Being 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...
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