[Is anyone still interested in the Mueller investigation now that the Judge Kavanaugh conflagration is passing from the ridiculous to the sublime? gjr]

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157 responses to “Sandbox – 5oct18”
Walt, check this out. Cool.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10218504891557685&set=a.1097606684515&type=3&theater
But this is even cooler. Wonder if they make a solar model.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_bA6RmsV6R0
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China’s foreign exchange reserves fell more than expected in September as the yuan currency weakened further against the dollar amid mounting trade tension with the United States.
Reserves fell $22.69 billion in September to $3.087 trillion, compared with a decline of $8.23 billion in August, central bank data showed on Sunday.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected reserves to drop by $5 billion to $3.105 trillion.
The yuan fell for the sixth straight month in September as the dollar remained buoyant, suggesting Beijing may be in no rush to intervene as a weaker currency would support its exporters amid the escalating Sino-U.S. trade war.
The value of China’s gold reserves fell to $70.327 billion at the end of September, from $71.228 billion at the end of August.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/chinas-sept-fx-reserves-drop-082147863.html
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Local technocrat weighs in with personal observation….
jeffy neither…..what with the relentless jamming of food into his big ol pumpkin head!
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Thanks Bill! Boy did that photo bring back memorys.
Dad told me of his witnessing that when he was a boy.
Sometimes I hate you. DAMN.. Now I need to go through all of Dad’s old slide photos. He may have took one.
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This is what comes out when you pull the string on JoKes neck…..
If only we can get him to stop pulling it himself!
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FISH the rumor is Frisch has hired some illegals from Guatemala as landscapers and maintenance types.
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Give him a break Todd. The economy is SO good, every legal worker is already employed.
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You can find this bus on Searls Ave in Nevada City
I think Paul already has.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bngp0NDHDCk/?tagged=bongbus
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@ 1:19 pm
Sounds like Joe K is on autopilot. He could recite that in his sleep. Some folks aren’t taking losing graciously. The agony of da feet.
https://m.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343/1449858748481491/?type=3&source=48
https://www.facebook.com/BuckSexton/photos/a.568156706588519/2136154773122030/?type=3&theater
Huba hubba
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215516995070429&set=a.3798361769993&type=3&theater
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Walt is there a goat too?
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BillT 204
Maybe those losers will do the Jim Jones waltz?
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Todd @ 1:24 pm
Well, count your blessings. He could have hired El Salvadorans. Sad sign of our times.
https://nypost.com/2018/10/06/hamptons-millionaires-build-luxe-panic-rooms-to-hide-from-ms-13/
Who grieves for her? Not Steve, not Cortez
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-charged-in-new-york-with-vicious-rape-of-woman-police
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Fish.. Do you happen to know a Samantha? (same last name as yours)
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So the SOB pulled it off.. Never heard the news of the win.
Hof, who appeared in the HBO reality TV show “Cathouse” about prostitutes at one of his brothels, won the Republican state primary in June for a seat in the Nevada assembly and is considered the favorite in the November general election. “(and I hope he does)
But look at what his first win got him.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigration-violations-possible-sex-trafficking-found-nevada-brothels-010509421.html
The inspectors say this.
“A four-month-long internal investigation found prostitute registration procedures to be rife with violations over several decades, the sheriff’s office statement said.
“Those practices include US immigration law violations, foreign country human trafficking indicators, fraudulent statements, issuance of work cards prior to completing criminal history background checks, and inability to validate out-of-state and US and other foreign national documents to determine identity,” the statement said.”
But the government is supposed to issue those.
And Hoff states,”Hof denied any immigration violations or trafficking at the brothel and said the sheriff’s department was responsible for screening prospective employees.”
Gotta give credit to the guy. He didn’t put up any public fuss when his “contractors” supported “Boobs for Hillary”.
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Just one of those things.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-atf-for-records-about-obama-administration-attempt-to-restrict-ar-15-ammunition/
Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), a component of the Department of Justice, for 1,900 pages of records about a proposed reclassification that would effectively ban certain types of AR-15 ammunition as armor-piercing (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:18-cv-02218)).
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Posted by: Walt | 07 October 2018 at 02:37 PM
Not one of mine Walt.
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Thanks Fish. Some 2ND cousin I have never met.
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Todd the rumor is you’ve been throwing puppies off the broad Street overpass.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kz7YUdy-Cg
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Sandbox – 5oct18
[Is anyone still interested in the Mueller investigation now that the Judge Kavanaugh conflagration is passing from the ridiculous to the sublime? gjr].
“There is now a concrete storyline backed by irrefutable evidence: The FBI allowed itself to take political opposition research created by one party to defeat another in an election, treated it like actionable intelligence, presented it to the court as substantiated, and then used it to justify spying on an adviser for the campaign of that party’s duly chosen nominee for president in the final days of a presidential election.
And when, nine months later, the FBI could not prove the allegation of collusion between Trump and Russia, unverified evidence was leaked to the media to try to sustain public support for a continued investigation.
That means the redaction of Footnote 43 had more to do with political embarrassment than with national security. And that should concern us all.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/410287-fbis-smoking-gun-redactions-protected-political-embarrassment-not?amp
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Paul Emery | 07 October 2018 at 05:45 PM
There is a rumor you use a outhouse and no permit.
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Come now Paul. You can do better than that. No dead puppies have been reported. It would be all over Nevada City. Or did the homeless scarf them down? Did they eat the evidence?
Gotta find something a tad more believable, where no evidence can possibly be found. Didn’t you learn anything watching the show?
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Suicide by cop.
https://www.theunion.com/news/local-news/man-with-gun-in-auburn-killed-by-placer-deputies/
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Dammit, Todd, you were going to tell me when you were going to be throwing puppies from the overpass. Someone has to be at the bottom to make sure they do not suffer and the meat doesn’t get spoiled by oncoming traffic or Greeks with unnatural urges.
It’s a meme, people.
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I know Gregory, I am sorry I forgot. Paul Emery uses the meat in gyros I heard.
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There are things worse than throwing puppies off the overpass…like throwing Daisy off the overpass.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B94lP-fZyLk
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This has to be a joke. Too funny.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/self-care-kavanaugh-confirmation_n_5bb77ae3e4b028e1fe3d30ec
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,,,rejoice!!! lamestream reporter resigns over Kavanaugh
some people do have some shame!!!
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/news-anchor-resigns-defending-brett-025316164.html
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Morn’n. Don’t forget to watch today. On at 10:00
https://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/10/08/john-cox-and-gavin-newsom-square-off-monday-morning-for-only-debate/
The question has been asked here, over and over with not one Proggy giving an answer.
” Why in HELL vote for a LIB???” Just whet the “F” do you have to offer? Going to fight to lower taxes?(LOL… Sure thing)
Help create more jobs? (Trump beat you with a bat on that.)
Reduce laws and regs to bring the cost of life down? (Not in this shithole of a state.)
So what are you guys pushing now? “free health care for all, including illegals.”
So do tell us what Proggys have to offer the legal voter.
Time to get my ear plugs. the crickets will be deafening.
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Posted by: M | 08 October 2018 at 08:03 AM
Oh dugsKKKi…….!
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News from Team Blue’s capital city.
https://www.wral.com/life-on-the-dirtiest-block-in-san-francisco/17900648/
“The city has replaced more than 300 lampposts corroded by dog and human urine over the past three years, according to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Replacing the poles became more urgent after a lamppost collapsed in 2015, crushing a car.”
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@ 8:03 am
Life is short. Call your Mom.
https://m.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343/1449844555149577/?type=3&source=48
https://m.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343/1450450655088967/?type=3&source=48
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Well so much for that. NO televised “debate”. It will ONLY be on radio.
Nope , the Proggys REALLY don’t want the debate to be seen or heard.
https://apnews.com/0709739ffd714bb4804c19eaff10b130/California-governor-candidates-face-off-in-only-debate
So.. Will Paul “allow it” on KVMR?
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I feel your pain and I heard ya
JOE SCARBOROUGH: They spent all weekend gloating as if they had just won a high- school football game on Friday night. It was shabby, and it was sad.
. . . MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Activists tweeted photos of their alcohol, with the hashtag, #Beers4Brett. Senate Majority Leader John Cornyn posted a photo of sparking wine, writing: “not quite #Beers4Brett but #Bubbly4Brett”, instead. I just don’t know why this is funny.
JOE: It’s actually not funny.
MIKA: It’s not.
JOE: It’s distressing.
.JOE: So unbecoming, and it proves what day traders they are. I’ve got to say, classless in this respect.
.JON MEACHAM: You get the dancing around, you get that ahistorical and ill-informed and worst-nightmare reaction from the White House press secretary.
JOE: Lindsey Graham, who’s behaving — he’s just the antithesis of what John McCain was through his entire career. He obviously learned absolutely nothing working alongside of him.
MIKE BARNICLE: Just extraordinarily depressing.
JOE: A shabby Senate, with a short-sighted, selfish, cynical, Majority Leader who cared more about his political party and his own political ambitions than the country itself. Yes, I said that.
https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343/1449521428515223/?type=3&theater
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Where is Bobby? We found the contract with your gal pal.
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/girlfriend-boyfriend-relationship-rules-controlling-list
The rules are:
You are NOT to have a single girls phone number
You are NOT to follow them on any social media (including Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter)
You are NOT to hang out with Keegan (including his house or anywhere public)
You are NOT to go to Honda without me
You are NOT to hang out with your friends more than two times a week
You are NOT to look at a single girl
If girls come up to you at any place or anytime you are to WALK away
Mo is to NOT hang out (with) us every time we hang out
You are NOT to ask for h–d
You are NOT to get mad at me about a single thing ever again
You are NOT to bring up Tyler, Noah, Deven, or Josh ever again
You are NOT allowed to drink unless I am with you
I am allowed to do a phone check when EVER I please
If we move in there are NEVER to be girls at our house
If we move in together your friends will RARELY be allowed over
If I catch you around girls I kill you
You are NOT to ditch me for your friends
Austin does NOT CONTROL WHEN I HANG OUT WITH YOU!
We are to go on a legit date once every two weeks at least
If I say jump you say “how high princess”
You are to make sure you tell me you love me once a day at least so I know you’re not messing around
You are to NEVER take longer than 10 mins to text me back.
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Cristo Colombo
“Whiteman tastes like ripe banana.”
https://www.facebook.com/BuckSexton/photos/a.568156706588519/2138150459589128/?type=3&theater
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OH goodie! Just in time for the midterms –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anthony-weiner-set-for-early-prison-release
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Sanctions don’t work they say but they never really did it like we are doing it to those mutha mullahs now. They don’t go into full effect for a month –
The Islamic Republic exported 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude in that seven-day period, Refinitiv Eikon data showed. An industry source who also tracks exports said October shipments were so far below 1 million bpd.
That’s down from at least 2.5 million bpd in April, before President Donald Trump in May withdrew the United States from a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and reimposed sanctions. The figure also marks a further fall from 1.6 million bpd in September.
Tanker schedules are often adjusted and exports can vary week by week. The early October figures add to signs, however, that Iranian exports are falling more steeply than expected, stretching the ability of Saudi Arabia, non-OPEC Russia and other producers to fill the gap.
“The U.S. government’s tough stance raised the stakes for a more significant Iran export loss than previously foreseen,” said Norbert Ruecker, head of macro and commodity research at Swiss bank Julius Baer.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/rocked-trumps-sanctions-iranian-oil-101730827.html
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Will that be a Weiner/ Holder ticket?
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Rumors are rumors Walt. Rumor is that Todd Juvinall was throwing puppies off the Broad Street overpass. Todd Writes:
“FISH the rumor is Frisch………
You have no problem with that.
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Gotta have evidence Paul. But I found you a new religion! And a hot babe too!
“NEW YORK, NY—Taylor Swift finally broke her long-standing unspoken rule of theological silence by coming out in support of amillennialism on her Instagram page Sunday.
Fans have long clamored for Swift to take a stand on eschatology, and they finally got their wish as the singer posted a lengthy defense of amillennial beliefs.
“I always have and always will support the eschatological system which best preserves the overarching theme of God’s covenants throughout the Bible,” she wrote, further decrying the “systemic church bias toward premillennialism” as “terrifying, sickening, and prevalent.”
Dispensational scholars quickly condemned Swift for her position, calling her “just another elite, out-of-touch Hollywood liberal who denies the clear meaning of Scripture.”
“Once again, we see how far outside the norm these wealthy libs are,” said Pastor David Jeremiah of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California. “They don’t understand politics, and they clearly don’t understand theology.”
Several prophecy experts even came forward to identify Taylor Swift as one of several demonic symbols in the book of Revelation, making new end times charts available on their online stores right away.
After public outcry, Swift clarified that her position also includes some preterist leanings.”
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There is hope for Paul yet! But you need to walk extra slow crossing the street.
WORLD—A new announcement from God’s PR office confirmed last week that anyone you run over with your car while gunning it in order to get to church on time will go straight to heaven.
Bypassing the normal rules of justification, the exception is made so that you can put the pedal to the metal and make it to church before the sermon begins.
“No matter if the person is saved or not, we give them an instant pass to eternal life,” said one heavenly representative. “Now, you can barrel through red lights, run over old ladies, and plow through Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses without a guilty conscience.”
Christians took full advantage of the rule on Sunday, with authorities estimating that vehicular manslaughter cases increased 4,000% on that morning. “There were thousands of cases of minivans running over pedestrians as they performed a powerslide into a church parking lot. Even a few Civic hatchbacks driven by worship leaders who were running late for practice killed a few people.”
Heaven says it’s prepared for the influx of people who weren’t Christians in this life but now get a free pass into the Majestic Kingdom.
“We’re doing a whole orientation thing where they learn essentials of the faith, like the books of the Bible song, the pledge to the Christian flag, and the Second Amendment,” said the spokesperson. “They’ll fit right in after a few decades of training, so don’t worry. Go nuts on your way to church this Sunday.”
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My, Mr. Walt, you have expanded your horizons.
The right tool for the right job at the right time.
“One reason for Trump’s growing approval may have more to do with his uncanny ability to get his political opponents to reveal their true colors. By refusing to play by Washington’s conventional politically correct “rules,” Trump tweaks the “sensibilities” of the political elites. In so doing he has effectively exposed a growing political cancer of social-Marxism that has almost completely infected today’s Democrat party — a party that now has no room for political centrists but rather has become a bastion of the extreme Left.” Amen.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/58702-why-is-trumps-approval-up
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Thanks Bill.. Too bad you can’t see what’s on the news at the moment. The Judge is about to be swarn in. But The live shot of Ginsburg,,, well she ain’t looking so hot. Even has socks on her hands.
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Just took a look at that post of yours. I keep seeing that same he/she/it, attributed to many of “M”‘s other sock puppets on the Daily Caller threads.
That no name yeller is famous. I support it’s anonymity.
“Portrait of the unknown Progressive”
The only thing that could make it better, was if Trump was handing him a can of his signature butthurt cream.
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Long standing ovation to start the ceremony –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-trump-apologizes-to-brett-kavanaugh-and-his-family-at-ceremonial-swearing-in-as-supreme-court-justice
😉
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OUCH, the socialist/dems overplayed that one. THANKS!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/independents-disapprove-of-democrats-handling-of-the-brett-kavanaugh-nomination-by-a-28-point-margin
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You weren’t supposed to tell THAT much truth –
https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/10/08/rose-mcgowan-hollywoods-faux-liberals-and-times-up-are-bullsht/
😉
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Just watched the ceremonial swearing-in. Trump was great. He apologized to Kavanaugh and told his daughters their dad was a great man. Classy. I did not see Spartacus or DiFi or Kamel there though. No class people. McConnell got a standing O and Grassley and the whole Judiciary Committee R’s plus Susan Collins got kudos. Red wave coming to sweep out the dem detritus.
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HAHA!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/suspect-fatally-shot-own-gun-003153477.html
😉
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