Jump off the cliff
I'm a jumper, here's why.1. I think that the only thing the GOP wants is: a. Low capital gains tax rates b. Low dividend rates c. No estate taxes d. Low corporate tax rates e. eliminating regulations...
View ArticleMarch 15
Eeuw. I just read Markos Moulitas’ new March 15 dictat. Is it just me, or is this sounding more than a tad authoritarian? Patronizing? Dare I say gate-keepy?Mr. Moulitas seems like a nice young guy,...
View ArticleBack to the future of the supreme court
So, four elections ago, the Supreme Court’s decision to step in and halt the Florida recount was dispositive in the Presidential election. If, prior to that election, one of the sitting justices had...
View ArticleCut Bernie some slack
And cut his supporters some slack, too.Bernie has been throwing himself against a very hard, very solid, very impervious-seeming wall for a long time now, without garnering any particular attention,...
View ArticleMakers and Fakers: Brexit, Donald Trump, and Hillary
Hillary needs to wrap Donald Trump in the chains of the class of exploiters to win this election with the margins that we will need going forward to confront the huge challenges looming on the horizon....
View ArticleBest reason for Hillary to pick Eliazabeth Warren for VP
Four years guaranteed impeachment protection.That is all to this diary,thank you for your time.
View ArticleFraming: Trump is not a businessman; he is a Kardashian
Part of the problem with criticizing Trump is that normal people see the gold and the plane and the decaying Florida mansion and are hypnotized by the spectacle into thinking that the would-be emperor...
View ArticleTrue story: my family member was killed by a native-born white US citizen
Hey, Donald Trump, invite me up on your stage. My family member was murdered by a female, blue-eyed, blond serial killer. She was a US citizen whose family came from wayyyy back. Back further than your...
View ArticleTrump's excuse about the IRS audit do not make sense
So here’s the thing. Your tax return doesn’t just magically appear as the result of some alchemy between you and the IRS...it is actually your responsibility to ensure that, to the best of your...
View ArticleBeing born rich and becoming slightly richer over the course of 70 years...is...
Should all members of the lucky sperm club get to run the country? Wasn’t getting away from that system the thing we fought the Revolutionary War about?Alternate questions:Donald Trump swore under...
View ArticleA better rationale for why presidential candidates should release tax returns
Here is how to connect Hillary’s emails (her big weakness) with Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns (one of his many big weaknesses):You don’t run for President unless you are willing to...
View ArticleSkip this diary if you already know a lot about taxes & real estate:...
If you buy real estate, and rent it out, you generally lose money, but only on paper. This diary talks about how this happens.First of all, you buy real estate. The average person takes out a loan to...
View ArticleYet another reason why Trump's use of his foundation was illegal
So, here’s something I’ve been wondering. Why would Donald Trump go to all the trouble of having people who owe him money give the money they owe him to his foundation, and then use his foundation to...
View ArticleThe Donald Trump ads that write themselves
From Hillary Clinton’s perspective:“Donald Trump wants to blame me for marital problems Bill and I famously had when he was President. Well, Donald, the wife is not to blame for the husband’s bad...
View ArticleThiel is giving 1.25 million to Trump
So, interesting thing.Peter Thiel, who with Elon Musk founded Paypal, and then without Elon Musk invested in facebook, was, according to Forbes, worth 2.2 billion dollars in 2014. Peter Thiel just...
View ArticleAnother abortion story no one tells
Maybe a woman gets an abortion because she doesn’t want to be pregnant.Maybe a woman gets an abortion because she does’t want what comes after being pregnant, which is becoming a mom.Maybe a woman gets...
View ArticleI'm probably going to get in trouble for this diary, but...
God damn it, Clintons, put the Clinton Foundation on the back burner for the next four (or, please God, eight) years. Doing good via your foundation is not as important as the good you can do as...
View ArticleOne thing authoritarian leaders fear is people massing in the public square
I always regretted that I did not join in on the protests in Washington on the eve of the Iraq invasion in George W Bush’s presidency. For the next four years my priority will be to make my voice heard...
View ArticleBeing president is really going to screw up Donald Trumps taxes
Here is the thing: it's super easy to lose money, at least on paper, as a real estate professional. This is because the cost of the building you buy is evenly divided up over a number of years and that...
View ArticleWe need protesters outside the White House 24/7
It would be great if they were paid. It would be great if they were paid $15/hr. Is there any way to get a kickstarter for this? Wouldn’t it be great if 2000 people were protesting peacefully outside...
View ArticleNarcissists are only cowed by strength
Attempts appealing to Donald Trump’s better nature will fail.He has no better nature. Shed tears in front of a narcissist and he despises you even more than he did before. Tears are a sign of weakness,...
View ArticleThe best argument we have for the 2018 midterms is that we need divided...
The best argument in favor of divided government is that without divided government, the party in control is free to run roughshod over norms, institutions, and rules.Every nomination that Republicans...
View ArticleThe narcissist's inner life in continuous turmoil, the exterior chaos only...
A narcissist’s inner life is chaotic. They do not have the same relationship with the past or the future that normal people have. Most normal people have a relatively stable idea of what happened and...
View ArticleMy gramma was killed by a US citizen. Does that mean her murder doesn't count?
When your relative has been killed by a white, blond, US citizen, does that mean the your loved one’s murder is less important to authorities than if the murder had been committed by an...
View ArticleRepublican math
Republican math,example the fist: 2 - 1 = 3examole the second: 3 = 4 + cake!This special math is available only when Republucans are in charge of all branches of the Federal Government.The first...
View ArticleTarring Republicans with their own authoritarian brush
Trump voters thought they were getting somebody to put the house in order, who would make sure the lawn was mowed and the fences were painted, but what they actually got was that weird relative who...
View ArticleThe tax cut that costs only 1.5 trillion dollars
So, let’s do some math. Paul Ryan’s claim is that the tax cut saves the average family of four $1,182. Here is Paul Ryan’s cherry picked family: Steve and Melinda, with two middle school-aged...
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Republicans, if you want to borrow 1.5 trillion to help the middle class...
Republicans, you say you want to help the middle class. But the way you’re doing that is to give corporations huge tax cuts?Republicans, you of all people know that borrowing money costs money. You...
View ArticleTL;DR
Here is the condensed version of a diary I wrote yesterday and, looking at it later, realized:“this is too long”Republicans are borrowing 1.5 Trillion dollars. This is money they do not have.1.5...
View ArticleHorrible GOP Tax Bill -- call AARP
There are a lot of elderly people who have a small amount of income and who receive long-term care. Most of these people have dementia. Most of their income comes from distributions for IRA’s,...
View ArticleThe Democratic Caucus should call it "tough love"
The democrats should say...now...that they will not support their members voting for an increase in the debt limit as long as the GOP is irresponsibly piling additional trillions of dollars in...
View ArticleHey Republicans, here's a thought..try doing something that is actually useful
Hey, Republicans: we've all read about how the big donors said “get this tax cut done for us, or never darken our towels again,” but you know what? I just had a good idea for you. You're going about...
View ArticleWe should call it the Cut-Cut-Cut American Jobs Act
The GOP Tax plan will accelerate outsourcing. How will it work? Now, when a US corporation earned foreign income, it has to pay taxes to the US on that income. Sure, sometimes companies engage in...
View ArticleWe hang it around their necks
Outsourcing: the 2017 GOP Tax Heist is going to make American jobs disappear even faster than ever:Robots, which will be located...: It allows companies to expense 100% of capital expenditures in the...
View Article"Renate Alumnius"
One of the first things you learn in Latin class in high school is the word “alumna/alumnus”. There are a few reasons for this. The first reason you learn it is because you're in high school, and...
View ArticleSuggestion for Democratic talking points with regard to funding Trumps wall
“I was elected by my constituents in [insert district], [insert state]. That state is in the United States of America. My understanding is that funding this wall is something that Mexico is responsible...
View ArticleMath
At a rate of six actual people detained at the southern border who matched up with the terrorist watchlists, and the current demand of 5.7 billion for a wall to secure the border, that's almost $1...
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Really??? REALLY????
"I’ve never seen people so happy to destroy a kid’s life.”“I think what happened with BuzzFeed is a great lesson for the media,” she said. “Quit trying to be first and start trying to be right. We have...
View ArticleHere's the problem with Trump's wall
The problem with Trump’s wall is that it's a solution without a problem.He just wants to build a wall. He's always wanted to build a wall. Trump thinks of himself as a guy who builds stuff (even though...
View ArticleOur contractor has given up on Trump
He said, “He [Trump] isn't getting it done."Its unclear what, exactly, our contractor thinks need to be done. But it's interesting that our contractor -- who has been uncomfortably pro-Trump up until...
View ArticleHere's what I wonder about DJ Trump's tax returns.
So, for the last, let's call it N number of years, Donald J Trump has sent tax returns into the IRS. It is in his interest for the income on these returns to be as little as possible, so that he could...
View ArticleThe 2017 "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" eliminated the home office deduction for W-2...
It was horrible legislation for any number of reasons, but now all of the people still lucky enough to be able to have a job working remotely will not be able to offset their wages with the actual...
View ArticleBiden & sex accusations
He needs to deny & then immediately turn it back on Trump, as in:“Yeah, I'm saying it didn't happen. I'm not that kind of guy. Tell you who is that kind of guy, though, and it's Donald J. Trump....
View Article"Typhoid Trump"
Trump is the disease vector: "He loves it, people love being in his presence as well, so we're very hopeful that as we head towards November we can get back to the rallies," said Lara Trump, the...
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Donald Trump didn't clear the protestors from Lafayette Square to have a...
It's the other way around.Donald Trump wants to hurt Americans. All Americans. He will come for the Denocrats first, but don't think he won't turn on Republicans after he gets bored of the Democrats....
View ArticleMy vote for President of my country has never counted
I voted for Jimmy Carter in 1980, I voted in New Jersey; New Jersey is not a swing stateI voted for Walter Mondale in 1984,I voted in California; California is not a swing stateI voted for Michael...
View ArticleTrump will never stop running for President
Was reading a commentary last night about how, if Biden wins in 26 days, Pence will be the leading contender to top the ticket in 2024. Just now it occurred to me: Trump’s not going to go away. He’s...
View ArticleGreg Abbott is a GENIUS (behind those strangely thin, strangely curved lips)
Asked about the law's lack of exception for rape or incest earlier Tuesday, Abbott defended the six-week period wherein abortions are still permitted and vowed to work to "eliminate all rapists from...
View ArticleA way Biden could make Republicans’ heads explode
“Well, of course I had my campaign gather a short list of the most qualified Supreme Court nominees long before I made any campaign promises. After all, that’s a big part of the job. When I looked over...
View ArticleWhat happened to this website?
It used to have thoughtful diaries that offered individual points of view that were interesting reads that you couldn’t find anywhere else. I just don’t see those anymore. Everything seems to be...
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