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Old 03-13-2019, 03:25 PM
 
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Still seeing a lot more D's than Rs on that list.
Look at the actual $ amounts- pretty frickin even. What makes that even more noticeable is that most of those folks are in blue states- so it wasn't a matter of simply giving to the prominent home state politician to advance your cause.
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Old 03-13-2019, 03:27 PM
 
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Look at the actual $ amounts- pretty frickin even. What makes that even more noticeable is that most of those folks are in blue states- so it wasn't a matter of simply giving to the prominent home state politician to advance your cause.
The scope of the investigation geographically was very narrow -- the few out of California were trying to get their kids into California schools.

It isn't surprising that there are more Democrats in California.

Until we here there was a nationwide investigation --- I'd be hesitant to make any sweeping generalizations.

I'm not that biased.
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Old 03-13-2019, 03:27 PM
 
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They did it for Roger Stone. Did THAT bother you? The guy is what, in his 70's?
My only question is if that is their standard arrest procedure. If so arrest them all at 6am with guns drawn. Just because someone is a woman or 70 years old does not mean they are not sitting on top of an arsenal.
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Old 03-13-2019, 03:28 PM
 
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This is about shining a light on rich people buying their kids' way into prestigious, (formerly) ivy-league schools because the kids are too dumb and ordinary to get in on their own merits.

Ivy league students have not been cream-of-the-crop for some time because the institutions are infested with posers and frauds.
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Old 03-13-2019, 03:32 PM
 
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Uh, those rich people stole from the tax payers as well. They "donated" to a fake charity, thereby avoiding taxes.
That would be if they claimed it on their taxes and the charity was knowingly a fake. If the recipient of the money did in fact have a legal charity then that is another story.

However, you could be 100 percent spot on and if they claimed it on taxes and they knew it was fake..........holy smokes !!!!

I still don't care as I am hopelessly dumb. The guns drawn was over the top. What about the moronic sports players that can barely utter the English language and they get out of college with a diploma...........

Ohhhh what a cluster.
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Old 03-13-2019, 03:32 PM
 
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You bet it bothered me..... that was another FBI clown move. Guns drawn on the old guy........these FBI jerks have no sense.

This is nuts. Did they think the people whose house they went to were going to get in a gun battle?
Remember not to long ago when the President fired some of the FBI jerks.......now I get it.

Roger Stone posts pictures of him firing weapons. The cops treated him like they would anyone else. If he had been black they would have just kicked his door in and shot any of his dogs. The entitlement that so many dont seem to understand is amazing. This is how the police operate, and until it suddenly applied to their folks most people seemed to think it was fine.
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Old 03-13-2019, 03:32 PM
 
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That would be if they claimed it on their taxes and the charity was knowingly a fake. If the recipient of the money did in fact have a legal charity then that is another story.

However, you could be 100 percent spot on and if they claimed it on taxes and they knew it was fake..........holy smokes !!!!

I still don't care as I am hopelessly dumb. The guns drawn was over the top. What about the moronic sports players that can barely utter the English language and they get out of college with a diploma...........

Ohhhh what a cluster.
To be fair -- most sports stars never complete their education...they leave in the third year.
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Old 03-13-2019, 03:33 PM
 
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This is about shining a light on rich people buying their kids' way into prestigious, (formerly) ivy-league schools because the kids are too dumb and ordinary to get in on their own merits.

Ivy league students have not been cream-of-the-crop for some time because the institutions are infested with posers and frauds.
What is a formerly Ivy-League school?
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Old 03-13-2019, 03:51 PM
 
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And it continues to be meaningless.
As opposed to your links to back up your bs. Oh, wait, you haven't provided any links. Or any foundation whatsoever for your claims. Why is that? Because it's baldly untrue????
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Old 03-13-2019, 03:52 PM
 
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Still seeing a lot more D's than Rs on that list.
And when you add up the numbers, more donations to Republicans than Democrats. Kinda flies in the face of your assertions, hmmm?
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