RedDenver Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 5 hours ago, knapplc said: This opinion piece has some hyperbole to it. Best read with your thinking cap firmly in place. Having said that, I have thought this for a while. Look at the rise of far-right politics across the globe. It's not an accident it's happening everywhere at the same time. The US, Australia, France, England... there are a lot of far-right people popping up in governments all over the world. Mark Blyth calls this "Global Trumpism" Link to comment
TGHusker Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Ok anyone who has been critical of the Clinton Foundation and its fundraising tactics and apparent enrichment of the Clintons (I have 4 fingers pointing back at me by the way for self disclosure and accountability ) needs to take a 'Fair and Balanced' (doubt we see this story on the Fair and Balanced network) look at this article. Trump Inc is getting wealthy off of Trump President. The Congress looks the other way https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-properties-taxpayer-campaigns-presidency-91e3755d-23cd-42d1-897d-c0c81ac509dd.html Quote The big picture: 84% of the more than $16 million spent on Trump properties since 2015 came from Trump's own campaign, most of which went to chartered planes from Trump-owned TAG Air. The largest single payment was $1,271,944, paid by Trump's campaign to his chartered jet company, on November 28, 2016, 20 days after Trump's election. Trump's campaign spent another $473,662 on that same date at five other Trump properties — rent at Trump Tower in New York, food at Trump Restaurants in New York and Trump Golf Club in Virginia, and lodging at Trump Hotel Las Vegas and Trump Hotel D.C. The largest payment made by taxpayers came from the Department of Homeland Security, which paid $56,330.48 for an event at Trump Golf Club Miami on May 31, 2017. When Trump has traveled as president, a third of the time he has stayed at his own properties, according to ProPublica. Trump's properties, especially the International Hotel off of Pennsylvania Ave. in D.C., have also attracted foreign government officials from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Malaysia as well as pro-Turkish groups, according to watchdog group Public Citizen. Trump promised to donate any profit from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury. In March, the Trump Organization claimed that they had done so for their 2017 profits by donating around $150,000, according to the Wall Street Journal. The joining fee for the Mar-a-Lago beach resort were doubled to $200,000 following Trump's election and just before his inauguration, members also pay an additional $4k a year in annual dues. The D.C. Trump hotel managed to make more money than expected at the beginning of 2017 —$18 million in the first four months — due to raising room rates and charging extravagantly for food and drink. Ivanka Trump has also benefitted greatly from Trump properties, raking in $3.9 million from the Trump International Hotel in 2017. Be smart: ProPublica included a caveat that "federal taxpayer data is incomplete because agencies are fighting disclosure. We will add more as it comes in." The bottom line: Even if no rules or laws are being broken, it's clear that Trump's presidency has been uniquely beneficial to his business, which makes some critics and ethics experts uneasy. 2 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 This saddens me because I 100% believe him and I hate how much people hated him. He didn't deserve it. Obama on Obamacare. Quote "I said to the incoming president, 'Just change the name and claim that you made these wonderful changes and I would be like, "You go,"'" he said to laughs. "Because I didn't have pride of authorship, I just wanted people to have health care." 2 Link to comment
Making Chimichangas Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 On 6/25/2018 at 11:40 AM, TGHusker said: True - protected class is an different issue and I drew the wrong connection - I just don't like the idea of someone not being served for purely political reasons. And I don't like someone not being served because they're gay or trans, but here we are. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 We are possibly witnessing the most outrageous mass version of nostalgically remembering past eras. 1 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said: We are possibly witnessing the most outrageous mass version of nostalgically remembering past eras. 1968 - if you didn't live through it, you don't know it. I was only 12-13 then but I was well aware of it big time - and I lived on a farm outside a safe small SD town. TET offensive by Viet Con in Vietnam, King and Kennedy assassinations, riots, racial tensions, looting, burnt cities, LBJ decides against a 2nd term & the disastrous, riot filled Chicago Dem convention and Nixon's election. It was the year hell broke through the crust and unleashed its fury on the USA. 2018 is a cake walk in comparison. 2 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: We are possibly witnessing the most outrageous mass version of nostalgically remembering past eras. The big question is: Who are the 10% in Valenzuela who said life is better now than 50 years ago. It must be their version of the 1%ers. Most likely the gov'ts socialist leaders who are isolated from the affects of their policies. On the flip side you have 4% in Vietnam who say things are worse now - than the VIETNAM WAR THAT WAS TEARING THEIR COUNTRY APART IN 1968. Ok, those could be persecuted Christians and communist hating capitalist/democracy leaning individuals. Which I would understand as thinking life could be worse. 1 Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Didn’t know where else to put this...... The band Filter opened for Sublime a few days ago at the Greeley Independence Day Stampede. They got booed off the stage for making an anti-Trump rant. Must’ve been a pretty bizarre crowd that favors weed, ska, reggae, alternative yet apparently likes Trump. You can’t make this sh!t up. Anyway I thought it was interesting. 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 27 minutes ago, Comfortably Numb said: Didn’t know where else to put this...... The band Filter opened for Sublime a few days ago at the Greeley Independence Day Stampede. They got booed off the stage for making an anti-Trump rant. Must’ve been a pretty bizarre crowd that favors weed, ska, reggae, alternative yet apparently likes Trump. You can’t make this sh!t up. Anyway I thought it was interesting. That is weird. Maybe they just didn't want politics mixed with their music? I know people on HB here have an issue with us discussing politics on the board they like to use for Husker sports. Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 27 minutes ago, knapplc said: That is weird. Maybe they just didn't want politics mixed with their music? I know people on HB here have an issue with us discussing politics on the board they like to use for Husker sports. Yeah, that could be it but Greeley is extremely conservative too. IDK, I wasn’t there, heard about it from somebody that went to it. I just thought it was highly unusual. It might be the biggest Stampede related scandal since the Poison drummer opined about animal cruelty at rodeos before they performed here and Bret Michaels publicly disagreed with him. Link to comment
teachercd Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 On 6/17/2018 at 2:34 PM, TheSker said: Why do non-Donnie fans pay attention to seemingly every single tweet? Howard Stern effect. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 On 6/17/2018 at 2:34 PM, TheSker said: Why do non-Donnie fans pay attention to seemingly every single tweet? So....we aren't supposed to care what our President says? Link to comment
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