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IMO its more of a scattergun approach. Occasionally he hits the mark. Then immediately misses the broadside of a barn.

Would that depend on who is buying?

Ok, ok everybody cool down. Here is a story that makes Brent and Joe each look like rocket surgeons. So the Saudi national bank had one of the prince's buddies appointed as president. The Saudi bank invested and lost over $26 billion dollars in the 10% investment they made in Credit Suisse. About two weeks ago he shoots his mouth off that the Saudi bank wouldn't extend any more help to Credit Suisse. He could had said nothing or something positive. It was his comments that started the bank run. He just lost his job. No word yet if MBS will have his head lopped off in the public square.

About 1:30 A.M. today. trump is having dreams about his "perp walk" and life in the big house. Time to make some death threats on prosecutors, potential jurors and others who may have crossed him. From his media post on Truth Social " “What kind of person,” Mr. Trump wrote of Mr. Bragg, “can charge another person, in this case a former president of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting president in history, and leading candidate (by far!) for the Republican Party nomination, with a crime, when it is known by all that NO crime has been committed, & also that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our country?” “Why & who would do such a thing? Only a degenerate psychopath that truely hates the USA!” Well he at least knows how to describe the current state of the GOP.

IMO the logical line of attack for Ukrainians would be from their current positions directly north of Mariupol. Then attack south to Mariupol. That distance is about 50 miles. Then use the recently supplied JDAM-ER bombs to take out the Putin bridge...er Crimean bridge. This would cut off the entirety of the Crimean peninsula and Russian positions west of that line of attack. Russia could then only supply their forces by sea or air. Presumably Russian prisoners have heard about the survival rates for Wagner contractors.Thus limiting the resupply of fodder from Russian prisons. Agree. From an interview with Ukrainian tankers: " “They are about to go into battle and they are laughing like horses,” Poltava said. “Morale, psychology is OK. They are tired, but they still have a sense of humor.” The tank unit spends most days lying in wait to ambush Russian troops and engaging them in direct fire fights. “It’s hunting the hunter,” a tank commander, Svyatosha, 38, said with a grin. “It’s the best job,” he said. “They feed you, dress you, give you an expensive tank, fuel it, give you ammunition. And they don’t charge you money for that. What’s not to like?”

They are continuing to make very small gains. They are pouring more men and artillery into the area. Losing more troops and equipment every day. Wagner leads the way with army following up. It seems as if losses for Putin have declined as have the use of large assaulting forces has slowed. For a while two weeks ago Ukrainian resupply could not travel into Bakhmut without suffering losses. That seems to have been taken care of now. Through the destruction of Russian artillery and widening the pocket.

Just regular.lawyering here. Objectively it would be called counseling perjury.

Maybe republicans will update the government seal. By removing the arrows and placing the AR-15 on instead?

Thats just plain UN-American. Soon the AR-15 will be the . "National Gun of the United States,” positioning it alongside official symbols like the bald eagle and Francis Scott Key’s “Star Spangled Banner” in representing the U.S." "The bill was unveiled this week by gun store owner Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama. It has been cosponsored by Representatives Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), Andrew Clyde (R-Georgia) and George Santos (R-New York)." February 24, 2023

America should be getting safer every day. Its now been 42 months straight where US new gun sales have run over 1,000,000 a month. Its only a matter of time till mass shootings slow down. Which is currently at a one a day pace.

His experience with the system was the likely foundation for his personal contempt and disregard for the rule of law. As always there are independent rankings of the functioning of countries legal systems. For criminal justice: Norway #1 Canada #12 UK #19 US #30 For the year(s)2017-18 The US ranked #20th. So it has fallen ten places over the last five years. Russia #123 For the Year(s0 2017-18 Russia ranked #97th So with a positive outlook Putin has done a better job engineering corruption in Russia's criminal justice system. Over the last five years than trump and the GOP.

According to trump himself on a Truth Social posting. trump will be arrested on Tuesday. He stated that George Soros is responsible for this whole investigation. So his elier claims that the Dem's were responsible must have been one more lies. It should be interesting to see ho this is spun on FOX. trump should be so proud. Arrest warrants for both himself and his bosom buddy Putin, in the same week.

So a happy story then!

Hand it to them. Let the Chi-com government steal commercial and military secrets. Paid for by US research commercially and from US defense budgets. Then buy those same commercial Chinese goods on credit. So they can afford those expensive knock-off military products. Oh what a tangled web we weave: "President Biden’s daughter-in-law Hallie Biden was among several family members who pocketed payouts after a Hunter Biden associate received a $3 million wire payment from a Chinese energy company, a House committee revealed Thursday. Biden family members received more than $1 million in payments over a three-month period after the Chinese wire transfer cleared, according to a memo detailing the payments issued by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. Several payments were also sent to companies associated with Mr. Biden’s brother James Biden and son Hunter Biden in addition to Hallie Biden. An unknown account identified only as “Biden” also received transfers from the company owned by Hunter Biden associate Rob Walker in the months after the $3 million wire cleared in 2017."

Brent's idea of trickle down:

Visitors to the US understand that they must travel W/O a gun. Yet they keep coming.

Several studies show that it increased the demand for "Mega mansions" and increases home costs in general. 5 Reasons Why Economists Dislike the Mortgage Interest Deduction From the Fed Reserve Bank of St. Louis. It encourages larger houses It’s regressive It actually reduced the homeownership rate It increases the likelihood of mortgage defaults It’s inefficient

Oh Oh! AR-15s with the extended Surefire clips.

Spending money is a very poor description of what it is. Its a taxable deduction. Income that would otherwise be taxed, isn't The tax acts create tens of thousands of deductions in taxable income for individuals and corporations. If was a fair deduction it would include rents and mortgage interest up to the first $1000. Thus poor renters would get the same breaks that homeowners do. The problem arises when the poor can't directly benefit from that deduction. Because they have so little income or so many other deductions. i.e. children. Or to be even more fair cap the deduction after the first $200k of mortgage. The current median house price is $428k

Or a political activist with an agenda bigger than their brain.

Hypocrisy and government bailouts. Yep! The Shame of the Mortgage-Interest Deduction "It's a symbol of everything that’s wrong with the American tax code." From The Atlantic "Half of all poor American families who rent spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing costs. In May, rental income as a share of GDP hit an all-time high. Meanwhile, in 2015, the federal government spent $71 billion on the MID, and households earning more than $100,000 receive almost 90 percent of the benefits. Since the value of the deduction rises as the cost of one’s mortgage increases, the policy essentially pays upper-middle-class and rich households to buy larger and more expensive homes. At the same time, because national housing policy’s benefits don’t accumulate as much to renters, it makes it harder for poor renters to join the class of homeowners." Rich homeowners are encouraged to over consume housing. At the expense of the treasury, other taxpayers. Most importantly poor renters who can never afford home ownership. "The U.S. Treasury Department estimates that the HMID will reduce federal revenue by $597.6 billion from 2019-2028" Just another instance of the poor subsidizing the rich

Ron DeSantis Says Protecting Ukraine Is Not a Key U.S. Interest "The Florida governor, on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, broke with Republicans to attack President Biden’s foreign policy and align more closely with Donald Trump" DeSantis has exactly the same attitude towards Russian aggression as trump. DeSantis has never condemned the attack. Shortly after the invasion a year ago he said that Russian forces went in “half-heartedly” So all of NATO except Hungary has contributed and aligned with Ukraine. Forty countries in the world have supplied Ukraine with weapons. Those forty countries regularly supply Ukraine with weapons and cash. This wannabe GOP leader doesn't believe that the concerns of Russian gangster war conduct. Should be of concern to US leadership. New NATO members Finland and Sweden are joining specifically because of Russian gangster war conduct. The GOP leadership could care less.

Somewhat true. I'll give you credit for that. "Seventeen Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to ease regulations on some banks. Most of those Democrats face re-election this year, and seven are running in states Trump won.? A more complete story about the rollback of regulations. Which was passed by the GOP in a House vote 258-159. All of which would be more reasons why the Fed has to be independent. If politicians can't have the discipline to control spending. The Fed will.