Dogs in suits week

Dogs in suits week

Germans figure out how to tax hookers - with parking meters

Prostitution is legal in Germany, but collecting taxes from streetwalkers requires some creative efforts.

In Bonn, officials have unveiled a meter that prostitutes must pay roughly $8 into each night to get a nightly permit to practice the world's oldest profession. Freelance sex workers get an automated ticket, much like a parking slip, according to Der Spiegel. Officials say taxing prostitutes who work out of fixed locations is simple, but streetwalkers could easily avoid duties.

"It's not fair that some women who work in establishments like sex centers or sauna clubs are taxed only because we can find them more easily there," city spokeswoman Monika Frömbgen said.

It's only inevitable that they'll be collecting tax from the Johns as well, that is, if they aren't already doing so. Maybe they can rig the meters so that the Johns pay the hookers using credit cards using the meters and the tax gets taken off. They tax booze and cigarettes so why not sex.

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Germans figure out how to tax hookers - with parking meters

Prostitution is legal in Germany, but collecting taxes from streetwalkers requires some creative efforts.

In Bonn, officials have unveiled a meter that prostitutes must pay roughly $8 into each night to get a nightly permit to practice the world's oldest profession. Freelance sex workers get an automated ticket, much like a parking slip, according to Der Spiegel. Officials say taxing prostitutes who work out of fixed locations is simple, but streetwalkers could easily avoid duties.

"It's not fair that some women who work in establishments like sex centers or sauna clubs are taxed only because we can find them more easily there," city spokeswoman Monika Frömbgen said.

It's only inevitable that they'll be collecting tax from the Johns as well, that is, if they aren't already doing so. Maybe they can rig the meters so that the Johns pay the hookers using credit cards using the meters and the tax gets taken off. They tax booze and cigarettes so why not sex.

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Woman charged after police notice beer coming out of glove compartment

A woman was arrested on drunken driving charges for the second time in six months after an officer noticed beer pouring out of the glove compartment of her car, police said.



The woman said the beer was a gift from a friend for completing a court-ordered alcohol-treatment programme after her first arrest, police said. She told the arresting officers she shoved it in the glove box when she saw the blue flashing lights behind her.



Arrested was Kaitlin M. Rymaszewski, 22, of 1182 Nantasket Ave in Hull. Rymaszewski was accused of drunken driving in March, but a judge continued the case without a finding in April and ordered her into the alcoholic treatment program.



She was arrested again on Friday night in Hingham and was arraigned Monday in Hingham District Court. She id due back in court on Sept. 26 on charges of second-offence drunken driving, driving to endanger, driving with an open container of alcohol, speeding and violating marked lanes.

Woman charged after police notice beer coming out of glove compartment

A woman was arrested on drunken driving charges for the second time in six months after an officer noticed beer pouring out of the glove compartment of her car, police said.



The woman said the beer was a gift from a friend for completing a court-ordered alcohol-treatment programme after her first arrest, police said. She told the arresting officers she shoved it in the glove box when she saw the blue flashing lights behind her.



Arrested was Kaitlin M. Rymaszewski, 22, of 1182 Nantasket Ave in Hull. Rymaszewski was accused of drunken driving in March, but a judge continued the case without a finding in April and ordered her into the alcoholic treatment program.



She was arrested again on Friday night in Hingham and was arraigned Monday in Hingham District Court. She id due back in court on Sept. 26 on charges of second-offence drunken driving, driving to endanger, driving with an open container of alcohol, speeding and violating marked lanes.

Wade Belak's death continues a disturing trend

Wade Belak becomes the third NHLer with a history of fighting to pass away since May. Derek Boogaard, just 28, of the New York Rangers was found dead in his Minnesota apartment on May 13 with the cause of death later determined as an accidental overdose of alcohol and oxycodone toxicity. On August 15, Winnipeg Jets forward Rick Rypien was found dead in his Alberta home at 27. Belak, a 15-year NHL veteran who announced his retirement in March, was found dead in his Toronto condo early Wednesday afternoon. He was just 35. Cause of death is still unknown.



Is it just a coincidence that 3 enforcers have died suddenly in just 3 months? Maybe. But both the NHL and NHLPA should be taking note. It has already been taking well documented the toll both physically and psychologically that fighting has on NHL players. No one aspires to be an NHL enforcer. No mother relishes watching their son batter an opponent or taking a beating. All enforcers were star players at one point in their hockey career. When you hit the wall in your development and you have the size, well you do what you have to do to stay in hockey.



Fighting takes a physical toll on enforcers. It's inevitable that you get hurt and the incidence of addiction to pain killers and other drugs is high. What you don't see are the emotional and psychological scars. Some fighters begin to avoid fights and before you know it their NHL career is over. Veteran enforcers become targets for younger guys who want to make a name for themselves.



I sometimes think that eliminating fighting from hockey would be a good thing because the marginal players could no longer be coerced into being an enforcer. If they don't have the talent to be an NHLer so be it.







Hard to believe both these guys are dead.