The Real timschochet

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I understand how you can feel this way and this particular prosecution, a civil one, might strengthen such feelings. But I strongly reject this as an explanation or complaint regarding the more serious charges Trump faces: in particular the federal January 6 prosecution and the Georgia prosecution. In those cases if Trump was NOT charged then IMO the pendulum would swing in the other direction- he would be getting away with crimes against this country that others would not. I think they HAD to charge him.

I’m bored by your lack of humor and apparently inability to sense nuance.

In all seriousness I have though. Your “solution” to undocumented immigrants in this country is terrible, unworkable, dumb, and anti-American. I demonstrated all of this to my own satisfaction.

That post was made in fun, more towards Strike than you. I thought it should be obvious by its tone that I wasn’t taking myself too seriously. Basically just some smack talking.

I was wrong when I wrote that it was about tax fraud. I was confusing it with another case. I do try and admit my errors when they occur. I am curious: do you believe this particular case is an unjust prosecution of Donald Trump? I am more open to that argument than I was a little while ago, though I’m still not sure.

I didn’t apologize. I was wrong and I admitted it. I don’t apologize for being wrong.

I have not, in this forum, invited discussion about my family. I did in a previous forum, and regretted it only after idiots like you chose to use what I wrote to make personal attacks. That you’re continuing to do so here demonstrates what kind of person you are; it’s no reflection on me.

All right this won’t be easy to write but… It appears that Strike was correct and I got the two cases confused. The big judgment appears to be about fraud but not about tax fraud. At least I can’t find mention of it. That contradicts some political pundits I’ve heard talk about the issue. If there is no tax fraud, then the fact that the banks in question say they were not hurt could be pertinent; at least it’s not a small detail. Does this fact mean that the case should never have been prosecuted? I don’t know. I’ll have to consider that. In any case I acknowledge that Strike was right and I was wrong, it appears.

I don’t want Strike to stay out of the thread, really. He said he finds me tiring, that’s why I wrote he doesn’t need to be here. But in truth I don’t want anyone who wants to talk with me not to do so.

Then stay out of the thread. What’s tiring is your constant attempts to catch me on little details. Sometimes I get those wrong; usually not but I ain’t perfect. What I never get wrong is the big picture and YOU DO, almost all of the time. Thats why your posts are so laughable except to a few idiots around here.

It’s all related. Nearly every article on the larger judgment mentions tax fraud too.

First off I’m amazed at how much time and effort you spend trying to prove me wrong. For you, TDS stands for Timmy Derangement Syndrome, truly. Next, every respectable news outlet, without exception, continually used the words “tax fraud” to describe what the Trump organization did here. An example of dozens: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna65013 It’s in the title of the article. But hey you read 17 pages and it doesn’t use those words. Stop wasting my time with this nonsense.

I am extremely excited because Shogun premiers this week. The previews look awesome. This is my favorite novel of all time, I first read it when I was 10 and must have read it a dozen times since. The original miniseries with Richard Chamberlain was excellent for its time, but because it was in English it was only able to show things from Blackthorne’s point of view so perhaps 2/3rds of the novel was lost. This new series will have subtitles and most of it will be in Japanese. Can’t wait.

It’s amazing how many issues @Strike and @Engorgeous George get wrong. It’s not really worth arguing with them; like swatting flies. Somebody offer me some good arguments for once. Anyone?

It’s not my job to show you anything. If you disagree with the judge’s decision on this matter, then it’s up to you to quote where the judge got it wrong. Then I’ll respond to you. But how about this: you already are going to owe me $500 because you made a sucker’s bet that Biden won’t be the Democratic nominee. How about another $500 bet that the Trump will lose his appeal on this decision?

That’s not relevant. It was the state that was cheated. He avoided paying taxes.

OK. I think that when I use terms like “highly illegal” it should be obvious that I’m stating a subjective opinion and not using a legal argument. In terms of legal arguments the courts can speak for themselves. I am not an attorney and make no claims to be. I have however had a lot of experience in valuing commercial properties, both for loan and tax purposes, so I think this is an area I know a little about. And I know the difference between exaggeration and outright fraud.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I will not be referring to the details of this subject ever again, even to explain myself. You’re free to keep bringing it up but I would imagine most people reading this are sick of you doing so.

I have not.

It’s also quicker than you since I’ve never seen you acknowledge you were wrong about anything, even though you’re almost always wrong about everything.

Just an opinion based on personal experience. I’m not interested in getting in a debate with you or anyone about the difference between illegal and highly illegal. If you truly think that Trump is guiltless here I’m not going to be able to convince you otherwise. If he didn’t do anything wrong he’ll win his appeal.

What illegal trafficking? What Biden corporation? What nonsense is this now?

This is incorrect as well. Even when I, with bad information, attempted to defend Roman Polanski, I was never OK with him skipping bail.