Mainecat Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire Source: ProPublica via MSN In late June 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago on a superyacht staffed by a coterie of attendants and a private chef. If Thomas had chartered the plane and the 162-foot yacht himself, the total cost of the trip could have exceeded $500,000. Fortunately for him, that wasn’t necessary: He was on vacation with real estate magnate and Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, who owned the jet — and the yacht, too. For more than two decades, Thomas has accepted luxury trips virtually every year from the Dallas businessman without disclosing them, documents and interviews show. A public servant who has a salary of $285,000, he has vacationed on Crow’s superyacht around the globe. He flies on Crow’s Bombardier Global 5000 jet. He has gone with Crow to the Bohemian Grove, the exclusive California all-male retreat, and to Crow’s sprawling ranch in East Texas. And Thomas typically spends about a week every summer at Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks. The extent and frequency of Crow’s apparent gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/clarence-thomas-and-the-billionaire/ar-AA19xpVG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sleepr2 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 6 hours ago, Mainecat said: Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire Source: ProPublica via MSN In late June 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago on a superyacht staffed by a coterie of attendants and a private chef. If Thomas had chartered the plane and the 162-foot yacht himself, the total cost of the trip could have exceeded $500,000. Fortunately for him, that wasn’t necessary: He was on vacation with real estate magnate and Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, who owned the jet — and the yacht, too. For more than two decades, Thomas has accepted luxury trips virtually every year from the Dallas businessman without disclosing them, documents and interviews show. A public servant who has a salary of $285,000, he has vacationed on Crow’s superyacht around the globe. He flies on Crow’s Bombardier Global 5000 jet. He has gone with Crow to the Bohemian Grove, the exclusive California all-male retreat, and to Crow’s sprawling ranch in East Texas. And Thomas typically spends about a week every summer at Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks. The extent and frequency of Crow’s apparent gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/clarence-thomas-and-the-billionaire/ar-AA19xpVG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted April 6, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 6, 2023 Are we mad he went on vacation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 More likely mad that the court isn’t stacked with 9 liberal justices. Thomas is one of the best in the history of the Court. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Pfft. $500,000. That's what a typical Hunter Biden painting goes for. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted April 6, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 6, 2023 Bought and paid for. The court relies on people having confidence in the court. That has diminished and will diminish further. It will be interesting to see what happens next and what else is exposed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member EvilBird Posted April 6, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted April 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, SnowRider said: Bought and paid for. The court relies on people having confidence in the court. That has diminished and will diminish further. It will be interesting to see what happens next and what else is exposed. Yup Thomas started that. All his fault . God damn you're an idiot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted April 6, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 6, 2023 Just now, EvilBird said: Yup Thomas started that. All his fault . God damn you're an idiot. You’re too dumb to engage in this discussion. Have a seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member EvilBird Posted April 6, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted April 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, SnowRider said: You’re too dumb to engage in this discussion. Have a seat Says the Guy that couldnt figure out a burnt fuse . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 1 hour ago, EvilBird said: Yup Thomas started that. All his fault . God damn you're an idiot. But that Hunter Biden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted April 7, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 7, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 So when I go on my buds jet and go hang with him at one of his vacation houses am I supose to clam them as some sort of income ? This is the implications right ? Or am I not allowed to have friends with deep pockets ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Thomas is an asswipe. A big phony trumper. This doesn’t surprise me. Arrogant fuck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 39 minutes ago, spin_dry said: Thomas is an asswipe. A big phony trumper. This doesn’t surprise me. Arrogant fuck. Fucking uncle tom get him back in the field . House Niger got to big for his britches. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member EvilBird Posted April 7, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted April 7, 2023 2 hours ago, spin_dry said: Thomas is an asswipe. A big phony trumper. This doesn’t surprise me. Arrogant fuck. 1 hour ago, Ez ryder said: Fucking uncle tom get him back in the field . House Niger got to big for his britches. Spin tits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 9 hours ago, Ez ryder said: Fucking uncle tom get him back in the field . House Niger got too big for his britches. GOP’ers always bring race into it. Pretty gross on your part. It’s no wonder that the republicans have a bad reputation with blacks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalina Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 11 hours ago, Ez ryder said: So when I go on my buds jet and go hang with him at one of his vacation houses am I supose to clam them as some sort of income ? This is the implications right ? Or am I not allowed to have friends with deep pockets ? I believe you cannot accept the gift if you are a supreme court justice, or most any other government employee. I did some consulting work for the EPA last year. We visited their facility, and could not take them to dinner and pay for it, they could not 'accept' the value of the dinner. Had to be separate checks. There are very strict rules around gifts for federal employees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 11 hours ago, Ez ryder said: So when I go on my buds jet and go hang with him at one of his vacation houses am I supose to clam them as some sort of income ? This is the implications right ? Or am I not allowed to have friends with deep pockets ? You don’t understand being a federal employee……try another end around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted April 7, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 7, 2023 26 minutes ago, Catalina said: I believe you cannot accept the gift if you are a supreme court justice, or most any other government employee. I did some consulting work for the EPA last year. We visited their facility, and could not take them to dinner and pay for it, they could not 'accept' the value of the dinner. Had to be separate checks. There are very strict rules around gifts for federal employees. Good rational post…thank you.👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Kick him off the supreme court and put another fascist in there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalina Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 As much as I hate to say this, it could be real trouble for Thomas going forward. He may have gone too far. If that is the case, the balance of the court will change again, at least a bit. Seems like an argument for not packing the court, things have a way of balancing themselves out with a bit of patience. Time will tell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 28 minutes ago, Catalina said: As much as I hate to say this, it could be real trouble for Thomas going forward. He may have gone too far. If that is the case, the balance of the court will change again, at least a bit. Seems like an argument for not packing the court, things have a way of balancing themselves out with a bit of patience. Time will tell. The chances of him being impeached with a Democrat president are exactly zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 14 hours ago, Mainecat said: But that Hunter Biden And another example of your intellectual dishonesty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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