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359 responses to “Sandbox – 12sep19”

  1. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Snopes is building an unmistakeable record of cravenly serving up liberal-excusing and Democrat-excusing reports:
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2019/09/01/snopes-claims-bidens-medal-mangle-not-false
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    Pick a card, any card.
    https://www.newsbusters.org/
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    SEN. HARRIS SAYS SHE SUPPORTS IMPEACHING KAVANAUGH DESPITE NYT RETRACTING REPORT
    ——————————————
    Darn. And she just endorsed Bernie.
    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/womens-march-cuts-ties-with-linda-sarsour-and-others-accused-of-anti-semitism

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  2. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So now it appears that the origin of the attack was not huthiland, care to guess from which direction they may have come from? –
    The military coalition assembled by Saudi Arabia to intervene in Yemen’s civil war said on Monday that the weekend attack on Saudi oil facilities was conducted with Iranian weapons, and those weapons were not launched from Yemen, despite claims to the contrary by the Iran-backed Houthi insurgency.
    https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/09/16/saudis-back-up-u-s-assessment-of-iranian-weapons-used-in-oil-field-attack/
    😉

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  3. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Jig Wiggly | 16 September 2019 at 04:09 PM
    You really are an ignorant moron troll. Obama put those kids in cages and his admin did the spy crap. But you trolls have TDS and drunks so maybe I’ll give you a break. Same for MMM. Morons all.

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  4. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Trigger Warning! Trigger Warning! Haters take cover under your miniature ponies!
    https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/16/melania-trump-vanilla-colored-pantsuit/

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  5. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    I always liked Bob Bextel as a person. Candid and honest at times. Apple did not fall far from the tree.. Ok, give Mom the credit.
    “Moreover, according to Alex Beckel, the son of Mrs. Keyser and her ex-husband, former Fox News personality and ardent Democrat Bob Beckel, Keyser was pressured by Blasey Ford allies to lie during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings about the incident.
    “Nearly a year after Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, most have moved on. But for one of the key players in that fight, Leland Keyser, the struggle continues,” a GoFundMe account set up for Mrs. Keyser by her son reads.
    “Despite her lifelong friendship with Christine Blasey Ford and her opposition to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, Keyser resisted immense personal pressure and courageously came forward with the truth, putting everything in her life at risk,” the GoFundMe post continues. “As a result, she faces great personal hardship. The harsh glare of the public eye has taken a tremendous physical, emotional, and financial toll on her.”
    “Leland stood up and did what was right when she had everything to lose and nothing to gain,” the post added.
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/51819/son-witness-who-denied-blasey-fords-kavanaugh-amanda-prestigiacomo

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  6. George Rebane Avatar

    Actually, it turned out that Ivanka and Jared did not violate any govt protocols with their email handling – this was confirmed with Team Nadler deciding not to waste any bandwidth on dredging that up to support his drive for impeachment.
    And for those not familiar with the classified materials handling code, the President always has the final say in what is and isn’t classified, and he has the power to do that peremptorily if he so desires – no further application or approvals are needed. Now the political ramifications of presidential treatment of heretofore classified materials are another matter altogether, as you are proving.

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  7. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Looks like there is a lot of interest in the three seats up for County Supervisor. Deborah Wilder announced today and a fellow from Truckee named Hardy Bullock announced too. I have heard of more running for District One.
    https://truckeetahoeairport.com/bios/2-hardy-bullock

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  8. Bil Tozer Avatar
    Bil Tozer

    This comes as no surprise. It’s who they are.
    Leana Wen: Planned Parenthood Is Trying to ‘Buy My Silence’
    “Leana Wen, who was president of Planned Parenthood until the organization fired her in July, alleged the abortion provider is trying to “buy” her silence, according to a document obtained by the New York Times.
    Wen, who held the position for only eight months, attempted to turn Planned Parenthood’s focus more toward becoming a “national health care organization” during her brief tenure. The move was not well-received, and Wen was soon ousted after she was deemed not “political” enough for the organization.
    Now, in a 1,400-word letter addressed to Planned Parenthood’s board of directors, Wen alleges the organization is withholding her health insurance and severance package as a “ransom” until she signs a confidentiality agreement, the Times reports.
    “No amount of money can ever buy my integrity and my commitment to the patients I serve,” Wen wrote.
    https://freebeacon.com/issues/leana-wen-planned-parenthood-is-trying-to-buy-my-silence/

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  9. Walt Avatar

    Yup, The Russians made the “O”bummer administration their bitch.
    https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/09/16/report-russia-penetrated-fbi-communications-throughout-obama-years/
    “A report published by Yahoo News on Monday described a “brazen Russian counterintelligence operation that stretched from the Bay Area to the heart of the nation’s capital” during the presidency of Barack Obama. The operation penetrated FBI communications to a “stunning” degree, according to officials quoted in the story, but was misunderstood and downplayed by the intelligence community and the Obama administration, which was ostentatiously attempting to “reset” relations with Russia when the operation began.”

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  10. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Deborah is good people. She is very smart and very politically savvy. That race for supervisor will be fun to watch especially with all the campaign fodder produce by Hall over the past three years.

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  11. Paul Emery Avatar

    Looks like Hardy Bullock is Richard Anderson’s guy Todd. He was Anderson’s Planning Commisioner. Here’s his announcement statement on Facebook:
    “Richard Anderson has faithfully served our Community in District 5 with productive excellence. I know Supervisor Anderson will continue to greatly contribute to our County and Community. Based on my work as Supervisor Anderson’s appointed County Planning Commissioner, and my lifelong passion for Nevada County, I’m proud to announce my candidacy for the Board of Supervisors Race 2020.””

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  12. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Richard did a good job. He seemed very independent and assertive. He seems like a good guy. We should thank him for his service.

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  13. Paul Emery Avatar

    I agree Barry. Has Ed Scofield announced yet if he’s going to run in District 2 ?

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  14. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Not that I know of. Ed is another good guy. Honest Ed. Lol

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Californians: Don’t go there.
    “California announced last week that it has added Iowa to the list of states on its ever-expanding “travel ban” list because of that state’s new prohibition against funding gender-transition surgeries under Medicaid.
    “Becerra’s authority came from a 2016 California law signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown that bars state-funded travel to other states that undercut LGBT rights. The blacklist already included Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi.”
    Hey, Morgan Freeman lives in Mississippi.
    https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/morgan-freeman-people-who-cant-pull-themselves-bootstraps-bullsh-everybody

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  16. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    HI Barry, Hope you and yours continue to do so great! Amazing kids!! Yes, Ed has announced he is holding his seat at his BBQ recently. I think Deborah Wilder can absolutely will bring a very strong campaign to Dist 1 with a wide base of support and having been a Mayor of an important SF suburb she has real world cred.
    I have found in my experience that Supervisor Anderson is a very reasonable and rational leader who was about the issue and who has had a good understanding of the neighborhoods and the impacts on them. I look forward to his next year and a half as well as his input on the upcoming Dist 5 race. He is a good man with values and it pleasure to work with him.
    😉
    😉

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  17. Jig Wiggly Avatar
    Jig Wiggly

    Todd 4:)9
    “You really are an ignorant moron troll. Obama put those kids in cages and his admin did the spy crap. But you trolls have TDS and drunks so maybe I’ll give you a break. Same for MMM. Morons all.”
    You talk like my 4 year old grandson and that is nothing to joke about. Your verbal syntax and sentence structure are at a 1st grade level; you are one creepy guy documented for the world to see.
    II smell a perv in old man flaking skin and curled toenails. Your sheets must be gross.

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  18. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Thanks Don! Life is good. Same to you brother
    Ed is a good man. Deborah was mayor of Foster City yes?

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  19. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Jig Wiggly | 16 September 2019 at 08:33 PM
    I think you are looking in the mirror bub. You perv trolls are all the same. Smelly and creepy. But hey I am describing a skunky troll who is afraid to tell us its real name. Chicken and as bright as a chicken. What a hoot!

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  20. Paul Emery Avatar

    Todd writes:
    “I am describing a skunky troll who is afraid to tell us its real name. ”
    Trump is of course referring to the RR contributor who goes by the name fish.

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  21. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    It’s funny how our local liberal pundit tries to make every non-partisan election partisan. Does anyone think it’s relevant that the current district one supervisor got her DUI while leaving a democrat Central committee function? That sounds kind of partisan to me. That also sounds like something newsworthy that should be reported as well right ? 😉

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  22. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    @ 6:22 pm
    If memory serves me correctly, wasn’t the ‘Put Ivanka and Jared in Jail’ e-mail scandal about Ivanka and Jared using their personal e-mail devices during the transition and briefly for a few weeks into the new Administration before they started using the .gov address? Boy, Nadler wanted their campaign e-mails, transition e-mails, phone records, and a heck of a lot more, lol. A heck of a lot more.
    Equating the above with Hillary’s predetermined decision to set up a private server for the sole purpose of conducting her business for the Clinton Foundation and State Department work to shield herself from the FICA….compare that to the new Administration’s chaotic start is a whole different ball of wax. Apples and Oranges.
    Funny, if the State Department had an IG like every other Department had, then maybe the IG could have spotted Hillary’s violations earlier and saved here the grief.
    Odd, the State Department did not fill the IG vacancy during Hillary’s entire time as Sec of State. An IG could have saved Grandma all that energy smashing devices with a hammer that contain e-mails subpoenaed by Congress with an order to preserve. She would not have had to Bleach Bit those records either.
    Heck, nobody knew of the private server (besides Obama and friends) until the Benghazi hearing. What, there are zero records of communications between Hillary and Ambassador Chris Stevens? Odd.
    Then Obama came out and said Hillary did not intent to violate any laws, sending a Big Message to Comey and AG Lynch to put the brakes on. Squash the “matter”. Make itgo away. They did. Talk about obstruction of justice.
    Yep, the Unhinged have been demanding all Trump family members’ heads on a platter. Roberta Maddow and Joy and Morning Joe want to see the Trump kids led away in handcuffs with a CNN news-crew just happen to be there. Lock them all up! Hate them all! To Devil’s Island with them.

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  23. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Hi Barry, My lovely Ellen sends her love to your crew too!
    Kim and you have raised the most amazing daughters. Blessings
    Yes Deborah Wilder was a vey successful mayor.
    I had a screen shot sent to me that has the Dark Lord of Liberal Lament Land sniveling about Ms. Wilders qualifications. Paaleasee!
    She is a very successful national law firm owner who was elected on policy in wealthy liberal west coast city. Sweet!!
    😉

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  24. Walt Avatar

    OK LIBS you can start bitching now… Trump ain’t signing….
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/16/report-trump-will-not-support-universal-background-check-bill/
    And THIS is all it says.
    “This bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals).
    Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check.
    The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers, such as a gift between spouses in good faith.”
    Just like what we have here in Kalif.
    Maybe one of the Proggy “experts” here can tell us just how well it works here. Has it stopped one lowlife scumbag from getting a gun? Did it stop jiggered one’s buddy from getting that shotgun?

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  25. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    I believe here in Kali you can give your spouse a gun but have 30 days to file the paperwork with the state documenting the transfer.

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  26. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    What is very clear is that Pelline and the rest of Hall’s supporters will make the District One race as nasty as possible. It is his and their MO. Whoever runs against Deborah Wilder will have their hands full. She is brilliant and will be very well-funded. Having been involved locally in politics in the past, the knock on Deborah from highly conservative (sometimes too much so) folks is that she is a moderate. In my view, she is an independent like Richard Anderson and Dan Miller and Ed Scofield who will not tow the party line but who will come to rational conclusions based upon the evidence presented. On the other hand, the current supervisor in district one is a true believer in progressive ideology with her sights on something larger than Nevada County. You can see that readily from her activities and who donates to her campaign. Of course, Deborah will run an issue based campaign but look to the supporters of Hall (like Pelline) to go low and try to make this a partisan race. It is vile, but it is also all to common place as the true believers move into our sleepy rural town and attempt to San Francisco our wonderful Nevada County. all you have to do is look around the Brunswick Basin…

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  27. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 16 September 2019 at 08:56 PM
    Trump is of course referring to the RR contributor who goes by the name fish.

    Alzheimer’s treatments still not working eh Punch?

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  28. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Emery seems to have lost it again. How the necjk did FISH get a mention in my post and Trump as well?
    The supervisor was always non=partisan until the democrats got into it in the 90’s. Now all they do is partisan.

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  29. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Todd Juvinall | 17 September 2019 at 07:42 AM
    How the necjk did FISH get a mention in my post and Trump as well?

    How the “necjk” did I get a mention in Punchies post? Well much like the president I am at the very center of Punchies existence…..everything seems to revolve around me!

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  30. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Is your necjk still attached? LOL! I really do think Emery has gone over the edge. Obsessed with polls and Trump and FISH. Can’t be healthy.

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  31. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Those mutha mullahs have been busted! –
    The US has reportedly identified locations in Iran from which drones and cruise missiles were launched against the Saudi oil facilities on Saturday.
    Senior officials told CBS News that the locations were in southern Iran, at the northern end of the Gulf.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49733558
    😉

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  32. J. Barron Avatar
    J. Barron

    Pruett 4:13
    And from what background of winning do you base your strategy upon? I love it when documented losers (Todd, Besse and Pruett) come up with a “winning” political plan. In truth, the kiss of death.

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  33. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: J. Barron | 17 September 2019 at 08:48 AM
    I love it when documented losers (Todd, Besse and Pruett) come up with a “winning” political plan. In truth, the kiss of death.

    …..says the Hillary supporter.

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  34. J. Barron Avatar
    J. Barron

    fish 8:54-
    document that blatant lie

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  35. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: J. Barron | 17 September 2019 at 09:02 AM
    Well if you weren’t a Hillary supporter why are you here wasting everybody’s time?

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  36. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    J. Barron | 17 September 2019 at 08:48 AM
    When I trounced your candidates twice it sure was a refreshing breeze across the county. And all those that I have helped in their campaigns to win think you are probably just a moron without any history in the county. Lastly, I appreciate Trump kicking your asses and shoving his face in yours for all these years. If there is a loser here it is you JBar-rooom not those you listed. What a hoot!

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  37. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: J. Barron | 17 September 2019 at 09:02 AM
    document that blatant lie

    Ahh now I get it! Yes an error on my part…..not a Hillary supporter…..one of the remaining Bernie Bro knobs who will still admit it!
    …..sad!

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  38. Walt Avatar

    A whole new generation of Chicken Littles. And of course they will demand government pay for their therapy.
    https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2019/09/17/epidemic-of-kids-treated-for-eco-anxiety-over-climate-change/
    ““The symptoms are the same [as clinical anxiety], the feelings are the same, but the cause is different,” she said. “The fear is of environmental doom — that we’re all going to die.”
    A spike in psychological trauma over global warming should come as no surprise, since climate alarmists have been intentionally amping up the rhetoric over a looming environmental apocalypse.”
    A new Jonestown in the works?

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  39. Robert Cross Avatar
    Robert Cross

    Odd.. folks on this blog are constantly going off about “San Francisco values” invading our community for the worse….yet they support the former mayor of a Bay Area town Foster City. Somewhere there is a disconnect between rhyme and reason or is it just a partisan thing?

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  40. George Rebane Avatar

    RobertC 933am – As the purveyor of the new and improved logic in these pages Mr Cross, I think it’s up to you to connect the dots of your implied argument – specifically, what does having been the mayor of a down-peninsula town then, have to do with the horrible culture and values SF promotes and has on display today?

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt @ 9:18 am
    “A new Jonestown in the works?”
    Very astute observation. I was pondering the last few days if our society is having a collective stress disorder mental breakdown or just a collective nervous breakdown.
    VILLAGE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM: New York City says 1.1 million students can skip school for climate strike protest (Axios) (This is the same city that wants to ban chocolate milk in schools.)
    DISLIKE FACEBOOK: “Want to stay healthy, both emotionally and physically? Researchers from UC San Diego and Yale have some simple advice for you: Limit the amount of time you spend on Facebook. While this may sound like typical anti-social media crankiness from academia, this time they have some impressive research to back up their case.” Be sure to check out the details at Business Insider.
    https://www.businessinsider.com/study-says-facebook-may-destroy-your-physical-and-emotional-health-2019-9
    Daily Quotes
    Who knew? “Backbencher Democrats will confess that impeachment in the House is deader than a Joe Biden political rally.” —Rep. Matt Gaetz
    Friendly fire: “Overall, I think MSNBC, in the Trump era, has done real damage to the Left and I’ll tell you why. … The Russia story and what happened there was important, but it was not all-important, and they went so far in the realm of conspiracy theorizing.” —former MSNBC host Krystal Ball
    For the record: “In the past few years, attacks on the credibility of the Supreme Court have increased. Those attacks skyrocketed after the Obamacare decision in which John Roberts, in his Solomonic wisdom, decided to split the baby. It signaled that the refs could be roughed up. Ever since, various progressives and their allies in the mainstream media have escalated and amplified attacks on the Court because they know John Roberts worries chiefly about the reputation of the Court.” —Erick Erickson
    Political futures: “The partisan relitigation of Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation is an embarrassment to the country, but it is useful in putting the 2020 election stakes in sharp relief. The future of the Supreme Court is on the ballot in Senate races as much as in the presidential race.” —The Wall Street Journal
    Party pooper: “We have our hands full with impeaching the president right now and that’s going to take up our limited resources and time for a while.” —House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler all but dismissing the idea of probing Justice Brett Kavanaugh
    Braying jenny: “Trump awaits instructions from his Saudi masters. Having our country act as Saudi Arabia’s b—h is not ‘America First.’” —Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
    Braying jackass: “[Trump] has the blood of those 22 people in El Paso on his hands.” —Beto O’Rourke
    Non compos mentis: “Those who are white try, but we can never fully understand [racism].” —old white man Joe Biden
    And last… “If you had a magic wand that could magically cause all guns to disappear in the world and never come back, would you use it? Looking at the world before guns and how much more the strong preyed on the weak, I’d say I definitely would not.” —Frank J. Fleming

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  42. Walt Avatar

    If the belief is, that most anyone could be packing a gun, that may give thugs the opportunity to think twice about just who they rob. Especially when the odds are real good someone will shoot back.
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-homeowner-shoots-teens-masks-burglary

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  43. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Robert Cross | 17 September 2019 at 09:33 AM
    The “Than Francithco Valuths” thing was just to tweak jeffty……who couldn’t shut up about it! Never had him figured for a member of the assless leather chaps and mounds of fecal matter in the streets crowd though!
    Hey….did you know the internet is changing the way we communicate……

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  44. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Bobbi 933am
    Foster City is a bastion for unbridled capitalism and real estate development. Built on “engineered landfill”.

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  45. Robert Cross Avatar
    Robert Cross

    George 9:41 — San Francisco is but one city in the larger metropolitan Bay Area. Is there some giant wall between SF and the rest of the area that prevents basic values from crossing political boundaries?

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  46. Walt Avatar

    Bobby is right. Silicon Valley is also a shithole. I saw it first hand. It sure sucks to make 200,000 a year, and have to live on the streets in a motorhome.

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  47. Walt Avatar

    Still “Dementia” Joe, “Crazy” Burnie, and “Shee who lies threw teeth” Warren,,, as the top Proggys President wannabes.
    And Trump can steamroll each and every one.
    It shows just shows the wild mindset of the DEM voter.

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  48. George Rebane Avatar

    RobertC. 1201pm – Undoubtedly there is some leakage. But political jurisdiction boundaries where public policies of tolerance and permissiveness start and stop are pretty crisp. I hope you are kidding about a “giant wall”, aren’t you?

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