[Lest we forget Obamacare, that federal monstrosity has managed to get another of its tits in a wringer – mandated health insurance for California farmworkers. The monthly cost for 50 or more workers starts at over $30K which their hiring companies can't afford, so they have to deny it and pay the fine. But now the workers denied have to be declared to the IRS which will blow their cover as illegal aliens who haven't paid income tax forever, and more importantly blows the liberal bull crap that illegals pay their way in America. Oh what to do when you're trying to be a proper central planner? And then there's CA's gasoline price averaging over $2.40 when the rest of the country's average is $1.73/gal, and the margins in CA are so low that the refineries are shipping fuel out of state that adds shortage to the already higher costs of added taxes, green fees (not golf), and refining the special gas legal here. We can go on, but isn't big government great? gjr]

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138 responses to “Sandbox – 9feb16”
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BillT 1024am – Mr Tozer, does that then mean that my oft professed ‘I am a child, student, and defender of western civilization.’ is really code for ‘white pride’?
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Well Dr. Rebane, I dunno. I will go out on a limb and say you do not embrace the Democratic Socialist Party’s political societal goals which were liberal to the max. Universal health care and the whole shebang. When those liberal talking points turned to tyranny, World War 2 put an end to that. Poor Germany and its liberal very progressive social policies in the 30’s and 40’s. Took half a century for the policies to rise again. ๐
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Gregory. I must say I am surprised you haven’t touched this one, ๐
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/11/marco-rubio-warns-of-robot-takeover-of-american-economy/LikeLike
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Was it raining hard tonight at the debate? My gal looked fantastic in that rainjack poncho thang. Wonder why she didn’take it off? Oh grandma got confused again.
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Yet another of the FUE’s petty criticisms of The Union, titled, “Only two people respond to The Union publisherโs editorial page challenge,” was posted about 10:00 PM on Thursday, February 11, 2016 and is an example of the FUE’s ignorance, agenda, and hypocrisy.
The first sentence begins, “Western Nevada County has about 60,000 residents, yet only two (0.00003333333) responded to Publisher Jim Hemigโs editorial page challenge…” The number in parentheses is very curious. Without units one has to deduce its intended purpose. From context, it would appear that the FUE intended to express the percentage of residents who responded but this number is, instead, the ratio of the numbers two and 60,000. What is more, this number violates the principles of accuracy and precision. The ratio of values with one significant digit should be expressed with only one significant digit. The number should have been given as “(0.003%)”.
The FUE then points out that one of the two respondents was Jo Ann Rebane, which is interesting and relevant, but goes on to point out that her husband is George Rebane which is in no way relevant. In the course of this irrelevancy the FUE manages to first correctly and then incorrectly spell Jo Ann’s name in consecutive sentences
The other respondent goes unnamed which I feel is probably because that person’s identity provided no opportunity to point out that his or her spouse is a “hard-right political activist and blogger.”
After quoting Jim Henig the FUE sets out to correct Henig with a sentence that is syntactically incorrect. It begins, “No Jim…” but should have begun “No, Jim…”
I don’t think that the FUE is ever going to get that failing to live up to the standards to which he holds others is hypocritical and unbecoming of the veteran editor and award-winning journalist that he so frequently reminds others of being.LikeLike
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Posted by: Michael R. Kesti | 12 February 2016 at 12:04 AM
I can find nothing in this post with which to disagree.
Content: A
Style:A+
Kudos to Rebanes Ruminations resident Grammarian Laureate.LikeLike
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Huzzah William……I’m beginning to think our gal….with a little assist from patriotic mainstream journalists will attain her goal!
Of the 16,000 words uttered by Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and moderators Gwen Ifil and Judy Woodruff, not one of them concerned Clintonโs deepening email scandal. Not one mention of the words email, e-mail, private server or FBI.
Not a single media question or opponent mention of the huge legal cloud hanging over the partyโs presumptive nominee. Nor of the ongoing FBI investigation into unauthorized use of her unsecured private email server for government business, including loose handling of Top Secret documents endangering national security intelligence-gathering and covert operations.
Not any reference to the State Department Inspector Generalโs subpoena to the Clinton Foundation exploring possible connections between foreign government donations possibly trying to curry favor during Clintonโs four-year tenure as Obamaโs secretary of State.
Oh, and not a single word either about Benghazi, the murder of four Americans there, the phony video excuse, the lack of rescue or reinforcement attempts and any Clinton responsibility for the well-documented poor consulate security. Nothing on tax or entitlement reforms. National debt.
A complete pass for Hillary Clinton. Whoosh! Home free. Other than that, it was a serious grilling about being female, admiring Obama, taxing the rich more, free stuff and other liberal issues.
Itโs as if Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill, and PBS were just trying to help the Democrats or something.http://www.investors.com/politics/andrew-malcolm/democratic-debate-clinton-sanders-obama/
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Right on, Mr. Kesti. Good report, but most likely over the FUE’s lovely head. He could open his mind the tiniest of cracks and learn from the likes of you to overlook the small flaws and imperfections of his fellowman and see the bigger picture. Old habits are hard to break I reckon. At least our esteemed yet underappreciated Grammarian Laureate is not the dreaded spelling nazi. Must be in the FUE’s DNA.
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Oh Fish @ the crack of Dawn. The Dem debate is a love fest, as it should be. Sure, one of PBS’s moderators last night is a big hearted intelligent donor to the Clinton slush fund Fountation, not to mention the fact that PBS News carried the breaking news of the government laying subpoenas on the super duper Chelsea and Bill and Hillary Clinton super pac Foundation earlier in the day.
Patience my dear aquatic one , patience. I do feel sorry for Huma. Any convictions of The Espionage Act disqualifies the person from holding public office per da law. I always considered Huma a natural to be the next Congressperson from Brooklyn with her First Husband Anthony Weiner at her side. How cool is that? But it is not to be. Alas.LikeLike
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Crabb and his better half are leading the Mardi Gras according to the Union today. I wonder if we get to see the beads. OMG!
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Good news for Mr. Crabb. Although he may not be fond of me personally, I like the man and it is a great well deserved honor for our local yokel luminary.. Another good report.
Two thoughts:
1) An old post from Walt concerning a minor FUE-CRABB dust up at time. “Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.” He who has ears, let him hear.
2). BTW, Mr. Crabb, it was Ted Cruz who said “carpet bomb” ISIS, not TheTrumpmeister. All that justifiable anger at Trump for not. I will have to drop by and take your coat. You will get it back after the next snowstorm or three. Kudos for being the chief bead tosser.LikeLike
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jeffpelline says:
February 12, 2016 at 7:10 am
Memo to Michael R. Kesti: The publisherโs name is Jim โHemigโ not โJim Henig.โ Even if โfishโ gave you an โAโ grade, you just got a Medill โFโ for your blogosphere โcommentary.โ A real substantive error, not a petty one. ROFLOL.
ReplyGiven your predilection for obsessing over the typos of others while completely disregarding your own substantive versus non-substantive is moot. As an example…..substantive…..fucking up your own mothers memorial tribute. Non-substantive….hitting the “n” key when you meant to strike “m”.
It’s poor form for you to play fast and lose with the facts jeffy.jeffpelline says:
February 12, 2016 at 7:56 am
BTW, I read in The Union this morning that RL Crabb โworked atโ The San Francisco Chronicle. I do not think he was ever employed by The Chronicle. Many people are rather lose with their facts around here, including the paid journalists. LOL.
ReplyYep “fast and lose” is not a winning proposition jeffy.
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 12 February 2016 at 07:04 AM
DON’T YOU HARSH MY POLITICAL DREAMS WILLIAM!
Our gal will be the next President……MARK THE TAPE.LikeLike
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NOOOooooooo! Not the “f” word. I was right about you two years ago……you’re really a menopausal woman in a 600 lb. body.
jeffpelline says:
February 12, 2016 at 8:28 am
โfishโ is becoming so unhinged he resorted to the โfโ word. No, there were no errors on my motherโs memorial tribute. It is a lie perpetrated by a former publisher. In the meantime, go โfish.โ LOL.But there were errors Elosie……there were errors. Typographical errors in your own mothers tribute…..what a testament to your love.
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FUE (posted to his blog) 12 Feb 16 7:10 am
I acknowledge that I did twice misspell Jim Hemig’s name. I would correct these errors if I could edit my comments to RR. The FUE, however, did not acknowledge his errors nor, despite his usual practice, has he made any corrections to his article. It would seem that his journalistic integrity ends where he finds something about others to criticize.LikeLike
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The FUE misspelled words? Can’t be. We have suffered his spell checking and harassment for years. Can’t be true.
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Oh my, this will really get under the FUE’s layers of skin. I declare war inside his melon. It ain’t pretty, by drastic times require drastic measures.
http://thechive.com/2014/04/23/this-will-get-your-ocd-boiling-27-photos/LikeLike
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Damn it’s good to be a friend of the Clintons……
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lawyers-victims-not-told-sweetheart-deal-jeffrey-epstein-n517521?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=ff61d09af5c305583a99af971caca895
Pedo Boy got less time than Martha Stewart!LikeLike
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Pelline is always urging KVMR and The Union to apply the same standards to their opinion features as The New York Times to improve the quality of their offerings.
What he doesn’t bother to mention is that the Times has 19 full-time employees on its editorial board, who devote their time to the editorials, columns and opinion pieces that appear in the paper. The Union has just 11 full-time editorial employees while KVMR has a lot of volunteers.
Is that a fair comparison? Of course not, but fair has nothing to do with it if it advances Jeffy’s agenda.LikeLike
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The Obummer administration just claimed 1400 more American worker scalps. Mexico is getting more work.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/12/video-1400-american-workers-outraged-as-company-informs-them-its-sending-their-jobs-to-mexico/
All that taxation, regulation, and driving up the cost of doing business is working great.
Not to mention the union’s help in adding to the cost. All those union dues sure did a world of good.
Great job LIBS, this is your big gov. mindset at work. But blame the “fat cat” company and Wall St.LikeLike
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I knew my gal should have taken her yellow rain poncho off Saturday night. Huma should have caught that one, but her mind must have been preoccupied by the subpoena news. Showing up in a Goldman Slacks rainsuit was not the best choice. Made her look like some minor league baseball backstop..
Now those Bernie Bros on social media say she looked like former China Bossman Mao Zedong. Those millennials are so mean. Very sexists. Nobody commented on Bernie’s attire.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/269303-hillary-wore-yellow-debate-jacket-when-meeting-goldman
What is with these people? Politically tone deaf. Rubio running around talking about robots taking over as he does his best imitation of a robot cyborg and now Hillary showing up in Goldman Sachs gold. Tone deaf I tell ya.
I really did enjoy the debate, besides that rain jacket thang.
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I call this poetic justice.
http://nypost.com/2016/02/12/crooks-arm-ripped-off-after-failed-robbery-attempt/
His gun hand even!
โThe guy ran him over. He got out, the driver said, โHeโs trying to rob me. Heโs trying to rob me.โโ
โI saw the gun on the floor,โ Fleur added. โThe arm was on the floor near the gun.โ
The teen got out from under the car, he said, and ran inside a city bus.
Yes they arrested the guy getting robbed… He would walk if I was on the jury.LikeLike
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The DNC just put its thumb on the electoral scale. They repealed the party rule that banned donations from registered lobbyists. That should keep madam liar liar pantsuits on fire on the road and in gold jackets for awhile longer. ๐
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Not just that Don,, but rigged the delegate count in Hildabeast’s favor.
Yes,, Sanders got screwed.LikeLike
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The super delegates that had pre committed to madam liar liar pantsuits on fire made NH a delegate tie in spite of getting smashed hard by the little people, the voters. Its their party and they make the rules. I hope they keep it up. ๐
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Another tragedy that’s not going to advance “progress” one little bit.
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/glendale/glendale-police-investigating-double-shooting-at-independence-high-school
The approved gun control narrative is stuck in the mud again…..why don’t you evil white males shoot up the place anymore?LikeLike
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Hey……you “Cruz Missiles”….don’t give any candidate your contact list!
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Todays “Line of the Day”.
“Progressives are the car salesmen of the State, and thereโs always more undercoating to sell.”
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Boy FISH, you are up and at ’em this fine morn. Since this is the Sandbox, here is my quote of the day.
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 13 February 2016 at 09:01 AM
7:37 am…..early??
It’s like I’m on vacation and sleeping in 3 hours later than usual!LikeLike
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Maine Required Childless Adults to Work to Get Food Stamps. Hereโs What Happened.
In the first three months after Maineโs work policy went into effect, its caseload of able-bodied adults without dependents plummeted by 80 percent, falling from 13,332 recipients in Dec. 2014 to 2,678 in March 2015.
Read about the reduction in fraud in double dipping job holders.
http://dailysignal.com/2016/02/08/maine-required-childless-adults-to-work-to-get-food-stamps-heres-what-happened/
Think Gov Brown would do that in California? Not likely!LikeLike
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I say go Trump and go Bernie. My dream of a populist revolt is coming true. Anything but the establishment is good for me. Still sticking with Gary Johnson at this time.
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RIP Justice Antonin Scalia. Now were are really screwed.
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 13 February 2016 at 02:32 PM
Nahh! We were screwed when Bushes “Yes Man” (Roberts) was appointed.
I think that after that it didn’t matter so much.LikeLike
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“O” will appoint the most Marxist judge he can find.
A sad day for the 2ND Amendment. we have been one supreme court vote away from losing it for a LONG time.LikeLike
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His body isn’t even cold yet, and LIBS are demanding an appointment by “O”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/13/fight-over-antonin-scalia-replacement-heats-democr/LikeLike
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The Senate could delay a replacement until next year. Maybe O will appoint a guy like Roberts who turns around and screws them.
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How about my gal for the Court? She could lose in November and still will have time to be appointed to the Highest Court by early January. Heck, she already has a closet full of black pant suit robe thangs..
Now, who is going to get Ruth drunk to make it through an Obama speech? Changing times, bro. He was definitely my favorite dago. A good man with a good mind and a wicked sense of humor.LikeLike
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Good for McConnell coming out and saying flatly that 0 will not be making this appointment. Thanks to God we have the Senate.
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Hillary in black thongs? Not a pretty picture.
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Blocking an O appointment could backfire. At least the right would have some say. When president Sanders or Clinton and a dem senate come to pass, Justice Obama may become your worst nightmare.
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You so funny.
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“Justice Obama may become your worst nightmare.”
In what backwater? Some county in rural Mississippi?
Obama wouldn’t last 5 minutes in a hearing for SCJ.
Sorry – he’s clever but has no intellect.LikeLike
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Best of luck blocking the next Supreme..:) I wish all you boys well.
is there a single good thing that can be said about Scalia in his obit?…….OK, OK, got one. He didn’t hit as many people with his errant shotgun blasts as Dick Cheney. A better shot than Dick.LikeLike
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Nah, the Super Court is too low. Like Babe Ruth telling the Prez he is popular enough to be the President, but didn’t want to take the pay cut.
Obama always had his sights on being ruler of the UN or Earth or something that involves a higher calling. His current job is too boring anyway. Besides, now that Michelle got a taste of all those vacations and rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, well….well, poor Barry has to keep her in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. No Justice Obama. Nix that.LikeLike
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Boy Jon, you sound bitter and I see you are in a foul mood. Ok, fair enough, you’ have no respect for the deceased. Here, this might cheer out up.. How’s life on the plantation?
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Typical of the left to make foul statements about the dead. Scalia and his kind are the reason Jon can make the sort of public statements he does and not fear the govt hauling him off to prison.
The R’s had better dig in and make sure the next justice is someone who understands the role and limit of government.LikeLike
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Yo, the ‘jon’ go toss a salad you disrespectful ____________ (insert your own epithet folks). ๐
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Oh gentleman and our fine ladies and brides:
Be nice to Jon and his multiple personalities. Strike that, his one personality stuck on being a downer as well as stuck on stupid and stuck with my gal. Boy, she’s a wild one I can assure you.
Look y’all, poor Jon and Brother Ben and others have made a solemn vows within their breasts to never visit this sight again. It took a lot of soul searching (and vino) for Jon to get up the courage and make an appearance in our hour of sorrow. I say we extend the hand of friendship and let bygones be bygones. Besides, we need the Jons of the world in our camp.
Welcome back, Jon!
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