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359 responses to “Sandbox – 12sep19”
Our gear worked just fine. Yup,, you were on the prison bus from Washington Ridge. Only two seasons… That says you could not hack the job. Poor “jon”. Trying to feel important.
Hear the weather report? A DAMNED good chance of high Sierra
snow by the end of next week. I know,, it’s just weather… Never mind the Chicken Little rant about AGW.. Snow comes early.. A sure sign the globe is getting HOT.
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Formerly Fat Jerry Nader is looking like a fool (with or without his pants pulled up to his chin) and Tom McClintock double dog dares him.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/12/gop_rep_tom_mcclintock_to_judiciary_committee_i_double_dog_dare_you_to_impeach_president_trump.html
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Another propaganda narrative fails to gain tractions –
A Gallup poll released September 11, shows that 83 percent of American adults blame a “failure in our mental health system” as a reason for mass shootings.
According to Gallup, Americans believe the second-highest factor deserving blame is “the spread of extremist viewpoints on the internet.”
The Americans blame “easy access to guns” thirdly, but only ranked access to firearms four percentage points above the blame they placed on “drug use.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/12/gallup-83-percent-adults-blame-mental-health-mass-shootings/
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Now that Whole Paycheck is owned and operated by a “Good” corporate progressive look what happens to those employee bennies…..
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/12/whole-foods-to-cut-healthcare-for-1900-part-time-employees-in-2020.html
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OBSERVATIONS ON TONIGHT’S DEBATE
“Sure, I know it isn’t over. I didn’t watch it to the end. Who possibly could? My comments will be brief:
1) Joe Biden was the winner tonight. He pretended to be sane, and did a decent imitation.
2) Julian Castro–did anyone remember that he was on the stage?–is running to be Elizabeth Warren’s VP. He did her dirty work tonight.
3) It’s time to pull the plug on Bernie Sanders. It’s not just that he is a raving maniac–he is an extremely elderly raving maniac. I hope he made it through the night.
4) Early on in the campaign, I thought Kamala Harris had a good shot. I was wrong.
5) Andrew Yang showed himself to be the quintessential Democrat. He gets votes the old-fashioned way: he buys them. Unfortunately, he could only afford to buy 12.
6) I heard a rumor that Amy Klobuchar participated tonight, but I can’t verify it.”
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Hell no you’re not going to be president…….
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Where did triggered jiggered “jon” go? I wasn’t done with my TROLL slapping. Gives PV crap, yet too cowardly to name his shithole… Nevada City by chance? You have more dirtbags on your streets than we do.
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Posted by: Walt | 12 September 2019 at 06:54 PM
Of course it’s Nevada City……”Jig” is jeffy!
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Say it ain’t SO!! Jeffy? CDF put HIM on a fire crew?
Then again,, the “jigger” has been know to LIE all the damned time. Since the jiggered is very quiet,, I will guess the feed bucket has been strapped on.
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CDF put HIM on a fire crew?
Of course not…..they would have had to send a Cardiac Crash unit along with him!
Remember …..jeffy lies……all the time! About posting using his real name…..! About never posting using a pseudonym! About not being “Gloria Zane….!
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Well,, Jeffy is in good company. Lie’n Joe Biden is right up there with him.
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/09/12/fact-check-joe-biden-claims-we-didnt-lock-people-up-in-cages/
CLAIM: Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed, on immigration: “We didn’t lock people up in cages.”
VERDICT: FALSE. The “cages” were built by the Obama-Biden administration.
Anyone following the debate will surely know TRUMP won it.
“Just why in HELL would I vote for ANY of these ass hats?”
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More troll education that wont stick –
It said Prestwick is considered a leading choice for reasons such as favorable weather and less aircraft parking congestion. Fuel at Prestwick is purchased at a U.S. government-negotiated rate.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/air-force-investigation-finds-only-six-percent-of-overnight-glasgow-stays-were-at-trump-turnberry
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How many of you Proggys are going to fall for this TWICE??
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/12/biden-those-who-like-their-health-care-can-keep-it/
“During Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden vowed that under his healthcare plan, “the 160 million people who like their health care now, they can keep it.” ”
Well there is always Emery………
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Trump says he’ll record Democratic debate and watch it as a ‘rerun’
Trump added that he respects “all” of the candidates appearing on Thursday night’s debate stage.
“I respect all of them,” he said. “Let me tell you, it takes a lot of courage to run for office. I respect all of them.”
“See that? I’m getting to be much better as a politician, you never thought you’d hear that answer,” he added with a smile.
The Hill
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Senior moment, again –
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/mystery-did-bidens-teeth-almost-fall-out-during-dem-debate/
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Moi @ 7:56 pm.
Roberta was right. Reading the above, I realized Trump lies through his teeth.
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Back to NC-9
“But it may surprise analysts to know that my people, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, proved crucial to Bishop’s victory.
“They shouldn’t be surprised. The Lumbee are culturally conservative, church-going and entrepreneurial. And more and more of us are distressed by the leftward lurch of the Democratic Party….
“Many Lumbee feel that the national Democratic party has simply left them behind as they’ve embraced more extreme social and economic positions. We’re tired of Democratic policies that insult our faith and fail us economically. Democrats’ opposition to voter identification laws, support for abortion-on-demand and attacks on religious liberty have alienated many Lumbee.
“Locally, Robeson County has been dominated by Democrats since the post-Reconstruction era, and we have little to show for it. We consistently rank high in social ills and low in health and economic well-being.
“Bishop’s embrace of President Trump during the campaign helped him with Lumbee voters. On the backs of Lumbee voters, Trump became the first Republican since 1972 to win Robeson County. Trump won in 2016 in part because he campaigned against the free trade agreements that have devastated our communities.
“But Lumbee support cannot be guaranteed or taken for granted by either party. Any candidate who wants to win our votes must take the time to visit Lumbee Country, fight for Lumbee values and pull their weight in the 134-year struggle for full federal recognition.
“For decades Lumbees were told by their local leaders which candidates to vote for, and typically those candidates were Democratic. In Tuesday’s special election, many Lumbee broke with the tribal leaders to pull the lever for the Republican…
“We hold strong to the values of family and hard work. And at the moment, the Republican Party does a better job of respecting those values.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/461146-why-my-american-indian-tribe-voted-republican-in-ncs-special-election
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Hey Joe, are 78s ok?
https://trib.al/IR9Xq0J
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Can’t wait for single payer government administered health care….gonna be awesome!
Some bold new experimental treatment no doubt! Oh well……gotta break a few eggs and all!
https://taskandpurpose.com/a-vietnam-vet-was-feasted-on-by-ants-before-his-death-at-an-atlanta-va-hospital-his-daughter-says?utm_content=bufferb703b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=tp-buffer
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With all the lies being told during the debate (even by the moderator) I would have thought that Auntie Emery would be over here just bursting with anger.
Strange, because I could have sworn he counts every little single lie…
Could it be he’s partisan?
Our little Emery?
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The jiggered one seems really butthurt. His secret identity has been outed.(Hat’s off to Fish!)
Getting caught in all those lies sure didn’t help.
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Looks like Punchy has his candidate……
https://babylonbee.com/news/six-year-old-saying-why-dont-we-just-give-everything-away-for-free-surges-to-top-of-democratic-polls
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Do LIBS actually understand what the say?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/12/biden-suggests-freeing-500k-non-violent-criminals-prison/
““Nobody should be in jail for a non-violent crime,” Biden said as he touted the thousands of federal inmates that former President Obama released during his eight years in office.”
All those white collar criminals will love that, dope mules, the dude on the corner selling meth and crack,
the ones that break into your home in the middle of the night, car thieves,,, the list goes on.
So not showing up for court can be considered “non violent”.
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Something just heard that I hadn’t given much thought to……Robert Francis was the Democrats preferred choice to run against Team R in the next senate race! That is now effectively dead with his very public call for confiscation!
Buh bye Beto!
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Tariffs again… TRUMP WINS!
Soybeans and PORK exempt from Chinese tariffs.
Another Proggy argument shot to hell.
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ScottO 751am – Oh my, yes!! It was hard to spot one of them opening their mouth and not spewing out a stream of propagandized lies while looking very determined and sincere. And as you point out, that was only visible to fewer than half of Americans.
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Posted by: Walt | 13 September 2019 at 08:34 AM
“Nobody should be in jail for a non-violent crime,” Biden said as he touted the thousands of federal inmates that former President Obama released during his eight years in office.”
Apparently Gaffemaster Joe didn’t get the memo that this means releasing Paul Manafort!
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Yesterday Rebane claimed that Trump couldn’t be in violation of the emoluments clause otherwise the progressives would be on him like ugly on a bear’s butt.
Exhibit A: ugly on a bear’s butt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/13/big-court-loss-trump-its-money/
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…..ugly on a bear’s butt
jeffy…..I think I speak for everyone here when I say we don’t care what your wife calls you!
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All that…..and I forgot to mention the state!
(Texas dammit….!) senate race! That is now effectively dead with his very public call for confiscation!
Buh bye Beto!
Posted by: fish | 13 September 2019 at 08:55 AM
Oh lord…..be my editor!
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“spewing out a stream of propagandized lies” — rebanes’ ruminations
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JigW 1005am – Well, it looks like Rebane’s claim was and still is correct, pending the outcome of court findings. It ain’t done until it’s done. Let’s keep our eye on Nadler. But your comment and link do contribute to the ongoing emoluments debate – thank you.
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Posted by: Roberta Cross | 13 September 2019 at 10:46 AM
Now Roberta…..one mans stream of propagandized lies are just another mans Beto O’Rourke debate speech.
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The kind of statement a jiggered “jon” would make.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/13/fact-check-beto-orourke-absolutely-wrong-on-ambulance-shortage-after-texas-shootings/
“CLAIM: There were not enough ambulances available to save the victims of a recent mass shooting in Odessa, Texas.
VERDICT: FALSE. The City of Odessa said that its ambulances responded to the shooting quickly.”
So I see who “jon” would vote for.
Liars stick together.
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Its getting tougher to be a mutha mullah nowadays –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pension-funds-in-iran-on-brink-of-collapse-amid-us-maximum-pressure-campaign
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Creepy grampa joe is nothing if not consistent –
The Democrats’ third presidential debate was a long-winded, platitude-filled disaster where no single candidate could claim a clear victory. Instead, the seven men and three women took turns displaying why they are all probably unelectable.
Start with Joe Biden’s incoherence. The nominal frontrunner, the former vice president had a 40-year reputation for never shutting up. Now he can’t manage to finish a sentence without interrupting himself.
Nearly all his efforts to make a point were swamped by a sudden change of direction mid-sentence, and then another change a few words later as a random thought popped into his head and out his mouth. None of his rivals needed to interrupt him–he did it to himself.
Most of the time I had no idea what he was trying to say, let alone what he actually said. I veered between feeling sorry for him and expecting the AFLAC duck to come out on stage and shake its head in bewilderment.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democratic-debate-trump-the-winner-as-biden-again-proves-hes-not-cut-out-to-be-nominee
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More fakenews that was embraced by the socialist dems and their trolls –
It also reported that the contract with the Prestwick Airport was in fact signed during the Obama administration. The Washington Post also reported that the airport was sending visiting crews to Trump’s course before he ran for president.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/air-force-deal-with-airport-turnberry
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Well,, CNN has a new opening for THIS guy.. CNN Canada would love him.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/canada-intelligence-police-espionage-arrest
“A senior official of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police intelligence unit has been arrested and charged with multiple charges, including espionage with foreign powers.
The RCMP member, identified as Cameron Ortis, was arrested Thursday in Ottawa, Canada, following an extensive national security investigation, Global News reported.”
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HEY Jef…. uh,, jiggered one!! You should LOVE this.
http://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/13/british-army-to-abandon-fossil-fuels-commit-green-suicide/
“The British Army is considering phasing out fossil-fuel-powered tanks, APCs and lorries in order to save the planet and to attract more recruits who are worried about global warming.”
So it’s fryer oil from all the fish and chips joints… Got it.
Even the hippies gave that up here.
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The American chapter of the Taliban/ ISIS just lost in court.
Nope,, they can’t tear down and destroy history they don’t like.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/13/virginia-judge-rules-charlottesvilles-confederate-general-statues-must-stay/
“Circuit Judge Richard Moore ruled that a Virginia state law created to protect memorials prohibits the city’s plans to remove the statues.
“Moore issued a permanent injunction preventing the statues from being moved at the beginning of a trial over a lawsuit brought against the city by groups that wanted to preserve the statues,”
The law in question is the Code of Virginia “Memorials for War Veterans” rule, which states:
It shall be unlawful for the authorities of the locality, or any other person or persons, to disturb or interfere with any monuments or memorials so erected, or to prevent its citizens from taking proper measures and exercising proper means for the protection, preservation and care of same.
Moore’s ruling came as part of a lawsuit filed by a group hoping to protect the statues from the left-wing politicians looking to move them.
The suit, filed in March 2017, alleged that when the city council announced that it intended to destroy the statues to C.S. Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson, it was violating the very law that Moore affirmed in his ruling.”
Moore recognized that the statues have become controversial, but he was obliged to order that they stay where they stand. He wrote in the ruling:
While some people obviously see Lee and Jackson as symbols of white supremacy, others see them as brilliant military tacticians or complex leaders in a difficult time … and do not think of white supremacy at all and certainly do not believe in, accept or believe in such. In either event, the statues to them under the undisputed facts of this case still are monuments and memorials to them, as veterans of the civil war.”
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The littlest commie congrescritter is getting even more breathless and moving the dooms day dial –
Ocasio-Cortez said, “When it comes to climate change, what is not realistic is not responding … with a solution on the scale of the crisis—because what’s not realistic is Miami not existing in a few years. That’s not realistic. So we need to be realistic about the problem.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/09/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-miami-will-not-exist-in-a-few-years/
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@ 4:30 pm
“The science is pretty settled we have only 10 years left to stop climate change. I mean, people have been saying that consistently for decades.” —Frank J. Fleming
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And more Daily Quotes
Upright: “There used to be the old saying that … when white America catches a cold, African Americans get pneumonia. Well, it’s going the opposite way now. White unemployment is going down. African-American unemployment is going down. That’s a plus-plus that you can’t argue with. And as I said earlier, I give the president credit for doing positive things.” —BET founder Robert Johnson
Observations: “The AR-15 is owned by 20 million+ Americans. Democrats argue they can’t deport 21 million illegal aliens, but they’re going to confiscate semi-automatic rifles.” —Katie Pavlich
Circling the wagons: “[The American people] understand that impeachment is a very divisive measure, but if we have to go there, we’ll have to go there, but we can’t go there unless we have the facts, and we’ll follow the facts and we will follow the obstruction that the president is making … and make a decision when we’re ready.” —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Epic fail: “Play the radio, make sure the television — excuse me, make sure you have the record player on at night, the phone — make sure that kids hear words.” —Joe Biden outlining his education plan
The BIG lie: “Comparing this president to the president we [had] is outrageous, number one. We didn’t lock people up in cages. We didn’t separate families.” —Joe Biden
Disputing two sides of the same coin: “In terms of democratic socialism, to equate what goes on in Venezuela with what I believe is extremely unfair.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders
Non compos mentis: “We are the wealthiest country in the history of the world. And yet we have the highest child-poverty rate of almost any country on Earth.” —Bernie Sanders
Straight from the horse’s mouth: “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We’re not going to allow it to be used against a fellow American anymore.” —Beto O’Rourke
Alpha jackass: “On August 3rd, in El Paso, Texas, two things became crystal clear for me and I think produced a turning point for this country. The first is just how dangerous Donald Trump is. The cost and the consequence of his presidency. A racism and violence that had long been apart of America was welcomed out into the open and directed to my hometown of El Paso, Texas, where 22 people were killed, dozens more grievously injured by a man carrying a weapon he should never have been able to buy in the first place, inspired to kill by our president.” —Beto O’Rourke
Race bait I: “Anyone who supports [Trump] is supporting racism.” —Pete Buttigieg
Race bait II: “If I am president of the United States, we will create an office in the White House to deal with the problem of white supremacy and hate crimes. And we will make sure that systemic racism is dealt with in substantive plans from criminal-justice reform to the disparities in healthcare to even one that we don’t talk about enough, which is the racism that we see in environmental injustice in communities of color all around this country.” —Sen. Cory Booker
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Hell yes, I am going to……
https://babylonbee.com/news/beto-hell-yes-im-going-to-violate-my-oath-to-defend-the-constitution
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Here you go AGW fans!! Your queen has SPOKEN!!
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-miami-wont-exist/
““When it comes to climate change, what is not realistic is not responding, to the crisis, on the, on the–not responding with a solution on the scale of the crisis. Because what’s not realistic is Miami not existing in a few years.” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said during an NAACP panel, as first reported by the Washington Free Beacon.”
Stevey really needs to back her up on this.
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,,,let me know how that barbecued Crow tastes Jerky Boys!!!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/appeals-court-revives-lawsuit-saying-trump-is-violating-the-constitution-by-doing-business-with-foreign-governments/2019/09/13/0861b010-d632-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html
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Old news Dougy. No big deal.. Try again Miserable Merv the _erv.
Crabbster forgets it’s the LIBS that working hard to use that Sharpy on the Constitution. Like writing “VOID” in BOLD LETTERS
across the whole thing.
https://www.theunion.com/opinion/columns/r-l-crabb-it-takes-a-village-idiot-405/
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Crickets. Not a single comment. Silence speaks volumes. You own this. You can pretend no one takes notice, but we do and we don’t forget.
Posted by: J. Barron | 06 September 2019 at 09:44 PM
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Can these guys at least be consistent with the time until doomsday? –
Some of the group took part in an 11-minute “mass extinction” or “die-off” to mark the number of years left until “climate catastrophe.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/13/greta-thunberg-joins-youth-climate-change-protest-11-minute-die-in-to-mark-years-left-for-earth/
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That’s all you have now Jeffy? Yup, your crickets chirp loudly.
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Sounds a lot like our Leftinistas, in and out of the government.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/09/08/the-remainer-tyranny/
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