232 responses to “Sandbox – 3jan19”

1. 

   George Rebane

   06 January 2019

   PaulE 703pm – Paul, tell me it isn’t so; you really know better, don’t you???? According to the Public Policy Institute of California, the state right now has about $60B unfunded liabilities for CalPERS and about $70B for CalSTRS, for a total debt of over $130B, and not a Republican in sight to blame it on.

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   scenes

   06 January 2019

   Not just CalPERS/STRS
   https://www.statista.com/statistics/305287/california-state-debt/

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3. 

   Walt

   06 January 2019

   See? Paul has just shown he no longer resides in the known reality.
   (the state has no debt…)
   I rest my case. Paul has just proven me correct.

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4. 

   Walt

   06 January 2019

   Here is the running bill..
   http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-california-debt-clock.html
   Care to double down on that statement Paul?

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5. 

   Walt

   06 January 2019

   Yes, the younger gen are dumbshits, and gullible.
   “A recent Gallup poll showed that 57 percent of Democrats view socialism positively, while 47 percent of Democrats view capitalism positively. Across the aisle, only 16 percent of Republicans view socialism in a positive light, a number still frighteningly high among those who identify as conservative.
   The Gallup poll adds that the youth are more likely to favor socialism than those who are older. “Evidence for this is found in the strong support younger voters gave Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign,” says Gallup, “and in the candidacy of Ocasio-Cortez.” ”
   The Gallup poll adds that the youth are more likely to favor socialism than those who are older. “Evidence for this is found in the strong support younger voters gave Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign,” says Gallup, “and in the candidacy of Ocasio-Cortez.”

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6. 

   Don Bessee

   06 January 2019

   Now its time for the pony tail of ignorance to change the subject and start stomping his little feet and demanding answers to his questions.
   😉

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7. 

   Bill Toz

   06 January 2019

   “scenes
   Showing incredible financial acumen, Paul Emery sez: “The state has no debt.”
   Yep, I will let that dangle in the wind. Ever heard of bond obligations? 30 year bonds sold to finance things like the billions CA has spent of stem cell research? Many years to go to pay off that debt, as one tiny tIny example. Best reply is a non-reply, ROFLMAO.
   Yes, Trump increased the debt 2 trillion already and O doubled the debt as his sole lasting legacy of his Presidency.
   “While ignoring $1.8 trillion might be politically convenient, the fact is that the day Obama left office, the debt was almost $20 trillion, nearly double what it was when he got there. According to the Office of Management and Budget, the deficit went from just over 52 percent of gross domestic product at the end of fiscal year 2009 to 77 percent of GDP at the end of fiscal year 2016. With all that spending, Obama still oversaw the weakest recovery in American history.
   The only other way a person can argue Obama “lowered deficits” is by comparing his first year of historically high deficits — fueled by outlays that he either signed into law, voted for, or supported — to his other years (although deficits were again rising by the end of his term). That is deceptive, to say the least.
   Many presidents are guilty of growing the debt, but no president in history had ever taken on more than Obama did. And when we stop tipping the scale, and solely compare debt to the percentage of total economic output under all these presidents, we are left with a far different picture than Leonhardt’s selective framing.
   http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/18/no-republican-presidents-arent-responsible-americas-debt/

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8. 

   Paul Emery

   06 January 2019

   Trump Promised to balance the budget. That was part of his campaign. Let me ask again what is he lying or was he ignorant and uninformed. Got to be one of the two

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9. 

   Don Bessee

   06 January 2019

   Right on time as predicted @ 757! Wallowing in the pony tail of ignorance mode.

   Speaks for itself –
   https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/01/06/golden-globes-anti-gun-hollywood-surrounded-by-security-walls-and-armed-guards/
   😉

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10. 

    Walt

    06 January 2019

    Pesky things called facts go in one ear of Paul, and clean through the other with no resistance. We now have LIB superconductivity at room temp.
    The one trick ponytail continues on the revolving carousel.
    Someone glue a carrot to his forehead He’s now the official unicorn of Nevada City.

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11. 

    Bill Tozer

    06 January 2019

    Don @ 8:06 pm
    Remember when that crazy Iranian chick started firing away at the YubeTube headquarters company outdoor picnic/lunch grounds cause they cut her off? Well, now they have armed guards so YubeTube employees can go outside and safely write anti-gun videos on the grass, lol.
    https://m.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.254420818025296/1520006461466719/?type=3&source=48

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12. 

    Bill Tozer

    06 January 2019

    How are we going to pay for it?
    According to nonpartisan and left-leaning studies friendly to your cause, including the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities or the Tax Policy Center, the overall price tag is more than $40 trillion in the next decade,” Tapper said during the September interview. “You recently said in an interview that increasing taxes on the very wealthy, plus an increased corporate tax rate, would make $2 trillion over the next 10 years.”
    “So, where is the other $38 trillion going to come from?” Tapper asked.
    Ocasio-Cortez danced around the question for as long as she could before Tapper had to change the subject because it was obvious she couldn’t answer the question.
    “So, I’m assuming I’m not going to get an answer for the other $38 trillion,” Tapper said. “But we will have you back, and maybe we can go over that.”
    ——-Well, let’s try that again. One more time…………
    “What makes it unrealistic?” Ocasio-Cortez asked.
    “How to pay for it,” Cooper responded.
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/39992/watch-ocasio-cortez-gets-asked-how-shell-pay-her-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=dwbrand

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13. 

    Don Bessee

    06 January 2019

    Its about time –
    On Thursday, Padilla confirmed for the first time that his office is actively investigating whether illegal immigrants and other noncitizens voted last year because the DMV erroneously registered them to vote.
    Judicial Watch attorney Robert Popper said the issue of non-citizen voting is a separate matter from the inactive voter registrations, which he said have been lagging in states across the country for decades since the Justice Department, during Bill Clinton’s presidency, signed a consent decree that inactive voter registrations couldn’t be removed despite the NVRA requirements.
    The Supreme Court decided a case last summer that determined that the removal of inactive registrations is mandatory under the NVRA.
    https://freebeacon.com/issues/california-l-a-to-purge-1-5-million-inactive-voter-registrations/
    😉

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14. 

    Walt

    06 January 2019

    Well,, we stand corrected. Paul IS getting some “action”.
    He really screwed the pooch tonight. ( “the state has no debt”)
    We could hear the poor dog yelping all the way down here.
    You sure put it to it hard and dry. PETA will be in touch.

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15. 

    Paul Emery

    06 January 2019

    California has a Constitutional Amendment that it must balance it’s budget Walt. Thought you knew that. Here’s a refresher on Proposition 58 passed March 2004.
    “Proposition 58 was a California ballot proposition on the March 2, 2004 ballot. It passed with 4,535,084 (71.2%) votes in favor and 1,841,138 (28.8%) against. It was officially called the California Balanced Budget Act. It requires the state legislature to pass a balanced budget every year, which means that budgeted recurrent expenditure, including repayment of past debt, does not exceed estimated revenue. The act does not require that capital works programs be funded out of current revenues. The California Constitution has always allowed bond issues (state debt) for specified capital works, above a certain value. Bond measures must be approved by a statewide ballot.
    The Act created a reserve fund called the Budget Stabilization Account in case of future financial trouble. It also prevented the creation of any future bonds to pay off deficits like that in Proposition 57 (the California Economic Recovery Bond Act).
    https://www.mcgeorge.edu/publications/california-initiative-review/initiatives-prior-to-november-2005/2004-march-initiatives/proposition-58

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16. 

    George Rebane

    06 January 2019

    PaulE 903pm – And with that, you still believe California has no debt. I wonder if that is one of the comforts of being a Democrat?

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17. 

    Paul Emery

    06 January 2019

    George explain to me how California can have debt even though there is a constitutional amendment. I admit I know very little about this so I appreciate your insights.

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18. 

    Walt

    06 January 2019

    “Balanced budget” BFD!. That’s just a paper shuffle.
    Yet they still took in more than it’s needs to run.
    So NO SHIT they have a “balaced budget”.
    A 10 billion “rainy day fund”.. Which will be pissed away.
    The state STILL,,,IS,,IN,, D E B T !!!!!! That means it OWES MONEY
    Now how much is that again?
    So is that how you handle your finances? Seems the state has deemed you unable to own firearms.

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19. 

    Paul Emery

    06 January 2019

    By the way I am not a Democrat. I’m still registered libertarian but they are pretty pathetic as a political party. I’m going to just stay independent.

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20. 

    Bill Tozer

    06 January 2019

    Oh, just agree with the fellow. Just say CA has no debt. There, see how easy hat was.
    Ca may have no debt (cough, cough), but it sure don’t look like the Golden State is sustainable. Being a one party trailblazing solid blue state, there is always the reliable option: Borrow more and raise taxes. And really raise taxes.. And go begging to Uncle Donald.
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasdelbeccaro/2018/04/19/the-top-four-reasons-california-is-unsustainable/#27ce6b8e3a23

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21. 

    Walt

    06 January 2019

    Since Paul has a real short memory, This what the state OWS!!!
    “According to a January 2017 study, “California state and local governments owe $1.3 trillion as of June 30, 2015.” The study was based on “a review of federal, state and local financial disclosures.” In other words, that $1.3 trillion in debt is the amount to which California governments admit.Apr 19, 2018”
    Now what part of that don’t you understand?

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22. 

    Gregory

    06 January 2019

    Folks, Punchy is just confused by the economic terms “debt”, “deficit” and “balanced budget”.
    The State of California has a sh*tload of debt. But they can’t run a deficit. Added debt papers over the deficit. Clear?

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23. 

    Don Bessee

    06 January 2019

    More joy from comrade Bernie’s socialist paradise –
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-venezuela-supreme-court-judge-flees-u-denounces-030141684.html
    😉

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24. 

    Bill Tozer

    06 January 2019

    On to bigger issues
    “Now, I’m so old I remember when the most socially conscious people regarded the prospect of nuclear war with dread rather than hope. And perhaps we should be grateful for Mr. Miller-McDonald in making explicit what I put in boldface above—that the climatistas want to “shut down the global economy.” This is another good sign of how climate change has completely deranged some people.
    And if this doesn’t merit a Green Weenie Award, I don’t know what would any more.
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/green-weenie-of-the-week-nuclear-war-will-save-us.php

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25. 

    Don Bessee

    06 January 2019

    Comrade Bernie needs to take his eye off the Venezuelan paradise and check his 6 –
    Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may be mulling a run for president, but the editorial board of one of his home state’s newspapers is asking him not to.
    In an op-ed published Saturday in the Barre Montpelier Times Argus titled “Don’t run,” members of the board said “we beg him” to avoid throwing his hat in the ring for 2020.
    https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/editorial-board-vermont-paper-begs-013607543.html
    😉

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26. 

    Tricky McClean

    07 January 2019

    Will the “military version of eminent domain” be used to shut down the blogosphere?

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27. 

    ***M***

    07 January 2019

    ,,,somebody tell Trump there are online learning opportunities,,,but not on Twitter
    ‘’’But there was a more immediate explanation for the collapse of the Soviet Union provided by Yegor Gaidar, who had been acting prime minister of Russia from June of 1992 to December of 1992 and a key figure in the transformation of the Russian economy. In his last work, Collapse of an Empire: Lessons for Modern Russia, published in 2007 Gaidar provides a powerful explanation for the collapse of the Soviet Union. Soviet agriculture had stagnated in the 1980’s but the demand for grain in the cities was increasing. It was necessary to buy grain in the international market. While the price of petroleum was high it was feasible to finance the purchase of grain from internal sources. When the price of petroleum fell in the late 1980’s the Soviet Union needed to borrow the funds from Western banks to purchase the needed grain. This severely restricted the international activities of the Soviet Union. It could not send in Soviet troops to put down the rebellions against communism in Eastern Europe because such an action would have resulted in a refusal of Western sources to lend the money needed. Likewise the attempted coup d’état was doomed to failure because the coup leaders would not have been able to borrow the funds needed to stave off starvation in the major cities.
    Although Gaidar’s book does not delve into the reason for the decline in petroleum prices in the late 1980’s there is evidence that this occurred because of a conspiracy between the American Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) the leaders of Saudi Arabia to punish the Soviet Union for its invasion of Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia increased its production of petroleum drastically and consequently the price of petroleum fell.’’’
    http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/sovietcollapse.htm

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28. 

    ***M***

    07 January 2019

    ,,,looks like the CIA and Saudis have been in bed for years

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29. 

    Bill Tozer

    07 January 2019

    Don @ 10:21 pm
    Yep, they are putting ole commie Bernie out to pasture. Wrong race, wrong sex, not new and shiny enough. Probably ain’t left enough compared to the crazy field the Leftinistas are running. Sorry ol chap, time for your morning consitutional.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bernie-sanders-under-siege-at-critical-2020-moment-the-problem-has-to-be-dealt-with

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30. 

    Walt

    07 January 2019

    I bet Trump is Judge shopping.
    https://www.apnews.com/b1d7eb8384ef44099d63fde057c4172c
    “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday will miss oral arguments for the first time as the 85-year-old recovers from surgery to remove cancerous nodules from her left lung.”
    And what’s the LIB answer? Just add MORE judges to the high court.

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31. 

    ***M***

    07 January 2019

    ,,,The Roundtable should love this glowing review of Trump’s brilliance,,,
    https://www.axios.com/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody-b278b592-cff0-47dc-a75f-5767f42bcf1e.html

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32. 

    ***M***

    07 January 2019

    ,,,That was the good news,,,now for reality,,,
    https://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/statements/?list=speaker

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33. 

    Todd Juvinall

    07 January 2019

    Looks like the “white” shooter of a little black girl in Houston is actually a “black” man. How could that be so screwed up?

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34. 

    Walt

    07 January 2019

    Here they go again with “unnamed sources” Gotta stir up the Proggy panting.
    https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/when-mueller-issues-report-trump-may-try-to-suppress-some-of-it#gs.KAW6DaMA
    ” The White House may try to block portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report from being shared with Congress and the public in a fight that could end up before the Supreme Court.
    Mueller may submit his findings on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign to the Justice Department as early as February, according to one U.S. official.”
    Yup,, ONE unnamed dude. In other words
    “Let’s make crap up”.

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35. 

    Bill Tozer

    07 January 2019

    Walt: it’s the old what if. What if Trump fires Mueller, what if Trump blocks the release of the report, what if Trump pardons himself! What if Trump refuses to accept the results of the election, what if ……..
    ————————————
    Think they are doing a hit on Sanders. Was it just last week or so that the Beto Boys were attacking the Bernie Bros? And the timing of the NYT attack on Bernie’s Too Male Campaign….back in 2016? Just as Elizabeth Warren declares. Clearing the field?? Deja Vu for Bernie?
    “In fact, the Times works to make the Democrats’ case, noting that the sexual-harassment allegations have “raised questions among them about whether he can adequately fight for the interests of women, who have increasingly defined the Democratic Party in the Trump era, if he runs again for the presidential nomination in 2020.” Way back in 1996, feminist Gloria Steinem called Sanders “an honorary woman.” We guess that’s ancient history.”
    https://patriotpost.us/articles/60350-bernie-sanders-number-metoo-villain-or-victim?fbclid=IwAR3taawTEg43qfoEqmMurpyvr7luQXSCIBv46LMD3ZoObsvRbalOjf69sB4

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36. 

    ***M***

    07 January 2019

    ,,,Is this what George and Fish don’t like about the proposed For the People bill???
    TITLE VIII—ETHICS REFORMS FOR THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Subtitle A—Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Sec.8001.Short title. Sec.8002.Restrictions on private sector payment for government service. Sec.8003.Requirements relating to slowing the revolving door. Sec.8004.Prohibition of procurement officers accepting employment from gov-ernment contractors. Sec.8005.Revolving door restrictions on employees moving into the private sector. Subtitle B—Presidential Conflicts of Interest Sec.8011.Short title. Sec.8012.Divestiture of personal financial interests of the President and Vice President that pose a potential conflict of interest. Sec.8013.Initial financial disclosure.
    VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:26 Jan 03, 2019Jkt 000000PO 00000Frm 00011Fmt 6652Sfmt 6211C:\USERS\NLWOFSY\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\INTRO.XML
    January 3, 2019 (11:26 a.m.)
    12
    Sec.8014.Contracts by the President or Vice President. Subtitle C—White House Ethics Transparency Sec.8021.Short title. Sec.8022.Procedure for waivers and authorizations relating to ethics require-ments. Subtitle D—Executive Branch Ethics Enforcement Sec.8031.Short title. Sec.8032.Reauthorization of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec.8033.Tenure of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec.8034.Duties of Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec.8035.Agency Ethics Officials Training and Duties. Subtitle E—Conflicts From Political Fundraising Sec.8041.Short title. Sec.8042.Disclosure of certain types of contributions. Subtitle F—Transition Team Ethics Sec.8051.Short title. Sec.8052.Presidential transition ethics programs. Subtitle G—Ethics Pledge For Senior Executive Branch Employees Sec.8061.Short title. Sec.8062.Ethics pledge requirement for senior executive branch employees.

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37. 

    Don Bessee

    07 January 2019

    Never let those pesky facts get in the way of well worn narrative –
    According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the actual rate of sexual assault on college campuses is 6.1 per 1,000 students, or .03 in 5. The rate of rape and sexual assault for non-students is actually 1.2 times higher than for students – 7.6 per 1,000.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/07/planned-parenthood-pushes-already-debunked-1-in-5-stat-to-crush-trump-campus-sex-assault-policy/
    😉

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38. 

    fish

    07 January 2019

    Posted by: M | 07 January 2019 at 12:32 PM
    Oh no dugsKKKi…..I’m all for ethics language! But you have to admit that that is why the revisions to the voter practices (Democrat fraud is SOP) was included in an “ethics” bill!
    I mean who’s against ethics……what are you “unethical”…….you horrible person you!
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Spoonful_of_Sugar

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39. 

    ”’M”’

    07 January 2019

    ,,,ethics applies to all parties, not just Trump and his crooked minions

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40. 

    George Rebane

    07 January 2019

    M 1232pm – Right on schedule, wrong again.

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41. 

    Don Bessee

    07 January 2019

    The dems don’t even bother with the facts when they have so many rote talking points –
    A Texas Democratic Congresswoman is defending her earlier comments suggesting the drive-by shooting of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes may have been a hate crime, even though both suspects in the case turned out to be black – and not a white individual as police and members of the public initially believed.
    Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, when asked Sunday by a reporter about some of the comments made in the aftermath of the young girl’s death in Houston on Dec. 30, said it was “absolutely not” irresponsible to make that suggestion.
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-democrat-congresswoman-stands-by-remarks-suggesting-jazmine-barnes-killing-may-have-been-hate-crime
    😉

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42. 

    Walt

    07 January 2019

    A DEM with “ethics”?,,,,, Where????

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43. 

    Walt

    07 January 2019

    Uh,,, These kind of “ethics”?
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rashida-tlaib-accused-of-anti-semitic-slur-days-after-profane-anti-trump-tirade

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44. 

    Don Bessee

    07 January 2019

    Yup Walt, she is farakahns girl all the way and also admired as a poster girl by those mutha mullahs –
    The accusation that Jewish politicians could be vulnerable to having “dual loyalties” has been made for centuries, and has been seen widely as a religious-based attack intent on undermining their leadership.
    Rubio further suggested that the real reason Democrats were criticizing Republicans for introducing the pro-Israel bill is that “a significant # of Senate Democrats now support #BDS & Dem leaders want to avoid a floor vote that reveals that.”
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rashida-tlaib-accused-of-anti-semitic-slur-days-after-profane-anti-trump-tirade
    😉

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45. 

    Walt

    07 January 2019

    OHHH.. Listen to Gov. Newsom grow a set of nuts.
    OH how he is going to fight Trump. (Right up to the next time Calif. needs FED money)
    Calif.. Soon to be the next shithole by Progressive design.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/07/california-governor-gavin-newsom-takes-office-vows-to-fight-trumps-corruption-and-incompetence/
    Funny,, Not one fact to be scene of that “incompetence”

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46. 

    fish

    07 January 2019

    Posted by: Walt | 07 January 2019 at 03:11 PM
    Not even in office for a day and pretty, pretty Gavins presidential campaign has already kicked off!

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47. 

    fish

    07 January 2019

    In the “He’s is really focused” category…….

    jeffpellinesays:
    January 7, 2019 at 12:55 pm
    We missed Barry and Todd at the luncheon for Greg Diaz following his swearing-in. And to think, Barry thought he could be Clerk Recorder! What a hoot!
    Reply

    If you could be bothered to look up from your heaping plate of buffet style grub you might see people jeffy!
    Just saying…….

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48. 

    Walt

    07 January 2019

    Gov. Newsence might as well quit now. The Democrat Communist party is NOT going to allow a white male to become President (in their party) It’s going to be a woman, and dollars to ounces of weed says it will be a woman of color.(of some sort) Maybe even a she, who used to be a’ he.
    The more radical Commie the better.

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49. 

    Gregory

    07 January 2019

    Jeffie P. is still on about Barry’s Clerk Recorder run. It will probably be etched on Jeff’s headstone for one last dig.

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50. 

    Gregory

    07 January 2019

    Speaking about Jeffie’s headstone, did anyone snap a picture of him at the Swearing out ceremony at the Rude Center?

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