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[I solicit nominations for the next Democrat/lamestream Big Lie re/issued before New Year's Day that will impact the largest number of the nation's light thinkers.  The same invitation is issued to our leftwingers about Republicans.  gjr]

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453 responses to “Sandbox – 26dec19”

  1. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Po’ ol’ fakenewsmans fevered fantasies running amok again. Nobody is voting right now. Nov 4 2020 is when you get the bad news! LOL
    πŸ˜‰

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  2. Hans Himmler Avatar
    Hans Himmler

    Paul, Paul, Paul. Don’t offend the brilliant minds and mouths of this board by comparing apples to apples.

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  3. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 1250pm – According to the Census Bureau there are about 230M eligible voters in the US. About 61% or 140M are registered to vote, and about 50% or 115M voted in 2018. So if a registered voter opinion poll cites a percentage point change in the population of registered voters, that means that about 1.4M Americans registered to vote have changed their minds.
    https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-583.html
    Now consider that these polls bounce several percentage points this way and that between pollings, and this should convince even the mildly numerate of the futility of trying to read in too much predictability into the results of any one poll (see also post on Bryan Caplan). This is underlined when we see the election swing on the basis of a couple of million votes or fewer. When I see someone getting excited about any given political poll, I’m thinking that the same individual will probably get excited about looking at a TV screen full of ‘snow’.

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  4. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    lol. George, you forget. Paul has a special ability to discern a signal in this:
    https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_dec27
    and then he stops by to give you what for instead of typing anything thoughtful. It’s the nature of the beast. It’s best just to ignore it.

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  5. Waldo'sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis

    ,,,HomeAloneGate continued…
    Donny Trump Jr. Instagram is worth a read…
    https://www.instagram.com/p/B6i_nwBFIRj/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
    Trump Delusion Syndrome in full swing…
    The film was edited in 2014 to get it to fit in with programming at the network…
    Yet Fox Wankers are yelling and whining and crying foul and Donny JR. is so clueless,,,hey another movie title,,,he starts waving his hanky wildly….

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  6. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Well George you seemed pretty excited when you supported trumps false statement that he was rising in the polls because of the impeachment. that led to your 6:51 Dec 22 statement that I quoted at 12:50

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  7. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 27 December 2019 at 01:38 PM
    …..and then he stops by to give you what for instead of typing anything thoughtful

    An old mans Hail Mary pass…..! Punchy clinging desperately to the hope that his side will be victorious in this last election of significance before he shucks this mortal coil!
    Makes a guy kinda compulsive……….!

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  8. fish Avatar
    fish

    The Queens Christmas Broadcast

    Hmmmm….for a brief moment I thought jeffty had dipped his Fred Flintstone sized toe into the world of podcasting!
    https://sierrafoothillsreport.com/2019/12/27/the-queens-christmas-broadcast/

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  9. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 157pm – You have me confused with Walt who actually does have a 651 comment on 22 Dec. But to be clear, I do not celebrate Trump’s polls because I’m not that smart, but I may point out to you from time to time that they do go up and down.

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  10. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    punchy 912am
    “Glad you’re back Gregory.”
    what made you think I’d gone anywhere? We had a full house here.
    “I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings.You’re such a sensitive guy”
    Stop lying, Punch. You know you didn’t “hurt” my feelings; I might have hurt yours by labeling your entire engagement as yet another whataboutery episode. Papa Joe would be proud.
    “I’ll be more considerate in the future.”
    Stop lying, Punch. Anytime you think you landed a punch, you’ll punch there again.

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  11. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    punchy 1151am
    Wow… so that sets Trump back to when? Early December?
    And it’s now, when? Late December?
    It must be nice to have such a short attention span.

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  12. fish Avatar
    fish

    TEAM BLUE political and management methods…….FOR THE WIN!!!

    Baltimore breaks city record for killings…

    Progressivism…..responsible for almost as many deaths as mosquitos!
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/baltimore-breaks-city-record-killings-capita-2019-67949034

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Well, if the polls swing back down we can all connect the dots and declare matter of factly that Trump has no friends and the Republicans will block Trump’s every move and Trump will resign. He will be gone in 60 days. Take that to the bank.
    Remember those statements in the race to the WH in 2016 that Trump did not really want to be President and he would drop out soon. The Presidency would be too much work for Trump and the old tired man didn’t want the job and did not have the energy needed for such a position.
    Yep, Peppermint Farms remembers.

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  14. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Now the Wa Compost is going after that young man. Have they no shame? Stupid question.
    β€œThe case against Maddow is far stronger,” Wemple stated. β€œWhen small bits of news arose in favor of the dossier, the franchise MSNBC host pumped air into them. At least some of her many fans surely came away from her broadcasts thinking the dossier was a serious piece of investigative research, not the flimflam, quick-twitch game of telephone outlined in the Horowitz report. She seemed to be rooting for the document.”
    Ouch
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-media-critic-blasts-rachel-maddow-over-steele-dossier?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Virginia Republican Running To Become First Female Marine Elected To Congress
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-republican-running-to-become-first-female-marine-elected-to-congress?
    Good interview.

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  16. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Thar be trouble in dem thar numbers –
    To win national elections, and many statewide races, progressives require a supermajority of Black voters. As someone who works on college campuses all year long, I know only too well that what is true with younger voters is also true with the black community: We don’t need to win a majority; we simply need to lose by less.
    And in his less than three years in office, here’s what the president can include in his pitch to Black America:
    Passed the First Step Act, a bill which disproportionately impacts Black and minority populations
    Enacted economic policies which have reduced the unemployment rate for Blacks to 5.4%, the lowest level since the measure has been followed
    Signed an Executive Order moving Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) under the direct supervision of the White House so that funding and support becomes a national priority
    Created Economic Opportunity Zones, which incentivize long-term capital investment in low-income, often urban, communities
    These are signature accomplishments, but even more could be done under this president if the Democrat Party, which pretends to care about the black community, would focus on working with the president instead of trying to remove him.
    An example would be the new USMCA trade deal that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reluctantly was forced to approve in the House. This type of trade deal will only further improve life for laborers, agricultural workers, and hourly employees. And when employment tightens within this sector of the workforce, wages go up, which they have been faster than any other income bracket under President Trump. USMCA will accelerate this trend even more. (Next up should be school choice for black kids, but I’ll leave that for another article).
    Two recent polls, one from perhaps an expected source, Rasmussen, and another from a very unexpected one, Emerson College, both put black support for Trump at or above 34 percent.
    In 2016, President Trump received only 8% of the Black vote. While it is unrealistic to imagine he will win the 34% these recent polls indicated, it is just as unrealistic to imagine he will not significantly increase his vote share in 2020.
    Even if this number is closer to 20 percent come election time, it would represent a tectonic shift in American politics, and it would come despite the best efforts of the mainstream media and the entertainment world trying to tell black Americans that the president is a racist.
    The truth, however, is that President Trump is for all Americans, and people of all backgrounds are starting to notice.
    https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/12/27/charlie-kirk-republican-outreach-to-black-community-must-be-new-years-resolution/
    πŸ˜‰

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  17. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Somehow I don’t think the pony tail of ignorance or the Dark Lord of Liberal Lament Land will want to talk about @351.
    πŸ˜‰

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  18. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The knives are out in socialist dem clown car and there will be blood. Who benefits most from that? – https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/475972-democrats-brace-for-bloody-primary-season
    β€œIt shouldn’t be a surprise you are seeing two progressives and two moderates vying for the top spot,” he said, adding that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is also a wild card in the primary race. β€œWhat is the most interesting factor here is that voters are somewhat interchangeable between Biden and Sanders, as they are between Mayor Pete and Sen. Warren.”
    β€œI’d argue it is still a jump ball in every way, and that makes the race to be the Democratic nominee extremely exciting,” Trujillo added.
    While the overall field of candidates has shrunk in recent months, it has also seen some late additions, with Bloomberg and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) entering the race, worried Democrats were ill-equipped to defeat Trump.
    The Democratic strategist who predicted the primary would be a β€œbloody slugfest” said this election cycle is reminiscent of 2016, when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sanders were locked in a bitter battle for the Democratic nomination. Clinton emerged the winner, but β€œshe was damaged from the primary,” the strategist said.
    β€œAnd anyone who says Sanders didn’t hurt her has their head in the clouds,” the strategist said. This time around, a brokered convention β€œcould only add further division at a time when we need [unity] most. It’s a bit of a nightmare situation.”
    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/475972-democrats-brace-for-bloody-primary-season
    πŸ˜‰

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  19. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Profiles in courage? –
    BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi President Barham Salih refused on Thursday to designate the nominee of an Iran-backed parliamentary bloc for prime minister, saying he would rather resign than appoint someone to the position who would be rejected by protesters.
    πŸ˜‰

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  20. Walt Avatar

    Such language Phred.(or should we just call you Michael?) Minorities a getting good paying jobs in the Trump economy. As a Lefty, you must believe they should be under LIB control, and in the welfare lines.
    Since you brought it up, forget all the Bills that were shelved when your Proggys had the Senate, and all the Bills came from the Repub controlled House? It wasn’t that long ago.
    It was when your boy “O” was running things.
    Where was your bitch then?

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  21. Joe Jiggles Peyote Avatar
    Joe Jiggles Peyote

    Oh adorable. He misses Walt. Just like Ozzie. Life is good, Walt is here.
    Waldo 11:09
    Wonder where the Penn Valley paranoid red neck gun freak’s gut pile is hidden.
    Posted by: Hans Himmler | 27 December 2019 at 11:25 AM

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  22. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Ex-spurts.
    β€œNeedless to say, it’s a good thing that the 63 million Americans who voted for Trump in the last presidential cycle didn’t listen to the “experts” — or the bottomless pit of naysayers in the media — whose predictions about the economy and other topics proved worthless.
    After all, these are some of the same “experts” who told us Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election, Brexit wouldn’t happen, and that Trump and his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia, a conspiracy theory that’s since been debunked by multiple congressional and Department of Justice investigations including a 22-month special counsel probe that found no such evidence.
    Bottom line: With the 2020 election approaching, the American people should continue to trust their own instincts, pay stubs and 401(k)s, rather than the “experts.” That’s a far more reliable barometer, wouldn’t you say?”
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/12/27/ignore_the_so-called_experts_they_keep_getting_it_wrong_142037.html

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  23. Walt Avatar

    Missing more than a few pages.. Plenty were added,, written in crayon.
    https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/12/28/christian-post-pete-buttigiegs-bible-missing-lot-pages/
    “Writing for the Christian Post, guest columnist John Stonestreet observes that a growing biblical illiteracy in America allows public figures like Buttigieg to make ridiculous claims in the name of sacred Scripture with almost no pushback from the public.”
    You can add the Swamp Queen to that list. Says she’s a devout Catholic then supports abortion. All in the same breath.

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  24. Walt Avatar

    That’s OK Dougy. it can’t outrun a space based laser.
    Besides. We haven’t seen the latest American weaponry out of Area 51 for a long time.
    Just think Dougy, Putin may accidentally launch that thing right into San Juan Ridge.
    You have bigger things to worry about. Like the VERY pretty Gavin Nuisance raiding your illegal pot patch.

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  25. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    It is well past time that Richard Madcow be taken to the woodshed. Not to have him fired or banished for the airwaves, but to give the lad a spanking over the knee to improve his future reporting a more vetted and factually based commentaries.
    1) Rachel Maddow’s Reckoning
    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/rachel-maddows-reckoning/
    2) Again We Ask: Why Isn’t Rachel Maddow Treated Like Other Crazy Conspiracy Theorists?
    β€œMaddow deserves a special place in the media hall of shame because she has clung to Russia-collusion, and used it to build her audience, long after other mainstream Trump-haters had moved on to other supposed Trump-defects. She just can’t give it up.”
    https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/12/again-we-ask-why-isnt-rachel-maddow-treated-like-other-crazy-conspiracy-theorists/
    3) Rachel Maddow rooted for the Steele dossier to be true. Then it fell apart. (Wa Compost)
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/26/rachel-maddow-rooted-steele-dossier-be-true-then-it-fell-apart/
    4). WE NOW KNOW: IT’S A MAD, MAD MADDOW β€” AND BEYOND
    β€œYesterday in part 5 Wemple put MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow under the microscope. Maddow not only touted the veracity of the Steele Dossier, she has failed to entrust her viewers with news of the beating Horowitz administered to it in the IG report earlier this month. The disgrace of the dossier will come as a great shock to viewers who get their news from Maddow β€” some day. At the conclusion of his analysis, Wemple reports that β€œMaddow declined to provide an on-the-record response to the Erik Wemple Blog.”
    β€œIn light of the Horowitz report, we can see that Trump had it right and the FBI had it wrong β€” along with the Post’s anonymous sources insofar as they sought to prop up the credibility of Steele and the Steele Dossier. Wemple could deepen his series with a look at that Post story, among others”
    β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”-
    The Leftist Political Media Complex could use some good old fashioned brain washing. Take their brains out, wash them well in soap and warm water, and reinsert.

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  26. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    I remember being concerned about my son’s “Nevada City” street smarts when he went off to live and study in Berzerkeley…
    https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-baltimore-homicides-2015-ties-20191227-tdfae6udfbeefmwmovbvi3pg7q-story.html

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  27. Waldo'sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis

    ,,,Bill,,,maybe you should give a little more props to WaPo now that they are running series you like,,,
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/13/the-story-stands-mcclatchy-wont-back-off-its-michael-cohen-prague-reporting/

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  28. Walt Avatar

    Dougy and his fake news. If you believe that BS Dougy, There is a state run, tax free dope shop in town.

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  29. Walt Avatar

    LIBS LIE!! They seem to forget their every statement is written down and/or recorded?
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/27/politics/chuck-schumer-impeachment-1999-kfile/index.html
    “(CNN)Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has blasted his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell in recent days after he described himself as “not an impartial juror” ahead of President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, but Schumer himself repeatedly expressed similar sentiments in the late 1990s when senators weighed the removal of President Bill Clinton.
    But in several appearances on television in 1998 and 1999 reviewed by CNN’s KFile, Schumer noted that senators had previously formed opinions heading into the trial and that the Senate was “not like a jury box.” Schumer was elected to the Senate in 1998 after saying during his campaign that a vote for him would be a vote to not impeach Clinton.”
    Fake outrage Chucky….

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  30. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Ya sure let vlad and the chi coms run the internet, what could go wrong? –
    https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/12/28/u-n-approves-china-backed-internet-convention-alarming-rights-advocates/
    πŸ˜‰

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  31. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    β€ͺEver notice how white people, who constantly whine about how racist white people are, always exclude themselves?‬
    β€ͺ#MichaelMoore‬
    β€ͺ#WhoShouldFearWhom?
    Larry Elder

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  32. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Walt: “That’s OK Dougy. it can’t outrun a space based laser.”
    My working guess is that it’s always cheaper to build offensive missile systems than it is missile countermeasures. Overwhelm ’em with numbers if you don’t have anything tricky up your sleeve.
    Dunno what Trump has to do with it, it’s an ongoing problem, but it isn’t like the Russians are particularly aggressive anymore. Certainly less so than the US. Dragging the President into it just shows the sparseness of the arguments against him.

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  33. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    This sounds like a gathering of the Circle of Jerks!! Things are going to get rough when Trump loses the election.
    Speakers at the event whipped the crowd into a frenzy of hate by portraying Democrats as an existential threat to their future.
    β€œThere is no difference between the democratic socialists and the National Socialists,” said right-wing writer Evan Sayet, who added that Democrats, β€œare the heirs to Adolf Hitler.” Another speaker was Brian Talbert, who proclaimed Hillary Clinton β€œshould be hanging at the end of a rope for treason.”
    These sentiments clearly were taken seriously by at least some in attendance. Per Herndon, one β€œTrumpstock” visitor, Mark Villalta, said that β€œNothing less than a civil war would happen,” if Trump is not re-elected, reaching for his handgun and adding, β€œI don’t believe in violence, but I’ll do what I got to do.”
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/us/politics/trump-2020-trumpstock.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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  34. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 28 December 2019 at 12:31 PM
    Wow….a NYT base energizing operation this far out?! They must really be petrified about democrat voter apathy!

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  35. Walt Avatar

    Really Emery? The question you refuse to answer, is the reason you grasp at straws.
    Now just why would people vote away the best times in their lifetimes?
    Tell us about that Emery. Back to the welfare line? Back to the unemployment line?
    Back to choking regs? And the big one. MASSIVE TAXATION.
    Proggy news can say anything it likes, and rubes like you lap it up.
    The Proggys tried the “We will give you free stuff” line before. The nation ain’t Frisco or Freeattle.

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  36. fish Avatar
    fish

    jeffty……dropped by……
    Something upset him……
    Like a 500 lb Martha Stewart/Dana Carvey Church Lady hybrid he is.

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  37. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    @1259 – Of course he would be upset with the high level of black and Hispanic voter support for the Prez! LOL
    πŸ˜‰

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  38. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Don Bessee | 28 December 2019 at 01:20 PM

    I was referring more to his bleating about “tone”…..we (I) can be fairly coarse……it sends him the the fainting couch.

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  39. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Don Bessee | 28 December 2019 at 01:20 PM
    17 minutes…….not his best time.
    Of course he’s 60+ now……maybe he should compete in the Senior Division.

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  40. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Paul Emery glares up from the crack news desk at KVMR and sez: “Things are going to get rough when Trump loses the election. ”
    or wins. Dunno how it’ll go down, these things tend to be equally split. Of course, we’re seeing the immune system of Western Civilization kick in in the imperfect form of Donald Trump, so for once there’s a bit of push back. The 420th Nevada City Volunteers may yet get to use their black masks and black dad jeans.
    Sounds to me like you’re a betting man. What are your odds on the election? Maybe get a little skin in the game besides the dainty-fingertips-on-keyboard variety? I just checked some betting sites and with D. Trump a favorite at all of them you could make some EZ money.

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  41. Walt Avatar

    That’s Emery for you.
    Trump voters can explain why we will vote for him.
    Yet the Emerys of the nation can’t explain why they can vote for anyone running against Trump.

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  42. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Larry Elder vs Michael Moore.
    @larryelder
    “…2 of 3 [white guys] voted for Trump…these are not good people walking towards you…you should be afraid of them.”
    –Michael Moore @MMFlint 12/23/19
    2018: 593,598 black vs. white violent crimes (excluding homicide.) Blacks committed 537,204 or 90%.
    β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”
    “2 of 3 [white guys] voted for Trump…you should be afraid of them.”
    –Michael Moore
    #1 reason for preventable death of young white men? ACCIDENTS
    #1 reason for preventable death of young black men? HOMICIDE, almost always by another young black man.
    #WhoShouldFearWhom
    β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”-
    “2 of 3 [white guys] voted for Trump…these are not good people walking towards you…you should be afraid of them.”
    –Michael Moore 12/23/19
    FBI: 2017 Hate Crime Offenders
    50.7 % were White (60.7% of the pop.)
    21.3 % were Black (13% of the pop.)
    #WhoShouldFearWhom
    β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”-
    2 of 3 [white guys] voted for Trump…these are not good people…you should be afraid of them.”
    –Michael Moore 12/23/19
    “…black male teenagers were nine times more likely to commit murder than were their white counterparts.”
    β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”
    2 of 3 [white guys] voted for Trump…these are not good people walking towards you…you should be afraid of them.”
    –Michael Moore 12/23/19
    Poll: Whites, Hispanics AND blacks agree that BLACKS were “more likely to be racist.”
    https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/july_2013/more_americans_view_blacks_as_racist_than_whites_hispanics …
    #WhoShouldFearWhom
    β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”
    LARRY ELDER VIDEO: “10 Reasons Why Blacks Should LEAVE The Democratic Party”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=Lq5fGoJrXJs&feature=emb_logo

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  43. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Bill Tozer | 28 December 2019 at 02:23 PM

    CRIMETHINK!

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Scenes @ 2:12 pm
    β€œOf course, we’re seeing the immune system of Western Civilization kick in in the imperfect form of Donald Trump, so for once there’s a bit of push back.”
    A little pushback….like Brexit, like just about every β€œpopulist” movement around the globe is a pushback against Marxist policies by little ole righties. It was fun, fun, fun until her Daddy took the car keys away.
    https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2019/12/27/aussie-pm-scott-morrison-defies-reckless-climate-protesters-backs-coal-exports-as-global-demand-soars/?
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dems-pushing-gun-control-91-of-virginia-counties-tell-them-to-stick-it?
    β€œFor every taxpayer dollar the Democrats invested in impeachment circus the Trump campaign gained five… in just three days.”
    https://bongino.com/trump-has-fundraised-more-from-impeachment-than-democrats-have-spent-on-it/
    Billboards going up in Virginia with Northam’s Gun Confiscation Countdown Clock. Two weeks and counting.
    Indie film stands up to PC crowd and on and on it goes. Go back to Berekely, ye Stink-Asses wharf sea haggies. Thank you. Now, move 7 miles to the west. That’s good, perfect. Now, 3 more miles. Good. Now more a step farther, a step farther west, another, Splash. Perfect.

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