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[Power still out on Cement Hill with no wind, while Sonoma County burns.  Am looking for local readers' reports on the return of power.  gjr]

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209 responses to “Sandbox – 24oct19”

  1. Walt Avatar

    It’s not the sound of banjos marking the boundaries of the “hill folk”,, it’s the drone of generators in the dead of night.

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  2. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    I suppose that you know that they ‘re-energized’ the hospital and nearby plus parts of Brunswick Basin. Downtown GV perhaps?
    Expect much talk about NID putting together a local grid which will magically solve the problems (and likely never happen). Expect handwaving about ‘global warming’ which, true or not, does nothing to deal with the power issue. Expect arguments about what constitutes ‘wind’.
    Be amazed by Nevada City’s inability to provide emergency power for the cops while spending plenty o’ dosh on ‘studying’ 5G, at least until the correct result is achieved.
    Once again I’ll ponder the inability of the cell towers (and to some degree, landlines) to be able to withstand outages. It’s one of those cases where I would apply the heavy hand of .gov, the old AT&T system was pretty darned bulletproof. You can also make some similar argument for gas station permits. Communications and Getting Out of Dodge in a sketchy situation matter more than whether Safeway keeps it’s ice cream cold, although the inability for stores to operate sans power (due only to inoperable registers) is rather silly.
    I’m still waiting for the five-day cutoff to really test how testy people can get.

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  3. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    The government trying hardest to overthow an election was our own.
    https://spectator.org/the-case-for-indicting-john-brennan/

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  4. Walt Avatar

    Sorry LIBS,, you ain’t going to see an impeachment.The moment a vote is taken and passed, it goes to the Senate. And all those Senators on the campaign trail must stop. NO campaigning while the “trial” is on.
    Now just who could drag that out for months?
    Ahhh.. The joys of politics.

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  5. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    My DSL/pots service died about 8am, I assume when the battery died at the remote terminal… came back on at 2PM. Gives me hope that power is going to be back on before nightfall.
    …but the battery in the remote terminal seems far below spec. Hey, pac bell, get it replaced.

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  6. Walt Avatar

    Since we are on old country living, and the store is closed,
    Here is what’s for your dinner. They are all over the road this time of year.
    Skunk Skillet Stew
    2 adult skunks; skinn, debone & shred 1/4 cup oil 1/4 cup Butter 2 cups celery; finely chopped 1/4 cup parsley; finely chopped 2 cloves garlic; finely minced 1 bay leaf 2 carrots; chopped 2
    Or for our EUROfolk,
    French Fried Skunk
    2 skunks; skinned & cleaned 1 tbsp. Salt water; to cover 2 cups bear fat or lard 2 egg yolks; beaten 3 cups Milk or cream 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp. Salt 2 tbsp.
    Welcome to country living.(and dining)

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  7. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Oh dear. This will not sit well with Cross Punch & Co. Oh my. Trump has unchained a monster from the dungeon now.
    https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/467358-bannon-returns-from-exile-to-wage-impeachment-battle-for-trump
    “You have to hand it to Don. I thought I could get liberals’ heads to explode, but he has surpassed me.” –Ronald Reagen

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  8. 🐠 Avatar
    🐠

    NARRATIVE FAIL……NARRATIVE FAIL……NARRATIVE FAIL……NARRATIVE FAIL……aahoooga….aahoooga!

    Jet-Powered Hypocrisy: Globalist Elites, Celebrities Leave Massive Carbon Footprints

    …….danger……danger….!
    https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/10/24/jet-powered-hypocrisy-globalist-elites-celebrities-leave-massive-carbon-footprints/

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  9. Walt Avatar

    Nice touch Fish! and a clown fish no less! Extra points!

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  10. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    For your reading pleasure
    Trump now down by 11 in Rasmussen Poll. The Trump slump continues. How low can he go??? Lowest Rasmussen Polls since Jan 2018
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

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  11. Walt Avatar

    BFD Emery, when never Trumpers know who to call to get the desired “data”. Kinda like AGW statistics. Garbage in, garbage out.
    But only fools and LIBs vote by polls.

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  12. Joe Peyote Avatar
    Joe Peyote

    For your reading pleasure
    Trump now down by 11 in Rasmussen Poll. The Trump slump continues. How low can he go??? Lowest Rasmussen Polls since Jan 2018
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Country Walt @ 2:53 pm
    That bear lard is killer stuff. It never spoils, never goes bad, and never needs refrigeration. Perfect. It’s the best stuff in the world for country cooking. Momma’s little baby loves shortin bread.
    The other great thing about bear is their hides make the best chaps in the world. You can be out there on horseback or riding a bike in the most fierce hail-rain-snow storm and those babies will keep your legs nice and dry. Waterproof and nothing beats bear chaps. Waste not want not.
    I’ll give you a little hint about your skunk stew. Take some sugar and sprinkle it on the inside of the skunk hide and you won’t get that smell like the Frenchy Pepe Pierre, if you catch my drift. Then you can dry the skunk hides and send them to the hatmakers back East. Of course those were the days before Biker Bill. You should have heard what they called me back then.
    Country Living tip #2: mix in some baking soda with your beans and you won’t get any breeze. No Blazing Saddles campfire scene music.
    I best not send you my possum pie recipe because of that horrible possum incident in our community a few years ago. Front page news. I don’t want those PETA women coming after me, no sir. Peta does have the best commercials though, I will give them that.

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  14. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gosh and golly Walt. Rasmussen is yours and Todds favorite poll. You are always bragging about Trumps numbers on it. Sorry about that.

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Power on here

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  16. Walt Avatar

    Keep clutching those pearls Emery. No one is going to beat Trump. Hell.. You won’t even lay claim to ANY CommieProggy looking to unseat Trump. I wonder why?…(Not really…)
    Not one of you Depends wearers dare back anyone running.
    Have an idea you will be branded a loser?(already have that mark)
    No impeachment Emery, no matter how many “hearings” in the chamber of secrets.
    And the last guy to “testify”? LOL!! ” I heard it 4th hand”.
    Another steaming pile of Schitt bomb to blow up in his face.

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  17. Walt Avatar

    Nothing here yet Bill, but we can’t be far behind.

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  18. 70 Year Old Virgin Moral Preener. Avatar
    70 Year Old Virgin Moral Preener.

    For your reading pleasure
    Trump now down by 11 in Rasmussen Poll. The Trump slump continues. How low can he go??? Lowest Rasmussen Polls since Jan 2018
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

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  19. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Walt | 24 October 2019 at 04:43 PM
    Yeah….was getting kind of stale around here! Thought I’d redecorate!

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  20. George Rebane Avatar

    Power on 545pm.

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  21. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Looks like the pony tail of ignorance has all his socks on his hand today. LOL
    😉

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  22. Walt Avatar

    One this is for sure,Trump has a TROLL here soiling itself.

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  23. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Power still off as of now 18:09
    That Rebane just got back in the saddle leaves me with some hope…

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  24. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So a dem congrescritter Katie Hill has an iron cross below her panty line?? Some trouble for the thruple! –
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7609835/Katie-Hill-seen-showing-Nazi-era-tattoo-smoking-BONG-NAKED.html
    😉

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  25. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Ooops, we didn’t mean to tell the truth!! qup no! –
    Echoing the testimony of impeachment inquiry witnesses, the Times acknowledged Wednesday that Ukraine was not aware the United States was withholding aid until days after the July 25 call, in August.
    In other words, Trump did not threaten to withhold aid during the infamous conversation between him and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25.
    Zelensky himself has acknowledged that “there was no blackmail” during the call, citing as evidence that he “had no idea the military aid was held up” at the time of his July 25 phone conversation with Trump, the Times conceded.
    The Times article is just the latest sign that Democrats and their liberal mainstream media backers are trying to move beyond the July 25 call that triggered the impeachment.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/24/nyt-confirms-ukraine-didnt-know-u-s-froze-aid-at-time-of-july-25-call-cant-have-quid-pro-quo-with-no-quo/
    😉

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  26. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    That should be quo no!
    😉

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  27. Walt Avatar

    WOW!! Don,, you would think she’s from Nevada City!
    She would have Emery’s vote. The bong is all Emery needs to see.
    Now how many votes has she cast while stoned?

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  28. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    I see your schiffty star chamber and raise you a criminal investigation of team 0! –
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has shifted its review of the Russia investigation to a formal criminal inquiry.
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-doj-review-russia-011127153.html
    😉

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  29. Pierre Delecto Avatar
    Pierre Delecto

    Ménage à trois Is French for thruple.

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  30. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Don @ 6:31 pm. Say it ain’t so! By the book., By Golly.
    Administrative State song to Billy Barr:
    Lyrics
    “I feel the earth move under my feet
    I feel the sky tumbling down
    I feel my heart start to trembling
    Whenever you’re around
    Ooh, baby, when I see your face
    Mellow as the month of May
    Oh, darling, I can’t stand it
    When you look at me that way
    I feel the earth move under my feet
    I feel the sky tumbling down
    I feel my heart start to trembling
    Whenever you’re around“
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6913KnbMpHM
    When those walls come tumbling down.
    ———————————-
    Walt; I meant toss in some Baking Soda when you are soaking the beans…not after. Hate to see you do a city boy mistake.

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  31. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Power on in Newtown / Kentucky Flat 645pm

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  32. Walt Avatar

    Baking soda? That’s a new one. I just soak them overnight.
    I will give you a good recipe for pink beans later. It’s one my Dad made up. We save that one for those cold rainy days.
    Still no power here. Someone has to be last,, so PV must be it this time.

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  33. Walt Avatar

    Yes Bill!!! There WILL be Possum! Let the Possum people cry!
    First, find a Possum DOA. Goodyear fresh is even better.
    1 5 lb. possum; cut into serving pieces
    water
    Salt
    12 peppercorns
    2 ribs celery; chopped
    2 carrots; quartered
    2 cups flour
    4 egg yolks
    6 tbsp. hot water
    (Often served to unsuspecting bed-and-breakfast tourists in Amish country)
    Place possum in kettle. Add water to cover, salt to taste, peppercorns, celery, carrots and onion. Simmer until possum is thoroughly tender, about two hours.
    Strain broth and pour into clean kettle. Simmer while preparing remaining ingredients.
    Remove possum from bones. Discard bones and skin. Cut possum into bite-size pieces.
    Sift flour and one-half teaspoon salt together onto board. Make well in center and put egg yolks into it. Gradually work yolks into flour until stiff dough is formed, adding hot water as needed. Knead until smooth, about five minutes.
    Cut dough in half. Roll each half until paper thin. Cut dough into noodles about one inch wide. Add possum to simmering broth. Gradually add noodles.
    Continue boiling until noodles are done, about five minutes.

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  34. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt, make a video of throwing dearly departed Opie Opposum into the kettle, dub in some heinous creature ungodly screeching sounds, post it on social media, and sit back and enjoy the fireworks. :).
    Walt? Never heard of him, lol

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  35. Walt Avatar

    OH YAAaaaa.. That would stir the pot like nothing else.
    ALL of Nevada City would come unglued.
    They almost made a soap opera about the last incident.

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  36. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So the ukrainin company that creepy grampa joes brat worked for is connected to sciff for brains and his witness?? How clinton/team 0 is that?
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/24/adam-schiff-witness-cancels-speaking-gig-to-burisma-funded-think-tank/
    😉

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  37. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    @ 7:43 pm
    ‘Unglued’ just does not quite capture the essence. You are being kind. 🙂
    ———————————
    Quotes from The Great Divide
    Upright: “This whole concept of political correctness — you can say this, you can’t say that, you can’t repeat what someone said — is total foolishness and it’s going to destroy our nation. And we need to be more mature than that.” —Ben Carson
    For the record: “It’s a non-story that Obama pushed countries to redefine marriage or embrace the killing of unborn children as a price of U.S. aid. It’s a non-story that Joe Biden made an explicit quid pro quo involving $1 billion of U.S. aid for the firing of a prosecutor investigating the company that employed his son. But it’s an outrage, an impeachable offense even, that Trump wants to get to the bottom of the corruption that occurred in 2016.” —Gary Bauer
    Food for thought: “So Trump can’t use the word ‘lynching,’ but it’s okay for the Left to call him Hitler?” —Ryan Fournier
    Policy: “Republicans in the Senate need to pass legislation banning the chemical castration of children. Let Democrats in the House come out in defense of the barbaric practice publicly if they want. Absolute winner of an issue for Repubs. And more importantly it’s the right thing to do.” —Matt Walsh
    The BIG Lie: “You know, Donald Trump inherited a strong economy from Barack and me. Things were beginning to really move. And just like everything else he’s inherited, he’s in the midst of squandering it.” —Joe Biden
    Braying jackass: “I’m going to start by reversing the Trump tax cuts. … [The] wealthy didn’t need them in the first place.” —Joe Biden
    Grand delusions: “When we [enact universal healthcare], there are no more premiums. You’re not paying anymore premiums. No more co-payments. No more deductibles. No more out-of-pocket expenses. And virtually every person in this country will save money on healthcare.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders
    Race bait: “Let’s review the record. First on diversity and inclusion — Facebook has utterly failed. Facebook’s executive ranks and workforce continue to be mostly white and male.” —Rep. Maxine Waters
    And last… “If you don’t think it’s child abuse to chemically castrate a sweet innocent child … by forcing him to take puberty blocking medication that is given to CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS, then I don’t know a more diplomatic way to say this… you are a monster.” —Liz Wheeler

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  38. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So the socialist dem group attack machine wants to flay Trump for saying –
    President Donald Trump made a startling statement Friday afternoon while boasting about how he believes he handled his widely-condemned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Northern Syria – a move that had opened the gate to ethnic cleansing of America’s now-former allies, the Kurds.
    “We’ve taken control of the oil in the Middle East, the oil that we’re talking about, the oil that everybody was worried about. We have the U.S. control of that,” Trump said, minutes after concluding a talk with the first two women astronauts to participate in an all-women spacewalk.
    https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trump-blurts-out-a-startling-statement-weve-taken-control-of-the-oil-in-the-middle-east/
    YET BACK IN THE REAL WORLD THE FACT IS —-
    (AFP) – The US said Thursday it would beef up its military presence to protect northeastern Syria oil fields as Kurdish forces abandoned several positions to comply with a deal allowing Damascus, Ankara and Moscow to carve up their now-defunct autonomous region.
    “The US is committed to reinforcing our position, in coordination with our SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) partners, in northeast Syria with additional military assets to prevent those oil fields from falling back to into the hands of ISIS or other destabilizing actors,” a Pentagon official said in a statement.
    The official did not provide any numbers or confirm reports that US armoured assets would stay by the oilfields, once used to fund the Islamic State group’s short-lived “caliphate”.
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/kurdish-forces-start-syria-turkey-border-pullback-110633985.html
    😉

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  39. Walt Avatar

    Found Emery’s pick.
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/greg-gutfeld-pete-buttigieg-marijuana-admission
    He’s a dope smoker, and pro dope. That’s all the needed qualifications needed for Emery.

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  40. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    In re my 828 another reminder of reality overtaking the talking points for lefties. I tried to tell the trollish set that we did not leave everywhere but we know facts just get in the way of the approved narratives. –
    https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/23/military-leader-of-syrian-kurds-thanks-trump/
    😉

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  41. Bill Tlzer Avatar
    Bill Tlzer

    Why can’t we be more like Europe?
    I should be back home in school, but I am here. People are dying. How dare you!
    https://spectator.us/bomb-attacks-normal-part-swedish-life/

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  42. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    ROFLMAO.
    First it was Low Energy Jeb, and now its Slow Joe. Sweet.
    https://gizmodo.com/biden-forgot-to-buy-the-web-address-for-his-latinx-outr-1839316976
    Hola,amigos.

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  43. Robert Cross Avatar
    Robert Cross

    In the ‘dumber than a box of rocks” category –trumpler was, one again, “just joking,” when he mentioned Colorado during his ‘building the wall’ diatribe. Trump was joking about China investigating the Bidens. “Russia, if you’re listening, ” just another joke. Dropping nukes on hurricanes, just joking. Calling himself “The Chosen One” yet another joke. He is just really a big joker isn’t he, such a cutup.

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  44. L Avatar
    L

    RX @ 9:36, you have to admit the man is pretty entertaining… I’ve seen a lot of professional comedians that don’t do half as well.

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  45. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    BoobieC proves that liberals have no sense of humot. BoobieC is dumber than a post.

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  46. Robert Cross Avatar
    Robert Cross

    L– it would be funny if it weren’t so tragic for the country and the world.
    In the ‘Like father like son” category –serial liar Donald Trump JR. said “When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business.”
    This earned a ‘pans on fire’ designation. Goombah, goombah, goombah!

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  47. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Morning Quotes from the Great Divide
    Observations: “What we have is a rogue Democrat Party in the House of Representatives that’s using the institution of the House and the impeachment clause to interfere with the 2020 election. They’re interfering with the 2020 election more than the Russians did, more than Ukrainians did, even though that was bad enough, and they’re using our tax dollars to do it.” —Mark Levin
    No doubt: “If [Republicans] were doing this [closed-door impeachment], you would be beating the s—t out of all of us.” —Sen. Lindsey Graham to the Leftmedia
    Friendly fire: “I don’t know what’s going on in those closed doors. We as members of Congress do not have access to the information that’s being shared. I think the American people deserve to know exactly what the facts are, what the evidence is being presented as this inquiry goes on.” —Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
    Non sequitur: “All the facts must come out and those who are attempting to obstruct this fact-finding inquiry may regret the day when they said all they want to do is open up the process. Our Republican friends may get what they wished for — all the facts coming out.” —Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
    Foreign interference: “We have to work at the state and local level in terms of making sure that these voter ID laws are not passed, making sure that we have … monitors, lawyers, people watching the polls all the time, I personally want to ask the UN to come in. I’ve observed elections all over the world, and I think right now we need election observers from all over the world coming to monitor and to look at these tactics.” —Rep. Barbara Lee
    Déjà vu: “Under my plan, if you negotiated an agreement for healthcare with your employer, union, or otherwise, and you like it because you’ve given up wages to get it, you can keep it.” —Joe Biden
    More freebies: “It is a moral stain on our country that we have half a million or more people facing homelessness. … In a few weeks, we are going to introduce our ‘Homes For All’ legislation, which will, hopefully, guarantee a home for everyone.” —Rep. Ilhan Omar
    Non compos mentis: “The people that are producing climate change, the folks that are responsible for the largest amount of emissions, or communities, or corporations, they tend to be predominantly white. … We can’t act as though the inertia and history of colonization doesn’t play a role in this.” —Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
    And last… “The ones who were the loudest voices in spreading the Russian collusion hoax now also seem to be the ones most determined to prevent the truth about its origins from coming to light.” —Rep. Mark Meadows

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  48. George Rebane Avatar

    re RobertC 948am – Yes indeed, Trump put the country into such dire straits that the Dems are going through impeachment histrionics in order not to allow him to run again in 2020. The real tragedy for the Dems and thereality on the ground – both nationally and internationally – is that Americans cannot be trusted to throw him out next November; that has to be attempted through fabricated Star Chamber composed articles of impeachment.

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