[Now that the impeachment kabuki has ended, the Senate trial will begin. But before that can proceed, Pelosi will try to squeeze some more preconditions out of McConnell before forwarding the House’s articles of impeachment. The cynical humor of the whole process goes on with Democrats continuing to accuse Republicans of unfairness along every step of the way, paying no never mind to having conducted the most blatantly partisan, unfair, and corrupt congressional circus in Congress’s long history. But the real story is again the ever-widening chasm between what now clearly are two Americas attempting to share the same government and territory while holding diametrically opposite worldviews and objectives. gjr]
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568 responses to “Sandbox – 19dec19”
Now that’s an interesting electoral trade off but hey he aint getting any traction with the brothers or love frim the sisters anyway. So under the PC snowflake rules he is an arch racist, right?
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/12/19/buttigieg-commits-to-reparations-for-illegal-aliens-not-for-african-americans/
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DonB@10:21PM
Smart move. He’s after the illegal alien vote.
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Just a pander bear to the open boarders set! @ 1027!! Good luck with that in the swing states. LOL
Hey lookie the socialist powers that be in SF screwed themselves again with more uneducated virtue signaling! Snort, sniggle, LOL.
San Francisco is changing its facial recognition ban after it accidentally made the iPhones it gave to city employees illegal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/san-francisco-changing-facial-recognition-230157063.html
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Is this when Republicans loot, destroy, and set things on fire, or is that just a Democrat thing? Asking for a friend.
Statistically you are more likely to be killed by Hillary Clinton than an AR-15
“We intend to hold the articles until we get the terms we demand!!!” QUID PRO QUO
“Hold my teeth.” —Pelosi probably
[29aug18 update] The 27aug18 Sandbox has a heated discussion about right/left “violence”. Paul Emery sent me this photo as evidence of rightwing violence in Nevada City. It is posted here to further the discussison.
https://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f86f2ad8833022ad3acdd75200b-pi
“I went to the store and bought a bottle of Bobbie Vodka. It’s the one with no proof.”
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Speaking as a non-lawyer, the proper response to the would-be impeachment is for the Senate to declare a “demurrer”: a declaration that “the Complaint contains no cause for action.”
This is rarely used, but when it applies (as here), it is decisive. They haven’t stated a coherent reason for their action.
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THIS TRUMP-WEAKENING IMPEACHMENT SCHTICK IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Poll: Trump leads Biden by 6, Sanders by 26, Warren by 30, Buttigieg by 41.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/poll-trump-leads-biden-by-6-sanders-by-26-warren-by-30-buttigieg-by-41
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I read this today and thought about you. People want economic security as well as cultural security.
https://unherd.com/2019/12/is-this-the-end-for-labour/
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Trump’s advisors are set to announce a new 2020 campaign meme, to attract the Hispanic vote. It will feature a cartoon-based ad, starring Dora the Deplorable.
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,,,Trump’s Christmas wish,,,Russia, if you’re listening,,,Give me the proof that Ukraine was behind everything!!!
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The exorcism of Demon Trump from evangelical hearts and minds has begun,,,
“The facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents,” Galli wrote. “That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.”
Trump’s evangelical supporters justify their loyalty to the president by pointing to his Supreme Court nominees, defense of religious liberty, stewardship of the economy, and other achievements, Galli wrote. But none of the political wins Trump has achieved for evangelicals can justify the “moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character.”
“His Twitter feed alone — with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders — is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused,” the editor wrote.
– Christianity Today
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Posted by: Castaneda | 20 December 2019 at 08:27 AM
,,,Trump’s Christmas wish,,,Russia, if you’re listening,,,Give me the proof that Ukraine was behind everything!!!
dugsKKKIs Christmas wish….Kimberley-Clark, if you’re listening……give me the BIG box!
https://www.target.com/p/depend-men-s-fit-flex-incontinence-underwear-xl-38ct/
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Castaneda: “the editor wrote.”
ex-editor.
https://www.christianitytoday.org/media-room/news/2019/mark-galli-announces-retirement-as-editor-in-chief.html
Hey, the Pope doesn’t like Trump either. Saving Western Civilization is bound to step on a few toes.
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Castanada-
Rebane’s herd doesn’t care about Christianity Today. They make up their own version of Christianity as they go along. What ever it takes to support Dear Leader. BTW, the 1,500 steelworkers at US Steel won’t be “saved” by Trump any more than will the coal industry.
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Posted by: Castaneda | 20 December 2019 at 08:29 AM
“His Twitter feed alone — with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders — is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused,” the editor wrote.
– Christianity Today
Nothing more pathetic than a pseudo intellectual zipperhead like Keachie trying to use a “christianity” argument to bolster his political positions! The only things that are even close….. Pigline invoking his skills as an editor or Frisch scolding us about our “Anti-Americanism”.
Don’t make me feel sorry for you Full Metal Diaper!
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Posted by: James Conrad | 20 December 2019 at 08:47 AM
Hey Keach……how did you meet this “new” personality ……errr…..new friend? Does it talk to you before the orderly delivers your medicine?
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James Conrad: “Rebane’s herd doesn’t care about Christianity Today.”
Well, I certainly don’t. I’d never heard of it until it went front page on all of the corporatist MSM websites.
Maybe all it shows is that practicing Christians don’t possess a hivemind like the open-borders men-in-dresses do. Dunno.
Now excuse me, I have to get back to arranging my lararium set up for the start of the year.
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,,,Thanks Fish,,,
https://tinyurl.com/s34w3np
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,,,Yes James,,,Trump Lemmings will do everything in their power to remain in the ”’Bubble of Denial”’,,,
but, in other news, A Christian radio station in Colorado canceled a wackydoodle Conservo,,,
https://kdvr.com/2019/12/18/denver-radio-station-cancels-show-after-host-says-nice-school-shooting-would-interrupt-impeachment-coverage/
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,,,James,,,more Trump fails…#SAD
What does the steel industry layoffs portend???
Slowing economy???
Not enough tariffs on the Chinks???
https://marketrealist.com/2018/09/will-trumps-steel-tariffs-fail-like-bushs-tariffs/
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Posted by: Castaneda | 20 December 2019 at 09:17 AM
“,,,Yes James,,,”……”,,,James,,,more Trump fails…#SAD”
…..you really do talk to the other personalities……..that’s creepy.
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,,,Something smells like fish,,,contrary to Roundtable lore I am not the only anonymous commenter on these pages…
However,,,I will be your only one if it makes you happy…keep on believing!!!
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From Barry’s 7:36 am
“But the woke liberals and Toytown revolutionaries who now dominate the party didn’t listen to us. They truly thought that ‘one more heave’ would bring victory. They believed that constantly hammering on about economic inequality would be enough to get Labour over the line. In doing so, they made a major miscalculation: they failed to grasp that working-class voters desire something more than just economic security; they want cultural security too.
They want politicians to respect their way of life, and their sense of place and belonging; to elevate real-world concepts such as work, family and community over nebulous constructs like ‘diversity’, ‘equality’ and ‘inclusivity’. By immersing itself in the destructive creed of identity politics and championing policies such as open borders, Labour placed itself on a completely different wavelength to millions across provincial Britain without whose support it simply could not win power. In the end, Labour was losing a cultural war that it didn’t even realise it was fighting……
How Labour responds to this will determine whether it remains a serious political force or is instead destined to become a party of permanent protest.”
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Destined to become a party of permanent protest. Hmmm. We are witnessing that on this side of the Pond. Vive la résistance!
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Fish
Do you deny that Christianity Today is a vastly influential Christian publication and that they have flipped on Trump calling him a “near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused,”
Also they wrote:
“Unfortunately, the words that we applied to Mr. Clinton 20 years ago apply almost perfectly to our current president. Whether Mr. Trump should be removed from office by the Senate or by popular vote next election—that is a matter of prudential judgment. That he should be removed, we believe, is not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments.”
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/trump-should-be-removed-from-office.html
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Posted by: Castaneda | 20 December 2019 at 10:43 AM
That’s the beauty of dugsKKKi…….he’s everybody! And…lets be honest….this certainly isn’t the first time you’ve come out with a half-hearted denial!
So…..BunBun, Casteneda, Lavender, BigUns, AVMan, MmmGood, FUll Metal Diaper, Mo Lester, Dick Sweet, Sam Sung, Joe Biden…..etc. you are everyone!
(those last couple…..fake! But really…. who can tell?!?!?)
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Of course Trump responds that Christianity Today is: “A far left magazine, or very “progressive,” as some would call it, which has been doing poorly and hasn’t been involved with the Billy Graham family for many years,”
Instead of attacking a Christianity Today, perhaps Trump could just stop BLOCKING the very people such as Perry, Bolton, Giuliani, Pompeo, Barr and you wouldn’t look so guilty as if you were engaged in a cover-up.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 December 2019 at 10:48 AM
What are you saying Punch?
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Were Schiff and Nadler also engaged in cover-ups when they blocked Republican witnesses, and cut short questions from Republican committee members??
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Nikki Haley and Trump have no clue!!! Worst UN speech ever!!! ”’Haley says we give you a bunch of money,,, so vote the way we want!!! ”’
Posted by: Generalissimo Covfefe | 22 December 2017 at 08:09 AM
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Posted by: Jig Wiggly | 20 December 2019 at 11:16 AM
HEY…..! Forgot about you!
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Jiggln’ Jeffy shows up. And still triggered.
Dougy is off his meds again
So just what is the swamp Queen up to? Waiting and hoping the LIBS take the Senate in some wild fantasy? THEN drop the papers on the doorstep? (Light the bag, ring the doorbell, and run)
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Old TROLLS who haven’t been heard from in six months.
County jail just let you out?
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Daily Quotes
For the record: “[Ronald Reagan] said, ‘I didn’t leave my party. My party left me.’ I’m saying the same thing.” —Rep. Jeff Van Drew on why he switched to the Republican Party
Political futures: “[Democrats] want to claim that they’ve crippled this lawless president [but] that the Republicans wouldn’t remove him from office. And there is no way that the Democrats will ever agree to him making another Supreme Court appointment, either in the next 11 months or, as I say, should he get reelected and in the four years subsequent to his first term.” —Mark Levin
Nailed it: “Speaker Pelosi suggested that House Democrats may be too afraid to even transmit their shoddy work product to the Senate. The prosecutors are getting cold feet in front of the entire country and second-guessing whether they even want to go to trial. They said impeachment was so urgent that it could not even wait for due process but now they’re content to sit on their hands. It is comical.” —Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
You’re a fine one to talk: “The president has abused his power — using his office to further not the nation’s objectives but his own personal, political objectives — and, together, we are holding him accountable. Feel proud. Keep going.” —Hillary Clinton
A blind squirrel finds a nut: “I think what he’s done for the economy is very good. People are working, and that’s a step in the right direction.” —actor Pierce Brosnan, who last year bellowed, “That man has torn this country apart and you have to work out how much longer you can stay here.”
Diabolical: “We talk about [abortion] so negatively that [women] feel like you should have this sense of shame after you get an abortion. Well, you can feel any way you want after an abortion. Get one! See how you feel. You know how my abortion made me feel? Very powerful. You know how people say you can’t play God? I walked out of there being like, ‘Move over Morgan Freeman, I am God!’” —”comedian” Michelle Wolf
And last… “Don’t go seeking saviors in politics. You’ll just be disappointed. And if you’re never disappointed in a politician, you’re in a cult and don’t know it.” —Erick Erickson
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,,,DaveFishLarsen,,,or whatever your name really is,,,
Yes, the handles may change but the message stays the same!!!
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Posted by: Walt | 20 December 2019 at 11:26 AM
Mass breakout at the Halfway House!
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Posted by: Castaneda | 20 December 2019 at 11:30 AM
yes……remarkably consistent am I!
Then again…….I don’t need imaginary playmates!
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Under the category ‘What possibly could go wrong”
New York Governor Cuomo Proposes New Law That Allows Women To Claim They Were Raped After Consuming Alcohol
“This new law does what college campuses around the country already do – treat alcohol consumption as a negating effect on consent. It essentially turns all drunk sex into rape, and allows anyone who consumed any amount of alcohol to claim they couldn’t consent.
It also only punishes one side of the equation – whoever the accusation is made again. Often, both parties are drunk, making a law like this pretty meaningless if properly followed, because if both parties are drunk, both parties are both victims and rapists.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-governor-cuomo-proposes-new-law-that-allows-women-to-claim-they-were-raped-after-consuming-alcohol
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Nice one Fish!😂
You Proggys hear Batshit crazy Burnie last night? How if elected he would jail oil execs. for destruction of the planet?
Can one of you lunatics give the legal statute for that newly manufactured crime?
Furthermore,, you Commie bastards love to whine about Trump being a dictator.. Heir Burnie just made that wishful position official.
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In case of boredom….
Here Is Everything You Missed During Thursday Night’s Democratic Debate
“I’m proud to stand on a stage with people who see that America’s middle class is being hollowed out and that working families and poor people are being left behind,” Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.
“The middle class is getting killed, the middle class is getting crushed,” former Vice President Joe Biden concurred.
Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar chimed in that she has never been to a wine cave.
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Sanders stumbled again later, however, when he attempted to make a joke about being white that didn’t seem to land with the crowd.
“You are the oldest candidate on stage this evening,” Politico’s Tim Alberta pointed out to Sanders.
“And I’m white as well!” Sanders yelled in response, leading to an awkward pause.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/19/top-moments-sixth-democratic-debate-pbs-buttigieg-biden-sanders/
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Merry Christmas!
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/12/20/christmas-cheer-incomes-jumps-higher-consumer-spending-soars/
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,,,here is my Xmas list Fish,,,Thanks in advance
https://www.diaperbuys.com/adult-incontinence/adult-diapers/
Posted by: M | 09 December 2018 at 08:45 AM
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Better make that a drone delivery.
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Posted by: L Cluedarino | 20 December 2019 at 12:13 PM
Posted by: M | 09 December 2018 at 08:45 AM
Damn…..another one…….I’m surprised dugsKKKi’s head doesn’t just asplode with all the close personal friends wedged inside!
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DEMS TRAPPED INSIDE PLATO’S WINE CAVE
“And in any case you’d think Democrats would prefer crystal-centric wine caves to misogynist man caves, but who can say these days. (And yes, maybe Lizzie Warren is holding out for a whine cave.)
I’ve been in some of those Napa Valley wine caves, and they’re pretty cool. I manage to avoid the crystals just fine. It strikes me that a cave of any kind is the perfect metaphor of the mind of the Democratic Party today—in particular Plato’s famous cave, as Democrats are indeed prisoners of false images reinforced by a monolithic media (especially Twitter). I’m trying to get #InsidePlato’sWineCave to trend on Twitter.”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/12/dems-trapped-inside-platos-wine-cave.php
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What I am saying is very simple fish. I’ll repeat it for you’re convenince
I wrote:
“Instead of attacking a Christianity Today, perhaps Trump could just stop BLOCKING the very people such as Perry, Bolton, Giuliani, Pompeo, Barr and he wouldn’t look so guilty as if he were engaged in a cover-up.”
Do you have a problem understanding that fish?
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Another lopsided post by the eyes wide shut Ruminator in his never ending fatwa againt the Libs!!!
The Ruminator neglects to mention Truman and Eisenhower’s nation building attempts in Vietnam…and wants to give Nixon a pass because he is a Not-Lib…the Not-Lib who continued the norms of government lies and secrecy with his bombing campaigns of Laos and Cambodia…the Not-Lib who wanted to bury the Pentagon Papers because it could set a precedent and encourage leakers like Trumpski’s buddy Assange!!!
Posted by: AV Man| 30 December 2017 at 08:10 AM
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 December 2019 at 12:25 PM
Do I deny……what……..Punch Emery…….LARPing……..Matlock……..Gorbachev sings – “Tractors, Turnip, Buttock”.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 December 2019 at 12:25 PM
……the Defense Department wouldn’t comment but Secretary Weinberger looked visibly shaken all day!
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Emery defends “Christianity Today”?
“Jerry Falwell Jr. commented that Christianity Today has been “unmasked” as part of the “liberal evangelicals who have preached social gospel for decades.”
So our resident Deist,, stay out of religious discussions.
You know not what you speak of. Or did you change religions again, like Dougy changes Depends?
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One more bit for Emery to gum on.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/20/franklin-graham-christianity-today-remove-trump-billy-father-voted-donald-trump/
“Graham is a staunch supporter of the president, and says that his late father, the Rev. Billy Graham, cast his last ever vote in a presidential election for Trump in 2016. ”
And just when Emery thought he had something. Better get past
the first headline Emery.
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You guys are making things sooo much easier –
“Since the impeachment sham began, we have added 600,000 new small online donors, which is just unprecedented,” McDaniel replied. “You don’t see that type of growth. It means people are angry. They are passionate, they know that this economy is doing well, they know this president is fighting for them, and they’re getting out their pocketbook and saying we want to reelect President Trump and Congress does not get to take away our vote.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/12/20/rncs-mcdaniel-touts-fundraising-prowess-for-2020-rnc-has-never-raised-this-much-money-heading-into-a-presidential-election/
😉
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