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The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity; the main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery – W. Churchill

George Rebane

Amazon Cancels HQ2 Plans in NYC’ – Now here’s a good dose of social justice for the residents of NYC delivered by local socialist politicians who couldn’t stomach the tax incentives the city promised Amazon for bringing in thousands of high-paying jobs.  Some call that cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Mueller’s investigation is wrapping up??? All kinds of rumors are flying around from the imminent termination of the investigation, that most of his lawyers have already been reassigned or left, there will be no final report (at least not one released to the public), to God knows what.  Has any reader found anything that looks like it's definitive and/or reliable out there on the web?

[15feb19 update]  The depth of AOC’s stupidity is yet to be fathomed.  CBS reports that the congresswoman actually believes that NYC has saved $3B, money which it now has and can spend on more teachers, fixing subways, etc, etc, instead of ‘giving away’ to Amazon.  Unbelievable!!  And what can we say about the voters who elected her? – they are at least as stupid as she.  And what can we say about the Dem congressional critters that support her? – they range somewhere between butt stupid and cynical/evil.  And what about all those across the land who are fans of AOC; talk about national dumbth.

[18feb19 update] Taqiya in America appears alive and well.  Our newly-minted Muslim in the House has successfully bamboozled herself out of a little anti-Semitic slip up, and immediately gone on to declare her true colors by agreeing to raise money for an Islamic organization with an iffy relationship to western culture and terrorist organizations.  Daily Caller reports, “Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is scheduled to raise money in March with the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) only a week after she used an anti-Semitic trope to claim Israel has paid for GOP support.”

'Autopsy of a Dead Coup' by Victor Davis Hanson is an excellent summary of our Left's draconian three-year effort to put an end first to candidate Trump, and then to President Trump.  The VDH piece was brought to us by a regular commenter in the last Sandbox's comment stream.  I did not want the link to it to languish there, so I'm making it more prominent here.  As expected, one of our regular liberal readers had no problem assessing the events of that sordid trail of treachery as nothing more than some solid, concerned citizens "exercising their Constitutional duty in evaluating Trumps mental fitness."  (No really, that's what the Left believes has been happening.)

[19feb19 update]  'Hate crimes' list reported by the liberal lamestream media just during the two years of the Trump administration.  When a progressive hates a duly elected President, then let nothing stand in the way of getting him out of office or delegitimizing his administration.

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147 responses to “Ruminations – 14feb19 (updated 19feb19)”

  1. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Here is your question.
    “Can you cite a few examples of your 5:05 post that have occurred in Western Europe since WWII?
    Posted by: Paul Emery | 17 February 2019 at 05:19 PM ”
    So you see why we think you have dementia now?

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  2. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    “George
    Speaking of Socialism for the rich how about Trump and the Republicans giving $500 million …..”
    Found it! Noboby was speaking about Socialism for the rich. Well, I suppose this whole thread could be under the sub-topic of “Social Justice” found under the updated Ruminations topic of the the depts of AOC stupidity is yet to be fathomed. Sure ain’t under Meuller. Maybe under the socialist politicans backing out of the Amazon Deal…
    “Now here’s a good dose of social justice for the residents of NYC delivered by local socialist politicians who couldn’t stomach the tax incentives the city promised Amazon for bringing in thousands of high-paying jobs. Some call that cutting off your nose to spite your face”
    That works. Now, back to The Netherlands and smoking harsh in Amsterdam. Did you hear the government there just put out a warning to tourists to treat the hos with more respect and don’t be so rough on the fine ladies? Anyway….

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  3. Walt Avatar

    Well,, well,,, All those people prostituting themselves to BIG CORP. just to get a decent paycheck. All those unemployed can now have better self esteem, because they won’t have to “put out” to the man
    and make the stockholders richer.
    “Unemployment and food stamps are good for America”- Queen Pelosi.

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  4. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE – None of the west Europeans have gone that route yet because we have been there propping them up since WW2, but their progress toward a lower QoL is steady as the price of everything is going up and their GDP growth is in the doldrums with nothing in the pipeline or on the horizon to increase it. Examples in other parts of the world abound, and I invite you to familiarize yourself with those cases – you’ll be the first local leftist to do so, and that itself should serve a goad.
    What do you think of Cuomo finally admitting that tax rates actually do affect people’s economic behavior as New Yorkers are heading toward greener pastures and friendlier business climates. Our socialists have actually started internal mass migrations of people seeking to flee tyrannical taxes and rogue regulations.
    And how come progressives who claim to be in the leading edges of social evolution can never fathom something happening that hasn’t happened before? Imagine the number of times over the last decade that you have used that argument on these pages – if it ain’t happened before, it can’t happen in the future. A very remarkable outlook for a ‘progressive’ mind, isn’t it?

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  5. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Back on topic. I spell it out for ya, Brother Walt since you don’t do FB. Speaking of socialism for the rich…how about Trump and the Republicans giving….
    ——
    “The Fed’s closed the courtroom when El Cappo started naming Democrats who he paid off. Think about that!!!!!!”
    https://www.facebook.com/frederick.edenburn/posts/2264287306935962?__tn__=%2CdH-R-R&eid=ARD6XUcZF7gwLVo_2WjIV_JVsXLDRg4HvoDILH3a4J3IGvIM2K1_q2vr1Qfu2wIHP_xXijj_yYj_1Kg1

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  6. Todd Swallows Avatar
    Todd Swallows

    Answer the question Todd.
    “Do you think Denmark for example is going to become a tyranny as George predicts.”
    Of course you think Jamaicans are descendant from Estonia, so this might be a very trying question for you. Do you know where Denmark is?

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  7. Paul Emery Avatar

    Bill writes:
    “Hey, with Obama in charge, not one Wall Street fat cat went to jail. None lost their bankers’ licenses or licenses to be investors or money changers.
    No jail time from the top to bottom. All walked even the bond rating agencies . All made whole again…by the tax payers!!”
    I’m with you on this. that and his crappy health care thang was why I didn’t vote for him in the second time.

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  8. Paul Emery Avatar

    Walt
    Those were hangovers from the Stalin days. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I meant European countries that became tyrannies since then.

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  9. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Uh um @ 841 , no horning in on the pony tail of ignorance’s why, why, why fest, especially with a recycle. Wasn’t it Denmark who is putting its un-deportables on an island?
    @ 806 said – Can you cite a few examples of your 5:05 post that have occurred in Western Europe since WWII?
    That sure qualifies as the past and is a bit of a trick question since all of what you are talking about happened in eastern, southern Europe.
    😉
    Posted by: Don Bessee | 17 February 2019 at 08:15 PM
    😉

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  10. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Ah, so you finally admit you don’t mean what you say @958. Hate to burst your bubble but folks had that figured out long ago.
    😉

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  11. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George until it happens then it’s just a theory. Western European governments take good care of their people and there is no evidence that the GDP of healthcare has risen to any great degree. People are healthy in Europe and they don’t have to declare bankruptcy if they break a leg.

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  12. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Someone clearly needs to read more European media @1026.
    😉

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  13. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Cool. Paul is off his Trumphate for a moment and needs to actually be for something.
    So why doesn’t the Great State of California simply implement an amazing public health system? You should tell them to be just like Denmark or something.

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  14. Walt Avatar

    France Emery,, France!!! The streets are still burning.
    So is Emery working on redefining tyranny? It only means what he needs it to in any given post.

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  15. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 1026pm – “George until it happens then it’s just a theory.” Paul, you are once more confirming the longstanding fact that it is the progressives who are either anti-science or science-blind. (Science that does not support the narrative is not science.) What I outlined has happened so many times with exactly the precursors described. Your discounting that happening again in currently socialist trending countries is like saying that predicting ‘next spring’ is just a theory until it happens – never mind past history and Newton’s laws applied to celestial mechanics. And therefore no planning need be done to prepare for such a theoretical event.
    BTW, you also seem to have a profound misunderstanding of the notion and definition of ‘theory’ that ties with what your fellow liberals believe. A theory (especially in science) is a body of work containing propositions that explain the realworld in terms of its past, and also makes predictions of future event conditioned on the form of the theory. A theory does not automatically denote something that is presumptuous, unproven, and/or most likely false – consider the theory of relativity, theory of quantum mechanics, electro-magnetic theory, theory of Skinnerian behaviorism, … .

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  16. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    When the USSR folded it happened almost overnight in political terms. Reagan warned us that we are always one generation away from going away as a free country. European politicians are socialists and one step away from communism. Canda has adopted anti-free speech laws that should curl your toes. But if we stay silent then we get that stealth encroachment on our rights as our Constitution lays out. We must never let the Paul Emery’s and his ilk have their way.

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  17. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Sorry about your mom Todd.

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  18. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    “I’m with you on this. that and his crappy health care thang was why I didn’t vote for him in the second time.” Staggering Punch Drunk One @ 9:56 pm
    Or so you say. We all know the reason why. It’s because you could not stomach having a half black man sitting in the White House for another four years. We know what you were really thinking. “Crappy health care thang” gives you cover and plausible deniability. Rightttttt. Sure, we believe you, paleface. Whatever you say. It’s all good.
    ——————————
    Scene @am
    “”So why doesn’t the Great State of California simply implement an amazing public health system? You should tell them to be just like Denmark or something.”
    Exactly. We are now the one party Golden State and there is nothing, absolutely nothing , stopping us now from passing out free heathare for all. Like, we are the fifth largest economy in the world and known universe and we ain’t called the GOLDEN State for nothing. We should indeed be more like Denmark….or something.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_LlPU6KenjU
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ882QYzr-M

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  19. Paul Emery Avatar

    Wow Bill
    You sure are desperate.

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  20. Paul Emery Avatar

    George
    Just to clarify that I’m hearing you correctly. You believe that the following countries and many more will drift into tyrannical rule because that is the inevitable path of socialism
    Here’s a start, there are many more:
    Great Britain
    Germany
    Denmark
    Netherlands
    Switzerland
    Belgium
    Norway
    Finland
    Australia
    Sweden
    Ireland
    Estonia
    Hong Cong
    All these countries have national health care systems that meet your criteria for tyrannical destinies.

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  21. Walt Avatar

    Keep trying Comrade Emery. Keep dreaming those socialist dreams.

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  22. Paul Emery Avatar

    Scratch Hong Kong
    Add Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria and New Zealand
    All universal health care.

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  23. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Paul Emery does not know history. I forgive his ignorance.

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  24. Walt Avatar

    Well,, called that one. Emery is jumping from Commie nation to Commie nation to fill his needs.. Epic fail.
    Back in TROLL mode Emery?

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  25. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    The left is showing us all the Peter Principle in real time. Paul Emery and Swallows and the other trolls are just ignorant. On the Union, there are a few too. One idiot denies the Indian dude that banged the drum in the kids face then attacked a Catholic Church actually happened. That among many other things. Anyway, I supplied links after he claimed I made it up. But it still refuses to believe it. You cannot fix stupid though we try.

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  26. Paul Emery Avatar

    So Todd do you believe that the countries I have listed will drift int Communism and tyranny because of their Socialized Medicine programs?

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  27. Walt Avatar

    Give it up Emery, you got your butt handed to ya.
    You sent too much time in fantasy land.
    BTW… How that “gun free zone” work’n in Nevada City?

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  28. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 18 February 2019 at 11:30 AM
    All universal health care…..

    I would entertain a discussion about “universal health care” Punch but the federal governments track record so far isn’t terribly impressive as evidenced by the VA fiasco and Medicare’s actuarial impossibility.
    You often tell Todd he should move to be closer to his ideological brethren…….have you given any thought to emigrating to any of the countries mentioned?

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  29. Bocephus Avatar
    Bocephus

    ,,,George tosses an anti-brown people trope to his believers with his Feb. 18 update,,,
    If UAE does not like them they (((like Khashoggi))) must be doing something right.
    UAE designation as terrorist organization
    In November 2014 CAIR was designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates,[116] due to alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.[8][117][118][119][120] UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said groups, such as CAIR, may appeal the designation if their “approach has changed”, as the law contains clauses allowing “organizations the availability to appeal through evidence and via the courts to have their names eliminated from the list.” Qarqash rejected criticism of the designation, saying “The noise (by) some Western organizations over the UAE’s terrorism list originates in groups that are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and many of them work on incitement and creating an environment of extremism.”[121]
    CAIR called the move “shocking and bizarre,” and some international terrorism analysts were also critical. The Washington Post wrote: “CAIR and the Muslim American Society are not alone in their shock. Diverse groups across Europe were also added to the list, leaving many observers perplexed at the scope and sheer scale of the list. Norway’s foreign ministry has already publicly requested an explanation as to why one of the country’s largest Islamic groups, the Islamic Organization, was included, and on Monday, the U.S. State Department said they would be seeking more information from the U.A.E.”[8] In January 2015, CAIR said it would seek to appeal the designation in the UAE.[122][123]
    The United States government has not listed CAIR as a terrorist organization.[124]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American%E2%80%93Islamic_Relations

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  30. Walt Avatar

    Well, since he’s Greek,,, Greece should take him back.
    And REAL socialist, and loves OPM. Emery would be real happy “back home”.
    He still can’t remember your first name. (after what? Being told 15 times?)

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  31. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Paul Emery, universal healthcare is one of the tools used by a government to take your individual rights. But that seems to be the total of your input. Free speech and many other things we take for granted are denied in many European countries and even Canada and Australia. Look and analyze all those things and get back to us. You seem rather ignorant about these things.

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  32. Walt Avatar

    DOUGY!!!!! Rough day on the Daily caller?

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  33. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    I’m in California and the West Coast is my territory, all solid blue. Why whould I leave?
    Todd
    In Canada people don’t lose their homes in order to pay for health care. thought you knew that.

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  34. Walt Avatar

    Well Emery,, Live by LIB,, DIE by LIB…. Calif. Commie health care just might spell out euthanasia as an alternative to elder heath care. “You just too old to spend money on.” Go ahead.. Say it will never happen. AI “doctors” will see it as “compassion”.
    And being on the side of the Commies here,, pretty much rules out ANY “Libertarianism” you claim to posses.
    Your now officially ” Paul the Red.” You flag with the hammer and sickle is in the mail.

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  35. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Paul Emery, but if you say something they don’t like you are arrested and lose your home to pay attorneys fees.

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  36. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    And “blue” is a democrat descriptive so stop the charade. You are a green libertarian. You are a full-fledged democrat/socialist.

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  37. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 1121am – Paul, when you’re done playing around, we can continue the conversation – you know exactly what my ‘trending toward socialism’ remarks have meant. And if you are still confused as to my discussion of this over the years, then it truly is time to pick another topic to talk about.

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  38. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 18 February 2019 at 12:40 PM
    Again Punch you don’t have Universal Health Care even in the western US and I’m pretty sure that once the Newsome 2020 campaign runs the numbers they’ll quietly back away from his earlier promises……anyway in keeping with your Todd suggestion, you should really consider living your beliefs and move to a locale that satisfies your healthcare preferences and ideological beliefs!
    Its would be a shame if people called you a hypocrite.

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  39. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Punchy,
    All mortgages in Canada have to be renewed every 5 years to see if one’s financial circumstances have changed. No 10-30 year mortgages. 5 year mortgages only. With proof. No liars loans, no estimated incomes. It’s what saved Canada from our housing meltdown. So, if your financial circumstances have changed, you loose your home at renewal time….but off topic.
    So, when is CA going to have Medicaid for all? Single payer works great. So let CA be the trailblazer and show the nation how it’s done.
    I bet darn near every junkie at the homeless camps and every mouth your fed at Utah’s place has free healthcare…unless they are too lazy to fill out the paperwork on their own. All the poor has free Medicaid. They are taken care of and are a happy lot. A most happy lot because they are taken care of. Cool beans.
    No problem. Expand it to everybody. Our Blue State has already said that they will cover every illegal. Let’s get off the pot and get ‘er done. We have no one to blame but the Blue State. No one to blame but Sacramento. Take your complaints there, Punch.
    Ironically, the governor of Vermont tried an ambitious single payer plan. It collapsed. Odd that Bernie (Socialist-VT) never mentions that on his stumps. He is from Vermont and one would think he should know. Go figure.
    25% of all the homeless in the US will sleep in CA tonight. I see that as a big problem. Now that CA has a super majority and the state is awash with wealth, what exactly is stopping CA from covering everybody? What? What? What is stopping CA? Tell me.
    We don’t have to worry about defense expenses or foreign aid, or giving the Smithsomian another billion dollars as we did just last week.
    There is nothing stopping the Blue CA state government from expanding Medicaid for all. Nothing. If it cannot be done in wealthy CA by a Super Duper Blue Majority, then I am most puzzled. Do it now. Within 60 days. People are losing their homes for breaking a leg, for Goodness Skaes. It’s a crisis and CA can solve it. 60 days,
    . Get ‘er done.

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  40. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Hey, what about moving to merry ole England? Maybe get another chance to play for the Queen. That would be so cool.
    https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/could-britain-style-healthcare-work-america
    https://www.facebook.com/wrtfrk/photos/a.2008525052731937/2239661846284922/?type=3&theater
    Russia has “free” healthcare. Last time I was there (many moons ago) people were walking around with wooden teeth. Figured they were paying homage to George Washington. China has two kinds of healthcare . Private and public. Yes, we are not talking about commie bastard countries, but the similarities apply…eerily apply.
    https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/new-york-times-reveals-horrors-capitalism-showing-chinas-state-run-hospitals
    Now before proseeding, we must decide if healthcare is a right or a commodity? Important question before moving on to the real important questions, such as are the dephts of AOC’s stupidity fathomable?
    Healthcare. Right or commodity. We must distinguish.
    There are rights that are inherent to being human and rights that we acquire merely as a result of civil legislation. That’s the old distinction between natural and positive rights, which is entailed by the classical distinction between natural and positive law. And it’s definitely worth asking, in effect, what kind and amount of “health care” is a natural or positive right.
    For instance, we can all agree that fixing a broken leg is health care, and that it is necessary for the patient’s well-being. Most people would agree that “boob jobs” for vanity’s sake are not health care, even if the patient believes they are necessary for her attractiveness or self-esteem. So the consensus, I take it, would be that if a given patient with a broken leg lacks the financial means to get it fixed, they should have at least the positive right to help from the public coffers, and maybe even the natural right. Whereas the woman who wants cosmetic surgery has no right to it in any sense beyond her own ability to pay for it.
    But where to draw the line in the gray areas? How much “preventive” care is “necessary,” or at least so important that it should be treated as at least a positive right? Just how much care for the elderly and demented, and/or the terminally ill, is “necessary” for their well-being? Whether they admit it or not, a good many people believe that such patients are probably better off dead once their “quality of life” falls below a certain threshold. If that belief is true, it makes no sense to finance the patients’ health care from the public coffers. If that belief is false, it might well make sense.

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Meuller:
    Dr. Rebane, got it. Feelers came back. I will take it on a good authority that the Meuler investigation is ending soon. Thats all I got, but suffice to say it’s ending “soon.” Soon as in sooner than later. Sooner as in soon. No guarantees in life (save death, taxes, and the constant of change) but this one confirms reporter’s rumors.
    Then again, the old Indian put his ear to the ground and heard the thundering sound of approaching hoofs. Unfortunately, he should of looked up before the buffalo trampled him to death. 🙂

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  42. Walt Avatar

    A woman in a balloon, realizing she’s lost.
    Lowers her altitude and spots a man fishing in a boat below.
    She shouts at him “Excuse me,can you help me? I promised a friend an hour ago that I would meet him, but I don’t know where I am.”
    The man consults his GPS and replies,” Your in a hot air balloon, aprx. 30 feet off the ground at an elevation of 2,346 above sea level Your at 39.345N 191.263W.”
    She rolls her eyes and says, “you must be a Republican”
    ” I AM” says the gentleman, “How did you know??”
    “well” answers the woman,”Everything you say is technically correct, but I have no idea how to use that information and I’m still lost. Frankly you no help to me.”
    The Man smiles and replies back,, “You must be a Democrat”.
    “I AM” says the balloonist,”How did you know?”
    “Well” says the gentleman,,”You don’t know where you are, nor where you are going. You have risen to where you are due the large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea of how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You are in exactly the same position than before we even met, but somehow now, it’s MY fault.”

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  43. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Re: hate crime update.
    First, all the hoaxes are listed in the stats as hate crimes because they were reported as hate crimes.
    Second, and in view of the Coventry Catholic School Boy uproar, MAGA hats are the new symbol of hate, racism, and the Klan’s hoods. Synonymous.
    And third, this reminds me of the mad rush to included in the #Metoo Movement. They are coming out of the woodwork now.
    “(Senator Elizabeth) Warren claimed she was simply on her evening walk with her favorite peyote blend when the two men leaped out of the bushes, fired a round, spent several minutes reloading their muzzle-loading rifles, fired again, and then hollered “battle cries” as they hurled smallpox-infested blankets at her.
    “The men fired muskets at me, threw several blankets infested with smallpox in my general direction, and told me this was colonial country,” she said, holding back tears. “They told me to go back to my reservation and that I wasn’t welcome here.”
    According to Warren, the men stuck a feather in her hair and then called her “macaroni” before dancing around her in a mock Native American rain dance.”
    https://babylonbee.com/news/elizabeth-warren-claims-two-men-in-colonial-outfits-assaulted-her-with-smallpox-infested-blankets

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  44. L Avatar
    L

    Thanks for coffee down the windpipe, Toes L

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