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    what's up with all these people using vehicles to run over people? is it because of all the added security so guns and explosives can no longer be used so cars become the new weapon of choice.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...a-tourist-spot



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    Quote Originally Posted by bluesoul View Post
    what's up with all these people using vehicles to run over people? is it because of all the added security so guns and explosives can no longer be used so cars become the new weapon of choice.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...a-tourist-spot
    Its an effective (for the lack of a better word) way to inspire terror and confusion in a gathering of people. The vehicle can be the weapon itself or the prelude to another attack. Think of it as an artillery barrage before the infantry advances.



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    so i guess you can learn a few things from GTA albeit there are probably better lessons in that game rather than that one (?)

    also, after the donald tweeted this:

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...69407213645824

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...71544236687361

    i wondered whether he'd be cool with a statue of ho chi minh being erected somewhere so we never forget the history of the vietnam war.

    lastly: the guy that started the "pro trump journal" american affairs now regrets voting for trump. it's always interesting to see (or read as in this case) what finally breaks the camel's back for his supporters. like when trump said he could stand at a corner and shoot people and not loose votes, julius krein thought that's cool. but when the charlottesville rally happened and trump condemned both sides, he had reached his breaking point

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/o...t-it.html?_r=0


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    Quote Originally Posted by Stavros View Post
    And, while I agree that lobbying skills may have been a key factor in the various sweetheart deals that were made, is it not also the case that New York City needed these tax breaks and incentives in order to revive its financial base following the slide into bankruptcy in the 1960s?
    The standard principles of tax policy are that tax breaks should be provided according to transparent criteria and available equally to anyone who satisfies these criteria. Negotiating project-specific tax breaks opens the system to corruption and influence-peddling and unfairly favour some businesses and projects relative to others.

    One of Trump's first big redevelopment projects in New York in the 1970s was the Commodore Hotel next to Grand Central station, which was closing due to losses. Tax breaks were justified on the basis that leaving the building vacant would lead to urban blight in the vicinity. According to Michael D'Antonio's book on Trump, however, there were other major projects nearby that commenced around that time without special tax breaks. Under the terms of the deal Trump was supposed to make up the lost tax revenue later on when the project became profitable, but he avoided most of this through various accounting tricks.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bluesoul View Post
    what's up with all these people using vehicles to run over people? is it because of all the added security so guns and explosives can no longer be used so cars become the new weapon of choice.

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    Makes it easier to cry "lone wolf".



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    Quote Originally Posted by hippifried View Post
    Makes it easier to cry "lone wolf".
    and what do you cry when you fire your chief strategist?

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/u...e.html?mcubz=3

    does this break his camel's back? or do you continue supporting the GOP


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    Bannon's departure is just noise...their's only one person who's leaving would really matter


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    yeah, and then we get pence. and then we get

    [everyone repeat after me] [a terrible leader because we fucked up!]

    thank you


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    Quote Originally Posted by flabbybody View Post
    Bannon's departure is just noise...their's only one person who's leaving would really matter
    It should've happened earlier...as in 'Bannon should never have been part of the team to begin with'. Trump was a terrible choice for President - if it wasn't obvious at first, it should be as obvious as a solar eclipse by now. That being said though, I've always pictured Steve Bannon always lurking around, ready to hiss into Trump's ear whatever bile came to mind. I could totally be wrong on this, but I picture Bannon chuckling away with glee every time Trump strays from well balanced written words to his own petty, thin skinned, childishly defensive outbursts...because that's exactly the kind of stuff Breitbart editorializes as news. I don't even like the way he looks. I know this is wrong, but I can't help it when I see a pic (or worse..a video) of him, I see what would normally be a simple case of rosacea - as the inner corruption made physically evident.
    It won't solve everything...not by a long shot.
    But I'm glad he's fucking gone.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bluesoul View Post
    yeah, and then we get pence. and then we get

    [everyone repeat after me] [a terrible leader because we fucked up!]

    thank you
    Some of us didn't fuck up...but best believe I call out those that did.



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