| KC Johnson on Report Claiming Seligmann Owes Taxes; Detroit News Says IRS Lien for $6.5 Million | |
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| abb | Feb 26 2011, 08:37 AM Post #16 |
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Weiss (the tax accountant listed on the lien) is a mole or a plant. Or perhaps someone who is in a jam with the IRS/Feds and can thereby be flipped to say/do whatever they want him to. Someone that Jamie Gorelick or Bob Steele could get to. |
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| Bill Anderson | Feb 26 2011, 08:55 AM Post #17 |
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Remember that Gorelick is representing Duke, not Durham, although the two seem to be linked. Gorelick also would know that she is invulnerable in Washington because she is so well-connected that she can operate outside the law and not have to worry about any sanctions whatsoever. I find it interesting that the media jumped on this immediately without asking any questions. It gets reported as a "he said, he said" type story (you know, tell "both sides"), but the gist of all the stories I have read -- including Joe Neff's -- has been that Reade didn't pay any taxes, etc. In other words, he really is as bad as Nifong and Duke University claimed he was. The Clinton administration often used the IRS as a weapon by which to harass political opponents, and since the Obama administration pretty much is Clinton II, I think we have an answer as to what Obama and his cohorts think of Reade Seligmann's lawsuit against Durham. Remember that Durham is an important Democratic Party stronghold, and Duke is a major player in the Democratic Party. I think it is time for me to write something for Lew Rockwell's page. Check the Monday page, as this incident deserves some more publicity.
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| chatham | Feb 26 2011, 09:15 AM Post #18 |
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But remember that Gorelick has bosses at Duke. One of those bosses is a former boss, Steel. He also is well entrenched with the DUke crowd and the feds, especially the treasury. Steel is also a stealth boss (no longer at Duke), and still has a vested interest in this case. It is his reputation and as he called it, the "Duke brand" which must win out. It appears this case is becoming very very dirty by the well connected defendants. Once again we may be seeing some protection forming for the Duke brand. Maybe someone does know that Beaty is ready to act. We may once again be at the beginning of what we saw previously from Duke regarding the treatment of the LAX players and coach. Kick em down and kick em hard. |
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| cks | Feb 26 2011, 09:51 AM Post #19 |
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I said it before and I will say it again, Steel's handprints are all over this and those of his minion - Gorelick. |
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| LTC8K6 | Feb 26 2011, 10:20 AM Post #20 |
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Assistant to The Devil Himself
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And you see why we have to stay... |
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| Bill Anderson | Feb 26 2011, 04:23 PM Post #21 |
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I have an upcoming piece on Lew Rockwell's page Monday that deals with this.
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| sceptical | Feb 26 2011, 06:41 PM Post #22 |
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Go get 'em, Bill. It's been a while since you've written about the lacrosse frame-up. P.S. Your outstanding commentaries are included twice in the forthcoming December, 2006 Updated Chronology of the Duke Lacrosse Case. The draft is done but I'm awaiting comments from my informal board of editors. |
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| kbp | Feb 26 2011, 07:24 PM Post #23 |
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First thought that hit me as I read the initial article ...just because he could. |
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| MikeZPU | Feb 26 2011, 07:42 PM Post #24 |
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The Neff article quoted Cooney as saying that Reade did not even know about the lien until the Detroit Reporter "found" it. The IRS thinks you owe $6.5M to the government and they don't even make sure that you hear about it from them directly? The IRS needs to correct the error, make a very strong apology, and explain how the hell this "mistake" happened! |
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| Bill Anderson | Feb 27 2011, 09:08 AM Post #25 |
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There is an incredible irony about this. Duke is going to insist that it had nothing to do with this, and that its main counsel, Jamie Gorelick, along with all of its high-level contacts in Washington, were not involved in what really is a hit job. In other words, Duke is going to scream: "False accusation!!" How ironic. For the past five years, Duke faculty members -- yes, still some Duke faculty members -- have been claiming that Reade is a dangerous rapist who beat the rap. For a year, Duke University treated Reade as a rapist, and when Reade's attorney and the other attorneys begged Richard Brodhead just to look at the file to see just how awful Nifong's "evidence" really was, Brodhead's response was to put his fingers in his ears and holler, "Na, na, na! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!" So, since Brodhead used the words, "Out students will have a chance to prove their innocence," I will do the same. Brodhead, you now have a chance to prove your innocence. Prove that your people from Jamie Gorelick down to John Burness and Bob Steel had nothing to do with this vicious attack on Reade Seligmann. All Reade wanted to do was to go to college and play lacrosse at Duke. He was a good student and a better person. How did Duke University reward him? They demonized him, lied about him, destroyed his reputation forever, and still attack him. But, now they want me to believe they really had nothing to do with this latest caper. Prove your innocence, Duke. Apply the same standards to yourself as you did to others.
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| Payback | Feb 27 2011, 11:28 AM Post #26 |
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Stand back when Joan and Bill get up a full head of steam in the same week.
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| MikeZPU | Feb 27 2011, 05:33 PM Post #27 |
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It's Durham (in cahoots with Duke) up to their old tricks again. In an effort to make it look like the players already got a massive payout from Duke, the media is getting quotes from incompetent "experts" who say what they want. First, let me say, that I firmly believe that Reade already paid the required taxes on his settlement. With that said ... I am not an accountant -- I have no financial training at all, other than a course in econ ![]() BUT even I know that that fines/penalties and interest levied by the IRS on an unpaid tax bill can SUBSTANTIALLY increase the amount originally owed. It's been around four years since the payout and IRS fines/penalties and interest mount rapidly! So, the quotes the media is getting from so-called tax experts -- it's UNBELIEVABLE that they would not make that point when they are trying to hint that there was possibly a payout of $20M from Duke to EACH indicted player. It's same crap all over again -- media gets their desired quote from a hack "expert" that fits the metanarrative and they run with it! Edited by MikeZPU, Feb 27 2011, 11:03 PM.
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| Deleted User | Feb 27 2011, 10:28 PM Post #28 |
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To say the least, Reade's family would have made certain that Reade had the best financial advice, including from the best accounting firms in the country to protect his settlement as well as to pay the necessary taxes which might have been attributable to it. This accusation is absolutely absurd based on the legal counsel Reade received during this case. |
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| foxglove | Feb 28 2011, 09:39 AM Post #29 |
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Bill Anderson's comments on lewrockwell. "The Obama Administration's Vicious Attack on Reade Seligmann" http://www.lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson312.html |
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| cks | Feb 28 2011, 10:56 AM Post #30 |
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Great article - thank you for posting the link. |
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