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Sandbox – 1jan2020

01 January 2020

[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”

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04 January 2020

Posted by: Roberta Cross | 04 January 2020 at 08:25 PM
Well I didn’t click on the link Bertie so presumably my mind hasn’t been clouded! You’ve seen it though….feeling any urges to send money to the RNC? Stirring in your loins when you think about the Tangerine Tornado?

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Walt

04 January 2020

Good job Babs,, you just signed up for endless spam.

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George Rebane

04 January 2020

RobertC 825pm – Can you find no equivalent ‘polls’ on progressive sites? BTW, I don’t know anyone who answers those questions, nor anyone who knows anyone who does. For sure, there are double dummies on both sides.

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Bill Tozer

04 January 2020

#No War with Iran. Sign the petition.
https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1213198141517946881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1213291795913818113&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftlaib-attacks-trump-after-killing-of-iranian-terrorist-omar-solicits-donations-attacking-trump-on-iran
“When Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar says “sign my petition,” what she really means is go to my ActBlue page and give me money.
And yes, Rep. Omar is fundraising off of her opposition of killing terrorists who kill Americans. https://twitter.com/ilhanmn/status/1213198141517946881 …”
I linked the link, too. But I did not fill in the blanks.

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04 January 2020

Typepad blows…..
https://www.google.com/amp/s/evansnewsreport.com/2020/01/04/express-mail/amp/

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Bill Tozer

04 January 2020

Wow Robert, the Patriot Post is back up!! Now, back away from the light….
VDH: The Dangers of Elite Groupthink
“We forget that knowledge can be found at all ages, and in all places. And ethics has nothing to do with degrees or pedigrees.”
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/67623-the-dangers-of-elite-groupthink-2020-01-02?fbclid=IwAR0dxf_KrjlG95nGNolevNBz-sGL1Fw7ytmj7qj4dO4mIPEgFOo2nLX4944
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Fish:
https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/01/IMG_2447.jpeg?w=720&ssl=1
https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/01/IMG_2448.jpeg?w=720&ssl=1

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Waldo’sNemesis

05 January 2020

,,,I call it Waggin’ da Dog,,,
Iran puts an $80million BOUNTY on Trump’s head, threatens to attack the White House and announces they will no longer abide by the 2015 nuclear deal after top military leader called the president a ‘terrorist in a suit’
It is all part of Trump’s plan…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AZNywvF-s

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fish

05 January 2020

Posted by: Waldo’sNemesis | 05 January 2020 at 11:09 AM
,,,,I call it Waggin’ da Dog,,,
Really? To distract from what?

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Waldo’sNemesis

05 January 2020

,,,Dear Leader only need Twitter to conduct US affairs,,,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/flouting-war-powers-act-trump-claims-his-tweets-are-sufficient-notice-to-congress-that-us-may-strike-iran/2020/01/05/0953b740-2ffe-11ea-9313-6cba89b1b9fb_story.html

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Bill Tozer

05 January 2020

Johnathan Turley:
Democratic impeachment case collapses under weight of time
“However, none of that is part of the impeachment record because it was more important to vote on it before Christmas than to build a full record before a trial. The nation will likely witness the collapse of a Senate trial on an incomplete record, as the witnesses and documents are still coming forward. Those Democratic voters who supported this premature act will be left to wonder, as did Doctor Seuss, “How did it get so late so soon?”
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/476745-democratic-impeachment-case-collapses-under-weight-of-time

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George Rebane

05 January 2020

WaldoN 600pm – Modern times Mr N, modern times 😉

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Bill Tozer

05 January 2020

VHD. Rather long piece. Not on any topic per current posts, so file this under postmodern citizen.
Pre- & post-citizens
On the meaning of citizenship in the twenty-first century.
“But postmodern citizenship is also more than a matter of adopting global norms in preference to U.S. customs and traditions, or using pressure groups to deny citizens their full protection of constitutional rights. There is currently a multitude of academic, legal, and political efforts to change either the U.S. Constitution or the custom and practice of the federal government. The common denominator in all these progressive and media agendas, both informal and legal, is the curbing of individual liberty and freedom as the necessary price to ensure an equality of result among all residents.”
https://newcriterion.com/issues/2020/1/pre-post-citizens

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Bill Tozer

06 January 2020

Woke’s on you
On the “radical intersectionalist poet” Titania McGrath.
“Although she is British, Ms. McGrath outdoes Bill Kristol at his own game: “It’s a broken kind of democracy that allows a majority of voters to impose their wishes on the rest of us.” Yes! Ms. McGrath cracks open the hard nut of oppression lurking inside all of us, all men anyway. “Men who are attracted to women clearly have feminine tastes and are therefore probably gay.” Again: “I have posed nude for Penthouse in an effort to dismantle the patriarchy from within.” And how’s this? “If you only have sex with people you find attractive, you might want to ask yourself why you’re such a superficial bigot.”
“Remember Jussie Smollett? Titania McGrath gets it: “It is absolutely essential that we believe Jussie Smollett. If we don’t, other people who haven’t been attacked might not have the courage to come forward.”
https://newcriterion.com/issues/2019/4/wokes-on-you

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Joe Jiggly Peyote

06 January 2020

Those who doubt the operation of a beneficent, or at least an amusing, providence should consider the case of the British writer Titania McGrath. Margaret Ann Bulkley may have decided to move to South Africa and live her life as a man. But Titania McGrath, a Twitter sensation and the author of the forthcoming Woke: A Guide to Social Justice, is “a radical intersectionalist poet committed to feminism, social justice, and armed peaceful protest. A regular on the live-slam poetry scene, Titania regularly performs at arts festivals, deconsecrated churches, and genderqueer spiritual retreats.” Nice! Ms. McGrath was guyed by Private Eye forthe way she commended her book to the public: “I have written the most important book of 2019. Do not buy it for my sake, but for the sake of humanity.”
Shameless? Or in-your-face intersectional wokeness?
We incline to the latter view. Ms. McGrath burrows deep into the contradictions of late capitalism, patriarchal privilege, toxic masculinity, white supremacism, and heteronormative binary exclusivity. She is so woke she makes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez look like Sleeping Beauty. Consider: “If you don’t think exactly the same way as me,” she points out, “then you’ve clearly got a lot to learn about diversity.” Could any triggered academic put it better? “I despise whiteness. Literally nothing about me is white except for my skin colour.”
Although she is British, Ms. McGrath outdoes Bill Kristol at his own game: “It’s a broken kind of democracy that allows a majority of voters to impose their wishes on the rest of us.” Yes! Ms. McGrath cracks open the hard nut of oppression lurking inside all of us, all men anyway. “Men who are attracted to women clearly have feminine tastes and are therefore probably gay.” Again: “I have posed nude for Penthouse in an effort to dismantle the patriarchy from within.” And how’s this? “If you only have sex with people you find attractive, you might want to ask yourself why you’re such a superficial bigot.”
We’ve been hearing a lot about Brexit lately. But Ms. McGrath might have the most radical proposal we’ve yet heard: “It is our children who will suffer most from Brexit. Therefore we should hold a second referendum but only allow under 12s to vote.” And how about this? “I have always stood up for minorities. As such, it is essential that we respect the wishes of the minority of U.K. voters and overturn Brexit.” Ms. McGrath is also sensitive to the enormity of America’s slaveholding past. “My book is now available to buy in the U.S. on Kindle. If you want the hardcover, you’ll have to order it from the U.K. or wait a few months. I do this in order to punish the U.S. for its complicity in the slave trade.”
She is alert to fat shaming, too: “You’ll notice there’s not a single obese player in the England football team. This kind of discrimination is precisely why the fat acceptance movement is so essential.” She also tweaked NatWest, a British bank, for inciting “violence against vegans.” They apologized.
How woke is Titania McGrath? This woke: “We need to distinguish between bad homophobia and good homophobia. Bad homophobia is when a Christian bakery refuses to make a cake with a gay slogan. Good homophobia is when children are prevented from learning about gay rights in the name of Allah.” Herbert Marcuse’s idea of “repressive tolerance” has nothing on that distinction.
Thinking of wearing a maga hat? “Wearing a maga hat is a form of incitement to violence. So if someone punches you in the face for wearing one, that’s your fault.” Aren’t we hearing that everywhere today? “Whenever anyone says that women aren’t funny, I take it as a compliment. Humour is a patriarchal construct.” Ditto body hair: “Chest hair is a social construct.” You knew that, right?
Remember Jussie Smollett? Titania McGrath gets it: “It is absolutely essential that we believe Jussie Smollett. If we don’t, other people who haven’t been attacked might not have the courage to come forward.”
The absolutely brilliant thing about Titania McGrath, as the world just discovered last month, is that she is really the satirical invention of Andrew Doyle, a former Oxford postgraduate student and clearly a very clever man. The Guardian, the New Statesman, and other woke publications don’t think so. “Lampooning the language of social justice is a cheap shot,” according to The Guardian. The New Statesman, now that Titania (Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream) has unmasked himself as Andrew, concludes that his performance is a “tired and unfunny ‘joke’ ” that is “just the old sneering at the young.” Really? We think Andrew Doyle, blessed with a pitch perfect ear for absurdity, has revealed the malign hilarity of woke culture. Twitter was right to ban him four times. He is dangerous to the perpetuation of the woke bubble they love.

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Bill Tozer

06 January 2020

@8:10 am
“A Guide to Social Justice, is “a radical intersectionalist poet committed to feminism, social justice, and armed peaceful protest.”
Common ground. I am all for armed peaceful protests, too.
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A poster here has said “Mueller’s job is not to uncover, but to bury” or something like that. Long read, fyi.
“Inspector General Report Shows Special Counsel Replicated FBI Abuses
The report established that the special counsel’s office was complicit in the FISA abuse, the probe was a witch hunt, and its report was a cover-up for systematic government malfeasance”
I have been waiting for Weissmann’s name to appear. The Dossier was not under Mueller’s purview, lol.
“The IG report noted that “after [Obama Deputy Attorney General Sally] Yates learned during her OIG interview of the meetings involving Ohr, Swartz, Ahmad, and Weissmann,” she stated “that a decision not to advise political appointees ‘trouble[d]’ her because the Department does not ‘operate that way.’” There is not “a career Department of Justice and a political appointees’ Department of Justice. It’s all one DOJ,” Yates told the IG.
The IG agreed with these concerns, stating “Department leaders cannot fulfill their management responsibilities, and be held accountable for the Department’s actions, if subordinates intentionally withhold information from them in such circumstances,” such as Weissmann had.
What Else Did the Special Counsel Hide?“
https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/06/inspector-general-report-shows-special-counsel-replicated-fbi-abuses/

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Bill Tozer

06 January 2020

Quotes:
Upright: “If you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech, right? You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.” —Golden Globe Awards host Ricky Gervais
Bobbie! Bobbie, is that you?: “In the entertainment industry many who have known/worked w/ Trump think that while his reality show was fun and ran a long time, he’s a self-serving, dishonest, morally bankrupt ego maniac who doesn’t care about anything or anyone but his Fame & bank account & is hustling the US.” —Ron Howard (Sounds like “Opie” needs another lesson from Pa.)
Grand delusions: “We are the only developed country where the idea of a shootout in a church is even conceivable. What do you suppose God thinks of that?” —Pete Buttigieg

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Bill Tozer

06 January 2020

Let’s get a jump start on this one. Rick Gervais did not kill himself.
“Entertainment news website Gold Derby wrote in a tweet, “Golden Globes viewers want Ricky Gervais to host ‘every year’ — He was ‘amazing!’”
The tweet included a link to an article which stated:
Golden Globes viewers have spoken, and they want Ricky Gervais to host “every year.” A whopping 71% of fans who voted in our recent poll said he did an “amazing” job overseeing the 77th ceremony on NBC. To compare, 9% thought he was “good, but forgettable” while the remaining 20% of haters voted that he was “awful.”
Gervais responded to the tweet by writing, “Never gonna happen”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/never-gonna-happen-ricky-gervais-responds-to-reaction-over-golden-globes-performance?

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Waldo’sNemesis

06 January 2020

,,,Right on Tucker Carlson!!!
He is ripping Trump and his Keystone Cops a new one!!!
Now all of a sudden the Roundtable are true believers in the former Deep State!!!

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fish

06 January 2020

Posted by: Waldo’sNemesis | 06 January 2020 at 05:07 PM
,,,Right on Tucker Carlson!!!
…….”RIght on”? Are you fucking kidding me?! What….no “Keep on Trucking”? No…”Power to the People?!”
Don’t make me feel sorry for you dugsKKKi like I wound up doing for Pork Linkerson! The gravitationally challenged Former Union Editor who absentmindedly titled one of his blog leavings…..“A Return to my Old Stomping Grounds” which after seeing the widely circulated photo of all 500 lbs of him on the downtown Nevada City sidewalk in his Hawaiian shirt I was just sure had to be Tokyo! The beleaguered city stomped routinely into rubble by the snobby pink and flabby “Godzilla”!
(Nahh….just kidding I never for a moment felt sorry for jeffty! He’s a horrible human being)

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Don Bessee

06 January 2020

This is going to go deep into the cycle and looks like it could well be a brokered convention OH MY! Empty the bank accounts and accrue a bunch of scars along the way. SWEET! –
Obamaworld Hates Bernie—and Has No Idea How to Stop Him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/obamaworld-hates-bernie-no-idea-094446485.html
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/democrats-post-super-tuesday-scramble-093743
😉

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Don Bessee

06 January 2020

The joys of socialist dem rule in the shitholes –
“They make the decision whether [criminal cases] will get charged or not and most of the time, it’s like ‘Nope, not charged. Nope, not charged,’” McCray said during an exclusive interview with “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
According to the FBI, San Francisco has the highest per-capita rate of property crimes among America’s 20 most populous cities. Violent crime on the city’s mass transit system has more than doubled between 2014 and 2018. According to a tracker published by the San Francisco Chronicle, an average of 66 “smash-and-grab” car thefts were reported each day in December. Many more go unreported.
“Our car windows got busted,” McCray said. “I didn’t bother making a report.”
“Just ask anybody. You know it. We feel it. Crime is really out of control,” says City Journal contributor Erica Sandberg, who lives in San Francisco and has reported extensively on the city’s deteriorating street conditions. “Whether it’s property crime or even violent crime, it’s scary.”
When asked what would happen to criminals who “expose themselves in a public park” or “smoke crack on a sidewalk,” McCray said violators would be issued a citation at most, and added that prosecutors have created a revolving door for drug dealers by refusing to prosecute them after police arrest them.
“We make these arrests and we get the evidence,” she said. “We get a solid report. We hand it off. I could come back from my days off and they’re back out on the street.”
In San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, “Tucker Carlson Tonight” producers filmed drug dealers operating in broad daylight. In the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood, where many apartments rent for nearly $4,000 a month, the sidewalks were lined with used syringes.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/san-francisco-police-lieutenant-liberal-prosecutors-responsible-for-chaos-disorder-on-city-streets
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Walt

06 January 2020

Poor CNN
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-reporter-the-babylon-bee
A CNN reporter sounded the alarm on Sunday over the popularity of a piece published by a conservative satirical site.
Last week, The Babylon Bee drew some laughs with an article poking fun at the Democrats’ reaction to the U.S. airstrike that led to the death of Irani Gen. Qassem Soleimani, using the headline “Democrats Call For Flags To Be Flown At Half-Mast to Grieve Death of Soleimani.”
Responding to a Twitter user who expressed concern that “Republican friends” on Facebook “are circulating it like it’s legit,” CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan pointed out that The Babylon Bee was getting more traffic on that one article than his network and The New York Times get weekly.

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Bill Tozer

06 January 2020

“I hate Trump.”–Ilahan Omar
Yeah, most terrorists do

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fish

07 January 2020

HEY….where’d jeffty go?

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Paul Emery

07 January 2020

Sad reality for Trump supporters:
According to a new analysis of opinion polls by FiveThirtyEight elections analyst Nathaniel Rakich, Trump enters 2020 with an approval rating of just 42.6 percent, which is the lowest approval rating for an incumbent entering an election year since Ford entered 1976 with an approval rating of 39.3 percent.
Also
Looking at FiveThirtyEight’s historical charts, Trump’s current disapproval of 53 percent is higher than the disapproval rating either Ford or Obama ever reached in their first terms. What’s more, Trump’s disapproval rating has been above 50 percent after his first two months in office, which makes him unprecedentedly unpopular in modern times.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/trump-starts-his-2020-reelection-bid-in-a-historically-big-hole-fivethirtyeight/

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fish

07 January 2020

Posted by: Paul Emery | 07 January 2020 at 07:20 AM
What’s more, Trump’s disapproval rating has been above 50 percent after his first two months in office, which makes him unprecedentedly unpopular in modern times.
Ahhhh…..armed with this knowledge Punch you can depart RR’s to move on and bore the readers of other sites (I’m thinking jeffty or RL would love to have you and your unique insight as a regular) without guilt!
Well done stout fellow….. you’ve truly shown us the error of our ways…..Vaya con dios!

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Paul Emery

07 January 2020

Of course this has got Trump squirming….
Of the Pubbers will try to block it-another example of obstruction of justice. that can only go on for so long before the bottom will fall out.
Bolton quote:
” I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify.”

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scenes

07 January 2020

Song o’ the day.
https://vimeo.com/373532022

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Bill Tozer

07 January 2020

ROFLMAO
You could see this coming a mile away. They always to that. They are consistent.
Iran TV: 35 killed in stampede at funeral for slain general
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-tv-35-killed-stampede-102832402.html

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fish

07 January 2020

Posted by: Paul Emery | 07 January 2020 at 07:38 AM
What? You’re still here? Pretty selfish Punch……denying the rest of America the benefit of your political acumen and….uh….way, way too early poll link delivery….err….skills!

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Gregory

07 January 2020

punchy 738am
Obstruction of justice is at its core an obstruction of the justice department.
Bolton didn’t have a subpoena from the House. If he gets a subpoena from the Senate, he’s prepared to testify… but there’s no indication if the President will assert executive privilege and Bolton hasn’t said what he’d do in that case… he might ask for a court to decide.
But that is what Pelosi called “obstruction of congress”… imagine the nerve of some people, going to court.

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Oosik

07 January 2020

Posted by: Paul Emery | 07 January 2020 at 07:38 AM
Of course this has got Trump squirming….
“I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify.”
I’d be cool with that Punch…..Trump will deny based on National Security grounds andl be halfway through his second term before the Supreme Court court tells Bolton to keep his word hole shut!
Keep swinging for the fences though Punch!

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Bill Tozer

07 January 2020

Bolton? The man without a subpoena? What would John do? Let’s check with Raw Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7s5pT3Rris

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Waldo’sNemesis

07 January 2020

,,,oh dear,,,even a dead man had a larger crowd size at his event than Po ol Trumpskkki did at his innaguration…

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Paul Emery

07 January 2020

Sorry Fish Just reporting the ugly facts fish about how unpopular Trump is historically.

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Oosik

07 January 2020

Posted by: Waldo’sNemesis | 07 January 2020 at 08:09 AM
,,,oh dear,,,even a dead man had a larger crowd size at his event than Po ol Trumpskkki did at his innaguration…
You should have nominated him in 2016 dugsKKKi……all this unpleasantness could have been avoided!

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Walt

07 January 2020

Damn Emery,, short memory? Your swamp Queen must hand over some paperwork first. She won’t till she gets her way. She forgets SHE don’t run the Senate.

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Oosik

07 January 2020

Posted by: Paul Emery | 07 January 2020 at 08:10 AM
No need to apologize Punch…..older men frequently slip into these manic phases!
It’s just that you’ve been in reruns here for at least two full years! Frankly I’m amazed that you haven’t taken ill for all the popcorn that you’ve consumed (in error it seems)!
Don’t you want to share your gifts with the rest of humanity?

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Walt

07 January 2020

Well,,,, speaking of polls, It’s already coming back to bite.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/06/voters-sour-swing-district-democrats-back-impeachment/
” a majority of likely voters across New York’s 22nd Congressional District, South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, and New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District grew a more unfavorable opinion of their representative after they learned about their Democrat representatives’ vote to impeach the president.”
So I see that impeachment vote was well worth losing the House over.. You agree Emery?

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Todd Juvinall

07 January 2020

Trump approve 48, dis 50. I think he is doing just fine.
Bolton was on the phone call? Does anyone know that?
Trump was on Rush yesterday and he is all in for Americans and their safety. Sorry, Paul Emery isn’t.

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Bill Tozer

07 January 2020

ELIZABETH WARREN’S BASELESS “WAG THE DOG” ACCUSATION
There have been plenty of misguided takes on President Trump’s decision to kill Gen. Soleimani. Elizabeth Warren’s is perhaps the most egregious.
“At the present time, by contrast, few Americans are paying attention to impeachment, and with good reason. Nancy Pelosi hasn’t presented the Senate with articles of impeachment.
“A month from now” would also probably be a better time than the present to “wag the dog.” By then, Pelosi may have gotten around to presenting the impeachment articles, and the Senate might be holding a trial (or some sort of proceeding).
In sum, last week was precisely the wrong time for Trump to take out Soleimani if his goal was to divert attention away from impeachment. For the time being, Pelosi has already done that for him.“
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/01/elizabeth-warrens-baseless-wag-the-dog-accusation.php

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George Rebane

07 January 2020

re ToddJ’ 823am – Imagine what Trump’s approval numbers would be if lightly-read America were NOT inundated hourly with anti-Trump propaganda by almost all electronic broadcast (cable, wireless, internet, …) media, print publications, entertainment goombahs, TV programming, movies, govt service unions, embedded Deep State bureaucrats, public schools, and academe. And still he gets 48% approval – amazing!

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Bill Tozer

07 January 2020

Ilhan Omar Named 2019 Anti-Semite of the Year
https://freebeacon.com/issues/ilhan-omar-named-2019-anti-semite-of-the-year/?
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Bill Tozer

07 January 2020

Attacks On Jews Are A Canary In The Coalmine For Religious Liberty In The United States
“But in contemporary America, the hard reality is that living out our convictions can put religious people and communities at risk. The leftist culture-shapers who claim to champion “tolerance” and “ending discrimination” push for toxic identity politics that make true tolerance impossible.
The connection between leftism, which is entirely on board with identity politics, and antisemitism is not a new one. In 2017, Time published an article titled, “Anti-Semitism Is Creeping into Progressivism.” This past year, far-left politician Rep. Ilhan Omar made numerous openly antisemitic and anti-Israel comments but suffered no long-term political ramifications. Incredibly, Omar was even defended for her comments by members of her political party“
https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/07/attacks-on-jews-are-a-canary-in-the-coalmine-for-religious-liberty-in-the-united-states/

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Bill Tozer

07 January 2020

Daily Quotes.
But in contemporary America, the hard reality is that living out our convictions can put religious people and communities at risk. The leftist culture-shapers who claim to champion “tolerance” and “ending discrimination” push for toxic identity politics that make true tolerance impossible.
The connection between leftism, which is entirely on board with identity politics, and antisemitism is not a new one. In 2017, Time published an article titled, “Anti-Semitism Is Creeping into Progressivism.” This past year, far-left politician Rep. Ilhan Omar made numerous openly antisemitic and anti-Israel comments but suffered no long-term political ramifications. Incredibly, Omar was even defended for her comments by members of her political party

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Bill Tozer

07 January 2020

Opps. Try it again
Observations: “Chelsea Clinton has made $9 million working on a corporate board with no real world experience. I’m noticing a trend here: Joe Biden’s son — multimillionaire. Hillary Clinton’s daughter — multimillionaire. John Kerry’s son — multimillionaire. What do they all have in common?” —Charlie Kirk
Upright:
Chris Wallace: “Some analysts suggest that the impeachment of President Trump has emboldened enemies like Iran and North Korea. Do you think … that some of our enemies think that this president is more vulnerable because of the impeachment effort?”
Mike Pompeo: “You should ask Mr. Soleimani.”
Friendly fire: “It’s just a lot of baggage that Joe [Biden] takes into a campaign, which isn’t going to create energy and excitement. He brings into this campaign a record which is so weak that it just cannot create the kind of excitement and energy that is going to be needed to defeat Donald Trump.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders
Letting the cat out of the bag: “I don’t give a [Medicare for All] number and I’ll tell you why — it’s such a huge number and it’s so complicated that if I gave a number, you and 50 other people would go through it and say, ‘Oh…’” —Bernie Sanders
Non compos mentis: “It may be true that someone in the [West Freeway Church of Christ] congregation had his own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot. You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.” —Michael Bloomberg
Crisis averted: “I have just sent the Ayatollah of Iran a personal appeal asking him not to respond to our assassination of his top General with violence of any kind, but rather let me & millions of Americans fix this peacefully.” —Michael Moore
Demo-gogues: “In the process of this whole episode going on right now, we have alienated our allies. It’s the first time I’m aware of that all of our NATO allies are making the moral equivalence between us and Iran. No one’s saying, ‘We’re with the United States of America.’” —Joe Biden
Dezinformatsiya: “Soleimani is — it’s difficult to convey how revered he is in Iran. Imagine the French Foreign Legion, at the height of the French empire. This guy is regarded in Iran as a completely heroic figure, personally very brave.” —CNN’s Fareed Zakaria
The BIG Lie: “Look, it was a targeted attack on a government official, a high-ranking official for the government of Iran. We are not safer today than we were before Donald Trump acted.” —Sen. Elizabeth Warren
And last… “The Ayatollah hasn’t even had to hire a PR machine in the West. He’s got Obama Admin officials going on TV for him.” —Erick Erickson

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Todd Juvinall

07 January 2020

George Rebane | 07 January 2020 at 08:38 AM FOX has the top ten places on the weekend news and opinion shows. Thank goodness for them and Rush and the other radio folks. Otherwise Trump would be at 20%

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Waldo’sNemesis

07 January 2020

Posted by: George Rebane | 07 January 2020 at 08:38 AM,,,Imagine what Trump’s numbers would be if he shut his mouth and stopped inundating his lemmings with bizarre Tweets…

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Waldo’sNemesis

07 January 2020

,,,yes Todd, 20% is where Trump belongs…

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Waldo’sNemesis

07 January 2020

,,,”Just knock it off,” tweeted David Frum, an ex-speechwriter for former President George W. Bush. He included a link to an October 2015 CNN article about then-presidential candidate Trump saying the world would have been better off if dictators Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi were still power in Iraq and Libya.
,,,Wag the Dog…
Toezster,,,no Trump needed the droning because he was going insane with Impeachemt Derangement Syndrome…just count the number of his tweets since the Impeachment Circus came to town…

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