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Dr Believe truly you are the best, all thanks to you forever<br />Nitish Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635701932421156767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-34809583198228542832019-05-13T08:33:29.243-04:002019-05-13T08:33:29.243-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.shivanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970605093493785286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12693490083735037692019-05-12T20:38:19.997-04:002019-05-12T20:38:19.997-04:00Stalin did not have talking points, he presided ov...Stalin did not have talking points, he presided over a system of state capitalism with hierarchic authoritarianism.<br /><br />Marxism is about diminishing hierarchies, particularly in the workplace. Stick with it, the drums will kick in.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw4lqwh5c1g" rel="nofollow">Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow</a><br /><br />Bernie released ten years of tax returns, he was not hiding anything.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-32359941835710266142019-05-12T17:42:49.159-04:002019-05-12T17:42:49.159-04:00The Art of the Deal came out in 1987 which was dir...The Art of the Deal came out in 1987 which was directly in this period, so no the country didn't know he was losing money during the entirety of this period. In point of fact he wrote an entire book claiming the opposite. Also for many of mere financial mortals it is quite possible to have to pay taxes despite having lost money in the course of a year a problem made worse by Trump's tax bill. Say you own a 200,000 house and it gets destroyed in a disaster that the government doesn't declare. If you make say 50k that year you will pay taxes on that 50k despite having lost 200k. dschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731685222080864289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64773281557447724072019-05-12T12:45:08.979-04:002019-05-12T12:45:08.979-04:00CNN calling Trump a fraud isn't necessarily hy...CNN calling Trump a fraud isn't necessarily hyperbole ,but it's probably bad journalism in the sense of context. The Times article didn't prove that Trump committed tax fraud,but there's a huge amount evidence of different types of fraud.This article in Fortune is one many examples. http://fortune.com/2018/04/20/trump-lied-wealth-forbes-400-list/David Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516363943041552545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-3925698930438620392019-05-12T10:21:24.503-04:002019-05-12T10:21:24.503-04:00This all begs the question, what was Bernie hiding...This all begs the question, what was Bernie hiding?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-8342719567044060392019-05-12T07:43:07.352-04:002019-05-12T07:43:07.352-04:00" do you really not see the embarrassment of ..." do you really not see the embarrassment of talking the way Bernie does about economic disparities while being himself a millionaire?"<br /><br />Engels was a millionaire. <br /><br />I love it when dembots start spewing stalinist talking points. <br /><br />Yeah, and what about the psycho-witch and her hubby Bubba, with their $200 million net worth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55515084935680045512019-05-12T06:19:59.165-04:002019-05-12T06:19:59.165-04:00There are many qualifiers to unreasonable search a...There are many qualifiers to unreasonable search and seizure and surely we are all familiar with how low the bar is, the reasonable in reasonable suspicion is pretty broad, for example.<br /><br />Some think it is their duty to complain, without realizing no problem is being solved, they are just stuck in a psychocognitive prison. Constantly complaining, often over nugatory matters, can suggest a disorder related to compulsive thoughts and/or nefarious intentions. This will fall on deaf ears to those not open to seeking help.<br /><br />Trump misled, saying "I will absolutely give my return, but I'm being audited now for two or three years, so I can't do it until the audit is finished, obviously."<br /><br />There is historical context to the issue of releasing tax returns, they have not always been private, currently there are qualifiers, and indeed legally Trump is compelled to release them, although he is fighting this.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-20/trump-s-taxes-1924-law-gives-congress-authority-to-see-returns" rel="nofollow">Bloomberg: Trump’s Taxes Are Fair Game</a><br /><br />CMike, good quote from FDR, a decent communicator, one could learn from, were one open to such things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-72433149818911600512019-05-12T04:46:52.798-04:002019-05-12T04:46:52.798-04:00I kikka your ass.I kikka your ass.deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-17246031825013203432019-05-12T04:08:10.434-04:002019-05-12T04:08:10.434-04:00...continued
Surely 5:04 PM remembers that greate...<i>...continued</i><br /><br />Surely 5:04 PM remembers that greatest of all American social democrats, Franklin Roosevelt, had inherited his own share of a great family fortune. At the 1936 Democratic National Convention Roosevelt remained so unembarrassed by his personal financial circumstances he, yet again, declared his unequivocal solidarity with the working class:<br /><br /><i>For too many of us the political equality we once had won was meaningless in the face of economic inequality. A small group had concentrated into their own hands an almost complete control over other people’s property, other people’s money, other people’s labor—other people’s lives.<br /><br />For too many of us life was no longer free; liberty no longer real; men could no longer follow the pursuit of happiness.<br /><br />Against economic tyranny such as this, the American citizen could appeal only to the organized power of Government. The collapse of 1929 showed up the despotism for what it was. The election of 1932 was the people’s mandate to end it. Under that mandate it is being ended....<br /><br />Today we stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and-half affair. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place.<br /><br />These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power.<br /><br />In vain they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.</i>CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-9162393869234940492019-05-12T04:02:10.068-04:002019-05-12T04:02:10.068-04:00"[D]o you really not see the embarrassment of..."[D]o you really not see the embarrassment of talking the way Bernie does about economic disparities while being himself a millionaire?," asks the bitter 5:04 PM.<br /><br />The obvious answer is, "Of course not." First, Sanders talks of millionaires <i>*and*</i> billionaires. In doing so it's obvious to me he's not suggesting people with a million dollars or five million dollars are the people who are corrupting our political process. <br /><br />Here's some simple enough math to help anyone follow along- one billion is one thousand million. People with thousands of millions of dollars may share a special interest with people who have hundreds of millions of dollars, or even as few as fifty or seventy-five million dollars. However, the fantastically rich should hardly be seen as having anything much in common with someone who has fewer millions than can be counted on one hand let alone with someone who, in his seventies, has finally amassed assets totaling all of two or three million dollars, liquid and residential property combined. <br /><br />Second, and more importantly, Sanders believes that the power of government can be used for good, that systemic solutions, which only a government can provide, are what is needed to address inequities that have prevailed in American society now for decades. Sanders is not proposing the volunteerism of a George H. W. Bush:<br /><br /><i>The old solution, the old way, was to think that public money alone could end these problems. But we have learned that is not so. And in any case, our funds are low. We have a deficit to bring down. We have more will than wallet; but will is what we need....<br /><br />I am speaking of a new engagement in the lives of others, a new activism, hands-on and involved, that gets the job done. We must bring in the generations, harnessing the unused talent of the elderly and the unfocused energy of the young....<br /><br />I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good. We will work hand in hand, encouraging, sometimes leading, sometimes being led, rewarding. We will work on this in the White House, in the Cabinet agencies. I will go to the people and the programs that are the brighter points of light, and I will ask every member of my government to become involved.<br /><br />The old ideas are new again because they are not old, they are timeless: duty, sacrifice, commitment, and a patriotism that finds its expression in taking part and pitching in.</i><br /><br />That's not the Sanders plan. He isn't calling for millionaires and billionaires to give away their money to good causes. Sanders' call is for fundamental shifts in government fiscal, labor, healthcare, and environmental policies to create a more perfect union than the one we have now.<br /><br /><i>continued...</i>CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81196424695409148642019-05-12T01:49:13.913-04:002019-05-12T01:49:13.913-04:005:04 PM writes:
Calling me a dead-ender makes no ...5:04 PM writes:<br /><br /><i>Calling me a dead-ender makes no sense, since Clinton is not running again. Given Bernie's behavior in 2015-16, I would never vote for him, even if he were the nominee against Trump.</i><br /><br />My bad, what was I thinking? You're no dead-ender. You are, obviously, someone who has moved on.CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-17728808632899318102019-05-12T01:02:13.013-04:002019-05-12T01:02:13.013-04:00If there is anyone who knows about the establishme...If there is anyone who knows about the establishment paying folks to glorify Trump, it's Mao. <br />Reading something in a book is one thing, living it is another.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-90558508764573947492019-05-12T00:19:46.696-04:002019-05-12T00:19:46.696-04:00Trump's taxes are not private because he is a ...<i>Trump's taxes are not private because he is a public figure and the head of our government.</i><br /><br />Nope:<br /><br /><quote src=“26USC§7213”><br />It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the United States … or any former officer or employee, willfully to disclose to any person, except as authorized in this title, any return or return information …. Any violation of this paragraph shall be a felony punishable upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution, and if such offense is committed by any officer or employee of the United States, he shall, in addition to any other punishment, be dismissed from office or discharged from employment upon conviction for such offense.<br /></quote><br /><br />There's a long list of authorized exceptions, but they all apply to officials of the guv in performance of their duties.<br /><br /><i>He should have disclosed them during the election, as every other candidate did (except Bernie Sanders -- what does that say about Bernie?). </i><br /><br />Yup. But there’s no law requiring disclosure. And Bernie was never a candidate for President<br /><br /><i>Criminals do not have the right to argue that investigations into their crimes constitute an invasion of their privacy.</i><br /><br />Nope:<br /><br /><quote src=“United States Constitution, 4th Amendment”><br />The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated….<br /></quote><br /><br />Even criminals have the right to argue that investigations into their crimes have not been conducted within the law.<br /><br /><i>A tax return is not private. It is a public document….</i><br /><br />Nope. See above<br /><br /><i>just like a driver's license is not private,</i><br /><br />Not in my state, Illinois:<br /><br /><quote src=“625ILCS5/6-117”><br />The Secretary of State shall also maintain or contract to maintain appropriate records of all photographs and signatures obtained in the process of issuing any driver's license, permit, or identification card. The record shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except to those entities listed under Section 6-110.1 of this Code. <br />&lt/quote><br /><br />The exceptions are the person owning the license, the Secretary of State’s office (which issues licenses), law enforcement officials, the state board of elections. The Secretary of State may authorize other “entities,” but that doesn’t include you or me.<br /><br /><i>a birth certificate is not private.</i><br /><br />Not in my state, Illinois:<br /><br />Only the following can get an Illiinois birth certificate:<br /><br /><reference src=“410ILCS535/25”><br />(a) a court<br />(b) adults requesting their own, or their parents and legal representatives, or someone having a genealogical interest; or<br />(c) the guv in all its manifestations<br /></reference><br /><br />Genealogical interest requests will be honored only for births 75 years before the request is made.deadrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828198094140822987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-42336461086087745492019-05-11T21:43:36.757-04:002019-05-11T21:43:36.757-04:00I think you need to re-examine your position.I think you need to re-examine your position.deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-79981340896918978532019-05-11T20:06:18.083-04:002019-05-11T20:06:18.083-04:00I supported Hillary in 2016 and at the time I was ...I supported Hillary in 2016 and at the time I was irritated at the way Bernie supporters disparaged Hillary. Now I think Bernie is the best candidate with the best policies. I am not aware that his tax returns reveal anything of concern other than that he donated proceeds from his book to charity. Charities are, for the most part, scams.<br /><br />Bernie supports higher taxes on the wealthy, that is a good policy to deal with economic disparities, I see no reason for embarrassment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-77713672424821236592019-05-11T18:50:15.596-04:002019-05-11T18:50:15.596-04:00TDH quotes Carlson unquestioningly and without con...TDH quotes Carlson unquestioningly and without context "When he launched his reality show, The Apprentice".<br /><br />Trump did not launch the reality show, The Apprentice, he was hired by the producer that created the show. Other personalities were approached, Trump was the one "bottom-feeder" desperate enough to sell himself in such a manner.<br /><br />Trump was fired from the reality show after he made inaccurate and bigoted remarks about Mexican immigrants.<br /><br />Trump started reporting massive financial losses in 1985. His businesses went bankrupt multiple times throughout the 90s and 2000s. Not only was Trump perhaps the worst businessman in history, his taxes likely indicate fraud of various kinds, this is just one of the reasons why Trump is being investigated by several state and federal agencies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-18347369855426635562019-05-11T17:43:37.323-04:002019-05-11T17:43:37.323-04:00"There's too much of an emotional investm..."There's too much of an emotional investment by journalists in Trump."<br /><br />Nonsense. The phenomenon is of the entirely institutional nature. The establishment journos do their job, they do exactly what they are paid to do. In this case: to lie, mislead, smear, demonize. <br /><br />If tomorrow they're told to glorify him, they'll switch to doing that, without skipping a beat. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43555682855090800562019-05-11T17:04:22.412-04:002019-05-11T17:04:22.412-04:00CMike, do you really not see the embarrassment of ...CMike, do you really not see the embarrassment of talking the way Bernie does about economic disparities while being himself a millionaire?<br /><br />Bernie was presumably not a millionaire in 2016 because it was before his book came out, however, his wife was having difficulties related to her employment that might have made release of his returns problematic. We cannot know because he chose not to release his returns, despite being asked to do so during the primaries -- when it was him and Hillary running head to head, he was not part of a large field the way the Republicans were.<br /><br />Sanders of course must release them now because of the fuss being made about Trump's returns. It is now a campaign issue, not simply a norm he chose to ignore last time around.<br /><br />Why on earth shouldn't we be bitter about the way the election was stolen from Clinton? This is unprecedented, involved illegalities for which Trump may be impeached, and was certainly not fair to Clinton, Democrats or the American people. Calling me a dead-ender makes no sense, since Clinton is not running again. Given Bernie's behavior in 2015-16, I would never vote for him, even if he were the nominee against Trump. Other countries are looking pretty good to me now the US is becoming a banana republic. Sanders cannot claim transparency now, as if he never withheld his returns in 2016. <br /><br />It is a joke to claim his returns wouldn't have hurt his chances, since he had no chances in 2016. He was not even close in the primaries. And if you want to see bitter, just tap a bro. They are working their magic again, ensuring that whoever the Democrats run will be less effective in the general election, cause if Bernie can't win no Democrat will be allowed to either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1542639843192215532019-05-11T16:40:28.511-04:002019-05-11T16:40:28.511-04:00Bob Woodward has stated it several times: "Th...Bob Woodward has stated it several times: "There's too much of an emotional investment by journalists in Trump." Too many of them simply cannot keep their personal hatred of the man - a sentiment which I understand - out of their reporting. Not only can't they keep it out, it's clear that CNN in particular encourages it. Zucker is clearly encouraging this type of coverage. As the saying goes, Trump brings out the worst in people. Journalists are near the top of that list. Steve M. Galbraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728237625873443198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-65210813040800531592019-05-11T16:21:42.012-04:002019-05-11T16:21:42.012-04:00Bernie Sanders has released ten years of his tax r...Bernie Sanders has released ten years of his tax returns <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bernie-sanders-releases-10-years-of-tax-returns-revealing-550000-in-2018-income-2019-04-15" rel="nofollow"><b>LINK</b></a>. What 2:12 PM, a bitter Hillary dead-ender, was trying to say is that Sanders should have released his tax returns during the 2016 primary season. However, for instance, even though they were the last two Republican candidates to withdraw from their party's presidential nomination battle in 2016, Kasich and Cruz, also, never released theirs.<br /><br />In any event, the public has had copies of Sanders' tax filings since April 15 and clearly there is nothing in them that would have hurt his chances in 2016. CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-8092360723255139662019-05-11T15:36:03.295-04:002019-05-11T15:36:03.295-04:00"Your readers will thrash about, looking for ..."Your readers will thrash about, looking for ways to insist that you're silly and wrong."<br /><br />Welcome to the Internet, Bob. Would you like a cookie?Bob’s Readers, Thrashing Aboutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26997048959805894062019-05-11T14:25:21.827-04:002019-05-11T14:25:21.827-04:002:15,
Ha ha. With one-liners like that, it's ...2:15,<br />Ha ha. With one-liners like that, it's no wonder you are known as the funniest guy in 2nd grade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-5634881052893251242019-05-11T14:21:46.532-04:002019-05-11T14:21:46.532-04:00He did do something wrong.He did do something wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-72029977743282416942019-05-11T14:21:42.915-04:002019-05-11T14:21:42.915-04:00Agreed 2:06. You'd have to be a moron to thin...Agreed 2:06. You'd have to be a moron to think Trump could turn a profit. <br />The only smart thing Trump ever did is run as a Republican. Those shit for brains will fall for anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com