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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby momadance » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:20:04

Parscale has been beating his wife all week.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/brow ... story.html

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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby momadance » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:22:21

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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby threecount » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:23:01

slugsrbad wrote:
Bucky wrote:right, how can we account for The Comey Effect?


I think they're hoping that the Durham Investigation and anything the Senate can build up regarding Hunter Biden and China will be the same. We may never know how much Comey affected the race, but the prevailing theme of the election was "... but her emails" and Comey's letter brought that back to the forefront.

Everything sucks.. but i can get better.


Good news is Maria Bartiromo said on FOX yesterday that her sources now tell her the Durham report will NOT be out before the election...she said investigators in the Justice Department are saying they don't want it to be political this close to the election, even though Barr wants it out.

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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby thephan » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:30:28

because it is bad news for Trump
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby thephan » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:31:33

momadance wrote:Image


Trump -> Pissing -> PeePee Tape -> Komport

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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby thephan » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:41:30

momadance wrote:Parscale has been beating his wife all week.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/brow ... story.html


He's got PTSD. His first job was working for his day where he made $95K a year for 5 years until the company went bankrupt. That is an mportant resume builder from Trump. Then he latched into the digital consulting gig. Was the PTSD from working with Trump?
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby Slowhand » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:44:02

thephan wrote:
momadance wrote:Parscale has been beating his wife all week.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/brow ... story.html


He's got PTSD. His first job was working for his day where he made $95K a year for 5 years until the company went bankrupt. That is an mportant resume builder from Trump. Then he latched into the digital consulting gig. Was the PTSD from working with Trump?


I’m sure Trump barely knows the guy.
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby momadance » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:46:31

thephan wrote:
momadance wrote:Parscale has been beating his wife all week.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/brow ... story.html


He's got PTSD. His first job was working for his day where he made $95K a year for 5 years until the company went bankrupt. That is an mportant resume builder from Trump. Then he latched into the digital consulting gig. Was the PTSD from working with Trump?


Heh, first thing I did when I read that was look at his wiki page to see if he served in the military.

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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby thephan » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:56:37

me too, hence the TL;DR: Wiki I cribbed
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby Augustus » Mon Sep 28, 2020 13:56:45

How much are the consulting fees a unique Trump scam vs something every rich asshole is doing
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby Wolfgang622 » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:11:27

I think I don't like the Economist's election model because it reports out its EV simulation results, I think, as aggregate averages rather than as corresponding to a most likely scenario. For example, right now it says Biden will win 329 electoral votes. But I don't think that is because the most likely map gets Biden 329, but rather because that is his average number of EVs across their 20,000 daily simulations is 329, which IMHO is a stupid way to do it.

For example, the only way I can see to get Biden to 329 is to give the ones you'd expect (Clinton + WI, MI, PA), that extra one in ME, plus FL, NC...

and Iowa. I mean, maybe, but is that really the most likely map even in their simulations? I doubt it, which is why I doubt their model.

I guess Clinton + WI, MI, PA, FL, OH, that one in NE, and AZ also gets you to 329. So maybe it is the combo of the two maps?
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby thephan » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:16:10

I think it was understood that when he bankrupted his AC properties that he named himself as a consultant or something like that and gobbled up available funds leaving chicken feed for those he screwed over. So like he liquidated a player piano in the bankruptcy action and basically kept the proceeds while screwing the guy he bought it from and did not pay. dirty as shit stuff, but seemingly legal.
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby CalvinBall » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:16:35

Seems poised to win all of Maine's EVs and NE-2.

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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby lethal » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:18:48

Augustus wrote:How much are the consulting fees a unique Trump scam vs something every rich asshole is doing


I don't know about in comparison to other rich people with closely held family businesses, but two comments. 1) Paying a person as a management employee and then also paying that person's company as an outside consultant is pretty brazen. Usually its one or the other. 2) In the context of the P&L of his companies, the related party consulting fees aren't even that much and there's not a ton of tax impact on the payor to classify that as an employee expense or a consulting expense. Both are deductible expenses. The main point on this is that its more or less a transfer of weath in an attempt to mitigate the estate tax, but the recipient is still paying income tax on it (presumably), so that impact is even blunted.

The refund from 09 is still under audit and I expect Trump to lose that one if the later ownership of the new company is correct. I can't see JCT signing off on that.
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby thephan » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:19:25

CalvinBall wrote:Seems poised to win all of Maine's EVs and NE-2.


Who?
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby CalvinBall » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:23:33

thephan wrote:
CalvinBall wrote:Seems poised to win all of Maine's EVs and NE-2.


Who?


Sorry. Biden.

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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby momadance » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:24:25



Arrest starts around 2mins

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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby thephan » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:29:35

Leave it to the UK media to be a little trashier.

The witness, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, told DailyMail.com she also noticed evidence of bruising on Candice's upper arms.


WTF?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ikini.html
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby thephan » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:37:54

momadance wrote:

Arrest starts around 2mins


I feel like I should send this to by Trump is King pal who is totally pissed that Live PD and COPS is off the air. That body cam is at the wrong place for a good chunk of the video.
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Re: Who's the Master Debater? The Latest Politics Thread

Postby thephan » Mon Sep 28, 2020 14:48:22

@realDonaldTrump

@BarackObama who wants to raise all our taxes, only pays 20.5% on $790k salary. http://1.usa.gov/HFZJKH Do as I say not as I do.
2:19 PM · Apr 13, 2012


That aged well. FWIW that means Obama paid $162,074 in federal tax (not $162.00 which would be close to if not more then Trump paid).

Trump’s write-offs include $70,000 in hairstyling costs for “The Apprentice,” while much of his charitable giving was in the form of conservation easements, or agreements not to develop certain properties, including land around an estate the Trumps use as a family retreat.


Gotta get in on buying a property then writing off not developing the set back to keep the neighbors away. I am thinking that NBC took care of hair and makeup (especially since the Trump DIY transforms him into The Orangerangatrump).

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ob ... f20e779df0
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