[On the face of it I am not in favor of withdrawing US troops from Syria, especially viz the Kurds. My own long-stated Rebane Doctrine is that the US must continue its role as the world's white hat policeman (hegemon) using responses and methods that will evolve with needs and time. But before we continue hyper-ventilating on the withdrawal, can someone cite the exact parameters of Trump's withdrawal announcement – e.g. is it more than pulling a few tens of troops back from the 20-mile buffer zone? gjr]
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432 responses to “Sandbox – 8oct19”
Fish @ 2:26 pm
Thank you for the kind words. I am indeed on the mend and the lower light intensity of battery operated candle glow was easy on the eyes. Perhaps that is why I was not bothered by the outage. Hey, I had an excuse for not bathing…..as if I needed an excuse. Oh boy, the fine ladies at the post up eye doc appointment today couldn’t wait for the power to come on. They had matted hair and did not seem to appreciate a break in their shampooing routine. Must be a female thang….aka….female problems. 🙂
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From the crime scene
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-man-accused-of-shooting-transgender-woman-was-previously-deported
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/ice-arrests-migrant-charged-with-raping-woman-immediately-after-sheriffs-office-ignored-ice-detainer-and-released-him/
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/09/27/child-rape-suspect-jail-refuse-ice/
A disabled woman?
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/illegal-alien-rapist-released-sanctuary-city-attacks-disabled-victim-three-days-later/
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Speaking of bathing, did someone leave Emery down at Deer Creek?
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Well look who got SNOW before we did.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/10/11/while-rest-us-got-rain-mauna-kea-got-sprinkling-snow/
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There is still hope for our country! –
DONALD Trump’s rally in Minneapolis has turned heads after people pointed out that it looked more like a Justin Bieber concert rather than a political meeting.
Teenage girls and boys were seen crying tears of joy as the US president talked about his win in the 2016 election to a 20,000-strong crowd in Minnesota.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10112113/donald-trump-rally-minneapolis-minnesota-us-president/
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This should get the criminals to vote for you.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/11/elizabeth-warren-proposes-mixed-sex-prisons-as-part-of-lgbt-agenda/
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Trump just said and I quote, “Nancy Pelosi hates the United States.” Shit just got real.
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Barry,, he taunting her to hold a vote. Now remember, she even said “it will be worth it to lose the House for an impeachment vote.”
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BP- You could just put the socialist dems legislative agenda as exhibit A to support that contention.
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Comcast is back up.
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A tribute to Marion ‘that bitch set me up’ Barry? –
https://www.npr.org/local/305/2019/10/10/769086866/incarcerated-felons-could-be-allowed-to-vote-in-bill-moving-through-d-c-council
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So glad we spend billions on “higher” education.
When our son was 5 (1987) Natl Geographic had an issue with the results of the literacy of university grads as to world political geography.
He scored higher than the average grad. He was 5.
Looks like things haven’t improved one bit.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/10/11/survey-revealsalarming-civic-literacy-crisis-among-college-graduates/
“Oh – you’re a college grad?”
“So – you can’t find your own ass with both hands?”
And we’re supposed to further our natl debt to finance this shit?
Next time I hear some young thing say they’re a college grad, I’ll assume they can’t even read.
But they have ‘feelings’.
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Power came on 540pm just as we were leaving for NUHS to hear a grand concert by ‘The President’s Own United States Marine Band’. They are on tour now and we were fortunate enough get on their schedule. Their appearance here was sponsored and arranged by Music in the Mountains and our local Marine Corps Veterans Detachment. The gym was filled to capacity with at least half the attendees being young people. The music was breathtaking and performed to perfection. It was a night when all of us were proud to be Americans.
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Say – how’s that strike coming along?
Great quote – “UAW workers are concerned that as GM shifts to more electric vehicles it will require fewer workers, and that workers in battery production plants may earn less than those at existing transmission plants.”
Well, uh, yeah – isn’t that the whole point of electric vehicles?
And what party is pushing for even more electric vehicles?
Why the unions’ BFF, the Democrats!
Talk about beyond stupid.
And just think – we’ll run up the natl debt even more just to hand money to the wealthy to buy those e-cars!
Hey – it’s lose, lose, lose!
But Nancy will win and isn’t that the most important thing?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-autos-labor/gm-appeals-direct-to-employees-as-strike-losses-pile-up-idUSKBN1WQ1O1
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impeachment? meh. SWEET! Its the economy stupid! –
The numbers: Americans in October showed the most optimism about the economy in three months, reflecting easing concerns about the trade war with China and little worry so far about the potential impeachment of President Trump. The consumer sentiment survey rose to a three-month high of 96 this month from 93.2 in September, the University of Michigan said Friday in a preliminary estimate. What happened: Consumers expect their incomes to continue to rise while a sharp decline in interest rates has added to their optimism. …
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/21d809af-d38f-314b-8f19-4ece982f294b/u.s.-consumer-sentiment.html
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Here you go LIBS,, Snopes will fight Trump with “emotion”.
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/10/11/nolte-snopes-announces-now-fight-trump-using-feelings-emotion/
Any sort of real journolism is now gone for good.
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George
I would have liked to have gone to the Marine Band concert but I was busy with my production at the Nevada Theatre, a play by a local playwright Teressa Langness. I did a nice interview with Retired Maj. Gen. Orlo Steele sa coupler of weeks about the concert and I learned a lot about the Marine Band. Sounded spectacular.
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And they just keep coming and coming. Listen to the children.
https://www.pionline.com/esg/calstrs-faces-calls-divest-fossil-fuel-investments?ad_id=23843707266560409&adset_id=23843707266540409&campaign_id=23843707266520409&ad_name=Sacrificing+Retirement+for+Politics&adset_name=Statewide&campaign_name=CA+-+Opt+Out+-+CAEmpowered&advendor=a2pllc
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re: PaulE @ 12:38PM
What happened to KVMR (community radio) with the power outage? Seriously, how much backup do they have? How about KNCO?
An idea for a news story. Which gas stations don’t have generators and why not? What about the NC City Hall and police? How long will cell (or land line) phones last in a power outage? Does NC water/sewer depend on uninterrupted power? What useful (ie. not goat herds or homeless people in Tuff Sheds(tm)) anti-fire measures are going on within the city? Interview a few people.
Care a little less about national politics and more about things you might have some effect on.
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re: BillT@1:17
That’s not a problem. I expect that CalSTRS and PERS can invest in anything they like. The State of California will pay the pensions regardless of the ROI of the pension funds. If the result is that they invest in LGBTQLMNOP-friendly businesses and the taxpayer is left on the hook, then that’s what’ll happen.
If we all feel like prey animals sometimes, well, it’s a more lively existence.
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La la la la..loser
Lou lou lou lous loser
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/465392-dem-lawmaker-rips-orourke-i-dont-think-losing-is-cool
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Since we were on the air 24 hours a day. We have generators for the studio and the broadcast tower. Have lots of reports with members of County Government Yuba net and Nevada City on the air several times.
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Sorry for the disjointed typing scenes. I’m not too good on an iPad
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A note for all the uneducated socialist dems who slavishly kill all individual thought –
Lifestyle
Helen Raleigh: I lived through ‘socialism’ in China – Don’t fall for lies told by today’s American socialists
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/helen-raleigh-lived-apos-socialism-145044176.html
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“Since we were on the air 24 hours a day. ”
I could swear I heard it go off-air. It was a few minutes after all the lights went off but the boards were still alive. KNCO seems to be the bigger culprit as they are a ‘news’ station as opposed to ‘my favorite Celtic music with local news a couple of times a day’.
In any case, you’ll spend plenty of time worrying about Trump here, and not so much about how to improve things locally.
The obvious Achilles’ Heel in a widespread outage is a combination of gas stations and cell towers (plus dead landlines). People can usually eat out of their cupboards for a week, although they might get sick of lima beans. Add in the extra fun of a bonafide emergency (smoke on the horizon) and everything will go to hell in a handbasket after day two.
My working theory is that the average person living in the ‘mountains’ is no more ready for problems than an apartment dweller in SF. Everyone is on their own and if you don’t have a spare, you don’t have any. Take out the power for two weeks and watch the excitement.
PG&E’s motive are interesting to think about, but unimportant to everyones’ personal situation. The increased need to run generators, store gasoline in garages, build more fragile infrastructure (smart meters, centrally run A/C, backfeed from panels, etc.), EVs, difficulty in building power generation, widespread use of electrical medical equipment, should make everyone rethink how it’s run though.
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Walt- I’m here to report the PW performed flawlessly.
She was charged by the sun and gave us electrons in our time of need. Perfect balance of power. No fossil fuels were killed during the 3.5 day outage. Ice cream stayed hard. The only step outside our ordinary lifestyle is that we kept foods we use on a regular basis in a Yeti so we didn’t open the fridge more than necessary. I’m sorry for your loss.
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re: KVMR.
Perhaps someone could help me out here. I was interested to hear any interviews/news I missed during the Wind Event.
https://archive.kvmr.org/
re: Powerwalls.
They don’t strike me as a bad idea, assuming you are setup for lower power usage (no use of electricity for any kind of heat,cooking,clothes drying,central fans). Plus there’s some way to refill the thing every day.
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Posted by: Jig Wiggly | 13 October 2019 at 08:10 AM
Ice cream stayed hard…..
Well your “fat guy” priorities are still straight.
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jiggers wan on a generator at best. Funny,, you sure dropped of the radar here after 24 hours. Si brag about that fantasy powerwall all you like. Like I said. I talked to someone who actually has one.
The guy next door spent PLENTY on solar. Yet didn’t set up any storage. So when the power went off, he was SOL just like most.
So what shows up in his driveway half way through the fun? A whole house generator. The installation started yesterday.
That huge solar farm paid for by taxpayer money didn’t keep the Rood Center open. One more example that solar ain’t worth shit.
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I can only imagine the consternation in the boardroom on that fateful day…..
”I don’t know how we can continue as a functional entity without you Mr. Biden…..you always know how to score the best blow and the cleanest hookers during our corporate “Team Building” junkets!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-13/hunter-biden-steps-down-from-chinese-board-in-bid-to-fight-back
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,,,po ol clueless Walter,,,grid tie solar helps to offset costs for commercial buildings that get billed using on time of use metering. When peak pricing is in play during the peak demand during the daytime the grid tie cuts those costs by “running the meter backward” so to speak.
It is called saving money Walter. Perhaps you have heard of that concept?
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Sure as hell have. My generator expense was WAY less, and has already paid for itself in the form of no lost food in two outages.
Tell us the pay off date for that multi million dollar solar farm? 21_ _??????
There is a sucker born every minute,, and they are usually Liberals.
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Posted by: BigAnus 13 October 2019 at 11:01 AM
Tedious in each of your guises……..
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Here BIGass,
“Overall energy cost savings is estimated to be $8M over the next 20 years. The County will then self-generate approximately 80% of our electricity needs.”
So 80% of the county building could not stay open?
Seen the size of that system? And it can’t power one building?
Even on a downsized need?
https://www.mynevadacounty.com/545/Solar-Energy-Project
Solar just living up to the hype. It must be just fine for those who get others to pay for it.
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There was an interesting report Thursday morning at about 8:10am…
Yubanet’s Pascale F. was at the Grass Valley Airport and assured all listeners the wind was blowing… but didn’t bother to say just how hard the wind was blowing. It wouldn’t be hard to estimate looking at the windsock, even easier to just read the number off the display in the office.
Something less than the scary forecasts of 40G70 the PSPS selling points were promising. A single digit, no gusts?
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Translation, he lied –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schiff-admits-he-should-have-been-much-more-clear-about-contact-with-whistleblower
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CA new laws: Ban of school lunch debt shaming, all sales of new furs, ban on those tiny hotel shamoo bottles, and smoking at all State parks and beaches. That will fix everything.
Meanwhile, the wind is blowing and man is it gusty. The flags are flapping in the wind, a the wind mill is spinning like there is no tomorrow…and that trees are loud with the sound of rustling leaves fron howling wind blowing through the branches.
The good news is there was no blackout, there will be no blackout, and the electricity is flowibg just fine. And the best news is that I am currently a thousand miles away from CA on this fine fall day, two time zones from power outages. 🙂
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Bring me back something good Bill.
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The littlest commie congresscritter is back at trying to destroy the country! –
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/justin-haskins-aocs-new-scheme-would-destroy-us-economy-create-gigantic-government-and-raise-your-taxes
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LIBism gone wild once again.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article235891762.html
I feel real bad for the poor kid. It would be interesting to find out if the parents are Lefties. Getting to deal with their own ideals will be an eye opener.
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While the socialist dems are tearing down the country as fast as they can and creating little Venezuelan paradises in the big cities we have people who want freedom putting their life on the line in the real world –
https://news.yahoo.com/protesters-erect-lady-liberty-statue-hong-kong-mountain-092458950.html
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,,,more F’ups on the clown car to nowhere,,,
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-botched-attempt-hire-gowdy-121751878.html
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Crush them while they’re still in their nests……………..
I’m not happy until I start seeing “Will discuss Critical Race Theory and Gender Studies for food” at intersections!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/14/universities-making-budget-cuts-taxpayers-interested-funding-campus-kooks-column/3970822002/
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In their own words –
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/10/14/project-veritas-cnn-contractor-says-jeff-zucker-has-personal-vendetta-against-trump/
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And FAKE news gets BUSTED again.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/14/abc-news-correction-syria-combat-video/
“ABC News issued a correction Monday after the network ran what appears to be 2017 gun range footage and reported it as combat video from Syria.
“ABC World News Tonight” reported Sunday evening that a clip appeared to show Turkish-backed fighters bombing the Kurds. The chyron said, “Slaughter in Syria.” The network aired the footage again during Monday’s “Good Morning America.”
“just air the crap.. No one will notice”
Uh,,, YES,, plenty did.
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The nice part is that the occupants of the socialist dem clown car wont listen! –
Politics
Harry Reid Has A Stark Warning For Democrats About Trump’s 2020 Campaign
Ed Mazza,HuffPost 10 hours ago
Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is warning Democrats not to underestimate President Donald Trump in next year’s election.
“I used to think that Donald Trump was not too smart,” Reid said on CNN over the weekend. “I certainly don’t believe that anymore.”
Reid, who retired in 2017, told David Axelrod on “The Axe Files” that he still doesn’t think Trump is “intellectually a powerhouse.” But he added:
He is basically a very, very smart man. No matter what the subject, any argument he involves himself in, it’s on his terms. You’re always arguing against him. He never, never is willing to debate an issue on terms that aren’t his.
Reid said that will make for a difficult campaign for the eventual Democratic nominee.
“Anyone that thinks Trump’s going to be beaten easily should have another think coming,” he said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/harry-reid-trump-2020-090411705.html
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Blood on Trumps hands:
Kurdish fighters under attack by Turkey have described President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria as a “stab in the back.”
Since bombing began on Oct. 9, Turkish military operations against the Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Syria, Washington’s staunchest and most effective allies in the war against the Islamic State, has killed at least 11 civilians and an unconfirmed number of Kurdish fighters, with estimates ranging from dozens to hundreds.
Kurdish fighters are key partners to the U.S. in the Middle East. From 2003 to 2017, they helped overthrow the regime of Saddam Hussein, battled al-Qaida and pushed the Islamic State out of northern Iraq and Syria.
Kurdish women have fought on the front lines in all these battles, as they have done since the 19th-century Kurdish commander Kara Fatma led an Ottoman battalion of 700 men and 43 women against the Russian Empire.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/kurds-targeted-in-turkish-attack-include-thousands-of-female-fighters-who-battled-islamic-state/
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So Emery is the warmonger now. Where did the “Bring our troops home” Emery go? Or “unjust war” Emery? “It’s not our fight” Emery? Or,, “illegal war” Emery?
Funny how the tune changes when Trump does things.
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punchy 1238pm
I’m waiting for the polls to tell me what to think.
In the meantime, it isn’t clear to me just how much resistance could have been given by the 50 troops who were apparently just there as a ‘tripwire’.
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,,,wow Walter, you are on it!!!! Breaking News!!! ABC news intern loads wrong video clip!!!! Deep reportage by Daily CallGirl
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