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Honeycombe8

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29. I don't know how income tax works at that level, but I'm sure that personal favors might be

Reply to erronis (Reply #28)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 06:15 PM

Aug 2017

Personal favors might be requested, in addition to paying back loans. Like, say, lessening sanctions, which would return billions of dollars to Putin personally? Or sending federal contracts down Saudi Arabia way? Or, in prior years, agreeing to have his lackies launder a bit of money? It's a possibility.

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Let this sink in: [View all] scheming daemons Aug 2017 OP

Putin lovers are pretty irrational uponit7771 Aug 2017 #1

Although Cheeto's being rational all right. sandensea Aug 2017 #4

Only 5 years? I think it goes back to the 90s when his casino went "bankrupt". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2017 #12

Bingo! Follow the rubles. Follow the crooks. erronis Aug 2017 #20

Your inner Hercule Poirot is strong, mon ami. sandensea Aug 2017 #21

Mais oui, mon ami. The little grey cells are at work. Trump needed loans after his bankruptcies... Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #27

And loans unrepaid are considered income, correctement? erronis Aug 2017 #28

I don't know how income tax works at that level, but I'm sure that personal favors might be Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #29

Or guarantees that knee-caps won't be shot, or death-by-polonium will wait another year..... erronis Aug 2017 #31

BBC Mysteries, are you getting all this? sandensea Aug 2017 #30

Led by the totally insane. democratisphere Aug 2017 #2

I noticed that very odd position. Equinox Moon Aug 2017 #3

That sums it up perfectly. dalton99a Aug 2017 #5

SO spot on! BadGimp Aug 2017 #6

Both Actually... Grassy Knoll Aug 2017 #7

Truly horrifying and disappointing this isn't a major subject of discussion in the media. Lyricalinklines Aug 2017 #8

Money laundering is not a topic the uber rich owners of mass media want to discuss Fred Sanders Aug 2017 #26

Yes. Same damn covering for other members of the group. Lyricalinklines Aug 2017 #34

Your point being??? hay rick Aug 2017 #9

I think it has to be said in such a way Duppers Aug 2017 #11

Succinctly and well put!! Duppers Aug 2017 #10

More Evidence of the Lengths the GOP Will Go t0 in their Quest to Redistribute U. S. Wealth Upward dlk Aug 2017 #13

Why, if I didn't know any better, I'd surmise that... Eyeball_Kid Aug 2017 #17

+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #14

Yes. moondust Aug 2017 #15

Where's the GOP Congress, that mighty deliberative body, as part of the Eyeball_Kid Aug 2017 #16

Viciously attacks Pres. Clinton, Bush and Obama wishstar Aug 2017 #18

Also consider the fact that, among Republicans, Putin polls higher than Obama or Hillary. Still In Wisconsin Aug 2017 #19

The new republican meme: Russia is our friend. keithbvadu2 Aug 2017 #24

He has surrendered the country to a foreign power bucolic_frolic Aug 2017 #22

The President is a Russian puppet. No doubt about it. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #23

The evidence sure is piling up. When will the mass media take notice??? Asshats Fred Sanders Aug 2017 #25

I'm convinced his only idea for ISIS was to hand reins to Putin. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2017 #32

quod erat demonstrandum syringis Aug 2017 #33