I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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Lovely meme, ruth and picture of Bruno reveals a very handsome dog. Hope he enjoyed Halloween.
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Loving the memes. Listening to Biden's speech...preaching to the already converted. I am really, truly worried for America.
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I feel sick whenever I watch the news.
I early voted today.
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Me too. Dropped my ballot off in a drop-box. No "election fraud" monitors nearby, thankfully. Although I was prepared to take pictures and report them to the FBI hotline if there had been.
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Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity. It is through compassion that a person achieves the highest peak and deepest reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment. -Arthur Jersild
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If not for the memes I would have been sitting in a corner somewhere likely drooling on myself and completely un-aware of the world's doings. I am really concerned about this election. I do have a couple of thoughts about it all though. The first is I'm wondering how long until we are able to have some faith in our elections if indeed, we are able to get the Reps. party back to a REAL party.
The other thought is whether or not we are, as seems to be the case, being fed the odd poll numbers making it seem like most of the races are in the margin of error. It makes for good media possibilities, but it also manipulates the Reps. who will likely even come out to vote more -- if they think only a few more to over-take the Democrat on the ticket. So I wait, wondering if I'll be heartbroken or happy.
Gone most of the day so I haven't seen much for news today. That part doesn't feel too bad.
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Trump Settles With Protesters Who Said His Bodyguards Attacked Them
One of the demonstrators said a bodyguard struck him on the head outside Trump Tower in 2015. Terms of the deal were not released.ive this article
Nov. 2, 2022, 4:00 p.m. ET
Donald J. Trump on Wednesday reached a settlement in a civil case brought by protesters who said they were attacked by his bodyguards in 2015, a deal that will spare the former president and his family business the prospect of two simultaneous trials in New York State court.
In a joint statement, Mr. Trump and the protesters — Efrain Galicia, Florencia Tejeda Perez, Miguel Villalobos and the estate of Johnny Hosvaldo Garcia — announced that they had reached a deal and that the case had been dismissed.
In September 2015, in the early months of Mr. Trump's 2016 campaign for the presidency, the protesters staged a demonstration outside Trump Tower during which they said the candidate's bodyguards violently attacked them. They said Mr. Trump himself was responsible, because he had explicitly authorized the bodyguards to use force. They also sued his company, the Trump Organization, and several guards.
The case dragged on for years, through Mr. Trump's presidency and beyond. In October 2021, Mr. Trump was questioned under oath by the protesters' lawyers and this month, after many delays, the case was scheduled to go to trial. Because the case was civil, Mr. Trump did not face charges, but could have been subject to fines or other penalties if it had continued.
Details of the settlement, which came on the third day of jury selection and which was first reported by the Daily Beast, were not made public. The joint statement said that Mr. Trump and the protesters "all agree that the plaintiffs in the action, and all people, have a right to engage in peaceful protest on public sidewalks."
A lawyer for the protesters, Benjamin N. Dictor, said, "The sidewalk belongs to the people, it doesn't matter whose name is on the building. We think that today's resolution confirms that."
Alina Habba, a lawyer for Mr. Trump, said, "We are very pleased with this outcome and are happy to finally put this matter to rest once and for all. "
The protesters, who were of Mexican descent, said they had been motivated by Mr. Trump's use of racist rhetoric in the first months of his presidential campaign; two of them wore costumes meant to mimic the look of Ku Klux Klan members to drive home that point.
They said in their lawsuit that Mr. Trump's longtime personal bodyguard, Keith Schiller, had taken one of their signs, ripped it to pieces, and then struck one of the protesters on the head. They said there had been other attacks from other, unnamed bodyguards.
Mr. Trump's lawyers argued that Mr. Schiller had been doing his job and that it was he who had been attacked by the protesters.
Excerpts of Mr. Trump's questioning under oath were made public in April. Asked about Mr. Schiller's behavior on the day of the protest, Mr. Trump insisted that the bodyguard had done nothing wrong.
"He went out — I didn't know about it. But he went out, he heard there was a disturbance and he went out. And he took a 50-cent sign down that was racist," he said.
The Trump Organization is currently on trial in Manhattan after having been criminally charged last year with 17 counts of tax fraud, conspiracy, scheming to defraud and falsifying business records. Mr. Trump is not a defendant in that case and has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
On Tuesday, the first witness in the trial, Jeffrey McConney, tested positive for Covid-19, delaying the case at least until next week.
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For Miriandra
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good memes!!!
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Instead of allowing yourself to be so unhappy, just let your love grow as God wants it to grow; seek goodness in others, love more persons more; love them more personally, more unselfishly, without thought of return. The return, never fear, will take care of itself. -Henry Drummond
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Hmmm, I think the Loon was bound to hate this -- he has to have any out-going money handled by independent auditor so he can't sneak any money around.
Judge appoints independent monitor to oversee Trump Organization financial filings
A New York judge granted the state attorney general's request for a monitor after allegations the company inflated its assets by billions of dollars.
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Former President Donald Trump.Sarah Rice / The Washington Post via Getty Images fileLink copiedNov. 3, 2022, 3:08 PM CDT / Updated Nov. 3, 2022, 3:52 PM CDT
By Adam Reiss and Dareh Gregoria
A New York state judge on Thursday ordered an independent monitor to oversee the Trump Organization's financial statements following allegations that the company has been vastly overstating its assets.
Justice Arthur Engoron signed off on a preliminary injunction that also blocks former President Donald Trump's company from transferring assets without court approval. In his ruling, the judge said the company must also make the monitor aware of all its holdings and assets and give 30 days advance notice of any restructuring at the company and any plans for "disposing or refinancing of significant Trump Organization assets."
Given "defendants' propensity to engage in persistent fraud, failure to grant such an injunction could result in extreme prejudice to the people of New York," the judge wrote.
Engoron's ruling came in a civil suit filed against the company by the New York attorney general's office alleging the Trump Organization had been inflating its worth in financial statements to banks and insurers by billions of dollars. The judge's ruling cited numerous examples of the company's alleged fraud in the attorney general's lawsuit, which he described as "more than sufficient to demonstrate OAG's likelihood of success on the merits."
Trump sued by New York Attorney General Letitia James in civil lawsuit
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In a hearing earlier in the day in state Supreme Court in Lower Manhattan, Trump attorney Chris Kise argued the move was unnecessary and could hamper the company's business.
"It's really about seizing control of a successful company," Kise said of the request for a monitor.
Kevin Wallace, a lawyer for the attorney general's office, said, "Our goal is not to impact the day to day operations" of the company, but "oversight."
He said the office is trying to protect against "ongoing fraudulent activity or deceptive activity," and the "Trump Organization has a consistent record of not complying with court orders. It should not be incumbent on the court or the attorney general to be looking over their shoulder."
New York Attorney General Letitia James asked the judge to take action last month, citing actions the company took around the time she filed a $250 million lawsuit against Trump, his three oldest children and the Trump Organization alleging fraudulent business practices in September.
The motion for a preliminary injunction said Trump Organization representatives created a new company with the same name in Delaware six days before James' office brought the suit. The company then filed paperwork to register Trump Organization II LLC in New York on Sept. 21, the same day the civil action was filed.
James praised the judge's ruling in a statement, saying it "will ensure that Donald Trump and his companies cannot continue the extensive fraud that we uncovered."
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I'm on another thread here and the complaints there were how many solicitations are coming through on the phones. Likely from both Reps. and Dems. they don't like it and seems to me, no one would. If you are sitting somewhere waiting on something though you could dump all those asks for something to do should you get tired of magazines -- is anyone bothers these days with magazines.
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Another talking point bites the dust.
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Thank you, IllinoisLady! I loved reading that both Karloff and Lugosi were ardent union agitators. Also liked the Fugelsang quote.
We might have another complaint against our boss. Back in August, he held a required attendance "Unions are bad, m-kay?" meeting with a union-buster who was brought in from out-of-state. When employers pay for anti-union activities or hire anti-union consultants, they are supposed to report that they did it and how much they paid for union-busting. They have to file this LM-20 within 30 days of the expense. I don't think this ever got filed for us. Hmmmm.........
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