[I think I'll start this sandbox off with another confirmation of the 'two separate worlds' notion that abets our progress toward the Great Divide. It is always good to climb up the taxonomical tree to see under which branch these individual dust-ups we dissect belong.
A futile exchange on Bob Crabb’s blog (here). Mr Crabb accuses Trump administration members of harboring ‘medieval beliefs’ and being “religious fundamentalists” and people who would lock up gays as “deviants”. Challenging him to provide proof, Bob comes back instead with citations of policies the administration backs as prima facie evidence that such sentiments could only have come from people harboring the detailed medieval beliefs. When I pointed out the difference between policies and the alleged belief systems, as his repartee I was accused of being just like the other medievals and religious fundamentalists, extremists who are “destroying this nation just as much as the extremists on the other side of the fence.” In support, this drew in Messrs Frisch and Anderson, two of our local leftwing's intellectuals, who had similar problems setting up the dots and then correctly identifying their connectedness. In the process I was again accused of being a “traitorous ideologue” who should find a home on other shores. gjr]
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Insurers see boost in enrollments ‘as people have seen us save homes’; consumer advocates say programs mean rich get better protections
God forbid somebody should take matters in their own hands to protect themselves and their property!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-wildfires-raged-insurers-sent-in-private-firefighters-to-protect-homes-of-the-wealthy-1509886801
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George. we all know how the Lefty thinks. ” Facts be damned, it’s the seriousness of the charge that matters.”
” Evidence?? WE don’t need no stink’n evidence”.
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“In the process I was again accused of being a “traitorous ideologue” who should find a home on other shores. gjr]”
Dr. Rebane:
My, my, my. Well, today is Guy Fawkes Day, but he was not given the opportunity to find a home on distant shores, you traitorous ideologue, you! Afterall, you do reside in SOJ territory. If Dr. Rebane and his lovely bride are forced to flee for their lives because their thoughts do not match their zip code, I reckon I could make some room here for the honorable couple. Oh, I hand wash my clothes and dishes as a habit, but I am certain the Rebane family can adapt and maybe JoAnn will show me how to use that automatic dish washing machine I have never used. Others have told me it works fine, but I prefer to use it for storage of extra pots, pans, and work boots.
The last traitor I read about was given a simple dishonorable discharge. That was….what, 3-4 days ago?
Abortion is a very contentious issue. Not new news. Some (many) believe it is murder, plain and simple, no matter how you phrase or spin it. Scott Peterson was charged and convicted of 1st degree murder for killing his wife Lacy and convicted of 2nd degree murder for killing their unborn child, Connor.
I see most abortions as just child sacrifices to the Statist Gods. Child sacrifices were practiced by the Incas, the Philistines, and too many other cultures to list here. Guess they all got their Judgement Day from unanticipated events. But, what do I know. They are all gone with the wind.
I happen to believe that life passes through the womb, not from the womb. But, again, that’s just me. Minds will not be changed. I like to believe that most people in their heart of hearts have a nagging belief that terminating a helpless life that has committed not a shed of evil is wrong, even if they are pro-choice and anti-war or anti-death penalty. I comfort myself in the belief that it just bothers them somewhere buried deep inside their subconscious. A very comforting thought I can never prove.
I will put a candle in the window for the gracious Rebane’s….just in case.
PS: Kenny of Grass Valley has been reminding everybody to turn their clocks back…for a couple of weeks now. I still forgot, despite Kenny’s enthusiasm and persistence.
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BillT 1046am – Many thanks Mr Tozer for your kind offer of succor and sustenance; our hope is that the socialists ascendance in America is sufficiently measured to allow us to live out my/our years without once more having to flee.
re fish 1033am – Yes, more and more insurance companies are providing private fire fighting services, it pencils out as a financial win-win for insurer and insureds. We have USAA, the insurance company for the military and vets, and they provide such fire fighting protection to their policy holders in Nevada County. You don’t have to be ‘rich’ to get that service.
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Bad news from DiFi,, Libs,,,
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/05/dianne-feinstein-says-she-still-hasnt-seen-evidence-of-collusion-video/
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“They are not true Americans and should seriously consider taking their destructive demagoguery to a country where the representative political system is further along the evolutionary path of repelling sociopathic extremism. And they should also pray deeply to their god that they do not get what they so malevolently envision as this country’s future.”
Actually – folks that have decided that they should be judge and jury as to what is acceptable speech are the most un-American people I can think of. But I won’t suggest that he leave. If he stays, he might get some proper education and learn something. The funniest (or saddest) aspect to the left being worried about Trump or one of his posse locking up gays is that the left are also the loudest about how we should welcome folks to this country that think gays should be executed, and women should be treated as private property.
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Oh yeah: “…they do not get what they so malevolently envision as this country’s future.”
malevolently envision?
Wouldn’t that be what R Crabb’s post was?
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Re Fish @ 10:30 AM
We are also USAA Insurance Customers and if our Nevada County home was threatened by fire they would send private firefighters to foam our house. They also sent a fire marshal to help us prepare for the eventual fire. We had cleared space, gravel fire breaks surrounding the house, rainbird sprinklers on the downhill side of the house and on the roof all connected to NID high-pressure water. We got an excellent rating from CalFire and USAA. We are not rich, just aware of the danger having been raised in the woods of Nevada County and USAA customers since 1960.
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As the much demonized gay provocateur Milo once said (from memory)…..The biggest threat to gays today is the devotees of Islam. Once it was the Christian Right that posed the treat in the past, but they are not even a threat nowadays.”
As the former head of the LA Chapter of NOW (as well as the CA go-to women’s rights activist spokesperson) has said many times…..again from memory…….’Without [homeland] security, all the issues of women’s and gay rights are a mute point.’ Tammy Bruce said that after realizing how 9/11 changed everything for her and put things in perspective….for her.
Carry on. Opps, how about another cartoon since Mr. Crabb has inspired a few comments. This cartoon had nothing to do with Mr. Crabb or his drawings, but rather a cartoon just because I like most cartoonists.
https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/a.82108390913.80726.51560645913/10155173615155914/?type=3&theater
Yep, the biggest threat to gays (and others) worldwide is Islamics.
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Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions
https://www.amazon.com/Liberalism-Mental-Disorder-Savage-Solutions-ebook/dp/B006IED8RO
When there is no other explainable solution one is forced to consider there is a medical reason for left-leaners inability to connect the dots. A perfect example is how they treat anthropogenic climate change. When the data does not support their views, they just adjust the data to fit their view of the world. That is not reality, which makes connecting the dot impossible. A rational person would adjust their views to fit the real world, connecting the dots.
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Posted by: Russ | 05 November 2017 at 01:05 PM
But its not fair that you are cognizant of the potential hazards of living where you do when others might not be!
Not fair, not fair, not fair!
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Another big shooting today! This time in Texas!
Stay tuned for lefty gloating in…..3…..2….1!
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George
Your interest in asking Bob Crabb for proof for his allegations is empty and one sided since you do not support my request for Todd to provide “proof” about Gary Johnson alleged indiscretions. Can you explain this contraction?
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Good GOD Paul, your bitch is with Todd. Go to the damned source.
Maybe we should give your the bare bulb treatment to find out why another lunatic shoots up a church. WHY PAUL,,WHY!!!!????
Explain it! Tell us what guns laws, not yet written would have stopped it!
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Paul Emery you really don’t get it so you? WOW!
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Yeah George, you have to ask Todd to give Paul what he demands. Like you have absolute total and complete control of what I do or Todd does, or Punchy always does. Righttttt. Dr. Rebane always has answered questions directly posed to him. So George, explain to us why you tolerate Todd’s silence to our Popinjay repeated requests who just happens to squawk like a blue jay, a rather greedy and loud member of the fowl species.
Come on Dr. Rebane, Paul is waiting….he’s tired of waiting
In the meantime (and on second thought), maybe Donna is indeed the spawn of Bobo Brazile. The way she went after Hillary’s melon….its just might be.
https://youtu.be/CqdiFQNaLTY
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Bias Alert, Bias Alert! It’s not fair, it’s not fair! Hyprocrite! Hyprocrite! Squawk, sqwark, Bush did it too! He had Russians on his ranch!!!
Punchy, Punchy, Punchy. You surely did not miss all those Huff-n-Puff/Salon/Buzz Feed articles about Gary’s Johnson? Say it isn’t so. And I heard that Trump colluded with the Russians 8 years ago to make Hillary look like a fool…..a very angry fool.
The answer to your query to Dr. Rebane is simple. Some of us a pre teacher’s pets! Dr. Rebane likes some people more than others, as I do. A pleasant personality combined with wit or sense of humor covers a multiple of sins. Or a good fact packed piece from Russ and Gregory starts where personality ends. Good looks, humor, and personality can only carry you so far. Ah, nevermind Punch, those are three qualities you are not acquainted with.
And to add icing on the cake, moi is a person of color and am above reproach, despite of my shortcomings. If you say otherwise, you are a racist and you need to check your Lilly White Privilege at the door.
Bias Alter! Favoritism! Bad Juju!
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Just checked out the reactions to the church shooting in Texas.
Could there be a more idiotic bunch of loud mouths anywhere in the world?
None of them have much in the way of details of what happened. None of them has one single clue as to what to do, but by Jiminy, congress had better just do something!
Best line was from Tom Perez – “Unimaginable. Americans should never be afraid to worship.”
You mean, like in schools and sporting events?
And so the insanity continues.
There are churches and schools where there is no fear of shootings. Because there haven’t been any nor will there be. Been like that for decades. So – just do like they do in those schools and churches.
Nah – that’s too simple.
Because we demand congress do something. And we don’t mind getting shot up in the meantime.
Left wing thinking = insanity.
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Its interesting that the TX shooter may have been taken out by a local who engaged him with a rifle. 😉
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Anybody know what the over/under is on how many Russian mafia goons are/were involved with the Trump campaign/administration?
don’t forget that Trump won not Hillary.. so who cares if Hillary is crooked or not. Sanders would have easily beat Trump.. so you all should be thankful that Hillary ran instead.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wilbur-ross-russia-putin_us_59ff5495e4b04cdbeb33f901?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jared-kushner-trump-russia-paradise-papers_us_59ff5bbfe4b0c96530002f48?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mueller-trump-russia-probe-mike-flynn_us_59ff48b5e4b0c9652ffff7eb?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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The Saudis sure know how to uh,,”clean house”.
Just the other day,,
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/05/saudi-arabia-to-freeze-bank-accounts-of-billionaire-prince-arrested-in-anti-corruption-sweep/
Now a convenient accident.
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/11/05/reports-saudi-prince-govt-officials-dead-helicopter-crash/
Plenty of interesting things happening in the sandbox. Even an intercepted missile.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/05/us-defense-system-pulverizes-incoming-yemeni-missile-video/
And How come Paul hasn’t blamed Trump yet?
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Huffpuff…. RIIgghhhtttttt,,, Sure Bobby,,
But looky what I found for ya’!
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/11/05/waiting-mistake-tom-steyer-wants-trump-impeachment-now/
A rich lefty nutjob. Let him spend his money to make sure Trump wins a second term.
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Posted by: Walt | 05 November 2017 at 04:40 PM
Oh yeah…..the House of Saud …..getting kind of murdery when the pressure is on!
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“Sanders would have easily beat Trump.. ”
The mushrooms are are kicking in.
Hey Bobby – then just run him again next election. Please?
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Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the lefties have been a bit closer to the edge the last few days? Yes, it comes in waves since Trump throw a cinder block into their serene pond of meditation. Point is, they are in one of their angry nearly unhinged cycles. Maybe it’s due to the Weinstein story, or another Hillary story, or the tax cuts, or maybe it’s just their time of the month and Aunt Flo is visiting. Oh well, no use wasting time wondering about why insane people do what they do and why now. Oh yeah, the Anniversary is coming up. Some Esteemed Journalist must of guaranteed them Trump would be just a memory by now. Another one of life’s mysteries.
Some have deal with Trump Degrangement Syndrome by self medicating. Others deal with it by focusing their anger on the fact we are talking about “What Happened”, or The Foundation, or the DNC connection to The Holy Grail of Collusion, aka, Da Dossier. Others deal with their TDS by raging against Trump when the Harvey story broke, triggering an avalanche of unwelcomed sexual advance accusations ensnaring the NPR dude, movie stars, agents to the stars, the auction house world, the literary agent world, the fashion world, the gay world, and a boatload of big time Dem donors and bundlers. But Trump takes the cake and crossed the line. Seems like there is a whole lot of of people putting their hands on other people’s privates going on out there….for quite a spell.
Punchy in particular just can’t get pass the locker room talk. Heard much worse countless times myself. What, no pussy grabbing today??? Here, allow me to assist.
https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/945246762292213/?type=3&theater
Mr Cross penned, “don’t forget that Trump won not Hillary.. so who cares if Hillary is crooked or not.” Hmm. I do, I do. I care bunches and bunches. So, we can’t talk about HRC, just Trump, Trump, Trump???. Hmmmm. Another dickwad control freak. Hey, asshat, this is the Sandbox where we are free to discuss sociopolitical topics other than those you deem unimportant. You ain’t the boss of me! Start your own blog, Nazi. Opps, that was not Nevada City Friendly. Here, allow me to assist. I know your pain is real. Let’s talk about your pain.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1194568120677223/?type=3&theater
Love taking a page out of their script. Makes me feel like I am doing a public service and drives them nuts. This is a great day. Oh, we had maybe 13 straight years of “Bush did it too!” when chewing the fat about Bubba or Obama bobbling the ball or one of their policies. About 5 straight years under W, then 8 straight years under Barry’s Sugar Frosted O’s.
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Someone write a movie script on this. You will make millions.
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/11/05/pakistani-bride-inadvertently-murdered-17-people-poisoned-milk-intended-husband/
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Shooter in Texas served in the Air Force. Got a bad conduct discharge for child abuse. ABC News Radio.
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Walt @ 6:20 pm.
Yep, that was a patch of bad milk. Another reason to tie cows to Preventable Global Warming. Can’t blame the girl for following her heart, but she made one big rookie mistake. There was a flaw in her plan to be with her true love. Those stories really pull at my heartstrings. A tragic tale, no doubt.
Closer to home concerning rough starts on wedding nights ……from The Union.
10:03 p.m. — A caller in the 100 block of Bank Street reported that his wife, wearing a white wedding dress, was missing. The bride was found about 20 minutes later, passed out in a hallway.
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PaulE 212pm – There is little I can add to Mr Tozer’s 231pm and 308pm, other than shake my head in utter disbelief.
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Paul, Hekpful hint.. Bring Dr. Rebane an apple and place it on his desk. He is old school. Works like a charm, wink wink.
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If you read the comments on your Union post you will see the liberals say the same things about me. As well as the Union Editorial supporting Dollar General. Now, this is what they always do though and most people have no stomach for the back and forth. But I don’t care and engage them. They soon give up after going personal of course. Liberals and other lefties are so predictable. They will allow the enemies of all we hold dear free reign rather than go against their PC beliefs. What I find curious is their lack of historical perspectives. The tyrants come and they are the first against the wall.
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I went and read their comments and old RL complains I used the word “deviant” about the 69 other genders. But of course, he bans me from his rag. Anyway, the left and the squishy middle that RL thinks he is are really the problems for the country. They are violent and I have seen them in Berkeley. My guess is RL, Frisch and Manderson think the Antifa are heroes. We on the right are all about freedom and things that make our country strong and great. Those on the left and middle are all about undermining the country through tearing down and tearing apart the values and ethics that have worked. But that is their prob;lem. The lost and and will continue to lose as Americans of good faith reject them and their deviancies.
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Walt, or anyone else steeped in gun rights: Do you believe that a person who has twice been convicted of domestic violence (and spent a year in prison and landed a dishonorable discharge for his second count), should be allowed to buy/own guns? Isn’t this the kind of situation where strict but limited gun laws make sense? Repeat drunk driving convictions result in a loss of driving privileges which society seems to accept as rational. Please don’t pivot by telling me a gunman killed the gunman, so it all balances out in the end.
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Posted by: jon smith | 06 November 2017 at 08:40 AM
Walt, or anyone else steeped in gun rights: Do you believe that a person who has twice been convicted of domestic violence (and spent a year in prison and landed a dishonorable discharge for his second count), should be allowed to buy/own guns?
A Dishonorable Discharge is specifically disqualifying. Good thing that’s enshrined in law or or that guy might have shot up a church full of people!
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Fish- Reportedly the guy went into a gun store and bought it off the shelf. This wasn’t a black or gray market acquisition.
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The Texas shooter received a Bad Conduct Discharge which is one of several types of Other Than Honorable Discharge. It’s not clear that civilian law considers that to be equivalent to having been convicted of a felony which does make gun possession unlawful.
But again, before we cry out for more gun laws, can we at least slow down and consider whether such additional laws – given the already existing laws – would have prevented what most recently got us all excited about gun control? We must always remember that enforcement is the crux, and only law-abiders are affected by gun laws, not killers who decide shoot up groups of people gathered for one purpose or another.
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Posted by: jon smith | 06 November 2017 at 08:53 AM
Sounds like somebody lied on their 4473 and NICS missed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Instant_Criminal_Background_Check_System
https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/permanent-brady-state-lists
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Posted by: George Rebane | 06 November 2017 at 09:01 AM
I have heard both Bad Conduct and Dishonorable being mentioned. Dishonorable is explicitly disqualifying.
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Golly, js 840, it apparently wasn’t a Dishonorable Discharge, it was a Bad Conduct discharge, so your question is malformed.
The church is attended (from time to time) by his ex-wife and her parents. Not yesterday. The shooter is (or was) a devout Atheist.
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Texas law enforcement also reports that the killer was stopped in mid rampage by two legal gun owners who engaged him and then pursued him in a vehicle chase that ended when the killer crashed his car (and then was shot or took his own life?). If so, then this appears to be another incident supporting legal gun ownership/possession where ‘when seconds count, police are just minutes away’.
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The killer knew the church was a gun free zone. So he did not even need his vest there. But as soon as he was shot at in the car chase he became the coward piece of excrement he is. Tells me these killers are afraid of others with a response capability.
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Quick note:
Heard last night he had a bad conduct discharge after serving time in the military brig. Something that his sentence was longer than his discharge date so he would have to spent more time than his enlistment expires, thus he was released with a bad conduct instead of a Dishonable Discharge. Something to do with timing/length of the sentence and his scheduled discharge date. Have NOT checked it out, got too busy.
Now, does military prison time equate to state or Fed prison time???
Carry on.
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Odd that Trump doesn’t condemn the Texas shooter to the death penalty like the did the NY truck driver. that must be reserved for enemies of the United States not average mass murderers.
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“All I can say is that “me and mine” have had just about enough of this country’s traitorous idealogues on the nutbagged political edges (left and right) who are using their divisive rhetoric to sow discord and dissent. They are not true Americans and should seriously consider taking their destructive demagoguery to a country where the representative political system is further along the evolutionary path of repelling sociopathic extremism. And they should also pray deeply to their god that they do not get what they so malevolently envision as this country’s future.”
Thus Spake Mandersonation who has been ranting about the “Bush Crime Family” for well over a decade.
RL’s blog has become an echo chamber for RL, Michael P Anderson. Stephen Frisch and RL’s oldest bestest buddy, Chris Hodgekinson. Well, Chris Peterson, but when I read the screeds from the capitol hill shooter, they sounded to me to be just like Chris who has fessed up to not having a clue about people who don’t think like him.
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Memory problems again Paul? The bastard is DEAD. Want to tie him to a tree and shoot him again?
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Sorry Walt. I forgot you don’t understand rhetorical language.
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Posted by: Walt | 06 November 2017 at 11:12 AM
Threadwinner!
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What shoes is FOTUS wearing today? Inquiring minds just gotta know. Goda know.
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Posted by: Walt | 06 November 2017 at 11:12 AM
Sorry Walt. I forgot you don’t understand rhetorical language.
Sorry Walt.
I forgot you don’t understand rhetorical languageI got caught in a complete screwup and am backtracking furiously with this response.Fixed that for you Punch!
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Paul; Emery, now it seems to me you are the one that doesn’t understand rhetorical language. You cannot make up the idiocy of a liberal like Paul Emery. Too funny.
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