[I suppose doing the poll dance will continue as the hot topic and entertainment du jour. At this stage of the campaign, that's much like watching 'snow' on a TV with signal loss. gjr]
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451 responses to “Sandbox – 20aug19”
So the Barron must have been OK when “O” seized GM at taxpayer expense, screwed over bondholders and gave the works to his buddies. (the UAW) GM should have gone tits up.
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Posted by: Walt | 23 August 2019 at 02:27 P
Don’t harsh the proggie narrative mannnn!!!!!
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Posted by: J. Barron | 23 August 2019 at 02:24 PM
Who is this dick? The King of Israel? The Chosen One?
He’s the guy who says shit that gets the proglodytes spun up to the point of full on crazy and are thus distracted!
Former palookas are particularly vulnerable to this approach!
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Trump vows ‘there won’t be a trade war’ after signing off on tariffs
So says our soothsayer in chief. The guy is so smart and his judgement is spot on. A Man of Action! Bam! Biff! Pow!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-vows-there-wont-be-a-trade-war-after-signing-off-on-tariffs
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Paul Emery | 23 August 2019 at 02:10 PM
Never addressed that where did you come up with t
hat?
J. Barron | 23 August 2019 at 02:24 PM
So your position is in support of the Commies of China then. I support America. You should leave.
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Jig Wiggly | 23 August 2019 at 03:01 PM
You libs never had a successful business or met a payroll based on how you attack Trump. Perhaps some Freidman input would keep you from sounding like a moron.
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Todd-
“You libs never had a successful business or met a payroll. . . ”
Your comment about Jig couldn’t be further off the mark if you tried.
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Trump vows ‘there won’t be a trade war’ after signing off on tariffs
So says our soothsayer in chief. The guy is so smart and his judgement is spot on. A Man of Action! Bam! Biff! Pow!
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Big fun ahead!!
Notorious RBG……not looking good! Can you say 3rd Supreme Court Justice??
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Posted by: J. Barron | 23 August 2019 at 03:32 PM
Your comment about Jig couldn’t be further off the mark if you tried.
Really…..? Enlighten us!!
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Interesting that the trolls seem to know each other hmmmmmm
Oh ya these guys are going to negotiate a path forward, NOT –
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/pa-president-abbas-millions-of-fighters-will-take-over-jerusalem/
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OK So Jiggy was a pimp in the Castro. But did he write checks? And J Barron, you were in his stable? Thought so,
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Todd @ 4:45.
you were in the stable? I guess that is better that the sheep fetish some are afflicted with.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CTKa4XEjMw4
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The socialist dems have no sense of humor! –
Fox Nation’s Kat Timpf has a response to those who are apparently outraged by an iconic board game maker poking fun at socialism.
“Wah, wah, wah. Maybe they’re making fun of socialism because it’s bad,” said Timpf on “Fox and Friends” Friday morning.
Hasbro, the maker of the beloved family game Monopoly, released a special edition of the game called Monopoly Socialism. The satirical twist on the decades-old game replaces Monopoly’s traditional player tokens with a phonograph, a pocket watch and an old fashioned rotary phone. And instead of players collecting $200 when they pass “Go,” the socialism-themed edition instructs players that will receive a $50 “living wage”.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/timpf-mocks-left-wing-outrage-over-monopolys-new-socialism-edition
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Should the U.S. buy Greenland? Does anybody know the whereabouts of AOC? Does Trump really think he’s the king of Israel?
Daily Quotes:
The bottom line: “More so than any particular policy or administrative fiat or legal decree, what Trump has accomplished more boldly and triumphantly than he has anything else is his exposure of the various vessels of the mainstream media — that most supercilious and intellectually sheltered of institutions — for being the barely veiled partisan hacks that they so manifestly are.” —Josh Hammer
Grand delusions: “Seven young children have died since Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States. Not one died over eight years under President Obama’s stewardship. Family separations happened under this administration. We saw the public-charge assault last week, which is family separation by other means, and now here we are detaining some children indefinitely.” —California Gov. Gavin Newsom
Pipe dream: “It is no secret that we must transition away from fossil fuel, period. End of discussion. … There is no middle ground.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders
The BIG Lie I: “Look what he did with American Jews and the Jewish community. Come on, man. That’s like a dog whistle.” —Joe Biden
The BIG Lie II: “I can think of nothing more un-American, more resonant with what you might see in the Third Reich, than what the president said [about disloyal Israelis]. And if we’re unwilling to see this for what it is, if we’re unwilling to call it out, if we’re unwilling to act, then we’re going to lose this country.” —Beto O’Rourke
Braying Jenny: “[Trump’s] not focused on my policy agenda. He’s focused on my ethnicity, my background.” —Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Braying Jenny II: “I think that the Trump administration … sit[s] around every single day thinking up new ways to be cruel to these migrants. That’s what they do. And tomorrow, they will probably come up with something else.” —Sen. Mazie Hirono
[I always had her as the dumbest person in the Senate since the first time she spoke.]
Non Compos Mentis: “You don’t want to worry about character? Elect a woman!” —MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt
And last… “For most of the Democratic presidential candidates, the only way they’re going to get anymore news coverage is dropping out.” —Frank J. Fleming
Bonus: Recession? Prediction?
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65029-demos-2020-strategy-recession?fbclid
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You are cheap scum fish. You can’t get any lower than to look forward to someones possible death death as “big fun ahead”. This blog has reached new lows George.
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I think this is going to piss off the chi coms more than tariffs –
https://news.usni.org/2019/08/23/marines-considering-flying-u-s-f-35bs-off-of-japans-largest-warships
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Interesting. 54% of likely American voters don’t trust the political news and only 32% trust it. 😂
http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2019/voters_don_t_trust_political_news_say_most_reporters_want_to_stop_trump
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@551 – Its a trending topic of conversation with the lefties too –
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rbg-scare-david-axelrod-warns-supreme-court-vacancy-fight-could-tear-this-country-apart
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Speaking of cheep scum here is the Hollywood response to someone dying, pray for another death. So save the holier then thou crap –
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/08/23/hollywood-celebrates-david-kochs-death-and-hopes-his-brother-dies-soon/
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BillT 547pm et al – Dear People, please move your thoughts and insights about Greenland to the updated Scattershots. Thank you.
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Get woke go broke –
Shaving company Gillette says it is “shifting the spotlight from social issues to local heroes,” after the company’s brief foray into the SJW-style demonization of masculinity drew a massive backlash from customers.
The company landed itself in hot water last year when it ran a #MeToo-themed ad borrowing language from far-left anti-male feminists, depicting the abuse of women by men and encouraging male Gilette customers to “shave their toxic masculinity.”
Consumers did not reward Gillette for its attempt to dabble in left-wing identity politics. Gillette’s parent company, Procter & Gamble (P&G), posted a net loss of $5.24 billion in the fourth quarter, compared to profits of $1.89 billion a year ago.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/08/23/gillette-shifting-spotlight-from-social-issues-after-anti-masculinity-ad-disaster/
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Oct 7 is the SCOTUS opening. If RBG is able to discharge her duties, more power to her.
If not…
WWHRD? What would Harry Reid do with a Senate majority and a Dem president?
I expect Trump would be ready with the Federalist’s recommendations, and McConnell would get it done.
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Speaking of cheap scum Bessee we have someone with the fake name fish on our this blog who celebrates the potentia death of a Supreme Court Justice by commenting it will be “big fun ahead” if it happens. What is your view of that comment Don?
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@ 6:52 pm
But, oh the drama! Man, they will go nuts. Complete bonkers with bulging eyes on springs and veins popping out of their necks. Oh, they will be triggered off the Richter Scale. It will be the end to our Democracy as we know it. Really, this time it will be The End.
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As the PM of Denmark remarked after seeing similar numbers, “We need to have a conversation.” Survey sez: Sharia Law should reign supreme to Danish Law. Yes, they need to have a conversation.
RT: 4 in 10 Danish Muslims want Koran to be used in Denmark’s laws
“When one believes that the Koran should play an essential role in legislation and for life in society, and when one believes – as previous polls have shown – that women of a certain age should be covered up, then one does not wish to be a part of Danish society and it is delusional to act like they were here first and it is the rest of us who came later. It is incredibly rude,” said Martin Henriksen, a spokesman for the Danish People’s Party.”
https://www.rt.com/news/319150-denmark-muslims-koran-laws/
Well, in 1917 and 1918, Denmark sold the Danish Virgin Islands to the US for 25 million gold. We renamed it to the US Virgin Islands. Just a tolerate European little country.
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See 618 oh great pony tail of ignorance.
😉
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What if it doesn’t take RBG dying, Paul. Would that make it go down easier? What if she just can’t do it again?
There was plenty of squeals of delight when Scalia died without warning.
And Biden, the front runner in the Dem race to the top, was an absolute scumbag who showed no shame wielding the Big Lie when Robert Bork was in line for a SCOTUS appointment.
Big fun indeed.
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Emery.. get it right for once. You don’t speak ill of the dead.
Those soon to be are fair game.
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St Paul is pissed – better not rile him!
He’ll damn you to AM corporate radio for eternity if you don’t meet his high standards.
“You can’t get any lower than to look forward to someones possible death death as “big fun ahead”.”
The problem of course, is that no one is thinking it would be ‘big fun’ for her to die.
The probability is that she will will no longer be able to continue and have to resign or at least be unable to continue her duties and the court will swing possibly to the right. The ‘big fun’ referred to is another Trump pick for SCOTUS and the uproar from the left.
Paul has no problem with lefties cheering the actual deaths of humans (he himself sanctions the killings of innocent human life) but struggles to find some sort of moral high ground in the field of written opinions in which he has heretofore found little success.
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Speaking of dead,,, we had another killing in the county today.
Only got bits and pieces of the squawk box.
Emery better get right on that. How did the killer get the gun? We have laws you know. He better name the law that was to stop this. How come it wasn’t abided by Emery? Going to blame the legal gun owner again?
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Good call Scott. Emery has no problem with the ending of a life before it even starts. That’s different.
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So Gregory you have no problem with fish, or whoever he is, celebrating the potential death of Justice Ginsberg?
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Talk about dense – its about what it would be like should she pass away oh great pony tail of ignorance, again see 618.
😉
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Your memory that bad Emery? How many times has Fish been outed?
His name is no secret.
HELL! You would drive some chick to (un)planed parenthood to have that parasite removed. So don’t get all high and mighty here.
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I thought she was going to go the distance. DAMN…….
https://www.theunion.com/news/i-went-out-there-to-change-the-world-former-nevada-county-raised-woman-lasts-73-days-runner-up-on-tv-show-alone/
She was doing so well.
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Creepy grampa joe went into over drive creepy –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-imagine-obama-assassination
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I just might stop by the Supreme Court and have myself a cold one.
White people taste like ripe banana! —cannibal quote from Papua New Guinea, a place not too far from New Zealand where Ruth has wanted to live out her days.
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OK gents, it’s a pork butt going in the smoker at first light.
It’s sitting in the sugar brine as I speak. The Mrs. made the mistake of letting me go to Smart and Final ALONE.(and she’s out of town till Sun.)
Now what the hell am I going to do with four pounds of pulled pork? The neighbors will be eating good.
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Ever notice that Izzy Warren is always dressed in black pants and top? The ONLY outlyer is the jacket she throws over it.
Every picture. Every video. Every stage appearance.
No, she’s not Johnny Cash. But she has a new shtick. She’s throwing her ancestors under the bus.(or Ox wagon if you like)
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/08/23/activist-elizabeth-warren-white-squatter-ancestors-complicit-cherokee-dispossession/
““In all of her apologizing, Warren has never let go of her family story. After spending her entire adult life repeating a lie, I simply want Warren to tell the truth,” she continued, mentioning Warren’s great-great-great-grandfather – who allegedly participated in the Trail of Tears – as well as her other family members who purportedly participated in squatting on Cherokee land. “
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No Punchy, no problem at all. This is politics.
Todd… when will you be throwing puppies onto the 49 from the Broad St overpass again? My freezer is geting empty.
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Damned good question.
What If Greenland Wants Trump More Than It Wants Denmark?
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/22/whiton-greenland-demark/
“What if Greenlanders might want to join America under the right circumstances?
After all, there has long been a movement in Greenland for independence from Denmark. In 2008, voters there passed a referendum overwhelmingly to increase their autonomy. In 2009, the country dropped Danish as an official language in favor of Greenlandic, and some major political parties favor making English supreme. The population is mostly Inuit — similar to Alaskan Eskimos — not Danish. Greenland was a U.S. protectorate in World War II when Denmark was occupied by Nazis. And some major political parties favor independence from Denmark.”
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@ 7:40 pm
“Taking this out of context is malicious,” Biden campaign rapid response director Andrew Bates similarly scolded CNN’s Chris Cillizza. “He was putting into perspective, for young people, how traumatic the assassinations of RFK and MLK were for the country. The crowd didn’t even react because they understood his point. This click-chasing is sickening.”
Shocking, absolutely shocking I say! Imagine taking things out of context. We have the video and text of Sloopy Joe saying it. It’s not up for dispute. He said those words! Debunk that. Score one for the Right snatching that moral high ground and planting a flag.
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Haven’t seen Punchie this dripping with incredulous moral outrage since the lady from the choir collapsed on MLK Day. Hey, I was cool with it cause I thought it was Punchy that went down when I head the news. Boy Walt, he sure told you a thing or two. Toss Ruthie in the compost pile. Hope she don’t release too much CO2 in the atmosphere. Maybe a nice spot in the flower garden as a nice way to remember her in the Spring.
Walt. Made a good one the other night. Miniature pork shoulder roast in the crockpot. Set it fat side up on a layer of 4 small whole potatoes and carrots (all I had) and about an inch or so of some chicken broth, threw some garlic on top of the meat and let er go all night. Not bad. Real good. Now, if only I could remember what spices I sprinkled on the top of the pork. :). Safeway had big slabs of beef on sale for two bucks a pound, but they contained 5 tri-tips. Should of grabbed one of those big babies, but nooo. Think it was a two day sale.
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Yaa, Bill, when you season one just right, you forget how you did it.
Gotta head to the True Value and get the hickory and apple wood charcoal when they open. If things go right, done by 10:30 PM.
It’s times like this I play mad scientist. A little of this, a little of that, a whole bunch of what’s over there.
Yup The Buzzard of Broad St. was sure pissed that I was concerned about his welfare. “How dare you think I dropped dead! That was some other oldster!!🖕 you!! I’m breathing just fine!! You only claim to care…”
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BT @840 – I am with you brother nice deal but we have full freezers. Its all good!
😉
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Eating their own.
“In a forceful column, Wemple called out the “professional hypocrisy” of both the network and one of its biggest on-air personalities for failing to explain, condemn, or apologize for the bodyguard roughly manhandling a member of the press and interfering with his reporting duties. The bodyguard, who Ryan has said she hired after getting death threats, has now been charged with assault, theft, and harassment.
“It’s one thing to hire a bodyguard to protect a freedom-of-press advocate from death threats,” Wemple noted. “It’s another thing when the bodyguard undermines freedom of press on behalf of the freedom-of-press advocate.”
“Speak now or relinquish your standing as First Amendment champions.“
https://www.mediaite.com/news/wapo-media-critic-calls-out-cnn-april-ryan-speak-up-on-bodyguard-attack-or-lose-status-as-first-amendment-champions/
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The dynamics of the trade war and real world developments keep playing our way. –
Chinese consumers may continue to eat more beef and other meats after wholesale pork prices in the country hit a record this month.Consumption of beef has also been on a rising trend thanks to increasing household incomes.Pork supplies in China may remain tight, with hog herds down about 32% as of last month, while the number of breeding sows dropped by about the same percentage. Pig numbers have tumbled as the deadly hog virus ravages farms.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-eating-more-beef-ever-085016048.html
😉
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 23 August 2019 at 05:51 PM
If you weren’t so stupid Punch I would be angry! The big fun refers to what happens if she…..yes……dies Punch……or gets sick to the point that she can no longer continue in the role! She really has nothing to do with the “big fun” you senile old fuck…..it’s the progressive twat waffles who will almost certainly lose their minds when Trump gets to appoint another Justice!
God but you are a moron!
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Any bets on who will kick the bucket first? The senile old virgin with the Ann Coulter doll or Ruth? Over/under opened at 189 days.
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Best parody I have seen in awhile. From Reason, ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=enTEvon9pbw
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PaulE 730pm – You are being very desperate here, and not very forthright even after things have been explained to you in detail. fish was not referring to “fun” in celebrating Justice Ginsberg’s death. The rest of us understood that he was referring to the ‘fun’ of going through another confirmation circus like you Dems played out for Justice Kavanaugh in the likely event that Ginsberg retires or dies before the end of Trump’s term in the WH. When you attack like that, you’re playing the complete caricature of the self-righteous progressive carping from his moral high ground.
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