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Salman Rushdie
With a 3 million $ bounty on his head its hardly surprising that someone finally almost killed him
The Insurgent instigator odds of getting a new term just went up.
Today from Vanity Fair;
What a shame, that Giuliani can't defend him with this one.
In response to:
Crime
Donald Trump’s Odds of Going to Prison Just Skyrocketed
The Trump Organization and its CFO will reportedly be hit with criminal charges on Thursday, and additional indictments may be coming.
By Bess Levin
June 30, 2021
Three years after it began its criminal investigation of Donald Trump’s Trump Organization and its executives, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is reportedly expected to charge the ex-president’s company and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, with tax-related crimes on Thursday, according The Wall Street Journal. Obviously this marks a major escalation of the probe, and Trump will presumably respond to the news by lashing out like a man increasingly concerned that prison may be in his future.
According to the Journal, Weisselberg and the company are expected to be hit with charges related to allegedly avoiding paying taxes on fringe benefits. For months Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office has been investigating whether the perks the CFO (and other employees) was awarded, including cars, corporate apartments, and private school tuition, were a way of evading money owed to the IRS. In addition to reportedly obtaining Weisselberg’s personal tax returns, the D.A.’s office scored a trove of financial documents from his ex-daughter-in-law, Jennifer Weisselberg, whose former husband, Barry Weisselberg, is also a longtime employee of the company. (In his divorce deposition Barry was unable to answer a number of questions about his taxes, and when asked if taxes had been paid on the Trump Organization–owned apartment where his family previously lived, he said he didn’t know. Pressed to explain discrepancies between what he said he earned and what he actually reported on tax forms, he responded: “I’m not an accountant. I know what I make. I’m not too sure of certain things.”)
While Weisselberg has thus far refused to cooperate with the investigation, being personally charged, and contemplating the prospect of prison time, could obviously change his decision re: testifying against Trump—and if it were to, it would undoubtedly be a very, very bad turn of events for the 45th president. Weisselberg has described himself as the “eyes and ears“ of the company from a financial standpoint, and he could presumably connect any number of dots about potential crimes committed by Trump.
As Weisselberg’s ex-daughter-in-law told Air Mail in April, “Trump doesn’t care about Allen, but Allen knows every bad thing he ever did.”
Crime
Donald Trump’s Odds of Going to Prison Just Skyrocketed
The Trump Organization and its CFO will reportedly be hit with criminal charges on Thursday, and additional indictments may be coming.
By Bess Levin
June 30, 2021
Three years after it began its criminal investigation of Donald Trump’s Trump Organization and its executives, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is reportedly expected to charge the ex-president’s company and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, with tax-related crimes on Thursday, according The Wall Street Journal. Obviously this marks a major escalation of the probe, and Trump will presumably respond to the news by lashing out like a man increasingly concerned that prison may be in his future.
According to the Journal, Weisselberg and the company are expected to be hit with charges related to allegedly avoiding paying taxes on fringe benefits. For months Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office has been investigating whether the perks the CFO (and other employees) was awarded, including cars, corporate apartments, and private school tuition, were a way of evading money owed to the IRS. In addition to reportedly obtaining Weisselberg’s personal tax returns, the D.A.’s office scored a trove of financial documents from his ex-daughter-in-law, Jennifer Weisselberg, whose former husband, Barry Weisselberg, is also a longtime employee of the company. (In his divorce deposition Barry was unable to answer a number of questions about his taxes, and when asked if taxes had been paid on the Trump Organization–owned apartment where his family previously lived, he said he didn’t know. Pressed to explain discrepancies between what he said he earned and what he actually reported on tax forms, he responded: “I’m not an accountant. I know what I make. I’m not too sure of certain things.”)
While Weisselberg has thus far refused to cooperate with the investigation, being personally charged, and contemplating the prospect of prison time, could obviously change his decision re: testifying against Trump—and if it were to, it would undoubtedly be a very, very bad turn of events for the 45th president. Weisselberg has described himself as the “eyes and ears“ of the company from a financial standpoint, and he could presumably connect any number of dots about potential crimes committed by Trump.
As Weisselberg’s ex-daughter-in-law told Air Mail in April, “Trump doesn’t care about Allen, but Allen knows every bad thing he ever did.”
What a shame, that Giuliani can't defend him with this one.
Another payoff to keep silent by Trump ?
Today in The New Yorker;
In response to:
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Trump Offers Pelosi $130,000 to Keep Quiet
By Andy Borowitz
6:00 P.M.
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In an indication that he has reached his breaking point with the Speaker of the House, Donald J. Trump is offering a hundred and thirty thousand dollars to keep Nancy Pelosi quiet, White House aides confirmed on Thursday.
According to those aides, Trump floated the idea of a six-figure payment to silence Pelosi during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday night, in which he asserted that he had done “a million of these deals.”
Trump’s effort to mute Pelosi faces a number of obstacles, however, including the fact that the person who has crafted such agreements for Trump in the past, Michael Cohen, is not available to perform such a service now.
Additionally, any agreement to silence Pelosi could face constitutional hurdles, since one of Pelosi’s principal duties as Speaker is to speak.
At the Capitol, Pelosi said that she would reject Trump’s proposed payment and added that she would offer him no money whatsoever to prevent him from delivering this year’s State of the Union address.
“I am asking for an hour of silence from Donald Trump, and you can’t put a price tag on that,” she said.
Andy Borowitz is the New York Times best-selling author of “The 50 Funniest American Writers,”
and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998.
He writes the Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news, for newyorker.com.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Trump Offers Pelosi $130,000 to Keep Quiet
By Andy Borowitz
6:00 P.M.
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In an indication that he has reached his breaking point with the Speaker of the House, Donald J. Trump is offering a hundred and thirty thousand dollars to keep Nancy Pelosi quiet, White House aides confirmed on Thursday.
According to those aides, Trump floated the idea of a six-figure payment to silence Pelosi during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday night, in which he asserted that he had done “a million of these deals.”
Trump’s effort to mute Pelosi faces a number of obstacles, however, including the fact that the person who has crafted such agreements for Trump in the past, Michael Cohen, is not available to perform such a service now.
Additionally, any agreement to silence Pelosi could face constitutional hurdles, since one of Pelosi’s principal duties as Speaker is to speak.
At the Capitol, Pelosi said that she would reject Trump’s proposed payment and added that she would offer him no money whatsoever to prevent him from delivering this year’s State of the Union address.
“I am asking for an hour of silence from Donald Trump, and you can’t put a price tag on that,” she said.
Andy Borowitz is the New York Times best-selling author of “The 50 Funniest American Writers,”
and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998.
He writes the Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news, for newyorker.com.
Room with a view
The view from my window is uninteresting; in fact, after three years of looking at the scene with absolutely nothing happening It had become almost unbearably boring. As with so many things that have to be put up with in this life, my mind’s response was to adjust its tolerance threshold; it did a recalibration of the point where things start seeming to be interesting.
Now I set an alarm on my phone to make sure I don’t miss the man across the square taking his dog for its early evening walkabout. I’ve invented a little game where I try to guess which houses the postman will visit and which ones he’ll miss. The postman usually wins the game; I suspect he has the answers written down somewhere.
Sometimes the parked cars might be in a more interesting configuration than normal, or the bin men may have left the emptied bins cluttering up the pavement more untidily than usual. The unpredictability of such events makes them all the more entertaining when they occur.
A fascinating cloud drifted by the other day, and here’s me complaining that nothing ever happens.
Now I set an alarm on my phone to make sure I don’t miss the man across the square taking his dog for its early evening walkabout. I’ve invented a little game where I try to guess which houses the postman will visit and which ones he’ll miss. The postman usually wins the game; I suspect he has the answers written down somewhere.
Sometimes the parked cars might be in a more interesting configuration than normal, or the bin men may have left the emptied bins cluttering up the pavement more untidily than usual. The unpredictability of such events makes them all the more entertaining when they occur.
A fascinating cloud drifted by the other day, and here’s me complaining that nothing ever happens.
Oh Sheeeet! Not again
In another daring caper, thieves made off with 160 boxes of cupcakes stolen from a warehouse in Malaysia last night. They escaped on a sledge pulled by 8 reindeer and then vanished into thin air. This was the tenth time in as many months that this warehouse was plundered.
The owner of the warehouse, a well-known Malaysian cupcake producer whose name may not be mentioned due to the CS ban on ads, said that the cupcakes were insured, but her six Dobermans are very ashamed and depressed for failing her once again after being doped. She said that they will recover fully but to restore their confidence, they will probably need counseling which will cost an arm and a leg.
General Electric, the spokesman for Interpol, said that they suspect it was the work of an international syndicate with roots in the US and South Africa. He also said that they are investigating reports that a female Indonesian national was seen feeding the reindeer at a truck stop somewhere in the middle East. He added that their only lead was that the one villain was addressed as Jim by his accomplice. The other one remains an enigma.
General Electric asked that anybody who notices a sledge, eight reindeer, two men and a woman, heading west, to report it to the nearest police station, and cautioned the public not to approach these villains if they are encountered. He said that there is nothing gentle about the one named Jim. He could be dangerous as he showed in their archives dressed in a Special Forces uniform full of medals.
The case took a new twist when an unnamed eye-witness with a broad South African accent testified that the woman was only hitching a ride to South Africa and not involved in the crime. He also suggested that Interpol should take a closer look at the owner as this could be an insurance scam. He (the eye-witness) has since vanished.
We have just learned that Santa Claus reported the theft of a sledge and 10 reindeer. In their hurry to get away, the thieves left a gummy bag with a Special Forces uniform behind. A police spokesman denied the possibility of the two cases being related as the numbers of reindeer do not correspond. The US government denied any knowledge of the theft and blamed it to Islamic extremists.
There is no truth in these rumors going around that I may have been involved. I must deny these allegations and I distance myself from this incident. The police should rather have look at Santa Claus who reported 10 reindeer stolen when only 8 were borrowed. If you ask me he's trying to con his insurance.
The owner of the warehouse, a well-known Malaysian cupcake producer whose name may not be mentioned due to the CS ban on ads, said that the cupcakes were insured, but her six Dobermans are very ashamed and depressed for failing her once again after being doped. She said that they will recover fully but to restore their confidence, they will probably need counseling which will cost an arm and a leg.
General Electric, the spokesman for Interpol, said that they suspect it was the work of an international syndicate with roots in the US and South Africa. He also said that they are investigating reports that a female Indonesian national was seen feeding the reindeer at a truck stop somewhere in the middle East. He added that their only lead was that the one villain was addressed as Jim by his accomplice. The other one remains an enigma.
General Electric asked that anybody who notices a sledge, eight reindeer, two men and a woman, heading west, to report it to the nearest police station, and cautioned the public not to approach these villains if they are encountered. He said that there is nothing gentle about the one named Jim. He could be dangerous as he showed in their archives dressed in a Special Forces uniform full of medals.
The case took a new twist when an unnamed eye-witness with a broad South African accent testified that the woman was only hitching a ride to South Africa and not involved in the crime. He also suggested that Interpol should take a closer look at the owner as this could be an insurance scam. He (the eye-witness) has since vanished.
We have just learned that Santa Claus reported the theft of a sledge and 10 reindeer. In their hurry to get away, the thieves left a gummy bag with a Special Forces uniform behind. A police spokesman denied the possibility of the two cases being related as the numbers of reindeer do not correspond. The US government denied any knowledge of the theft and blamed it to Islamic extremists.
There is no truth in these rumors going around that I may have been involved. I must deny these allegations and I distance myself from this incident. The police should rather have look at Santa Claus who reported 10 reindeer stolen when only 8 were borrowed. If you ask me he's trying to con his insurance.
Killing in Quebec Mosque
My friend from Switzerland and England shared me their fears of rapid growth of altercations in their countries.
Then, this came out of the news.
It's still being assessed as to what is going on.
One of my poster from forum contributed the video but I don't know how to post the link.
Then, this came out of the news.
It's still being assessed as to what is going on.
One of my poster from forum contributed the video but I don't know how to post the link.
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