| second: There was a time when the mob boss Al Capone effectively ruled Chicago. He had thoroughly corrupted the local police and politicians, and he murdered rivals with impunity. Federal authorities wanted to bring him to justice but couldn’t rely on the cooperation of state and local authorities. So how did they do it?
The answer is that the Feds convicted and imprisoned him for tax evasion.
Which brings me to the following question: could or would the Feds do something comparable today? Would a defunded Internal Revenue Service — defunded in large part because the modern Republican Party is effectively pro-tax-evasion — have the resources to go after him? And even if the Feds tried to bring charges, would a tax evader escape justice by simply buying a sufficiently large quantity of Trump family crypto? [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Pig fuckers can join the FBI now? That would have been a huge month long celebration for you faggots only 2 or 3 years ago. Oh no! Wha Happen? [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: There are still only 3 star wars movies. There is still only 2 Terminator movies, Alien movies and Ghostbuster movies. You are a pedophile. |
| second: - It is still Lake Ontario
- It is still the Gulf of Mexico
- It is still the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
- He is still a pedophile.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. |
| second: Bewilderment as Kash Patel's FBI eases ban on bestiality and prostitution for recruits. Kash Patel’s FBI is being pilloried online after a new report revealed the bureau quietly loosened the vetting standards that once automatically disqualified applicants who had hired sex workers, stolen from an employer or engaged in bestiality. [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: "With the U.S. and world economies in collapse"... Grow up, dude. Mr. fucking hyperbole. I bet your fat ass isn't starving. |
| second: To sanction Canada for allegedly discriminating against U.S. dairy, auto and alcoholic beverage exports, the Trump administration reached back to the Great Depression.
The 1930 tariff legislation is known as the Smoot-Hawley Act after its congressional sponsors. With the U.S. and world economies in collapse, Congress raised tariffs on hundreds of imports in an attempt to protect American farmers and manufacturers.
The tariffs are notorious among economists and historians for shutting down world commerce and making the Great Depression worse. (Trump, who proudly calls himself “Tariff Man,’’ has a different view, arguing that the Smoot-Hawley levies simply came too late to rescue the American economy.) [go to link] Trump got it wrong, but won't correct. |
| 6ixStringJack: They've been doing a bang up job up to this point, what with all the people under 40 years old that are getting cancer these days. Half your diet is shit they used to oil machinery with in WWII. When we're dead we've got enough plastic in us to make a lego set. |
| second: Food Inspections? Why do we even have those to begin with? Not in Trump's America! Trump slashes regulations on the meat processing industry as food safety issues skyrocket. President Donald Trump announced an executive action to allow farmers and ranchers to process their own meat. • Why Do We Have Food Inspections?
• History: Laws began after Upton Sinclair's 1906 book The Jungle exposed gross and dangerous conditions in meat plants.
• Safety: Government checks stop dangerous germs like E. coli and Salmonella from reaching dinner plates.
• Trust: Rules ensure meat is clean, safe, and honestly labeled. But No Rules in Trump’s America! [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Oh good. Now you bat shit liberals are making poison pills with Trump's face on them because you're fucking psychotic. Everybody hates you Second. |
| second: Dutch health institute issues 'red alert' over Trump-shaped ecstasy pills [go to link] Users are being warned they could experience symptoms such as nausea, an increased heart rate and convulsions |
| second: Trump spoke to complete silence at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, not one person clapping or reacting to his brazenly partisan speech. Turns out when you put him in front of a room with an average IQ in the triple digits, the applause line just doesn't land. Some rooms don't fall for it.
• The Occasion: Donald Trump visited the Johnson Space Center in Houston to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew.
• The Reaction: Video footage from the event showed the audience and the astronauts standing in blue flight suits giving little to no visible applause or reaction during portions of his remarks.
• The Response Online: Observers and commentators on social media highlighted the stony silence and lack of response to his talking points as a stark contrast to typical rally-style atmospheres. [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Keep crying, faggot. |
| second: What Might Happen to Trump’s Ill-Gotten Gains?
Lessons from fallen autocrats.
Trump has abused his office to enrich himself and his family in ways that are completely unprecedented—not only in the United States but also in the history of almost any peer democracy. Only Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s notoriously lawless former prime minister, was in any way comparable, and Berlusconi was sentenced to prison.
Americans are not accustomed to learning lessons about democracy from Nigeria, Peru, or the Philippines. That disregard may soon change. Those countries offer examples of what it looks like to reclaim stolen or swindled wealth from fallen authoritarian rulers. Done right, this work can deliver justice and strengthen democratic institutions for the long run.
[go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: To Shit Golem: So you've said a million times since 2015. Nobody gives a fuck, faggot. |
| second: Question: How does Trump renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" help with the US cost of living crisis, loss of US jobs, high cost of US borrowing, war in Iran, poisoned US foods, rising US inflation, housing shortages, or anything at all? The Answer is at this link: [go to link] |
| second: To 6ixStringJoker: Trump has not released his tax returns for public scrutiny. Trump has not paid his taxes and does not want that fact proven. [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Shut up, Shit Golem. You and I know full well that you don't believe Republicans ever held any of those virtues in high regard. You're just talking to talk again because you can't help yourself. Nothing but shit dribbling out of your rotted brain 24/7. |
| second: Many radio and television commentators, podcasters, and members of Congress were dedicated conservatives before Trump came along. They believed character was destiny and virtue mattered; they revered the rule of law, institutions, and norms; they championed free trade and free markets, fiscal responsibility, and a strong Western alliance; and they opposed patrimonialism, corruption, and lawlessness in the presidency. These same people had to surrender all those commitments and much more to support a cad like Trump, and they know it. The cost of speaking out against him, even when they knew better, was simply too high. They wanted to stay in the good graces of those in power. So they broke. And they know they broke. [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: I was wrong. It's a good thing that both of you losers took over the tags and flooded them with bullshit. Now you hardly post at all in the RWED anymore and shit up the place with your crap, and all your incorrect predictions, asinine opinions and waste of electrons just age off and disappear forever as they should. |