sorry that link is full of spam and other dire warnings. Not worth infecting my computer and I'm writing this as a warning for others reading this. I thought it was a good idea., but only if I had a computer I don't care about.
I use a ad blocker on all my browsers, and I saw no spam and dire warnings. As of 9AM, 2/19, the total raised by the Gilded conman was $432,976. The rubes are thick in this country.
Thanks. That was helpful info. I also enjoy the benefits of ad blockers. So I flagged that GFM.
Although I understand the importance of advertising to fund many sites. They wouldn't do well without such support.
Sometime soon, I'll begin disabling it in certain sites. I have strong distain for the trickery of most advertising, but also understand that it does have some importance.
I have also always used Macs, so a lot of the hackery and other harms are not an issue, so far. I have also long wondered why PC computers can't be made to protect their users better. I can't believe that it's not possible.
It was? I used it and went right to it and made my report. Well, you can just go to the Gofundme site, pull it up and do the same thing. My apologies. I wasn't aware it was spam.
Thank you. I just went to the site and filled out the form requesting this fundraiser not be allowed to use this site to defraud the American people yet again.
It's a legit link, and poster fixed it, was just a typo. I also looked up the people who started the fundraiser and they are real people and have been posting about it on their social media.
FYI Gofundme guidelines state that people CAN'T RAISE MONEY for those CONVICTED OF CRIMES, and Trump is not allowed to profit from his crimes due to the judgment... so you can use this language when you report the site.
The judgement against Trump is indeed fair and valid. This is nothing more than grift. Go Fundme should not allow this sort of fundraising for someone convicted lawfully in civil court.
Lisa59 Done. I don't usually do that type of thing on the internet, but tffg is such a scam artist, it seemed like one tiny thing to do today that might be helpful. Thank you.
Hi Jerry! not so long ago, running a Linux OS was a PITA (Pain In The A__) nightmare. To use programs from any other system, the operator had to set it up in the sub-routines. Tedious. The latest iteration of my OS (Ubuntu) now has all this built in. It also comes with a suite of office programs that rival those from Microsoft (well, not Office365 - yet) and Mac. Also, Linux OS's use much less disc space, so they work just fine on ageing computers like mine :)
The link worked correctly for me and I posted a claim that the fundraiser is misleading because it seeks to raise $$$ for an "illegal and invalid" $355 million judgement. I said the judgment is both valid and legal in U.S. civil court.
This is quite a story about the Lincoln-Biden connection and to read it on Presidents Day!
'Documents reveal Abraham Lincoln pardoned BidenтАЩs great-great-grandfather'
'By David J. Gerleman is a 19th-century historian, Lincoln scholar and history instructor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.'
'President BidenтАЩs Oval Office boasts both a portrait and a bust of Abraham Lincoln. But his familyтАЩs connection to the 16th president extends far beyond workplace ornamentation.'
'It dates to a late-night brawl during the Civil War.'
'On the evening of March 21, 1864, the quiet of a small corner of the Army of the PotomacтАЩs sprawling winter camp along the Rappahannock River near Beverly Ford, Va., was disturbed when a fight broke out in one of the mess tents between Union Army civilian employees Moses J. Robinette and John J. Alexander.'
'The scuffle left Alexander bleeding from knife wounds, and Robinette was charged with attempted murder and incarcerated on a remote island near modern-day Florida. It would also cause an unexpected intersection in the histories of two American presidents, Lincoln and Biden тАФ a story that has waited 160 years to be told.'
'Robinette, who received a pardon from Lincoln, was BidenтАЩs great-great-grandfather.
Joseph Robinette BidenтАЩs ancestral line has long been established and lists Moses J. Robinette among his paternal ancestors hailing from western Maryland, but very little has ever been chronicled about the man. RobinetteтАЩs court-martial records, discovered at the National Archives in Washington, show how the current presidentтАЩs story is intertwined with that of the man who was president at the most perilous junction in U.S. history.'
'In 1861, Robinette was 42, married and running a hotel near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad junction at Grafton, Va. Union sentiments ran high in VirginiaтАЩs mountainous western counties, which soon broke off to form the new state of West Virginia. As the nation lurched toward armed conflict that spring, smoldering resentments against VirginiaтАЩs politically dominant slaveholding elite flared into open defiance after northwestern delegates tried to block the secession movement and were expelled from the Virginia Convention.'
'Western Virginia became an early battleground as both sides fought to control the railroad. Union troops occupied Grafton in mid-June 1861 and drove Confederate forces out of the region within six months. The Robinette family suffered setbacks in the warтАЩs early years: MosesтАЩs wife, Jane, died, and his hotel was destroyed, allegedly by Union soldiers. Seeking safety for his youngest surviving children, Robinette appears to have left Virginia and returned to his extended family in Allegany County, Md.'
'Robinette was hired as a civilian veterinary surgeon by the U.S. Army QuartermasterтАЩs Department in late 1862 or early 1863. He was assigned to the Army of the PotomacтАЩs reserve artillery and tasked with keeping healthy the horses and mules that pulled the ammunition wagons. His qualifications for the position, as someone without formal medical training, were unstated, but such an appointment was not unusual in Civil War armies. Few veterinary colleges existed outside Europe in the 19th century, and Congress refused to authorize the creation of an official army veterinary corps until the First World War.'
'On that March evening near Beverly Ford, Alexander, a brigade wagon master, overheard Robinette saying something about him to the female cook and rushed into the mess shanty to demand an explanation. Tempers flared, expletives followed, and Robinette drew his pocketknife. A brief scuffle left Alexander bleeding from several cuts before camp watchmen arrived to arrest Robinette.'
'Nearly a month passed before RobinetteтАЩs military trial began. The charges specified that he had become intoxicated and incited тАЬa dangerous quarrel,тАЭ violating good order and military discipline. Because a drawn weapon was involved, assault with тАЬattempt to killтАЭ was included among the charges.'
'Witnesses described Robinette as тАЬfull of fun, always lively and joking,тАЭ and testimony varied on whether either man had consumed alcohol before the fight broke out.'
'According to the trial transcript, Robinette stated in closing тАЬthat whatever I have done was done in self defence, that I had no malice towards Mr. Alexander before or since. He grabbed me and possibly might have injured me seriously had I not resorted to the means that I did.тАЭ (WAPO) Thank you to subscriber, Pete Hall, for providing the GIFTED link below. It is his gift to all of us!
Yes, this letter got me to thinking: what a great course for high schoolers, a course on the Civil War combined with sessions of critical thinking processes used to dissect, explain and understand what was going on, being said, and the reasons/implications/inferences for them.
Today, still, I see pundits pondering the make-up of Trump supporters. That issue was laid to rest, IMO, by Profs. David Norman Smith and Eric Hanley of the Univ. of Kansas in their study entitled "The Anger Games: Who Voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 Election, and Why?" You can google it. Or, click here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0896920517740615
This is as timely as it is profound. Thank you Heather.
Just a side note, Let's send a message; https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-trump-raise-the-settlement. Hit the "report the fundraiser". Click that and follow. Gofundme has turned into Gogriftme. Report this so we can shut him down.
sorry that link is full of spam and other dire warnings. Not worth infecting my computer and I'm writing this as a warning for others reading this. I thought it was a good idea., but only if I had a computer I don't care about.
I just used the link with no problem. The false staement I cited was, "Fund the $355M Unjust Judgment". This judgment is in fact valid and just.
I just did the same - the judgment is in fact valid and just. At long last, Trump has no shame, shades of Joseph McCarthy.
I use a ad blocker on all my browsers, and I saw no spam and dire warnings. As of 9AM, 2/19, the total raised by the Gilded conman was $432,976. The rubes are thick in this country.
A lot of the donation no doubt came from Russia/Putin.
Which is where Eric trump stated years ago that most of the trump money came from....
Thanks. That was helpful info. I also enjoy the benefits of ad blockers. So I flagged that GFM.
Although I understand the importance of advertising to fund many sites. They wouldn't do well without such support.
Sometime soon, I'll begin disabling it in certain sites. I have strong distain for the trickery of most advertising, but also understand that it does have some importance.
I have also always used Macs, so a lot of the hackery and other harms are not an issue, so far. I have also long wondered why PC computers can't be made to protect their users better. I can't believe that it's not possible.
It was? I used it and went right to it and made my report. Well, you can just go to the Gofundme site, pull it up and do the same thing. My apologies. I wasn't aware it was spam.
I reported the comment with the link. Not clear if it was intentional but used gogundme instead of gofundme
Oh, shit I spelled it wrong! I fixed it, my bad. My ADHD brain runs over words like a lawnmower.
And spelchek only exacerbates the problem.
:-)
Thank you. I was about ready to click on the link.
Thank you. I just went to the site and filled out the form requesting this fundraiser not be allowed to use this site to defraud the American people yet again.
It's a legit link, and poster fixed it, was just a typo. I also looked up the people who started the fundraiser and they are real people and have been posting about it on their social media.
FYI Gofundme guidelines state that people CAN'T RAISE MONEY for those CONVICTED OF CRIMES, and Trump is not allowed to profit from his crimes due to the judgment... so you can use this language when you report the site.
Done. Disgusting. Some damn fool gave him ten grand, or so it says
Probably a fake.
Reported...this is what I wrote.
The judgement against Trump is indeed fair and valid. This is nothing more than grift. Go Fundme should not allow this sort of fundraising for someone convicted lawfully in civil court.
Thank you for doing that. We need to call out the hypocrisy.
"Billionaire needs GoFundMe". You cant make this shit up.
Right!! And dumb asses donate. King Shitpants knows how to work the grift.
Lisa59 Done. I don't usually do that type of thing on the internet, but tffg is such a scam artist, it seemed like one tiny thing to do today that might be helpful. Thank you.
Used the link with no problems. I use a Linux based OS, so viruses are generally not a problem. Thanks Lisa59!
How do you run standard office or technical apps o programs? I know this is off today's topic, but I'm curious.
Hi Jerry! not so long ago, running a Linux OS was a PITA (Pain In The A__) nightmare. To use programs from any other system, the operator had to set it up in the sub-routines. Tedious. The latest iteration of my OS (Ubuntu) now has all this built in. It also comes with a suite of office programs that rival those from Microsoft (well, not Office365 - yet) and Mac. Also, Linux OS's use much less disc space, so they work just fine on ageing computers like mine :)
Thanks, Steve.
Thank you!
The link worked correctly for me and I posted a claim that the fundraiser is misleading because it seeks to raise $$$ for an "illegal and invalid" $355 million judgement. I said the judgment is both valid and legal in U.S. civil court.
Done.
Done: message: insulting grifter at large
Go Fund Me not Go Grund Me.
ЁЯдг Sorry about that.
Done and thank you.
Done.
Thanks, Gail.
This is quite a story about the Lincoln-Biden connection and to read it on Presidents Day!
'Documents reveal Abraham Lincoln pardoned BidenтАЩs great-great-grandfather'
'By David J. Gerleman is a 19th-century historian, Lincoln scholar and history instructor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.'
'President BidenтАЩs Oval Office boasts both a portrait and a bust of Abraham Lincoln. But his familyтАЩs connection to the 16th president extends far beyond workplace ornamentation.'
'It dates to a late-night brawl during the Civil War.'
'On the evening of March 21, 1864, the quiet of a small corner of the Army of the PotomacтАЩs sprawling winter camp along the Rappahannock River near Beverly Ford, Va., was disturbed when a fight broke out in one of the mess tents between Union Army civilian employees Moses J. Robinette and John J. Alexander.'
'The scuffle left Alexander bleeding from knife wounds, and Robinette was charged with attempted murder and incarcerated on a remote island near modern-day Florida. It would also cause an unexpected intersection in the histories of two American presidents, Lincoln and Biden тАФ a story that has waited 160 years to be told.'
'Robinette, who received a pardon from Lincoln, was BidenтАЩs great-great-grandfather.
Joseph Robinette BidenтАЩs ancestral line has long been established and lists Moses J. Robinette among his paternal ancestors hailing from western Maryland, but very little has ever been chronicled about the man. RobinetteтАЩs court-martial records, discovered at the National Archives in Washington, show how the current presidentтАЩs story is intertwined with that of the man who was president at the most perilous junction in U.S. history.'
'In 1861, Robinette was 42, married and running a hotel near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad junction at Grafton, Va. Union sentiments ran high in VirginiaтАЩs mountainous western counties, which soon broke off to form the new state of West Virginia. As the nation lurched toward armed conflict that spring, smoldering resentments against VirginiaтАЩs politically dominant slaveholding elite flared into open defiance after northwestern delegates tried to block the secession movement and were expelled from the Virginia Convention.'
'Western Virginia became an early battleground as both sides fought to control the railroad. Union troops occupied Grafton in mid-June 1861 and drove Confederate forces out of the region within six months. The Robinette family suffered setbacks in the warтАЩs early years: MosesтАЩs wife, Jane, died, and his hotel was destroyed, allegedly by Union soldiers. Seeking safety for his youngest surviving children, Robinette appears to have left Virginia and returned to his extended family in Allegany County, Md.'
'Robinette was hired as a civilian veterinary surgeon by the U.S. Army QuartermasterтАЩs Department in late 1862 or early 1863. He was assigned to the Army of the PotomacтАЩs reserve artillery and tasked with keeping healthy the horses and mules that pulled the ammunition wagons. His qualifications for the position, as someone without formal medical training, were unstated, but such an appointment was not unusual in Civil War armies. Few veterinary colleges existed outside Europe in the 19th century, and Congress refused to authorize the creation of an official army veterinary corps until the First World War.'
'On that March evening near Beverly Ford, Alexander, a brigade wagon master, overheard Robinette saying something about him to the female cook and rushed into the mess shanty to demand an explanation. Tempers flared, expletives followed, and Robinette drew his pocketknife. A brief scuffle left Alexander bleeding from several cuts before camp watchmen arrived to arrest Robinette.'
'Nearly a month passed before RobinetteтАЩs military trial began. The charges specified that he had become intoxicated and incited тАЬa dangerous quarrel,тАЭ violating good order and military discipline. Because a drawn weapon was involved, assault with тАЬattempt to killтАЭ was included among the charges.'
'Witnesses described Robinette as тАЬfull of fun, always lively and joking,тАЭ and testimony varied on whether either man had consumed alcohol before the fight broke out.'
'According to the trial transcript, Robinette stated in closing тАЬthat whatever I have done was done in self defence, that I had no malice towards Mr. Alexander before or since. He grabbed me and possibly might have injured me seriously had I not resorted to the means that I did.тАЭ (WAPO) Thank you to subscriber, Pete Hall, for providing the GIFTED link below. It is his gift to all of us!
https://wapo.st/3T7b68o
Yes, this letter got me to thinking: what a great course for high schoolers, a course on the Civil War combined with sessions of critical thinking processes used to dissect, explain and understand what was going on, being said, and the reasons/implications/inferences for them.
Today, still, I see pundits pondering the make-up of Trump supporters. That issue was laid to rest, IMO, by Profs. David Norman Smith and Eric Hanley of the Univ. of Kansas in their study entitled "The Anger Games: Who Voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 Election, and Why?" You can google it. Or, click here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0896920517740615
As usual, Richard, thank you for your critical thinking and generosity. I will open the link later in the day. Salud!
Here is the article without the paywall.
https://wapo.st/3T7b68o
Pete Hall, thank you for your thoughtful generosity. I hope that you will not mind
my copying and pasting the link within the comment and crediting you for your
gift to us all.
Not necessary, Fern. Please feel free to use that URL.
Thank you for your kind consideration, Pete.
I just love these history lessons from HCR. Especially about times when everything is hanging in the balance. It is my daily "fix."
Never give up, never surrender.