Low grade uranium, not weapon's grade as the premiere liars of the Right state or insinuate. Plus it cannot be exported--even if that mine was ever mined. Donations to Clinton Foundation by a Russian are not donations to the Clinton's; they were never touched or used that money for themselves (unlike the Trump Foundation, who used, and admitted to improperly using donations, for a tRump portait). The Russian who donated the money had left Uranium One three years prior. Clinton was one of nine people to okay the sale, which was unanimous. There is zero evidence of any effort to persuade or coerce the other eight to approve the sale by Hillary. The matter had been thoroughly investigated by the FBI and no wrong-doing of any nature was found. Classic sleight-of-hand by the GOP.

Linda, it's good to see that you at least take the time to research. We might not agree on issues, but I can see by your last few posts that you are looking for facts. It's encouraging.

I made the point earlier to PoppaG that the reason why there are more oil spills related to train accidents is because there are more rails that pipes. That really was an oversimplified response, but since I'm talking to someone who looks for facts I feel I can probably increase the level of detail without causing confusion.

The notion that pipelines are safer comes from industry reports that measure the damage in terms of deaths and property damage, but when measuring the actual volume of spilled oil, the Congressional Research Service https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43390.pdf says pipelines are actually worse. The reason for this difference, is that pipelines tend to route through less populated areas. People NEVER accept proposals for a pipeline through their back yard. So when oil is t***sported to or through densely populated areas, they use trains. So, even small oil spills cause more property damage in urban regions than a huge oil spill in some place we obviously don't care about, like an Indian reservation.

So a more accurate statement for me to make would be that trains carry more oil through high-risk areas than pipelines do.

But that doesn't mean a giant oil spill from a pipe in the country won't eventually cause as much damage as a small spill in a city... One of the concerns the "water protectors" at Standing Rock had was the damage oil spills can have on their water tables over a long period. This type of damage isn't immediately calculated by insurance companies reacting to an oil spill in a populated area. It's the kind of damage that dimwitted people like Trump find easy to dismiss as "theory" or a "h**x".

When I read what he said my first reaction was wth??? In between laughing ... He can sure come up with some off the wall twists though.. Just gotta laugh..

That money paid into the foundation was never touched or used for charity.. Had he said that he would be right..

Millions paid into their racketeering foundation selling off our country yes..

I also remember their tax return that showed they had given out 5.7 million to others , now, Bless their no hearts wasn’t that sweet???

Do you know which party has had more control of this country for the last 100 years??
Over the past 100 years the Democratic party has held power nearly twice as long as the Republicans in both the Senate and the House. And the Democratic party has had control of the White House and the two Houses of Congress for 35 years, compared to 16 years for the Republican party over the last 100 years..
kinda shoots to hell your opinion that the Republicans are the ones to abuse the v**ers..

LOL - "Neither party gives a damn but I'm v****g Republican 'cause the Democrats don't give a damn!".


~~~~No , no, I v**e that one I Believe aligns to my beliefs, party means jack~ sh** to me and I mean that.. Yes, I lean right but believe it or not I’m a softy for those things like food for the truly needy..Housing for the truly needed, care for our elders, Our vets taken care of at wh**ever the cost, humanitarian aid of countries in need, not brininging everyone under the sun ☀️ Into our country to care for for the rest of our lives..

But seriously, what I know (or at least what I think) is that they DO give a damn... (if they didn't, they wouldn't get reelected), but they can't satisfy everyone because the people are so divided on every issue that comes up, so for every citizen they help, there is another one infuriated that "they don't give a damn".

~~~I wish I had your conviction here.. I know based on what doesn’t happen no matter which party it is.. They care simply for themself, elitism and a one World order they govern.. Rude awaking from other World leaders that want that one world they control.. Which is also why that movement hasn’t been achieved.. They will have to k**l off each other until the last one standing wins..

I also think you're putting too much emphasis on party. I actually went back and edited my closing statement before you I saw your response. I took "Republican" out because on second thought I knew that was quite accurate. In it's place, I put "I'll let you guess who you think that is". I was curious to see how you fill in the blank. Of course I figured you would assume I meant Republicans anyway and this would become a partisan argument. Well, I did say Republicans before the edit, but I am really talking about a cultural divide not a political one.

~~~~No partisan argument from me Straight, it achieves nothing which was what I meant when I said, change republican to democrat and the very same holds true to what you said...
Cultural devide is absolutely true!! Now who do we “ blame” for that?? Is it society? Is it cultural indifference that prohibits harmony amongst others ?? I hope your not implying r****m ?? That’s been beat to death and fosters nothing but more devide and h**e.. I am truly s**k of it and sorry maintain BO fostered the worst level of intended devide and r****m over any other in office.. I can not call him president, tried but could not and yes it’s because I had no respect for him and what I believe of him...

Political parties are t***sient and d******e. One might say even fickle. I often refer to the big switch during the Nixon campaigns when the Republican Party switched from the liberals they were to the conservatives the Democrats used to be. The progressive movement which was originally championed by Republicans straddled both parties throughout what we now refer to as the Progressive Era. And even today we can clearly see a fracture within the GOP along cultural lines, with isolationists like Gingrich advocating a completely different view from the neoconservatives like Bush.

RINOs thru and thru in this time period..
The changing of ideology is a must if we are to further the future..
The republicans did change and I feel for the worst as I do about the Dems, progressive dems, Democrat republican, wh**ever..

The fracture is therefor both parties.. More so this moment for the Dems that are chasing their tail, dodging each other and wondering whose going down..

So when I talk about the Great American Irony... (my phrase for our example of when half the v**ers in a country pledge their allegiance to the people who abuse them.) I am referring to a cultural condition, not a political one because as you say, neither side of the political fence seems to care. The difference is whether a culture promotes awareness or what amounts to political loyalty.

~~~ No, a culture does not promote awareness of political loyalty .. it can not given the d******e nature of the parties to confuse, demean and hold power of the cultural makeup.. Even in choosing their targets it starts there and nothing is allowed to develope in that cultural challenge.. It is molded by the dishonest, by the greedy and eradicates the culture itself..
It's not the culture that promotes awareness that delivers v**es to the abusive... That my friend is the culture that promotes political loyalty.

What tax deductions are you referring to?? Your understanding of how foreign taxes work does not include the mandatory 35% taxation the US has on all foreign profits, income etc does it??

Yes Corporations pay taxes in other countries, qualified taxes to the US is different than what foreign taxation is about too. Not all money paid in foreign trade revenue is qualified here either..

People want to believe that U.S. companies pay little or nothing in taxes on their foreign earnings I know.. We hear it enough that’s for sure..Some politicians suggest implementing a “minimum tax” on corporate foreign earnings to prevent tax avoidance too.. Unfortunately, legislation that would impose these types of taxes on multinational corporations is based on a misunderstanding of how U.S. international tax rules works..To do something like that would be an illegal double taxation of the US to impose and why it has not been put forth..

The U.S. has what is often called a “worldwide” system of taxation that requires American businesses to pay the 35 percent federal corporate tax rate on their income no matter where it is earned—domestically or abroad...
So I’ll ask or say why should they then be subject to taxation here if nothing they are doing elsewhere involves the US other than to be anamed home base corporation here??
They are taxed on the products they sell here and they do pay tariff taxes to trade right?? Remember Trump saying if they don’t want to come home and increase Corporate American Jobs etc then they will pay a lot more in tariffs etc.. The companies heard that loud and clear I suspect...

First, companies operating in foreign countries pay income taxes to the country in which those profits were earned...

When those profits are brought back to the United States, an additional tax equal to the difference between the U.S. tax rate of 35 percent and what they paid to the foreign country is collected by the IRS. Between the two nations, the U.S. firm will have paid a total of $35, or 35 percent, in taxes on its foreign profits and it has to, no exception..

To arrive at a 35 percent effective tax rate on corporate foreign earnings, the IRS affords U.S. corporations a foreign tax credit against U.S. taxes equal to the corporate taxes they paid to foreign governments... When corporations repatriate their foreign earnings, they are required to report how much income they earned in each country they operated in and how much they paid those countries in corporate income taxes. The credit U.S. corporations receive is equal to the corporate income taxes paid to foreign governments on foreign earned income that is returned to the U.S... So I’m a little confused in what you are using as a bases to say companies aren’t paying here?? They surely are on top of what they paid in other countries remembering all they paid in tha foreign country is not automatically offset.. it is qualified by specific qualifiers here to be offset..

lindajoy wrote:
Just using all the promises Dems have given the b****s every e******n why are the b****s still not flourishing??? Just exactly what have the Dems done to help the b****s???

straightUp wrote:
They gave them civil rights. What more do you think government is supposed to do? I thought you conservatives were all about a limited government role? The black community is dealing with cultural issues that governments aren't designed to fix.

lindajoy wrote:
They didn’t give them a thing but oppression and pittance to buy their v**es..