2/12: Red In The Face At Failed Deductions
7:45 p.m.
• So today we got hit with our first “big” snow/ice storm of the season. Eh. I left work early because we were going to getting ice mid-morning. Wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but the commute was twice as long as normal because of slow traffic. Most times, the weather isn’t the problem – it’s the other drivers on the road.
• This past weekend was mostly spent with Mrs. kkk hanging out and watching movies to help her cope with our recent “family” situation. As the days went on, it seemed to be working. Now I’m expecting this to linger for some time, and that’s OK. I’m not going to put a timetable on this sort of thing; she can feel however she wants. On Sunday night, we were going to watch one more movie before going to bed. I decided to get something from our “new” stack that we haven’t seen yet: “High Crimes.” I remember watching this with her years ago and it’s a typical “Kiss the Girls/Along Came a Spider” film with Morgan Freeman. Even though I remember the ending, I don’t recall much more than that. And of course guess what happens at the start of the film? Ashley Judd’s character finding out she’s preggers.
Fuck.
9 p.m.
• We're sorry. Our bad.
Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered the nation's first apology to Aborigines taken from their families for assimilation with the white community, saying the policy was a ``blemished chapter'' in the nation's history.
• Don't you know that flaunting the color red is one of the worst things you can do to a Muslim male?
Saudi Arabia has banned the sale of all red gift items, including red roses, leading up to Valentine's Day, according to the Guardian.
Saudi religious police in the conservative Muslim nation say the reason for removing everything red from store shelves is because the celebration of Valentine's Day promotes sin and encourages relationships out of wedlock, the U.K. newspaper reported.
In Riyadh, the ban began on Sunday and will remain in effect until after February 14.
But the move has pushed up the price of red flowers on the black market, with some florists making deliveries in the middle of the night, the Guardian reported.
It is forbidden in Saudi Arabia for unmarried men and women to socialize together. Relations outside marriage are punishable by law.
• Take a guess as to where this story is from. The answer is in the spoiler text.
Some companies request tax deductions for philanthropy, others for restaurants bills. But oneIsraeli
business tried to push the envelope by asking to deduct nearly $860,000 it paid in kickbacks.
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