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[Strangelove's plan for post-nuclear war survival involves living underground with a 10:1 female-to-male ratio]
General “Buck” Turgidson: Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn’t that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?
Dr. Strangelove: Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious… service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
Ambassador de Sadesky: I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor. 

The good Doctor has done his rounds and has again found the tax-o-sphere quite healthy. 

Check these winners out:

1.  35% Would Choose Blackberry over Spouse- Paul L. Caron of TaxProf Blog.  This has nothing whatsoever to do with taxes and I don’t care. It’s important sociological information. Here’s the entire post:

The Chicago Sun-Times reports on findings from a survey of 6,500 professionals with incomes over $50,000 annually:

• 35% would choose their BlackBerry, iPhone, or Treo over their spouse, if forced to make a choice
• 87% take them into the bedroom
• 85% check them in the middle of the night
• 84% check them just before going to bed and as soon as they wake up

The ABA Journal adds that:

• 72% of lawyers under 40, and 50% of lawyers over 60, use a BlackBerry, iPhone, or Treo

76% of law firms, and 97% of large law firms, provide them to lawyers

This reminds me of a story Tommy Lasorda, the former manager of the L.A. Dodgers, once told:

My wife came to me the other day and said, “Tommy, you love baseball more than you love me.”  I thought about it for a second, nodded, and said, “yeah, but I love you more than track.”

2.  Some IRS History by Bruce the taxguy – I have sent emails out to tax dodgers Wesley Snipes, Larken Rose and Irwin Schiff with links to this article. And Bruce points out something I didn’t know,

The U.S. Government’s privilege to levy taxes was incorporated into the Constitution in 1787. The responsibility for how to collect those taxes fell to the Treasury Department where it has stayed.

Thanks Bruce for taking the time to research and write about things most of us are too lazy to explore.

And thanks to you, we get to stay lazy.

3.  Biden Attacks Patriotism of Non-Wealthy by Joe Kristan at Tax Update Blog – Joe always has an interesting spin on things. In this post he catches Biden in a little bit of a faux pas.  Biden had said in an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America that it is patriotic for people to pay taxes. Kristan points out the broader implications of that statement (which I highly doubt the electorate is nuanced enough to observe) and says,    

So by linking paying taxes to patriotism, Senator Biden is impugning the patriotism of everybody who makes less than $153,542 - the bottom 95% of taxpayers. Is that a wise electoral strategy?

I have a little advice for McCain, Obama, Palin and Biden. Be careful before shooting your mouth off about taxes.

Joe Kristan is watching.

4.  Whats the Buzz? Tell me What’s A Happennin - Robert Flach of The Wandering Tax Pro wanders into the blogosphere and, as usual, lassoos some very interesting posts.  He does a lot of work to put together his regular blog carnival column and he should be commended for it. Kudos Robert.

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