“They Drove Our Economy into a Ditch”

Yet another TOD post that has been reblogged by Jueseppi B, despite requests that he make his own effort to support PBO rather than copying others simply to drive up his reblog’s traffic. He doesn’t take kindly to being challenged, as another woman found out: explicit. Genuine bloggers are welcome to use anything they ever see at TOD. Thanks

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ABC: The private equity firm founded by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made use of arcane techniques in several of its Cayman Islands-based funds to avoid U.S. taxes, according to a trove of Bain Capital’s private audit and finance records made public on the website Gawker today.

The audited financial statements of one of the Cayman Islands funds make note of the use of “blocker” entities, which are used to help retirement accounts and nonprofit entities avoid some taxes. Financial statements for another fund note that it “intends to conduct its operations so it will … not be subject to United States federal income or withholding tax …”

Those details emerge on the statements of two funds in which Romney still holds a sizeable investment, according to the financial disclosure statements he filed when he announced his bid for president.

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Cagle

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First lady Michelle Obama greets Sikh temple secretary of the board of trustees Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, left, and Oak Creek, Wis. Mayor Stephen Scaffidi, before talking to victims of the August 5th shooting in Oak Creek, Wis.

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Heads up: President Obama in Sandusky, Ohio (3:40 ET)

A line of people waiting to get tickets for President Obama’s visit earlier today to Maumee at the Obama campaign office in Toledo (Toledo Blade)

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3:40: President Obama delivers remarks at Washington Park in Sandusky, Ohio

CBS live streaming * CBS (larger screen) * CNN live streaming

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At the Kozy Corner restaurant in Oak Harbor, Ohio

Bergman Orchards Farm, Port Clinton, Ohio

more souza/appleton genius

President Obama holds a baby as he arrives for lunch at the Old Market Deli in Cannon Falls, Minn., during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest, Aug. 15 (Pete Souza)

President Obama greets children from the Valleyland Kids summer program outside a school in Chatfield, Minn., Aug. 15. (Pete Souza)

President Obama greets people outside the Old Market Deli in Cannon Falls, Minn. Aug. 15 (Samantha Appleton)

President Obama waves to people along a road in Harmony, Minn., Aug. 15 (Pete Souza)

President Obama greets people at Nancy’s restaurant in Oak Bluffs, Mass., Aug. 21 (Pete Souza)

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i’ll have a bye-bye-bin-laden-mubarak-gaddafi sandwich please

President Obama visits Nancy’s seafood restaurant in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, August 21

MVT: POTUS emerged from Nancy’s at 8:24 pm, holding FLOTUS’s hand.

Then ducked into SUV and motorcade made quick one-minute trip to home near waterfront in Oak Bluffs where Valerie Jarrett is staying and where the first family is expected to stay for dinner. WH says they are dining with friends.

spike…

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A motorcade carrying President Obama leaves Blue Heron Farm in Chilmark, Massachusetts. The President attended a social event at the home of Harvard professor Charles Ogletree in Oak Bluffs.

Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett rides in the SUV with President Obama as they depart the Blue Heron Farm

a quiet lunch

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The Obamas in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, August 25

another good walk spoiled

President Barack Obama fist bumps with Marvin Nicholson as he plays golf with Eric Whitaker and Cyrus Walker at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 26

Golf … such a relaxing game:

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“grandma? guess who i met today?”

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet people as they arrive for lunch at Nancy’s Restaurant in Martha’s Vineyard in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, August 25

crowd-puller

President Barack Obama goes to lunch at Nancy’s in Oak Bluffs August 25, 2010 while vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard

a night on the town

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama leave after having dinner at the Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 23

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