Conservative Politics & Daily Events Discussion

    Quote from Bill Martin

    Michael Bloomberg

    Agreed salon.com is a worthless rag that nobody we know prolly reads. David Masciotra calls himself author and “cultural critic”. As you can see above he wrote a book about Obama. I’m sure it sold at least twice as many books as he did get positive reviews above. This was posted in my SmartNews app which draws from liberal & conservative sources. We know it is BS but riddle me this?How many of your students would read that and believe it to be fact? How many dumb voters read things like that and are influenced. Journalistic integrity has died a brutally gory death IMO and was the point I was trying to illustrate.

    tell me how they brainwashed so many democrats....do democrats watch and listen to different tv and radio? Why weren’t republicans affected by that BS? Seriously....think about it....what was the Trigger....

    Quote from WOLF

    Could you find where I said I was voting for Biden?

    You haven’t but you certainly don’t project you are in Trump’s corner. Biden is your only other choice unless Kanye has won you over 😂😂. Are you unwilling to enter a full disclosure statement??

    I might not be right but I can sure sound like it

    Quote from Bill Martin

    Very good points all !! At this point it comes down to who you think is going to do LESS damage going forward. Trump has had 4 years now and is the dog we know and know what your gonna get. Biden has been dragged so far left and it’s obvious he doesn’t have the mental acuity to fight off AOC - Bernie - Warren or even worse Harris who could become President. Biden is the dog with fleas that we really have no idea what he will do (he doesn’t either) !! Sad that out of all the brilliant people in the US many are left voting and holding their nose for these 2 candidates!

    Biden has already had WHAT 47 years and done nothing. Also the Dems have done nothing for us but try to get rid of TRUMP since 2016. That just shows you what the Dems. are all about.

    Quote from Bill Martin

    and Republicans want to kill you with no healthcare, clean water, clean air and win an election with only white, rich, Republican votes. How many younger voters read past the headline? What if I wrote an article that headlined “BIDEN WANTS TO RELEASE VIOLENT OFFENDERS TO PREY ON THE SUBURBS” then buried it in the article some ridiculous disclaimer as this writer did? Would that be OK or have had too much Kool-Aid today??

    if that were the plan...to over run the suburbs because they have small police forces ...would the cops accept help from we the people ...with guns?

    Quote from Frankie55

    It takes real talent to pack that much hate in such a limited article. This guy teaches political science! I'll bet he's impartial and objective!


    Masciotra lives in Indiana, and teaches literature and political science courses at the University of St. Francis and Indiana University Northwest. He is available for speaking dates and can be reached at DavidMasciotraWriter@gmail.com

    he’s not a minority of the teaching staff....99.9% are liberal snowflakes brainwashing your kids....with their socialist crap..

    Quote from Bill Martin

    You haven’t but you certainly don’t project you are in Trump’s corner. Biden is your only other choice unless Kanye has won you over 😂😂. Are you unwilling to enter a full disclosure statement??

    Yeah, you sound like my (D)wife from yesterday. "How can you not know who you are voting for yet!!! Seriously!!!"

    Quote from FunCycle

    Biden has already had WHAT 47 years and done nothing. Also the Dems have done nothing for us but try to get rid of TRUMP since 2016. That just shows you what the Dems. are all about.

    Biden surely did stuff, for and against you, depending on your political position. Most of those years it was just a "yes" or "no" vote, but those matter. Look at the upcoming SCOTUS votes, those "yes, no" votes will matter.


    As to your, "the Dems have done nothing for us but try to get rid of TRUMP since 2016. That just shows you what the Dems. are all about". The Republicans in Washington led by McConnel openly said their plan was to "vote no on everything and make Obama a do nothing, one term President". Sadly, not much difference. The only difference is I dislike all of it, while self proclaimed (R)s and (D)s only dislike one side of it.

    talking about the media....I’m willing to bet you have yet to research ...operation mockingbird.....to find out what the media at the direction of the deep state is really doing....the media is bought and paid for by a hand full of super rich individuals....


    https://www.webfx.com/blog/int…st-all-media-infographic/


    https://www.forbes.com/sites/k…a-companies/#35c7c89e660a




    rumors are these “operatives“ (Reporters) on the media are being paid to spew propaganda which is illegal...


    https://bb4sp.com/msm-reporter…russian-collusion-claims/


    Anderson Cooper is CIA agent....

    Quote from Bill Martin

    BLAH BLAH BLAH !!! Carlson, Hannity, Ingram are all opinion shows and admit it. Bret Baier & Harris Faulkner are news anchors. Explain Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and Anderson Cooper - none of which claim to be opinion shows but are “hard.nosed reporters”. And SO WHAT if Trump didn’t pay any taxes!’ If he stayed within the law and paid zero taxes more power to him - if you don’t like it change the laws. Do you send in any extra with your tax payment?? If not how unAmerican!! As far as the Trump charity - How bout checking out the facts of the case - NOT Don Lemon or the Times.


    https://www.factcheck.org/2019…facts-on-trump-charities/


    You and I debate Trump all the time. Isn’t it time you explained you position being a Never Trumper and why you are going to vote for Joe Biden. Surely after 47 years you can dazzle us with all his accomplishments!! I’m on pins and needles awaiting your response to that :00008172::00008172:

    the real question should be....how did congress pass the loophole tax regulations to protect the big corporations....show me one American that feels they don’t pay enough income tax....Everyone only pays right up to the required number...Not one penny more...

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    the real question should be....how did congress pass the loophole tax regulations to protect the big corporations....show me one American that feels they don’t pay enough income tax....Everyone only pays right up to the required number...Not one penny more...

    that’s an easy question - Americans are mainly


    except for Presidential elections. Most don’t pay any attention otherwise!!

    I might not be right but I can sure sound like it

    Read this Democratic statement....^^^^^

    And ask will the Medicare for all kill all the existing healthcare plans? 180 million people will lose the coverage they have now....isn’t Obamacare included in that or are they going to roll Medicare for all into Obamacare for all....

    Quote from Bill Martin

    that’s an easy question - Americans are mainly


    except for Presidential elections. Most don’t pay any attention otherwise!!

    individuals (Employees) And businesses/corporations are different in tax rules as far as deductions go. The idea being company’s use the Expense deductions to operate and expand Their company. An individual can only deduct after they meet a certain dollar amount. making sure we pay the burden... because companies employ us..


    we should “all“ pay a straight percentage ....period. No loopholes no deductions..

    Actually I can tell you something Joe Biden did


    Biden was the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for both the confirmation of Robert Bork and Justice Clarence Thomas


    Biden himself is the primary person responsible for bringing the concept of personal destruction that has become known as "borking" into the judicial confirmation process.


    The responsibility for this process that we all saw so well with Justice Kavanaugh, the concept of trying to destroy a persons life, when they are nominated by the other political party - lies directly at Joe Biden's feet


    frankly for this and this alone I think Joe Biden is total scum unfit for public office - - - He smiles and acts like good old uncle Joe and at the same time he promotes the personal destruction of those he is against


    the division & the hate that we now see in our political system - - yep this is Joe's biggest accomplishment in his 40 plus years in office

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    We were discussing this last night and it occurred to me that the report might well be "factually" true, but still a gross misrepresentation of the truth. Knowing the media penchant for taking a morsel of truth and spinning it with a grand headline my betting money is they are reporting the number in the "amount you owe" block on the federal tax form vs the amount of federal tax withheld or paid in quarterly payments throughout the year. I looked at my most recent tax years and that "amount you owe" block is zero for me too and I don't have a team of tax lawyers to help me find ways within the tax code to pull off that miracle. Now there is a number in the "federal income tax withheld" block (that is a lot bigger than I wish it was). I paid the Govt what the IRS says is my legally obligated amount, but if you looked at my tax return you could say "I paid no taxes" because the "amount you owe" line has a zero in it. This is the same for every taxpayer in the US that gets a refund because they had more withheld or overpaid their quarterly payments than the tax code said they owed. The fact that they make the big headline claim without presenting any evidence or disclosing their source indicates to me that 1) they are lying or 2) they are factually correct, but misrepresenting the truth. As y'all say politics suck and this reminds me of those old stories about candidates saying "my opponent is a homo sapien" or some other "factually true" claim just to make a headline. I always knew that we couldn't trust the politicians and their associated pundits, but now we can't even trust the "news" media that is supposed to represent the truth for the American population to make informed decisions.

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    Quote from Will Stewart

    We were discussing this last night and it occurred to me that the report might well be "factually" true, but still a gross misrepresentation of the truth. Knowing the media penchant for taking a morsel of truth and spinning it with a grand headline my betting money is they are reporting the number in the "amount you owe" block on the federal tax form vs the amount of federal tax withheld or paid in quarterly payments throughout the year. I looked at my most recent tax years and that "amount you owe" block is zero for me too and I don't have a team of tax lawyers to help me find ways within the tax code to pull off that miracle. Now there is a number in the "federal income tax withheld" block (that is a lot bigger than I wish it was). I paid the Govt what the IRS says is my legally obligated amount, but if you looked at my tax return you could say "I paid no taxes" because the "amount you owe" line has a zero in it. This is the same for every taxpayer in the US that gets a refund because they had more withheld or overpaid their quarterly payments than the tax code said they owed. The fact that they make the big headline claim without presenting any evidence or disclosing their source indicates to me that 1) they are lying or 2) they are factually correct, but misrepresenting the truth. As y'all say politics suck and this reminds me of those old stories about candidates saying "my opponent is a homo sapien" or some other "factually true" claim just to make a headline. I always knew that we couldn't trust the politicians and their associated pundits, but now we can't even trust the "news" media that is supposed to represent the truth for the American population to make informed decisions.

    I'm sure they are referencing how much he actually paid after refunds. They sited one year he got a $10 Million refund. That is probably where the zero comes from. Presumably he paid $10M and got a refund of $10M.


    Now Trump has gone from "Fake News" to "They illegally obtained my tax returns and reported it with malicious intent". It is starting to sound less "fake", though there is still no hard evidence for the public, except Trumps reversal in defenses.

    Trump’s primary business is real estate. I’m sure he pays millions of dollars in state, city taxes. Currently you are allowed to write off all those taxes, which reduces his federal tax debt. When I was going to school if you paid $10 million in taxes and don’t get anything back you still paid $10 million in taxes - does it make a difference what entity you paid it to ??

    I might not be right but I can sure sound like it

    Quote from WOLF

    I'm sure they are referencing how much he actually paid after refunds. They sited one year he got a $10 Million refund. That is probably where the zero comes from. Presumably he paid $10M and got a refund of $10M.


    Now Trump has gone from "Fake News" to "They illegally obtained my tax returns and reported it with malicious intent". It is starting to sound less "fake", though there is still no hard evidence for the public, except Trumps reversal in defenses.

    If he paid $10M and got all of it back as a refund that would indicate that he had zero tax liability for the year. Assuming that he did not do something illegal then the only body liable for someone to have no tax liability is the members of congress that write the laws.

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