370 responses to “Sandbox – 2feb20”

1. 

   Bill Tozer

   12 February 2020

   Insight: “All socialism involves slavery. … That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another’s desires. The relation admits of many gradations. Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual to the community as a whole. The essential question is — How much is he compelled to labor for other benefit than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit?” —Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
   For the record: “Elizabeth Warren [on Friday] said that banning semi-automatic firearms will work. A few minutes later, Warren says that banning abortion does not work because people can still get abortions on the black market.” —The Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra
   Observations: “Imagine if, 30 years after winning the Cold War, America elects a communist as president. What a tragic farce that would be. The kind of thing that will baffle historians for centuries to come.” —Matt Walsh
   Political futures: “For a supposedly dominant frontrunner, Bernie is not dominating. Basically, Bernie is floating, and Biden clogged up the moderate line. The only question is whether anyone will be able to Roto-root this thing before Bernie floats to victory.” —Ben Shapiro
   (My favorite) Some kind of “front-runner”: “Joe Biden has run for President three times. In 1988, 2008, and again in 2020. He is yet to win a single delegate in a Democrat nominating contest.” —Sean Davis
   Friendly fire: “I, personally, am very, very concerned about some of the folks who are running. I think, you know, if we run under a democratic-socialist banner in 50 states, I think we lose the industrial Midwest. I think we lose 48 states. I think we lose working-class union voters who have negotiated their private healthcare and want to keep it, and they don’t want to be forced into a public healthcare system.” —Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan
   Grand delusions: “I refuse to suggest any Democrat can lose. I think we could run Mickey Mouse against this president and have a shot.” —Joe Biden, who seems bent on losing the nomination by destroying his “electability” argument
   Tone deaf: “When you hear all these pundits and experts, cable TV talkers talk[ing] about the race, tell them, ‘It ain’t over, man. We’re just getting started.’” —Joe Biden (He’ll need to start eventually to have any chance.)
   Jumping the shark: “Let me say tonight that this victory here [in New Hampshire] is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders
   And last… “Did you know: The California homeless population grew by around 21,306 people in 2019. This is more than the national increase in 49 other states…COMBINED! Mike Bloomberg just said that California is a model for the rest of the nation. Is this what he was talking about?” —Charlie Kirk

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2. 

   Don Bessee

   12 February 2020

   Patterns can often tell the story –
   Here is the tally for previous New Hampshire primaries for incumbent presidents, who also won their re-election.
   President Donald Trump in 2020: <123,629
   President Barack Obama in 2012: 49,080
   President George W. Bush in 2004: 52,962
   President Bill Clinton in 1996: 76,797
   President Ronald Reagan in 1984: 65,033
   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/12/donald-trump-smashes-incumbent-president-primary-record-in-new-hampshire/
   😉

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3. 

   Gregory

   12 February 2020

   Here’s a dreary interview of “Mayor Pete”‘s dad on KPFA…
   http://internationalgramscisociety.org/audio-video/buttigieg-2004-01-14.mp3
   The subject is Gramsci.
   My wife Teri and I chatted at home about what was important to us and our little boy grew up to be a scientist with a libertarian bent… I wonder what Master Buttigieg would say if asked to contrast his beliefs with those of his father and of Gramsci.

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4. 

   Bill Tozer

   12 February 2020

   Stuck on trying to get the power back, by hook or by crook.
   ‘Va. House passes bill that would award electoral votes to popular vote winner’
   “The people of the United States should choose the president of the United States, no matter where they live in each individual state,” Levine said when questioned during a committee hearing. “It gives every American equal weight under the law.””
   https://www.whsv.com/content/news/Va-House-passes-bill-that-would-award-electoral-votes-to-popular-vote-winner-567767011.html

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5. 

   Bill Tozer

   12 February 2020

   GOP Congressman stunned to learn that not speaking English is a disability. 3 min.
   https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/2689209514529024/

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6. 

   Don Bessee

   12 February 2020

   Now its open warfare in the socialist dem clown car. Pass the popcorn –
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nevadas-powerful-culinary-union-says-members-were-viciously-attacked-by-sanders-supporters
   😉

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7. 

   scenes

   12 February 2020

   An interesting bit of political leverage to apply.
   https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cuomo-agrees-to-give-feds-limited-access-to-ny-dmv-records-but-will-still-try-to-prevent-immigration-enforcement/
   an aside from the article:
   “Cuomo’s comments come after attorney general William Barr announced that the Trump administration would be conducting a “significant escalation” to its efforts against sanctuary cities for “unconstitutionally interfering” with federal immigration enforcement.”
   I remember, lo these many years ago, when Team Blue made an unholy fuss about how ‘IMMIGRATION IS A FUNCTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!!!’.
   lol. You know, they never meant it, not even for a second. Dying on the hill of mass Third World immigration and letting men use the women’s restroom is a lonely place.

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8. 

   Bill Tozer

   12 February 2020

   Guess I will bury this here instead of some long ago post on education. Story about Australia, but it could have written about England, Canada, Norway, the USA or anywhere in the progressive thought dominated world………
   ‘Progressive Education Works—But Only for Those Who Need The System Least’
   “In the latest OECD student-evaluation rankings, Australia performed dismally. Average benchmark PISA test results for the country’s 15-year-old students have declined more since 2003 than those for any other developed country except Finland. In mathematics proficiency, Australian students are now below the OECD average. And they are a full year behind in scientific and reading literacy compared with those who sat the test two decades ago.
   Of course, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) is not the only measure of progress. And outperforming other countries is not the goal of our education system. According to a 2008 declaration from the country’s Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, the real goal is that “all young Australians become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens,” so as to produce a “democratic, equitable and just society…that is prosperous, cohesive and culturally diverse, and that values Australia’s Indigenous cultures as a key part of the nation’s history, present and future.”
   But notice that these are social goals, not educational standards. Unsurprisingly, Australia has gradually been injecting politically progressive ideas into its teaching and learning methods, sometimes without regard for whether they actually help children read, write, perform math or know important facts. My experience as an educator in different parts of the country has given me an understanding of the main themes and techniques now being advanced.”
   https://quillette.com/2020/02/07/progressive-education-works-but-only-for-those-who-need-the-system-least/

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9. 

   scenes

   12 February 2020

   “cohesive and culturally diverse”
   What exactly does that mean?
   Meanwhile, in sunny California.
   https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/12/californias-bullet-train-price-tag-grows-by-1-3b

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10. 

    Bill Tozer

    12 February 2020

    AOC Blames the Fact that Citizens Have Gun Rights For Execution of Two NYPD Officers
    https://www.secondamendmentdaily.com/2020/02/aoc-blames-the-fact-that-citizens-have-gun-rights-for-execution-of-two-nypd-officers/?

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11. 

    Don Bessee

    12 February 2020

    The fix was always in –
    Roger Stone jury foreperson’s anti-Trump social media posts surface after she defends DOJ prosecutors
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/roger-stone-juror-justice-department-anti-trump-social-media
    😉

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12. 

    Bill Tozer

    12 February 2020

    Illegal Alien Deported for Killing Four Children in Car Crash Arrested for Re-Entry
    https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/02/10/illegal-alien-criminals-border-security-immigrationreform-com/?

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13. 

    fish

    13 February 2020

    Still waiting for the shrieks of outrage from the Roberta’s, dugsKKKi’s, and PunchyBots’s regarding this type of political violence……………..
    

    NO ENEMIES ON THE LEFT:

    Where was the media on this act of political violence? It doesn’t count when it’s committed by leftists.
    The suspect allegedly said that he was motivated to ram the tent because of his distaste for Trump and because ’it’s like someone shitting on your grave’, whatever that means. He also took several videos of the incident, but told police that he did not capture the ‘good part’ where he drove at the volunteers.
    Thankfully no one was hurt or killed, but this is just the latest example of a deranged Trump-loather targeting political opponents with violence. The most infamous example, of course, was the GOP baseball shooting carried out by a former Sen. Bernie Sanders volunteer in Alexandria, Va., which nearly killed then-House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. A GOP office in North Carolina was firebombed. Virginia GOP Rep. Tom Garrett required a police presence at a town hall event because of credible threats to his family and dog. Independent journalist Andy Ngo was beaten over the head while covering an Antifa rally in Portland. A Trump supporter got attacked with a crowbar in New Jersey because he wore a shirt featuring the president. The list goes on.
    Yet none of these events leads to suggestions by establishment media outlets that the Democratic party or cable news anchors and pundits might . [sic — Ed] Instead, much ado has been made about Trump referring to the media as ‘fake news’ or the ‘enemy of the people,’ statements the media claims make them less safe.
    

    https://spectator.us/media-jacksonville-van-trump-attack/

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14. 

    Bill Tozer

    13 February 2020

    @ 6:42 am
    Oh Fish, in a couple weeks it will be as if it never happened. Like a bird flying across the sky, it leaves no trace..
    ‘The Media Couldn’t Be Less Interested in Van Attack Against Trumpers’
    “It has been four days since a deranged leftist tried to kill six Trump supporters at a voter registration event in Duval Country, Florida on Saturday with a van. In that time frame, the story had only generated a measly one minute and four seconds of airtime between three brief mentions on liberal news outlets, NBC and CNN. That’s despite the fact that the attacker had admitted to authorities that his actions were motivated by his hatred of President Trump.”
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2020/02/13/media-couldnt-be-less-interested-van-attack-against-trumpers

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15. 

    Bill Tozer

    13 February 2020

    Free Roger Stone. Free all political prisoners!
    https://www.facebook.com/101043269988443/posts/2927513637341378/

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16. 

    Bill Tozer

    13 February 2020

    @BuckSexton
    While Democrats are having a collective mental breakdown over Attorney General Barr- “He must Resign!”-
    just remember you can always draw a direct line between lib hatred for a Trump administration official and that person’s effectiveness in thwarting anti-Trump lunacy
    https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1227965935161675777?

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17. 

    fish

    13 February 2020

    TRUMPLER, TRUMPLER, TRUMPLER, GOOMBAH, GOOMBAH, GOOMBAH!
    Sometimes a guy just wants to hear the “Oldies”!

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18. 

    Barry Pruett

    13 February 2020

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/13/media/mcclatchy-bankruptcy/index.html
    Sac Bee mother corporation files bankruptcy…

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19. 

    Bill Tozer

    13 February 2020

    Eating their own. Gone from hero to zero at the speed of light. Good article about living COTUS.
    ‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg Goes From Leftist Hero To Has-Been In One Interview’
    Vox senior correspondent Ian Millhiser proclaimed that ‘Justice Ginsburg’s feminist legacy teeters on a knife’s edge’ because for once she adhered to the text of the law.
    “Ruth Bader Ginsburg is about to lose her feminist card. Ironically, it’s for departing from her usual legal schtick to reinforce that what the law says matters, instead of giving authorities license to do whatever the heck they want.”………
    “Mencimer’s article catalogs a number of calls from the left then for Ginsburg to step down and secure their power over the Supreme Court for another generation. These appeared openly in the pages of the Los Angeles Times, National Journal, The New Republic, and Slate. Of course, Ginsburg either ignored or didn’t hear them.”
    “But Ginsburg has already disappointed the left in her final act. And when she’s gone, don’t expect them to hide their rage. It sucks to be part of a revolution unless you somehow manage to be the last one holding the guillotine string.”
    https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/12/ruth-bader-ginsburg-goes-from-leftist-hero-to-has-been-in-one-interview/
    Boy, that guillotine metaphor is sure being overused lately. Well, if the shoe fits….

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20. 

    scenes

    13 February 2020

    BP:
    “https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/13/media/mcclatchy-bankruptcy/index.html
    Sac Bee mother corporation files bankruptcy…”
    You’d think they simply shrink the place over time as they move to websites and less money on classified ads. But…
    “McClatchy’s qualified pension covers more than 24,500 current and future retirees — many retired blue-collar workers who manned printing presses or loaded newspapers onto delivery trucks — supported by fewer than 2,800 active employees.”
    https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article240139933.html
    Oh well. There’s a surprise.
    I wonder if anyone has calculated the incredible distortion of an economy that unions can cause.

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