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Online Journalists Launch An Onslaught Against Donald Trump (nytimes.com)
An anonymous Slashdot reader writes:
Online journalists at Buzzfeed are publicizing two controversial videos featuring Donald Trump. First the site "filed court motions seeking the release" of Trump's under-oath testimony in a June trial, in which the real estate mogul "says he planned his caustic remarks on immigration delivered during the launch of his presidential bid," bragging that they'd "led to my nomination in a major party in the country." And Buzzfeed is also publicizing a video clip from the 2000 softcore porn movie Playboy Video Centerfold: Bernaola Twins, in which Trump makes a cameo appearance. Playboy has even said that years earlier Trump actually pressured his second wife to pose for Playboy. ("Trump himself was on the phone negotiating the fee," remembered a top Playboy editor. "He wanted her to do the nude layout. She didn't.")
But his biggest problem may be the mainstream media. According to the New York Times, Trump "declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years..."
But his biggest problem may be the mainstream media. According to the New York Times, Trump "declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years..."
Nobody is going to care about these petty attacks from the media.
They can't stump the Trump.
Lol, Buzz Feed.
Meh.
Hillary is a corrupt, lying monster who is the ultimate expression of the repressive system of the political Establishment. She shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the White House. I'm voting for Trump just because the establishment is trying so insanely hard to derail him. When the UN hates his guts, that just adds another sparkle to his appeal. He's the napalm solution for a time when everyone is tired of what Hillary represents.
Burn the system down. Burn it all down.
It might shock people to discover that successful business people file their taxes better than people who don't. While it is true that the government needs to do a better job educating the masses (personal finance education should be mandatory in high-school) poor people should stop pretending that using so-called loopholes is illegal or immoral, because it is neither.
The only thing that is immoral is that some people know about these tricks while other people do not. If you don't like the loopholes, change the laws, but don't blame the people who make use of them.
Will Trump Pardon Snowden?
I can understand that, but you do realize the alternative is Hillary right? ok. Just checking.
Hillary is a nutjob with terrible judgement. You look at her foreign policy, everything she voted for, and pushed for, and you're left wondering why liberals ever nominated her. There hasn't been a war she didn't like, she has no moral core, she's never given a shit about the working class or any minority group, and she doesn't even try to hide her corruption. Everything she has worked for her entire career has been for the benefit of the wealthy elites. She's a prostitute plain and simple. And now she is warmongering on about Russia, the next big new enemy. The entire MIC is pushing for a return of the cold war, and we're running out of money.
We can't have someone like Hillary leading the country, this current path is unsustainable. Hillary is a return of the Bush years, and if you doubt this for even a second you're only fooling yourself.
Trump's a businessman. He's hated by the political establishment, he's been called racist, sexist, a fake, liar, cheat, everything in the book they can throw at him, and none of it sticks because that's not who he is. He's built his own company from the ground up and worked for everything he owns. He's proud of the company he created, and proud of who he is because he's an honest man. He has good honest self pride, the type of leader that used to be taken for granted.
I'm really starting to I fear for this country if Trump is not elected. You can already see the left already starting to push up against the 1st and 2nd amendments. They're testing their strength for now, but once Hillary gets to choose her nominees to the supreme court it's all over. I honestly don't know what will happen if Hillary tries to go after people's guns. Will people fight back, will we tear ourselves apart. What happens when they start jailing people that speak their minds for "hate speech"?
All I know is that a country is only as strong as the people itself, and if a corporate whore like Hillary takes the reigns, it's over, there's no denying it. People have been fooled by politicians before, but no one is fooled by Hillary. Everything is wrong about her, you can see it in her laugh, the way she carries herself, the way the entire corporate media covers for her. It's bad news if she gets in power.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and God bless.
Stefan Molyneux on how Trump should answer the income-tax question.
I find it funny that there are so many Trump supporters here when you stop and realize what kind of corrupt inside deal he'll give Microsoft if they give him a big enough kickback. Will all of the government computers be forced to run Windows? Will open source be outlawed altogether? Enjoy your burning down of the system. Personally if anarchy is your thing I would have voted for Vermin Supreme.
Never realized how much scrutiny his life would get if he got the nomination.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
"But his biggest problem may be the mainstream media. According to the New York Times, Trump "declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years..."
So what. If you lose money on investments, business, etc. you get to write it off and carry the loss forward in future years. The idea is that you took a big hit and get to offset future gains until to break even.
Somebody want to explain to me why this is bad?
The ultimate reaction to a devastating cyber attack will be a full on nuclear response. Who will strike fast and early, Hillary or Trump. Oh, and the alternative is surrender, just so you know your options and who will implement your choice.
Slashdot is full of morons fighting each other to see who gets to fellate Trump first.
Remember, Trump's >$900million loss came from running a fucking casino. And this was in the go-go 90's when people were actually making and spending money.
You've got to be a special kind of businessman to lose almost a billion dollars running a casino.
You are welcome on my lawn.
You (well, I do anyway) always know who will win every presidential election. "They" (that is, the people actually in control; ie. those with money) set the whole thing up.
Please come back and view this post after the election. Hillary will be president. It's already set. I'm recording this in stone at this point now: HIllary Clinton will be President of the United States in 2017. This has already been decided by the True Rulers that all of you are too weak and stupid to fight against.
. . . The Trump fellators have crawled out of the woodwork for this article.
Hillary has done NOTHING as secretary of state to deal with Putin as he has gone 500+ nuclear warheads over the treaty limit, AND she and her hubby took lots of Putin pals cash into their "charitable" foundation (which spends 80%+ of its cash on the Clintons and their friends rather than on actual charity) and she as SecState allowed Putin to grab a large chunk of the US Uranium mining capacity.
Oh, and Hillary was firmly in the lead on the Iraninan "deal" that gave billions of dollars to the largest state sponsor of terrorism (Iran) and set them up for fullscale nuclear weapons capability in less than 10 years.
Oh, Trump's a "meanine" who says harsh things, so he's like Hitler and wants nuclear war!!!
Pu lease [intentional] ... give it a rest. the only person in this election cycle who has a proven record of being unable to handle government power and government secrets, and who is proven to either be a total incompetence in foreign policy or have a lust for setting entire regions of the world on fire is Hillary ("Russian Reset" and "Arab Spring") Clinton.
Oh boo hoo, Trump is a poor victim of a left wing media that's working to undermine his campaign. Oh whaa whaa whaa, poor Trump.
The Press ALWAYS digs into candidates wherever there is a story, it's not an 'Onslaught' its journalism.
Look, he's a tacky little conman, no more no less, he sells perfume at $62 a pop, and he claims he sells it for $300 a bottle and its the best selling perfume in the world, but in reality, its discounted to $13 and doesn't sell at that price even.
The more he goes up in the polls. Thank you MSM. You're scared and you're desperate, we know. But Donald Trump lives in your stupid heads, rent free.
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They believe in fantasy over reality.
If you don't agree with the original post about Hillary, well then we'd really have to categorize you as far more the five year old than the weary grownup, who sees the world as it is, not as he has been told it is.
I don't know why you choose to believe lies you then parrot, but it will not end well for you to accept such blatant mistruth wholesale. The dichotomy has to do something unpleasant to your mind, after a long enough time...
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Trump had a loss on his taxes and now he is following the law to not overpay future taxes? How dare he!
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
The reason they push for less sovereign control of your national interests is that they can load your future generations up with debt and voila, game over.
You do not recall why America was formed? To get away from the oppression of the Bank of England. It caused misery and so much that people risked crossing the ocean to have a new go at their lives.
Hillary is basically going to sign a blank cheque to the likes of the Bank of England circa 1600's.
That is why some people should not be allowed to vote they are too stupid and are a burden to society.
Scale of the losses relative to the market and the company assets?
Trends for competitors in the same market business segments in the same markets at the same time?
Nope. Though not.
This year Airbus posted a 1.4 BILLION Euro loss on just its A400M and A250 product lines alone. In the second quarter of this year alone, Boeing lost 973 million dollars on just its commercial aircraft. Neither Boeing nor Airbus are being run into the ground, being run by bad CEOs, or are in any danger. There are always varying business cycles, varying dates at which investments and business unit losses are assigned, and so forth.
Just how much money has Hillary lost in her many businesses that make and employ thousands of American workers??? Oh, that's right, the woman has never created ANYTHING other than political corruption, and the only people she employs are political hacks in NYC and Washington DC, and the people she indirectly hires to fly her around on private jets and put her up in hotels - all billed to her "charity" fund, of course. She went from "dead broke" to half-a-billion dollars in only eight years (four of those years on a 186K per year StateDept salary) by speaking behind closed doors with Wall Street bankers and Saudi Leaders. Her duaghter Chelsie went from college straight into a $600K+ per year spot on a national television network (at NobodyButClinton) which is probably cheap for a network that wants another connection to a future President Hillary...
You pretty much have to be a sociopath or psychopath to make it to the level Trump/Clinton make it. There have been numerous studies proving that C-level executives and politicians are exponentially more likely to exhibit those signs.
Whether or not he actually got the tax break, it indeed makes him smart. If you knew how to game the system the way Trump, Gates, Jobs or Clinton did, you would do it too. Jobs purportedly never drove with a license plate on his vehicles, Gates did the overseas tax dodge, they found and used the loophole. Trump did the same, sure he screwed people over but he didn't cause the crisises Madoff, Bank of America, Wells Fargo have gotten involved in. It's not like he sold access to a US government office he held through a charity.
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At what point did reporting the facts become "onslaught against Donald Trump"? I mean he's running to be president, it's no gangsta rapper catfight.
I don't know if I've seen so many points expended to suppress both sides of an argument.
Ha, so what you're saying is "well Hillary pooped her pants la la la."! You can't even defend your candidate without sounding like a school kid in a playground!
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Oh, that's sounds sooooooo amazing. So lets go see "...collaboration between The Trump Organization and Five Star Fragrance Company", Seems to be "Perfumia Holdings Company", PERF on Nasdaq.
Net Profit Margin: Q3: -11.35% 2016: -2.15%
Loss making. It figures! Yeh.... nothing is able to achieve the same level of success as Donald Trump. If you want to exude success just like him, then you need to try the cologne called Trump Empire. It is a masculine scent.
Buzzfeed is a corporation, just like Citizens United is a corporation. We heard it was wrong for Citizens United to spend money to make a political film. Where's the outrage about Buzzfeed spending corporate money against Trump?
Please post your expressions of outrage here. Unless your outrage was phony. Or selective, partisan outrage. Or you can explain why corporation B can legitimately spend on politics, but corporation C can't.
A fine specimen of a man you republicans picked.
I don't know if I've seen so many points expended to suppress both sides of an argument.
What's interesting is looking at the moderation levels over time.
For the first hour after the article was posted, there were a lot of pro-Trump comments.
Now it's 2.5 hours later and all those articles have been modded down. What's left is pro-Hillary, in a roundabout way.
You can tell when something's gone up and down because of the tags., If something has "Score: 2 insightful" it means someone modded it up (to gain the "insightful") and someone else modded it down.
When Whiplash took over I mentioned that this site goes to pot around 6 weeks before a presidential election, and becomes unbearable starting around 2 weeks before an election. This year I think it'll be worse than previous election years.
I can't *wait* until the election is over, so we can go back to having insightful posts.
A fine specimen of a man you republicans picked.
And an exemplary specimen of a woman from you Democrats.
Reporting the facts. All of them. Leave the editorializing to the readers.
Since when did modern journalism in this country.. about issues in this country... exchange words like "report" with "defame" and then become so vile that there is no distinction between factual accounts and efforts by so-called journalists to use the English language to bring news to the masses? Not too far in the distant past (read when I worked as a reporter for a scholastic newspaper) words like "onslaught" were used... by those called "journalists" to describe what they saw happening before them... and *not* what they MADE happen. It seems altruism and advocacy are lost on an island that modern news reporting has abandoned like the lost city of Atlantis.
I was wondering how he was going to try to recover from his recent string of bad news. Looks like his method is to pretend it's a conspiracy by the left-wing media to ruin him with an "onslaught" of bad press. Which implies that the stories are false or exaggerated, without actually making that claim. Clever, in case he ever needs to admit that the reports are true.
Truth has no sides. Reality has no bias. If these things are true, and I have seen no indications that they are not, then the news is making Donald Trump look bad because Donald Trump is actually bad. If he steals money from charity to bribe investigators to turn a blind eye to his fraudulent businesses, the blame for the bad press afterward lies purely at the hands of Trump, not on the media and press.
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Publishing - the man's own media appearances is an "onslaught"? Isn't that more like "routine"? It barely qualifies as journalism, too easy.
Isn't holding people accountable for their public positions the very job of journalists?
And The Times - every journalist has been howling for those tax returns for a nearly a year, they've been expected for 40 years - and now actually showing a couple of pages of a really old one is an "onslaught"? Most would say, "no brainer".
This must be that impartial media I keep hearing about.
a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years..."
The real news here is how lenient the US tax system really is. Up here, on the other side of the pond, the deductions would matter only for the taxation of the same tax year.
Typical hatchet job - the MSM is devoted to Hillary, so they do things like this, while doing their best to ignore her games with the Clinton Foundation. Notes on the items in TFS:
- Of course Trump planned his remarks. What, you think he made them up randomly? Read the columns that Scott Adams has been writing - at this level of the game, there are very few accidents. According to Adams, Trump is using a technique called "pacing", where you make an extreme statement and follow it up by a moderate position. As with anyone running for a higher political office: what he says during his campaign has essentially nothing to do with his personal beliefs. It's all tactics to get elected. This is, sadly, how politics works.
- Trump appeared in Playboy? He wanted his wife to pose, but she refused. Um...so what?
- Trump lost money on some of his ventures. This is not news. Look at the number of ventures he owns, then tell you really expect all of them to be successful? He wrote off his losses on one of his ventures, wow, what a surprise. Hillary takes a different approach, by shielding most of her assets inside the Clinton Foundation. Frankly, that's a lot worse, because the Clinton Foundation is pretending to be a non-profit organization.
tl;dr: The MSM is in the tank for Hillary. Hatchet jobs on Trump are no surprise.
Enjoy life! This is not a dress rehearsal.
The same people that tells me that I should be ashamed of being white, so, meh.
(not that I like the giant douche, or the turd sandwich for that matter)
Most trump supporters I talk to say they ignore cable news... and definitely dont read sites like buzzfeed, etc. How is this any different that patting yourself on the back and saying "there there, it'll all be okay".
The line "journalists at Buzzfeed"...."journalists". Can't be right, surely.
Online journalists at Buzzfeed are publicizing two controversial videos featuring Donald Trump.
Online
journalists
at Buzzfeed
I think "journalist" and "at Buzzfeed" cancel each other out, so all we can say about them is that they're online. Unfortunately.
Look up "Brexit" - see how that attitude you describe went in that vote.
I am not a US citizen and don't even care much about politics. On the other hand, I am seeing a somehow common pattern everywhere: equivalent problems, provoking realities like Trump to appear and similar shortsightedness allowing them to flourish.
:)). On the other hand, I don't work for the media and for opinion-influencers seriously interested in helping everyone see the long-term/best-for-the-most picture. Although I am pretty good at spotting problems and do see that media attempts to undermine the influence of Trump (and similar attitudes) are actually intensifying it. Most of media seems to be mostly concerned about convincing themselves (and people like them) that his triumph is impossible, rather than about understanding that the decision is actually in the hands of people about whom they don’t even care.
I am not saying that we are witnessing never-happened-before situations. In fact, human history is full of equivalent episodes; our cyclic evolution is formed by many lows, ups and learning from mistakes. In any case, there is a problem which should ideally be fixed.
The initial seed is the same than every time before: fear (to lose what you have, to feel unsafe, to be irrelevant, etc.). Egoist people exclusively interested in their own gain are also the ones taking advantage from this situation. And as usual, those in a position to somehow minimise the impact are either misassessing its importance or not used to a new-to-them reality. Trump-like attitudes are very old story, but somehow unusual lately and in certain countries like USA or UK (via Brexit). There are even other situations, like what has recently happened in my own country (Spain), apparently different but essentially identical: egoist interests growing supported by manipulating the fears of the many which ironically will be the ones losing the most.
All this has even nothing to do with left/right, democrats/republicans. It is just about egoism growing via hypocritically showing an inexistent interest in others, mainly about those whose number is higher and who only want to believe that someone really cares about their specific concerns. In fact, Donald Trump represents an excellent example of ideology-free pure-egoism-driven personality. I have read quite a few bad things about Hillary Clinton and no idea what to believe. Honestly, I don't have a strong opinion about her, not even about its party (as said, I am not American and don't follow politics much). This post isn't even about recommending her as the not-so-bad alternative. This post is about highlighting what Trump represents. He isn't a politician (not even a corrupt one), but a businessman looking for new ways to make more money.
Internet and the huge amount of available information (easily misused and misunderstood) has certainly had a big impact on this fear-backed raise of egoism. Media and intellectual elites seem also to be misjudging their exact influence and the best way to proceed. The recent Brexit was an excellent example on this front: the elites hugely misassessed the true impact of their opinion and pro-"no" campaigns. They didn't worry about communicating with the higher number of voters; and preferred to blindly trust in their self-assessed authority where anyone not seeing the evidence was wrong. I am certainly not the kind of person in a position to lecture anyone about how to talk to the many; in fact, this is one of my weakest points (even worse: I don't see it as a weakness and plainly don't care
In summary, this post isn't about politics or parties, but about avoiding short-sighted egoism to succeed. Trump (and similar personalities and movements) doesn't care about anyone other than himself; If you can benefit him (or those surrounding him), he would certainly help you, otherwise not. Allowing this kind of people to have so much power will never be a good idea. In any case, thinking that someone like Trump can care about anyone different than himself would be extremely naive.
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Journalists, online or not (but online sounds far more "sinister") launch scathing attack on man who never pays tax, had a hard life after being given a massive wad of cash.
So sad.
Hillary skinned trump alive in the first debate. His skin was going to be used to cover the outhouse door but he is fat and the skin stretched almost all the way around the outhouse. Bill Maher pegged it correctly explaining Trump's hair and facial colors. It is simple. His father was an orangutan. It is a national humiliation that a man such as Trump could actually be a candidate for our highest office. Other nations think we have gone stark raving, full Bozo, crazy.
Not sure the tax question is valid unless he did something illegal. Avoiding taxes is in everyone's game plan. If your an American and gladly paying more tax your an idiot. I have always said the media doesn't get Trump. His supporters see Trump as a messenger against government corruption. His message rings true to them because he echo's their frustration with corruption, the political establishment and what they feel is a lack of public service to the people. Those who will vote for Trump are really simply voting against Clinton as the establishment they want to remove. But to compare or even suggest Trump is corrupt and ignore all that Hillary and Bill Clinton have done is a disgrace to journalism. But publications like the NYT's are just propaganda machines these days. No facts, just hearsay.
Hillary will win. It's already decided. Unless they want to curry favor with the next Leader, their efforts are useless and they should have moved earlier. They may be lucky and cover our war with Russia, however. It will be long, it will be hard, it will be glorious! MILLIONS will die! After that, a depopulated EU will become an appendix of the new great US empire, which will extend to the Urals and beyond! Glory to Hillary Rodham Clinton, OUR LEADER! HAIL!
You can't get anything done if you don't know how the establishment works. Secretary Clinton is not perfect, but she knows how to get stuff done. If you don't trust the things she says she wants to get done, then that is one thing, but rejecting her because she has the connections and experience is not very productive.
I just want to point out to everyone that "American Third Position" is an actual neo-Nazi white supremacist organization. If you don't believe me, go look for yourself.
Yes, they come here to Slashdot, too.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Slashdot has been one of the few places I have been able to go for decades to get news of all kinds, with a focus on tech. I have been so please to not see it turn into the usual flame-wars that most other forums are. Until now. This is not the place for political commentary. If one person is allowed to make thinly disguised politically motivated posts then others will too until this forum descends into just another rant forum where empty vessels make a lot of noise.
I love Slashdot - please don't do it!
Thanks.
I know the vast majority of Trump supporters are not racist or stupid
But as a liberal, i just don't understand how you can support trump
One argument seems to be, hillary is corrupt and a liar
most hillary charges (benghazi, vince foster) are tea party fantasy; some (clinton foundation favors) are not true (1);
on the other hand, it is clear that Trump lies constantly (i didn't say china created global warming - tht is lying about something he said !) and that trump is a sleaze (there are many stories of how he stiffed vendors) and he is a con artist (is there any other way to spin trump u (2))
So, your argument seems to be that hillary lies are more important ?
re the emails, yeah, lets stipulate to worst case. i would have thought the default on slashdot is that the govt spends way way way to much time classifying stuff, mostly to cover up mistakes
So ethics, at worst a draw, more likely hillary is more honest an more ethical then trump !!!!!
If you look at Trumps plans, to the extent that he has any, they are (a) huge enormous tax cuts for the wealthy; unless you believe in voodoo econ, this means huge deficits and cuts to national parks, FDA, NIH, etc
he wants to cut ocare on day 1; there are something like 10 million people getting Health insurance thru ocare; many will no doubt suffer real harm (how to pay for chemo ?) without HI
he is just gonna cut them off and they have to wait a year for new legislation ?
you are aware, if you are a wonk, that the gop in 8 years hasn't managed to come up with an alternative to ocare ?
He wants more jobs in coal; it isn't liberals that are killing coal jobs - it is technology; surely you know that we make more coal now with fewer workers ?
he wants to bring back mfr jobs from china - this is already happening , but again, we are doing more manufacturing in this country then ever with fewer workers
20 years ago the problem was china; today it is robots
so his ideas are stupid
so, what, exactly, do you see in him ?
is he really gonna round up 11 million (no, not 20) illegals ? the cost of food and transport ? and what if the million or so kids of the illegals, kids born here and us citizens, demand to stay ? what is the cost of caring for 1 million or so orphans ? can you imagine the lawsuits ? deportation is, in effect, the lawyers employment act
what exactly is a man who calls our generals stupid gonna do about syria ?
And doesn't it bother you that crazy (3) and racist (duke, alt right) people are supporting him ?
and that he surrounds himself with sleazy racists like bannon and people like newt gingrich ?
i'm sorry, i just don't get it
1) a bunch of CF donors called a hc aid and said i want a mtg with the secstate the aid said no. a small number of cf donors did get a mtg, but they were mostly if not all people the secstate would meet with *anyway*
2) i
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/us/politics/cambridge-whos-who-trump-brand.html?_r=0
Trump U targets grieving army war widow:
The sales pitches seeking to separate Cheryl Lankford from her money began during the recession as she struggled to get back on her feet after the death of her husband, an American soldier serving in Iraq.
Two of them were from companies that have boasted the Trump name.
One was Trump University, the real estate sales seminar that Donald J. Trump promoted as a way for average people to profit from opportunities in the housing market. Ms. Lankford said she spent $35,000 from an Army insurance payment to learn Mr. Trump’s secrets.
and
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/us/politics/donald-trump-institute-plagiarism.html
and
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/us/politics/trump-chris-christie-casinos.html
3)https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/finally-someone-who-thinks-like-me/2016/10/01/c9b6f334-7f68-11e6-9070-5c4905bf40dc_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_believer633pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
or if you read the revolting neo nazi racist alt right, they are largely pro trump
/. has really turned into a shitbucket!
trump supporters - I know most of you, no the vast majority are neither stupid nor racist
yet whenever we point out trumnp flaws, the answer is always hillary !! benghazi !!!
how about addressing trumps issues for once ?
1) look at how he was unable, totally unable to resist clintons needling him in the debate and his ballistics wierdness on ms universe
is he gonna go ballistic if putin dumps on him ? is that really what you want next to the nuclear button ?
2) Trump lies constantly (I really shouldn't have to provide a url for this), he is a sleaze who stiffs small businessmen (a) and he is a con artist (a)
3) he draws the support of the small number of people who are crazy (c) or racist (read alt ride blogs)
4) his policies are stupid: there are fewer coal jobs cause of *technology* (same amt of coal today, fewer workers); the oil companies didn't bid on gulf cause fracking is cheaper; 20 years ago, trade and offshoring were issues; today the issue is robots and automation
5) he is really gonna round up 11 (no, not 20) million illegals ? what if all the us born kids file lawsuits demanding to stay and demanding care as orphans ? can you imagine the clusterf ? mass deportation - the lawyers employment act
6) his economic plans, to the extent he has any, are huge tax cuts for the rich
do you like national parks ? the FDA ? the nih, NTSB, ? they are in for huge cuts
7) as pointed out in ny times editorial, his infrastructure program proposal is based on double dip accounting, it is a stupid proposal
8) virtually every GOP economist who served with bush I, bush II, mccain or romney thinks trump is stupid
nearly every one
9) you all seem to distrust the mainstream media, but far as i can tell, benghazi and vince foster are gop delusions; no there there ,mainly to hide govt errors !! and i bet you can probably find wall str journal or national review articles to that effect !!
okay, the email thing was stupid, but i bet dollars to donuts that if a gop person did the same, the right wing meme would be, the gov't classifies way to much stuff
10) when ever he looses, he whines. is that a winner ? is that really what you want as commander in chief ?
11) trashing the constitution and banning muslims (who are, this is true, *one percent us population*!!) ain't gonna help terrorism (why don't we ban ex soldiers - after all, T McVeigh ???)
Terrorism is either quasi state actors (ISIL) which requires stronger democratic states , or lone wolf teen guys - and teenage males are always with us and some are wierd; i bet if you track killings by teen age men, it is constant, what changes is their motivation whih is solely driven by wht they read in the news; if terror is big in the news, the teenager fantasizes about terror; if going postal is big, he fantasizes about terror
answer is jobs
a
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06...
Trump U targets grieving army war widow:
The sales pitches seeking to separate Cheryl Lankford from her money began during the recession as she struggled to get back on her feet after the death of her husband, an American soldier serving in Iraq.
Two of them were from companies that have boasted the Trump name.
One was Trump University, the real estate sales seminar that Donald J. Trump promoted as a way for average people to profit from opportunities in the housing market. Ms. Lankford said she spent $35,000 from an Army insurance payment to learn Mr. Trump’s secrets.
also this one
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06...
and
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08...
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Slashdot, shills for the North American Social Democrat Party since 1997.
he lost (lost) a billion dollars and you and i are paying for it
super moocher
Trump spent way too much building the Taj Mahal because everything had to be "the best" for his ego, and then when he was already overextended he also bought the Plaza Hotel in NYC. At the time this was all Trump's personal dealings, not public, and he personally guaranteed all the loans. 1995 was the year he took his casinos public to deflect some of the losses to the investors, but he couldn't cover it all. The reason it all went south was that a few years before Mississippi legalized gambling, and quickly became the preferred destination for everyone who lived south of the Carolinas. All the AC casinos took a hit from the new competition, but Trump was far too overextended to handle the contraction.
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According to attorneys I checked with, yes I checked because the media is so full of lies, you lose ALL bargaining power with the IRS once you disclose your taxes.
You may have nothing to lose, and the average Joe may have nothing to lose, but Billions of dollars is something else entirely. I'd also argue that due to Trump having properties and revenue for multiple separate businesses from literally all over the world his taxes are much more complex than say Gates and his foundation, which is 2 business units.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
Of course it shields assets. Why do you think it exists? Hillary's speech fees are paid to the foundation - this is public knowedlge. The foundation is nonprofit, this is on record. The reason for doing this is obvious: non-profits have tax advantages: she gets to keep more of her money, it's just kept in the nonprofit.
I'm not saying this is illegal - unfortunately, it is legal. It is a common way for rich people to avoid taxes.
As for whether or not the Clinton Foundation is "really" nonprofit, consider: A really good nonprofit that is genuinely supporting a cause puts somewhere between 75% and 90% of its income into whatever cause it supports. The Clinton Foundation has a rather different record. For example, in 2015 the New York Post published numbers from 2013 showing that they foundation spend $9 million (out of a budget of $140 million) on charity, Many times that amount when to payroll, employee benefits, travel and other expenses. You can find similar information from other sources, covering other years.
The Clinton Foundation is a legal organization, doing legal things. It's primary purpose is to provide a way for the Clintons to shield their money from taxes, and to provide salaries to their cronies. This kind of loophole exists, because taxes are for the little people.
Enjoy life! This is not a dress rehearsal.
TFA is not a Trump or Hillary issue, it's an issue of truth and the complete loss of Journalism in the USA. I don't read or watch any "news" intentionally today because it has become pure propaganda. The same shit that we used to make fun of the Pravda for when I was a kid is on open display in the US today. Instead of being pissed off about being openly manipulated, plenty of people support the propaganda.
Looking at the majority of posts here, very few are suggesting that media has become a drastic issue. Media has been an issue, if you want an eye opener go read some Ann Coulter ("Guilty" is a good one) and validate the references and sources she lists in her books. Dollars to donuts trolls will probably comment negatively about Ann Coulter in response instead of addressing points she lays out factually in her books.
Thankfully, enough people have been exposed to the game that propaganda is having the opposite effect. It may not be enough people, and it may not have been soon enough, but I have hope. Many people I know have done the same thing I did and started ignoring "media" and reading sources and listening to speakers directly. Media trustworthiness is rightly at an all time low in the US, lower than either Presidential candidate. Issues are not discussed, it's all personal attack all the time. It is so obviously one sided that you should immediately see which side the media is favoring. That more than anything should be considered in your selection of a Candidate.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
is that his administration will succeed in burning BOTH the GOP and Democratic parties to the ground.
Neither party deserves to survive this election cycle.
I am wanting a few reform in the economic and politic current environment, but wanting reform does not mean putting a gun to your figurative head and pulling the trigger. I want reform with a good candidate, and doing a protest vote with an utterly disturbing populist candidate like trump is then being an utter imbecile.
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"it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years..."
Note the use of the word "Legally".
If you don't like what he did, change the law, don;t bitch about him following it. There are plenty of other corps (such as Apple) doing similar things.
Besides just that fact that what Trump did is actually legal would automatically make it fuck load better than MANY things Clinton and her foundation has done/is doing.
Bailed out by his dad.
Who will bail out America when he bankrupts the USA?
Hillary just as bad though...
I am outraged that the US is embarrassing itself with the dirtiest race for the presidency ever, with the dirtiest candidates, and the dirtiest discussions surrounding it. The entire US has devolved into forum trolls, including the candidates. Yes, I am outraged. And embarrassed for my country. All of this was here before, but thankfully it has now come into the light and is completely undeniable. I hope others will share in my outrage and embarrassment and demand better for our country, and deny the presidency to both of the parties that have dragged our country down instead of building it up for far too long now.
We can do much better than this, an ugly race unfit for even the worst tabloids. There is no more diplomacy, no more facts, just rhetoric hyperbole and coverups. It's pathetic.
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Trump is only there so that we'll feel better voting for Clinton - the lesser of two evils. It's a psychology thing.
Are we now taking the position that deducting losses is somehow 'Un-American'? Are going to eliminate medical deductions? Is the deductibility of interest paid on your mortgage at risk? This is just like when GM event bankrupt and Team Obama 'saved it', and allowed GM to 'avoid' paying any federal taxes for years as it also wrote off it's losses, which was in the billions as I recall. (BTW, by declaring bankruptcy GM should NOT have been able to retain the deduction from it's losses, but hey, that law only applies to the little people, not companies saved by Democrat politicians for the sake of a political meme - "We killed Osama Bin Laden and saved GM"
It's amazing to see people say Trump might do this, and Trump might do that while Clinton regularly does all the things Trump is being speculated on. No kidding Hillary Clinton directly helped to create the problem we're in and now she's magically stopped being a corrupt globalist and we can trust her not to take judicial immunity and plead the 5th. To the paid Clinton shills on here I say this. The Constitution is always in full effect and IS LAWFUL remedy. Any law that is in conflict with the Constitution is not a law. Period! That's settled law for over 200 years. The only thing you do by trying to infringe on someones rights is remove your own rights. The Constitution's Framers were almost all geniuses by the way. They knew to put in "color of law" clauses because corrupt government would try to slowly take away rights. See Marbury v Madison, John Bad Elk v US, and Barnes v Indiana, Plummer v State and American Jurisprudence Second edition Volume 16 states that "Any law that is in conflict with the constitution is null and void from its ONSET and not from the moment is was so judged. Such a law bears NO obligation to follow and bears NO obligation to enforce." They're is NO such jurisdiction to rule over our in-a-lien-able rights it's a legal fiction enforced on us by violence and propaganda.
the online media providing its own sh*tstorm postings.
Please slashdot, if I wanted to hear about politics I'd be anywhere else on the internet.
Casinos in atlantic city ALL took a loss in the 90's.
4 of them went bankrupt. Two owned by trump.
blame the indians and riverboats. because that's what did it.
Trump was a "plant" to gaurentee Hillary "canckles" Clinton would get the Presidency. Trump and the Clinton's go WAY back they are friends, buddies business mates. They are both the most HATED, VILE people that could be running for the presidency! Hell I think a neo-nazi would be better! The U.S. is SOOOO screwed and the average sheeple/lemming doesn't even know it.
The Truth is a Virus!!!
Wait,
He cheats the IRS and is in porn movies? I don't need any more reasons! I am already voting for the guy! These are two of my favorite things.
You know what it means if a presidential candidate says they are squeaky clean? It means they are lying.
Embrace the truth Slashdot, the Bible is true, we're on the doorstep of Armageddon, and if you don't know what's in the Bible you don't have a clue as to why the world seems to be losing it's sanity.
The blood of Jesus saves. We all need salvation. None of us can save ourselves.
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law he tore his robes.2Kings22:11
Atlantic city was setting itself up to be the Las Vegas of the east coast, and "the Donald" was hardly the only hotel/resort builder to get involved there. Historically, most states banned gambling, so people who wanted to gamble flocked to Las Vegas where they could do it legally. Over time, other states looked at all that money and wanted some, so that was the context for Atlantic City getting in on it. Then, something interesting happened: the Federal Government allowed indian tribes all across the country to setup casinos on their reservations, which by virtue of being indian lands were out of the reach of state legislatures and laws. This made it so casinos could be in ANY state where there was a reservation, thus spelling doom for the Atlantic city dream of making heaps of money as the east coast Las Vegas. Donald Trump was hardly the only guy to invest in Atlantic City gambling and lose money on the thing. Show me a businessman who has never lost any money on a business gamble.
Incidentally, just how many people were employed by Hillary in her many businesses? What has she ever built? Has she ever actually even accepted the concept that the laws that apply to regular people apply to her also? Is there anybody who is not an elite politician, Wall St banker, or Hollywood idiot who is not deplorable to her? The woman even thinks all the Bernie people are idiots living in mommy's basement (which she is now trying to spin as sympathy for the dumb victims of the economy Obama has presided over for 7.5 years).
Flint Michigan has been run by DEMOCRATS for DECADES.
“It used to be cars were made in Flint and you couldn’t drink the water in Mexico. Now cars are made in Mexico, and you can’t drink the water in Flint, but we’re going to turn this around” - Donald Trump
1) I want the entire political system to die.
2) I want the banks to follow it to hell.
3) I want a future for young people.
In that order.
Got Geometrodynamics? Awe, too hard to figure out? Too bad.
So what if he wrote off a billion dollar loss? That is, for better or worse, allowed under the law. It's not criminal or unethical to minimize the tax you pay, it's simply business, and Trump is a very successful businessman.
If you want to blame someone, blame whoever allowed for such colossal uncapped deductions on one's taxes.
That's very funny indeed. ..and don't lend so much credulity to tax accountants - they are the fairy-tale spinners par excellence of our modern day.
In the circles of my wealthier friends, not paying any taxes is a sure-fire sign that you're not only "successful", you're a fucking genius.
When one of them gets divorced, it's virtually a competition to see who "owns" less. That way, you don't have to part with half of it in the alimony.
The scams are legendary, creative, twisted, unfair and some of them, sorry ladies, just fucking funny as shit cause the opportunity was handed to them by their ex-partner's daft lawyers listening to emotional grievance instead of promoting sound legal argument.
You need to get out more often...
Why would anyone NOT attempt to legally reduce their tax obligation? If you don't like the "loophole" he found then take it up with Bill Clinton who signed the law Trump used in 1993.
Am I the only one who thinks that it's possible that he was able to claim losses like that through shady (or quite possibly legitimate) ways?
You're assuming that by claiming losses, he ACTUALLY lost that money. I have more confidence that businessmen know how to cheat their way out of having to pay taxes, like hiring accountants/lawyers to find ways to shield their money. After all, the wealthy are the ones who pay to have laws passed that benefit them. So really all that a tax return is a CLAIM that he had a billion in losses. That doesn't make it so. And we all know Trump has no issue claiming things that aren't true.
There is a reason the wealthy stay wealthy.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
Ummmm... why is this article on Slashdot, stick to tech topics. Wierd. I'm sure HuffPost and others will cover this. Even tech sites now are political. okay. i dont get it.
So basically they're fat smelly unemployed losers sitting in their mom's basement wearing underwear and likely show up as level 2 sex offenders on the national registry.
Either way, you can't blame me. I'm voting for Johnson, AKA Neither Of The Above.
Machiavellianism (willingness to manipulate and deceive others), Narcissism (egotism and self-obsession), Psychopathy (the lack of remorse and empathy), Sadism (pleasure in the suffering of others) >:(
And politicians have also mastered the art of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Casteism
Hollywood (which supports dems by a large majority, and is pushing Hillary overwhelmingly) posts losses for every movie they make. They post massive losses for big-budget movies. Do you really believe they are actually losing money ?
It seems you expect billionaires would report multi-million-dollar gains on their tax returns. It's not how it works. Most of the "profit" stays in the companies and gets reinvested or divested into offshore entities legally. Reinvesting money counts against income, so it's quite possible for a company to appear to lose money on taxes, because it has no reason to sit on the cash it would otherwise make as profit.