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Post by weltschmerz on May 29, 2016 3:54:38 GMT -5
WASHINGTON — The congressman who represents Ground Zero wants Donald Trump to return the money he took from a post-9/11 recovery fund. Calling Trump a "small man," Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-Manhattan) rips Trump for taking $150,000 from a government fund aimed at keeping small businesses afloat after the 9/11 attacks in an open letter before saying the self-proclaimed billionaire should return the money or donate it to a 9/11 charity. www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/manhattan-rep-calls-trump-small-9-11-recovery-funds-article-1.2652310
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Post by Tennesseer on May 30, 2016 17:52:38 GMT -5
Trump Reaches Out to Veterans at ‘Rolling Thunder’ RallyMr. Trump seemed a bit disappointed with the turnout, which he said would have been larger if more people had been allowed to enter an area that had been fenced off around the Lincoln Memorial. “I thought it would be like Dr. Martin Luther King, with people lined up from here all the way to the Washington Monument,” he said. Trump Reaches Out to Veterans at ‘Rolling Thunder’ Rally Donald-if more people had come, they could always stand on the other side of the fence to hear you bloviate. And you are no Dr. Martin Luther King so get over yourself (if that is even possible).
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Post by djAdvocate on May 30, 2016 17:58:37 GMT -5
what is that rally name supposed to mean? sounds like a military operation.
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Post by tallguy on May 30, 2016 18:03:55 GMT -5
Bikers.
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Post by djAdvocate on May 30, 2016 18:08:11 GMT -5
f'realz? i mean, that sounds plausible.
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Post by Tennesseer on May 30, 2016 18:09:57 GMT -5
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Post by tallguy on May 30, 2016 18:13:49 GMT -5
f'realz? i mean, that sounds plausible. Yeah, I knew you knew that. I had intended to add this but didn't want to go back and edit.
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Post by djAdvocate on May 30, 2016 18:15:36 GMT -5
f'realz? i mean, that sounds plausible. Yeah, I knew you knew that. I had intended to add this but didn't want to go back and edit. you should work for the Onion. seriously, i have never heard of this. or if i have, i forgot. edit: Tenn- i wrote this post AFTER i read your link.
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Post by weltschmerz on May 30, 2016 21:01:51 GMT -5
Trump Reaches Out to Veterans at ‘Rolling Thunder’ RallyMr. Trump seemed a bit disappointed with the turnout, which he said would have been larger if more people had been allowed to enter an area that had been fenced off around the Lincoln Memorial. “I thought it would be like Dr. Martin Luther King, with people lined up from here all the way to the Washington Monument,” he said. Trump Reaches Out to Veterans at ‘Rolling Thunder’ Rally Donald-if more people had come, they could always stand on the other side of the fence to hear you bloviate. And you are no Dr. Martin Luther King so get over yourself (if that is even possible). Seriously? He compared himself to MLK? I can't say I'm surprised. What an ass.
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Post by zibazinski on May 31, 2016 5:02:06 GMT -5
What was he thinking? I wouldn't vote for anyone who thought MLK was a great man. MLK was no different than any other smooth talker. Pass right over his disgusting personal life because he talked "the talk." A black Clinton.
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Post by djAdvocate on May 31, 2016 15:41:34 GMT -5
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on May 31, 2016 16:29:16 GMT -5
Hey djAdvocate, slate.Com has an article on reading polls. Title is something about not panicking over them. I'll try to get a link in later.
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Post by happyhoix on Jun 1, 2016 6:59:00 GMT -5
So they finally released some sealed files about Trump University yesterday and - surprise surprise - the instructors 'hand picked' by Trump to teach the students about real estate deals were 1) not hired by Trump and 2) sometimes didn't know anything about real estate (one sold jewelry) but all of them were skilled at 'high pressure sales.' Good at convincing people to stick 35,000 bucks on credit cards in order to get the 'special' training course.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-trump-university-workers-call-the-school-a-%e2%80%98lie%e2%80%99-and-a-%e2%80%98scheme%e2%80%99-in-testimony/ar-BBtIXRt?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp
As an extra bonus, Trump publically went off on the judge overseeing this case (because the Judge decided to release these records) calling him a Mexican, when in fact, the judge is from Indiana, but has a Mexican heritage. So I guess he could also call me a drunken Irish whore, since my ancestors got run out of Ireland in 1670.
So, we get to pick between the woman who, as secretary of State, had a private server for her personal emails but might have overlapped the private and the job related emails on that server, which could have been a security breech, and a guy who uses his name and high pressure sales men to sell steaks and suits and property and courses at a bogus educational facility and who routinely insults - well, pretty much everyone.
How the hell did we get into this position.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 7:06:45 GMT -5
Son gets to vote this fall as he turns 18 just before the election. He has been very... THIS is the first election I get to vote in? Seriously?
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jun 1, 2016 8:03:56 GMT -5
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Post by happyhoix on Jun 1, 2016 8:33:08 GMT -5
Son gets to vote this fall as he turns 18 just before the election. He has been very... THIS is the first election I get to vote in? Seriously? Almost seems like rather than everyone going to vote we ought to decide the winner through mud wrestling or a corn hole competition.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 1, 2016 8:40:24 GMT -5
So they finally released some sealed files about Trump University yesterday and - surprise surprise - the instructors 'hand picked' by Trump to teach the students about real estate deals were 1) not hired by Trump and 2) sometimes didn't know anything about real estate (one sold jewelry) but all of them were skilled at 'high pressure sales.' Good at convincing people to stick 35,000 bucks on credit cards in order to get the 'special' training course.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-trump-university-workers-call-the-school-a-%e2%80%98lie%e2%80%99-and-a-%e2%80%98scheme%e2%80%99-in-testimony/ar-BBtIXRt?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp
As an extra bonus, Trump publically went off on the judge overseeing this case (because the Judge decided to release these records) calling him a Mexican, when in fact, the judge is from Indiana, but has a Mexican heritage. So I guess he could also call me a drunken Irish whore, since my ancestors got run out of Ireland in 1670.
So, we get to pick between the woman who, as secretary of State, had a private server for her personal emails but might have overlapped the private and the job related emails on that server, which could have been a security breech, and a guy who uses his name and high pressure sales men to sell steaks and suits and property and courses at a bogus educational facility and who routinely insults - well, pretty much everyone.
How the hell did we get into this position.
Isn't that what Trump has been his whole life, even this campaign season-a high pressure huckster salesman?
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Post by resolution on Jun 1, 2016 8:58:28 GMT -5
Son gets to vote this fall as he turns 18 just before the election. He has been very... THIS is the first election I get to vote in? Seriously? Almost seems like rather than everyone going to vote we ought to decide the winner through mud wrestling or a corn hole competition.
Cow pie bingo would be good.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 1, 2016 10:33:38 GMT -5
So they finally released some sealed files about Trump University yesterday and - surprise surprise - the instructors 'hand picked' by Trump to teach the students about real estate deals were 1) not hired by Trump and 2) sometimes didn't know anything about real estate (one sold jewelry) but all of them were skilled at 'high pressure sales.' Good at convincing people to stick 35,000 bucks on credit cards in order to get the 'special' training course.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-trump-university-workers-call-the-school-a-%e2%80%98lie%e2%80%99-and-a-%e2%80%98scheme%e2%80%99-in-testimony/ar-BBtIXRt?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp
As an extra bonus, Trump publically went off on the judge overseeing this case (because the Judge decided to release these records) calling him a Mexican, when in fact, the judge is from Indiana, but has a Mexican heritage. So I guess he could also call me a drunken Irish whore, since my ancestors got run out of Ireland in 1670.
So, we get to pick between the woman who, as secretary of State, had a private server for her personal emails but might have overlapped the private and the job related emails on that server, which could have been a security breech, and a guy who uses his name and high pressure sales men to sell steaks and suits and property and courses at a bogus educational facility and who routinely insults - well, pretty much everyone.
How the hell did we get into this position.
or more aptly, how did HE get into this position? bizarre.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 1, 2016 10:36:11 GMT -5
Hey djAdvocate , slate.Com has an article on reading polls. Title is something about not panicking over them. I'll try to get a link in later. i have been reading the polls, and i am not worried, yet. just watching. i know you didn't mean that comment for me. i will read this article later. thanks for posting.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 1, 2016 10:55:22 GMT -5
LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—The theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking angered supporters of Donald J. Trump on Monday by responding to a question about the billionaire with a baffling array of long words. Speaking to a television interviewer in London, Hawking called Trump “a demagogue who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator,” a statement that many Trump supporters believed was intentionally designed to confuse them. Moments after Hawking made the remark, Google reported a sharp increase in searches for the terms “demagogue,” “denominator,” and “Stephen Hawking.” “For a so-called genius, this was an epic fail,” Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said. “If Professor Hawking wants to do some damage, maybe he should try talking in English next time. Later in the day, Hawking attempted to clarify his remark about the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, telling a reporter, “Trump bad man. Real bad man.” www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/stephen-hawking-angers-trump-supporters-with-baffling-array-of-long-words
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 12:36:20 GMT -5
Y'all kind of scaring me here.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 1, 2016 12:40:16 GMT -5
Y'all kind of scaring me here. why? i guessed correctly. (post 3124)
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 1, 2016 12:44:16 GMT -5
If Professor Hawking wants to do some damage, maybe he should try talking in English next time.
Later in the day, Hawking attempted to clarify his remark about the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, telling a reporter, “Trump bad man. Real bad man.”
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 12:44:53 GMT -5
Y'all kind of scaring me here. why? i guessed correctly. (post 3124) Saying "sounds like" isn't knowing.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 1, 2016 13:57:30 GMT -5
If Professor Hawking wants to do some damage, maybe he should try talking in English next time.
Later in the day, Hawking attempted to clarify his remark about the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, telling a reporter, “Trump bad man. Real bad man.”
Well, Trump DID say he loves the poorly-educated.....
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