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2 hours ago, Stunns38 said:

 


Crime and local corruption had as much to do with AC failing than the more local casinos.

 

Not really true. Casinos need everyday gamblers. Everyday gamblers choose the closest option.  AC casinos have lost a ton of money since other options have opened up, and they were successful prior to that.

I also think making it a year round destination was always going to be a tough sell. Its a summer beach town that is cold and dreary in other seasons.  Local corruption has very little to do with that.  The only truly "corrupt" thing is NJ law preventing casinos outside AC. 

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22 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I already made that reference ya fuckin unoriginal bastard.

Ah, terribly sorry.  Couldn’t read the last couple pages.   If it’ll make it any better, I posted this during a UT interview.  

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Meadows already announced his retirement back in December.

Remember there were rumblings he did it for shady reasons -

Rep. Mark Meadows' shock retirement — revealed just 30 hours before the filing deadline in North Carolina — has roiled some Republicans in the state who suspect he timed his announcement to benefit a friend of his wife.

The four-term congressman will depart the House for an as-yet-undefined role with President Donald Trump, a decision he disclosed in an interview with POLITICO Playbook that published around 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 19, ahead of the filing deadline at noon on Dec. 20.

Later that day came a campaign launch by Lynda Bennett, a local GOP activist and real estate agent who is friendly with Debbie Meadows, the congressman's wife, according to sources who know both women.

Wary Republicans in the state quickly speculated that she had advance notice of Meadows' retirement.

Online records revealed her campaign website domain had been registered on Oct. 28 by a Scott Meadows, who appears to be the brother of the congressman. The campaign's Facebook page was created on Dec. 18, a day before the retirement. And shortly after midnight on Dec. 19 — about five hours before Meadows announced — Bennett posted photos of herself with the congressman and his wife at local GOP events in the state.

After launching her run, Bennett was quickly endorsed by the Asheville Tea PAC, a local organization which said in a release that its board convened for a 6:15 a.m. conference call on the day of Meadow’s announcement to throw support behind a successor.

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out how this happened. It just doesn’t," said Jeff Miller, a city councilman in Hendersonville, who was the 2010 GOP nominee in the district. "It just looks very suspicious."

"It was very discourteous to other Republicans who were respecting Congressman Meadows and not primarying him for him to pull out this close to it and leave everybody in a lurch," Miller said.

Ultimately, a dozen Republicans filed before the deadline, but the field is notably devoid of local politicians who would typically flock to an open-seat race.

While Meadows’ announcement came before the final deadline, it was two days after the deadline for candidates who had already filed for one office to withdraw and switch to another office, boxing out any state legislator in the district who had filed for reelection but harbored congressional ambitions. The only North Carolina lawmaker running is state Sen. Jim Davis, who had not filed for reelection to the General Assembly because he was planning to retire.

“Mark is held in high esteem,” said Aubrey Woodard, the chairman of the 11th District GOP organization. “Since this has hit, my phone has been ringing off the hook from people who are upset and discouraged.”

The timing of Bennett’s announcement raises "great suspicion,” Woodard said, though he stressed he had no proof of inappropriate favoritism. He said he expressed his concerns to a Meadows’ staffer and asked that the congressman refrain from endorsing anyone in the race.

Through a spokesperson, Meadows' congressional office declined to comment for this story.

Debbie Meadows recently founded and serves as the executive director of Right Women PAC, an organization that plans to play in "primaries in Republican districts" to elect more GOP women who align with the House Freedom Caucus.

The congressman's wife appears to be supporting Bennett's bid, though she has offered no formal endorsement. Debbie Meadows was slated to introduce Bennett at a meet-and-greet event on Saturday in Hendersonville, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO.

And the two were together at an early October GOP fundraiser in Hendersonville, where Debbie Meadows remained near Bennett for much of the event, introducing her to donors and other attendees, according to a person at the fundraiser.

Reached last week in a brief phone call, Bennett declined to be interviewed and asked if questions could be sent via email. She did not respond to the email containing POLITICO's questions.

Meadows' plans were kept so secret that Wayne King, the congressman’s deputy chief of staff and district director who has been eyeing the seat, did not learn about the retirement until shortly before the public announcement. He said he was asked to break the news to the district staff on Dec. 18, a Wednesday and the day the House voted to impeach Trump.

The first I heard anything about it was late Tuesday evening,” said King, who resigned from Meadows' office and filed to run on Dec. 20. He said he was not deterred by the short timeline. “I don’t expect anyone to hand me anything. I’ve always been a worker and a warrior and a fighter.”

Still, Meadows' decision has ripple effects beyond western North Carolina.

Privately, some state legislators are grumbling that, had they known Meadows was planning to retire, they might have been able to save Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.), according to people who have spoken with lawmakers. Walker’s Greensboro-area seat was sacrificed last month in court-prompted redistricting. Walker then spent weeks threatening to primary several members of his own state’s delegation before announcing he would retire and prep for a 2022 Senate run.

"Meadows screwed everybody," said one GOP operative in the state. "About 15 percent of the General Assembly is out there in the mountains. They have all been eyeing that seat and figured they had two more years. And the rest of the Republicans in the Assembly are furious because they threw Mark Walker off the boat, and they didn't have to."

In announcing his retirement, Meadows said he never planned to stay in Congress long-term.


He won an open-seat race for the district, which spans the western border of the state, in 2012 when then-Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) retired. Redistricting cracked the liberal enclave of Asheville and transformed the seat into safe GOP territory. (The newly redrawn map for the 2020 reunites Asheville, but the seat still heavily favors Republicans.)

This retirement is the latest in a whirlwind for North Carolina's congressional delegation. The state held two special elections in 2019 — one of which was precipitated by an apparent ballot-fraud scheme — before undergoing court-prompted redistricting in November.

Meadows has also not ruled out resigning before the end of his term, which could prompt a special election next year.


And the friend of his wife, Lynda Bennett advanced to a runoff in the primary held last week.

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1 hour ago, JimmyJames said:

Melanie’s “be best” initiative would be a good idea if her husband wasn’t the biggest online troll piece of shit in history. Maybe she should have her stupid ass husband enroll in her “be best” course. 

The entire thing is a barely repackaged Michelle Obama initiative. I support it both now and then, but Melania really serves very little purpose in achieving any of the stated goals. And that is because, like her husband, she really doesn't give a shit.  If she did, she would actually add her own thoughts to it.  Instead, she'd rather be shopping than being forced to read the Michelle Obama speech that her speechwriter puts in front of her. 

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1 hour ago, Bama Chick said:


It’s not exactly about waking Trumpkins up and changing their minds; it’s like the constant drumbeat Republicans deployed against Hillary Clinton.

99% of the crap they spewed about her was either exaggerated or flat out lies but that messaging being constantly dripped into the public’s ears effected the way voters perceived her.

So people who aren’t politically engaged and who aren’t solidly aligned with one party but do show up to vote for president every four years either voted for Trump or third party or left the choice for president blank.

Democrats don’t have 10 years to blast this message but 9 months of Bloomberg ad buys will seep into those voters brains.

Look what two months of his ads did for his poll numbers. If he weren’t such a terrible debater with negative charisma he could very well be sitting where Biden is right now.

Because let’s face it, his ads were everywhere and they were pretty damn good.

Bloomberg is a complete toadstool of a human being but if he truly puts his money behind blanketing the airwaves and the Internet and social media with blistering anti-Trump ads then give that toadstool the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

This is what I feel like everyone who was dunking on Bloomy when he got out missed.

Yeah he dropped a half bill and isn’t going to be president. That’s not the lesson.

The lesson is, with a decent candidate you can carpet bomb the country with cash and win. Bloomberg sucked and still got to 15%.

 

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The entire thing is a barely repackaged Michelle Obama initiative. I support it both now and then, but Melania really serves very little purpose in achieving any of the stated goals. And that is because, like her husband, she really doesn't give a shit.  If she did, she would actually add her own thoughts to it.  Instead, she'd rather be shopping than being forced to read the Michelle Obama speech that her speechwriter puts in front of her. 

Melania: I really don’t care, do you?
People: what a cunt!
Melania: boo hoo people don’t like me.



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3 hours ago, burntorangebongos said:

They are aimed at him. He'll be driven mad and make more mistakes like yesterday when he publicly admitted he didn't want the passengers on the cruise ship allowed off the ship because it would up the numbers. When he spent so much time in public that his diaper leaked for the world to see. He will be mocked and he will deteriorate more and more. And some people who are still vote R and hold their nose to vote for him won't be able to keep his shit smell out by doing so.

fuck yeah, burn motherfucker, burn!

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6 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

Why?  Because some rule says so?   If you hadn’t noticed, we’re not doing rules these days.

exactly.. I am still confused who is the director of the OMB right now. It's still Mark Mulvaney, or is it?

 

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13 minutes ago, yoladu said:

exactly.. I am still confused who is the director of the OMB right now. It's still Mark Mulvaney, or is it?

 

 

Er, um, sure?

Maybe he's going to do that gig + his new deal in Northern Ireland?  Or maybe Jared will just assume the duties?

Or maybe with all this pesky virus stuff, they will just shut down OMB until this all blows over.  Trump can proclaim that he was saving the country money or some shit, and the faithful will eat it up like it's the greatest thing ever.

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22 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


Wtf is he even rambling about? And whatever he thinks he did...it didn’t work. The virus is here and multiplying. He just says random shit as if it was true, when it’s actually a layer cake of utter bullshit.

Hold on. Are you saying that this 239 lb fittest, richest, president ever is not being truthful with us?

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Trump is so science-averse that he doesn't even know the limited action he took was basically step 1 on a long list of things that needed to be done in order to somewhat mitigate this thing.  And, to be honest, he skipped step 0, which was "don't disassemble our national and international disease response teams".

I honestly believe he thinks shutting down travel from certain regions should be sufficient.  His ignorance combined with his ego makes it impossible for him to get even remotely educated on any of this.  Throw in his base instinct, which is to protect his election chances, and we are so proper fucked (as many have said, many times).

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6 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Are y’all like me and periodically get excited in knowing one day in the not too distant future  this fucker will die?

I just hope its before I do so I can enjoy it.

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11 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Trump is so science-averse that he doesn't even know the limited action he took was basically step 1 on a long list of things that needed to be done in order to somewhat mitigate this thing.  And, to be honest, he skipped step 0, which was "don't disassemble our national and international disease response teams".

I honestly believe he thinks shutting down travel from certain regions should be sufficient.  His ignorance combined with his ego makes it impossible for him to get even remotely educated on any of this.  Throw in his base instinct, which is to protect his election chances, and we are so proper fucked (as many have said, many times).

The bigger problem is the 60 million Americans that believe everything he says.  They will be out there with their “cold”, going to work and spreading the virus and doing it because their leader said it is no big deal.  

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21 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

Ben Carson just exposed Trump as a liar. 

 

Any of you ever been in the situation where a family member asks a question and instead of going with the outright 'no,' or you don't have a good answer so you just stall? I think I'll try the "it hasn't been fully formulated," answer and see how that plays.

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1 minute ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Any of you ever been in the situation where a family member asks a question and instead of going with the outright 'no,' or you don't have a good answer so you just stall? I think I'll try the "it hasn't been fully formulated," answer and see how that plays.

Probably work just fine for you.  Mr. Wiggins will probably have a tougher time pulling it off.

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Are y’all like me and periodically get excited in knowing one day in the not too distant future  this fucker will die?

Dude, I’m not a drinker and when that glorious day finally comes I’m going out to buy the most expensive bottle of champagne and I’m gonna get stinking happy champagne drunk.
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What a titty-baby. 

“Since the speaker has chosen to tear this nation apart with her actions and her rhetoric, the President will not participate in moments where she so often chooses to drive discord and disunity,” spokesman Judd Deere said in an emailed statement.

 

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On 3/7/2020 at 2:20 PM, FondrenRoad said:

Not really true. Casinos need everyday gamblers. Everyday gamblers choose the closest option.  AC casinos have lost a ton of money since other options have opened up, and they were successful prior to that.

I also think making it a year round destination was always going to be a tough sell. Its a summer beach town that is cold and dreary in other seasons.  Local corruption has very little to do with that.  The only truly "corrupt" thing is NJ law preventing casinos outside AC. 


Yeah?  Well everything dies, baby, that's a fact.

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Are there any colleges in/near Atlantic City, because that's about the only place I could see Trump trying to get his Presidential Library?  

Penn won't do it no matter the research opportunities and traffic that would come from it.  

And he's turned his back on New York as they prepare to indict him after he leaves office.  

So I guess that leaves some religious college near Mar-a-Lago like Palm Beach Atlantic University (Yep, it's a real school).  The nearest public university to there is FAU, which is big enough in terms of student body and faculty to do the necessary programming and support for a Library.  I doubt either UF or FSU would agree to host it, and he wouldn't want to travel that far once he gives up Air Force One.  I look forward to some much funny shit at his expense when he leaves office including watching him get passed over by school after school when they try to find somewhere to park his Library #magarallyingsite     

I dunno, anybody have any legit ideas about where it will go, jokes aside?  

 

 

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