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233 responses to “Sandbox – 31aug17”
Don Bessee | 01 September 2017 at 04:46 PM
He certainly didn’t answer my question.
No, I’m not surprised.
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Interesting. A bit of cultural trivia I had never heard before. An Islamic festival.
https://cpnagasaki.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/eid-al-adha-slaughter-capture.jpg
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/dhaka-streets-blood-photos-eid-al-adha-monsoon-celebrations-red-water-a7300021.html
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r-b_RHG41Jw/hqdefault.jpg
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 01 September 2017 at 04:48 PM
You know that this is the way it’s supposed to work? The mildly adversarial relationship between the executive and congress?
Oh right….pining for the “Pen and Phone” days!
And why do you keep trotting out McCain as if he’s some congressional sage…..he’s the poster child for term limits!
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Posted by: ScenesFromTheApocalypse | 01 September 2017 at 04:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fkh7xJVnow
At least the pedicabs can still get around!
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McCain only had creds when he was dissing his own party. And he is good at it. But then he ran for that office and was treated to the stuff he shovels. I would think a man with half a brain could have figured that out. So, Paul Emery, wish all you wanty about dumping Trump but it won’t happen. You really are unhinged. And a cartoon.
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The storm within the storm:
Sheriff Joe
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1157964691004233/?type=3&theater
Now is not the time.
https://www.facebook.com/colddeadhands/photos/a.307409332641284.68774.307188559330028/1466836660031873/?type=3&theater
Trump refuses to get his hands dirty…or was that her hands dirty? A pox on both of them.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1158979887569380/?type=3&theater
The Cajun Navy up to their dastardly deeds
https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/a.82108390913.80726.51560645913/10155022373320914/?type=3&theater
Now say it with me folks, “Domestic Liberal Terrorism.” Inspired by an early morn post by Scenes.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1158981044235931/?type=3&theater
Update: Latest from Houston: statue being erected honoring “average guys with bass boats.”
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Has crabman ever done the po’ ol’ fakenewsman in a cartoon? 😉
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I am really starting to warm up to kid rock as a senate candidate! Today in response to common cause filing a campaign complaint kid rock said “#1 I have still not officially announced my candidacy. #2 See #1 and go f@@k yourselves.” He is leading the dem incumbent and all republicans in the poll ya po’ ol’ pollhead. Hey why not, the left got Al Franken who is still not funny so why can’t Michigan send us kid rock in exchange for a dinosaur dem? I have to start blasting more kid rock on the road ( unedited thank you very much) ! 😉
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McCain, Nancy, Chuckie, and Lynsey as charging full steam ahead into war with Russia. Don’t matter what political party they belong to. It’s the agenda of the Establishment. I call them Liberal War Mongers. They are pushing way too hard and it don’t matter what we think. They don’t want borders, economic nationalism, reducing the size of government, tax reform, or American Exceptionalism. They just don’t want anything to do with those things, despite what they say. Caution: Undocumented Democrats.
https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/912542392229317/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/911861592297397/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/910079622475594/?type=3&theater
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@ 6:31 pm
Don. Don’t know if Crabbman ever drew a cartoon on po’ ol’ fakesnewsman, but I can only surmise that RL was just as dumbfounded and aghast as our darling local Machiavellian fakenewsman was. Afterall, they both read the same polls and saw there was no way Trump could reach 270. Don’t think either one has fully recovered from the shell shock, but Crabbman is pretty resilient.
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Paul is REALLY starting to fossilize. He really believes his poll nonsense is something meaningful.
A guy and a gal came through my job today with plenty of Indian “stuff” on it. If it was Bill, he didn’t stop to say high. If it was,, I don’t think I’m that scary looking.
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OOppss,, Still baked from the heat. The Truck they were driving had the Indian “stuff” on it.Missed that part….
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@ 9:26 pm
Unfortunately, that was not me Walt. Don’t display trinkets, blankets, or feathers on my rig. Don’t like nothing but a small red, white, and blue flag. Opps, I currently have a couple of scalps hanging from the rear view mirror, but they are only temporary and drying out. Roadkill and all that stuff. Need to take them out and hang them with the others, but I keep forgetting.
However, I do think seriously about cruising by looking for your manly mug sweltering in the Inferno Zone….even slowed down at Melody and peered down the lane, but I was late for my appointment at the beauty parlor. Couldn’t wait to read the latest issue of Vogue.
https://www.facebook.com/TRUMPTRAIN16/photos/a.647807485322431.1073741829.639552979481215/1029368203833022/?type=3&theater
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Oh, they love Pence now. But not so much in April. How quickly they forget.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/pences-gender-segregated-dinners/521286/
http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-pence-marriage-20170405-story.html
http://fortune.com/2017/04/05/mike-pence-wife-dinner/
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The Pence hit pieces are already written, they just follow a different script.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/2/1615825/-Mike-Pence-Is-A-Theocrat-His-Christian-Supremacist-Followers-Seek-To-Take-Over-America-Seriously
‘Supremacist’ seems to be the watchword. Evidently Pence is a latter day Torquemada who is going to round up all the Good People into Jesus Camps, at least the ones left over from Trump’s Hitler Camps.
A few decades from now they’ll find Kathy Griffin’s diary hidden in a wall, talking about the sweeps for Latina Studies majors, mentally unstable men with lipstick, Prius drivers. The victorious army from the Sultanate of Germany will weep that they couldn’t have done something sooner.
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Walt
You better believe Trump and the Republican politico types follow the polls closley. It’s their ob. Trump never fails to quote polls whenthey are in his favor Not much good news lately so he doesn’t mention them.
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Among the plethora of progressive rules are that only females may sponsor gender-exclusive events, and only the white cannot organize white affinity organizations, and only men can be sexists, and only European cultures need not participate in multi-cultural organizations, and only Christians may not demonstrate their religiosity in public, and … . Once we keep such rules tattooed to the inside of eyelids, the outside world makes a lot more sense.
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Looks like Melania fired her costumer. Today she wore a blue work shirt. Awww Warms my heart.
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Now they are working the soup line.
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DrRebane @ 10:28 AM
I am confused. If only those with a uterus can talk about women’s right to choose, then how can someone become a woman without having a uterus?
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George, I guess I don’t qualify as being a “progressive” because I sponsor women’s only performance events. Here’s one I’m doing on Oct 14. Tiekets are on sale
Femme de la Cremme
http://paulemerymusic.com/femme-de-la-creme/
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LOVE IT!!! A cage match of fake media!! Snopes,(Paul’s hero) and our own N.C. Scooper.
And the action is Grass Valley no less. Five bucks is worth it to see.
Two go in,, one comes out. My money is on Finkelstein.
Snopes IS fake news disguised as legit news. The Scooper is fake news, and doesn’t hide that fact.
http://www.theunion.com/news/local-news/fake-news-event-will-feature-panelists-from-snopes-nevada-county-scooper/
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Paul and his polls. Just who is answering the phones these days? Does Paul EVER think about that? What time of day are they taken? Paul can’t come to the reality that those out working ain’t answering telemarketer poll calls. The 4.67% unemployed are. And that’s who he hangs his ponytail on? The welfare recipients, termly unemployed, deadbeats, drug users, who prefer drugs over employment.
The true random Poll days are long gone. Pollsters will call back those that keep answering questions. So no wonder the results are near the same.
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Better marks for the Trump Duo today in Texas. I give them 3 stars for clothing design and a half hour serving in the soup line and a few handshakes and back pats. Must have a new line producer, probably Pence’s because of similar clothing and back slap techniques.. Might pick up a point or two in the polls.
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I see things got too hot on the other thread for ya’ Paul.
Trump is better than your buddy “O”. Trump shows up while “O” goes for another round of golf.
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Did I just read above that public opinion is indeed manipulable? (See also my 200pm.)
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Another lie exposed from our Liar in chief, the Great Orange Hope.
Department Of Justice Says It Has No Evidence Obama Ordered Wiretap Of Trump Tower
Trump Tweets:
Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
4:35 AM – Mar 4, 2017
DOJ reports:
“The Department of Justice confirmed in a Friday court filing it had no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the presidential campaign.
Trump first made the accusation in March, and Obama refuted it. The White House tried to say Trump wasn’t explicitly referring to a wiretap, but James Comey, the former FBI director fired by Trump in May, also asked the Justice Department in March to refute the claim.
Justice Department lawyers and officials said neither the FBI nor the department’s national security division had any evidence there was a wiretap.”
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George
/don’t disregard the polls as an indicator of Trumps support. You’t better believe the Republican pollsters are looking at it very seriously. Why do you they think they are call pollsters and are paid big bucks to advise campaigns and political parties.
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I have introduced the topic “government subsidies – who should get what when” in ‘Scattershots – 3sep17’ because of the extended interest here above and also in ‘When disaster is certain …’. I think subsidies per se are important enough not to be buried in this sandbox along with all the other issues raised. Another reader service from RR 😉
http://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2017/09/scattershots-3sep17.html
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Well,,, Fatboy sets off a hydrogen nuke.. OH JOY…
Let’s see what “St”Paul has to say. I say rain holy hell down on the prick, before he makes a U.S. city glow in the dark. Paul has yet to decide just which city, since HE believes we should be hit first before we take any action. As Paul has stated before,”the fighting should be done in OUR streets”.
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Read “Why we fight” by Ron Paul Walt and then lets talk. Do you have any comprehension of what would happen to South Korea if we were “rain holy hell on the prick” ?
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Paul Emery, give us your policies about the Norks.
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I don’t give a rats ass what Ron Paul has to say. His politics sucked, and the reason he’s no longer in office or relevant. Isolationism is a fool’s idea.
Matter of fact “O” “tried” it your way, and look what happened. The world went to hell in a hand basket. It’s time you sit back and think about your beliefs. It’s a good thing you are parked in Berkeley of the foothills, where no one will take you seriously, and not in any position of power to influence the goings on of the nation or world.
WE would be like Venezuela in no time.
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Todd WaltI am inclined to support the direction set forth by our Secretary of Defense General Mattis . This is a bad situation and is the result of our Imperialistic foreign policy that always leads to decline and failure. History proves that. Here we are though and our options are slim.
Trump is a short timer on the job and is not for long so I say let cooler heads prevail.
Unbelievable response from Trump on South Korea
“President Donald Trump said Saturday he is weighing whether to start the process of withdrawing from a free trade agreement with South Korea, with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urging its members to respond with “all hands on deck” and stop a decision that could come as early as next week.
“It’s very much on my mind,” the president said of the trade deal, according to a press pool report, adding that he is discussing the matter with his advisers. Earlier Saturday, a senior administration official confirmed that the president’s divided team is debating the future of the agreement.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/02/trump-south-korea-trade-withdrawal-242283?lo=ap_e1
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Now I know why Paul is so animated the last few days. He’s butthurt that he’s not invited to the “fake news” chat between Snopes and the NC Scooper. If there’s fake news to be reported is just not right that he isn’t part of it.. That pretty much cover it Paul?
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Walt -Huh???? Where did that come from?
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You are so right Walt, how could they not have the ace party parrot aka
the po’ ol’ fakenewsman?!
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Heartless
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration is rescinding an Obama-era policy that provided work permits to undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country as children, with a wind-down period that allows Congress to act on the issue first.
“I’m here today to announce that the program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama administration is being rescinded,” Sessions told reporters.
“The nation must set and enforce a limit on how many immigrants we admit each year, and that means all cannot be accepted,” he added. “This does not mean they are bad people or that our nation disrespects or demeans them in any way. It means we are properly enforcing our laws as Congress has passed them.”
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You all better get your weapons ready to defend yourselves. Just saw an interview of a “dreamer” babe and she is coming after us white folks to do us harm.
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Poor white folks being threatened by soon to be folks without a country who have no place to go.
Heartless This is sad beyond all measure. What has happened to our country?
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What has happened Paul is that the fellow who made an extraconstitutional executive order circumventing the law termed out of office and the candidate who would have continued the extraconstitutional policy lost.
Folks without a country? Their country is Mexico which, if a DACA continuing legislation is not enacted, has indicated they will welcome back their prodigal sons and daughters with open arms.
Our possible loss of undocumented Democrats may yet be their gain. Who is more responsible for their current anguish… their parents for breaking the laws of the USA with their illegal move to the USA, or the Democratic Party that has been encouraging illegal immigration for years?
Personally, I think Trump successfully split the baby with with one… the DACA order (naming young illegals “Dreamers” was a brilliant marketing ploy) was an unconstitutional executive order, and giving six months for Congress to fix the problem pushes the problem over to where it needs to be solved, or left as is. No, Mr. Obama, the Constitution does not give the President the power to create laws if the Congress refuses to follow the President’s bidding.
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Save the tear jerk for the stupid Paul,, Plenty have been killed by those you claim to defend. Even cops. What will you say next? They had it coming? Your senility make you forget the two cops killed by illegals in Auburn last year? (it was the gun’s fault.. Right?)
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Cry me a river Paul.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/05/mother-of-son-killed-by-dreamer-speaks-out-on-end-for-daca/
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Paul; Emery, the beneficiary of white privilege. What a hoot!
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The LIBs in SAC. are nutting up
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article171386222.html
California vows to sue over Dreamers: ‘Trump administration has violated the Constitution’
Can someone (yaa,, a LIB) tell us just how Trump “violated” the Constitution?
They sure didn’t in the SAC RAG.
Let the cricket fest begin.
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Todd writes:
“Just saw an interview of a “dreamer” babe and she is coming after us white folks to do us harm. ”
He recommends we all: “better get your weapons ready to defend yourselves.”
Todd Juvinall is going through a period of white insecurity thinking those of another color and gender are going after him because of Trumps heartless immigration policy. It’s called white genocide and is a mantra for the KKK and White Nationalist groups.
Here’s a rough defination:
The white genocide conspiracy theory is a white nationalist conspiracy theory that mass immigration, racial integration, miscegenation, low fertility rates and abortion are being promoted in predominantly white countries to deliberately turn them minority-white and hence cause white people to become extinct through forced assimilation.
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Another believer of White Geoncide is Jason Kesser, organizer of the march in Charlotsville. Here’s more
Relying on familiar tropes of “white genocide” and “demographic displacement,” white nationalist blogger Jason Kessler seeks notoriety with his “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Virginia.
A relative newcomer to the white nationalist scene, Jason Kessler has made waves in his attempt to unseat Charlottesville’s only black city councilman and for his status as a bridge between a Virginia gubernatorial candidate and the Alt-Right. Relying on familiar tropes of “white genocide” and “demographic displacement,” Kessler has sought to parlay his status as a lonely dissenter in the “Capital of the Resistance” into notoriety on the larger far right circuit by organizing a second white nationalist rally in Charlottesville after the first, torchlit rally in May of 2017 made headlines.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/jason-kessler
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 05 September 2017 at 05:57 PM
Excellent! You got your fundraising letter!
How much can Cool Mo Dee$ put you down for this year Punch?
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Funny Paul.. Your the only one who gives them the time of day. Think about that.
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Paul Emery | 05 September 2017 at 05:51 PM
OMG! That is just priceless Paul Emery. Fear of “White genocide” WOw! Actually, the babe interviewed said she was coming for the white people (including your sorry butt) so you need to talk to her, not me. My goodness, you liberals really do hate yourselves and your country’s. You have become the poster child for that absurdity. When did your delusions start? I am just laughing myself silly when I read your stuff!
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