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Old 9th July 2017, 07:56 AM   #401
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Originally Posted by jimbob View Post
The journalist is definitely right of centre as well
That's an understatement.

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America’s freedom of speech was its achilles heel. Critical theorists were given university pulpits and a constitutionally ordained right to preach, grinding its foundation stones to dust. Since 1933 they have been hellbent on destroying the village to save it.
Surprised he isn't pro-Trump.
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Old 9th July 2017, 08:13 AM   #402
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Originally Posted by jimbob View Post
The journalist is definitely right of centre as well
That is Australian right of center. Probably makes him a librul in USA politics.
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Old 9th July 2017, 09:18 AM   #403
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'Natch.

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Reporting by McClatchy, including nearly 20 interviews and hundreds of pages of documents — some from litigation involving Trump and his businesses — shows that the president put in place unusual policies that allowed him to keep the high one-time fees charged to new members and put language in his club rules that allowed him to spend the money on anything he wanted.

“It’s definitely unusual,” said Jay Karen, CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association, who has been in the golf club business for two decades. “It certainly reflects a clever and shrewd way to raise capital.”
Grifters gonna grift.
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Old 9th July 2017, 11:13 AM   #404
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Originally Posted by Stacko View Post
That's an understatement.



Surprised he isn't pro-Trump.
The article is behind a paywall -- are you referring to the Australian TV journalist in the video, Chris Uhlmann, or to the guy who tweeted the video, Amarnath Amarasingam?
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Old 9th July 2017, 11:14 AM   #405
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The article is behind a paywall -- are you referring to the Australian TV journalist in the video, Chris Uhlmann, or to the guy who tweeted the video, Amarnath Amarasingam?
Chris Uhlmann.

ETA: The article wasn't behind a paywall earlier today. I guess they don't want people seeing now.

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Old 9th July 2017, 11:20 AM   #406
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Originally Posted by Stacko View Post
Chris Uhlmann.

ETA: The article wasn't behind a paywall earlier today. I guess they don't want people seeing now.
Yeah, I found another reference (and critique) at the Guardian.
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Old 9th July 2017, 11:27 AM   #407
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"Trump stands up to Soros-funded globalist banksters."

That would be bad news for the American taxpayer considering that Mexico has said it will not pay for Trump's wall.
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Old 9th July 2017, 11:55 AM   #408
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President Trump makes millions from giant Brooklyn housing complex that faces annual HUD inspections for falling score
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President Trump nets millions of dollars each year from a huge Brooklyn apartment complex that’s been racking up increasingly dismal inspection scores from the federal government, documents show.

And the complex known as Starrett City in East New York is about to be inspected again, but this time — for the first time — by his administration.

Trump, who holds a 4% stake in Starrett City via a revocable trust, reported the complex generated at least $5 million in income for him last year through April 15, according to financial disclosure forms he filed last week.

Starrett City, a sprawling complex of 46 buildings and 5,881 apartments that sits far out in Brooklyn on the edge of the Belt Parkway, is the nation’s biggest federally subsidized apartment development.
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Old 9th July 2017, 12:51 PM   #409
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That would be bad news for the American taxpayer considering that Mexico has said it will not pay for Trump's wall.
Come on dude, it's going to be a solar wall, didn't you hear? Best idea ever! Mexico is going to pay for it by buying all that electricity. I know it's hard to keep up with all the brilliant stuff Trump is coming up with, but you have to know about the solar wall.
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Old 9th July 2017, 01:14 PM   #410
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Come on dude, it's going to be a solar wall, didn't you hear? Best idea ever! Mexico is going to pay for it by buying all that electricity. I know it's hard to keep up with all the brilliant stuff Trump is coming up with, but you have to know about the solar wall.

I doubt it because it is a joke. The way the current wall has been breached by thousands of people, chances are the solar panels will somehow turn up missing.
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Old 9th July 2017, 01:50 PM   #411
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I doubt it because it is a joke. The way the current wall has been breached by thousands of people, chances are the solar panels will somehow turn up missing.
My favourite thing this year is Trump supporters cheering that idea of the solar wall. Not only are they cheering a terrible, unfeasible idea (doubly so, the wall itself is a stupid idea) but leave it to the far-right to consider eve nsolar power a partisan issue: as soon as Trump supports it, it's good.
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Old 9th July 2017, 04:39 PM   #412
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Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger View Post
Sonething is wrong with the numbers in that link or something is wrong at HUD. If Cheeto Dust owns 4% and nets "at least" $5 million annually, that means the profits for everyone is $125 million. Using 5,881 apartments as the source of income, that means each apartment generates over $21,500 in net profit annually.

Sumpin' ain't right.
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Old 9th July 2017, 04:56 PM   #413
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Originally Posted by SezMe View Post
Sonething is wrong with the numbers in that link or something is wrong at HUD. If Cheeto Dust owns 4% and nets "at least" $5 million annually, that means the profits for everyone is $125 million. Using 5,881 apartments as the source of income, that means each apartment generates over $21,500 in net profit annually.

Sumpin' ain't right.
I would not be surprised to find the numbers off by a large margin. Makes a better headline. But the fact remains there is a serious conflict of interest here.
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Chris Uhlmann.

ETA: The article wasn't behind a paywall earlier today. I guess they don't want people seeing now.
They let you see the link once. Then it is paywalled automatically. It happens with all their links. It means they appear in Google searches but still get to ask people to pay if the link is shared.
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Old 9th July 2017, 08:16 PM   #415
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Open an incognito window if you are using Chrome and you can get past the paywalls.
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Is Trump forgiving the Russians for meddling in our 2016 presidential election as he considers returning Russia's twin spy nest back to the Russians as he diminishes America's leadership standing in the world???


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Pres. Trump Says U.S. Must Move Beyond Election Controversy

In a Sunday tweetstorm, the president said he had expressed his opinion to Russian President Vladimir Putin on allegations regarding Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election but that it was now time to move on.

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Old 9th July 2017, 09:22 PM   #417
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Is Trump forgiving the Russians for meddling in our 2016 presidential election as he considers returning Russia's twin spy nest back to the Russians as he diminishes America's leadership standing in the world???
Trump is kind and forgiving. Must take all of his heart to forgive the Russians for maybe... possibly... potentially... having something to do with the alleged hacking of his opponent during the election and assisting him in being elected.
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Old 9th July 2017, 11:23 PM   #418
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Trump is 100% correct. Since Vlad assured Trump that he did not meddle in our elections, there is no reason to continue to investigate. After all, Capone told the public how innocent he was and nothing came of that either.
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Old 10th July 2017, 04:13 AM   #419
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Ya, I believe the extra Hillary votes all came from California. Means nothing so don't worry, you didn't miss anything. Remember, most people on the forum think Cali is bat-guano crazy, so why they care about what Cali wants is anyone's guess.
They are probably not even white, and so shouldn't be voting anyway.
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They are probably not even white, and so shouldn't be voting anyway.
I doubt his claim that most people in the forum think California is bat-guano crazy. Also, I don't like his redundant phrasing. I wonder if he likes to mouth-eat bovine-beef with a container-cup of soda-Coke.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but is not Trump still a civilian?

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Civilian?
What does Trump think he is now?
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Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza View Post
Civilian?
What does Trump think he is now?
Great General?
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie B View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is not Trump still a civilian?

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza View Post
Civilian?
What does Trump think he is now?
A politician (which is why he put civilian in quotes).


edited to add.....

But I'm pretty sure that from President Trump's point of view, Republicans are "we" and not "they".

Maybe he's distancing himself from this healthcare deal the virtues of which he was recently extolling.

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Great General?
Funny.

Generalissimo came to my mind as well!
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Perhaps he wants to be Gadaffi?
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie B View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is not Trump still a civilian?

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4217/...af02657bfc.jpg
While nearly everything the beast does and says is wrong, using the scare quotes like this is an indicator that one is not using the enclosed word/phrase in its most standard fashion (which in this case would be to distinguish between military and non-military), so there's little wrong with it.
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Has Trump learned that by putting words in scare quotes it leaves them open to virtually any interpretation?
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Has Trump learned that by putting words in scare quotes it leaves them open to virtually any interpretation?
Everything it says is already open to virtually any interpretation given that it lies like other creatures breathe.
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Has Trump learned that by putting words in scare quotes it leaves them open to virtually any interpretation?
It's fairly obvious that Trump learns very little from anything he does.
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Has Trump learned that by putting words in scare quotes it leaves them open to virtually any interpretation?
Anything and everything Trump writes or says is open to any interpretation whatsoever. Please do keep up.
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie B View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is not Trump still a civilian?

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4217/...af02657bfc.jpg
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Civilian?
What does Trump think he is now?
I'm giving him a break on that one. He just meant he wasn't part of the government.
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Anything and everything Trump writes or says is open to any interpretation whatsoever. Please do keep up.
I believe the standard justification of Trump is:
Trump says exactly what he means except when he says something he doesn't really mean.
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie B View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is not Trump still a civilian?
Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza View Post
Civilian?
What does Trump think he is now?
He's the C-in-C so he thinks his **** don't stink any more.
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It's fairly obvious that Trump learns very little from anything he does.
I dunno. He seems to have the marriage-divorce cycle down pat.
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie B View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is not Trump still a civilian?

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4217/...af02657bfc.jpg
I believe the phrase he was failing to think of there was 'private citizen'.
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I dunno. He seems to have the marriage-divorce cycle down pat.
I think that would go along with not learning.
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Trump, the fake president, isolated.

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Europe Pushes Ahead Its Agenda Without Trump After G-20



LONDON — When President Donald Trump returned from his second trip to Europe in as many months, he presented his visit to the Group of 20 meeting in Hamburg as a "great success."

The outlook from this side of the Atlantic, however, was less enthusiastic, with Europeans viewing the American president as more isolated than ever.

“Generally, Trump didn’t impress very many leaders on European side,” said Susi Dennison, director of the European Power program at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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He's the C-in-C so he thinks his **** don't stink any more.
Wrong. It never did, just ask him.
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Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza View Post
Civilian?
What does Trump think he is now?
When he uses inverted commas it means you can't interpret the word the same way as you'd usually interpret the word. It means something like the word he used, but different somehow, and he's not quite sure how.

tl;dr Trump's an idiot and doesn't understand stuff.

It's not difficult for us to understand what he means.
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