[As the predictable was predicted, the world’s bad guys are having their last 'way' with our globally recognized weak and incompetent outgoing president. Brazenly taking our submersible was just the most recent case of incoming international insults. Few note that the Chinese didn’t even need to steal the ‘drone’, for stealing means to take something surreptitiously so as to deny the owner an opportunity to defend his property. Here the Chinese just took the damn thing in front of our eyes while giving us the finger with an ‘Up yours!’, knowing that we neither could nor would defend our property. These same moves are intended to also set up tests for President Trump in order to quickly reveal what kind of leader America has now elected. gjr]
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231 responses to “Sandbox – 17dec16”
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A vinter vonderland this morning (official start is Wednesday) in my corner of Nevada County. No snow but a hard frost that’s still making everything white, slowly sublimating as the sun bears down.
Good luck to the hardy folks still camped out in Cannon Ball, ND. The forecast high temp is -9, the low tonight, -24 (-32 with wind chill).LikeLike
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Check out the latest on the Hillary/DNC emails affair in the 17dec16 update –
http://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2016/12/anonymity-is-good-trust-us.htmlLikeLike
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Administrivia – From time to time my Conservetarian Credo is updated. The 17dec16 version is now available from its usual location in the upper right panel, or directly from here –
http://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2014/03/a-conservetarian-credo.htmlLikeLike
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George@11:09
Very interesting video. I had suggested that the DNC Staffer which was shot in the back several times was the source of the DNC e-mails in an earlier Sandbox post. Assange reports it was a leak, not a hack.
Julian Assange on The Sean Hannity Radio Show (12/15/2016) “WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange: Russian Government Was Not Source For Podesta, DNC Emails”
Listen to the Assange interview by Hannity here: https://youtu.be/zsZjXijcPbULikeLike
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Russ. Don’t count on Paul to acknowledge that info. He didn’t when I put forth that info.
It just doesn’t fit his agenda. Besides.”O” and Co. didn’t a hoot about the possibility of Russian hacking.. Until Hillary lost. That just added to the hurt of the sphincter.LikeLike
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Then and now.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/979715308829173/?type=3&theater
Russian hacks are probalby a lot of tried and failed. Did Russian hacks nfluence the election? If so, to what extent? Remember, I said Russian hacks. Yet to be established by the CIA and the FBI is the link between the Kremlin and Wikileaks. So, what did the Russians hack? That is what I want to know.LikeLike
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Not an expert in maritime law…but, if you see something ‘unmanned’ floating around in international waters, you may be able to claim ‘salvage’ rights.
So much whining about Obama’s ‘limp-wristed’ foreign policy…what will you talk about a month from now- Obama, Hillary, proglibs…?
What are you looking for, a Gulf of Tonkin moment leading to a good old hot war?LikeLike
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Congress and the Coming Pensions Crisis
The federal government has zero legal or even moral responsibility for the consequences of the foolish and shortsighted choices that local officials have made, but as a matter of both pragmatism and compassion, Congress won’t want the harshest punishment to fall on those who had the least power in the system—the millions of public employees who were told by their lying union leaders and lying politicians that their pensions were safe.
http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/12/18/congress-and-the-coming-pensions-crisis/
This blog has been on top of this issue for at least 10 years, and now the rest of the nation is beginning to wake up to the magnitude of the problem.LikeLike
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@ 7:27.
I dunno. First Trump did the Twitter thumping on China’s head, then Trump said, “Ah, forget it. Keep the stupid thing.” China said, “Weet Dei Fuk?, this guy is crazy!
China announced they will return the thing Tuesday. Nothing to see hear, but what a coincidence that the scientific water ballon thang was mapping the ocean floor under the Chinese Navy, lol
You don’t want it back? Then we don’t want it either, so there,LikeLike
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BradC 727am – I believe you have been misinformed about UUVs. These unmanned, instrumented, and self-propelled vehicles are anything but some flotsam “floating around in international waters”, ownerless and waiting for salvage by someone happening on them. This incident was a powerful political statement by China in which they took (didn’t steal) the UUV while its control ship, a US Navy research vessel, looked on helplessly. Mr Obama has been a faithful executor of your foreign policy advice for the last eight years. We are at the brink of a hot war at multiple sites around the world because of that and nothing else. Bush2’s invasion of Iraq did not foment the current situation as the Left continues to tell the low-information Americans.
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Bernie is Da Man. Plus one for Bernie, minus one for Hillary. Lock her up, lock her up!
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-six-months-after-he-lost-the-democratic-1482165983-htmlstory.html?ref=yfpLikeLike
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I can barely believe my eyes:
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/19/obama-warns-trump-against-using-the-executive-order-too-much-for-real/LikeLike
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TRUMP’S VICTORY IS A PIVOTAL TURNING POINT IN HUMAN HISTORY:
The results of these decades of indoctrination was plainly visible in the college students of today, who are all so left-wing by default that they consider standard Marxism too old-fashioned and conservative. Taking this into consideration, and remembering that the adults of today were the radical students of the recent past, it had seemed that these decades of indoctrination had been resoundingly successful, and that the U.S. electorate had swung wildly to the left, never to swing back, just as the Gramscian brainwashers had been planning and implementing for the last 50 or more years.
Ooops
And then November 8, 2016 happened, and BOOM: It was all revealed to be a lie. Not only did the indoctrination fail, but the general impression that the relentless indoctrination had always been successful was itself a gigantic meta-deception.
All the chatter and statistics and talk show “experts” proclaiming that America had forever swung Democratic? ALL LIES.
All the slanted polls, which were intended to convince everyone that Hillary was inevitable? ALL LIES.
The derision of Trump as a ludicrous fringe candidate and his supporters as wild-eyed extremists? ALL LIES.
And it’s not just that they were all lies — they were lies that had no effect. Somehow, without anyone noticing, a majority of the American populace had evolved a new immunity to progressive disinformation.
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=2143
Read the whole thing, but the take way: This election exposed the failure of SIX DECADES of leftist propaganda to have any cumulative effect at all.
I think we are seeing some residual effects in the local area, but I am sure it will dissepate over the next four yearsLikeLike
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Almost Half of Voters Not Sure Russia’s Behind Election-Related Hacks
46% Not Sure
29% Sure
25% Do not know or no opinion
Just a little over 25% think the Russian’s did it. Are all Democrats?
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/1591cdb34dcaf9aeLikeLike
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More Global Warming: Snow in the Sahara
The second time in living memory, and the first time in 37 years.
Snow was last seen in the Algerian town of Ain Sefra on February 18, 1979. At that time, the snow storm lasted just half an hour. This time the snow stayed for a day.
Ain Sefra is about 3280 feet (1000 m) above sea level.And remember, Algeria is south of the Mediterranean Sea.See photos:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/745567/Snow-Sahara-Desert-first-time-37-years-AlgeriaLikeLike
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Russ @ 9:29 PM 12/19/2016
Thank you for posting that link. It has much food for thought. I would be remiss not to tell you it is a great opinion piece. House of cards? Built on sand? I never looked at it that way. I always considered it carved in stone and the destiny was unalterable. A new way of looking at things and a good explanation of all the cacophony of wailing and gnashing of teeth since Nov. 8th.LikeLike
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This made me laugh. From the Washington Times:
The warrant doesn’t shed very much new light on what agents found, but Mr. Comey said none of if changed their initial finding in the case that Mrs. Clinton did mishandle classified information and did put national security at risk, but was too technologically inept to know the risks she was running.
This did not make me laugh. From another source.
e FBI’s earlier investigation found “27 email chains containing classified information” that were exchanged between Clinton and Abedin, and investigators wanted to see what was also on the Abedin-Weiner laptop, according to the government affidavit unsealed Tuesday. That laptop, the FBI noted, “was never authorized for the storage or transmission of classified or national defense information,” according to the application for the warrant, which was partially redacted.
The affidavit clearly states that the warrant relates to a “criminal investigation” of Clinton, terminology Clinton’s team previously had disputed.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/20/fbi-warrant-released-in-clinton-case-revealing-extent-classified-info-on-laptop.htmlLikeLike
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BillT 158pm – Good pick-up Mr Tozer.
Russ 1118am – As Mr Steele well knows, my definite harbinger for climate change (i.e. global cooling) is a killing frost in June on the northern Great Plains. I learned this from some real climate scientists back around 1980. It sure looks like we’re headed that way.LikeLike
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May not be the best vocalists in the world, but it was music to my ears.
https://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/watch-nc-electors-sing-god-bless-america-as-they-march-to-vote-for-donald-trump/LikeLike
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Obama withdrew 115 million acres of the Arctic Ocean and 21 underwater canyons in the Atlantic Ocean from future oil and gas development. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act vests the president with the authority to withdraw unleased offshore areas from future oil and gas drilling. President Obama has already used this law to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the Bering Sea, and part of the Chukchi Sea.
Friends of the Earth Climate Campaigner Marissa Knodel issued the following response:
Today’s announcement is a major victory for our oceans and climate. Our offshore areas need permanent protection in the face of Donald Trump’s pledge to expand offshore drilling and his cabinet’s ties to Big Oil. We must afford the same protections to the people of the Gulf of Mexico, which has become an energy sacrifice zone.
Donald Trump’s actions since the election have made clear that he will put Big Oil’s profits above Americans’ public health. No president has ever rescinded a previous president’s permanent withdrawal of offshore areas from oil and gas development. If Donald Trump tries to reverse President Obama’s withdrawals, he will find himself in court.
Yea, with a court of his choosing. He will have at least two appointments in his four years, starting with Scalia’s replacement. Ginsberg is about to split a gut with Trump in the WH, she will soon need a replacement.LikeLike
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Everybody has an opinion why Hillary lost. To make it easy for the pundits, here’s my take: Cause Hillary ain’t Donald J. Trump. Keep it simple. Geeze, instead of asking why Hillary lost, why not ask why Trump won? Same answer. Because Hillary ain’t Trump.
This guy seems biased to me. I dunno, I could be wrong and he is just accurate:
“They had a tired old lady who was effectively de-sexed from saturation familiarity whose ultimate rationale could never be defined beyond, ‘It’s my turn and I am entitled to it, dammit.’ The Clinton campaign almost made a silk purse out of a sow’s ear,” says Drew Nettles, a conservative political consultant with ties to the energy industry. “If someone is to blame, it’s HRC. Forty years of sleaze with zero tangible accomplishments. Some of the worst political instincts in recorded history. The charm of an asp and the charisma of a slug. I think Clinton maxed out, given who she is and the moment in which she was running.”
http://www.usnews.com/news/the-run-2016/articles/2016-12-20/the-delegitimization-of-donald-trump
Whatever. Time to move forward. Hope and Change awaits!LikeLike
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Yup,, the Union is going down hill.
“8:23 p.m. — A caller near the corner of Highway 20 and Pleasant Valley Road reported two mails offering “crank” for a one-mile ride down the road.”LikeLike
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Serious CA Stupidity Goes International
‘Calexit’ organizers say they’ve opened an embassy in Moscow
Los Angeles Times on MSN.com
‘We want to start laying the groundwork for a dialogue about an independent California joining the United Nations now,’ the secession leader said.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-secession-organizers-say-theyve-opened-an-embassy-in-moscow/LikeLike
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Here ya go Russ – coal for Xmas,
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/18/us-forest-service-roadless-rule-coal-mining-expansion/LikeLike
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Brad C
Imitation flattery, closer to home
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210109352465591&set=a.1410493777633.58687.1091149052&type=3&theaterLikeLike
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Technology has changed the way we see things.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/980784302055607/?type=3&theaterLikeLike
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Trump Lost CA and NY but Beat Clinton by 3.0 million Outside
Final tally shows Trump lost popular vote by 2.8 million – but he BEAT Clinton by 3 million votes outside of California and New York
Clinton won California by 4.2 million votes and New York by 1.6 million, running up the score in places where she would have won no matter what.
Outside of those two liberal states, Trump was 3 million votes ahead
California alone accounted for more than Clinton’s national popular-vote edge
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4055182/Final-tally-shows-Trump-lost-popular-vote-2-8-million-BEAT-Clinton-3-million-votes-outside-California-New-York.htmlLikeLike
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OK, that is a fair question. Here you go, just for you: “I feel your pain.” All better now?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028384936LikeLike
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PC takes a frontal assault. Yeoman is back along with his/her little buddy corpsman. Anchors away!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/21/in-about-face-navy-restores-traditional-job-titles-after-objections.htmlLikeLike
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Oooooh! If you could see me now you would see my shocked face!
BLACK MAN ARRESTED FOR ‘VOTE TRUMP’ BLACK CHURCH ARSON…
MEMBER OF CONGREGATION…LikeLike
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Oooooh! If you could see me now you would see my shocked face….U of Michigan version!
Michigan Student Made Up Anti-Muslim Hate Crime.
http://heatst.com/culture-wars/michigan-muslim-hate-crime/
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The pension issue gets even better. They ‘blacklist’ anyone who disagrees.
http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2016/12/20/association-of-pension-funds-blacklists-reform-organizations/
But everything is peachy. Just please don’t ask why we’re having to re-evaluate our projected returns.LikeLike
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Ouch! Dem Establishment treating the Bernie Bros like second class citizens. Stop the violence, oh please, stop the violence! “Lock him up, lock him up, lock him up!”
http://observer.com/2016/12/mike-stone-michigan-democratic-party-assault-battery-against-sanders-supporter/?ref=yfpLikeLike
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It’s true……your neighbor is right….”You just can’t make this stuff up”!
EXCLUSIVE: Facebook ‘fact checker’ who will arbitrate on ‘fake news’ is accused of defrauding website to pay for prostitutes – and its staff includes an escort-porn star and ‘Vice Vixen domme’
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Pelline is now laying claim to the phrase “You just can’t make this stuff up”. He is taking George Boardman to task for using it and therefore plagiarizing Pelline. You just can’t make this stuff up. I have used that phrase for twenty years! And I saw if in a letter to the editor by someone I don’t know! That Pelline is truly delusional. And one of my favorite terms over the years has been “What a hoot”> And I see Pelline using it all the time. I do not take credit for it and could care less he uses it. But he doe not like Boardman’s use of “his” term. What a hoot! The man is buts!
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The man is buts!
Todd…..while they are endlessly entertaining…… my hope for your 2017 is for a renewed focus on proofreading your posts.LikeLike
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I’ll try harder. I may be a lost cause though.
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“you can’t make this stuff up” indeed. There’s 447,000+ hits using “you can’t make this stuff up” as the search term. It does not appear to be a Pelline original. 🙂
The 58 year old fattest man in Nevada City is old beyond his calendar years and should probably stop complaining that someone Boardman’s age still has a gig at a real newspaper.
What a maroon!LikeLike
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What a hoot Todd. Utah Phillips use that phrase all the time in the 70s. Was a major part of one of his most famous monologues. I didn’t know you were Utah Phillips fan.
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Sorry Paul Emery I was never a fan of the socialist. Lots of people use terms they like.
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Todd@09:45
I have been using an app call Grammarly which has been a big help in improving my writing and spelling. Give it a try. Grammarly is now free on Chrome, Safari, and Firefox browsers. Corrects as you type.LikeLike
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Yeah Todd
So dies PellineLikeLike
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OK Russ. Usually my problem is hitting the enter key too quickly. I actually do know how to spell.
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The lawyer for the Dark Lord of Liberal Lament Land wants to talk to PE about his 1140! 😉
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Good column by Mr. Boardman again.
May be a few days early, but my vote for the biggest story of the year hands down is the national disgrace and shame that was brought down on the charming village of Nevada City. Perhaps full blown outrage may be a more descriptive reaction from sea to shining sea. The only question remaining in this revealing, yet unfortunate episode is, “Thus forcing us to ask ourselves, who is benefiting from this? THAT’s the answer I want to get to,” she said..
Perhaps the best starting point to answer the councilwoman’s question would be at the feet of noneother than President Obama. Early in his Presidency, he expressed anger and racial bias before the facts were even in….his comment revealed distain for LE when his friend the Absent Minded Professor Olgetree (?) misplaced his keys and was breaking in the backdoor of a (his) house in middle of the night. Obama’s statements gave the ok to unleash anger against police, a signal that was picked up and cheered by BLM…..a group Obama has had as frequent guests at the White House.
“Pigs in a blanket, Fry them like bacon.”
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article88708502.html
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nevada-city-councilwoman-dallas-20160711-snap-htmlstory.html
Dallas Media was not amused. 5 slain police officers. 5 slain police officers. 5 slain police officers. Let that sink in. Story of the year in our neck of the woods.LikeLike
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Here is one for PE- The gun control capitol of the US, Chicago has to date 4752 shooting victims. A 47% raise from 2015. Its not about more gun control, its about weak governance failing to enforce the law and failing to fight gangsters and their rackets. Way to go team 0, no wonder 0 is not moving back home. 😉
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