From the Star Ledger:
N.J. real estate investor admits role in $54.7M mortgage fraud scheme
A New Jersey real estate investor admitted Monday that he was involved in a massive, far-reaching $54.7 million mortgage fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said.
Aron Puretz, 53, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey.
Between 2016 and 2022, Puretz and others not identified by officials, tricked lenders into issuing multifamily and commercial mortgage loans by providing them with phony documents. The faked papers included purchase contracts with inflated purchase prices, fake financial statements, and other fraudulent documents, the office said.
Puretz was an employee of Apex Equity Group, a Newark-based real estate investment and advisory firm, as well as being one of the owners of Maple Lawn in Eureka, Illinois, and Big Country Chateau in Little Rock, Arkansas, both multifamily properties, and Troy Technology Park in Troy, Michigan, a commercial property, authorities said.
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In February 2017, Maple Lawn was acquired for $4.1 million, but Puretz and his conspirators from Apex Equity Group utilized the identity of a unidentified conspirator to present a lender and Freddie Mac with a purchase and sale contract for $5.8 million and other fake documents, officials said.
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Part of the conspiracy was to create a nonprofit entity, JPC Charities, for the purpose of receiving tax-exempt status for the properties owned by Puretz and co-conspirators, the office said. Puretz and his conspirators provided false statements to the city of Eureka, Illinois, to receive a property tax exception.
In July 2019, Purtez and others acquired Big Country Chateau, however Puretz knew the lender and Freddie Mac would not approve him as an owner, and used the identity of an unnamed associate instead of his own, federal prosecutors said. Puretz hid his ownership and involvement with the property management company from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other federal and state agencies.
The next year, in September, Troy Technology Park was acquired for $42.7 million and Puretz and his co-conspirators presented the lender with a fraudulent purchase and sale contract for $70 million, authorities said.
To support the inflated purchase price, they submitted to the lender and appraiser a fraudulent letter of intent to purchase the property from another party for $68 million and other fraudulent documents, officials said. To conceal the fraudulent nature of the transaction, Puretz and his conspirators arranged for a short-term $30 million loan, which was used to make it appear that they had the funds needed to close on the loan.
First
Commit tens of millions in fraud, at most get sent to club fed for 5 years. Pass a fake $20 and get suffocated by the cops.
As the coronavirus pandemic raged in July 2020, the Trump administration approved a $700 million loan to a Nashville-based trucking company called Yellow.
When Congress passed the $1.9 trillion CARES Act in March 2020, which included money for businesses “critical to maintaining national security,” Yellow saw an opportunity and stuck out its hand.
Career Pentagon staff opposed the loan, in part due to a pending Justice Department lawsuit against Yellow alleging the company overcharged the U.S. government and then lied about it, but were overruled by then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper, following a private phone conversation with Mnuchin.
I hope she gets prison time for this. She can admire the view of the walls and barbed wire.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13545601/Maine-vacation-home-Gorman-Bond-camden-trees-poison.html
Missouri is as Missouri does…
How does that saying go?
Don’t fall in the love with the view unless you own it.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/home-prices-begin-to-come-down-in-pandemic-boomtowns-like-austin-tampa-090042087.html
Real estate prices surged nationwide when the pandemic hit. Bidding wars, all-cash offers, and contingency removals became commonplace.
Now, the tide has turned in some markets.
Home prices in some large US cities declined in April, according to mortgage data company ICE Mortgage (ICE). San Antonio and Austin in Texas, and Tampa, Florida — among the most popular cities during the pandemic — saw the biggest monthly price declines.
The shift comes as these markets recalibrate: Homesellers and house builders are adding more listings, just as fewer Americans are relocating there.
“The key differentiator we’re seeing in terms of growing inventory levels in Florida and Texas is a rise in sellers’ willingness to list their homes for sale,” said Andy Walden, vice president of enterprise research strategy at ICE Mortgage. Nine major US markets have seen new listings exceed pre-pandemic averages, he said, and eight of those are in Texas or Florida.
Monthly home prices declined the most in San Antonio at 0.3% in April, followed by 0.25% in Austin, and 0.16% in Tampa, according to ICE Mortgage.
Now, the tide has turned in some markets.
Not here. Keep bidding, we’ll let you know if you’re in the running.
Fast: It may hit here at some point. Just saying.
ex-Patriots coach was sneaking out of the Massachusetts home of his 24-year-old former cheerleader girlfriend, Jordon Hudson at the time.
Brady, who joked about his beloved coach doing the walk of shame on his Netflix roast, seemingly had no clue the home belonged to Belichick’s new girlfriend, who is 48 years his junior.
“Schumer standing over a grill with a piece of cheese on a raw burger patty.”
Yet the photo of a bible admiring Trump, standing in front of a church that wouldn’t allow him to pray with their congregation, is perfectly acceptable. Cause MAGA can’t do no wrong.
As for caring about open borders. Even though I am no longer a practicing Jew, after I read of both ships from Europe containing Jews being returned to their death (241 eventually murdered in camps) in Europe and of the spectacularly racist behavior of men during the Evian conference also during World War II, I’ve always supported open borders. We have the resources to support it. What we don’t have any longer are utra-wealthy citizens that believe in giving back to those who have helped them get to where they are, supported by a government filled with politicians who perform tricks on and for these ultra wealthy for pennies to the dollar.
In other “shocking” NJ political news, the NJEA endorses NJEA president and former Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller for Governor.
https://www.insidernj.com/njea-endorses-spiller-for-governor/
Spiller recently invoked the fifth amendment over 400 times in a recent deposition since he and several other council members are under criminal investigation for illegally taking health insurance or opt out payments from the township that they were not eligible for.
https://montclairlocal.news/2024/01/spiller-plead-the-fifth-township-seeks-to-keep-transcript-confidential/
3B,
Went out to breakfast to celebrate Juneteenth before starting work today. I couldn’t help but notice the influx of inventory on our three-minute drive to Bonjour Montclair. Gatir said it’s peak time due to the end of the school year as people like to be able to move in before the next school year starts. But I think the panic of missing the peak is starting. Again, it’s a slow ship to turn around. But the moment people say it’s different this time, is typical the start of the return to normal.
Gator,
Seems like Spiller is well prepared to run NJ.
Spiller…now that’s funny. That’s one hell of a run from wayne valley science teacher to corrupt nj politician. “Breaking Bad” type story line. What a transformation…
“3) There is no shortage in Florida, Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, Colorado, and Utah.
In fact – homes for sale in these states is now above the long-term, seven-year average.
Meaning greater risk of price declines.”
“5) Meanwhile – there is an actual shortage in other parts of America.
Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, and Rhode Island are states where inventory is still 40% below the long-term norm.
Most definitely accurate to call a “shortage” in these areas.”
But the moment people say it’s different this time, is typical the start of the return to normal.
It’s different this time. People are priced out close to forever. To close on a house now is a luxury, not a necessity.
3b,
The million dollar cape in Fair Lawn is almost here!
“The million dollar cape in Fair Lawn is almost here!”
Man are they gonna get crushed when they revert back to 700K.
Which is of course entirely possible.
I remember the first time a friend of ours bought a $1m home. It is in Summit. Not sure of the value today, but 20 years ago it was the first million dollar property that any friend of ours had purchased. We went over there for the first time and said. “well this is what a million dollar house looks like”.
I think in many ways they were paying for the address.
Don’t need no houses, no one having any kids, probably even more so in the NYC metro area.
Don’t need no houses, no one having any kids, probably even more so in the NYC metro area.
Too many neutered, metrosexual, asexual males. We need to step up and do our duty. Belichick is doing it so we need to follow his lead.
Another Republicant celebrating paedophilia
Pastor Robert Morris, a Texas megachurch pastor who served as a spiritual adviser to former President Donald Trump, has confessed to a “moral failure” four decades ago after a woman accused him of repeatedly molesting her as a child.
The woman, Cindy Clemishire, told NBC News that Morris, now a senior pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, was staying with her family on Christmas night in 1982. She was 12; he was 21. Clemishire, now 54, said he invited her to his room, where he instructed her to lie on her back. He then touched her breasts and felt under her panties, Clemishire said — the first of several similar encounters that would span the next 4½ years, she said.
“Never tell anyone about this,” Clemishire recalled him saying. “It will ruin everything.”
When Eddie Ray came up with his Nompound idea, I laughed at him. This guy sums up one of the main reasons.
Dale Stark @DaleStarkA10
I just laugh when I read about billionaires building massive off-grid SHTF compounds. You know that former SEAL you hired as head of security? He has a compound – you have nothing.
So where are they moving to?
Florida Housing Market ‘Getting Crazy’ as Inventory Triples
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/florida-housing-market-getting-crazy-as-inventory-triples/ar-BB1ot8V2
In the early nineties, I couldn’t get out of Florida fast enough.
Overheated, ultra-humid cesspool of service industry jobs and back office
boiler rooms.
Full of old goat cheapskates that wouldn’t put one thin dime maintaining their condominium complexes until they collapsed, then cry and whine wanting the government to help them.
Oh, and then wanting to sell them for a huge profit and pocketing every nickel.
LAX says:
June 19, 2024 at 2:01 pm
In the early nineties, I couldn’t get out of Florida fast enough.
Overheated, ultra-humid cesspool of service industry jobs and back office
boiler rooms.
New neighbors landscaping crew just showed up. 3 young white guys wearing cowboy boots. Never seen landscape crew wearing cowboy boots, and can’t remember the last time I saw an all white landscape crew.
3:15 My high school buddy in W KY is white as they come, he’s made a damn good living doing landscaping. Just retired. Lives really well.
But then you’re in Texas.
As of August 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that Hispanics make up 40.2% of Texas’ population, while non-Hispanic whites make up 39.8%. This demographic milestone likely occurred around 2022, when Hispanics became the state’s largest population group for the first time.
Latina women are more family oriented and less materialistic than your typical white woman. They like their children as opposed to white women that see them as a chore and interfering with their desire for life of leisure.
LAX says:
June 19, 2024 at 3:37 pm
As of August 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that Hispanics make up 40.2% of Texas’ population, while non-Hispanic whites make up 39.8%. This demographic milestone likely occurred around 2022, when Hispanics became the state’s largest population group for the first time.
Phoenix: They are also quite socially conservative, even the educated ones. I see it in my extended family who have Hispanic wives. They also don’t like the term Latinx. Additionally, they are very prod and productive of their specific country/ culture of origin, far more than any larger Hispanic identity.
The Hispanic community work their asses off. From restaurant kitchens, landscaping, construction, you name it, they do it. And as a Catholic School teacher, my spouse’s students are 50% Hispanic and the parents are very much involved. Most are from Central and South America and yes, family and discipline is big. I’ve known this for years, especially growing up in Jersey City. The Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, however, were a “bit” more street savvy, for lack of a better term. ;)
Latinas are awesome, but ying/yang. A lot of them have a fiery temper and live for passionate relationships…aka cheating is prevalent as it’s difficult to maintain that exciting fire of an early relationship. Talking about the hot wild ones. Some of the 5s to 7s make the best wives as they are hard working and loyal. But the high end are some of the most dangerous women on the planet…look at the damage j lo did to these guys over the years.
4:59 you seem to be a little weird when it comes to women,
So please understand if I might regard your statements about
Women to be absolute rubbish.
Latina women – Probably the most beautiful women on the planet and yeah, they love hard and leave even harder. Passion is engrained within their souls but when they move on, you’ll be standing there staring at your heart on the floor. Either accept it or find a chubby, white girl who loves a few beers and a few laughs.
…look at the damage j lo did to these guys over the years.
Not half as bad as that freak Angelina Jolie did to Brad Pitt.
Plus J Lo still has the goods. The other one looks like the Joker.
Eddie, Haha.
Probably right.
Princess blond white woman reporter cries victimhood when after a game gets some water on her from the game ending water cooler dump that everyone, everyone in that industry has been exposed to.
As Bill Burr would say, swung those Gucci booted feet….
Hehe.
Flo-Rida
This should end well. Party on!
A new state law will permit surgeons to perform cesarean deliveries in “advanced birth centers,” despite the risk of complications.
Florida’s law, the first of its kind in the nation, comes as the United States grapples with a maternal mortality rate that far exceeds those of comparable high-income countries.
The trend is a national one: More than 200 hospitals across the country have closed labor and delivery units since 2011, often because they are unprofitable and harder to staff than other hospital services.
Equality Bitchez
Congress Debates Expanded Draft Amid Military Recruitment Challenges
Republicans and Democrats are weighing proposals to expand military conscription to women and make registration automatic.
💯….they are like a risky investment lol
Fast Eddie says:
June 19, 2024 at 6:27 pm
Latina women – Probably the most beautiful women on the planet and yeah, they love hard and leave even harder. Passion is engrained within their souls but when they move on, you’ll be standing there staring at your heart on the floor. Either accept it or find a chubby, white girl who loves a few beers and a few laughs.
3:23
When’s the last time you saw an all white landscaping crew when you were living in Jersey or now in clownifornia?
“Troy’s Landscaping”, used them a lot in Northern NJ.
Calif? No
Hospital admins are the worst. My father had a streak where he only lost 2 premature babies in the neonatal unit over a 10 year period. When they replaced him with a lower cost doctor to run the unit, they lost 15 the next year. All the nurses gradually quit fearing lawsuits and they were replaced with 2nd tier as well. The admin responsible for this likely caused the unnecessary deaths of a hundred kids if that trend stayed intact.
Speaking of Hospitals my FIL who is 75 just had a spot removed from his lung. They wanted to send him home the SAME DAY.
He did have minimally invasive surgery, small incisions in the chest and doctor inserted one of those cameras in a tube with surgical instruments. They were able to get the spot it was cancer but it did not spread no chemo required.
My MIL Insisted they keep him overnight, he will however be discharged today.
The admin responsible for this likely caused the unnecessary deaths of a hundred kids if that trend stayed intact.
In the progressive liberal realm, this admin would be hailed for supporting women’s reproductive rights. Also known as the ‘#MBMC’ movement.
So which stock goes bankrupt first?
DNA at 41 cents or DJT at $27?
I’m rooting for a tie.
In further news, O’Biden gains a razor’s edge bump up in the polls. This election is a no lose proposition; a return to strength if Trump is elected and non-stop turmoil and entertainment if O’Biden is reelected. What do the muppets want? We’ll see.
And, speaking of seeing, it appears that Hezbollah and Israel are about to go full blown war as well. Hezbollah is much more powerful than Hamas so this should just add to the global angst. But, it doesn’t concern us Americans because we’re too busy trying to save democracy here at home. That’s what MSNBC told me.
I don’t know Gary. It’s not like he didn’t say it. But again. MAGA can do no wrong.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/11/donald-trump-dictator-comment-ny-event-holmes-cnc-holmes-vpx.cnn
Eddie
Hezbollah = Iran Proxy
Israel = US Proxy
This means we are going to war with Iran. Why do you think Bibi was publicly complaining about Joe Biden this week? They don’t just need 2,000 lbs. They need refueling tankers and F-15 strike eagles. Those tankers and planes only have one purpose long range bombing.
Eddie,
I think it’s non-stop turmoil in store whether Trump or Biden is elected.
Trump wasn’t even able to lead Republicans when they controlled congress. He was slow to hire and quick to fire people in his cabinet. He’s always talking about “strength” but he mostly bullied allies while flirting with enemies.
If elected he will get nothing done, with nonstop prima-donna drama and chaos. It’s simply who he is and he will never change.
Biden is a poopy pants, a front man for whoever actually has power in the Democratic party. Whoever that cabal is, of course I don’t care for their policies or values. And Kamala Harris is one of the last people I’d want to see president, because she might actually try to bring in her own people for policy.
I blame the new populist Republican party for failing to want a better option in this election. Ayn Rand identified why “conservatives” would fail to counter “liberals” over 50 years ago:
https://courses.aynrand.org/works/conservatism-an-obituary/
Lib,
I watched that video. In keeping with the liberal dramatics, that’s like saying somebody nicked themselves shaving and CNN reported that the person almost bled to death.
The shore was absolutely packed yesterday. I guess Juneteenth is going to be treated as an actual holiday as far as that’s concerned.
re: Juneteenth is going to be treated as an actual holiday……
I drove past exit 109 last night around 7 PM taking my son the local carnival. There was miles and miles of traffic headed north. I heard the beaches were packed from some neighbors who were down at the beach yesterday.
Juice,
could be those specialist bed’s are in high demand. It was difficult as hell to get my FIL into Upenn cardiac unit as they kept filling up. Eventually, the cardiac unit told us to just drop him off at the ER there and complain of chest pain to circumvent the beauracratic policies to get in.
BRT,
The weather probably had something to do with it.
NoOne,
Good analysis.
Gary,
When are you going to stop making excuses for the words the man says? I thought Biden was the incoherent one. When Trump speaks, you never know what kind of stupid shit will come out of his mouth. Hardly presidential material. I wonder who the absentee first lady will plagierize from this time at the inauguration?
I wonder who the absentee first lady will plagierize from this time at the inauguration?
Ask Joe, he’s familiar with plagiarizing. It’s a moot point though, O’Biden will get more votes than the last time to
stealsecure his reelection.10:58 good, i’d like to see the whole rotten Trump family crawl back under the rock they came from.
I hope the Republicans come to their senses and stop making believe the government should be run like a PTA meeting.
Trump. It’s laughable.
Brown vs Board of Ed was around 1960.
Blacks don’t really have much legal rights and certainly didn’t have any before the 1960’s rights movement.
They built America’s south and deserve reparations.
BRT says:
June 20, 2024 at 10:32 am
The shore was absolutely packed yesterday. I guess Juneteenth is going to be treated as an actual holiday as far as that’s concerned.
Ever wonder why “build back better” doesn’t actually build much?
WashingtonTimes: Residents in rural America are eager to access high-speed internet under a $42.5 billion federal modernization program, but not a single home or business has been connected to new broadband networks nearly three years after President Biden signed the funding into law, and no project will break ground until sometime next year.
A big part of the problem is the piling on to any government program a host of progressive wish-list items including:
• Preference for hiring union workers, who are scarce in some rural areas.
• Requiring providers to prioritize “certain segments of the workforce, such as individuals with past criminal records,” when building broadband networks.
• Requiring eligible entities to “account not only for current [climate-related] risks but also for how the frequency, severity, and nature of these extreme events may plausibly evolve as our climate continues to change over the coming decades.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/18/bidens-425-billion-rural-high-speed-internet-plan-/
Meanwhile if the CCP wants to build a dam, nuclear plant, bridge, they basically send the police to clear out whole towns and either put them into new apartments elsewhere or put them in jail.
Neither their approach nor the US approach is right, but at least they actually get something built, while the US approach creates not much more than the consumption resulting from highly paid bureaucrats and consultants and a few crony businesses that actually bribe their way through the red tape.
I’ve heard that one of the problems for getting the domestic semiconductor plants constructed is that to get the tax breaks it all has to be built by what are essentially Democratic party donors: unionized, “underrepresented” contractors, all the “green” bureaucracy and red tape, etc.
Government spending. Where economies of scale work against you. The larger the scale, the more likely it will get bogged down in bureaucratic bullshit. I compare Glen Ridge municipal government to Montclairs constantly. We do so much more with so much less here.
Beaches were packed yesterday because for many of the high schools it was the first full day of summer vacation, while some of the elementary schools students had the day off. Today is the last day for our elementary students.
Had to pickup the daughter and friends at Manasquan Beach at 3:00, it was a zoo. The light at main st was backed up from 71 to nearly the beach. Luckily I know may way around.
I’ve been dreading her getting her license, starting to rethink that it may be better than dealing with traffic all summer.
Pretty packed today as well.
https://njbeachcams.com/beach-webcams-in-new-jersey/
Glen Ridge has been out since Monday or Tuesday. Most of my friends were at the beach. My company does not believe in the brothah man apparently.
TBH, I didn’t really see any kids at the beach.
No One says:
June 20, 2024 at 10:26 am
“I blame the new populist Republican party for failing to want a better option…”
The problem isn’t the R party. The problem is the radicalization of the D party under Oblama. And now that they’ve decided upon score-settling as their core policy, it won’t matter who the R’s nominate, they’ll all be subject to being spied upon by the partisan FBI, impeached at the drop of a pin (if they actually win), and tangled up in Dem-run kangaroo courts. Welcome to the United States of Bolivia!
my lawn my lawn… Watered it every day and i’st still going brown…. :(
I thought Trump’s core policy is also “score-settling”.
Republicans also have a purity test now:
Must declare Trump won the 2020 election
Must be against legal abortion and pro-religion.
Must be pro-wall with Mexico and against immigrants.
Not sure but I think I’m also supposed to be against funding Ukraine?
I think that the democrats at core are the party of collectivism-altruism, and the party of envy. But as I suggested, in regards to Trump, and in the philosophy I shared in my link, rather than offering a real alternative, the Trumppublicans are offering big government just with a different set of targeted beneficiaries of the redistribution.
Donald Sutherland, 88 has passed away.
They’re dropping like flies.
It’s the heat.
I welcome the lawn going dormant. A few years back, I had zero mows from July to Sep.
Fast: You will be happy to know that Sky Drive Estates luxury condos have been competed in Paramus NJ. They are located on Forest Ave and Midland just over the River Edge border. Beautiful 2 bed/ baths with attention to detail: the craftsmanship abounds in every detail. They are offered to you at 1.2 million dollars. There are no amenities such as pool/ gym, club house but, they are located in prestigious Paramus in even more prestigious Bergen County. They are conveniently located ( on a super busy street and intersection) close to Paramus Park and Stew Leonard’s as well as 17. The outside of these divine condos are done in that new classic black and white motif. Make your appointment today, and be the envy of your friends and family.
Landscaper is in charge. Way too hot for me to be out
BRT says:
June 20, 2024 at 5:24 pm
I welcome the lawn going dormant. A few years back, I had zero mows from July to Sep.
Death is sometimes called the “Great Equalizer” because it’s an inescapable force that applies to everyone, regardless of who they are. Some say that death is the equalizer because it’s inevitable, doesn’t matter who you are, and comes to everyone. Others say that death is a boundary that helps measure the value of life, and that people should not worry about it because others have died before them without living as long.
Small,
“The problem isn’t the R party. The problem is the radicalization of the D party under Oblama.”
Small, what has the Dems got to do with the R’s bending the knee to Trump?
The R’s have a Trump problem. That’s it, that’s the issue. That is what you have accept. They nominated him in 2016 and they are doubling down this year.
3b,
$1.2 million for that nauseating black and white look. Every friggin’ house and condo is black and white. Wtf, did everyone go color blind? And $1.2 million on Forest Avenue? Get bent. What next? A Starbucks barista giving out stock tips? Why don’t we just pave the whole fucking state! Let’s take those horse farms out in Hunterdon and build 100,000 condo pods.
No One says:
June 20, 2024 at 3:16 pm
I thought Trump’s core policy is also “score-settling”.
Trump was president for 4 years and he didn’t do any score-settling — not with Hillary, who’s campaign paid for the phony Russian dossier, not with the FBI hacks that lied to FISA judges in order to spy on members of his campaign staff, and not with any of the dozens of other swamp creatures that truly deserve jail time. It’s one things to disagree with Rep policy proposals, but it’s really disappointing to see intelligent observers parrot Dem talking points intended to scare low-info voters into voting against T on the assumption that he’ll engage in score-settling — or essentially the same exact things that the Dems are doing right now.
Very Stable Genius says:
June 20, 2024 at 5:32 pm
“Landscaper is in charge. Way too hot for me to be out”
Nothing to do with being too hot. Assuming you’re like most effete Dem men, I’d be surprised if you can even lift a shovel, let alone actually dig a hole and plant a tree.
In any case, yard work (especially in summer) is a tremendous calorie burn. Can’t say I enjoy it all the time — or that I can do as much as I used to — but listening to good music helps to make the work more palatable, and always nice when the neighbors notice the finished product.
“he didn’t do any score-settling ”
Alex Vindman would disagree
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/08/804163430/nyt-opinion-writer-on-vindictive-trump-firings
“Lib, I watched that video. In keeping with the liberal dramatics…”
Don’t even try Gary…Lib literally posts an already highly edited audio that specifically does NOT prove his point….it’s laughable, the depths of TDS among his crowd. They hear what they want to hear. The man literally said he wanted to be a ‘dictator for a day’ to be able to build his wall and drill.
That’s the headline, that he knows and experienced that with a split Congress he has no chance of getting his key policy points through…but hey, Lib is a soulmate now with the frightened CNN dykes thinking they are going to be put in concentration camps…and who was the idiot on here a couple months ago when I asked for specifics on how a DJT dictatorship unfolds answered (seriously) that newly formed militias would round up blue state urban citizens or shoot them…FFS, these people are mental cases. Like jury of twelve peers, lock you up in a rubber room mental. Lol.
Fabius Maximus says:
June 20, 2024 at 7:48 pm
“Alex Vindman would disagree”
Anyone that’s ever worked with talented people would immediately see that Vindman is a worthless, no-talent, hack who deserved to have been fired long ago. He’s precisely the type of useless jerk that gravitates to DC, and he and duds like him are the reason that the US military is losing the Battle of the Red Sea to the Houthis.
And, SGC, yet another example of the referenced piece not supporting one of our resident radical Leftist’s preconceived notions…the point of this article, headline notwithstanding, appears to be that the entrenched and large bureaucracy of the government can and has veered off course with the policies of the Presidential election winner and Commander-in-Chief
Fab – Vindman stepped way way over the line. Vindman and his brother were transferred back to the Army from the NSC. The only reason the NSC exists is to advise the President. He claims he should have remained at his NSC post? Bullying, intimidation, and retaliation were the reasons he claims. Nothing to do with violating Op Sec? Going Public? Hahahhahaha!…..
“I blame the new populist Republican party for failing to want a better option in this election.”
“Small, what has the Dems got to do with the R’s bending the knee to Trump?”
The populist rise in the R party was a logical and predictable reaction to the R drift over decades from core values of small government and fiscal responsibility toward a ‘centrist’ position indistinguishable from mainstream Dems as represented by artherosclerotic ‘moderates’ like Romney, McCain, Bush, etc.
Secondary factor was, yes, the Dems move even further Left.
Equal and opposite reaction and all that stuff….
BTW – My FIL will remain in the Hospital. He contracted Covid……. No symptoms but they are keeping him there even though they wanted to discharge him last night only a few hours after his procedure.
I half think it’s some kind of ploy now to overbill Medicare and or other government programs for Covid and money…..and his own private insurance.
Fab – “The R’s have a Trump problem.” I will give you that for sure.
However sleepy Joe is now getting slower and slower. I along with everyone here with an aging parent in their 70s/80s understands this one.
The money being spent on social media now to paint Trump as losing his marbles must really be obscene. It costs money, these aren’t ads but social media hits from paid promoters the FEC hasn’t even begun to figure out yet.
They won’t allow another 2016 where the Republicans figured out how to game social media. That is for sure.
How many Billions this time around? Google, Facebook, TikTok, and even Twitter must be lapping it up right now.
DNA received a non-compliance letter from the NYSE on May 13 regarding its share price…remedy, which must be done within six months, is a reverse split which will absolutely crush the value further…
My screen shows an enterprise value today of $100m….another 15% decline in share price and this company will be trading BENEATH the value of the cash on its balance sheet…
In other words, at that time people will not take the stock even if you PAID them…the market believes the company will go to zero.
” the Dems move even further Left. Equal and opposite reaction and all that stuff…. ”
No the R’s have a Trump problem they cant solve. As I told you back in 2016, Biden is fine for the Dems. We are happy. It is not his job to pander to you. If you want to pull the lever for Trump, go ahead, you can own that vote.
If you want to join the Dem side you are welcome, Grab a seat and be quiet. At least this time round we don’t have you wining that you would vote for Bernie!
Twelve year old girl murdered by illegal immigrant in Houston on Monday.
Illegal immigrant rapes a 13 year old girl yesterday in a NYC park in broad daylight. Mob – in Queens – hunts him down, beats, and detains him in early AM hours.
Mother of five murdered by illegal immigrant in MD.
How’s Joe’s immigrant policy working for you Dems?
Lib, now that the score is run up to 3, you going to offer another limp wristed excuse like last week trying to statistically deflect from this point to guns or covid?
And, actually, where is that overwrought liberal cry they use over and over regarding guns that “even one life lost is too many”. Guess that math doesn’t work here?
How many more lives need to be wrecked Lib? No need for a specific number, just ballpark it for us…a dozen dead? Two dozen dead? Four dozen dead and two dozen raped? Inquiring minds want to know where you actually draw a line.
But, hey, at least Joe doesn’t post mean tweets…..
Fab: Trotting that out again. I guess I should not be surprised.
Left: There was also the nursing student a couple of months ago who was murdered by an illegal immigrant. Had he not been allowed in , but the left ignores this.
“No the R’s have a Trump problem they cant solve. As I told you back in 2016, Biden is fine for the Dems. We are happy. It is not his job to pander to you.”
Don’t think the Rs have a Trump problem….buckle up buttercup, he’s going to be in the WH in 2025. With at least an R Senate (if he doesn’t fuck that up royally, again). Rs at the end of the day don’t care except for the win, which is why they are falling in line behind him.
And Mr Reading Comprehension, I did not suggest the Dems had any obligation to Rs…
Simply offering a commentary to a poster who actually can follow the English language and frame intelligent posts that ‘populists’ didn’t ‘wreck’ the Rs, but the moderates drift to the Left made a populist rise inevitable and therefore the state of the current R party is for the ‘moderates’ account.
And that ‘populist’ rise in the R Party was hastened by the far leftward drift of the Dems as well….easiest money in the world was to bet on a ‘populist’ pushback when the Left tells us that boys are girls and that twelve year olds can pick their own gender.
Vindman did his job.
The question is does Donnie do petty revenge and the answer is a resounding YES.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ex-fbi-official-andrew-mccabe-fired-trump-hours-retirement-will-n1281617
Push through the link embedded in your reference…The FBI’s own internal investigation recommended firing McCabe, lol.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/sessions-fires-mccabe-he-can-retire-n856751
But, yes, I’ll agree with you. Go out of your way to fuck with somebody – anybody – and if that person comes to a position of power over you then expect to get hit.
I’ve driven up on a few curbs to flatten a pedestrian who screwed with me, and likewise I’ve been the target of a couple drive-by shootings as well.
Real life, brother.
Left ,
The rise of populism within the Republican Party is a reaction to long-standing frustrations among voters who felt that traditional GOP leadership drifted too far from core values of small government and fiscal responsibility. However, Trump’s brand of populism has brought its own set of challenges, particularly in terms of party coherence and policy consistency. The problem is that the GOP do not have a way forward that does not include Trump. He has corrupted the party. They are not fundraising to fight elections, but to pay his legal bills.
Meanwhile, Biden has been a stabilizing force for the Dems, and they are happy with the direction. The Republicans alignment behind Trump highlights a need for introspection and strategic recalibration that I am not sure they are capable of. The Republican Party need to address their internal conflicts and find a way to balance populist Trump energy with traditional conservative principles. Its not going to happen.
Some people (many in here, including you) have a conative dissonance that will not allow them to accept that reality.
The GOP was the party for you, its no longer. You need to work out how you handle that.
Cognitive dissonance – Darn Spell Check
On a happy note, neighbor went under contract. Not sure the final price, but it puts a $100K+ on my place. Sad part is that I would have loved to buy the place, the lot is awesome, but the number is too rich for me.
But illegal immigrants murder 12 year olds at a lower rate than U.S. citizens.
leftwing says:
June 20, 2024 at 9:47 pm
Twelve year old girl murdered by illegal immigrant in Houston on Monday.
Road tripped to Chicago. Watching Mets play Cubs the next few days.
We stopped off in Elkhart IN to grab some Culver’s and gas up.
Stepped out of the car and the car next to me had a bumper sticker.
“No Jesus. No Peace.”