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    Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)

    in Counting On

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    On 2/24/2024 at 3:29 PM, GeeGolly said:

    I assume Jill is hugging a pink neck pillow in that pick. What I don't know is what's happening down in the area of David's willy.

    Aaarrgh!!  Why did I look? 🤢🤮😭

     

    I mean it's probably just a lining of his shirt or something. But I do NOT ever want to look in the direction of David's ... Anything.. For any reason. 

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    Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)

    in Counting On

    On 11/26/2023 at 6:47 AM, Future Cat Lady said:

    Does anyone else takes pictures of their driveway to post them on SM?

    Always, especially when I want to make a point about staying close to your aunts and uncles or .... something?

    On 11/26/2023 at 8:00 AM, AstridM said:

    What makes chili “manly,” I wonder?

    It's competitive chili, and only men are competitive. Women are servants

     

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    Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!

    in Counting On

    4 hours ago, Jeeves said:

    I read the book the day it was released. I could use a refresh by going back over the financial stuff. But my take on it, is that we just aren't given enough information in the book to fill in all the blanks and find all the details regarding the compensation and tax issues. I think the authors, editors, and the publisher's legal team, were careful to present enough facts to get Jill's story across, and no more. 

    For example, the letter Jill got from the IRS in 2018 that was the triggering event for the financial negotiations and real blowup between the Dillards and JB. The book doesn't disclose the contents of the letter. She handed it to Derick and asked what it meant. He said "I don't know yet. But I don't like it"

    He got copies of their back tax returns from JB's CPA, who had been filing Jill's taxes "ever since I could remember," and also filed the Dillards' return the first two years of their marriage. She said Derick tackled the mystery like a forensic accountant, created spreadsheets, and figured out that JB's CPA had been reporting that Jill had received income from the show that she hadn't actually been paid. At that time JB had given her $80,000. Derick calculated that the total income that had been reported to the IRS was about $130,000 more, i.e., about $210,000.

    There's a lot we don't know, such as was there false reporting every year since, say, Jill turned 18 (and if not, when did it start), how much was reported each year, and did the IRS demand back taxes from the Dillards or was tax paid every year on the (falsely) reported income out of JB's (probably Mad Family Inc.'s) funds. 

    What Jill does report is that their research into the finances, sparked off by the IRS letter, set off the really big trouble between them and JB that had been rumbling already. (She thinks his CPA didn't really know that Jill was in the dark about the finances, because he was responsive to their requests for documents and info at that time.) 

    @GeeGolly - the book doesn't contain the word "subcontractor" so I don't know, based on the book, if JB filed tax returns showing Jill (or Derick) in that role. 

    Jill does report that when Derick started applying for grants, scholarships, and financial aid for law school:

    We do know that for at least a few years prior to 2017 (the latest annual tax return that would have existed during 2018), JB's CPA was reporting that Jill had received income totaling a bit more than $210,000 (the $80K which JB had belatedly "gifted" them plus the $130K she hadn't received).  I doubt that was a "revenge" move by JB because as I read it, I think the reporting predated the troubles between the Dillards and JB. I think that this was JB's practice all along, and he may have done it as to the other kids.  Later edited to add: I found some more clues about that practice, as to all the kids, in the book, and have posted about it in the JB/Meech topic.

    Yeah, this makes me think it was his regular practice and he did it to all of them.  And essentially considered feeding, clothing, and sheltering your children to be compensating them for work. What a prick. 

     

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    S20.E13: The Sky’s the Limit

    in Project Runway

    19 hours ago, SuprSuprElevated said:

    Wasn't bowled over by any of them really, but Rami deserved the auff imo. Haven't really connected with much of his all season. Laurence's was of course impecably tailored, but a little boring. Britney's was well, puffer. <yawn> Sorry, but I thought Bishme's looked a bit juvenile and sort of cheap. I'm sure it's the shiny fabric that led me there, as it usually does.

    I sort of wish PR would force them to make at least 1/2 of their collection with materials that they aren't typically drawn to, but I know they won't and maybe that's not fair anyway. 

    I guess I'm most interested to see what Bishme will present, as to me, his aesthetic is the least one-note. We know we'll get highly tailored leather from Laurence, and wide-legged, cropped top streetwear from Britney.

    Yeah Rami’s was the sloppiest, so I’m not that bothered by the auf, except that his was apparently the only one that was original. Laurence will probably win; hers got nothing but praise (I thought she would beat Bishme but apparently nobody told Law not to mention Mugler, not that he would climb out of his own ass to follow rules anyway. Where was I.). Right, Laurence. Nobody mentioned the Chanel, which is pretty obvious. It feels like they’re protecting her. 

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    Drag Me To Dinner - General Discussion

    in Drag Me To Dinner

    15 hours ago, Glade said:

    Ep1 was amusing, Jinx/Dela really turned it out as always, and Sherry/Jackie were fun too.

    Agreed, although I tried to watch episode 2 right after and got easily distracted (and I like all those queens as well). I think this might be a small doses type of show. Not because of the queens, more because of the hosts/judges. it's a little OTT.

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    The Exhibit: Finding The Next Great Artist - General Discussion

    in The Exhibit: Finding The Next Great Artist

    I haven’t loved most of the art. I like some of the Native guy’s stuff, and the art teacher & untrained woman’s stuff is cool. He hasn’t impressed me so far, but Jamal’s piece in last night’s episode left me speechless; it was so beautiful. The rest of these people are so far up their own butts I just can’t. Pretentious is the exact word. Maybe not banana guy; I haven’t made up my mind if he’s pretentious or just weird & I don’t like his art. 

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    It's A Sin - General Discussion

    in It's A Sin

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    They did a good job at showing how gradually AIDS creeped into the gay community and then mainstream society and how long it took for people to really understand what AIDS was and how it was spreading, and the issues surrounding it.

    Yeah I worked in a hospital in 1983-84, near a gay neighborhood in Chicago. I was very young and very, very ignorant. I just remember all these men coming in for lots and lots of tests and everyone being pretty confused about what was going on (I wasn't doing healthcare; I would check them in for their visits). I think back on that time sometimes, and especially while watching this, and I get so sad that probably none of those young men survived. 

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    S01.E03: Knowledge Is Power

    in The Mole

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    True, but I think only one person in the cell opposite the one with the key on the floor actually realized that's what it was (Sandy, I think?). Also, all of these people are idiots, so it will be hard to tell who is the mole and who is just too stupid to finish tasks.  The picture of the guy in one of the cells looked like William, and was named Bill. Clue? (I just realized I put this in the wrong thread - I blame them for having the elimination at the beginning every week).

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    Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)

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    Hands in his pockets? He should be holding Jill’s hand I mean they are in love!

    How dare you?!  If they weren't married yet and his hands were out of his pocket, they might have accidentally brushed her hands, which is close to hand holding, which is terribly SINFUL, and you must be made aware of how much more godly than anyone they are/were. So he can't possibly remove his hands from his pockets. It's like NIKE, only for hand-holding. 

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    Glam Masters - General Discussion

    in Glam Masters

    · Edited by heckkitty

    trying to start watching this but I'm not sure I can. Laverne is BAD.  Does she get better?

    OK I'm only 2 episodes in and I think these judges are on crack. Glamzilla is messy as heck but other people get cut for being uneven and messy. should not have won. They just like her because she's so extra. Both of the finalists in episode 2 were awful and messy. 

    S01.E06: The Princess and the Queen

    in House Of The Dragon

    Seeing a lot of complaints on the no spoiler thread about why the big time jump, and I have to say I agree. I'm reading this right now, and it seems like we're in for nothing but war, war, war, and dying dragons from here on out. Couldn't they have filled this gap with actual plot before going to all the warring?

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    RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under: G'Day, Mate!

    in RuPaul's Drag Race

    · Edited by heckkitty

    Half the cast of drag race season 8 would like a word with Minnie about being “the first queen to roll down the runway”

    lol at that face Rhys was making at that … whatever it was …. Lipsych. Also whichever queen saying “this lipsych makes me feel like I’m on drugs”

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