So your wife got to transfer to Triangle Park? I think you would like North Carolina we are here in Wilmington right now coming back on Sunday morning you can even ask lol the barbecue is really good hereQuote:
Originally Posted by walrus
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So your wife got to transfer to Triangle Park? I think you would like North Carolina we are here in Wilmington right now coming back on Sunday morning you can even ask lol the barbecue is really good hereQuote:
Originally Posted by walrus
Not even in that state. it will take a couple months to move anyway, not a transfer, new job
Damn so _____&______ is toast?Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
Trevor Noah Reacts to Justice Kennedy's Retirement: 'In Some Ways, It Feels Like All Hope is Dead'
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trevor-n...-hope-is-dead/
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:sitr:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H34ukFe8g
Billionaire Democrat donor Tom Steyer in an interview with Rolling Stone said the following....
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dg3_2wQU0AAt18y.jpg
Yeah, that'll be nice
Wtf is up with this shit. I’m hearing things like this quite often. People calling for recessions, wars, race wars to “get rid of trump” I get it, they hate him, but can’t they just say I hope he gets voted out? What is the logic behind wanting people to suffer?Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
Satan himself has taken over the Democratic party led by the pedophile child trafficker Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton and Huma abedin and Anthony Weiner. The devil has taken over Hollywood and is controlled by you-know-who and the sick psychotic satanic messages that are coming out of Hollywood are the reasons why Madonna is talking openly about bombing the White House and Maxine Waters is talking about forming riots and Chaos around the country to physically surround and harass and confront members of the Trump Administration. These Vermin have to be rounded up these are the same Vermin who have appeared throughout history from time to time that get rounded up and wiped out and then later after they get wiped out we have to get out the collective violins and play the violins for 50 or a hundred years about what happened to them and they keep making the same mistake over and over and over it's a self-fulfilling prophecy they are their own worst enemies
Stakes are very high for the cabal...they must end Trump or they'll be the ones doing the sufferingQuote:
Originally Posted by walrusWtf is up with this shit. I’m hearing things like this quite often. People calling for recessions, wars, race wars to “get rid of trump” I get it, they hate him, but can’t they just say I hope he gets voted out? What is the logic behind wanting people to suffer?Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
These midterm elections are so important I would like to vote a bunch of times but I am not a Dumborat, so I can't.
From the N.Y. times. All trump supporters are anti semites, liberty and freedom out the door.
The speed of America’s moral descent under Donald Trump is breathtaking. In a matter of months we’ve gone from a nation that stood for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to a nation that tears children from their parents and puts them in cages.
What’s almost equally remarkable about this plunge into barbarism is that it’s not a response to any actual problem. The mass influx of murderers and rapists that Trump talks about, the wave of crime committed by immigrants here (and, in his mind, refugees in Germany), are things that simply aren’t happening. They’re just sick fantasies being used to justify real atrocities.
And you know what this reminds me of? The history of anti-Semitism, a tale of prejudice fueled by myths and hoaxes that ended in genocide.
Dude....if you are going to say "The New York Times" say it correctly "The FAILING New York Times"
https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/stat...rc=twsrc%5EtfwQuote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
Look, there are people saying crazy stuff on both sides. How aout the stuff Ted Nugent had to say about Hillary and Obama and liberals in general? He can threaten to kill a bunch of people and Trump still invited him to the White House and on stage with him at rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
And I was on my phone. These phones aren't made for my fingers. I used to have a phone with a slide out keyboard years ago and I managed fine with that but I'm not allowed one anymore so I have to deal with these ridiculous virtual keyboards.
In what way? A bunch of idiots grandstanding against him was all that happened. Nobody managed to point out anything he'd done that contravenes any law or guidelines. It was just a dog and pony show to fool the rubes and it worked, didn't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
Who planted these PLANTS?Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
I have to agree with my nemesis Kirk here I only use my phone for the forum and it is easy to make mistakesQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingLook, there are people saying crazy stuff on both sides. How aout the stuff Ted Nugent had to say about Hillary and Obama and liberals in general? He can threaten to kill a bunch of people and Trump still invited him to the White House and on stage with him at rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
And I was on my phone. These phones aren't made for my fingers. I used to have a phone with a slide out keyboard years ago and I managed fine with that but I'm not allowed one anymore so I have to deal with these ridiculous virtual keyboards.
Never mind, those corporate tax cuts are doing great things for the economy.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrusI have to agree with my nemesis Kirk here I only use my phone for the forum and it is easy to make mistakesQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingLook, there are people saying crazy stuff on both sides. How aout the stuff Ted Nugent had to say about Hillary and Obama and liberals in general? He can threaten to kill a bunch of people and Trump still invited him to the White House and on stage with him at rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
And I was on my phone. These phones aren't made for my fingers. I used to have a phone with a slide out keyboard years ago and I managed fine with that but I'm not allowed one anymore so I have to deal with these ridiculous virtual keyboards.
Demand for Business Equipment Cools
Overall demand for long-lasting manufactured products fell for a second straight month
Business investment in equipment is showing no signs of accelerating six months after lawmakers in Washington overhauled the tax system with the intent to spark such spending.
A proxy for such investment, new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft, decreased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in May after a strong April increase, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The capital-spending gauge has failed to increase for two straight months since August and September last year.
The new tax rules passed by Congress late last year were designed to incentivize businesses to increase capital investment. But so far demand for capital goods has decelerated somewhat from last year.
Growth in business equipment investment is “remaining much weaker than the growth rates seen in the second half of last year,” said
Andrew Hunter, economist at Capital Economics.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-dur...3219?mod=e2twe
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dg8eitIVAAAo560.jpg:large
In this earnings period firms in the S&P 500 have spent 55% of their earnings on stock buybacks, 39% on dividends to shareholders and 6% on everything else including investment.
Rod Rosenstein didn't even read the FISA warrant he signed....He looks extremely bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingIn what way? A bunch of idiots grandstanding against him was all that happened. Nobody managed to point out anything he'd done that contravenes any law or guidelines. It was just a dog and pony show to fool the rubes and it worked, didn't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
Wouldn't it be interesting to find outQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingWho planted these PLANTS?Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
Assuming he didn't read it, and you offer no proof, why does he have to read it anyway? He's briefed by his staff and his signature is just a legal requirement, it's not his job to read it although you can be sure he knew what was in it. And don't forget this was a warrant to wiretap somebody who had left the Trump campaign three months previously and a warrant that produced evidence of criminality that meant it was renewed at subsequent six month intervals. So he didn't have his pants pulled down. He's apparently being criticised for doing his job.Quote:
Originally Posted by El KabongRod Rosenstein didn't even read the FISA warrant he signed....He looks extremely bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingIn what way? A bunch of idiots grandstanding against him was all that happened. Nobody managed to point out anything he'd done that contravenes any law or guidelines. It was just a dog and pony show to fool the rubes and it worked, didn't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
Wouldn't it be interesting to find outQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingWho planted these PLANTS?Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
And you said definitively that these people were PLANTS. Interestingly one of them was the subject of the FISA warrant. Who PLANTED them and why? You must have read something that said they were plants but you obviously don't have the confidence to put your name to whatever crazy conspiracy shit you read.
Why would the deep state get a wiretap for somebody they'd planted in the Trump campaign Lyle? Three months after he left the campaign?
Alright I’ll tell you Kirk. During the Obama economy we saw the market smoking but it did not translate to dare I say “the people”. Corporations had good earnings but weren’t spreading the joy around. You were doing good if you were in the market and or your 401ks were active. I did think when trump announced the corporate tax cut and cash repatriation something should be done to prevent companies from hoarding, for lack of a better word, profits. Perhaps make tax incentive tied to growth rather than buybacks and dividends. Taxes aren’t my thing so I’m not sure how practical that is but it would make sense. We have some funky numbers right now but real estate and unemployment don’t point to any significant issues. If profits are based only on tax cuts and repatriation with no other changes that would catch up with itself and could lead to recession. The thing is you can listen to 12 different economists and get twelve different predictions for the near future. If we call for recession long and consistently enough we will eventually be right and can then say we are genius.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingNever mind, those corporate tax cuts are doing great things for the economy.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrusI have to agree with my nemesis Kirk here I only use my phone for the forum and it is easy to make mistakesQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingLook, there are people saying crazy stuff on both sides. How aout the stuff Ted Nugent had to say about Hillary and Obama and liberals in general? He can threaten to kill a bunch of people and Trump still invited him to the White House and on stage with him at rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
And I was on my phone. These phones aren't made for my fingers. I used to have a phone with a slide out keyboard years ago and I managed fine with that but I'm not allowed one anymore so I have to deal with these ridiculous virtual keyboards.
Demand for Business Equipment Cools
Overall demand for long-lasting manufactured products fell for a second straight month
Business investment in equipment is showing no signs of accelerating six months after lawmakers in Washington overhauled the tax system with the intent to spark such spending.
A proxy for such investment, new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft, decreased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in May after a strong April increase, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The capital-spending gauge has failed to increase for two straight months since August and September last year.
The new tax rules passed by Congress late last year were designed to incentivize businesses to increase capital investment. But so far demand for capital goods has decelerated somewhat from last year.
Growth in business equipment investment is “remaining much weaker than the growth rates seen in the second half of last year,” said
Andrew Hunter, economist at Capital Economics.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-dur...3219?mod=e2twe
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dg8eitIVAAAo560.jpg:large
In this earnings period firms in the S&P 500 have spent 55% of their earnings on stock buybacks, 39% on dividends to shareholders and 6% on everything else including investment.
By the way Kirk what is up with the graphs, you like graphs. You are a google arguer. Be wary of the Wall Street journal, I read to but they hate trump and hope for an economic collapse to get rid of him. I think investors business daily is better, they are a bit more neutral. Bloomberg is freaking out about Trump. I listen to Bloomberg financial news everyday on XM and damn they interview some analysts whom you can hear the hatred over the radio and it’s all downfall shit then they have a non trump hater who will say they see nothing major for the next 3-5 years. By the way Kirk. My wife has a friend she went to school with. She became a CPO for a hedge fund in Stamford CT. Frickin girl was able to retire at 32. On top of her salary she was getting six figure bonuses. She was dating a guy who worked for the CIA prior to that he had been special forces. Anyway he left the CIA and was doing his own thing when he was approached by the SEC about working for them. I really liked the guy 6’5” built like a tree stump probably probably could rip my head off with one hand. Anyway, we were becoming good friends. They bought a home previously owned by some rock star and my wife and I would go see them often. He was a brilliant guy and not at all pompous like u Kirk. Anyway, my wife’s friend really broke his heart rejecting his marriage proposals so he took of to another country for a while. I was upset we had a good time whenever we met plus they had some spot on stock tips. She is supposed to come to my place and her and that dude are friendly again so I asked if she could get him to come. He is African American and extremely successful I don’t know how Big D would rationalize that. Shit they bought a million dollar house and had an art collection worth the same, my wife’s friend is quite hot and she is really into yoga, which makes for a bodacious body
Having said all that u may be overly gloomy on buybacks
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bar...ket-1514475088
Everything you believe about stock buybacks is probably wrong. An expected surge in buyback volume in 2018 isn’t going to extend the bull market’s life longer than it would have lasted otherwise. And buybacks don’t necessarily represent the triumph of corporate short-termism over innovation and investment.
It would be important at any time to understand the significance and impact of buybacks. But it is especially timely now, given the expectation that the tax-reform legislation passed in December will lead to a spike in share repurchases. That’s because it will encourage companies to repatriate much of the cash currently held outside the U.S., and much of that likely will find its way into stock repurchases.
Consider, first, the cheery notion that buyback activity is a major bull-market prop. Although there is some superficial plausibility to that notion, the magnitude of such an effect, if it exists at all, is a lot smaller than many assume.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...=.a3c9b588263d
Kirk that Barron’s article is behind a pay wall. Here is a buyback article that seems to address it even handedly
Rod Rosenstein basically admitted he didn't read it.
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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
You're not this dumb. You plant someone to get the initial FISA warrant that gives you the foot in the door to target anybody that plant is/was in contact with....I mean really...just think like a Bond villain one time that's pretty much who we're dealing with....A submarine shooting a missile from Whidby Bay...where was it headed? This is quite serious and the amount of indictments coming.....learn about John W. Huber, he's going to be important going forward
This guy is enlightened
One man has taken his devotion to President Donald Trump to a whole new level – and the best thing is, he not even an American and lives 8,100 miles away in India. The Indian man Bussa Krishna has spent the past three years worshiping Trump as a God, carrying around a picture of the President and praying to him several times a day.
31-year-old Bussa, a farmer from a remote Konne village in Telangana’s Jangaon district in India, worships Trump every day as part of his prayer rituals. Placed along with other gods in his worship room, Bussa puts vermillion in his own blood for the President’s photograph and worships him flowers and fire offerings.
Bussa started to worship Trump after two Indian men were killed by a US Navy veteran in an act of hate crime in February last year. The veteran later pleaded guilty to the charges of murder and attempted murder, and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility for parole for the murders.
There are now, according to PACER.gov 40,483 sealed indictments nationwide....an average of 5,060 per month. And when you also look at resignations both public and private sector there's been a lot....a lot more than normal, why?
Buuuuut I'm betting that nothing is going to come of this, it's all just a bad dream and when you wake up Hillary will be president and all will be right with the world.
And Kirk you keep shouting about the buy backs. If u noticed I agreed with u that I would like to have seen the corporate reducuction tied to other form of reinvestment but I don’t see them being as problematic as u seem to think. There are a few in congress making noise they want to cut back/make illegal buybacks, as they were illegal not too long ago but I can’t see special interest letting that happen anyway. I gave you the heads up on the yield in bonds which u neglected to mention surprisingly as that is historically a decent predictor but what else are you seeing that gives you thoughts of doom. The fundamentals really don’t look that bad. All this talk off trade war hasn’t sunk the market although we are in correction territory I still think the tariff shit will be worked out, trade war could fuck us but it won’t be good for anyone involved. You haven’t brought up China’s move against the petrol dollar, with Russia, Venezuela and I beleive even the EU involved in it. I don’t see that as an immediate threat but that is something to look at. IMHO you have much more you can be running with than to keep hammering the buyback thing which I don’t say is a nonissue just not the issue you seem to think it is. You could point out we are about to tie the record for longest bull run and ponder how much longer it can go but who the fuck isn’t asking themselves that. By the way, if Apple didn’t do share buybacks and reinvested as you suggest their physical presence would have to be six times larger than in currently is. Even Buffet who like you has always spoken poorly and avoided buybacks says it makes sense now. Ok I tried to hit u with normal discourse let’s see what charts I get in return. I will say this, I do have Netflix stock and this year alone it has doubled. Netflix just announced they are putting a billion dollars into the European market to attract viewers. Every penny they make (more than actually I believe) goes into expansion/growing user base. I couldn’t tell you if they have done buybacks but they are an amazing company. I bought it at 60 and it’s now around 400 with analysts saying it’ll hit 5 to 600 hundred by years end. I do subscribe to Netflix but don’t really like the content. They think Trump is literally Hitler and would probably love to hire you to do a weekly graph series. But seriously, what, other than buybacks make u think the shit will hit the fan. Leave tariffs out of the picture for now as let’s see who will balk first but I’ll give it an “it’s a possibility” rating now @Kirkland LaingQuote:
Originally Posted by walrusAlright I’ll tell you Kirk. During the Obama economy we saw the market smoking but it did not translate to dare I say “the people”. Corporations had good earnings but weren’t spreading the joy around. You were doing good if you were in the market and or your 401ks were active. I did think when trump announced the corporate tax cut and cash repatriation something should be done to prevent companies from hoarding, for lack of a better word, profits. Perhaps make tax incentive tied to growth rather than buybacks and dividends. Taxes aren’t my thing so I’m not sure how practical that is but it would make sense. We have some funky numbers right now but real estate and unemployment don’t point to any significant issues. If profits are based only on tax cuts and repatriation with no other changes that would catch up with itself and could lead to recession. The thing is you can listen to 12 different economists and get twelve different predictions for the near future. If we call for recession long and consistently enough we will eventually be right and can then say we are genius.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingNever mind, those corporate tax cuts are doing great things for the economy.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrusI have to agree with my nemesis Kirk here I only use my phone for the forum and it is easy to make mistakesQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingLook, there are people saying crazy stuff on both sides. How aout the stuff Ted Nugent had to say about Hillary and Obama and liberals in general? He can threaten to kill a bunch of people and Trump still invited him to the White House and on stage with him at rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
And I was on my phone. These phones aren't made for my fingers. I used to have a phone with a slide out keyboard years ago and I managed fine with that but I'm not allowed one anymore so I have to deal with these ridiculous virtual keyboards.
Demand for Business Equipment Cools
Overall demand for long-lasting manufactured products fell for a second straight month
Business investment in equipment is showing no signs of accelerating six months after lawmakers in Washington overhauled the tax system with the intent to spark such spending.
A proxy for such investment, new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft, decreased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in May after a strong April increase, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The capital-spending gauge has failed to increase for two straight months since August and September last year.
The new tax rules passed by Congress late last year were designed to incentivize businesses to increase capital investment. But so far demand for capital goods has decelerated somewhat from last year.
Growth in business equipment investment is “remaining much weaker than the growth rates seen in the second half of last year,” said
Andrew Hunter, economist at Capital Economics.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-dur...3219?mod=e2twe
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dg8eitIVAAAo560.jpg:large
In this earnings period firms in the S&P 500 have spent 55% of their earnings on stock buybacks, 39% on dividends to shareholders and 6% on everything else including investment.
This post actually has some sensible stuff in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrusAlright I’ll tell you Kirk. During the Obama economy we saw the market smoking but it did not translate to dare I say “the people”. Corporations had good earnings but weren’t spreading the joy around. You were doing good if you were in the market and or your 401ks were active. I did think when trump announced the corporate tax cut and cash repatriation something should be done to prevent companies from hoarding, for lack of a better word, profits. Perhaps make tax incentive tied to growth rather than buybacks and dividends. Taxes aren’t my thing so I’m not sure how practical that is but it would make sense. We have some funky numbers right now but real estate and unemployment don’t point to any significant issues. If profits are based only on tax cuts and repatriation with no other changes that would catch up with itself and could lead to recession. The thing is you can listen to 12 different economists and get twelve different predictions for the near future. If we call for recession long and consistently enough we will eventually be right and can then say we are genius.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingNever mind, those corporate tax cuts are doing great things for the economy.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrusI have to agree with my nemesis Kirk here I only use my phone for the forum and it is easy to make mistakesQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingLook, there are people saying crazy stuff on both sides. How aout the stuff Ted Nugent had to say about Hillary and Obama and liberals in general? He can threaten to kill a bunch of people and Trump still invited him to the White House and on stage with him at rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
And I was on my phone. These phones aren't made for my fingers. I used to have a phone with a slide out keyboard years ago and I managed fine with that but I'm not allowed one anymore so I have to deal with these ridiculous virtual keyboards.
Demand for Business Equipment Cools
Overall demand for long-lasting manufactured products fell for a second straight month
Business investment in equipment is showing no signs of accelerating six months after lawmakers in Washington overhauled the tax system with the intent to spark such spending.
A proxy for such investment, new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft, decreased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in May after a strong April increase, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The capital-spending gauge has failed to increase for two straight months since August and September last year.
The new tax rules passed by Congress late last year were designed to incentivize businesses to increase capital investment. But so far demand for capital goods has decelerated somewhat from last year.
Growth in business equipment investment is “remaining much weaker than the growth rates seen in the second half of last year,” said
Andrew Hunter, economist at Capital Economics.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-dur...3219?mod=e2twe
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dg8eitIVAAAo560.jpg:large
In this earnings period firms in the S&P 500 have spent 55% of their earnings on stock buybacks, 39% on dividends to shareholders and 6% on everything else including investment.
He's not supposed to read it. There are teams of specialised lawyers who craft FISA warrants. He gets briefed on them like he gets briefed on hundreds of other warrants or writs or charging documents or whatever else he has to sign. He does not sit reading hundreds of documents every day, he just has to sign them.Quote:
Originally Posted by El KabongRod Rosenstein basically admitted he didn't read it.
:vd:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
You're not this dumb. You plant someone to get the initial FISA warrant that gives you the foot in the door to target anybody that plant is/was in contact with....I mean really...just think like a Bond villain one time that's pretty much who we're dealing with....A submarine shooting a missile from Whidby Bay...where was it headed? This is quite serious and the amount of indictments coming.....learn about John W. Huber, he's going to be important going forward
So the deep state planted Page in the campaign, somehow they forced Trump to hire him. While he was working in the campaign, a period of over six months, they didn't bother wiretapping him. Three months after he left the campaign they then applied for a secret warrant to wiretap him even though as a deep state operative he would have presumably worn a wire and/or recorded any conversation the deep state wanted him to record. It doesn't make sense, does it Lyle?
Huber is somebody that Jeff Sessions has appointed to placate Trump who is demanding a special counsel be appointed to investigate Hillary, Obama, Mueller and god knows what else. For instance he's investigating the Hillary uranium thing and whether Hillary or Obama should face charges. Here's Fox News exaplaining the Hillary uranium thing:
https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/9305...118208/video/1
So the right wing is hoping that this investigation of the investigation into Trump and assorted conspiracy theories involving Hillary and Obama is going to bear fruit, and apparently Q has you all convinced that he's sitting on 40 000 sealed indictments which are going to be opened any time now with the entire deep state from Hillary and Obama on down carted off to Guantanamo. It's not going to happen Lyle. There are any amount of explainers from reputable news outlets explaining why all this stuff is completely nuts, but you're not going to read any of it are you, you fucking nutcase.
Never mind. You just wait. Any day now they'll all be arrested and in orange jumpsuits in Guantanamo.
For a more prophetic vision of the future, you should read the complaint against Trump, his children and his foundation by New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood.
Why prophetic? Because it’s likely a preface to the report or complaint that special counsel Robert Mueller will bring. The alleged crimes described by Underwood are not similar to those being investigated by Mueller. But the behavior is.
One stumbling block to public understanding of the Mueller probe, in addition to a steady stream of propaganda and lies designed to undermine it, is that it’s hard for even a cynic to accept the premises of what is being investigated.
U.S. history simply doesn’t offer a lot of reference points for a major-party political candidate who so casually subverts the law and sells out the nation’s highest values. How many Richard Nixons are there?
To believe the accusations that Trump colluded with Russia, laundered vast amounts of money and/or put American foreign policy on the auction block in return for the enrichment of his family requires an awkward leap of faith. You have to believe this leader is both profoundly corrupt — far more so than Nixon — and staggeringly sloppy — again more so than Nixon.
This is essentially the portrait that Underwood paints in the detailed accusations against the head of the Trump Foundation: that of a shady huckster who engages in “persistently illegal conduct” and is buffoonishly sloppy along the way.
To give credit where it’s due, the New York attorney general is building on the case built in 2016 by Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold, whose search for legitimate charitable activity by Trump’s foundation consistently left the reporter comically empty-handed.
What Fahrenthold detailed was Trump’s utter disregard for the law in taking in tax-deductible contributions to his foundation and proceeding to spend the money on his personal and business needs.
New findings, for instance, show that the Trump Foundation’s largest-ever gift — $264,631 — was used to renovate a fountain outside the windows of Trump’s Plaza Hotel.Its smallest-ever gift, for $7, was paid to the Boy Scouts in 1989, at a time when it cost $7 to register a new Scout. Trump’s oldest son was 11 at the time. Trump did not respond to a question about whether the money was paid to register him.
Take a moment to savor that last detail. A man claiming to be worth billions of dollars — and who certainly flaunted the lifestyle — appears to have illegally diverted $7 from a charitable foundation to pay his son’s Boy Scouts registration fee.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-16/new-york-s-trump-lawsuit-may-be-a-map-for-mueller
The whole thing is worth a read.
@Kirkland Laing that previous post where u said it makes some sense is just my honest thoughts. Often I will just throw things in against whatever side u are taking just to do something but we are not far off on the buybacks thing although I don’t know if u got anything out of why I don’t think they are always as bad as you portray. I am curious to ask what are your thoughts on the US economy. Are you of the thoughts that a recession will come about within the next year earnings season as some who are focusing on the buy backs are. Are you looking at any other numbers that stick out at u. Again the tariffs thing could erode consumer confidence which is still strong at the moment. I guess what I’m asking are you hitting on the buybacks as you feel that is the main thing driving earnings and stocks at the time so as companies can’t rely on that in future earnings reports the shit will hit the fan (and I do know analysts who say exactly that and I can see the logic behind it) or are you just hitting on the buybacks looking at it as company greed and if so did any of the articles I provided make you look at it differently or at least consider it differently. I’m honestly curious of ur opinion not looking to argue here.
:vd: ok then Kirkland :rofmaoal:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
FISA warrants especially those involving a Presidential campaign ain't exactly run of the mill warrants, but yeah it's totally like you say "He gets briefed on them like he gets briefed on hundreds of other warrants or writs or charging documents or whatever else he has to sign.".....yeah this is ONLY about a Presidential candidate I mean what do you want Rod Rosenstein to do his job? :shakehead:
Ah yes Media Matters For America...David Brock's baby child....why bother.. @Kirkland Laing, I am ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that things will end up exactly how you think they will
Uh huh....I'd ask for your view on the Clinton Foundation, but I know you'll have nothing but the highest of praise for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
So there MIGHT in ultra deep dark blue New York City be a DA who wants to take Trump to CIVIL court....OMG the horror.....the horror
Obama was able to do a Nixon but with a nice smoke screen and plausible deniability. Almost brilliant but fell short as they not specifying the date any type of surveillance started. It’s hard to put much weight on the whole thing when you see how much congress is taking from Chinese and Russian special interest along with our former sec of state who too lined pockets with yen and ruble. It’s quite disappointingQuote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong:vd: ok then Kirkland :rofmaoal:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
FISA warrants especially those involving a Presidential campaign ain't exactly run of the mill warrants, but yeah it's totally like you say "He gets briefed on them like he gets briefed on hundreds of other warrants or writs or charging documents or whatever else he has to sign.".....yeah this is ONLY about a Presidential candidate I mean what do you want Rod Rosenstein to do his job? :shakehead:
Ah yes Media Matters For America...David Brock's baby child....why bother.. @Kirkland Laing, I am ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that things will end up exactly how you think they will
Uh huh....I'd ask for your view on the Clinton Foundation, but I know you'll have nothing but the highest of praise for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
So there MIGHT in ultra deep dark blue New York City be a DA who wants to take Trump to CIVIL court....OMG the horror.....the horror
@Kirkland Laing another thing I keep an eye on is gold and silver, they tend to be safe havens people move into when there are economic concern. Don’t know if u watch it but it is really sinking right now. Dropped below 1270 which was the magic number. It could also have to the strength of the dollar and people feel cash is the better option. It did have a bit of a run when people were more concerned with best Korea I think it was close to 1400. I’d still like to know the indicators you keep an eye on if you do. Did I mention Trump is great by the way?
Maybe Kirk is sleeping or counting his money in his castle
All aboard the Wayback Machine!!!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhJnAl3X4AEzWoI.jpg
.....in 2015 New York MAGAzine had a positive picture and story of Donald Trump.....WOOOOOOOW ....written by Frank Rich......WOOOOOOW :rolleyes:
From the FAILING New York Times.....
Breaking News: Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, in a major reversal on immigration, agreed to tighten asylum policies to prevent her government's collapse
....oh my God, she's just like Hitler :shakehead:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/w...mid=tw-nytimes
Ms. Merkel, who supports free movement across Europe’s borders, has been opposed to any moves effectively resurrecting border controls until Monday night, when she made the deal to stay in power.
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Two reasons I'm mentioning buybacks is to point out that the tax cut, which was supposed to spur a surge of investment, hasn't spurred a surge of investment. Also that there's nothing for firms to invest in currently because the government's economic policies are ass backwards. Increased demand spurs investment, not increased supply of capital. A less dumb way to spur investment would have been to give the entire tax cut to the lowest earning 50% of the population. Every single cent of it would have been spent creating massive new demand for corporations to supply. And since corporations were already making record profits previous to the tax cut they would have had no problem funding that new investment, would they. Simply giving them more money just rigs the economy even further in the direction of capital and away from labour. Who was it going on and on about a rigged economy a couple of years ago? Who was that guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus