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Weston Parker's avatar

In answer to your rhetorical question, "She knows exactly how dumb we are."

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working stiff's avatar

There you go again, call him what you must to define your "feelings", in reality gasoline was under$2 a gallon, Inflation was 1.4%, border was the most secure it has ever been and NO WARS OR SMO's. Consequently, when you label that kind of production performed by a "grotesque nincompoop", you only need look in a mirror, because that is how you sound! Perhaps your getting to old for this and name calling has become your no filters norm?

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An Ol' LSO's avatar

I think Bill is spot-on. However, a "nincompoop" is too nice. He is an egotistic elitist with hubris runneth over. But, then again, on the other side you have a complete puppet. Never ever did anything worth a second look plus in the 4 years as the VP her party has lied, lied, and lied not to mention the complete failure at the southern border. If you ever watched the movie, "Brewer's Millions" then you would know the obvious - the choice is "None of the Above" but, unfortunately, we are going to get one of them. Instead of arguing between these two (2) defunct parties - you should give considerable thought to how to prepare for the ugly future ahead.

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working stiff's avatar

Yes, that is exactly what the MSM wants from you, buy all their bullshit. Frankly, it is all your comments can be as you do not know the man, you get your sound bites from NBC or ABC or one of their ilk.. So stop pretending you know the man - all you know is what they feed you. My comment holds true, GAS .$2, Inflation >1.4%, NO wars, and a secure border. Call him what you like, listen to their blather, you cannot deny the facts just posted.

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Worm Farmer extraordinaire's avatar

Mr. Chet. He has many flaws. However, at this moment in American history, he may be what we need. The depression is coming either way, would rather have it with Trump as my president.

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Sluggo's avatar

Do tell us, Ol’ LSO, just how bad you had it under that “egotistic elitist.” Signed, A Not Quite So Old LSO

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Worm Farmer extraordinaire's avatar

Mr. Sluggo good question.

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Brian Hurley's avatar

No one sane is saying anything like that, but the alternative is a non-starter...

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Dino's avatar

I agree, the alternative is a non-starter!

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working stiff's avatar

i suppose the cackling hen dumbala is?

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Abe Porter's avatar

Bill:

I agree with your comments. One thing that I need to add. People don’t go into politics because they want to ‘help’ the country. They do it because they are mostly ‘niconpoops’and self interested. Most are dishonest. As far as the two running for office; one is an idiot that is the representative of a party that created a coup to get her in (not very Democratic). The other may not be a nice guy and is not a politician, but knows how business works. In his first term he relied on other people to make decisions; some were bad decisions. He will do much better this time. The best policy to have a prosperous country is hands off and let the citizens do their thing. Governments create problems, then spend billions trying to correct it. AP

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Petra Kehr's avatar

@ AP ...."then spend billions" . . . to make it worse ;-))

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Steve L's avatar

Yes Bill, and if you’re going to quote Bush, don’t forget one of the rare truths coming from any recent president “"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., August 5, 2004…pretty much sums up American government 🤔

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Brother Steve -

Let's not forget this doozy:

"We have put together, and um, you guys did this for President Obama's administration before this, we have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics."

TraitorJoe Biden, October 24, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA8a2g6tTp0

1. Uh, you misheard him.

2. Um, he misspoke.

3. Nah, you're missing the context.

4. C'mon man, you know that's not what he meant.

5. Well, you must be a racist...

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Steve L's avatar

🤣😂🤣😂 it’s so funny brother, makes me want to barf…

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

Steve,

Good to see you’re posting brother, hope & 🙏 you’re holding up well.

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Steve L's avatar

Fighting the good fight my brother! It’s all we can do in this third world shithole with the leftist controlling our medical, media, Hollywood, sports, education and government. Doesn’t leave much for us Americans. But I know there are many millions of us just waiting, waiting for the show to begin 🤔

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Worm Farmer extraordinaire's avatar

Hey Steve, hope all is well. I assume you are well ensconced in the mountains in North Carolina? I get the keys to our new place in West Va in the mountains this month. Construction started in December. We will be fully set up in the home by late October. It’s a good feeling with this crazy election coming. May God bless us all

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Bob Gmitter's avatar

Wow, Bill summarizes it accurately and succinctly. Hopefully, someday we will discover who ran our country the past 4 years.

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Mark1's avatar

Hint: Starts with an “O”, and ends with an “a”

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Micky's avatar

and “O”, and ends with an “a” is ran by Soros and others

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Howard E Bouchard's avatar

The smart money is on Hunter.

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Petra Kehr's avatar

@ Bob: Most, and I really mean most probably no individual you and me and the blogreaders here know.

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

This can inform the inquisitive with the time and inclination: “The Council” – Who is Running the United States of America? Unveiling the Faces of an Elitist Assault on America by Gregory Stenstrom updated 20 Aug 2024 - https://intelligencer.today/the-council-who-is-running-the-united-states-of-america/18/07/2024/8132/

Regards,

Mark

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Steve L's avatar

Awesome read Mark! I believe Trump is now surrounding himself with very anti Council people. Let’s see where it goes 🤔

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John S's avatar

America's best and brightest!! Quite a read, gone fishin', and while it might be light on solutions the reality is that collectively there's a lot of horsepower there and no doubt they've had quite a bit of practice - this ain't some new thing - so there may not be a solution anyway.

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

Well written John. Reminds me of my dad (RIP) when we were shingling a roof, “…son, problems have solutions, predicaments have outcomes…”

Problems get fixed. Outcomes are changes that happen as a result of a planned intervention activity.

Regards,

Monkey Wrencher Mark

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Trapped In Blue State's avatar

Wow, this is a classic! Worth holding onto

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Petra Kehr's avatar

Looking forward to dive in. Tomorrow, Greenwich time plus one 🥱. Thanks a lot.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Hiya Fishin' -

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙤!

PS - The author is quite the Optimist. While extremely informative (and deadly accurate IMO - plus the citations check out)), the article is a bit light on solutions. That's kind of the fun part, though. Considering ways the average "Joe" can throw sand in their gears and piss on their parade. Job #1 is to SHARE this information to get it to stick to as many walls as possible...

PPS - Far be it for me to be a buzzkill, but one has to wonder how many of the individuals named (past and present) are on our dear host's (Mr. Bonner's) iPhone Contact List. Hmmmm....

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

💯 re: “…article is a bit light on solutions…”. Agreed, broadly and deeply relay it.

💯 re: Job #1 is to SHARE this information to get it to stick to as many walls

💯 re: average "Joe" can throw sand in their gears and piss on their parade

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JayCee's avatar

‘Draining the swamp’ is going to require blasting off barnacles rather than pulling a series of plugs to get rid of this Council swamp of 1984 cloned powerbrokers.

The need for a ‘night of long knives’, falling from 5 or more floor windows and other disappearance approaches per Mossad rulebook, spring to mind, as the guillotine is now not acceptable in polite society.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Hiya JayCee -

The 3 - S's come to mind...

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Richard Smith's avatar

Mark, It identifies the "deep state", (atleast a large portion of it anyways) Thanks

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JODCPA's avatar

there is no need in us knowing this. what would we do witha that info?

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Betti Burke's avatar

More importantly who is telling her she’s intelligent…who is whispering in her ear….and are there real election integrity standards in the USA?

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Hi Betti,

Even MORE importantly - who around her ISN'T telling her how smart she is?

That would be a big, fat, invisible NO ONE...

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

We just witnessed a whole convention full of lap dog sycophants.

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Dorothy's avatar

GF: Yes I agree. Watching Trump’s speeches.

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

Betti, a little off your excellent point re: “election integrity”; as a follow up to the “Public Officials Integrity Act of 1977,” there is a codified Inspectors General’. See my comment today to Petra herein.

In the article link above; “…a federal agency entity is now more commonly referred to as the “CIGIE” (pronounced as “sig-ee”) by federal employees, but to the power brokers of the U.S.A. is referred to, as ‘The Council’…”

Regards,

Mark

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Dorothy's avatar

BB: No whispering needed. Where are the real election integrity standards?? Good question! How Donald ever made it with his history is a miracle. I hope you watched all the things going on with his history. Anyone would be a breath of fresh air compared to him.

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LightSignatures's avatar

I joined BPR for it's laser focus on preserving and growing capital. PLEASE, let's stop the political discourse. It doesn't belong here. I'm not here to get the latest views on politics. There are plenty of sites to get a political fix. When Bill speaks to politics, I view it strickly in the context of shedding some light on the impact on our core mission here. His colorful characterizations are strictly for entertainment value, my take for sure. Let's all try to avoid turning those entertaining words into debate.

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John P Gallien's avatar

If you don't like political discourse from BPR, don't read anything Bill writes. Just read Dyson and Denning. On a rare occasion, Bill writes a good financial column.

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LightSignatures's avatar

Thanks, John. I've heard your point of view. I just don't happen to agree. I thoroughly enjoy Bill's sense of humor and disdain for the political caste.

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Worm Farmer extraordinaire's avatar

Hey John. Often times I do not agree with your postings. I still read them, of course. Tonight your spot on my friend.

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Tom's avatar

There is only one sane choice in this election and Bill your guy chose the right one. Get over calling names like a child. Tom Greive

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An Ol' LSO's avatar

Tom, unfortunately, there is NO sane choice. Neither the nincompoop or the airhead will do anything "For The People". There is no evidence to support either candidate. Trump ran up a $7T deficit. Airhead will just be another puppet. No matter what - the US$ and financial system will crash and burn.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Hola Mr. LSO,

What you write may very well be true, but I consider the candidate who doesn't openly hate my guts, hasn't tried to jail me for exercising my Constitutionally-Protected Rights and at least pays lip service to identifying me as a Patriot instead of a domestic terrorist would be the SANE choice, all fiscal policies aside...

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Kevin Beck's avatar

"How dumb does she think we are?"

Well, we will all soon find out.

One of the benefits of positive interest rates is they filter out plenty of businesses running on poor economics from existing, because there is no reason for a business to exist only because they never have to pay interest on their cost of capital. Zero interest rates help companies like Uber get started. When interest rates go up, and they can't continue to fund their capital accounts, the drivers working under their banner get the shaft.

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Brian Hurley's avatar

Despite benefitting from extremely low costs of capital since 2009, Uber just turned a profit in Feb. 2024, after spending many billions of inestor money..

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Kevin Beck's avatar

Uber Is benefiting from two sources of extremely low-cost capital: Funding of the business, and not having to recognize depreciation of its drivers' vehicles. This is allowing them to lead in a race to the bottom for the ride-hailing industry. The fact that they showed an accounting profit after 12+ years in operation shows that they are not a business someone who voluntarily chooses to enter (as an owner, not as a driver) where they are able to undercut their rivals on price because the company doesn't recognize the full costs of its business. They are able to split the fare with their drivers, yet they don't provide the drivers with a depreciation allowance for their vehicles.

So with those two advantages, I'm surprised it took this long for them to show a profit. But if the costs for capital would have been 6% when they started, the company would have been dead before they ever showed a profit.

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Brien's avatar

I doubt Harris got any input into the speech she gave at the DNC, not one word. I can’t imagine what a speech that she had written, delivered without any editing, would have sounded like. Certainly nothing like the one she gave, probably directionally equivalent but with fits of incoherence. Of course nearly all Presidential speeches have been written by speech writers, but nearly all have been edited(occasionally heavily) by the candidates or Presidents giving them. But puppets are not handed editing pens.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Hi Brien -

I heard her being compared to a fourth-grade girl forced to give a verbal book report in front of the class - except she didn't bother to read the book.

Pretty apt descriptor from what we've seen...

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Dorothy's avatar

SE: Why didn’t you watch her speech. Everyone is incompetent unless you seem to like them. Kamala education is better than old Donald’s. She has a degree in political science and economics.Attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in S.F

college Graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1989. One of Donald’s professors reported to have said,”Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had.” Donald never showed his transcripts when he was doubting Obama’s authenticity to run or that he was legally a citizen. Obama went to both Columbia University and to Harvard Law School.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Hi Dots -

Facts are pesky things. Is this the same Obama who:

1. Initially applied for college as a Foreign Exchange Student under the Fulbright Scholarship program?

2. Lived most of his life with the name Barry Soetoro and morphed into Barack Hussein Obama shortly after entering adulthood?

3. Has yet to produce a Certified Live Birth Certificate showing he is a US citizen? (He has submitted several fake versions - one that he gave the "Media" had a font style that was invented in 1987.)

4. For years utilized a Social Security number that actually belonged to a White guy from Connecticut - who died in 1912?

5. Is he the guy that "attended" Columbia and edited their Student Law Review? Except that NO ONE can recall having EVER taken a class with him - in the entire 4 years of the program. (Mr. Wayne Root was in BHO's same "class", yet never met him or even heard of him.)

6. Same fella that has yet to produce a transcript for a SINGLE class that he allegedly attended while "earning" those vaunted degrees? In fact, prior to the first campaign (2006-07) the dimocrats & DNC spent MILLIONS in legal fees to ensure any "record" of his "time" in college was sealed and unattainable - by anyone.

7. Is he the same dude who talked publicly NUMEROUS times about his "Muslim Faith" and called his wife Mike? (Check out the video of "Michelle" dancing on the Ellen show. WTF is that floppy thing in her pants?)

8. Are you prattling on about the same Obama that was well known to the homosexual Chicago nightlife and a gay bathhouse called "Man's Country" for years, prior to running for the IL State Senate in 1997? Why don't you ask Rahm Emmanuel - he was a paid member at the same bathhouse at the same time.

I could go on and on. The traitor Obama is a completely fabricated entity - designed, trained and unleashed to do as much damage to our Society, Culture and "government" as possible. And the gullible sheep ate his sh*t up because they were afraid people like you would call them racist if they questioned any of the glaring, in-your-face discrepancies. Poor little Dorothy, such a sucker. Pssst - his kids aren't his (though they bear a STRIKING RESEMBLANCE to long-time family friends and eventual campaign employees Dr. Anita Blanchard and her husband Marty Nebitt), and his "wife" is most likely a tranny.

If ANY of these statements are wrong, lies or fantasy - please reply with a REPUTABLE SOURCE that "refutes" these facts. Sorry, Snopes or Politifact don't count as they are paid subsidiaries of the DNC.

You can't, so you won't. You will ignore all of this verifiable information in typical indoctrinated lefty fashion because it puts paid to the lie of one of your most venerated "heroes." Barack the Magic Negro. His words, not mine.

How very pathetic Dottie. So sad you are not better than that, but you have lots of ignorant company...

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Stephen Wolf's avatar

KABOOM!

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Dorothy's avatar

SE: Garbage in..Garbage out. It’s so sad that you find this truthful. How sick! What’s your opinion on Trump? Find the same garbage? Although, Donny can’t seems to do anything that you will probably not condone.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Well, I gave you nearly 10 completely "outrageous" statements about your saviour, and you can't/won't refute a SINGLE one.

Hmmmm - pretty clear you are lost to indoctrinationation, ignorance and Cognitive Dissonance...

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Dorothy's avatar

SE: No that’s you. Where you get some of your so called facts are laughable. Got it?

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

💯 Brien as you wrote re: “…imagine what a speech that she had written, delivered without any editing, would have sounded like.” I watched and listened live to VPOTUS address to the DNC. Whatever happened to the simple declarative sentence?

IMO, The Intercept’s observation is accurate: “Kamala Harris Mentioned Palestinian Suffering — in the PASSIVE VOICE” - here’s The Intercept’s podcast episode (transcript pending)

https://shows.acast.com/66ccacfb75ce4cc6b94c94f9/66ccae091aad6cbae9e6b1b7

VPOTUS’ passive sentence(s) get her into trouble. Active listeners of VPOTUS hear too vague about who is responsible for the action. Telegraphs weakness IMO.

Regards

Mark

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riffat.azad's avatar

"how dumb does she think we are? - plenty dumb - just ask the zionist who have been playing the US electorate for nigh on 60 years!

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TIM DEINHARD's avatar

It isn't "how dumb she thinks we are"...its turning out to be " how dumb we are"!...voter apathy and lack of intelligent inquiry seem to rule the day.

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Dorothy's avatar

TD: If you vote for Trump after all his legal problems that he created himself, you get what you deserve. But the Country doesn’t.

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riffat.azad's avatar

Harris is another Zelensky. Trump is already bought and paid for. The People will get the leaders they deserve.

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Tom Wilson's avatar

Who has bought and paid for DT? You’re all free to run for POTUS. He didn’t create the system. Talk is cheap. Who has sacrifice more than him to take this no win job? Bill your not 80 yet go for it.

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Dorothy's avatar

ra: maybe yes and maybe no.

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Tom's avatar

If you cannot see the difference we are done.

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Dorothy's avatar

Tom: You are breaking my heart…not really. Yes, talk is cheap and Trump has done plenty of that.

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Conic Tonic's avatar

Hi Bill

Talking about ‘dumb’ - I have heard that the Harris campaign has raised over $500m. I presume an overwhelming large part from billionaire donors. But, what kind of billionaire would support a candidate threatening to introduce an unrealised capital gain on their assets (of over 40%)? I am truly mystified by this but as Churchill once said:

‘It’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.’

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Conic Tonic's avatar

Her proposal to stop ‘price gouging’ is very silly and totally ignorant of history and reality … but to even consider an ‘unrealised capital gain tax’ is not only silly but suicidal!

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Clem Devine's avatar

I'll be OK if there is an 'unrealized capital loss tax' ha ha

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

💯+💯 Clem!

With my buy high sell low track record the revenue collectors won’t see another tax return in my lifetime with unrealized capital tax loss carry forwards. Spot on sir.

Chuckling,

Mark

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Conic Tonic's avatar

What does she (KH) really think?’

I’m convinced she doesn’t think! She’s a dummy and the bigger problem is the ventriloquist(s). When asked an unscripted question, any question on any subject, she pauses for a brief moment, tries to think but knowing she’s immediately out of depth she begins rambling on incoherently … delivering a ‘word salad’ hoping it sounds sophisticated - but actually makes ‘rappers’ sound like Churchill in comparison.

‘How dumb does she think we are?’

We will certainly have a better ‘gauge’ after the next election.

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Dorothy's avatar

CT: How dumb does Trump think we are? Really dumb if he has all these convictions and we still want him. Well, some of us do.

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Tom Wilson's avatar

Convicted by who? A bunch of crooked far left democrats. Means absolutely nothing unless you are an idiot.

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Dorothy's avatar

TW: Convicted by the legal system. If you really watched it or understand the law you would know why the judgement was rendered. You don’t have to be an idiot to understand that.

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Tom Wilson's avatar

Keep drinking the cool-aid. No one with any common sense is buying it. There is no correlation with common sense and intelligence.

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Invector's avatar

Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and every one of our founding fathers were convicted felons. Getting convicted by a corrupt government and justice system is not difficult, but regardless, they WERE felons, so I imagine you hated them too. Right??

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Dorothy's avatar

invector: No! Actually I think Mandela was falsely convicted. I wouldn’t put Trump in the same category as either Mandela or Gandhi. Not even close!

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Invector's avatar

Didn't ask you to put him in the same category. You continually harp on Trump being a felon, so I was wondering if you measure other men by the same standard. Of course, I knew what the answer would be. Mandela, Gandhi, Founding Fathers---good felons; Trump---bad felon. You're predictable, if nothing else.

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Dorothy's avatar

invector: Read the history of each. Make your own decision.

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