"It seems like we both have North Korea on the mind."

We're warriors for freedom, by golly!

"Historians widely agree that the party adopted the term in the 1920s as a populist marketing tactic"

Translation: Just to fool the idiots.

"People who think Nazis were/are socialists are properly pointed and laughed at."

Wha?!?

Does that mean Saddam's Republican Guard weren't Republicans?

And The Democratic People's Republic of Korea isn't a Democracy?!?

What's next? Are you gonna tell me The Party of Responsibility never accepts Responsibility???

"Bernie and Dennis Kucinich"

Name two politicians Democrats have NEVER listened to.
~Carnac The Magnificent

"Bill is gone."

For the moment.

FFS, he's "left forever" more times than Goatman.

Laura

A few days ago, BillJohnson was reminded he once said to you the two of you wouldn't be meeting in the afterlife, because he was going to someplace different than you.

When confronted, he claimed he never said it. Or if he did, it must have been because you were attacking him ... As if that's any excuse at all.

But ... Maybe my recollection is wrong. Do you recall him saying it?

" The cost of the land is only a small percentage of the issue for building in CA. My home is 70% of the price, 30% is the land."

That depends on where you are. In SF, LA, SD, and SJ, it's not unusual for the land to be worth more than the building on it.

Especially important in rental properties, since land is not depreciable.

"New report finds that the economy performs better under Democratic presidential administrations"

No schitttt, Sherlock. We've witnessed it throughout our entire lifetimes: when Democrats hold the White House, the overall economy benefits. When Republicans hold the White House, certain individual sectors perform better, like oil, military, and banking.

" A date? Not even carrol has a date of the incident."

Heck, I can't tell you what exact year I had my heart attack.

Does that mean I never had it? Because that'll be news to my cardiologist.

That's LITERALLY your "logic".

Forty years in the tax business; I've never even HEARD of a provision like this. Exempting him and his entire family?!? GTFOH.

No doubt the slurpers will show up en masse to universally condemn this obvious grift.

Any time now.

" As a federal worker, I had to take hours long classes on cool stuff like not being able to buy my immediate boss a lunch that cost more than ten bucks. Heaven forbid I bribe him."

40 years ago, when I began doing taxes, the deductible gift limit was $25 per recipient family per year.

Today, that limit has grown to ... $25 per recipient family, per year.

Unless you're a Supreme Court justice of course, in which case there are no limits at all!!!

" E.Jean Carrol received outside funding for her civil lawsuit after testifying under oath that she didn't but then said she "forgot" that billionaire Reid Hoffman and American Future Republic funded a large portion."

And that makes Trump less guilty ... how?

"It's based on illegal entry into our country."

As adjudicated in a court of law, or as alleged by the ICE guy getting the bonus?

"Considering it was Dan who originally got this started, I wouldn't bank on it being true."

Stuff it, liar.

Ask Laura if you're unsure.

"For all my talk about religion and values, have I ever said or implied that I am better than anyone else?"

You're joking, right?

You literally told Laura you wouldn't be seeing her in the afterlife, because she was going to a different place than you.

Not only is that "implying" you're better, it's out-and-out blasphemy.

"but he admitted the problem of the Hormuz strait became understood as the war went on"

IOW, these putzes wouldn't pass a West Point freshman midterm.

"wages were up 3.6% for the year and inflation was up 3.8%."

If they're admitting 3.8%, it's probably double that amount.

Anyone here think 3.8% passes the smell test???

"I dunno. Is it?"

What's your answer, Bellringer? Is a $1.776 billion slush fund something you want to enable???

If so, how much should Hunter Biden get, since both of the main testifiers Gomer Comer brought against him said he was innocent?

"You sound retarded... Go look it up for yourself"

So ... were you lying?

Or are you, by your own barometer, retarded?

"They even changed the status of limitations to prosecute Trump"

No they didn't.

Every time Trump restated the lie, the clock began again.

It seems like you get your "news" from outlets who believe you can't handle the truth.

" I suddenly felt a brief quivering sensation in the front of my head that lasted about two seconds."

Sounds like you could be the new head of HHS!

"(I predict Danforth's amusement at the grammar Nazidom.)"

Nobody likes to have their participle dangling!

"You think a billionaire notices a missing dollar?"

Eff Yes.

That's how they got there...by watching the pennies.

"If you watch the pennies, the dollars watch themselves."

"I won't argue with you on that but dumping that amount of baseless money in a short time will still cause rampant inflation."

Then you won't argue inflation would've been worse under Trump, who wanted the third stimulus to be 42% higher.

"blame Biden for 9.3% inflation"

Which lasted all of one month, before Biden brought down inflation further and faster than any other G7 nation.

Trump will see no such amelioration.

"Lutnick said economic growth in the first quarter would be 5%. It was actually 1.6%"

But, but, but...when you use Vernon's Calculator, along with Republican Math, it comes out to 6.1% growth!