US Politics

[bustamente]

Chief Justice refuses to testify before Senate committee, we will do whatever we want we are all powerful.

[Mark F]

😂

"The co-founder of a fundraising group linked to Steve Bannon that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on Wednesday for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors.

Brian Kolfage, a decorated Air Force veteran who lost both of his legs and an arm in the Iraq War, previously pleaded guilty for his role in siphoning donations from the We Build the Wall campaign."

lol.... are there any Trump efforts that aren't straight up cons?

like... is there even a single one? 

 

 

"Absent from the case was Bannon, Trump's former top political adviser. He was initially arrested aboard a luxury yacht and faced federal fraud charges along with the other men, but Trump pardoned him during his final hours in office."

comment: 

"If the US had approaching normal politics, the fact that TFG pardoned one person prior to their court case and then all the rest went to prison for the very same crimes would be an absolutely gigantic scandal. TFG would face ENDLESS questions about why he pardoned that one person, everybody would correctly assume it was some kind of investment in shutting that one person up … and Trump’s political future would be in the toilet because of his totally corrupt use of power."

lol.

Edited April 26, 2023 by Mark F

[Tracker]

4 hours ago, bustamente said:

Chief Justice refuses to testify before Senate committee, we will do whatever we want we are all powerful.

Reported today that Justice Neil Gorsuch was involved with property sales to a company that he adjudicated 22 cases on while on the Supreme Court bench.

[bustamente]

Sounds like mother allowed Mikey to testify

[Tracker]

40 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Sounds like mother allowed Mikey to testify

Better than having to visit him in the conjugal visitations unit.

[Tracker]

                                                      

[bustamente]

People want this POS as POTUS again, ha ha f n Americans

 

[bustamente]

Trump is trying to get the Republican lead house to stop the investigation into the documents that he stole. So to recap we have a multiple failed business man who been divorced may a time serial cheater, who stole classified documents, claimed in a audio tape that he could kiss any women and grab them by the p***y, called for an insurrection, wants to put enemies in jail, grifts constantly and he is going to be the nomination of the Republicans for President. 

[HardCoreBlue]

On 2023-04-26 at 3:12 PM, bustamente said:

Chief Justice refuses to testify before Senate committee, we will do whatever we want we are all powerful.

Rules for thee not for me.

[Tracker]

New Report Reveals Senate Republicans Hid Evidence In Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Investigation

In 2018, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) omitted key information from the committee’s report that cleared Brett Kavanaugh of the sexual assault allegations against him.

The Senate report claimed that Kavanaugh had been a victim of mistaken identity in the Deborah Ramirez allegation, but The Guardian found that the person who was blamed for the assault on Ramirez was a high school senior and not attending Yale at the time.

Via: The Guardian:

Instead, Smith said it was a fellow classmate named Jack Maxey, who was a member of Kavanaugh’s fraternity, who allegedly had a “reputation” for exposing himself, and had once done so at a party. To back his claim, Smith also attached a photograph of Maxey exposing himself in his fraternity’s 1988 yearbook picture.

The allegation that Ramirez was likely mistaken was included in the Senate committee’s final report even though Maxey – who was described but not named – was not attending Yale at the time of the alleged incident.

.Brett Kavanaugh is the poison fruit from a corrupted confirmation process. The FBI has since revealed that the investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh was a sham, with the Trump White House directing the FBI to forward tips about Kavanaugh’s behavior to them.

Edited April 28, 2023 by Tracker

[HardCoreBlue]

1 minute ago, Tracker said:

New Report Reveals Senate Republicans Hid Evidence In Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Investigation

In 2018, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) omitted key information from the committee’s report that cleared Brett Kavanaugh of the sexual assault allegations against him.

The Senate report claimed that Kavanaugh had been a victim of mistaken identity in the Deborah Ramirez allegation, but The Guardian found that the person who was blamed for the assault on Ramirez was a high school senior and not attending Yale at the time.

 

Via: The Guardian:

Instead, Smith said it was a fellow classmate named Jack Maxey, who was a member of Kavanaugh’s fraternity, who allegedly had a “reputation” for exposing himself, and had once done so at a party. To back his claim, Smith also attached a photograph of Maxey exposing himself in his fraternity’s 1988 yearbook picture.

The allegation that Ramirez was likely mistaken was included in the Senate committee’s final report even though Maxey – who was described but not named – was not attending Yale at the time of the alleged incident.

.Brett Kavanaugh is the poison fruit from a corrupted confirmation process. The FBI has since revealed that the investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh was a sham, with the Trump White House directing the FBI to forward tips about Kavanaugh’s behavior to them.

Q: Okay, now what?

A: Nothing.

[Mark F]

10 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Q: Okay, now what?

A: Nothing.

it is much easier to control an extremely compromised person like kavanaugh. 

 

Edited April 28, 2023 by Mark F

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/donald-trump-embraces-jan-6-defendant-wants-pence-executed-rcna81958

[Tracker]

3 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/donald-trump-embraces-jan-6-defendant-wants-pence-executed-rcna81958

Another bizarre performance by Trump. Apparently the GOP leadership has given up on trying to manage his public and social utterances as hid GOP followers worship him and nothing but nothing he says or does will shake their support. If you think this sounds like a cult following their messiah, you are correct.

[bustamente]

1 minute ago, Tracker said:

Another bizarre performance by Trump. Apparently the GOP leadership has given up on trying to manage his public and social utterances as hid GOP followers worship him and nothing but nothing he says or does will shake their support. If you think this sounds like a cult following their messiah, you are correct.

Saw her on tv, like many of his followers she's flat out looney tunes and he preys on people with mental deficiencies.  

[Mark F]

re bed bath beyond:

 

"Why do private equity firms succeed when the companies they buy so often fail? In part, it’s because firms are generally insulated from the consequences of their actions, and benefit from hard-fought tax benefits that allow many of their executives to often pay lower rates than you and I do. Together, this means that firms enjoy disproportionate benefits when their plans succeed, and suffer fewer consequences when they fail."

(can not link nyt article so here is a bit)

Why do private equity firms succeed when the companies they buy so often fail? In part, it’s because firms are generally insulated from the consequences of their actions, and benefit from hard-fought tax benefits that allow many of their executives to often pay lower rates than you and I do. Together, this means that firms enjoy disproportionate benefits when their plans succeed, and suffer fewer consequences when they fail.

Consider the case of the Carlyle Group and the nursing home chain HCR ManorCare. In 2007, Carlyle — a private equity firm now with $373 billion in assets under management — bought HCR ManorCare for a little over $6 billion, most of which was borrowed money that ManorCare, not Carlyle, would have to pay back. As the new owner, Carlyle sold nearly all of ManorCare’s real estate and quickly recovered its initial investment. This meant, however, that ManorCare was forced to pay nearly half a billion dollars a year in rent to occupy buildings it once owned. Carlyle also extracted over $80 million in transaction and advisory fees from the company it had just bought, draining ManorCare of money.

ManorCare soon instituted various cost-cutting programs and laid off hundreds of workers. Health code violations spiked. People suffered. The daughter of one resident told The Washington Postthat “my mom would call us every day crying when she was in there” and that “it was dirty — like a run-down motel. Roaches and ants all over the place.”

In 2018, ManorCare filed for bankruptcy, with over $7 billion in debt. But that was, in a sense, immaterial to Carlyle, which had already recovered the money it invested and made millions more in fees. "

legalized fraud.

Edited April 29, 2023 by Mark F

[HardCoreBlue]

2 hours ago, Mark F said:

re bed bath beyond:

 

"Why do private equity firms succeed when the companies they buy so often fail? In part, it’s because firms are generally insulated from the consequences of their actions, and benefit from hard-fought tax benefits that allow many of their executives to often pay lower rates than you and I do. Together, this means that firms enjoy disproportionate benefits when their plans succeed, and suffer fewer consequences when they fail."

(can not link nyt article so here is a bit)

Why do private equity firms succeed when the companies they buy so often fail? In part, it’s because firms are generally insulated from the consequences of their actions, and benefit from hard-fought tax benefits that allow many of their executives to often pay lower rates than you and I do. Together, this means that firms enjoy disproportionate benefits when their plans succeed, and suffer fewer consequences when they fail.

Consider the case of the Carlyle Group and the nursing home chain HCR ManorCare. In 2007, Carlyle — a private equity firm now with $373 billion in assets under management — bought HCR ManorCare for a little over $6 billion, most of which was borrowed money that ManorCare, not Carlyle, would have to pay back. As the new owner, Carlyle sold nearly all of ManorCare’s real estate and quickly recovered its initial investment. This meant, however, that ManorCare was forced to pay nearly half a billion dollars a year in rent to occupy buildings it once owned. Carlyle also extracted over $80 million in transaction and advisory fees from the company it had just bought, draining ManorCare of money.

ManorCare soon instituted various cost-cutting programs and laid off hundreds of workers. Health code violations spiked. People suffered. The daughter of one resident told The Washington Postthat “my mom would call us every day crying when she was in there” and that “it was dirty — like a run-down motel. Roaches and ants all over the place.”

In 2018, ManorCare filed for bankruptcy, with over $7 billion in debt. But that was, in a sense, immaterial to Carlyle, which had already recovered the money it invested and made millions more in fees. "

legalized fraud.

Huh capitalism at it’s finest met with the usual counter hey it’s better than any other model. 

[Mark F]

24 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Huh capitalism at it’s finest met with the usual counter hey it’s better than any other model. 

 

My theory is that most of the systems would work more or less ok, if they were uncorrupted by greed,

But that seems to be impossible for us humans.

Greed. going to be the end of us.  

 

Edited April 29, 2023 by Mark F

[Tracker]

13 minutes ago, Mark F said:

 

My theory is that most of the systems would work more or less ok, if they were uncorrupted by greed,

But that seems to be impossible for us humans.

Greed. going to be the end of us.  

 

I suggest that greed is as much a symptom as an independent phenomenon. We humans have long been afflicted with the desire to be greater than others. Money is simply a measuring stick.

[bustamente]

Trump's popularity has exposed that many Americans are mentally incompetent.

 

[HardCoreBlue]

8 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Trump's popularity has exposed that many Americans are mentally incompetent.

 

This is what some posters here support indirectly, ie supporting PP who is following trumps playbook to a tee producing people like ‘Mike’. But go ahead plug your nose, all will be good. 

[Tracker]

16 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Trump's popularity has exposed that many Americans are mentally incompetent.

 

This guy's mind is so open that his brain apparently fell out.

[HardCoreBlue]

7 minutes ago, Tracker said:

This guy's mind is so open that his brain apparently fell out.

We have our Canadian versions of Mikes  and Marcies as well. 
 

Mocking sane people with smiley emoticons while they punch into their keyboards Deep State, Bloated Government overreach, echo chambers, libtards, radical lefties-controlling us sheep, dictatorship, thought police, woke, antifa, corrupt, pandemic was a hoax, wake up why do you have to be so divisive, these are opinions facts just as valid as yours here look at these links I’m posting etc etc etc. Yup we should respect people like Mike in this video who is just offering another side can’t we just all get along.

If anything being Woke has actually helped create people like Mike as well because no one’s feelings are to be hurt.

[Tracker]

10 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

We have our Canadian versions of Mikes  and Marcies as well. 
 

Mocking sane people with smiley emoticons while they punch into their keyboards Deep State, Bloated Government overreach, echo chambers, libtards, radical lefties-controlling us sheep, dictatorship, thought police, woke, antifa, corrupt, pandemic was a hoax, wake up why do you have to be so divisive, these are opinions facts just as valid as yours here look at these links I’m posting etc etc etc. Yup we should respect people like Mike in this video who is just offering another side can’t we just all get along.

If anything being Woke has actually helped create people like Mike as well because no one’s feelings are to be hurt.

It seems to be an integral feature of humanity that there will always be those who choose to misuse and even abuse anything intended to be good and helpful to us- be it food, sexuality, religion, education and yes, even the internet. It has allowed feeble and diseased minds to congregate and exert disproportionate influences on each other and the societies they live in.  Some people in positions of power have learned to manipulate their followers to aggrandize themselves. It is the price of living  in societies.

[Mark F]

17 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Mocking sane people with smiley emoticons while they punch into their keyboards Deep State, Bloated Government overreach, echo chambers, libtards, radical lefties-controlling us sheep, dictatorship,

are you a Dylan fan?