[Get ready for President Trump's speech from the Oval Office tonight in which he'll try to convince us that there is national security crisis on our southern border, and that spending money to reduce border porosity is now a national priority which the Constitution allows, nay, requires him to exercise executive powers to defend America against an unending influx of poor, ignorant, and destitute foreigners who are told they have the right to illegally enter the country and establish a new life in America. gjr]
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339 responses to “Sandbox – 8jan19”
Posted by: Ben Emery | 08 January 2019 at 09:58 AM
No real argument with the sentiment Ben……wish the enviro types could disconnect from the group mind regarding “Climate Change” (An issue that even the old school proponents acknowledge is just a wealth transfer mechanism from “rich” to “poor” countries) for a while to work on real issues. How about working on the “Great Pacific Plastic Patch”? Why not……because there isn’t any money in it!
The chance to tax carbon at the source…..no way Western politicians could ever pass that up! In an era of shrinking discretionary budgets Carbon Taxation is the last hope for temporarily fattening government coffers!
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Will nobody play with poor jeffy……..?
January 7, 2019 at 11:37 pm
Pruett: “Our self worth is not tied to others.” That’s definitely the narrative you want to adopt after losing the clerk-recorder’s race in every precinct. LOL.
“Our self worth is not tied to others.”
Says the “man” who constantly employs the royal “we” almost certainly because he shares that meat sack he inhabits with a family of Oompa Loompas!
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Ben doesn’t have any kids to be borrowing the world from. On average, about half of all men don’t have any kids and that has been true for ages.
Climate Change is the left’s wedge to put their taxmen in the middle of the carbon fuel money stream, but there is a grand solar minimum on its way… the Bens of the world had better get their money streams set up before the middle classes of the whole world start wearing Yellow Vests and raising hell.
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Posted by: Gregory | 08 January 2019 at 10:48 AM
Thought he mentioned once that he had two boys.
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Where is the outrage from the left, oh the Mexican president is a lefty –
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/mexico-to-regulate-370-illegal-crossings-on-guatemala-border/
😉
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Seems to me that Germany went all in on solar and now has big fields of outdated inefficient solar panels that are ready for the dustbin of history. Good thing the Paris Climate money transfer folks let China increase their carbon output. .
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Kalifornia here we come.
“In short, even if the golden geese of capitalism were to continue laying eggs in Ocasio-Cortez’s command-and-control economy, there will not be enough to make her statist omelet. Even if Ocasio-Cortez’s fever dream were technologically feasible, the burden of funding it would land on the middle class as well as the uber-wealthy…….
Yet the reaction from Very Serious People is not to ask Ocasio-Cortez when she plans to stop snorting the pixie dust, or to remind her she is not the representative for Neverland. In the world of Very Serious People, the idea of Mexico funding a border wall is fantastical, but the idea of going carbon-free in a decade is visionary. The Green New Deal will sound far more plausible when democratic socialists figure out a way to burn the unicorn flatulence generated in promoting it.
http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/07/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal-powered-unicorns/
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Fish,
I have two kids, our youngest turns 23 today.
Capturing the costs of externalities from industry would be a good start to shift the way we all perceive our lifestyles. If we paid the true cost of goods and services our culture would look and act much different.
I like coming to RR every once in awhile to see if the fab five are still here doing their thing.
Lets hope the 2019 economic collapse will force the shift of the operating paradigm.
The New Paradigm
Bio regionalism where the large scale centralization of all human made systems come to an end.
Here is a neighboring bioregion of Cascadia who has put much more energy into setting up a parallel system.
https://www.cascadianow.org/bioregionalismradar.
We have put together some local groups together in our region that work somewhat are under the radar but nowhere near enough. through one of those groups I bartered livestock for some lumber to build my dad a deck before he passed away. Also through another group we collected truck loads of goods for those in Paradise after the fires. We helped get passed a temporary permit for more permanent structures while the town gets rebuilt. I hauled down compressors, nail guns, hoses, generator, cords, etc..
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Sorry to say your fantasy is still a fantasy Ben Emery. What do you suggest the other 6.7 billion people on the planet do?
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Posted by: Ben Emery | 08 January 2019 at 11:43 AM
I like coming to RR every once in awhile to see if the fab five are still here doing their thing.
We are!
Lets hope the 2019 economic collapse will force the shift of the operating paradigm.
I’m am surprised as well that we haven’t reprised the 2007/2008 mini collapse. I expect the next one to be worse.
The New Paradigm
Bio regionalism where the large scale centralization of all human made systems come to an end.
We’ll see.
Also through another group we collected truck loads of goods for those in Paradise after the fires. We helped get passed a temporary permit for more permanent structures while the town gets rebuilt. I hauled down compressors, nail guns, hoses, generator, cords, etc..
Atta boy! How’s the health?
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In other new, you can’t. fight City Hall. Man banned from his own property for living off the Grid.
https://www.facebook.com/Slinkee4423/videos/10215290790995837/UzpfSTI3MjYxMTYxNjE3NzkwMToxNzgyMTExMTUxODk0NTk5/
Lawsuit against CA for voter fraud. Me thinks Dick Morris is being too optimistic. He don’t know how evil CA is.
https://www.westernjournal.com/dick-morris-audacious-lawsuit-end-voter-fraud-california/?fbclid=IwAR0i4-hUxl4cMWiyQP3KSDQfBkCIrXagkrWfz3yyBEYX-ywsWVfRuzfyfjk
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Enjoy the fair prices set by government for your health care………
I shudder to think what they will charge dugsKKKi for that nasty diaper rash!
http://reason.com/blog/2019/01/08/zuckerberg-hospital-bill-san-francisco
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I would be careful broadcasting this:
“We have put together some local groups together in our region that work somewhat are under the radar but nowhere near enough. through one of those groups I bartered livestock for some lumber to build my dad a deck before he passed away.”
Anything of value that changes hands is an economic event (transaction) and thus subject to the rules and regulations of the IRS, i.e., a taxable event and must be reported, FYI. The law applies to all and goes not take into account good intentions or how things should be in a perfect world. If the value of one is greater than the other, tax evasion may have occured.
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What you get when the bubble brained socialist has to function in the real world –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-attacks-fact-checkers-for-false-equivalency-bias-toward-her
😉
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“Sorry to say your fantasy is still a fantasy Ben Emery. What do you suggest the other 6.7 billion people on the planet do?”
Not a bad question.
I always wonder what’ll happen when 20 billion people, all living sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyles, will do when anything goes wrong. In a lot of cases efficient systems are quite brittle.
Then there’s always the question of why the Blue Mob wants the entire Third World to move in to the First to enjoy the better lifestyle. Just imagine the ecological hit from that.
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,,,wow George is pouring it on thick with his sandbox preamble!!!
Immigrants are leaving faster than they are arriving – Trump has the feared out conservatives in a lather!!!
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fish 1055am
I’m talking biological children, fish. IIRC Ben’s two are not genetically his.
toes 1236pm
ahhh… the b-word. Yes, loose lips can sink ships or at least get the fed, state and local assessors excited about hidden transactions.
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Democrats want to starve poor people
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-affect-snap-food-stamps-wic-millions-could-face-severe-cuts-in-2019-funding-usda/?fbclid=IwAR3qNePJQKonoNNtmqsJKa-phmc6dFiHdnIzndlY8lwcvGRKDxvqk4Ao6x0
Democrats want to kill young people:
https://fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/examples-serious-crimes-illegal-aliens?fbclid=IwAR3m8wrwY5wReeLdze0E8IvDac9byj1Q-90F_bRN9pHnTc9kTpFHMpL7Zy4
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Comrade deblasio goes full socialist, even NY Gov Cuomo is against this –
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYC-Health-Care-Guarantee-Mayor-de-Blasio-504046171.html
😉
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Not all of team 0 is towing the party line –
President Barack Obama’s Border Patrol chief went public on Tuesday and said that President Donald Trump is correct about building a border wall.
President Trump fired Obama-appointed Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan one day after taking office in January 2016. Despite this, former Chief Morgan made a public statement released on Tuesday supporting the president’s plan to build border walls, LawAndCrime.com reported.
“I’m here today breaking my silence to tell the American people that the president is correct in what he’s doing,” Morgan told interviewer Brian Ross with the Law & Crime Network. “The wall works — 100 percent.”
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/01/08/trump-is-right-about-the-wall-says-obama-appointed-border-patrol-chief/
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Posted by: Gregory | 08 January 2019 at 12:50 PM
fish 1055am
I’m talking biological children, fish. IIRC Ben’s two are not genetically his.
I have stepchildren too. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one!
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I also have stepchildren and I’m adopted, having won the lottery with my folks. However, DNA is DNA and I disagree with the original claim that Ben passed along… that the world is borrowed from one’s children.
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Can we say veto bait?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/democratic-chairman-begins-prep-work-for-legislation-to-enact-single-payer-healthcare
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Poor Mike Pense having to justify statements from our Liar in Chief
Mike Pence Struggles To Defend Trump’s Lie That Past Presidents Support His Border Wall
All four living former presidents have denied that they ever spoke to Trump about the wall or have made it clear they do not support it.
On Friday, Trump falsely boasted that his predecessors “have told me that we should have” built the wall.
“This should have been done by all of the presidents that preceded me, and they all know it,” he said during a news conference. “Some of them have told me that we should have done it.”
But all four living former presidents have denied that they ever spoke to Trump about the wall or have made it clear they do not support Trump’s long-promised proposal.
Pressed by NBC News’ Hallie Jackson in an interview Tuesday, Pence hesitated, before attempting to claim that the president meant that it had been “his impression” and that he meant “the importance of border security.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-trump-border-wall-lie_us_5c34972de4b05d4e96bc6926
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 08 January 2019 at 03:11 PM
Yeah….that’s pretty bad! You probably shouldn’t vote for him again Punchy.
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Will the mainstream media cave and cover the Trumpski dog and pony show tonight???
They would not cover Obama’s 2014 immigration speech – too political they said.
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Glad you agree fish that Trump is a liar.
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Leave it to “m” to stay out of touch. ALL are covering it.
Your LIBs whine demanding equal air time. Sorry, no way in hell will they get “equal viewership”. Princess Nan and Chuck E. “cheesy” Schmuck are said to be doing the bitching.
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Hi Paul,, figure out Calif.’s crazy debt amount yet?
In other news, Homeowner scores 4 for 4. Notice the story won’t say what weapon he used.
https://www.kyma.com/news/woman-dead-and-three-injured-in-home-invasion/963355954
It sure wasn’t a Darrenger.
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Wow
Trump continues his skid in the polls with his lowest numbers since Sept last year. Even Gregory’s favorite, the discredited Rasmussen Poll, has him down by 7
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 08 January 2019 at 03:31 PM
Glad you agree fish that Trump is a liar.
Just doing my part to keep confused senior citizens smilin…..
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I am not confused and neither are you. We both agree Trump is a liar.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 08 January 2019 at 03:47 PM
Punch….I always think you’re confused!
But smilin……..
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After my piece on our Liar in Chief fish writes:
“Yeah….that’s pretty bad!”
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 08 January 2019 at 04:05 PM
Are you trying to say that mild sarcasm escapes you Paul?
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Fake news gets a swift kick to the nuts.
“Kellyanne Conway embarrassed CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta during a press gaggle on Tuesday, referring to him as a “smarta–” unliked by other reporters.
Acosta asked Conway if she could promise that President Trump would tell the truth when addressing the nation on Tuesday night.
“Yes, Jim,” Conway shot back, “Can you promise that you will? The whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Am I allowed to mention ‘God’ to you?” “
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Oh I get it you were trying to be funny and you don’t believe Trump is a liar, you believe he a honest man with integrity Ha Ha
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Bad news for the po’ ol’ pollhead –
President Donald Trump has more public support for his argument that the nation is facing a border crisis than Democrats have for their claim that the nation is merely facing a “problem” on the border, according to a Morning Consult poll released Tuesday evening.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/08/poll-plurality-agrees-with-trumps-border-crisis-description/
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Thanks for bring up the poll Don. Here’s what else it says
44% of voters support building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, while 47% oppose the idea.
37% of voters said the country was headed in the right direction — the lowest figure since March
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Really Paul? No one called ME to ask. Funny thing about polls, they know who to call to get the “desired” results.
Kinda like Ca. crowing about a “balanced budget”. But don’t look at the trillion bucks the state owes for borrowed money.
You ready for the state to give free heath care to illegals?
That money will just magically appear.
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I thought your guy Trump was going to balance the budget Walt. Do you believe him when he said:
““We will balance the budget without making cuts in Social Security and Medicare.” — his weekly address on May 26, 2017
Washington Post
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The pony tail of ignorance is playing games, the last line is not from that article.
37% of voters said the country was headed in the right direction — the lowest figure since March
Still wallowing in ignorance of how the branches of government work to pass a budget.
😉
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Re Trump’s speech tonight – to make the national crisis argument stick he needs 1) to stay on script, no off-cuff bullshitting, and 2) his cited numbers must nail it beyond reproach. Else the Chucky/Nancy sequel will make mincemeat of it, and the mass of viewers will be left in doubt at best.
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Walt 520pm
They might have called me to ask my opinion… I don’t answer questions when someone I don’t know gives me a cold call.
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Paul.. Your the LAST one here who should be putting in his two cents about how budgets get dealt with. You made that REAL clear…(You know jack sh*t…BTW… How’s he doing? )
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I’m relying on experts like you Walt. Here’s your chance to educate me.
Do you believe Trump when he says:
““We will balance the budget without making cuts in Social Security and Medicare.”
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You have a REAL short memory Paul. Just who writes the spending budget? Start with that. Now tell us just who get to do that now.
( You REALLY expect your GOD Mother,(who has never seen a penny worth saving) to start reducing spending? She has SO many taxes she wants to hike.
Nope, you didn’t learn anything. Just jack up taxes and “deem” the budget “balanced”.
How bout that 300 billion your boy “O” spent with no Congressional approval? Not a gripe from the spendthrift Proggys. ( yet howl to the moon and stars because Trump wants to defend the border.
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That was short and sweet. Princess Nan and Chucky who have a LOT to say has about two minutes (if that) for their “equal time”.
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Paul, did you retract your multiple claims that California didn’t have debt?
I missed your mea culpa.
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LOL!!! They look like they are making a hostage ransom tape.
Nan looks scared!
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Whatever Nan and Chucky the Clown says, count on our Popinjay to parrot it, lol. Fear monogering, divisive, blah, blah, blah…whatever it is.
Democrats simply do not want to secure the border, period. No ifs, ands, or butts about it.
When children are separated from their mothers, the Dems call that a crisis. Everything else is not a crisis.
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