[Trump is a hit in Davos despite his strong but stunningly accurate language calling out "shithole countries" which we here have abbreviated into a more decorous SHC. Now a correspondent informs that SHC should, perhaps, be made into the even more palatable TWN. TWN? why that's a "Turd-World Nation" of course. But now we can also examine the Europeans' reaction to Trump's next obvious truth that his administration will promote 'America First' policies, as if protesting Italy would put, say, France first. gjr]

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209 responses to “Sandbox – 25jan18”
From The Politico: HOW DAVOS REALLY VIEWS TRUMP: In short, it’s not as bad as the tweets.
“President Donald Trump will arrive here Thursday to be greeted politely by global elites who commonly regard him as a buffoon,” write John F. Harris and Matthew Kaminski from Davos. “What has come as a surprise to many of those people is how much they are learning to live with — and in some cases even enjoy — the Buffoon Presidency.”
“Aside from Trump’s incendiary bluster, many say, the actual consequences of his presidency have been more agreeable (or less disagreeable) than they feared a year ago. This is especially true in business circles, where people note that both the U.S and European economies are purring nicely.”
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BTW it has been cleared up… little Dick Durbin did apparently get it wrong.
Trump referred to “sh*t HOUSE countries”, not holes. Makes all the difference. 🙂 One is a hole dug into the ground, the other is a structure built above ground. Much nicer.
Somehow, I can’t find any quotes to match all those racist statements that followed, as claimed by Senator Durbin… I guess Durbin just figured the people who he wanted to rile up would take his word for it. Why would he make it up???
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Look at the Lefties downplaying the tax cuts.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/25/wasserman-schultz-shrugs-off-1000-bonuses-tied-to-tax-reform-says-wont-go-very-far.html
It WAY more that we got under “O”, or even Clinton.
All we got was a bill of plenty more.
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OH… I have an explanation.
“The Iranian military has halted the routine harassment by its armed “fast boats” of U.S. naval vessels in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military said, a turnabout that officials welcomed but were at a loss to explain.”
I bet we all can come up with a valid explanation.
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And they say “O” wasn’t a Muslim.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/25/photo-obama-louis-farrakhan/
““But after the nomination was secured and all the way up until the inauguration; then for eight years after he was President, it was kept under cover,” he said, referencing keeping the photo under wraps to protect Obama’s career. “It absolutely would have made a difference.” “
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A link followed from Real Clear Politics that rang true, from a self described “right-leaning libertarian” writing in Bloomberg:
Why Democrats Won’t Get Their Way on Immigration
They were not elected to run any branch of government. That’s hard news to break to the liberal base.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-25/why-democrats-won-t-get-their-way-on-immigration
Unlike the writer who denies any schadenfreude, as a left-leaning libertarian I’m filled to the brim with it.
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Walt
Kinda like the photo of Trump with his Porn Star Girl Friend.
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Punchy 527
The photo analog to the Obama-Farrakhan buddy-buddy photo intentionally held back because of ‘optics’ would have been a Trump-Richard Spencer or David Duke photo. Or maybe Trump and Putin.
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You have to do a lot better than that Paul. Screwy Lewy and his Nation of Islam crowd demanded that picture be given back. They didn’t want that connection out, along with the Congressional Black Caucus throwing the party.
So you go ahead and be a CNN minion. They are the only ones still trying to hump that dead horse.
If the photo did come out, you would have had your Hillary.
Hillary can now blame that first loss on this photo being buried.
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Wow, I was in a conference all day and I missed the new one but its still relatively fresh, only 1 Emery in it!
The Clinton news network never said if was shrillary or Bill but now we know its Bill-
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/01/25/cnn-mocked-after-declaring-cuckolding-can-be-positive-for-certain-couples.html
😉
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re: DonB@6:48PM
Good heavens. /pol is going to run with that one.
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Not an accident?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/feds-hawaii-missile-alert-employee-not-cooperating-probe-221100876.html
😉
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Gee Whiz!!! not a word from the paranoid birther SECRET SOCIETY DEEP STATE Benghazi Gowdy Nunes Johnson shithead afficiaonados now that the latest theory has been debunked. MAGA!!!
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Not getting out much Doug? Your back in that ” see something, say something” stage again. It’s a state law.
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CNN is at it 24/7 again. I watched Scaranucci destroy Cuomo about the Trump wanted to fire Mueller crap fro a year ago. And here the Prez is in Davos and getting a rock star reception and the CNN idiots are all in on the firing allegation. You cannot make this stuff up. No wonder CNN is at the bottom.
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https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/988376417979247/?type=3&theater
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You know we have an emergency psychiatric unit at the emergency room now @742. 😉
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TWN….reaction to Trump’s sh*thouse comment.
“Donald Trump speaks to Africans frankly. Africans need to solve their problems. You can’t survive if you are weak. It is the Africans’ fault that they are weak.” —Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
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Not possible for Trump to fire Mueller a year ago Todd. He didn’t come on till Mid May. You never were much for details so it’s typical you didn’t know.
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Oh my Paul Emery is touting “facts”? It is the fact of his being accused and not the timing . My goodness, you are the worst person for facts and you are not believable.
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Todd
When was Mueller hired? Can you refresh us. Also how can you fire someone you haven’t hired yet? Help me with that one.
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Don’t care. You tell us.
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Trump said he could fire Mueller. In other news there is seaweed in the ocean. Lol
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A new accusation is out! (fresh tofu for Paul) Now it’s Nikki Haley
and Trump having an affair. The only thing missing, is Stormy Daniels joining in. ( and Melania taping the whole show)
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Viewed an interesting dustup between Clerk Recorder Gregory Diaz and Supes over funding for the Voter’s Choice Act. Some of the Supes really seemed to want to dress Diaz down for requesting money to fund the new Voter’s Choice program and to publicly shame him. Supe Miller didn’t seem to have much of an opinion so he just sided with the Good Old Dinosaurs who must want to keep the old number two pencils and paper ballots and relive the good old days of going to the voting booths. 82% of voters voted by mail last time in Nevada County.
https://www.mynevadacounty.com/822/Meeting-Information-Video-Streaming
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Don Bessee – alert! SEVEN (7) new pot businesses in Nevada City?? My does the pendulum swing when pushed so far by an uncompromising zealot.
https://www.theunion.com/news/seven-new-pot-businesses-could-be-in-the-pipeline-for-nevada-city/
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Grass Valley and the county are still trying to tie their shoelaces in the race for cannabis gold. No Guts no Glory.
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But Todd, even Fox News and Sean Hannity are reporting the firing story. Only a party parrot would believe everything the liar-in-chief says.
Let’s get a grip on the Davos rock star narrative. Davos Man doesn’t believe in America First, but Trump commands attention because he’s the leader of the strongest nation in the world. (I know this hard to believe after 8 years of Obama, but it’s true.)
And much like people who slow down for a wreck on the interstate, people are attracted to Trump because they don’t know what he’s going to do next. Just ask his lawyers (“I’ll testify under oath”) or his treasury secretary, who called for a weak dollar the day before Trump said he wants a strong one.
Then there’s Amnesty Don, who is offering a path to citizenship for 1.8 million illegals. So much for making America white again.
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Right on time. Trying to make something out of nothing. Last I checked, Robert “Lerch” Muller is still trying to manufacture a crime. So Trump may have wanted too. He didn’t.
I see the Lefties here ain’t going to touch the new “O” and Nation of Islam photo coverup.
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But GeorgeB we all know the media are liars and fools and make stuff up. So why not believe what we want? You believe a lot of fantasies and we don’t call you names. And once again you cite “anonymous” sources. See how foolish you look to rational Americans?
Davos loves Trump. Just watched him on CSPAN and he was well received at the Economic Summitt meeting. So do I believe a media mouthpiece like you or my own eyes?
As far as this new immigration proposal. I think it is a trap for the left that Trump has set. Just watch it play out before bloviating.
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I am shocked, shocked I tell you that there is gambling in this establishment! Would any White House lie? Lawyers can argue if he said “fire” or another word, lol. Can you name one White House that had been less than candid, one White House that has been transparent as the day is long? Name one. Not a smidgen of corruption at the “I take the fifth” IRS, or hold on to this Comtempt of Congress certificate, Mr. Fast and Furious Holder. Hold on Holder. Lincoln lied!
Sounds like Bannon doing his thing. Did Trump fire Meuleer? No. Did he want to can his ass over this fake Russian collusion nothingburger? You bet ya. How wouldn’t. Waste of time. Did Trump drop it and move on to something else after15 minutes? Most likely. Where’s the beef?
Nothing to see. Story will run out of stream by tonight. That dog don’t hunt. Nice diversion away from the hugest biggest story of the Century…..the FBI, Lynch, Rice, Powers, CIA, NSA, DIA, and some guy named Obama and some frumpy blob named Hillary.
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Oh BillT we know GeorgeB and his ilk loved Obama and sniffed his ass and called it roses for eight years. Not one story from GB that was negative that I can recall. Now that Trump has fans they are all “parrots”. Cracks me up.
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Some people confuse the media coverage that report what others allege with the reporter participating in the allegation.
Re MJ shops in Nevada City – the MJ alliance spokesman is lamenting that no one wants the shop to be near their house. Some ask whether this means the community is having second thoughts about the town’s role in dispensing the weed.
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Walt @ 1:42 pm
That is big…nobody cares much now, but that is big.
Remember Obama said unequivocally he never knew Minister Louie F, never met him, don’t know him. The most racist man in America. You know, “Hilter was a nice man, Judaism is a Gutter Religion “ Louie, Louie. Obama never even met the guy.
Hmmm. Looks to me Obama is not just standing there, but actually leaning into Louie Louie in that pic buried by the photojournalist and shown about the media back in the 2008 campaign. Almost as bad as sitting for 20 years in the pews of that clustergluck racist Jeremiah Wright….goddamn it.
The reason that pic is important (yes, nobody cares) is because you got to ask yourself:
1) did the media just not care, they were A-OK with it because it was Obama’running for Prez.
2) Was the media just that lazy, that incompetent?
3) Or, was the media just full blown partisan?
4) Are #2 and #3 rhetorical questions or synonymous ?
The way the bedwetters are caring on, you would have thunk Trump actually knew David Duke, mugged for the camera with him with beaming faces, all the while sitting in the Church Of Robert Spenser, aka, “my spiritual mentor.”
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Bored Georgeman, just wondering… did The Union ever print a retraction of the lie you supposedly told about Pelline (that he “objected” to Tea Party people burning weenies at a county park, planting a tree and putting up a bench) after he wrote to complain about it, or did Jeff have to wander off to pound sand?
Again, if Jeff didn’t have his double standards to fall back on, he’d have no standards at all.
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This just in. As usual, it’s all about Trump.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-davos-booed_us_5a6b2f2ce4b0ddb658c5abaa?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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GeorgeB, please list the links to your complaints about Obama’s lies. You can keep your doctor/plan etc. And any other columns you wrote as a Obama parrot.
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GR 10:51- “No one wants the shops to be near their homes.” What’s new? That’s why home prices are so much lower in areas zoned for industry. No one “wants” a tire shop going up next door within ear shot of non stop rattle guns. That doesn’t indicate that the community as a whole doesn’t want a tire shop in town.
Some contend that we need a homeless shelter. I’m assuming you don’t want one at the gateway to your neighborhood at Mello’s old firewood yard. The folks in 7 Hills probably think it’s a perfect location.
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Oh Mr. Boardman. Let’s play politics with people’s lives. Fun game, no?
We give you 1.8 million amnesty with a path to citizenship in 10-12 years, if they be model upstanding folks with squeaky clean noses. You give us the dentition of chain migration for those under amnesty as “parents and minor children”, the nuclear family if you will, minus adult children. When they are citizens, they can sponsor Aunt Fred and Uncle Sybil.
The Wall can be just the 800 miles passed and signed and appropriated 10 or more years ago, plus 25 or so billion more to plug some funneled holes, more immigration judges, immigration enforcement, and The New Wall can be open to negotiation as a bargaining chip, wink, wink. Welcome to my parlor” said the spider to the fly.
Never happen. The Libs and the McCain Romney Republicans want bigger and bigger amnesty, and don’t simply DO NOT want anything to do with the stinkin’ Wall. Never have. Duh. No way will we get 60 votes in the Senate.
Nice card Trump threw on the table. They will reject it and the sparks will be flying. Smooth move, President of the United States Trump. Smooth move. Gave them more than what they shut down the government failing to get. 695,000 kiddies. DACA. DACA, DACA, DACA, DACA.
Remember little dik Durbin said he was single issue, tunnel visioned, focused solely on DACA, DACA, DACA, DACA. Now, Dicky “The Marines are worse than terrorists” Durbin is going to stand up and waddle away, leaving DACA, DACA, DACA, DACA in the cold. Heck, they are going to leave 1.8 million Day Dreamers out in the cold. Shameful. Bad Dems, bad.
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Breaking News! Trump on his smaller People’s Jet Airplane (Airforce One) and Tweeting like a madman as we speak, taunting the humiliated Cryin’ Chuckie. Dissing him relentlessly. Oh my, Trump just does not have any manners, I fear. I am sooo upset.
Rip off Chucky’s balls, Mr. Terrific Trump, and shove his scrot sack down his throat. It gives me a tinkle up my leg seeing Chucky choke on them….again. Ah heck, it’s almost orgasmic eurphoia watching the exploding heads go off and headless bodies falling onto therapists’ couches up and down land near great bodies of salt water.
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Posted by: George Boardman | 26 January 2018 at 11:19 AM
This just in. As usual, it’s all about Trump.
Umm….George…..while you are certainly well within your rights to post huffpo silliness…..you can’t still think that anybody that regularly posts here cares what a gaggle of flouncy globalist ninnies thinks about the president?
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Holy Smokes. The Greenies and Lefties are rioting in Paris right now! Running amok, all unhinged. Yeah, they were pathetic at Devos. The Swiss are neutral and their protests are usually a dud. Just like the climate crisis panels that were going on and nobody care when Trump graced the movers and shakers with His Eminence
That Trump can sure hog the spotlight, especially when he is in his element. Obama never went to Davos cause he does like being greeted with luke warm applause. Besides, what was Obama going to talk about anyway? Growing the economy? Righttttt.
Anti-Trump riots breaking out in France. Interesting time, bro, interesting times.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5316817/Paris-zoo-evacuated-baboons-escape-enclosure.html
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 26 January 2018 at 12:28 PM
The Swiss are neutral and their protests are usually a dud.
Yes William…..I’ve heard the Swiss hookers are similarly tempered!
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Posted by: George Rebane | 26 January 2018 at 10:51 AM
the MJ alliance spokesman is lamenting that no one wants the (MJ) shop to be near their house</>
The MJ businesses are restricted to commercial/industrial zoned properties….but where one zoning district ends another district begins. Such is modern life.
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HOLY 401k batman! DOW up 219 to 26,612 – triple records AGAIN! 😉
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Sorry, close italics fail…
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Well Mary,, that’s why it’s not a good idea to toke and post.
Well this explains it all. Now “O” is a Jew.
http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/01/26/barack-obama-liberal-jew/
With a Muslim DADDY???? “O” would have been drowned at birth. (or beheaded)
His bullshit never ends.
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If you are truly sorry Mary “hooch in the morning” Wanna, then we will forgive you. Not because of your altered indecipherable gibberish you dump here, but rather because that is the kind of guys we are. You have been cleansed.
Fish. Happen to know a fine lady from Swissland. Married a GI in Germany and have the highest honor of sharing some time in his war room man cave. Nam vet. Anyway, they ran a strip tease club just over the German-Swiss border. The Swissland women folk have good business minds. Owned the titty bar, but never worked the stage. That was for the fine Swedish lassies and perhaps some tall Danes. :). Them Swedes are more accommodating. Or so, that what I heard through the grape vine.
Which reminds me….Trump is bringing back a whole plane load of Norwegians. No Finnish allowed.
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 26 January 2018 at 01:21 PM
The Swissland women folk have good business minds.
Yeah….that was pretty much how I heard them described as behaving while plying their trade…..like meeting with your tax guy!.
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Wonder what Trump’s prenup stipulates? The Mrs. has been living in a hotel (not a Trump hotel either) since she discovered the Donald pulling a Melania with young Stormy. His revolving door policy with whores and wives (one and the same) must make him an expert at such documents. Todd, are prenups null and void if the partner cheats?
What a fun sh*t show we will be witnessing if/when she gives him the 9″ heeled boot. She will likely suffer a terrible accidental tragedy before that happens though.
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