282 responses to “Sandbox – 28oct18”

1. 

   Gregory

   01 November 2018

   Bobby 1137am
   I don’t see a problem with an unskilled new worker making minimum wage being stuck in a small rental. Or even an unskilled middle aged worker making minimum wage being stuck in a small rental.
   I do see a problem with skilled workers with Bachelor’s degrees in serious subjects and good jobs paying over $100k per annum being stuck in rental housing because the powers that be don’t see fit to grant builders permits to built the housing they can afford within a commuting range.
   There’s lots of undeveloped land west of the 280 on the Frisco peninsula… but the powers that be like the open spaces, not to mention keeping the value of a 50×100 lot in Palo Alto in the low seven figures.

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2. 

   Todd Juvinall

   01 November 2018

   George Rebane | 01 November 2018 at 04:10 PM
   When the General Plan “update” was happening I fought hard for “moderate cost housing” and the resistance was huge. Either low income or nothing. Affordable was used but it became clear that the term could mean affordable to a rich person as well as not. So they used low income. Which of course no one wants in their neighborhood. I actually tried to develop 23 affordable houses and was defeated by the limousine liberals of the community. So their crying for this housing rings hollow.

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3. 

   Todd Juvinall

   01 November 2018

   Thursday night’s Trump rally drew the Ford Center’s largest crowd ever, according to manager VenuWorks. The turnout: 11,500 people, with another 2,000 unable to get in. And of course the media had to tell us there were 500-600 protesters outside.

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4. 

   scenes

   01 November 2018

   I’ve seen this predicted for a few years.
   https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/7633241/google-walkout-sexual-misconduct-strike-andy-rubin/
   https://www.businessinsider.com/google-walkout-protest-san-francisco-2018-11
   a bit less recently:
   https://www.upi.com/Employees-protest-Google-work-for-Pentagon-drone-strike-program/7231522993668/
   https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employees-protest-search-censored-china.html
   https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-maven-protests_us_5b119678e4b0d5e89e1fa730
   lol. Man, that company is really riding the tiger.

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5. 

   George Rebane

   01 November 2018

   Affordable housing is a legal term of art for housing supplied according to the specifications mandated by the government, to be sold to or rented by government specified people, and subsidized by government diktat by the developer and by transfer payments to the consumer of such housing.
   Low cost housing is determined in the marketplace by agreement between owner/seller and renter/buyer without government mediation or intervention. However, the ability to build and offer low cost housing today is determined, and mostly inhibited, by government.

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6. 

   Don Bessee

   01 November 2018

   Getting real in the face of the putin push –
   Parts of the two nation’s armies will co-operate in the areas of equipment, training, and procedures, resulting in better planning and conduct of operations, according to the German army. “Affiliation of the Iron Wolf Brigade to a German division will open more opportunities to ensure our brigade is ready to act [as part of a division] through training and exercises. It will also improve interoperability with the German-led NATO enhanced Forward Presence [eFP] battalion battlegroup,” Brig Gen Rupšys said.
   A German army spokesman told Jane’s on 30 October that the agreement forms the basis primarily for intensive training co-operation. He added that Lithuanian officers would be assigned to the two panzer divisions – the 1st and 10th – to increase co-operation and improve processes and interoperability.
   https://www.janes.com/article/84192/lithuanian-iron-wolf-brigade-affiliated-with-german-panzer-division
   😉

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7. 

   Bill Tozer

   01 November 2018

   Been trying to read the mid-terms. Not so much relying on opinion pieces or pundits wishing and hoping or projecting how they want things to turn out. Not even polls. Just looking for the signs that were so clear to me in 2016….signs that were so obvious that it was hid in plain sight.
   No reason to doubt that the Dems’ hopes rely on suburban women. No reason to doubt that the biggest issue looming above everything in these mid-terms is Trump.
   Today I heard something that got my ears up. A tidbit if you will. Something like 83% of CNN viewers vote Democrat. 90% plus of Fox viewers vote Republican. Wow. It never used to be that way. Fox viewers were 40% or so Dem voters not that long ago, if memory serves me right. While one could take this as a confirming sign of the dug in deep divide and stirred passions (current buzz word is ’enthusiasm’) in our nation, there may be something else going on.
   CNN viewership numbers are declining. Fox’s numbers are increasing. If the political party composition of both networks’ viewship is true, one could read those percentages as a small sign that voters are moving to the right. Yes, probably more folks watch HGTV or network sitcoms than cable news and many have cut the cord…..but it’s those little things I find tasty, if not telling.
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   The other thing I have been noticing is something that was a major driving force in 2016, and growing stronger. That is the country as a whole has become sick and tired of the ridiculousness of the scope the PC culture has taken. It may not be the number one issue for most folks in the voting booth but it is definitely an undercurrent in the back of millions of voters’ minds. Not the number one issue, but co-mingled and woven in the top two or three reasons life long straight D party voters will never vote Dem again, IMHO. A rebellion if you will. Going too far with PC.
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   I also heard a clip of Bernie Sanders firing up the base today. 100% identity politics. 100% demogogry. Sanders, a lifelong proud unabashed Socialist, just may be the most dangerous man in America…and that is not a compliment.
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   Liar, liar, pants on 🔥!! A pox on both your houses! Best quote I heard yesterday. To paraphrase, Its that time again when Republican candidates pretend how conservative they are and Liberal candidates pretend how centralist they are. 🙂

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8. 

   Don Bessee

   01 November 2018

   Just sayin’
   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/01/6-in-9-swing-district-voters-keep-migrant-caravan-out-of-the-country/
   😉

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9. 

   Bill Tozer

   01 November 2018

   Totalitarian mindset? Hell yes. How dare you cite government stats and the NYT…four years ago. Off with your head!
   “LifeSiteNews has been hit with an unprecedented number of attacks recently. Just two weeks ago, the socially conservative site had its account temporarily blocked on Twitter due to a four-year-old post about a spike in STDs among homosexual men.
   “The article in question, “Why HIV, syphilis, and gonorrhea are rising among homosexuals,” was written in 2014 and focused on statistics provided by the CDC and The New York Times. Four years later, on October 18, the social media giant Twitter locked LifeSiteNews from its account for “hateful conduct.”
   “Steve Jalsevac, co-founder and president of LifeSiteNews, said the ban was “total intolerance” in line with Silicon Valley’s “totalitarian mindset.”
   “This total intolerance for even reporting government health dept statistics that reveal the health dangers of homosexual activity betrays what Peter Thiel, himself a homosexual, previously called a totalitarian mindset in Silicon Valley,” said Jalsevac. “Twitter is now trying to force news agencies to report only what is acceptable to their personal, biased views and shutting down balanced, factual reporting on the homosexual issue.”
   https://www.dailywire.com/news/37760/lifesitenews-threatened-its-web-host-company-paul-bois
   That article above gives a new meaning to ‘protected class’.
   https://m.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343/1465511330249566/?type=3&source=48

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10. 

    scenes

    01 November 2018

    Like FZ sez: “The torture never stops”.
    https://www.projectveritasaction.com/2018/11/01/beto/

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11. 

    Don Bessee

    01 November 2018

    I could understand why Robert Francis wouldn’t want this out just now –
    Anapaula Themann, a field organizer for the O’Rourke campaign, insists that the purchase of supplies for the illegal aliens remain a secret in a conversation with Chacon.
    “Don’t ever repeat this and stuff but like if we just say that we’re buying food for a campaign event, like the Halloween events, cause there’s block walks coming up for Halloween,” said Themann.
    Chacon then insists that pre-paid campaign cards can be used to purchase the food.
    “I think we can use that with those cards to buy some food, all that s**t can be totally masked like, oh we just wanted a healthy breakfast!”
    Jody Casey, the campaign manager for the O’Rourke campaign, sent a text message expressing how pleased she was that the campaign was assisting the migrants, according to Chacon.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/01/orourke-campaign-exposed-in-undercover-video-for-assisting-honduran-migrants-nobody-needs-to-know/
    😉

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12. 

    Bill Tozer

    01 November 2018

    If you have the time
    https://www.facebook.com/16307558831/posts/10156814086773832/

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13. 

    Bill Tozer

    01 November 2018

    Don’t walk, Runaway
    https://www.facebook.com/CRTV/videos/2304843776224650/

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14. 

    Walt

    02 November 2018

    “Their” Constitutional rights???? There MUST be a Liberal lawyer involved.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrants-traveling-to-us-sue-trump-government-claim-violation-of-constitutional-rights

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15. 

    ***M***

    02 November 2018

    ‘’’The Pentagon is now deploying thousands of active-duty troops to the US border with Mexico, but has yet to layout specifics including how many in total will deploy, how long they will stay, what the costs associated with the operations are, and, specifically, why this group of people pose a risk to the US.’’’
    https://www.janes.com/article/84229/equipped-with-barbed-wire-and-helios-us-troops-head-to-southern-border

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16. 

    ***M***

    02 November 2018

    ,,,what you don’t hear from Punkin’head who is quaking in his fancy shoes about the Caravan is why Honduras is such a violent shithole country and why America is not doing anything about it.
    ,,,major drug conduit,,,probably opiates along with cocaine,,,maybe even Middle Easterners creeping in,,,
    ,,,and Punkin’head does nothing,,,
    How much taxpayer money have we wasted in Afghanistan and Iraq???
    What about Honduras???
    https://www.insightcrime.org/honduras-organized-crime-news/honduras/

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17. 

    Bill

    02 November 2018

    Walt, that’s too funny. So, someone who has never set foot in the United States is suing because they cannot enter illegally and collect welfare benefits, LOL LOL. How unfair. Suing to become an illegal alien on the taxpayer dime. Beam me up Scotty.

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18. 

    Bill Tozer

    02 November 2018

    Well, the blue state Democrats are being smoked out. They certainly are a barrel full of marxist monkeys. But, we already knew that, the commie bastards are being revealed as to whom they are. From Washington State.
    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=313848436114651&id=15351475322

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19. 

    fish

    02 November 2018

    Posted by: M | 02 November 2018 at 07:41 AM
    What a surprise ….. dugsKKKi is whining about something else! Or as we like call it around here …….Friday!
    PS dugsKKKi…. still president!

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20. 

    ***M***

    02 November 2018

    ,,,sure Twinkie Toes,,,you would support a US backed guerilla group that tried to overthrow the Sandinistas using cocaine, the CIA, Irangate, murder, etc.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front

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21. 

    Bill Tozer

    02 November 2018

    Sound like CA? The Dems are a sneaky lawless bunch.
    https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/its-easy-to-vote-illegally-in-nevada/

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22. 

    Bill Tozer

    02 November 2018

    Sounds like the US?
    Toronto lawyer Lorne Waldman said there were good reasons for accelerating the processing and deportation of people who crossed the border: it deters people with weak claims from making refugee claims in the hopes of living in Canada for years while their case wends through the system.
    “The best way of discouraging people from making frivolous claims is by having the claims processed quickly,” Waldman said.
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-immigration-deportation-exclus/exclusive-canada-rushes-to-deport-asylum-seekers-who-walked-from-us-data-idUSKCN1N52V6

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23. 

    George Rebane

    02 November 2018

    The migrant mob in Mexico from Honduras is suing President Trump for preparing to repel their declared illegal entry into the United States??!! Only anti-American progressives could make a conversation out this kind of idiocy. To begin, these people have no standing in any US court, and it goes down from there.

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24. 

    Bill Tozer

    02 November 2018

    Oh Merrick @ 8:26 am
    That Marxist Revolunary has an uncanny resemblance to Valerie Jarrett, somebody who literally channels Chairman Mao. Separated at birth?
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    Nothing to see here. Just mindless trends
    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history
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    Somebody ain’t feeling the love.
    https://www.facebook.com/marklevinshow/photos/a.10152665169718832/10156815274833832/?type=3&theater
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    Why are the Marxist “Democrats” so friggin anti-Sematic? A: It’s who they are.
    “Gillum’s ties to PFAW and other organizations backing Israel boycotts are raising questions with pro-Israel voters in Florida as they head to the polls next week to cast a vote in the hotly contested and narrow election.
    “This news further demonstrates how Andrew Gillum regularly and proudly surrounds himself with anti-Semites who offer him political support but do not believe Israel has a right to exist,” the DeSantis campaign said in a statement.
    The Free Beacon previously reported Gillum has supported and attended the Rockwood Leadership Institute, an organization financed by the New Israel Fund, a promoter of Israel boycotts and materials maligning the Jewish state.
    One alum of the institute is Linda Sarsour, a prominent anti-Israel activist who has disseminated anti-Semitic materials and has been labeled by pro-Israel organizations as a chief promoter of the BDS movement.”
    https://freebeacon.com/politics/gillum-ties-anti-israel-radicals-extensive-previously-known/?fbclid=IwAR16Z8Yy-2jLpw6zwmwK6lzp2N0PfKR5A03LmR_7TiIOQWnkEbb57ctw7qM
    Smoke the Commie bastards out.

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25. 

    fish

    02 November 2018

    ,,,sure Twinkie Toes,,,you would support a US backed guerilla group that tried to overthrow the Sandinistas using cocaine, the CIA, Irangate, murder, etc.
    ,,,sure Crappy Pants,,,you would still be we eyed over a group that tried to overthrow the Sandinistas using cocaine, hookers, Chuckie Cheese coupons, ridicule etc.
    dugsKKKi you and your brand of mindless proglodyte nitwittery entertains me daily……never stop being you!

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26. 

    Paul Emery

    02 November 2018

    Here’s a little tidbit for the Trumpsters that believe everything our Liar in Chief says. The “failing” New York Times topped 4 million total paid subscribers last quarter.

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27. 

    Todd Juvinall

    02 November 2018

    Trump saved the NYT Paul Emery. They sold a majority interest to a Mexican billionaire a couple of years ago as they were going under. Trump saved them. Give him some credit.

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28. 

    Bill Tozer

    02 November 2018

    NYC? Well, just raise the gas tax and put it the general fund via a loophole, and siphone it off the pay employee benefits and unfounded liabilities. That’s how we do it in CA, each and every time.
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-02/new-york-city-joins-imminent-bankruptcy-club
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    Taste the hate, yum yum. Tastes like termites..
    https://patriotpost.us/articles/59229-ben-and-jerrys-serves-up-anti-semitic-resistance?fbclid=IwAR0uL5ZFqV87lHOwmwdEvr7u3QXKEs8OC6QImnKgp5qA2lLUF-NuifU14Uk

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29. 

    George Rebane

    02 November 2018

    For a little tidbit of communist history, recall that starting with Marx and Engels, European Jews continued to form the intellectual basis of collectivism cum communism until past the Bolshevik Revolution. This began to wear on the Slavic Russians (and it, of course, rankled Hitler) after the Russian civil war ended in 1923 and the USSR was ascendant. Early on Lenin et al wanted international communism to have more of a Russian provenance so as to keep Moscow as the mother temple and control the international spread of communism. Things came to a head with Trotsky (a Jew) who met an unfortunate end in Mexico City guaranteeing that Uncle Joe was to become the Big Kahuna and enforce his version of ‘Marxism-Leninism’ aka Stalinism, a particularly vicious brand of totalitarian communism imitated by many subsequently communist countries.

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30. 

    Todd Juvinall

    02 November 2018

    Watched Charlie Cook on CSPAN this morning giving a speech top an Actuarial group. He said even though the economy is great and America is doing wonderful, his wife and daughter would never vote for Trump. All personal. That was quite the eye opener. Now I see what makes a democrat tic.

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31. 

    Gregory

    02 November 2018

    Interesting article in the WaPo today, reporting from San Salvador.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/will-caravans-become-new-method-of-migration/2018/11/02/34bebd24-dd4f-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html?utm_term=.d9caf860ed69
    I found the quotes from a Cristosal regional director very interesting!
    Perhaps someone could ask the Cristosal board member running for Congress for the CA-1 seat, Audrey Denney, about the migrant caravans and their future. Or asking LaMalfa what he thinks about Cristosal and their possible involvement with the caravans.
    BTW George, I just had to get the chunks out of the catbox before going to bed last night, as Her Kittiness was getting frantic at her attempts to cover the deposits with more deposits. Your sandbox has a similar problem… perhaps you can write something longer and more pithy regarding Ms. Denney and Cristosal as an introduction.

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32. 

    George Rebane

    02 November 2018

    Gregory 1127am – Roger. Wilco. Apologies.

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