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263 responses to “Sandbox – 23jul18”

  1. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    rl crabb | 23 July 2018 at 01:56 PM “bunky”? See you just can’t resist name-calling can you? And talent? Sorry but yours is slipping away and it is probably your fault with the imbibing things. Regarding a “pedestal” Sorry never have thought I was better than anyone else. Unlike you who make fun of people and claim you are not a bigot, I try and use debate. You are a flop and are simply lashing out. Regarding talent. I was a self made contractor and I designed and built over 60 homes here and elsewhere. My skills may not be as sharp as your Crayola drawings but many people are happily living in structures I created. You are simply a bigot Crabb and can’t admit it.

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  2. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Regarding these security clearances. I just had lunch with George Grayeb. He was a retired military man and he said he had the highest clearances you can get. He is now 90. Anyway he does not know if he still has them! And he said he has never had reason to ask.
    And the Mullahs want many more like “M” here. Fifth Columnists who would sell their mother out if the head choppers came here. I say Trump is trying to stir up the youth of Iran who are fed up with the old farts in charge. Maybe Trump could get the new gal Ocasio-Cortez over there as Ambassador? Youth on youth.

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  3. rl crabb Avatar

    Todd – “Sorry never have thought I was better than anyone else.” Is that why you refer to those who disagree with you as “you and your ilk?” Or why you label homosexuals as deviants? Obviously you must have some superior leanings other than debate.

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  4. "M" Avatar
    “M”

    ,,,RL,,,here we see the Great Divide in action!!!
    Sound UP!!!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-VrX0q41UI

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  5. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    rl crabb | 23 July 2018 at 03:48 PM Say what? You really are desperate to back up your ridiculous assertions. Look up ILK you may learn something. And the word is pretty simple. Even you can spell it. Three letters. And homosexuals like NAMBLA are degenerates and if you want to defend them have at it. You are one sick puppy.

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  6. rl crabb Avatar

    Haha! This is why I prefer to block Todd from my blog. These conversations never resolve anything. I’ll stop now. If you want to keep insulting me, Todd, go for it!

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  7. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Heck ya, why stop with resistance security clearances. You should always be careful pissing off the feds. Cali is becoming exhibit 1. Da man still got that phone and pen!
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-23/trump-is-said-to-seek-repeal-of-california-s-smog-fighting-power
    😉

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  8. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Haha?
    Earl, come back to the issue I raised…
    Crabby 1205pm
    “And Greggy, I’m not sorry I blocked you. Your inability to let anyone but yourself to have the last word was your downfall. After fifty or so responses to anything Steve Frisch says, it just becomes endlessly redundant.”
    And so your exaggerations continue. It was your inability to choose to curb your BFF and Frisch.
    Perhaps I quoted more than you could read in one sitting… would you agree with Frisch that this 335am comment of his has absolutely no personal insults in it?:
    Steve Frisch says:
    May 14, 2017 at 3:35 am
    I almost added a caveat to this little essay, that I fully expected a small minded troll who views the world through a lens of self appointed intellectual superiority and a single minded jihadist focus on climate change, would find the spelling error. Oh, BTW, “worshiping at the altar of Smith…” wasn’t referring to you. I was really thinking way behind the tiny world of Goodknight.
    I am amazed every time you comment at just how small you are.
    So, RL, is that a personal insult in your world, or not?

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  9. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    And another challenge to a perhaps boneheaded statement by RL:
    rlcrabb: “Immigration shouldn’t be so complicated to solve. Make the pathway to citizenship clear. Let the Dreamers be first in line. No voting or benefits until applied for citizenship. Clear enough?”
    How about “no voting or benefits” until AFTER citizenship is granted?
    More in the clear as mud category… the parents who brought the “Dreamer” in illegally… does the “DREAMer” then pull in their parents who violated US law in the first place? I say no… make them take their place at the end of the line, with five or ten years before their number can even bubble up to the top. Or the family can reunite in their country of origin and all try again later. Much later.
    This is what happens when a 2nd rate yet widely loved ‘tooner delves into hit-and-run political statements that he won’t discuss.

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  10. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Meanwhile its getting harder and harder to be a mutha mullah –
    “We weren’t afraid to tackle the regime at its highest level,” Pompeo said in a speech in California, referring to sanctions leveled in January against Sadeq Larijani, the head of Iran’s judiciary.
    Pompeo also confirmed that Washington wants all countries to reduce their imports of Iranian oil “as close to zero as possible” by November 4, part of US efforts to increase economic pressure on Tehran.
    “There’s more to come,” Pompeo said.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5981041/US-not-afraid-tackle-Iran-regime-highest-level-Pompeo.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490
    He also spoke in detail about Iran’s malign, ideologically-driven foreign policy.
    But arguably the most significant portion of the speech, entitled “supporting Iranian voices,” related to corruption and nepotism among the Islamic republic’s elite, including those claiming a mantle of religious authority.
    While ordinary Iranians suffer and cry out for jobs and opportunities, he said, the regime was lining “its own pockets.”
    “The ayatollahs are in on the act too,” Pompeo said. “Judging by their vast wealth they seem more concerned with riches than religion.”
    “These hypocritical holy men have devised all kinds of crooked schemes to become some of the wealthiest men on earth, while their people suffer.”
    https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/hypocritical-holy-men-pompeo-points-finger-corrupt-senior-iranians
    😉

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  11. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    rl crabb | 23 July 2018 at 05:19 PM
    As the readers can see RL Crabb is a typical unhinged liberal. Unable to debate so he scurries home to mommy to avoid the inevitable defeat. Thanks for surrendering Crabb, you are so easy.

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  12. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Looks like Governor CuomoBrown. Pardoning illegal; alien criminals so ICE can’t deport them. If the media was really unbiased I would expect them to get the same treatment as they are giving Trump about Putin. But don’t hold your breath.

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  13. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Will we see a cartoon on that? I bet no.

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  14. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Time for I report, You decide. Is this from Moscow With Love or is it legit? Or, the third option, our beloved fakenews category (non Putin the puppet master stuff).
    A) Russian!
    B) ‘tis true, tis true.
    C) CNN, Hello Giggles, ABC, TDS.
    I report, you decide.
    https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/dem-panic-page-may-seek-immunity-deal-to-come-clean-on-strzok-mccabe-even-comey/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=MobileFloatingSharingButtons&utm_content=2018-07-18&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    And they were polite to Bernie. Maybe Bernie changed a few minds. And they were polite to Bernie. Boy, that sounds like Ozzie and Hariot.
    https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/14/bernie-sanders-makes-rare-appeal-to-evangelicals-at-liberty-university/

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  16. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Was that supposed to be a secret like the government grant applications and lobbying?
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/5efcc000-7a13-36bf-9ff8-6c2bd2ab0b2c/tesla’s-call-for-supplier.html
    😉

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  17. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Here is what the democrats are doing. Notice the pink pussy hats.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv_eOMyhtms

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  18. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Crabb?
    Crabb?
    Crabb?
    Crabb?

    Weasel is as weasel does.

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  19. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    He truly is one.

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  20. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Todd, thanks but it would be better if you didn’t try to help.

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  21. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Then there was this lovely ‘toon of Steven Miller as Himmler:
    http://www.rlcrabb.com/history-2/move-over-kellyanne/
    An ugly characterization, especially since Miller is Jewish.
    It should be noted that the SCOTUS upheld the “travel ban” for exactly the same reasons Steven Miller was giving: the President has the authority over who shall be allowed into the country. Even a President Donald J. Trump.
    Reading the comments, it shows that I didn’t get the last word very often at all, and Crabb’s BFF, Frisch and mandersonation were all there commenting. Perhaps Crabby can give a link that illustrates the boorish behavior that led to my being disinvited to comment on his blog.

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  22. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Oh, sorry, the caricature of Stephen Miller was of little Joe Goebbels, not Himmler. No mustache.

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  23. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    I shall refrain from saying I’m been kicked out of a lot better places than that again.
    Yo Todd @ 8:08 pm. You Tube. That was mean. People are hurting out there. Instead of going down to the March, why not bring the March up here.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LosPTEKZtiI
    That was real mean.
    Now, there is something special about Kiki. She don’t cower to anyone in the world.
    “Instead, she noted, the council opted to issue a baseless report that “reads like a socialist political manifesto of higher taxes, government-run health care, and ‘decriminaliz[ing] being poor’ (never mind that nowhere in America is it a crime to be poor).”
    Meanwhile, the council has never condemned China, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia, or Zimbabwe — despite their terrible human rights records. Instead, nearly half of the resolutions it has passed to condemn countries for human rights violations have focused on Israel.
    For all these reasons — and thanks to Ambassador Haley’s leadership — America withdrew from the UN’s deeply flawed Human Rights Council last month.
    https://patriotpost.us/opinion/57216-nikki-haley-a-profile-in-courage
    Our tream is red hot, your team ain’t diddly squat. We got the guy who called the DNC hack aequivalent to the attack on Pearl Harbor handling the details with Russia. We got neocon Bush people in the form of one John Bolton. And we got Kiki and Sarah and Linda McMann. Not to mention Betty at Ed. Looks like we are getting to ready break some eggs. Opps. Forgot Kirstjen at Homeland. Home sweet home. Go team go. You go girls.

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  24. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Gregory | 23 July 2018 at 08:28 PM
    Thanks but you really don’t need to help. I have it under control.

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  25. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    BillT 925, Yeah those pussy caps and shouting at the sky liberals are too sad to make fun of. I could not help myself.

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  26. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “I have it under control.” – Todd
    Todd, you’re in the way.

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  27. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Gregory you are in the way.

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  28. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Gregory@8:56
    It’s not that easy to do a decent caricature, but Mr Crabb could stand to hone his skills. Bummer that the gags are rarely very good, since that would excuse the drawings.
    I mean, really…..
    http://www.rlcrabb.com/history-2/move-over-kellyanne/
    https://images.dailykos.com/images/366338/large/Stephen-Miller_Cartoon_You-Will-NOT-Deny-It.gif
    Of course, in both cases you have to label Miller since he isn’t well known. I figure that if you view yourself as a kind of latter-day Thomas Nast, at least do a good job.

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  29. '''M''' Avatar
    ”’M”’

    ,,,The neocon wannabe fascist state again attempts to censor political critisism of IL Douche by revoking security clearances!!!
    The truth is these Patriots always respect their security clearances.
    Meanwhile IL Douche gives China a pass on ZTE and Russia a pass on meddling!!!

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  30. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    “M” you are smoking too much ganja.

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  31. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Lean to the left, lean to the right, stand up, sit down, fight, fight, fight. The Dems have come up with a winning strategy at last! Instead of moving to the far left, they are moving to the right. The extreme far right! Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Guess they are getting sick and tired of being Leftist Losers. Leftist and loser have become synonymous. Time to walk away.
    “As Democrats attempt to flip both the House and Senate this November, it appears the platform they plan to run on is the same one the president used on the campaign trail
    http://www.oann.com/democrat-economic-platform-mimics-main-points-in-president-trumps-2016-plan/

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  32. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: ”’M”’ | 24 July 2018 at 07:41 AM
    ,,,The neocon wannabe fascist state again attempts to censor political critisism of IL Douche by revoking security clearances!!!

    dugski…..since you seem to know so little about what one can see and say regarding classified information once there is no longer a “need to know” and and not disclosing after the fact I would suggest that you spend more time doing the things where you’ve shown some measure of competence…….like pirating crappy kids movies or keeping your adult diaper topped off!

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  33. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Oh my. He has Trump really quaking in his boots now.
    David Hogg
    @davidhogg111
    I’m so happy to live in America, have free school, be sorounded by freedom loving people, peace and opertuinity. Just wanted to say that.
    @KristopherKeene
    ·Looks like that “free school” thing is not really panning out. * Surrounded, *opportunity.
    https://mobile.twitter.com/cryptoboater/status/1021778375470403585
    Sooey, sooooooeeeeeey, come boss, come. Sooooey, sooie pig,. Woo Pig Sooie.

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  34. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    What a gloom lot. And to think they couldn’t get any more miserable.
    Utopians will always be less happy than those who know that suffering is inherent to human existence. The utopian compares America to utopia and finds it terribly wanting. The conservative compares America to every other civilization that has ever existed and walks around wondering how he got so lucky as to be born or naturalized an American.
    A fourth explanation for greater unhappiness among liberals is that the more people allow feelings to govern them, the less happy they will be. And the further left one goes, the more importance one attaches to feelings.
    https://www.nationalreview.com/2010/11/why-unhappy-people-become-liberals-dennis-prager/

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  35. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    The Dougie saga, updated:
    “If you watch or skim through … any liberal TV show or news program, it’s Armageddon. It’s horrible. It’s like misery’s in your house and there’s a little guy breaking your ankles. They’re all sad,” he said.
    “They’re just miserable, and we’re like, ‘We won, we’re making money, I’m pop-locking it home.’ It’s a good time if you’re working hard and paying your bills and stuff. And if you’re not, you’re miserable. I’m not saying all Democrats don’t work, but I’m just saying there’s a certain group of them who prefer things done for them, and they’re pretty upset right now.”
    He had a valid point, but not in regard to the left’s reaction to President Donald Trump’s election. Trump just stepped into office a year ago, and since the study covers a 40-year span, he’s ultimately irrelevant to the study’s results.
    But what Tyrus said later about Democrats preferring “things done for them” hit the nail on the head. Conservatives find joy and meaning in working hard, fulfilling their obligations, taking care of their families and, in some cases, adhering to a religious faith. And while not every liberal is a welfare-consuming secularists, many leftists do readily subscribe to attitudes of victimhood and entitlement.
    https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/07/22/study-concludes-conservatives-are-more-likely-to-live-meaningful-lives-656719

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  36. "M" Avatar
    “M”

    ,,,from the neocon’s premier news outlet,,,
    ”’In recent months, a consensus has emerged among the conservative dissidents of the Trump era: We’ll continue to oppose the president when his policies and practices are counter to our principles, they say, but also be sure to publicly give credit whenever he stakes out an agreeable position on any issue that matters. During the campaign, obdurate opposition served the purpose of challenging his candidacy and elevating his competitors, but now, with Trump sitting in the Oval Office, the thinking goes, it smacks of sour grapes—and, given that he does do things with which we agree, it amounts to cutting off our noses to spite our faces. So, serve as the loyal opposition as necessary but join the cause when possible.
    It is a coherent approach. It is the pragmatic one. But it is unsatisfying and unsettling. And with each casual lie, crude insult, attack on the media, slight of the intelligence community, and example of grotesque servility to Russia’s dictator, it increasingly appears morally misguided.”’
    ,,,but try convincing a MAGAhead of this,,,What a Hoot!!!
    https://www.weeklystandard.com/andy-smarick/the-moral-ledger

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  37. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    You know, I forgot all about Aug, 2016 – The people who drafted McMullin to be the “Never Trump” independent candidate are some of the Republican establishment’s most well-known operatives: Bill Kristol…….funny how Trump brought Romney to the Towers to give him and interview. Romney got interviewed alright. Come to think of it, both of the candidates the old Republican Party previous nominated for President are Nevertrumpers. Mitt (who straps cute adorable puppies to the roof of the family wagon) and that angry D from Arizona who went around singing “Bomb, bomb Iran.” Not its Russia. Russia, Russia.
    “I was absolutely outraged by [Donald Trump’s] behavior in Helsinki, where he really sold the American people out. … Perhaps he is being blackmailed by Russia because they may have compromising information about him or perhaps also you have a president who really does have strong authoritarian tendencies and maybe he admires the kind of government that Putin is running in Russia.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist-VT). How was your honeymoon. Comrade?
    For months I’ve been trying to tell the American public that this president is dangerous [and] that he’s in bed with Putin. Don’t forget this president can’t borrow money in the United States from any bank. This president is looking at Russia for his new money, financial playground. … I think he is Putin’s apprentice. He’s been under his tutelage for a long time now.” —Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
    “Hello everybody. I’m so excited to be hopping on here, on Senator Sanders’ [Twitter] account, and we’re here in Kansas City to rally for Brent Welder. We’re going to flip this seat red in November.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a Freudian slip about the election map color
    And a blast from the past: “A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.” The Gipper.

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  38. George Rebane Avatar

    M 741am – Pray, how is removing someone’s security clearance censoring his speech?? Do you really know the definition of ‘censor’?

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  39. "M" Avatar
    “M”

    ,,,nitpick,,,nitpick,,,nitpick!!!
    ,,,George,,,do you know why these folks still have security clearances??? It is so they can provide context, backstory, and advice to subsequent security officials,,,that is, so they can share secrets!!!
    ,,,why would revoking security clearances become breaking news???
    ,,,maybe because trumpski wants to stifle them, spank them, muzzle them and discredit them and hijack the news cycle from his horrible, immoral, unpatriotic behavior !!!
    Any more questions???

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  40. Paul Emery Avatar

    Oboy
    Billions of $$$ in farm aid to create more LaMalfa’s. and where is this money coming from? General funds of course adding to our deficit.
    “The Trump administration is planning to ease fears of a trade war by announcing Tuesday about $12 billion in aid to farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs, according to three sources familiar with the plan.
    The administration’s plan is expected to use two commodity support programs in the farm bill, as well as the Agriculture Department’s broad authority to stabilize the agricultural economy during times of turmoil by buying up excess supply. The plan is also expected to focus on providing aid to the dairy sector in particular, one of the sources said.”
    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/24/trump-trade-aid-for-farmers-737108

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  41. George Rebane Avatar

    M 1104am – From this I take it that you don’t know what ‘to censor’ means. Furthermore, there is no evidence at all of their being involved in or needed for any counseling of “subsequent security officials”, and most certainly they would be prohibited from sharing with uncleared people (and without the need to know) any classified information still in their possession. Elsewhere I have explained why they still have security clearances. And in the final analysis, it is the President’s call as to whether their continued enjoyment of said clearances helps or hurts the government and the nation it governs. Elections do have consequences.

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  42. "M" Avatar
    “M”

    ,,,see blackout, repress, silence, suppress
    Words Related to censor
    cleanse, purge, purify
    abbreviate, blue-pencil, edit, shorten
    bleep, blip, cut (out), delete, excise, expunge, gut, x (out)
    black out, repress, silence, suppress
    censure, condemn, denounce
    examine, review, screen, scrutinize
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor
    https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/censor

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  43. "M" Avatar
    “M”

    ,,,and the next administration can merely reinstate their security clearances!!!
    totally petty trumpski BS!!!

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  44. George Rebane Avatar

    M 1142am – Excellent Mr M, now try and connect any of those to the removal of the parties’ security clearances.

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  45. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Just what every presidential candidate needs, well at least this one –
    http://www.theamericanmirror.com/mystery-was-hillary-wearing-life-alert-emergency-device-during-nyc-appearance/
    😉

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  46. Paul Emery Avatar

    Hoseman Bessee
    Can you tell me why this has any importance?

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  47. ’’’M’’’ Avatar
    ’’’M’’’

    ,,,security clearance smoke screen to highjack news cycle,,,so he can say fake news and denounce said officials,,,to cleanse and purge opinions of his excellency’s antics…
    ,,,trumpski is trying to repress negative opinions about his shenanigans,,,
    See terms related to censor above

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  48. George Rebane Avatar

    M 1255pm – “highjack news cycle”, “denounce said officials”, “cleanse and purge opinions”??? I see from these that you were not able to connect ‘censor’ to security clearance removal, since none of these inhibit the ability of “said officials” to speak their minds in public forums.

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  49. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: GeorgeR@1:05PM
    It’s just more bitching.
    Remember the ‘Two Scoops’ outrage?
    https://ilovemyfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trumpicecream.png
    There’s no point in paying attention to these guys anymore. It’s like listening to someone complain about their ex-wife.

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