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[I've been mulling over the utility of these sandboxes again.  More and more they have become the repository of tripe, with interesting threads and tidbits thrown in by readers who occasionally demonstrate that their abundant acumen lies mostly fallow.  I wouldn't mind it if some of the other posted topics that interest me would get more discussion, but too many of them go over with the existing cohort of commenters like a fart in church.  Many of the interesting emails on my topics come from readers who apparently don't want to join into the online fray.  So I keep asking myself, why do I host these sandboxes of scurrilous shit-flinging.  No good answers have risen to the surface.  Thoughts?  gjr]

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383 responses to “Sandbox – 17jun19”

  1. Scott O Avatar

    Once again, a ‘plan’ is just a goal with no details other than it will be wonderful.
    I actually think that if NY state follows through and really does try hard enough, they will achieve their goal.
    https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060616261
    Most all productive people and businesses will leave the state and all the wealthy will be able to afford all the electric toys that shove the pollution somewhere else. Remaining will be the poor who will not pollute because they won’t have anything to do or anyplace to go.
    Of course entire city blocks being set on fire won’t count.
    Go for it, NY – we can hardly wait to see how this
    turns out!

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  2. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Fish
    In my view Trump is mentally ill and dangerous in h is position as President so yes indeed any Democrat, Republican, Libertarian or Green that chose to run would have my vote over Trump. Yes we can and must do better.

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  3. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 19 June 2019 at 01:00 PM

    Well let us know how that works out for you.

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  4. Walt Avatar

    Dr. Emery is it now? Didn’t know Nervona Silly had a graduate school of psychology.(psychosis maybe) Was it a one week course?
    Got a new van painted with those Frisco Bay psychedelic colors?
    Prescribing shrooms and honey oil infused gummy bears? (The Grateful Dead would be jealous)
    Yup the Dr. Emery medicine show will be rolling into town near you.

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  5. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Paul Emery would vote for Maduro over Trump. There you go.

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  6. Scott O Avatar

    Maduro can’t run for POTUS – but probably plenty of the folks from this org can –
    http://www.americannaziparty.com/
    And Paul has publicly claimed he would vote for that person, should he chose to run.
    Talk about unhinged and dangerous.

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  7. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy 100pm
    “In my view Trump is mentally ill and dangerous”
    In my view this makes you entirely unsuitable for any position involving the presentation of news.
    What you do is present propaganda.

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  8. fish Avatar
    fish

    ……campaign death watch for Seth Moulton.

    Moulton: We Should Debate Whether Handgun Ownership Should Be Allowed

    “Moulton’s campaign has failed to gain traction, and he did not qualify for the first Democratic debate in Miami next week.”
    No traction huh…….can’t imagine why.
    https://freebeacon.com/politics/moulton-we-should-debate-whether-handgun-ownership-should-be-allowed/

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  9. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy 100pm
    “Yes we can and must do better.”
    Paul,
    If Trump wins again in November 2020, will you accept the result of the election?

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  10. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Moulton added that assault rifles should be outlawed.”
    Assault rifles have been virtually banned in California for mere civilians since before they were invented during WWII. Same for Moulton’s state of Massachusetts.

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  11. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    Do you consider Trump to be mentally sound enough to be President of the United States? Would you hire him to manage a company you might own?

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  12. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Do you consider the po’ ol’ fakenewsman to be mentally sound enough to be KVMR’s crack(ed) reporter?
    😉

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  13. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Are you saying I said I would vote for a member of the Nazi Party Scott? Please document. I said and Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or Green Party member. Please apologize and clarify your statement.
    Here is m y quote
    “In my view Trump is mentally ill and dangerous in h is position as President so yes indeed any Democrat, Republican, Libertarian or Green that chose to run would have my vote over Trump. Yes we can and must do better. “

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  14. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy 237pm
    You don’t get to ask a question until you answer this one:
    If Trump wins again in November 2020, will you accept the result of the election?
    That’s either a yes, or a no.

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  15. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    If he is elected President I will accept the results.

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  16. Walt Avatar

    But Emery. You would vote for a Socialist. Better jump in your wayback machine and see just who “they” were/are. DO take a close look at Germany while you in there. You know, about 1941.
    Can you name that Socialist party?
    Then there is always the Socialists from your heritage.
    Socialist is just another name for Liberal, Progressive, Communist
    and anything Left of center.. Today.
    Just look at your Sister Nancy Pelosi.

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  17. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Paul, Trump was lawfully elected in 2016… how will 2020 be different for you?

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  18. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Oh boy, best to stock up on ammo. Biden is coming for us. Fighin’ words.
    “There are certain things where it just takes a brass-knuckle fight. … Let’s start a real physical revolution if you’re talking about it.” —Joe “Double-Barrel Shotgun” Biden
    And other quotes….Hey, Buck made the Daily Quotes…moving up in the world.
    Upright: “Self-righteousness untempered by humility makes a country cruel. And that is exactly the nation America’s illiberal ideologues hope to create.” —David French
    Warning shot: “When faced with a demonstrably erroneous precedent, my rule is simple: We should not follow it.” —Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
    Braying Jenny: “[The U.S. government is] running concentration camps on our southern border. … We are losing to an authoritarian and fascist presidency. … A presidency that creates concentration camps is fascist and it’s very difficult to say that.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
    Grand delusions: “None of this would be happening if Trump didn’t back out of the Iran nuclear deal. America’s response should be to return to the table and reinstate the Iran nuclear deal. Increasing tensions and threats of war serve nobody’s interests.” —Rep. lhan Omar
    Annals of the absurd: “I would imagine we’ve probably had excellent presidents who were gay — we just didn’t know which ones.” —Mayor Pete Buttigieg
    Non Compos Mentis: “Because everything landed on President Obama’s desk but locusts at the time, he had no time to explain the Affordable Care Act.” —Joe Biden
    The BIG Lie: “Guns like the AR-15 aren’t used for hunting and they’re not viable for home protection. They have only one purpose, and that’s to fire as many rounds as possible, as quickly as possible. Outlawing these weapons, an action supported by 60 percent of Americans, will bring down the number of mass shootings and reduce the number of casualties, just as it did when the ban first passed in 1994.” —Senators Chris Murphy and Dianne Feinstein
    And last… “The single biggest threat to American civility in public life and cultural unity is the weaponization of double standards against ideological opponents. We could adapt to a society with equal but strict expectations. But rules based on capricious wokeness lead to Leftist tyranny.” —Buck Sexton
    ————————-
    Bonus: “It is now clear that Robert Mueller quit digging when all the tunnels led back to Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama.”
    Bonus II: “I will usher in Communism by any means necessary.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/48468/new-denver-city-council-member-i-will-usher-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwbrand
    Hmmm. Sounds like a Leftinista for sure. Lie, steal, cheat…by any means necessary.

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  19. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    That’s your view Walt not mine -3:06
    Do you consider Trump to be mentally fit to be President Walt?

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  20. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Tis the season –
    But the USA Today/Suffolk University survey showed 49 percent of Americans approving of the job Trump’s doing as president, with 48 percent giving him a thumbs down.
    That’s a more positive showing for Trump compared with other recent polling of his presidential approval rating.
    And in the new survey, 49 percent of voters predicted Trump would win re-election, with 38 percent pointing to a victory by the eventual Democratic presidential nominee.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/poll-trump-2020-launch
    😉

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  21. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    No job for weaklings –
    LE BOURGET, France—Efforts to get Boeing Co.’s BA -1.44% 737 MAX jetliners back in the air have been delayed in part by concerns about whether the average pilot has enough physical strength to turn a mechanical crank in extreme emergencies.
    The concerns have made the crank—which moves a horizontal panel on the plane’s tail—the focus of engineering analysis, simulator sessions and flight testing by the plane maker and U.S. air-safety officials, according to people familiar with the details. The extent of the internal debate hasn’t been previously reported.
    Use of the crank is intended as the final step in an emergency checklist to counteract dangerous movements of the tail’s horizontal stabilizer, such as those involved in two fatal crashes of MAX aircraft when an automated flight-control system malfunctioned.
    Turning the crank to adjust the horizontal stabilizer can help change the angle of the plane’s nose. Under certain conditions, including at unusually high speeds with the panel already at a steep angle, moving the crank can take a lot of force. Among other things, the people familiar with the details said, regulators are concerned about whether female aviators—who typically have less upper-body strength than their male counterparts—may find it difficult to turn the crank in an emergency.
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/physical-strength-of-pilots-emerges-as-issue-in-returning-737-max-to-flight-11560937879
    😉

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  22. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    He was lawfully elected but I believe he should also be lawfully impeached Gregory. That’s the direction Mueller prompted the House to take.

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  23. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    So much news, so little time
    “A massive effort to obtain Michigan voter data spearheaded by powerhouse Democratic group Priorities USA was so “unusual” that top officials in the state contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security over the matter, internal emails provided to the Washington Free Beacon show.”
    https://freebeacon.com/issues/emails-fbi-dhs-contacted-over-stealth-dem-effort-to-gain-voter-data/
    —————————————
    What the hell did Joe say now??
    CORY BOOKER TELLS JOE BIDEN TO APOLOGIZE FOR PRAISING SEGREGATIONISTS: ‘YOU DON’T JOKE ABOUT CALLING BLACK MEN ‘BOYS”
    https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/cory-booker-tells-joe-biden-to-apologize-for-praising-segregationists-you-dont-joke-about-calling-black-men-boys/
    De Blasio Rips Joe Biden’s Bragging About Past ‘Civility’ By Invoking Segregationist’s Use of N-Word
    https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/de-blasio-rips-joe-bidens-bragging-about-past-civility-by-invoking-segregationists-use-of-n-word/
    Democratic senator’s wife to Biden: ‘You are not who we need to succeed the racist in the White House’
    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sherrod-browns-wife-to-biden-you-are-not-who-we-need-to-succeed-the-racist-in-the-white-house
    Yes it’s best for Joe to put his hands over his mouth
    “Joe Biden Ducks NY Times 18 Question Survey, Only 2020 Dem Who Refused to Participate”.
    https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/joe-biden-bigfoots-ny-times-on-18-question-survey-only-2020-dem-who-refused-to-participate/
    ———————————-
    Somethings never change in Dem run cities and shitholes, but I repeat myself.
    “THEY KILLED THE PROGRAM’: FEMA CONTRACTORS IN PUERTO RICO CLAIM THEY WERE FIRED FOR REPORTING WASTE AND FRAUD”
    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/they-killed-the-program-fema-contractors-in-puerto-rico-claim-they-were-fired-for-reporting-waste-and-fraud

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  24. Walt Avatar

    Well Emery,, demand your LIBS get with the program. First there needs to be an actual crime. To bad the manufactured one has come back to bite.
    Then you need the necessary votes in the House to get the ball rolling. Your sadly plenty short.
    Then there is that little problem with the Senate. You should be able to figure that one out.
    As the old saying goes,,, “how does it feel to want”?
    But keep beating that dead horse named “Impeachment”.
    Anyone even bringing it up gets laughed at… And since you did,,🤣🤣🤣

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  25. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    PAul Emry is deranged just like his hero AOC and Liz Warren. He would support a communist for President over a free enterprise American. And Trump is totally fine mentally. Only the people with a mental illness think he is not. I suggest Paul Emery re-up his meds and get back on earth.

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  26. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    We’ll put Paul down for a count or two of obstruction of justice. No horse was stolen but he did his best to keep the gallows from being constructed knowing no horse was stolen and being constitutionally allowed to direct the Justice department under his powers as President.
    I’m not sure where the corrupt intent would be found.
    I’m also not sure what an impeachment by the House (I doubt the Speaker could get a majority in the House to vote for it) would do when it’s guaranteed the Senate would not vote to remove him from office.
    Besides all but assure Trump’s reelection, with a landslide of middle ground voters pissed off at the spectacle.

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  27. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Looks like the Hyde Amendment just passed with only 7 dem dissenters. And Biden sold his soul for those seven.

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  28. Walt Avatar

    WOW!!!!! Someone REALLY didn’t like this guy. Who did he piss off??
    “A caller from the hospital reported a man from Mustang Valley Place had been assaulted. He reportedly was shot with a pellet gun, beaten with a golf club and run over by a quad. A report was taken.”

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  29. Paul Emery Avatar

    What “Communist” am I supporting for President Todd? Full name please.

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  30. Paul Emery Avatar

    I’m confident a full impeachment investigation would reveal multiple examples of obstruction by Trump. It would then be up to the Senate.
    Gregory
    do you believe Trump is mentally fit to be President Gregory.

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  31. Jig Wiggly Avatar
    Jig Wiggly

    Bessee 3:23
    Your fascination with polls is fascinating. Does it make you feel smart to paste these things? Thanks for the riveting info. Again. And again. And again. . .

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  32. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Paul Emery 414
    All the democrats’ bub. Especially Bernie. Heck were you with him and his wife in Moscow on their honeymoon?
    Trump is totally in control of his facilities. You are not. Repeating yourself over and over is a mental disorder. Get help.

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  33. Walt Avatar

    Repeat questions again Paul? Your Aricept dosage not working?

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  34. Walt Avatar

    One more time Paul “socialist”(as in Bernie Sanders) is just another word for Communist. Do you comprehend that? YES or NO ????

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  35. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    The counter rally in FL yesterday reminded me to buy more stock in ACME Rents.
    https://www.dailywire.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_full/public/uploads/2019/06/gettyimages-1156837492.jpg?itok=IPO07ySM
    “At full capacity, the crowd did seem to extend almost five people deep from the stage, though the group’s extensive preparations — a massive stage and sound system, designated line areas, and what appear to be first aid and merchandise tents — could probably be considered overkill.”
    “At one point, though, it seems like there were more people on stage than in the audience.”
    https://mobile.twitter.com/FlaDems/status/1141108328183083008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1141108328183083008&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2F48620%2Fflorida-democrats-held-counter-rally-tuesday-night-emily-zanotti
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    Walt
    Bernie honeymooned in the USSR….that was when they really were our enemy. Enemy Numero Uno in the whole wide world. Does the words ‘Cold War’ come to mind?
    How about Jill Stein? She dined with Putin and held her debates on RT television. RT means Russian Television. If Dr. Stein runs again, Punchy can vote for a real Putin Cuddler. How cool is that. And she is Green!

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  36. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The littlest commie congresscritter needs to gargle with toe fungus wash –
    Art Arthur, a resident fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and former immigration judge, refuted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) characterization of U.S. migrant detention facilities as “concentration camps,” calling her comments “offensive” and noting that Democrats had no objection to these same facilities when the Obama administration used them. What is truly “reprehensible,” Arthur said, is the refusal of Congressional Democrats like Ocasio-Cortez to provide the humanitarian funding requested by the Trump administration to alleviate the suffering of migrant children and families.
    https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/06/19/fact-check-former-immigration-judge-debunks-aocs-concentration-camp-claim/
    😉

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  37. Walt Avatar

    Love that post Bill.. Not one American flag to be found. But plenty from Porto Rico. The place that refuses to become a state.

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  38. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    The counter dem was a bust. A couple of hundred loons at most. All were parrots. Russia collusion. They did not read the Report and are still in this past March.

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  39. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Creepy grampa joe is the gaffe machine that just keeps on giving and they keep him locked up most of the time now. Should be a ton of gaffe’s at the clown car debates –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/19/biden-praises-civility-of-two-arch-segregationists/
    😉

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  40. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Don @ 4:42
    Not only that, but AOC doubled has doubled down!
    “Ocasio-Cortez Compares Mandatory Math Classes To Concentration Camps”. 🙂
    ————————————
    Don @ 3:23 pm
    Well you know what I say about polls. First, it’s the lazy wa to do news. Make the poll the news and just talk about it. Not good journalism. Polls are just a snapshot of today by the time you read them, they are yesterday’s news. 6 months is a lifetime in politics, so I usually pay them no nevermind until after Labor Day, 2020. With that said, polls this far can switch in a month…..or even in a week. 🙂
    “The poll also found that a majority of respondents in all three states opposed Congress launching an impeachment inquiry against President Trump; 57% in Wisconsin, 56% in Pennsylvania, and 53% in Michigan opposed such a move. The poll added, “Democrats have become disillusioned with following that path.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/48538/here-he-comes-trump-surging-battleground-states-hank-berrien

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  41. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Paul, the people of the USA have decided Trump to be mentally fit to be President. That was the point of the Nov 16 thing.
    You, not so much.
    Sooo… what crime did he obstruct justice over? The nonexistent Russia cahoots thing went nowhere… so it’s obstructing the effort at Justice to gin up a non-existent crime?

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  42. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Bummer. Breaking up is hard to do.
    9:50 a.m. — A man from Lazy Valley Road reported his truck had been spray-painted with male genitalia.

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  43. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Praise the lord and pass the ammunition! –
    Alvin Dupree Jr. loves God and it’s not much of a secret around Appleton, Wis.
    He’s the pastor of a local church and currently serves on the board of education. His campaign platform boasted that he was a “Man of God First” and he would stand for Christian values.
    So when Pastor Dupree was invited to deliver the commencement address at North High School, it should not have surprised anyone when he mentioned his relationship with Jesus Christ and ended his remarks with a hearty “God bless!”
    “For me, my source of strength is my faith and my relationship with Jesus Christ,” the pastor told a cheering crowd at the graduation ceremony. “It sounds like I got some believers in this room. If you’re here, you believe that, you go ahead and clap your hands. Never succumb to the pressure of being politically correct. ”
    The aggrieved atheists were also triggered by another section of the pastor’s speech, when he went off script and said “God bless” instead of “best wishes.”
    The FFRF called the remarks “grossly inappropriate” and accused the pastor of “abusing his position to promote religion.”
    Dupree, a 20-year combat Marine veteran, defended his remarks and blasted the Freedom From Religion Foundation during an interview on “The Todd Starnes Radio Show.”
    “It’s an attack on those of us who are open about our faith,” he told me. “The Freedom From Religion Foundation and those who think like them are trying to prohibit those of us who will publicly speak up about our faith.”
    There’s no doubt they want to silence Christian citizens, he said.
    “I won’t be silenced,” Dupree said. “I fought for the freedom of speech. I have a father who served in the Army. My daughter serves in the Army. My wife served in the Navy and we all believe in serving God, serving our country, serving our communities.”
    The pastor said he supports freedom of speech and freedom of religion for everyone – whether they be Jewish, Muslim or Christian.
    “But the problem is under the umbrella of inclusion, they want to exclude those of us who have (Christian) faith,” he said.
    https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/todd-starnes-pastor-graduation-jesus
    😉

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  44. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Paul…
    Try to remember this time in 2017… as the Mueller investigation started… it was Putin being cuddled by Trump, correct? And we were treated with breathless interruptions periodically announcing the end of Trump being near.
    And because Mueller didn’t produce the goods… you want Nads Nadler to be given a chunk of money and time to do what Mueller didn’t manage to close on. That’s about it?
    If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results… I’d say Trump isn’t the one with mental problems.

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  45. Walt Avatar

    Bill. There are some real gems in our police blotter.
    He should have a real fun ride taking it to the paint shop.
    That will be one for the wall of shame..(Every shop has one)

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  46. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Well she was the next president of the united states –
    NEW YORK – The Obama-era intelligence community relied on three redacted reports marked as drafts from the private firm CrowdStrike to reach its conclusion that Russian agents hacked the servers of the Democratic National Committee, according to a U.S. government filing.
    The U.S. government further admitted that it does not possess the un-redacted CrowdStrike reports about what allegedly happened to the DNC servers and that it relied upon DNC lawyers to generally characterize what was in the redacted sections.
    The DNC famously refused to allow the FBI to access its server to verify the allegation that Russia carried out a hack during the 2016 presidential campaign. Instead, the DNC reached an arrangement with the FBI in which a third party company, CrowdStrike, conducted forensics on the server and shared details with the FBI.
    As this reporter previously documented, CrowdStrike was financed to the tune of $100 million via a funding drive by Google Capital.
    Google Capital, which now goes by the name of CapitalG, is an arm of Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company. Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Alphabet, has been a staunch and active supporter of Hillary Clinton and is a longtime donor to the Democratic Party.
    It was previously reported that Perkins Coie, the law firm that represented the DNC and Clinton’s campaign, helped draft CrowdStrike to aid with the DNC’s allegedly hacked server.
    On behalf of the DNC and Clinton’s campaign, Perkins Coie also paid the controversial Fusion GPS firm to produce the infamous, largely-discredited anti-Trump dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/19/shock-admission-feds-drew-conclusions-on-dnc-hack-without-ever-obtaining-un-redacted-docs-from-security-firm/
    😉

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