I just returned from a weekend visit to
Jerome Arizona, the "Largest Ghost Town in America." One of the ghosts is proudly showing its patriotic support for Hillary Clinton by hanging up six red, white and blue brassieres:
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Today is
Super Tuesday,
when presidential primaries or caucuses are held simultaneously in
24 states, including Arizona. Most sane voters have a choice between a
45-year-old black senator and a 59-year-old female senator. The wackos
on the other side seem stuck on the 71-year-old, Panama-born, ex-P.O.W.
senator from Arizona. November's general election should be historic,
to say the least.
The Powers That Be foisted
Super Sunday
on us this past weekend, and now it's Super Tuesday. If anybody
suggests having just one more Super day this week, my head will explode.
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Upon accepting her lead-actor SAG award for "Away From Her," Julie Christie said: "It’s lovely to receive an award from your own union, especially at a time when we're being so forcefully reminded how important unions are."
Conglom NBC/Universal reports (through their MSNBC mouthpiece):
Writers strike gets little attention at SAGs.
But Variety sez:
WGA
strike a hot topic at SAG Awards.
Who do YOU believe?
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The
Federal computer geeks came up with a
1040 PDF tax form that allows you to save your data between
hand-wringing-hair-ripping-weeping-wailing-and-gnashing
-of-teeth
sessions. The form is simple, basic and somewhat stupid; just like the government geeks who designed it, I suspect.
We recently relocated from the Palm Springs area, so I also downloaded the
540 PDF tax form. I noticed those
California computer geeks had come up with a form that allows you to save your data between sessions AND reset everything to blank after you file the form, so you won't need to face those awful numbers ever-ever-ever again. It also copies your name and Social Security number from the first page to the second page, automatically. Sweet.
But our own homegrown
Arizona computer geeks have created a
140 PDF tax form that is so breathtaking in its near-brilliance, I was nearly speechless. This 9-page document copies your name and Social Security number into 8 different places on 7 separate forms. But that's only the beginning: it also CALCULATES YOUR TAX, depending on the numbers you enter into the various forms. Everything works together, interdependently; it's just like installing a fancy piece of tax-prep software on your own computer. These Arizona geeks can be real geniuses, when they put their nerdy little heads together.
However, I've discovered one glaring drawback: this 140 PDF form doesn't let you save your data between sessions.
Sometimes these Arizona genius geeks can be pretty darn dumb.
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