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Looking at the legalities of the Swaggart case: I can see where and why he got into trouble. It was not about losing tax exempt status. It was about the commercial sale of a product. This is why in most cases televangelists will tell you that books and other materials are "free" when you make a certain donation. It's a technicality, but a perfectly legal one. That way the non-profit can say they are not charging you for the product they're sending you. But Swaggart was actually selling books in bookstores and expecting to get away without paying the sales tax. Dimwitted. And yes, Tom, that is why the PFAL class was offered to those who made a specific donation. If they charged for the class, they'd have to charge the sales tax. The government usually winks at this kind of thing.

That's the part I was missing. Having not been a part of the group for years before that, I wouldn't have known this bit.

Noni, My experience was that we paid for the Watchtower and Awake magazines, then did with them as we pleased. If people gave us money, we took at as reimbursement. If they did not, we counted it as a donation. Is my memory faulty? The Watchtower is in no danger of losing tax exempt status for selling magazines, even if they make a profit off them. There's nothing in non-profit law that stops a non-profit from owning and making money off of a publication (the Poynter Institute, for example, is a non-profit organization that publishes the St. Petersburg Times, a for-profit venture: the money that comes in from the paper finances the non-profit activities of the Institute). As long as the vast majority of the non-profit's activities are consistent with non-profit status, for-profit endeavors are considered fundraising. Poynter's not a perfect example, but we could discuss that in detail another time. === Other similarities: JW's teach that stauros means Jesus was nailed to a single stake (no crossbeam), just as Wierwille demonstrated in PFAL. Big difference: Jehovah's Witnesses do not teach that God expects a tithe from Christians.

I think Dooj got it. Tooth House Juan? Asp Ace Sod Dizzy.

Yay! Happy B_day!

Sorrow/Gay/Blade.

:) I'm so PROUD of you, CA Dreaming!

Dang. And I was going to use BASEketball. Salma (sigghhhhhh) Hayek Dusk Till Dawn George Clooney

One. And it's more than close. As far as the third pic: you're looking at the wrong thing.

Not even close. So far, not even a syllable has been guessed.

My guess would have been wrong. There actually is a movie called "Diamond Dead." I'll come up with one in the morning, unless someone wants to jump in.

I guess I'm asking, do I get credit for coming up with something close? Or do we wait for someone to get it exactly right?

All together now! Don't forget, jump and turn left. Okay, ready? One, two, three! HEY MACARENA! (jump!) That was terrible.

Sorry, busy here waiting for Castro to... well, you know. So, where were we? Ah, yes... "If you read the TV Guide, you don't need a TV" *** "Hey, anything around here that might pass for aftershave?" "How about some Windex, Grandpa?" "Yeah, yeah, let me try some of that." "You have a big date tonight, Grandpa?" *** "There's no TV! Have you seen a TV Mike? I haven't seen a TV. Do you know what it means when there's no TV? - No MTV!" Those are the quotes that don't give away the plot.

Liberty and Death ??? I came up with Diamond Death, looked it up on imdb, and that's not listed (neither is Liberty and Death). Something close to Diamond Death is listed. Is that it?

Hey!

I got my first real butt slap Can't say I recall the time Momma in a hospital bed It was the summer of 69 Me, I just tried to look cool On day one that's a little bit hard Daddy prayed, looked a little harried Always hoped that I'd get far Oh, when I look back now That summer, well, I don't remember But it made history with the moonwalk and that Woodstock jammer Those were the first days of my life. THANKS EVERYONE!!!

Later on (much later, like late tonight or tomorrow morning) I'll share the budget line for the story that's going into tomorrow's paper. It's a hoot. (A budget line is what we use in-house to tell each other what stories we're working on for the next day's paper).

Batman Forever

It's weakened considerably. Hooray!!!

Yeah, whatever. I've mellowed. Your turn.

I'll see it.

Now imagine I had been dropping hints!

Just fidgeting... http://icons.wunderground.com/data/images/at200603.gif