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   Gary McSpook said, 5 days ago

   With due respect to the late Ms. Arthur, I can’t believe that painting sold at auction for almost 2 million dollars! It’s just not that interesting or unique or just plain old good.
   And she didn’t even pose for it (he did it from a clothed photo of her).
   Another example of the Hype being grander than the Art (think Mark Rothko).
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   jukeofurl said, 5 days ago

   When did she look like that? 1963?
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   ne7minder55 said, 5 days ago

   @jukeofurl

   she never sat for the painting. the ‘artist’ did it without her involvement as part of a series based on what he termed ‘post-menapausal’ women
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   nazzofoggenmach said, 5 days ago

   @ne7minder55

   that’s right, that’s what she told me
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   nazzofoggenmach said, 5 days ago

   aces “as” usual
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   TheTrustedMechanic said, 5 days ago

   Be not fooled, T.E.A. stands for
   Take
   Everything
   Available
   and give NOTHING (taxes) back to compensate for all of the government services they demand and suck up.
   .
   And be not confused, with what they claim their acronym stands for, and the fact that they are nothing but political organizations why shouldn’t they be targeted for extra scrutiny to make sure they are adhering to the letter of the laws they wish to ignore?
   .
   Texas – wants federal funds to pay for the devastation in West.
   Wisconsin – fighting wildfires spurred by logging operations – will certainly demand federal funds for fire control, clean-up and reclamation.
   And that is to name just two states with republican control that suck up taxpayer money when they can and then complain about paying it back or even paying it forward. It seems the republicans want all of the benefits but none of the expense of government.
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   TheTrustedMechanic said, 5 days ago

   ↑↑↑
   Lest anyone think otherwise I am NOT saying the IRS was right to target any group based on their political ideology or any other discriminatory characteristic. But let’s face it you wouldn’t go looking for dolphins in a trout pond, you wouldn’t search for a Rabbi in a Catholic Monastery, you wouldn’t expect to find a duck on a turkey farm and you wouldn’t look for a rose in a field of dandelions. Sure you could find all of the former with their respective latter but you wouldn’t go looking for them there without some additional reason to. And given the political bent of the tea-baggers that was additional reason the IRS needed to suspect untoward behavior of the groups, but still political affiliation is not sufficient reason to single out any particular group for increased scrutiny. And since it seems that is the sole reason why the IRS targeted these groups it is flat out WRONG! Unless of course you are a republican and your party is the one benefiting from it, and then many members here have essentially stated then it is okay.
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   Coyoty said, 5 days ago

   @Gary McSpook

   This demonstrates the power of Rule 34.
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   wasradar said, 5 days ago

   Re Trusted Mechanic: You wouldn’t be trusted with my “hot wheels” car. Why don’t you look into the report that says the government has about half a TRILLION dollars that WE the taxpayers are paying for in DUPLICATE services. Many of those jobs support overpaid bureaucrats that feel they have to do something to justify themselves. All they do is make more regulations that add more stupid rules to stop business from being efficient.
   I’d like to hear from him when all the obama-care taxes and penalties kick in. What a maroon (bugs bunny)
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    The Bluckwells said, 4 days ago

    @TheTrustedMechanic

    Take
    Everything
    Available

    Sounds about right to me
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    braindead08 said, 4 days ago

    Why is any political organization allowed favored tax status?
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    chireef said, 4 days ago

    @braindead08

    because due to the separation of church and state the people in the US don’t feel it is right to tax the church… from there it was a slippery slope to where we are now.
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    braindead08 said, 3 days ago

    @chireef

    The Tea PARTY is now a church? Or being able to tell the difference constitutes discrimination?
    -
    Maybe I should restate: Why is any POLITICAL organization granted favorable tax status
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    chireef said, 2 days ago

    @braindead08

    if you don’t want to read the entire comment then i suggest that you don’t read any of it … none or so blind as those who will not see
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