Another scumbag politician.

[wmw999 2,447]

We’d figure it out. It’s more the corruption than anything else. If we think we have it bad with Biden vs Trump, they had it way worse.

Wendy P. 

[Phil1111 1,149]

2 hours ago, wmw999 said:

We’d figure it out. It’s more the corruption than anything else. If we think we have it bad with Biden vs Trump, they had it way worse.

Wendy P. 

Absolutely. Hungary, Poland, Turkey are all worse but then thats not the best company either.

[JoeWeber 2,720]

3 hours ago, Phil1111 said:

Absolutely. Hungary, Poland, Turkey are all worse but then thats not the best company either.

Allies all. Any way you cut it the world is going to hell in a hand basket.

[johnhking1 96]

1 hour ago, JoeWeber said:

Allies all. Any way you cut it the world is going to hell in a hand basket.

And that would have to be a really big handbasket.

[billvon 2,991]

More a scumbag reporter than a scumbag politician, but it was cool to see FOX's Brian Kilmeade owned by the former Ukranian president Petro Poroshenko.

Background: Giuliani went to Ukraine and came back with the shocking (and extremely convenient) story that Joe Biden got Ukraine Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin sacked in order to protect Hunter's company Burisma.  It's been extensively disproven, but that hasn't stopped FOX.  And this time Kilmeade thought he had a scoop for sure - an exclusive interview with the guy who fired Shokin!  Surely the former Ukranian president would know the truth that the Bidens were vile criminals!

So he asked Poroshenko about that firing.  

Kilmeade: Is that why he got fired? Because of the billion dollars and the former vice president, now president?

Poroshenko: First of all, this is a completely crazy person. This is something wrong with him. Second, there is not one single word of truth. And third, I hate the idea to make any comments and to make any intervention in the American election. We have very much enjoyed bipartisan support. 

There was an awkward (and gratifying) pause at that point as Kilmeade tried to figure out how to get out of this sudden hole he found himself in.

[billvon 2,991]

And another potential scumbag - 

Derrick Anderson looked like an ideal GOP candidate.  Green Beret, tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, law degree from Georgetown, several clerkships.  And he says he has roots in Fredericksburg and has lived in Spotsylvania County since 2021, which is where the 7th district is - the one he's running for.  No carpetbagging here.  Local boy makes good.

Except it turns out he doesn't live there.  He actually lives in an Alexandria townhouse that he bought for $852,000 in 2021 with a VA loan that is “only available for a primary residence" according to the VA laws on that.

But he put down his address on his voting form as an apartment in Fredericksburg.  So is he living there?  If he is, he's violating the law.  Or is he living in Alexandria?  If he is, he's committing voter fraud.

When asked his campaign just started digging a bigger and bigger hole.  According to them, see, there's no requirement to live in the Alexandria house, and he is free to rent it out to other people - in other words, become a landlord with a loan meant for struggling veterans to be able to afford houses.  Not a good look, and not even legal.  Per the VA, "there must be no indication that the veteran has established, intends to establish, or may be required to establish, a principal residence elsewhere.”

All of which actually makes him . . . a pretty ideal GOP candidate, still.  If he turns out to have a past of sex abuse, he will check all the boxes.

[Phil1111 1,149]

18 hours ago, billvon said:

And another potential scumbag - 

Derrick Anderson looked like an ideal GOP candidate.....

All of which actually makes him . . . a pretty ideal GOP candidate, still.  If he turns out to have a past of sex abuse, he will check all the boxes.

GOP candidates have to survive the vetting during nomination primaries. Where they have to joke to voters about sexual assault,  lie about election fraud, lie about the corruption in Washington, etc. The cream of scum rises to the top.

[kallend 2,027]

Scumbag polluting our river!

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/environment/ct-trump-hotel-chicago-fish-killing-lawsuit-20230929-ov5rzqkxsrh5jpy5p7kwatvfeq-story.html

[JerryBaumchen 1,363]

15 minutes ago, kallend said:

Scumbag polluting our river!

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/environment/ct-trump-hotel-chicago-fish-killing-lawsuit-20230929-ov5rzqkxsrh5jpy5p7kwatvfeq-story.html

Hi John,

I could not access that link; here is another approach:  Trump Tower, one of the largest users of Chicago River water, sued again by state after failing to meet EPA rules to protect fish (yahoo.com)

Jerry Baumchen

PS)  And this from the link:  the Trump International Hotel & Tower is the only Chicago high-rise that has failed to document the measures it took to protect fish and aquatic life in the river.

 

Edited October 1, 2023 by JerryBaumchen

[jakee 1,489]

This one’s almost too horrible to post. At the height of the #metoo movement a Republican politician said he’d previously been been suspended from college over sexual harassment allegations he claimed had been fake - including that at least one woman had feared for her life around him. The right wing culture warriors obviously believed him, and Trump and DeVos used him as the poster child for repealing Obama era guidance, thereby making it harder for sexual assault victims to get justice and protection, and easier for predators to get away with it.

 

He has now been arrested for murdering his girlfriend, dismembering her body and dumping her in a garbage bag on the beach. But I’m sure the MAGA crowd still think he was innocent the first time around.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/30/metoo-california-murder-rachel-elizabeth-imani-buckner-joseph-roberts

Edited October 1, 2023 by jakee

[ryoder 1,590]

Looks like someone's feelings have been hurt.

Meidas Touch Network: BREAKING: Giuliani Sues Biden for Calling Him a "Russian Pawn"

Rudy said, "What he did to me is intolerable. He called me a Russian operative. That is a lie. That is false."

And you know what a stickler for the truth Rudy is.

[billvon 2,991]

15 minutes ago, ryoder said:

Looks like someone's feelings have been hurt.

Meidas Touch Network: BREAKING: Giuliani Sues Biden for Calling Him a "Russian Pawn"

Rudy said, "What he did to me is intolerable. He called me a Russian operative. That is a lie. That is false."

And you know what a stickler for the truth Rudy is.

Time for a hit parade of HIS insults!

On Stormy Daniels: "If you’re going to sell your body for money, you just don’t have a reputation."
To Christopher Hahn: "Shut up, moron. Shut up. Shut up, you don't know what you're talking about."
On Matt Damon: "Matt Damon is a fag. Matt Damon is also 5-2. Eyes are blue. Coochie-coochie-coochie-coo.”
On Mark Milley: he is an "idiot" and an "asshole"
On election workers Freeman and Moss: they "were passing around USB ports like they were vials of heroin or cocaine.”  (He lost that one.)

I am thinking this is a Hail Mary because he's broke and desperate, and maybe Biden will pay him to make him go away.

[Stumpy 284]

3 hours ago, ryoder said:

Rudy said, "What he did to me is intolerable. He called me a Russian operative. That is a lie. That is false."

Pretty much guarantees it's true then. Discovery should be fun.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

6 hours ago, ryoder said:

Looks like someone's feelings have been hurt.

Meidas Touch Network: BREAKING: Giuliani Sues Biden for Calling Him a "Russian Pawn"

Rudy said, "What he did to me is intolerable. He called me a Russian operative. That is a lie. That is false."

And you know what a stickler for the truth Rudy is.

Fun fact:

Biden didn't call Giuliani an 'operative'. 

He called him a PAWN.

Very different thing.

An 'operative' implies that Giuliani knew he was being used and was actively working for Russia.

A 'pawn' implies that Giuliani was being used, likely without his knowledge. 
They are also sometimes called 'dupes'. 

A good example of a 'pawn' or 'dupe' is the two women who killed Kim Jong-nam, half brother to DPRK's Kim Jong Un. They were told that they were going to participate in a prank for a TV show, when in reality, they used VX nerve agent to kill KJn.



Rudy was following Trump's orders. I don't think he's aware enough anymore to fully understand the implication of those orders.

He was doing work that clearly benefited Russia. And Putin.
Oblivious to the reality that those orders came to Trump from Putin.

Rudy just had his nose so far up Trump's ass that he had no clue what he was doing.

[Phil1111 1,149]

7 hours ago, ryoder said:

Looks like someone's feelings have been hurt.

Meidas Touch Network: BREAKING: Giuliani Sues Biden for Calling Him a "Russian Pawn"

Rudy said, "What he did to me is intolerable. He called me a Russian operative. That is a lie. That is false."

And you know what a stickler for the truth Rudy is.

Rudy is following in the footsteps of his master, trump. Its all just a sham so he can get fundraising for his legal defense fund. He'll likely name Hunter and Hillary next. After sufficient funds have been raised he'll drop it all.

[JoeWeber 2,720]

Back to the grown ups speaking, from Letita after Trump stopped crying and went home after rabble rousing monday and tuesday outside the courtroom:

“And lastly, I will not be bullied,” James continued. “Mr. Trump is no longer here. The Donald Trump show is over. This was nothing more than a political stunt.”

[ryoder 1,590]

But I'm sure this in no way will reflect badly on Santos:

AP: Rep. George Santos’ former campaign treasurer will plead guilty to a federal felony, prosecutors say

[wmw999 2,447]

2 hours ago, ryoder said:

But I'm sure this in no way will reflect badly on Santos:

AP: Rep. George Santos’ former campaign treasurer will plead guilty to a federal felony, prosecutors say

It could happen to anyone

Wendy P. 

[billvon 2,991]

2 hours ago, wmw999 said:

It could happen to anyone

WITCH HUNT!!!!!!!

He didn't do it!  And it's not illegal to use alternative facts in fundraising!  And Biden did it first!

[billvon 2,991]

In New Jersey, republican Joseph Viso is running for the state assembly.  He's a classy guy.  Back in 2009, when a child care center complained to the police about Viso's trucks illegally parking outside their building, he got them back in the traditional republican way - by smearing feces all over their door handles.

Seems like smearing feces - on the Capitol floors, on the walls, on child care centers - is becoming a fairly standard way for republicans to indicate their displeasure.  Us more boring types just vote.

 

 

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

9 hours ago, billvon said:

Seems like smearing feces - on the Capitol floors, on the walls, on child care centers - is becoming a fairly standard way for republicans to indicate their displeasure.  Us more boring types just vote.

 

 

Do you expect anything else from those pieces of shit?

[ryoder 1,590]

But, but we had to hide it! It made us look bad!

Desantis Loses Lawsuit for Hiding Covid Data

Two years ago, the State of Florida was sued after the Florida Department of Health refused to continue to post data on covid to their public dashboard under orders from Governor Desantis. They just lose the case, will now begin to publish the data again to the public, and have to pay out $152,500 in legal fees to opposing attorneys.

[billvon 2,991]

Last week Rep. Mike Kelly tweeted this: "No student loan is forgiven. The debt is just transferred onto the backs of the American taxpayers."

Turns out - you guessed it! - Kelly had almost a million bucks in PPP loans forgiven.

Fine for me, not for thee.  The new republican motto.

[kallend 2,027]

1 hour ago, billvon said:

Last week Rep. Mike Kelly tweeted this: "No student loan is forgiven. The debt is just transferred onto the backs of the American taxpayers."

Turns out - you guessed it! - Kelly had almost a million bucks in PPP loans forgiven.

Fine for me, not for thee.  The new republican motto.

He is, of course, correct in addition to being a hypocrite.

However, a decent developed nation educates its children and young people to the full extent they can benefit regardless of their ability to pay.  In turn, those educated citizens pay forward to the next generation.  But that doesn't suit those who depend on the votes of the poorly educated.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

3 hours ago, kallend said:

He is, of course, correct in addition to being a hypocrite.

However, a decent developed nation educates its children and young people to the full extent they can benefit regardless of their ability to pay.  In turn, those educated citizens pay forward to the next generation.  But that doesn't suit those who depend on the votes of the poorly educated.

Also doesn't suit those who don't want to pay their share in taxes to help fund that education.

Or those who exploit the uneducated workers, paying them shit wages for difficult, dangerous work (that doesn't require much education).