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359 responses to “Sandbox – 12sep19”

  1. Russ Avatar
    Russ

    Don’t Move to Austin. It’s Rotting from Within.
    This what happens when San Francisco progressive move to Texas, well so far Austin.
    Under their lack of leadership and vision, Austin is becoming undriveable, unlivable, and unsafe. The city’s elected leaders aren’t failing to learn, they’re succeeding at learning how to destroy a city. And the voters, while they are rightfully complaining and signing the petition to rescind the insane camping policy, are likely to not only re-elect the same people again – they’re probably going to vote for even worse policies and politicians next year, and the year after that, and the year after that.
    If you’re thinking of moving to Austin, reconsider. The job market is still hot and it’s still nearly impossible to find a bad meal at any restaurant in town. It won’t last forever. Like Seattle, which adopted similar liberal policies, Austin is showing signs of rotting out from the inside – starting at city hall.

    https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/dont-move-to-austin-its-rotting-from-within/

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  2. Walt Avatar

    The lunatic Proggys are working hard to lose the election.
    First letting the cat out of the bag about gun confiscation, now going after beef. Not a good combination.
    https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/14/cattle-rancher-slams-2020-democrats/
    Ol’ nutty Booker
    “New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is not only a potential 2020 presidential candidate; he’s a vegan who says the world “can’t sustain” people eating meat.”
    All that gas produced from eating plant matter has rotted that melon.
    More people than not, love their red meat. Just ask Jeffy.

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  3. Fuzz Avatar
    Fuzz

    “And the Bahamas have been know known to have some bad, bad drug dealers so I don’t know if we should support them”.
    Ahh yes, and what would Jesus say you fucking “Christians”?
    I hate this guy. More than anyone I’ve ever known. He does not represent me in any way shape or form.
    Posted by: Jig Wiggly | 09 September 2019 at 07:03 PM

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  4. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Speaking of hate….
    “It’s not the NRA stopping gun control, it’s 100 million American gun owners.”
    Money quote: Speculations about defeating ‘the NRA’ may titillate the mob, but even if NRA disappeared, there are still 100 million American gun owners, their family members, and their friends.”

    “Participants in this year’s Democrat presidential debates have also pointed their accusatory fingers at “the NRA,” along with a laundry list of other groups and individuals, including “corporations,” “big corporations,” “the 1 percent,” “big pharma,” “big insurance companies,” “the rich and powerful,” “those with money,” “the special interests,” “PACs,” “the Koch Brothers,” “Mitch McConnell,” and, of course, “Donald Trump.”
    Meanwhile, in San Francisco, where vagrants reportedly cover the sidewalks with feces, urine, and needles—a condition aspired to for Austin, Texas, by its mayor, Steve Adler, and its like-minded city council—the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution labeling NRA a “terrorist organization.”
    Throughout history, the left has achieved power by rallying its mob, and rallied its mob by giving it someone to hate. Vladimir Lenin encouraged “language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us,” Saul Alinsky advised radicals to “pick the target . . . and polarize it,” and leftists continue the practice today.
    So, a few days ago, left-wing columnist Michael Tomasky wrote that the gun laws Democrats are now pushing can be imposed if “The NRA Can Be Beaten.” Having worked in the NRA’s political division from 1991 to 2016, I might laugh at Tomasky’s notion, if I had a sense of humor about such things. The left’s everyone-on-message vilification of “the NRA” may inspire high-pitched squeals of approval during the Democrats’ presidential debates and campaign rallies, but anyone who thinks that the NRA is all that stands in the way of disarming the people of the United States has another think coming.”
    https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/13/not-nra-stopping-gun-control-americas-100-million-gun-owners/

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  5. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Come on socialist dems keep pandering to illegal aliens. The prez only needs a couple of percentage points from the to seal the deal. –
    Likewise, a majority of 65 percent of Hispanic Americans said illegal aliens should not be allowed to draw from taxpayer-funded welfare programs, as well as 71 percent of black Americans.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/14/poll-majority-of-hispanics-support-ending-welfare-dependent-immigration/
    😉

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  6. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walter E. Williams almost blows a gasket.
    “Just when we thought colleges could not spout loonier ideas, we have a new one from American University. They hired a professor to teach other professors to grade students based on their “labor” rather than their writing ability. The professor that American University hired to teach that nonsense is Asao B. Inoue, who is a professor at the University of Washington in Tacoma in interdisciplinary arts and sciences. He is also the director of the university’s writing center. Inoue believes that a person’s writing ability should not be assessed, in order to promote “anti-racist” objectives. Inoue taught American University’s faculty members that their previous practices of grading writing promoted white language supremacy. Inoue thinks that students should be graded on the effort they put into a project.
    Just when we thought colleges could not spout loonier ideas, we have a new one from American University. They hired a professor to teach other professors to grade students based on their “labor” rather than their writing ability. The professor that American University hired to teach that nonsense is Asao B. Inoue, who is a professor at the University of Washington in Tacoma in interdisciplinary arts and sciences. He is also the director of the university’s writing center. Inoue believes that a person’s writing ability should not be assessed, in order to promote “anti-racist” objectives. Inoue taught American University’s faculty members that their previous practices of grading writing promoted white language supremacy. Inoue thinks that students should be graded on the effort they put into a project.

    “There’s another very dangerous bit of academic nonsense happening, this time at the K-12 level of education. One America News Network anchor interviewed Mary Clare Amselem, education specialist at the Heritage Foundation, about the California Department of Education’s proposed ethnic studies curriculum. The proposed ethnic studies curriculum would teach children that capitalism and father figures are racist.”
    “Brainwashing our youngsters is a serious matter. The people responsible for the California Department of Education’s proposal ought to be summarily fired.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/51767/williams-academic-stupidity-and-brainwashing-walter-e-williams?

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  7. Walt Avatar

    WINNING!
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/14/trump-celebrates-historic-milestone-of-150th-judge-confirmed-amazing/
    “The Republican-led Senate confirmed Trump’s 150th judicial nominee on Wednesday– a significant milestone that continues to fill one of the president’s key campaign promises of putting Constitutional conservative judges in the courts.”
    It’s getting harder day by day for a LIBS to find a judge to scrap the 2ND Amendment.
    Even the 9th is turning on the LIBS… Remember?
    https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/452862-9th-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-trump-admin-in-sanctuary-city-case
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/28/thanks-trump-liberal-ninth-circuit-is-no-longer-liberal/?noredirect=on

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  8. Walt Avatar

    The Lefties sure know how to help Trump raise campaign donations.
    From plastic straws to Sharpie “signature” pens.
    I hope the Trump in our local paride has plenty of both to hand out to the crowd.
    https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/14/sharpie-trump-elections/
    “President Donald Trump’s move to sell merchandise as a means of piggybacking off his recent media antics has managed to net his campaign nearly $1 million in donations.
    The campaign has sold nearly 55,000 packs of plastic straws, netting over $823,000 in sales, whereas campaign officials have sold about $50,000 worth of Sharpie pens, campaign communication director Tim Murtaugh told The New York Times.”
    And we Thank You for your support…..(suckers)

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  9. Jig Wiggly Avatar
    Jig Wiggly

    Toz 7:38-
    BTW, Remind us a little about Trump University.
    Oh yeah, maybe you shouldn’t have brought up loony universities. At least American hasn’t sued for criminal intent to defraud and to deceive its students.

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  10. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Cause and effect? –
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pompeo-condemns-iran-saudi-oil
    “I had a call today with Prime Minister Netanyahu to discuss the possibility of moving forward with a Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Israel, that would further anchor the tremendous alliance between our two countries,” Trump said on Twitter.
    He added that he looked forward to continuing those discussions later this month on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session in New York.
    http://news.trust.org/item/20190914153639-gas4s
    😉

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  11. Jig Piggly Avatar
    Jig Piggly

    “And the Bahamas have been know known to have some bad, bad drug dealers so I don’t know if we should support them”.
    Ahh yes, and what would Jesus say you fucking “Christians”?
    Posted by: Jig Wiggly | 09 September 2019 at 07:03 PM

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  12. Pig Wiggly Avatar
    Pig Wiggly

    Our hatred for our father has never died. You are a self obsessed pervert to believe your children’s politeness to you is anything remotely like love. You have not been excused or forgiven. Undeniable fact of life.
    Posted by: Jig Wiggly | 31 August 2019 at 10:12 AM

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  13. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Trolls squared. Hey Walt no copying off my paper. LOL
    😉

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  14. Walt Avatar

    TROLLS are drinking heavy tonight. Or is it just bad vape pens?
    So jiggered one,, Daddy still won’t claim you? No one wants to hear your sad story? There is always Renta-buddy. Then again,, there is always the Nevada City stress management clinic. The dope shop.

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  15. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Winning bigly — Without our leadership you would not see the smaller countries lining up with us as is happening in real time in the hot spots! –
    Any activities that hamper Vietnam’s oil and gas exploration in Vietnamese water are violations of international laws,” Le Thi Thu Hang, a spokeswoman for Vietnam’s foreign ministry, told reporters during a briefing on Thursday.
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/vietnam-fights-china-moves-hinder-054552526.html
    😉

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  16. Piggly Wiggly Avatar
    Piggly Wiggly

    Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses
    WOW. You guys are so democratic. Looks like you are owned by a strong arm dictator. A one man party. Taking a line from his buds in N. Korea and Myanmar. Even Venezuela isn’t this bad.
    Crickets. Not a single comment. Silence speaks volumes. You own this. You can pretend no one takes notice, but we do and we (The Royal We) don’t forget.
    Posted by: J Baeeon 06 September 2019 at 09:44 PM
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ia3T8O2ttQ

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  17. George Rebane Avatar

    It looks like the Repubs may take a page from the Dems’ 2012 playbook on primaries.

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  18. Robert Cross Avatar
    Robert Cross

    It looks like the Repubs may take a page from the Dems’ 2012 playbook on primaries.–
    or perhaps 2016 when the dems shuttered out Bernie.
    Still, two wrongs do not make a right..unless it is a right wing.

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  19. Walt Avatar

    The same tired retread post. yes there was a comment if you chose to read it jeffy.
    Canciling primaries is nothing new.
    You worry about the Proggy rigged elections. Or maybe you are planning on playing the LIB game.. Vote early and often. Change your party affiliation just to vote against Trump, then switch back to vote for your chosen Commie.

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  20. Walt Avatar

    Hey Babs.. Burnie? LOL!! It was called “superdelegates”.
    The party elite choose who you voted for. All the fun and games of campaigning, and going to the voting booth for you LIBS was all for show. Your votes didn’t mean shit. And you wonder how “O” got elected? A nobody who voted “present”. Your affirmative action President. Remember? it was Hillary’s turn.
    You better read your Proggy history.

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  21. fish Avatar
    fish

    Apparently Brown Hillary is no more likable than shaky, feeble, Pale Hillary!

    “It’s Been Grim”: Kamala Harris Debate Performance Fails To Impress Major Donors

    Stay tuned for Truckees most vigilant progressive to drop by as “White Savior” in…..5…..4….3…..
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/its-been-grim-kamala-harris-debate-performance-fails-impress-major-donors

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  22. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Probably not for the Sandbox (too long of an article and too European philosophical), but what the hay.
    Europe’s Virtues Will Be Its Undoing
    “Many people are wondering why it is only Europe that feels guilty, not only for its own past crimes, but also for the faults of others?3 The answer is simple: we dominated the world for four centuries. The empires have collapsed but their memory remains, and this has given rise to an ever-expanding discipline: post-colonial studies. We have become the continent of the uneasy conscience and we wish to show the rest of the world the face of moral law in all its purity. Europe sees itself as a sacrificial offering, through which the entire world can expiate its sins. It offers to assume the shame for every misfortune that befalls the planet: famine in Africa, drowning in the Mediterranean, terrorism, natural disasters, they are all directly or indirectly our handiwork. And when we are attacked—by terrorists, for example—it’s still our fault; we had it coming and are undeserving of compassion. Since we are overcome by such a torrent of sins, all we can do is bear up and attempt to correct and atone for them all, one by one. An unctuous discourse intended to edify is replacing what was once political and historical analysis; an ideal society must replace the existing one of ordinary men, and be cleansed of its impurities. Two areas in particular reveal this delusion of sanctity—immigration and ecology.“
    https://quillette.com/2019/09/14/europes-virtues-will-be-its-undoing/

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  23. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    “Apparently Brown Hillary is no more likable than shaky, feeble, Pale Hillary” —Fish
    Aha! Which brings us to today’s Constitution Day Parade, referenced by Crabman’s latest cartoon and prior Boardman columns: The March of Slave Owners…in Nevada City!
    I was going to go up and protest the slave owners and maybe toss some red paint (waterbased) on the monuments to the destruction of the our environment in front of the Miners Foundry and at the small park across from the National, but it ain’t my style.
    Last year the crowds were delighted to have a drunken Betty Ford stagger down the street. This year it might be interesting to see a drunken First Lady with a bottle of Chardonnay in one hand and her husband President picking her off the ground only to have her fall face down into the pavement again as part of the act. That would be hilarious to see Pale Hillary take a few headers. Maybe stuff a pillow to two in the rear of her pantsuit and one in the belly. That certainly would be worth the drive up there to witness the entertainment.
    Opps. Nevada City is Hillary Country. Nevermind.

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  24. MM Avatar
    MM

    ,,,This year it might be interesting to see a drunken First Lady with a bottle of Chardonnay in one hand,,, yes Bill,,,but Trump could not pick Melsie up if he tried!!!

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  25. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Mike
    Wonder if Obama will be wearing his mom jeans.

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  26. George Rebane Avatar

    RobertC 822am – Not sure about two wrongs making a right, but RR’s comment streams are full of testimonials from the Left that such policies are totally acceptable when these serve their agendas. My only reason for pointing out 2012 was to counter the charge that somehow the Repubs are doing something new and underhanded in the upcoming primary season. As you see, that is not the case, and the charge was just due to a bit of amnesia.

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  27. Walt Avatar

    Our LIBS should be happy. The Proggy Press is picking who they vote for this time.
    The DNC is broke, and owes millions. Unlike the GOP who has been smart with their money.(and has paid their bills)

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  28. fish Avatar
    fish

    How did we know……because they lie!

    For years, advocates of the right to keep and bear arms have suspected that confiscation was the endgame but have been rebuffed as paranoiacs in the press. Such a rebuffing is no longer possible. If it ever was, “Nobody is coming for your guns!” is no longer true — which means that a host of commonly posed inquiries now have the same simple answer. “Why do you oppose federal licensing?” Because leading Democrats are threatening confiscation. “Why do you oppose ‘universal’ background checks?” Because they would create a registry. “And why do you oppose a registry?” Because leading Democrats are threatening confiscation. Unwittingly or not, O’Rourke and his acolytes have stuck a dagger into the exquisitely calibrated gun-control messaging on which their party has worked for the better part of 20 years. No voter can now say he wasn’t warned.

    https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/yes-they-are-coming-for-your-guns/

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  29. George Rebane Avatar

    Fish `1240pm – And I am the proud bearer of the slings and arrows launched over the years at me by the local leftwing loonies. They, of course, knew all along what the agenda of autocrat socialists was – to secure the state, it must be the only institution with power to exercise force of arms. And so did many of us who oppose them and their terrifying agenda.

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  30. Russ Avatar
    Russ

    Another example of how the left distorted reality to fit an agenda:
    https://youtu.be/vcAHdmYs0j0
    And, they accuse Conservatives of cherry-picking the data.

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  31. Walt Avatar

    The Nevada City TROLL farm released the crickets on this as well.
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/drone-strikes-spark-fires-at-saudi-oil-facilities-11568443375
    The have been sympathetic to Iran, and bitched about any aggression towards the terrorist nation.
    Their ECO side rejoices because of the attack on oil production.
    Tomorrow we will see what the price of oil will jump to.
    It’s up 11% as of this minute.

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  32. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Those mutha mullahs are not going to get off on this one –
    The officials, who asked not to be identified discussing internal deliberations, said evidence suggests that cruise missiles were used in Saturday’s attacks, and that one of the locations hit — the world’s biggest crude-processing facility in Abqaiq — was beyond the range of the rebels’ known armaments.
    The Houthis had said they used unmanned aerial vehicles in the attack.
    The two administration officials on the Sunday call said the only evidence that the Houthis were responsible had come from the group’s statements
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/u-says-weapons-saudi-attack-193902405.html
    😉

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  33. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    As the dogs return to their vomit: Kavanaugh
    “The reporters, who describe Democrats in glowing terms and Republicans otherwise, say that Stier is a “respected thought leader” in the defense of the federal bureaucracy. They don’t mention his history of working for the Clintons. As for the victim? They say she “has refused to discuss the incident, though several of her friends said she does not recall it.”
    “To repeat: Several of her friends said she does not recall it.
    “So to summarize, the only new claim in the new book is that a Democratic attorney told two senators that he saw an incident where a third party allegedly did something to Kavanaugh and the young woman. In their book, the authors are upset that this claim didn’t lead to a massive FBI investigation, although they don’t explain why they think it should have.”
    https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/15/alleged-victim-in-new-york-times-kavanaugh-story-doesnt-remember-incident/

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  34. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    That should calm some nervous nellies ahead of the markets and this situation is what is for –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/15/donald-trump-authorizes-release-strategic-oil-reserves-after-attacks-saudi-oil/
    😉

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  35. Robert Cross Avatar
    Robert Cross

    Oil prices soar over uncertainty. Trump threatens war “locked and loaded” (a great line especially from a chicken hawk whose daddy got him a friendly bone spur specialist or was he a plumber?)
    Now if we only knew if trump will make money from his stock holdings with his blustery threats or is he wagging the dog like Bush II? One never knows anymore just what the motives are.

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  36. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Roberta Cross | 15 September 2019 at 07:29 PM
    …..yawn…..
    I’m sorry….what were you going on about dear?

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  37. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    BoobieC 729
    You are talking about Obama right? Or was it Clinton? Neither served and Clinton even partied in Moscow during the Vietnam War. Your yap cannot be Trump since he is trying to stop the wars Obama Started and sustained. And since Trump assets and businesses are in a blind trust I would say you are the least informed commenter her. Go flagellate yourself.

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  38. Walt Avatar

    Come now Bobby Sue,, You would be the first to whine that Trump needs to do something if you had to pay five bucks a gallon for gas. But DO tell us how you would gladly pay even more if he doesn’t.

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  39. J.Barron Avatar
    J.Barron

    Todd 7:46
    Trumps assets are NOT in a blind trust despite his promises to do so (like his promises to release his tax records). That you blindly believe that he did, is enough justification to call you a fool. A complete and blinded fool. But we knew that, so no great loss to your credibility.

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  40. Walt Avatar

    Show your proof Barron ol’ chap….. As they say TROLL yap is cheep.

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  41. J. Barron Avatar
    J. Barron

    Walt 8:56
    Show proof of your claim that Trump divested his interests in all of his assets. Your “proof” will be hard to find. Impossible actually. He never divested interest in all of his assets. Fact.

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  42. J.barron Avatar
    J.barron

    Make that Walt 9:05

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  43. Walt Avatar

    Forget how this game is played? Your the one making the claim with nothing to back it up. The facts are your responsibility.
    Facts to back up wildass claims have never been a Proggy strong point.
    And DO use a reputable source. Two independent ones will do.
    You kinda like the latest Kavanaugh smear job. No proof. Even the supposed “victim” can’t remember. You can find that fact anywhere.

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  44. Walt Avatar

    Jiggered Barron.. If you were even close to being right, every Proggy on Capitol Hill would be tripping over each other to get to the nearest Proggy Press to demand Trump’s head.
    Just a little more proof your full of shit.

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  45. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Now that is some serious red meat.
    “Settled science. Now, if only we could figure out a way to argue that Chik fil-A was behind the anti-red mean campaign, we could sit back and watch liberal heads explode. Oh, wait, we can sit back and watch that already.”
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/09/now-heres-some-real-red-meat.php

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  46. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Trump placed his assets in a blind trust. Bar-room is just uninformed.

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