knows nothing about you – or are you going to 'fess up – it depends how big your balls are, or how big the fine will be that you're facing I suppose.
The consequences of this bi-party approach to stamping out tax avoidance has already taken a very high toll – it is alleged that the philanthropist Finn M. W. Caspersen, heir to the Beneficial Corporation fortune took his own life as a net closed in around him following allegations of serious tax avoidance for example. So is it fair to hunt down and hound those Americans who attempt to shield their wealth offshore? Well, in so doing such US citizens rob directly from the mouths of the poor both in their own nation and in developing countries around the world that require support from the US government – so yes, many people apparently think it is acceptable to go after tax evaders – after all they are criminals and what they are doing is high crime. But if that's true, then why do so many every day Americans go to such lengths to try and squirrel away some of their cash?
If the tax system in America was fairer, if the previous government hadn't bankrupted the nation and if the current government wasn't hell bent on implementing an unworkable healthcare reform perhaps Americans would be happy to pay their taxes. If Bush hadn't marched American soldiers into what may people believe was an illegal war and left them there to die in their hundreds perhaps more Americans would be willing to fund the likes of the Department of Defense with their taxes. And then if Obama hadn't reneged time and again on his pre-election promise not to raise taxes for Americans, again maybe fewer US citizens would feel so aggrieved to the point at which they make a conscious decision to break the law and protect their own wealth and future prospects by shielding their assets overseas.
The debate is a heated one – and at the end of the day all we have to go on are the facts. The facts are that Americans evade taxation in their thousands – there are believed to be 52,000 US account holders at UBS in Switzerland alone, 4,450 are facing investigation for a start. The Americans who evade taxation come from all walks of life with tax attorneys reporting in the run up to the end of the tax amnesty that they have had calls from those with millions undeclared in typical offshore tax havens, as well as from those who live and work abroad who just run a day-to-day account in another nation that they have never declared. Tax evasion is a crime; legitimate taxation optimisation is not. When you tax someone too aggressively or waste their taxation revenue, you will aggrieve them – an aggrieved taxpayer is far more likely to want to find ways to optimise and protect their fiscal position.
The fact remains however, US politicians from both main parties want American wealth back onshore where they can see it, track it and tax it. They allegedly want the tax to fill in the gaping hole in the economy – although the average American had nothing to do with the nation's fiscal collapse – and they are trying to promote the idea that if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear. Whilst this is true on one level – i.e., if you've never been in the business of shovelling your millions into a numbered Swiss account – it is deflecting from the real truth on another level. What the US government is doing is breaching privacy rules, violating a human's right to confidentiality and stealthily taking invasion of your privacy to a whole new level.
Financial experts are already discussing where they believe the government will look next for a revenue boost – international hedge fund investors are likely to take the brunt – and so you see this is just the beginning. First they strip your rights away from you, then they take what they want. It's all about control my friends – the American government wants it therefore you can't have it.
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The French gov't is preparing documents now that will demand that the US Banks reveal the names of the rich French citizens that have money in "secret" US bank accounts so they can be taxed in their home country.
NONresident foreigners supposedly don't pay US tax on US-earned income, but I understand that the US government is redefining residency to include an "economic presence," which means that the USA's status as a de facto tax haven is going to suffer.
With the gov putting the squeeze on people, where does one put their savings? Putting the squeeze on offshore accounts could put a lot of pressure on gold. Where else does one put their savings? A good friend of mine got an inheritance few years ago. He doesn't like banks. He took almost all his inheritance and turned it into gold and banks in his back yard. At today's gold price he has almost tripled up in fed note value. And would you believe he gets no tax forms mailed to him and he has no trouble with the taxing authorities.
That is the elitist Obama regime at work. Only he and his cronies in the white house want control over your entire life.
If the idiots who gave money to his campaign are now being investigated , too bad.
If you voted for the Obama Regime, now your stuck with it for the next horrific years, hopefully there will be a remnant of a Free America still left.
while i agree with most of this article, i disagree with certain parts. our country's most recent economic troubles started with the Clinton administration. really it can be traced back to FDR and the new deal, but for the purpose of my point it is the Clinton admin and the wholesale government buyout of the fannie mae and freddie mac mortgage brokers. the belief that giving all Americans rich and poor the ability to be homeowners drove us into the hole. with the fed now in control of the mortgage business they were free to create sub-prime mortgage rates so that people of any economic status could qualify for a loan, even though they could not afford to repay these loans. while it seemed like the plan was working while Clinton was in office, it was really just a growing bubble. the torch was passed to the bush admin and there it finally popped covering that admin in the Clinton administration's mess. the average Americans attention span seems to be only about three to four weeks at best as is evidenced by how long the mass media continues to follow up on important issues. which brings me to my next point. Obama…. this man's actions are criminal. and it was a shame that the majority of Americans fell for his pre election lies. it is the sole purpose of this current admin to get as many Americans reliant on the federal government and it's social programs that they have no choice but to allow the feds to have free reign. this man (Obama) claims to be a democrat but in practice he is a devout socialist, bordering on full communist. how after enacting so many social programs, free health care, bailing out banks and the auto industry how can he possibly keep his promise to not raise taxes?? then he claims to only raise taxes on individuals who make $250,000 or more. so one of the first actions in his new administration was to attack offshore banking and the ones hiding their hard earned money. then allow a few months to pass so most Americans forget that he is cracking down on offshore banks and enact stage two. raise taxes. why else would you target offshore banks first?? because once the rich are thrown into a ridiculous tax rate of 50-60%!!! they would be crazy not to hide their money offshore. but alas there accounts now have to be disclosed. funny how the order of things went. imagine having to make a million to keep a million!! that's crazy and who would blame the for hiding their money from a corrupt and fiscally irresponsible government. America claims to be a supporter of free market and capitalism but it seems like all we can do is force other countries to follow us or we will enact sanctions and take away much need economic support. this is not free market capitalism but communism in sheep's clothing. less then half the countries we support financially actually provide us with something in return as far as commodities or exports. so why do we support them?? we support them so they won't act up and speak out against us in the world markets. what America needs more then anything right now is to adopt a libertarian minarchist approach towards our own government and the way we deal with the world markets. who are we to tell other countries how to run there banks let alone the way they operate their day to day operations?
The author is missing the point. Its not about the government spending our taxes fairly, its about the government taxing us at all. It is fundamentally wrong.
The author does not have her facts correct – it wasn't Mr. Bush who went looking for offshore monies first (U.S., that is), it was Mr. Clinton! My brother is one of those who was hounded by the Clinton guys – I mean, SOMEONE has to supply the funds for our big giveaway programs, so the line of thinking was 'let's round up the hidden dollars, boys!' If my reasoning is correct, the dollars that go into my bank account have already been taxed. Whose business is it, anyway, where I decide to store my remaining funds???
Cynthia – Excuse the blunt response, but you're an idiot. As Susan wrote, this is not a partisan issue (nor is it a new issue). Obama is doing very little that any other President hasn't already tried to do. Part of it is done as a scare tactic and part of it is the false promise of reform. As Susan stated, "Tax evasion is a crime; legitimate taxation optimisation is not." Obama and members of Congress from both sides of the aisle know where their campaign funds come from and wouldn't be stupid enough to completely close the "taxation optimisation" options available to their contributors. There are examples abound that prove this, but you won't find that reported on the evening news (especially your beloved Fox, I'm sure).
Switzerland is not the best location for your assets, Swiss bank accounts are expensive to operate and are high profile targets. And as some commentators have suggested over the years, ¨Swiss banking is like Swiss cheese – full of holes¨. Swiss numbered accounts with no one knowing your name (even the bank) do not exist except in the wet dreams of the screen writers guild. Most people get their impressions of Swiss banking from Hollywood and Swiss banking as portrayed by the movies is complete bullshit.
Simply speaking, IRS cannot pressure a Swiss bank that does not do business within the USA as they have nothing to bargain with. So, some simple advice, do not put any money in an offshore bank that maintains branches or has significant investments in the USA. Those with any money in UBS or Credit Suisse should change banks immediately. If you still want a Swiss bank, then go for one of the Kontonal banks and not one of the multi-national banking groups.
This is neither the first time nor the last time the US Govt. or the IRS will make an attempt to get foreign account holders to fess up. So remember, ¨loose lips, sink ships¨ – so keep your mouth shut and repeat after me ¨I am not a slave of any state; I am a sovereign individual¨.
I agree with GAZ…I had just a general savings account with a cantonal bank. The US Govt. has no bargaining power (or as I like to call it bullying power) in this situation as long as they do not have any ties with the US (branches or significant investments). What I do not agree with is the IRS & Congress making out that anyone who has a "secret" account is a crook. My account was a numbered savings account for privacy reasons. Privacy is the word I like most. I put already taxed funds into my Swiss savings account for safety reasons (even with the crappy interest rate) and privacy. I do not trust our banks…look how many have failed this year in the US. How many have failed in Switzerland?????
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As always…be honest and pay your taxes if you owe them.
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