[The NCAA now allows transgender females to compete in women's track events, and soon other sports. The big concern that needs to be addressed is not that the transgenders are setting new records for women, but that this makes no never mind to the officials now fashioning this new sports world, “Focusing on performance advantage is largely irrelevant because this is a rights issue. We shouldn’t be worried about trans people taking over the Olympics. We should be worried about their fairness and human rights instead.” (more here) gjr]
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472 responses to “Sandbox – 26feb19”
Why would someone who is as smart as trump claims to be.. threaten his high school, college, and a the SAT College board if they released his records?
Answer: because he is a liar and really is as dumb as a box of rocks. Which is obvious by how he has carried himself while in office to everyone but die hard supporters.
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“No military threat ” Well NO 💩! Never said there was.
Crack supply running low?
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Posted by: Roberta Cross | 27 February 2019 at 12:42 PM
……yawwwwwn…..
Still president Roberta! Hey, if you guys didn’t want a Trump presidency why did you nominate Hillary Clinton……talk about “dumb as a box of rocks”.
Oh well….theres always 2024.
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Hey guys, I have an idea (actually Roger Stone’s idea), let’s declare an emergency threat and take money from the Coast Guard northern patrol and let’s build a wall. A big beautiful wall through the desert. BTW I don’t give a shat what military command and advisors say. On to Vietnam to visit my commy friends! Bring on the pho!
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/02/27/northern-border-with-canada-not-southern-is-what-worries-norad-leaders/
Todd Swallows
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Posted by: Todd Swallows | 27 February 2019 at 12:51 PM
Oh Toddly….if you need access to that many central Americans perhaps you should just move to where the “food” is if you follow me?
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Oh Swallower, 1217, no one cares. I am still waiting for your pal Obama’s transcripts. And not one gal has come forward from his “college” days to tell us he boinked her. Maybe he threatened them if they exist. Anyway, Trump is President and you are a inmate. What a hoot!
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“On to Vietnam to visit my commy friends! Bring on the pho!” Gooper
Hmmm. Ten minutes after Trump touched down in Hanoi, it became apparent that Trump had spent more time in Vietnam than Senator Blumenthal ever has.
At least Trump made it to Nam.
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Don @12:27 pm. Link below is not about education as such, but some serious similarities to the USA. It can’t happen here,. Opps, too late. In fact, the link below is another haunting article from the Federalistd. How to loot a country. Very disturbing, IMHO. The political class strikes again.
“South African school children are routinely abused as laboratory rats for the world’s crackpot curriculum fads. Immediately after 1994, the overlords determined to throw out the basics in favor of outcomes-based education promoting nebulous ideas of peace, prosperity, non-sexism, non-racialism, and democracy.
Every peer ranking confirms the total failure of South Africa’s relentless education experimentation. Its kids rank at or near the bottom of comparative international tests, and academic standards have been lowered to improve appearances—school students need only score 20 percent in mathematics to secure a passing grade.
Universities have been beset by violent protests that have produced even lower standards, more student indebtedness, and less discipline. Students have demanded the “decolonization of education,” including the perfectly reasonable idea of replacing Western science with African witchcraft.”
http://thefederalist.com/2019/02/22/10-scary-facts-indicating-south-africa-becoming-next-venezuela/
On a related note, it is worthwhile to mention that when things started to unravel in Venezuela, the richest person Venezuela was the widow of Hugo Chavez.
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Once again Todd and Walt:
Are you saying Trump didn’t lie when he said:
“” Mr. President, did you know about the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels?
THE PRESIDENT: No. No. What else?
Q Then why did Michael Cohen make those if there was no truth to her allegations?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you’ll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. And you’ll have to ask Michael Cohen.
Q Do you know where he got the money to make that payment?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I don’t know. No.
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Paul and his hush money.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/settlements-congress-sexual-harassment/index.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-congress-sexual-harassment-hush-money-20171128-story.html
You can bet plenty of NDAs are in force…
And while in office no less.
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OH OHHHHHH. Congress has a HUSH FUND!!!!!!
No one is in any hurry to close the check book.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4494/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Congressional+Accountability+and+Hush+Fund+Elimination+Act%22%5D%7D
Nope,, no one wants their names disclosed….
And our Proggys are trying to hang Trump for something BEFORE he was elected as a private citizen.
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,,,Wall Street Journal,,,the Faux News of print media,,,
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/business/media/reporters-banned-trump-hanoi.html
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So what Dougy? CNN has proven to be an ass in the past.
BOOOOhooooo.
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The question I have Walt is whether you think Trump is lying in his above quote which was taken from a video.
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Todd
“no one cares.”
From watching Cohen spill the beans and listening to some of the questions, MANY people care. You are an out of touch old man. So out of touch you couldn’t even get re elected as a county sup after the voters saw how incompetent and OUT OF TOUCH you are. You don’t know what you are saying when you claim “no one cares”.
Channel surfing during lunch break it was amazing how everybody is focused on Cohen and not a word about Trump’s belated visit to Vietnam. I bet he is SOOO pissed playing second fiddle on the news.
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Even Fox news accepts that Cohen has valuable stuff on Trump
Republicans have failed to refute any of Cohen’s allegations against Trump: Fox News’ Chris Wallace:
“They haven’t refuted his basic allegations against the president. And you say they’re doing the best they can. It may be that they don’t have any evidence to refute,” Wallace said. “To some degree, they can’t sit there and refute the checks to the degree that Cohen has said things, and it’s just basically his word. All they have is the president has denied that.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/republicans-have-failed-to-refute-any-of-cohens-allegations-against-trump-foxs-chris-wallace/
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,,,How much is TrumpyDumpty lying about???
”’Cohen provided the committee with copies of letters he wrote at Mr. Trump’s behest threatening his high school and colleges not to release his grades or test scores.
A letter to Fordham University from Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen, and presented as an exhibit to House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing, is seen in Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. Courtesy Michael Cohen/Handout via REUTERS
“We will hold your institution liable to the fullest extent of the law including damages and criminality,” Cohen wrote in a letter to Fordham University ”’
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 27 February 2019 at 02:11 PM
Even Fox news accepts that Cohen has valuable stuff on Trump
Get back to us after he’s been removed from office…….
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Put a sock in it Paul. You never give a shit when your side lies. When confronted, you run and then change the subject.
Proggys lie. That’s what they do.
Politicians lie. No matter which side they belong to.
Yet The LIB liars invite a convicted liar to testify and lie some more. He has nothing to lose… What are they going to do? send him to jail for lying to Congress,,, again?
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The thing about quicksand is that the more you struggle the deeper you sink.
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What’s a little collusion before testimony?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/27/michael-cohen-admits-discussing-topics-with-adam-schiff-before-testimony/
“Michael Cohen, former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, admitted that he discussed with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) “topics that might come up” in preparation for his Wednesday hearing before the House Oversight Committee.”
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Walt writes:
“Politicians lie. No matter which side they belong to.”
So Walt you supported Trump lying about payoffs for bonking a porn star. thanks for the clarification. Are you going to vote for him again?
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Just had a GREAT phone conversation with my arch conservative older brother. He has finally thrown in the towel regarding his support for Trump. He is disgusted. More than disgusted he feels he has been stabbed in the back. He didn’t even mumble, “At least Hillary isn’t in office.” That was a game changer.
Our conversation is but a very small microcosm in the world of politics this afternoon. I wonder how many other hardened Republicans finally accepted the reality of this con man they voted into office?
Todd Swallows
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AV 1229pm – ‘No military threat on southern border’, ‘NORAD not worried about southern border’ – well no shit Red Ryder. Of course not; the threat is hundreds of thousands of unbridled illegal entrants, human trafficking, drugs, abused children, …, it’s a national emergency with no foreign military involved. That little nuance apparently escapes the liberal mind.
RobertC 1242pm – Were Trump really “as dumb as a box of rocks”, then so would be all the Dems who have scrambling in panic since Nov 2016 to get him out of office before he does more good for the country and steals undecided Dem and independent votes. Were he that box of rocks, the Dems’ best policy would be to let him continue to be as dumb as all you geniuses think he is. Capice?
PaulE 211pm – Are you still trying to answer my 930am? So far you’re not circling in on it very fast. But I’m a patient man.
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Todd Swallows | 27 February 2019 at 02:07 PM
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You knuxkle draggers are too funny. We now see confirmed all we thought about you. All liars all the time. You need to get back to the restroom and do what you do best there in the WBCC.
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So all the yapping about liars we endured from Paul Emery was simply BS as he now supports a convicted one. Thanks for confirming your intellectual level as a two.,
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Todd Swallows | 27 February 2019 at 02:47 PM
Three friends of mine, liberals all, have decided to toss off the democrats and have mved to Trump.
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FAir enough George. You wrote:
“Defense of Trump? I wonder what other defense Repubs could offer when the allegations come from the mouth of a confessed and convicted liar with a very large ax to grind. Examples?”
There may not be a defense for certain things George since Cohen has the paperwork of Trumps”reimbursements” to him of the hush money Cohen fronted. this clearly establishes Trump as being a liar to the American public and possibly guilty of campaign violations. They have no choice other than to go after the messenger in this matter.
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Todd 2:51-
I find that very hard to believe. First of all I don’t know a liberal in the world who would consider you a friend.
Todd Swallows
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“Cohen has the paperwork of Trumps”reimbursements” to him of the hush money Cohen fronted.”
Uh,, where? You mean that single check? LOL! Where’s the rest?
It doesn’t even have Stormy’s name on it.
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“I find that very hard to believe. First of all I don’t know a liberal in the world who would consider you a friend”
Not all “liberals” are as closed minded and hateful as the person fisting the “Todd Swallows” sock puppet. Whoever you are, you should be ashamed.
And you probably would be ashamed were there to be a lawsuit filed, prompting Facebook to divulge identifying information.
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Posted by: Todd Swallows | 27 February 2019 at 02:47 PM
Just had a GREAT phone conversation with my arch conservative older brother. He has finally thrown in the towel regarding his support for Trump.
I’ll take things that never happened for $200 Alex……
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Emery and crew, fail to remember, this is just a rehash of the same old shit.
Trump has already been cleared of all this.
This is the new majority grandstanding. “We didn’t like the outcome when Repubs ran the investigation.”
Then the Senate investigation found nothing. Muller has found nothing.
You guys need a new jar of Dr.D.J. Trumps buttsore cream..
Apply LIBERALLY.
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Gregory said,”And you probably would be ashamed were there to be a lawsuit filed, prompting Facebook to divulge identifying information.” That goes for Disqus, and the daily Caller comment IDs.
Right,, “Lavender”?
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punchy 304pm
“this clearly establishes Trump as being a liar to the American public and possibly guilty of campaign violations”
It clearly establishes nothing.
Were I on a jury considering it, I’d have to take anything claimed by a convicted perjurer with a grain of salt. Trump has apparently claimed the $35k check was a retainer to his fixer/attorney. That is quite possible.
Next punch?
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Either way Walt you have no problem voting for Trump the liar. It’s part of the record. Here’s your quote: “Politicians lie. No matter which side they belong to.”
I didn’t vote for Obama 2nd time around. Are you going to vote from Trump in 2020?
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Todd Swallows | 27 February 2019 at 03:11 PM
Since you don’t know me we all know you just make things up. But that is what you trolls do. So get back to your post of servicing in the jail.
Paul Emery is all in for the criminal liar Cohen. We always knew you liked those liberal liars and will defend them until they come take our stuff.
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Not true Gregory. Trump specifically told Cohen to fix it with his own money and this was just the proof of that. Besides the payment was made when Trump was President. Why would Trump pay Cohen a retainer when he’s already President. Any ideas? Here’s details
“”I am going to jail in part because of my decision to help Mr. Trump hide that payment from the American people before they voted a few days later. As Exhibit 5A to my testimony shows, I am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that President Trump personally signed from his personal bank account on August 1, 2017 – when he was President of the United States – pursuant to the cover-up, which was the basis of my guilty plea, to reimburse me – the word used by Mr. Trump’s TV lawyer — for the illegal hush money I paid on his behalf.”
Cohen said the checks were part of 11 installments Trump made throughout 2017 while he was president. ”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/27/michael-cohen-evidence-documents-given-congress-trump/3003149002/
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Sorry, you bought the propaganda from Shift. Please refrain from spreading leftist rumors.
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Don’t you worry about who I vote for. You just worry about making to the next election. With those mental issues and all. Have you designated a person to fill out your ballot for you?
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LOL Emery,, his “paychecks” are now “evidence” of Stormy payments?
🤪😵👍
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Well, no new info was disclosed. Trump is a racist, Trump is a con, Trump is a shyster. It has the words and writing of Lanny Davis and the Clintonistas Machine all over it. No questions on the Russians, no questions allowed on this or that. Tailored to be a smear campaign, IMHO. And Swallows was correct. As soon as Trump released the dates of his trip to meet with Fat Ugly Korean, the committee immediately rescheduled Cohen’s appearance to the days Trump would be out of the country. That’s politics.
Like the McCabe testimony, got to wait a few hours to deconstruct it. Cohen did not have any direct information of import, all in all. Several of his statements will be walked back as they in direct conflict with what the FBI has said. And iIF Trump really thought he would not win the election as Cohen said, then that weakens the case of the motivation to commit election campaigned violations. He knew he wouldn’t win, right? That means a lot.
But, none of that is the point, is it? “We never had a President conduct this way in office!” What way? Trump has been tame in office, lol.
Wow, there is a check! Now there is a picture of the check with graphics! Wow. Graphics changes everything. Yeah, that is nothing new. Hush money! Hush money with visual aides! Wow.
I am speechless. There is the check Trump used for a Non Disclosure Agreement. Zzzz.
Carry on. This will be fought back and forth everyday until Nov. 2020….and then for the four years beyond. Wanna take some bets on who sits in the Oval Office in Dec 2020? Any takers?
Donald Trump? Who dat? Don’t know any Donald Trump, hater. I know a Donna Trump.
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2441543089253373&set=gm.634272460361201&type=3&theater&ifg=1
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So they paid money to someone to get rid of a potential nuisance lawsuit? But we have these attorneys who daily come into small businesses and threaten them with a lawsuit if the business does not fix some penny ante violation of an ADA regulation or some other regulation. But the attorney says I won’t sue if you pay me X amount of dollars and I will go away. Is it a payoff by a violator or extortion by some two-bit attorney? Happens all the time in California.
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Direct quotes Todd.
Walt is now admitting defeat resorting to “mental issues” he claims I have instead of speaking to the question. He won’t even admit or not to saying he will vote for Trump. Walt and Todd are out of bullets not to say they had any to begin with.
Todd
You claim to be a stud like Trump so how many women have you had to pay off in your studly career?
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Posted by: George Rebane | 27 February 2019 at 02:47 PM…How soon they forget about the ISIS, Al Qaeda, and the rest of the foreign terrorists creeping across our borders under cover of darkness…
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Paul Emery | 27 February 2019 at 03:58 PM You just make it up E,ery. Stop it.
Regarding women and payments. It is with great pleasure I tell you, they pay me. When you are a stud that happens to some of us. Your message bill is huge but that is a rumor.
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Really Todd they pay you!!!!! Thanks for sharing. I’m sure your fellow Circle of Jerks will be impressed. You can give blow by blow descriptions whenever all of you circle up.
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Posted by: George Rebane | 27 February 2019 at 02:47 PM…George is so easily manipulated to fear foreigners by his friends at Faux News,,,
Human Trafficking within the United States
Human trafficking is the exploitation of a person for the purposes
of forced labor or commercial sex, regardless of citizenship or
nationality. However, Americans generally tend to think that
human trafficking is a crime that occurs in other countries, to
foreigners who should have known better, or to those who brought
it upon themselves. These assumptions are misconceptions;
trafficking happens here in the United States to U.S. citizens
(USC), and in every state in the nation.1
While foreigners who
arrive in the U.S. legally and illegally are susceptible to human
trafficking situations, U.S. citizens too fall victim to this crime at
an alarming rate.2
Without regard to nationality of victims and with
greed as their motivation, traffickers seek to exploit those who are
most vulnerable – the young, the desperate, and the easily
manipulated.
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/113612.pdf
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Memo to file – Add foreign terrorists to my 247pm list of border crossing liabilities.
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Paul Emery | 27 February 2019 at 04:10 PM
Glad I could help.
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Walt @ 10:17 pm Feb 26, 2019.
“I’m no fan of Bernie Sanders. But he still deserves a fair shake.
Now CNN is playing dirty? Stacking the deck against him?
First Hillary, now asswipe news?”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/26/cnn-accused-of-colluding-with-democrat-operatives-during-bernie-sanders-town-hall/
Yep, I read that and it bothered me as well. Almost posted it. We are no fans of Breadline Bernie, but I see the hand of Hillary and her media lapdogs everywhere lately. Everywhere one turns. They did not learn a lesson at all from 2016, the DNC, Wikileaks, about feeding debate questions from CNN to Hillary before she debated Bernie, etc. They did not change a thing. Why? Because of no consequences. Interesting to see Debbie Whatzername back in front of the cameras today.
“Yo FBI, no looking at the DNC’s computers. Don’t get near Podesta’s computer! We have our own “people” to do that. No, no no.”
The same folks who hatched the Russian Collusion Delusion in 2016 and now screwing Bernie…once again. Like Crazy Bernie or not, he deserves a level playing field. That is something he won’t ever get with this bunch. No consequences. As Litzy Pow Wow Chow would say, the game is rigged. The fix is in, the deck is stacked.
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