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[Anybody have any thoughts about a workable public policy that would sufficiently shield  PG&E so that it doesn't have to conduct its CYA power outages?  gjr]

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412 responses to “Sandbox – 25sep19”

  1. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Regarding Greta memes… Thunberg’s champions will thin with time. In 8 years we will be approaching 2028, and facing impending doom either from heat because the world didn’t get off their collective butts in 2019 to halt CO2 emissions when told to by an oft malnourished Swedish schoolgirl taken to skipping her classes, or impending food shortages because of shorter growing seasons due to a grand solar minimum warned of in 2019 by an old Russian woman teaching mathematics and astrophysics at a British university. And a bunch of out of favor mostly white guys with PhDs with similar views.
    I’m betting on the latter as being more likely

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  2. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: MmmGood | 29 September 2019 at 10:54 AM
    Afraid…..yep…. you totally nailed me dugsKKKi! I feel a little sad that old progressives like you seem to enjoy pimping her out so blatantly.
    I forget that it’s just what you do!

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  3. fish Avatar
    fish

    I’m so disappointed…….Mr. Branson…….been holding out on me for what…….five years now!!
    https://www.vivino.com/walt-la-brisa-pinot-noir/w/1516879?year=2012
    It was a lovely Pinot……..!

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  4. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    @ 11:14 am
    While most are focused on the science, I am focused on policy. For sake of argument, let’s say I believe in man made global warming. So, what’s the policy for 2021, 2022, 2025? At least Pocahontas has a plan for that. In 2028, all new construction in the US must be carbon neutral structures.
    If I am true believer in AWG, then the best and most reliable energy efficient (and minimal carbon footprint) is nuclear energy. 20% of the US is powered by nuke juice. What is going to replace that 20%? Oh, “What about the radioactive waste?”, one may ask.
    Answer: We don’t even know the technology that will be available in 15, 10, 8, or even 5 years. One does not snap her/his fingers and a nuclear plant pops out of the ground. These won’t be your Daddy’s nuke plants.
    What about the cheap clean natural gas? Why be against fracking? Reliable, lower carbon footprint. Call it a bridge to carbon neutral. That’s what they called biofuel. What are you going to replace fracking with? Windmills? Solar panels? Batteries? Geothermal? Algae? Biomass incinerators? What about semis that hauls food from farm to urban centers and suburbs? Everything you purchase and have from pencils to lamps has been hauled at one time on a truck. Even your windows and computer machine. Look around your abode.
    What is the policy to replace what we use now? Pocahontas is against nuclear AND fracking. Look at France and compare with Germany. Germany has opened up the coal fields again as a direct result of shutting down nuclear and going solar.
    ———————
    “Because the wind only blows intermittently, wind turbines in Michigan have a 36% capacity factor. That is, they can produce 1,925.3 megawatts of electricity just 36% of the time, on average. This means that, theoretically, it would require building another 2,162 wind turbines to replace the Karn coal plant.
    But even that would not meet the need, because there is not enough variation in weather across Michigan to ensure that if turbine blades aren’t spinning in one area, they will do so elsewhere. When the blades are not spinning, Michigan’s utilities and the customers who rely on them would have to hope that utilities in other states have extra power available to sell at reasonable rates.“
    https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/tripling-states-1100-wind-turbines-wont-replace-this-one-coalgas-plant
    https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-23-at-1.26.28-PM.png?
    https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2019/09/arp-18vpb2.jpg?

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  5. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Now that’s funny –
    The panel, according to CNN’s Erin Burnett (Cecily Strong), served as an example of how the Democratic candidates have “united together and decided to handle impeachment the only way they know how: with a muddled, 10-person town hall debate.”
    There was SNL newcomer Bowen Yang—the first-ever cast member of Asian descent—as Andrew Yang, sporting a tight shirt and imitating the candidate’s lack of neck. “I’m literally giving free money to people and I’m still in sixth place!” he exclaimed. Another newbie, Chloe Fineman, appeared as Marianne Williamson—live via astro-projection from outer space.
    Then came the “actual candidates,” including Kate McKinnon’s Elizabeth Warren and—yes!—Larry David’s Bernie Sanders, who exclaimed, “Hello, everyone! I’m so excited to be back and ruin things a second time!”
    Host Woody Harrelson debuted his Joe Biden impersonation—ridiculous capped teeth and all. “There’s no need to worry anymore: Daddy’s here, America! I see you, I hear you, I sniff you, and I hug you from behind.”
    He added, “Now, as I ask anytime I walk into a room: Where am I? And what the hell is going on here?”
    And, last but certainly not least, the great Maya Rudolph cameoed as Kamala Harris. In her pitch-perfect tone, she exclaimed, “Now, Erin, that little girl you just introduced? That little girl is me. Just checking because, I’m not just that little girl. I’m also America’s cool aunt. A fun aunt. I call that a ‘Funt.’ The kind of Funt that will give you weed but then arrest you for having weed. Can I win the presidency? Probably not. Can I successfully seduce a much younger man? You better funting believe it.”
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/saturday-night-live-premiere-woody-044631840.html
    😉

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  6. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    A million kids want to clean up the planet. A million parents want them to start with their rooms.
    ——————-
    Casting call:
    https://mobile.twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1178013650302451712

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  7. Walt Avatar

    Now THAT was a good find Fish! Now you REALLY want to give our resident LIBS heartburn? Send them each a bottle.
    I just might order a bottle just to put on the counter!

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  8. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Walt | 29 September 2019 at 02:46 PM
    I just might order a bottle just to put on the counter!

    Well you won’t be disappointed!!

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  9. Walt Avatar

    Fish..So your saying it’s WAY too good for LIBS??
    Well,,, there are the twist top generation.

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  10. fish Avatar
    fish

    DISPATCHES FROM THE BATHROOM WARS:Portland Bans Urinals to Respect ‘Shared Values,’ Charges Taxpayers $200M. Plus: A Mind-Bending History of Gender Rules.

    <

    blockquote>Finally, in a place constantly lecturing us about protecting the environment (you know, plastic straws etc) this will waste a tremendous amount of water 
I checked and most urinals take as little as a pint of water per flush (1/8 gallon). Even “modern” toilets flush with more than a gallon of water. Some “no flush” urinals use no water at all. Multiply this by hundreds of thousands of flushes a year. Figure out how this makes sense.
    Well we know where the environment rates in the hierarchy of progressive values.
    https://www.redstate.com/alexparker/2019/09/29/portland-bans-urinals-respect-shared-values-charges-taxpayers-200m.-plus-mind-bending-history-gender-rules

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  11. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Clearly it must have been a maga hat wearing republican who did it –
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-police-9-11-memorial-bronze-plaques-stolen
    😉

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  12. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Oh no it had nothing to do with the ratings it must be bad orange man again! –
    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/donald-trump-may-intervened-colin-002317255.html
    😉

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Time to update those arrest records….and other myths
    L.A. Paid $1.3 Billion In Taxpayer Money To Illegal Aliens Via Welfare
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/l-a-paid-1-3-billion-in-taxpayer-money-to-illegal-aliens-via-welfare?

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  14. fish Avatar
    fish

    The Hate Hoaxes……they burn…..! But they don’t hold up for very long these days!

    Girl Who Claimed Hair Was Cut in Racist Attack Admits She Made It Up

    …..and people wonder why we don’t get upset when they announce these things!
    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/girl-who-claimed-hair-was-cut-in-racist-attack-admits-she-made-it-up/

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  15. Paul Emery Avatar

    The swamp continues to drain. that was Trumps promise:
    “New York Rep. Chris Collins, who was one of the first GOP lawmakers to back President Donald Trump before the 2016 election, is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to insider trader charges related to his investment in an Australian biotech firm, according to court documents and a Hill insider close to the case.”
    https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/30/chris-collins-guilty-plea-insider-trading-1519268

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  16. Paul Emery Avatar

    Here’s Trump quoting a preacher who is predicting a “Civil war like fracture” If Trump is impeached. Since Trump quoted him in context it must mean Trump believes in his prediction. Here’s Trumps tweet:
    “If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal.” Pastor Robert Jeffress,
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1178477539653771264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1178495531859021824&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2F2019%2F09%2Finternet-fires-back-at-trump-after-he-threatens-civil-war-if-hes-impeached-were-dealing-with-a-disturbed-sociopath%2F

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  17. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 30 September 2019 at 10:57 AM

    There’s a point you’re making with yet another breathless repeating of Trumps Twitter feed Punch?

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  18. Paul Emery Avatar

    fish
    It’s just an example as to how desperate Trump and his supporters are to the current and future situation. Typical scare tactics we’ve seen over and over again. Why do you think Trump chose to repeat Jeffress opinion?

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  19. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Daily Quotes
    Insight: “When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well, ladies and gentleman, I’d follow the example of their nominee; don’t inhale.” —Ronald Reagan
    Observations: “Unfortunately for Pelosi and Democrats, impeachment now has everything to do with the election. Their message to the American people is now unmistakable: you were wrong in 2016, and we’re going to set things right. You couldn’t be trusted to elect the right president, so we’re canceling Trump’s election.” —John Daniel Davidson
    The BIG Lie: “[Attorney General William Barr has] gone rogue. I think where they’re going is a cover-up of a cover-up.” —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
    Phony nobility: “[Losing the House] doesn’t matter. Our first responsibility is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” —Nancy Pelosi (And the only way to do that is for Democrats to lose.)
    Acquiescing to the mob: “Up to this point, I have been opposed to pursuing impeachment because it will further divide our already badly divided country. However, after looking carefully at the transcript of the conversation with Ukraine’s President, the whistleblower complaint, the Inspector General memo, and President Trump’s comments about the issue, unfortunately, I believe that if we do not proceed with the inquiry, it will set a very dangerous precedent.” —Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
    Grand delusions: “I’m calling upon those who are close to President Trump right now … to advise him to do the right thing and to resign from this office.” —Beto O’Rourke
    Lacking self-awareness: “This occupant of the Oval Office poses a clear and present danger to our future, to our democracy.” —Hillary Clinton, who was rejected for being a clear and danger to our republic
    Non compos mentis: “People have said to me, you know, ‘Do you think these hearings are going to take very long?’ Not really, because there’s a whole lot of direct evidence including [Trump’s] virtual confession.” —Sen. Kamala Harris
    Non sequitur: “[Trump] stabbed in the back the career foreign service officers who serve bravely and selflessly no matter the politics of the administration that they are working under. And now they are caught in the crossfire.” —Hillary Clinton (On the contrary, deep-state leakers stabbed Trump in the back.)
    Braying jenny: “I believe he knows he’s an illegitimate president.” —Hillary Clinton
    Braying jackass: “I still believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. And like the man who appointed him, Brett Kavanaugh should be impeached.” —Elizabeth Warren
    And last… “Four large secrets that most of the American media are afraid to utter are that the American economy is growing in a way that is directly helpful to the most vulnerable segments of society; that the administration’s trade policy is clearly working; that the flow of illegal immigrants is sharply diminishing; and that for the first time in 65 years, the United States has practically ceased to be a net oil importer.” —Conrad Black

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  20. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    Trump is up over Obama at the same time. That is giving Paul diarrhea. Trump and the 65 million supporters are doing just fine. But the left is looking for a civil war apparently. Thank goodness they disarmed themselves.

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  21. Paul Emery Avatar

    Trump quote:
    “Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to Congress and the American people,” Trump tweeted. “It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?”
    This shows how ignorant Trump is. Can any one hear show how Trumps allegations have anything to do with Treason as defined in the Constitution? What an ignorant idiot we have in the White House and the Republican Party will have orange Trump stains on it’s legay for decates to come.
    https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/trump-issues-ugly-threat-to-arrest-adam-schiff-for-treason-as-impeachment-gains-momentum/

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  22. Paul Emery Avatar

    sp
    here show how Trumps allegations have anything to do with Treason as defined in the Constitution? What an ignorant idiot we have in the White House and the Republican Party will have orange Trump stains on it’s legacy for decades to come.

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  23. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Pay with your own money not the publics! –
    A federal court ruled University of Iowa officials must pay out of their own pockets for discriminating against a prominent Christian student group, calling the university’s conduct “ludicrous” and “incredibly baffling” during a hearing last week.
    Judge Stephanie M. Rose of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ruled Friday that the University of Iowa and its officers violated constitutional law when they kicked InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and other religious groups, off the campus in June 2018 for requiring leaders to uphold Christian beliefs — but giving a pass to secular student groups that also have leadership requirements.
    The court stated it “would never have expected the university to respond to that order by homing in on religious groups” like InterVarsity, while “carving out explicit exemptions for other groups. But here we are.” The court did “not know how a reasonable person could have concluded this was acceptable,” since it “plainly” doubled down on the exact same conduct the court had already held unlawful.
    “It’s too bad it took twice for the University to learn its lesson,” Blomberg added. “There was no excuse the first time for squashing students’ First Amendment rights. University officials nationwide should now take note that religious discrimination will hit them in the pocketbook.”
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/iowa-university-christian-group-lawsuit
    😉

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  24. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 30 September 2019 at 11:27 AM
    Typical scare tactics we’ve seen over and over again. Why do you think Trump chose to repeat Jeffress opinion?

    …….sigh
    Not playing the Uncle Punchy needs a smoke in the parking lot game! You know the one….. where you ask your radio guest an ill formed open ended question that gives you time to sneak into the parking lot and hoove a butt while they ramble on for four or five minutes.

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  25. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    I was wondering just this morning as to when they would dust off Barney and parade out.
    Wonder no more.
    And the town crier called out with his lisp, “Murder, Murder, Murder!”
    https://mobile.twitter.com/BrentHBaker/status/1177777431446528002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3ANewsBusterPicks%7Ctwcon%5Etimelinechrome&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsbusters.org%2F
    ——————————————
    Then the town cried out, “Nazis, Nazis, Nazis on our streets!”
    https://news.grabien.com/story-antifa-protesters-scream-block-elderly-couple-outside-event

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  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Greta goes Death Metal…..by Dead Metal.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CLxpgRqxtEA&time_continue=69

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  27. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    His rehabilitation comeback is going as well as My Gal’s.
    Another accuser come forward against Weird Al Franken.
    “The latest allegation comes in the midst of a bit of public comeback for Franken, who on Saturday launched a weekly program on SiriusXM titled “The Al Franken Show.”
    “Franken also appeared on Conan last Thursday, during which he claimed “there were no good choices” during his ousting from the Senate in 2017 in the face of multiple sexual misconduct allegations, and said that “people who know me, know I’m not that guy.”
    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/al-franken-faces-new-sexual-harassment-allegation/
    Just when you think he was free, they pull him back in.

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  28. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    fish
    Specifically why do you think Trump chose to repeat Jeffress opinion that a civil war type scenerio erupt if Trump is impeached?

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  29. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 30 September 2019 at 02:47 PM
    It seems that English isn’t your first language.
    But because I’m in a generous mood I’ll indulge you Punch. I have no idea why the president chose to repeat that Tweet.
    If I had to venture a guess…..probably to get nervous old progressives spun up over nothing.

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  30. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The pony tail of ignorance should ask his antifa buddies if they have not already waged war on innocent people who just disagree with them?
    😉

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  31. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Winning! –
    Judge rules that Trump’s tax overhaul can disproportionately impact blue states
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-tax-law-state-salt-205820313.html
    😉

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  32. Paul Emery Avatar

    Don’t have any Antifa Brothers, You made that up. Show me your documentation that I do.

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  33. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy 247pm
    “Specifically why do you think Trump chose to repeat Jeffress opinion that a civil war type scenerio (sic) erupt if Trump is impeached?”
    Trump didn’t twit that, Punch.

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  34. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Gregory | 30 September 2019 at 04:33 PM

    I may have screwed that one up. Given Trumps love of the Twitter machine.

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  35. Walt Avatar

    Civil war? Yup,, damned close Far LIBs(Commiecrats) are looking to seize power by coup. Just look at who’s running for Proggy President. All are Putin lite.
    You can blame this on “O”. He lit the fuse. The Left has been nothing but a festering hate-on ever since.
    The Proggys better pray it stay a cold civil war. If it does heat up, their chances of winning are very slim.

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  36. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    fish 446pm
    Nah,Punch screwed that pooch.

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  37. Walt Avatar

    “Nah,Punch screwed that pooch.” And we can hear the barking all the way in PV.

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  38. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Sounds like the dem caucus has been vaping bad hash oil! LOL –
    https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/President-Pelosi-It-could-happen-14478559.php
    😉

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  39. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    “Witch Hunter Hoisted by Own Petard”
    No surprise, but a former reporter doesn’t like the taste of his own medicine.
    https://patriotpost.us/articles/65798-witch-hunter-hoisted-by-own-petard-2019-09-30?fbclid=IwAR3xICXx-TW-DnUZemod1hXfIMoCTxR2wmRf_GYREIn3xLrXin_XcUccgSk

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  40. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Fish touched on this, but I love watching the unhinged mob trying to hump a football. Shades of the school boys at the Lincoln Memorial waiting for their bus.
    Another Hate Hoax: Karen Pence, Christian School Slimed Over Fake ‘Racist’ Attack
    “We’re waiting on apologies from these folks for our Second Lady and the falsely-accused boys. Considering the media’s tepid response to the truth of the Covington hoax, maybe we shouldn’t hold our breath.”
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/gabriel-hays/2019/09/30/another-hate-hoax-karen-pence-christian-school-slimed-over
    Nothing to see here.

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Wow. Somebody made a list. I always felt that the reason we have so many hate crime hoaxes is because the supply of racists does not meet demand.
    LIST: 60 HATE CRIME HOAXES
    https://news.grabien.com/story-hate-crime-hoaxes

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  42. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    This will get the pink pussy hat antifa’s in a high froth and I suspect house nigger and uncle tom will be thrown at the independent thinking black people who really want to raise up their hoods with capitalisms opportunities. Breaking the shackles of the not so great society destruction of the black family unit and perpetual dependence on socialist dems largess and visits every 2 or 4 years.
    Did you hear that black unemployment is at its historic low? Hispanic, Asian, women too or so I have heard.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/30/breitbart-hudson-to-deliver-primetime-speech-at-turning-point-usas-black-leadership-summit/
    😉

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  43. Walt Avatar

    Where did the all knowing jiggerboob slither off to?
    Didn’t know Nixon was tossed out by his own? The DEMS has jack shit to do with it.
    Now would today’s Commiecrats do the same id it was their Dear Leader busted for wrong doing? no just no,, but HELL NO!
    Plenty of evidence to back up that observation.
    Hillary still walks the streets free. Quid Pro Joe is still in the running. Nor one LIB has called for their head on a pike.
    Yet here they are trying to hang Trump on ginned up offences.

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    As reported by CNN (before they realized what they were doing), here’s what the Dems are really afraid of 👇🏻
    “British intelligence passed Trump associates’ talks with Russian on to US counterparts.”
    OUCH!
    https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/trump-russia-british-intelligence/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3SWjfut2KN_Nb3GzSVF0VBTFZpnWWfCbHZuBs7j8OOWID6rZgjxyNuWjA

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  45. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Why I put little faith in IG Horowitz’s reports. He hold back punches.
    Another great informative read from RealClear Investigations
    “So far there have been few serious consequences for department big shots from Horowitz’s findings, even for McCabe. Trump supporters hanging their hopes on “straight-shooter” Horowitz getting to the bottom of alleged FBI surveillance abuses during the 2016 election could be disappointed.
    “Even if he does produce a tough report, it’s not likely to stay that way, department insiders say. They expect it to be watered down especially after Comey, Strzok, McCabe, Page and other officials mentioned in it get their own chance to make changes, reviewing it for “accuracy.”
    “Swecker says he’s already given up on Horowitz holding dirty agents accountable and is putting stock in prosecutor Durham’s wider probe into Trump-Russia’s origins.
    “Durham is serious,” the former FBI official said, “and he has indictment authority.”
    https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/09/30/straight_shooter_justice_dept_watchdog_has_held_his_fire_on_the_top_brass_120565.html

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  46. fish Avatar
    fish

    Another gem from The Nations Editor as he is jets (All jet, no lag) across the pacific emitting multi kilogram amounts of greenhouse gases as he goes (the aircraft is pretty bad too I am told!).

    More posts later, as warranted (and allowed). Hear’s our plane passing east of Pyongyang, on route to Chengdu, from the seat-back monitor:

    Medill F jeffy…..!

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  47. Archie Bunker Avatar
    Archie Bunker

    fish | 01 October 2019 at 03:56 AM
    Gullible’s Travels?

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  48. paul emery Avatar
    paul emery

    Majority now support impeachment inquiry. Big jump in the last week
    http://www.pollingreport.com/trump_ad.htm

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