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"$5.5 million before taxes"and after taxes because smrt people don't pay no taxes.

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The Trump shutdown continues to cause mayhem in the US while Brexit chaos continues to paralyse the UK's political system.

Who could possibly think this utter clusterfuck is good news?

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don't even have to be smart anymore, with the IRS gutted and furloughed.

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Where are some Tory twits to snivel, "OH, the incivility!!!"?

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Womp womp.

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From way over here in Michigan, I'm kinda wondering why they don't do a second referendum...

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He reduced his taxes-- or had the GOP do it for him, then he eliminated any of the rules and contraints he could get at, then he sat like Scrooge McDuck in his silo with his gold, pouring it over himself, cackling.

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Funny, the name on the directory says "Steel Slats."

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I remember clearly the day Nixon said on tv: "I am not a mutherfucker!" It took teams of technicians to decipher and translate for the rest of us...

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Poland, Brazil, Phillipines, Egypt.

Next, France, Germany...

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Steele Slatz, Private Dick.

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pretty sure Bobby Tree Sticks knows a little more about this.

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2/3s is veto-proof the world around.

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Thank you for this!

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About the only halfway decent thing with Clump in the whiteguy's house is being able to have these surreal what-if moments that are likely truer than we could ever imagine.

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I've done some financial sleuthing with LLCs (you just go through the secretary of state). It's time-consuming, but what you discover is that the are linked together like the family tree of Charles II of Spain. I found one nest of over 30 LLCs that went to one married couple.

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