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Jared and Ivanka are slinking back to Gomorrah

  

Category:  Op/Ed

Via:  hallux  •  last year  •  92 comments

By:   Kathleen Parker - WaPo

Jared and Ivanka are slinking back to Gomorrah

S E E D E D   C O N T E N T


If only Ivanka Trump were as witty as Barbie. Instead, she and her Ken, Jared Kushner, somnambulate like renegades from the wax museum from one investment fund to the next. Preternaturally perfect and utterly lacking in affect, Javanka, as they’re called, make real dolls seem animated.



Do you suppose the naked pursuit of power and money makes people unhappy? Or, in their case, is it the killer company they keep?



Both spawns of excessive wealth and privilege, Ivanka and Jared are reason enough to cast Donald Trump into the outer darkness. Their presence in the White House from 2017 to 2021 was a frequent embarrassment, as they convinced themselves that their value amounted to more than the family name. For a while after the 2020 election, they distanced themselves  from Trump, which meant we were all spared their spectral visages.


But those days are nigh gone, as the pair appears to be  back in search  of the family ring. (Run, Gollum, run.)


Their timing is undoubtedly connected to recent polling showing Trump  leading his GOP competitors  by nearly 40 points. Family loyalty apparently is a lot like reality TV; it’s all about the ratings. However, reports of the couple dropping in on meetings and  attending family gatherings  came before a federal grand jury issued a four-count  criminal indictment  charging Trump with co-conspiring to  overturn the 2020 election results , defrauding the American people and aiding the Jan. 6, 2021,  attack on the U.S. Capitol .


Trump could be doomed. Or not. With him, one never knows. It’s hard to gauge whether these latest charges will budge his supporters. I doubt it, since to be a Trump fan is to distrust everyone other than He Who Must Be Obeyed. Nor do supporters probably care that Jared and Ivanka took advantage of their White House status to  enrich themselves .



Ivanka might be forgiven for her conflicted relationship with Trump. He’s Daddy, after all. But familial attachments do not — and did not — qualify her or Kushner to serve as senior advisers to the president of the United States. When Kushner was   denied security clearance   by career intelligence officers because of concerns about foreign influence, outside business interests and personal conduct, Trump overrode them.



As for Kushner’s credulity-straining role as impromptu diplomat to the Middle East, we can only wonder what other conversations took place as he persuaded leaders in Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco to recognize Israel’s sovereignty and normalize relations among them.   The Abraham Accords are widely viewed as a landmark development toward building relationships and mitigating tensions in the Persian Gulf region. But it is also increasingly clear that Kushner was simultaneously   securing his own financial future   via   massive investments   in his pop-up private equity firm, Affinity Partners, by many of the very same countries that signed the accords. Quelle   coincidence.



Kushner’s biggest financial backer, however, was Saudi Arabia, which declined to sign the accords. This was of no consequence to Kushner, who was already pals with Mohammed bin Salman, commonly known as MBS, before joining the Trump White House. The two “princes,” both then in their 30s and eager to establish themselves on the international stage, reportedly bonded as only the born elite can.

Less than six months after leaving the White House, Kushner secured a  $2 billion commitment  from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, which MBS controls, despite opposition from the fund’s board of directors because of Kushner’s lack of experience in private equity. Other countries followed suit, including signatories to the accords — the UAE, Qatar, Sudan and Morocco. Today, Affinity’s investment commitments have reached at least  $3 billion , which is not a bad haul for a young adviser to a twice-impeached president who, recently arrested for the third time, faces several  fresh indictments .


Lest I be accused of marinating in my own self-righteous disdain, as former National Review editor Rich Lowry   has characterized   Kushner critics, let’s be clear. Federal law prohibits using one’s public position for personal gain. I can’t prove Kushner used his position to procure funding for Affinity Partners, but to believe otherwise would be ingenuous.



Even if he didn’t break any laws, Kushner crossed every conceivable ethical line in his relationship with MBS by defending him inside the White House when he was under international fire for the murder of Saudi dissident and Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi — even after the CIA   concluded that MBS had ordered the killing . As Donald Trump   bragged   to Bob Woodward, “I saved his a--.”


At the same time, Trump sold $8 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia after vetoing congressional resolutions to block the sale. If the $2 billion wasn’t payback, what was it? Perhaps a down payment on future favors from a second-term President Trump.



No one’s naive here. The United States is forced at times to negotiate with bad actors. But shouldn’t there be limits to what we ignore and, thus, condone to achieve our goals? To essentially dismiss Khashoggi’s ghastly murder seems to me a dismembered body too far.



You can hear the Trumpets already.   Oh, yeah? What about Hunter Biden?   Good question. You don’t hear me saying   nothing to see here . Investigations are ongoing into   Biden’s financial dealings   with Ukraine and China, and there seems to be plenty to see. The truth is all three of these entitled darlings are skunks — Hunter, Ivanka and Jared. But don’t blame the little furry fellah. That smell is the stench of corruption.





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Hallux
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1  seeder  Hallux    last year

Not to worry Barron, it will be your turn soon.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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1.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Hallux @1    last year

I hope not. Out of all them, he's the most innocent

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1.1  devangelical  replied to  Trout Giggles @1.1    last year

he'll probably be a drug addict, child molester, or school shooter within 10 years...

 
 
 
Texan1211
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1.1.2  Texan1211  replied to  devangelical @1.1.1    last year
he'll probably be a drug addict, child molester, or school shooter within 10 years...

............and even possibly a Democrat!

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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1.1.3  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.2    last year

It's odd that the left seem to support a drug addict and child molester isn't it?

 
 
 
Texan1211
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1.1.4  Texan1211  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @1.1.3    last year
It's odd that the left seem to support a drug addict and child molester isn't it?

Not really surprising any longer.

 
 
 
Hallux
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1.1.5  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.2    last year
....and even possibly a Democrat!

It appears that mommy has rushed off to Europe with him, maybe he'll return as a Suisse/Slovenian.

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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1.1.6  Sean Treacy  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @1.1.3    last year

The lack of self awareness is amazing. he's throwing haymakers at the Biden family without even appearing to realize it.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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1.1.7  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @1.1.5    last year
It appears that mommy has rushed off to Europe with him, maybe he'll return as a Suisse/Slovenian.

Would either preclude him from becoming a drug addict, child molester, school shooter, or a Democrat?

 
 
 
George
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1.1.8  George  replied to  devangelical @1.1.1    last year
he'll probably be a drug addict, child molester, or school shooter within 10 years...

Hunter covers the drugs while Joe is a molester. I wonder if Beau Bidden shot up any schools in Iraq?  The Biden family literally covers everything.

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1.9  devangelical  replied to  Hallux @1.1.5    last year
It appears that mommy has rushed off to Europe with him

she's probably selling his semen to russian oligarchs...

 
 
 
Hallux
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1.1.10  seeder  Hallux  replied to  devangelical @1.1.9    last year

I've always wondered if mommy is Manchurian.

 
 
 
Hallux
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1.1.11  seeder  Hallux  replied to  George @1.1.8    last year
Hunter covers the drugs

Melania was a NY fashion model, the odds are she consumed far more drugs .

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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1.1.12  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  devangelical @1.1.9    last year

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Drinker of the Wry
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1.1.13  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Hallux @1.1.11    last year

Did she have much sex as Ashley?  Was she “hypersexualized” as a child, any Daddy issues?

 
 
 
Hallux
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1.1.14  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @1.1.13    last year

Why would you want to know, unresolved vicarious fantasies?

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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1.1.15  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @1.1.12    last year

I just assumed you would know as much about Ashley as you know about Melania.  But then, Melania got a lot more press than Ashley did.

 
 
 
George
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1.1.17  George  replied to  Hallux @1.1.11    last year

Stereotyping a group, how very liberal progressive of you.

 
 
 
Hallux
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1.1.18  seeder  Hallux  replied to  George @1.1.17    last year

You are my mentor in such things, George.

 
 
 
Sparty On
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1.1.19  Sparty On  replied to  Hallux @1.1.11    last year

Hunter = white privilege, golden spoon boy who was given most everything

Melania = immigrant who worked to get where she got

I thought immigrants who make it are good and golden spoon boys were bad?

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1.20  devangelical  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @1.1.3    last year
It's odd that the left seem to support a drug addict and child molester isn't it?

I haven't voted for a republican once this century...

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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1.1.21  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  devangelical @1.1.20    last year

Thanks for proving my poing.

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1.22  devangelical  replied to  Sparty On @1.1.19    last year

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Sparty On
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1.1.23  Sparty On  replied to  devangelical @1.1.22    last year

comment removed for context [ph]

 
 
 
George
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1.1.24  George  replied to  Hallux @1.1.18    last year

When you have nothing, I guess the only thing left is a personal attack.

 
 
 
Hallux
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1.1.25  seeder  Hallux  replied to  George @1.1.24    last year

George, you are one of many, it was a group attack.

 
 
 
Kavika
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2  Kavika     last year

One is actually the spawn of a crook, Jarad and the other may soon be. 

It also seems from recent reports that the Abraham Accords are not all they seem to be with the Arab countries not happy with them or Israel.

 
 
 
devangelical
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2.1  devangelical  replied to  Kavika @2    last year

jared's dad was pardoned by trump. chris christy originally sent him to club fed.

 
 
 
Kavika
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2.1.1  Kavika   replied to  devangelical @2.1    last year

And Jared hates Christy for putting the crooked dear old dad in the slammer.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3  JohnRussell    last year

The only thing I like about Ivanka Trump is how she looks in a bikini. 

Jared is like the smarmiest unwanted fiance in a romantic comedy movie. 

 
 
 
Texan1211
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3.1  Texan1211  replied to  JohnRussell @3    last year

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Drinker of the Wry
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3.1.1  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Texan1211 @3.1    last year

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Texan1211
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3.1.2  Texan1211  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @3.1.1    last year

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Drinker of the Wry
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3.1.3  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Texan1211 @3.1.2    last year

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Hallux
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3.1.4  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @3.1    last year
So why do you follow what they do so closely?

Um ... I seeded the article, not JR.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3.1.5  JohnRussell  replied to  Texan1211 @3.1    last year

What on earth makes you think I follow them closely?  Do you ever think about what you say? 

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3.1.6  JohnRussell  replied to  Hallux @3.1.4    last year

Why are we having this silly trolling from these two? 

 
 
 
Texan1211
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3.1.7  Texan1211  replied to  JohnRussell @3.1.5    last year

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Texan1211
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3.1.8  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @3.1.4    last year
Um ... I seeded the article, not JR.

yes, I know, see, I read the article.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3.1.9  JohnRussell  replied to  Texan1211 @3.1.7    last year

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Hallux
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3.1.10  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @3.1.8    last year
I read the article.

In that case sound like you have.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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3.1.11  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @3.1.10    last year
In that case sound like you have.

Make better interpretations.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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3.2  Texan1211  replied to  JohnRussell @3    last year
The only thing I like about Ivanka Trump is how she looks in a bikini.

Classy remark.

And it isn't hardly misogynistic at all!

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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3.3  Trout Giggles  replied to  JohnRussell @3    last year

I like your honesty, John

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3.3.1  JohnRussell  replied to  Trout Giggles @3.3    last year

I dont think commenting on a celebrity who likes to have her picture taken looking sexy is misogyny at all. 

Ivanka-Trump-Hot-Beautiful.jpg

 
 
 
Texan1211
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3.3.2  Texan1211  replied to  JohnRussell @3.3.1    last year
I dont think commenting on how a celebrity who likes to have her picture taken looking sexy is misogyny at all

Exactly, it is only when a conservative does it that it becomes an issue for you. Got it.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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3.3.3  Trout Giggles  replied to  JohnRussell @3.3.1    last year

No, it isn't. You're just being honest. And as long as you're honest I don't know how anyone could have any heartburn about it

 
 
 
Texan1211
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4  Texan1211    last year

Looks like the Trump obsession extends to the whole family!

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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4.1  Greg Jones  replied to  Texan1211 @4    last year

Yet another article deflecting away from the Biden crime family.

 
 
 
Hallux
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4.1.1  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Greg Jones @4.1    last year
Yet another article deflecting away from the Biden crime family.

Yet another comment deflecting away from the Trump criminal Dynasty.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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4.1.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Hallux @4.1.1    last year

If these people are so interested in Hunter Biden...why don't they seed articles about him? Who's holding a gun to their faces telling them they have to read and comment on your seed?

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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4.1.3  JohnRussell  replied to  Hallux @4.1.1    last year

Sorry I disrupted your seed. I momentarily forgot about the troll infestation. 

 
 
 
Hallux
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4.1.4  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Trout Giggles @4.1.2    last year
Hunter Biden...why don't they seed articles about him?

Oh they do, he's one of their fave false equivalency squirrels.

 
 
 
Hallux
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4.1.5  seeder  Hallux  replied to  JohnRussell @4.1.3    last year

Not a problem, It was always going to happen ... maybe they'll echo themselves to deaf.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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4.1.6  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Hallux @4.1.1    last year
Yet another comment deflecting away from the Trump criminal Dynasty.

You might have something if there were actual proof. There have been investigation after investigation and they all come up to the same result - nothing.  

 
 
 
Hallux
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4.1.7  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @4.1.6    last year

Where would you like to start, say with one of the Trump 'Charities'?

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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4.1.8  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Hallux @4.1.7    last year

You don't think every aspect of his businesses and charities weren't looked into?  The Democrats had free reign to investigate all of this.  And honestly, only an idiot would think they didn't.  If there were something there, it would have been brought to light and we'd see the courts involved.  

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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4.1.9  JohnRussell  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @4.1.8    last year
it would have been brought to light and we'd see the courts involved.  
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Trump paid $2 million judgment for misusing his …

Web Dec 10, 2019  · President Donald  Trump  has paid $2 million in a court-ordered judgment for misusing his  charity , New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement Tuesday. The court-ordered settlement ...

 
 
 
JBB
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4.1.10  JBB  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @4.1.8    last year

And, Trump's business was found guilty of multiple fraud cases in civil court, his accountant and his lawyer went to prison and he is barred from ever operating a charity again. But, now Trump is facing over eighty criminal indictments!

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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4.1.12  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  JohnRussell @4.1.9    last year

Wasn't what I was referring to but you get credit for trying.

 
 
 
Hallux
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4.2  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @4    last year

As does the Biden "obsession". However, you will note that the author did not omit Hunter.

'Derangement Disorders' do not pick and choose who to inflict, the political body is fertile land and the seeds need but be scattered helter-skelter. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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4.2.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Hallux @4.2    last year
you will note that the author did not omit Hunter.

I think he skipped over that part

 
 
 
Texan1211
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4.2.2  Texan1211  replied to  Trout Giggles @4.2.1    last year
I think he skipped over that part

Then you thought wrong.

 
 
 
Hallux
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4.2.3  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @4.2.2    last year
Then you thought wrong.

In defense of Trout, you planted what she reaped.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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4.2.4  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @4.2.3    last year
In defense of Trout, you planted what she reaped.

I am not responsible for others' erroneous thinking.

 
 
 
Hallux
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4.2.5  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @4.2.4    last year

You are trolling the seed with inane maxims, ergo you are!

 
 
 
Texan1211
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4.2.6  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @4.2.5    last year
You are trolling the seed, ergo you are!

An ignorant comment.

 
 
 
Hallux
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4.2.7  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @4.2.6    last year

After 2 years my first flag. Congrats!

 
 
 
Texan1211
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4.2.8  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @4.2.7    last year

I am not responsible for your flags or lack of them.

Use them all you wish.

 
 
 
Hallux
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4.2.9  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @4.2.8    last year
I am not responsible

So you keep saying. If by chance you are Catholic, eavesdropping at the confessional must be a hoot! 

 
 
 
Texan1211
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4.2.10  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @4.2.9    last year
If by chance you are Catholic, eavesdropping at the confessional must be a hoot! 

I am not.

I have no control over who flags you or who you flag, or if tickets are issued.

Thus, NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY.

I am sure you can see how that works now.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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4.3  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Texan1211 @4    last year

It's always been the whole family.  It's something to aspire to.  Would you want to emulate the Bidens?  

 
 
 
Sparty On
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5  Sparty On    last year

Cool, Hunter can fill them in on the latest and greatest scam environments.

They can aspire to Hunters grifting greatness.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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5.1  Texan1211  replied to  Sparty On @5    last year

I am sure Hunter is an expert on shell corporations and holding multiple bank accounts in different places to hold all that foreign money he received for selling access to his father!

 
 
 
Hallux
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5.1.1  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @5.1    last year

And you think 'Javanka' are not? That's hysterical.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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5.1.2  Texan1211  replied to  Hallux @5.1.1    last year
And you think 'Javanka' are not? That's hysterical.

You could always list the shell corporations they use or the bank accounts they have that received foreign funds.

Go!

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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5.1.3  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Texan1211 @5.1    last year

Captain Crack Sparrow is far from an expert.  He got caught, remember?

 
 
 
Hallux
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5.1.4  seeder  Hallux  replied to  Texan1211 @5.1.2    last year

What do you think owning over 500 LLCs is all about?

 
 
 
Texan1211
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5.1.5  Texan1211  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @5.1.3    last year

Well, somebody in the Biden Family circle had SOME knowledge of setting up shell corporations and multiple bank accounts to run all those millions through!

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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5.1.6  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Texan1211 @5.1.5    last year

I'm thinking somebody had help.  These 2 aren't smart enough to put together a comprehendable sentence let alone something like this..

 
 
 
Gsquared
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5.1.7  Gsquared  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @5.1.6    last year
aren't smart enough to put together a comprehendable sentence

Oh, the irony.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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6  Buzz of the Orient    last year

I didn't have to read a lot of the comments on this seed that are so fucking sick, it sure helped convince me why we're hardly able to get new members.  Way to go, assholes.  

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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6.1  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6    last year

You should see it when you are asleep. This one is mild compared to the bullshit that gets released during the day. And THAT my friend is the reason. Most who would join, don't due to domination of lack of civil discourse.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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6.1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @6.1    last year

I guess it's a good thing that I'm asleep when almost everyone on this site is awake.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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6.1.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @6.1    last year

If some would try....

 
 
 
Duck Hawk
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6.2  Duck Hawk  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6    last year

I've had similar thoughts myself. I think only three new people have joined (and stayed) since I did. that was over 2 years ago...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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6.2.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Duck Hawk @6.2    last year

Most of the time they look, and then don't even waste the time to delete their account, they just walk away and never come back, thanks to the proliferation of nasty commentary here.  I know this because for my job as spam police I am notified of the particulars of every single person who signs up and I have to check them out to make sure their not spammers, but if they are I delete them.  But maybe that's what the assholes intend, keep the place to themselves so those who have more civil opinions and would make civil comments WON'T participate.  What a sad story, what a shame for the R.A. and the fewer good people remaining here who contribute beneficially.

 
 
 
evilone
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7  evilone    last year

Bidenomics looks like this...

original

Trumpinomics looks like this.

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Anyone in Washington who talks of fiscal responsibility is really saying their pork spending is important, but everyone else's is wasteful. Then they all "vote along party lines" anyway.

 
 

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