IRS Nabs Pimp

For the last several years the government has been putting a case against Randall Jones for operating six brothels in the Houston area. 

I've been following the case with some interest as two offices I had worked out of were close to, or next to these "Escape Lounges", touted as stress relief places.  I had been amazed that these brothels would advertise and operate in the open without consequence.  In the end the IRS got Jones for tax evasion.

The Houston Chronicle has a post today regarding Jones' sentencing: 33 months and $15,000 in restitution.

The only reason I am posting this, though, is due to a comment from the IRS spokeswoman and a reader's response:

IRS spokeswoman Robin Sabin of Houston said that even income derived from illegal activities has to be reported to the IRS.

She suggested Schedule C for the small-business owner and the 1040 line “other income” for the freelancer. “You should report your ill-gotten gains just like you report any legal income,” Sabin said when Jones entered his guilty plea.

And the reader's response:

CB021 wrote: "which line on the 1040 is for pimping?..."

The story from the Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6425827.html

Different Ways of Visualizing Information

This "Periodic Table of Visualization Methods" breaks down all sorts of charts, graphics and other visual methods of displaying information.  What's really great about this chart is that if you hover over an element, a sample chart will display.

 

This chart belongs to Visual Literacy (.org)

Thanks to Austin Kleon for posting this on his blog: http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/103845565/a-periodic-table-of-visualization-methods

DHS: Domestic Extremism Lexicon

So, the DHS, once again, under the benevolent Janet Napolitano has released, then pulled, the Domestic Extremism Lexicon.

My favorite is how they define anyone who opposed income tax as a member of a terrorist organization.

Be very wary.  The federal government has a fascist organization that is creating definitions that will turn free thinking libertarians into criminals simply because we don't drink the Kool-aide.

tax resistance movement

(U//FOUO) Groups or individuals who vehemently believe
taxes violate their constitutional rights. Among their beliefs
are that wages are not income, that paying income taxes is
voluntary, and that the 16th Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution, which allowed Congress to levy taxes on
income, was not properly ratified. Members have been
known to advocate or engage in criminal activity and plot acts
of violence and terrorism in an attempt to advance their
extremist goals. They often target government entities such
as the Internal Revenue Service and the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

(also: tax protest movement, tax freedom movement, antitax
movement)

Note: U//FOUO = UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY


Here's the article that brought this to my attention: Homeland agency pulled back extremism dictionary