The Deplorables

Not even Cursitor Doom is going to keep on reacting when I prod his cage.

It's a definitely a short term amusement.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

The only one that krw has the wit to appreciate.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

Other than hand washing his lingerie?

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Never piss off an Engineer! 

They don't get mad. 

They don't get even. 

They go for over unity! ;-)

Correct. As soon as this infernal election is over, you're plonked, mate.

Can't you make it a little earlier?

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

Bill trolls. Which makes sense, as he couldn't possibly believe much of what he posts. It's another reason one can't take Bill's arguments seriously.

Cheers, James Arthur

I'm having trouble with the math concerning the Clinton foundation. Apparently, the foundation travel expenses are about 8 million of which maybe 3 million is used for travel on commercial airlines. That leaves about

5 million for chartered flights which apparently goes to the Clintons. But I don't see how they get additional funds from the foundation to put in their pockets.

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James Arthur does like to think that. I happen to believe that one can't ta ke James Arthur's arguments seriously - not because he doesn't believe what he posts, but rather because he's willing to set aside trivial matters of belief and plausibility when it comes to defending the sacred Republican ca use.

And I didn't have to post anything I didn't believe to rile Cursitor Doom, and I don't have to post anything I don't believe to upset James Arthur.

He can't bring himself to believe that the founding tax evaders were as ent husiastic about feathering their own nests as they obviously were.

George Washington's land-grabbing habits are famous, but not much talked ab out.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

I skimmed the article. I did not see anything about Washington grabbing land. Lots of references to his buying land. I may have missed seeing where it said he grabbed land. Feel free to point out where it says he grabbed land.

The article mentions the size of the tracts of land Washington bought, but I did not see any accounts of the price he paid. I expect the price of uncleared land was less than 10 cents an acre, possibly less than 1 cent an acre.

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I have not spent any time trying to analyse how the Clinton Foundation oper ates.

But one possibility is that a Clinton flys to L.A. to give a speech. The f oundation pays for the chartered flight and the Clinton keeps the whole fee for the speech. So the money does non directly go into the Clinton's pock et, but the Clinton gets to keep more money than if they had to pay for the flight out of the speaking fee.

So if all those flights were by one of the Clintons, they would avoid 8 mil lion in fares.

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3 million is used for travel >on commercial airlines. That leaves about 5 m illion for don't see how they get additional funds from the foundation >to put in the ir pockets. "

I have had to explain this on other forums. This applies to Trump as well.

When you own a foundation, you can write yourself a salary of any amount yo u please. Just like people bitch obout the CEO of United Way getting like t wo million a year. But it can be any amount.

However it does become taxable, personal income. Now when you take it and d o not declare it as such, then it is illegal. And there are questionables, like "I chartered a flight to feed the starving Africans" when actually it was to buy President Mugabe a cup of coffee. You can get away with alot and these people are not stupid.

And though Mugabe is a brutal dictator who should be sliced up alive on a m eat slicer set to thin, they elected him. And now they starve.

Anyway, it is when they improperly use the money tax free for their own pur poses is where the problem comes in. you can open a charity and take all th e money if you want, you just have to pay taxes on it.

Yeah, back when the middle class made what, twenty five cents a week ? the dollar was not devaluated then. I can't believe how gullible those plantation owners were to pay thousand for slaves.

But don't try to explain math to liberals. I am surprised any liberal could ever be an electronics engineer. Every gain circuit would operate on the Hendershot idea like they, along with their god Keynes, think the economy runs on.

In a few areas. If the AFD candidates avoid looking barking mad, and the CDU candidates are as dull as ditchwater, it can happen. As Lincoln said, you can fool some of the people all the time, which does cover you and your silly ideas.

YouTube has all sorts of stuff, very little of which can be taken at face value. The 60 Minutes program which you were holding up to me as a fine example of responsible Australian journalism has had a few less impressive moments

It may not be gutter press down at the level of the Daily Express, but it does need to suck in viewers, and it doesn't have enough money to be able to rely on responsible journalism to keep the readers interested.

The Washington Post is a bit further up-market, which means that it doesn't publish the kind of story that gets your avid attention.

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The interesting question is whether he would have been allowed to "buy" the land if the American colonies had remained under British rule.

The article doesn't go into that in any detail, but Washington's titles were a lot more secure after the War of Independence had been won.

People are happier to talk about the purchase of Manhattan Island, because that was "bought" by the Dutch.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

They don't need money in their pockets if the Foundation pays for all their parties, friends, and expenses.

"Clinton Cash" gives a lengthy list of foreign governments that contributed to the Clinton Foundation right about the same time the best Secretary of State Ever did them some big favors.

Which is probably why she had to scrub her e-mail. Those dead-broke Clintons sure made a bundle off it though.

Did you notice that on Friday night the FBI released info that Obama corresponded with Hillary on her illicit server using a pseudonym? Obama, who said he that he found out about Hillary's illegal e-mail when he heard about it in the news, same as the rest of us?

The FBI data-dumped it on Friday after the news cycle so you wouldn't hear about it. Obama using a pseudonym indicates the desire for concealment. That he lied about it shows consciousness of wrong-doing. And they traded some hot material apparently.

That's why the Obama Justice Dept. let her skate--they're in on it. Pretty stunning. But par for the course these days. We're officially lawless.

Cheers, James Arthur

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foundation pays for the chartered flight and the Clinton keeps the whole f ee for the speech. So the money does non directly go into the Clinton's po cket, but the Clinton gets to keep more money than if they had to pay for t he flight out of the speaking fee.

illion in fares.

One mechanism was the CF using donor money for to benefit a party, then that party paying a Clinton a huge speaking fee at some improbable contrived event. That's just one way CF donor money was converted into Cash for Clintons.

But there were many others. They're creative, and they've had plenty of time. Just imagine a couple who stole china and silverware, alone in a room with $2 billion dollars.

"Clinton Cash" (the movie version) is free on YouTube.

It's an hour long and a bit slow, but rigorously factual. Just sampling parts of it gives you the gist--it's their personal tax-free mechanism for exploiting a $2 billion slushfund at their disposal.

Corrupt as sin.

Cheers, James Arthur

Salary.

This short clip certainly can, though. It's straight from the horse's mouth:

Do you mean the oddly titled "Machinery's Handbook"?