Taking away a human being’s liberty for 3 years in a case like this just seems draconian to me. Snipes did act foolishly when he chose to align himself with the anti-tax loonies and trust their advice, but did he attempt to HIDE his earnings to defraud the government. No. In fact he has appeared contrite in court and has made restitution and paid a great deal of fines. I’m not saying he should get off free, but seriously, isn’t a length of time reporting to a probation officer (I wouldn’t want to have to do it) and a lifetime ahead of constant tax scrutiny a valid punishment? The judge has decided that depriving the guy of his freedom and income is just the thing needed. This will also cost the State any taxes they could have collected on income Snipes would have made otherwise in those three years as well as the cost it will incur in keeping him incarcerated. Bad deal all around.
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In Uncategorized on 04/26/2008 at 11:29Taking away a human being’s liberty for 3 years in a case like this just seems draconian to me. Snipes did act foolishly when he chose to align himself with the anti-tax loonies and trust their advice, but did he attempt to HIDE his earnings to defraud the government. No. In fact he has appeared contrite in court and has made restitution and paid a great deal of fines. I’m not saying he should get off free, but seriously, isn’t a length of time reporting to a probation officer (I wouldn’t want to have to do it) and a lifetime ahead of constant tax scrutiny a valid punishment? The judge has decided that depriving the guy of his freedom and income is just the thing needed. This will also cost the State any taxes they could have collected on income Snipes would have made otherwise in those three years as well as the cost it will incur in keeping him incarcerated. Bad deal all around.
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In Uncategorized on 04/05/2008 at 00:31Bibliography
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“The Mushroom King” M-Brane SF #12/Ergosphere , January
2009
“Citadel Ninety-Nine” Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #30, Fall
2007
“Attack of the 50 Ft. Cosmonaut” Daikaiju! 2: Giant Monster Tales Agog! Press
“Landing Day” Talebones #35, Summer
“Think of a Pink Ship” Self-published April 23 (Int’l Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day)
2006
“419 Memoirs” Flytrap #6, November
2005
“Wednesday” Corpse Blossoms, Creeping Hemlock Press
“The Whited Child” Black Gate #9, Fall (Order from Project Pulp)
“Super-Villains” Son and Foe Fall (Reprinted in Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2006 Prime Books)
“Fight to L.A.” Flytrap #4, May
“A Flavor of Quark” Lenox Avenue (defunct) March/April
“Peas and Carrots“ Realms Of Fantasy February
“Is You Is/Is You Ain’t” (NinjaBaby) Futurismic November (Hear it on Escape Pod)
2004
“Once Upon A Time at The Leaning Annex” Strange Horizons 14 June
“Kank’s Last Breath” Flytrap #2, May
“The Food Processor” Borderlands Vol. 5 January (Reissued as From the Borderlands Warner Books, September) (Hear it on Drabblecast)
2003
“The Crossing” MOTA 3: Courage July
Tobias S. Buckell Interviews Michael Canfield May 2005
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In Uncategorized on 04/03/2008 at 20:21this blog to WordPress, which I didn’t realize is also mostly free. It has some advantages over Blogger, like stats, the ability to break a post up with a jump, and most importantly the ability to migrate posts from old blogs such as this one and my old Typepad blog so I can resurrect my old posts in one pace, and save $40 by not renewing my annual Typepad membership for nostalgia’s sake. I’ll be posting simultaneously here and on WordPress for a couple weeks just to make sure there’s nothing on WordPress I can’t work with. The last step will be redirecting my personal domain there. In the meantime check out my beta. Yeeeaaahhh, maybe not!
