All_Pro_Bills

I understand clearly. Maybe you don't. There is no victim. The State of New York was not defrauded. They lost nothing. They weren't even a party to the arrangement and I'd argue in a civil case the State doesn't even have legal standing to bring the case as a plaintiff. The banks holding the loans were not defrauded. In fact, they provided testimony FOR the defense. They lost nothing. But the Judge would have none of that. In civil cases plaintiffs are compensated for damages along with penalty judgments. The banks claim no harm so does the State get the money? For what? Seriously, on appeal this case is going to get thrown out. For the rationale I say and then some. I wouldn't surprised if the Judge and Prosecutor get censured by the court on top of it. And then Trump is going to sue the Judge, the Prosecutor, and the State of NY and those idiots are going to cost the taxpayers millions in judgments. What do they care? Its not Leticia's money. If you're a resident of NYS its coming out of your pocket. Otherwise, in the future, if mis-representing the value of your property on business records, in this case a loan application is a crime, then everybody that fills out and signs a home equity loan application that estimates the value of their home is more than the bank's appraiser says its worth is committing a "crime" in the State of NY.

I could make a good argument Liz Warren is a socialist. Members of "The Squad" in the House. Bernie Sanders. And without making a judgment about whether its good or bad policy, I could name policies such as wealth confiscation and income re-distribution as socialist dogma. Whether its of good value to society, Social Security Medicare, and Medicaid taxes force workers to pay a tax that redistributes funds to retirees and low income people. Or for that matter, any government interference in the lives of private citizens that legalizes the transfer of benefits without cost to one group at the expense or at consequence to another group that derives no benefit. While I don't want to do the homework necessary to identify the specific people responsible for those things, those are socialist and therefore they could be considered socialists.

I'm still confused by this entire case. What loss did NYS incur as a result of being "defrauded"? This appears to be a crime without a victim.

I'm still curious what you, or anyone for that matter, believes are the accomplishments of this administration. I say nothing of any significance. I'm also curious how anyone can make a case advocating another 4 years of this malicious and destructive administration beyond them concluding Trump would be worse. What I find interesting, given what I believe is Biden's dismal record is that Donald Trump appears to be the worst possible candidate when it comes to beating Joe Biden. Even Nicki Haley, who Trump trounced in the primaries, polled better in a general election contest than Trump did against Biden. Its almost like they want to lose!

Well, I'd be interested in a list of actual positive accomplishments of this administration. I can't think of anything. So help me please. And blaming the previous guy? What major mess did he leave? As for supply chain, you might want to consider the impacts of sanctions on the flow of material and funds around the world. And the inflation caused. That was self-inflicted.

This election boils down to your choice of who you think is the cleanest pig in the mud hole. The problem Liz will have is convincing them to vote for an incumbent candidate that has completely ruined our country.

The most likely proposed solution from social justice activists will be to give immigrants "free" cars so they don't have to steal them and kill people in the process.

They're always mad about something. Thinking about it socialists and socialist countries are the most miserable people, and for good reason. What's there to hope for? Everybody sitting around shouting party slogans at each other keeping tabs on each other making sure everyone is pretending to believe things are great. There's no incentive to do anything productive. It's the pinnacle of mediocrity. Its the democrats vision for America.

Today's far left maniacs think a right wing extremist is a guy that flies an American flag in front of his house.

I'm not at all excited by the prospects of Trump 2.0 but I can't imagine any scenario where another 4 years of Trump could be more damaging than another 4 years of Biden. I'm baffled exactly what Joe's done that is worthy of support. This adminitration has excelled at destroying our society and culture.

I prefer a comparison monetary authorities reference which is a currency vs. spot gold which is hovering around $2,200/oz at the moment. Central banks have been loading up on the metal for a couple years now and that gives a clue as to where they see value and safety in allocating their reserves.

A country's currency does not lose 20% of its value in a growth cycle unless that growth is purely of a nominal nature fueled by inflation. Add in massive government spending and deficits to fuel consumption and social assistance that provide little to no long term value and I think that's what we've got here. You can't borrow yourself to prosperity while digging your own financial grave by carrying massive debts which have become your biggest recurring expense.

I thought the only guy your cult hates more than Trump is Mike Pence? For some reason, public enemy number one of the LGBTQ nation.

The term "bleeding heart liberal" comes to mind when examining views on crime. Libs believe people committing crimes are "victims". The actual victims of crime not so much. Victims of the system, victims of bias, victims of broken homes, victims of one ism or another that creates an under-privileged situation. So they think the act of cutting them some slack and showing compassion will magically transform them into model citizens. But the results are mixed at best. There's a couple major problems with this theory the biggest being there's no concern or awareness for the consequences others will face, like being murdered, if this theory doesn't pan out. Another is while they're typically elitist whites with advanced college degrees, their superior intellect somehow fails to lead them to the understanding that people that commit crimes of violence don't think the way they think. They think like criminals. They think about the present and nothing much of the future and don't consider long-term consequences of their behavior. Because there is no long-term when the short-term is consumed with survival. These folks aren't thinking about their 401-K plan in 2050. You cutting them a break sends the signal you're a patsy and an easy mark, somebody that can be played.

Tell the truth. Let's not pretend. You might love Liz Chaney and smoother her with admiration and praise for now but you or any of your cult would never vote for her in any election at any level. Her only redeeming "quality" is sharing an opposition to Trump. Once the threat to power created by Trump has been eliminated she becomes useless. Right? So much TBS still. Given that I'm reminded of this fun and entertaining blog I saw earlier in the month. The author's theory about "The Trumpenstein Project". https://donaldjeffries.substack.com/p/trumpenstein-and-the-death-of-politics

At the moment the Port of Baltimore is closed. I expect until after an investigation is completed and the clasped sections of the bridge are removed from the channel.

If I got into my time machine and went back 20 years and told Democrats that in 2024 they'd be singing the praises of anyone named Chaney they'd laugh me out of there.

What it reminds you of is not a concern. The numbers are the numbers. If you think they're wrong or the methodology is defective, please explain.

Rather then where you get your news the question is how do you know who to believe and who not to believe? What sources to trust and what sources not to trust? Does anyone actually know these people personally? Know them well enough to say they have trust in them? Know their character and ethics? Most I suspect rely on confirmation bias. For example, the New York Times. Its known they have an activist approach to journalism heavily skewed to the left. Why should I believe their reporting is going to be an unbiased fact driven news story rather than something else if the "facts" contradict their beliefs and telling the truth "hurts" their interests? Why should I believe Fox reporters are giving me straight fact and truth driven news rather than a sprinkling of personal op/ed and a conservative slant? Why do most trust one or the other, while few trust both, and even fewer trust neither?

The message for Joe and his clown show is, you broke it you fix it. Issue an executive order declaring a state of emergency and shut down the border.

Biden's worried about losing Michigan in November.

The fun part of all this intelligence and spy business absent firsthand knowledge is you don't really ever know who is telling the truth and who is lying.

The unique circumstance in this attack is the presumption the 4 attackers Russia claims they apprehended heading toward the Ukraine border are the group that actually executed the attack, were captured and not killed. They did not blow themselves up to take as many infidels with them as possible. At a glace this doesn't appear to be a religious motivated attack, more a pay for hire type arrangement. Whether they were part of ISIS-K or Special-K may be immaterial. The handlers of the group of 4 may well be ISIS-K or recruited and paid by ISIS-K but what isn't know is who might be, if anyone, the handlers of ISIS-K here? Russian state security is claiming one of the attackers has already confessed and stated they received their instructions and funding through a Telegram social media channel (something I'm not at all familiar with). How hard can that be to track? If this was simply a terrorist group attack or some orchestrated intelligence operation by some government organization, sanctioned or unsanctioned, they've left a lot of breadcrumbs and a trail to follow. This surely has a way to go before it all plays out. For me that takes the US/CIA or UK/MI6 types out of the picture because their ops are not going to leave any loose ends. But other less skilled State actors, not sure.

I'm sure every State and local election official in all 50 states and DC of both parties will give this problem priority and their full support and immediately address and resolve any inaccuracies with voter rolls because there's nothing more important than free and fair elections. Oh wait, one things more important. Winning and staying in power.

Saw this quote from a Russian X posters perspective and I wasn't sure whether to insert this quote in the illegal immigration topic or here (I had some issues copy/paste so just lifted the text). But it resonates with the situation at our southern border and expresses concerns that are eerily similar except maybe our problem is 100x larger. "Whenever some particularly heinous crime occurs in Russia – a terrorist attack, or child murder, or similarly depraved acts – the public debate on the return of the death penalty makes a comeback. While I am not fundamentally opposed to it – just the opposite, actually – I would like to see some systemic reforms to the Russian legal system before I’d unambiguously support such a move. In any case, in my opinion, in the current case it’s just populism. Understandable, not incorrect per se, but still emotionally motivated. In the case of actual religious fanatics (which the Tajik terrorists don’t really seem to be), the death penalty is not really a deterrent, anyway – these people expect their demonic parody of “martyrdom” and even desire it. I suspect that Russian politicians will make a big deal out of demanding to bring back the death penalty because it omits the legal changes that would actually increase safety: a very tough stance on immigration law & enforcement, and border security. Letting hundreds of thousands of unvetted immigrants from Central Asian countries into Russia just to satisfy the lobby network of corrupt politicians, diaspora organizations and semi-slave trading employers is a terrible, terrible mistake that has already cost Russia dearly many times. The current policies have created a huge underclass of people who are separated from Russian society through language and cultural barriers and are easily recruited into either crime or extremism. Shooting the animals who attacked Crocus City Hall would be profoundly just, of course, but it’s not going to solve the underlying problem of uncontrolled mass migration creating the circumstances for easy terrorist recruitment – ESPECIALLY when there's a whole country, with a superpower backing it up, ready to utilize these conditions for its own goals. Uncontrolled mass migration from Central Asia is already an integral aspect of Ukrainian/NATO hybrid warfare against Russia, and it will only become worse if nothing changes". My words: Substitute China for Ukrainian/NATO and I think that's what America is up against.