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Some "important" WH press briefing with Huckabee-Sanders supposedly about to start soon-ish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGIKUGq9SA0
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God drat it reality stop being so on the nose.  https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/998919472567275520/photo/1
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:God drat it reality stop being so on the nose. lmao e:helping hand, i guess? 
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May 22, 2018 20:37
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:God drat it reality stop being so on the nose. Looks like someone found Melania's escape tunnel.
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May 22, 2018 20:46
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Jokers Gamble posted:Looks like someone found Melania's escape tunnel. Poor woman never did understand engineering.
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May 22, 2018 20:55
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Zeroisanumber posted:Poor woman never did understand engineering. Oh, that explains the hospital stay.
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May 22, 2018 21:14
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It doesn't seem like a good thing when your business partner pleads guilty to tax fraud to avoid prison time and agrees to testify against you. https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/999034003020746752 https://twitter.com/LauraLitvan/status/999033697021124608 quote:Mr. Freidman, who was disbarred earlier this month, had been accused of failing to pay more than $5 million in taxes and faced four counts of criminal tax fraud and one of grand larceny — all B felonies. Each carries a maximum prison sentence of up to 25 years in prison. Edit: Bonus! This was a state charge, unpardonable. facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 22:25 on May 22, 2018 |
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May 22, 2018 22:10
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Pruitt had an EPA presser. Multiple news outlets were kicked out by security or denied entry at the door, just by pure coincidence ones that are largely unfavorable like CNN and AP. "We ran out of room, the press knew it and were made aware in advance" was the excuse for awhile, implying to the MAGA chud base that they're all lying and it's more lamestream lieberal media fake news. Then pictures and video of empty seats and empty places at the back for cameras were released. Pretty curious how the lie evolves from here or if they just keep making GBS threads out the fake news narrative.
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May 22, 2018 22:14
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Don't worry the NYT will have an Op/Ed about how this is actually a metaphor for green spaces and if the liberals get their way they'll whine that they won't be allowed in because of regulations requiring empty space
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May 22, 2018 22:31
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Freidman should have seen some jail time, imo.
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May 22, 2018 22:37
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Dance Officer posted:Freidman should have seen some jail time, imo. if everyone else gets off scott free except the gop leadership and orangino + family, who die in prison, i consider it a fair trade
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May 22, 2018 22:43
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 There's no way this will ever bite us in the rear end, no sir.
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May 22, 2018 22:50
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McNally posted:
Actually not that big a deal. Raises the amount of assets banks need to hold to be considered “systemically important” which imo is reasonable considering a lot of those regulations were specifically meant for the too big to fail type banks. It relaxes some of the stricter mortgage lending guidelines but still requires the lender to hold the loans in his/her own portfolio (among other things) which usually ensures some semblance of due-diligence. Good things: makes freezing your credit free, releases obligations of co-signers of student debt in event of death, some other credit stuff I’m forgetting.
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McNally posted:
IIRC it had bi-partisan support at the committee stage too. It was seen as too restrictive for the small banks and then just kept being judged upwards bit by bit. Thanks Congress!
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May 22, 2018 23:41
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TheAlphaChaser posted:Actually not that big a deal. Raises the amount of assets banks need to hold to be considered “systemically important” which imo is reasonable considering a lot of those regulations were specifically meant for the too big to fail type banks. It relaxes some of the stricter mortgage lending guidelines but still requires the lender to hold the loans in his/her own portfolio (among other things) which usually ensures some semblance of due-diligence. You might be entirely right, but I get mighty suspicious when I see forums user "TheAlphaChaser" posting about how deregulation is good.....
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May 22, 2018 23:42
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Kill all bankers and regulate the banks imo
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May 23, 2018 00:24
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mlmp08 posted:You might be entirely right, but I get mighty suspicious when I see forums user "TheAlphaChaser" posting about how deregulation is good..... Might even say the new corporate tax rate is A Good Thing and if your goal is to increase real wages or play with unemployment, corporate taxes aren’t a great lever to do that anyway. But I no longer toil for corporate gods, just consult for those who do.
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TheAlphaChaser posted:Might even say the new corporate tax rate is A Good Thing and if your goal is to increase real wages or play with unemployment, corporate taxes aren’t a great lever to do that anyway. But I no longer toil for corporate gods, just consult for those who do. Guillotine
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TheAlphaChaser posted:Might even say the new corporate tax rate is A Good Thing and if your goal is to increase real wages or play with unemployment, corporate taxes aren’t a great lever to do that anyway. But I no longer toil for corporate gods, just consult for those who do. Are you sure you're in the right thread? Not a single person, in this thread or probably anywhere else, has argued that taxing corporations increases wages or reduce unemployment. But thanks for contributing this snippet from an imaginary argument between two idiots, looking forward to the off-broadway release.
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Eugene V. Dubstep posted:Are you sure you're in the right thread? Not a single person, in this thread or probably anywhere else, has argued that taxing corporations increases wages or reduce unemployment. But thanks for contributing this snippet from an imaginary argument between two idiots, looking forward to the off-broadway release. He made a joke regarding my username, so I made a stetement in jest that would add credence to his joke. Sorry for the comment.
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May 23, 2018 00:48
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Lmao Don Blankenship, convicted former coal lord of West Virginia and Republican primary loser, is mounting a third party challenge in WV. He's going to Ross Perot Republicans in a race they need to win. https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...m=.985b0bb5c77f
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psydude posted:Lmao Don Blankenship, convicted former coal lord of West Virginia and Republican primary loser, is mounting a third party challenge in WV. He's going to Ross Perot Republicans in a race they need to win. jon.oliver_cool.wav
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Kill all bankers and regulate the banks imo THE ONLY WINNING MOVE
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May 23, 2018 01:36
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Kids have started a hashtag campaign called #IfIDieInASchoolShooting. "my killer will become famous and no one will even remember my name" Emma Gonzalez: "I'd get to see Cameron again" Pretty sure I just died a little inside
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May 23, 2018 01:44
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Only famous until the next one a week later. Like I seriously forgot Las Vegas even happened until they released the bodycams
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May 23, 2018 01:46
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What kind of moron believes in an afterlife?
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This is the afterlife
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Poppyseed Poundcake posted:What kind of moron believes in an afterlife? Be careful you don't cut yourself with that edge there
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May 23, 2018 01:53
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Gahahahah https://twitter.com/John_Hudson/status/999088038314676224 Hope Donnie's team liked the week in Singapore! (lol this peace process is turbofucked already) quote:The North Koreans have sent signals to U.S. officials that Kim is skittish about logistical concerns, including ensuring that his plane would be able to access enough fuel for the 6,000-mile round trip flight and safeguarding his security while on the ground in Singapore, according to the people familiar with the deliberations.
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bird food bathtub posted:Pruitt had an EPA presser. Multiple news outlets were kicked out by security or denied entry at the door, just by pure coincidence ones that are largely unfavorable like CNN and AP. Overt violation of the 1st Amendment, ho hum nothing to see here.
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facialimpediment posted:Gahahahah Welp doesn't matter now, even the speculation that he might be worried about a coup signs his own death warrant.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Overt violation of the 1st Amendment, ho hum nothing to see here. I hope the fake news media issues a class action lawsuit against the EPA for lost revenue because they didn’t let them in. Missing the scoop. You’ve got a convolution of freedom of the press and a government agency playing favorites publicly. violating their freedoms etc
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On the banking dereg bullshit, basically it says that only the REALLY big guys (BofA, WF, etc) pose a systemic risk if they fail. This ignores that in 2008 everyone was doing the same stupid poo poo, so in reality even medium sized banks are systemic risks because bad behavior tends to be contagious (privatized benefits and socialized risks being a pretty good deal if you can get it.) Also those mid-sized banks that are getting relief under this include the US subsidiaries of massive international banks (HSBC, etc). The justification for this is that this is necessary to prevent the ongoing decline of smaller banks due to Dodd-Frank. This ignores they've been closing at about the same rate (everywhere but North Dakota) since the 80s or so. And after news of this looking like it was going to pass came out, some regional banks announced they would be buying more small banks. And banking as an industry generally making record profits. North Dakota is the only state (AFAIK) that has a public bank run by the state, and also the highest number of smaller community banks still open. Strange. Teal Deer: It's real fuckin' dumb. Weeds (made by Vox) podcast digging into why it's so loving stupid: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rss.art19.com/episodes/e3e3a46f-4697-4082-abc8-15c5018f6369.mp3 Intercept article on how it's already triggering more consolidation and north Dakota's public bank: https://theintercept.com/2018/05/16/wall-street-bank-regulation-bill/ Crakkerjakk fucked around with this message at 02:27 on May 23, 2018 |
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TFW when you mix up your party's get out the vote and voter suppression strategies.
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Kill all bankers and regulate the banks imo https://finance.yahoo.com/m/978b8a32-7147-3ced-8aba-75a120def475/after-tax-cuts%2C-more-banks.html After tax cuts, more banks are profitable than at any time in the past two decades
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Raising the corporate rate can absolutely increase wages and reduce unemployment if those increased wages and extra hires are tax deductible. That's part of why everyone had pensions/healthcare/bonuses/etc in the 50s and 60s because although the corporate rate was incredibly high, they were able to deduct all the extra benefits paid to employees. Once it's no longer a tax incentive to provide employees with benefits, they lose said benefits and the "tax savings" now go into the owner's pockets. I put "tax savings" in quotes because the effective tax rate remained basically static. Instead of the employees getting the balance, though, it shifted to executive compensation instead.
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Not much will change until management gets permanently hosed by labor (lol won't happen) and maximizing shareholder value is punishable by prison time (lol then you get shareholder revolts). Welp.
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