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The Music Modernization Act was largely a response to the rise of digital streaming services. It was a result of the frustration by artists and music production companies with streaming services not paying out royalties. It had broad bipartisan support in Congress and several different component bills were combined into a single bill. The bill was not initiated by Trump, he never mentioned it his campaign in 2016, and it passed both the Senate and House unanimously. Yes, Trump signed it into law but had nothing else to do with it. Naturally, he claims all the credit for it.

Why do this? Trump can't stand the fact that the entire country will be paying attention to the Super Bowl rather than him. So, like the insecure toddler that he is, he felt compelled to scream "look at me!" and throw ketchup at the wall. In his twisted, addled brain he is probably hoping that the commentators during the game will talk about his post. Fat chance. I do like that he will be watching the game hoping in vain that it happens though.

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:32 pm The Orange loser traitor never ceases to amaze with his stupidity.

His latest gaff, that will of course be defended to the tilt by his lick spittles, was a gibe at Haley, asking where her husband was, & why he wasn't supporting her on the campaign trail in South Carolina.

If he'd bothered to check, he'd know that her husband is; he's currently deployed with the rest of his South Carolina National Guard Battalion in the horn of Africa !!

But I suppose that makes him a sucker as far as bone-spurs is concerned, but the non-brainwashed voters of SC might take that as a slight against their husbands & brothers.

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:56 pm I try to avoid reading direct quotes from him in the same way I don't check lasers are working by looking directly into them but the comments about Haley are a new low in crassness.

TB63 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:18 pm

Kiwias wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:28 am

TB63 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:18 pm

It always amazes me how a party that proclaims to believe in the Constitution (some even calling it one of the greatest documents known to mankind) can so willingly go against a core tenet, that of the separation of church and the state.

Kiwias wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:28 amIt always amazes me how a party that proclaims to believe in the Constitution (some even calling it one of the greatest documents known to mankind) can so willingly go against a core tenet, that of the separation of church and the state.

Putin trolls ‘soft’ Tucker Carlson

He was ready for a heavy hitter, but he got a bantamweight.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he “didn’t get complete satisfaction” from last week’s interview with Tucker Carlson, because the right-wing U.S. pundit failed to take him to task.

Speaking to Russian state TV, Putin said he had thought Carlson was a dangerous person, “because I honestly thought he would be aggressive and ask so-called sharp questions. And I wasn’t just ready for that, I wanted it, because it would have given me the opportunity to respond sharply in kind … But he chose a different tactic.”

Of course, had Putin actually wanted to go toe-to-toe with a formidable opponent, the Kremlin wouldn’t have hand-picked Carlson for his first interview with a Western journalist since he launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Carlson, the famously Russia-friendly ex-Fox News host, is known more for a penchant for cozying up to autocrats than for probing reportage.

Putin, who famously enjoys trolling Western figures, smirked while describing Carlson’s passivity to Russian TV propagandist Pavel Zarubin: “He tried to interrupt me several times, but still, surprisingly for a Western journalist, he turned out to be patient and listened to my lengthy dialogues, especially those related to history, and didn’t give me reason to do what I was ready for. So frankly, I didn’t get complete satisfaction from this interview.”

During the over two-hour-long Carlson interview, Putin delivered a 20-plus-minute soliloquy about Russian history and mocked Carlson over his failed attempt to join CIA.

Putin also took the opportunity to troll Joe Biden while speaking with Zarubin, saying he would prefer to see the current president reelected than a return of Donald Trump following the November ballot.

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimi ... interview/

Guy Smiley wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:45 pm Biden's a liability, the Democrats need a candidate that can cut through the fog of bullshit.

Former President Trump said he purposely conflated Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) with GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley last month.
“So it’s very hard to be sarcastic when I interpose. I’m not a Nicki fan, and I’m not a Pelosi fan. And when I purposely interpose names they said,/

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4 ... sarcastic/

TB63 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:48 pm

A New York judge on Friday handed Donald J. Trump a crushing defeat in his civil fraud case, finding the former president liable for conspiring to manipulate his net worth and ordering him to pay a penalty of more than $350 million that could wipe out his entire stockpile of cash.

The decision by Justice Arthur F. Engoron caps a chaotic, yearslong case in which New York’s attorney general put Mr. Trump’s fantastical claims of wealth on trial. With no jury, the power was in Justice Engoron’s hands alone, and he came down hard: The judge delivered a sweeping array of punishments that threatens the former president’s business empire as he simultaneously contends with four criminal prosecutions and seeks to regain the White House.

Not only did Justice Engoron impose a three-year ban preventing Mr. Trump from serving in top roles at any New York company, including his own, but the judge also applied that punishment to the former president’s adult sons for two years. One of the sons, Eric Trump, is the Trump Organization’s de facto chief executive, and the ruling throws into doubt whether any member of the family can run the business in the near term.

Mr. Trump will appeal the financial penalty — which could climb to $400 million or more once interest is added — but will have to either come up with the money or secure a bond within 30 days. The ruling will not render him bankrupt, because most of his wealth is tied up in real estate.

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After conducting an 11-week trial of Trump Org on a case where the New York Attorney General alleged that Donald Trump engaged in a pattern of fraudulent business practices over the court over course of many year, Judge Engoron ordered Trump to pay a massive $364 million in total fines. Trump was also stripped of his business certificates in the State of New York for 3 years, which makes it virtually impossible for him to continue to conduct business in the state.

TB63 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:38 am

geordie_6 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:56 am

TB63 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:38 am

Currently at $34000 some nutter gave $2.5k...

yermum wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:52 am

geordie_6 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:56 am

TB63 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:38 am

Currently at $34000 some nutter gave $2.5k...

At the current rate it should reach the target in 100 years or so…

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:03 pm He could get a guaranteed bond, but he's going to need someone willing to underwrite the bond. If anyone trusts his claims behind such agreement more fool them

Kiwias wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:06 pm

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:03 pm He could get a guaranteed bond, but he's going to need someone willing to underwrite the bond. If anyone trusts his claims behind such agreement more fool them

Deutsche Bank is probably the only bank he could have considered as a likely lender but doubt even they would touch him with the longest barge pole you could find.

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:03 pm Interest is 9%, so as of today it's estimated $450m.