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    Ultraprison!: I agree that people shouldn't have to pay an inheritance tax. I doubt I'm inheriting a ton of money any time soon, but if I were, I don't want to give... more »
    morninggloria: OH also on the estate tax thing-- Opponents of the estate tax looking to drum up support fail to mention HOW STUPIDLY EASY it is to avoid it via creat... more »
    Princess Leela: When the bleepity-bleep did pity for rich people become some kind of moral high ground? These allegedly oh-so-burdened folks are currently paying less... more »
    morninggloria: Hooooot, I can't respond to comments, so let me say this: Estates up to $3.5 million are exempt from the estate tax in 2009. That's $7 million per cou... more »
    nakedscience: Re: Obama: ASU is probably trying not to piss McCain supporters off. It's still awesome Obama is coming to speak though. more »
    SarahMC: I'm glad I'm not the only one who owed money in taxes this year. Well, not GLAD, but for a while I thought it must be an error. Ugh, this sucks. more »
    pax: A Rahm article and no picture? What the fuck, WaPo? more »
    morninggloria: RE The estate tax. I always find it hiiiiiilarious that the people who tend to rail the most on "entitlements" and people (minorities. poor minorities... more »
    elitza owns the last Enzo shirt: I paid taxes last week. So, here's the thing--at my last serving job, we had to declare all our tips as income. Which really sort of sucks, because th... more »
    marshmallory: I'm conflicted on calling the resolution to the pirate situation a "victory." A real victory, in my opinion, would be no one dead, bad guys captured a... more »
    AthertonMerriweather: Rick Warren is suffering from exhaustion? Sir, you're no Lindsay Lohan. more »
    rosasparks: I'm sick of Ari Fleischer and other Republican, out of touch, rich dickheads passing judgment. I'll pay my taxes when he stops using loopholes to avoi... more »
    megnificent: Dr. Warren's condition was related to fatigue and exhaustion...exacerbated by inhalation of fumes OMG Rick Warren is TOTALLY a huffer!! Which may expl... more »
    morninggloria: I read "Obama throwing the first pitch at Nationals home opener" as "Obama throwing the first punch at Nationals home opener" more »
    morninggloria: Wow, universities who are having Obama speak at their commencements are just falling all over each other in a rush to embarrass themselves. Notre Dame... more »
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    The Obamas Get A Dog, Pirates Are Dead, & Eggs Will Roll

    • If you have been hiding under a rock this weekend, the Obamas got their Portuguese Water Dog, Bo, from the Kennedys, and tons of awwws erupted around the blogosphere. [Washington Post]
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