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122 responses to “Sandbox – 9jan15”
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YES!!!! Atlas Shrugged part III is about to come out!
Looks like they are not even going to bother with fighting there way into Progressive owned movie houses. It’s set for release on DVD. Now to find out where to order a copy.
Hell Part two mirrored the current Obummer administration.LikeLike
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I’m so disappointed in you guys!! You were supposed to warn me that installing ceramic tile was a game for a younger man!
OWWW!LikeLike
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Walt,
It is available on Amazon.
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fish 321pm – Yes it is. And from personal experience with a painful trip to the ER, please make sure you wear eye protection if you decide to shape any of those vitrified tiles with either saw or chisel. Doing that, I accidentally shot a chip into the end of my ring finger, that could easily have gone into my unprotected eyes. The chip flew into my the end pad of my finger at such speed and orientation that the entry wound was all but invisible. The EMT at the ER had a hard time believing my story, until they took an x-ray and there it was, deep inside. Digging it out was a lot of fun, NOT!
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Fish, my brother is a tile guy.
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Not to mention rough on the back, knees, fingers,, and your four letter word vocabulary will get a good workout too. Remember to measure twice,, and cut once.
Too damn bad none of that IMM tile was available. You would have loved that stuff.
I got my hands on some to “test”,, and it was far better than what I have in the house.
Hell.. The pieces I have in place, still look as new as they day I got them, despite the things I dropped on them. Not a chip or crack. I can’t say that for the other stuff.
Another great product snuffed by idiots.LikeLike
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OHHHhhh. LOL at Paul (from the other thread) Mediamatters???? REALLY?????? OH now THERE is a fine upstanding member of the Lefty media cesspool. Bottom feeders all the way.
We have already covered Sara Palin and shot down your little “quitter” quip.
Forget so soon? So no reason to send that through the shredder again.
Since Paul is SO knowledgeable on LIB news,, then maybe he can explain why a certain cable news, of Lefty slant, didn’t even bother to report on the last election? No poll results, no nuthin’.
Sorry pal,, LIB news is headed down hill on skates.. Now watch out for that hard right turn at the bottom of that hill.
Being cheer leaders for “O” and Co. and lying about anything and everything with a LIB slant sure didn’t help. People don’t like being lied too.LikeLike
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Check out the quote from M Obama’s pick to head Let’s Move – “Food justice seeks to ensure that the benefits and risks of where, what, and how food is grown, produced, transported, distributed, accessed, and eaten are shared fairly.โ
The ‘risks’? As in money and time invested? Boy, a lot of folks would sure go hungry if that were the case.
more here:
http://freebeacon.com/issues/new-lets-move-executive-director-is-a-food-justice-activist/LikeLike
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“shared fairly”… Now there is the scary part.
The first colonists tried that.. they scrapped that idea for a reason.LikeLike
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Yeah…..just decline to participate!
http://www.fpiw.org/ruling-owner-arlenes-flowers-can-personally-liable/LikeLike
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And churchs are next Fish,, how dare they not allow a gay wedding “in such a pretty place”.
It’s just not fair……LikeLike
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Re Todd: “Regarding Breitbart. As long as he slimed liberals he was my guy”
So Todd we are in agreement that Breitbart was not a journalist but a professional slimmer and propagandist. This confirms that you have no regards for journalistic standards as long as they achieve your desired results.
As for Adriana and her husband what information do you have that she married him for convenience of takiong his fortune? Can you give me a link or is this just Todd being an amateur Breitbart, your hero. The details of someones marriage is a very deep and personal matter and you should not be making statements like that without some factual base. BAD BAD BADLikeLike
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Posted by: Walt | 09 January 2015 at 05:32 PM
It’s funny too Walt…I’ve got nothing against gay marriage….hell I’ve been to a couple! It’s every bit as wrong to force a person of faith to participate in something that violates their religious principles as denying to gay people the right to marry. Now that the left has the whip hand they, without will fail use the power of the state to punish those who are badthinkers!LikeLike
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Paul Emry 5:36pm. Once again you are putting your words in my mouth. Breitbart slimes liberals is my definition of he tells the truth about them Capiche? He is a icon on exposing you libs for the liars and charlatans you are.
Regarding Arrianna and Mike. I met the guy and he personally told me. Go find him, do your job as a socalled “journalist” and get back to me. Goodness you are lazy.Bad nad nad.LikeLike
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The warning is out,, more attacks are headed our way. Paul may get things the way he claims. ” blood in our own streets” instead of “theirs”.
I think Paul and friends forget ONE important thing. It takes both sides of the fighting to end a war. “O”‘s little feel good proclamation “the war is over” is of little value.
Our enemies care to think otherwise. Now they see us as weak thanks to you know who.
People like that only understand might.
Hay! the peaceniks got their way… The war is over.. But the bad guys didn’t get the memo.LikeLike
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But Walt, Paul Emery says we deserve it. The chickens have come home to roost. All those terrible things America did to all the other countries is now going to be showered on America. Do you think those head choppers will let Paul go when they come?
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Oh boy, the recovery tour has officially began. And not a moment too late.
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/27786239/obama-praises-hard-work-of-auto-workers-during-ford-plant-speech
Funny thing, the Ford Plant Obama visited is and was currently idle. Lack of sales for the little cars. The prez was patting himself on the back for his courageous stand to do the unpopular thing and bail out the auto industry, at a Ford plant of all places. Ford took zero bailout money. Obama bailed out Chysler which is now owned by Italy’s Fiat, lol. And the bailout to GM screwed every single old widow pensioner who had investments in GM, not to mention all the teacher unions and Calpers investments in GM….they took a beating. Hip, hip, horaah!
Go Obama, go. The King is getting his groove on.LikeLike
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More crappy news for the AGW gang. So,,, guys,,, record cold, beats out last years record cold. Hummm… Mars is warmer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2902981/Time-Mars-Temperatures-red-planet-warmer-Thursday-fourteen-states-Washington-Maine.html
Yup here is your “climate change”… just not in the direction as advertised.
So is that why AGW got changed to “climate change”? So no matter what happens, you can claim to be right? Kind of like using a two headed nickle in a coin toss.LikeLike
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One another note,,
It’s time to think about rewriting my Will… The grown kids sure know how to mess with the Grand Kids heads.
My oldest Grand kid came up to me and said ” Grandpa!,, Do the frog!” ?????? Uh,, what??
” Ya,, Do the frog Grampa!,,” Umm,, just what do you mean by doing the frog??
Well Mamma says we get to live here when you croke…
Yup,, that’s what I got greeted to when the little bastar…. darlings showed up today.
The joys of parenthood. I will be sure to check the break lines in the morning.LikeLike
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Todd writes:
“Scott, I once ran into Mike Huffington at a Republican semi annual party meeting when I was Chairman of the NCRCC back in the 90’s. He was married to Arianna at the time. She married him for the money and was richly paid for here marriage license.”
“Regarding Arianna and Mike. I met the guy and he personally told me.”
So let me get this straight, Mike Huffington told you Todd Juvinall that Adriana married him for his money to give him cover and was paid to do it.
Woo Woo Woo Todd. Are you coming out on this blog that you are a Log Cabin Republican? That’s pretty personal stuff Michael Huffington shared with you (that his wife Adriana Huffington married him for his money to give him cover to make it seem he was straight. What year in the 90’s did you talk to him? Here’s a brief history of their relationship.
“On April 12, 1986 Huffington married Arianna Huffington, a Greek-born writer and lecturer. They had two daughters and divorced in 1997. In 1998 Huffington disclosed that he is bisexual.”
What years were you Chairman of the NCRCC? You are saying that while they were still married he told you that? He didn’t come out publicly until after they divorced so apparently you got the inside scoop..
Perhaps I’ll feature this on the news. Can I quote you?
The headline can read “Todd Juvinall. former Nevada County Supervisor claims he was personally told by Michael Huffington that his wife Adriana married him for his money to provide cover to hide his homosexuality. Juvinall said he was told this by Michael Huffington when he and his wife Arianna were still married and before he publically announced he was bi-sexual in 1998. Huffington and his wife Arianna were divorced in 1997. “LikeLike
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So Todd you were chair of the Repubs Central Committee from 94-98. What year was it you talked with Huffington?
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Paul Emery, you are a crack up. Coming out? Are you? So you do whatever you have to do to satisfy your prurient interests and I’ll watch for the news. What a hoot. Oh and I am strictly a man that likes women, how about you?
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And the bailout to GM screwed every single old widow pensioner who had investments in GM, not to mention all the teacher unions and Calpers investments in GM….they took a beating.
Jeez Bill….where’s your compassion for the big democratic union voting bloc in the battleground states. They needed help too!LikeLike
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A little surprised that no one has mentioned that French gun control laws are an American prohibitionists wet dream!
France[edit]
Main article: Gun politics in France
In France, to buy a firearm, a hunting license or a shooting sport license is necessary. All semi-automatic rifles with a capacity greater than 3 rounds, all handguns and all rifles chambered in ‘military’ calibers, including bolt action, require permits. These are known as B1, B2 and B4 type permits. Firearms are divided into eight categories that determine the regulations that apply to their possession and use. France also sets limits on the number of cartridges that can be kept at home (1000 rounds per gun).
The total number of firearms owned by an individual is also subject to limits (not possible to have more than 12 authorizations/permits on B1, B2 and B4 type firearms).[27] As of September, 2013, France has a capacity limit of 20 rounds for handguns;[28] one needs a permit for category one[clarification needed] semi-automatics that have a capacity greater than 3 rounds. Fully automatic firearms are illegal for civilian ownership.
Good thing the Kouachi brothers couldn’t get weapons (and don’t you even mention the RPG that they had…..that’s just crazy talk!) and cause this horrible tragedy!LikeLike
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Well Todd that’s a pretty intimate conversation you had with Michael Huffington. Sounds like pillow talk to me. People don’t usually talk about such things to strangers while they are still married.
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Golly Paul Emery, how could it be “pillow talk” when I was chatting with him alongside my wife at a convention? You crack me up. You truly are a conspiracy nut. What a hoot!
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Here is another shot in the shorts for the ‘AGW debate is over’ gang.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/global-warming/fears-of-man-made-global-warming-exaggerated/articleshow/45786412.cms
The lamestream is having a harder time convincing people of the coming climate catastrophe that has been hyped by purpose-driven ‘science’. The ranks of skeptics are swelling with credentialed technicians who know of what they speak, and what was already spoken here and elsewhere years ago.LikeLike
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Paul Emery, I have never seen you witrh a gal over the years. What is that all about? LOL!
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Well now, it appears we have the next exciting chapter in the Todd/Paul imbroglio that keeps everyone on the edge of their seats breathlessly asking, ‘And how will he ever respond to that last cleverly worded, impeccably timed, ripping riposte?’ Well, maybe not everyone. I for one have again strapped on my ‘Pardon me, but you have me confused with someone who gives a shit’ button.
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…and then there was a little good news!
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article5717205.htmlLikeLike
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Posted by: George Rebane | 10 January 2015 at 10:23 AM
Wish the acknowledgement had been released during a quieter time! Lost in the noise it would seem!LikeLike
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George, I watched CSPAN this week and the debate on the XL Pipeline. Without shame, every democrat sited AGW as more important then terrorism and preached their religion of CO2 incessantly. It has, is and always will be, a hoax perpetrated to give power to political ends. Nothing more.
Regarding Paul Emery and his infatuation with my sex life. You are correct. I am simply defending myself here against the ridiculous statements of Emery. My goodness, he is obsessed! Anyway, you can delete it all, it matters not to me.LikeLike
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…and in other news local man gets in touch with his feminine side………!
Windy says:
January 10, 2015 at 9:50 am
The right wingers have it all wrong regarding the 2nd amendment when they claim what the founding fathers intended or know what the historical context under which the amendment was written. At the time the loose confederation of colonies then states didnโt have a military. Local communities raised militias from their own population of citizens. There werenโt any anti-gun laws but the 2nd Amendment required those serving in the militias to own guns. A local leader was selected (or volunteered) to raise that militia. During the Revolutionary War, Washington was selected to coordinate those militias and the German mercenaries who came to fight alongside. After the war everyone went back home to conduct their lives.
If the constitution is static then weโd still have a loose confederation of small and large local militias that would need to be coordinated from time to time. Instead, we have a huge national military that right wingers and liberals are willing to pay big bucks to maintain. Local militias are no longer practical for national security. So, in my opinion, the constitution is a living document that must change with the times. Theodore Roosevelt saw how the world was changing and led the country into a new understanding of a living constitution.
Gun owners have never been faced with the threat of our government demanding they give up gun ownership. Their hysterical arguments to that idea, in my opinion, is a sign that they are willing to accept the rights of those willing to own and use guns in commission of murder for any cause imagined or desired, real or not. The 2nd Amendment doesnโt support their idea.
We do have local militia. Police and Sheriff. They are recruited by citizens through a selected community leader.
Constitution?? What’s that?LikeLike
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I just finished reading Cracking Big Green: To Save the World from the Save-the-Earth Money Machine on my Kindle. I usually have two or more books I am reading one on the Kindle, one on the iPad and a real paper book for scribbling in the margins with my fountain pen. But I digress.
Cracking Big Green has 13 positive reviews on Amazon and 2 negative ones. Here is one of the positive reviews by Alan Caruba, and well know author on climate change issues:
This book will astound readers who will discover how many millions of dollars environmental organizations receive from foundations, corporations and others, including membership. It documents and demonstrates the financial muscle that Greens have to advance their agenda, one that attacks access to and use of fossil fuels and any other technology that advances the economy and our lives. Using fear tactics and propaganda, Greens distort or ignore the real science that affects the welfare of the Earth. Until a wider understanding of their financial power is more widely known and understood they will be free to wreak havoc in countless ways. “Cracking Big Green” should be read by everyone who keeps wondering why the Earth has been in a cooling cycle for nearly two decades at the same time Greens keep talking about “global warming.” The facts the authors provide are invaluable.
One of the negative complaints was the authors did support their argument with facts, yet there was an extensive list of source notes for avery chapter with active URLs to those sources in the back of the book. That is one thing I like about Kindle books you can click on the links while reading the text. I also like the dictionary feature as well. Do not know the word, highlight it and up comes a definition.
After reading Cracking Big Green, it is really about money and power. The climate and the environment are just an excuse for the elites to exert control over the lower classes.LikeLike
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fish 1056am – after reading your report, especially the part “Gun owners have never been faced with the threat of our government demanding they give up gun ownership.”, I can state with little fear of reasoned contradiction that Windy is a functional idiot.
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I can state with little fear of reasoned contradiction that Windy is a functional idiot.
Posted by: George Rebane | 10 January 2015 at 12:21 PM
Well credit where credit is due George…..I believe that Greg determined that “Windy” was yet another Pelline nom du plumme!
Was pleased to see Ben linking yet another facet a American history to slavery at jeffys! The lad is truly single minded in his ongoing demonization of his white brethren.LikeLike
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Like I said, that little coma, is what the revisionism is all about.
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State(,) (this one right here) the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”
The rest of it they just choose to ignore and act like it doesn’t exist.
Seems LIBS can’t comprehend the words ” shall not be infringed”.
But they sure get pissy when their so call dope growing “rights” get infringed upon.LikeLike
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Walt 10Jan15 01:17PM
“But they sure get pissy when their so call dope growing “rights” get infringed upon.”
Yeah, huh. Not unlike how nicotine addicts get when their so called smoking “rights” get infringed on.LikeLike
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Idiotic logic Kesti. Waly is much closer to logic than your comparison to tobacco. Do you know people growing tobacco, a legal product, here in California? Sheesh, how ridiculous.
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“I believe that Greg determined that “Windy” was yet another Pelline nom du plumme!”
Nope, at least not this Greg.
I did voice the opinion that “Annie Fox” was Jeffie in drag, as she’s a prolific poster at Jeff’s blog (nowhere else), has no local cites at the Tea Party Gazette, tends to come out of the woodwork when Jeff has practically no posts by anyone else and (sniff!) really needs a hug.LikeLike
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“After reading Cracking Big Green, it is really about money and power. The climate and the environment are just an excuse for the elites to exert control over the lower classes.”
You’re so right Russ. Many years ago when the environmentalist racketeers were getting rid of most of the logging and lumber companies, my friend Judy and I were checking on them. One of the survivors was Sierra Pacific Industries. They allegedly donated $50,000 to an environmental group in Quincy hoping to stay in business. It evidently worked, but with this kind of government promoted corruption and racketeering no one is ever safe.
The never ending story…http://observer.com/2014/10/fed-up-with-govt-misconduct-federal-judge-takes-nuclear-option/LikeLike
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Big Green, yep, money and power. If the Congress would cutoff all that grant and loan money to the greens and they would change the law on lawsuits regarding eco suits (and they get paid if they win one claim out of a thousand) we would see a lot different dynamics in America. As it is we taxpayers have paid billions and billions to these groups and we are now reaping the whirlwind of their output. Hell, I remember when the Sierra Club started “Earth Justice” after it was clear they could make millions suing timber harvests to froggies habitat and Delphi Sand Flies. We need Congress to line item veto every department that gives these grants and loans. We are broke anyway!
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Yes,, us smokers are getting used. (unlike the dopers) Tax on top of tax, yet the dope gang cry foul, and even here in Ca. have yet to be taxed, and they don’t want it taxed. It cuts into profits. Even Colorado is having problems collecting pot taxes.
Mater in fact, CNBC is talking about that as I write.
BTW,, show me anything about “weed rights” in the Constitution.LikeLike
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Walt, show me where in the Constitution the Federal Government is given an enumerated power to forbid the growing of any plant, or why the Tenth Amendmendment doesn’t apply.
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”LikeLike
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Commerce Clause abuse.
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Walt, put me in your will as soon as possible. I don’t want to be left out in the cold when you do the frog. Where there is a will….I will be there. ๐
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It’s down to drugs again. Folks – keep your eyes on the ball. Obama is making his move on the internet. This will be huge. Like they say in Louisiana, “I can gar-on-tee it”.
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Posted by: Gregory | 10 January 2015 at 04:06 PM
Retracted.
….anybody else want to claim credit?LikeLike
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Todd 5:59
Give the man a kewpie doll for playing the game today, Commerce Clause abuse it is.LikeLike
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fish, I can’t retract what I didn’t write. At least I don’t think I ever wrote that about “Windy”, though I wouldn’t bet against it being a Pelline or a Frisch pen name.
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