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145 responses to “Sandbox – 25may2017”
“Uh, fakenewsman, that was a statement made by Al-Sisi of Egyp”
Where did you get that info Don? It’s all over the interned and major news services that it was a statement by Hope Hicks, Trumps new Press gal.
Google this and there is no reference to Al-Sisa. You made that at up Don just like your 95% quote a couple of days ago about fake news.
Google her name Don and tell me what you find.
Hope Hicks
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 30 May 2017 at 03:31 PM
Who cares.
Well evidently you did Paul…..you posted it!
Maybe you should stick to just delivering poll numbers.
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California is not the only government with unfunded retirement liabilities.
“We’re really at an inflection point,” Michael Drexler, head of financial and infrastructure systems at the World Economic Forum, said in a phone interview. “Pension underfunding is the climate-change moment of social systems in the sense that there is still time to do something about it. But if you don’t, in 20 or 30 years down the line, society will say it’s a huge problem.”
A shortfall of about $400 trillion could be reached by 2050, the World Economic Forum said. The figure is derived from the amount of money government, employers and individuals would need to provide each person with a retirement income equal to 70 percent of his or her annual earnings before leaving the workforce.
The gap is partially driven by an aging world population. Life expectancy has risen on average by about a year every five years since the middle of the last century, and half of babies born in the U.S. and Canada in 2007 may live to 104, according to the report. In Japan, the figure is 107 years.
There is going to be a lot of mad retirees when they do not get the promised checks from the government paymasters. $400 Trillion is a lot of missing money.
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A California poll, conducted by Prime Group for the consulting firm GrassrootsLab, found two-thirds of local officials predicted major problems implementing legalized recreational marijuana, according to the poll.
But among the 118 mayors and council members surveyed, the highest ranking concern was more mundane, with 48 percent of officials ranking pension issues as their first or second priority, an enormous burden on the state and local government.
“The strain on local budgets driven by pensions is something even the left-leaning members put at the top of their list.”
https://www.californiacitynews.org/2017-local-leaders-poll
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Anybody else sickened by having to see that gory, vile, and disgusting red head……as well as the thing Kathy Griffin is holding?
Bonus: She looks that bad after 50K in cosmetic surgery.
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Posted by: Russ | 31 May 2017 at 07:53 AM
Oh rest assured……when the real cracks in the pension system manifest themselves they’ll be begging to legalize the evil weed (and probably a lot of other illicit substances and activities as well)!
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Thje AP and the newspapers are trying to connect the slasher in Portland to Trump. Honestly the press has lost its mind (if it ever had one). Portland has murders all the time but now it is all the fault of Trump sonce he wants a wall and wants to get immigration under control.
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Posted by: Todd Juvinall | 31 May 2017 at 08:31 AM
Funny! He’s already been outed as a BernieBro who voted for Jill Stein!
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Fish 837
Yes out of his own mouth!
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News Flash, Scoop and all that; The Kathy Griffin show at the Center for the Arts has been canceled! 😉
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Is it just me or did others have the same first reaction to the Redhead holding up the severed head? At first glance it looked like she was holding up a replica of her own melon. Yep, it was he face on the blood covered head. Kinda weird, but artists are a different breed. What’s the big deal? She was making fun of herself, obvisiously.
Alfred Hitchcock used to sneak down to his guesthouse and place a wax head of himself in the guesthouse’ refrigerator. So, late at night when his guests got up for a glass of milk or snack, they got the surprise of their lives.
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In other CA Dem State Convention news, no wonder Punchy will never vote for a major party canidate again. Talk about a den of thieves.
“It’s unclear what the result of Ellis’ challenge will be. Bauman has already begun hiring staff as he assumes the position of chair of the California Democratic Party. Bauman’s recent record as a corporate lobbyist for pharmaceutical companies irked progressives during the race; he made over $100,000 in 2016 lobbying against a proposition to reduce pharmaceutical drug prices in California. Additionally, he recently hired health insurance operative and anti-labor political consultant Steve Maviglio as director of the California Democratic Party.”
http://observer.com/2017/05/kimberly-ellis-california-democratic-party-chair-challenges-election-results/?ref=yfp
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Yep, I told you That woman, Ms. Griffin, was holding up her own image. One ugly melon, I must say. Everything the libs do blows up in their faces. Give them 9 miles of pavement and a long rope. She done beheaded her own career. Now, that is funny.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1098637396936963/?type=3&theater
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Solar-Powered California Warned to Unplug for August Eclipse.
State energy officials are warning residents to click off all lights they don’t need and unplug all electrical appliances when 62 percent of the sun disappears over Los Angeles during a partial solar eclipse that is expected that day.
Nobody is warning of blackouts. But then again, nobody knows what will happen.
“When the sun goes away, so does the energy that powers our renewable solar panels. If millions of Californians turn off appliances and power strips to unplug from the grid during the eclipse, we can let our hard-working sun take a break,” said Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission.
Pre-modern societies trembled at unforeseeable eclipses, and in postmodern California it’s pretty much the same story.
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So it begins, The big payback
The Trump administration is reportedly moving toward returning the diplomatic compounds, in New York and Maryland, to Russia.
Give them back their spy farm while they are being investigated for interfering with our elections.
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And those misogynistic hits just keep on coming.
https://heatst.com/culture-wars/salon-feminist-writer-attacks-beatles-for-making-pop-music-male/?mod=sm_fb_post
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Bummer, man. It’s bad enough getting ripped off, but trying to unsee what was seen is demanding a wee bit too much. Makes it hard to deny, deny, deny. At least blame, blame, deflect, blame, deflect. is easier. That may be my voice, but it wasn’t me saying it! Good thing the AG is hot on the trail. Righttttt.
https://heatst.com/culture-wars/evergreen-state-activists-demand-humiliating-video-be-deleted/?mod=sm_fb_post
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OUCH, the Warriors crushed the LaBron crew in game 1. Would it be a new record if the Warriors sweep the playoffs AND the finals? 😉
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yes
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Thanks Todd, cool.
The WH filed 2 emergency petitions with the supreme court on the jihadi immigrant ban. I bet its more than a 5-4 win for the administration. Did you see the new extreme vetting standards announced today? 15 years of history including socials, jobs and family connections. Why did it take so long to keep people who hate us out? Immigration is a privilege that should be based on the best interests of the US and its workers.
I love the timing, while the talking heads exploding is in full swing on the global warming win, now there is an overtaking protect the borders story for the news at 11. 😉
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I need to get this off my chest, not on facebook, but this guy Brad is out of control. Who else will he target? I want to get this out there, but he has me cautious right now. I am hoping to work to retirement here at Hills Flat, just 3 years away.
Brad P-Glasse,
Just so you know.
I reported to the Manager you spoke to, and HR the conversation you attempted to have with me on 4/24/17. Days before your “cashier” post or the “plumbing contractor” post.
Brad I was deeply concerned as to why on earth you would come into a hardware store to purchase a light bulb, then proceed to tell me a story about some trip to North Carolina and the conversation you heard over there.
Not so strange, until you started throwing out the “N” word numerous times to describe what you heard was said about Pres. Obama in NC.
Why for the love of God did you feel I would care one bit about what a bunch of people 2000 miles away were saying 4 years ago? And for a “customer” to come into a store and start tossing out the “N” word like that is not fair to the person who has to courteously listen. I felt assaulted, as I was stuck having to listen to that crap from you.
It’s not often that I feel the need to inform higher ups of conversations on the sales floor. But that was over the top.
I reported the conversation that day because I sensed that you must be baiting me. Why else would you share that lame story?
So that all know, Brad P-Glasse copied a page from a Facebook post, took it into my work and attempted to get me fired. Brad must have done that to pre-empt me from exposing his baiting people.
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Hmmmm, that’s one of the usual suspects there Mr. Loomis @958, what Facebook page did this cowardly person attack you on? 😉
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Steve Loomis Are you working at Hills Flat Lumber?
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Yes I have 16 years there. And this was on peeps, where else.
Brad has learned how to get others to do his bullying for him, using facebook posts.
The scary thing is , I have had no previous interactions with him.
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The hostile work environment which protects employees from bad/unwanted actions by co-workers and higher ups also protects workers from customers/clients/sub contractors. If a customer came in and started dropping the F bomb or making sexual innuendos to say a cashier or lady in the paint department or starting dropping the N word, one can should expect full support from management.
Steve did exactly the right thing. He reported the incident which made him feel uncomfortable to his management. It is now on their shoulders to take steps to protect him from unreasonable and unwanted situations from that particular customer.
With that said, it is a most unfortunate story, Whatever ax the person has to grind with the long term employee, it certainly has taken an ugly turn. The people business is a messy business.
This is a good time to relay something I recently read: Never debate on FB. That’ was the article in a nutshell. Glad Mr. Loomis intuitively sidestepped that booby trap.
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I confess……I never think of “Squatty Potty” without thinking of Cathy!
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There’s always “Hot Dog on a Stick”……you get one of those cool hats.
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From Instapundit……
Remind me again why people were supposed to feel sorry for you?
https://nalert.blogspot.com/2017/06/flashback-december-2016-kathy-griffin.html
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Uh Oh she hired Lisa Bloom to protect her from the non-response by Trump and his family. And now Bloom is saying it was just KG’s attempt to get back at Trump for the Megan Kelley comments. You have to give these libshits credit for making a pile of dung a possible hiding place for a pony.
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This is how the terrorists win. Germans are afraid I guess.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3711222/german-music-festival-rock-am-ring-evacuated-cops-terror-threat/
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Just got back in town and was catching up on the headlines in the newsfeeds and found a gem; Kathy Griffin had most of her concert tour canceled after her idiocy but a few stuck with her. Apparently they were watching her train wreck of a news conference and by the time it ended there were no venues left on her tour. That’s the funniest story Griffin ever generated! 😉
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Better cue Gloria Allred and pull her out of mothballs. Daughter Lisa ain’t getting it done. Is it just me or do other people confuse Botox Gloria with Botox Nancy on occassion? Remember, there can be only one Botox Queen Bee at a time at so I reckon Gloria is waiting in the wings. That gal has been waiting a long long time. Ah, nevermind.
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Oh …….so so much butthurt from the “Communications” adjunct!
It’s Schadentacular!
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1). In the days of yore, they said never pick a fight with a man who buys ink by the barrel. But, this be the new days and the internet has changed the way we communicate. Not positive which side “they” are on, but I am glad they lay off us lowly Deplorables.
Check out these silver dollars.
https://heatst.com/tech/tech-douche-william-legate-picks-fight-with-4chan-humiliated-with-enlarged-nipples/?mod=sm_fb_post
2)
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1099758136824889/?type=3&theater
3) @ 5:15 pm. Perhaps Mr. Kalifornia Koyote can find solace in the welcome mat paid out before him.
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/french-president-offers-refugee-status-u-s-liberals/?utm_content=buffer68a65&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=laura_ingraham_buffer
Boy, that will add to the Froggies’ brain drain for sure. Be careful what you wish for, Viva Le France, and all that.
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Kathy Griffin Once Called Out Elizabeth Hasselbeck For Disrespecting Obama
Yeah Kathy….just another example of “white men trying to shut me (you) up”!
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/31/kathy-griffin-once-called-out-elizabeth-hasselbeck-for-disrespecting-obama-video/
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Ok, I will stop after this. Pinky promise.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1099569746843728/?type=3&theater
And now, from Hollywood…….
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1098975096903193/?type=3&theater
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Hello my friends. I apologize for my absence. I have been more then under the weather.
I cheated the boatman of the river Styx, and my back is still wet from the swim back to shore. Two weeks in the hospital(oh joy) That Norovirous was hours from putting me in the ground. Then complications after the fact. I will spare the nasty details I’m still dealing with.(don’t want to ruin your dinner.)
I’m on the mend, but a long road ahead.
Glad to hear that Kathy G. witch is getting the shunning she fully deserves. Now she pulls a Hillary with “it’s not my fault”.
Missed you guys……
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Welcome back Walt. We did miss your input here. How the hell did you get that virus?
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Posted by: Walt | 02 June 2017 at 06:41 PM
Some guys will do anything to get ready for bathing suit season!
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Welcome back Mr Branson. Mend quickly, we missed your piss and vinegar 😉
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Prayers out to ya Walt! I look forward to sharing another scrumptious rib in the future!!! 😉
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Thanks friends. Not sure where I caught this, but I have my suspicions. Lets just say gas station fast food with a drive through in PV.
Fish. I have lost so much weight, I will look good in a thong.
My good Doc. I still can’t even do that right yet. More swelling needs to go down.
First a food poisoning victim, than re-victimized by the VA. That story for another day.
Just enough life in me to say hi tonight.
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Oh Walt, figured you have enough of the bull pucky and took a break. Going to Taco Hell was not much of a break now was it? Well, at least you got your mind off on socio-political stuff for awhile. Always a silver lining. I could drop off some nice Charmin in case you are running low and need something to squeeze….Depends on the severity of the ailment, pun intended. Even a man who possesses great fortitude such as you cannot hold back the trots. Greater men have tried and failed.
Now I can’t wait to see pics of ya rosy behind in a thong. Lime green thongs are quite photogenic, but you already knew that. Rest up. It’s going to be a long hot summer.
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George 30 May at 10:33 AM:
Per your request, I will follow Mr. Facebook and his presidential aspirations, reporting the results.
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The 3jun17 sandbox is open for business.
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