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Post by dino on Nov 1, 2007 14:15:14 GMT -5
is that heather talking with heather in that first youtube link? how she do that |
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Post by owen on Nov 1, 2007 16:42:04 GMT -5
she did some charity work in germany
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Post by manho on Nov 1, 2007 16:49:24 GMT -5
she calls it her "topless" work. or her "glamour" work. and the impression seems to be that the porno fotos where she's down on her knees polishing that kraut's bobby's helmet was , in fact, some sort of sex guide for the hard of handling.
then she accuses paul of manipulating the media.
she's pretty heavy, tho. i'm glad it's paulie dealing with her and not me.
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Post by manho on Nov 1, 2007 19:26:43 GMT -5
i was just checking out the viscount linley arse bandit and coke story as you do and i came across a story that left me flabbergasted: princess margaret only died 5 years ago. did that ever happen to you? you think someone died years ago and you find out they're still alive? i thought old maggie had kicked it in the late 60s. this is what she looked like near the end:  she was famous for her massive daily intake of alcohol. it bloats you up, right? here's the coffin:  i'm guessing it was made in the same shipyard that turned out the titanic. the moral? just say no, or deal with looking like a barrage balloon. |
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Post by owen on Nov 5, 2007 8:45:33 GMT -5
Bono, Preacher on Poverty, Tarnishes Halo With Irish Tax Move
By Fergal O'Brien
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Bono, the rock star and campaigner against Third World debt, is asking the Irish government to contribute more to Africa. At the same time, he's reducing tax payments that could help fund that aid.
After Ireland said it would scrap a break that lets musicians and artists avoid paying taxes on royalties, Bono and his U2 bandmates earlier this year moved their music publishing company to the Netherlands. The Dublin group, which Forbes estimates earned $110 million in 2005, will pay about 5 percent tax on their royalties, less than half the Irish rate.
``Among the wealthiest people I suppose it's the norm,'' Jill Cassidy, 23, said on South King Street near a plaque marking the site of Dublin's Dandelion market, where U2 played some of its earliest concerts. ``In U2's position, it does come across as quite hypocritical.''
The tax move has tainted the image of Bono, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and U2 at home. Now promoting a new DVD, book and album, the band is fighting back. Lead guitarist David Evans, known as The Edge, earlier this month defended the publishing company's move as a sensible decision for a group that makes 90 percent of its money outside Ireland.
``Our business is a very complex business,'' Evans said Oct. 2 on Dublin radio station Newstalk, breaking the band's silence after weeks of public criticism. ``Of course we're trying to be tax-efficient. Who doesn't want to be tax-efficient?''
As residents of Ireland, members of U2 remain liable for personal income taxes. Any Irish-based companies they control will pay taxes on their profits.
`Poor Example'
Principle Management, U2's management company, declined to comment when Bloomberg asked for a statement from Bono.
Dublin-born Bono has been mentioned as a candidate for Nobel Peace Prize since 2003. The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Oct. 13 awarded the 2006 prize to Bangladeshi banker Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for advancing social and economic development by giving loans to the poor.
Bono, 46, has toured Africa, established the pressure group Debt AIDS Trade Africa and become one of the most vocal supporters of the Make Poverty History campaign. In July 2005, he helped persuade world leaders to double aid for Africa to $50 billion a year by 2010 and erase the debt of the 18 poorest countries on the continent.
``I can see no connection between what he is doing and Make Poverty History,'' said Richard Murphy, a director at U.K.-based Tax Research Ltd. and author of a book called ``Money Matters: Artist's Financial Guide.'' ``He is setting a poor example by his tax affairs.''
`Creative' Income
At a concert last year in Croke Park, Dublin's biggest stadium, Bono appealed to Prime Minister Bertie Ahern to raise overseas aid to 0.7 percent of gross national product by 2007 from 0.5 percent now. The crowd responded by booing Ahern.
The political catcalls have now turned on Bono, whose real name is Paul Hewson.
``It seems odd, in a situation where they enjoy an already favorable tax regime, they would move operations to the Netherlands to get an even more favorable rate,'' said Joan Burton, finance spokeswoman for the opposition Labour Party.
For years, Bono and U2 got a better deal than most Irish taxpayers because songwriters paid no tax on earnings from music publishing. That will change next year, when Ireland limits the tax exemption, which also applies to writers and artists. From Jan. 1, artists that make more than 500,000 euros ($625,450) will pay tax on half their ``creative'' income, according to Ireland's Revenue Authority.
Remaining in Ireland would have forced Bono to pay a 42 percent tax on such earnings. Alternatively, the band could have channeled profits through a company to pay the 12.5 percent corporation tax.
Millennium Goals
Wealthy individuals have put about $11.5 trillion in tax havens around the world, according to a 2005 paper by the London- based Tax Justice Network. Unpaid taxes on those assets could amount to $255 billion, the paper said.
``That's five times the amount needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, which Bono says he's really interested in,'' Murphy said, referring to a United Nations plan to eradicate poverty and combat the spread of AIDS. ``My answer is, put your money where your mouth is.''
Some fans accept the band's explanation of its tax planning because U2 has been generous in the past.
``They've paid plenty of money up to now,'' said Peter Cooper, 58, who lives in Bray, near Bono's home in Dalkey. ``I think they are quite right'' to move the company abroad.
Paul McGuinness, the band's manager, said in the Oct. 4 issue of the music magazine Hot Press that Ireland itself had benefited from low taxes. The country's 12.5 percent profit tax - - half the European Union average -- has helped Ireland lure investment from companies such as Intel Corp. and Dell Inc.
That reasoning has done little to help Bono ease criticism of the tax move.
``I don't think it's justified,'' said Sean Lynch, a 28- year-old artist. ``Social conscience is the thing I would like to address to them.''
To contact the reporter on this story: Fergal O'Brien in Dublin at fobrien@bloomberg.net
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Post by Cat Stevens on Nov 5, 2007 10:17:23 GMT -5
hey, I love the front page now - foto of Fred, and under the pic: Moderator: cripes. haw haw!
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Post by cripes on Nov 5, 2007 10:19:25 GMT -5
You can never go wrong comedy wise with a Freddie Garrity pic.
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Post by dino on Nov 6, 2007 9:13:19 GMT -5
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Post by dino on Nov 7, 2007 4:47:51 GMT -5
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Post by dino on Jan 15, 2008 5:38:47 GMT -5
BUDDY HOLLY's widow MARIA ELENA has launched a legal battle to block a tell-all memoir by the woman made famous in the rocker's classic hit PEGGY SUE.
Peggy Sue Gerron - who was married to Holly's drummer - was said to have inspired the 1957 track and insists she enjoyed a close relationship with the singer. And now Gerron is set to release Whatever Happened to Peggy Sue? - a book about the time she spent with Holly.
But Maria Elena Holly - who married the star in 1958 - was infuriated by the book's claims that her late husband longed to run away with Gerron and has launched a lawsuit in a bid to stop it being published.
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Post by owen on Feb 18, 2008 8:49:08 GMT -5
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Post by cripes on Feb 18, 2008 11:19:17 GMT -5
I was a big Todd Rundgren fan in high school. This was the seventies. One had to make do.
Most of my peers were all about The Allman Brothers, Ten Years After....I hated that shit.
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Post by owen on Mar 6, 2008 8:55:30 GMT -5
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Post by owen on Jun 16, 2008 10:18:33 GMT -5
Man kidnaps ex-girlfriend to wash dishes
Monday, 16 June 2008 13:27
An Italian man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from a pub, taking her home and forcing her to iron his clothes and wash the dishes.
The 43-year-old man dragged the woman out of a pub in the port city of Genoa, shoved her into a car and took her to his home where he made her iron and wash dishes after threatening her.
Police arrived at his house after being tipped off by a friend of the woman who watched the scene at the pub.
The man, who was apparently furious at his ex-girlfriend for leaving him, was arrested on charges of kidnapping.
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Post by cripes on Jun 16, 2008 10:48:47 GMT -5
The lengths an Italian guy will go through to get out of doing any kind of work is a wonder to behold.
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Post by dino on Oct 9, 2008 6:39:28 GMT -5
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Post by Cat Stevens on Oct 10, 2008 16:52:14 GMT -5
thanx for that.
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Post by manho on Oct 11, 2008 6:08:45 GMT -5
good read.
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Post by owen on Oct 11, 2008 17:53:16 GMT -5
doesnt really look like him but those long fingers....
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