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Discussion in 'Leeds United' started by MIGHTY, Oct 1, 2017.

  1. blonogasoven

    blonogasoven Well-Known Member

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    Trump haters. Find me an article from before 2015 where they describe Trump in any of the ways you hate him for?

    You won't be able to and that strange feeling in your head is what we call an independent thought.

    You might now start to question what you're told and welcome to the world of "I find out **** myself"

    It's a brave new world
     
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  2. esteponawhite

    esteponawhite Well-Known Member

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    In some ways you have to admire the french, they agree to everything and then just do what they want.
     
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  3. esteponawhite

    esteponawhite Well-Known Member

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    A good book that one by A. Huxley.
     
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  4. blonogasoven

    blonogasoven Well-Known Member

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    This is when it goes all quiet and by the next time it gets going everything we've explained has been forgotten. It's like Groundhog Day :)
     
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  5. blonogasoven

    blonogasoven Well-Known Member

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    Possibly the most important positive yet is the vaccine. Because we're now autonomous we've dived straight in whereas the EU won't even have a meeting about it for a few weeks.
    Let's hope the first of many
     
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  6. esteponawhite

    esteponawhite Well-Known Member

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    Yup, have a meeting then a think tank then an inquiry, then when they have spent millions with jobs for their mates they will say,hmmm it could be viable.
    ****ers the lot of them.
     
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  7. esteponawhite

    esteponawhite Well-Known Member

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    Good film, next analogy?
     
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  8. blonogasoven

    blonogasoven Well-Known Member

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    1984? Where this seems to be heading
     
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  9. esteponawhite

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    That or Animal Farm.
     
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  10. Eric Le Merde

    Eric Le Merde Well-Known Member

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    I've said before, hate is too strong but:
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    Racial Housing Discrimination 1973-1975 The New York Times reported. “It also charged that the company had required different rental terms and conditions because of race and that it had misrepresented to blacks that apartments were not available.” Trump called the accusations “absolutely ridiculous.”

    The upshot: The Trumps hired attorney Roy Cohn, who had worked for Joe McCarthy and whom Michael Kinsley once indelibly labeled “innocent of a variety of federal crimes.” They sued the Justice Department for $100 million. In the end, however, the Trumps settled with the government, promising not to discriminate and submitting to regular review by the New York Urban League—though crucially not admitting guilt. The Times has much more on the long history of allegations at Trump-owned properties
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    Trump University 2005-2010 suckered in by slick free “seminars”—to learn how to get rich. One ad promised they would “learn from Donald Trump’s handpicked instructors, and that participants would have access to Trump’s real estate ‘secrets.’” In fact, Trump had little to do with the curriculum or the instructors. Many of the “students” have since complained that Trump U. was a scam. At one time, it had some prestigious instructors, but over time the “faculty” became a motley bunch of misfits. (It was also never really a “university” by any definition, and it changed its name to the “Trump Entrepreneur Initiative,” because as it happened, the school was violating New York law by operating without an educational license.)

    The upshot: The school shut down in 2010. In November 2016, Trump agreed to settle a series of lawsuits related to the school for $25 million. Trump did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement. But he had insisted for months that he would not settle the suit because he expected to win. For a time, he appeared to have been trying to intimidate plaintiffs, including countersuing one for $1 million (a favorite Trump litigation tactic) and refusing to let her withdraw from the suit. (The countersuit was thrown out.) His lawyers cited positive reviews, but former students say they were pressured to give those. Trump also mounted a length attack on the judge, claiming his ethnicity made him biased. Trump has been widely repudiated across the board, with fellow Republicans openly calling him racist.
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    Tenant Intimidation
    Where and when: New York City, 1982-1986

    The scoop: In 1981, Trump scooped up a building on Central Park South, reasoning that the existing structure was a dump, but the land it was on would be a great place for luxury condos. Trump’s problem was that the existing tenants were—understandably and predictably—unwilling to let go of their rent-controlled apartments on Central Park. Trump used every trick in the book to get them out. He tried to reverse exceptions the previous landlord had given to knock down walls, threatening eviction. Tenants said he cut off heat and hot water. Building management refused to make repairs; two tenants swore in court that mushrooms grew on their carpet from a leak. Perhaps Trump’s most outlandish move was to place newspaper ads offering to house homeless New Yorkers in empty units—since, as Trump wrote in The Art of the Deal, he didn’t intend to fill units with permanent residents anyway. City officials turned him down, saying the idea did not seem appropriate. Typically, Trump also sued tenants for $150 million when they complained.
    The upshot: Trump gave in. He settled with tenants and agreed to monitoring. The building still stands today, and his son Eric owns a unit on the top floor.
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    Four Bankruptcies, 1991, 1992, 2004, 2009 he wouldn’t need to use junk bonds, Trump used junk bonds to build Trump Taj Mahal. He built the casino, but couldn’t keep up with interest payments, so his company declared bankruptcy in 1991. He had to sell his yacht, his airline, and half his ownership in the casino.



      • A year later, another of Trump’s Atlantic City casinos, the Trump Plaza, went bust after losing more than $550 million. Trump gave up his stake but otherwise insulated himself personally from losses, and managed to keep his CEO title, even though he surrendered any salary or role in day-to-day operations. By the time all was said and done, he had some $900 million in personal debt.



      • Trump bounced back over the following decade, but by 2004, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts was $1.8 billion in debt. The company filed for bankruptcy and emerged as Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump himself was the chairman of the new company, but he no longer had a controlling stake in it.



      • Five years later, after the real-estate collapse, Trump Entertainment Resorts once again went bankrupt. Trump resigned from the board, but the company retained his name. In 2014, he successfully sued to take his name off the company and its casinos—one of which had already closed, and the other of which was near closing.
    The upshot: Trump is very touchy about any implication that he personally declared bankruptcy, arguing—just as he explains away his campaign contributions to Democrats—that he’s just playing the game: “We’ll have the company. We’ll throw it into a chapter. We’ll negotiate with the banks. We’ll make a fantastic deal. We’ll use those. But they were never personal. This is nothing personal. You know, it’s like on The Apprentice. It’s not personal. It’s just business. Okay? If you look at our greatest people, Carl Icahn with TWA and so many others. Leon Black, Linens-n-Things and others. Henry Kravis. A lot of ‘em, everybody. But with me it’s ‘Oh, you did—’ this is a business thing. I’ve used the laws of this country to pare debt.”
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    Alleged Marital Rape 1989, Ivana Trump said during a deposition in their divorce case that she “felt violated” and that her husband had raped her. Later, Ivana Trump released a statement saying: “During a deposition given by me in connection with my matrimonial case, I stated that my husband had raped me. [O]n one occasion during 1989, Mr. Trump and I had marital relations in which he behaved very differently toward me than he had during our marriage. As a woman, I felt violated, as the love and tenderness, which he normally exhibited towards me, was absent. I referred to this as a ‘rape,’ but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.”

    The upshot: When The Daily Beast reported on the incident, Trump’s right-hand man Michael Cohen threatened reporters and claimed—incorrectly—that a man cannot legally rape his wife. The case is one of several cases where Trump has been accused of misogyny, including his comments about Megyn Kelly early in the primary campaign or his fury at a lawyer who, during a deposition, asked for a break to pump breast milk. “You’re disgusting,” Trump said, and walked out.

    Still waiting for you to say why he is so good.
     
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  11. Makemstine Roger

    Makemstine Roger Well-Known Member

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  12. OLOF

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    The loony lefties are spoonfed ****

    All they can say about Orangeman is he's a mysogynist because he likes to root women and he talks to his mate about it, and that he wanted to shag his own daughter because he said he would date her if he wasn't her old man, probably not the best way to say it, but hey, this is Donny Tango
    he was trying to say she's a stunner you dumb ****s, you probably know that but have **** all else to go with.

    The Demonrats have tried for over four years to get some **** on him and they've failed every time, they were his best mate until he decided to run for the presidency
    Yet the Kid sniffer gets a free pass from the ****s, i wonder why.
     
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  13. Makemstine Roger

    Makemstine Roger Well-Known Member

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  14. 2020VisionofLeeds

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    I can vouch for Shaks.

    He can’t reach high enough to lift most people’s shirts.
     
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  15. Makemstine Roger

    Makemstine Roger Well-Known Member

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    heard Joe Biden's got first dabs on sniffing the back of the shirts the bit with skid marks.
     
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  16. OLOF

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    Steady on Rog<laugh>
    No need to shout
     
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  17. 2020VisionofLeeds

    2020VisionofLeeds Well-Known Member

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    I love Fox News.
     
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  18. Makemstine Roger

    Makemstine Roger Well-Known Member

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    <laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh>
     
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  19. Makemstine Roger

    Makemstine Roger Well-Known Member

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    Always knew you would be a sly old fox.................:emoticon-0138-think:emoticon-0127-lipss:emoticon-0128-hi:
     
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  20. 2020VisionofLeeds

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    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_University
     
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