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    Image of Robespierre Robespierre
    11/29/09

    Around 11:30 I saw Michael Douglas and Donald trump on the set of Wall Street 2 on Ludlow Street, Nov. 25th.

    #stalker #donaldtrump #wallstreet2 #michaeldouglas
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    11/18/09

    In reply to The Trumps Lose Yooge
    You gotta be a real tool to go broke running a casino. It's a license to coin money.
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    Image of mimigoliath mimigoliath
    11/18/09

    In reply to The Trumps Lose Yooge
    For real: Donald Trump Jr. recently agreed to be a "celebrity spokesperson" for my shitty company. I would reveal the name of the company, but that would cost me my unemployment if they fired me. All I'll say is that if you were to search for it, you'd see the word "scam" quite a bit. It's embarassing, but I can't afford to quit.
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    Image of TubOfTaft TubOfTaft
    11/18/09

    @mimigoliath: Let me guess, one of those Acai Berry companies?
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    11/18/09

    @TubOfTaft: Ha! No, much scammier. I really wish I could reveal it.

    #tips
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    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    11/18/09

    @mimigoliath: Aspray?
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    11/18/09

    @mimigoliath: Condos in Baja?
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    Image of Fuzzy Dunlop Fuzzy Dunlop
    11/18/09

    In reply to The Trumps Lose Yooge
    People who impugn Trump's business credentials are ridiculous. To put it simply, if a man owns 100 companies, 90 of which are doing well and 10 of which fail, he is doing pretty damn well for himself. Yet every time one of Trump's business ventures goes under, people like Rosie O'Donnell think it means that he is personally bankrupt. Um, no.
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    11/18/09

    @Fuzzy Dunlop: "People who impugn Trump's business credentials are ridiculous."

    That is ridiculous.
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    Image of Fuzzy Dunlop Fuzzy Dunlop
    11/18/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: OK, sentence one of my post may have been hyperbole. But what about sentences two and three? Do you disagree that, overall, Trump continues to do very well for himself? Your post made it sound like the casinos are the be-all and end-all of his business holdings.
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    11/18/09

    @Fuzzy Dunlop: the successes that Trump has had (chiefly the Apprentice and getting paid to put his name on buildings he didn't own or build) have always been from his celebrity, not his business success. Basically, his business plan from the start was:

    1. Do the sort of thing business guys do: buy and sell things.
    2. Promote myself as someone with amazing super business talents.
    3. ???
    4. Profit!!

    It turns out (3) is "People are gullible and will believe (2), which means I can sell my name."
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    11/18/09

    @large orange: It's true that he didn't build/develop many of the properties with his name on them, but that's not the case for all of them. In any event, according to Wikipedia (which can never be wrong), Forbes valued his personal wealth at $3 billion. So there's something to his business plan, whatever it is. I don't think its fair to simply tar the guy as a high-class Spencer Pratt.
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    11/18/09

    @Fuzzy Dunlop: Everyone would agree that Daddy Trump is successful if "successful" means "making a lot of money." (Which it does!)

    I think the reason he chaps so many people's asses is that his success is based on his self-marketing as a business genius. Which he is not, except in the very limited field of self-marketing.

    People who like Trump say "hey, if that's what it takes to play the game and win." People who dislike him say "he's still a wildly deceptive guy who exaggerates his own accomplishments in order to take money from people who want to be rich like he is."

    Both are correct!
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    Image of charliebabbles charliebabbles
    11/18/09

    @Fuzzy Dunlop: "Do you disagree that, overall, Trump continues to do very well for himself?"

    No, I don't disagree with that. And it goes right to the heart of my problem with him. He does well, but everyone else gets screwed, especially his investors.
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    Image of BookishLatkeish BookishLatkeish
    11/18/09

    In reply to The Trumps Lose Yooge
    Trump has always been smoke and mirrors and hair spray, and now with Ivanka joining, you can add a bit of silicone to the equation.
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    Image of smithhimself smithhimself
    11/18/09

    @BookishLookish:

    Correct as always, Bookish. The standard M.O. is that he packages a deal and adds his name. But this doesn't mean that he owns controlling interest. He ACTS like the does and many journalists accept this as fact because -- well, because he has a TV show.
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    Image of Juancho Juancho
    11/18/09

    @BookishLookish: me-ow, I was just going to say bronzer.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/18/09

    In reply to The Trumps Lose Yooge
    How much does he make from Apprentice? Maybe this is becoming the tide that floats his boat, like "ship builder" George Steinbrenner's acquisition of a ball club.
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    Image of jodru jodru
    11/18/09

    @BadUncle: Haven't you heard? The Donald's selling vitamins now, Amway style!

    Don't miss the opportunity to sign up 5 other people to sell Donald's vitamins underneath you so you can earn off their sales!

    [www.trumpnetwork.com]
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/18/09

    @jodru: Coupled with a colonic-cleansing franchise, the Trump brand could really move some product.
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    Image of AliHajiSheik AliHajiSheik
    11/18/09

    @jodru: how do you swallow a vitamin embossed with the word Trump in 10 foot tall bronze letters?
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    11/18/09

    @AliHajiSheik: You choke it down, just like Melania does.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/18/09

    @momof3wildkids: roflmaobagaflobj
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Ivanka Trump Whining: The Sound of the Future
    Bla, bla, bla... you're missing the meat here: 10's of thousands of photos of the glamorous young Ivanka, but no one of her buttocks. Society demands a glimpse of Ivanka's buttocks.
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    Image of BookishLatkeish BookishLatkeish
    11/16/09

    In reply to Ivanka Trump Whining: The Sound of the Future
    Ron Rosenbaum, then Doree S., there's nothing left in there that is readable. Now it's a peach-colored piece of fluff, like Ivanka's ass. #ivankatrump
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    Image of Tchotchke Tchotchke
    11/16/09

    In reply to Ivanka Trump Whining: The Sound of the Future
    "My husband and I," Ivanka. #ivankatrump
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    Image of crotchety crotchety
    11/16/09

    @Tchotchke: "My husband and me" I think. #ivankatrump
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    11/16/09

    @Tchotchke: Nope, she's right. #ivankatrump
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/16/09

    @crotchety: That sounds better, but I think that how she wrote it is sufficiently correct. Also, had the exact same thought about "late Jared." How tragic! Oh, wait... #ivankatrump
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    Image of Tchotchke Tchotchke
    11/16/09

    @DahlELama: Sigh. I stand corrected. Once again, trumped by a Trump. #ivankatrump
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/16/09

    @Tchotchke: To be fair, she probably employs a staff of 47 to proofread her Tweets. It's tough to compete with that. #ivankatrump
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    11/16/09

    In reply to Ivanka Trump Whining: The Sound of the Future
    "it's that she and her husband seem to be totally enveloping the New York Observer in the Trump Brand".

    Hmmmm. Ivanka was brought up by TRUMP (tm), in the TRUMP TOWER (tm), stars in "The Apprentice" (tm), is a VP at the TRUMP ORGANIZATION (tm) - so her making the Observer part of the TRUMP (tm) brand is a surprise... how? #ivankatrump
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/10/09

    In reply to Trump and Omarosa: TV's New Power Couple

    Somehow I recall theft of about one percent not working out so well after all. #omarosa
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    Image of taraniso taraniso
    11/10/09

    In reply to Trump and Omarosa: TV's New Power Couple
    Omarosa's Ultimate Merger. Whay am I picturing a giant praying mantis with her head on top? #omarosa
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    11/11/09

    @taraniso: I don't know but I went there too. @_@ #omarosa
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    11/10/09

    In reply to Trump and Omarosa: TV's New Power Couple
    The original Italian version of Everybody's Fine, Stanno Tutti Bene, was a treat. Question is, does it get lost in translation? #omarosa
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    Image of gonzosmom gonzosmom
    11/10/09

    In reply to Trump and Omarosa: TV's New Power Couple
    But this is the New And Improved Omarosa! Just check out the brand new breasts... fuller lips... and whatever else she's "improved."

    ( Also, to keep her in line, they'll fill her up with Prozac and hit her on the head with a rubber mallet.) #omarosa
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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