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Natalie Gulbis Is Noticeably Devoid of Clothes, McGladrey Branding in Sports Illustrated Pictorial

Posted on by Caleb Newquist

As many of you are aware, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue hit stands yesterday with the typical fare. Prior to the rise of the Internet, this was probably one of the most important dates on the calendar of the average American man. Now that porn flows like wine, there's very little left to the imagination and this SI issue feels nostalgic more than anything as it serves as a launching pad for the young lady on the cover. In order to remain relevant, SI has thrown in various features that include male and female athletes showing off their flesh, body painting, etc. to accompany the models. So I guess that's something.  This year, one pleasant surprise that was pointed out to us was the inclusion of McGladrey billboard Natalie Gulbis in the body paint section of the issue. Natalie looks good, obviously, even if she's been airbrushed into a mannequin version of herself but one can't help but feel that there was an opportunity missed here for McGladrey. Sure, they're not her biggest sponsor but you, happy Mickey G employees, deep down probably wish that something could have been worked out so NG could show some love for you all. Sensing this, we did our best to come up with something:

Granted, this isn't quite as artistic as the body paint but accountants don't typically get too caught up in aesthetics. Simply getting a little credit will do nicely.

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Glenn Beck, Who Doesn’t Hesitate to Point Out Other People’s Tax Problems, Had Some of His Own

glenn-beck.jpgSince he’s such a passionate guy, Glenn Beck will not hesitate to call someone out if he feels that they are cheating the American people. He’s a crusader for justice, after all.
For example, Tim Geithner, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Tom Daschle, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and others were all called “tax cheats” by GB early last year and he also mentioned that he wouldn’t entrust his children to them (nice touch).
So it’s more than a little awkward for Becks when Politico reports that Mercury Radio Arts, his production company, has had some of its own tax troubles:

Mercury, a private corporation that lists Beck as chief executive officer and his wife, Tania Beck, alternately as vice president or secretary, since 2007 has fallen behind on its New York City business income taxes and has been cited for filing errors related to its obligations under Texas franchise tax and New York state workers’ compensation insurance rules.

Politico reports that the company owed just over $25k in back taxes and penalties but since everything has been cleared up it’s NBD. However, we do seem to have a little bit of a pot and kettle situation. What’s even more stupid is that everyone is all bent out of shape over these people screwing up their taxes even though no one was willfully trying to dodge the tax law:

Dean Zerbe, national managing director for a company called alliantgroup that provides specialty tax services to accounting firms, said Beck’s situation “has the look and feel of somebody who is confronting an extraordinarily complicated tax situation — or at least the people he’s hired to do these things are — and is trying to comply but isn’t doing everything perfectly.”
The same, however, could be said of most of the Obama nominees Beck has blasted for tax problems, said Zerbe, who called them “people who were trying to comply with the spirit and the intent of the law.”

As it has been mentioned, our tax system is complicated and that’s putting it lightly. The fact that all these people made mistakes doesn’t go so much to anything about them as Americans as it does the tax system being a giant shitshow. So if that is indeed the case, does this mean that all this name calling and finger pointing is politically motivated? GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
What if it’s Beck with a tax ‘accident’? [Politico]