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FEB 15, 12:05 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
President Trump's public-facing side (remarks in front of microphones, "tweets", ...) is not what I would expect from the President who would be recorded in future history as the President that exposed (or started to expose) the Deep State. |
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It is exactly what I would expect.
It is the deep state concept itself that cannot abide the light of day, transparency or public discourse.
Keeping everything behind closed doors with a 'good ol boy wink wink nod nod' is why Americans have such a deep mistrust of govt and politicians and it has gone on for way too long.
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Fats
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FEB 15, 12:34 PM
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Ya know Rinse, I don't hate you at all. But I find your posts to just be a large mental masturbation. I try to read them, I think they may be interesting, but then you start talking in circles and I lose interest.
Are you capable of just answering anything without going into the history of some bullshit you just googled?
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FEB 15, 02:32 PM
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Yes.
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At least (this) once.
I try to throw in an occasional "straight" message without any wrinkles, like that Cavendish banana (wrinkle.)
Maybe it's been too long since I put out one of those.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 02-15-2020).]
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blackrams
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FEB 15, 02:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
Yes.
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At least (this) once.
I try to throw in an occasional "straight" message without any wrinkles, like that Cavendish banana (wrinkle.)
Maybe it's been too long since I put out one of those.
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Maybe?  [This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 02-15-2020).]
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williegoat
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FEB 15, 05:30 PM
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randye
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FEB 15, 05:33 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
Yes.
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At least (this) once.
I try to throw in an occasional "straight" message without any wrinkles, like that Cavendish banana (wrinkle.)
Maybe it's been too long since I put out one of those.
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https://summit.news/2020/02...th-a-mental-illness/
GET HELP RONALD[This message has been edited by randye (edited 02-15-2020).]
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randye
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FEB 15, 06:35 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Hudini:
Does it seem as if the Never-Trumpers don't like him because he fights back? Or is it simply another excuse to not like someone who isn't on their team? |
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The "Never-Trumpers" don't really have a problem with President Trump's ideology or especially his money.
Their problem is that they are old establishment Republicans and RINOs, (members of the "elite political country club") and they see the President much the same as Rodney Dangerfield in the movie Caddyshack:
[This message has been edited by randye (edited 02-15-2020).]
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Fats
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FEB 16, 12:03 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
Yes.
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I try to throw in an occasional "straight" message without any wrinkles, like that Cavendish banana (wrinkle.)
Maybe it's been too long since I put out one of those.
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Thanks man. I appreciate your differing views, but it was getting, um, tedious.
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rinselberg
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FEB 16, 11:17 AM
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"Trump’s banana republic: Police state for the poor, free pass for president’s pals and the rich"
Will Bunch for the Philadelphia Inquirer; February 13, 2020.
Page link:
https://www.inquirer.com/op...unions-20200213.html
Who could have seen that one coming?
Having been drawn in by the odd juxtaposition of "banana" with the columnist's surname (Bunch) I read through the column, and one part in particular caught my attention:
| quote | In a major investigative piece that got buried in the rubble of Trump’s assault on democracy and the New Hampshire primary, the Huffington Post’s Michael Hobbes found that punishment of white-collar crime has plummeted to unthinkable depths during the current administration.
Hobbes found that such prosecutions are at their lowest since tracking began in 1998 and that criminal penalties imposed by the Justice Department plummeted from $3.6 billion in 2015 to a paltry $110 million last year, with a similar slump from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that regulates Wall Street. The piece also notes: “In 2018, a year when nearly 19,000 people were sentenced in federal court for drug crimes alone, prosecutors convicted just 37 corporate criminals who worked at firms with more than 50 employees.” |
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There is a connection between that and a previous message in this discussion, about the prosecution of Roger Stone and the Roger Stone sentencing guidelines, vs recent prosecutions and sentences imposed on white collar criminals.
The "Bunch" column references another recent (and longer) writeup from Michael Hobbes, senior reporter for the Huffington Post:
"The Golden Age of White Collar Crime"
| quote | | Elite lawbreaking is out of control. This is the grotesque story of an existential threat to American society. |
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Michael Hobbes for the Huffington Post; February 10, 2020.
https://www.huffpost.com/hi...lar-crime/text-only/
As you navigate your way through this forum, think of "rinselberg" as a GPS feature that highlights (with Internet page links) destinations of possible interest along your route.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 02-16-2020).]
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