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[Well, we finally made it to 2020.  Can anyone imagine that this may be the first year during which our progressive commenters discuss issues instead of arriving here to exchange ad hominems?  We continue to hope that they have the ability to do that. gjr]

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421 responses to “Sandbox – 1jan2020”

  1. Scott O Avatar

    Bill 8:55 – Dude!
    You missed the best part!
    β€œGreta is not actually judgmental towards individuals, accepting that other people will not all conform to her high standards and asking only for people to do what they can,” Sands said.”
    What a loving savior we have!
    I’m quite sure all the wealthy that espouse ‘green’ ethics are doing what they can in their private yachts and jets.
    Among all causes, the green cause has to be the most hilarious for nonsensical BS and ‘allowance’ for ass-kissing to the gate-keepers.

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  2. Scott O Avatar

    WN 9:09 – “Couldn’t he have been arrested there?”
    Sure.
    Golly, Mr FDR, can’t we just arrest that Hitler guy?
    As soon as he departs in Berlin, Jimmy.

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  3. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    For the disgusting ignorant America hating 909 set “spiritual leader or whatever” jihadi party parrot much? Oh wait that’s the socialist jew hating dem clown car now, right, got it.
    Here is the AP Iranian ass sucking of a guy who gave the regional jihadis the copper cone penetrator IED’s that slaughtered our troops for a long time.
    For my fallen brothers and sisters, when a punk as bitch like you 909 is a fan boy of the mutha mullahs for petty partisan crap you wont ever be able to wash the blood off your face and hands.
    Can you say IP address three times fast? Probably not.
    World
    Soleimani, a general who became Iran icon by targeting US
    January 2, 2020, 8:53 PM PST
    ;-(

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  4. Scott O Avatar

    IO is sooo smart – “suggesting that Trump secretly carried out the strike to provide a β€œdistraction” from the upcoming Senate impeachment trial.”
    Any real POTUS would have told everybody about his plans way in advance.
    Esp the target.
    OK, can we get at least room temp IQs in here?

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  5. George Rebane Avatar

    WaldoN 843pm – Methinks you and Robert Cross are birds of a feather.

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  6. Scott O Avatar

    WN 9:09 – “Did he have diplomatic immunity?”
    Apparently not.

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  7. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Waldo’s World @ 9:19 pm
    You are kidding, right?
    Of all your posts, this one is my far the most….I am being charitable here..the most uninformed. Do you have any idea how much of Iraq is controlled by the Iranians? Do you know how much of Iraq is now an Iranian proxy state? And exactly who in Iraq is going to waltz over and arrest the β€œspiritual leader” Terrorist surrounded by Iranian backed militia? And nothing gets into Lebanon via the airport without Hezzbola’s approval. Another Iranian proxy state.
    The Green Zone in Baghdad is the US’s largest diplomatic compound on Earth..by far. What goes on outside of the Green Zone is a whole other story. Do you know who many of the Iraq legislators are sympathetic to Iran first and foremost? Pretty big percentage.
    Yep, just waltz on over and arrest the man. Just like Pineapple Face Manuel Noriega and have him attended Jimmy Carter’s bible study. Righttttt.
    Seems to me that General Salami had his diplomatic immunity revolked.
    β€œ(Evil Right Wing) Fox News reports that Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani has been killed in a rocket attack at Baghdad International Airport. Soleimani was the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force. President Trump ordered the attack and our military carried it out.
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had said that Soleimani is as dangerous as the late ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed by a U.S. strike last year. I think that’s true. In any case, Soleimani is responsible for more American deaths than Baghdadi was. His forces have killed hundreds of American troops in Iraq.”
    One confusing headline read, β€œTerrorists have left the Green Zone.” That I find laughable. Last I looked, AOC, deBlascio, Newsome, and the entire Clown Car have not left our stateside Green Zone.

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  8. Highland Red Whiskey Avatar
    Highland Red Whiskey

    Cue Robert Cross to run over hear yelling β€œWag the Dog” and Paul close behind asking why he was not informed of the surprise attack first.

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  9. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee
  10. Waldo’sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis

    ,,,another non-response from George…

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  11. Waldo’sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis
  12. Walt Avatar

    Dougy thinking. I’m SURE you agree with the enemy sympathizer.
    “Dear #Iran, The USA has disrespected your country, your flag, your people. 52% of us humbly apologize. We want peace with your nation. We are being held hostage by a terrorist regime. We do not know how to escape. Please do not kill us.”
    https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rose-mcgowan-twitter-apology-iran-killing-suleimani-usa-held-hostage-terrorist-regime

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  13. Walt Avatar

    No Dougy,, no hyjacking.. there is no impeachment.
    Have the papers been handed over? NO.. Will she? Fat chance.

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  14. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: WN@6:42AM and Ukraine money.
    Good. I’d consider holding it forever. It’s just one more little payment into what is basically an infinite moneypit. What is exactly is the point in giving them billions of dollars (the amount referenced is simply one red chip in the game)? To jam a pawn into the Russian side of the board? More nation building? To make sure all the local Grand Poobahs get their monthly envelope o’ cash?
    Feh. I realize it’s important to get Trump any way you can, but I sure wish everyone would quit throwing money into a shredder. If nothing else, spend the cash on bleach cannons to clean up San Francisco streets.
    Maybe it’s that running bush wars via remote control is just so much fun.

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  15. Waldo'sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis

    ,,,Waldo furiously oils his Desert Eagle…

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  16. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Walt’s quote from Rose McGowan (whoever she is):
    “”Dear #Iran, The USA has disrespected your country, your flag, your people. 52% of us humbly apologize. We want peace with your nation. ”
    To be fair, she looks crazy. Just check out a page of posts.
    https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan
    Plus, there’s even a book of crazy.
    https://www.amazon.com/BRAVE-Rose-McGowan/dp/0062655981
    Luckily, I can take a shower and stay home with my books today. Crazy is a thing we should avoid at all costs, whether it’s city council meetings or whacked-out ‘celebrities’.

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  17. Walt Avatar

    I know Dougy…. Jealousy is rough. Take cheap shots at others who have what you can’t.
    A FINE Israeli made weapon. (even more reason for you to be pissed)

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  18. Waldo'sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis

    ,,,Of course all the crazies are going to be out in full swing with their Iran bluster…
    …What would the quid pro quo be for Trump’s assassination of Iran’s Number 2 Leader, who some postulated might have become Iran’s next leader?

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  19. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    A meme I ran into. Poorly rendered but pretty true I think.
    https://i.redd.it/l5tojwbx3i841.jpg

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  20. Walt Avatar

    Hillary is up for that job Dougy.

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  21. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    CommaMan: “…What would the quid pro quo be for Trump’s assassination of Iran’s Number 2 Leader, who some postulated might have become Iran’s next leader?”
    Well, perhaps Iran’s next leader shouldn’t be out in the field helping implement IEDs.
    It’s an interesting question. Can a bonafide terrorist leader get a pass if he also is a government official? Just think how happy the Blue Mob would be with the right assassination though, you could dance in the streets. Tears of joy over dead Republicans.
    The whole thing strikes me as a righteous killing, and I doubt the Iranians were going to get any more riled up than they were. There’s something sad about smaller countries who feel the need to punch above their weight, it’s like the Cubans in Africa.

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  22. Walt Avatar

    Ain’t it great? Putin is butthurt. Trump must have defied his demands. You know,, Trump is supposed to be behold’n to the Ruskys. Guess NOT!!!🀣
    https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/01/03/russian-politicians-outraged-by-death-of-iran-terror-chief-soleimani/
    I guess Putin ain’t going to help on election day… Right Dougy???πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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  23. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    America β€˜Cannot Do a Damn Thing,’ Eh?

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  24. Waldo'sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis

    ,,,maybe some Demos are going to be Iran apologists just because they are everything anti-Trump…
    But!!! Trump’s action is on par with W starting the Iraq war which was unnecessary…
    Remember po ol Archduke Ferdinand???
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand
    Of Course!!! We know that Trump is a 4th dimensional chess player and he has it all figured out!!!

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  25. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Jan 1 was 157TH ANNIVERSARY…of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the states then in rebellion against federal authority. The Democrats reviled Lincoln at the time, and they have continuously reviled Republican presidents and other politicians right up to the present. Today, as in 1863, conservatives–virtually all of whom are Republicans–want to liberate African-Americans from poverty and dependence through free enterprise. Now, as then, the Democratic Party bitterly resists this independence movement. Just ask Candace Owens.
    It is easy to be pessimistic about our country’s future when we see the absurdities that play out on the public stage, day after day. But I am an inveterate optimist: if the republic survived pro-slavery Democratic Party treason in 1863, surely it can withstand the milder version of totalitarian identity politics that we see from the Democrats today.
    In 1865, a plot among die-hard Democrats resulted in the assassination of President Lincoln. This was the culmination of a vitriolic campaign of hate that the Democratic Party mounted against Lincoln from the time of his entry onto the public stage. Lincoln was such anathema to the Democrats that his election led directly to secession. Having lived through the Reagan administration, I thought I had seen the nearest possible approach to the hate that the Democrats unleashed against President Lincoln.
    I was wrong. The Democrats’ hate machine is cranked up to 11, and has been ever since Donald Trump foiled the Democrats’ plan for a Clinton renaissance and a continued march toward socialism. The current impeachment farce is just the latest manifestation of the Democrats’ rule-or-ruin approach to politics.
    As we enter the new year, we should all pray that the Democrats’ insane hate campaign does not lead, as it did in 1865, to the assassination of our president.

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  26. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    CommaMan: “Trump’s action is on par with W starting the Iraq war which was unnecessary…”
    Nah. One is killing an active combatant on the runway of a country he was actively destroying.
    The other involved turning the key on a million person effort. 100k’s dead.
    Imagine how many people would be alive if George W Bush had been a bit more selective in his actions. Iraq already had a perfectly good dictator, you just need to convince him to change a few of his ways. A combination of threats and bribes is just the thing.
    Of course, if you can’t tell the difference between a nudge and an outright invasion, I can’t help it. Whether this worked or not only time will tell, but jeez, isn’t all that starting-a-world-war hyperbole a bunch of fun!!!!

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  27. Walt Avatar

    Dougy is a “pallets of cash” kind of guy. They must be down to their last pallet about now. Gotta start some shit to receive a new bribe shipment. Right Doug?

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  28. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Wonder what Little Rocketman is thinking this morning?
    I know the Kurds are breathing a big sigh of relieve upon hearing of the Butcher of the Kurds demise.

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  29. Waldo'sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis

    ,,,Butcher of Kurds, Butcher of ISIS…

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  30. Waldo'sRevenge Avatar
    Waldo’sRevenge

    ,,,All the President’s men,,,
    Hannity, the highest paid TV bloviator,,,makes even more than Megyn Kelly…
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/manafort-said-hannity-served-trump-004118660.html?fr=yset_chr_syc_hp

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  31. donnie Trump Avatar
    donnie Trump

    wag the dog wag the dog wag the dog wag the dog wag the dog wag the dog wag the dog — hey it worked for Bush.

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  32. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    In case you all hadn’t run into this one.
    https://i.redd.it/0wl1bd1dpj841.jpg

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  33. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Wonder what all those common folk In Iran who have been demonstrating against the regime for months all across their nation are thinking this morning?
    Scenes’s 8:36 am says it best, again. Is there nothing Orange Man Bad cannot do? Talk about being a uniter.

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  34. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Here’s the NYT article in my 9:42AM
    Even odds it gets scrubbed.
    https://archive.is/DIBEq

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  35. George Rebane Avatar

    Administrivia – I draw your kind attention to the 3jan20 update to the most recent Scattershots.

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  36. Walt Avatar

    Chucky Schumer is more crazed than the TROLLS today.
    But just as buttsore. Still droning on, and as dry as burnt toast.

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  37. Walt Avatar

    Scenes sure called it. Every Lib is rushing to the defence of terrorists.
    That includes Dougy and “jon”.

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  38. Walt Avatar

    Imagine that! The Proggy plan of “just set’m free” has come back to bite.
    https://www.theunion.com/news/man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-pointed-weapon-at-officers-sheriff-says/
    This is what happens when you decriminalize crime.

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  39. Waldo'sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis

    ,,,Sorry Waldo,,,I made no such defense of any terrorist…
    That is pure Waldo propaganda…per his usual
    The guy was a raghead rockstar murderer…
    I give no fucks about him…

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  40. Walt Avatar

    What? Dougy supports a TRUMP action? Well I’ll BE!!!
    Now that really must give you heartburn.

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  41. Walt Avatar

    Now will Emery post that breaking news on KVMR? “A local LIB back’s Trump”!!
    Better not say that to to many people Dougy.

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  42. Todd Juvinall Avatar

    For Paul Emery’s reading pleasure
    Trump 50/50 today. Get those worry beads rubbed.

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  43. Waldo'sNemesis Avatar
    Waldo’sNemesis

    ,,,note to terrorists,,,
    Don’t show your face where we fly drones…

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Another slow news day.
    β€œChucky Schumer is more crazed than the TROLLS today.
    But just as buttsore. Still droning on, and as dry as burnt toast.”
    Posted by: Walt | 03 January 2020 at 09:56 AM
    https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/01/80458053_3384231318270301_9189344462667513856_n.jpg?w=640&ssl=1
    https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2019/12/serveimage.jpg?w=500&ssl=1
    https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2019/12/80842093_1435887549902475_3007114682210189312_n.jpg?w=922&ssl=1
    It’s a Leap Year. An extra day of Trump in 2020!

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  45. Walt Avatar

    Bill. Let’s order a CONEX container load of each.
    We already have buyers right here.

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  46. Walt Avatar

    ” Thank You Supreme Leader Ayatollah….. Thanks a lot…😒”
    https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2020/01/03/iran-replaces-terror-chief-soleimani-uncharismatic-less-distinguished-general/
    He should be writing his WILL right about now. Knowing full well his days on Earth are now severely shortened.
    He’s now at the top of Trump’s “to do” list.

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  47. Walt Avatar

    To Ilhan Omar …… Some drone did something.

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