[We just returned from a visit to the east coast upon which I will report shortly. Apologies for the sand getting a little putrid with all the internecine tete-a-tetes going after each other's morals, character, mental acumen, aboriginal ethnicities, and added divers factors too numerous to mention. In any event, here's something I'd like to see our liberal readers consolidate into their more comprehensive worldview – Trump's political flip-flops (aka progressives' "lies") compared to those of ALL other leaders of sovereign nation-states. Start here with Angela Merkel. gjr]
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166 responses to “Sandbox – 20sep17”
Maybe if we sign the Paris Accords, all these bad polluters will go away.
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
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Walt at 10:11 – No hookups, but I do have the room and some extensions cords.
Remember – we have the Yellowstone Caldera to watch. If you come here, you could be out of the frying pan and into the fire!
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Emery?
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“Preexisting conditions” are covered under the new bill, Paul, yes or no?”
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Extension cords will do. It won’t be Walter White and his mobile meth lab in your driveway. If Yellowstone goes, there is nowhere to run. And I mean NOWHERE.
They will find that motor home in 10 thousand years with me and the Mrs. looking like something out of Pompeii.
Come to think of it, when Mt. Saint Hellenes blew,, no ash made it this way.(that I heard of) Then again,, with the way things are going, the Sutter Buttes may come to life and we would really be screwed.
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Now here is one for Todd,
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-police-kill-son-drug-allegatinos-true-president-paolo-manila-china-a7959121.html
“Rodrigo Duterte has ordered police to kill his eldest son if drug trafficking allegations against him are proven true.
The Philippine President added he would make sure those who carried out the execution would be protected from prosecution.”
Now there is some “tough love”.
Now what does Paul think????
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More tragic fundraising news for the DNC. They only raised $4.4m and have increased their debt to $4.1m. So they only have about $2.2m net assets. The RNC raised $7.3M has ZERO debt and net cash is now $45.9m. Madam liar liar pantsuits on fires blame everyone tour is really mobilizing the resistance! 😉
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No Gregory unless one is willing to pay huge premiums.
Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill Would Cause Huge Premium Increases for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
“Those who did not lose coverage would see their premiums increase significantly. In the first year, premiums would increase by 20 percent. But the increases would be even greater for people with pre-existing conditions because the bill would let insurers in the individual market charge a premium markup based on health status and history, which could increase their premiums by tens of thousands of dollars.”
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2017/09/18/439091/graham-cassidy-aca-repeal-bill-cause-huge-premium-increases-people-pre-existing-conditions/
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Paul.. You mean like those who still have “O”care?(deadbeats not included)
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Premiums will continue to rise for everybody, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. $440/month to $1,100 for many under the AFFORTABLE Care Act in the past few years. Subsidies under ACA set to expire,which will squeeze the po’ folk even more. States cannot afford their expanded Medicaid, and….Punchy, if you like your ACA, you can keep it. As written. Embrace it. Love it. Hold it tighter. Oppps, you are on Medicare and even your rates will rise, maybe 5 to 10 bucks above $350/month. Good thing your SS check is or will be fat.
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Paul, from the link you provided:
“As with a previous Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal bill in the House, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Graham-Cassidy would allow states to eliminate protections for people with pre-existing conditions”.
That’s what’s called lying by omission, a staple in propaganda. They didn’t tell you that in order to loosen (not eliminate) the “protections”, the state has explained “how the State intends to maintain access to adequate and affordable health insurance coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions.”
That’s from the Forbes article I linked yesterday that you refused to discuss in rebuttal.
I’ve a fresh pisser about the Obama Administration, the FDA in this case. Under Obama’s watch, the price for a drug that has been in use since Roman times (and Ben Franklin grew the stuff for his own use) has gone up 5000% and yes, I just bought some at that new inflated price. Colchicine, used for acute gouty arthritis, which I’d had diagnosed for the first time on Monday. There are two formulations on the market, a tablet and a capsule… CVS didn’t have the capsule in stock (that’s $4 a tablet) but they could get it if I wanted to endure the severe pain for a day and come back Tuesday, so I bought the 20 tablets… for $105.
The average price before the FDA’s action… for 20… would have been a dollar and eighty cents. Nine cents apiece. Thank you, Barack Hussein Obama II!
The good news for me is that within an hour the redness of my big toe (not yet to the point of this poor artist’s case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gout#/media/File:The_gout_james_gillray.jpg )
was already changing and now, feels substantially better. I can actually walk! Only took $68 bucks worth (or a dollar seventeen at the pre-Obama prices).
The company that now owns the patent (granted circa 2010) is offshore and the patent will apparently expire in about ten years.
I did find a Canadian generic made in Quebec and only sold to Canadians that was only nine times the pre-Obama price, $80 for 100.
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Didn’t the po’ ol’ fakenewsman predict that Trump would have quit by now and it would be President Pence? Perhaps it was some other green libertarian druid. 😉
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Go buy a candy bar, tub of peanut butter or a can of coffe. The price may be the same, but the 12 oz can of coffee is now 10.5 oz. But it must be the same cost and the same size! Sorry, that is not the way it works. Add the possible itemized deduction of State
Income Taxes paid on Fed 1040 forms going bye-bye under tax reform….well, you can only drink from that well so many times.
Perhaps Bernie was right. Who says he is too old to run again? Nelson Mandela was older than Reagen…..in his eighties. Go Bernie, go.
http://bestsellermagazine.com/news/Sanders%27-single-payer-bill-causing-headaches-for-Dems-in-2018-midterms/
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Don B, I recall Paul saying to my face that Trump never, ever wanted to be President and would refuse to take the oath of office, allowing Pence to become President by default. One of a very long string of tall tales told to Paul by whomever he gets his ideas from.
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Gregory. By your artist conception, are you implying you had our angry Hillary gnawing of your foot as well? I wiped mine off and left it the next passerby to step in what’s left of her. Sorry it was you. Insert smiley face icon someplace.
Good to see Red China playing ball with Trump. Chicoms ordering banks to quit doing business with companies that do business with The Democratic People’s Socialist Republic of North Korea. Unexpected to say the least…..for most. Plus, the Chicoms want names. I am cautiously optimistic.
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Gregory @ 228- Would we expect anything different from po’ ol’ fakenewsman? Cue punchy to bring up measure w. 😉
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Toes 212pm
I remember a candy bar company (Hershey?), 20 or 30 years ago, funding a UC (Davis?) to develop a smaller almond so they could shrink their almond chocolate bars but with the nut being shrunk along with it. Wouldn’t look right… meaning people would have a visual clue they weren’t getting the bars they used to get.
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Toes 234
No, that miniature fork tailed demon from 1799 that bedeviled poor James Gillray (I feel his pain!) could not have been the FLOTUS turned wannabee POTUS Clinton.
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Refer to my 207pm, above. Répondez s’il vous plaît.
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Hmm. Did the Coast Guard Intel, one of the 17, sign off on this???
http://truepundit.com/exclusive-six-u-s-agencies-conspired-to-illegally-wiretap-trump-british-intel-used-as-front-to-spy-on-campaign-for-nsa/
Decisions, decisions.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1170115826455786/?type=3&theater
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How much did Measure W cost Nevada County taxpayers Don? You never answered. Bush was the worst President in modern history. Our curent liar in chief will not last 4 years. All for now. You don’t think I take this seriously do you?
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Gary Johnson was the worst candidate ever. You voted for that loser. Trump is doing just fine. You really are deranged.
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Now Paul.. You have asked that same question many a time,, and it’s been answered many a time. You really need to see a Dr. about that persistent memory loss. I’m sure that MED coverage you speak highly of will cover that.
Trust me. the loss of short term memory isn’t going to get any better. Seen it happen too may times.
Paul is going to need a keeper pretty soon. I’m too far from NC. Bill is farther.
Scott? Naa,, Paul would nut up out in the wide open spaces.
So Paul,,, who gets to designate your rest home?
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A 12 gauge steel coffin is cheaper than a pine box, FYI.
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You know I could just write the po’ ol’ fakenewsmans posts for him given his predictability. Just as serous as your other fevered rantings in the election cycle and inauguration faknenewsman.
What makes you a trite party parrot is that when the polls are up you stop being the po’ ol’ pollhead. You really need to get the salve for those TURDS eruptions. 😉
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“You don’t think I take this seriously do you?”
-Paul Emery 21 Sept 2017 at 6:50PM
I think you take it seriously when you think that you’re winning when you’re losing again.
Most of the time you pretend you’re not taking it seriously… thus giving yourself license to run away rather than admit you’re, umm, ill informed and unable to put together logical arguments.
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On vacation. Heading to the high sierras for a week. Have fun without me. You have your little scene all to yourselves. Nobody cares anyway.
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Bring snow shoes. And don’t forget a GPS.. Don’t want you getting lost with that memory problem. Your lower on the food chain out there.
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“Nobody cares, anyway”.
Yes, Paul. The grapes were probably sour anyway.
It might be worth putting together a list of all the “take it to the bank” political predictions you’ve made in the last couple of years.
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Thanks for the warning Paul Emery. We get a break from your droning about Bush and Trump. Don’t drown in the hot tub at Mustang.
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C’mon folks – let’s wish Paul well on his travels. He’s probably going to a global warming get together where they can bemoan the ‘end of snow’ and other settled science.
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Walt @ 9:28 pm.
What good is taking a GPS device along if he cannot remember to turn it on? Glad Paul is going to take another vacation. That last one to Oregon was too short…for Paul and his FM radio listeners. Hope this time he can get away and hit the slopes with his senior discount. Or, he could try his luck in Reno tomorrow. Maybe meet a nice woman to share his stories with. Hey, Coast to Coast has dating sites for those who believe in UFOs, been kidnapped by UFOs, believe in Chem Trails, etc. Just saying….
Sept 23, 2017: Reno-Sparks Pagan Pride Day
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Sabbat-Celebrations-So-Much-More/
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/rpp.217926015008110/1170871329713569/?type=3&theater
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It snowed in the Sierra yesterday on the Fall Equinox.
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Well that proves Global Warming then according to the “settled scientists” of the planet.
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For the “climate change” hoaxsters. Read and I am sure you will call it “weather”.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-snow-20170921-story.html
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OK,, Someone pass this on to the “Frisco Kid”.
http://www.sfgate.com/mommyfiles/article/Folsom-Street-Fair-San-Francisco-parents-kids-12220475.php
GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY…… The read makes for a good laugh,,, but some little kid will need therapy for a long time to come.
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Walt @ 11:29 am Why did you post that around lunch time?
Wonder how many of them Street Faire warm leatherettes are vegetarians? Hmmm. Anybody have proof Punch-E actually went up the hill? He sure left in a hurry. Probably to beat traffic heading towards the festivities near the bay. That guy in the background on one particular disturbing pic looked rather familiar. Sometimes short term memory loss is nature’s way of showing mercy. Imagine if he woke up and remembered…..everything! Oh my. Too much for a mere mortal to bear.
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Coming to Nevada City sooner than later? Those in NC wanted to have their own “Burning man” festivus too.
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well well well, another return trip to the land of Unproductive Old White Rural Racists/DOTARDS, ie. Todd, Walt, Scott, Bill, Adolph, Gregory, Russ and Giorgio, and another losing week for the GOP and America. The highest levels of the Trump campaign now shown to be in direct contact with Russian government, with the latest Manafort revelations and coming indictments. Trumpcare on its last forgettable legs, soon to be buried along with the other 55 fraudulent attempts to repeal the ACA thanks to John McCain, Aerican Hero. And yesterday the bizarre attack on beloved sports personalities and billion dollar American institutions, world leaders now calling the childish Trump and Kim Jon Un two peas in a pod, mass protests at tomorrow’s NFL games which will embarrass and enrage the ugly sociopathic orangutan. A total fucking embarrassment. I wouldn’t be proud of our country at this point, not many people are after this latest display.
So guys just when does the winning start?
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Dotards? That’s what she said! L
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Piper Laurie’s Former Shrink | 23 September 2017 at 11:24 PM
We have been winning since November 8, last year. Where have you been PL? You leftwing commie ideals have been rejected and you are on the dustbin waiting to be swept away. This week was a great week. The Chinese finally did something good and now maybe you won’t be nuked by the “Rocket”. And the economy is humming and people have jobs. So please stay under your rock and only come out when there is actually something to talk about.
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Probably not too many people are into reading this piece, but I found it interesting. Concerning HRC’s failed campaign, written by Bubba’s former pollster. This article reinforced one thing about Clinton’s campaign I saw as a trip wire for her. She could not slam the economy because she would be slamming Obama. She was forced to “stay the course” because to talk about people’s pain would be to talk of Obama’s failures.
Putting a whole class of people aside and beneath them (stay the liberal course) for favored other demographic, racial, and political classes is why she (and libs) never got the pulse of the nation. She just did not understand why she even had to campaign at all, hold press conferences, and why wasn’t she up by “fifty points, you may ask”.
https://www.facebook.com/theredcomp/photos/a.1312447565512034.1073741828.1312423952181062/1475755212514601/?type=3&theater
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“Piper” is sounding more and more like Michael P. Anderson of Nirvana Silly. 50 quatloos say he is… poor fellow is like this after returning from every Burning Man.
Mike, did you see this quote from Alan Dershowitz about Valerie Plame?
Nice going, Valerie. Very thoughtful.
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“Piper” is sounding more and more like Michael P. Anderson of Nirvana Silly. 50 quatloos say he is… poor fellow is like this after returning from every Burning Man.
Mike, did you see this quote from Alan Dershowitz about Valerie Plame?
Nice going, Valerie. Very thoughtful!
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Unintended duplicate… sorry.
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Posted by: Piper Laurie’s Former Shrink | 23 September 2017 at 11:24 PM
Yo, yo, yo…….what up “C-List”!
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Look…..Mama Stasi wins again!
American progressives weep openly at Germany achieving what they were unable to last November……the election of a menopausal harpie bound and determined to lower Germanys collective intellect by inviting a horde of room temperature IQ middle eastern rapefugees into the contry!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41376577
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Fish @ 10:42 am
You certainly have a way with words….especially when it comes to Herr Fräulein. There is something about Angie that brings out the best in you.
Picture is worth a thousand words.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/europe/putin-merkel-scared-dog/index.html
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Alejandro Villanueva , a US Army Captain, Army Ranger, and Bronze Star Recepient, refused to stay in the locker room for the national anthem.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.254420818025296.63999.217926015008110/1172170882916947/?type=3&theater
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“Piper” wrote
“well well well, another return trip to the land of Unproductive Old White Rural Racists/DOTARDS, ie. Todd, Walt, Scott, Bill, Adolph, Gregory, Russ and Giorgio”
Why is it that so many left-liberals, “Progressives” and the like feel free to throw out happy fun slanders like that? I’m sure “Piper”/mandersonation have figured out that there are a range of politics amongst those listed with a range of IQs, and some of them are higher and more “liberal” in the classic sense than his. But name calling and other slanders are all that he has to throw. Personally, I’m not at the Mediscare age yet, and unlike “Piper”, I don’t insult people calling out their race as a pejorative. “Piper”, you’re a bigot.
Their may be a closet racist or two in the list but until they say or do something that actually is racist, I won’t call them on it. No, supporting Trump is not a scarlet R on their forehead. And my “support” of Trump is more about rubbing the Progressives nose in pile of irony they left on the carpet… It was Podesta who pushed his allies in the media to elevate Trump as a pied piper candidate at the beginning of the primary season, and there was a collective collectivist howling when Trump wouldn’t pledge in advance that he’s accept the election results.
Regarding AfD’s big gains in Germany’s election and Merkel’s “win”, she may have a hard time assembling a majority in the Bundestag… the AfD’s gain blows the old parliamentary coalition out of the water.
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Posted by: Gregory | 24 September 2017 at 01:26 PM
Interesting…..since I wasn’t mentioned by nom (du plume) I wonder if I’m “Adolph”?
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