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01-11-18, 06:43 AM | #31 | |
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Just when you talk about a grandfather-style or nation's mummy style candidate, then him or her must not be attractive, aTV commentator commeneted laconically. Grandfathers and mummies must not look young and hot anymore to be loved by others nevertheless. This is the kind of fundamental motives that decides elections. And this I am expected to take serious, this holy grail of democracy? Infamy. I take offence from that.
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01-11-18, 02:31 PM | #32 |
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01-11-18, 06:04 PM | #33 | |
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Oh, I wouldn't really want Hollywood to decide. After all, the last reality TV star they put in the Oval Office has proven to be a huge turkey...
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...and to blindly "Stand behind no matter what..." runs in extreme contradiction to not only common sense, but, also, the Constitutionally-given right to speak up and stand against unreasonable, and possibly illegal, actions taken by any administration. If ya'all wanna be lemmings, just follow The Chump-In-Chief as he heads for the cliffs... <O>
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01-11-18, 06:26 PM | #34 |
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Everybody gets a turn.
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01-11-18, 06:34 PM | #35 |
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Those who do not learn from their mistakes, are doomed to repeat them...
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01-11-18, 07:25 PM | #36 |
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I will E-mail Bill Gates and tell him that he is doing it wrong.
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01-11-18, 07:45 PM | #37 |
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Bill Gates gives away money he made before.
I do not want to see the write-offs he gets for that from his tax bill. Before anything else, Gates is a business man. THAT is what made all the money running after him.
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01-11-18, 08:23 PM | #38 | |
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https://givingpledge.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Pledge Anything that encourages persons of great wealth to try to assist others is well worth the effort. BTW, about twenty years ago, I read an article about the person who handles the Gates' financial affairs and one of the issues touched on was administration of the Gates' charities, at that time primarily funded solely by the Gates' own wealth. Their charity foundations are tax-exempt foundations and, as such, are under strict tax laws in order to maintain tax-exempt status. One of the requirements is a charity must spend a specific, and significant, portion of the available funds or lose their tax-exempt status. In the article the financial manager was asked about disbursements and, in an example, he stated one of the charities was required, in that tax year, to disburse over USD $350,000,000. That was twenty years ago; imagine what the amount must be currently, and, remember, that sum was for just one of the Gates' charities... <O>
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01-11-18, 08:38 PM | #39 | |
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I actually found the article I cited above. The financial manager's name is Michael Larson. However, my memory was a bit faulty: the amount needed to be disbursed was USD $325,000,000 not USD $350,000,000; I plead old age...
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Here's a nutshell assessment of Gates and Larson from 2014: http://www.business-standard.com/art...2300401_1.html <O>
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01-12-18, 06:53 AM | #40 |
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I heard a rumor that hate can cause cancer
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01-12-18, 07:47 AM | #41 |
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Vienna,
yes to all that. However, in the main I wanted to object Platapus' objection to FullMetalADCAP. Gates did not start to give away money and by acting this altruistically he became a billionaire. He made his fortune before he started to give it away. My side-strike on tax tricks probably was not needed, yes. Sorry for that. I even knew what you described in more detail. Some devil led my fingers there.
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01-15-18, 10:05 AM | #42 |
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Oprah and Weinstein. This should go over very well with the voting public. Will she claim she knew nothing? Most certainly. Do I believe she knew nothing? Not a chance.
Look Harvey. A bonus for you:
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01-15-18, 12:29 PM | #43 |
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I wish she had been the Dem nominee last election. She would have been very far from acceptable, but she would still have better that this sad clown we're stuck with
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01-15-18, 02:06 PM | #44 |
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01-15-18, 02:08 PM | #45 |
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Really what makes you think that?
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