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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Still Bitter!

Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Still Bitter!

by Anne Laurie|  April 16, 20146:09 pm| 116 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Assholes, Romney of the Uncanny Valley

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Hey @SenatorReid here's a shot of @MittRomney paying taxes. Does it every year. It's how you get your paycheck. pic.twitter.com/DwSMXzYhuR

— Josh Romney (@joshromney) April 15, 2014

Via NYMag:

… On Tuesday evening, Josh Romney tweeted this… It’s a sick burn (well, for a Romney) but it does raise some questions. Why doesn’t Romney e-file? Did he wait until April 15 to mail his tax forms? Can’t he pay someone to go to the post office for him? Check back in 2016 for Josh’s explanation.

So I guess if the lads can’t nag the ol’ man back into the presidential-primary arena next year, young Josh may just have to step up and show us peons How It Is Done. Third generation’s the charm, you guys!

Mandatory TBogg links:

Five for Not Fighting

Fortunate Sons

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Apart from contemplating whether enjoying the Romney trust fund lifestyle would be worth growing up with Willard as your dad, what’s on the agenda for the evening?

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  1. 1.

    Kevin

    April 16, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    I’m sorry, but does anyone think that Mitt Romney actually stands in line with the plebes to pay his taxes? Does anyone think he sits at home on some tax software, prints it out, and pays in person at the post office? Really? What a staged photo.

  2. 2.

    dmsilev

    April 16, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    More to the point, nobody disputes that Romney filed tax returns. It’s just that there was some question of how big the “taxes paid” number was in comparison to the “total income” number. Which could have been resolved if he, I dunno, released the tax returns.

  3. 3.

    imonlylurking

    April 16, 2014 at 6:14 pm

    He must have a lousy accountant, if he’s having to stand in line to physically mail forms.

  4. 4.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 16, 2014 at 6:14 pm

    @dmsilev: Well, yeah. But the entire Rmoney clan consists of parasites, so fuck ’em all and let someone on Kobol figure it out.

  5. 5.

    ranchandsyrup

    April 16, 2014 at 6:16 pm

    Wife is sick, baby is teething and is grumpy from getting shots (suck it Jenny McCarthy). 3 y.o. and I are teaming up to make some chicken soup and then sending everyone to bed after we eat.

  6. 6.

    Violet

    April 16, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    Doesn’t Mitt Romney have to file quarterly at his wealth level? Does he really go in person to the post office four times a year? Who expects us to believe that?

  7. 7.

    imonlylurking

    April 16, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    Hey, AnneLaurie-

    If I send you a bleg for a friend of mine will you conside posting it? She’s trying to raise money to go to manuscript school and she’s almost there, just need a tiny little push.

  8. 8.

    different-church-lady

    April 16, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    Hey @JoshRomney here’s a shot of @BarackObama in the oval office. Does it every day. #Your move.

  9. 9.

    Ash Can

    April 16, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    If Mitt Romney chose to stand in line at the post office at the last minute rather than e-filing with time to spare, it proves that he’s too fucking stupid to chair his local PTA, let alone be president of the United States.

  10. 10.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    April 16, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    @ranchandsyrup:

    Peace of mind be with you. And, chicken soup cures everything. Hope you have a better evening.

  11. 11.

    Thoughtcrime

    April 16, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    That Romney photo-op seems just as real as this one: http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/AP-Paul-Ryan-wash-dishes.jpg

  12. 12.

    Cacti

    April 16, 2014 at 6:21 pm

    @Kevin:

    Yup. Staged photo op for Romney’s next failed presidential run.

    He’s got a white horse prophecy to fulfill.

  13. 13.

    chelsea530

    April 16, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    @ranchandsyrup: We started giving ours a dose of children’s Tylenol as soon as we got home. Made a big difference.

    If not Tylenol, something that’s acceptable now. Just a little pain relief, and everyone is happier, especially the bebe.

  14. 14.

    Hal

    April 16, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    Hey Senator Reid! Dad’s thinking of running for President again, so here’s a photo op in prep for 2016!

    Also, interesting comparison of Shanesha Taylor, the mother arrested for leaving her kids in the car while on a job interview, with another arrested mother who, I kid you not, got high and left her baby on the roof of her car and then drove for 12 miles. I’m not big on base comparisons, but the contrast between what happened between these two mothers is pretty huge.

    http://fieldnotesfromabroad.tumblr.com/post/82921844305/rocprinceray-white-people-black-people-are

  15. 15.

    dmsilev

    April 16, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    @Violet: He presumably pays estimated taxes quarterly, and given the complicated nature of his finances I’m pretty sure the only form he’s filing on April 15th is the “I need an extension” form (since he quite legitimately may not have a complete set of information assembled by the 15th).

  16. 16.

    Iowa Old Lady

    April 16, 2014 at 6:23 pm

    Are all the Romney boys so obnoxious? Or is it just some of them?

    This one makes me want to slap him.

  17. 17.

    Mustang Bobby

    April 16, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    Who’s this Mitt Romney dude anyway?

  18. 18.

    Michael G

    April 16, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    Did anyone watch the Romney movie?

    I learned there is something worse than surrounding yourself with Yes Men.

    It’s surrounding yourself with Yes Men who also happen to be your sons who were raised in a strongly patriarchal religion.

  19. 19.

    jl

    April 16, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    I guess the tweet is to provide a ‘ya burnt!’ to Reid.

    But Reid never said anything about Mitt not paying his 2013 taxes. And to really give a ‘ya burnt!’ to Reid we would need pics, or docs, for the previous ten or so years, omitting the years when Mitt had to produce something publicly.

    Anyway, good on ol’ Mitt for paying some taxes for one of the years when he, realistically speaking, had to disclose his tax returns.

    And, the post office looks very nice and comfy.

  20. 20.

    Violet

    April 16, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    @dmsilev: Yep, exactly. It’s a complete farce that he’s “paying his taxes”. I suppose he could pay an estimated amount to lower any potential penalties, but seriously, he wouldn’t go to the post office to do that.

  21. 21.

    Cermet

    April 16, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    @chelsea530: Tylenol ?! That shit is pure poison has cause thousands of livers failures every year (but most recover) and tragicly, require hundreds of transplants every year – that shit should never have been approved for human use much less the insanity of selling such a dangerous drug over the counter.

  22. 22.

    Chris T.

    April 16, 2014 at 6:26 pm

    @Violet: Worse than that, really: for his case he no doubt files estimations, extensions, amendments, amendments to the amendments, and so on.

    (More precisely, his accountants do that.)

    But, as with most rich people, he delays payment as long as possible, so he’ll send in a check for, say, $300k on the very last possible day, to squeeze out more interest on it. If you can defer payment, you do so: right now, the interest on each $1 million, even in very safe bonds, comes to about $2700/month.

  23. 23.

    MomSense

    April 16, 2014 at 6:26 pm

    Um, I’d still like to see what is inside the envelope.

    Oh and if you want to have a room full of 10 year old boys laugh hysterically, talk about caulk within earshot.

  24. 24.

    Shana

    April 16, 2014 at 6:26 pm

    @imonlylurking: I’m second to no one in my disdain for the Romney clan, but there are some states where you can’t efile, or you can’t efile trust returns. I know, I just had to mail the trust returns as part of my parents’ estate (Dad died last year, so this was the last year for the trusts). I’m with you all though, there’s no way this wasn’t staged for effect. I”d be stunned if his accountants didn’t have everything ready prior to yesterday.

  25. 25.

    Cacti

    April 16, 2014 at 6:26 pm

    @Michael G:

    It’s surrounding yourself with Yes Men who also happen to be your sons who were raised in a strongly patriarchal religion.

    From a lifetime inside of of Mormonism, I can also tell you that it’s very much a prosperity gospel religion. If you’re materially successful, it’s a sign of God’s favor. If you’re poor, the opposite is true.

  26. 26.

    jl

    April 16, 2014 at 6:27 pm

    @Hal: I’m sure the shocking pink cellophaned hair made the difference. It’s so fetching.

  27. 27.

    Violet

    April 16, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    @jl:

    And, the post office looks very nice and comfy.

    Suspecting this post office isn’t one of the ones on the chopping block.

  28. 28.

    Svensker

    April 16, 2014 at 6:32 pm

    Hey, Repubs are always living in a fantasy past. My cousin just said, “At least Republican presidents know how many states there are.”

    Arg.

  29. 29.

    different-church-lady

    April 16, 2014 at 6:32 pm

    @Violet:

    Suspecting this post office isn’t one of the ones on the chopping block.

    Which is another way Mitt’s not very bright — the ones on the chopping block are the ones with the shortest lines. #IwasInAndOutIn3MinutesYesterday

  30. 30.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 16, 2014 at 6:32 pm

    @Violet:

    Who expects us to believe that?

    The vile little parasite spawn of an even bigger parasite.

  31. 31.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 16, 2014 at 6:33 pm

    @Cacti: Which is interesting because it once was highly communal and socialistic in its economic outlook. Now it’s just another cult of Mammon worshiping maggots.

  32. 32.

    ranchandsyrup

    April 16, 2014 at 6:34 pm

    @Higgs Boson’s Mate: thank you sir. Been enjoying the gardening posts/pics abt you and the missus.

    @chelsea530: We usually go with Camilia but have the tylenol on hand for the bad days. Doc suggested it as well. thanks for the tip. :)

  33. 33.

    Violet

    April 16, 2014 at 6:35 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: And how bizarre is it that Josh Romney conveniently went to the post office with his dad? How often do adult children accompany their capable adult parents to the post office? Is this some weird Mormon thing like the magic underwear? The Holy Parent/Child Tax Day Post Office Pilgrimage or some shit?

  34. 34.

    Cacti

    April 16, 2014 at 6:35 pm

    @Violet:

    Suspecting this post office isn’t one of the ones on the chopping block

    It’s probably in La Jolla. Not a 1-percenter community so much as a 0.1-percenter community (median home price $1.4 million).

    And as you know, any belt tightening should be done by the poor.

  35. 35.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 16, 2014 at 6:36 pm

    @Chris T.:

    right now, the interest on each $1 million, even in very safe bonds, comes to about $2700/month.

    But that is, according to Mitt himself, substantially less than “not much money”, which he sets at $250,000.

    So what’s the big deal, anyways?

  36. 36.

    ralphb

    April 16, 2014 at 6:37 pm

    The delightful TBogg from today…

    Josh Romney has 20 million reasons to write a bitter anger tweet at mean ole Harry Reid

  37. 37.

    Gatchaman

    April 16, 2014 at 6:37 pm

    I wonder if he is registering for the draft while he is there.

    Or getting money orders to pay his phone bill.

    Or he’s collecting stamps.

  38. 38.

    Citizen_X

    April 16, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    here’s a shot of @MittRomney paying filing taxes.

    Fixed that for ya, Josh. Not so sure about the “paying” part.

    Oh, and about that filing: could we actually see those tax returns, like we did every other Presidential candidate? No? Then I guess you don’t actually have a response to Sen. Reid, do you?

  39. 39.

    Cacti

    April 16, 2014 at 6:39 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    But that is, according to Mitt himself, substantially less than “not much money”, which he sets at $250,000

    Or anybody who wants to start their own business can just borrow a quick 20 g’s from Mom and Dad.

    Doesn’t every family have that much disposable cash lying around?

  40. 40.

    Ripley

    April 16, 2014 at 6:39 pm

    1040EZ or it didn’t happen.

  41. 41.

    GregB

    April 16, 2014 at 6:40 pm

    Two time loser Mitt Romney’ son said what?

  42. 42.

    Citizen_X

    April 16, 2014 at 6:40 pm

    Libtards. He’s paying his Mormon taxes–tithes–which you can’t do by internets.

  43. 43.

    Cacti

    April 16, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Which is interesting because it once was highly communal and socialistic in its economic outlook.

    When you’re living on the western frontier, ca. 1850, that Galt’s Gulch stuff doesn’t work so well in practice.

  44. 44.

    Violet

    April 16, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    @Cacti: Yeah, La Jolla is crazy upscale. A childhood friend of mine visited there at some point after college and decided she had to move there. So she did. I visited her at one point. She had the tiniest room in a place near a fast food joint and it cost an arm and a leg. Didn’t even have a kitchen and you’d hear the drive through all the time.Still, she was fairly close to the beach and she enjoyed that for the year or two she lived there. It was absolutely gorgeous. The shops are unbelievable–in a “who the hell can afford that?” and “there’s a shop selling stuff like that? Who buys it?” kind of way.

  45. 45.

    Linda Featheringill

    April 16, 2014 at 6:42 pm

    @ranchandsyrup:

    Hang in there, Sweetie. It will get better. Eventually.

    Send yourself to bed, too.

  46. 46.

    Thoughtcrime

    April 16, 2014 at 6:44 pm

    TBogg’s on it:

    …Middle son Josh Romney, the one with the crazy eyes, seems to have inherited some of Ann’s mean genes and, after holding it in for months, had to let it out in a tweet to mean ole next door neighbor Harry Reid that his dad does too pay taxes, not like Harry said during the election…:

    …Oh, SNAP! Romney boy high fives, leaping bicycle-helmet-wearing-for-safety Mormon chest bumps.

    Mitt Romney standing in line at the – appears to me to be the La Jolla and not Grand Cayman – post office. What more proof do you need, America, that Mitt Romney pays his taxes? I mean, besides actually releasing them? None. That how much ‘you people‘ need and deserve. Issue closed. Shut up…

    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/15/josh-romney-has-20-million-reasons-to-write-a-bitter-anger-tweet-at-mean-ole-harry-reid/

  47. 47.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 16, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    @Violet: Sounds a bit like Carmel–by-the-Sea, a ways up the coast.

  48. 48.

    ranchandsyrup

    April 16, 2014 at 6:46 pm

    @Linda Featheringill: Thanks. :) Time for me and our oldest to pull our weight and take care of everyone.

  49. 49.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 16, 2014 at 6:46 pm

    @Thoughtcrime: Of course, he might have just been sending some old fashioned pr0n through the mail to a buddy in Fresno, for all we know.

  50. 50.

    Linda Featheringill

    April 16, 2014 at 6:46 pm

    @Violet:

    Son accompanying Romney to the post office.

    Maybe Papa Mitt has deteriorated to the point where he isn’t allowed out without a chaperon.

  51. 51.

    Violet

    April 16, 2014 at 6:47 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: I haven’t been to Carmel. Could be.

  52. 52.

    Elizabelle

    April 16, 2014 at 6:48 pm

    I can live with Mitt Romney being a man of the people, and not flying around in Air Force One.

    For any Wawa fans: it’s their 50th anniversary. Free coffee, any size you like, today.

    He don’t drink coffee (at least not that we know), but :

    Even Mitt Romney loves [Wawa]. So I’ll let him explain the allure:

    “I went in to order a sandwich, you press a little touch tone keypad, alright. You just touch that…touch this, go pay the cashier, there’s your sandwich,” Romney told supporters at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania.

    “It’s amazing!”

    The things these plebians come up with.

  53. 53.

    Suffern ACE

    April 16, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    I’m so glad the snotty Romney sons aren’t around Washington. Seriously, one would probably need to go back 100 years to find such classless scions in the White House.

  54. 54.

    Turgidson

    April 16, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    Thanks, son of Mittens!

    And here’s your dad’s face as he tries to swallow the sour grapes he insists on eating every morning!

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2t3YZhRv8wM/T37-PffXr0I/AAAAAAAApv8/sl9RWqeeut8/s400/MittRomneyLookingDown.jpeg

  55. 55.

    Violet

    April 16, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    Projection is such a key wingnutcharacteristic:

    MSNBC Host Joe Scarborough hit back at New York Times columnist Paul Krugman in an interview with Politico on Wednesday, saying the attack on his claim that the Census Bureau was “cooking the books” on Obamacare was rooted in “his feelings of inadequacy.”

    “Paul’s shrill attack is off target and wrong, as usual. I just hope the good professor can work through the humiliation of his debate performance against me and will soon stop being driven to post silly attacks because of his feelings of inadequacy. I’m pulling for him,” Scarborough said in an email to Dylan Byers.

    Yes, yes, do go on Joe. Tell us all about everyone else’s feelings of inadequacy.

  56. 56.

    Eric S.

    April 16, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    I injured my ankle 2.5 weeks ago training for my first marathon. I was 10 miles out on a 20 mile run. I just left the doc’s office after getting an MRI. It is inconclusive. I’ll be staying 3-4 weeks of PT next week. If that doesn’t work an ultrasound and possible surgery could be next.

    Glass half full: PT works.

    I’m a bit depressed after all the training and not being able to run in Cincinnati on 5/4. I’ll be even more depressed if I can’t play softball this year.

  57. 57.

    Gopher2b

    April 16, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    At best he’s filing an extension. Romney tax returns are prob 6″ thick.

  58. 58.

    Thoughtcrime

    April 16, 2014 at 6:54 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    More from TBogg’s post:

    …The past two presidential cycles have seen a change in 1st runner-up temperament; possibly because both of the rich white guys who lost, lost to a black dude. John McCain immediately went back to being the least popular senator in America, but he still shows up on every Sunday morning show, every Sunday pretending that he is president and that he didn’t give America a raging case of the Sarah Palin STDs.

    Mitt Romney sulked around his beach house compound – yelling at the stoners to get off of his gosh-darned sand – for a spell before coming out and saying that, sure, Barack Obama may have beaten him, but Barrack isn’t half the man that dreamy Vladamir Putin is. Shirtless and on a horse? Hubba hubba.

    On the other hand , Mitt’s wife, perpetual bitter pill Ann Romney, has taken every opportunity to purse her lips and point out that America had a chance to mount Mitt like he was a fancy dancing horse and ride him to prosperity just like she did, but noooooo, America chose poorly and now it must sleep in the bed with the low thread-count sheets that it made. Suck it, America. SUCK. IT. Loooosers. Consuela! Momma needs a Postumtini, stat…

    And the photo of Romney’s sons creeps me out.

    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/15/josh-romney-has-20-million-reasons-to-write-a-bitter-anger-tweet-at-mean-ole-harry-reid/

  59. 59.

    Eric S.

    April 16, 2014 at 6:55 pm

    @dmsilev: I am in no way comparable to Mitt but I file an extension most years because I’m self employed. I’m sure that is what he is doing. I mean did. He’s clearly posing for a photo op.

  60. 60.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 16, 2014 at 6:59 pm

    @Thoughtcrime:

    Shirtless and on a horse? Hubba hubba.

    Shirtless and ON A BEAR!

    Oh, wait…that’s not a bear…

  61. 61.

    Turgidson

    April 16, 2014 at 6:59 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    La Jolla is close to San Diego, so it’s a different feel from Carmel, which seems sort of like a theme park for rich people who like to buy expensive art (granted, it’s a cute place). La Jolla definitely has some of that going on, but it’s more of a wealthy suburb than strictly a village-sized store for rich people stuff, and not as charming.

  62. 62.

    Elizabelle

    April 16, 2014 at 7:01 pm

    In non-Romney news: I am so sad about the South Korean ferry sinking.

    All those teenagers and other passengers, and sounds like the vessel went down pretty quickly.

    An early story in NYTimes this morning said a high school official informed that all students and teachers were safe (and how could this person possibly know that?)

    Taking a page from the Malaysian government?

  63. 63.

    MomSense

    April 16, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    @ranchandsyrup:

    Aw, I remember days and nights like those. I hope everyone feels better and you can get at least a little rest.

  64. 64.

    Violet

    April 16, 2014 at 7:03 pm

    @Elizabelle: Yeah, it sounds really awful. The people who survived are saying the passengers were told to stay where they were and not move. That probably ended up costing a lot of people their lives. So sad.

  65. 65.

    Elizabelle

    April 16, 2014 at 7:05 pm

    @ranchandsyrup:

    I love that you and the 3 y.o. are teaming up on dinner prep. She’s an important girl! (And the little one is so cute; looking more like her big sis.)

  66. 66.

    muddy

    April 16, 2014 at 7:05 pm

    @Thoughtcrime: 3rd from the right looks like an Osmond.

  67. 67.

    Turgidson

    April 16, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    @Violet:

    Unfortunately, Krugman himself admitted that Scarborough Gish Galloped his way to a “win” much like Romney did in the first debate, by throwing out misleading numbers and lying about his own position on austerity.

    But you’re right, the fact that Scarborough is still patting himself on the back about it and thinks he has some kind of permanent “Krugman’s wrong about [issue of the day] because I won a debate against him over a year ago” trump card to play shows that he has the maturity of a 9 year old, at best.

  68. 68.

    Chris

    April 16, 2014 at 7:12 pm

    No matter how much I know it’s true, it will never stop boggling my mind that people who are that rich and have never wanted for anything in their lives manage to be so bitter about what the Little People think about them.

    @dmsilev:

    More to the point, nobody disputes that Romney filed tax returns. It’s just that there was some question of how big the “taxes paid” number was in comparison to the “total income” number. Which could have been resolved if he, I dunno, released the tax returns.

    Far as I’m concerned, even if he’s paid everything he owes, the tax rates for people at his income level are still astronomically low, and he’s working his ass off to make them even lower, so he’s a scumbag on that account alone. But what the hell.

  69. 69.

    ranchandsyrup

    April 16, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    @MomSense:
    @Elizabelle: Thanks!

  70. 70.

    Schlemizel

    April 16, 2014 at 7:19 pm

    @Suffern ACE: WRONG!
    One would only have to go back to 1990 to find a snotty POS son of a President.

  71. 71.

    Chris T.

    April 16, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    @Chris:

    and have never wanted for anything in their lives

    But, but, but!* Ann Romney told us they ran out of cash and had to sell some stocks once! If that’s not deprivation, what is?

    [please tell me a /snark is not required]

  72. 72.

    Chris

    April 16, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    @Chris T.:

    [please tell me a /snark is not required]

    On B, J? Nah.

    In the country at large? Sadly, yes!

  73. 73.

    Bubblegum Tate

    April 16, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    @Turgidson:

    village-sized store for rich people stuff

    Ha! That’s a pretty good description of it.

    Nice beach, though.

  74. 74.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 16, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    @Schlemizel: Several, in fact.

  75. 75.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 16, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    Like.

    (Edit: Has someone been messing around with FYWP again?)

  76. 76.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 16, 2014 at 7:54 pm

    @Chris T.:

    But, as with most rich people, he delays payment as long as possible, so he’ll send in a check for, say, $300k on the very last possible day, to squeeze out more interest on it.

    Honestly, I don’t have a problem with that. Seems like a sound principle to me.

    But I don’t believe for one Utah second that Mitt wrote an actual paper check, put a stamp on an actual envelope, and stood in an actual line with the great unwashed to mail it to Yutsano.

  77. 77.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 16, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    @Svensker:

    Hey, Repubs are always living in a fantasy past. My cousin just said, “At least Republican presidents know how many states there are.”

    Thirteen, just like the Founders intended.

  78. 78.

    chopper

    April 16, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    wow, that’s a thin-looking tax return for a guy worth hundreds of millions of dollars, with a shit-ton of tax shelters and investments and a dozen houses and god-knows what else.

    or could the pic all be a bunch of hooey? yeah, i’ll go with that.

  79. 79.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 16, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    @Eric S.:

    Sorry to hear that, and I hope you recover fully and quickly.

    Come to Atlanta and run the Peachtree on July 4th!

  80. 80.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 16, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    @Thoughtcrime:

    Mitt’s wife, perpetual bitter pill Ann Romney

    Ann Romney wants to be Phyllis Schlafly when she grows up old.

  81. 81.

    Patrick

    April 16, 2014 at 8:06 pm

    Hey @SenatorReid here’s a shot of @MittRomney paying taxes. Does it every year. It’s how you get your paycheck.

    Funny how Josh Romney didn’t mention that his dad took advantage of a huge loophole in the tax code enabling him to get over $100 million in his ROTH IRA, ie tax free forever. There is not much difference between the 47% that Romney has such a distaste for and himself.

  82. 82.

    Scotius

    April 16, 2014 at 8:12 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Thirteen, just like the Founders intended.

    I thought the Confederacy had eleven?

  83. 83.

    kc

    April 16, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    @Chris T.:

    Well, hell, as a poor person I paid at the last possible minute too: Not to maximize interest on my millions (in my DREAMS) but just trying to put off the pain.

  84. 84.

    Chris T.

    April 16, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Actually the paper check method maximizes the delay, so is the Method Of Choice. As long as it’s postmarked “April 15th”, you’re good, so you drop it off at the post office on the last day, where it takes up to a week to get to the IRS office (but probably just 2 days), maybe another week to get processed there, and then there’s the clearing delay of a day or two, meaning you get another ~2 weeks of interest on it.

    If you e-file, the money disappears in a day or two.

    (It’s not done so much because the couple hundred bucks is important, but rather because this is “How We (Rich) Do It” in general: always take money ASAP and pay it ALAP (L = Late).)

  85. 85.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 16, 2014 at 8:23 pm

    @Scotius:

    I thought the Confederacy had eleven?

    Good catch, and LOL. I guess I was including Missouri and Kentucky.

    Edit: I’m serious about FYWP. Why am I having to re-enter my name and email address every time I submit a comment? And why is the site all of a sudden defaulting to the iPad version even though I can’t stand the iPad version on my iPad? This started earlier today and is a giant pain in the gefrunsis.

  86. 86.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 16, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    @Chris T.:

    Thank you. Good points, none of which had really occurred to me.

    So I guess I was all wrong about Mitt Romney. He should have been elected President.*

    Bet Obama files electronically.

    *I still don’t believe he treks down to the local P.O. to drop his tax return in the mail slot — or, at least, not unless there’s an embryonic photo op.

  87. 87.

    Chris T.

    April 16, 2014 at 8:36 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    *I still don’t believe he treks down to the local P.O. to drop his tax return in the mail slot — or, at least, not unless there’s an embryonic photo op.

    Yes, that part is an “of course not”.

    (Normally it would be the illegal immigrant maid earning $1.75/hr doing it, no doubt.)

  88. 88.

    GHayduke (formerly lojasmo)

    April 16, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    @Cermet:

    Uh yeah…no.

    To determine whether people who inadvertently overdose on acetaminophen are at greater risk for bad outcomes, Dr. Larson and colleagues at 22 U.S. tertiary care centers examined the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure in consecutive patients seen over a six-year period.

    They found that 662 patients met the established acute liver failure criteria of coagulopathy and encephalopathy, and that 42% of these patients (275) had liver failure associated with acetaminophen liver injury.

  89. 89.

    coin operated

    April 16, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    Hey @JoshRomney here’s a shot of @BarackObama in the oval office. Does it every day. #Your move.

    Late to the party but…that’s a fucking winner there!!!

    Edited because coin op is +4 and can’t cut-n-paste worth a shit…

  90. 90.

    Foregone Conclusion

    April 16, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    Notice the entitlement here – we rich folk pay your salary, prole, so STFU.

  91. 91.

    ruemara

    April 16, 2014 at 9:22 pm

    My response to that was, you lost, grow up, get over it. What a fricking loser.

  92. 92.

    Mnemosyne

    April 16, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    @GHayduke (formerly lojasmo):

    Part of the reason we hear a lot about acetaminophen poisoning is that it’s a common way to attempt suicide in Great Britain. Not very common in the US at all, where we tend to prefer guns.

  93. 93.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 16, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    @ruemara:

    My response to that was, you lost, grow up, get over it. What a fricking loser.

    Four words:
    Ser.
    I.
    Ous.
    Ly.

  94. 94.

    SenyorDave

    April 16, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    I wish someone had a picture of Josh Romney’s face a millisecond after they called the election for Obama. The look of agony would be awesome. The whole family’s attitude must have been “hey, its in the bag, all Mitt has to do is be about even with the guy and he wins by five points”. I really think a large part of the Republicans believed that.

  95. 95.

    Cassidy

    April 16, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    @Cermet: It’s only dangerous if you don’t read the instructions that are conveniently provided on the packaging.

  96. 96.

    Fluke bucket

    April 16, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    Hell, the last time I saw Mitt he was pumping gas.

  97. 97.

    Mike G

    April 16, 2014 at 9:44 pm

    Does anyone really believe that Rmoney does his own taxes and stands in line at the Post Office to mail them?
    This is as phony as Bush’s “rancher” schtick.
    Willard is probably mailing another parcel of loot to the Cayman Islands.

  98. 98.

    Kyle

    April 16, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    @Suffern ACE:

    Seriously, one would probably need to go back 100 years to find such classless scions in the White House.

    Or to 1993 when GW, Jeb and Neil Bush departed with their daddy, unfortunately not for good.

  99. 99.

    FlyingToaster

    April 16, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    @GHayduke (formerly lojasmo):
    Exactly.

    The biggest problem with acetaminophen is that the dosages used to be pretty inexact and children’s versions didn’t do a good job of calibrating — they used age instead of weight.

    Modern ones are both better calibrated, broken out into “infant liquid” “toddler tablets” “children’s tablets” and all of them have nice age/weight charts to tell you how much to give. Even the most panicked parents with their screaming toddler’s ear leaking pus and blood can read a chart (yes, I’m reliving that morning).

    We kept the (house-brand) acetaminophen and ibuprofen, per appropriate age, for WarriorGirl. Acetaminophen for headaches, earaches, and fever. Ibuprofen for injury pain (fell on sidewalk and removed most of the skin on her knee, for one). Icebox BooBooBuddies for everything else, including vaccinations.

    The alternatives to the old Bayer Children’s Asprin became necessary because there are some nasty side-effects and interactions associated with same.

  100. 100.

    FlyingToaster

    April 16, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    Why doesn’t Romney e-file?

    I can’t imagine he’s eligible. There are a number of income and deduction classifications which require physical docs. Our tax return is always topped with the sheet “explanation for non-e-file” listing those items.

    Our Federal return broke our CPA’s stapler. Admittedly, it was 25 years old, but, heh, when he delivered our envelopes, we looked it up on Staples and they’re still selling the same damn thing.

  101. 101.

    Eric S.

    April 16, 2014 at 10:25 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: If the PT works and I’m back up and running soon the earliest marathon I’ll do is the home town Chicago Marathon. More likely I’ll shoot for a local half marathon in the fall and the full in Cincinnati again. If not Cinci then some other spring time marathon.

    The commitment to train for a full marathon takes a lot of time. To spend that time in Chicago when summer weather is so precious is not worth it to me. I want to be on the softball field. Or on the bike with The Girl. Or at a summer music festival.

    And, btw, thanks for the well wishes. They are much appreciated.

  102. 102.

    LT

    April 16, 2014 at 10:27 pm

    Of course Romney is running again. What does he have to lose? Not money, certainly. Not enough to hurt anyway.

    That the Romney clan (et.al) was shocked, awed, and embarrassed on election night 2012 in no way slaked that bastard’s thirst for that office. Damn straight he is an “unannounced candidate” vying for the GOP’s brass ring.

  103. 103.

    Eric U.

    April 16, 2014 at 10:34 pm

    I don’t think that the Romneys, like McCain before them, realized that Romney was the ritual sacrifice to the Presidential election that the real Republicans knew they couldn’t win. Of course, 2012 should have been a good chance for the repubs, but they had nobody to run

  104. 104.

    Ruckus

    April 16, 2014 at 10:53 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    Hey @JoshRomney here’s a shot of @BarackObama in the oval office. Does it every day. #Your move.

    So nice it needed to be reposted.

  105. 105.

    Ruckus

    April 16, 2014 at 10:59 pm

    @Violet:
    Go with dad to the post office?
    Why not, they aren’t doing anything else except bullshitting each other, why not take a picture? You know, a family moment.
    They really are disgusting, every one of them.
    I wonder if there are any people with some level of wealth like the mitten clan, that are not parasites? I’m really beginning to take a strong dislike to entitled assholes.

  106. 106.

    dopey-o

    April 16, 2014 at 11:11 pm

    @dmsilev: the “I need an extension” form is available on the IRS.gov web site. are we to believe the entire Rmoney clan is so stupid they can’t use a computer?
    yes.

  107. 107.

    Mike in NC

    April 16, 2014 at 11:16 pm

    The entire Rmoney clan needs to be treated to a government-provided weekend of waterboarding at Gitmo.

  108. 108.

    AxelFoley

    April 17, 2014 at 12:52 am

    @different-church-lady:

    Hey @JoshRomney here’s a shot of @BarackObama in the oval office. Does it every day. #Your move

    LOL damn, epic burn!

  109. 109.

    AxelFoley

    April 17, 2014 at 12:55 am

    @Hal:

    Damn. Just…damn.

    But we’re post-racial, everyone!

  110. 110.

    Chris

    April 17, 2014 at 12:58 am

    @LT:

    It would almost be worth it to see him run again just to watch him get the shit beat out of him by all his competitors. “Mitt Romney: the man who couldn’t beat a black guy during the worst economy since the Great Depression!” they’ll all say. And I doubt if the big bucks will gravitate to him like they did in the last cycle – nobody likes a loser, least of all a loser who gave them four more years of their worst nightmare. 2012 was his chance, and he blew it. Moving on.

    ETA: this isn’t to say that he WON’T run, I just don’t see him getting the nom.

  111. 111.

    Amir Khalid

    April 17, 2014 at 1:43 am

    @Elizabelle:
    As clumsy as Najib and his idiot cousin Hisham have been in handling the MH370 crisis, they have not (so far) actually said anything so stupid.

  112. 112.

    Suffern ACE

    April 17, 2014 at 5:23 am

    @Violet: I’ve been there, too. It’s very nice. The thing I remember about it is that it was clear in the neighborhood I was in that most people lived in houses custom designed by architects. The houses weren’t huge McMansions. And because the houses and lots weren’t huge, the people spent their money on design rather than gawdy size.

  113. 113.

    Emily68

    April 17, 2014 at 7:59 am

    Does Josh think that if his father is ever indicted for tax evasion, he need only pull out this photo to be acquitted?

  114. 114.

    My Truth Hurts

    April 17, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    I hate entitled pricks who say shit like that. It’s his response to the cops I bet when they pull his ass over for DUI. Vapid little prick, go away.

  115. 115.

    Crza

    April 17, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    What a load of crap. I’m supposed to believe *Mitt Romney* of all people doesn’t file for an extension with the IRS year after year? I only work for a state tax agency, but still, even from our standpoint we can tell that the number of rich folks who do not file for extensions is virtually non-existent. That’s not a criticism – their returns are almost always exceedingly complicated – but that alone convinces me Josh is full of shit here.

    And even if I were to buy this nonsense and assume that yes Mitt is standing in line to mail his 1040 on April 15th… so? That means nothing. What’s ON the 1040 is what matters. I noticed Josh didn’t snag a photo of the 1040’s line 46 (which – simplistically speaking – shows how much you actually owed the federal gov’t for the year in income tax). If they’re not willing to divulge what’s on that line then holy FSM will they please just STFU and quit insulting our intelligence.

  116. 116.

    brantl

    April 18, 2014 at 1:38 pm

    I’m pretty sure RMoney takes a dump every day, too, which is a lot more apealing than anything else he does, except paying his taxes.

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