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Political Roundtable Part XXIII

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1961 » by Doug_Blew » Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:25 pm

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So glad we didn't elect Crooked Hillary. Lock Her Up!


Coincidently, deutsche banks are being raided today as well.

https://www.investmentweek.co.uk/investment-week/analysis/3062854/market-movers-blog-deutsche-shares-fall-after-offices-raided
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1962 » by dobrojim » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:04 pm

What's going to be interesting or maybe even fun to watch is how the pubs are going to explain
their complete lack of interest in finding any of this stuff out when they could have been doing
actual investigations and oversight the last 2 years.

The crimes basically amount to treason, selling out our country to a hostile foreign power so you
could personally make money (and then lying about it). What is likely to be sad to watch or listen
to are all the voters who will try to rationalize their support for someone they were widely advised
had 'issues' which should have precluded any thought that he should be POTUS.

Impeach, then indict!
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1963 » by Pointgod » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:23 pm

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So glad we didn't elect Crooked Hillary. Lock Her Up!


It’s simply amazing that same party who tried to convince the world that Hillary Clinton is a criminal elected a criminal, treasonous, grifter to represent the country. The Republican Party is a parody of itself.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1964 » by Pointgod » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:24 pm

dobrojim wrote:What's going to be interesting or maybe even fun to watch is how the pubs are going to explain
their complete lack of interest in finding any of this stuff out when they could have been doing
actual investigations and oversight the last 2 years.

The crimes basically amount to treason, selling out our country to a hostile foreign power so you
could personally make money (and then lying about it). What is likely to be sad to watch or listen
to are all the voters who will try to rationalize their support for someone they were widely advised
had 'issues' which should have precluded any thought that he should be POTUS.

Impeach, then indict!


Trumps no choir boy! Apparently he’s not a patriot either.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1965 » by Sedale Threatt » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:25 pm

Doug_Blew wrote:
gtn130 wrote:
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So glad we didn't elect Crooked Hillary. Lock Her Up!


Coincidently, deutsche banks are being raided today as well.

https://www.investmentweek.co.uk/investment-week/analysis/3062854/market-movers-blog-deutsche-shares-fall-after-offices-raided


And for those who haven't been keeping up, Deutsche Bank is Trump's main financial pipeline after US banks finally wised up and quit loaning him money. (Hey, it only took six bankruptcies!)

Deutsche Bank’s Troubles Are Donald Trump’s Troubles

The president has a long-standing business relationship and conflict of interest with a German banking giant often mired in scandal

When Trump nearly went personally bankrupt in the early 1990s, he left a handful of major U.S. banks on the hook for about $3.4 billion in loans he couldn't repay (and about $900 million of which he had personally guaranteed). Hotels, casinos, real estate, an airline and other parts of his debt-ridden portfolio went into bankruptcy protection. In the wake of that collapse, Trump became a pariah among major U.S. banks, and he had to find unique ways of lining up money for the infrequent and small-bore
deals he pursued thereafter. That left him borrowing money from labor unions and small, local lenders. Deutsche, keen at the time to make a name for itself in U.S. investment banking and commercial lending, was less hesitant to do business with Trump.

...

Deutsche's private banking arm has hung in there ever since, with Rosemary Vrablic as the Deutsche banker serving as Trump's primary liaison there. She also has helped Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and a White House adviser, as well as his mother, arrange multimillion-dollar loans and lines of credit at Deutsche. In recent years, Deutsche's private banking unit has loaned Trump money — about $300 million, according to Bloomberg News and Trump's government financial disclosure forms — for such projects as his Washington hotel and the Trump National Doral golf course.

What's likely now, however, is that Trump's dealings with Deutsche — which have represented, at a minimum, a serious and long-standing financial conflict for him given the influence he wields over law enforcement and financial regulation as president — are about to draw greater scrutiny.

The House Financial Services Committee, which Democrats will take control of in January, has the power to subpoena Deutsche for banking records and other information regarding its relationship with the president, the Trump Organization and the Kushner family. It seems almost certain that the committee will deploy that power — especially given the news that Deutsche has landed in the middle of yet another money-laundering probe.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1966 » by Sedale Threatt » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:30 pm

Pointgod wrote:
gtn130 wrote:
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So glad we didn't elect Crooked Hillary. Lock Her Up!


It’s simply amazing that same party who tried to convince the world that Hillary Clinton is a criminal elected a criminal, treasonous, grifter to represent the country. The Republican Party is a parody of itself.


It truly is remarkable. We had a dude on the CA board, Red Sox Fan, who was the embodiment of this. He'd rail about her, and yet when you'd bring up stuff like Trump U and his documented, decades-long history of ripping off contractors and banks he'd just shrug his shoulders and say that's how business was done in those particular fields. Like outright stealing from private citizens and small business men was just no big deal. We're all hypocrites to a certain degree, but this whole line of thinking is particularly egregious.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1967 » by Ruzious » Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:00 pm

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So glad we didn't elect Crooked Hillary. Lock Her Up!

I wish that was his income tax attorney. It sounds like it's just his property tax attorney. Still, it's certainly a story worth following.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1968 » by Sedale Threatt » Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:10 pm

Ruzious wrote:I wish that was his income tax attorney. It sounds like it's just his property tax attorney. Still, it's certainly a story worth following.


There's some mystery as to exactly how much dirt he's going to provide -- he could be merely corroborating Cohen rather than providing new information -- but the Trump Organization's CFO is on board in some capacity as well, and he's said to know pretty much everything. Between all of this and the bank records they'll have access to, we should get a pretty solid look at his financial picture. Yet ANOTHER norm the MAGA goons let him slide by becoming the first presidential candidate since it became common practice to refuse to release his tax returns.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1969 » by Pointgod » Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:05 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:
Pointgod wrote:
gtn130 wrote:
Read on Twitter


So glad we didn't elect Crooked Hillary. Lock Her Up!


It’s simply amazing that same party who tried to convince the world that Hillary Clinton is a criminal elected a criminal, treasonous, grifter to represent the country. The Republican Party is a parody of itself.


It truly is remarkable. We had a dude on the CA board, Red Sox Fan, who was the embodiment of this. He'd rail about her, and yet when you'd bring up stuff like Trump U and his documented, decades-long history of ripping off contractors and banks he'd just shrug his shoulders and say that's how business was done in those particular fields. Like outright stealing from private citizens and small business men was just no big deal. We're all hypocrites to a certain degree, but this whole line of thinking is particularly egregious.


Oh good old Soxfan also known as diet STD. It’s amazing how much Trump makes his most ardent defenders look like idiots. They keep face planting while defending Trump and the only thing they can say is “Thank you sir, may I have another.”
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1970 » by Wizardspride » Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:35 pm

Wizardspride wrote:A question for the hardcore Trump supporters (mainly SD20/Nate):


IF Trump perjured himself while answering Mueller's questions, does that change your opinion?


Just want to get everyone on the record.

I'd like a response to this please.

Thanks.

President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting Thursday and asked why the U.S. can't have more immigrants from Norway.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1971 » by Pointgod » Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:51 pm

Wizardspride wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:A question for the hardcore Trump supporters (mainly SD20/Nate):


IF Trump perjured himself while answering Mueller's questions, does that change your opinion?


Just want to get everyone on the record.

I'd like a response to this please.

Thanks.


Crickets.....,..
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1972 » by Wizardspride » Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:57 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1973 » by Pointgod » Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:03 pm

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And there’s the quid pro quo. The whole time we thought Russia was trying to help them win an election, meanwhile it just Trump selling out the country for his own personal gain?
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1974 » by Wizardspride » Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:33 pm

Pointgod wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:
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And there’s the quid pro quo. The whole time we thought Russia was trying to help them win an election, meanwhile it just Trump selling out the country for his own personal gain?

Read on Twitter
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President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting Thursday and asked why the U.S. can't have more immigrants from Norway.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1975 » by closg00 » Fri Nov 30, 2018 12:42 am

Sunk by Flake and Scott just now, thank God
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1976 » by JWizmentality » Fri Nov 30, 2018 12:43 am

A little late but reminiscing on when we had a real man for President. Lucky for anyone that got the chance to go. :D

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1977 » by Wizardspride » Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:12 am

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1978 » by Sedale Threatt » Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:52 am

lol, how dumb are these people? Like, do they read at all?
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1979 » by Pointgod » Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:01 am

Sedale Threatt wrote:lol, how dumb are these people? Like, do they read at all?


It’s not surprising when all these people read are right wing news sources. We even see evidence of this on our own boards. Speaking of which, I’d like to see what the CA board is looking like right now.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIII 

Post#1980 » by Sedale Threatt » Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:05 am

Pointgod wrote:
Sedale Threatt wrote:lol, how dumb are these people? Like, do they read at all?


It’s not surprising when all these people read are right wing news sources. We even see evidence of this on our own boards. Speaking of which, I’d like to see what the CA board is looking like right now.


Crickets from that crew. They're mostly freaking out over the caravan, which is seeking to infect the United States with communicable diseases and laziness. All as part of a Democrat-funded plot, of course.

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