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Sandbox – 29mar16

29 March 2016

[I am reminded by fellow blogger and pundit NC Scooper that a fresh sandbox has not been provided for the widely read, erudite (often in their own special way), and opinionated readers of this humble blog. So let us again come together for “The time has come,” the Walrus said,”to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings.” So I pose a question often asked by astute observers like cartoonist Ramirez, ‘Is our President a Muslim or a communist, or (insert plausible answer here)?’ gjr]

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139 responses to “Sandbox – 29mar16”

Gregory

02 April 2016

While the formal bankruptcy of SunEdison has not occurred, it appears to be a fait accompli. I considered waiting until the formality 🙂 but, scanning the news accounts, it appears both imminent and messy. Break out the popcorn.

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Gregory

02 April 2016

Walt, good for you. Bad companies go out of business all the time and I’m really not that interested in SunEdison but “Jon” needed his nose rubbed into some bad news.
Some coal companies are going bankrupt because the Feds are trying to drive them out of business, but what a bankruptcy does for a coal company is to put its assets into the hands of others at an attractive price, and you can expect someone else to be able to operate the company at lower revenue levels. SunEdison, on the other hand, looks like a liquidation candidate… nothing there worth saving.

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Bill Tozer

02 April 2016

It all starts to balance out when you are patient and on a mission from God. Bet those coyote ugly desert mirrors and raptor shredders riled up the critters big time. Mercy.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/20-stung-swarm-bees-arizona-mosque/story?id=38104500

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Gregory

02 April 2016

A mission for Gaia, BT. Get your deity correct.

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Bill Tozer

02 April 2016

Walt on 3/31/2016 @ 9:20 in the pm. Yep, Thursday night.
Aha! I knew it. We share the same blood Mr. Walt. I figure that when your people were tromping through the woods, the only women around were my harem of princesses. They had to rub noses sooner or later because your people had no other choice. Slim Pickens if you prefer. Hey, maybe I got a touch of Viking Savage blood in me, my blood brother with golden buffalo hair growing on face.
See, you were right and Jon was wrong per normal.
http://www.modernreaders.com/second-viking-settlement-north-america/43234/lorenzo-tanos

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George Rebane

02 April 2016

Walt 346pm – Apologies Mr Branson, we should all reference or at least acknowledge the first reports of what’s happening when adding to these comment streams. To have your primacy ignored feels like being treated as if you were a potted plant.

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Walt

02 April 2016

No apologies necessary my good Dr. Not every post gets read. Some other pressing matter might have popped up. I don’t get bent out shape over such trivial matters.
The “jon” can always use a second dose of bad news.

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Gregory

02 April 2016

I can’t wait for “Jon”, Stephen Frisch or Jeff “The FUE” Pelline to jump in and tell us how insignificant the largest developer of solar energy in the world was, and not to worry, all is as planned. Of course, two of the above three are banished due to bad behavior, but perhaps the sockpuppet “Jon” who insists his name isn’t Steven or Jeff will let us know what those worthies think about such a tragic collapse in the alternative energy ecosphere.

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George Rebane

02 April 2016

We have a local ACLU much promoted by our progressives as a balanced organization advocating public policies that look out for the common good across the country. Well the latest news is in from Chicago. Due to the ACLU lawsuits against the city and its police department that accused it of discriminatory patrolling, the 2014 murders numbering almost 400 exploded to more than 700 or by over 70% in 2015. By that tally in that city alone, one can confidently state that ACLU killed over 300 black in one year by its politically correct law suits which caused Chicago to cut back on its police patrols in minority neighborhoods. More of this crap is going on in other major metropolitan areas including NYC where crime (and murder) rates are exploding because leftwing policies are being enacted. And the saddest part of all is that these elites are killing the underprivileged literally too dumb to understand what is being done to them. All such means justify their vaunted collectivist end.

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George Rebane

02 April 2016

Gregory 525pm – I would welcome back the diatribes of Frisch and Pelline if they would stick to the debating the ideas and impugn just the class beliefs of their opponents instead of going personal with outlandish lies and distortions. Some show of such contrition is required, but not expected.
My own feeling is that they know their ideas can only hold their own behind a strong firewall that permits no pertinent counter arguments which demonstrate the bankruptcy of their knowledge base, reasoning, and argumentative logic. Demonstrating these deficits again on RR would nevertheless be most welcome.

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Don Bessee

02 April 2016

You must have a large stock of fresh step cat litter Dr. R. 😉

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Gregory

02 April 2016

George, I think it likely one or both are here in the form of a snarky sock puppet who generally stays clear of insulting the host who is more sensitive to small slanders directed his way than those directed at other visitors.
One majored in rhetoric (apparently, the emptier the better) and the other studied political science, which is about as scientific as melba toast. I tend to agree with Sowell on the social sciences…

Social science experts, according to Sowell, are the modern, secular equivalents of a priestly class, but with this difference: Social scientists, riding on the prestige of the physical (or “hard”) sciences, claim to render objective judgments, free from personal bias or values, about what will promote the good of society or, sometimes, humanity as a whole. Intellectuals who associate with governments typically pride themselves on their objectivity, especially when opposing what they characterize as special interest groups. But such intellectuals have merely hidden their personal values under the mantle of science; in truth, they are just another special interest group with a political agenda.
http://www.libertarianism.org/columns/intellectuals-libertarianism-thomas-sowell-robert-nisbet

Your second paragraph is spot on.

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Bill Tozer

02 April 2016

Shades of Minister Farakon.
http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/tense-anti-mosque-protest-draws-armed-demonstrators-in-south-dallas.html/
At least no chalk was used.

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Bill Tozer

02 April 2016

Mr. Gregory.@ 4:50pm. Nah, I will keep mine, thank you. That Gaia thang is too complex for me. I like to keep it simple. Too much science mumbo jumbo to think about when you are on a mission. 🙂
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis

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Walt

02 April 2016

I’m sure some have been paying attention to the election. See the rumer of what may happen with the contested convention? Now Paul Ryan’s name is coming up. The GOP just don’t know when to quit. Someone who never even threw his hat in the ring. Talk about voter nullification. ” WE the king makers don’t give a crap about you peons. We will make the choice on who you vote for.”
That won’t go over vary well, and will come back to bite the GOP in their pachyderm sized ass. The Tea Party will serve the eviction notice.

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Bill Tozer

02 April 2016

Boy, we are almost through that turbulence. Soros gave Cruz 270k and Gov John K a cool quarter million. Bring it on! We are in the driver’s seat so all passengers kindly buckle up.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209382360654872&set=o.235086849974878&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/630034773813415/?type=3&theater
It’s all part of the learning curb. This train has plenty of track.

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Jon

03 April 2016

Story about Walt and Tozer this morning.
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/01/uh_oh_where_does_all_the_white_rage_go_when_donald_trump_loses/

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Bill Tozer

03 April 2016

I don’t read Salon. They are anti My Gal.

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Walt

03 April 2016

A radical Commie site? Only the likes of a “jon” read that propaganda.

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Jon

03 April 2016

Salon is mainstream, with an urban bent. Walt, you are so far to the extreme right you have no idea what goes on in the majority of the country.
Best wishes to you, this election and beyond!

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Todd Juvinall

03 April 2016

Salon is a far left rag-mag and no one reads it exceot lefty loons. Walt is mainstream, “jon” is a liberal knucklehead lemming. Sorry “jon” you are simply way out in the ozones.

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Walt

03 April 2016

Hay “jon”. If “your side” is so main stream, why have Progs been losing elections from sea to shining sea? From dog catcher on up. Seems your “main stream” is a sewer line @ a 4% grade.
Sanders sure ain’t going to be “your guy”, since DEMS have it rigged for the soon to be felon. But LIBS will stay quiet on that.
The Right on the other hand,,, well wait for the backlash if a person who was never even in the race gets trotted out and “nominated” from behind the curtain. (at the king makers pearl.) To pilfer a line from the old hippies,, “DOWN with the establishment!”
Funny.. Seems the hipsters are happy with the “establishment”. Their “establishment” has done a fine job of running the nation into the ground. More people on the dole than ever, more people out of work than ever, more debt than ever, and more civil turmoil than ever.
These are all facts “jonnie boy”,, BTW,, how come you haven’t answered my simple questions from the other day? Did I miss your answers? ( or as usual, ditched the subject )

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George Rebane

03 April 2016

If the Comey vote comes in positive, then I look for the Dems trotting out either Lizzy Warren or ol’ Joe Biden for their nominee. And I will not be surprised if the Repubs pull a similar trick with, say, Speaker Ryan if their convention busts wide open with no critical mass liking the current trio.

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Russ Steele

03 April 2016

George@01:02PM
My guess is will be Ol’ Joe as President with Lizzy as VP.

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George Rebane

03 April 2016

RussS 118pm – I can see that.

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Jon

03 April 2016

Walt, you will certainly be a sad boy the first Wednesday of November. :).
EOM.

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Walt

03 April 2016

Sad? Naaaa. Not my style. Unlike a LIB who will cry foul when they lose. Kinda like Al Gore syndrome. ” that chad was touched before the other was punched out!!!” LIBS are always sore losers.
Hell.. Your already sore, and have yet too.

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Walt

03 April 2016

Here we go again with another blow to AGW.
http://www.climatedepot.com/2016/04/03/never-before-seen-spring-snowfall-in-the-caribbean-islands-colorado-ski-resort-snowiest-in-50-years-snow-chaos-in-germany/
Save your money true believers, you will need it to pay future heating bills.

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Bill Tozer

03 April 2016

Oh Walt, snow on Paradise Island is caused by man made Global Inferno, duh. Where have you been? 🙂
Now, this is the kind of crappola whistling in the dark Jonboy reads. No wonder he is so messed up he can’t even answer a question.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/the-democrats-10-point-plan-lose-election_b_9605608.html?
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
First, it’s Trump all the way. Trump breaks open on the 35, cuts back across the middle, down the sideline, only two girlymen to beat, 30, 20, 10, Touchdown Trump!!!!!
Oh, I see the wobbly kneed out there running to the fainting couch. Oh ye of little faith. Did they think that going from an insurrection to a rebellion to a revolution would be like playing musical chairs? Nah, blood must be spilled. Walt, ever see the movie 300? We may go down against overwhelming dirty tricks, every fierce creature under the Sun, and the Undead thrown at us, but we will not be moved, will not be deterred, will not surrender. We will fight in the darkest hours of the night and the corpuses of the socialists and progressives will be stacked so high the sun will be blocked out. We are on a mission to save our country and our womenfolk. We cannot be bought. We are free men. This is nothing less than our last stand against the Satanic forces on the wrong side of the Great Divide. It’s high noon and we stand with the sun at our back while the primordial slime oozes out of the shadows. We fight for all freemen. Its now or never. Talking is done.

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Bill Tozer

03 April 2016

Oh no. Crabbman and Mr. Boardman (both talented and fine gentlemen) won’t like this one bit. The Tar Heels have moved onto the Final Two. North Carolina (the dreaded ignorant inbreed moonshiner hillbillies) will be in the National Spotlight tomorrow night. Yep, North Carolina is on a mission. Don’t know what a Tar Heel is, but I can only surmise it is a racist code word triggering event in the minds of our elitist masters in academia and government. Go North Carolina State. Take it to them. Bring it on. Throw them elbows and thrown them hard.

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Walt

03 April 2016

Well Bill, you are right. When and if the shoot’n starts between LIBS and Repubs, the Repubs will win the shoot’n match. Save for a few Lefty constituents,(criminals) most DEMS don’t own guns. They are not called the gun hating Left for nothing. But I really don’t see that happening…(yet)

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Bill Tozer

03 April 2016

My Gal is being disrespected by a lady prosecutor. Cat fight. Kinda long, but lays it out there woman to woman better than us guys could do. I wonder how Hillary and Bill will handle the heat of just these little primaries. Hmmm. Good indication of how she will handle the multitasking pressure cooker of being President.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/04/03/judge-jeanine-hillary-you-cant-tell-difference-between-truth-and-lie

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Patricia Smith

04 April 2016

George, April 2, 5:26 Re the ACLU,: Boy do you have this backwards. It is not the ACLU’s fault that murders rose in Chicago. The City retaliated against the court decision by cutting back on officers in the worst areas. This is not what “progressives” are saying. They think policing should be increased WITH OFFICERS THAT REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHIC MAKE-UP OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD. They want more officers patrolling the streets who are active members of the community rather than overzealous watchdogs.
I would think that we would welcome solutions rather than supporting the status quo that has obviously failed.

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Jon

04 April 2016

You Drumpfians want even more solid data on the looming disaster named Donald Drumpf?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/04/01/the-looming-trump-disaster-in-three-charts/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_2_na

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Todd Juvinall

04 April 2016

“jon” we a;ll realize you are a status quo lefty who likes big government and their control over everything. You should open your mind to more inspirational things. We on the right like innovation and progress all fueled by individual freedom. You and your lk want those men knocking on your doors at 2AM to make sure you are toeing the line. I really do feel bad for you and your ilk.

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Gregory

04 April 2016

Here’s a kitty krunchy for the sandbox, a link about Common Core sent to me by a math professor friend, in fact, the very guy Jaime Escalante identified as his math teacher at the premiere of “Stand and Deliver”.
http://thefederalist.com/2016/04/04/stick-a-fork-in-common-core-its-done

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George Rebane

04 April 2016

PatriciaS 956am – Please check the nature of the complaint that the ACLU filed against Chicago. The city has only so much money that can pay for lawsuits or field officers. Reducing the officer count satisfied the discrimination alleged in the lawsuit which was not the claimed “retaliation” by the city. For many reasons black and Hispanic neighborhoods require a greater police presence to maintain law and order. Ignore the reality and more people in those neighborhoods suffer murder and mayhem. Granted, there may be other more long term and systemic solutions to the problem, but starting with reducing the number of police patrols is not one of them.
Gregory 1026am – good comment to post under ‘Nevada County’s Latest Economic …’

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George Boardman

04 April 2016

Re Tozer’s Sunday at 4:56:
I don’t know what he thinks he read in my blog, but I criticized the NCAA for letting North Carolina and Syracuse off easy on rules violations. I don’t care who wins the tournament, just the hypocrisy of the myth of the student-athlete.
If Tozer had taken my advice and bet the “under” in both semi-final games, he would have made some money over the weekend. Probably the best financial advice he got all week.

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Bill Tozer

04 April 2016

Mr. Boardman. I have not read your blog in awhile. Sorry, I read it once and I iiked it. My reference is to your previous posts on RR that reveal an arrogant disdain for Southerners, especially ones from Cooterville. Must be that sucker punch elbow thing that got you going. Or maybe Trump. Who cares? Lighten up my good man. We have a common enemy so all is well, In fact, swell fellow, I will send you a box of Kleenex just in case you get a nose bleed from your lofty perch. :). And, for the record, I would post what I think on your Roadkill Blog (sounds Southern moonshiner to me)….er..I post directly. Not my style to send messages on one blog to address issues found on another blog….except for Frisco Fatty. Moving forward.

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