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Sandbox – 22nov19

[In addition to all the other issues that need to be covered, I draw your kind attention to the 22nov19 update of the most recent 'Ruminations'.  gjr]

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  1. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Funny Dougy should bring up “hot tub time machine”….
    ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ star wants a boycott of MSNBC
    https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/john-cusack-boycott-msnbc-over-bernie-sanders-coverage

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  2. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Cult Brother Walt @8:30 pm
    “CNN Guest: Trump Is ‘Destructive Cult’ Leader, Uses ‘Mind Control’ on Supporters.
    BRIAN STELTER: The word “cult” has been popping up more and more. Think back to two weeks ago on this program, Anthony Scaramucci talked about his claim that Trump supporters are in a cult. Just last week, Dan Rather said he thinks for Trump seems increasingly cultish. And this weekend in The Washington Post, Trump critic and Republican strategist John Weaver said the GOP is “not a party anymore in the traditional sense; It’s a cult.”
    —————-
    Now I see where Stevie ‘isn’t it any Wonder’ Frisch was coming from. Now it makes sense.
    “This is the problem…Trump is essentially a cult…and you have consumed the Kool-Aide.”
    Posted by: Steven Frisch | 24 November 2019 at 04:07 PM—Dems Big Lie #4687
    Well, Walt, when you said, “ I bet Dougy and Emery will buy that line of BS“, you forgot somebody. 🤓

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  3. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Its the ECONMY Stupid’s! How is your 401K? Please no comments from the trollish set who have no investments. –
    Fed’s Powell Says U.S. Economy’s Glass Is ‘More Than Half Full’
    Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell struck an upbeat tone in gauging the ability of policy makers to extend the record U.S. economic expansion, while signaling interest rates would probably remain on hold.
    “At this point in the long expansion, I see the glass as much more than half full,” Powell said in the text of remarks he’s scheduled to deliver Monday evening in Providence, Rhode Island. “With the right policies, we can fill it further, building on the gains so far and spreading the benefits more broadly to all Americans.”
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/feds-powell-says-u-economys-000000774.html
    😉

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  4. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Snow is ah come’n. Good thing for Emery.. He can use Nevada City tweekers as sled dogs.

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  5. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    BillT: “Now I see where Stevie ‘isn’t it any Wonder’ Frisch was coming from. Now it makes sense.
    “This is the problem…Trump is essentially a cult…and you have consumed the Kool-Aide.”
    Posted by: Steven Frisch | 24 November 2019 at 04:07 PM—Dems Big Lie #4687”
    It does bring up the point. Did the cult leaders come up with a cult meme and pass it down to the cult members to accuse the Republicans of being a cult? or did he simply have the word stick to his noggin’ while browsing the 50 anti-Trump op-eds on the daily reading list? It’s hard to accuse people of being smart enough to organize when a hivemind will do.
    It’s not dissimilar to how the Trump ‘crimes’ tend to consist of just how Democratic misdeeds are uncovered. Topsy Turvy World makes for an interesting timeline to live in.
    You just know, of course, that the God Emperor just loves all of this.
    https://i.imgur.com/TlywLpu.jpg

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  6. George Rebane Avatar
    George Rebane

    scenes 751am – It truly is an interesting phenomenon to watch local lefties (e.g. Frisch) parrot the latest from their progressive hive mind. Almost every other evening FN shows multitudes of video clips from lamestream with their correspondents parroting identical words and phrases du jour – for example the latest now being the Trump ‘cult’ and that we are in a ‘constitutional crisis’. Thanks for bringing this up Mr scenes.

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  7. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: Trump Cults
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grb3qN5X6jM

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  8. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    They are trying to flip the script on us! It’s not free stuff, it’s public goods.
    AOC DENOUNCES ‘NEOLIBERAL TALKING POINTS’: ‘I DON’T WANT TO HEAR THE TERM FREE STUFF EVER AGAIN’
    https://news.grabien.com/story-aoc-denounces-neoliberal-talking-points-i-dont-want-hear-ter
    Free stuff, free stuff, free stuff, free stuff, free stuff, free stuff, free stuff, free stuff, free stuff, Free Stuff!!

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  9. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Daily Quotes.
    For the record: “The concern among senior naval officers is that Chief [Petty Officer Edward] Gallagher’s behavior is symptomatic of a larger cultural problem of ill-discipline that they say has developed in some SEAL units. This includes episodes of substance abuse, sexual harassment or assault, mistreating detainees and generally bending the rules. Our sources say military leaders want to clean this up, and they are worried about a message of tolerance for misbehavior that Mr. Trump’s intervention into Chief Gallagher’s case might send.” —The Wall Street Journal
    Point: “Since 2013, more than 150 trans people have been murdered in the U.S., the majority Black transgender women. On #TDoR2019, we remember and honor the lives lost, hold their loved ones in our hearts and must commit to doing all we can to end this epidemic of violence and hate.” —Chelsea Clinton
    Counterpoint: “The US is one of the safest countries for trans people. The murder rate of trans victims is actually lower than that for cis population. Also, who is behind the murders? Mostly black men.” —Andy Ngo, whose account was suspended by Twitter for telling this truth
    Changed mind: “You can censure. You don’t have to remove the president. We are so close to an election. I will tell you, sitting here, knowing how divided this country is, I don’t see the value of kicking him out of office, but I do see the value of putting down a marker saying his behavior is not acceptable.” —Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)
    Infighting: “Elections should not be for sale. Not to billionaires. Not to corporate executives. We need to build a grassroots movement. We have a country that works great for billionaires. Works great for corporate executives. But it’s not working for the rest of America. And if the only way that Democrats can pick a nominee is to go to the billionaires and corporate executives, then we’re going to have a country that keeps working better and better for those at the top.” —Elizabeth Warren on Michael Bloomberg
    Thanks Obama: “In 2008, middle-class workers spent about 7.8% of household income on premiums and deductibles. By 2018, that figure had climbed to 11.5%.” —ABC News (“Virtually every single Democrat candidate for president wants to take his costly, broken promise and raise the stakes times ten.” —Peter Heck)
    And last… “The Washington Post published a story claiming Barack Obama is a ‘Conservative.’ Which makes sense considering they also believe: Biological men can be women. President Trump is a Russian puppet. And ISIS terrorists are ‘Austere religious scholars.’” —Charlie Kirk

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  10. Castaneda Avatar
    Castaneda

    ,,,Bloomberg could buy Trump, burn his money, and not notice any real effect!!!

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  11. Castaneda Avatar
    Castaneda

    ,,,Kleenex, stop crying about your guns…

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  12. Castaneda Avatar
    Castaneda

    ,,,Whatever happened to Occam’s Razor??? Why would Ukraine want bother to hack US elections? Why would Russia??? Which makes more sense???
    We know Trump is obsessed with getting ”’even”’ with Obama, Hillary, the FBI and looking for conspiracies everywhere…
    Occam says he tried to extort the Ukraine government…that’s something in his wheelhouse…doing quid pro quo deals for hotel developments,,,and getting sued by contractors for withholding funds until they made a deal with him…
    ,,,You deniers are soooo saaad

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  13. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Castaneda | 26 November 2019 at 10:50 AM
    ,,,Bloomberg could buy Trump, burn his money, and not notice any real effect!!!
    Maybe that’s the approach that you should use….see if you can buy him out…..you’re not going to beat him any other way!
    Not with the current crop of lemons that TEAM EVIL is running.
    It’s going to be fabulous to watch the progressive left……after the incessant whining about a billionaire white guy with #metoo problems……nominate a billionaire white guy with #metoo problems!
    Poor Punchy’s head gonna asplode!

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  14. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “It’s going to be fabulous to watch the progressive left……after the incessant whining about a billionaire white guy with #metoo problems……nominate a billionaire white guy with #metoo problems!”
    I just want to see Bloomberg on a little elevator during the debates with Trump.

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  15. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Going to be interesting to see how the Circle of Jerks respond to Rudy the Crook being indicted. He sure is quiet noways. Trump will toss him like dead flowers when things get hot. Remember, Trump has no friends.
    “Reuters reveals how Federal Investigators are also scrutinizing Rudy Giuliani. According to a grand jury subpoena, “Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking records of payments to Rudy Giuliani as part of an active criminal investigation.”
    https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/other/prosecutors-seeking-info-on-payments-to-rudy-giuliani/vi-BBXkkeB

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  16. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Sure Emery,, yet NY can’t even get the tax records. But keep looking for a crime. There must be one somewhere,,,, right?

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  17. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Here’s more:
    The subpoena shows that prosecutors are examining payments to Giuliani as they investigate two of his associates, Florida businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who pleaded not guilty last month to charges that they illegally funneled money to election candidates.
    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-prosecutors-seek-information-payments-214029741.html

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  18. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    BillT: “Andy Ngo, whose account was suspended by Twitter for telling this truth”
    I beliee that the common name for that is ‘hatefact’.

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  19. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Yes, punch, the walls are certainly closing in on Team Trump. For the hundreth time. But this time its gonna be different!

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  20. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Like everything else Emery, it will go nowhere. Just another baseless accusation you Proggys live for.

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  21. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    It’s snowing!
    Not enough to send Punchy out to play in it, but that will probably happen overnight.
    … hmmm, I recall Punch complaining there wasn’t snow in NC anymore… and blaming global warming for the change…

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  22. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Walt: “But keep looking for a crime. There must be one somewhere,,,, right?”
    Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime – Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria, patron saint of the modern Left.
    Oh heck, it’s all just one giant fishing expedition. It’s a darn shame that there wasn’t a mic handy during all the conferences between B. Obama and V. Jarrett, but given the political inclinations of the stay-behind army in the executive branch, that ain’t likely.
    Ace Reporter Paul sez: “Rudy the Crook being indicted.” Do you mean subpoena? Do you mean Giuliani’s business? Can you tell the difference between these things or really care?
    I just assume that any mayor (or ex-mayor) of New York is bent. There’s probably no way to do business there otherwise. It’s full of Democrats doncha know.

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  23. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Gregory@1:26PM
    It’s called ‘global cooling’ when it snows.

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  24. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    scenes 147pm
    Nah, snowing is just “weather”. Or global weirding, if it’s where it rarely snows at all.
    It’s coming down reeel good now, Newtown 2200′. Roof and skylights 90% white.

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  25. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Word to the wise: Do not make snow angels in dog parks.

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  26. Castaneda Avatar
    Castaneda

    ,,,some in the White House have ethics,,,and they bailed,,,
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/11/26/two-omb-officials-resigned-voicing-concerns-over-ukraine-aid-hold-official-testifies/

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  27. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Meanwhile, remember how the left demanded that all police start wearing body cameras, because this would reveal the massive amounts of police brutality? Well, now some lefties are having second thoughts, probably because the expected results aren’t coming in. In fact, the opposite may be the case. So naturally now there are complaints that police body cams are “racist.” Newsweek (a former magazine), for example:
    “Police Body Cameras Threaten the Civil Rights of Black and Brown People, New Report Says”
    “The number of U.S. police departments outfitting their officers with body cameras increases each year, but the cameras can pose a threat to civil rights if the departments fail to set rules that govern when officers review footage from their cameras, according to a new report.
    “The vast majority of the nation’s biggest police departments allow officers to watch footage from body cameras whenever they want, including before they write their incident reports or make statements, said the report, which was released Tuesday by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
    “Unrestricted footage review places civil rights at risk and undermines the goals of transparency and accountability,” said Vanita Gupta, former head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and current head of the Leadership Conference, in the report’s introduction.
    Because an officer’s memory of an event may be altered by watching body camera footage, doing so will likely alter what officers write in their reports. That, in turn, can make it more difficult for investigators or courts to assess whether the officer’s actions were reasonable based on what he or she perceived at the time of the incident, states the report, “The Illusion of Accuracy: How Body-Worn Camera Footage Can Distort Evidence.”
    https://www.newsweek.com/police-body-camera-incident-report-memory-civil-rights-minority-711584?fbclid=IwAR1P3obsUAT0DQ6GssmAehiW384sEesE0p7wUZKfKDmz5Nh9-E1k1gk1hDw
    I suggest we use the NFL’s instant replay review team in New York to look over all body cam footage.

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  28. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Spy vs Spy. Did the Russian play Steele? Did Veselnitskaya Playing Simpson?
    The non investigated Dossier revisited.
    Mueller?
    Mueller?
    Mueller?
    “New Fusion GPS Info Confirms The Special Counsel Probe Was A Hit Job
    The renewed focus on the Steele dossier are cementing the case that the special counsel probe served as a taxpayer-funded political hit on President Trump.”
    https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/26/new-fusion-gps-info-confirms-the-special-counsel-probe-was-a-hit-job/

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  29. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Dougy better have stocked up on catheters and Depends.
    Getting snowed in on Proggy Ridge will be fun for only a day.
    Emery setting meth traps for his tweeker mushers? Just take two 1×12’s off the old theater and strap them to the underside of an old VW bug body. Transportation for Emery(now don’t forget the blue handicapped mirror hangy.)

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  30. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Tough break Lefties……
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-doomsday-scenario-could-anxious-moderates-scuttle-impeachment-push
    You REALLY don’t want this to reach the Senate.
    And The House has no exit strategy.
    So it’s going to be something like this….
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHb_0Lhegig

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  31. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID! –
    Dow scores 100th record close under Trump
    Stocks closed on record highs Tuesday helped by a batch of positive retail earnings, a new record for Disney and more positive developments on U.S. – China trade talks.
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/stocks-point-upwards-after-possible-us-china-trade-war-breakthrough
    😉

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  32. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Well, it’s a year out from Election 2020 and there are signs that
    1) The Left is beginning to question and wavier on some of the Lefties’ socialist ideas.
    2). The Dem candidates are wandering in the desert.
    3). Those who voted for Trump in 2016 are still with him.
    ———————-
    Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
    https://bongino.com/liberal-hosts-attempt-to-condescend-black-trump-supporter-backfires/

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  33. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Of course the Mob is attacking Nunes. What else is new. Thank God I am a country boy.
    “That’s why the establishment, the press, the permanent bureaucracy, the tech oligarchs, the urban aristocrats, the Deep State and all the rest of the ugly beautiful people, will never forgive Devin Nunes,” Smith explains. “It belittled them that he didn’t care he wasn’t their sort but was proud to be a farm kid.”
    It looks like the farm kid, and all Americans who are not invested in this insidious, destructive plot, will prevail.“
    https://amgreatness.com/2019/11/25/a-farm-kid-thwarts-the-coup/

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  34. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Not only is the Prez solidly holding the base he is holding the dems he got in 16′ and he has picked up 7 percent of shrillary voters in swing states! Time to run for the clutching pearls, you know who you are! LOL
    Many of the white working-class voters in the Rust Belt who supported the president in 2016 were traditionally Democratic voters who backed President Obama in 2012 and even continued to vote Democratic down-ballot in 2016. Democrats generally held on to these voters in 2018, but the reasons many of them voted for Mr. Trump, like his promises on immigration or the economy, could still be relevant.
    The Times cited several Democrat voters in their story who voiced their support for Trump’s policies, despite their critical views about his character.
    Trump is also winning a small portion of former Hillary Clinton voters, according to the poll.
    The swing state survey found that seven percent of voters who supported Clinton for president in 2016 now approve of the president’s performance in office.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/26/new-york-times-poll-many-trumpocrat-democrats-plan-to-support-trump-again-in-2020/
    😉

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  35. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    COMING: A WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF EUPHEMISMS?
    “And then it hit me: the Democratic Party has decided to go full Monty Python—”Come see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I’m being repressed!”
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/11/coming-a-white-house-office-of-euphemisms.php

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  36. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    It gets worse for schiff for brains –
    Among critical independents, there are troubling signs for impeachment backers. Fifty percent of independents questioned in an NPR/PBS/Marist poll conducted Nov. 11-15 did not support impeaching and removing Trump from office, with just 42 percent backing such a move. That’s a slight dip in support compared with the previous NPR/PBS/Marist poll – conducted the first week in October – when support stood at 45 percent.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-doomsday-scenario-could-anxious-moderates-scuttle-impeachment-push
    😉

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  37. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    So now Trump is throwing Giuliani under the bus. Just like I predicted. That’s after several who testified under oath last week said very clearly that they were instructed bo talk to Rudy. If that;s tue why wont Trump him testify?
    “President Donald Trump appeared to hang his personal lawyer out to dry in an interview with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday night, insisting that Rudy Giuliani’s push for a Biden investigation in Ukraine was not done on his behalf and noting that Giuliani has “other clients.”
    Asked point-blank if Giuliani was acting on his behalf in trying to dig up dirt on former vice president Joe Biden—an issue now at the heart of an impeachment inquiry—Trump said, “No, I didn’t direct him, but he is a warrior, he is a warrior.”
    When asked what Giuliani was doing in Ukraine, Trump deflected and told the ex-Fox anchor that he would “have to ask that to Rudy.”
    https://news.yahoo.com/trump-denies-giuliani-acted-behalf-003541119.html

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  38. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    re-write:
    So now Trump is throwing Giuliani under the bus. Just like I predicted. That’s after several who testified under oath last week said very clearly that they were instructed to talk to Rudy by several members of Trumps cabinet and his appointees. If that’s true why won’t Trump lethim testify?

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  39. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    With all the accidents going on out there and more up the hill, I like this one….before the snow. 6 hrs ago
    Sacramento St. N.C., Man Dressed as Racoon Dumping Trash on Roadside, White R.V.,
    Unit responding

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  40. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Emery will believe anything fake news feeds him.

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  41. George Rebane Avatar
    George Rebane

    PaulE 512pm – With what we know to date, how’s Trump throwing Giuliani under the bus?

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  42. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    BAM! –
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/hannity-has-best-month-ever-as-fox-news-tops-msnbc-cnn-for-215th-straight-months
    😉

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  43. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Trump said Bullsht on TV tonight. What a hoot!

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  44. Castandea Avatar
    Castandea

    ,,,Toddler is impressed with Trump and his perfect vocabulary…

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  45. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    It’s quite a jump from 16-18 bucks an hour to…to 56 bucks an hour plus bennies. Sounds like the Green New Deal.
    “Employees at Bright Power sought to form the first solar energy union in New York. They accomplished their goal in April with 75% of their employees voting in favor. But after months of negotiations to hammer down their first contract, which would have included a $56/hour wage, 401K, pension, and other benefits, ownership decided to change back to their old business model of using subcontractors.”
    https://noqreport.com/2019/11/26/aocs-inspiration-failed-solar-company-fires-employees-unionized/
    ——
    Hey, it’s a small company with only 12 employees. Just starting to grow which means all the money is rolled back into getting the company going and growing. Union electrical workers they are not. They are solar installers.

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  46. George Rebane Avatar
    George Rebane

    Power out at 655pm on Cement Hill. It really appears that our power grid is strictly junior league – it can’t tolerate wind, rain, or even a bit of snow.

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  47. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    https://babylonbee.com/news/recently-pardoned-turkey-found-dead-after-claiming-to-have-dirt-on-hillary-clinton

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  48. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    By denying that he was representing him in the Ukraine deal. There have been numerous people testifying under oath that they were told Rudy’s the go to guy and that was Trumps plan. Now Trump says “No, I didn’t direct him, but he is a warrior, he is a warrior.” as if to not take responsibility for Giuliani’s actions. Here’s a quote from Sondland:
    ““Secretary Perry, Ambassador Volker and I worked with Mr. Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine matters at the express direction of the President of the United States,” Sondland said. “We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani. Simply put, we played the hand we were dealt. We all understood that if we refused to work with Mr. Giuliani, we would lose an important opportunity to cement relations between the United States and Ukraine. So we followed the President’s orders.”

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  49. George Rebane Avatar
    George Rebane

    PaulE 723pm – Then it sure sounds like Giuliani is being hung out to dry. Thanks for the back-up.

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  50. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Keep dreaming Emery,, Your favorite judge Nap has yet to be right once.
    Yet not a crime to be found. Only you and yours believes looking into Biden’s corruption is a criminal offence.
    With that logic no one running against Trump can be investigated for anything. Not even if they shot someone in Time Square.

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