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[Sure would like to hear some candidate preferences from our leftwing readers.  Seems that no one here actually has a favorite whose creds they would put on display and defend.  Probably the safest route to avoid embarrassment ;-)  gjr]

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292 responses to “Sandbox – 23jan20”

  1. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Another shot at Bernie. The knives our out.
    Former Obama Campaign Manager: Sanders ‘Worst Candidate,’ His Message ‘Going To Get Him Killed’ In The Election

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  2. fish Avatar
    fish

    Hey……looks like Roberta has been corresponding with the White House.

    ”I am tired of lies. I am tried of racism. I am tired of the swamp. I am tired of ‘alternative facts.’ I am tired of cover for the Drumpf. I am tired of bully tactics. I am tired of rapists. I despise dictators. I wonder will you kiss the ring? the ass? The Putin-lover, the dictator-lover? You have already, I know. Are you going to kick out journalists? Are you a Sarah Sanders wannabe? Will you always praise the racist in chief? Are you a racist? I know… you don’t care either, do you? Watch your pussy.”

    Oh Bertie……..didn’t know you had it in you!
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/23/exclusive-you-fcking-cnt-stephanie-grisham-inundated-with-sexist-hatred-threats-as-establishment-media-pile-on/#

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  3. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer
  4. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Fish @ 12:27 pm
    Perhaps that link would tie in perfectly with the foaming at the mouth deranged locals under Scattershots, [23jan20 update] “The unmitigated hatred of Trump by our Left is on full display in ‘Time for Trump to go’ by local leftwinger Nancy Eubanks in the 23jan20 Union.“ lol.
    Speaking of sexist hatred, they sure like to use the C word frequently. They can’t figure out if they are coming or going.
    Samantha Bee Praises Ivanka Trump’s Family Leave Policy After Calling Her A ‘Feckless C**t’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/samantha-bee-praises-ivanka-trumps-family-leave-policy-after-calling-her-a-feckless-ct?
    Not the type of gal you bring home to mama.

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  5. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Is anyone surprised that a soros minion would lie to a grand jury, cheat and violate due process with a dirty PI hired from out of state?? –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/24/missouri-democrat-prosecutors-conduct-under-review-greitens-case/
    😉

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  6. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    I have observed that schiff for brains has a Pinocchio tell, when he is lying his eyes bug out the most! LOL
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/24/adam-schiff-closing-argument-russia-carried-out-coup-against-u-s-by-manipulating-trump/
    😉

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  7. Walt Avatar

    Schiff and Schumer should be jailed for lying to Congress.

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  8. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The Mexicans are keeping their word and are holding the line –
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-security-forces-detain-800-053558363.html
    😉

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  9. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Schiff for brains is the gift that keeps on giving –
    At the same time, Trump’s lawyers and political allies have made Schiff a central focus of their efforts to defend the president during his trial. When they laid out their written case for why Trump should be acquitted, the president’s lawyers mentioned Schiff’s name almost 100 times.
    They accused the congressman of running an “unheard of procedure that denied the president any semblance of fair process,” accused him of lying and of personally orchestrating the whistleblower complaint that led to the impeachment probe.
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-impeachment-prosecutor-adam-schiff-110404309.html
    😉

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  10. Walt Avatar

    The big “D” card gets used.(dictator) Yet no proof given.
    Desperation has set in.

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  11. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    In the peoples republic of seattle its not that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing its that there are two left hands. –
    In 2012, Thom Kroon bought a historical Seattle firehouse that was auctioned off as “a unique residential dwelling.” For years, Kroon said he used it as a workspace and family space for celebrations like family dinners and birthday parties.
    But now, the City of Seattle is suing Kroon for using the firehouse as a residence.
    “I don’t think the left-hand knows what the other left hand is doing,” Kroon said on FOX
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/real-estate/residential-firehouse-dispute-hypocrisy-seattle-government
    😉

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  12. rCroww Avatar
    rCroww

    In the “we can’t dispute the facts or tell the truth so this is all we got” category: President Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow gave a preview of the defense strategy “Really, trying to remove the President from the ballot in 2020… they don’t trust the American people to make a decision.”
    He should have added that with no testimony and no documentation and Trump admitting that “we have all the material” the American people will never find out what really went on. We will just have to take Trump’s word for it… person who has lied or misstated facts over 16,000 times that the 2020 election isn’t rigged in his favor.

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  13. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    @534 Talk to botox Nancy and schiff for brains for failing to do their job in the house. LOL!!!

    You can see why the President made a personal appearance at the march for life –
    Additionally, 65% of Americans, and the same percentage of registered voters, say they “are more likely to vote for” candidates who would limit abortion to at most the first three months of pregnancy. This outcome includes 88% of Republicans, 62% percent of Independents, and 44% of Democrats.
    “What our polling makes clear is that millions of Americans describe themselves as ‘pro-choice’ because they believe in some choice, which would include life of the mother, rape, and incest as examples, but very few agree with abortion throughout pregnancy,” said Knights of Columbus CEO Carl Anderson in an interview with Breitbart News at the March for Life in Washington, DC.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/24/poll-most-americans-reject-supreme-courts-decision-in-roe-v-wade/
    😉

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  14. Walt Avatar

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/24/jerry-nadler-if-you-dont-remove-trump-he-will-be-a-dictator/
    We better rat out Dougy, Bobby, and Emery for not showing up to their designated re-education camps. Trump gave orders for ALL Leftists to be inturned…. Right? That’s what dictators do!

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  15. Scott O Avatar

    Walt 5:50 – The Dems know they have nothing in actual crimes. This whole impeachment circus is just a desperate stab at influencing the next election. The histrionics are aimed at the light thinkers, not at anyone in the Senate.
    Expect the left-wing nonsense to ramp up even further. Remember that Trump is already literally Hitler. Where do they go from here?

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  16. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Now that’s funny and pathetic at the same time, how apropos for schiff for brains his acting turned off 2 million viewer per network! LOL !!!!!
    ABC, NBC and CBS dedicated its daytime programming this week to the newly launched impeachment trial, which meant that popular soaps like “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives” were shelved. However, a study from NewsBusters suggests the broadcast networks would have been better off airing its normally scheduled programming.
    According to cited Nielsen data, CBS averaged 1.52 million viewers on Wednesday, which was Day One of the opening arguments made by the House managers, while ABC averaged 1.29 million viewers and NBC averaged 1.26 million viewers.
    The daytimes soaps easily overshadowed the impeachment ratings. According to NewsBusters, CBS’s “The Young & The Restless” has been averaging 3.7 million viewers during the 2019-2020 season and “The Bold & The Beautiful” averages 3.15 million viewers. ABC’s “General Hospital” averages 2.15 million viewers while NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” averages 1.95 million viewers.
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-impeachment-ratings-soap-operas
    😉

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  17. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    RIP –
    Bodies of U.S. firefighters retrieved from crash site in Australia
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/bodies-u-firefighters-retrieved-crash-004318243.html
    😉

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  18. Bonnie Avatar
    Bonnie

    Bill Tozer 1/23 11:41 AM
    Regarding the tale of two marches. The double standard is pretty obvious. Those who scream that they’re saving the environment are the polluters if you look at those running Calif. I was lucky to have relatives who were Democrats and Republicans. The Democrats poked fun at and bullied those with different viewpoints. The Republicans were polite and respected other viewpoints. Thanks for your opinions…

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  19. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt
    Due to the Senate rules, the Dems like Schiffilis can get up there and spout anything they choose, It has just be a DNC Rally so far. The little bit I caught had the lying Dems bring up bribery, extortion, corruption, coverup, Khan from the Gold Star Moms (never Blue Star Moms), and the list of grievances dating back to the first Nasty Woman Pink Hat March, Trump is a dictator (for life?), and did not follow the conventional wisdom and policy foreign experts that got us into endless wars. I am surprised they did not bring up Melania’s shoes, but I guess that is Punchy’s domain.
    But, none of those charges are in the Articles of Impeachment. Repeat: None of those charges are in the Articles of Impeachment. Smoke and mirrors. Just TV theater for 2020 Democrat Party speeches, nothing less.
    From a quote from an article I posted recently, “If you have the evidence, you bang the evidence. If you have the law, you bang the law. If you don’t have either, you bang the table.” —Rafael ‘Ted’ Cruz, former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Beyer.
    At least they are consistent. They always overreach. That is not how you win friends and influence people. 🙂
    Schiff Alienates Key Senators With Quote About GOP Heads ‘on a Pike’
    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/01/24/schiff-alienates-jury-with-quote-that-gop-heads-will-be-on-a-pike-n2560097

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  20. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt @ 8:36 pm
    Just read your link. Fair trail, fair trail pleads Schiffilis, lol.
    Fair trail is for the accused, not the prosecution. Fair trail is for the defendant, dummies.
    Did like how Schiffilis and No Nards Nadler brought up Hunter and Joe Biden having nothing to do with anything. They bought up Joe and Hunter Biden! They just opened the door for the defense to “go there”, roflmao.
    Now, let’s look at the evidence they threw out there, shall we? Yes.

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  21. George Rebane Avatar

    Some commenters are still posting impeachment comments here. No joy.

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  22. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    France: Smoke Grass, Kill a Jew, Skip the Trial, Go Free
    “In France, perpetrators of anti-Semitic attacks claim insanity to elude justice. The mental illness defense has become more prevalent when it comes to hate crimes in France. And it seems to be working.”
    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15448/france-jews-murder

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  23. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Sweden Close to Collapse.
    “If there is any lesson to be drawn from history, it is that what you do not think will happen, does. Time and again. The final consequence of the West and, above all, Sweden’s immigration policy is that the economy will collapse — because who is going to pay for it all? And economic breakdowns, once they happen, always happen very fast.”
    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6697/sweden-collapse

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  24. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: BillT@9:18AM
    C’est la vie. After he’s acquitted, maybe the perp will have ‘sexual emergency’ down at the local pool.

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  25. rcroww Avatar
    rcroww

    Gatestone is about as biased and questionable as any source could possibly be and anything posted by them should be taken with a grain of salt as most of their information is bogus at best.

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  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Thanks Robert. Shoot the messenger, but then don’t forget to dispute the facts.
    Moving this over to Sandbox from Scattershots (that’s a first!) cause Trump, per normal, is sucking up all the oxygen in the room. It was even on topic, loll
    “Good read.
    How the Golden State Embraced Corporate Socialism
    https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/24/how-the-golden-state-embraced-corporate-socialism/

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  27. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Oh my. Looks like Russia is taking a page out of the Dem playbook.
    With Putin’s Proposed Changes, Russia Begins Its Transition to One-Party Rule
    https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/with-putins-proposed-changes-russia-begins-its-transition-to-one-party-rule/

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  28. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Closer to home..
    Torn Down This Week the Old Dairy.
    Empire Mine Historic State Park.
    East Bennett St.,Grass Valley Ca.
    To keep Drug Users Out, we Must Destroy It. 25 Tents directly across the Street on “Private” property.
    History Destruction, Environmental Destruction, Safety Destruction, of Our Community. They Take All !
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=181122306425538&set=gm.1468508926640281&type=3&theater&ifg=1

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  29. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    good article @9:42.
    I think he missed something by not, at least partly, explaining the growth of California’s golden age as an overshoot from WWII, but I did like this part:
    from https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/24/how-the-golden-state-embraced-corporate-socialism/
    “If one were to examine the concept of California as a feudal state, all the pieces would be identifiable. The aristocracy is the wealthy billionaires and the titans of the high tech industry. The knights and the nobles are the public employees. The clerisy consists of the academics and the nonprofit activists, which include environmentalists, homeless and low-income housing advocates, and social justice warriors. Everyone else would be serfs.
    California’s serfs would either be members of the state’s dwindling middle-class and small-business owners, paying crippling tithes to the feudal regime, or they would be low income workers and the unemployed, who would rely on alms from the nobles for their sustenance.
    Other metaphors work as well. To make an analogy to the old Soviet Union, the aristocracy becomes the politburo, the nobles become the nomenklatura, the clerisy becomes the commissars, and the serfs become everyone else. The feudal metaphor is perhaps more applicable for California today, because unlike in the Soviet Union, private property is alive and well, so long as you are one of the fabulously wealthy few, and willing to partner with the state legislature.
    The darkest but nonetheless somewhat apt metaphor for California is Nazism, for two fairly encompassing reasons. First, because the economic models are almost identical; private oligarchs and subsidized monopolistic corporations operating in partnership with a micromanaging government. Second, because where the German Nazis condemned Jewish wealth in particular, and capitalist profiteering wealth in general, California’s Democrats focus their scapegoating on “fossil fuel” wealth, or wealth amassed via unwarranted “privilege,” while enacting laws designed to penalize all wealth.”

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  30. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    @ 10:07 am
    Interesting that VDH was using the word ‘’feudal’ in encapsulating California a few months ago. If the shoe fits….or as Pocahontas would say, “If the moccasin fits…..”. Feudal state works for now.
    ——————————-
    Why can’t we be more like France?
    FREE SPEECH? NOT IN FRANCE
    Solveig Mineo, who defines herself as a feminist and a “Westernist”, said: “This is what a young girl risks in 2020 for having said no to a [Muslim] boy.”
    Free speech is under attack all around the world, and the most common means of suppressing inconvenient or unpopular speech is labeling it “hate speech,” a phrase with no non-politicized meaning, and, in the U.S. at least, zero legal status.
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/01/free-speech-not-in-france.php

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  31. George Rebane Avatar

    rcroww 937am – A bit of free tutelage. First deconstruct and falsify the message, THEN use that evidence to discredit the messenger. Else your outburst is just calling names without any basis.

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  32. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Rassmussen’s daily (yesterday’s news) is at 49/49.
    Schiffty needs to ramp up his game.

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  33. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Looks like SF is going full sylent green –
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/inside-1-000-underground-sleeping-121500423.html
    😉

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  34. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    And now for something completely different…
    The Thermosphere Climate Index continues its slow decline to a space age minimum…
    https://spaceweather.com/images2020/25jan20/TCI_Daily_NO_Power_Percentiles.png

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  35. fish Avatar
    fish

    Well of course he did…..

    Prince Charles flew 16,000 miles in just 11 days using three private jets and one helicopter before proudly posing with Greta Thunberg in Davos

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7929735/Prince-Charles-flew-16-000-miles-just-11-days-proudly-posing-Greta-Thunberg-Davos.html

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  36. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Another more questions raised than answered:
    “Grassley Letter Asks Whether Taxpayers Paid Russian Agent To Help Start The Collusion Hoax”
    Did Stefan Halper attempt to recruit Trump campaign officials as sources? And did he have the FBI (or another agency’s) green light to do so? Grassley’s letter raises these questions, and more.
    https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/24/grassley-letter-asks-whether-taxpayers-paid-russian-agent-to-help-start-the-collusion-hoax/
    ———————————————————————-
    @4:20 pm
    https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-22-at-7.02.12-PM.png?w=1002&ssl=1
    @ 5:14 pm
    https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/01/image001-7-1.jpg?w=480&ssl=1

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  37. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer
  38. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Ya gotta love this guy –
    George Kittle is often asked to carry the San Francisco 49ers’ offense, and he’ll be bringing some more welcome passengers along with him to the Super Bowl.
    Mick LaMar served in the U.S. Army and was killed in January 2011, while in Iraq during his second tour of duty. LaMar’s widow, Josie, and their son, Nicolas, are fans of the 49ers and Kittle is taking the family to Miami, in conjunction with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) when his team squares off against the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 2.
    “The work I do with the USAA and the TAPS organization is something I really have kind of fallen in love with,” Kittle said via ESPN’s Nick Wagoner. “I have a lot of family in the military so it’s something that I just respect, and the sacrifice that they give is the ultimate sacrifice. So, if I can ever give back and make a family’s day or just make them smile a little bit, then I’ve just done a little part in their lives.”
    Kittle has emerged as one of the NFL’s best tight ends, earning his second Pro Bowl selection after a campaign where he caught 85 passes for 1,053 yards, five touchdowns and developed into the league’s best blocker at his position.
    “As I hit the field to play in the Super Bowl, I find comfort in the fact that 49ers fans Josie and Nicolas LaMar will be cheering our team on,” Kittle said in a statement. “It’s a special privilege to be able to team up with USAA and TAPS to award a trip to the Super Bowl to Sergeant LaMar’s family in recognition of his military service and paying the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country.”
    https://www.yahoo.com/sports/49ers-george-kittle-invites-late-veterans-family-to-super-bowl-230540495.html
    😉

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  39. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: Gregory “The Thermosphere Climate Index continues its slow decline to a space age minimum…”
    Interesting. Those look like solar cycles.
    Are there solar cycle cycles?

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  40. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    I heard (unsubstantiated) that as a direct result of the far lefties attempts to shred our Constitution, almost 1,000 newbee R’s are throwing their hats in the ring to defeat the Totalitarians.
    It’s no longer about being left or right, conservative or moderate or independent or Libertarian. It’s not about being a Bush Republican, Goldwater Republican, Reagan Republican, or Tea Party person. It’s not about being a social conservative or fiscal conservative, or a Bernie or Biden or Warren supporter, hawk or dove. Nah, it’s all about protecting the Constitution or not.
    ——
    Let’s check out a newbee running for Congress, There is something about Anna Luna.
    From Anna’s site – You need a fighter to stand up for your shared values on:
    God
    Life
    2nd Amendment
    Anti-Socialism
    America First Trade Policies
    Lower Taxes
    Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Securing the Southern Border
    Florida’s 13th District deserves a representative who will put them first, who will fight for them, and who knows what it means to be BUILT, NOT BOUGHT.
    Not an endorsement. You can read more at –https://www.voteannapauli
    Picture is worth a 1,000 words.
    https://www.facebook.com/libertyheadquarters/photos/a.702772286442327/3000313703354829/?type=3&theater&ifg=1

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    The tale of two immigrants running in MN
    A Closer Look At The Iraqi Immigrant Woman Challenging Rep. Ilhan Omar
    Baghdad-born Dalia al-Aqidi says Rep. Illhan Omar ‘supports Islamists and enemies of America and Israel, and there are no exceptions.’
    https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/23/a-closer-look-at-the-iraqi-immigrant-woman-challenging-rep-ilhan-omar/
    Fun fact: Bernie ran for Senate in 2012 as a Dem in the primary just to wipe the table of any competition. Once securing the nomination, he dropped the D affiliation.

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  42. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Deep State? Is it real? From a lifelong and current Democrat and former CIA operative:
    INTERVIEW (Part I): Former CIA Officer Explains The Shocking Details And Dangers Of The ‘Deep State’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/interview-part-i-former-cia-officer-explains-the-shocking-details-and-dangers-of-the-deep-state
    INTERVIEW (Part II): Former CIA Officer On What The ‘Deep State’ Looks Like If A Democrat Wins In 2020, And What Can Be Done To Recover
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/interview-part-ii-former-cia-officer-on-what-the-deep-state-looks-like-if-a-democrat-wins-in-2020-and-what-can-be-done-to-recover
    Without consequences, this will continue. Severe consequences is needed. Remember the two NYT reporters receiving the The Pulitzer Prizes for covering and writing Fakenews? Remember Brennan yelling out the Trump is a traitor!, knowing full well what he was saying is bunk. “Traitor!” And no consequences.

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  43. Steven Frisch Avatar
    Steven Frisch

    If I had to vote in the California Democratic primary I would probably vote for Senator Amy Klobuchar but I will wait until after the first 4 contests to decide.

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Steve
    Amy is a good choice, but she is not gaining any traction so far in her lane. Who knows at this stage. When Warren or Bernie is taken down (that lane is only wide enough for one) or Sleepy Joe begins to look like he won’t make it over the finish line, Amy’s currency may shoot up.
    Which brings up an interesting question. If I had to vote in the Democrat primary, who would I choose?
    Personally, it matters not one lick to me who will be the eventual Democrat nominee for President of the United States. Not wasting a lot of time looking at the Clown Car, myself. Not even following with interest how they are tracking. Showing restraint (generally) until it all shakes out. Guess I would vote for a Tulsi or Yang if I was forced to vote in the CA Dem primary.
    One thing I have always appreciated about you, Steve, is that you always answer questions posed. It’s refreshing.
    Now, the dig. 🙂
    https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-11.12.55-AM.png?w=830&ssl=1

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  45. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Life in Kahns londinistan –
    A police officer who used a taser to defend himself when being attacked with a machete should be punished for using his weapon, a lawyer has suggested.
    Sophie Khan has been slammed after saying she was surprised the Met Police had not started disciplinary proceedings against PC Stuart Outten, 28, after he used “excessive” force against 56-year-old Muhammad Rodwan.
    Rodwan hacked at the officer’s head in a “rage” with a freshly-sharpened 2ft-long blade after his van was stopped for having no insurance in Leyton, east London, last August.
    He was jailed for 16 years on Friday after being convicted of wounding with intent.
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/pc-stuart-outten-muhammad-rodwan-hero-police-officer-machete-attack-175303252.html
    😉

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