[Having lived in the LA area most of my life, Jo Ann and I have done our best to get excited about the Dodgers during our annual and singular homage to baseball – the World Series. We feel that, even if you think the game is terminally boring, all patriotic Americans must submit at least once a year to the national sport. Full disclosure – when they tied 7-7 last night, we gave up and watched an episode of 'Rake' instead. The game's final score vindicated our decision ;-) And then there's the utter joy and dancing in the streets by our progressive neighbors, for Mueller has finally indicted someone connected to Trump. gjr]

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146 responses to “Sandbox – 30oct17”
Eric Anderson
Treason – you guys paying attention? Resignation coming, arrests. You own it. Good times.
Posted by: Eric Anderson | 16 May 2017 at 05:45 PM
Paying attention now? Good bye conservatives.
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EricA 157pm – Mr Anderson, pray what evidence has been presented for the charge of treason against whom??
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Posted by: Eric Anderson | 30 October 2017 at 01:57 PM
Eric Anderson
Treason – you guys paying attention? Nope!
Resignation coming, arrests. Yeah noted democrat bundler Tony Podesta resigned and dissolved his business.
You own it. Don’t know how you come to this conclusion.
Good times. Well I should say so!
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arrests for financial crimes comitted before being hired by Trump for the campaign, and for bullshitting the FBI by a campaign advisor (a volunteer who attended one meeting?).
Yeah, I’ll bet Trump is shaking in his boots.
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Hay Paul!! I told you so.
http://www.theunion.com/opinion/columns/charles-benner-bad-news-possible-for-the-small-cannabis-farmer/
BIG dope ain’t going to give your “Mom and Pop” dope growers an inch.
Like I said. You “little people” did all the work for them getting weed legal. The whole time, BIG dope was greasing the palms in SAC.
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Yup,, it was a moldy “ham sandwich” that got indicted.
So get all the cheering out now while you still can, before
it goes sour.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453244/manafort-indictment-no-signs-trump-russia-collusion
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The Chinese security services just arrested a hit team dispatched by fat kim to kill his nephew who is living in china. Are the Chinese going to execute the plan they had in motion when fat kim took out his brother with binary nerve gas? Slotting in a member of the family dynasty with Chinese backing could bring about a satisfactory solution on the Korean peninsula. 😉
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Hay Paul.. We know how passionate you are about gun laws.
Well,,, your pal Moonbat just signed another thug protection bill.
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/10/30/gov-jerry-brown-signs-bill-removing-penalty-using-gun-crime/
“Assembly Bill 424 made it illegal for teachers to be armed for self-defense and Senate Bill 620 removed the mandatory enhancement for using a gun for crime. SB 620 removed the mandatory enhancement from the Penal Code and placed it at the discretion of the judge presiding over the case.”
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Antifa Oakland and AQIP, a match made in hell. Happy Halloween! 😉
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5018141/ISIS-connection-anarchists-revealed-Ed-Klein-book.html
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Here is one for the po’ ol’ disappointed fakenewsman;
https://pjmedia.com/trending/honeypot-was-the-trump-camps-meeting-with-russian-lawyer-all-a-clinton-set-up/
😉
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“financial crimes comitted before being hired by Trump for the campaign”. Speaking of BS.. Politifact is rating Trump’s claim as “mostly false”
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/oct/30/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-says-manafort-crimes-came-years-he-j/
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it’s likely the next round of indictments will include a Trumplet. This is really getting to be fun
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Gosh – I thought Mueller was investigating Trump’s alleged collusion with Putin. Looks like he has nothing. Since everyone thinks Bill Clinton is so wonderful, all that Trump has to do is follow Clinton’s lead. If Manafort is actually convicted, he can just hand Trump a wad of money and Trump will pardon him. Worked well for Clinton and Marc Rich, why not Trump and Manafort?
And that’s the end of it.
Well – We would still need to see what Manafort’s wife looks like. Marc Rich’s wife – Denise ‘Hooters’ Rich was said to have ‘personally’ intervened on her husbands behalf.
I just love how the left completely ignores the elephant and strains at the gnat.
And Hillary had the State Dept email server in her own house because?
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Hey Eric and Paul
Andrew Mccarthy: The Manafort Indictment: Not Much There, and a Boon for Trump.
The Paul Manafort indictment is much ado about nothing . . . except as a vehicle to squeeze Manafort, which is special counsel Robert Mueller’s objective — as we have been arguing for three months (see here, here, and here). Do not be fooled by the “Conspiracy against the United States” heading on Count One (page 23 of the indictment). This case has nothing to do with what Democrats and the media call “the attack on our democracy” (i.e., the Kremlin’s meddling in the 2016 election, supposedly in “collusion” with the Trump campaign). Essentially, Manafort and his associate, Richard W. Gates, are charged with (a) conspiring to conceal from the U.S. government about $75 million they made as unregistered foreign agents for Ukraine, years before the 2016 election (mainly, from 2006 through 2014), and (b) a money-laundering conspiracy. . . .
The so-called conspiracy against the United States mainly involves Manafort’s and Gates’s alleged failure to file Treasury Department forms required by the Bank Secrecy Act. Specifically, Americans who hold a stake in foreign bank accounts must file what’s known as an “FBAR” (foreign bank account report) in any year in which, at any point, the balance in the account exceeds $10,000. Federal law also requires disclosure of foreign accounts on annual income-tax returns. Manafort and Gates are said to have controlled foreign accounts through which their Ukrainian political-consulting income sluiced, and to have failed to file accurate FBARs and tax returns. In addition, they allegedly failed to register as foreign agents from 2008 through 2014 and made false statements when they belatedly registered.
In the money-laundering conspiracy, they are alleged to have moved money in and out of the United States with the intent to promote “specified unlawful activity.” That activity is said to have been their acting as unregistered foreign agents.
On first glance, Mueller’s case, at least in part, seems shaky and overcharged.
McCarthy’s conclusion: “From President Trump’s perspective, the indictment is a boon from which he can claim that the special counsel has no actionable collusion case. It appears to reaffirm former FBI director James Comey’s multiple assurances that Trump is not a suspect. And, to the extent it looks like an attempt to play prosecutorial hardball with Manafort, the president can continue to portray himself as the victim of a witch hunt.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453244/manafort-indictment-no-signs-trump-russia-collusion
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Sorry to disappoint you Paul Emery, but it is not going to happen. After all this time and all the Clinton lefty lawyers, the best they could come up with is a big fat nothing. My goodness are you also a fan of nuclear war? You are so dark.
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Russ , i’m sure your opinion is of little comfort to Manafort Who currently can’t leave his house and has an electric dog collar around his neck
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Based on what ya po’ ol’ fakenewsman @602? Was it your super duper super secret fakenewsmans prognostication skills that served you so well over the last 2 years that gave you that? 😉
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Don
Manifort cannot leave his house. I was trying to be poetic. Sorry you couldn’t get it.
“Paul Manafort and Rick Gates were both ordered to home confinement Monday and ordered to surrender their passports after pleading not guilty to charges stemming from Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Judge Deborah Robinson agreed to Justice Department requests to set bond at $10 million for Manafort and $5 million for Gates. They did not have to put collateral behind that amount, and will not have to pay it unless they violate the court’s directions.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/manafort-gates-put-under-house-arrest/index.html
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I think I just went into moderation.
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“Russ , i’m sure your opinion is of little comfort to Manafort Who currently can’t leave his house and has an electric dog collar around his neck”
Oh yeah, Paul – we all remember you saying that if Trump is elected as POTUS Manafort would have a dog collar around his neck.
What happened to the big collusion charge with Trump?
This comment is so last week – “Monday we’ll find out who the winners are a government paid hotel with room service.”
Another loser line from Paul Emery – being wrong for years doesn’t put a crimp in his style.
Also Paul – if you had actually read Russ’s post, you’ll notice that the opinion was that of Andrew McCarthy.
There are many other articles out there about the Manafort case. You might want to read some of them.
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Scott
According to prosecution documents Manafort coordinated shopping sprees, in two different states, totaling $1.3 million. At a men’s clothing store in New York, Manafort’s accounts wired more than $800,000 between 2008 and 2014. Another $520,000 was wired to a clothing store in Beverly Hills, California, the indictment says.
These were all paid for by wire transfers from Cyprus and the Grenadines. Classic money laundering. These details are in the indictments.
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NBC is reporting that company ‘B’ in the Manafort indictments is the Podesta Group. No wonder he resigned and they are renaming the company. It just shows that the Podestas are better than Weinstien at clean ups. The 0 crew are all now suffering from their hubris of believing there was no way they were going to loose the election so no one would ever see the files or wiretaps. 😉
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Good
Bust them all
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“According to prosecution documents Manafort coordinated shopping sprees, in two different states, totaling $1.3 million. At a men’s clothing store in New York, Manafort’s accounts wired more than $800,000 between 2008 and 2014. Another $520,000 was wired to a clothing store in Beverly Hills, California, the indictment says.”
Was it Men’s Warehouse?
On the Miracle Mile?
More deflection and obfuscation from Paul Emery.
Are you claiming Putin got Trump elected over your gal Clinton through a clothing store in California?
Hilarious. Keep it up.
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Just an example of alleged money laundering according to Fed prosecutors.
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where is that Russia stuff Paul Emery? Wasn’t that why Meuller was hired? Kind of tells me he is outside the mandate and Sessions should cancel it . And now that it is the Ukraine, Sessions can take part since there is no Russia.
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Looks like George Papadopoulos may be the Howard Hunt of Russiagate. He flipped last July and has probably been carrying a wire and reporting all communications with Trump officios. It’s what happens when you turn states evidence.
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It was team 0 and shrillary who gave us the ‘reset’ button fiasco that is just playing out in public. The irony of them calling the project reset button is like a fine wine that is just coming into its own! I Shure hope the technology transfers get in the mix soon. 😉
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Don’t have a clue what you’re talking about Don.
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Papa has spilled his guts and it has been proven to be lies. Nothing to see there. Keep trying.
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from Paul – “Don’t have a clue…”
We can agree on that.
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At least we agree on something
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Said the so called ‘news director’ @ 831. Everyone has known that about you for some time ya po’ ol’ fakenewsman. However, not having a clue has not held you back from being a spirited, slavish, po’ ol’ party parrot. 😉
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heee heee
this was a delightful read:
https://newrepublic.com/article/145547/trumps-gang-climate-deniers-grown-army
The author has a BA in journalism and polisci from SUNY New Paltz, which should not be surprising to anyone.
As always, the actual meaning is clearer if you substitute “heretic” where ever “denier” is used.
It’s a good feeling to be the barbarians at the gates of Rome.
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The Trump submissives soaking this blog are still not paying attention. The gig is up for conservatives – you are whistling past the graveyard. It’s your choice to be last to know but I’ll let you in on some of what will transpire.
They’ve got the goods on at least the following individuals: Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, George Papadopolous, Jared Kushner, Michael Cohen, Carter Page, Don Trump Jr., Michael Flynn, Flynn Jr, Felix Sater, Michael Pence, Wilber Ross, Corey Lewandowski, Jeff Sessions, Roger Stone, Sean Spicer, Rince Preibus, Brad Parscale, Kellyanne Conway, Jason Chavetz, Ivanka Trump, Devin Nunes and Donald Trump.
Some will be nailed on financial fraud and money laundering crimes, some on collusion with a foreign enemy to subvert our democratic governance, some on obstruction of justice, some, like Trump himself, on all the crimes. The entire Trump Administration will be arrested or will be flipped. A number have already flipped. Manafort’s phone has been monitored for years, Trump has been working with Russian criminals for a decade or more (how do you think he got out of his bankruptcies as a financial pariah?) , the Steele Dossier is a guide (of which, the majority of revelations have since been independently corroborated, none yet disproven) and is not needed as proof.
The conservative media and most of their politicians can not be trusted. They have practiced years and years and years of bad faith. Fox News, Sean Hannity and Wingnut Welfare recipients like A. McCarthy are misdirecting, dissembling, deceiving and lying. They’re encouraged to do it, get paid to do it, and are good at it, like George Rebane here (who does it for free – I think). It works on those who are easily swayed by what they want to hear. Hillary is guilty of none of the nonsense being hyper-bleated by the desperate wingers. It’s just words, nothing else. We were attacked by our enemy and the conservatives watched and helped. They will be punished and must be.
It was all so obvious that Trump represented the worst of humanity, and now it will be proven for the slow students among us. But it’s not too late to start educating yourselves. Step one, never again watch Fox News, Brietbart, Drudge, Alex Jones or their ilk, it is rotting your brain. Start paying attention to news that stands the test of time. Right wing news hardly ever does (it’s “all a hoax” they bellowed until they couldn’t). Conservative bad faith has polluted the great legacy of America but we will recover. Today was just the opening act of an unprecedented evisceration of a criminal enterprise the likes of which America has never seen. The magnitude of the crimes and the patriotic takedown of the criminals will be breathtaking – buckle up. The Founding Father will again be proud as increasingly scarce but honorable Republicans like Mueller and Comey (as a witness) serve overdue justice.
Watching ex-President Trump shuffle about the prison exercise yard is going to be sweet, talk to you then.
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Neither a “submissive” or a “conservative”, I am fascinated by young master Eric’s delusions.
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Posted by: Eric Anderson | 30 October 2017 at 11:15 PM
One of these days we’re going to need to sit down and discuss all the voices in your head E.
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Tony Podesta, Paul Manafort, Papadopoulos,,,more proof that Trumpski is a lying sack of guano who stocked the Blue Lagoon with just more SwampThings!!!
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Posted by: BunBun | 31 October 2017 at 07:07 AM
Oh KeachKeach……if you’d like I’m sure we can gin up a “program” so you can keep the players and their respective teams straight!
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KeachKeach……here’s a little to methadone to help you deal (wow….almost a year later) with your being denied the fantasy of being dominated by a menopausal woman who manages the local DMV office.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2017/10/30/beyond-pathetic-hillary-says-shell-go-as-the-president-this-halloween/?utm_campaign=twitchywidget
Still digging the quirks of kinky Nevada City geriatric set!
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Fish ON!!!
Trumpski and Co. are deep in it,,,they knew about the emails,,,and timed their release with the Ruskies,,,is that called catch and release Fishski???
”’WASHINGTON — A professor with close ties to the Russian government told an adviser to Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign in April 2016 that Moscow had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails,” according to court documents unsealed Monday.
The adviser, George Papadopoulos, has pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. about that conversation. The plea represents the most explicit evidence connecting the Trump campaign to the Russian government’s meddling in last year’s election.
“They have dirt on her,” the professor told him, according to the documents. “They have thousands of emails.”””””””””
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Reeling in the Fishski,,,
Has Papadopoulos been wearing a wire in the White House since July Fishski???!!!
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Posted by: BunBun | 31 October 2017 at 07:34 AM
Ok KeachKeach…..get back to me after the conviction!
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Looks like Obama might be a target now. Wonders never cease. Whatever Eric Anderson is on I say hey, please share the hallucinogen! LOL!
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Posted by: BunBun | 31 October 2017 at 07:35 AM
Well like I said Keach…..after…..you know…..the convictions!
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Oh, that Fishski is a fat one!!! I think I lost him,,,gonna need some bigger tackle for this lunker!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Uy0Uznw4E&feature=share
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This is great. The Lefties have not learned one thing yet, and now they are going to learn a big lesson in overreaching. They will learn from a big spanking over the knee from Fourth Amendment. Never get tired of winning.
Was out of reach yesterday, thus I have not read any comments. Excuse me in advance if this link has already been posted.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453244/manafort-indictment-no-signs-trump-russia-collusion
Chester @ 7:35 AM. You are horespowered challenged, just like your vehicle. Best work on that. Now, about George P.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453264/donald-trump-george-papadopoulos-indictment-exculpatory-trump
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Ladies, on whom my attentions have waited
If you consider my merits are small
Etiolated, alembicated,
Orotund, tasteless, fantastical,
Monotonous, crotchety, constipated,
Impotent galamatias
Affected, possibly imitated,
For Christ’s sake stick it up your ass.
Ladies, who find my intentions ridiculous
Awkward, insipid and horribly gauche
Pompous, pretentious, ineptly meticulous
Dull as the heart of an unbaked brioche
Floundering versicles feebly versiculous
Often attenuate, frequently crass
Attempts at emotion that turn isiculous,
For Christ’s sake stick it up your ass.
Ladies who think me unduly vociferous
Amiable cabotin making a noise
That people may cry out “this stuff is too stiff for us”-
Ingenuous child with a box of new toys
Toy lions carnivorous, cannon fumiferous
Engines vaporous- all this will pass;
Quite innocent, -“he only wants to make shiver us.”
For Christ’s sake stick it up your ass.
And when thyself with silver foot shall pass
Among the theories scattered on the grass
Take up my good intentions with the rest
And then for Christ’s sake stick them up your ass. – T.S. Elliot
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EricA 1115pm – I repeat my 203pm. Your commentary contains ample amounts of progressive passion, but not one whit of evidence to bring any of it to bear on Trump’s having won the election through ‘collusion with Russia’. Mueller’s casting a wide net in the swamp of Washington is bound to come up with a lot of dirt on all kinds of people. But in these discussions predicting that is a sophomoric grab for low hanging fruit. We await substance.
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