[Lots of stuff happening – members of Congress shot on baseball diamond, public housing fire in London, old basketball player negotiating with young idiot in NK, Dylan accused of plagiarism, … . What’s the world coming to, or is it already there? gjr]
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178 responses to “Sandbox – 14jun17”
BillT@4:01PM
You forgot to work in the word ‘Pubber’.
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Space constraints, Scenes. Insert smiley face here.
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Bessee, it is strange that the UPS shooter’s firearm is only being identified as an “assault pistol”.
Paul, I’ll echo the challenge… what laws would you suggest to ensure fewer gun murders? Do you think the whole country would be safer if it’s as hard to get a firearm in Tucson as it is in ‘Frisco, Chicago or NYC?
I saw Bernie S’s address of the Senate regarding this morning’s shooting by one of his campaign workers turned hard left terrorist shooter. He was obviously shaken.
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“If the life of natural things, millions of years old, does not seem sacred to us, then what can be sacred? Human vanity alone? Contempt for the natural world implies contempt for life. The domination of nature leads to the domination of human nature.” Edward Abbey
Boys we are reaping what we sow.
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Ahhh, I get it, now its a 3 way tag team. 😉
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Fish @ 403- Now that is very telling and does say a lot about your point. They really have no dog in the fight, its all about implementing socialist policies.
😉
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Well, with all these senseless shootings, not one has been committed by a member of the NRA. But, I could be wrong.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1108051119328924/?type=3&theater
Gregory @ 4:40 on. Give Kudos where Kudos is deserved. Sanders has earned a thumbs up.
https://heatst.com/politics/i-dont-like-bernie-sanders-but-his-history-of-condemning-political-violence-is-actually-very-good/?mod=sm_fb_post
Ben Emery. Yes, the problem lies in the devaluation of human life. It’s murder that is the root of the problem, not the murder weapon.
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While Bernie S was shaken, Ben Emery seems to be happy enough. I mean, what do you expect when those NRA types don’t want to do the right thing?
Look at the bright side, Ben. The last gun legally sold in San Francisco left the door as the last gun store in the city limits closed, in Oct 2015, a Colt .45. It might last the owners forever if they keep it dry and oiled.
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“Boys we are reaping what we sow”
The seeds sown in this case seem to be those spread by the likes of Rachael Maddow and Bernie S. You, too, Ben.
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“not the murder weapon.” Please explain how someone with a knife could have killed 49 people as happened last year in Florida before someone or a group of people overpowered the killer?
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I recall a man in China killed quite a few people with a edged weapon.
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Joe. It could have been done by a stolen gas tanker just as easily. Where there is a will, there is a way. Back to blaming a gun. You do know, that’s the new way of doing things by terrorists? Forget London so soon?
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“It’s murder that is the root of the problem, not the murder weapon”.
Joe Koyote aka Joe Keeble of Sierra College: there are 300 million-plus firearms in the USA and most of them are owned by people who actually do think they have a Constitutional right to own and carry them, and guess what? The SCOTUS agrees with them.
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Did HELL just freeze over?
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/14/nancy-pelosi-i-pray-for-donald-trump-that-his-presidency-will-be-successful-and-that-his-family-will-be-safe/
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Let’s all recall the parade of rights that so scared the SCOTUS in 1857 that they chose to return Dred Scott to his “owner” rather than leave them to live their life in freedom, because to do so…
You see, JoKe, some of us want the rights that Dred Scott deserved. You have the right to not exercise those rights yourself.
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Was the London Tower that burned a terrorist attack? If so then there is another weapon for the thugs.
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Did Jefferson Davis leave in a huff? And now we see Meuller leaking to the WAPO that Trump is being looked at for Obstruction of justice. We all knew this was a Fitzpatrick type fishing expedition and in my view Meuller and whomever hired him should be booted. My goodness the President has the power to terminate any investigation which of course he did not do. DC is out of control. And this stuff is very dangerous to the Republic and could cause people to get really angry.
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And what does LIB HuffPuff say? “poor planning”.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/14/huffpo-writer-for-violent-resistance-to-work-itd-need-to-be-organized/
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The seeds that we have sowed are that of theft, destruction, oppression, and death. The human race since we became “civilized” has mistakenly thought humans are nature master when in fact we are only a very small part of the living system we call Earth. We are a miracle and live on this dinky finite planet with nowhere else to go and yet we seem to lose sight of this fact.
This isn’t about US politics or about modern people this goes back thousands of years of colonialists and imperialists started the cycle of theft, destruction, oppression, and death to obtain resources to maintain an unsustainable lifestyle.
Isn’t it time we evolved away from such a failed policy?
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The fact that most comments here are still the same old bs is sad. Double standards and hypocrisy is all you guys spew along with those who pretend to be on the left. Never solutions of moving away from failed systems and patterns just tweaks to keep the status quo going.
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Posted by: Ben Emery | 14 June 2017 at 08:08 PM
I can’t even summon the energy to give you crap any more!
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Tell us what it really means to be “on the left” Ben 🙂 You poser.
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“Tell us what it really means to be ‘on the left’ ”
Apparently it involves platitudes.
You can argue that the single biggest mistake of colonialism, at least as concerns the environment, was to improve agriculture and lower infant mortality rates.
It’s interesting to consider that in the place where the term originated the Left was associated for some time with nationalism. I guess it just shows how malleable all this is.
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Scenes, it’s a coercive Utopian thing, you couldn’t possibly understand.
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Welcome back, Brother Ben. Well, we are right back where we ended our speaking to each other last time. You see the good in man and how things could be or should be in a perfect world, and I keep saying that evil resides in the heart of man and that is where we live…where the rubber meets the road. That gets one closer to the stink.
All folks lie at sometime or another, so we have laws against perjury and “bearing false witness.” We all get angry, but most of us do not allow that anger to become murder. We have laws against murder. All people lust for something or someone at some time in their lives, but most don’t take it to stealing or rape. All humans want to sit on the throne and call the shots some time or another, be it a rebellious child, a dictator, or running your own life the way you see fit. It’s called Pride. It’s called human nature.
Now Ben, where in the heck do we put human nature in your scenario? Solve world hunger and provide for everyone’s needs and you still have rape, murder, lying, stealing and stomping on people’s feet. You can satisfy all people’s needs, but never humans’ wants. Some appetites are insatiable.
“The man who worries about his well running dry draws water that will never quench his thirst.” I am not a thief, ain’t wired that way. But I cannot boast. I steal smiles, another man steals your peace of mind. Where do you put human nature? Where do you put spiritual beings having a human experience?
I told you this before, Brother Ben, but will say it again:, it’s ok to have your heads in the clouds, but make sure you have both feet planted on the ground. That is where your fellow humans are, warts and all. Good, bad, and indifferent.
Rather than circle the barn endlessly, I will take the cue from Fish’s 8:30 pm.
Meme time!!!
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1107333086067394/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/KevinSorbo/photos/a.127534470619961.10880.117383481635060/1681147195258673/?type=3&theater
Good night. Got a friend that is thinking bad juju tonight and really needs a friend. First suicide attempt earlier today failed. On top of that, my best friend in the world growing up was found dead on the floor two days ago. Drank himself to death, not surprising in the least. So, Ben, that is where my fellow travelers are, warts and all. I am exhausted and the night is young. Peace out bro, dig your fro.
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Ben Emery, we on the right are all about improving the lives of people and the planet. Wejust don’t want to do it your way. You enslave people to make them all the same. We are individuals and want others to be as well. If anyone is tuck doing the same old thing it is you and always has been. I am having a great life and I made it happen. I never got a dime from you or a helping hand. So go play in your own falacious world and leave the adults alone.
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Full socialist tag team press eh.
There is no doubt that people with guns stopped a socialist assassin today. The push on the left talking points here is as always amusing. Why aren’t you guys protesting in chi town, Boston and other gun free zones that drop more people than in Iraq? Strong LE let loose on the gangs and deportation of the alien criminals has real world impact but never happens in the WEAK administrations in those long time democratic shooting galleries.
It reminded me of what’s her name, Margret Jocheck who threatened a conservative groups 4th of July float. While it was still an anonymous threat before the cops tracked her down I had to chuckle. Someone really threatened a bunch of conceal carry experienced folks? Good luck with that, start pulling yours and watch 20 of them pull theirs and focus on your dumb ass. 😉
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Ahh, young master Ben, that old “the cycle of theft, destruction, oppression, and death to obtain resources to maintain an unsustainable lifestyle” is far beyond your ability to comprehend.
It’s all sustainable… we aren’t running out of fuels, there isn’t a positive feedback CO2 event poised to burn the planet up. Dpm’t worry, be happy, mon.
BTW did you ever start that Nursing school you were on the wait list for?
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https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1108191712648198/?type=3&theater
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housing and politics:
https://spottedtoad.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/the-zero-sum-society/
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scenes 609am – good data Mr Scenes that additionally corroborates RR themes. Thank you.
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The question of the day… “If President John F. Kennedy had ordered FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to stop investigating Martin Luther King Jr., would that have constituted obstruction of justice?”
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Really the only thing that matters……and will matter more in the future! Much more!
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/240418000000-feds-collect-record-taxes-may-still-run-88246000000
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Gregory 935am – Yes, but only if it is determined that President Trump obstructed justice with his expression of “hope” to Director Comey.
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Putin speaks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iq4LuS_i_U
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I have a scheme…
No, Trump didn’t obstruct justice with the expression of hope he could let it go, and Comey originally seemed to think the same as he didn’t push back on Trump nor did he report it to his supervisor(s), even when asked.
We live in interesting times.
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….and in other news……local man remains in seclusion following the release of these poll numbers!
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_jun16
(Will complaints about Rasmussens methodology to follow? Your comments and questions from the studio audience after these messages!)
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There you go Fish, ruining the po’ ol’ pollheads weekend, 😉
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Rasmussen numbers
“The latest figures include 31% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 42% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11. (see trends”
RCP Average -13.7
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html
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Better than your hero Bill Clinton at the same time. YYou are so boring.
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Approval rating is 50% ya po’ ol’ pollhead. 😉
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Election rigging, and vote buying. All perfectly legal in Ca.
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/06/16/california-democrats-slip-sneaky-provision-in-veterans-cemetery-budget-line-item-to-change-recall-rules-preserve-supermajority/
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Walt 556pm – Business as usual for Sacramento Sleazebags Syndicated.
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Walt at 5:56 – The Dems are afraid the people might start doing some of that ‘democracy’ stuff. Now, we can’t have that, can we?
Of course they stuck it in the Veterans Cemetery budget – what better place to ‘bury’ a provision.
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Hummm.. I wonder how the commie Progs liked their own game used against them?
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/06/breaking-protesters-interrupt-trump-assassination-play-rush-stage-screaming-goebbels-proud-video/
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Oh my……as timely as yesterdays discussion about leveling Evergreen State college!
https://heatst.com/culture-wars/evergreen-state-is-launching-a-masters-in-social-justice-program-with-guaranteed-jobs-for-graduates/
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A good example of the memory hole.
First, a reasonable twitter from DJT Jr.
https://i.redd.it/dlquy69tp74z.jpg
Here’s what the BBC tweet looks like now:
https://twitter.com/bbcworld/status/875810753571418113
A tiny skirmish in the struggle between Western Civilization and the Green Libertarian Newswarriors.
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Posted by: ScenesFromTheApocalypse | 17 June 2017 at 12:19 PM
<a href="https://twitter.com/bbcworld/status/875810753571418113“>https://twitter.com/bbcworld/status/875810753571418113
Too late…the Beeb already “memory holed” it!
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Posted by: fish | 17 June 2017 at 12:37 PM
Missing the entire point of your post…….Crap!
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Finally……something going right for the democrats!
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/17/democrats-2020-presidential-candidates-who-are-they-239612
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