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4:34 AM

Cracker Jack commented on The Real Scandal Is That Apple Wasn't Cheating.

There's a magical phrase in tax consulting services called "more likely than not". In other words, it's more likely than not that, in the event of audit or review, the IRS (or other taxing jurisdiction) will go along with whatever re-org or merger plan that is being put forth. There are companies that do illegal stuff, sure. But most of them pay millions in fees to do the tax dance nice and legal and still end up paying a fraction of what the layman thinks they "should" pay.

So, yeah, you want to fix the problems, go to the root. You really can't blame them for playing by the rules, just because they play them better than you.

8:11 AM yesterday

Cracker Jack commented on Gay Man Shot Dead Near Stonewall Inn.

Suggestion for a Slog poll: What should the collective noun for a group of trolls be? (OK, it's probably one being repetitive, but still...)

May 16

Cracker Jack commented on Boehner's Daughter Marries a Rastaman.

Unsurprisingly, she is also orange.

May 9

Cracker Jack commented on Seattle Times Tries Charging Its Reporters to Access Their Own Website.

Are we to believe that the Times doesn't have some kind of document management system from which reporters could access prior material to do their work? If that's true, then the Times should go down like the aforementioned Titanic just for being so behind the times (as it were).

I can see them charging (a reduced rate) for home delivery or the digital equivalent when they're not on the Times network. I mean, when I worked at Little Caesars you got to eat the team pie for free, but you had to pay to take one home!

May 8

Cracker Jack commented on The Customer Service Problem at McDonald's Is a Symptom of a Much Bigger Problem.

If you are still eating at McDonald's you deserve to be treated like shit. After all, you're treating yourself like shit.

May 8

Cracker Jack commented on The Ex-Girlfriend That Bleeds When You Shoot Her.

@20: To be fair, the kind of guy who would buy one of these for a larf (or, more disturbingly, NOT for a laugh) is probably not TOO high up the evolutionary ladder when it comes to thinking about women as equal beings to begin with. And any woman who's been in a relationship with him who has half an ounce of self respect probably HAS broken his heart and balls.

Just sayin'...

May 7

Cracker Jack commented on The Tuesday Morning News.

Damn.... schooled by the internet. :(

May 7

Cracker Jack commented on The Tuesday Morning News.

C'mon now, Goldy! I sent you guys a PRIMO Slog tip this morning about an 8 year-old kid who shot himself in the headwith an Uzi at a gun show and you went with a 23 year-old?