In my last blog posting, I talked about how -- in the wake of the killing of General Soleimani -- it was a given that an actual shooting war was coming.
I'm very happy to say that I was wrong about that as cooler heads prevailed and president trump did not escalate the situation and opt for an all-out, balls-to-the-wall conflict.
I do still think that trump would like to have something big -- like a war in the Middle East -- to distract Americans while he's facing the Impeachment process.
I still think he looks at the prospect of war in general as an opportunity to blow stuff up and kill people -- lots of people -- he doesn't like.
But he did listen to his advisers for once and chose to not throw gas on a fire that was already raging. A fire that was merely smoldering, it should be noted, at the time he got into the White House.
It was burning brightly after the killing and I'm glad to say that he didn't make it into the huge conflagration that it could have been had he followed his worst impulse--as he so often does.
A fascinating article in the New York Times tells the story of how this process worked itself out and is certainly of interest here. I recommend it highly.
The trump presidency has been a long series of miscues and disasters.
The prospects that this destructive and insane modus operandi will change for the rest of the time this poser holds the reins of power are very, very close to zero.
But it is a good thing indeed that he didn't take us into war this time.
Let's hope he doesn't the next time has the chance.
"Bulldog Ben" Basile
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Don the Con has been committing tax fraud?! No way!
Okay, so ol' Bulldog here is being a smartass with that title! You got me!
Yes, I've known for two years that tRump has been committing serious criminal offenses for a very long time. Both with his taxes and his loan applications.
That's been apparent to anyone who reads news regularly and isn't sucking at the teat of Fox Noise, Info Wars, World News Daily and "news sources" like that.
And it leads back to another vein of tRump lies--one of the really big ones--the lies relating to the size of his fortune.
He's been shooting ridiculously high numbers for his net worth when it's a PR thing and he wants to make himself look good.
But then he--or more precisely, his accounting and legal types--are forever putting out crazy-low figures when it's about tax his tax liabilities--such as income from his real estate portfolio and the like.
Oh, and those business losses! Those multiple bankruptcies! They're YUGE at tax time but completely insignificant when he's counting his poker chips!
What led me to today's posting is an article that just appeared in the NYT about some of the irregularities, shall we say, about tRump's very flexible accounting practices.
The piece is mostly about how he's massacred tax law for decades going all the way back to how his father's taxes were tallied at the time money flowed to Donald from his dad or from Papa Fred's estate.
The article itself is not a quick read, but here's a link to a brief run-down about the Times article on Teagan Goddard's primo site, Politicalwire.com. It does a good job of summing it up for readers who're trying to use their day efficiently. I recommend it highly.
If you are up for the article in its entirety, just follow this link.
It's a helluva job trying to keep up with all of tRump's lies, corruption and dirty deals, ain't it?
Well, it's like trying to garner "Yard of the Month" honors from the Homeowner's Association. You know deep down you'll never get there, but you feel like you just need to keep plugging away at it!
"Bulldog Ben" Basile
© 2018 Ben Lawrence Basile
Yes, I've known for two years that tRump has been committing serious criminal offenses for a very long time. Both with his taxes and his loan applications.
That's been apparent to anyone who reads news regularly and isn't sucking at the teat of Fox Noise, Info Wars, World News Daily and "news sources" like that.
And it leads back to another vein of tRump lies--one of the really big ones--the lies relating to the size of his fortune.
He's been shooting ridiculously high numbers for his net worth when it's a PR thing and he wants to make himself look good.
But then he--or more precisely, his accounting and legal types--are forever putting out crazy-low figures when it's about tax his tax liabilities--such as income from his real estate portfolio and the like.
Oh, and those business losses! Those multiple bankruptcies! They're YUGE at tax time but completely insignificant when he's counting his poker chips!
What led me to today's posting is an article that just appeared in the NYT about some of the irregularities, shall we say, about tRump's very flexible accounting practices.
The piece is mostly about how he's massacred tax law for decades going all the way back to how his father's taxes were tallied at the time money flowed to Donald from his dad or from Papa Fred's estate.
The article itself is not a quick read, but here's a link to a brief run-down about the Times article on Teagan Goddard's primo site, Politicalwire.com. It does a good job of summing it up for readers who're trying to use their day efficiently. I recommend it highly.
If you are up for the article in its entirety, just follow this link.
It's a helluva job trying to keep up with all of tRump's lies, corruption and dirty deals, ain't it?
Well, it's like trying to garner "Yard of the Month" honors from the Homeowner's Association. You know deep down you'll never get there, but you feel like you just need to keep plugging away at it!
"Bulldog Ben" Basile
© 2018 Ben Lawrence Basile
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