[Now that we're back to mudball fights, we should take them to a fresh sandbox. I'm constantly amused by our lefty readers not refuting/citing the facts but simply dismissing them on the basis of their dislike of the publisher or broadcaster. Haven't seen rightwinger dismiss what came out of Maddow simply because it came out of Maddow, who can report verifiable facts as well as the next talking head. But some of us do take Maddow et al with a dim view when they offer their opinions and interpretations as being something more than the views from their respective perches. gjr]
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362 responses to “Sandbox – 29mar20”
also for Miss Mary, please for the love of God read this one.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/02/17/nih-disease-official-anthony-fauci-risk-of-coronavirus-in-u-s-is-minuscule-skip-mask-and-wash-hands/4787209002/
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Posted by: scenes | 01 April 2020 at 08:13 AM
lol dude. Do you just make up stuff as you go along or do have some sort of crazy political website on speed dial?
To ask the question is to answer it….
The existential thrill of being a progressive…a member of the vaunted “Resistance” in time of a pandemic…!
No wonder so many old hippies…males primarily it seems…. feel the “Tingles”!
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Mr fish, you did it again. I had to close italics on your “Tingles”. Please pay attention.
ScottO 815pm – As soon as we read about the Idaho quake Jo Ann and I thought of you guys. We both took comfort in that you both were Californians acclimated to some shaking now and then. Good to hear that the heirlooms didn’t come tumbling down.
BTW, buildings can take a lot more vertical accelerations than lateral (horizontal). It’s the longer lasting side-to-side that brings down structures, and that’s why all modern tall structures have accelerator driven control systems that move huge masses placed on critical floors to counter the lateral motion of buildings during quakes and strong winds.
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re: fish@8:28AM
In prior times (BT = Before Trump) these same folks would bang on your door to tell you about the JFK assassination or the incredible health value of blue-green algae and colloidal silver. It’s just another thing to fixate on. In a few years there’ll be DNA sequencing to spot the malady.
I have a funny feeling this is going to italicize. Please fix.
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Sorry gentlemen…..I really have been trying to be better!
Somewhere……in your neck of the woods…..a rotund chap who fancies himself some sort of wordsmith is laughing at my html distress!
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re bertie 1112am and gjr 1239pm – As predicted, the sackhead ‘bertie’ has disappeared. Pointing out his latest demonstration of profound ignorance of current events hopefully has given him pause. Just so that he doesn’t feel too sanguine about his ill-advised performances in these comment streams, here is another prominent media outlet, Time magazine, doubting the C19 crap that the CCP puts out for fellow travelers and those mired in dumbth.
https://time.com/5813628/china-coronavirus-statistics-wuhan/
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Things could be a lot worse. We could have a boy-toy leading our country.
“Turning off the ventilators to save the planet,” one user mocked
‘Justin Trudeau Gets Crushed Online After Suggesting Canadians Turn Off Lights, TV For ‘Earth Hour’ Amid Coronavirus Quarantine’
“That’s not Trudeau’s only issue, though. While a tasteless, ill-timed social media post is probably bad enough for most Canadians worried about whether their government is taking an active role in handling the growing pandemic, Trudeau is pairing his “Earth Hour” commitment to a massive, 50% carbon tax hike designed to punish businesses that consume too much carbon — and that tax is set to go into effect in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-trudeau-gets-crushed-online-after-suggesting-canadians-turn-off-lights-tv-for-earth-hour-amid-coronavirus-quarantine
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A daily find I thought I would share.
https://old.reddit.com/r/supplychain/comments/fswzcg/covid19_update_wednesday_april_1st/
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The April fool:
trump, ““Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do ― you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat ― as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April.”
“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.”
“I really believe they are going to have it under control fairly soon. You know in April, supposedly, it dies with the hotter weather. And that’s a beautiful date to look forward to.”
“We think and we hope, based on all signs that the problem goes away in April.”
“There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm ― historically, that has been able to kill the virus.
“I think it’s going to work out fine. I think when we get into April, in the warmer weather, that has a very negative effect on that and that type of a virus.”
“opened up and just raring to go by Easter,” which is on April 12.
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Posted by: Berthune | 01 April 2020 at 09:19 AM
Mein Dackel hat dein Haustier Häschen getötet….
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Just to hammer the point home a little bit.
“In January President Xi Jinping made a decision that would ultimately condemn the world: allowing 5 million people to leave the epicentre of the virus without being screened”
https://twitter.com/60Mins/status/1244211266136113154
Berthune@9:19AM
Trump quote: ““There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm — historically, that has been able to kill the virus. ” ….Feb 14
Dr. Anthony Fauci headline: “Top disease official: Risk of coronavirus in USA is ‘minuscule’; skip mask and wash hands” ….Feb 17
So your choice is either that Trump is an epidemiologist and should have known better than Fauci or that Fauci lied because of White House pressure.
Serious question. Are you this big a jackass in real life or is this just LARPing?
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Here is your morning wake and bake Mary.
https://dnyuz.com/2020/04/01/cannabis-scientists-are-chasing-the-perfect-high/
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Dougy’s back with a new dirty sock.
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Bertha is a odd fellow, no doubt.
https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-28-at-9.47.12-AM.png?w=766&ssl=1
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Media outlets are stopping broadcasting trump’s daily press briefings “due to a pattern of false or misleading information provided that cannot be fact checked in real time,” —
In other words, the continuous stream of bull crap coming out of the side of trump’s mouth in an effort to cover his ineptitude will no longer be routinely dispensed to the American public by responsible outlets.
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Posted by: billy bob bertie | 01 April 2020 at 09:53 AM
Mädchen … halte dein Temperament!
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billy-boob 9:53 – “Media outlets are stopping broadcasting trump’s daily press briefings “due to a pattern of false or misleading information provided that cannot be fact checked in real time,” –”
Hilarious – those would be the same ‘media’ outlets that have been putting out false info for years.
Maybe they don’t like competition?
Or just maybe the are saying that because they want to stop providing what Trump is really saying so they can fabricate more BS about him.
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The Fish Troll is lapsing into his native tongue,
Central Valley Trumpists are going to have to pay for their stupidity,
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/coronavirus/article241663666.html?utm_source=pushly&intcid=pushly_502178
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Posted by: Mary Wanna | 01 April 2020 at 10:10 AM
A dugsKKKi le gusta masturbarse.
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“Central Valley Trumpists are going to have to pay for their stupidity,”
Oh well, you can’t expect Mexican nationals to give up fiestas and three day birthday parties making the neighbors’ lives miserable.
It’ll be interesting seeing how California’s remarkably low ICU bed per capita count plays out.
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LOL! Dougy re-puking what BK CNN says. Days old news toothless ridge rat.
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Billy Bob Thorton @ 9:53 am
ROFLMAO
“will no longer be routinely dispensed to the American public by responsible outlets.”
Responsible outlets? I can’t stop laughing. Russia, Russia, Russia, 17 Intel Agencies agree, Michael Cohen flew to Prague, Trump is going to declare martial law on July 4, Trump removed the bust of MLK from the Oval Office, ad infinitum. Oh my, I am left speechless.
Nothing like quoting a story three days old that has been thoroughly discussed in the media. At least you could bring day old bread to the table at least once!
Of course “responsible outlets” want to squelch Trump’s Daily briefings. The ratings are through the roof., duh, and the responsible outlets are very very unhappy about that. Vive la résistance!
WHO’S FIDDLING?
“The press’s attempt to blame the Wuhan flu on President Trump is insane, but not surprising. Glenn Reynolds sums up succinctly what is going on:
There was a sea change with Katrina, where they realized that if they all agreed on a narrative, even if it was false, and all stuck to it despite all criticism, they could swing an election. Since then, they’ve doubled down repeatedly, and every time you think they’ve bottomed out, they go lower. That they do this without concern for any collateral damage they might be doing to their audience or to the nation is particularly reprehensible. It’s no surprise that some call them enemies of the people.”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/03/whos-fiddling.php
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Don’t watch Fox News! Listen to us, people. Don’t watch Fox News! Trigger warning, danger!
“Fox News had 13 of the 15 most-watched shows on cable news, including the top five.
“Hannity” averaged 4.2 million viewers and finished the quarter as the most-watched cable news program, followed by “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” which averaged 4 million viewers. “The Five, “The Ingraham Angle” and “Special Report with Bret Baier” rounded out the top five, with MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” finishing sixth.
The most-watched show on CNN was “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” which finished No. 22 overall behind 14 Fox News and seven MSNBC programs.
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Is this an April Fools joke???
‘CNN’s Baldwin to Biden: ‘Does’ It ‘Worry You’ That You Can’t Campaign, Touch People Now?’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2020/04/01/cnns-baldwin-biden-does-it-worry-you-you-cant-campaign-touch-people
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Here you go Dougy,, fawn over the words of a washed up, out of work actor.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/04/01/michael-keaton-begs-trump-to-please-get-out-of-the-way/
No one cares what a “got nothing better to do” has been has to say.
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Mary Waaaah 10:10 – “Central Valley Trumpists are going to have to pay for their stupidity…”
Mary really is losing it. The article has nothing about Trump voters. Poor Mary just sees MAGA-folk everywhere in her fevered brain…
Oh – look out, Mary – there’s one right behind you!
Booga-booga!
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This one’s for Scenes, Trump is the Exterminator,
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-intelligence-warned-trump-of-pandemic-in-january-2020-3
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Posted by: Mary Wanna | 01 April 2020 at 02:16 PM
Nun, genießen Sie noch 5 Jahre Mr. Exterminator!
Ja…is gut!
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re: Ms. Wanna@2:16PM on a fishing expedition with yet another Washington Post ‘leak’. No direct quotes, just a game of ‘telephone’ by people trying to get clicks.
So should Trump believe the 17 intelligence agencies? or the epidemiologists at WHO, NIH, etc.? I’ve got a pile of quotes from those guys pulling the emergency cord in March. No point in inundating George’s blog more than I do.
lol. No doubt someone will find Doctor X who warned everybody in December. WHY DIDN’T TRUMP LISTEN TO DOCTOR X??? THAT BASTARD!!!
Of course, the whole point of this is to win an upcoming election, not to actually solve a problem. The Blue Mob will happily climb to the White House on a hill of bones. That’s why I love them so much.
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Uh, “Marty” in drag,, I already busted you on that yesterday.
It’s not my fault you refused to read it.. Again.. You really never tire of being wrong. Nothing has changed since yesterday.
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My my. Who would think they would ever see this day? Turn about is fair play. The world has gone mad, I tell you. Thank you for the nice return, Mr. Trump. The forgotten man is forgotten no more.
‘Millionaires Don’t Need a New Tax Break’: Grassley Blasts Pelosi’s Attempt to Eliminate SALT Deduction Cap
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/millionaires-dont-need-a-new-tax-break-grassley-blasts-pelosis-attempt-to-eliminate-salt-deduction-cap/
While we are in a National Emergency that we don’t how it will end, with millions losing their jobs and in fear and despair, the only thing on Nancy’s mind is helping her millionaire buddies. Hall of Shame for the Botox Queen of the Damned
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Well, now we have proof. Liquor stores are ‘essential’, CA schools are not. Another way to hide the truth of their dismal failures. How low can they go?
UC System Suspends College Admissions Requirements, No Minimum Grades, No SAT Scores
https://www.dailywire.com/news/uc-system-suspends-college-admissions-requirements-no-minimum-sat-scores-grades?
And to think David Hogg was rejected by UCLA and UC Irvine. He should have waited.
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The tweekers and junkys are also in deep trouble.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-drug-cartels-struggle-lab-supplies-china-coronavirus
The virus is kinda like a forced rehab OR,Expect more brazin break-ins and robberies.
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Come on “Mary”,, we know cabin fever is hard to handle,, but really?
2:46 p.m. — A caller from Rough and Ready Highway and Stagecoach Way reported a man yelling at a neighbor in the street. The man had been on the roof all day, wearing a winter coat and a Speedo. He had also torn down a fence earlier. He then left.
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Posted by: Walt | 01 April 2020 at 06:48 PM
The man had been on the roof all day, wearing a winter coat and a Speedo. He had also torn down a fence earlier. He then left.
Walt……you have the most delightful crazy people!!
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Fish… We gotta have some fun somehow…..
I remember when some old bat called the cops because she happen to see him piss off his deck at 6:00 in the morning.
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Swamp swine feeding at the Trump trough,
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/kushner-coronavirus-testing-oscar-company/609139/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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More absurdity from Trump, the war on drugs, in the middle of a crisis,
https://youtu.be/wxDaIXbEBE0
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Posted by: Mary Wanna | 02 April 2020 at 07:11 AM
Toto, ich habe das Gefühl, wir sind nicht mehr in Kansas!
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Walt@6:48
Evidently it’s some famous local tweaker who has been making the neighbors lives really difficult in a number of ways. He appears to be in jail looking at the website (Joseph Winkler), but no doubt won’t spend much time there.
https://reports.nevcounty.net/justice/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=Sheriff.JailMediaReport
Luckily, in sunny California, there’s a subclass of people who can get away with practically anything. There’s a catch and release policy at the jail. The whole business (that you already know about) of <$1000 thefts becoming a non-crime. Homeless people are allowed to camp most anywhere and do anything they like, their discards treated as legally protected holy relics. Scads of people on the street with 50+ arrests. When you live in a society that has such a large percentage of enablers, you can expect these kind of things.
Our misbehaving brethren really do live in a different world than the taxpayers who can get a hefty ticket for not fastening their seat belts. Your property tax? Make sure you pay it on time even in the Age of the Plague, as some county official pointed out on the radio.
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Scenes. I’m always hearing that guy’s name on the radio.
He’s a real pain for the cops AND Rough&Ready.
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And speaking of drugs “marty”(in drag),, hows your stash holding up? Still wake’n and bake’n we see.
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Posted by: Walt | 02 April 2020 at 08:30 AM
And speaking of drugs “marty”(in drag),, hows your stash holding up? Still wake’n and bake’n we see.
I don’t know about Mary but the big 150 cup pouch of Dunkin Donuts coffee I bought a month ago is starting to get a little low……starting to get the shakes a little!
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Walt….what do you think about my post plague gift to myself?
First handgun I’ve purchased in nearly ten years! I’m only doing it because it sends a certain cohort to their fainting couches….
I was thinking about that Glock clone that I posted the link to a while back…..but the seller/manufacturer were less than useless so I’m taking my business elsewhere.
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Even in the Plague Year, the business of gubmint must go on.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5717/text
Thank goodness they don’t wanna steal yer guns!
If I pop out the other end of our troubles, I’m trying to decide on my own new Hunkergun. Maybe something odd, like a Five-seveN or a stainless Browning BLR takedown in .223
I’ve also had this fascination lately with sporter versions of Saiga rifles. A sporter Saiga 12 might be what all the cool kids own.
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Posted by: scenes | 02 April 2020 at 08:58 AM
Yes….now that “Tippy” Johnson has solved Guams problems he has decided to be the latest sacrificial lamb for gun control.
Good for him!
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Now that is one nice weapon. 10mm,, DAMN!! You can’t go wrong with Sig.
Now find a place to let it bark.
But get yourself some “snap caps” to work on your dry fire.
I’m of the old school of not dry firing a weapon without a dummy round. (I broke a hammer doing that a long time back.)
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Only in trump’s America — After receiving threats, Dr. Anthony Fauci now has to have personal security at all times even at his home. The threats are the result of right wing blowhards like Lou Dobbs, the American Thinker, Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, and Bill Mitchell, host of the far-right online talk show “YourVoice America” trying to discredit Fauci for contradicting trump’s statements on the virus. Some have accused him of being part of trumps’ non-existent ‘deep state’ that is out to get him. One anti-Fauci tweet last Sunday read: “Dr. Fauci is in love w/ crooked @HillaryClinton. More reasons not to trust him.” Over 70 twitter accounts with the hashtag “#anti-fauci” have emerged in recent weeks. What a sad state of affairs.
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Now now Dougy,, we know how crazy LIBS get. They are the major
mass shooters, and twist off so readily.
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Guns. I, too, have been thinking about getting a new firearm. In an age of potential civil unrest (due to a potential economic collapse) and people becoming quite ‘undisciplined and doing the Lord of the Flies chant,, the Gun owner is the first and last defense to protect family, property, and self. First and last defense.
Which brings up an interesting question. If jails are throwing open their doors to let criminals out (to protect inmates from catching the Chi-Com Poo, they why are they threatening to arrest folks for taking a Sunday drive? Where are going to put the arrested?
I have been in a situation (similar to The Great Hunkering) where LE or emergency services could not make it in for days, where stores were closed, where people got cabin fever, where food supplies were running low….and after 2-3 days, it was crazy police blotter time. People resort to the Law of the Jungle when authority is removed in rather short order. I have been thinking about that experience everyday lately….
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Posted by: bertie | 02 April 2020 at 09:23 AM
……yawn.
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Posted by: Walt | 02 April 2020 at 09:23 AM
Not positive about 10mm….! Might go .45!
Easier to source!
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