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I had contacted truthdig about the consistencies with the e-mail
and they replied saying they were having sever problems. Would
help if they had put up a notice about that on the home page.

It appears TDoff, Alan & Shoes4indstry had their posts wiped off this thread & haven’t reposted.

Seems the problem’s been fixed… give another try now.

samo; the dastardly deed (tif stadium boondoggle cum
george bush windfall taxed at capital gains rate
providing what was then the bulk of his personal
fortune) was approved by the voters of arlington, tx.
as history teaches, art history, anyway; the end of a
society is foretold by lavish spending on stadia. hurry
sundown.

Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in TARP money, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes? Yeah, me neither.

Now those same folks want to drive up the price of gasoline to $6 a gallon, so they can make a killing in the commodities market…

Samosamo & Chip—Some of my comments un-posted, too, on another thread.  Seems it was just a temporary glitch that’s since been fixed.

Justification for breaking up the big banks must be tied in some way to preserving fair competition in the marketplace.

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act addresses monopolistic practices, I believe there is room to build a case here.
But a better avenue might be the 1914 Clayton Anti-trust Act that specifically addresses mergers and acquisitions that substantially reduce market competition.

Any attorneys out there who want to weigh in on this?

Thanks Sam
My comment vanished.

Damn the NFL has more power than I thought.

I posted that here in KC the “sheople” voted for a 3/8 cent sales tax increase (for 25yrs) to keep the Cheif and royals from moving away.
The Chiefs built some skyboxes for the rich and a television station so they could broadcast the NFL channel.The women got a couple extra toilets.

The royals built a playground for the kiddies that they have to buy tokens to play at and sold advertising along the field.

And they both still suck.

Thanks for noticing they “disappeared” me, Sam.

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There is something peculiar happening on TRUTHDIG’S site. I
have commented here about the bush crime family and little w
making his first criminal millions of dollars but selling a public
baseball stadium, texass rangers, and there were a couple of
other comments about cities taxing the citizens to build
stadiums and arenas, making them one would think public
property, but the private industry would sell them or collect
most of the revenue from them. As dastardly a deed as could be
inflicted on citizens in a city or town.

So what this comment is about is to see what problems truthdig
site is having. If this comment ‘disappears’ either something is
broken at truthdig or someone was highly offend by someone
calling out members of the bush crime family. I would think if
someone reported my previous comment that I would stop
receiving notices that someone had else had commented on it.
Or truthdid is under attack.

a reliable harbinger of the end of a society is their
building of lavish stadia. the texas rangers made
george bush an owner in order to pump and dump the
organization, complete with a new stadium paid for by
the people of arlington, tx, who bent over gladly.
w’s profit, incidentally, was taxed at the meager
capital gains rate. i could hate someone for those
freedoms.

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Don’t forget the bush crime family in these shenanigans. That
was how criminal w was finally able to score his very first
millions by selling a publicly funded and paid for stadium of
the ranger baseball money laundering team. Stealing public
property to sell for his own fucking profits. But expected I
guess, little w does’nt know how to make an honest dollar.

Wonder how w, marvin, neal and any other siblings will act
when both mom and dad crime heads pass away and the
family’s stolen and criminally derived fortune is divided up via
the will.

Here in KC the sheople voted for a 3/8 cent sales tax hike for the chiefs and royals, 25 yrs of it.

They built some skyboxes for the rich and made a NFL network TV station also.

Built a playground for the kiddys that requires tokens to play on.

Royals now have billboards surrounding the field.

Ladies got a couple more toilets.
General population just gets screwed, again.

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I wonder how many large and probably not so large metropolis’
were or are still offered the deal of the local taxpayers funding a
public arena or sports stadium in the anticipation of increased
revenues all the sideline and supporting businesses would
provide. I know my town did and I amaze that is did not take the
financial lure and run with it. They may still do it, but I rather
think things are so bad all over that even goodman’s scrotum
couldn’t sweet talk a deal.

Alan,

I could be wrong, but wasn’t dow chemical involved in a mass
attempt of genocide in bhopal, india in the late 1980s.

Vanity Fair is an essential read for those who aspire to be ‘In the Know’. If the Celebriterati were not avid readers, and thus ‘Up’ on current fashion trends, they might be wearing their crotchless thongs backwards.

Just imagine 50+ year old Sharon Stone on a beach in a Prada crotchless thong bikini, worn backwards! Darn Vanity Fair.

yes, time to look at them again, too.

at&t has spent the last 30yrs putting itself back
together again.

So break up the giga-banks. Use the ATT breakup of 1985 as a model and anti-trust legislation for precedent and inspiraton.

More, smaller banks = more competition.