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[We'll keep the 2feb18 sandbox open for some residual Nunes memo discussion until an update post on the now dueling memos.  Mea culpa for not have a general purpose sandbox open during this interval. gjr]

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201 responses to “Sandbox – 5feb18”

  1. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Robert Cross | 08 February 2018 at 03:05 PM
    Russ will straighten you out about the “science”. My position has always been it is political. A scam of immense proportions.

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  2. Walt Avatar

    Ya, Cross, climate changes. There used to be a forest where a desert is now in Arizona.
    Ice covered where I now sit just yesterday in geologic time.

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  3. Walt Avatar

    It’s the LIBS who are cozy with the Russians.
    You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Lefty and a Rusky at the same time.

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  4. Russ Avatar

    The OODA Loop President
    This is for the fighter pilots and former military strategists!
    Richard Fernandez of the Belmont Club. In a piece he wrote in December 2016, just prior to Trump’s inauguration as our 45th President and in the context of Trump’s signaling with respect to what should be our posture with China, Fernandez wrote that:

    The Democratic Party should stop underestimating Donald Trump. The good news is that he moves at nongovernment speed. The bad news is that, due to his outsider status, nobody knows exactly where he is going.

    Fernandez, like McLaughlin the year before, was noting the uptempo speed of Trump. McLaughlin’s discussion of Trump’s use of the OODA Loop, correctly noted that speed lies at the core of Boyd’s theory of conflict, and has been the most influential element of Boyd’s strategic thinking. Further, “Boyd’s core insight was about the interactive and disruptive nature of speed on human decision-making: success in conflict can be rapid and dramatic if one can “operate inside the OODA Loop” of the opponent.”
    When you begin to understand this, you’re well on your way to understanding our 45th president.
    Full article is HERE.

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  5. Russ Avatar

    Robert Cross 08 February 2018 at 03:05 PM
    The Op-Ed is a collection of climate change disinformation that can be best countered by displaying the actual data for the reader to make their own decision. Sea level rise is not accelerating, ice core temperatures rose before the increase in CO2, storms are not increasing, and volcanos are melting Antarctic ice, not warming air temperatures. I will present the graphics at https://sierrafoothillcommentary.com for those interested in the facts this weekend, or sooner if I find the time.

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  6. Russ Avatar

    Robert Cross @ 08 February 2018 at 03:05 PM and Russ@ 08 February 2018 at 10:14 PM
    I have posted the Sea Level rise information, no acceleration in rise due to CO2 emissions.

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  7. Bill Tozer. Avatar

    Drain the Swamp
    Getting closer to the stink. Next up is SOS John Kerry and AG Lynch. Then the Wall of Ben Rhodes, NSA Susan Rice, Samantha Powers, and Valerie Garret to get to the man behind the curtain. That will take years.
    “David Laufman, who leads the DOJ’s counterintelligence division, is leaving the DOJ for “personal reasons,” according to The Washington Post.
    In addition to working on the investigation into Clinton’s handling of classified information, Laufman has also worked on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.”
    http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/08/laufman-leaves-fbi/

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  8. Bill Tozer. Avatar

    Oh my. This will get Walt swinging his battle ax. Or not.
    Qaisar Mahmood, a Muslim born in Pakistan, is the new head of the Swedish National Heritage Board. This is an extremely anomalous appointment, since he readily admits that he has not read anything about Sweden’s cultural heritage. But his new job is not really about preserving and protecting Sweden’s cultural heritage and historical sites at all.
    http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.4085/sweden-appoints-pakistani-to-lead-national-heritage-board.html

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  9. Bill Tozer. Avatar

    Peer review paper: Opps, we messed up.
    Study Linking Authoritarianism to Conservatives Retracted
    The researchers say they read the data backwards; these traits are linked to liberals.
    http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/study-linking-authoritarianism-conservatives-retracted
    https://www.facebook.com/intellectual.takeout.org/photos/a.10150403039780173.620085.187571410172/10159956285115173/?type=3&theater

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  10. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    So let me get this straight. Gavin Newsome was banging his Chief of Staff’s wife while running for Lt. Governor or Mayor and the press says nothing about this. Yet Travis Allen is accused of touching some woman’s foot with his big toe and hat is sexual harassment? Have the press any brains? Yes.

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  11. George Boardman Avatar

    You don’t have it straight Todd, as usual. The story was all over the Bay Area media when it was revealed; why do you think people are still asking Newson about the incident now?
    Allen is a campaign going nowhere. He has spent more money than he has raise (love those Republican fiscal hawks!) and will be among the also-rans in the June primary. I’ll bet none of the Republican candidates for governor get past the primary.

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  12. George Boardman Avatar

    Hey Donnie, is this a good entry into the market, or does the Trump Dump still have legs?

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  13. ArchieBunker Avatar
    ArchieBunker

    Todd, our team needs to step it up in the intelligence department. I thought my son in law was a meathead, but you are starting to sound like him.
    http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/feb/07/travis-allen/travis-allen-repeats-false-claim-californians-over/

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  14. fish Avatar
    fish

    Well crap…..now I think I need to see if I can find one!

    The Legendary Browning ‘Hi Power’ Pistol Ends Production.

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a16720630/browning-hi-power-production-ends/

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  15. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Oh GeorgeB, your ilk brings back things from 40 years ago and your pal Newsome is just a couple of years ago. And yes I know it was reported locally in the Bay Area but you and your pals buried it pretty fast. If it was a Porter it would be national and daily until he resigns. But you protect your own, I get that. So you think California should be governed by such a sleazebag eh? Says a lot about you libs.
    I too think the top two will be democrats. A self-inflicted shot by the Cali voters.
    ArchieBunmker, not a meathead at all. I am a lot smarter than you, a rcist bigot homophobe so crawl back onto you LazyBoy and consume all your six packs.

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  16. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Here is one for the po’ ol’ pollhead – Trump 49% approval –
    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_feb09
    😉

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  17. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Re the Browning Hi Power, aka P-35
    Thanks for the link fish, but true to form, PM gets a key spec wrong… the standard magazines have always held 13 rounds.

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  18. ArchieBunker Avatar
    ArchieBunker
  19. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Hey GeorgeR check out this study on “fake news” done in England I guess. I have been told it is all conservatives.
    http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2018/02/Polarization-Partisanship-JunkNews.pdf

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  20. George Rebane Avatar

    ToddJ 438pm – Conservatives definitely don’t come out well in this study.

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  21. Bill Tozer. Avatar

    CNN joins Starman and Elvis and has left the building. Blame Trump for not deporting bad illegals? Oakey Dokey. Let’s make it CNN has left the planet. Ever hear of Sanctuary Cities?
    “Camerota then began her rant by acknowledging that Trump had a point that some illegal immigrants should be deported, but she then pivoted to accusing Trump of spending too much effort deporting the wrong kinds of immigrants at the expense of deporting the right kind:”
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/02/06/cnn-tries-blame-trump-not-deporting-illegal-who-killed-nfl-player?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=marketing&utm_campaign=cnn-blame

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  22. Bill Tozer Avatar

    What you sow is what you reap:
    “This one would be funny if it weren’t so stupid. Christ the King HS in Queens denied a student’s request to put “Malcolm X” on the back of his senior sweater, reportedly saying the name of the late black activist could offend some students.
    The denial reveals that the snowflake movement to stop free speech has reached ridiculous dimensions — because the student’s birth name is Malcolm Xavier Combs.
    It would be nice to report the school admitted its mistake and apologized. No such luck, and now Al Sharpton is involved.”

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  23. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Bill Tozer | 11 February 2018 at 07:32 AM
    “…….and now Al Sharpton is involved.”
    Snitchy Al can always be counted on to have his snout in the air if the opportunity for publicity is involved!

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  24. fish Avatar
    fish

    ….and I can be counted on to botch the html tags!

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  25. MAGA CoVfefe! Avatar
    MAGA CoVfefe!

    The Republicans wear no clothes!!! How about that 700 page spending bill that nobody read before they passed it? Fiscal conservative my eye!!!
    Playing the good ol’ WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR GUNS card!!!
    Trumpski is happy to give the military $50 Billion a year for building roads and bridges and schools in Afghanistan but here in Amerika he wants a wall!!! Just in from the Situation Room we find out that the war in Afghanistan is over and 9-11 perps are toast.
    How about less nation building and terminate some of the 7 batttle fronts we are fighting on around the world with no war declarations.

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  26. MAGA CoVfefe! Avatar
    MAGA CoVfefe!

    From the reality TV Apprentice shows and the reality TV Presidency,,, Amarosa moves to Celebrity Big Brother!!!
    Now!!! A new Trump documentary has begun on Showtime,,,free trial available now!!!
    OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT!!!
    http://www.sho.com/order?s_cid=pse-cartoonpres-10626&gclid=CjwKCAiA8P_TBRA9EiwAJrpHMxu7SB4PhGxv3BDn0sRSZlwlPeE959tmiM3HsIPdsM9IfH-f5Pkv-RoCcnEQAvD_BwE

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  27. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    MAGA C continues to channel Doug the K.
    A Rand Paul admirer and minor contributer to his Dad’s presidential campaign in the ’80’s, both the spending and military adventures are a concern and enough to keep me from registering GOP… but the enemy of my enemy can be my friend and the current Democratic Party is a wretched excess of identity and collectivist politics.
    The Janus case and an overturning of the California Rule (that public employee pension promises at time of hiring are a minimum requirement that cannot be modified) will be nice to see. Both may be coming soon.

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  28. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: MAGA CoVfefe! | 11 February 2018 at 08:12 AM
    How about less nation building and terminate some of the 7 batttle fronts we are fighting on around the world with no war declarations.

    Actually I’d be in favor of this!
    Who knew?
    (Oh and Douggy……way to get a handle on the ejaculatory capitalization…..good to see a man regain a little self control!)

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  29. fish Avatar
    fish

    From my “neck of the woods”!

    Controversial Hustler Hollywood store opens in Arden Arcade. Here’s the reaction

    …….yawn……would be my first guess!

    About 150 people lined up Saturday evening for the opening of a a Hustler Hollywood store in the Arden Arcade area.

    Well that’s just sad…!
    http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article199542584.html

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  30. George Rebane Avatar

    re MAGA 812am – It is clear how leftwing blinders work. The just passed spending bill was a bipartisan accomplishment (listen to Schumer) that contained almost equal amounts of deficit spending required by Republicans and Democrats. But it seems the Left only sees that the national security items in the bill are budget busters which, now that Trillions Deficit Obama is gone, are suddenly of great concern to those champions of fiscal prudence.

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  31. MAGA Covfefe! Avatar
    MAGA Covfefe!

    HA!!! No Republican ever accused a Lib of being fiscally prudent,,, check your blinders!!! Reps first came up with the BIG BILL full of spending ideas. Dems would not buy in unless they got
    equal spending cash to play with too!!!
    Question is,,,are border walls and roads and bridges and schools in shithole countries more important than helping our Homeland and people???
    Ammo and bombs and rockets and military hardware left on the battlefields of the world are like fireworks displays,,,very pretty and noisy,,, and totally F**k up people and things…But they are disposable items that should be bought with disposable income,,,and we don’t have any according to the FREEDOM CAUCUS!!!
    Fire up those printing presses at the money factory!!!

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  32. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: MAGA Covfefe! | 11 February 2018 at 10:18 AM
    Two separate issues Douggy. Should we let the rest of the world sort out their shit? Absolutely!
    Rest assured though it’s the entitlements that are going to bankrupt us!

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  33. Walt Avatar

    Trump sure put a quick end to those ISIS videos. I wonder how that happened? (NOT)
    More money to the military the better.
    Ol’ “clueless” can pound sand.
    LIBS are all in a tiff. Trump turned the nation around in one year. What no so called Repub or Proggy could never do.(or refused to do)
    Libs got more of their huge spending, then turn around and bitch about it.

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  34. Bill Tozer Avatar

    Oh Walt. If the SOTUS showed us one thing, it’s not that the Dems have been branded as anti-Trump. Nay, they showed us they why they are branded as anti-American.
    The Dems sat on their hands with big stone faced frowns as dear parents of sons and daughters slain by illegal aliens were introduced to the joint chamber. They did the same as well upon hearing that black and Latino unemployment rate is down, down, down. Heck, they looked like Eastern Island Kon-Tiki statutes sticking out like sore thumbs.
    The Dems call American citizens “Deplorables” and illegal aliens “Dreamers.” Nancy stood eight straight hours for illegal aliens, but refused to stand for thirty seconds for Americans.
    Dear Democrats:
    We will never forget that on Jan. 20, 2018, you brought illegal aliens to the State of the Union instead of American vets. Yes, we will never forget.

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  35. Bill Tozer Avatar

    Rand Paul and the budget.
    “When the Democrats are in power, Republicans appear to be the conservative party. But when Republicans are in power, it seems there is no conservative party.” —Sen. Rand Paul
    To which the elitist Gentry Liberals replied, “Where’s Rand Paul’s neighbor when we need him?” —Bette Midler

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  36. Bill Tozer Avatar

    Olympics: NBC steps in it again. Seems to be their MO no matter what the subject matter is.
    “Japan and South Korea have not even fully reconciled over atrocities committed during the occupation. While the Japanese government has expressed remorse and set up a fund in the 1990s to help victims it once referred to as “comfort women,” some politicians and academics claim estimates of 200,000 sex slaves are exaggerated. Many South Koreans, in turns, compare those skeptics to Holocaust deniers.”
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/02/11/nbc-apologizes-to-koreans-for-olympics-coverage-that-praised-japans-brutal-occupation/?utm_term=.2ff800a77766

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  37. Walt Avatar

    Now don’t forget Bill, there is another pressing issue at the Olympics. DOG.. That’s what’s for dinner. The usual crowd is demanding dog be taken of the nation’s official menu. ( Obama would make a good food critic there.)

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  38. Walt Avatar

    Closer to home, Calif. LIBs have a new mascot.
    https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Invasive-20-pound-rodents-increasingly-burrowing-12567822.php
    You can bet LIBS will be looking to protect that vermin too.

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  39. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Bill
    The ‘slaughter” from illegal aliens is tiny compared to the slaughter caused by crazy people with guns. Or from illegal wars such as the “war” in Iraq. Where are the priorities?

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  40. Walt Avatar

    Paul. I don’t have a bit of a problem with the extinction of ISIS and friends.
    Your “illegal war” crap is just that. Call a cop.
    And Trump too care of that little problem with the rules of engagement. No more having to lose a few before shooting back,Or calling lawyers.
    There has never been a “good war” in your book. I recall your stance on the Revolutionary war. That was “illegal” too.

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar

    There are 2,300 illegal aliens in our CA prison system sitting in cells convicted for the crime of homicide. Priorities? One murder committed by an illegal alien on US soil, one strong arm robbery, one burlary, one hit and run, one DUI committed by any foreign national who has no authorization to be here is one crime too many.

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