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[Many apologies for having closed the 12feb17 sandbox without opening a new one – I really did mean to do that instantly, but somehow it fell through the crack with all the other debates going on below my subsequent posts.  Mea culpa.  That said, all I ask is that if there's a recent topical post on a given subject/issue, then please enter your relevant comments into its comment stream.  Much grass.  gjr]

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335 responses to “Sandbox – 16feb17”

  1. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Holy Smokes! The Dems in CA have gone off the deep end. Just when you thought they could not sink any lower into stupidity, they find a way to to give stupid a good name.
    Sometimes one hits bottom, settles for a moment, then the floor gives way.
    http://redalertpolitics.com/2017/02/08/beach-vacations-poor-california-going-off-deep-end/

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  2. Walt Avatar

    Good find Bill. Run jobs out of the state, pile on more taxes, restrict rights, close off land to the public. If geriatric Jerry actually signs that new giveaway, watch how fast the beach bums bitch that the beaches are being abused and spoiled.
    We can afford to send Paul and friends to the beach, but fixing Oroville dam isn’t in the cards. So hit up Trump for the repairs.

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  3. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    This one is no surprise and will probably pass in CA. Lord knows that Medicaide has soared in CA by 47% year over year and the State is struggling to pay 10% of the costs associated since CA loosened its qualifying eligibility. Free vacations and free health care. Hope the dam holds. Don’t worry about the costs. Oh yeah, Di-Fi’s husband landed a one BILLION dollar contract for Moonbeam’s choo-choo. Tax the rich!
    http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/17/california-lawmakers-to-introduce-medicare-for-all-health-plan-on-friday/
    from the pro side
    http://www.attn.com/stories/15063/heres-california-lawmakers-big-response-republicans-who-want-repeal-obamacare

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  4. Walt Avatar

    Hay “O” worshipers. The guy who’s shoes you shine, needs your money.
    http://pagesix.com/2017/02/19/barack-obamas-presidential-library-may-need-1-5-billion/?_ga=1.71029520.1835036897.1487538549
    Gotta rewrite history in his image. Give till it hurts.

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  5. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    Three of the links you gave me were from last year or 2015. the one that was from Friday referred to the Swedes discovering they have a crime problem. Hardly any of these equate to a major event that occurred “last night in Sweden”
    Fake news from Trump the Liar in Chief

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  6. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Must be a lefty thing. Now boyz, we must no judge.
    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/21/heres-why-the-progressive-left-keeps-sticking-up-for-pedophiles/
    I very said Salon was fake news, I said it was Leftist news.

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  7. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    That’s some lame ass spin there poll head PE, the filmmaker on Waters was reporting on the muslim crime wave, the crime increases are ‘refugee’ driven. Poor ol’ PE the democrat tool newsman who is acting like a maroon. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  8. ScenesFromTheApocalypse Avatar
    ScenesFromTheApocalypse

    PE@ 2:41PM Hardly any of these equate to a major event that occurred “last night in Sweden”
    Quote:
    “You look at what’s happening last night, in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this. Sweden. They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible”
    lol…umm….he was talking about a TV show he saw that night.

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  9. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Typical Don Bessie resorting to name-calling rather than talking about the issues If I wanted to talk about your character Don there’s lots of material but I’m not going there It’s not worth my time

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  10. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Poor ol’ PE, You willfully ignore that the President was talking about the tv show so trying to spin that into he said there was a terrorist event is lame ass. Its your choice to carry the democrats water and all that entails. We understand your situation you poor ol’ poll head you. Its looking like its going to be a long 8 years for you. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  11. Russ Avatar
    Russ

    New Blogger In Town
    This is going to be fun! Reinette Senum has a blog at: http://www.thefoghornexpress.com
    Anyone want to start a pool on how long it takes before this is moderated blog and conservative voices will not be allowed?
    Here are the ground rules:
    โ€‹
    The opinions expressed by The Foghorn Express are Reinette Senum’s, alone, and do not reflect the opinions of the City of Nevada City, its council members or staff, any associations, organizations, boards, commenters, their pets… any bodies of any sort, whatsoever.
    The Foghorn Express is a forum that is open to debate and hypothesis, but believes it is up to each and every citizen to draw his/her own conclusions. This blog is simply a launching point for resource sharing, contemplation, and intelligent dialogue with the objective to move its readers/commenters towards deeper awareness and active solutions.
    Any hostile statements, name calling, unnecessary gang-stalking, hair-pulling or shin-kicking will not be tolerated.
    โ€‹
    NO Throwing Sand!
    If a commenter cannot maintain the highest standard while in dialogue he/she will hear the first shot across the bow in the form of a formal warning. If another offense occurs,Tonka Toys will promptly be removed and said offender will be banned from the sandbox…. and, sorry, no more invitations to my birthday parties.
    Please note, I have the right to change my opinion according to information received; I am a woman.

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  12. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Can you show me any documentation that he was talking about the TV show If he was you sure didn’t express it very well It was expressed as “after what happened last night in Sweden”. Not Fox news last night reported that.
    Fake news from the liar in chief

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  13. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Oh Paul Emery, you are really out there.
    So Senum has a blog. I bet no more than five days and it becomes a liberal on;y blog. Any criticism or blowback on a lib is anathema and they cry and take their ball home.

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  14. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    It looks like you have TURD and BDS eruptions clouding your senses. All of us who saw the show knew exactly what he was talking about when it said it live. After you democrat propaganda tools started with your canned talking points he tweeted about it too. You at some point have to recognize your reading list is deficient and leaves you ill-equipped with information. JUST KIDDING! We know as a newsman you cant deviate from the democrat party talking points, poor ol’ poll head PE. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  15. ScenesFromTheApocalypse Avatar
    ScenesFromTheApocalypse

    PE @ 3:45PM.
    Well, a few websites immediately after the fact mentioned that he was referring to some Tucker (You Can’t Cuck the Tuck!) Carlson show, the networks claimed he was LYING! about some sort of terrorist attack, The Man himself says he was talking (I think) about an ABC story. Believe what you like. There is no news anymore.
    I’ll tell what’s brilliant about this. Several (or more) million schlubs from flyover country just got interested in the situation in Sweden. There’s plenty out there to check out and it’ll suit Trump’s narrative. Genius if purposeful, but probably just some sentences that came out from a politician who speaks off-the-cuff at public appearances.
    That last point is darned remarkable in an age of committee-written lawyerese speechcraft. Just try doing a 1+ hour speech in front of a large crowd with this set of detailed notes:
    http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/HemaFMkja2mhYoDyGcldiXiQK9Y=/fit-in/1200×9600/http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2Ftom-brady-notes.jpg

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  16. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Trmp and I tweet and here is his latest on Sweden and the reason he used it.
    Donald J. Trump โ€@realDonaldTrump 2h2 hours ago
    My statement as to what’s happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden.
    So Paul Emery, if you have a beef, tweet him and ask him. I did.

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  17. ScenesFromTheApocalypse Avatar
    ScenesFromTheApocalypse

    Ahh. Mr Juvinall. You are quite right. It wasn’t ABC, it was Fox. I guess I was LYING.
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/833435244451753984

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  18. ScenesFromTheApocalypse Avatar
    ScenesFromTheApocalypse
  19. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Poor ol’ poll head PE cant bring himself to watch FOX but good news for the newsman, cnn had the same filmmaker on a little bit ago. The very guy who WE ALL saw along with the President the other day. Give it up PE. Perhaps its best you go back to poll panic. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  20. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    There are some parallels of what is going on on the national scene and what is happening in our tiny irrelevant speck on the map.
    https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1029486197185417/?type=3&theater
    Gee, why are they picking on me?

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  21. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Don’t know what you’re talking about Don. I watch Fox every day, In fact I ran extended quotes from Sheppard Smith this week that you ignored.

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  22. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Well at least PE is admitting he is ignorant of the events he lamely tried to slam the Prez about. Sad ol’ PE missed the documentarian everyone is talking about. He was on also cnn tonight and clips abound. I have always ignored shep smith you poor ol’ poll head. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  23. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    So Paul Emery says he watches FOX yet missed the one thing he complains about on Sweden? Yeah right.

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  24. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 241pm – Jo Ann remembers our seeing on FN after Bret Baier – perhaps it was Tucker Carlson or Hannity.
    But do you really believe that Sweden’s Muslim problems stopped or even abated since last year?!

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  25. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    That is not the issue George Trump made it look like some terrible thing happens in Sweden on Friday which was not true he said that to somehow enhance whatever it was he was saying That there are ongoing problem s with immigration in Sweden can certainly be documented But Trump intentionally made it look like something really bad happened specifically on Friday That’s one of his tricks Sweden is really pissed off about it
    Once again it was fake news and unintentional false emphasis from our liar in chief

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  26. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Todd that whole thing was not part of the regular FOX news but presented by one of the rush Limbaugh Wanna be’s.

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  27. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George I think we can agree hopefully that Hannity Or Carlson are not actually newscasters but our commentators with a predetermined opinion about everything Much like Rachel Madow and others on msnbc.

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  28. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 539pm – Actually you’re wrong. I just found the segment that I told you about –
    http://www.mediaite.com/online/did-trump-think-there-was-an-attack-in-sweden-because-of-a-tucker-carlson-segment/
    And TuckerC is definitely not one of your put down “Limbaugh Wanna be’s”.

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  29. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    No PE, you democrat proxies in the news biz tried to make that an issue by all saying it at once as ordered. Those of us not encumbered with your reporter democrat bias understood what was going on. Thank you for confirming my 519 with your 539. Don’t you guys call that walking it back? ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  30. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Paul Emery is simply wrong and he won’t admit it. There is also a video interview from Sweden about this and it is a eye opener. Crime way up. The place is a mess.

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  31. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Tucker’s ratings are only 2nd to O’riley triple cnn’s. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  32. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    PE @ 542- Duuude, that’s not just walking it back, that’s moon walking it back. Pretty fly for a white guy. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  33. Walt Avatar

    Paul. Something tragic and news worthy happens every day in Sweden with the Muslim horde.
    Hell! pick a day. ANY day.
    Here. have a taste.
    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/02/sweden-muslim-mob-injures-three-cops-in-no-go-zone
    http://www.barenakedislam.com/2017/02/19/sweden-african-muslim-gang-attacks-security-guard-in-stockholm-subway/
    Yup,, those Muslims are SURE showing their thanks and appreciation for taking them in.
    But let me guess.. None of these are what your talking about. Will love your deniability.

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  34. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 542pm – I think you’ve tried again to slip out of this one. The evidence that Muslims are terrorizing Sweden (among other EU countries) is overwhelming (see above for more from other commenters). Citing that Carlson and Hannity are commentators has nothing to do with their presentation of the evidence.

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  35. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    Did you read the article? It concludes with this which iilstrates my point that Trump made this “incident” up to add some drama to his tirade.
    Fake news from the Liar in Chief
    Here’s the quote from your link
    “Great. While this certainly sounds like something that needs to be brought to the mainstream mediaโ€™s attention, it certainly isnโ€™t indicative of an โ€œincidentโ€ occurring in Sweden last night.
    What this is indicative of, however, is the rumor flying around that President Trump gets most of his information from a television.”

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  36. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt @ 6:30 pm
    Liked the quote from your link. Says it all where the rubber meets the road.
    “Swedish police advice women never to go out anywhere alone, especially in the evening, if they want to avoid being raped, assaulted or worse by Muslim invaders.”
    Seems we used to post here darn near daily rape and assualt reports from Western Europe that let in hordes of single young sexist Islamic men. France, Germany, Britain on a daily basis. I liked that big Muslim march they had chanting “No Free Speech”. Classic. Demanding the government to ban free speech. Sadly, I have seen the reports coming out of Europe drop dramatically over the last year as criticism of Muslims is now prosecuted as hate speech. Mere criticism of a government’s immigration policy in and of itself is illegal and prosecuted in more Northetn Europe countries. Facebook has blocked all reporting of rape, violence, sodomy, assualt, robbery, and “worse”.
    Hate speech is the Left’s catch all phrase to shut down all debate (an information) from mainstream conservatives to Milo to Trump to fairness in reporting, to even UC Berkeley’s campus newspaper refusing to publish any letters that simply decry violence. It’s all justified because reporting a Muslim sodomized a 6 year old European girl in a public park in broad daylight is Hate Speech!
    The work around is to refer to the invaders as North Africans or “Asians”. Still, the news coming out has been shut down.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5uy91g/80_of_rapes_in_sweden_are_committed_by_nonswedish/

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  37. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    On a lighter note, Chelsea keeps speaking out against Trump. The gift that keeps on giving.
    http://thetruthdivision.com/2017/02/chelsea-clinton-cries-trump-press-conference-juanita-broaddrick-destroys/

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  38. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Dr. Rebane @ 7:34pm
    I can’t believe you fall for it. It has nothing to do with Sweden or rampaging hordes of Islamic raping their way across Germany and France. Paul does not care one hoot about the plight of women in Sweden. He cares little if at all about that. Furthest thing from his mind, his mission, his obsessions..
    Dr. Rebane, Dr. Rebane, Dr. Rebane! I am shocked. Remember Paul stated his PURPOSE is to come here to jab and poke and hate on Trump. Fight time. That is the whole ball of wax. It you boys want to discuss issues like education or immigration, all he knows is what he heard.
    With PE, he boasts how he bobs and weaves and is the self proclaimed Muhammad Ali hitting on you boys. He even boasts that many people follow him. He is a hero. He is the Resistance! Trump never misspeaks, Trump only lies!!
    If you want to waste your time with the punchdrunk kid, that is your business. I just can’t believe you thought he is teachable. Poor Paul, he thinks he has an open mind, lol.
    Dr. Rebane, never forget that sick people do sick things.

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  39. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Typical Bill
    He’s about due for a froth of obscenities I haven’t heard such language since I used to play in biker bars in the 1970s

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  40. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    biker bars in the 70’s, what crock of rag weed PE. God bless us one and all, even the poor ol’ poll head PE. PE, sleep and hydrate with some aspirin and all we be well our poor little druid. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    What ever happened to the chemical weapons in Syria?
    Amazing how one off the cuff gaffe can change the dynamics of the Middle East. In Sept 2013, the US was pounding the war drums to launch a strike on Syria. Susan Rice was saying the missles were enroute and the Senate was set to vote of the war authorization the next day. Germany was on board, but Merkel was furious that Spain was not going along. The British Parilment had rejected their PM’s plan to join in on the military strikes of the Assad regime just 10 days before. The G-20 summit a week prior to Kerry’s gaffe mentioned nothing about any political resolution to getting rid of Assad. John McCain was advocating for an immediate military intervention. Obama was set to address the nation that night as the Navy readied its Tomahawk cruise missles. Then Kerry spoke.
    The result was Putin suddenly stepped in as a peace broker and instantly gave Russia equilibrium in the region. Putin was voted the most popular man on the planet and donned Man of the Year magazine covers. Everything changed just 2 days before the anniversary of 9/11, the day of the planned air strikes to begin.
    What a off the cuff comment resulted in is the fallout we face today. From the Syrian refugee mess, the explosion of the growth of ISIS, to Putin’s new found power and status on the world stage.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeRMABZt_v8
    http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/10/news/world-news/syria-agrees-to-give-up-chemical-weapons-to-stave-off-u-s-airstrike/?ref=relatedSidebar

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  42. ScenesFromTheApocalypse Avatar
    ScenesFromTheApocalypse

    An interesting article. A general question, is this a moral act?
    https://newsline.com/denmark-passed-declaration-prohibiting-muslim-majority-neighborhoods/
    It’s funny how you have to go to the corners of the web for news anymore. Just look at CNN’s webpage above the fold, 99% anti-Trump opinion articles. Their entire national newsroom must be assigned to The Man.

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  43. BradC Avatar
    BradC

    “Bill Gates calls for income tax on robots: Microsoft co-founder suggests money should be used to retrain people replaced by robots,” by Richard Waters in S.F.: “It is an idea that until now has been associated more with European socialists than tech industry leaders, and puts him in the unusual position of explicitly arguing for taxes to slow the adoption of new technology.”
    Gates told Quartz: “It is really bad if people overall have more fear about what innovation is going to do than they have enthusiasm … That means they won’t shape it for the positive things it can do. And, you know, taxation is certainly a better way to handle it than just banning some elements of it.”

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  44. BradC Avatar
    BradC

    The MACA report,
    Germany turns on one of its own, H&K,
    Last year, Berlin reversed course on arms exports following a storm of media criticism. Tighter restrictions ground HK’s Middle East business to a halt, hammering revenues.
    Even worse, for a company that prides itself on engineering it likens to “fine watchmaking”, the government is now questioning the quality of its signature product.
    The G36, Berlin says, does not shoot straight in hot weather or when it heats up through constant firing.
    But the US Marines are set to start buying the M27 IAR, even though they know the weapon does not do so well in hot weather (like Iraq), does not have interchangeable barrels, doesn’t seem to like the taste of the army ammo, and costs 3 times as much as the current SAW.
    But, hey, it’s 10lb lighter!

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  45. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Maybe Bill Gates and Warren Buffet should give away all but a billion for themselves and stop preaching to others.

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  46. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Just a refresher.
    The Shoe Bomber was a Muslim
    The Beltway Snipers were Muslims
    The Fort Hood Shooter was a Muslim
    The underwear Bomber was a Muslim
    The U.S.S. Cole Bombers were Muslims
    The Madrid Train Bombers were Muslims
    The Bafi Nightclub Bombers were Muslims
    The London Subway Bombers were Muslims
    The Moscow Theater Attackers were Muslims
    The Boston Marathon Bombers were Muslims
    The Pan-Am flight #93 Bombers were Muslims
    The Air France Entebbe Hijackers were Muslims
    The Iranian Embassy Takeover, was by Muslims
    The Beirut U.S. Embassy bombers were Muslims
    The Libyan U.S. Embassy Attack was by Muslims
    The Buenos Aires Suicide Bombers were Muslims
    The Israeli Olympic Team Attackers were Muslims
    The Kenyan U.S, Embassy Bombers were Muslims
    The Saudi, Khobar Towers Bombers were Muslims
    The Beirut Marine Barracks bombers were Muslims
    The Besian Russian School Attackers were Muslims
    The first World Trade Center Bombers were Muslims
    The Bombay & Mumbai India Attackers were Muslims
    The Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers were Muslims
    The September 11th 2001 Airline Hijackers were Muslims

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  47. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Brad C. @ 7:44 am
    Deju Vu.
    The American M16 rifle, which replaced the M14, was lighter and considered more accurate than the AK-47 but was prone to jamming. Often the gun suffered from a jamming flaw known as “failure to extract,” which meant that a spent cartridge case remained lodged in the chamber after a bullet flew out the muzzle. According to a congressional report, the jamming was caused primarily by a change in gunpowder which was done without adequate testing and reflected a decision for which the safety of soldiers was a secondary consideration.

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  48. BradC Avatar
    BradC

    Dear PG&E, with oil and natural gas at very low prices, why are you raising your rates? You guys are worse than Obamacare insurance monopolies.
    http://abc7news.com/news/7-on-your-side-investigating-reports-of-huge-spike-in-pg-e-bills/1745151/

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