tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post7570235112504416177..comments2024-03-27T01:27:21.576-08:00Comments on The Immoral Minority: During his visit the Saudis bribed Donald Trump with 1.2 billion in gifts. Gryphenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356503547155430235noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-12380246645945059082017-06-01T19:22:33.464-08:002017-06-01T19:22:33.464-08:00It's illegal. They know it.
@ BeaglemomIt's illegal. They know it.<br />@ BeaglemomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-74508736043010928412017-06-01T04:17:05.001-08:002017-06-01T04:17:05.001-08:00Well, Ivanka got her millions from the Saudis and ...Well, Ivanka got her millions from the Saudis and one of Trump's buddies got a $19 billion deal from the Saudis for a dicey-sounding investment firm called Blackstone Group. That's theoretically going to be used for rebuilding the US infrastructure. You know, we'd never want to use US tax dollars, some from the very wealthy for such a thing. Why not make us further indebted to yet another foreign power.<br />BeaglemomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-51944633518521566152017-05-31T18:39:40.350-08:002017-05-31T18:39:40.350-08:00No doubt they'll all manage to not report it a...No doubt they'll all manage to not report it as income, as well.ibwilliamsinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-57449372273695855462017-05-31T18:03:49.228-08:002017-05-31T18:03:49.228-08:00There must be payment for anything kept personally...There must be payment for anything kept personally by any prsident or their family from any foreign entity, unless it has a nominal value. e.g a $50 teddy bear to someone's kid. A hat, (cap type) a novelty pen, etc. IIRC the cut off used to be $100. So I think it was Hillary or Rosalyn was gifted a beatuiful silk scarf from Japan? China? polititcian's wife. the FLOTUS of the time kept it and wrote the US Treasury a check for $250. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-62877112146085988412017-05-31T16:23:15.279-08:002017-05-31T16:23:15.279-08:00Well, she lost her new year's gig:
https://w...Well, she lost her new year's gig: <br /><br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-fires-kathy-griffin-show-donald-trump-beheading-172722087.html<br /><br />I'm sure that hurts. Sooooo many people tuned in to CNN to watch New Year's. <br /><br />Yeah, "she'll never work in this town again" NOT. If anything, this will make Griffin even more in demand. She pushes the envelope, but no more than some MALE comedians. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-25778255235840549182017-05-31T16:11:08.017-08:002017-05-31T16:11:08.017-08:00Obama received gifts and they were handed over to ...Obama received gifts and they were handed over to the government. Each year there was a list of what was going up on auction. <br /><br />But I'm sure Trump will claim that Obama kept everything and it was a lot more than what he got. Then he'll say he got more than Obama got so he wins and Obama was a loser. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-75725833159764074682017-05-31T16:09:23.574-08:002017-05-31T16:09:23.574-08:00That yacht is heading straight to Mar-a-Lago, that...That yacht is heading straight to Mar-a-Lago, that sword will be above the mantle there or in Trump Tower and every Trump family member will be wearing one of those watches. They will have to remove them from their cold, dead arms. <br /><br />Trump isn't going to turn over any of this SWAG. He'll strong arm the Congress into passing an exemption so that he can keep anything he gets, retroactive to whenever. <br /><br />I'll bet he still has that $4,000 golf club the Japanese gave him too. <br /><br />I said it before and I'll say it again. It is the emoluments clause that will be Trump's downfall. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-82372789382515864772017-05-31T15:14:52.744-08:002017-05-31T15:14:52.744-08:00Hmmm hack in and find all war craft his son plays ...Hmmm hack in and find all war craft his son plays constantly....just saying most young boys do this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-87611375474088668212017-05-31T15:12:39.274-08:002017-05-31T15:12:39.274-08:00Also your dirty white pants smells.Also your dirty white pants smells.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-9879152410712137802017-05-31T14:30:55.640-08:002017-05-31T14:30:55.640-08:00The deal I'm worried about is the 19+ billion ...The deal I'm worried about is the 19+ billion dollar investment in a questionable company, Blackstone Group, that apparently is planning to undertake infrastructure work in the US. There go our highways, bridges, and all the rest to the money grabbers and their friends, many of them in Saudi Arabia. The deal was signed while Trump was in SA.<br />BeaglemomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-15493932875343886482017-05-31T10:47:52.155-08:002017-05-31T10:47:52.155-08:00The arms deal is just business as usual between th...The arms deal is just business as usual between the US and the Saudis, however, these lavish gifts are definitely a new thing. <br /><br />Can't find any info regarding the Obama family receiving such gifts after Obama selling the Saudis $110 billion in arms during his two terms.<br /><br />Looks like the Saudis bought themselves a new puppet; perhaps King Salman and Putin are going to have to have a fight over who really owns our POTUS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-2771166951686537022017-05-31T09:55:39.102-08:002017-05-31T09:55:39.102-08:00" incoherent late night Twitter message prove..." incoherent late night Twitter message proves that Donald Trump has the “stamina to be president.”<br /><br />http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/fox-news-anchor-unlike-hillary-trump-has-stamina-to-tweet-covfefe-in-the-middle-of-the-night/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-19931824490498193412017-05-31T08:36:10.946-08:002017-05-31T08:36:10.946-08:00@7:57,
I tend to agree with you. There is so muc...@7:57, <br /><br />I tend to agree with you. There is so much negative press about Trump that is spot on, but this one reeks of, at best, exaggeration. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-28448694713116796462017-05-31T08:23:30.673-08:002017-05-31T08:23:30.673-08:00IF the story about all those gifts is correct, he ...IF the story about all those gifts is correct, he will either have to give them to the country (US), or he an pay appraised or current market value to keep them. He cannot keep them otherwise. <br /><br />Not sure about all the gifts his Grifter fandammily has gotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-70806279986241873322017-05-31T08:21:30.043-08:002017-05-31T08:21:30.043-08:00I believe that 'covfefe' is a secret code ...I believe that 'covfefe' is a secret code agreed upon by tRump and some collaborator. MAYbe tells the Russians he and his cronies will resist and not tell anything to anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-32930121501601617752017-05-31T08:13:50.100-08:002017-05-31T08:13:50.100-08:00http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/black-lives-matter...http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/black-lives-matter-wins-global-peace-prize/<br /><br />"Police officers killed roughly 266 black people in the United States in 2016."<br /><br />"This is the first time that a movement and not a person has been awarded the Peace Prize—a timely choice. Climate change is escalating fast, increasing inequality and racism are feeding divisiveness, and we are in the middle of the worst refugee crisis since World War II. Yet many establishment leaders across the world stick their heads in the sand or turn their backs on justice, fairness and equality," The Sydney Peace Foundation, founded in 1998, “promotes peace, justice and nonviolence by recognizing the world’s most important leaders for peace with the Sydney Peace Prize,” Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-48949395961473069622017-05-31T07:57:28.663-08:002017-05-31T07:57:28.663-08:00I'm not normally one to jump on the "fake...I'm not normally one to jump on the "fake news" bandwagon, but this story sounds like utter bullshit to me. On the order of "Obama is spending $100 million a day on his trip with hundreds of staff and hangers-on staying in 5-star hotels" level bullshit.<br /><br />I expect some rwnj blog to take credit for "tricking the stoopid libtards" any minute now. Just sayin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-16520205140733914232017-05-31T07:56:22.242-08:002017-05-31T07:56:22.242-08:00"Until the Islamic State could write its own ..."Until the Islamic State could write its own textbooks for its schools, it adopted the Saudi curriculum as its own.<br />Saudi money is now transforming European Islam. Leaked German intelligence reports show that charities “closely connected with government offices” of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait are funding mosques, schools and imams"<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/saudi-arabia-just-played-donald-trump/2017/05/25/d0932702-4184-11e7-8c25-44d09ff5a4a8_story.html?utm_term=.2cd6740f732f<br /><br />https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/12/02/the-king-of-saudi-arabia-gave-over-13m-in-gifts-to-the-obamas-last-year<br /><br />" The items must be later turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration, OR the recipient can pay the market value of the gift and keep it."<br /><br />RULE$Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-42413695173986898872017-05-31T07:42:02.289-08:002017-05-31T07:42:02.289-08:00Good question. I can't find any reference to ...Good question. I can't find any reference to this in any other site. In fact, it comes from nation.com/pk, which seems to be in Pakistan, and is not on the site of the US publication, The Nation -- www.thenation.com.<br /><br />And, commenters on the story on nation.com/pk are saying it is fake news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-25147401347911032372017-05-31T07:29:55.805-08:002017-05-31T07:29:55.805-08:00Good question. I tried to find the story on any s...Good question. I tried to find the story on any source that I think is OK, but only found this from The Nation and same thing on some site in Pakistan. And, commenters there said it was Fake News. also, could find nothing on Snopes.com. So, seems possible is not true story.<br /><br />He was given the gold medal award, but that is only thing I could find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-30552545631286019432017-05-31T07:25:53.466-08:002017-05-31T07:25:53.466-08:00http://time.com/4799145/donald-trump-covfefe-meme/...http://time.com/4799145/donald-trump-covfefe-meme/?xid=gonewsedit&google_editors_picks=true<br /><br />"President Trump Is Very Pleased With the Positive Press 'Covfefe' of His Late-Night Meme"<br />"first 100 days by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School is useful for what it really says about media bias: It transcends politics.<br /><br />Conservatives predictably applauded the study's finding that, of news stories about the new president that could be categorized as positive or negative, 80 percent were classified as negative for tone."President Trump can't complain that he is being ignored. He dominated media coverage. He was the topic of 41 percent of all news stories in the media that were analyzed. That's three times the amount of coverage received by the previous three presidents."<br />"How do you put a positive spin on a president who launches himself into a full-blown hissy fit over the size of his"...."Trump was also the featured speaker in nearly two-thirds of his coverage. That's because he is not only the leader of the free world but also Donald Trump, a celebrity Twitter troll, a man more savvy about media than about politics or policies."Considering the ways in which Trump effectively turned his "war" with the media into a major campaign rallying cry, he's turned the media bias charge from a liability into an a$$et."<br /><br />http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-page-trump-obama-media-perspec-0524-jm-20170523-story.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-12595713441819022132017-05-31T07:16:00.895-08:002017-05-31T07:16:00.895-08:00COVFEFE.
Message to Vlad?
Covert Operation Vlad ...COVFEFE.<br /><br />Message to Vlad?<br /><br />Covert Operation Vlad Fucking Expedite Final EvacuationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-52978572380773124832017-05-31T07:07:58.212-08:002017-05-31T07:07:58.212-08:00A gift to Manchester:
http://www.npr.org/sections...A gift to Manchester:<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/05/30/530747996/ariana-grande-katy-perry-miley-cyrus-to-perform-at-one-manchester-benefit-concer?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170530<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-63113900333163589702017-05-31T07:04:38.494-08:002017-05-31T07:04:38.494-08:00https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/...https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/31/duterte-attacks-chelsea-clinton-by-bringing-up-her-fathers-philandering/?utm_term=.1e661defacf1<br /><br />"her father’s philandering" > does NOT= equal Rape.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-12755369450572172432017-05-31T07:01:45.781-08:002017-05-31T07:01:45.781-08:00Why is no one else reporting these gifts? Is this...Why is no one else reporting these gifts? Is this actual fact?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com