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[Apologies again for that last sandbox getting a bit long of tooth.  Here's some fresh sand in which to continue those ever engaging discussions about the local scene – as we are told, 'All politics is local' (but let's not get carried away). ;-)  gjr]

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222 responses to “Sandbox – 17jun18”

  1. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Bill Tozer | 17 June 2018 at 09:05 AM
    I love it when the Christian bashing born again liberals turn into Bible Thumpers.

    Every generation there’s one! Somebody who takes it upon himself to speak for Christianity as a whole….this time it’s Schaeffer. Last time it was that guy who publishes Sojournersβ„’…..Jim Wallis. It usually turns out that they are far less interested in faith than in using “faith” to justify actions by the state!
    Leftists in sheeps clothing!

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  2. fish Avatar
    fish

    Sorry for the rerun George but given the gravity of my “crime” I had to make sure that Punch had a reasonable probability of seeing the evidence!
    For the good of the nation!

    Trump associate Roger Stone reveals new contact with Russian national during 2016 campaign
    Although I wasn’t a Trump supporter during the campaign (INSERT DENIAL OF VOTING FOR TRUMP HERE) ironically I too met with a Russian national just this morning at Raleys over coffee. No MAGA hat thank god….that would have been a dead giveaway that…..let’s call him Peter…..was up to no good and certainly trying to influence…..err…..something! Perhaps Medicare (He showed me photos of his 89 year old mother)….or maybe farm policy (he was bragging, quite rightly about the beautiful purple garlic he grew in his garden).
    Punchy you would be well within your rights as an upright and vigilant American to call the FBI immediately and report a subversive in your midst.

    https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Trump-associate-Roger-Stone-reveals-new-contact-13001555.php

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  3. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: M | 17 June 2018 at 10:36 AM
    Well good on her!
    See dugski you don’t always have to post nonsense!
    I think real progress has been made this morning!

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  4. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    not so fast fish
    his nonsense was the sarcastic MAGA
    no Doug, there is no sympathy for the sh*t in the stars and bars shirt here. take your haggis elsewhere.

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  5. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Gregory | 17 June 2018 at 11:17 AM
    his nonsense was the sarcastic MAGA

    ….and mine was: I think real progress has been made this morning!

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  6. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Has JonS/LindaC gotten out of jail yet?

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  7. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Todd Juvinall | 17 June 2018 at 11:48 AM
    Has JonS/LindaC gotten out of jail yet?

    No idea….but given the paucity of smug lefty posts since her …..ahem….outburst… I’m guessing that she was responsible for much more than the 25 to 35% of the “smith” blather that I Initially credited her for!!

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  8. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Is she a he or isn’t he? That is the question. Is jon smith Aunt Linda or is Linda really Uncle Jon? Only the hair dresser knows for sure.
    My two cents worth is that the unfornaturate incident within the Halls of Justice May have had little bearing on the sudden decrease in his/her/it’s coloroful commentaries here. Nay, I say. Think, think, think. Back up one step. What preceded this eruption of silence? What happen just prior to the dispensation of Justice from the bench? What, pray tell, explains the silence prior to the silence????
    β€œIf Hodge was anything other than an outspoken, finger pointing, self lamenting, and brash lesbian with zero qualifications, Miller would have lost.
    Posted by: jon smith | 08 June 2018 at 01:40 PM”
    And that’s the last we heard from Mr. smith.
    That outburst above may have led to one jon smith being taken to the woodshed and put in the doghouse for a long time out by…let’s just say…by those birds of a feather. He turned on his own. He is now an official Uncle Tom. A traitor to the cause. A Freudian slip. We all know what he was really saying, what he really meant.
    Divorces are messy. Some crack under the pressure. An insight into the mind of a crazy woman calling to be locked up before she does more harm. The courtroom drama was not the straw that broke the camel’s back, merely residue from of the fallout.
    Sure, Gregory can say correlation does not necessarily equate to causation, but he has yet to said correlation never equates to causation. Follow the time line, and in a divorce settlement, follow the money. My healthcare insurance is just two damn high and I am losing my roommate, that lesbian c word.
    Or, maybe not.

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  9. Paul Emery Avatar

    So George and others Trumps comments that I referred to are in the “just kidding” category according to you. Am I correct in that observation?

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  10. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 124pm – Many are, most are not, please be specific. This is especially important since you took Trump’s last comment as the serious desire of a nascent dictator.

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  11. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy 124pm
    I’d be interested in the actual words GR wrote that you derived your “observation” from. You know, “quotes”.
    It seems to me that your “observations” are typically independent from the words written by the people you’re attempting to caricature.

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  12. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Taken from a comment I just put under the proper subject of Trump in Singapore….to follow the rules of engagement. πŸ™‚
    β€œNow, suddenly, Trump’s gone from warmonger to the second coming of Neville Chamberlain?
    Finally, Pompeo declared, β€œIn contrast to the previous administration, we want to include Congress as a partner in this process. We want our efforts to have broad support with the American people and endure beyond the Trump Administration. A treaty would be our preferred way to go.”
    https://patriotpost.us/opinion/56576-trump-deserves-more-latitude-and-less-attitude
    Sounds to me that Trump is moving from a saber rattling warmongering Dictator For Life God Emperor to a soft puddle of Neville Chamberlain goo. Wants Congress involved and follow the rule of law, turning β€œdeals” into Treaties, as laid forth by the Constitution of these here United States. Something that last longer that Trump’s stunning and law abiding presidency. Sounds like Trump does not intend to rule forever. Very odd.
    For a dictator lubing fellow, Trump is going in the wrong direction. That Trump even wants Congress to retake it’s Constitutional powers our legislative branch relequished under Hussein O. The Dictator Trump is doing it all wrong, breaking from his predecessor. Impeach him!

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Let’s see what the Leftist Industrial Media Complex is saying, shall we?
    Oh my. MSNBC Accuses Trump of Creating β€˜Concentration Camps’; Warns: β€˜Your Kids Could Be Next’
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2018/06/15/msnbc-accuses-trump-creating-concentration-camps-warns-your-kids
    That was scared. What else is in the new? Oh my, it’s panic time. ABC Panics as Congressional Leaders Call for Mueller Probe to be Wrapped Up
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2018/06/17/abc-panics-congressional-leaders-call-mueller-probe-be
    Dare I peek at more? Oh good. Nothing to see here is good news. What a relief.
    PBS’s Mark Shields Sounds Silly: ‘Very Sparse’ Evidence of FBI Bias Against Trump
    Nothing in the news today, I reckon. Let’s see what’s going on across the Pond. Oh my. Which reminds me, The Celtic Festival is coming up in September and is KVMR’s biggest event of the year. Wonder if our government handouts are co-mingled with the other funds to bring it here? We do pay 18% of Punchy’s salary….at least the taxpayers do. Bring it on!
    Alt-Left Insanity: Irish Lads Should Be Able to Get Abortions Too
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/matt-philbin/2018/06/15/alt-left-insanity-irish-lads-should-be-able-get-abortions-too

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  14. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Here is a little fakenews tidbit on this Happy Fathers Day –
    According to the Times, Pruitt’s request came after accepting the job as EPA administrator, which suggested he was using his position as the means for the favor.
    However, the letter written on McKenna Pruitt’s behalf by Howell was written on November 1, 2016 β€” a full week before Donald Trump was elected president.
    The Times has since deleted it from its article.
    Deleted passage as follows:
    As an example, Mr. Pruitt, shortly after taking the E.P.A. job, reached out to the former speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates seeking help for his daughter, McKenna, in securing admission to the University of Virginia School of Law. William Howell, the former speaker, appears on Mr. Pruitt’s official E.P.A. calendar, and he confirmed in an interview that he was approached by Mr. Pruitt and subsequently wrote a letter to the school’s dean on the daughter’s behalf.
    Mary M. Wood, a spokeswoman for the university, declined to comment on the letter, which has not been previously reported, citing student privacy. Mr. Howell said he doubted his letter tipped the scales for Ms. Pruitt. A spokesman for Mr. Pruitt said that he and Mr. Howell had known each other for two decades and that β€œletters of recommendation are normal process for an application to law school.”
    http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/06/17/ny-times-forced-to-backtrack-on-scott-pruitt-hit-piece-with-correction/
    πŸ˜‰

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Don’t expect a retraction.
    Headline reads: β€œMaddow Claims North Korea ‘Gave Up Nothing’ for Summit”.
    Well, it’s about time. We have been waiting for you. Welcome home for Father’s Days. Job well done. You are no longer on patrol.
    https://americanmilitarynews.com/2018/06/breaking-north-korea-begins-returning-remains-of-missing-us-troops-from-korean-war-trump-says/?utm_source=foramerica&utm_campaign=alt&utm_medium=facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/worldwarwings/photos/a.1388755691430634.1073741827.1388620574777479/1875098929462972/?type=3&theater

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  16. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Every mass shooter in our history, save one, was not raised by his biological father.
    β€œBut Dad doesn’t get a lot of guidance, either. In another study, this time from the journal Pediatrics, two University of Michigan researchers describe their difficulty finding parenting education programs aimed at fathers. β€œWe … celebrate our fathers on Father’s Day,” write study authors Joyce Y. Lee and Shawna J. Lee. β€œHowever, we leave them with almost no resources for navigating the transition to fatherhood. This disparity in services is inevitably hurting not only fathers, but also their children.” Over time, conflict about raising the kids can put a strain on a relationship, too often leading to divorce and its consequences for those children β€” not just emotional and mental health issues, but risks even including a decreased chance of attaining a college degree.
    Unfortunately, things may get worse for dear old Dad before they get better. Writer John Hawkins describes the rise of what’s considered β€œtoxic masculinity,” noting, β€œWe take a young man and kick his father out of his life, send him to school where he has mostly women teachers, barrage him with negative messages about masculinity, then turn him loose at college where we treat him like a guilty-until-proven-innocent rapist, and after all that, we blame β€˜masculinity’ when he goes off the rails despite the fact that he spent a lifetime bathed in femininity. Unsurprisingly, the more women try to change masculinity, the more negative and toxic it actually becomes.”
    https://patriotpost.us/articles/56564-dads-attempt-to-stay-relevant

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  17. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Toes 822pm
    Are you saying men not raised by their bio dads shouldn’t be allowed to own guns?
    FYI I know you didn’t say that, I’m just practicing my Punchy-style debate technique.

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  18. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    The Supremes didn’t address Janus today.

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  19. fish Avatar
    fish

    ….yet another example of those cherished Than Franthisco valuths!

    “Terrified” San Francisco Tourists Shocked By Aggressive Vagrants, Discarded Needles, Dead Bodies

    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-17/terrified-san-francisco-tourists-shocked-aggressive-vagrants-discarded-needles-dead

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  20. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Suppose this one could go under Venezuela, Seattle, or Tidy Bowl. Short article touches on a Hodgepodge of topics previously discussed here on RR.
    What’s appearing on the horizon? Ah, something old, something new, and something blue.
    β€œExactly what are these bold, transformative Democrats proposing?
    At last Wednesday’s progressive pep rally, the main event revolved around the current pool of 2020 presidential hopefuls for the Democrats β€” U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Cory Booker (New Jersey), Bernie Sanders (Vermont), Kristen Gillibrand (New York) and Kamala Harris (California).
    These politicians previewed issues that we should expect in the 2018 elections as well as the 2020 presidential cycle. Despite their passion, their platform was embarrassingly reflective of the mythical belief that government has its own money, can create jobs and is the institution that should, by default, replace all others that serve a civil society.”
    https://patriotpost.us/articles/56611-just-how-far-are-democrats-lurching-left

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  21. fish Avatar
    fish

    “The New York Times wrote a rather lengthy article about it, though it showed up on page A-17. It received similarly β€œnot prominent” coverage in other major papers. The Associated Press took a fairly deep dive on it, but you need to search around a bit on their website to find it.”

    One dead, 22 injured.
    The Art All Night Trenton shooting isn’t of much interest to the majority of the press because it includes all the wrong sort of people for a hot story with a political hook. First of all, pretty much everyone involved with the shooting was black. There were rival gangs mixing it up at the festival. The cops even knew about it in advance because people were tipping them off about the gang presence. They had come and told the festival organizers they should shut down early because trouble was brewing. The organizers were in the process of doing that when the fireworks started.
    The one shooter who is currently at room temperature, 33-year-old Tahaij Wells, had been out of prison on parole for all of four months for a previous murder. There were β€œmultiple” gangs involved. The weapons of choice were almost entirely handguns so there was no chance to rail against β€œassault rifles.” (One suspect did have an extended magazine capable of holding more rounds than state law allows.) We’re not seeing any demands for information on the weapons used. Why? I’d like to know how many of those gang members were in possession of handguns they legally purchased after passing a background check. But nobody in the national press seems to be interested in telling that story either.
    One dead, 22 injured.

    The local leftys…..well you can’t expect them to get worked up over every shooting!
    https://hotair.com/archives/2018/06/18/mass-shooting-nobody-will-march/

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  22. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    @ 9:30 am
    Thanks. Almost a media blackout. I dug around last night and found some local NJ outlet with some details. When I read that there were more people hanging around the outside of the Finger Painting Art Faire than inside, that there was an unusual (voluminous) amount of trash piling up outside and people gathering, I said gang banger time. Just like a drive by shooting, they couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn. 22 injured? What were they shooting at? The ground? Amateur night. πŸ™‚
    When I read that Little Hogg did not even hop on his bicycle and race to comfort the children like he did in Florida and Texas and…..I knew it was just Chicago time. Nothing to see here.
    Da spin:
    Less than 24 hours after the gunfire, Murphy — a former Goldman Sachs banker who served as President Barack Obama’s ambassador to Germany — began calling for gun control without addressing the other circumstances involved in the crime.
    “It’s yet another reminder of the senseless gun violence, even having signed six stringent gun laws last week,” Murphy said at a news conference Sunday following a service at Trenton’s Galilee Baptist Church.
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/18/nj-governor-sees-guns-not-shooters-early-prison-release-as-problem.html
    Hmmm. NJ Gov is former Obama ambassor to Germany? Well, that explains it all.
    https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/rpp.51560645913/10155574575795914/?type=3&theater

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  23. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Looks like Travis Allen and John Cx totaled way more votes than Newsome in our little county.

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  24. fish Avatar
    fish

    Yeah….those “ebil” gunz……they are never used to good ends!
    https://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Gunman-wounds-2-at-Walmart-store-fatally-shot-by-13002485.php

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  25. fish Avatar
    fish

    Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahaaha!

    $PLC Pays $3.3 Million Settlement to Counter-Extremism Group It Called β€˜Anti-Muslim.’

    Shaping up to be a not half bad Monday!
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/splc-pays-dollar33-million-settlement-to-counter-extremism-group-it-called-anti-muslim

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  26. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Even Reutters has Trump at 45-50. Paul Emry must be crapping his depends.

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  27. Paul Emery Avatar

    Ann Coulter wants the Republican Party disbanded
    “You’re right. Indistinguishable from the Democrats. It’s for the rich. It’s for the donors. Since he’s been president. I know he’s up against a lot, but man the swamp has been moving in!:”
    https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/ned-disband-entire-republican-party-ann-coulter-completely-gop/

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  28. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Great –
    Overall, 70.8 percent of applicants with one arrest were approved for the amnesty, as were 59.9 percent of people with two arrests and 51.7 percent of people with three arrests. One-third, or 33 percent, of applicants with eight arrests were included in the amnesty, as were 18.8 percent of people with a record of 10 or more arrests.
    http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/18/dhs-factsheet-shows-1000s-daca-crimes/
    πŸ˜‰

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  29. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 18 June 2018 at 12:05 PM
    Are you saying that Ann Coulter wants to end the Republican Party?

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  30. Paul Emery Avatar

    Quote from Coulter. From 12:05 link
    Coulter took her disdain to a deeper level.
    β€œI completely agree with you that we need to disband the official Republican Party. That was the point you were making and I completely agree. I’m sorry Representative,” Coulter said, turning to Chaffetz.
    β€œHey, I quit, so,” Chaffetz said with a chuckle.

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  31. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Punchy scores @ 12:24pm
    That’s my Ann. Boy, you should have heard her screaming at Trump when this backdoor amnesty DACA thing was first being dealt with. Lyndsey and Dickie Durbin were holding hands, Rubio and McCain hitting a orgasmic climax thinking they would slam this through right pass Trump ……….and Trump looked like he was on board to NOT ending chain migration, not ending the lottery, not ending DACA, and not building the friggin Wall!!!!!
    Oh my. She popped her cork, as did Levin and Ingrahm and me and everybody under the sun. Trump ran on THIS issue, the biggest issue in the entire history of the human race. Got the public on board. Liar!! Friggin liar Trump!
    Boy, she was hotter than a goat’s butt in a pepper patch. Those RINOs got to be flushed. Smoke them out and slice their sorry carcasses in tiny pieces. They are worse than wolves in sheep’s clothing. They are Democrats! and Trump appeared to have turned his back on us Deplorables. A curse on both their houses!!
    Yep, that be Ann. At least she did not get deported from Canada like Amy Goodman did. Ann has simply denied entry. They don’t do things the way we Americans do.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1NsHf_BWI
    Go Ann, go. Give them hell. Keep their feet to the fire. We love you, Ann Coulter. Don’t hold back Ann. Have to Drain the Swamp to make America Great Again. USA, USA!
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1NsHf_BWI
    Scortch that earth, Ann. You rock.

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  32. George Rebane Avatar

    Now what kind of self-reflection do Democrats have to offer as a counterpoint to self-critical Republicans?

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  33. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Fluke or Flake gone, Corker is heading out the door, and McCain has half a mind to stick around. They took the 50,000 lottery and moved it over to and added on to 1 MILLION legal immigrants we kindly allow each year to move here, more that all the other nations combined. And ending chain migration is just tiny nibbles on the furthest edges, like 4th cousin removed on grandpa’s side.
    Go Ann Go!!
    Yo, Punchy, were the heck have you been? Ann wrote the best seller β€œHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) back in September of 2005. You act like you just discovered something new, bubble boy news director. Ok, should I say β€œpathetic” or β€œsad”? Decisions, decisions,
    The subtitle of the book is How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)….or a Republican.”
    Wow, that is some gem you uncovered there. Did a cow kick a rock and you discovered gold in them thar Hills? And Madonna discovered sex and Hilary discovered the need for an internet business hub here.

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  34. M Avatar
    M

    We are going Socialist George, what else?

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  35. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    It’s one thing to be self critical George and another thing to sink the ship which is what Coulter advocates.
    Quote from Coulter:
    ” we need to disband the official Republican Party.”

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  36. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Keep it up team lefty its working, just not for you!
    President Donald Trump’s approval rating is at an all-time high of 45% in the Gallup weekly tracking poll.
    His disapproval rating is 50%, near its record low.
    Trump’s approval rating at this point in his presidency lines up with the ratings of other presidents at similar times in their first terms.
    http://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-approval-rating-gallup-highest-level-poll-2018-6
    πŸ˜‰

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  37. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Chickens coming home to roost –
    Former FBI director James Comey is under investigation for mishandling classified information, DOJ inspector general Michael Horowitz revealed Monday.
    He is specifically under investigation for his handling of memos he wrote about interactions with President Trump while FBI director.
    πŸ˜‰

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  38. George Rebane Avatar

    M 208pm – That course for Democrats has been clear to those who pay attention for some years now. Can you offer any justification as to why the Democrats are promoting this shift in governance on the sly? Why is your party trying to bamboozle the people instead of putting it right into your platform and then debate public issues from the point of promoting the path to socialism?

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  39. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Looks like the gerrymandering will continue! Good for Republicans! LOL

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  40. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    Didn’t you offer a post not long ago about the dangers of Gerrymandering? This is done on both sides so I don’t regard it as a Republican only issue.

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  41. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: M | 18 June 2018 at 02:18 PM
    Good luck with that Diaper Boy……
    https://survivalblog.com/mathematics-countering-tyranny/

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  42. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 18 June 2018 at 03:56 PM
    Are you saying that both parties indulge in Gerrymandering Punch?

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  43. M Avatar
    M

    Oh ya Lamprey James Wesley Rawles musings can cure that dysfunction thing in Preppers,,,if that doesn’t do it for ya maybe this real estate company will,,,
    https://blackriflerealestate.com

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