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Post trump Legal Actions, Including his Enablers
billvon replied to Phil1111's topic in Speakers Corner
Even if they are in the form of investments (stocks, bonds, equity funds etc.) the bank will always give you a loan against them. It's zero risk free money for them. They get interest, and if you default, they sell your investments to recoup their costs. -
Right wingers when prices are high: "No one will ever spend that much money on these overpriced go-karts! They are worthless!" Right wingers when prices are low: "See? They are not worth anything. They are worthless!"
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Much to the dismay of conservatives who have tried to claim the "Biden economy" is failing, it's doing pretty well. From Reuters: =============================================== US economy on firmer footing heading into first quarter By Lucia Mutikani February 28, 2024 Real gross domestic product, or real GDP, grew at an annualized rate of 2.4%. That advance estimate for the second quarter beat the 1.8% increase expected. The estimate is above the 2.0% annualized rate in the first quarter. WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter was lowered slightly, but its composition was much stronger than initially thought, which bodes well for the near-term outlook even as activity got off to a weak start because of freezing temperatures. The Commerce Department's slight downward revision to gross domestic product growth on Wednesday reflected a downgrade to inventory investment. There were upgrades to consumer spending, state and local government investment as well as residential and business outlays. The economy has defied dire warnings of a recession after the Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates to tame inflation, thanks to a tight labor market that is keeping wages elevated and supporting consumer spending. ================================================= I guess republicans can keep praying for it to fail, but the economy seems to be a Biden supporter these days.
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Up next - Conservatives realize that EVs can go up to 100mph - and if you crash at 100mph you will DIE! EV's are DEATH TRAPS that can travel at UNSAFE SPEEDS and KILL YOUR KIDS!! Stick with gas cars!
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Nonsense! Exxon told him that gas cars don't weigh anything, don't use "break" pads and don't require any metals, minerals or plastics in their manufacture.
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So Trump used to oppose Beijing-owned Tiktok because of the the threat to national security. The could collect data (according to him) and "this data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information — potentially allowing China to track the locations of federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage." Well as someone who is so opposed to Chinese control of US media, that makes sense. But he also needs money. And so he met with republican megadonor Jeff Yass. His company, Susquehanna International Group, has a 15% stake in ByteDance - the company that owns TikTok. And no word on how much money Yass promised him for his services, but suddenly he is 100% in support of Tiktok. "Frankly, there are a lot of people on TikTok that love it. There are a lot of young kids on TikTok who will go crazy without it. There are a lot of users, a lot of good.” And he said Tiktok was important as an alternate to Facebook, since he "consider[s] Facebook to be an enemy of the American people." I wonder how much that cost?
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Post trump Legal Actions, Including his Enablers
billvon replied to Phil1111's topic in Speakers Corner
So after trying (and failing) to impeach Biden, republicans are now trying another strategy - making criminal referrals to the DOJ. This means basically suggesting "hey why don't you investigate this Biden guy and charge him with something." Given that even the Biden-hating House republicans can't find anything to impeach him for (which has a far lower bar than an indictment) odds of success are between slim and none. So why try? Apparently James Comer, chairman of the Oversight Committee, had a chance meeting with Trump, and came away with this plan. So it's likely coming from Trump as a way for republicans to "save face" and make it look like they are doing something. And, of course, give Trump some ammunition for more attacks on Biden. -
"Just how stupid can people be?" There's no limit. For every Andy Viterbi or Andrea Ghez out there, there's a guy with an IQ on the other side of the curve. There are people who honestly believe that the Earth is flat, that the Earth is 6000 years old and that God decides who wins the Superbowl.
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He very much did. Being nonreligious, being a serial divorcer and and being a sort of a grope-y (and downright rape-y) guy, he was having trouble courting the evangelical vote. Pence absolutely helped with that.
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This could be even dumber than your post about how the Shockley-Quessier effect means that solar will never work. Because it implies that gas cars have neither brakes (not "breaks") nor tires. And that regen braking causes brake dust. And that gas cars have regen braking that is less stressed. You'd have to be a regular FOX News consumer to believe any of that.
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Biden is likely to outlive Trump, although both are likely to survive another four years. Biden's odds are 95.2%; Trump's odds are 90.3%. This is based on their age, their (visible) health profile and their family history. Trump, for example, has a family history of Alzheimer's; Biden does not. (In fact, Trump mocked and derided his father when he began to show signs of Alzheimer's.) This is based on just what we know publicly. If either candidate has significant additional medical problems that they have not disclosed, that estimate would go down. It is notable that Trump said this a few years back: “You always have to talk about health. You look like you’re in good health, but tomorrow, you get a letter from a doctor saying come see me again. That’s not good when they use the word again.” Thus there's a good likelihood that Trump has other health issues. https://today.uic.edu/new-study-finds-biden-trump-both-likely-to-be-super-agers/
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Post trump Legal Actions, Including his Enablers
billvon replied to Phil1111's topic in Speakers Corner
The Stormy Daniels trial is coming up in two weeks. Trump has tried every trick in the book to delay it, but this time the judge is having none of his shenanigans. This trial is potentially far more damaging to him than the rape trial, because this is a criminal trial with jail time associated with it. There are 34 counts of business fraud, all class E felonies (the lowest level of felony in NY.) To prove it, the prosecution has to prove that he committed fraud (which is very likely, since Cohen was found guilty of the same crime, and Trump was labeled an "unindicted co-conspirator") and that it was committed to support another crime (specifically, campaign finance crimes.) Since it's a state crime, he cannot pardon himself for it. He's tried to get it moved to a federal court for that reason - but failed. He can't legitimately claim he never met Daniels before (as he did with Carroll) but he is claiming that he never had sex with her. But the hush money is fairly hard to explain otherwise. Trump has of course thrown his lawyer Michael Cohen under the bus by saying he had no idea what the money was for, but his signature is going to be difficult to explain away. And it looks like this isn't the only hush-money payment he's made, which makes an argument "but I wasn't aware of THIS one" harder to make. Overall it's probably the lowest penalty of any of the felonies he is facing - most class E felonies don't result in jail time unless there are additional charges. But going into an election as a convicted felon is something Trump wants to avoid at all costs, because it gives Biden a two-word response to any attacks about how Biden part of a "crime family." -
Different origins - but both those classes sound like they have very similar grievances. Loss of status.
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No need for a magic wand. Airdvr doubted Biden would make it another 4 years. You said he's healthy so why wouldn't he? Go.
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I think you replied to the wrong person here.