[OK boys and girls, it's time to do exercises that "help our mental health the most" – and heaven knows we need a lot of help there these days. I won't give away the punchline, but you can read all about it here. gjr]
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197 responses to “Sandbox – 20aug18”
Apropos to Gregory’s 914am in the last sandbox, the Daily Caller reports the skyrocket rise of CCW permits across the land over the last ten years, and again confirms that national crime stats show CCW holders to be the most law-abiding citizens in America. Their misdemeanor and felony crime rates are one-sixth that of law enforcement officers, already a very law-abiding bunch. Now none of that makes no nevermind to progressives who purvey solutions to ‘gun violence’ by passing ever more laws and regulations designed to inhibit citizens’ 2nd Amendment rights.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/19/concealed-carry-permits-skyrocketing/
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Speaking of mental health,, The LIBs have selective memory loss.
“Pulling security clearance is unprecedented!”
Once again, It was FINE when “O” did it.
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/08/20/flashback-media-didnt-care-when-obama-scrubbed-security-clearances/
“Here you have the Obama administration openly taking aggressive action for the exact same reasons the Trump administration is: a legitimate security concern over those no longer in government using their continued security access as a means to obtain wealth and position in the private sector (including anti-Trump media outlets).
But as you can see, when Obama did it no one in the media cared.”
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,,,From Gregory’s 20 August 2018 @ 09:01 AM 13aug18 sandbox post,,,
This quote from Julie Kelly illustrates the problem,,,
”’I knew you would take the loss hard—and personally—since all of you were super jacked-up to elect the first woman president. But I did not imagine you would become totally deranged, attacking anyone who voted for Trump or supported his presidency as a racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic Nazi-sympathizer.”’
Wrong Julie!!! Non trumpers think Trump is ”’a racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic Nazi-sympathizer”’ she left off Putin groupie,,,but not necessarily people who voted for him…
Julie and like minded folk are wearing a ”red scarf”’,,, They think because the voted for the Orange Man that they must defend every trumpskism Dear Leader tweets from his gold plated thone high in Trump Tower.
,,,If you are going to defend trumpski at every turn,,,yeah, people are going to start to think you agree and support racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, Nazis and White Supremacists, alternative facts, fake news and truth isn’t truth.
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,,,Is Melania growing some cojones??? Maybe trumpksi will follow suit and head out to Afghanistan and the other hot zones we have going to visit the troops!!!
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/melania-trump-trolling-potus-pussy-bow-blouse-speech-destructive-social-media-behavior-143345974.html
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Posted by: “M” | 20 August 2018 at 11:18 AM
,,,If you are going to defend trumpski at every turn,,,yeah, people are going to start to think you agree and support racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, Nazis and White Supremacists, alternative facts, fake news and truth isn’t truth.
Hey dugsKKKi…you never replied…..how come you choose to live in Lillywhite-estan instead of the vibrant inner city?
You’re a progressive aintcha?
……could it be “RACISM”?
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George
I agree that stats show that CCW permit holders meet strict requirements and ave been shown to be responsible and lawful gun owners. That’s a good argument to extend those requirements to ALL gun owners. Thanks for the verification that strict gun laws do work.
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Paul at 11:38 – nice try, Paul. CCW permits are voluntary. And good luck getting one in Kalifornia.
So – no ID to vote because RACISM!!!!!
Yet limiting Americans’ 2nd A rights to those who have ID – not racist.
Go ahead Paul – explain.
We’re all waiting.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 August 2018 at 11:38 AM
Thanks for the verification that strict gun laws do work.
Thanks for the verification that wee need a much more narrowly focused interpretation of the 1st amendment so it will be possible to force senile retread window lickers from the 60’s (you and the man of a thousand sock puppets spring to mind immediately) off the internet and into “homes” where they won’t degrade public discourse any further.
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Don’t follow you’re connection Walt. Please explain.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 August 2018 at 12:01 PM
Oh….forgot who we we’re talking to again Punch?
#seniorcarefacility
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Paul. You have been having plenty of problems with that.
Your comprehension levels falling again?
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Yes Fish, it time Paul’s 1ST Amend. rights get restricted. He’s getting a tad negligent with his.
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I was talking abut gun laws Walt. You are diverting the conversation to something else, Doesn’t work. You guys e\don’t even realize that I am agreeing with you about 2nd amendment issues.
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Let’s see here. They can pass all the gun laws they wish. It don’t matter one lick because any and all gun laws do not apply to criminals. Criminals do not obey gun laws and they are the problem, not law abiding citizens, lol. That’s why they call them criminals. Law breakers. Not law adherents. They can pass all the immigration laws they wish. Does not apply to legal immigrants, just the illegals who don’t give a crap about the law. That’s why they are called illegals…not legal.
Gun laws only apply to law abiding citizens which are not the problem. Me thinks that Dougski is just upset that he cannot own a gun or get a concealed carry because it requires all applicants to check the box about drug use. Federal classification of drugs…dope. Wacky tobaccy users are not allowed to get guns. Dopers owning guns is against the law.
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,,,my apologies dear Fishbreathe,,,
I assumed your question was rhetorical.
Yours,
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 August 2018 at 12:13 PM
I was talking abut gun laws Walt. You are diverting the conversation to something else, Doesn’t work. You guys e\don’t even realize that I am agreeing with you about 2nd amendment issues.
Yeah Punch…..you were talking about gun laws…..which Walt hadn’t mentioned but Scott had.
Like I said….. Window Licker!
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Posted by: “M” | 20 August 2018 at 12:15 PM
I assumed your question was rhetorical.
Ahh….just trying to find out if you subscribe to the progressive tenet, “The personal is political”…..
I guess you are a progressive only in the abstract dugsKKKi.
dugsKKKi luvs him some black people as long as he doesn’t have to associate with them. Good to know.
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Hey Paul. Try your luck getting the thugs in American ” fallujah” (Chicago) to follow your idea of gun laws.
Yaa… Those LIB gun laws are working great.
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PaulE 1138am – The only thing we seem to be agreeing on is that CCW permits should continue to be awarded with no more requirements than those in effect today. As far as gun purchases, gun ownership, and gun usage is concerned, we haven’t reached any agreement. Your attempt to extend CCW requirements into those other gun rights areas is another one of your misbegotten gotchas that didn’t go anywhere.
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Crickets sez: “Thanks for the verification that strict gun laws do work.”
It’s certainly an easy enough experiment to do. Simply look at adjoining states with similar demographics but different laws and see if they have different firearms murder rates (murder is best since there isn’t so much fudging in the numbers).
It’s not fair of course since I already know the answer to this question.
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Makes sense to me George that if the CCW requirements are so successful in curbing gun misuse why not extend them to all gun owners. Pretty logical. If it works why not extend it?
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Gun laws. Think most of us can agree that Chicago has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. Yet we read about the upsetting gun deaths in Chicago every single Monday after another violent weekend. To be fair, the vast vat majority of all the gun deaths in Chicago occur in just 2-3 of the 21 districts that Chicago is broken into. So why just those 3 districts, precincts if you prefer? Cause those are crime infested areas where criminals prey on the vulnerable. Criminals always prey on the vulnerable. South side of ole Chicago and southwest side is where criminals prey on the innocent.
The agrument made by our enlightened ones is that guns used by criminals from into the crime infested areas from surrounding areas and states. Which, of course, begs the question why those other surrounding areas and states do not have the same shooting/ murder crime stats as as Chicago? Why doesn’t the other 18 or so precincts in Chicago have high homicide rates? Why are 7% or so of the murderers in Chicago are white? Why? Why? Why? Is it because gun was only apply to law abiding citizens and never criminals? Criminals, like illegal aliens, don’t follow no stinkin’ laws.
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The little guys standing up with small donations –
The Republican National Committee added July 2018 to its list of record-breaking fundraising periods, raising $14.2 million last month.
At the end of June, the RNC had five times more money in the bank than the DNC, and the RNC had zero debt.
Throughout the year, the RNC has repeatedly broken monthly and quarterly fundraising records as it prepares to also defend the White House in 2020.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/rnc-breaks-fundraising-record-brings-14-2-million-july/
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 August 2018 at 12:35 PM
Are you trying to say that we should extend the right to carry concealed to all Chicongo citizens Punch?
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Speaking of criminals, have you seen this man?
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/19/feds-offering-reward-suspect-accused-threatening-trump/
This guy only got six years.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/18/confederate-statue-blow-up-prison/
These guys have got zero, so far.
https://m.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439/1139396909543863/?type=3&source=48
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Paul knows not what he stumps for. This should send him into a fit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/24/more-states-are-allowing-people-to-carry-concealed-handguns-without-a-permit/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.85047902c6c2
“At least 11 states have passed laws allowing the concealed carry of guns without a permit, and 16 states have introduced legislation this year to do the same, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures and the National Rifle Association”
You can turn down your pacemaker now Paul, Ca. ain’t one of them.
The state lost any sanity a long time ago.
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from the KVMR fake news guy – “Makes sense to me George that if the CCW requirements are so successful in curbing gun misuse why not extend them to all gun owners.”
Paul – try to use your brain. It’s that grey mush you might have inside your cranium.
CCW permits don’t curb gun misuse. The folks who apply and receive them have already demonstrated lawful habits and gun safety. Hoodlums aren’t going to be bothered. Law breakers don’t follow the laws, Paul. And the vast majority of gun owners that don’t apply for a CCW permit are just as safe and law abiding as the ones with CCW permits. They just don’t have a need for a CCW permit or know they won’t get one in the state they live in. Owning and possessing a fire arm is a Constitutional right, Paul. Unless the state can proactively prove I should forfeit that right because of a felony or other law breaking, with a right to due process then I shouldn’t have to apply to the govt for any reason to exercise my rights.
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I dunno. I hear that the 17 intelligence agencies think that Stormy Daniels has a CCW with a Russian handgun.
’round and ’round we go. The KVMR crack news team tango.
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Restricting the rest of the country’s 2A rights to people who only qualify for a CCW (different requirements in different states) is only logical for those who are working to confiscate guns from all non-govt types.
My preference is the other way around, starting with Chicago. Make it a test city and allow all Chicagoans to have the right to carry concealed weapons and pass a strongly written ‘stand your ground’ ordinance. The bad guys and crazies already do, so the only ones added would be the law-abiding folks who would give the bad guys something more to think about before they initiate gun violence. And if it works in Chicago, spread to a couple more cities like Baltimore and St Louis.
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Wonder why guns are back from the recycle bin? The decision in Hawaii concerning the right to bear arms means the right to bearing arms outside ones home? No, probably not. The recent decision affirming the right to concealed carry at a university in Georgia? No, that was more of a technicality than anything because of the crazy Georgia laws did not the grant the professors or the university the legal authority to sue in that case. A jurisdiction definition. Was it the gun control initiative with 360,000 signatures that was tossed out by a judge in WA because the print was too small and did not specify exactly how it would affect existing gun laws? Again, just a technicality. Is it because school is back in session?? No, probably not. It’s usually pretty quiet the first week back.
Must be because after gun deaths in Chicago went down in 2017, everybody thought the issue was being solved and walked away. Looks like 2017 was an one-off in the Windy City. Or maybe with Omarosa being dropped like a hot rock from CNN (appearances suddenly cancelled across the board) the ole standbys are the best they got. Who knows what evil lurches in the minds of men?
Or maybe if pot smokers can’t own guns, then nobody should have guns. Pure speculation.
https://m.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439/1140438872773000/?type=3&source=48
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Blue wave?
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/20/poll-lou-barletta-bob-casey-dead-heat-pa-senate-race/
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Gramps “ANTIFA” (Yaaa,,, YOU Paul) should be proud of his “kids”.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/20/antifa-police-shut-down-speech-seattle/
Just like what he wanted Our good Dr. to do to Mr. Bill.
You should recall what you said Paul,, it was just a few days ago.
“Antifa protesters at a “Patriot Prayer” event in Seattle, Washington, demanded police shut down the speech of peaceful right-wing protesters Saturday.
Multiple members of Antifa un-ironically told KTTH’s Jason Rantz that they wanted police officers — who they called “fascists” — to shut down the Patriot Prayer rally. Others wondered why the right-wing group was granted a permit to protest in the first place.”
Maybe Paul can tell us how he would report on that.
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Looks like its going to be Justice Kavanaugh for sure –
The New York Times added to the list when it published a recent story on how internal emails show Kavanaugh “helped the [Bush] administration’s effort to win Senate confirmation for one of Mr. Bush’s most disputed judicial nominees,” despite testifying in 2006 that nominee Charles W. Pickering Sr. “was not one of the judicial nominees that I was primarily handling.”
The piece reflected Democratic questions of whether Kavanaugh had misled the Senate.
However, National Review’s David French contacted Pickering, who said the Times did not try to contact him before its report and, further, he didn’t remember interacting with Kavanaugh even once during his confirmation fight.
He said in a statement: “While I worked with attorneys in the White House Counsel’s office, I cannot recall a single interaction with Brett Kavanaugh about my judicial nomination. I do not even remember knowing his name at the time. His 2006 testimony is accurate.”
The Daily Wire published a story mocking the Times for the report, writing sarcastically that “they really” got Kavanaugh this time.
“Combine this with his purchase of baseball tickets and love of beer and they might just take this guy down,” the column said.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/20/medias-biggest-kavanaugh-misses-aspiring-hit-pieces-on-supreme-court-pick-draw-mockery.html
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/20/alyssa-milanos-handmaids-tale-fail-actress-mocked-online-over-brett-kavanaugh-protest-garb.html
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Walt writes
“You should recall what you said Paul,, it was just a few days ago.”
I said a lot of things a few days ago Walt. What, when and where did I way what you are referring to?
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Your old age is showing again. Or selective memory loss?
FORGET how you demanded Dr.R to BAN Bill?(You didn’t like what he said) ” That’s all I will say”.- P.Emery
It sure must suck when your own attitude comes back to bite.
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As if we didn’t expect the son of a socialist/dem operative to pig out on politics –
Speaking to New York Magazine, Hogg described his ideal seven-year plan, which culminates with him running for the House of Representatives when he’s 25.
AND HE IS MODEST TOO –
“We really only remember a few hundred people, if that many, out of the billions that have ever lived,” Hogg told the magazine. “Is that what I was destined to become?”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/20/david-hogg-says-plans-to-run-for-congress-when-hes-25.html
😉
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George
the pressure on Trump to testify in the Mueller probe is increasing. Do you believe that the President of the United States has the right to lie under oath?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-mueller-interview-perjury-trap_us_5b7b3b7be4b018b93e96beb7
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Well that’s awfully po’ ol’ faknewsman of ya @ 3531! 😉
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“lie under oath” What a crock of crap Paul.
Clapper did, and nothing became of it.
And you missed THIS.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/08/20/newt-gingrich-muellers-fatal-mistake.html
Yup, Muller “F”ed up. No damned reason for Trump to talk.
Looks like your “pressure” just got vented.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 August 2018 at 03:53 PM
Punch…..are you trying to say that George believes that the President of the United States has the right to lie under oath…..under oath….there now I’ve said it twice!
Is that what you are trying to say! Is it……yes or no…….YES OR NO!
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With the sound of stomping feet in the background @ 410. 😉
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Bill should be banned from Rebanes blog for hate messages about certain nationalities and cultures. Our host has banned others on his blog for what he considers unacceptable behavior but apparently accusing Greeks and Scots of bestiality does not cross his threshold of unacceptable behavior.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 August 2018 at 04:32 PM
Or rather than whining you could start your own blog and set your own rules there.
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Nice try Paul. You can’t run from facts in HISTORY. Nor can you erase that history by silencing those who speak of it.
If YOU had been “banned” you would be the first to bitch.
Don’t you have some monuments to try and tear down?
How bout the statue of the Donner party? THEY DINED ON PEOPLE!!!
But like I said,, How Fascist of you. Now you made it a fact.
The 1ST is there to PROTECT speech YOU don’t like. Now turn your walker around, and cry on the KVMR airwaves.
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More on shadow banning
No, no, the problem I was told [with the author posting his appearance on Cavuto], was in the “crawler of words along the bottom of the video.” It was a quote of Trump declaring that the Robert Mueller investigation was a “witch hunt.” This was apparently hate speech.
Last month Facebook determined that my public page, with 184,000 followers, is a “political page.” None of my colleagues or other historians are so penalized. I suppose it’s because I post my Fox television appearances. My appearances on CNN should be okay, however. And my appearances on CBS? Well, the chart that Google promotes says CBS tacks slightly to the right but it is close enough to the middle to probably be safe.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/17/screenshots-show-google-shadowbans-conservative-pro-trump-content/
CBS tacks slightly to the right? Hmmm. Next time the airheads start screaming about NFL players right to free speech while on the clock working for a private firm, just tell them that free speech does not to apply to the private sector and show them this article.
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But those Scots and Greeks were doing what BillT said they were doing. The truth hurts.
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George
So Todd and Bill are buying into Bills accusations about the Scots and Greeks as well.
This collection of demented weirdos you have accumulated on your blog is amazing.
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Meuller knows he cannot indict a sitting President. It’s unconstitutional. Everybody knows it. Meuller knows it. He came out and said it. If he subpoenas Trump, Trump will toss it in the garbage. And Trump has not even evoked Executive Privilege. This is heading to the SCOTUS.
The growing “pressure” is from the wack head Lefties, lol. Like, would you let one of them even watch your kids? Kids as in goats.
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Punchy 353pm
So, does Paul think that if someone 1) tells the truth under oath and 2) that truth does establish one’s innocence, that it will not and cannot be used to establish the crime of perjury?
Cue the Final Jeopardy! theme…
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File under yajpv (yet another jordan peterson video)
Here’s one of the two most surprising and patriotic American testimonies I’ve ever heard… from a Canadian. It was the final question of Jordan Peterson at an Oxford Union event…
https://youtu.be/UZMIbo_DxJk?t=1h9m30s
I spent an hour and 15 minutes listening to it in its entirety and it was well worth the time, to me. Punchy might not get it.
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