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Golf? Seriously? WTF?

12 Wednesday Jul 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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China, clown, Fascist pig, golf, insurrectionist, Josh Hawley, PGA, seditionist, social media, U.S. Senate, Virginia, WTF?

Yesterday, from Josh Hawley (r):

Senator Josh Hawley
[July 11, 2023]
We can’t afford to let Communist China co-opt American institutions.
“It worries me when I see the PGA doing business with the Chinese gov’t…a gov’t that is attempting to use American institutions as a megaphone for their own totalitarian, dystopian & frankly evil policies.”

Some of the responses:

but chain saw saudis are ok… got it..

How about when farmland in the state you claim to reside in is sold to Chinese citizens? You seemed OK with that… but you live in Virginia and really don’t care…

Better start with James Comer since his committee was collaborating with a spy for the Chinese.
You colleague, Tuberville, is also weakening our military readiness.
Repugs are traitors.

China was one of the first that you identified as ‘the enemy”, along with Democrats, immigrants, teachers, the government, LGBTQIA+ people, women who do not want children or who have at-risk pregnancies, others. You sued that country and lost.. Have you investigated schmitt for his part in selling Missouri land to China. Clean up the mess in your own house before you start messing in other’s.

But Josh loves the Saudis.
They funded the attacks on 9/11.
They murdered a Washington Post American journalist.
They bribed Kushner w $2billon for…?
Yeah, the Saudis are great for America/Republicans.

Hey, talk about Jared Kushner and your orange overlord, Haulin A*s Hawley!! They’re totally in bed with the Saudis.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

WTF Josh. The PGA is now owned by the Saudis who just made a deal to enrich Trump. Get a clue Tiny Fist Man.

Then why aren’t you concerned about the PGA doing business with the Saudis?
You know, the same guys that helped fund the 9-11 attacks against America, and who kill America journalists, and who raise oil prices to hurt western countries like the US, AND who arrest Christians in Saudi Arabia for practicing their faith!
You’re not a serious elected official, you just do things for the camera. SMH

Resign, seditionist, and do so with exceeding haste.

So, Mr. “The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming!” how upset are you at your House colleagues for colluding with a Commie spy?
[….]

But Joshie … Capitalism and free markets … or only when you approve?
Run along Joshie … literally run along.
[….]

29 consecutive months of job growth, inflation steadily declining, durable goods having been up for three consecutive months, 35,000 new infrastructure projects, an extended period in which real wages exceeded inflation and outsize gains for lower wage-earners.
Economic transformation in little towns, rural areas and aging metro centers brought about by new investment in plants, infrastructure projects and green energy related to the Chips Act.
Limiting China’s access to U.S. technology that has military applications and bringing supply chains homeYellen told U.S business leaders: “I have made clear that the United States does not seek a wholesale separation of our economies. We seek to diversify, not to decouple. A decoupling of the world’s two largest economies would be destabilizing for the global economy, and it would be virtually impossible to undertake.”
Biden’s policies have wiped out a quarter of the inequality built in the previous forty. And at the same time that Biden’s resurrection of the liberal consensus of the years from 1933 to 1980 is illustrating that the economic problems in the country were the fault of Republican policies rather than of marginalized people, the extremism of those angry Republican footsoldiers is revealing that they are not the centrist Americans they have claimed to be.
The Republican embrace of Moms for Liberty illustrates dramatically and to a wide audience how radical the party itself has become, threatening to turn away all but its extremist base. A strong majority of Americans oppose book banning: about two thirds of the general population and even 51% of Republicans oppose it, recognizing that it echoes the rise of authoritarians.
-Excerpts from Heather Cox Richardson’s fact checked weekend report.

Resign you pandering hack

Whatever you say traitor.

saudis…. ????

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

For most people, a day of reflection

01 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Claire McCaskill, Donald Trump, funeral, golf, John McCain, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Today, across west central Missouri:

Early this morning:

Claire McCaskill @clairecmc
In honor of the life lived, the sacrifices made, and the principles embodied by my friend John McCain, my campaign will suspend all activity today. #MOSen
6:24 AM – 1 Sep 2018

For others, not so much:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Report: There were no FISA hearings held over Spy documents.”It is astonishing that the FISA courts couldn’t hold hearings on Spy Warrants targeting Donald Trump. It isn’t about Carter Page, it’s about the Trump Campaign. You’ve got corruption at the DOJ & FBI. The leadership….
7:26 AM – 1 Sep 2018

And then he went to one of his golf courses.

Previously:

Senator John McCain (1936-2018) (August 25, 2018)

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): on the passing of John McCain (August 26, 2018)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): on the passing of John McCain (August 26, 2018)

Mar-a-Lago taxi service

08 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Donald Trump, Florida, golf

Air Force One [2009 file photo].

We can’t take credit for the meme, but we can for the photograph.

Now, watch this drive.

HB 328: because a private tennis club is exactly the same as charitable or veteran’s organizations

27 Tuesday Dec 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House

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golf, HB 328, Lynn Morris, missouri, private country club, sales tax, tennis

There is another.

A bill pre-filed today:

HB 328
Authorizes a sales tax exemption for initiation dues of certain not for profit clubs and groups
Sponsor: Morris, Lynn (140)
Proposed Effective Date: Emergency Clause
LR Number: 0980H.01I
Last Action: 12/27/2016 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 328
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
[….]

With an emergency clause? Somebody have a pressing court reservation? Just asking.

The pertinent exemptions in the bill:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 328 [pdf]
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MORRIS.
0980H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 144.011, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to sales and use tax exemptions, with an emergency clause.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 144.011, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 144.011, to read as follows: 144.011.
1. For purposes of sections 144.010 to 144.525 and 144.600 to 144.748, and the taxes imposed thereby, the definition of “retail sale” or “sale at retail” shall not be construed to include any of the following:
[….]
(13) Charges for initiation fees or dues to:
(a) Fraternal beneficiaries societies, or domestic fraternal societies, orders or associations operating under the lodge system a substantial part of the activities of which are devoted to religious, charitable, scientific, literary, educational or fraternal purposes; [or]
(b) Posts or organizations of past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States or an auxiliary unit or society of, or a trust or foundation for, any such post or organization substantially all of the members of which are past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States or who are cadets, spouses, widows, or widowers of past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual; or
(c) Any organization or club not open to the public whose articles of incorporation define it as a general not-for-profit corporation and whose purpose is to bring together and allow individuals to participate in and enjoy an activity including, but not limited to, a private country club, fitness club, golf course, golf club, swim club, or tennis club.
[….]

[emphasis in original]

If they don’t enjoy the activities do they still have to pay the sales tax? Just asking.

With an emergency clause. Think about that.

Previously:

HB 276: because a private country club is exactly the same as charitable or veteran’s organizations (December 21, 2016)

HB 276: because a private country club is exactly the same as charitable or veteran’s organizations

21 Wednesday Dec 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House

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golf, HB 276, Lyndall Fraker, missouri, sales tax

A bill, filed on Monday:

HB 276  
Authorizes a sales tax exemption on initiation fees or dues of private country clubs, golf courses, and golf clubs not open to the public
Sponsor: Fraker, Lyndall (137)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2017
LR Number: 0907H.01I
Last Action: 12/19/2016 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 276
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
[….]

The pertinent exemption section in the bill:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 276 [pdf]
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE FRAKER.
0907H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 144.011, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to sales and use exemptions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 144.011, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 144.011, to read as follows:
144.011. 1. For purposes of sections 144.010 to 144.525 and 144.600 to 144.748, and the taxes imposed thereby, the definition of “retail sale” or “sale at retail” shall not be construed to include any of the following:
[….]
(13) Charges for initiation fees or dues to:
(a) Fraternal beneficiaries societies, or domestic fraternal societies, orders or associations operating under the lodge system a substantial part of the activities of which are devoted to religious, charitable, scientific, literary, educational or fraternal purposes; [or]
(b) Posts or organizations of past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States or an auxiliary unit or society of, or a trust or foundation for, any such post or organization substantially all of the members of which are past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States or who are cadets, spouses, widows, or widowers of past or present members of the Armed Forces of the United States, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual; or
(c) Any other private country club, golf course, or golf club not open to the public.

[….]

[emphasis in original]

Not open to the public.

“Now, watch this drive.”

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Boehner’s Economic Plan

03 Friday Sep 2010

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Bush Tax cuts, economy, golf, GOP Politics, House Minority Leader, John Boehner, Retirement Age, social security, Working Class

Posted by Michael Bersin | Filed under Uncategorized

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Knee padding

15 Thursday May 2008

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Blue Girl, dubya, golf

It looks like someone has called dubya on his, ahem, propensity to, well…

We Call Bullshit

…US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year. “I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal,” he said in an interview for Yahoo! News and Politico magazine….

Ahem…

…Last summer, Bush suffered a minor muscle tear in his right calf and that injury, along with aching knees, forced him to abandon his running routine. The calf strain healed by August when he had his annual physical, but the president said in September that he suspected he had a meniscus tear…

Everybody is linking to Warren Street at Blue Girl, Red State on this one:

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