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Sandbox – 18may18

18 May 2018

[More school killings, this time with a revolver and a shotgun – no semi-autos in sight, yet the killings continue. When do we come to a national conclusion that it is the shooters we should do better at identifying and stopping, rather than taking guns from law abiding citizens? gjr]

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345 responses to “Sandbox – 18may18”

Bill Tozer

21 May 2018

Relax Leftists, , your boy Rod just bought you another year….
The FBI and DOJ have provided more classified information to the New York Times and the Washington Post than to the committees requesting the information, numerous sources said.
A never-ending investigation at this point would allow the DOJ, which has stonewalled Congress for more than a year, to bury the documents in yet another ongoing investigation that will be out of sight of the public and then, like many things in Washington, buried in the swampy waters never to be seen again.
And this may be the reason Rosenstein agreed to act only four hours after the President’s tweet Sunday to have Horowitz take the lead on the investigation into whether the FBI and DOJ used an informant to infiltrate the Trump campaign in the 2016 election.
“I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes – and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!”
A former senior U.S. intelligence official said the FBI and DOJ use “national security” implications every time it’s asked to turn over documentation to Congress. He noted “the rules for the handling and protecting of classified material are solely in place for protecting sources and methods, not malfeasance and embarrassment. This has nothing to do with protecting sources and methods – it has everything to do with protecting themselves and broken institutions.”
This cat and mouse game has lead to burgeoning battles for more than a year behind closed doors on Capitol Hill and inside the DOJ’s marbled offices in Washington D.C.
https://saraacarter.com/concealed-fisa-docs-may-hold-key-to-trump-surveillance/
And Debbie still wants her laptop back…..

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Todd Juvinall

21 May 2018

Raining like a sum bit

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Bill Tozer

21 May 2018

Rained passed here in 3 minutes…..Fire season and Climate Change ambulance chasers on the way.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/56059-more-reason-for-a-climate-ambulance-chaser-watch-summer

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Don Bessee

21 May 2018

Do they even hear themselves or are they blinded by possibly allowing illegals to vote?
I mean isn’t it funny that twice in one week Democrats chose to defend Hamas and then chose to defend MS-13, a violent gang that leaves women dead on park benches in New York. I mean twice in one week. It was very clear that the president was referring to MS-13 gang members and yet you saw Democrats double-down and say that the president was carte blanche referring to everyone as ‘animals.’ What a joke. [Emphasis added]
MS-13 has done heinous acts. They have committed acts like stabbing a man 100 times, you know Rep. Peter King knows this very well in New York. It’s something that we need to take seriously and crack down on in fact. When a violent gang in their motto is ‘Rape, control, and kill,’ I don’t think any term can be too strong to refer to them.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/21/dhs-official-in-one-week-democrats-chose-to-defend-hamas-and-ms-13/
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M

22 May 2018

,,,twit trumpski on Sunday,,,I hearby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow…
,,,why trumpski??? Because you don’t work on weekends,,,because you are in MarALago,,,as usual???
,,,ever heard of a phone call???
All you had to do was call a Cabinet secretary,,,AG/Homeland Security,,,and get the information,,,
But because you and Hannity speak almost every nite before bed,,,you turned the mole spy question into a witch hunt for Fox and Friends to politicize…

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Todd Juvinall

22 May 2018

M thinks in the short term while Trump thinks in the long term. You really have no clue how the man gets things done. Your life must be in a upheaval all the time. You can’t even spell your own name.

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scenes

22 May 2018

If you ever wondered why tuition was so high.
https://i.redd.it/qyqzqv3uubz01.jpg
An interesting angle on Obergruppenfuhrer Mueller
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/levin-muellers-appointment-was-unconstitutional/
Yuge if true.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/22/another-informant-attempted-to-infiltrate-trump-campaign-under-obama-campaign-aide-says.html
This explains a lot.
https://i.imgur.com/YlB3DAY.jpg

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M

22 May 2018

,,,toddling,,,nice cartoon over on Crabb’s,,,remind you of anyone???

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Rudy Driftwood

22 May 2018

“M” apparently for both “Marillyn” and menopause. Jeez lady take a pill!

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scenes

22 May 2018

Just to take a break from this mornings Trumphate, here’s a number worth considering. It was mentioned in passing on the radio this morning so I looked it up.
https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_States
So, basically all the solar in the US doesn’t quite cover the bitcoin bill worldwide. It’s probably time to build more photovoltaics.

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

Scenes @ 7:19 am
Yep, I listened to Levin’s radio show yesterday. Stuff that makes most people’s eyes glaze over, but not mine. He spent over two hours making his point, step by step. Indeed, it is big. I am sure he will be pounding on it today. He wishes he could prosecute the case himself before the courts, lol.
Rather than pound on it myself, I have to say I cannot get Susan Rice e-mail to herself minutes before Trump got sworn in out of my mind. That and two of Peter’s texts. The one about insurance policy and the other that Obama wants to know everything going on. They are stuck in my noggin.
This won’t convince anyone, but here is an article from someone who is definitely no fan of Trump. I surmise that many folks kinda feel this way who are not following every detail, aka, enough to raise eyebrows. Let’s find out.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/21/obama-administration-spy-trump-using-flimsy-evidence-lets-find/

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jon smith

22 May 2018

Todd 7:19
“. . . . while Trump thinks in the long term.”
You are delusional. Even his own family can’t predict what he is going to do. Among his staff, Trump’s impulsive nature keeps them wondering. Shooting from the hip is not intentional nor is it a “plan.” He has the attention span of a flea, and like a flea simply jumps from cause to cause to idea to tweet to another burger without forethought. I can give Trump credit for a few things, but thinking in the long term isn’t even in the ballpark.
Try the pink Aqua Velva today Todd. I hear it is the rage among Brazilian men of a certain persuasion. Ever get that baby powder out of your Speedos??? That was one of the funnier stories I’ve heard in a while ;-0

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M

22 May 2018

,,,in trumpskis new and improved Muraka,,,ICE detains two women who were speaking Spanish in a store,,,because ‘’’we don’t get many of their kind in this neck of the woods so I was suspicious ICE Dudley DoRight says,,,maybe if they were speaking rooskie it would be ok,,,

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

1). I like Byron York, another no fan of Trump, but a fan of the truth. Ah, those mystery early months.
“…..according to Lynch’s testimony. (The principals committee includes some of the highest-ranking officials in the government, including the secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, and Homeland Security, the attorney general, the head of the CIA, the White House chief of staff, U.N. ambassador, and more.)
So the nation’s top political appointees, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies were watching Trump campaign figures in the spring and early summer of 2016.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/when-did-trump-russia-probe-begin-investigators-focus-on-mystery-months
2) Sam Clovis: FBI, suspected informant wanted to create ‘audit trail’ to justify FISA warrants. The Cambridge Professor was been quite busy. Got paid close to a million bucks from our intel agencies over the years for his papers on China, etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sam-clovis-fbi-suspected-informant-wanted-to-create-audit-trail-to-justify-fisa-warrants
3) love how the FBI approached that Russian Billionaire “oligarch” about the Trump Campaign. The guy said, “What, are you crazy? We can’t stand Manifort”, lol. The agents left “giggling”. Hey, if they want to find out about oligarchs who run “The Bank of Putin”….the go to bank to get money in and out of Russia, just read the Panama Papers. It points straight to Tony Podesta, ROFLMAO. We deal here in facts, not fiction.
4) In court, Meuller’s team….more specially former Clinton Foundation lawyer Rhee (represented Hillary in 2015) was surprised when one of the Russia companies indicted for trying to interfere in the 2016 election sent a US lawyer to defend itself. First, those indicted were emloyees the “Russian firm” or ever worked for “the firm”. Rhee told the judge they have two terabits of evidence. The Russian “firm”’s US lawyer pointed out that the massive amount of intel about “the firm” was just social media posts and comments by hundreds thousands of people that Rhee characterized as “the firm.” It was hundreds of thousands of people’s comments on social media, not just the original posts, lol. When Rhee said the evidence was in Russian, the defense asked if the posts and comments have been translated to English. Rhee relied “no, they are in Russian.” The defense asked, “Then how do we know what is in them?”, ROFLMAO.

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

California illegal alien leaves our Santuary State, gets busted in North Carolina. Do not leave California or bad things will happen!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5751455/Two-men-arrested-police-discover-90M-worth-crystal-meth-fuel-tank.html

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

At least you got to give AP credit for trying
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.254420818025296.63999.217926015008110/1318090084991692/?type=3&theater
“Imagine” by John Lennon is stuck in my head.
https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/1054482611368627/?type=3&theater
As Scenes would say…. if he can’t do it, it’s been a valiant effort.
https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/1054482431368645/?type=3&theater

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

SCOTUS ruling yesterday. Was I the only one following it?
Justice Neil Gorsuch framed the case in two basic questions. Can employers insist that workplace disputes be handled through individual arbitration? Should employees always have an option of bringing claims in collective actions through the courts?
“As a matter of policy these questions are surely debatable,” Gorsuch wrote for the majority, which included Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. “But as a matter of law the answer is clear. In the Federal Arbitration Act, Congress has instructed federal courts to enforce arbitration agreements according to their terms — including terms providing for individualized proceedings.”
On the other side of the 5-4 ruling were leftist Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It was Ginsburg who wrote the particularly shrill dissent, and she insisted on reading it from the bench.
“The court today holds enforceable these arm-twisted, take-it-or-leave-it contracts — including the provisions requiring employees to litigate wage and hours claims only one-by-one,” Ginsburg complained. “Federal labor law does not countenance such isolation of employees.”
Ginsburg’s dissenting opinion supports the idea that workers can accept terms of employment that include individual arbitration, but then opt out of those terms down the line if the worker believes that the terms are no longer suitable for whatever reason.
While the idea of following the rules only when they suit you is a typical component of the leftist worldview, it does not (or should not) hold in contract law or in business. As Gorsuch noted, the law is very clear on this issue. Ginsburg’s belief that this ruling will lead to an erosion of workers’ rights is overstated and misguided, as is the belief that the courts exist to weigh every single dispute between companies and their workers. Moreover, the notion that courts should always side with employees is another component of the leftist outlook that is simply false.
Gorsuch’s ruling was refreshing in that it demonstrated precisely how the Supreme Court should always operate — by examining a case on the merits and respecting the Rule of Law. Ginsburg’s dissent clearly demonstrated all that is wrong with the judiciary. She chose to engage in speculation and tried to create a ruling not based on what the law is but what she believes it should be.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/56106-scotus-contracts-mean-what-they-say

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Todd Juvinall

22 May 2018

Trump has people like jonnieSmith all aflutter. They can’t figure out that he has made them all into blathering fools. The economy os cooking and now we see the generic ballot swinging over to the Republicans. I must say I knew this would happen. And the reason is people like me and others will not allow the loony people like M and jonnieS to get away with their lies and propaganda. I am so pleased they are apoplectic and frothing at the mouth. Gives me a immense sense of pleasure. And I don’t need any smelly stuff as the gals love my manly scent. M and JonnieS need it as they are “metrosexuals” and women flee when they arrive.

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Todd Juvinall

22 May 2018

Gregory I think you are right. MA is jonnieSmith!

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

Mr. Steele accused Mr. Page of meeting with high-level Kremlin figures during his July visit to discuss bribes in exchange for sanctions relief. Mr. Page has testified under oath he never met with those two people or discuss bribes with any Russian.
Mr. Steele also said that former campaign manager Paul Manafort and Mr. Page worked together to coordinate the Russia hacking. Mr. Page testified he has never met Mr. Manafort.
There has been no evidence to rebut that testimony. Special counsel Robert Mueller has told Mr. Manafort’s defense lawyer that he has no evidence of his client talking to Russian officials.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/21/stefan-halper-fbi-informant-revelation-underscores/

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Don Bessee

22 May 2018

Just when you thought you were out they pull you back in –
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/22/huma-email-horror-returns-to-haunt-fbi-brass-in-ig-report-on-clinton-case.html
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M

22 May 2018

,,,todd,,,you are suffering from Trump Stockholm Syndrome,,,you are starting to act like and sound like your the man who hijacked your party,,,
,,,you must look mighty fine on the local links in your tidy whiteys and big red tie!!!

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Todd Juvinall

22 May 2018

M please stay off the meth, you are babbling again.

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Don Bessee

22 May 2018

Red wave ya po’ ol’ pollhead, not so fast kimosabe –
For the week ending May 20, Republicans are at 40.7 percent while Democrats have slipped down to 34.5 percent. The survey was of 1,139 respondents and is the first time in the 2018 cycle, dating back to the end of May last year, that Republicans have taken a lead ahead of Democrats in the Reuters tracking poll.
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/22/gop-takes-six-point-lead-in-midterm-generic-tracking-poll/
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Don Bessee

22 May 2018

That 15 minutes of fame is getting expensive –
The judgment came after Jason Frank, who used to work at Eagan Avenatti, alleged that that the law firm failed to pay a $4.85 million settlement he had reached in December. He said in court papers that the settlement was personally guaranteed by Michael Avenatti, who has garnered national attention as the attorney for Daniels, the porn actress who is suing President Donald Trump following an alleged 2006 affair.
“At this point, that’s what’s appropriate,” Judge Catherine Bauer said of the $10 million award, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Frank did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment.
He had worked at Avenatti’s firm under an independent contractor agreement and was supposed to collect 25 percent of the firm’s annual profits, along with 20 percent of fees his clients paid, according to court documents. He resigned in May 2016 after alleging that the firm didn’t pay him millions of dollars that he was owed, misstated the firm’s profits and wouldn’t provide copies of tax returns and other financial documents.
During Tuesday’s hearing, an assistant U.S. attorney said Avenatti had not made a payment that was due last week for unpaid taxes as part of the agreement that was reached in January. Court records show Avenatti had personally agreed to pay about $2.4 million in back taxes and penalties.
Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, said lawyers from that office represent the government in bankruptcy court when there’s a debt to a government agency, like back taxes or unpaid student loans.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-law-firm-stormy-daniels-lawyer-pay-200044316.html
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Paul Emery

22 May 2018

They are getting closer to beaching the Swamp King Michael Cohen, Trumps personal lawyer.
“The misfortunes of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen continue to pile up. The New York Times reports that his business partner, Evgeny A. Freidman—known as the taxi king—has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for a deal that would allow him to avoid jail time for tax fraud and grand larceny.”
Stay tuned for details!!!
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/cohens-business-partner-just-made-plea-deal-mueller-cooperating-investigators/

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fish

22 May 2018

Stay tuned for details!!!

Ah…..the seasoned veteran newsman
I knew that you would be back once the red headline flashed across the Drudge Report!
To quote Gregory……”what a maroon”!

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

My heart soars at the sound of the aqualunged one. 🙂

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M

22 May 2018

,,,like they told you when you left rehab fish,,,one day at a time,,,

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Todd Juvinall

22 May 2018

Raw Story? What the heck is that Paul Emery? Must be one of those lefty swamp things? You have to be kidding. Anyway, your zeal and giggling about Cohen is atrocious. Do you not understand that even your attorney-client privilege is now a thing of the past? So you may be next.

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fish

22 May 2018

Oh Dougski……still sitting in your leavings I see!

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

Scenes, Scenes, Scenes, Scenes!!!!!!!!!
For your consideration. John P. Carin’s name is struck in my noggin as well as the entire DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSA) under Obama.. Found this. Adrimal Mike Rogers is a friggin honest man hero. By the book. He found some hanky panky with FISA applications…and unmasking. No wonder Carin signed the FISA request and left Dodge the day after he filed with the FISA court….just as Rogers going up to spill the beans to the FISA Court. Later in November, Rogers informed President-elect Trump that Trump Towers was bugged. Trump’s transition team up and vacated The Towers. Anyway….this is up your alley.
https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/05/21/john-carlin-the-former-nsd-head-who-enabled-the-fbis-carter-page-fisa-warrant/
Bonus:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111003005900/en/Department-Justice’s-Acting-Head-National-Security-Joins

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Don Bessee

22 May 2018

Where will he and his Antifa buddies plan the resistance?
https://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Judge-sides-with-parents-boots-adult-son-from-12934669.php
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George Boardman

22 May 2018

Fish: Did they revoke your probation and make you serve the time?

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Don Bessee

22 May 2018

Just in case the po’ ol’ pollhead missed it now that he awoke.
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/22/gop-takes-six-point-lead-in-midterm-generic-tracking-poll/
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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

Welcome back from the munched need break, Mr. Fish. Now, if only our “news director” Popinjay would take a nice long break after sacrificing his cucumber by putting in his mouth. Shudder the thought.
Boardman has been lonely lately. Been hanging around. Loitering. It was fun for George B to make his break while they were changing the newspaper in his cage. He scaled the fences of his guarded compound “community” and has been running free on the outside. After awhile, he will return to back to his safe place now that it’s been cleaned and deeshened up. I am certain the armed guards will let him back in.

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

Who is Mike Dyson?
“You’re doing well but you’re a mean, mad, white man.” —Michael Dyson disparaging Jordan Peterson
Daily quotes:
“Clinton’s [presidential] bid was saved, not destroyed, by Obama’s law-enforcement agencies, which tanked a criminal case on which she should have been indicted. And the hush-hush approach taken to the counterintelligence case against Donald Trump was not intended to protect the Republican candidate; it was intended to protect the Obama administration from the specter of a Watergate-level scandal had its spying on the opposition party’s presidential campaign been revealed.” —Andrew McCarthy
“There doesn’t seem to be a real concrete intelligence origin for this investigation, and without a foundation, one wonders what did we spend an entire year on? … I spent a year fighting this thing with Ken Starr and I think this thing is just plain wrong and it’s got to be ended and stopped. … We’ve seen that the less [Mueller and his team] come up with, the more they investigate instead of the opposite.” —Mark Penn

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Paul Emery

22 May 2018

Fish writes:
To quote Gregory……”what a maroon”!
This is what is described as a “Maroon” from Websters
“noun ma·roon \ mə-ˈrün \ Examples: maroon in a Sentence. 1 capitalized : a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also : a descendant of such a slave. 2 : a person who is marooned.
Are you saying I am a descendant of an escaped slave Fish? Is that meant to be a derogatory statement? what does that mean?

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

Think Fish referred to definition #2. A person who is marooned.
Laurel or Yanny?
The US Department of Defense made light of the controversy on its Twitter account, with a photo of a US Marine Corps instructor berating a recruit: “I said it’s #Yanny, recruit, not #Laurel!”
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-05-yanny-laurel-soundbite-internet-din.html#jCp

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fish

22 May 2018

Posted by: George Boardman | 22 May 2018 at 04:48 PM
Probation revoked…..after a fashion! Let’s just say that I have a great deal more sympathy for your neighbor Ben Emery these days!

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Bill Tozer

22 May 2018

Obama Education Secretary encourages kids to drop out of school.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/56088-boycott-schools-over-lack-of-anti-gun-legislation

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fish

22 May 2018

Posted by: Paul Emery | 22 May 2018 at 05:13 PM
While I’m loath to engage you in another game of Uncle Paul’s Good Time Happy Fun Time Question Hour I direct you to any of your finer Bugs Bunny cartoons for clarification as to the words use and meaning!

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Don Bessee

22 May 2018

The po’ ol’ fakenewsman need to get a copy of the loonie toons dictionary, bugs bunny section, subsection ‘What a … 😉

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Walt

22 May 2018

Looks like Stormy’s lawyer will be needing work. There is always a need for fluffers. Stormy can surely get him a job.
He has shown he sucks as a lawyer. Now he can put that “suck” to good use.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/22/avenatti-law-firm-10-million-judgment/

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scenes

22 May 2018

re: Walt@5:55PM
Stormy Who?
On to the next ginned up controversy.

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scenes

22 May 2018

PaulE: “Are you saying I am a descendant of an escaped slave Fish?”
Maybe they were owned by some Turkish guy.

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scenes

22 May 2018

BillT@4:24
Thanks, I’ll read through those a couple of times.
Well now, the son speaks.
https://twitter.com/mflynnJR/status/998660562925113345

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Paul Emery

22 May 2018

Don
Haven’t read that stuff for years. Kinda shows your intellectual interests.

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Todd Juvinall

22 May 2018

Clint Walker passed yesterday. He was of course “Cheyenne” and in the Dirty Dozen. He lived here in Nevada County. He testified once in front of the BOS when I was there. GOD rest his soul!

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scenes

22 May 2018

Hey, cool. This should be interesting.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/michael-cohens-business-partner-evgeny-freidman-agrees-to-cooperate-as-part-of-plea-deal-nyt.html
The proverbial ham sandwich.

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