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MSDOS KAPITAL posted:How are his money problems possibly looking dire when he has been cashing in on every aspect of the Presidency and literally having foreign government pay him for preferential diplomatic and economic treatment? He's not able to launder money like he used to. No, really. Trump was the go to guy for a lot of people to launder money. Now that he's high profile, why would anyone go to him to make their illegal money seem legal? You don't go to the president of the United States to launder your money. You go to someone who literally isn't one of the highest profile people on the face of the planet. Someone running a reality TV show is quaint and people could have a chuckle that Trump was laundering their cash while pretending to be a good businessman instead of a bumbling moron who wasn't prosecuted solely because our system basically doesn't pursue and prosecute white collar crime. It's defacto legal, so why not if you suck as a businessman? My personal guess is that his businesses never really made a ton of money or were constantly in the red. His properties are trash because his sense of aesthetics are trash. Most likely his only talent was appearing like he was a successful businessman through reality television, which reinforced his brand. That branding got him the presidency but lost him his ability to launder money. Trump's actual cash flow is being heavily restricted and he's under surveillance which prevents him from running his usual grift or most of his normally illegal grifts. His actual properties never made him much money, if anything, but his money had to have a source. You assume that his properties make money. I don't assume this and they certainly make way less now. His brand is poisoned and his properties weren't very good to begin with. He's pretty restricted to making legal if ethically dubious money because his smaller grifts attract criticism and suspicion. Foreign governments will pay him, but Trump isn't a particularly talented grifter. The real money is in influence while Trump thinks that shaking people down is where the money is. He was rich, but his methods of making money were still small time in his thinking.
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Fallom posted:It’s a poo poo site owned by a Nazi that caters to the worst of the right wing but maybe now it’s bad because they made the tweet button round or whatever Just rollin in to remind everyone that a former Twitter VP confirmed that he literally mailed his beard to Azalea Banks so that she could make him an amulet with it, corroborating something she had said in an interview that everybody had simply taken as a bs Azalea Banks story. I think she said it in the same interview where she claimed to have been held hostage at Elon Musk’s house by Grimes. Not sure what ended up coming of that. I wish I could go back to sleep, but I feel compelled to find out. PhazonLink posted:non Merican McD have slightly higher quality ingredients and wouldnt taste the same to him too so he'll never leave Merica. He leaves America all the time dude. He used to spend a ton of time in Scotland before he was president. But I agree that it’s probably the case that he won’t flee the country.
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Xaiter posted:That's what makes the possibility of him flipping so enticing. Despite all the talk about leaving the country if we dare tax them, rich people quite like being in the US. There's lots of fun rich person stuff here, and strong protections for your money. They also chafe at the idea of there being any restrictions on their ability to travel, and avoiding countries that have extradition treaties with the US or might want to curry favor with the US by making an exception for a high profile wanted person is actually quite restrictive. The smartest thing Trump could do right now to shore up the loyalty of his bag men is no-comment full pardon Stone.
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Ice Phisherman posted:Most likely his only talent was appearing like he was a successful businessman through reality television, which reinforced his brand. That branding got him the presidency but lost him his ability to launder money. This is a great point and *really* makes sense when you see the lengths he goes to to hide his tax returns. I'm interested in this IRS whistleblower since the story seems to be political appointees interfering in the automatic audits of the presidents returns. To me this indicates he's still trying to crime as president (probably facilitated by Rudy) but doesn't realize the scrutiny he's under.
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Trump is going to be in my city today. I pondered going down to protest but I guess I'm not sure what good screaming into the void will do?
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Nov 20, 2019 13:10
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VH4Ever posted:Trump is going to be in my city today. I pondered going down to protest but I guess I'm not sure what good screaming into the void will do? Every person standing up and declaring in one voice that we will not abide this man ALWAYS does good my friend. And if you are of the organizing mind, protests are a great way to meet comrades. Nothing says solidarity like protesting thd fash. Every protest matters. Every single one
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Nov 20, 2019 13:26
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friendbot2000 posted:Every person standing up and declaring in one voice that we will not abide this man ALWAYS does good my friend. And if you are of the organizing mind, protests are a great way to meet comrades. Nothing says solidarity like protesting thd fash. Every protest matters. Every single one Yeah, you're right. Well, we'll see what I can do then. I have work of course but maybe I can juggle that around.
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VH4Ever posted:Yeah, you're right. Well, we'll see what I can do then. I have work of course but maybe I can juggle that around. Give em hell comrade!
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A word of warning: foolofsound has given me permission to effortpost at you all the next time there's a horrible derail involving nutrition science or food. Neither of us wants this to happen. C'mon.
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Ice Phisherman posted:He's not able to launder money like he used to. He's been leveraged to the eyeballs essentially his whole career. He's always been liquid poor but asset rich due to this. The only reason he was able to put up any structures anywhere after he lost what would become Riverside South in Manhattan was due to foreign nationals using his developments as embezzlement conduits. It was around that time that he basically became excommunicado from the banking industry due to how many people he had hosed over and just how bad he was at skipping out on obligations. Electric Bugaloo posted:Just rollin in to remind everyone that a former Twitter VP confirmed that he literally mailed his beard to Azalea Banks so that she could make him an amulet with it, corroborating something she had said in an interview that everybody had simply taken as a bs Azalea Banks story. I think she said it in the same interview where she claimed to have been held hostage at Elon Musk’s house by Grimes. Not sure what ended up coming of that. I wish I could go back to sleep, but I feel compelled to find out. Probably did a whole bunch of ketamine and hosed. TyroneGoldstein fucked around with this message at 13:45 on Nov 20, 2019 |
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Discendo Vox posted:A word of warning: foolofsound has given me permission to effortpost at you all the next time there's a horrible derail involving nutrition science or food. Neither of us wants this to happen. C'mon. Let me help spark things: I am fat. There, hate on me, goons. All of you are off your probes by now. Let's hear it.
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VH4Ever posted:Let me help spark things: I am fat. There, hate on me, goons. All of you are off your probes by now. Let's hear it. Hello, fellow fatty. I am also a Fat. Let's sit on people.
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:Hello, fellow fatty. I am also a Fat. Let's sit on people. One of my many superpowers: awkwardly sitting in/cramming into almost any metal "outdoor" type chair ever. Hard chairs with high arms not my friends.
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VH4Ever posted:Let me help spark things: I am fat. There, hate on me, goons. All of you are off your probes by now. Let's hear it. I used to be fat. Then I lost 80 pounds. It was easy. Then a year later I gained it all back and now every time I try I can't even lose 10.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:I used to be fat. Then I lost 80 pounds. It was easy. Then a year later I gained it all back and now every time I try I can't even lose 10. Wick, VH, and I will sumo people if they get out of line.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:I used to be fat. Then I lost 80 pounds. It was easy. Then a year later I gained it all back and now every time I try I can't even lose 10. Funny, I had the same thing happen. I was younger then of course, but yeah I was a good 135 pounds less back then? I was fitting into pants I hadn't worn since high school. Alas. BigBallChunkyTime posted:Wick, VH, and I will sumo people if they get out of line. I carry a lot of my weight in front so sure!
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John Wick of Dogs posted:I used to be fat. Then I lost 80 pounds. It was easy. Then a year later I gained it all back and now every time I try I can't even lose 10. I used to be fat. I still am, but I used to be too.
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VH4Ever posted:Let me help spark things: I am fat. There, hate on me, goons. All of you are off your probes by now. Let's hear it. John Wick of Dogs posted:I used to be fat. Then I lost 80 pounds. It was easy. Then a year later I gained it all back and now every time I try I can't even lose 10. BigBallChunkyTime posted:Hello, fellow fatty. I am also a Fat. Let's sit on people. Listen comrades, I have love in my heart for you not for your physical bulk, but for the soul of a socialist inside you all. I have met small peoples that are larger than life, and ripped people that are so very, very small. What is inside your soul is what matters. I used to be over 300 lbs and lost 150, but gained back 25 recently, but you know what? It's okay. I am still me. I am still a rad as hell human being who is worth knowing. I am still loved by a woman I am going to ask to marry me next year. I am blessed with life even if it is a life in a slightly tubby body and I intend not to squander it. There is always time to make changes in your life and if that time is not now. That is 100 percent okay. We all have to go through our journeys in our own time because life is loving hard my goons so don't shame yourself or beat up on yourself because you have time. Hell, there is this 65-year-old DBA in my company that just started his weight loss journey and in a short time he just got shredded. So yeah, you got all the time you need comrades, just remember you are cool people doing cool things and putting good energies into the world to make it a better place for those that come after. I know yall make my Goon-life just a little more full by making me chuckle as I scream into the abyss. In a ironic twist, my company had their benefit re-approval this year and I was deemed too healthy for my life insurance policy so they dropped me from it....Like...I thought that was a good thing? Aren't life insurance companies supposed to want me to sign on to their plans because they wont have to pay out? I am so confused right now.
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VH4Ever posted:Let me help spark things: I am fat. There, hate on me, goons. All of you are off your probes by now. Let's hear it. No one hates you, but I think if you are fat I should be able to call you fat and say its a bad thing to be fat, as well as say that it is partially your own fault, even if just a little bit. I don't think that is the same as mocking name calling and I apologise if posts I have made were hateful. That wasn't my intention but it is my fault if that's how I came across. I can't think of a way to link fattys to the current state if US politics so lol if you baited me into another probe.
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booseek posted:Could someone explain this in non legal speak? It seemed like Assange was guilty. What happened here? The Twitter brief left out the reason for dropping the indictment, but the prosecutors say that while Assange's victim has provided a detailed and compelling testimony, due to the many intervening years it is now too difficult to corroborate with legally substantive evidence. Rape allegations are difficult to prove in the first place, much nine years later. It is surely disappointing for the victim, as Assange is escaping justice despite effectively confessing.
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cr0y posted:Just LMAO if t_d gets banned Same. There's also a long list of other hate subs that need to go.
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WorldsStongestNerd posted:No one hates you, but I think if you are fat I should be able to call you fat and say its a bad thing to be fat, as well as say that it is partially your own fault, even if just a little bit. I don't think that is the same as mocking name calling and I apologise if posts I have made were hateful. That wasn't my intention but it is my fault if that's how I came across. Hey my friend, maybe instead of couching it in the word "fat" you could use less hurtful words? Like, we all know that we are overweight and having it shouted at us is really discouraging more than anything else. Like, I remember when I was at my heaviest and I was at the gym working on myself and I overheard someone talking about how fat I was and it just deflated my motivation and enthusiasm for getting better. Like, we could all stand to be just a little kinder in how we talk to each other. Life is hard enough, let's not make people feel bad about themselves. If you are coming from a place where you are saying that being overweight is not healthy, you are factually correct. We know we are not healthy, but what people who are overweight need is some encouragement, not a reminder of their situation that stares at them in every bathroom, fitting room, and rearview mirror. I mean, getting up and going to the bathroom alone is often an exercise of emotional torture because we actually avoid looking in the mirror because we just don't want to see our bodies. That is a special hell that follows us everywhere and is so goddamn demoralizing. It took a lot of therapy to actually get me to love my body even when I lost weight and it never actually leaves you. So that is why you get so much pushback. It just doesn't help to say things like that. It only hurts and prevents people from making progress on their journey.
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SocketWrench posted:Well? What damage is it going to do? You've already bailed on close allies allowing them to be slaughtered, arrested and deported people regardless of citizenship, stolen children from migrant families, allowed people to die in the concentration camps you built, emboldened white power and nazi groups to lash out, destroyed countless alliances while cozying up to dictators, upped the suicide rates among rural people because of your tariff wars you started because you don't have the tiniest grip of understanding about how ANYTHING works....you know, for starters When such people talk like this, about certain destruction of the US, I view it through the lens of a racist white Supremecist evangelical who wants to impose their will and oppress and to them that’s the only thing that matters. Country can be in ruins as long as it’s white and evangelical and nothing else matters. To them having people of color or women having rights or gays being normal is destructive and their hate is more important than anything else.
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friendbot2000 posted:Listen comrades, I have love in my heart for you not for your physical bulk, but for the soul of a socialist inside you all. I have met small peoples that are larger than life, and ripped people that are so very, very small. What is inside your soul is what matters. I used to be over 300 lbs and lost 150, but gained back 25 recently, but you know what? It's okay. I am still me. I am still a rad as hell human being who is worth knowing. I am still loved by a woman I am going to ask to marry me next year. I am blessed with life even if it is a life in a slightly tubby body and I intend not to squander it. There is always time to make changes in your life and if that time is not now. That is 100 percent okay. We all have to go through our journeys in our own time because life is loving hard my goons so don't shame yourself or beat up on yourself because you have time. Hell, there is this 65-year-old DBA in my company that just started his weight loss journey and in a short time he just got shredded. So yeah, you got all the time you need comrades, just remember you are cool people doing cool things and putting good energies into the world to make it a better place for those that come after. I know yall make my Goon-life just a little more full by making me chuckle as I scream into the abyss. This is a good post. 
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Kaal posted:The Twitter brief left out the reason for dropping the indictment, but the prosecutors say that while Assange's victim has provided a detailed and compelling testimony, due to the many intervening years it is now too difficult to corroborate with legally substantive evidence. Rape allegations are difficult to prove in the first place, much nine years later. It is surely disappointing for the victim, as Assange is escaping justice despite effectively confessing. He also locked himself in a glorified broom closet of his own volition for longer than he would have served in jail for the actual crime. He also did seemingly irreparable harm to his body over those seven years in the embassy closet through malnutrition, poor hygiene, lack of physical and mental activity, and lack of sunlight and fresh air exposure. Again, it’s not justice by any reasonable means, but the dude suffered a considerable lot thanks to his own choices in the meanwhile.
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Spaced God posted:I'm 6'8 190 wassup fatties Next Halloween we should go to parties as the number 10.
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They probably got a look at your dramatic weight loss and thought "gently caress, this person is being eaten from the inside out by cancer" and decided to bail. Congrats though; losing that kind of weight must have taken a heck of a lot of effort/commitment.
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friendbot2000 posted:Hey my friend, maybe instead of couching it in the word "fat" you could use less hurtful words? Like, we all know that we are overweight and having it shouted at us is really discouraging more than anything else. Like, I remember when I was at my heaviest and I was at the gym working on myself and I overheard someone talking about how fat I was and it just deflated my motivation and enthusiasm for getting better. Like, we could all stand to be just a little kinder in how we talk to each other. Life is hard enough, let's not make people feel bad about themselves. If you are coming from a place where you are saying that being overweight is not healthy, you are factually correct. We know we are not healthy, but what people who are overweight need is some encouragement, not a reminder of their situation that stares at them in every bathroom, fitting room, and rearview mirror. I mean, getting up and going to the bathroom alone is often an exercise of emotional torture because we actually avoid looking in the mirror because we just don't want to see our bodies. That is a special hell that follows us everywhere and is so goddamn demoralizing. It took a lot of therapy to actually get me to love my body even when I lost weight and it never actually leaves you. So that is why you get so much pushback. It just doesn't help to say things like that. It only hurts and prevents people from making progress on their journey. Very good succinct post. It very accurately describes a wide variety of people's constant battle with physical issues.
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WorldsStongestNerd posted:No one hates you, but I think if you are fat I should be able to call you fat and say its a bad thing to be fat, as well as say that it is partially your own fault, even if just a little bit. I don't think that is the same as mocking name calling and I apologise if posts I have made were hateful. That wasn't my intention but it is my fault if that's how I came across. I'm not going off on a whole thing and this is the only post like this so far, so I'll respond to it and drop the topic, because I'm mostly poking fun, not trying to bait or start a fight. I missed yesterday's fun but I caught up on most of it. Here's the thing: I saw how it started. It was not this nuanced, it just wasn't. It started with a literal "lol look at that fatty behind Nunes God lose some weight get this off my TV" and etc. That set a tone. That's also nothing new in these forums, SA has a long, long history with fat hate. Just seems to my eyes, being a gay man and also a fat man, that for some, fatness existing at all really seems to get under their skin in a visceral way. To my eyes it doesn't seem all that different than people who get frothingly angry over gays or trans people even existing among them in the world, and by that I mean the behavior I see with folks that love to post insults and throw around names. Just going to put that out there as food for thought (get it???) and leave it there. friendbot2000 posted:Hey my friend, maybe instead of couching it in the word "fat" you could use less hurtful words? Like, we all know that we are overweight and having it shouted at us is really discouraging more than anything else. Like, I remember when I was at my heaviest and I was at the gym working on myself and I overheard someone talking about how fat I was and it just deflated my motivation and enthusiasm for getting better. Like, we could all stand to be just a little kinder in how we talk to each other. Life is hard enough, let's not make people feel bad about themselves. If you are coming from a place where you are saying that being overweight is not healthy, you are factually correct. We know we are not healthy, but what people who are overweight need is some encouragement, not a reminder of their situation that stares at them in every bathroom, fitting room, and rearview mirror. I mean, getting up and going to the bathroom alone is often an exercise of emotional torture because we actually avoid looking in the mirror because we just don't want to see our bodies. That is a special hell that follows us everywhere and is so goddamn demoralizing. It took a lot of therapy to actually get me to love my body even when I lost weight and it never actually leaves you. So that is why you get so much pushback. It just doesn't help to say things like that. It only hurts and prevents people from making progress on their journey. Also this.
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Shifty Pony posted:Same. T_D cross-pollinates with a lot of other hate subs so a domino effect is certainly possible. One can hope.
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