• How many major banks failed under Trump?

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 10 11:23:26 2023
    anyone?

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11844515/Silicon-Valley-Bank-halts-trading-pending-announcement.html

    CNBC is nothing but this calamity.
    Containment is the watchword of the moment.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Mar 10 18:54:20 2023
    On 3/10/23 1:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.levernews.com/svb-chief-pressed-lawmakers-to-weaken-bank-risk-regs/

    Eight years before the second-largest bank failure in American history
    occurred this week, the bank’s president personally pressed Congress to reduce scrutiny of his financial institution, citing the “low risk
    profile of our activities and business model,” according to federal
    records reviewed by The Lever.

    Three years later — after the bank spent more than half a million
    dollars on federal lobbying — lawmakers obliged.

    In 2015, SVB President Greg Becker appeared before a Senate panel to
    push legislators to exempt more banks — including his own — from new regulations passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Despite
    warnings from some senators, Becker’s lobbying effort was ultimately successful...

    Around that time, federal disclosure records show the bank was lobbying lawmakers on “financial regulatory reform” and the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 — a bill that was the precursor to legislation ultimately signed by President Donald Trump that increased
    the regulatory threshold for stronger stress tests to $250 billion.

    Trump signed the bill despite a report from Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee warning that under the new law, SVB and other banks
    of its size “would no longer be subject to nearly any enhanced regulations.”

    End quote.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 10 17:08:12 2023
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 4:54:22 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/10/23 1:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.levernews.com/svb-chief-pressed-lawmakers-to-weaken-bank-risk-regs/

    Eight years before the second-largest bank failure in American history occurred this week, the bank’s president personally pressed Congress to reduce scrutiny of his financial institution, citing the “low risk
    profile of our activities and business model,” according to federal records reviewed by The Lever.

    Three years later — after the bank spent more than half a million
    dollars on federal lobbying — lawmakers obliged.

    In 2015, SVB President Greg Becker appeared before a Senate panel to
    push legislators to exempt more banks — including his own — from new regulations passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Despite warnings from some senators, Becker’s lobbying effort was ultimately successful...

    Around that time, federal disclosure records show the bank was lobbying lawmakers on “financial regulatory reform” and the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 — a bill that was the precursor to legislation ultimately signed by President Donald Trump that increased
    the regulatory threshold for stronger stress tests to $250 billion.

    Trump signed the bill despite a report from Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee warning that under the new law, SVB and other banks
    of its size “would no longer be subject to nearly any enhanced regulations.”

    End quote.

    But no claim that such "enhanced regulations" would have prevented this.
    It's just another SPP of blaming Trump in the same playbook as the train derailment.
    Meanwhile....Joe get's a pass for all the tragedy on his watch...because everyone knows
    he isn't watching anything. Just stumbling and bumbling.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Mar 11 14:31:09 2023
    On 3/10/23 7:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    It's just another SPP of blaming Trump

    NYT (2019): To force large banks to get ready for the bad times during
    the good times, the Fed created a tool after the 2008 crisis called countercyclical capital buffering. Banks borrow most of the money they
    lend to customers, but the Fed requires banks to obtain a small portion
    of their funding from sources that do not need to be repaid — for
    example, by selling shares to investors or retaining profits. These
    funds are called capital; the amount of capital is the amount of losses
    a bank can endure without defaulting on its obligations. Under the countercyclical policy, the Fed can order banks to increase these
    capital buffers in periods of economic growth.

    This would seem like such a time. But earlier this month, the Fed
    declined to act. Instead it is moving to let banks shave their capital
    buffers.

    The Trump administration argues that deregulation will spur economic
    growth, by freeing banks to make more loans.

    End quote.

    Ya got me. It's the Fed's fault for listening to Trump. OTOH, there are
    some Democrats who share the blame:

    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/03/dems-to-gut-banking-regulations-for-bipartisanships-sake.html

    "In the Senate this week, Democrats and Republicans are poised to “break through the partisan gridlock that has plagued Washington,” and “show voters that it’s still possible to get things done in an often paralyzed Congress.”

    Specifically, they’re prepared to show voters that it’s still possible
    for lawmakers to put aside their differences, and work together to help
    banks discriminate against black people, coerce mobile-home buyers into predatory loans, and pursue high-risk lending strategies that increase
    the likelihood of a future financial crisis."

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Mar 11 14:20:31 2023
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:08:14 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 4:54:22 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/10/23 1:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.levernews.com/svb-chief-pressed-lawmakers-to-weaken-bank-risk-regs/

    Eight years before the second-largest bank failure in American history occurred this week, the bank’s president personally pressed Congress to reduce scrutiny of his financial institution, citing the “low risk profile of our activities and business model,” according to federal records reviewed by The Lever.

    Three years later — after the bank spent more than half a million dollars on federal lobbying — lawmakers obliged.

    In 2015, SVB President Greg Becker appeared before a Senate panel to
    push legislators to exempt more banks — including his own — from new regulations passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Despite warnings from some senators, Becker’s lobbying effort was ultimately successful...

    Around that time, federal disclosure records show the bank was lobbying lawmakers on “financial regulatory reform” and the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 — a bill that was the precursor to legislation ultimately signed by President Donald Trump that increased
    the regulatory threshold for stronger stress tests to $250 billion.

    Trump signed the bill despite a report from Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee warning that under the new law, SVB and other banks
    of its size “would no longer be subject to nearly any enhanced regulations.”

    End quote.
    But no claim that such "enhanced regulations" would have prevented this. It's just another SPP of blaming Trump in the same playbook as the train derailment.
    Meanwhile....Joe get's a pass for all the tragedy on his watch...because everyone knows
    he isn't watching anything. Just stumbling and bumbling.

    ScottW

    Regulation or lack of it had little to do with basic mismanagement.
    They made two major mistakes.
    1) Had too much of their assets in govt bonds. Now govt bonds, as safe, in the long term, at maturity.
    But before maturity they can fluctuate downward (in paper asset value) whne interest rates rise.
    Then they become low interest bonds with depreciated market value (based on competing higher interest
    ewer bonds) until that is made whole at maturity date, Now, the problem is that banks need to have positive net assets, so the having market depreciated (present book value) bonds , plus, having a whole lot of them,
    screwed up their asse/debit ratio.

    2) Instead of throwing in the towel early on the bank run, they desperately sold off their bond assets at a loss.
    if they gave up, but still held on to the bonds, the money would still be there, albeit only on the long-term future, to protect deposit holders, who, after so many years, would be able to recoup their deposits,

    Though there was one problem some regs could fix. SVB required borrowers to keep massive cash deposits in the bank, to the point of exclusivity,

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Sun Mar 12 12:28:19 2023
    On 3/11/23 4:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:08:14 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 4:54:22 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/10/23 1:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.levernews.com/svb-chief-pressed-lawmakers-to-weaken-bank-risk-regs/



    Eight years before the second-largest bank failure in American history
    occurred this week, the bank’s president personally pressed
    Congress to reduce scrutiny of his financial institution, citing
    the “low risk profile of our activities and business model,”
    according to federal records reviewed by The Lever.

    Three years later — after the bank spent more than half a
    million dollars on federal lobbying — lawmakers obliged.

    In 2015, SVB President Greg Becker appeared before a Senate panel
    to push legislators to exempt more banks — including his own —
    from new regulations passed in the wake of the 2008 financial
    crisis. Despite warnings from some senators, Becker’s lobbying
    effort was ultimately successful...

    Around that time, federal disclosure records show the bank was
    lobbying lawmakers on “financial regulatory reform” and the
    Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 — a bill that
    was the precursor to legislation ultimately signed by President
    Donald Trump that increased the regulatory threshold for stronger
    stress tests to $250 billion.

    Trump signed the bill despite a report from Democrats on
    Congress’ Joint Economic Committee warning that under the new
    law, SVB and other banks of its size “would no longer be subject
    to nearly any enhanced regulations.”

    End quote.

    But no claim that such "enhanced regulations" would have prevented
    this. It's just another SPP of blaming Trump in the same playbook
    as the train derailment. Meanwhile....Joe get's a pass for all the
    tragedy on his watch...because everyone knows he isn't watching
    anything. Just stumbling and bumbling.
    Regulation or lack of it had little to do with basic mismanagement.
    They made two major mistakes. 1) Had too much of their assets in govt
    bonds. Now govt bonds, as safe, in the long term, at maturity. But
    before maturity they can fluctuate downward (in paper asset value)
    whne interest rates rise. Then they become low interest bonds with depreciated market value (based on competing higher interest ewer
    bonds) until that is made whole at maturity date, Now, the problem
    is that banks need to have positive net assets, so the having market depreciated (present book value) bonds , plus, having a whole lot of
    them, screwed up their asse/debit ratio.

    2) Instead of throwing in the towel early on the bank run, they
    desperately sold off their bond assets at a loss. if they gave up,
    but still held on to the bonds, the money would still be there,
    albeit only on the long-term future, to protect deposit holders, who,
    after so many years, would be able to recoup their deposits,

    Though there was one problem some regs could fix. SVB required
    borrowers to keep massive cash deposits in the bank, to the point of exclusivity,

    Yes, and there was nothing stopping depositors from splitting their
    deposits into insurable sizes.

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Mar 13 05:28:27 2023
    On 11/03/2023 6:23 am, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11844515/Silicon-Valley-Bank-halts-trading-pending-announcement.html

    CNBC is nothing but this calamity.
    Containment is the watchword of the moment.

    ScottW

    **Trump set the bank up to fail, by ignoring regulators. In any case,
    Trump is a very bad businessman:

    https://labor411.org/411-blog/here-are-all-of-trump-s-bankruptcies-and-failed-businesses/

    The only person in history to bankrupt 4 casinos.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 12 19:20:35 2023
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 1:28:22 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 4:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:08:14 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 4:54:22 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/10/23 1:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.levernews.com/svb-chief-pressed-lawmakers-to-weaken-bank-risk-regs/



    Eight years before the second-largest bank failure in American history
    occurred this week, the bank’s president personally pressed
    Congress to reduce scrutiny of his financial institution, citing
    the “low risk profile of our activities and business model,”
    according to federal records reviewed by The Lever.

    Three years later — after the bank spent more than half a
    million dollars on federal lobbying — lawmakers obliged.

    In 2015, SVB President Greg Becker appeared before a Senate panel
    to push legislators to exempt more banks — including his own —
    from new regulations passed in the wake of the 2008 financial
    crisis. Despite warnings from some senators, Becker’s lobbying
    effort was ultimately successful...

    Around that time, federal disclosure records show the bank was
    lobbying lawmakers on “financial regulatory reform” and the
    Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 — a bill that
    was the precursor to legislation ultimately signed by President
    Donald Trump that increased the regulatory threshold for stronger
    stress tests to $250 billion.

    Trump signed the bill despite a report from Democrats on
    Congress’ Joint Economic Committee warning that under the new
    law, SVB and other banks of its size “would no longer be subject
    to nearly any enhanced regulations.”

    End quote.

    But no claim that such "enhanced regulations" would have prevented
    this. It's just another SPP of blaming Trump in the same playbook
    as the train derailment. Meanwhile....Joe get's a pass for all the
    tragedy on his watch...because everyone knows he isn't watching
    anything. Just stumbling and bumbling.
    Regulation or lack of it had little to do with basic mismanagement.
    They made two major mistakes. 1) Had too much of their assets in govt bonds. Now govt bonds, as safe, in the long term, at maturity. But
    before maturity they can fluctuate downward (in paper asset value)
    whne interest rates rise. Then they become low interest bonds with depreciated market value (based on competing higher interest ewer
    bonds) until that is made whole at maturity date, Now, the problem
    is that banks need to have positive net assets, so the having market depreciated (present book value) bonds , plus, having a whole lot of
    them, screwed up their asse/debit ratio.

    2) Instead of throwing in the towel early on the bank run, they desperately sold off their bond assets at a loss. if they gave up,
    but still held on to the bonds, the money would still be there,
    albeit only on the long-term future, to protect deposit holders, who, after so many years, would be able to recoup their deposits,

    Though there was one problem some regs could fix. SVB required
    borrowers to keep massive cash deposits in the bank, to the point of exclusivity,
    Yes, and there was nothing stopping depositors from splitting their
    deposits into insurable sizes.


    well, yes for individuals with large deposits, BUT, this bank serviced a whole lot
    of corporate accounts which were used for large daily or weekly deposits and withdrawals
    for business purposes such as meeting payroll, paying vendors, other expenses, and deposits of
    business income. Those accounts cannot be subdivided into $500,000 components. ROKU had about $500 million on deposit. They would need 1,000 distinctly separate accounts.

    here is a list https://techstory.in/list-of-companies-affected-by-the-silicon-valley-bank-crisis/

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to Trevor Wilson on Sun Mar 12 19:21:34 2023
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:28:30 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 11/03/2023 6:23 am, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11844515/Silicon-Valley-Bank-halts-trading-pending-announcement.html

    CNBC is nothing but this calamity.
    Containment is the watchword of the moment.

    ScottW
    **Trump set the bank up to fail, by ignoring regulators. In any case,
    Trump is a very bad businessman:

    https://labor411.org/411-blog/here-are-all-of-trump-s-bankruptcies-and-failed-businesses/

    The only person in history to bankrupt 4 casinos.

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    Today was a very rainy day. It's all Trump's fault

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 13:24:35 2023
    On 13/03/2023 1:21 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:28:30 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 11/03/2023 6:23 am, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11844515/Silicon-Valley-Bank-halts-trading-pending-announcement.html

    CNBC is nothing but this calamity.
    Containment is the watchword of the moment.

    ScottW
    **Trump set the bank up to fail, by ignoring regulators. In any case,
    Trump is a very bad businessman:

    https://labor411.org/411-blog/here-are-all-of-trump-s-bankruptcies-and-failed-businesses/

    The only person in history to bankrupt 4 casinos.

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    Today was a very rainy day. It's all Trump's fault

    **Nope. It was Trump's fault that thousands of people lost their
    livelihoods, in his many, many business failures.

    Face it: Trump is and always was a loser, a very bad businessman, a liar
    and a complete moron.

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 12 19:42:28 2023
    Little Sacky-Soo-Soo,
    Clomping through the Usenet,
    Scooping up the Trump turds,
    And scarfing them down his hatch.

    The only person in history to bankrupt 4 casinos.

    Today was a very rainy day. It's all Trump's fault

    Here's a tissue - you missed a drop.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to Trevor Wilson on Sun Mar 12 23:19:11 2023
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 10:24:39 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 13/03/2023 1:21 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:28:30 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 11/03/2023 6:23 am, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11844515/Silicon-Valley-Bank-halts-trading-pending-announcement.html

    CNBC is nothing but this calamity.
    Containment is the watchword of the moment.

    ScottW
    **Trump set the bank up to fail, by ignoring regulators. In any case,
    Trump is a very bad businessman:

    https://labor411.org/411-blog/here-are-all-of-trump-s-bankruptcies-and-failed-businesses/

    The only person in history to bankrupt 4 casinos.

    --
    This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
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    Today was a very rainy day. It's all Trump's fault
    **Nope. It was Trump's fault that thousands of people lost their livelihoods, in his many, many business failures.

    Face it: Trump is and always was a loser, a very bad businessman, a liar
    and a complete moron.

    Thank Biden for far much worse problems

    Over 50,000 fentanyl deaths per year
    15 per day
    due to hos softness and complicity with China and refusal to
    secure our southern border.

    https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/16/2517859/0/en/Fentanyl-is-Now-the-Leading-Cause-of-Death-for-American-Adults-The-Detox-Center-of-Los-Angeles-is-on-the-Front-Lines.html


    https://www.cdc.gov/stopoverdose/fentanyl/index.html


    Don't forget his thoroughly corrupt family dealings with China
    He is OWNED by China, who has the goods on him and his son Hunter, and China uses it
    to blackmail him.

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  • From Trevor Wilson@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 18:54:02 2023
    On 13/03/2023 5:19 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 10:24:39 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 13/03/2023 1:21 pm, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:28:30 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote:
    On 11/03/2023 6:23 am, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11844515/Silicon-Valley-Bank-halts-trading-pending-announcement.html

    CNBC is nothing but this calamity.
    Containment is the watchword of the moment.

    ScottW
    **Trump set the bank up to fail, by ignoring regulators. In any case,
    Trump is a very bad businessman:

    https://labor411.org/411-blog/here-are-all-of-trump-s-bankruptcies-and-failed-businesses/

    The only person in history to bankrupt 4 casinos.

    --
    This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
    www.avast.com

    Today was a very rainy day. It's all Trump's fault
    **Nope. It was Trump's fault that thousands of people lost their
    livelihoods, in his many, many business failures.

    Face it: Trump is and always was a loser, a very bad businessman, a liar
    and a complete moron.

    Thank Biden for far much worse problems

    Over 50,000 fentanyl deaths per year
    15 per day

    **Does Biden make and distribute fentanyl now?

    due to hos softness and complicity with China and refusal to
    secure our southern border.

    **Really? Like when Biden told China that he would defend Taiwan?


    https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/16/2517859/0/en/Fentanyl-is-Now-the-Leading-Cause-of-Death-for-American-Adults-The-Detox-Center-of-Los-Angeles-is-on-the-Front-Lines.html


    https://www.cdc.gov/stopoverdose/fentanyl/index.html


    Don't forget his thoroughly corrupt family dealings with China
    He is OWNED by China, who has the goods on him and his son Hunter, and China uses it
    to blackmail him.

    **Prove it.

    I bet you cannot supply a shred of proof. You are full of shit.

    Face it: I was right about your hero, Trump, and you don't like the truth.

    Trump is and always was a loser, a very bad businessman, a liar and a
    complete moron.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 09:44:26 2023
    On 3/12/23 9:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 1:28:22 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 4:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:08:14 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 4:54:22 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/10/23 1:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    anyone?

    https://www.levernews.com/svb-chief-pressed-lawmakers-to-weaken-bank-risk-regs/

    Though there was one problem some regs could fix. SVB required
    borrowers to keep massive cash deposits in the bank, to the point of
    exclusivity,
    Yes, and there was nothing stopping depositors from splitting their
    deposits into insurable sizes.


    well, yes for individuals with large deposits, BUT, this bank serviced a whole lot
    of corporate accounts which were used for large daily or weekly deposits and withdrawals
    for business purposes such as meeting payroll, paying vendors, other expenses, and deposits of
    business income. Those accounts cannot be subdivided into $500,000 components.
    ROKU had about $500 million on deposit. They would need 1,000 distinctly separate accounts.

    here is a list https://techstory.in/list-of-companies-affected-by-the-silicon-valley-bank-crisis/

    Yes, I wasn't considering commercial accounts enough. There's lots of
    news emerging about herd mentality among venture capitalists leading to
    the bank run, the effect of interest rates on SVB's business strategy,
    and now the Treasury ruling out then performing a bailout within 24 hours.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 09:54:29 2023
    On 3/13/23 1:19 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    Over 50,000 fentanyl deaths per year
    15 per day
    due to hos softness and complicity with China and refusal to
    secure our southern border.
    https://www.cato.org/blog/fentanyl-smuggled-us-citizens-us-citizens-not-asylum-seekers

    "Fentanyl is primarily trafficked by U.S. citizens. The U.S. Sentencing Commission publishes data on all federal convictions, which includes demographic information on individuals convicted of fentanyl
    trafficking. Figure 1 shows the citizenship status of fentanyl
    traffickers for 2018 to 2021. Every year, U.S. citizens receive the most convictions by far. In 2021, U.S. citizens accounted for 86.3 percent of fentanyl trafficking convictions compared to just 8.9 percent for
    illegal immigrants...

    [F]entanyl is smuggled through official crossing points specifically
    because it is easier to conceal it on a legal traveler or in legal goods
    than it is to conceal a person crossing the border illegally."

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 13 08:58:17 2023
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 11:18:17 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/13/23 1:19 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    Don't forget his thoroughly corrupt family dealings with China
    He is OWNED by China, who has the goods on him and his son Hunter, and China uses it
    to blackmail him.
    https://www.axios.com/pro/energy-policy/2023/03/09/hunter-bidens-mine-truth

    Reality check: Freeport-McMoRan, the American mining company involved in
    the deal, provided a statement to Axios asserting that the Hunter-linked firm was not involved in selling Freeport-McMoRan's majority ownership
    of the mine.

    BHR was not mentioned in media releases at the time of the
    Freeport-China Molybdenum deal announcement.

    “BHR Partners did not play a role in our sale and was not a party to
    this sale,” Dan Kravets, Freeport vice president of corporate
    development and exploration, said in a statement...

    Simply put, this means the Chinese firm got its deal for the controlling stake in the mine before BHR got involved, and BHR was apparently not involved in the transaction most central to China securing control of
    the mine.

    The big picture: Given all that, it’s unclear whether there was a way
    the U.S., or Obama officials, could have ever gotten involved in the
    part of the deal in which BHR was involved.

    End quote.

    Oldies but goodies.

    https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking-claims-about-hunter-biden-joe-biden-/

    • The granular details of many of the allegations about Hunter Biden’s dealings in China are supported by documentation, but larger conclusions resurrected at the end of the 2020 campaign are unsubstantiated.

    • Foreign policy experts say these allegations do not add up to a
    picture of Joe Biden being corrupt or pursuing policies contrary to the national interest. There is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so.

    End quote.

    "The documentary never says that either Biden broke the law, but its
    pairing of the Bidens with Chinese figures charged with espionage and
    other crimes, punctuated by spooky music, might give a viewer that impression."

    Well, if there's spooky music, it must be true.

    "However, there is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking
    the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so."

    You can start off by admitting that Hunter Biden, son of the then VPOTUS, received
    many millions from Chinese interests, and that it is inappropriate for a close family
    member of the VPOS to do so.
    You can also admit that Hunter Biden had no particular expertise regarding
    the business of these companies.
    And then you can admit that the reason these foreign companies hired and paid
    Hunter Biden was because of his influence as a son of the sitting VPOTUS.
    And finally, you can admit that thus sort of foreign influence peddling is just fibe with you.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 10:18:12 2023
    On 3/13/23 1:19 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    Don't forget his thoroughly corrupt family dealings with China
    He is OWNED by China, who has the goods on him and his son Hunter, and China uses it
    to blackmail him.

    https://www.axios.com/pro/energy-policy/2023/03/09/hunter-bidens-mine-truth

    Reality check: Freeport-McMoRan, the American mining company involved in
    the deal, provided a statement to Axios asserting that the Hunter-linked
    firm was not involved in selling Freeport-McMoRan's majority ownership
    of the mine.

    BHR was not mentioned in media releases at the time of the
    Freeport-China Molybdenum deal announcement.

    “BHR Partners did not play a role in our sale and was not a party to
    this sale,” Dan Kravets, Freeport vice president of corporate
    development and exploration, said in a statement...

    Simply put, this means the Chinese firm got its deal for the controlling
    stake in the mine before BHR got involved, and BHR was apparently not
    involved in the transaction most central to China securing control of
    the mine.

    The big picture: Given all that, it’s unclear whether there was a way
    the U.S., or Obama officials, could have ever gotten involved in the
    part of the deal in which BHR was involved.

    End quote.

    Oldies but goodies.

    https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking-claims-about-hunter-biden-joe-biden-/

    • The granular details of many of the allegations about Hunter Biden’s dealings in China are supported by documentation, but larger conclusions resurrected at the end of the 2020 campaign are unsubstantiated.

    • Foreign policy experts say these allegations do not add up to a
    picture of Joe Biden being corrupt or pursuing policies contrary to the national interest. There is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so.

    End quote.

    "The documentary never says that either Biden broke the law, but its
    pairing of the Bidens with Chinese figures charged with espionage and
    other crimes, punctuated by spooky music, might give a viewer that
    impression."

    Well, if there's spooky music, it must be true.

    "However, there is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking
    the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so."

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 13 08:52:51 2023
    mINE109 wrote:

    Well, if there's spooky music, it must be true.

    Not to mention all those dang mules.

    "However, there is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking
    the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so."

    This nugget is not the sort of "information" that Shmoo scottw treasures.
    You might as well kick him out of Sunday school as try to learn him about reality.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 12:49:14 2023
    On 3/13/23 10:58 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 11:18:17 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:

    https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking-claims-about-hunter-biden-joe-biden-/

    "However, there is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking
    the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so."

    You can start off by admitting that Hunter Biden, son of the then VPOTUS, received
    many millions from Chinese interests, and that it is inappropriate for a close family
    member of the VPOS to do so.

    But it's okay for Trump's family?

    You can also admit that Hunter Biden had no particular expertise regarding the business of these companies.

    Here's the WaPo article that's the most credible report:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/inside-hunter-biden-e2-80-99s-multimillion-dollar-deals-with-a-chinese-energy-company/ar-AAVFFrA

    And then you can admit that the reason these foreign companies hired and paid
    Hunter Biden was because of his influence as a son of the sitting VPOTUS.

    "The Post did not find evidence that Joe Biden personally benefited from
    or knew details about the transactions with CEFC, which took place after
    he had left the vice presidency and before he announced his intentions
    to run for the White House in 2020."

    However: "An intermediary from CEFC initially reached out to Hunter
    Biden in December 2015 to set up a meeting between the then-vice
    president’s son and Ye Jianming, the founder and chairman of the Chinese firm."

    Good timing to jump on the last year of a lame-duck administration. The
    deal fell through, according to the New Yorker, and they didn't meet
    until after Joe left office.

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/will-hunter-biden-jeopardize-his-fathers-campaign

    Lots of addiction-related dirt, it provides context for the time period.

    And finally, you can admit that thus sort of foreign influence peddling is just fibe with you.

    Why would I do that? I'm against cronyism in general.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 13 14:25:15 2023
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 1:49:19 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/13/23 10:58 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 11:18:17 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking-claims-about-hunter-biden-joe-biden-/
    "However, there is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking >> the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so."

    You can start off by admitting that Hunter Biden, son of the then VPOTUS, received
    many millions from Chinese interests, and that it is inappropriate for a close family
    member of the VPOS to do so.
    But it's okay for Trump's family?
    You can also admit that Hunter Biden had no particular expertise regarding the business of these companies.
    Here's the WaPo article that's the most credible report:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/inside-hunter-biden-e2-80-99s-multimillion-dollar-deals-with-a-chinese-energy-company/ar-AAVFFrA
    And then you can admit that the reason these foreign companies hired and paid
    Hunter Biden was because of his influence as a son of the sitting VPOTUS.
    "The Post did not find evidence that Joe Biden personally benefited from
    or knew details about the transactions with CEFC, which took place after
    he had left the vice presidency and before he announced his intentions
    to run for the White House in 2020."

    However: "An intermediary from CEFC initially reached out to Hunter
    Biden in December 2015 to set up a meeting between the then-vice president’s son and Ye Jianming, the founder and chairman of the Chinese firm."

    Good timing to jump on the last year of a lame-duck administration. The
    deal fell through, according to the New Yorker, and they didn't meet
    until after Joe left office.

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/will-hunter-biden-jeopardize-his-fathers-campaign

    Lots of addiction-related dirt, it provides context for the time period.
    And finally, you can admit that thus sort of foreign influence peddling is just fibe with you.
    Why would I do that? I'm against cronyism in general.


    In general. How about specifics?
    If so, then you have a problem with the Biden family's corruption and influence peddling

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 17:01:12 2023
    On 3/13/23 4:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 1:49:19 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/13/23 10:58 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 11:18:17 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking-claims-about-hunter-biden-joe-biden-/
    "However, there is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking >>>> the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so."

    You can start off by admitting that Hunter Biden, son of the then VPOTUS, received
    many millions from Chinese interests, and that it is inappropriate for a close family
    member of the VPOS to do so.
    But it's okay for Trump's family?
    You can also admit that Hunter Biden had no particular expertise regarding >>> the business of these companies.
    Here's the WaPo article that's the most credible report:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/inside-hunter-biden-e2-80-99s-multimillion-dollar-deals-with-a-chinese-energy-company/ar-AAVFFrA
    And then you can admit that the reason these foreign companies hired and paid
    Hunter Biden was because of his influence as a son of the sitting VPOTUS. >> "The Post did not find evidence that Joe Biden personally benefited from
    or knew details about the transactions with CEFC, which took place after
    he had left the vice presidency and before he announced his intentions
    to run for the White House in 2020."

    However: "An intermediary from CEFC initially reached out to Hunter
    Biden in December 2015 to set up a meeting between the then-vice
    president’s son and Ye Jianming, the founder and chairman of the Chinese >> firm."

    Good timing to jump on the last year of a lame-duck administration. The
    deal fell through, according to the New Yorker, and they didn't meet
    until after Joe left office.

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/will-hunter-biden-jeopardize-his-fathers-campaign

    Lots of addiction-related dirt, it provides context for the time period.
    And finally, you can admit that thus sort of foreign influence peddling is just fibe with you.
    Why would I do that? I'm against cronyism in general.


    In general. How about specifics?

    I'm consistently against specific cronyism, usually with the caveat that
    much of it is legal.

    If so, then you have a problem with the Biden family's corruption and influence peddling

    I'm consoled by Joe Biden's distance from family business matters such
    that there is no influence to be peddled. And "corruption" implies
    illegal acts which have not been shown to have happened.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 13 15:29:54 2023
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 6:01:15 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/13/23 4:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 1:49:19 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/13/23 10:58 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 11:18:17 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking-claims-about-hunter-biden-joe-biden-/
    "However, there is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking >>>> the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so."

    You can start off by admitting that Hunter Biden, son of the then VPOTUS, received
    many millions from Chinese interests, and that it is inappropriate for a close family
    member of the VPOS to do so.
    But it's okay for Trump's family?
    You can also admit that Hunter Biden had no particular expertise regarding
    the business of these companies.
    Here's the WaPo article that's the most credible report:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/inside-hunter-biden-e2-80-99s-multimillion-dollar-deals-with-a-chinese-energy-company/ar-AAVFFrA
    And then you can admit that the reason these foreign companies hired and paid
    Hunter Biden was because of his influence as a son of the sitting VPOTUS.
    "The Post did not find evidence that Joe Biden personally benefited from >> or knew details about the transactions with CEFC, which took place after >> he had left the vice presidency and before he announced his intentions
    to run for the White House in 2020."

    However: "An intermediary from CEFC initially reached out to Hunter
    Biden in December 2015 to set up a meeting between the then-vice
    president’s son and Ye Jianming, the founder and chairman of the Chinese
    firm."

    Good timing to jump on the last year of a lame-duck administration. The >> deal fell through, according to the New Yorker, and they didn't meet
    until after Joe left office.

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/will-hunter-biden-jeopardize-his-fathers-campaign

    Lots of addiction-related dirt, it provides context for the time period. >>> And finally, you can admit that thus sort of foreign influence peddling is just fibe with you.
    Why would I do that? I'm against cronyism in general.


    In general. How about specifics?
    I'm consistently against specific cronyism, usually with the caveat that much of it is legal.
    If so, then you have a problem with the Biden family's corruption and influence peddling
    I'm consoled by Joe Biden's distance from family business matters such
    that there is no influence to be peddled. And "corruption" implies
    illegal acts which have not been shown to have happened.

    It's amazing! You are actually consoled by your own ignorance.

    So, you admit that its ok for a VP's son to have financial dealings with agents from a foreign adversary, as long as you can assume the VP closes his
    eyes to know any details of those dealings.

    And you would also hold the same standard to your political adversaries, the Rpublicans, right?

    I don't think so, you have an subjective escape hatch on that one.

    Your answer is thus: It's ok for Dems to do it because I trust them, but it's not ok if Republicans do it because I don't trust them.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Mar 13 21:23:37 2023
    On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 12:16:08 AM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:



    Earlier, Steve posted:
    I'm consoled by Joe Biden's distance from family business matters such
    that there is no influence to be peddled.



    https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/

    ScottW

    So much for Steve's brick wall. In reality, it is only bales of straw men piled waist high.

    Steve actually admires progressive Democrat corruption and influence peddling.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 21:16:07 2023
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 3:29:55 PM UTC-7, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 6:01:15 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/13/23 4:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 1:49:19 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/13/23 10:58 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 11:18:17 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking-claims-about-hunter-biden-joe-biden-/
    "However, there is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking
    the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so."

    You can start off by admitting that Hunter Biden, son of the then VPOTUS, received
    many millions from Chinese interests, and that it is inappropriate for a close family
    member of the VPOS to do so.
    But it's okay for Trump's family?
    You can also admit that Hunter Biden had no particular expertise regarding
    the business of these companies.
    Here's the WaPo article that's the most credible report:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/inside-hunter-biden-e2-80-99s-multimillion-dollar-deals-with-a-chinese-energy-company/ar-AAVFFrA
    And then you can admit that the reason these foreign companies hired and paid
    Hunter Biden was because of his influence as a son of the sitting VPOTUS.
    "The Post did not find evidence that Joe Biden personally benefited from
    or knew details about the transactions with CEFC, which took place after
    he had left the vice presidency and before he announced his intentions >> to run for the White House in 2020."

    However: "An intermediary from CEFC initially reached out to Hunter
    Biden in December 2015 to set up a meeting between the then-vice
    president’s son and Ye Jianming, the founder and chairman of the Chinese
    firm."

    Good timing to jump on the last year of a lame-duck administration. The >> deal fell through, according to the New Yorker, and they didn't meet
    until after Joe left office.

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/will-hunter-biden-jeopardize-his-fathers-campaign

    Lots of addiction-related dirt, it provides context for the time period.
    And finally, you can admit that thus sort of foreign influence peddling is just fibe with you.
    Why would I do that? I'm against cronyism in general.


    In general. How about specifics?
    I'm consistently against specific cronyism, usually with the caveat that much of it is legal.
    If so, then you have a problem with the Biden family's corruption and influence peddling
    I'm consoled by Joe Biden's distance from family business matters such that there is no influence to be peddled. And "corruption" implies
    illegal acts which have not been shown to have happened.
    It's amazing! You are actually consoled by your own ignorance.

    So, you admit that its ok for a VP's son to have financial dealings with agents from a foreign adversary, as long as you can assume the VP closes his eyes to know any details of those dealings.

    And you would also hold the same standard to your political adversaries, the Rpublicans, right?

    I don't think so, you have an subjective escape hatch on that one.

    Your answer is thus: It's ok for Dems to do it because I trust them, but it's
    not ok if Republicans do it because I don't trust them.

    https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Tue Mar 14 09:38:57 2023
    On 3/13/23 5:29 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 6:01:15 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/13/23 4:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    And finally, you can admit that thus sort of foreign
    influence peddling is just fibe with you.
    Why would I do that? I'm against cronyism in general.


    In general. How about specifics?
    I'm consistently against specific cronyism, usually with the caveat
    that much of it is legal.
    If so, then you have a problem with the Biden family's corruption
    and influence peddling
    I'm consoled by Joe Biden's distance from family business matters
    such that there is no influence to be peddled. And "corruption"
    implies illegal acts which have not been shown to have happened.

    It's amazing! You are actually consoled by your own ignorance.

    No, by the lack of evidence.

    So, you admit that its ok for a VP's son to have financial dealings
    with agents from a foreign adversary, as long as you can assume the
    VP closes his eyes to know any details of those dealings.

    By "foreign adversary," you mean anything connected to China. Yes,
    maintaining a "Chinese Wall" for family business is a legitimate
    response, and, no, Joe wasn't VP at the time.

    And you would also hold the same standard to your political
    adversaries, the Rpublicans, right?

    I don't think so, you have an subjective escape hatch on that one.

    Your answer is thus: It's ok for Dems to do it because I trust them,
    but it's not ok if Republicans do it because I don't trust them.

    Are you arguing with yourself? Trust is earned and you haven't seen me
    going on about the Trump daughter's trademark deals because although it
    looks bad, I don't see the harm.

    Kushner's ME dealings, OTOH, are highly consequential. The WaPo:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/after-helping-prince-s-rise-trump-and-kushner-benefit-from-saudi-funds/ar-AA17nzrh

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Mar 14 09:52:27 2023
    On 3/13/23 11:16 PM, ScottW wrote:

    https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/

    No evidence they actually met.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/10/30/whats-the-deal-with-hunter-bidens-emails-ukraine-and-china

    "It’s not clear from the wording of the email whether the meeting ever
    took place, and the vice president’s official schedule doesn’t show any record of a meeting with Pozharskyi, according to Biden’s campaign."

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 14 12:11:04 2023

    I don't think so, you have an subjective escape hatch on that one.

    Your answer is thus: It's ok for Dems to do it because I trust them,
    but it's not ok if Republicans do it because I don't trust them.
    Are you arguing with yourself? Trust is earned

    Please explain to me how Hunter and Joe Biden have earned your
    trust.

    Hunter, a known philandering former drug addict. Won't accept financial. responsibility in raising his offspring. collects foreign payments and board positions in
    industries in which he has no experience or expertise. The foreign nations who's actors he works
    for are hostile to the United States. After those sources dry up he suddenly becomes a renowned
    artist, selling his works for up to $250,00 each, to undisclosed purchasers. Please tell me again that there is no influence peddling in all this, and that Hunter has earned
    your trust,

    Joe Biden, identified as Big Guy, who skims 10% off of Hunters shady income stream, claims
    the "SGT Schultz" defense, knows nothing . Even several years after Hunter's antics were exposed to the public, he has done nothing to stop this, even afa the recent art scheme.
    Recent email exposures show that Joe was knowledgeable of and
    participated in Hunters indulgence peddling. Emails to Joe from Hunter's benefactors thanking him
    for meeting with them.

    Yesterday you told us you oppose cronyism. Obvious, you were lying to us.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 14 12:15:36 2023
    On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 10:52:29 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/13/23 11:16 PM, ScottW wrote:

    https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/

    No evidence they actually met.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/10/30/whats-the-deal-with-hunter-bidens-emails-ukraine-and-china

    "It’s not clear from the wording of the email whether the meeting ever took place, and the vice president’s official schedule doesn’t show any record of a meeting with Pozharskyi, according to Biden’s campaign."

    Oh! A secret off the books meeting.
    And you say Biden has earned your trust.

    And now he is bailing out his crony woke Left coast contributors, a decision that
    took him only two days to make.
    And over in Palestine ,Ohio ,one month after their disaster, he still won't make those
    little people who voted 71% for Trump whole.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Mar 15 12:21:03 2023
    On 3/14/23 2:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:


    I don't think so, you have an subjective escape hatch on that
    one.

    Your answer is thus: It's ok for Dems to do it because I trust
    them, but it's not ok if Republicans do it because I don't trust
    them.
    Are you arguing with yourself? Trust is earned

    Please explain to me how Hunter and Joe Biden have earned your
    trust.

    Hunter, not so much, Joe, a lifetime of service.

    Hunter, a known philandering former drug addict. Won't accept
    financial. responsibility in raising his offspring. collects foreign
    payments and board positions in industries in which he has no
    experience or expertise. The foreign nations who's actors he works
    for are hostile to the United States. After those sources dry up he
    suddenly becomes a renowned artist, selling his works for up to
    $250,00 each, to undisclosed purchasers. Please tell me again that
    there is no influence peddling in all this, and that Hunter has
    earned your trust,

    Not so much.

    Joe Biden, identified as Big Guy, who skims 10% off of Hunters shady
    income stream, claims the "SGT Schultz" defense, knows nothing . Even
    several years after Hunter's antics were exposed to the public, he
    has done nothing to stop this, even afa the recent art scheme. Recent
    email exposures show that Joe was knowledgeable of and participated
    in Hunters indulgence peddling. Emails to Joe from Hunter's
    benefactors thanking him for meeting with them.

    No, I don't accept those characterizations. That Chinese wall means Joe
    isn't going to step in to stop dodgy art deals, etc, and if that makes
    him look bad, remember that statements against interest are considered credible.

    Yesterday you told us you oppose cronyism. Obvious, you were lying to
    us.

    I can't deprive you of the pleasure get from accusing me , but
    disagreement isn't lying.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 15 12:09:24 2023
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 1:21:05 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/14/23 2:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:




    Please explain to me how Hunter and Joe Biden have earned your
    trust.
    Hunter, not so much, Joe, a lifetime of service.

    Spiro T. Agnew had a lifetime of service.
    So did James Trafficante.






    Hunter, a known philandering former drug addict. Won't accept
    financial. responsibility in raising his offspring. collects foreign payments and board positions in industries in which he has no
    experience or expertise. The foreign nations who's actors he works
    for are hostile to the United States. After those sources dry up he suddenly becomes a renowned artist, selling his works for up to
    $250,00 each, to undisclosed purchasers. Please tell me again that
    there is no influence peddling in all this, and that Hunter has
    earned your trust,
    Not so much.


    Joe Biden, identified as Big Guy, who skims 10% off of Hunters shady income stream, claims the "SGT Schultz" defense, knows nothing . Even several years after Hunter's antics were exposed to the public, he
    has done nothing to stop this, even afa the recent art scheme. Recent email exposures show that Joe was knowledgeable of and participated
    in Hunters indulgence peddling. Emails to Joe from Hunter's
    benefactors thanking him for meeting with them.


    No, I don't accept those characterizations.

    That is the core of your problem.



    That Chinese wall means Joe
    isn't going to step in to stop dodgy art deals, etc, and if that makes
    him look bad, remember that statements against interest are considered credible.

    Chinese wall is an apt description! They built it.
    and staying technically blind furthers Joe's Sgt Schultz defense.
    The art dealer shielding him in secrecy is another one of his
    corrupt allies.
    The point of the secrecy is that we don't know, not that Huner doesn't know


    Yesterday you told us you oppose cronyism. Obvious, you were lying to
    us.

    I can't deprive you of the pleasure get from accusing me , but
    disagreement isn't lying.

    Your support of Biden cronyism certainly is evidence of your lying about
    being against cronyism.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Mar 15 14:59:11 2023
    On 3/15/23 2:09 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 1:21:05 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/14/23 2:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    Joe Biden, identified as Big Guy, who skims 10% off of Hunters shady
    income stream, claims the "SGT Schultz" defense, knows nothing . Even
    several years after Hunter's antics were exposed to the public, he
    has done nothing to stop this, even afa the recent art scheme. Recent
    email exposures show that Joe was knowledgeable of and participated
    in Hunters indulgence peddling. Emails to Joe from Hunter's
    benefactors thanking him for meeting with them.


    No, I don't accept those characterizations.

    That is the core of your problem.

    No, it's your problem.

    https://www.mediaite.com/news/put-up-or-shut-up-geraldo-challenges-the-right-on-5-years-of-hunter-biden-investigations-uncovering-nothing-remotely-criminal/

    “Hunter Biden has been investigated for almost five years. Aside from
    the fact he’s been a junkie dirtbag nothing remotely criminal has been uncovered,” Rivera wrote on Twitter Tuesday.

    That's pretty much my view. Enjoy the right-wingers piling on by
    doubling down on the unproven allegations.

    That Chinese wall means Joe isn't going to step in to stop dodgy art deals, etc, and if that makes
    him look bad, remember that statements against interest are considered
    credible.

    Chinese wall is an apt description! They built it.

    No, it's a common term.

    and staying technically blind furthers Joe's Sgt Schultz defense.
    The art dealer shielding him in secrecy is another one of his
    corrupt allies.
    The point of the secrecy is that we don't know, not that Huner doesn't know

    Still not illegal to buy art, just as it's not illegal to overpay for
    hotel rooms.

    Yesterday you told us you oppose cronyism. Obvious, you were lying to
    us.

    I can't deprive you of the pleasure get from accusing me , but
    disagreement isn't lying.

    Your support of Biden cronyism certainly is evidence of your lying about being against cronyism.

    No support, no lying.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 15 15:20:40 2023
    Your support of Biden cronyism certainly is evidence of your lying about being against cronyism.
    No support, no lying.

    If you were against cronyism, you would be critical of Hunter, the VPOTUS (at that time)
    son, getting numerous foreign payments for consulting work and board memberships
    from CCP affiliated entities, or from any foreign sources, for that matter, especially if from
    an antagonistic nation. And especially since Hunter has no expertise and no experience
    in the matters they hired him for. It cronyism,
    it is obvious that the ONLY attribute Hunter brought to the table
    was his familial access to the VPOTUS.
    Hence, you are NOT against cronyism, and that by saying that you are against cronyism, it is butt-crack obvious that you are a lying son of a bitch.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Mar 15 20:08:26 2023
    On 3/15/23 5:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    Your support of Biden cronyism certainly is evidence of your lying about >>> being against cronyism.
    No support, no lying.

    If you were against cronyism, you would be critical of Hunter, the VPOTUS (at that time)
    son, getting numerous foreign payments for consulting work and board memberships
    from CCP affiliated entities, or from any foreign sources, for that matter, especially if from
    an antagonistic nation. And especially since Hunter has no expertise and no experience
    in the matters they hired him for. It cronyism,
    it is obvious that the ONLY attribute Hunter brought to the table
    was his familial access to the VPOTUS.
    Hence, you are NOT against cronyism, and that by saying that you are against cronyism, it is butt-crack obvious that you are a lying son of a bitch.

    You're blowing smoke. I don't defend cronyism but I do point out your
    factual errors. I also don't bother much reminding you of the blindingly obvious equivalent right-wing activities, such as the newly-arrested
    Chinese con man who just sponsored CPAC with a history of bankrolling disinformation.

    Let's look at your list...

    I disapprove of Hunter's foreign board activities and investment funds
    Joe was not VP at the time Hunter received Chinese payments
    China is not an "antagonistic nation" such that it's suspicious to do
    business there
    Hunter has a law degree and corporate experience to go along with his
    famous relation

    I've been consistently against that kind of cronyism as well as the
    lobbying and think tank culture in general but until that's illegal
    you're entitled to your opinion but that's all.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 15 20:07:58 2023
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 9:08:30 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 5:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:


    You're blowing smoke. I don't defend cronyism but I do point out your factual errors. I also don't bother much reminding you of the blindingly obvious equivalent right-wing activities, such as the newly-arrested
    Chinese con man who just sponsored CPAC with a history of bankrolling disinformation.

    That is about as lame as it gets. You're shooting blanks.

    I'm talking about the sitting POTUS and his corrupt nuclear family. Taking money
    from agents of a hostile foreign government i exchange for influence in our county's
    inner governmental circle.

    and what have YOU got?

    Some sideline player nobody ever heard of until today, a contributor to PACs, not any elected official of any sort who you accuse withe the HAZY charge of sending out disinformation.

    Well, lets look at all the liberal hacks vomiting their daily doses of
    leftwing propaganda.
    CNN, all of it
    MSNBS,





    Let's look at your list...

    I disapprove of Hunter's foreign board activities and investment funds
    Joe was not VP at the time Hunter received Chinese payments
    China is not an "antagonistic nation" such that it's suspicious to do business there
    Hunter has a law degree and corporate experience to go along with his
    famous relation

    I've been consistently against that kind of cronyism as well as the
    lobbying and think tank culture in general but until that's illegal
    you're entitled to your opinion but that's all.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Mar 15 20:27:43 2023
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 11:07:59 PM UTC-4, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 9:08:30 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 5:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:


    You're blowing smoke. I don't defend cronyism but I do point out your factual errors. I also don't bother much reminding you of the blindingly obvious equivalent right-wing activities, such as the newly-arrested Chinese con man who just sponsored CPAC with a history of bankrolling disinformation.
    That is about as lame as it gets. You're shooting blanks.

    I'm talking about the sitting POTUS and his corrupt nuclear family. Taking money
    from agents of a hostile foreign government i exchange for influence in our county's
    inner governmental circle.

    and what have YOU got?

    Some sideline player nobody ever heard of until today, a contributor to PACs,
    not any elected official of any sort who you accuse withe the HAZY charge of sending out disinformation.

    Well, lets look at all the liberal hacks vomiting their daily doses of leftwing propaganda.
    CNN, all of it
    MSNBS,

    TO CONTINUE (I POSTED TOO EARLY)

    MSNBC, all of it
    NYT
    Washington Post
    NPR,
    Brian Stelter
    The View
    Jimmy Kimmel
    Chuck Todd
    etc,. too numerous to mention all of them





    Let's look at your list...

    I disapprove of Hunter's foreign board activities and investment funds
    Joe was not VP at the time Hunter received Chinese payments

    That does not matter one bit, The issue is when the goods were delivered to the Chinese,
    At any rate, Joe was a powerful influencer past his VP days.


    China is not an "antagonistic nation" such that it's suspicious to do business there

    WHAT???????????????????????????????????????????????????
    What the fuck?????
    You don't think the Chinese are antagonistic towards us?

    https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-warns-us-suffer-consequences-if-it-escalates-balloon-incident-2023-02-19/

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/07/china/china-two-sessions-new-foreign-minister-us-rebuke-intl-hnk/index.html#:~:text=China%E2%80%99s%20new%20Foreign%20Minister%20Qin%20Gang%20warned%20Tuesday,his%20first%20press%20conference%20in%20the%20new%20role.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-07/qin-warns-that-us-zero-sum-game-with-china-risks-catastrophe#xj4y7vzkg

    https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=955a9e0bed48be69JmltdHM9MTY3ODgzODQwMCZpZ3VpZD0xNGY1ZDM0MC04NWU2LTZkNjQtMmM3ZS1kZDZiODQ2NDZjYmMmaW5zaWQ9NTM0MQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=14f5d340-85e6-6d64-2c7e-dd6b84646cbc&psq=china+warns+us+of+war&u=
    a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3c3dlZWsuY29tL2NoaW5hLXdhcm5zLXVzLWdyYXZlLWNvbnNlcXVlbmNlcy1pZi11a3JhaW5lLWpvaW5zLW5hdG8tMTc0ODQzMQ&ntb=1


    https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/china-already-engaging-in-irregular-war-with-us-in-the-grey-zone/news-story/8cabbb1179b77d2845f6e700bbfad62f

    I can go on and on and on.

    Looks like even the mainstream media shows you to be a LIAR.


    Hunter has a law degree and corporate experience to go along with his famous relation

    He has no experience in foreign relations, gas exploration and production, nor any
    other relative subject

    There are 1.3 MILLION lawyers in the US, but somehow, foreign interests picked Hunter

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/740222/number-of-lawyers-us/

    There are over 69,000 coeporate executives in the US, but Somehow
    foreign interests selected Hunter

    https://www.zippia.com/business-executive-jobs/demographics/



    I've been consistently against that kind of cronyism as well as the lobbying and think tank culture in general but until that's illegal
    you're entitled to your opinion but that's all.

    My opinion is based upon facts.
    Your opinion is based upon cultish fantasies.

    You are so Fucking lame.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 15 21:49:24 2023
    The stultifying Sack of Crap is off with the fairies again.

    My opinion is based upon facts.

    You seem to believe that nonsense. As if it were actually true!
    Did you learn this behavior from The Vile Pumpkin, who seemed
    to convince himself that his stupid lies about a "stolen" election
    were also verifiably true?

    In reality, you are one of the most close-minded individuals I've
    ever run across. You are able to repel an incredibly high percentage
    of actual, Real-World facts. Your reliance on the crutch of your
    prejudices and biases would qualify you for the Aged and Infirm Olympics
    in any event they put on.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Thu Mar 16 10:00:05 2023
    On 3/15/23 10:07 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 9:08:30 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 5:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:


    You're blowing smoke. I don't defend cronyism but I do point out your
    factual errors. I also don't bother much reminding you of the blindingly
    obvious equivalent right-wing activities, such as the newly-arrested
    Chinese con man who just sponsored CPAC with a history of bankrolling
    disinformation.

    That is about as lame as it gets. You're shooting blanks.

    Since you made my opinions the subject, my opinions are what you get.

    I'm talking about the sitting POTUS and his corrupt nuclear family. Taking money
    from agents of a hostile foreign government i exchange for influence in our county's
    inner governmental circle.

    And there's no proof of that happening.

    and what have YOU got?

    I don't need to prove the negative.

    Some sideline player nobody ever heard of until today, a contributor to PACs,

    Never heard of?! He was a big player: Bannon was arrested on his yacht!
    He's the 'G' in G News and GTV, the 'Guo' of Guo Media where Bannon
    appeared and enjoyed big-buck consulting contracts.

    Trump knew about him. Wiki: By June 2017, the Chinese government sent
    U.S. President Donald Trump a letter, delivered by casino businessman
    Steve Wynn, requesting for Guo to be deported to China. Unnamed sources "familiar with [a] meeting" allege that Trump was inclined to deport
    Guo, a member of his Mar-a-Lago resort, but that his advisors opposed
    deporting him by reasoning that he could be used for political leverage
    against China.[18]

    He was behind that shady Chinese virologist who spread lab
    disinformation. He's been the subject of high profile pieces:

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/02/guo-wengui-steve-bannon-hunter-biden-conspiracies-disinformation/

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/24/how-a-tycoon-linked-to-chinese-intelligence-became-a-darling-of-trump-republicans

    https://www.axios.com/2019/10/29/steve-bannon-contract-chinese-billionaire-guo-media

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/giuliani-bannon-flynn-lindell-pushed-pro-trump-election-lies-at-guo-wengui-party.html

    "‘This is warfare:’ Trump allies Flynn, Bannon pushed conspiracies at
    ritzy party backed by Chinese exile"

    not any elected official of any sort who you accuse withe the HAZY charge of sending out disinformation.

    Not so hazy: https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_report_ants_in_a_web.pdf

    And if you wonder who Graphika is: https://www.graphika.com

    Well, lets look at all the liberal hacks vomiting their daily doses of leftwing propaganda.
    CNN, all of it
    MSNBS,

    And I don't watch any of it. However, that is the reality based media,
    unlike the propaganda Fox universe that lies to its viewers.

    Let's look at your list...

    I disapprove of Hunter's foreign board activities and investment funds
    Joe was not VP at the time Hunter received Chinese payments
    China is not an "antagonistic nation" such that it's suspicious to do
    business there
    Hunter has a law degree and corporate experience to go along with his
    famous relation

    I've been consistently against that kind of cronyism as well as the
    lobbying and think tank culture in general but until that's illegal
    you're entitled to your opinion but that's all.

    I guess you just won't accept agreement.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Thu Mar 16 10:27:19 2023
    On 3/15/23 10:27 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 11:07:59 PM UTC-4, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 9:08:30 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 5:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:


    You're blowing smoke. I don't defend cronyism but I do point out your
    factual errors. I also don't bother much reminding you of the blindingly >>> obvious equivalent right-wing activities, such as the newly-arrested
    Chinese con man who just sponsored CPAC with a history of bankrolling
    disinformation.
    That is about as lame as it gets. You're shooting blanks.

    I'm talking about the sitting POTUS and his corrupt nuclear family. Taking money
    from agents of a hostile foreign government i exchange for influence in our county's
    inner governmental circle.

    and what have YOU got?

    Some sideline player nobody ever heard of until today, a contributor to PACs,
    not any elected official of any sort who you accuse withe the HAZY charge of sending out disinformation.

    Well, lets look at all the liberal hacks vomiting their daily doses of
    leftwing propaganda.
    CNN, all of it
    MSNBS,

    TO CONTINUE (I POSTED TOO EARLY)

    MSNBC, all of it
    NYT
    Washington Post
    NPR,
    Brian Stelter
    The View
    Jimmy Kimmel
    Chuck Todd
    etc,. too numerous to mention all of them

    So what? The difference between these and Fox is they all want to report
    in a truthful, verifiable, objective way, excepting the literal comedian
    and entertainment figures on your list.

    Let's look at your list...

    I disapprove of Hunter's foreign board activities and investment funds
    Joe was not VP at the time Hunter received Chinese payments

    That does not matter one bit, The issue is when the goods were delivered to the Chinese,
    At any rate, Joe was a powerful influencer past his VP days.

    If your claim is "sitting VP" and he isn't, your claim fails.

    China is not an "antagonistic nation" such that it's suspicious to do
    business there
    WHAT???????????????????????????????????????????????????
    What the fuck?????
    You don't think the Chinese are antagonistic towards us?

    "such that it's suspicious to do business there," no. There is of course
    the reality of competition for global predominance. If you need to
    understand the weakness of your argument, substitute "Russia" then
    consider how the right tried to take "Russiagate" off the table.

    <snip>

    I can go on and on and on.

    https://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/us-and-china-2021-trade-numbers/

    Looks like even the mainstream media shows you to be a LIAR.

    No, it's you with a definition of "antagonistic" that only applies to relationships with people you don't like. I'm not going do a list of
    Ivanka, McConnell, Banning links because that's common knowledge.

    I guess you don't go to WalMart.

    Hunter has a law degree and corporate experience to go along with his
    famous relation

    He has no experience in foreign relations, gas exploration and production, nor any
    other relative subject

    Now he does.

    There are 1.3 MILLION lawyers in the US, but somehow, foreign interests picked Hunter

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/740222/number-of-lawyers-us/

    There are over 69,000 coeporate executives in the US, but Somehow
    foreign interests selected Hunter

    https://www.zippia.com/business-executive-jobs/demographics/

    Yes, that's the essence of the cronyism I object to. It's common for
    Chinese business figures to hire offspring in hope of future advantage.
    Hunter should have steered clear. The prospect of future enrichment can
    be a powerful incentive:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_Moscow

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-business-ties-to-saudi-arabia-run-long-and-deep/

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-and-saudi-arabia-deep-business-ties-spark-new-scrutiny/

    I've been consistently against that kind of cronyism as well as the
    lobbying and think tank culture in general but until that's illegal
    you're entitled to your opinion but that's all.

    My opinion is based upon facts.

    Not when you claim unproven things. There's no evidence Hunter's
    relationships have changed US policy or government actions the way you say.

    Your opinion is based upon cultish fantasies.

    IKYABWAI, Fox viewer.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 16 09:53:34 2023
    mINE109 wrote:

    Your opinion is based upon cultish fantasies.
    IKYABWAI, Fox viewer.

    I had to chuckle when Sack-Shmoo included Jimmy Kimmel
    in the group of journalists he fears.

    In the Phlox arena, now that the curtain has been pulled back
    and Murdoch's soldiers have been revealed as lying propagandists,
    one might expect a fact-seeking viewer to re-evaluate their faith
    in bizarro conspiracy theories in which Phlox has trafficked.

    [pause while dumbass Shmoos ponder that very long sentence]

    Religious faith only gets one so far in the real world. Labeling as
    "facts" the Foxy falsehoods and other RWNJ propaganda places
    a huge, dense barrier between the silo of victimhood and reality.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Fascist Flea on Thu Mar 16 13:08:10 2023
    On 3/16/23 11:53 AM, Fascist Flea wrote:
    mINE109 wrote:

    Your opinion is based upon cultish fantasies.
    IKYABWAI, Fox viewer.

    I had to chuckle when Sack-Shmoo included Jimmy Kimmel
    in the group of journalists he fears.

    Trump is scared of him, too:

    https://news.yahoo.com/trump-reportedly-ordered-white-house-063931349.html

    In the Phlox arena, now that the curtain has been pulled back
    and Murdoch's soldiers have been revealed as lying propagandists,
    one might expect a fact-seeking viewer to re-evaluate their faith
    in bizarro conspiracy theories in which Phlox has trafficked.

    [pause while dumbass Shmoos ponder that very long sentence]

    Religious faith only gets one so far in the real world. Labeling as
    "facts" the Foxy falsehoods and other RWNJ propaganda places
    a huge, dense barrier between the silo of victimhood and reality.

    Looks like I'm missing out not watch CNN:

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-john-king-skewers-tucker-carlson-by-playing-his-coverage-of-sidney-powell-juxtaposed-with-his-text-calling-her-a-fking-btch/

    That's a two-fer for me.

    Meanwhile, for all Trump's efforts to saddle DeSantis with a nickname,
    who'd have guessed 'pudding fingerer' would be in the running?

    https://www.mediaite.com/weird/are-you-tapi-okay-desantis-reportedly-caught-on-flight-eating-pudding-with-his-fingers/

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 16 11:46:08 2023
    mINE109 wrote:

    Religious faith only gets one so far in the real world. Labeling as
    "facts" the Foxy falsehoods and other RWNJ propaganda places
    a huge, dense barrier between the silo of victimhood and reality.
    Looks like I'm missing out not watch CNN:

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-john-king-skewers-tucker-carlson-by-playing-his-coverage-of-sidney-powell-juxtaposed-with-his-text-calling-her-a-fking-btch/

    That's a two-fer for me.

    Meanwhile, for all Trump's efforts to saddle DeSantis with a nickname,
    who'd have guessed 'pudding fingerer' would be in the running?

    https://www.mediaite.com/weird/are-you-tapi-okay-desantis-reportedly-caught-on-flight-eating-pudding-with-his-fingers/

    That site also reports that the Big Orange Baby accused DeInsanitis of graft
    by financing his book tour (i.e. personal biz) with state funds. Pot vs kettle again.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 16 17:49:54 2023
    On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:27:22 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 10:27 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 11:07:59 PM UTC-4, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 9:08:30 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 5:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:


    You're blowing smoke. I don't defend cronyism but I do point out your >>> factual errors. I also don't bother much reminding you of the blindingly >>> obvious equivalent right-wing activities, such as the newly-arrested
    Chinese con man who just sponsored CPAC with a history of bankrolling >>> disinformation.
    That is about as lame as it gets. You're shooting blanks.

    I'm talking about the sitting POTUS and his corrupt nuclear family. Taking money
    from agents of a hostile foreign government i exchange for influence in our county's
    inner governmental circle.

    and what have YOU got?

    Some sideline player nobody ever heard of until today, a contributor to PACs,
    not any elected official of any sort who you accuse withe the HAZY charge of sending out disinformation.

    Well, lets look at all the liberal hacks vomiting their daily doses of
    leftwing propaganda.
    CNN, all of it
    MSNBS,

    TO CONTINUE (I POSTED TOO EARLY)

    MSNBC, all of it
    NYT
    Washington Post
    NPR,
    Brian Stelter
    The View
    Jimmy Kimmel
    Chuck Todd
    etc,. too numerous to mention all of them
    So what? The difference between these and Fox is they all want to report
    in a truthful, verifiable, objective way, excepting the literal comedian
    and entertainment figures on your list.
    Let's look at your list...

    I disapprove of Hunter's foreign board activities and investment funds >>> Joe was not VP at the time Hunter received Chinese payments

    That does not matter one bit, The issue is when the goods were delivered to the Chinese,
    At any rate, Joe was a powerful influencer past his VP days.
    If your claim is "sitting VP" and he isn't, your claim fails.
    China is not an "antagonistic nation" such that it's suspicious to do >>> business there
    WHAT???????????????????????????????????????????????????
    What the fuck?????
    You don't think the Chinese are antagonistic towards us?
    "such that it's suspicious to do business there," no. There is of course
    the reality of competition for global predominance. If you need to understand the weakness of your argument, substitute "Russia" then
    consider how the right tried to take "Russiagate" off the table.

    <snip>
    I can go on and on and on.
    https://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/us-and-china-2021-trade-numbers/
    Looks like even the mainstream media shows you to be a LIAR.
    No, it's you with a definition of "antagonistic" that only applies to relationships with people you don't like. I'm not going do a list of
    Ivanka, McConnell, Banning links because that's common knowledge.

    I guess you don't go to WalMart.
    Hunter has a law degree and corporate experience to go along with his >>> famous relation

    He has no experience in foreign relations, gas exploration and production, nor any
    other relative subject
    Now he does.
    There are 1.3 MILLION lawyers in the US, but somehow, foreign interests picked Hunter

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/740222/number-of-lawyers-us/

    There are over 69,000 coeporate executives in the US, but Somehow
    foreign interests selected Hunter

    https://www.zippia.com/business-executive-jobs/demographics/
    Yes, that's the essence of the cronyism I object to. It's common for
    Chinese business figures to hire offspring in hope of future advantage. Hunter should have steered clear. The prospect of future enrichment can
    be a powerful incentive:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_Moscow

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-business-ties-to-saudi-arabia-run-long-and-deep/

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-and-saudi-arabia-deep-business-ties-spark-new-scrutiny/
    I've been consistently against that kind of cronyism as well as the
    lobbying and think tank culture in general but until that's illegal
    you're entitled to your opinion but that's all.

    My opinion is based upon facts.
    Not when you claim unproven things. There's no evidence Hunter's relationships have changed US policy or government actions the way you say.
    Your opinion is based upon cultish fantasies.
    IKYABWAI, Fox viewer.

    Steve dusts himself off, tries again, and fails again.
    He remains the apologist for the Biden family influence peddling.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 16 17:25:00 2023
    On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:00:25 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 10:07 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 9:08:30 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 5:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    I'm talking about the sitting POTUS and his corrupt nuclear family. Taking money
    from agents of a hostile foreign government i exchange for influence in our county's
    inner governmental circle.
    And there's no proof of that happening.

    You fucking moron. There doesn't need to be. Just taking the money is flat
    out wrong. It IS NOT ACCEPTABLE for a son of a VPOTUS to
    take money from foreign interests. PERIOD!

    You are trying to tell us that it is ok for the Biden family
    to collect millions from foreign interests, whether or not
    there is proof of quid pro quo.





    and what have YOU got?
    I don't need to prove the negative.

    You have the position that it is ok for the Biden family
    to collect millions from foreign interests, whether or not
    there is proof of quid pro quo.

    Some sideline player nobody ever heard of until today, a contributor to PACs,
    Never heard of?! He was a big player: Bannon was arrested on his yacht!
    He's the 'G' in G News and GTV, the 'Guo' of Guo Media where Bannon
    appeared and enjoyed big-buck consulting contracts.


    He is NOT the VPOTUS son, nor any other member of his family.

    He was behind that shady Chinese virologist who spread lab
    disinformation.

    Turns out, it was a lab leak.
    Bat soup is debunked.


    I guess you just won't accept agreement.

    I accept honest agreement, but no your lying crap.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Fri Mar 17 09:55:34 2023
    On 3/16/23 7:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:00:25 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 10:07 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 9:08:30 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 5:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    I'm talking about the sitting POTUS and his corrupt nuclear family. Taking money
    from agents of a hostile foreign government i exchange for influence in our county's
    inner governmental circle.
    And there's no proof of that happening.

    You fucking moron. There doesn't need to be.

    That means your claim is a religious belief.

    Just taking the money is flatout wrong. It IS NOT ACCEPTABLE for a son of a VPOTUS to
    take money from foreign interests. PERIOD!

    But not illegal and certainly widespread. See how you're moving the line
    to make it look like I'm defending it when I'm just responding to your umpteenth politically motivated tantrum?

    You are trying to tell us that it is ok for the Biden family
    to collect millions from foreign interests, whether or not
    there is proof of quid pro quo.

    I specified 'not.'

    and what have YOU got?
    I don't need to prove the negative.

    You have the position that it is ok for the Biden family
    to collect millions from foreign interests, whether or not
    there is proof of quid pro quo.

    Double down when you've lost.

    Some sideline player nobody ever heard of until today, a contributor to PACs,
    Never heard of?! He was a big player: Bannon was arrested on his yacht!
    He's the 'G' in G News and GTV, the 'Guo' of Guo Media where Bannon
    appeared and enjoyed big-buck consulting contracts.


    He is NOT the VPOTUS son, nor any other member of his family.

    He supported Bannon's activities, which qualifies as "equivalent
    right-wing activities."

    He was behind that shady Chinese virologist who spread lab
    disinformation.

    Turns out, it was a lab leak.

    She turned up again after the Atlantic article! I guess everyone forgot
    how thoroughly untrustworthy she was shown to be the first time.

    Bat soup is debunked.

    Yes, it wasn't bat soup.

    I guess you just won't accept agreement.

    I accept honest agreement, but no your lying crap.

    You've reduced the accusation of "lying" to noise.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 17 18:11:27 2023
    On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 10:55:37 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/16/23 7:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:00:25 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 10:07 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 9:08:30 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/15/23 5:20 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    I'm talking about the sitting POTUS and his corrupt nuclear family. Taking money
    from agents of a hostile foreign government i exchange for influence in our county's
    inner governmental circle.
    And there's no proof of that happening.

    You fucking moron. There doesn't need to be.
    That means your claim is a religious belief.

    Just taking the money is flatout wrong. It IS NOT ACCEPTABLE for a son of a VPOTUS to
    take money from foreign interests. PERIOD!
    But not illegal and certainly widespread. See how you're moving the line
    to make it look like I'm defending it when I'm just responding to your umpteenth politically motivated tantrum?
    You are trying to tell us that it is ok for the Biden family
    to collect millions from foreign interests, whether or not
    there is proof of quid pro quo.
    I specified 'not.'
    and what have YOU got?
    I don't need to prove the negative.

    You have the position that it is ok for the Biden family
    to collect millions from foreign interests, whether or not
    there is proof of quid pro quo.
    Double down when you've lost.
    Some sideline player nobody ever heard of until today, a contributor to PACs,
    Never heard of?! He was a big player: Bannon was arrested on his yacht! >> He's the 'G' in G News and GTV, the 'Guo' of Guo Media where Bannon
    appeared and enjoyed big-buck consulting contracts.


    He is NOT the VPOTUS son, nor any other member of his family.
    He supported Bannon's activities, which qualifies as "equivalent
    right-wing activities."
    He was behind that shady Chinese virologist who spread lab
    disinformation.

    Turns out, it was a lab leak.
    She turned up again after the Atlantic article! I guess everyone forgot
    how thoroughly untrustworthy she was shown to be the first time.

    Bat soup is debunked.

    Yes, it wasn't bat soup.
    I guess you just won't accept agreement.

    I accept honest agreement, but no your lying crap.
    You've reduced the accusation of "lying" to noise.

    Steve tries again, fails again.

    He can't comprehend that foreign entities that are paying the Bidens
    millions are only doing this because they expect deliverables from the Bidens worth much more than that, Joe has nothing in particular to offer other than his
    family connections. If they need a lawyer or a corporate manager or a consultant, they could have
    gotten a lot better with someone else. But they selected Hunter because he
    has what on one else had, that is, Joe Biden as a father,

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 17 19:57:21 2023
    Gimme an S! Gimme an A! Gimme a big pile of Sack-crap!

    He can't comprehend that foreign entities that are paying the Bidens millions are only doing this because they expect deliverables from the Bidens

    To this day, many of the stupidest Americans still believe Lyin' Trump's bleating about "witch hunts". Will we ever hear a peep from Shmoodom
    about the Pumpkin Monster's unpresidented™ wallow of corruption
    during his POTUS-ship?

    For those pinheads who demand documentation of every obvious fact,
    no matter how well known and widely discussed, here's a comprehensive account.

    https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/president-trump-legacy-corruption-3700-conflicts-interest/

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Sat Mar 18 09:54:10 2023
    On 3/17/23 8:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 10:55:37 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/16/23 7:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:00:25 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:

    You've reduced the accusation of "lying" to noise.

    Steve tries again, fails again.

    Sorry, no. Your insults and accusations are balloon juice at this point.

    He can't comprehend that foreign entities that are paying the Bidens
    millions are only doing this because they expect deliverables from
    the Bidens worth much more than that,

    That they won't get and I explained the rationale in another post.

    Joe has nothing in particular to offer other than his family
    connections. If they need a lawyer or a corporate manager or a
    consultant, they could have gotten a lot better with someone else.
    But they selected Hunter because he has what on one else had, that
    is, Joe Biden as a father,

    Yes, you're repeating yourself on stuff I've acknowledged. Since
    repeating is something you like: still not illegal and to no benefit to
    the payers.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 18 10:59:20 2023
    On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 10:54:12 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/17/23 8:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 10:55:37 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/16/23 7:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:00:25 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:

    You've reduced the accusation of "lying" to noise.

    Steve tries again, fails again.
    Sorry, no. Your insults and accusations are balloon juice at this point.
    He can't comprehend that foreign entities that are paying the Bidens millions are only doing this because they expect deliverables from
    the Bidens worth much more than that,
    That they won't get and I explained the rationale in another post.
    Joe has nothing in particular to offer other than his family
    connections. If they need a lawyer or a corporate manager or a
    consultant, they could have gotten a lot better with someone else.
    But they selected Hunter because he has what on one else had, that
    is, Joe Biden as a father,
    Yes, you're repeating yourself on stuff I've acknowledged. Since
    repeating is something you like: still not illegal and to no benefit to
    the payers.

    past time to put your shovel down.
    Your defense of the Biden family influence peddling schemes is just so embarrassing for you. You come off like an ignorant cultish fool.

    It's just so fucking obvious, and you can't explain it away.
    I'm not going to keep arguing the crux of the matter with you over and over again. Its obvious, t's
    common sense, but you just keep refusing to recognize it, There is NO benign explanation
    for all this money coming in from foreign sources, for a crack head, whore addicted,
    do-nothing wayward son, without any notable skill sets besides grifting.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Sat Mar 18 16:02:39 2023
    On 3/18/23 12:59 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 10:54:12 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/17/23 8:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 10:55:37 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/16/23 7:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:00:25 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:

    You've reduced the accusation of "lying" to noise.

    Steve tries again, fails again.
    Sorry, no. Your insults and accusations are balloon juice at this point.
    He can't comprehend that foreign entities that are paying the Bidens
    millions are only doing this because they expect deliverables from
    the Bidens worth much more than that,
    That they won't get and I explained the rationale in another post.
    Joe has nothing in particular to offer other than his family
    connections. If they need a lawyer or a corporate manager or a
    consultant, they could have gotten a lot better with someone else.
    But they selected Hunter because he has what on one else had, that
    is, Joe Biden as a father,
    Yes, you're repeating yourself on stuff I've acknowledged. Since
    repeating is something you like: still not illegal and to no benefit to
    the payers.

    past time to put your shovel down.
    Your defense of the Biden family influence peddling schemes is just so embarrassing for you. You come off like an ignorant cultish fool.

    Says the Fox bubble dweller.

    It's just so fucking obvious, and you can't explain it away.

    The lack of a quid pro quo is plenty of explanation. Also, I'm not
    defending it, I'm pointing out it's not illegal and will add that
    there's no rule board members have to have special expertise.

    I'm not going to keep arguing the crux of the matter with you over and over again.

    I don't believe you.

    Its obvious, t's common sense, but you just keep refusing to recognize it, There is NO benign explanation
    for all this money coming in from foreign sources,

    I didn't say there was a benign explanation, just that there was no
    effect on the President.

    for a crack head, whore addicted, do-nothing wayward son, without any notable skill sets besides grifting.

    It's all about projection for the Republican right.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 18 15:59:20 2023
    mINE109 wrote:

    It's all about projection for the Republican right.

    Not absolutely all - they couldn't function at all without the Foxy brainwashing.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 18 16:56:37 2023
    On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 5:02:44 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/18/23 12:59 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 10:54:12 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/17/23 8:11 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 10:55:37 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/16/23 7:25 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:00:25 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:

    You've reduced the accusation of "lying" to noise.

    Steve tries again, fails again.
    Sorry, no. Your insults and accusations are balloon juice at this point. >>> He can't comprehend that foreign entities that are paying the Bidens
    millions are only doing this because they expect deliverables from
    the Bidens worth much more than that,
    That they won't get and I explained the rationale in another post.
    Joe has nothing in particular to offer other than his family
    connections. If they need a lawyer or a corporate manager or a
    consultant, they could have gotten a lot better with someone else.
    But they selected Hunter because he has what on one else had, that
    is, Joe Biden as a father,
    Yes, you're repeating yourself on stuff I've acknowledged. Since
    repeating is something you like: still not illegal and to no benefit to >> the payers.

    past time to put your shovel down.
    Your defense of the Biden family influence peddling schemes is just so embarrassing for you. You come off like an ignorant cultish fool.
    Says the Fox bubble dweller.
    It's just so fucking obvious, and you can't explain it away.
    The lack of a quid pro quo is plenty of explanation. Also, I'm not
    defending it, I'm pointing out it's not illegal and will add that
    there's no rule board members have to have special expertise.
    I'm not going to keep arguing the crux of the matter with you over and over again.
    I don't believe you.
    Its obvious, t's common sense, but you just keep refusing to recognize it, There is NO benign explanation
    for all this money coming in from foreign sources,
    I didn't say there was a benign explanation, just that there was no
    effect on the President.
    for a crack head, whore addicted, do-nothing wayward son, without any notable skill sets besides grifting.
    It's all about projection for the Republican right.

    Your fallback position is that the Biden family can do whatever sleazy things it wants, influence peddling,
    secretive family deals, lack of transparency, taking money from agents of antagonistic foreign governments,
    spreading the payments around to various family members who did nothing to earn the payments,
    hiring themselves out to work i sectors in which they have no experience, etc, as long as no laws were broken.

    Thats sick. That shows what a morally corrupt human being you are, that you accept that behavior from the
    highest level of our government. You, yourself, are a corrupt bag of shit.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Sun Mar 19 12:42:13 2023
    On 3/18/23 6:56 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    \
    I'm not going to keep arguing the crux of the matter with you
    over and over again.
    I don't believe you.
    Its obvious, t's common sense, but you just keep refusing to
    recognize it, There is NO benign explanation for all this money
    coming in from foreign sources,
    I didn't say there was a benign explanation, just that there was no
    effect on the President.
    for a crack head, whore addicted, do-nothing wayward son,
    without any notable skill sets besides grifting.
    It's all about projection for the Republican right.

    Your fallback position is that the Biden family can do whatever
    sleazy things it wants,

    Yes.

    influence peddling,

    No.

    secretive family deals,

    Maybe.

    lack of transparency,

    How'd you hear about it?

    taking money from agents of antagonistic foreign governments,
    spreading the payments around to various family members who did
    nothing to earn the payments, hiring themselves out to work i sectors
    in which they have no experience, etc, as long as no laws were
    broken.

    That is an important distinction.

    Thats sick. That shows what a morally corrupt human being you are,
    that you accept that behavior from the highest level of our
    government. You, yourself, are a corrupt bag of shit.

    How long did it take you to not "keep arguing the crux of the matter"?
    This is your next post!

    BTW, Hunter Biden is not in "the highest level of our government."

    If your game is to see how long it takes before I point out the many
    Trump family grifts, just assume I have already done so and take the win.

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