"Prostitute beats off taxman in Oslo court" - yes that is the headline .......
Posted mainly for the 'interesting' title!
http://www.thelocal.no/20141217/prostitute-beats-off-taxman-in-oslo-court
"Police in August raided an Oslo flat where a woman known as Patricia (34) lived with two other sex workers. They seized 74,000 kroner, much of it in foreign currency.
They refused to return the money to Patricia, who is from Nigeria, claiming that the money was earned in Norway and should be subject to income tax and VAT (sales tax), according to newspaper VG.
But the court queried whether the state should tax income from prostitution, given that related activity such as pimping and human trafficking are crimes. It also said that it was not proven that Patricia was a tax resident in Norway at the time.
Patricia told VG that she was initially happy with the verdict, “but then I was told that I won’t get my money back immediately. I want this to be over, but I need the cash”.
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by Josh Feldman | 4:39 pm, December 15th, 2014 video
South Dakota thought up a creative new driving safety PSA that would get everyone’s attention. They ended up pulling it after people wouldn’t stop laughing at the obvious double entendre:
Yes, “Don’t Jerk and Drive.” For God’s sake, never jerk and drive. Always jerk before you drive, never at the same time. And please, jerk responsibly.
Okay, okay, that’s not what they meant. The PSA was intended to get across that you shouldn’t jerk the wheel when driving on icy roads.
But they have pulled the PSA and secretary of the Department of Public Safety Trevor Jones gave this reason why:
“This is an important safety message and I don’t want this innuendo to distract from our goal to save lives on the road.”
