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George Rebane

I view with reinvigorated alarm today’s broadcast joys of socialists, wokesters, liberals, and leftwingers in general celebrating the $400M+ fine demanded of Trump for what is termed his  committing ‘civil fraud’.  They uniformly and unanimously agree with the ‘legal basis’ on which the New York attorney general prosecuted and the judge adjudicated the Trump trial.  All these people look forward to a totalitarian state in which capitalism is banned, the beneficial mechanisms of market pricing, and the ownership of private property are dispensed with.  That is exactly the harbinger that letting the verdict stand will foster across the land.  (And students of our Founders and Bastiat know that the fundamental rights upon which our personal security and manifold liberties are based will also disappear.)

The other cohort of people celebrating Trump’s fine are those too stupid to think through these ramifications.  All their little TDS sotted pea brains can muster up is that if it hurts Trump, it must be good.

Nevertheless, some on the Right still believe that we can find common ground to reunite as the America of yesteryear – this even though no such path has been identified.  RR invites these worthies to step forward and illuminate us with their vision of how we regain E Pluribus Unum.  (And here is info on a related and contributing problem in our land.)

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147 responses to “They are VERY different from us”

  1. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Yes, Trump has too much wealth. Yes, yes.
    If these judgements (hate to call them judgements) stand, he will have less.
    Standing back and letting nature take its course, his family will squander the wealth and in just three or four generations, it will have spread out.
    Have patience, Grasshopper.

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  2. Gary Irving Avatar
    Gary Irving

    You left out two groups of people cheering the Court’s judgments that aren’t communists seeking to destroy capitalism in our Country:
    1. Everyone who lost money invested in Trump’s many business ventures that failed. Yes, investing in something is a business decision, and people make mistakes. But when the valuation is based on fraudulent information, the Courts have a responsibility to weigh judgment.
    2. Everyone who paid taxes in the State of NY and NYC who saw the Court judge that Trump reduced his taxes based on (once again) valuations based fraudulent data.
    If these Court judgments had been levied on your usual Billionaire, would there be the same level of hysteria? I doubt it.

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  3. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    But… no one lost money on these transactions, did they?
    There were no victims here.

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  4. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “…But now, with a Trump/Biden rematch looking all but certain, Barr is singing a slightly different tune. At a Forum Club of Southwest Florida lunch in Naples, Florida, the former attorney general put the 2024 choice thusly: “Voting for Trump is playing Russian roulette with the country. Voting for Biden is outright national suicide.””

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  5. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Even with all the dust ups most people expect that Trump will win –
    Independents are the most confident that Trump would come out on top — 45 percent to Biden’s 21 percent, a difference of 24 points. Notably, independents also side with Trump in a head-to-head matchup, giving Trump an 18-point advantage.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/17/survey-more-believe-trump-would-win-2024-election-than-would-pick-biden/
    😉

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  6. Gary Avatar
    Gary

    Of course people lost money. The lost money in the Football League, they lost money in the Casino, they lost money in the Chicago real estate deal…many people lost significant amounts of money

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  7. Scott O Avatar

    Welcome, Gary! That was a nice try. Perhaps if you put more effort into educating yourself instead of just hating someone you might do better next time.
    If you invest (and lose) money in a venture that has been materially misrepresented, there are no end of lawyers willing to take the case on spec.
    The case was brought by the DA on behalf of the Biden admin to try to burden the strongest opposition candidate in the next election. This is something more commonly done in what we used to laughingly call ‘banana republics’. Now we are one. Enjoy!

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  8. Scott O Avatar

    LOL – “they lost money in the Casino…”
    Isn’t that the point?

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  9. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Scott
    Can you document the statement when you said “The case was brought by the DA on behalf of the Biden admin to try to burden the strongest opposition candidate in the next election. ” Where did you get that information?

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  10. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Waste of time trying to explain yourself to someone who is intent on misunderstanding you.

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  11. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Barry
    All I’m asking for is some kind of link to a reasonable source that can document Scott’s 6:36. The case was brought by the DA on behalf of the Biden admin to try to burden the strongest opposition candidate in the next election. is that not something that you being an attorney would do in arguing a case? Anybody can say anything. Providing a reasonable source is a normal request.
    If I say Trump is a Nazi would you automatically believe me?

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  12. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    No one believes anything you say oh great ponytail of ignorance. LOL
    😉

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  13. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    $400M – no biggie for billionaire Trump.
    $1.5B Alex Jones settlement, that’s getting up there.
    $800M Putin lover Tucker Carlson /Fox settlement is peanuts.
    …waiting for the cry pillow guy settlement 😭
    MAGA lying douchebags and serial fraudsters deserve what they are getting.
    Meanwhile, the main witness in the hunter Biden burisma bribery /pay to play scandal goes down in flames and Mayorkas impeachment will be a fail by desperate by Trump gluteus maximus fetishists.😭😭😭

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  14. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    No wonder your blog died @713 you should sue to get the money back from your rhetoric sheepskin. ROFLOL
    😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉

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  15. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Bessee
    Do you believe this statement that Scott submitted?
    “The case was brought by the DA on behalf of the Biden admin to try to burden the strongest opposition candidate in the next election. “

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  16. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Punchy McEmbot 🥊 | 17 February 2024 at 07:06 PM
    All I’m asking for is some kind of link to a reasonable source that can document Scott’s 6:36.

    You don’t read links……

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  17. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    David larsen AKA fishole
    You are ashamed to use your real name.

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  18. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: psul lost his own spelling bee| 17 February 2024 at 08:16 PM
    Still doesn’t change the fact that you don’t read links.

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  19. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    This is the guy you all are pimping for –
    Biden appears to confuse NATO with Ukraine in calling for Congress members to pass funding bill
    The special counsel report last week said the president has a ‘poor memory’
    “So it’s about time we make sure Congress come home and pass the legislation funding NATO.”
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-confuse-nato-ukraine-calling-congress-members-pass-funding-bill
    😉

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  20. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    I do read links that are pertinent to the subject at hand.

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  21. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Bessee
    Are you contending Trump is a Mental Giant and has the knowledge and intelligence to be President?

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  22. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Paulitician Emery | 17 February 2024 at 08:50 PM
    I do read links that are pertinent to the subject at hand.

    So you were lying before when you said you didn’t?

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  23. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Trump is so desperate for money he’s reduced to selling Sneakers. Here’s the info:
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.”
    Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Center as he introduced what he called the first official Trump footwear.
    The shoes, shiny gold high tops with an American flag detail on the back, are being sold as “Never Surrender High-Tops” for $399 on a new website that also sells other Trump-branded shoes and “Victory47” cologne and perfume for $99 a bottle. He’d be the 47th president if elected again
    https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/trump-hawks-399-branded-shoes-at-sneaker-con-18673830.php.

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  24. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Just Emery | 17 February 2024 at 09:06 PM
    Trump is so desperate for money he’s reduced to selling Sneakers. Here’s the info:

    Yeah that’s pretty bad….. next stop…..open guitar case.
    So lying then or now….about reading the links you’re always bleating for?

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  25. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    David Larsen- AKA fishmouth (lower case because it’s a fake name) thanks for bringing up my musical career.. Just finished up producing 10 shows in three weeks at the Nevada Theatre. Had a great turnout. Thanks for showing an interest. By the way since Leonard Cohens name comes up pretty frequently on this blog you’ll be glad to know I’m producing the show, A Thousand Kisses Deep The Songs Of Leonard Cohen for the 13th year on Nov 8 and 9 at the Nevada Theatre so mark your Calendar.

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  26. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Paul Constanza | 17 February 2024 at 08:50 PM
    I’ll take that as a yes……
    Just remember Jerry Paul……it’s not a lie if you believe it.
    Anyway…here’s one of those linky things for you…..
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_PSJsl0LQ

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  27. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Looks like the po’ ol’ ponytail of ignorance didnt see the video @906 and is just doing the putin party parrot again! LOL
    😉

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  28. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Paul The Entertainer Formerly Known as Prince Emery | 17 February 2024 at 09:32 PM
    I’m guessing that promo was for all “your readers”?

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  29. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Paul “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain”Emery | 17 February 2024 at 09:32 PM
    You pay your ASCAP fees…..not pickin poor dead Leonard’s pocket are you?

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  30. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Just another reminder to the TDS set what is happening outside of cnn –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/17/survey-more-believe-trump-would-win-2024-election-than-would-pick-biden/
    😉

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  31. Randy Avatar
    Randy

    Hey Paul Emery, since you’re so “politically astute” what’s with the Latisha James visits to Biden’s home-away-from-home? No suspicion there, nothing to see…
    https://headlineusa.com/letitia-james-repeatedly-visit-white-house/

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  32. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    from Alan Dershowitz on Hannity:

    ‘Dershowitz called for New York State Attorney General Letitia James to be brought up before the bar.
    “Professor Dershowitz, I’ll start with you,” host Sean Hannity said. “You wrote a best-selling book ‘Get Trump.’ Where did you get the title for that book?”

    “I didn’t make it up,” Dershowitz replied. “I wish I were creative and original, but I got it from obviously Letitia James campaign. She ought to be brought up before the bar. You should not have an elected prosecutor campaigning on the promise to get a particular defendant. Now if she didn’t get him. She would lose the election. This is a variation of Stalin and Beria back in the 1930s when the head of the KGB says to Stalin, show me the man, I’ll find you the crime. This is — show me the man, we know who it is. She told us who it was, Donald Trump, and we’ll find you the fraud even though there was no harm.”’

    Of course, Dershowitz is now some kind of Orange Man Nazi instead of the Good Guy he was when writing a book about Bush v Gore.
    In retrospect, it was all preordained I think. Once you have a metastasized government, the American Left is bound to have control of the beast over time and it is bound to be misused. The American Right, as opposed to right-wing thinking in Europe, simply lacks the hivemind and ability to form coherent groups, being rather individual-minded and all. The yoeman farmer is dead and kapos can always be hired to make the survivors mind their Ps and Qs.

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  33. Scott O Avatar

    scenes 7:18 – As the title of this post says:
    They are very different than us.
    What principled folks see as a legal ‘bug’, the Dems see as a feature. They like the fact that she ran on a platform of “git ’em”. And she’s delivering.
    If the roles were reversed the Dems would be honestly horrified and would tell you with a straight face that it would be ‘different’. It’s much the same as when the Protestants and the Catholics went at it centuries ago and were happy to torture and burn people to death. When you’re on the side of God, the ends justify the means.
    Remember:
    If Trump is re-elected, you will never be able to vote in an election again!!

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  34. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “They like the fact that she ran on a platform of “git ’em”. ”
    School yard politics, maybe Trump’s noggin on a stake. “This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.”
    I was musing about the nature of mass politics and it’s tendency towards gigantism and misuse. Mass media followed by social media really allows you to expand the animal greatly and the physics of power makes it nearly impossible for the individual to ignore the mob.
    A generation (or two) of people getting their reality and interaction from screens, keyboards, touchscreens hasn’t helped a bit. I honestly think that there’s a kind of mental illness that accompanies that sort of tactile world, maybe an over-fascination with symbols combined with sensory deprivation. Dunno.
    Sadly, about the only way to fight a mob is with a mob. On a national level, Trump is the hand grenade of the moment, but it’s a lot to ask of one guy.

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  35. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: scenes | 18 February 2024 at 08:52 AM
    On a national level, Trump is the hand grenade of the moment, but it’s a lot to ask of one guy.

    Especially a guy with as many strings to pull as the Tangerine Tornado.

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  36. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Especially a guy with as many strings to pull as the Tangerine Tornado.
    Poorly crafted…”Especially a guy with as many strings to pull on as the Tangerine Tornado.”

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  37. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “If Trump is re-elected, you will never be able to vote in a rigged election again”
    Fixed it for you.

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  38. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Have you all watched this Carlson piece?
    You should:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRYSKaS-XtQ

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  39. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    “Sealionimg” is a trolling or harassment tactic used in social media discussions and blogs. It involves the attacker asking relentless and insincere questions or requests for evidence under the guise of civility and a desire for genuine debate. These requests are often tangential or previously addressed and the attacker maintains a pretense of civility and sincerity, while feigning ignorance of the subject matter. Sealioning is aimed at exhausting the patience and goodwill of the target, making them appear unreasonable.”

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  40. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Have you all watched this Carlson piece?”
    I watched parts. It was all over Twitter yesterday. It’s funny how many views a person can get on these new media sites, it makes traditional news outlets seem unimportant at this point.

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  41. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Sealioning”.
    By golly, thank you. I had never heard that one and I’m not ignorant on internet slang.
    “Internet trolls sometimes engage in what is called ‘sealioning’. They demand that you keep arguing with them for as long they want you to, even long after you realize that further discussion is pointless. If you announce that you want to stop, they accuse you of being closed-minded or opposed to reason. The practice is obnoxious. Reason should not be silenced, but it needs to take a vacation sometimes.”
    Origin:
    https://wondermark.com/c/1k62/
    Now if I could just think of an example of it.

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  42. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Barry Pruett | 18 February 2024 at 12:00 PM
    Doubleplusgood Barry!!
    It’s like they wrote that definition just for the stalwart man about town.

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  43. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    one of those things you run into.
    https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/poland-and-the-demon-in-democracy
    Poland and the Demon in Democracy
    Liberal authoritarianism’s tusks have been bared across the West
    ““Democracy has won” in Poland following the election of a new government in October – or at least so declared the country’s new prime minister, Donald Tusk. The former top European Union official’s party only won 30% of the vote compared to the 36% of his incumbent conservative, EU-skeptical rivals, the Law and Justice (PiS) party, but was nonetheless able to assemble a coalition of leftists to take power. Since entering office, Tusk has moved quickly to prove his particular commitment to “democracy.” Which is to say that, in a particularly striking example of what all of us can now increasingly anticipate whenever “democracy” wins elections in the West these days, he immediately began trampling the constitution in order to jail his political opponents.”

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  44. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Trump thinks he is the MAGA Navalny😂😂😂

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  45. fishanthrope Avatar
    fishanthrope

    Posted by: Individual Juan | 20 February 2024 at 06:59 AM
    emoji, emoji, emoji….
    If only they’d been available when you were an “award winning editor”.

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  46. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “emoji, emoji, emoji….”
    That’s a thing I’ve thought about some, nothing to do with Mr. Juan.
    It seems to be a symptom of older people, relatively new to the internet (ie. post-Usenet). I’ve got several elderly friends, who are good people mind you, but just love them their emojis. They seem to have keyboard shortcuts for the sad face, the laughing face, and the surprised face, and use them with gusto.
    It’s kind of a clumsy thing and a bit cringy but Eternal September is reality and there’s no rewinding the clock.

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  47. fishanthrope Avatar
    fishanthrope

    Posted by: scenes | 20 February 2024 at 09:40 AM
    I am sympathetic to that….to a degree. But given that our rotund internet Man of Letters just loves to go on about….moar Master Degree….moar Award Winning…..moar ROTFLOL….I find his repeated use of the neo-cuneiform just fucking tedious.
    And hey…..”Sandbox”.

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  48. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “moar Award Winning”
    One thing that’s a crying shame is that some local journalist, purely for the love of the thing, doesn’t put together a worthwhile locally-oriented news site. There’s plenty of free (or close enough) hosting gizmos after all. Maybe there is such a thing.
    What I’m getting at is that you could make quite a retirement hobby out of going to city council and supervisor meetings, keeping track of local sketchiness, re-post the police blotter, keep track of the non-profits. Hell, even do price comparisons of local retail, I dunno. It just requires a car, a $100 PC, and the ability to write. Triple bonus points for avoiding national politics like all the Emily Litellas that excrete their feelz for The Union ‘Other Voices’ sections, as they never bring anything clever or insightful.
    If you were lucky and piss off the right people, you’ll get a cell next to Matthew Coulter the next time he goes to La Pinta.

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  49. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    🤣, I mean (⁠⁠´⁠ω⁠`⁠⁠), I mean LoL!
    I figure that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then an emoji has got to be worth 25- 50 words.
    I think emojis are just shorthand, a simple way to, for instance, show how hilariously delusional Trump is to even think he’s even close to being anything like Navalny. Of course MAGANs will believe just about anything.

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  50. fishanthrope Avatar
    fishanthrope

    Of course MAGANs will believe just about anything.
    Much like progressives in that. I guess you just can’t help yourselves?
    Why did you finally put your blog out of its lonely misery?

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