the US mil allows or does this. Since 2000-ish in the usa. No one is stopping the extermination and corruption of solar data to terrestrial life. The sun, however, will.
IRS Asks Americans to Report Income From 'Illegal Activities'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/irs-asks-americans-to-report-income-from-illegal-activities/ar-BB1izBJU
The Internal Revenue Service's request (IRS) that taxpayers report any income they might have received through illegal activities such as dealing drugs has gone viral on social media, with users joking about the unlikely demand.
"Don't forget to report your income from illegal activities and stolen property as you're doing your taxes this year," one social media user wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, sharing the IRS 2023 documentation for preparing 2023 returns. The post received over 6.8 million views.
"Income from illegal activities, such as money from dealing illegal drugs, must be included in your income on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8z, or on Schedule C (Form 1040) if from your self-employment activity," the IRS publication 525 states. In case of stolen property, taxpayers "must report its FMV [fair market value] in your income in the year you steal it, unless in the same year you return it to its rightful owner," the IRS writes.
The guidelines are not new but have been in place for years, at least since IRS publication 17, which was published in 2021, when the issue also became viral on social media.
Newsweek contacted the IRS for comment via phone early on Tuesday morning, outside of standard working hours.
Social media users joked about how unlikely it is for someone who has committed a crime to denounce it so that their income can be taxed appropriately by the federal agency. But jokes aside, the IRS rules carry heavy consequences for those found in breach of them.
Gangster Al Capone, long sought by U.S. authorities, was finally jailed in 1931 over tax evasion—not over the many murders he was directly or indirectly responsible for. The mob boss, who had famously said "They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money," was sentenced to 11 years in prison for failing to file tax returns reflecting the extent of his wealth. Despite living a very public lavish lifestyle, Capone had never filed a federal income tax return.
Admitting an illegal activity to the IRS doesn't necessarily equate to turning yourself in. The agency isn't forced to "tell the federal authorities about [the] activity." This type of income falls in the "other income" category.
Famous fossil is really just paint, rocks and a couple of bones, researchers say
https://news.yahoo.com/famous-fossil-really-just-paint-195430453.html
A 280 million-year-old fossil thought to be a well-preserved specimen of an ancient reptile is largely a forgery, according to new research.
The fossil, initially discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931, has the scientific name Tridentinosaurus antiquus. Scientists thought the dark, deep outline of the lizardlike body encased in rock was skin and soft tissue, and they considered the fossil to be a puzzle piece for understanding early reptile evolution.
The fossil appeared in book and article citations over the decades, but no one ever studied it in detail. Housed in the collections at the University of Padua’s Museum of Nature and Humankind in Italy, the relic raised many questions about the exact nature of the creature it was in life when additional, similar specimens couldn’t be found.
A new, detailed analysis has revealed that the dark color of the fossil isn’t preserved genetic material — it’s just black paint covering a couple of bones and carved rock. The researchers behind the study reported their findings February 15 in the journal Paleontology.
“The body outline of this fossil specimen has the same colour of genuine fossilised soft tissues of plants and also animals,” said lead study author Dr. Valentina Rossi, postdoctoral researcher in paleobiology at University College Cork in Ireland, in an email. “So, without the use of diagnostic techniques, it was impossible to identify the dark colored material properly.”
The revelation highlights the fresh knowledge that could be reaped from reexamining old and previously studied fossil specimens in museum collections using the latest technological methods.
Unveiling a forgery
Reptiles first appeared between the Carboniferous and Permian eras, about 310 million to 320 million years ago. But understanding the evolution of these scaly vertebrates depends on what paleontologists unearth in the fossil record, and the diversity of the earliest reptilian animals is still a knowledge gap researchers are trying to fill.
Even rarer among ancient finds are fossils that contain soft tissue, which has the potential to harbor crucial biological information like DNA.
When the specimen was discovered, researchers thought the fossil might provide a rare glimpse into reptilian evolution.
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“The fossil was believed to be unique because there were no other examples from the same geographical area and geological period of that preservation in a fossil vertebrate at the time,” Rossi said.
But the color of the supposed skin was similar to what had been observed in fossil plants found in similar rocks, Rossi said.
There were oddities about the find, such as a general lack of visible bones, including the skull bones, despite the fact that the body didn’t appear completely flat. So the initial assessment was that the specimen was essentially a mummy of an ancient reptile.
“A plausible explanation was that the bones were hidden below the layer of skin and thus not visible,” Rossi said. “There are few examples of dinosaurs mummies, where pretty much like human mummies, the bones are still wrapped inside the skin which is preserved in 3D.”
Intrigued by the growing uncertainty surrounding the fossil, Rossi and her colleagues began their study in 2021 by examining it with ultraviolet photography. The analysis revealed that the specimen was covered in a thick coating, Rossi said.
“Coating fossils with varnish is an ancient method of preservation because, in the past, there were no other suitable methods to protect fossils from natural decay,” said study coauthor Mariagabriella Fornasiero, curator of paleontology at the Museum of Nature and Humankind, in a statement.
Hoping to find biological information about the fossil beneath the coating, the team used powerful microscopes to analyze the samples of the remains across different wavelengths of light.
Instead, the researchers determined that the body outline was carved in the rock and painted with “animal charcoal,” a commercial pigment used about 100 years ago that was made by burning animal bones. The carving also explained why the specimen appeared to retain such a lifelike shape, rather than appearing flatter like a genuine fossil.
“The answer to all our questions was right in front of us, we had to study this fossil specimen in detail to reveal its secrets — even those that perhaps we did not want to know,” Rossi said.
The result was unexpected, but it explains why the fossil baffled researchers for decades. The latest research confirms it “is not the oldest mummy in the world,” said study coauthor Evelyn Kustatscher, curator of paleontology at the South Tyrol Nature Museum in Bolzano, Italy, and coordinator of the research project, in a statement.
Old secrets and new questions
Intriguingly, there are actual bones within the fossil. The hind limbs, although in poor condition, are real, and there are also traces of osteoderms, or scalelike structures. Now, the researchers are trying to determine the exact age of the bones and what animal they belonged to. The team is also studying the rock, which may also preserve insightful details from 280 million years ago.
It’s not the first time a fossil forgery has been uncovered, but Rossi said this particular style of forgery is unusual.
“The only fossil that I am aware of that was painted over rock is a fossilised crayfish which was made to look like a giant spider,” Rossi said. “In this particular case, however, the type of paint wasn’t identified, but I bet is a carbon-based one similar to what we found on our fossil.”
Given the lack of records to accompany the fossil, including a description of what exactly was found in 1931, Rossi and her team can’t be entirely sure that the forgery was done on purpose.
“We believe that, since some of the bones are visible, someone tried to expose more of the skeleton, by excavating more or less where someone would expect to find the rest of the animal,” Rossi said. “The lack of proper tools for preparing the hard rock did not help and the application of the paint in the end was perhaps a way to embellish the final work. Unfortunately, whether all of this was intentional or not, it did mislead many experts in interpreting this fossil as exceptionally preserved.”
Using advanced techniques to study fossils can reveal their true nature, Rossi said.
“It is of fundamental importance that research uses new methods to take a closer look at finds that have already been examined,” said study coauthor Fabrizio Nestola, professor of mineralogy and president of the University Center for Museums at the University of Padua, in a statement.
“The Tridentinosaurus is an example of how science can reveal old secrets — and how new questions can arise from them,” Nestola added. “It will then be the task of our museum to process the newly gained knowledge and bring it to the public in order to lead a scientific and cultural debate.”
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you clearly think a president is more empowered than reality illustrates
still with the gibberish, 'anon'?
if you are getting/expecting a refund, you can and may want to reconfigure your deduction declarations so as to not give those criminals an interest free loan.
some take it beyond healthy
exactly.
The Shatkona is of OLDER origin- it is a hexagram and is associated with the son of Shiva and Shakti, Kartikeya.
More in pic
Aryan Vedas being the source.
Aryans being Indo-Iranians, who existed before (obviously) the Vedas, and Zoroastrianism
Musk says he's Voting for RFK Jr.
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🇺🇸TUCKER: "BORIS JOHNSON IS A LOT SLEAZIER THAN PUTIN"
"This is, by the way, the guy who single-handedly, at the request of the US government, stopped the peace deal in Ukraine a year and a half ago. And is, I think, for that reason, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.
He won't explain any of that to me in an interview until I pay him a million dollars. And I said to the guy, you know, I just interviewed Vladimir Putin. I'm not defending Putin, but Putin didn't ask for a million dollars. So you're telling me that Boris Johnson is a lot sleazier, a lot lower than Putin? Which is true."
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