Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:26:50 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Dispatches from Clown World: Actual NY Times Headline Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 100 Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!netnews.com!s1-1.netnews.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 17:26:51 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 4616 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c1e97274493b38$156273$3716115$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 4946 On 3/31/24 8:39 AM, FPP wrote: > On 3/30/24 4:13 PM, trotsky wrote: >> On 3/30/24 11:28 AM, FPP wrote: >>> On 3/29/24 1:48 PM, trotsky wrote: >>>> On 3/29/24 9:07 AM, FPP wrote: >>>>> On 3/28/24 3:44 PM, shawn wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:41:20 +0000, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mar 26, 2024 at 4:04:09 AM PDT, "FPP" >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 3/25/24 8:43 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>   Wait a minute. Trump's civil fraud verdict was based on the >>>>>>>>> notion he >>>>>>>>>   systematically gave an incorrect valuation to his properties >>>>>>>>> in order to >>>>>>>>>   deceive lenders (even though all lenders were repaid and none >>>>>>>>> of them ever >>>>>>>>>   made complaints against him and all said they'd do business >>>>>>>>> with him again). >>>>>>>>>   Now, the New York Times admits that reaching a proper >>>>>>>>> valuation for Trump's >>>>>>>>>   buildings is a "guessing game". >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Bullshit.  He lied. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For loans, he inflated his valuations.  For taxes, he lowered his >>>>>>>> valuations. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So when Trump takes out a loan and pays it back with interest, >>>>>>> that's a >>>>>>> crime. >>>>>> >>>>>> As Jon Stewart pointed out in his video Trump did pay the loan back >>>>>> with interest but much less than he would have if he had given the >>>>>> properties the proper valuation. Which amounted to a lot due to the >>>>>> sums involved. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> And he made the people of New York pick up the tab to make up for >>>>> what he shorted the state. >>>>> >>>>> Shorted on taxes, cheated banks out of their profits... profits >>>>> that COULD have been lent out to other New Yorkers, who didn't lie >>>>> and cheat. >>>>> >>>>> Trump cheated and made those that didn't cheat pick up the slack. >>>> >>>> >>>> Is there a reason it took this long to bring him to justice? >>>> >>> >>> >>> Yeah.  Not a good reason... but the reason is Merrick the Mild >>> doesn't want to ruffle any feathers. >>> >>> He's part of the plan... >> >> >> I don't think Garland was ever cut out for this, he belonged on SCOTUS >> but McConnell screwed him by committing an act of sedition. >> > > Do you know Garland's background?  If you did, you wouldn't even ask... > > https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-of-the-mafia-state?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true What was I asking? > >> GOP extremists have long praised Garland. In 2017, after Trump fired >> James Comey, Mitch McConnell suggested that Garland become the FBI >> director. >> >> “I have spoken with the president about it. I recommended Merrick >> Garland,” McConnell said in May 2017. He recited the propaganda line >> that Garland “was the prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing case.” >> (Garland was not. The lead prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing >> case was Joseph Hartzler, and how that lie gets circulated will be >> explained later.) McConnell added that Garland “would make it clear >> that President Trump will continue the tradition at the FBI of having >> an apolitical professional.” >> >> McConnell is not the only Republican linked to Russian oligarchs to >> praise Garland. In 2010, when Garland was being considered for the >> Supreme Court, Republican operative Joseph DiGenova commended Garland >> as “a profoundly serious guy” who would be a great addition to the court. > >> In October 2021, Donald Trump praised Garland as “a good man” and said >> he was glad Garland was Attorney General. > > Garland is a stooge.  God, I hope Jack Smith isn't one too... > > >