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Post by B.E. on Mar 26, 2020 13:59:49 GMT
So, if you haven't filed a 2018 or 2019 tax return by some unknown but very near date, then no check for you? At this point, even if you mail a 2018 tax return today, will it be processed in time? I guess, for some, that leaves e-filing potentially incomplete 2019 returns and amending later. For others, nothing?
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 26, 2020 14:01:49 GMT
Maybe they would go back another year and use 2017? No idea.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 7, 2020 21:18:31 GMT
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Apr 7, 2020 22:23:52 GMT
I feel like most people are burnt out on this stuff unless you lean pretty far left. I doubt this gets much play until coverage for the coronavirus dies down.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 7, 2020 23:08:16 GMT
I feel like most people are burnt out on this stuff unless you lean pretty far left. I doubt this gets much play until coverage for the coronavirus dies down. I agree except with one slight change: it isn't even people leaning left so much as people drinking the Democratic Party kool-aid. Plenty of people who fall pretty far left, like in journalist Glenn Greenwald's outlet The Intercept, call this crap out for the partisan stuff it is. (And I won't say it's baseless ... just that it's blatantly partisan far more than it is politically ideological, much less some unbiased morality play.)
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 8, 2020 0:30:54 GMT
I feel like most people are burnt out on this stuff unless you lean pretty far left. I doubt this gets much play until coverage for the coronavirus dies down. True. Even Schiff knows that it's not the proper time to be taking attention away from COVID-19 with another "get Trump out of office and/or make his life as miserable as possible" episode. But, he does know that it's the perfect time to start one, and that's exactly what he's doing. So, as soon as the pandemic is over, guess what's going to take its place at the top of the news?
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Apr 8, 2020 0:35:39 GMT
I feel like most people are burnt out on this stuff unless you lean pretty far left. I doubt this gets much play until coverage for the coronavirus dies down. I agree except with one slight change: it isn't even people leaning left so much as people drinking the Democratic Party kool-aid. Plenty of people who fall pretty far left, like in journalist Glenn Greenwald's outlet The Intercept, call this crap out for the partisan stuff it is. (And I won't say it's baseless ... just that it's blatantly partisan far more than it is politically ideological, much less some unbiased morality play.) I can buy that, especially since you're more plugged into the in depth stuff than I am. On another board I visit, I just know the far left people eat this stuff up every time. I guess it's another one of those vocal minority things. Nobody has time for our more nuanced opinions (as I stick my nose up in the air).
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Apr 8, 2020 0:36:49 GMT
I feel like most people are burnt out on this stuff unless you lean pretty far left. I doubt this gets much play until coverage for the coronavirus dies down. True. Even Schiff knows that it's not the proper time to be taking attention away from COVID-19 with another "get Trump out of office and/or make his life as miserable as possible" episode. But, he does know that it's the perfect time to start one, and that's exactly what he's doing. So, as soon as the pandemic is over, guess what's going to take its place at the top of the news? For these political lifers, some probably view it as payback for what Hillary Clinton went through in 2016.
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Post by B.E. on Apr 8, 2020 1:00:02 GMT
So, as soon as the pandemic is over, guess what's going to take its place at the top of the news? Well, we're scheduled to have a presidential election before then...and that's what's been on my mind - the many ways in which the coronavirus can affect the election. Now, we've got to have it, but is mass mail-in voting feasible? The good thing is that we've got time to figure it out.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 8, 2020 1:11:39 GMT
So, as soon as the pandemic is over, guess what's going to take its place at the top of the news? Well, we're scheduled to have a presidential election before then...and that's what's been on my mind - the many ways in which the coronavirus can affect the election. Now, we've got to have it, but is mass mail-in voting feasible? The good thing is that we've got time to figure it out. It will be fascinating to see how things pan out. This pandemic will affect the election in many ways - the state of the economy, campaigning, will Trump be able to hold rallies, possible virtual conventions, as you mentioned how will we vote, and how effectively will Trump be criticized by the Democrats and praised by the Republicans on how he handled the pandemic. Right now a lot of people are hunkered down and quiet, but I'll bet several of them can't wait to get "back at it", and you know what I mean by that.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 8, 2020 18:21:34 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 8, 2020 18:30:32 GMT
Strangely, considering he was the prohibitive front-runner not so long ago, it's a total non-story at this point. Super Tuesday, with all of the coordinated exits and endorsements, was the end of his campaign. The past month has just been ... I don't know what it's been, actually. Ego stroking? Running in vain? Hope against hope?
Now we're basically down to a seemingly senile, lifetime also-ran versus a seemingly ignorant, egotistical child-president incumbent. Whoop-dee-fuckin-doo, what a couple of great options.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 8, 2020 18:38:24 GMT
Now we're basically down to a seemingly senile, lifetime also-ran versus a seemingly ignorant, egotistical child-president incumbent. Whoop-dee-fuckin-doo, what a couple of great options.
Yes, it is fascinating. How many times has Biden run for President now (three times?), and he could barely get to double digits in the polls (I'm not sure he did). Nobody wanted him. He was accused of and I think proven to be plagiarizing his speeches. So now, because he's older and wiser (ha ha), and was lucky enough to be picked - and win - as a Vice-President, he's now the man we want to lead the nation as our next President? Huh?
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 8, 2020 18:51:16 GMT
Now we're basically down to a seemingly senile, lifetime also-ran versus a seemingly ignorant, egotistical child-president incumbent. Whoop-dee-fuckin-doo, what a couple of great options.
Yes, it is fascinating. How many times has Biden run for President now (three times?), and he could barely get to double digits in the polls (I'm not sure he did). Nobody wanted him. He was accused of and I think proven to be plagiarizing his speeches. So now, because he's older and wiser (ha ha), and was lucky enough to be picked - and win - as a Vice-President, he's now the man we want to lead the nation as our next President? Huh? His past of mediocrity isn't even what bothers me most. It isn't delightful, but there is a long line of also-ran/lifer types who ran for president, sometimes repeatedly, and some won.
What worries me about Biden is his inability to speak for more than a few sentences without stumbling, seeming to forget what he's saying, or saying very strange things. Frankly, this puts him into the same territory the president is in for me: if you cannot speak in coherent paragraphs, I don't trust you to lead the nation.
All that said--and I suspect here's where we differ--I still wouldn't hesitate to vote for him over the incumbent. I'll just keep my fingers crossed he would put some reasonably sane and mostly harmless people into his Cabinet and other appointed positions, and the aircraft carrier can continue on toward the great cliff at edge of the world. Hopefully slowly.
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Post by B.E. on Apr 8, 2020 18:59:38 GMT
What worries me about Biden is his inability to speak for more than a few sentences without stumbling, seeming to forget what he's saying, or saying very strange things. Frankly, this puts him into the same territory the president is in for me: if you cannot speak in coherent paragraphs, I don't trust you to lead the nation. Not exactly the highest bar to reach...
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