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It's the Despair Quotient! Carpal Tunnel
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Time to invest in pitchfork and popcorn companies?
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Here is something to add to the top of the list: Trump Presidency Could Be Worth $14 Billion to His Troubled LenderDONALD TRUMP’S ELECTION has likely given a massive lifeline to Deutsche Bank, the German financial firm that has been rocked recently by rumors that they would have to pay a $14 billion fine to the Justice Department over crisis-related mortgage abuses.
That money is unlikely to ever be imposed, now that one of Deutsche Bank’s biggest borrowers – Trump – will soon be sitting in the White House.
That conflict of interest is one of the innumerable ones facing Trump as he leaves his life of grifting behind and becomes the nation’s chief executive. While the Justice Department is nominally independent of the White House, I had to stop writing this sentence because of constant laughing. Trump could easily move to protect his personal investments by aiding his business partner Deutsche Bank.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
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"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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From Ezekiel's link:
Trump has vowed to hand over his businesses to his children, a vague statement that goes much less far than a blind trust or some other segregation that other elected officials have used. After all, Trump’s family are among his closest political advisors.
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Once, weapons were manufactured to fight wars; today, wars are manufactured to sell weapons
It is far easier to deceive folks than to convince them they are deceived
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Former Ranters?
What can we do to get them back? Generally being a little more tolerant when they write something the people here don't like might be a good start. "Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends just a little better".
Once, weapons were manufactured to fight wars; today, wars are manufactured to sell weapons
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What can we do to get them back? How about this: Obama met Trump today in the White House. The meeting was scheduled to take 10 minutes but lasted over 90 minutes. Trump left saying that Obama was very nice, and Obama said he would do anything he could to help Trump. Trump himself and his immediate sycophants have no idea how politics works. I would not be surprised if Obama ends up being one of Trump's closest advisers. Obama DOES understand politics very well and he has dealt with an uncooperative Congress his entire administration. Trump ran against the Republican establishment, so he will probably find himself in a similar situation. Obama will probably be the only person who can guide him. As far as Trump's kids being "his closest political advisers", that is beyond laughable. His kids have never held ANY political office. They would give him no better advice than anybody off the street.
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It's the Despair Quotient! Carpal Tunnel
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The expression on Trump's face, his body language, his voice, everything about him was a HUGE "tell".
The guy's been badmouthing Obama for five years, never met him, then walks in and, I dunno what Obama said, or did, but you could see by Trump's face, in forty foot high letters, just how impressed he was. Suddenly "reality tee vee" was busted to smithereens by REALITY.
Obama is a true badass.
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