Thanks to an unusually eclectic set of parents, I was raised on classic cinema- my father always said that he knew he had acculturated me correctly because I was the only kid my age who knew who Spring Byington was. Of all the great movies we watched, I always favored Frank Capra’s. The themes were all different, but had a certain commonality of the Little Guy rising despite the entrenched forces of corruption. His vision of America is one that I came to adopt, a place where opportunity was there for those willing to grab it, a vision informed by his own experiences as a penniless immigrant who rose to the top of Hollywood through sheer effort and skill.
Fortunately, SP shares my taste for old movies, and when we were poking around Amazon a few nights ago, she came across the wonderful You Can’t Take It With You, which she hadn’t seen in… let’s say a long time. It featured a very typical Capra cast: a young Jimmy Stewart, the always hot Jean Arthur, crusty and foreboding Edward Arnold, flighty and dance-y Ann Miller (15 years old, playing a 20-something), avuncular Lionel Barrymore, and of course, a dotty Spring Byington. Fun extra feature: a very young Dub Taylor playing the xylophone. Another bonus: if you want to see where Michael Richards got the Kramer character from, look at Mischa Auer’s Kolenkhov.
In any case, one memorable scene had us high-fiveing in delight, something that reflected our own beliefs (and those of many of you) perfectly. And it even had Charles Lane, a Jew from Milwaukee who made a great career of always playing the same WASP-y character. So, with no further ado, the perfect Frank Capra analysis of taxes, as explicated by Barrymore and Lane. Have a fun April 15 (yes, yes, I know, the 17th this year)!
Taxation Is Theft, and Fuck Off, Slaver!
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151 responses to “Tax Relief, Hollywood Edition”
I like it. But, what about MUH ROADZZZ!!!1!ELEVNTY!!!
I would think you’d be more into Shirley Temple…
Sexy tax collector.
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Call your accountant.
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File your return.
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Apply for an extension.
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Itemize your deduction.
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Turn in your 1040.
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Get your maximum refund.
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yes.
“Sexy tax collector”
There is no such thing.
STEVE SMITH SEXY TAX COLLECTOR AND BY COLLECTOR MEAN RAPE…
Punchline: “I don’t owe the government a cent.”
I’m afraid that nowadays the conversation would have ended with government agents from the IRS, Treasury, and BATFE penetrating every orifice in that facility.
LOL marvelous
Ah, classic cinema, when high school kids played twenty something year olds, instead of twenty something year olds playing high school kids. How the medium has fallen.
It’s those darn child labor laws.
Go back to the 1929 movie So This is College, about a bunch of college senior football players. Robert Montgomery at 25 is the youngest; the others are in their 30s.
Capra’s post-Sennett stuff all smacks of American Socialist propaganda.
That old guy who didn’t pay his taxes is entirely too reasonable.
I love that movie!
I have a game. Winner receives absolutely nothing of value:
Replace a single word in a movie title with the phrase, “Taxation is theft.” Others get to guess the movie.
I’ll start:
Taxation is theft: Covenant
“The first rule of TiT is you don’t talk about TiT!”
/TiT is excellent shorthand for what MS said.
Sorry, a movie title
My bad, its been fixed.
OK, then my clue is above.
The title is TiT.
Alien: Covenant
“The Taxation Is Theft”
The Godfather?
The Shining?
Uh… sure!
Titanic
Taxation is theft
Taxation is theft returns
Taxation is theft forever
Taxation is theft and Robin
Taxation is theft begins
The dark taxation is theft
The dark taxation is theft Rises
Taxation is theft Vs Superman
The Sound of Music. Too easy.
One kid. One town. One chance. All he wanted to do was avoid paying taxes.
TiTloose.
Taxation is theft-hur
Taxation is theft with the wind
Fistfull of Taxation is Theft
For a few taxation is theft more
The Good, The Bad and the Taxation is theft.
Fistfull of Taxation is Theft
YES!
The Taxation-is-Theft Man
Taxation-is-Theft By North-West
Taxation-is-Theft Heat
“For Harry and Nancy, every day is a no-brainer.”
TiT and TiTter
We’re going to need a bigger Taxation is Theft.
Leaving Taxation is Theft
Leaving Sarah Marshall
Ah, but then that’s replacing two words
And besides, it was Forgetting Sarah Marshall
D’oh!
So, you’re saying you forgot Sarah Marshall?
Nah, I like Kirsten Bell, even if she is a flaming communist.
Leaving LasVegas.
#winning
Taxation is Theft Park
Taxation is Theft of the Galaxy
Black Taxation is Theft
A Taxation is Theft Place
Gossford Park
Galaxy Quest
Black Knight (Didn’t think you were into Martin Lawrence)
A Quiet Place
One for four 😉
Jurassic Park
Guardians of the Galaxy
Black Panther
A Quiet Place
DAMNIT!
“There can be only moar.”
TiTlander
Outlander is a show, but since its mostly porn I’ll allow it.
Taxation is theft does dallas
Beat me to it… so to speak.
“You just gotta ask yourself…Do you feel like paying taxes? Well do ya, punk?”
Dirty TiT
I miss The Immaculate Trouser
Taxation Is Theft And Dumber
The Taxation is Theft Game
The Crying Game
Yup.
Taxman: I thought you knew.
Taxpayer: *vomits*
“You gonna pay your taxes, meow?”
SuperTiTters
“Protecting the Earth from the scum of the IRS!”
TiTs in Black
Taxation is Theftssssssssssssssss
Taxation is Theft Wars: A New Hope only to be crushed in Taxation is Theft Wars: Empire Strikes Back in which we see our saga come to a close in Taxation is Theft Wars: Return of the Libertarian (artistic license on that one)
The progressive menace
The Jedi are anything but libertarian. Even attachment to property is forbidden, and they meddle deeply in the affairs of others.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Taxation is Theft
Nice
Fantastic taxation is theft and where to find them.
Citizen Taxation is Theft
All Quiet on the Taxation is Theft Front
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Taxation is Theft
Citizen gangster
Johnny got his gun
MEIN FURHER *chokes himself*
Taxation is theft force one
Taxation is theft trek: insurrection
Taxation is theft private ryan
Taxation is theft report
Taxation is theft woman
Animal taxation is theft
Mr. Taxation is theft goes to washington
Taxation is theft with wolves
Are shows fair game?
Taxation is Theft and Recreation
Taxation is Theft of the Rising Sun
Enemy Taxation is Theft.
Apocalypse Taxation is Theft.
Based on “The Heart of Taxation is Theft”?
Oh, getting all literary on us now!
A Clockwork Taxation is Theft.
“A little bit of the old ultrataxation…”
For Lachowsky: Taxation is theft of Steel.
Taxation is theft of the Apes
Buffy the Taxation is theft Slayer
Taxation is theft and the Bandit
Taxation is theft: Ragnarok
Overdrawn at the Taxation is theft Bank
It’s a Taxation is theft Life
Every Which Way but Taxation is theft
And of course… Manos: The Hands of Taxation is theft
The Taxation is Theft and Miss Jones.
The devil and miss jones!
Paul Blart: Mall Taxation is Theft
OT but what are everyone’s thoughts on Cohen raid?
The implications on Atty:Client privilege could be profound in further eroding freedom.
And be prepared for “unknown sources” to leak a ton of exaggerated or false shit the dnc operatives with bylines will report as news hoping to affect the elections in November.
Seriously, we are seeing the criminal left basically try to undo the result of an election they thought they had already rigged and stolen in order for one dnc crime syndicate boss (Obama) to hand over a weaponized government to another dnc crime syndicate boss (Clinton) and are pissed Trump is dismantling that machine they hoped would finally destroy any resistance or opposition to the left’s agenda to permanently and fundamentally change America into one of those European shitholes they so admire and pine for, as Obama promised to do.
Trump is dismantling that machine
I’m not sure he’s doing that. He certainly pissed it off and has it trying to cover its tracks while eat its own tail.
I was pointing out the proggie douchebags going batshit think he is doing so right now. We can debate if that is really happening or not amongst ourselves, but at a minimum Trump’s biggest accomplishment – IMO – is that he has made these scumbags out themselves as anything but sane, logical, or looking out for anyone other than themselves.
Our deep state is dangerous. Especially since it believes that there is a set of rules for us that doesn’t apply to them…
Unfortunately, it’s right.
” we are seeing the criminal left basically try to undo the result of an election they thought they had already rigged and stolen in order for one dnc crime syndicate boss (Obama) to hand over a weaponized government to another dnc crime syndicate boss (Clinton) and are pissed Trump is dismantling that machine they hoped would finally destroy any resistance or opposition to the left’s agenda to permanently and fundamentally change America into one of those European shitholes they so admire and pine for, as Obama promised to do.”
^This guy gets it^
I’m looking at the coincidence of Trump’s attorney being raided and a newspaper being investigated for not publishing anti-Trump “news”. And what I am seeing is government agents completely out of control, attacking two of the fundamental pillars of civil society in pursuit of their political agenda. Seriously, the balls on these guys, to crap all over attorney-client privilege and freedom of the press on consecutive days. This is a slow-motion coup by an out of control administrative state that is lashing out because someone is trying to bring it to heel.
The lack of outrage by nearly everyone, and even the vociferous support for this by not just the usual Dems and proggies, but also by establishment Republicans, is perhaps the most worrying. Our enemies have taken the field, and our putative allies have . . . joined them. My only solace is schadenfreude at the coming immolation of Republican candidates who will discover that stabbing your supporters in the back is a good first step toward them not voting for you any more. Fuck the Repubs in Congress. Good riddance, and I hope this November wrecks your party. Time for creative destruction in our politics, I say, and the first step is clearing out the deadwood. With a flamethrower.
I’m still mystified as to what crime was committed by paying off Stormy Daniels.
You’re in good company. Mueller can’t figure that one out either. The difference is, he doesn’t care.
Your mistake is to think these people are out for any kind of real justice or to actually find a crime. They are not. this is about overturning the results of an election they thought they had already rigged and stolen for their insider candidate and crime syndicate boss. It’s about sending the message that no outsider will ever be allowed to control their machine. And most importantly about telling everyone that the left will not tolerate anyone else in power but them and their ideas.
From my understanding, if the money paid to Daniels was was with campaign funds and was not disclosed this could be a problem. The same thing happened to John Edwards when he paid off his mistress with campaign money. Note that no one stormed Edwards’ house with guns out
Wasn’t a lot of Trump’s campaign paid for by Trump, though?
That’s what I thought.
David French at National Review usually does a good job of explaining this stuff
And a lot of Trump’s campaign was subsidized by media outrage.
This money was paid by Cohen – who borrowed from a bank using his home as equity according to the people that claim this is why he was raided – so I am not sure how these cunts plan to connect that to Trump other than causing chaos and then hoping they can net him on a technicality and derail his presidency.
I’m thinking the Cohen raid was mostly about getting material to set a perjury trap for Trump.
If he sits for an interview, I’m hoping he answers every question that is not about whether his campaign coordinated with the Russians with “That is outside the scope of your appointment. Next question.” and every question about whether is campaign coordinated with the Russian government with “I am a very busy man, and that was a very hectic time. I’m afraid I don’t recall.”
Over and over, the exact same answers, robotically.
Maybe have aides come in and out of the interview, whispering to him and giving him papers to sign.
Maybe have aides come in and out of the interview, whispering to him and giving him papers to sign.
All of whom are reminding him of his only two answers.
Wasn’t Manafort charged with falsifying (home) loan documents? Does this become a Federal crime if those are sold to Fannie/Freddie?
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/984859403324149760
Here is the case against Cohen
Interesting. This is supposedly all about Cohen and nothing to do with the Trump.
In a just world, that would mean that anything they found that had to do with Trump would be strictly off-limits to Mueller’s team, or anyone else. That’s privileged, still, since it wasn’t the subject of the investigation.
I got $20 bucks that says Trump-related stuff that they picked up starts getting leaked to press in less than two weeks. Which, again in a just world, would trigger an investigation into the prosecutors and who they have been sharing material that is still privileged with, leading ultimately to disbarments and perhaps a conviction or two.
Typical comment from a Russian bot.
“OT but what are everyone’s thoughts on Cohen raid?”
The NSA is reading this. So no.
Storming someone’s house with guns out over a campaign finance violation (which is usually prosecuted with a fine) seems…ah…a little bit of an overreaction.
Character 1: I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame Taxation is Theft. Taxation is Theft made me what I am.
Character 2: That’s bullshit. You’re a white suburban punk just like me.
Character 1: Yeah, but it still hurts.
OK or
“Taxation is Theft Man”
Tora, Tora, taxation is theft.
I don’t want no Commies in my car!!……no Taxation Is Theft, either!
Well, the OIG McCabe report is out. Nothing terribly surprising here, although I did get a laugh out of the gently worded “lack of candor under oath”…..isn’t that generally known as “perjury”?
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/984863243821813761
“McCabe is a hero or something”
– CNN in twenty minutes
And negligence is extreme carelessness.
Depends who has the FBI shield.
AoS notes something about the report that I didn’t when I scanned it – all of the investigation was over McCabe’s leaks regarding Obama officials. No investigation was done of any of the leaks about Trump’s administration.
A word that gets spouted endlessly by idiots and thus I would like to never hear again? “Gaslighting”.
That’s another fun game.
“Bipartisan”
“Sustainable”
“Fairness”
“Marginalization”
I second this motion.
“Common sense” gun control. “common sense” restrictions on freedom of speech. “Common Sense tax on a sinful activity (soda, fuel, booze)
A pol or business person using “Optics” makes me want to throttle someone.
Daniel Swarovski raises an eyebrow.
“People of color” gets my vote as the worst currently used phrase.
As a person of color, I want to kick other persons of color in the balls for saying that.
Coloured bodies
Dammit, too slow
1) it’s more frustrating when pronounced “pawk”
2)” [insert grievance group] bodies” is worse
It’s dismaying that it has gone from the leftist ejits to popular use. To me, it is the worst type of racist collectivizing.
“Sure, the category “not-white” encompasses a dizzying array of people from incredibly different cultures, but we’re just gonna lump them all together for the sake of expediency.”
*deletes email on why we should up our settlement offer on a labor and delivery case with bad optics*
Blame Canada for Optics?
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/buzzword/entries/optics.html
“Background – optics
Metaphorical expansion of optics into political and other arenas in fact dates back to the late 1970s, when it was used in the context of US President Jimmy Carter’s anti-inflation policy. Interestingly, at the time, the metaphor also extended to the related adjective optical, with for example a particular course of action being described as a ‘nice optical step’. Though metaphorical use of the adjective never really took off, the noun gained a foothold in political commentary throughout the 1980s, especially in Canadian English. Today it is still far more prevalent in Canadian and US English, though the current Libya conflict has led to more exposure in Britain. Optics has also gained currency in Irish English, often in the context of the country’s recent economic difficulties.
In this metaphorical sense, optics mainly manifests itself in two ways – either as a modified noun phrase, i.e. good/bad optics etc, or more commonly in the construction the optics of + noun/gerund, so e.g. the optics of the agreement/moves/deal, the optics of changing interest rates, etc.”
I hate “common sense” in the political sphere.
“Optics” is a useful term in the business sphere. It gets a pass from me.
A real term defined down to meaninglessness. “Gaslighting” at this point seems to mean “disagreeing with a woman in any way.”
And it’s used constantly by campus dimwits.
Angela Lansbury has a sad.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2003/03/unpatriotic-conservatives-david-frum/
If you’re wondering why all the conservative voices that are opposed to bombing Syria are being tarnished as “white nationalists” or “far right”, just remember that the conservatives who opposed the War in Iraq were smeared the same way (by David Frum, of all people, in the pages of National Review). This is a pattern. Anyone who dissents will be smeared.
Also- special appearances by a few libertarians as well
That Frum column should be reposted every time that sack of shit opens his mouth on TV or publishes something at The Atlantic.
Frum is and always has been a garbage human being
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/11/what-is-tulsi-gabbard-thinking-on-syria/?utm_term=.e01db3f3376f
And remember, Tulsi Gabbard is “problematic” for reasons
That is the rantings of a mental patient.
https://mises.org/wire/against-war-syria
Rare Mises editorial opposing Syria bombing. Least surprising thing you’ll read today
“Wait a minute, didn’t come here to argue”
Good, get the fuck out.
Obscure Fun Fact: my high school staged the original play of this movie.
Was I in it? Perhaps. Perhaps not.