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Kanye West's Yeezy Apparel fashion company owes $600,000 in unpaid tax to California with notices dating back two years, report says
Pete Syme Dec 9, 2022, 5:15 AM

The state of California has issued multiple tax notices to Yeezy Apparel, according to NBC News.
The legal claims date back to 2020 until as recently as September, and allege a $600,000 debt.
Yeezy Apparel previously paid the LA district attorney a $950,000 settlement for false advertising.

Kanye West's company owes the state of California $600,000 in unpaid taxes, according to government records seen by NBC News.

Over the last two years, the state has issued multiple tax liens – legal claims for unpaid debts – against Yeezy Apparel, NBC reported.

The latest notice was sent in September this year, but others date back to February, July 2021, and 2020.

Yeezy Apparel is a fashion design and merchandising business which started in 2017, according to public business records. It's one of five Yeezy companies based in California which are managed by West.

Last year, Yeezy Apparel had to pay a $950,000 settlement to the Los Angeles district attorney, over a lawsuit alleging "unlawful business practices and false advertising by failing to ship items in a timely manner."

The company is also recorded as being in "good" standing by both the California franchise tax board and secretary of state.

But tax-law experts told NBC that the tax notices indicate big problems at Yeezy Apparel.

"Multiple California tax liens, adding up to $600,000, that's certainly a sign of either extreme incompetence or extreme cash problems," said Edward McCaffery, a tax law professor at the University of Southern California.

"That is kind of an amber alert for the financial health of the enterprise."

The California franchise tax board and secretary of state did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, sent outside normal US working hours.

Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, has faced massive financial losses in the wake of a string of controversies, including his frequent antisemitic comments.

Adidas, Balenciaga, and GAP were among the companies who cut ties with Ye as a result. Forbes then took him off their billionaires list, and the rapper-turned-businessman later said Adidas sued him for $275 million.

Ye has since announced a presidential campaign and appeared on the far-right InfoWars, where he told conspiracy theorist Alex Jones: "There's a lot of things that I love about Hitler. A lot of things."

[abbey1227]

Dec 9, 2022 22:21:12 GMT merh said:

Dec 9, 2022 16:11:57 GMT abbey1227 said:

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The National Review
Non-Binary Biden Official Charged with Second Felony Suitcase Theft

Sam Brinton, a non-binary nuclear waste official in the Biden administration, is once again facing charges for attempting to steal luggage from an airport.




WTF?

Needs counseling.

Lots of my guys had to do a court ordered shoplifting class. 

So that or counseling for why he has this compunction to steal.

Voyerism?
Thill of looking at other people's stuff/wearing it?

all that's good and well......here's hoping he gets the help he needs.

In the meantime.........he's been fired, right?

[abbey1227]

Dec 9, 2022 22:23:45 GMT merh said:

Dec 9, 2022 2:37:04 GMT abbey1227 said:

it's a 50/50 deal there. The guy is a dog, and the gals are bitches in heat.  Still takes 2 to make a baby.

Now WHY would peeing outside bother you? Every other living creature in the area does it.

He was arrested a few days/weeks earlier on domestic abuse charges, IIRC. But with the progressive tilt to law enforcement these days, he was free to go and do it again.....and THEN run over that crowd.

They often get released immediately after the crime these days.

The punishments these days are encouraging more crime.

Domestic violence is a pain in the ass.
The partner drops charges & boom.

Lots of times they just want the cops to remove the person at that moment.

I understand all that and agree. People are messed up.

But my area passed a rule/law that if 911 gets called SOMEBODY is getting arrested. No more of this "I just wanted him to stop" nonsense.

[abbey1227]

Dec 9, 2022 22:32:21 GMT merh said:

Like he didn't have enough problems

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Kanye West's Yeezy Apparel fashion company owes $600,000 in unpaid tax to California with notices dating back two years, report says
Pete Syme Dec 9, 2022, 5:15 AM


"Multiple California tax liens, adding up to $600,000, that's certainly a sign of either extreme incompetence or extreme cash problems," said Edward McCaffery, a tax law professor at the University of Southern California.

Isn't that a drop in the bucket compared to what Al Sharpton has owed for years?

[abbey1227]

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Chinese Tabloid: US Tricked TSMC Into Building Ariz. Factory to Steal Secrets

State-run publication refers to TSMC's Arizona factory as 'a dark turn' for the global semiconductor industry.

By Matthew Humphries December 9, 2022

[merh]

Dec 10, 2022 13:13:15 GMT abbey1227 said:

Dec 9, 2022 22:21:12 GMT merh said:

Needs counseling.

Lots of my guys had to do a court ordered shoplifting class. 

So that or counseling for why he has this compunction to steal.

Voyerism?
Thill of looking at other people's stuff/wearing it?

all that's good and well......here's hoping he gets the help he needs.

In the meantime.........he's been fired, right?

Depends 

Has he been convicted?

A lot of times employment terminates with a felony conviction or the employee quitting. 

In 1985, Hedgecock was charged with felonies related to receiving over $350,000 in illegal campaign funds and was forced from office because of the scandal. The key players, including Hedgecock and his associates, admitted in sworn statements that they knowingly and willingly broke the law when they conspired to funnel money from a wealthy financier into Hedgecock's 1983 mayoral campaign fund. Though Hedgecock claimed none of it was true, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and was found guilty of 12 counts of perjury, related to the alleged failure to report all campaign contributions. Since California, like most other states, does not allow convicted felons to hold elected office, Hedgecock resigned on December 5 of that year

Another republican I voted for.
Oh, well.

[merh]

Dec 10, 2022 13:15:51 GMT abbey1227 said:

Dec 9, 2022 22:32:21 GMT merh said:

Like he didn't have enough problems

Isn't that a drop in the bucket compared to what Al Sharpton has owed for years?

I could not care less about Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton.

Sorry.

I do not keep up with them.

[abbey1227]

Dec 10, 2022 20:47:48 GMT merh said:

Dec 10, 2022 13:13:15 GMT abbey1227 said:

all that's good and well......here's hoping he gets the help he needs.

In the meantime.........he's been fired, right?

Depends 

Has he been convicted?

A lot of times employment terminates with a felony conviction or the employee quitting. 

In 1985, Hedgecock was charged with felonies related to receiving over $350,000 in illegal campaign funds and was forced from office because of the scandal. The key players, including Hedgecock and his associates, admitted in sworn statements that they knowingly and willingly broke the law when they conspired to funnel money from a wealthy financier into Hedgecock's 1983 mayoral campaign fund. Though Hedgecock claimed none of it was true, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and was found guilty of 12 counts of perjury, related to the alleged failure to report all campaign contributions. Since California, like most other states, does not allow convicted felons to hold elected office, Hedgecock resigned on December 5 of that year

Another republican I voted for.
Oh, well.

you think you'd have been given a grace period til conviction?...........AFTER your 2nd arrest?

[abbey1227]

Dec 10, 2022 20:48:49 GMT merh said:

Dec 10, 2022 13:15:51 GMT abbey1227 said:

Isn't that a drop in the bucket compared to what Al Sharpton has owed for years?

I could not care less about Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton.

Sorry.

I do not keep up with them.

You should care. You and your party are all worried about Trump or other wealthy people paying 'their fair share'........but you give a little scum bag weasel like Sharpton a pass?

[merh]

Dec 11, 2022 2:33:13 GMT abbey1227 said:

Dec 10, 2022 20:48:49 GMT merh said:

I could not care less about Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton.

Sorry.

I do not keep up with them.

You should care. You and your party are all worried about Trump or other wealthy people paying 'their fair share'........but you give a little scum bag weasel like Sharpton a pass?

It was apparently something to do with fees he was paid for speaking that he turned over directly to his charity that the IRS decided he owed taxes on. 
Everything I read has said he has been making the required payments & owes about $600,000.

Happy?

Britney Spears shaved her head & wound up with a conservatorship. 

Kanye has been acting crazy, but no one steps in to suggest he needs someone to take care of his affairs?

[abbey1227]

Dec 11, 2022 9:36:13 GMT merh said:

Dec 11, 2022 2:33:13 GMT abbey1227 said:

You should care. You and your party are all worried about Trump or other wealthy people paying 'their fair share'........but you give a little scum bag weasel like Sharpton a pass?

It was apparently something to do with fees he was paid for speaking that he turned over directly to his charity that the IRS decided he owed taxes on. 
Everything I read has said he has been making the required payments & owes about $600,000.

Happy?

Britney Spears shaved her head & wound up with a conservatorship. 

Kanye has been acting crazy, but no one steps in to suggest he needs someone to take care of his affairs?

Nope, not happy.  It did make me laugh reviewing that debate between Hillary and Donald when he told her SHE and all of her friends set up the tax code that he takes full advantage of, though.

Who are we to tell God what He needs?  ;P

[abbey1227]

Biden restarts task force aimed at helping immigrants integrate into the U.S.
Politics Dec 12, 2022 4:49 PM EST

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They left out the word Illegal again.

[abbey1227]

The Hill
COVID vaccines saved 3.2 million US lives, researchers say
Brad Dress Tue, December 13, 2022

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[merh]

Dec 13, 2022 22:59:41 GMT abbey1227 said:

The Hill
COVID vaccines saved 3.2 million US lives, researchers say
Brad Dress Tue, December 13, 2022

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Fortune
People who skipped their COVID vaccine are at higher risk of traffic accidents, according to a new study
Erin Prater
Tue, December 13, 2022 at 10:31 AM·2 min read
If you passed on getting the COVID vaccine, you might be a lot more likely to get into a car crash.

Or at least those are the findings of a new study published this month in The American Journal of Medicine. During the summer of 2021, Canadian researchers examined the encrypted government-held records of more than 11 million adults, 16% of whom hadn’t received the COVID vaccine.

They found that the unvaccinated people were 72% more likely to be involved in a severe traffic crash—in which at least one person was transported to the hospital—than those who were vaccinated. That’s similar to the increased risk of car crashes for people with sleep apnea, though only about half that of people who abuse alcohol, researchers found.

The excess risk of car crash posed by unvaccinated drivers “exceeds the safety gains from modern automobile engineering advances and also imposes risks on other road users,” the authors wrote.

Of course, skipping a COVID vaccine does not mean that someone will get into a car crash. Instead, the authors theorize that people who resist public health recommendations might also “neglect basic road safety guidelines.”

Why would they ignore the rules of the road? Distrust of the government, a belief in freedom, misconceptions of daily risks, “faith in natural protection,” “antipathy toward regulation,” poverty, misinformation, a lack of resources, and personal beliefs are potential reasons proposed by the authors.

The findings are significant enough that primary care doctors should consider counseling unvaccinated patients on traffic safety—and insurance companies might base changes to insurance policies on vaccination data, the authors suggest.

First responders may also consider taking precautions to protect themselves from COVID when responding to traffic crashes, the authors added, as it’s more likely that a driver is unvaccinated than vaccinated.

“The findings suggest that unvaccinated adults need to be careful indoors with other people and outside with surrounding traffic,” the authors concluded.

This isn’t the first time that researchers have examined the link between behavior and vaccination status. Among young adults, a 2021 study published in the Journal of Bioeconomics found a correlation between self-reported risky driving and having skipped their flu vaccine. It examined the survey responses of more than 100,000 Canadians.

This story was originally featured on Fortune.com

finance.yahoo.com/news/people-skipped-covid-vaccine-higher-183148392.html

[abbey1227]

Dec 14, 2022 20:32:08 GMT merh said:

Dec 13, 2022 22:59:41 GMT abbey1227 said:

The Hill
COVID vaccines saved 3.2 million US lives, researchers say
Brad Dress Tue, December 13, 2022

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Fortune
People who skipped their COVID vaccine are at higher risk of traffic accidents, according to a new study


Of course, skipping a COVID vaccine does not mean that someone will get into a car crash. Instead, the authors theorize that people who resist public health recommendations might also “neglect basic road safety guidelines.”

finance.yahoo.com/news/people-skipped-covid-vaccine-higher-183148392.html

Christ, what will they come up with next?

[merh]

Dec 15, 2022 1:44:25 GMT abbey1227 said:

Dec 14, 2022 20:32:08 GMT merh said:

finance.yahoo.com/news/people-skipped-covid-vaccine-higher-183148392.html

Christ, what will they come up with next?

Flip it.

People cautious/paranoid enough to get the vaccine are probably not the sort to drive carelessly/take risks.

So less not getting vaxxed causes accidents but more signals someone willing to take more risks.

[merh]

Dec 10, 2022 13:13:15 GMT abbey1227 said:

Dec 9, 2022 22:21:12 GMT merh said:

Needs counseling.

Lots of my guys had to do a court ordered shoplifting class. 

So that or counseling for why he has this compunction to steal.

Voyerism?
Thill of looking at other people's stuff/wearing it?

all that's good and well......here's hoping he gets the help he needs.

In the meantime.........he's been fired, right?

Apparently yes.

He claimed it was his the first time.
Happening again?

Pattern established/less likely an accident.

[abbey1227]

Dec 15, 2022 9:42:32 GMT merh said:

Dec 10, 2022 13:13:15 GMT abbey1227 said:

all that's good and well......here's hoping he gets the help he needs.

In the meantime.........he's been fired, right?

Apparently yes.

He claimed it was his the first time.
Happening again?

Pattern established/less likely an accident.

I think it's clear he was 'not quite right' from the first photos ever shown

[abbey1227]

TSA raising fines after finding record guns in carry-ons


this ones for you, ant-mac

[merh]

Dec 17, 2022 17:14:24 GMT abbey1227 said:

TSA raising fines after finding record guns in carry-ons


this ones for you, ant-mac

It is known one can't bring loaded guns in one's carry on luggage?

Are they planning to hijack the plane?
Are they going to shoot the stewardess for telling them to wear a mask?
Do they think someone else is going to try to hijack the plane & think they will play hero?

Or they just don't think?