I love a good deal and GoDaddy, the worlds largest domain retailer is at it again with a tremendous discount! They are offering domains for just under $2 for a year. They do expire in a flash so you need to get on it. We used the code and were able to take advantage. Good luck and let us know what you get. One code per account!
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Great Domain Deal from GoDaddy!
Posted by LazySlob on October 26th, 2009
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Balloon Boy Lets the Air Out
Posted by LazySlob on October 16th, 2009
“Oops, was I not supposed to say that?”
Here is our Flying Angel!
What Now?
After the media tour dies down, Were able to see they made the Today Show this morning, thank goodness. authorities are going to take a hard look at what to do to this family. They will not likely be charged with anything because it all rests on the shoulders of a young child but any good will they had has floated away. Our guess is that they were not looking for this to be as big a production but as it grew, the deeper they dug in. Us that lie on a regular basis, know how that can happen.
The Video Confession…You Decide
Balloon Boy…History Repeating
Posted by LazySlob on October 15th, 2009
Balloon Boy Over Colorado
By now you have probably hear about the helium craft that may or may not have been carrying a 6-year old 8000 feet above Fort Collins Colorado aimlessly and dangerously. We here at LazySlob.com were very concerned and wanted to do something quickly to ensure only the best possible outcome would transpire.
What Did We Do First?
Knowing time was of the essence, we knew we had to act fast. Our first move was to register BalloonBoy.com of course. Alas, someone just beat us to it. A quick check of the whois records will tell us the sniper…What April 2000? Did we miss something from nearly a decade ago?
Not a Totally New Idea
We have all heard the urban tale of the guy who got a bunch of weather balloons together, tied them to a lawn chair and had a pellet gun to shoot the balloons out and float back down after a pleasant look around. Many versions also have him anchoring it to a Jeep as well. Guess what? It didn’t work and he ripped the bumper off the Jeep and was reported by airline pilots as a UFO. Guess What Again? It is a supposed true story. They even made a movie about it “Danny Deckchair” and a small lawnchair piloting fad erupted in the early 2000′s. (Wasn’t “UP”–A 2009 Disney Movie along the same lines? 
Publicity Stunt?
Word is that this is the same family that was on a US based TV show called Wife Swap and maybe the family was looking for some publicity. Very sick to use your 6-year old if true but I don’t really believe it after hearing some neighbor accounts. The latest updates show that the balloon laned without the boy but he is still missing. The end of this story is TBD.
UPDATE:
Well it seems as if Falcon (Really guys?) was hiding in the garage attic the whole time. The father had yelled at him earlier for fooling around with the craft and he was hiding because he was frightened. His brother claimed to have seen him enter a campartment before it took off, hence the search.
“I yelled at him. I’m really sorry I yelled at him,” The dad said while he hugged in at a news conference.
The boys response…“I was in the attic, and he scared me because he yelled at me,” Falcon said. “That’s why I went in the attic.”
The father then dismissed allegations this was a publicity stunt. For me the jury is still “up in the air” on that one.
Who Gained From Madoff?
Posted by LazySlob on October 2nd, 2009
Who Got the Biggest Payments?
Not speaking from any actually fact but one of the biggest (if not biggest)
beneficiary of the Madoff Ponzi scheme may have been the US Government and the IRS. With all the falsely reported profits going out in statements to investors over the past 10 years, up to $30 billion in fake income may have been reported to the IRS by those investors. Could be a big nut.
How Much Was Overpaid?
Because we do not have the actual details, we cannot say for sure but with a little insight into how funds work and taxes are calculated, we can take an 
educated guess. First, we can assume that MOST of the investors had income outside of the Madoff fund. The investor lists reads like a who’s who of business and celebrity and the minimum investment requirements would dictate that these were mainly coming from the highest income tax brackets. As anyone who has received a statement from a stock fund can attest, there are also multiple trades and liquidations throughout any given year so if the Madoff Funds were built to mimic those transaction, we can assume that over the life of the scheme, all if not most of the profit was shown as being realized and reinvested.
Napkin Math Time Again
We all know how much you liked our last exercise with tsunami wave water volumes, so we decided to do the same thing with the tax liability. If we say that the avg. tax bracket of the investors is 30% having factored in some capital gains vs. short term fund gains and apply that to a $30,000,000,000 taxable PROFIT base, the IRS could have collected $9,000,000,000 in taxes on profits that never materialized. They could be on the hook for refunds (and a claw-back? J) They might even have to pay interest.
Getting Paid
The IRS and Federal Government have a knack for working around the kind 
of pesky details that most citizens have to follow, and getting money out of the Treasury can be harder than picking the winning lotto numbers. Our guess is that the payments from the IRS will be smaller, slower in coming and represent a fraction of what they received but I guess we will just have to wait and see but it is an interesting question.
Posted in Current Events, Pop Culture/Crime 
Tags: back taxes, fraud, irs, Madoff, ponzi, tax rates 
1 Comment »Get Smart About Samoa…A Lazy Slob’s Guide
Posted by LazySlob on September 30th, 2009
Some Background on Samoa
With the recent tsunami that struck Samoa, We thought it would be nice to put a little info about the area to help fellow lazy slobs sound and act a little more knowledgeable without having to do much of the legwork. We are not going to go into detail about the tsunami itself as there is already way to 
much information out there about it and frankly, much more accurate and informative than we could provide. Suffice it to say that an earthquake measuring 8+ on the Richter Scale, with an epicenter about 250 miles from Western Samoa (More on that later) sent three or four 25ft wave onto the shore of Samoa and as of this writing, about 100 people are confirmed dead. Now that we have covered the basics on the event, we can move onto some of our comments to help increase your edification and conversation index. As measured by office and friend know-it-alls.
A 25 foot wave doesn’t sound so big. How was it so destructive?
Couple of things that need consideration with the size of the waves. The volume of water in a 25 footer (not to mention 4 of them) is huge. Considering that a gallon of water is approx 8 lbs, multiply that by how many gallons would be in the make-up of a 25 foot wave in say a 10 foot wide section (or the width of a typical driveway), and you have a big number. Combine that with the fact that the shoreline buildings and homes are built on sand, and that areas closest to the equator do not get tides of any measurable amount so buildings can be much closer to the shore without great risk of flooding. That is a recipe for disaster.
Napkin Math If You Please
A 55-Gallon drum stands about 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide and deep. A 10 foot section would then represent 5 drums wide by 8 (24 feet) drums high. Lets estimate that the wave is 25 feet thick but has diminishing height away from the peak so calculate against half that for volume or only 7 drums deep. Might be low but again, this is only napkin math…we are lazy slobs and love the art of estimation. That gives us 280 drums at 440 pounds each or nearly 62 tons of water. A fully loaded 18-wheeler is 20 tons so this would be three of them stacked on top of each other. That is a lot of weight for a small section of driveway. Now consider them side by side for 10 miles and you begin to get the picture. Finally, we have to factor in the speed at which the waves were moving, 20 miles an hour. That is a heck of a force against buildings not in a position to handle them.
Some Facts About Samoa
Samoa (or Samoan) Islands were formerly known as the Navigators’ Islands. They are a part of Polynesia in the South Pacific. About 215 thousand people live there and English and Samoan are the dual official languages. There are two territories of the Samoa islands. Samoa, formally called Western Samoa or Independent Samoa and American Samoa, a US territory, also called Eastern Samoa.
If you like tropical climates, you would love Samoa. The temperature stays
relatively flat all year round at around 80 degrees. There are Wet and Dry seasons so take note if you ever plan on visiting.
Enjoy and we hope you have been able to gleam some useful info for smart conversation. We would love your comments so please feel free to leave one.
Jaycee Dugard’s “Blue Tarp” Compound
Posted by LazySlob on September 19th, 2009
Latest Images and Pictures of Where They Were Held!
We were able to track down a few images of the “blue tarp” and shack compound that held this unfortunate girl/woan and her kids for the past 18 years. Take a look as how close some of the neighbors were to those areas where thay had to have been living. It is amazing.
Another thing to note is that the house and property are pretty nice, and in an “OK” neighborhood. Yes there are signs of white trash around but not all that unusual. Let us know your thoughts. These images were all grabbed from Google Earth.
Birds Eye View of the Compound w/ neighbors
A Closer Look At the Compound
Another Angle of the Compound
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