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Post by NAS on Nov 13, 2016 1:07:05 GMT
I don't really care about much. Most won't affect me.
But the inheritance tax has to go!
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Post by badhabitude on Nov 13, 2016 1:37:27 GMT
I don't really care about much. Most won't affect me. But the inheritance tax has to go! My wife is an elder law paralegal, they have many very wealthy clients (Weston and Wellesley and lowlifes from Wayland and Sudbury). This inheritance tax you speak of applies to individuals with estates of $5.45 million or more, it doesn't affect a surviving spouse. And there are many many ways you can get around it. These are extremely wealthy people and very few have that much money. None of her clients pay it, and the lawyers say that only .2% of the population it - those who have the money but don't hire any lawyers for whatever reason to protect their estate. Plus she makes this argument, let's say you bought real estate in 1950 for 50 grand. Let's say today it's worth 10 million and you give it to your kids. It's a gift and the only thing that has to be paid is the tax on it, the kids aren't paying anything for the property itself.
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Post by badhabitude on Nov 13, 2016 1:46:28 GMT
I have a very conspiratorial and unprovable theory that the Democrats' reluctance to expand drilling is because the Saudis gave 25 million to the Clinton Foundation...but hopefully the industry stays stable. I'd like to see more development in areas like Idaho, North Dakota, Montana, etc. I swear the US is becoming like China, where 97 percent of the money is in the cities. Wait. Let us think and reason together, shall we? Let us suppose that this DID happen, ok? So now the Clinton foundation has 25 million and the Saudis have... a promise? What would prevent the Democrats from breaking their promise not to expand drilling? And the Clinton foundation is not the democratic party, for all the conspiracy theorists say that it is the Clintons alone who profit from the Clinton foundation.
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Post by kelvana33 on Nov 13, 2016 2:12:26 GMT
Awesome stuff about your parents Badhab. Same with my in laws, my father in law came from Sicily with nothing but the clothes on his back, worked 3 jobs at one point and bought a small house that he turned into a beautiful 2 floor house with his own hands and raised his 6 children there, 5 of them graduated college.
Those days when people came here, worked their tails off and made it for themselves. Now they come here with their hands out and our government gives it to them. Fuck them.
I get that. Yes, fuck them - EXCEPT - what are you going to do about them all? I see 2 choices, give them nothing and then you end up with countries like parts of Brazil and India where you have children swarming you in the streets lifting everything you got in your pockets. Then your job will be to swing a nightstick at those swarms of street kids and chase them from sewer cap to sewer cap where they live. Seriously, I saw a documentary about that about street kids in Brazil. And of course all of them spend any money they get on dope. OR You give handouts to these people and your job is what it is now. So which job would you like to have? It's a giant shit sandwich and you gotta take a bite, starting at one end or the other or the middle isn't going to make it any better. It's going to suck one way or the other. And that's the problem, and in my view last thing we need is more of them. I think the problem would have been worse under Hillary. I'd say, set up programs, identify them and help get them work. If they choose not to work, then I'd say cut them off. Hopefully Trump can create enough jobs where a lot of them can get a job.,
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Post by badhabitude on Nov 13, 2016 2:22:41 GMT
And that's the problem, and in my view last thing we need is more of them. I think the problem would have been worse under Hillary. I'd say, set up programs, identify them and help get them work. If they choose not to work, then I'd say cut them off. Hopefully Trump can create enough jobs where a lot of them can get a job., I wonder how many you could actually put to work. Unfortunately, I'm related to one of them and know another one. Disability because of psychological problems, they both voted Trump. Both say they would like to work, but can't because the system is rigged against them. Both are so fucked up I wouldn't trust them to rake my lawn. I imagine I would find them with the rake up their ass claiming they were assaulted by the thing. How to fix them? I'm afraid it would be more expensive than giving them workman's comp, they'd have to sent to some kind of special camp and weaned off of all the fucking prescription drugs the idiot shrinks give them and take their booze away.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 5:22:16 GMT
One thing is for sure in the post-mortem of this election: the American voter got treated like a piece of shit.
-Deplorables -Illegals -Mexican rapists and Syrian refugees -Uneducated whites -Coastal elites -Inner city denizens "living in hell"
You're a nobody if this election didn't try to insult your very identity.
But some of us, they can assume, are good people.
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Post by walktheline on Nov 15, 2016 10:50:06 GMT
One thing is for sure in the post-mortem of this election: the American voter got treated like a piece of shit. -Deplorables -Illegals -Mexican rapists and Syrian refugees -Uneducated whites -Coastal elites -Inner city denizens "living in hell" You're a nobody if this election didn't try to insult your very identity. But some of us, they can assume, are good people. I'm Caucasian criminal (rape) who dropped out of school in the 8th grade from Syria who snuck in to the US via Mexico (man, that was easy!) who lives in hardscrabble downtown Cambridge, MA. I'm a somebody! But I drew the line at being called a deplorable so yeah, screw Hillary.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 12:30:13 GMT
One thing is for sure in the post-mortem of this election: the American voter got treated like a piece of shit. -Deplorables -Illegals -Mexican rapists and Syrian refugees -Uneducated whites -Coastal elites -Inner city denizens "living in hell" You're a nobody if this election didn't try to insult your very identity. But some of us, they can assume, are good people. I'm Caucasian criminal (rape) who dropped out of school in the 8th grade from Syria who snuck in to the US via Mexico (man, that was easy!) who lives in hardscrabble downtown Cambridge, MA. I'm a somebody! But I drew the line at being called a deplorable so yeah, screw Hillary. We're all the bad guy, and we're going to be governed by a muchacho as bad as Razor Ramon. Someone get Trump a toothpick!
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Post by 50belowzero on Nov 15, 2016 14:53:02 GMT
We're all the bad guy, and we're going to be governed by a muchacho as bad as Razor Ramon. Someone get Trump a toothpick!
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Nov 15, 2016 17:22:03 GMT
"By Chris Rossini
When Trump supporters chanted "Drain The Swamp," one naturally comes to the conclusion that they were looking for a change. They wanted Trump to dismiss the failed ideas and political players who espoused them. This makes Donald Trump's selection of James Woolsey as a Senior Advisor on National Security look like a very curious move.
A few months ago The Intercept did a profile on Woolsey. Here are some key excerpts: Woolsey, who left the CIA in 1995, went on to become one of Washington’s most outspoken promoters of U.S. war in Iraq and the Middle East.
Aren't these the wars that Trump campaigned against?
Woolsey, by contrast, was a key member of the Project for the New American Century — a neoconservative think tank largely founded to encourage a second war with Iraq. Woolsey signed a letter in 1998 calling on Clinton to depose Saddam Hussein and only hours after the 9/11 attacks appeared on CNN and blamed the attacks on Iraq. Woolsey has continued to insist on such a connection despite the complete lack of evidence to support his argument. He also blames Iran.
Weeks before the invasion of Iraq, Woolsey called for broader war in the Middle East, saying “World War IV” was already underway. For a thorough look at the workings of the Project for the New American Century, please watch the incredible documentary by Robbie Martin titled A Very Heavy Agenda.
Woolsey has also put himself in a position to profit from the wars he has promoted. He has served as vice president of Pentagon contracting giant Booz Allen, and as chairman of Paladin Capital Group, a private equity fund that invests in national security and cybersecurity.
Didn't millions of Americans just watch Clinton Cash?
Woolsey has previously called for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to be “hanged by the neck until he’s dead, rather than merely electrocuted.” Such a statement needs no further comment, but without the heroic Wikileaks, and others who put their necks on the line to expose the Clinton machine, would Donald Trump have won the presidency?
If Americans wanted neocon advisors, they would have elected Hillary Clinton!"
Big changes...Big! Won't be long now to another drum beat for war.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2016 0:09:11 GMT
We're all the bad guy, and we're going to be governed by a muchacho as bad as Razor Ramon. Someone get Trump a toothpick! Trump is oooosing wit' mocheesmo
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2016 2:52:27 GMT
"By Chris Rossini When Trump supporters chanted "Drain The Swamp," one naturally comes to the conclusion that they were looking for a change. They wanted Trump to dismiss the failed ideas and political players who espoused them. This makes Donald Trump's selection of James Woolsey as a Senior Advisor on National Security look like a very curious move. A few months ago The Intercept did a profile on Woolsey. Here are some key excerpts: Woolsey, who left the CIA in 1995, went on to become one of Washington’s most outspoken promoters of U.S. war in Iraq and the Middle East. Aren't these the wars that Trump campaigned against? Woolsey, by contrast, was a key member of the Project for the New American Century — a neoconservative think tank largely founded to encourage a second war with Iraq. Woolsey signed a letter in 1998 calling on Clinton to depose Saddam Hussein and only hours after the 9/11 attacks appeared on CNN and blamed the attacks on Iraq. Woolsey has continued to insist on such a connection despite the complete lack of evidence to support his argument. He also blames Iran. Weeks before the invasion of Iraq, Woolsey called for broader war in the Middle East, saying “World War IV” was already underway. For a thorough look at the workings of the Project for the New American Century, please watch the incredible documentary by Robbie Martin titled A Very Heavy Agenda. Woolsey has also put himself in a position to profit from the wars he has promoted. He has served as vice president of Pentagon contracting giant Booz Allen, and as chairman of Paladin Capital Group, a private equity fund that invests in national security and cybersecurity. Didn't millions of Americans just watch Clinton Cash? Woolsey has previously called for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to be “hanged by the neck until he’s dead, rather than merely electrocuted.” Such a statement needs no further comment, but without the heroic Wikileaks, and others who put their necks on the line to expose the Clinton machine, would Donald Trump have won the presidency? If Americans wanted neocon advisors, they would have elected Hillary Clinton!" Big changes...Big! Won't be long now to another drum beat for war. The 21st century greatest hero! Now there's a leader the World needs! But, you get moron's like Woosley & Trump who are pissed off, because this guy has a soul, a conscience & a brain! Jealously is called a deadly sin for a reason.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 20:43:46 GMT
Here's a classic Intellectual Yet Idiot article. www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/08/a-new-theory-for-why-trump-voters-are-so-angry-that-actually-makes-sense/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_3_naHenryBowers can tell you why the Rust Belt voted Trump. Sure, his wife grew up in a suburb outside Flint giving him the inside track, but there's no need to think that hard. According to Bowers...Trump won because his policies appealed to those voters. There! I said it. Turns out, if you try to win the vote of a demographic, sometimes you do. Nobody has tried to win any part of the White vote for fifty years, so this is why people are so confused. But if you'd like, you can read the article anyways. It features the likely tax payer sponsored research from a Political "Scientist" that's schlepped all over the "dairy barns and diners of Wisconsin." This is what public money pays for in 2016. What a bunch of pukes. They should just come out and say it..."we're confused why you think what we told you not to think." The media and the academic establishment is basically sulking. They can read the writing on the wall. Their influence is waning. My theory is that these culturally elite types are afraid to come out and say that Obama sucks in fear of looking racist, which you would think is worse than being a pedofile these days. Superficially, that is the best reason for the GOP Wave. The Democrats have been bleeding seats at every level of government since 2010.
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Nov 18, 2016 21:57:05 GMT
You forgot Ken Blackwell as head of the domestic policy transition team. He is also just a peach....if you are anti-gay and anti-women's rights. Jeff Sessions will now over see constitutional rights of Americans. The man who thinks Jim Crow laws were good LoL Drain that Swamp, Don!
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Post by jmwalters on Nov 18, 2016 22:25:32 GMT
You forgot Ken Blackwell as head of the domestic policy transition team. He is also just a peach....if you are anti-gay and anti-women's rights. Jeff Sessions will now over see constitutional rights of Americans. The man who thinks Jim Crow laws were good LoL Drain that Swamp, Don! Ahh yes...Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions III of Alabama. They guy who thought grabbing women unwanted was no big deal and the confederacy was an ethically good state.....Truly a moral titan among mere mortals
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 22:40:50 GMT
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Nov 18, 2016 23:05:11 GMT
Jeff Sessions will now over see constitutional rights of Americans. The man who thinks Jim Crow laws were good LoL Drain that Swamp, Don! Ahh yes...Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions III of Alabama. They guy who thought grabbing women unwanted was no big deal and the confederacy was an ethically good state.....Truly a moral titan among mere mortals Reffered to the NAACP as un-american and that there is nothing wrong with throwing minorities off of voter rolls, in GA, NC and AL, and it really isn't true anyways becuase he could defenitely find voter fraud (never been found). I remember the beads of sweat coming off Sessions forhead, answering questions, during his failed attempt to become a federal judge. All new outsiders coming to Washington alright. EDIT: One hell of a prosecutor LoL PS. Trump University, with it's 98% approval rating, just settled it's NY lawsuit for $25M
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 2:38:13 GMT
Sessions is qualified. No amount of racialist half-truths will change that fact. These are non scandals from four decades ago based on hearsay. I really like Trump appointing Sessions and Breitbart Bannon. The Left can no longer play that card, and Trump plans on fighting the nonsense instead of the typical GOP Washington Generals routine.
And another thing-when are they going to put these riots down? Are we supposed to tolerate a perpetual state of mob indignation? I don't care what color they are, or how much they pay to go to school at State U. Enough is enough. Turn the fire hoses on these people if they won't disperse.
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Post by RichHillOntario on Nov 19, 2016 3:08:09 GMT
Sessions is qualified. No amount of racialist half-truths will change that fact. These are non scandals from four decades ago based on hearsay. I really like Trump appointing Sessions and Breitbart Bannon. The Left can no longer play that card, and Trump plans on fighting the nonsense instead of the typical GOP Washington Generals routine. And another thing-when are they going to put these riots down? Are we supposed to tolerate a perpetual state of mob indignation? I don't care what color they are, or how much they pay to go to school at State U. Enough is enough. Turn the fire hoses on these people if they won't disperse. Do you think this is equal parts Trump rewarding a hardline loyalist in Sessions with choosing someone seen by the President-elect to be simply capable of filling the role of Attorney General, henry?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 3:46:27 GMT
Sessions is qualified. No amount of racialist half-truths will change that fact. These are non scandals from four decades ago based on hearsay. I really like Trump appointing Sessions and Breitbart Bannon. The Left can no longer play that card, and Trump plans on fighting the nonsense instead of the typical GOP Washington Generals routine. And another thing-when are they going to put these riots down? Are we supposed to tolerate a perpetual state of mob indignation? I don't care what color they are, or how much they pay to go to school at State U. Enough is enough. Turn the fire hoses on these people if they won't disperse. Do you think this is equal parts Trump rewarding a hardline loyalist in Sessions with choosing someone seen by the President-elect to be simply capable of filling the role of Attorney General, henry? I think so. He has the qualifications, too. I can't see anybody serving in Trump's cabinet that isn't onboard with what Trump wants to do...he's too much of a narcissist. I'm okay with that, unless it turns into high level jobs for Trump sycophants like Corey Lewandowski as RNC chairman or Rudy as Secretary of State. This is a bit of Trump-ese if I've ever seen it: "The president-elect has been unbelievably impressed with Senator Sessions and his phenomenal record as Alabama’s attorney general and U.S. attorney,” a Trump transition statement released Thursday read. “It is no wonder the people of Alabama re-elected him without opposition.” What does it mean to be "unbelievable impressed?" Being impressed means you're taken aback by someone. Being "unbelievably impressed?" Did he fall out of his seat during lunch? Reminds me of that preposterous note from his Dr that said he was the healthiest candidate in history. I think the criticisms of Bannon and Sessions are unfair and ridiculous. They boil down to hearsay about supposed racial comments twenty years ago for Bannon (by his divorced wife) and thirty years ago for Sessions. The Democrats are really in for a long slog, especially if these Trumponomic policies work--and I think the will, but be a bubble--this kind of fake outrage reminds voters of the Religious Right, and they have 0 control over Washington. This and the riots are swan song stuff, especially considering the guy isn't even in office for another two months.
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Post by walktheline on Nov 19, 2016 13:49:19 GMT
Trump just doesn't care about blow-back or opposition opinion.
I'm not concerned about any of his picks, so far, anyway. Many of them won't be in those positions at the end of the term anyway. So far his cabinet looks like a mix of people who might not always agree. Cabinet meetings will look like FDR's which were known to be chaotic and contentious but typically came out well despite what appeared to be severe dysfunction. But it was not dysfunction, it was a planned strategy of not having a bunch of like-minded yes men running the show. Bannon and some of the others will be coming from a different hemisphere than Pence, Preibus, etc. I have no idea if Trump is smart enough to do this intentionally but it's shaping up that way.
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Nov 19, 2016 16:33:49 GMT
Do you think this is equal parts Trump rewarding a hardline loyalist in Sessions with choosing someone seen by the President-elect to be simply capable of filling the role of Attorney General, henry? The Senate declined to recommend him for a federal judgeship; he was only the second nominee it had spurned in nearly 50 years. As attorney general, Sessions would be in charge of enforcing federal civil rights law something he wants to scale back wildly and voting rights laws. He once said that Shelby County, Mississippi, "never" discriminated against black voters, while prosecuting black voting rights activists for mail fraud when they tried to mail absentee ballots on behalf of the elderly. He is a perfect schill for white power in the south. Making sure more poor people are thrown off voter rolls. Since gerrymandering has been seen in swing states as unlawful, the way they were drawn up red state legislatures, and cannot be used anymore. The GOP must stick to it's Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Ohio plans of keeping more poor minorities from voting. The GOP can lose the popular vote but keep their white power plans flowing.
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Post by NAS on Nov 19, 2016 17:08:55 GMT
Dear Trump Is The Devil Contunuous Posters,
It didn't work to keep him out. It won't work for force him out.
You lost. Suck it up.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 17:11:08 GMT
Do you think this is equal parts Trump rewarding a hardline loyalist in Sessions with choosing someone seen by the President-elect to be simply capable of filling the role of Attorney General, henry? The Senate declined to recommend him for a federal judgeship; he was only the second nominee it had spurned in nearly 50 years. As attorney general, Sessions would be in charge of enforcing federal civil rights law something he wants to scale back wildly and voting rights laws. He once said that Shelby County, Mississippi, "never" discriminated against black voters, while prosecuting black voting rights activists for mail fraud when they tried to mail absentee ballots on behalf of the elderly. He is a perfect schill for white power in the south. Making sure more poor people are thrown off voter rolls. Since gerrymandering has been seen in swing states as unlawful, the way they were drawn up red state legislatures, and cannot be used anymore. The GOP must stick to it's Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Ohio plans of keeping more poor minorities from voting. The GOP can lose the popular vote but keep their white power plans flowing. "Sessions would be in charge of enforcing federal civil rights law something he wants to scale back wildly and voting rights laws..." You can't find a source that supports this contention. The Left is trying to obfuscate Sessions' support for the 10th Amendment and States' rights with racism. GOP doesn't need to suppress votes...they've dominated every part of the political landscape since 2010.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 17:12:48 GMT
Dear Trump Is The Devil Contunuous Posters, It didn't work to keep him out. It won't work for force him out. You lost. Suck it up. Yeah, you're right. Why should I bother rationalizing with the losers? I would have a better chance explaining the Habs use of C-Forms among junior players to a Bruins' fan in 1986. They cheated! They're racists! Where's my subsidy and comfort doggy! Siren song of the Loser.
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