[With my luck in seeding past sandbox conversation – the chutzpah of that guy! – I must needs float this one a capella. Pardon me while I sulk off into a dark corner to reel in my lower lip. gjr]

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102 responses to “Sandbox – 12nov14”
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Gregory 1139am – Not sure I understand your bringing Carl Jung and his timeframe into my citing of Alinsky’s teachings re Obama and today’s Left.
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My goodness Crabb. You need to grow up. What a hoot!
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It’s finally been deployed.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-14/u-s-navy-deploys-its-first-laser-weapon-in-the-persian-gulf.htmlLikeLike
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Grow up, Todd? I’ve read your comments here for the past four years, and you’ve shown about as much maturity as an under average fourth grader. You have the empathy of a fence post, and it’s not hard to believe you would accuse Ben Emery of lying about his health. You’re a real piece of work, hootman.
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RL Crabb, apparently you did not read Michael Anderson’s post where he originated the point. You seem to be unable to grasp anything very difficult and you have proved that substance abuse in one’s youth has made you a laughingstock in this community. I would suggest you try therapy. What a hoot!
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You give me such great material. Thanks!
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And hey…..what is an ardent “man of the left” like yourself doing defending a corporate stooge like Obama? —
Who is defending Obama? I was just passing on information from Forbes Mag. that was sure to light up the boys’ dander.LikeLike
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Posted by: Joe Koyote | 14 November 2014 at 12:34 PM
Nice! Way to live up to your internet handle!
From your entry on Wikipedia…..
….it was reviled in Anglo-American culture as a cowardly and untrustworthy animal.LikeLike
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Ya know, Toddy, if you were to quit the Republican party, their collective IQ would rise about fifteen points. You should consider it your patriotic duty.
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Yeah RL Crabb, I should. My IQ is 162 which is about 60 more than yours. You are too funny. Hey, just wondering. You slam me for what you say I am not showing “empathy” for others yet your life and jobs is of making fun and drawing cartoons slamming everyone. Isn’y there a little bit of hypocrisy there? Anyway, I give you a break since your gray matter has been diminished by substances I can only imagine. I think maybe Pelline has you right! What a hot!
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Seems “O” is dead set on letting untold numbers of illegals get a free pass.
His own nuke option to ruin the country. Let the jobs they take belong to LIBS.
Hope you know Spanish when ordering at any given fast food joint.
Those LIB collage kids who do need a job to get through school will have a fun time finding one.
Next dope picking season the “trimigrants” are going to get undercut and out of a job.
The illegals will do it for half the cost.
Those illegals who can’t find work will “work” the night shift. Stealing anything that isn’t nailed down, or locked up tighter than a bulls ass in fly season.LikeLike
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Walt, maybe the Tea Party could put together a Million Unemployed Man March on the White House and ask for his resignation as a foreign operative?
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Crabb
You’ve got to give Todd a break because he suffers from BRS syndrome which explains why he was unable to enlist in the military during his much beloved Viet Nam war. BRS also leads to the dreaded PNG complex which is on public display in this blog.LikeLike
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Hey the old Vietnam dodger POaul Emery is at it again. Paul, I don’t think Crabb volunteered so you are insulting him as well. I think you may have lost a few gray matter cells from over indulgence. Too funny!
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Sure Todd. That’s a typical BRS Syndrome response. I spent six month active duty and weekend and summer duty for six years. How many days did you spend in uniform?
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Look what I found.. A Lefty who has come to his senses and says so.
Maybe the other LIBS here will take the word of one of their own. ( or just call him a traitor)
http://online.wsj.com/articles/burke-beu-this-democrat-is-giving-up-on-obamacare-1415919619LikeLike
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So Paul was a weekend worrier. Contentious objector status?
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Yes Walt, he said he was a Vietnam dodger by staying in country. You just can’t make this stff up. Actually, he has never produced proof he was in the service and judging by his endless fibbing on politics and his BDS he may be fibbing that too. What a hoot.
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I do feel sorry for those that got drafted. They didn’t have a choice. Democrats have shown they can’t fight wars to win them. Nam was a prime example. I do have the highest respect for those that volunteered.
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So do I but for some reason Paul Emery doesn’t like anyone who didn’t.
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Like Paul, I also joined the reserves (in 1965) to avoid being drafted because I was failing at UCLA. 6 months training then weekend warrior status for three years. Then, to help HH, LBJ called 120,000 of us up for further active duty. I was lucky to wind up at headquarters, Berlin for the next 18 months- good duty and I’m glad for it. All up, 6 years in the Army.
George, an ROTC guy, also, no doubt, spent 6 years in service. No one should ever join the reserve thinking it’s a way out of serving! Sometimes, it’s about timing your service. I think mandatory service for all males would be a very good idea- see Switzerland and Israel- it does a lot to increase one’s sense of responsibility.LikeLike
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Todd, it would increase your communication skills immeasurably if you would stop ending every post with “too funny;” sounds too much like a ‘valley girl.’ it’s not funny and makes you look like an illiterate. Also, it would be nice if all of us could pay more attention to spelling and grammar, as our host does.
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Good morning readers. Looks like Gruber is being thrown under the bus. Don’t know why. He seems like a candid fellow with a lot of smarts. Nancy says he did not write the bill. The White House (La Casa de Blanco) says he did not craft the bill. All say he did not work for them. Well, he may have not been on anyone’s payroll, but he sure got paid a heck of a lot of pesos for hanging around in those smoke filled rooms.
http://www.examiner.com/article/gruber-admits-obama-was-present-when-obamacare-deception-occurredLikeLike
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How many liberals live in New York City? Experts disagree, but I reckon there are a lot in The Big Apple.
http://m.wsj.net/video/20141114/111414rats/111414rats_v2_ec464k.mp4LikeLike
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Refining in Richmond: UC Berkeley J-School reporters surpass Chevron βnewsβ site
Posted on November 15, 2014
Yeah….it’s inspiring to watch “real” journalists hard at work.LikeLike
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Larry Wirth, thanks for the advice. Trouble is I am an illerate. High school, some college, lousy at English wriiting and spelling. I use too funny or what a hoot because those that attack me personally (and think they are the cat’s meow)can keep it up all they want and I simply find it amusing.
My life has been a gas. Raised a family, ran abd was elected fo public office, built 60 homes, started and maintained a popular “Rights” org, had radio and TV shows, volunteered fr many things in the community. Take care of mom who is 85. So, yes, I am an illiterate I guess. What a hoot!LikeLike
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Fish: I thought real journalists were unemployed and in front of their computer with chili cheese fries and a glass of wine? I am now incredibly confused.
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Bill, NYC can’t hold a candle to SF according to this study…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/naomishavin/2014/08/11/the-most-conservative-and-most-liberal-cities-in-america/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=obtraffic2LikeLike
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Fish: I thought real journalists were unemployed and in front of their computer with chili cheese fries and a glass of wine? I am now incredibly confused.
Yes Barry this confuses many people.
But I can assure you that there are working journalists who actually pursue stories of import to the public at large and who don’t call themselves “editor” and refer to themselves with the royal “we” while using their hobbyist website to snipe at their neighbors and link to the work of others while simultaneously whining that people are being mean to them and are really just cruel poopyheads!
WOW…..that might be my best run-on sentence ever. I’m going to go grab a Gatorade and catch my breath!LikeLike
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As I sit here in my comfort clothes reading fish and Barry, I have to admit, I too like chili cheese fries. OMG! Fish, careful about those run on sentences, there are lurjing censors! What a hoot!
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…and then there are those snippets that make a guy appreciate the little things in life!
Democrat on Democrat hissy fits in public places……sweet, sweet music!
Former Democratic Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank caused quite the scene at the 40th anniversary gala of the Massachusetts Humanities Council, when he started screaming at a fellow politician, according to the Boston Heraldβs Gayle Fee.
Frank was seated next to incoming Democratic majority leader of the Massachusetts Senate Stanley Rosenberg. Rosenberg was also the man in charge of Massachusetts redistricting following the 2010 census, redistricting that made Frankβs district more conservative and saw him resign rather than fight a tough reelection fight.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/14/barney-frank-creates-a-scene-at-massachusetts-charity-event/LikeLike
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Love it! Barney and friends are showing their true mettle. He is a putz!
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An admitted “ivory tower” LIB. Now that takes balls.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/15/jonathan-gruber-in-2010-im-an-ivory-tower-guy/LikeLike
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Todd What is BDS? We all know what BRS is because it’s been discussed here so many times but BDS ???
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 15 November 2014 at 01:18 PM
Frankly Paul, a refreshing as to the meaning of “BRS” would be welcome at this point.LikeLike
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Annie Fox says:
November 14, 2014 at 9:03 am
You nailed it Jeff. Old fishy pants now thinks weβve met and shook wrists? You & I have never met, you sure heβs some kind of detective? Well, maybe a little on the Maxwell (not so) Smart side.
You nailed it jeff……you sure did…..nailed it good…..
Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahaaahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!LikeLike
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Have no idea what BDS and BRS are; should I be ashamed or embarrassed, or both?
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Posted by: George Rebane | 15 November 2014 at 02:59 PM
I don’t know George….I’m rapidly approaching the “CRS” stage of my life though!LikeLike
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Paul is the poster child of BDS. Bush Derangement Syndrome.
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I recently was pumping gas at the Union 76 station in downtown Grass Valley after dropping our son off at school in the early morning when I noticed Holly walking her own children to school. We waved at each other, and off they went. It was a great small-town scene.
Yeah…you fixed your typo didn’t you! I remember when you “waived” at friend Holly from your “ommunity”.LikeLike
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So I asked my Doctor,”Doctor, what are we going to do about this dangerous virus from Africa?”
And he said, “I don’t know, he has two more years in office.βLikeLike
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Posted by: Brad C. | 15 November 2014 at 04:50 PM
Here ya go……you earned it!
http://instantrimshot.comLikeLike
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California water is not the only thing to run dry. The good news is we finally have transparency. The bad news is not too many will like what they see now that the veil has been lifted.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-controller-pension-website-20141114-story.htmlLikeLike
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Finally, Grueber has a defender. Grueber should be applauded for telling the truth. he dares said what no political had the guts or arrogance to say.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/curtis-houck/2014/11/12/nyt-writer-defends-gruber-msnbc-voter-expectations-health-care-are
Of course the NYT is not always a reliable source and can’t always be trusted. With that said, I am glad the MIT economics professor was an ally
Grueber’s economic modeling of health care public policy is accurate. I will give him that. I ain’t no MIT expert, but you would have to be dumber than the Democrat Party to say cover all pre-existing medical conditions for the uninsured, add millions to the rolls and cover 3/4 of their premiums and still think that you can keep your doctor/health plan and it will save money, reduce the deficit, and be affordable. You can’t make this stuff up. Wait until 2018 and we will all see how affordable this is, lol. Yikes! Lol.
I feel rather Jolly this fine morning. Lol. Life has never been better, lol.LikeLike
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Oppps. It’s Gruber, not Grueeeeeber. My mistake.
Since the MIT’s health care economic impact modeling has proven accurate and precise with the vast number of complexities, instead of throwing him under the bus, we should hire him. hire him? Yes, hire him.
We could use Gruber and his public policy modeling to look at the immigration changes Obama will pen and have the Gruber model applied to find out the true costs, if any, to the dumb Americans and all impacts on the economy and state governments. Just consider it. Money well worth spent if you ask me. Think how a small number of trimimgrates have strained our social service safety nets even though they make 20 bucks an hour cash. We need Gruber now more than ever.LikeLike
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Ok,this Sandbox of our lives is approaching the 100 comment mark. Thus, before this current episode of Sandbox is closed and tossed into the dustbin of history, allow me to give credit where credit is due.
Time for a resounding round of applause, cheers, well wishes and a boatload of “good job”s. All things are possible.
http://www.ncscooper.com/concussion-coma-change-pelline-into-a-person-nobody-recognizes/LikeLike
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 November 2014 at 05:36 AM
TRANSFORMATION OF CRANKY CRITIC STARTLES FOOTHILLS RESIDENTS
Pelline was reportedly injured at his Lake Tahoe retreat when a bear tried to wrestle a 15-pound ham from the pharaoh of the foothills. The bear ended the struggle by slamming Pelline against a pile of old copies of Sierra FoodWineArt being saved for kindling this winter…..
Interesting.
Unfortunately though the whole premise is crap! In order for comedy to “work” there needs to be basis in fact upon which one can initiate a chain of absurdity.
….jeffy losing a fight over a ham…..sorry fink that’s just crazy talk?LikeLike
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Well, Fish, you are correct as usual, but me thinks you need to see the smaller picture. π
Before I move on to planting Spring bulbs, guzzle move coffee, relieve the bladder, and study the insides of my eyeballs during nappy-pooh time in 2 hours, I leave you with this. A must have tee-shirt for those of us who still cherish SF values.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/16/us-usa-missouri-shooting-signs-idUSKCN0J00IG20141116
Carry on, my good fellow. Fighting over a ham with one of our furry friends? Oh, their cubs are so adorable. But, the point you have forwarded does pose a threat to my religious beliefs. Did woman really come from the rib of a man? In this case, I believe that he would never have given up a rib without a good fight. Oh, much to ponder.LikeLike
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Fish. Thank you for the laugh this beautiful morning! A beautiful morning for a run in order to get ready for the Bratton Turkey Trot! Ya’ll have a wonderful day…but get outside!
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In an exclusive interview with the Scooper, Pelline suggested that the mug shot of George Rebane on his blog bears a striking resemble to Pliny the Elder, and the nasty online posts from βfishβ are probably just meant to be in good fun.
I’m not seeing Pliny….Herodotus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus) maybe! Or even better Thucydides (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides) due similar interests!
Sorry to harsh the joke fink!LikeLike
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