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Vanity Fair got a copy of POTUS's prenup with Marla Maples (spoilers: he was a cheap bastard who didn't want to pay much child support) professor zovek Jun 04, 15:41

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you. Next you'll blow us away and reveal he's thin skinned? {nm} forlorne Jun 05, 07:39

He could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and you would still vote for him, amirite? {nm} Antibody Jun 05, 10:09

look, they don't agree with him as a person, just everything he does as president {nm} professor zovek Jun 05, 10:32

I didn't vote for him. I am just a fan of accuracy. {nm} forlorne Jun 06, 07:02

Real liberal agenda exposed:Politico-How Legal Weed Is Killing America’s Most Famous Marijuana Farmers forlorne Jun 04, 12:44

What liberal agenda? Blame the Fed government for not allowing bank accounts/loans. Big corporate farms dominate EVERY Antibody Jun 04, 13:24

Ha ha THAT'S what you think the problem is? They only need the loans because Cal. is regulating/permitting them out of business. forlorne Jun 04, 13:26

At current rate, illegal immigrants that are being caught will add 2 congressional districts/year & equivalent of an additional top 10 city forlorne Jun 04, 12:39

Someone has to pick vegetables, clean toliets and do jobs no else wants to do. {nm} Antibody Jun 04, 13:12

...depress wages, suck up precious public resources, be exploited, support cartels & corrupt Mexican police, traffic children... {nm} sentinel423 Jun 04, 13:16

BTW, I hire people to do housekeeping & do personal care for dependent seniors. People DO want those jobs legally. sentinel423 Jun 04, 13:19

Few Americans are willing do pick vegetables and pack meat at any wage. They are mostly filled by foreigners. {nm} Antibody Jun 04, 13:26

I was hoping you were being sarcastic. Wow, you're in favor of semi-slave labor...and its self-evident nonsense that n one here legally forlorne Jun 04, 13:30

You've heard of Cesar Chavez, right? See what he had to say about illegal labor... {nm} forlorne Jun 04, 13:31

If congress would do its job, they could set up LEGAL ways for people to come here and do those jobs, and we would know who is here. forlorne Jun 04, 13:32

No, give them legal stauts. Instead of Trump's "points" system that only bring in rich and educated immigrants. {nm} Antibody Jun 04, 13:37

Would you pay $50/lb for meat? {nm} Antibody Jun 04, 13:32

DL: Soleil Moon Frye set to reprise her role as Punky Brewster (Whatever happen to the Blossom reboot?) Antibody Jun 04, 10:46

It failed to blossom. {nm} DTravel Jun 04, 16:25

Chernobyl was great (the HBO show, not the event). Mazin on viewers' reactions professor zovek Jun 04, 07:22

ive got the rest of the week of free hbo trial (so i could watch deadwood) not one single show or movie looks good to me, but maybe try this {nm} islndr Jun 04, 10:06

it's pretty bleak overall but fascinating (Europe basically dodged at environmental bullet to a degree that remains unappreciated i think) {nm} professor zovek Jun 04, 10:49

Ken Jennings jeopardy record is safe mike255 Jun 03, 20:51

Yale physicists have figured out how to catch and save Schrödinger's cat Antibody Jun 03, 15:56

*salivates* {nm} Pavlov's Dog Jun 03, 18:06

:-) {nm} PhoneHome Jun 04, 06:38

Apple to replace iTunes with Apple Music, Apple TV and Apple Podcasts. Antibody Jun 03, 12:10

Please 'splain your logic: The same people who say tariffs are a tax on individuals because companies will just pass them on forlorne Jun 03, 11:08

You think they use logic? {nm} PhoneHome Jun 03, 11:16

There's nothing illogical about companies doing what's best for itself and its shareholders. {nm} Antibody Jun 03, 11:32

surely consumer prices have fallen dramatically in the past year, what with all of these newly-undertaxed companies passing on the savings professor zovek Jun 03, 11:37

Let's hope not. Deflation is far worse than inflation. {nm} PhoneHome Jun 03, 11:53

That was never a goal of reducing taxes. It will help maintain prices in a period where there will be upward pressure on wages due to low PhoneHome Jun 03, 12:04

Companies are mainly using their tax reductions to buy back stock and options... Lukasck Jun 03, 13:31

That's quite simplistic, but why do you believe stock buyback is inherently bad? The other thing y'all are missing is maybe no one pays forlorne Jun 03, 13:55

Where did I say buyback is bad??? I'm just saying corporations are using their tax reductions to buy back stock and options... Lukasck Jun 03, 14:26

Also funny that you say tariffs are just passed on to consumers, then gripe that corporations don't pay enough taxes. forlorne Jun 03, 14:00

What's funny is you coming up with these false equivalence. {nm} Antibody Jun 03, 14:17

What specifically is false about them? Corporations pass on tariffs to consumers (true unless they find a different source), yet forlorne Jun 04, 09:59

Corporate taxes are on companies' profits. They don't give their extra profits to consumers. What's the contradiction? {nm} Antibody Jun 04, 10:26

King in the North Barack Obama gets standing ovation, "MVP!" chants at the Raptors-Warriors game in Toronto professor zovek Jun 02, 21:30

POTUS to be greeted by hundreds of thousands of protesters in streets of London (and worse), empty streets on his own parade route #WompWomp professor zovek Jun 03, 11:01

All foreign countries loved Obama. Just like Grandma. Gives you candy, looks the other way when you steal cookies out of the jar. {nm} PhoneHome Jun 04, 05:30

"Americans rank Obama as the best president of their lifetimes" professor zovek Jun 04, 07:04

. . . a pushover, always believes your lies. Now that the parent is home, "But Grandma always let us get away with it!" {nm} PhoneHome Jun 04, 05:32

YouTube, google, Snapchat, gmail are down mike255 Jun 02, 15:37

corporations screwed US taxpayers out of an extra $91b in revenue in 2018 under the GOP tax scam bill professor zovek Jun 01, 15:39

"corporations lowered their effective tax rate to just 7% — the lowest since 1947" {nm} professor zovek Jun 01, 15:39

Yes, Captain Obvious, the tax rate was lowered on business. And it was a roaring success! More people are working, the economy is booming! {nm} PhoneHome Jun 02, 04:12

Obama could have said, more people are working than ever before in 2014, 2015 and 2016. More people are working than ever before tatoufan Jun 02, 07:36

But Obama could not say fewer people are unemployed than in the last 49 years. No trick wording needed. The economy is booming, period. {nm} PhoneHome Jun 02, 07:54

I said, Obama could have said, more people are working than ever before in 2014, 2015 and 2016 (because it was true). tatoufan Jun 02, 08:33

I think the trade wars will eventually force better deals for the US and provide security for a strong US economy for years to come. {nm} PhoneHome Jun 03, 07:31

lol {nm} professor zovek Jun 03, 10:55

but all the supply-side bull**** that GOP's been peddling for 50 years says that if you lower rates, tax revenues will actually increase professor zovek Jun 02, 08:51

Business investments happened during the year. Employment went up during the year. No time to see full affect. Tax cut was immediate. PhoneHome Jun 02, 09:27

the federal deficit has exploded since the GOP tax scam because it blew a hole in revenues, just like Kansas professor zovek Jun 02, 09:35

Making it up as you go. Simply untrue. 4% increase compared to Obama 9.8%, 8.6, 8.3, 6.7%. That was explode. 2018 Highest tax revenue ever. {nm} PhoneHome Jun 02, 22:38

Deficit by year including Obama super-explosion years PhoneHome Jun 03, 05:54

From 1980 to 90 revenues doubled. Again from 1990 to 2000. From 2006 to 2016 they went up <40%. {nm} forlorne Jun 03, 14:07

Obama could have said, "more people are working than ever before in 2014, 2015 and 2016." Since it was true. tatoufan Jun 02, 07:38

correct. the job gains started in 2010 and have increased steadily ever since. like his daddy's tax fraud money, POTUS just inherited them professor zovek Jun 02, 08:49

Yep, he's a fraud. And can't take all the credit for job growth. {nm} tatoufan Jun 02, 09:12

It's clear this is personal for you and I actually get that. Trump is an egotistical a$$. But the policy is sound. It has, and will continue PhoneHome Jun 02, 09:29

Tax revs may be huge in 2019, but corporations will pass on their tax burden to consumers who will foot the bill. {nm} tatoufan Jun 02, 09:59

Historically in the US higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations have lead to (inside) DTravel Jun 02, 10:44

Personal? not here. {nm} tatoufan Jun 02, 12:04

11 dead, 6 injured in the latest US shooting massacre (today it was Virginia Beach's turn) professor zovek May 31, 16:12

now 12. thanks, NRA {nm} professor zovek May 31, 19:47

Woohoo, another tax on US consumers. Trump to impose 5% tariff on all Mexican imports, that'll rise up to 25 percent on October 1, 2019. Antibody May 30, 17:08

Trump steel tariffs are depressing prices and paralyzing the market professor zovek May 30, 17:23

also, on the same day he's triggered congressional action on his new dumb NAFTA reboot. bold strategy, Cotton! professor zovek May 30, 22:17

I thought he would wait for the new freetrade accord (can't remember the name...) to be signed before he start this game again... Lukasck May 31, 07:23

he knows Nancy's never going to let it pass the House {nm} professor zovek May 31, 11:42

also, when he needs a distraction from impeachment talk he just throws **** like this against the wall {nm} professor zovek May 31, 14:15

True... {nm} Lukasck May 31, 15:55

Or just when he's distracted. DTravel May 31, 15:58

What was on Fox news 10 minutes before the original announcement? {nm} Lukasck Jun 04, 10:55

This is not about trade. This is about a tax we all pay every day by allowing thousands of unknown people to run across our border forlorne Jun 03, 11:10

Your answer to thousands of unknown people from all over the world coming illegally into our country every day is ____? {nm} forlorne Jun 03, 11:11

NYT: new docs reveal GOP's gerrymander guru also behind the party's drive to rig the 2020 census against Democrats professor zovek May 30, 09:01

"Rig the census"? Are you seriously contending "are you a citizen"? is somehow rigging it? Synonyms: forlorne May 30, 12:26

Having the question "Are you a citizen?" on the Census in the current political climate discourages people from participating. DTravel May 30, 12:45

Under counting undocumented people would "misrepresent" the actual population living in the United Sates. {nm} Antibody May 30, 13:05

Illegal aliens are foreign nationals. Their representation is their consulate, not the Congress. Thus they do not need to be counted Nobody May 30, 15:54

"counting the whole number of persons in each State" which includes women, children, permanent residents and undocumented residents. {nm} Antibody May 30, 17:23

There ARE other categories besides "Citizen" and "Illegal" you know. There are a lot of non-citizens in the US legally DTravel May 30, 20:56

Finding out how many there are is a legitimate public interest. And it does dilute the votes of every citizen when people here illegally forlorne May 31, 07:40

If that is your primary concern then adding a citizenship question to the Census is counter-productive. {nm} DTravel May 31, 10:24

So asking if someone is a citizen is COUNTERPRODUCTIVE to finding out how many people aren't citizens? By forlorne Jun 03, 10:38

the Constitution doesn't limit the mandated census to counting "citizens." just the actual population professor zovek May 30, 13:39

But the 14th amendment section 2 describes Representatives for Citizens. Thus Representatives are apportioned in Article 2 for Citizens Nobody May 30, 15:48

I meant Article 1 section 2, not Article 2, in the second sentence {nm} Nobody May 30, 16:02

Not the only reason for the Census. {nm} DTravel May 30, 20:57

Also, "new docs" reveal no such thing, all they reveal is that he once wrote about it before he died. {nm} forlorne May 31, 07:48

Two POTUS flunkies lied about Hoeffler's involvement in the census process to conceal the White House's true intent from the courts professor zovek May 31, 08:48

Windows 11 is coming soon. Microsoft lie he said windows 10 last operation system ever mike255 May 30, 08:50

Trump admits Russian helped him get elected. "I had nothing to do with Russia helping me get elected" Antibody May 30, 08:41

White House forced US Navy to move USS John McCain out of the bone-spur draft dodger's sight during this week's state visit to Japan professor zovek May 29, 20:10

What a little man, a little soul... {nm} Lukasck May 30, 07:27

Is it still Mueller Time? Pepe_Nolan May 29, 08:55

"If we had confidence Trump did not commit a crime, we would have said so" {nm} Antibody May 30, 08:48

It is not the job of a special prosecutor to determine if someone DID NOT commit a crime. Those are weasel words {nm} Nobody May 30, 15:58

(indepdenent) Congressional Research Service confirms that GOP tax scam bill hasn't delivered any of the promised economic benefits professor zovek May 28, 17:48

"Instead, companies used large portions of the tax cut to buy back stocks" {nm} professor zovek May 28, 17:49

The economy is booming! The unemployment rate is lowest in 49 years. The economy is so heated up, the Fed is trying to control the growth. {nm} PhoneHome May 29, 07:39

You can say the sky isn't blue all you want, but anybody can step outside and see (without a research lab telling them that it's yellow). PhoneHome May 29, 07:44

"the tax cuts cost more than they benefitted" ha ha ha, tax cuts don't "cost" anything. Its MY money, allowing me to keep some forlorne May 29, 12:06

start by not giving $107 million/year to the obviously useless Congressional research service {nm} forlorne May 29, 12:08

A pittance amount compared to the Estimated U.S. military spending $989 billion. {nm} Antibody May 29, 13:26

Agree that should be cut also, but there is no "pittance" when you are coercively confiscating my family's money forlorne May 29, 14:20

the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution lawfully imposes a federal income tax. nothing is being coercively confiscated from anyone {nm} professor zovek May 29, 15:31

it is being LAWFULLY confiscated by coercive means i.e. the threat of fines & jail. Confiscate: take or seize (someone's property) with auth forlorne May 30, 09:11

no, that's just a law. you can choose to obey laws or not, that's on you. and in fact the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment requires professor zovek May 30, 10:39

So I really have a choice whether to pay my taxes? If I don't, any assets I have will be confiscated And/or I will be jailed. Its a simple forlorne May 30, 12:32

you have a choice whether to obey the law or not, just like everyone else who doesn't evade taxes through loopholes and shelters for the 1% {nm} professor zovek May 30, 13:37

Sigh. You stated "nothing is coercively being confiscated from anyone". That's wrong according to the definition of those 2 words. {nm} forlorne May 31, 07:47