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Trump is in need of quick cash and only a few wealthy people on the planet who can pull from their pocket to help him out on a loan. The Saudi Prince, Jared Kushner, Vladimir Putin, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Charles Koch... and Elon Musk of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter/X fame.
It's reported this past Sunday, Elon was at Mar-a-Lago along with a few wealthy Republican donors to have a private discussion.
Kudos...
I'm thinking about the future and should Trump lose any of his federal cases, he would be officially convicted of a felony. Thus anyone fronting money (as in aiding and abetting) to a felon, it in itself is a crime.
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I see several long-time forum threads have been locked/archived because they are too long and creating problems with the website operation.
It's interesting to know they are locked because of length and not for content.
On another site I visit, all the blogs have been archived.
They opened a new site that appears to be dedicated for blogging.
All the individual sites they own had been separate, blogging is now under one umbrella.
I'm finding there are easily 50 new bloggers and no familiar faces.
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I heard of a song Stormy Monday and I heard of an adult model Stormy Daniels, but today the New York courtroom Stormy Wednesday... or was that Stormy Donald?
Not a good day for Donald J. Trump as he was fined $10,000 for violating a gag order by speaking to reporters outside the courthouse.
After, Michael Cohen was on the stand and said Trump never directly instructed him to inflate the value of his assets. Trump's lawyers asked the judge to issue a direct verdict in Trump's favor on the grounds that their case had been proved. The judge denied the motion.
It was reported Trump threw up his hands, said "I'm leaving" and walked out of the courtroom.
Out side, he told reporters "The witness just admitted that we won the trial... and the judge should end this trial immediately.
That said, It won't surprise me if another fine for gag order violation is forthcoming.
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Talking with a friend today, we discussed what are the usual penalties for tax fraud/evasions. Her response was: Prison. Remember Charles Kushner?
I pulled up some statistics and found several sites differed, but nearly the same.
The average sentence for tax fraud was 14 months.
Of that 63% went to prison.
52% were white with an average of 52 years old.
82% had no prior criminal history.
Median amount of fraud was $278,325.
11.6% involved amounts greater than $1.5 million.
Top five districts of offenders:
New Jersey, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York.
Charles Kushner, got 2 years and was jailed for tax evasion, making illegal campaign donations and tampering with a witness, his brother-in-law. He orchestrated a sex tape with a prostitute and sent it to the man’s wife. Kushner pleaded guilty in 2004 to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign donations.
His confession included a retaliation against his brother-in-law, who was cooperating with federal authorities. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce him in a hotel room with cameras, filming the encounter and sent it to his sister, the man’s wife.
He was pardoned by Donald Trump.
So, I asked the question: "Trump was found guilty of tax fraud. Why wasn't he sent to prison?"
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Trump's media company is scheduled to go public today. Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social is said to be worth billions. Last Friday, Shareholders in the shell company Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) agreed Friday to merge into Trump Media. The new combined company will trade on the Nasdaq exchange under the stock symbol DJT.
Can you make a million over night?
The key word here is volatile.
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It's been a busy week for me and it's not over. I've got one installation going on very well with the exception of the kitchen island. The client did a walk-thru and said it's too big. Okay, we followed the architectural dimensions, made a perspective layout. He's got a designer and general contractor involved. No problem. We're sending out a change order and making one cabinet smaller.
Next!
Another installation, in a highrise. We couldn't deliver because the elevator was broken. The elevator in the other tower was working, so my people had to carry all the cabinets, doors, and panels, across a catwalk, making double work to get the delivery done.
On the ground it was breezy, normal for the beach. The seas weren't choppy. At the top of the condo, the wind was 20 to 30 miles per hour.
Here's a view from the catwalk...
Depending on the view, it's a sea of blue and a sea of green.
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"This is President Trump's ONLY Official Birthday Card," Trump Jr. wrote in his email. "So make sure you sign THIS ONE and not the
other fake ones out there."
Other fake ones? If I read that correctly, that is a fake one too!
Didn't I say it's all about the money?Don't take my word for it.
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In my business I often come in contact with people who are extremely wealthy. Sometimes it's not direct, as in the case of a client who hires a designer and I only deal with the designer (or design firm) never having a one-on-one experience with the end user. However, it's close enough to know some things about the client, their business, and personality quirks.
Some examples when more direct contact meeting with a client is when they are business first and you cannot get their attention. Usually, they are focused on (cell phone) conversations that interrupt the meeting. Sometimes, it's 40 minutes late to a meeting and they make their 'grand entrance' with important (to them) reasons for the delay while 3 other people are waiting on them to begin.
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World War 3 will erupt in the Ukraine & Russia
.will become the Hammer of Thor .- 3rd secret of Fresno, 1917.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY WEAPON INSURES ITS
USE IN THE FUTURE. - Maxim of Logic
Sabotage. ) Beasty boyz*
Rolling blackouts. ) The go Team
Slaughter house of the soul ) @ the Gates.
.. synTax. } Chinatown.) Destroyer.
* Amerikans have lost about 150 food production
. facilities since Joe 81 million took office.
And speaking of million. 10 million Chinese "students" were already in country on 3/11/20. Ironically exempt from the Ultra $afe Vaccines by
An act of Congress-- who themselves were also exempt.
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I was busy last week and some of it spilled over the weekend into this week. I haven't had much time watching the news, but I see 80% of the news stories are about Trump. When he speaks in public, there is one common thread (he states) that everything against him is an apparent witch hunt. Have you noticed, this man can do no wrong... or so he says.
Run a crooked business and when the government catches up to you, it's a political witch hunt by Biden and those corrupt Democrats. Biden has nothing to do with him intentionally listing properties at inflated prices for better loans and deflated prices for taxes.
His 2 sons were in charge when he was president, but they had 'corporate amnesia' when taking the stand and asked about the accuracy of documents they signed stating it was the responsibility of the accountants... and not them. You have to backstroke when the NY pulls up emails stating otherwise. Small things, like not disclosing the recent $60 million deal Bally's paid for the rights to a New York golf course. Add that to the estimate $250 million penalty the court is seeking.
The court has already ruled that he committed fraud and what the findings are about now, is how much. Trump said the case should be “dismissed immediately” and denies any wrongdoing.
On Wednesday, Ivanka is scheduled to testify. It would appear there is a fine line of perjury versus throwing dad under the bus.