[While I'm much in favor of opening up the economy sooner than later, I can't understand the Trump/Cuomo pissing match now going on (here). The President is all wet in asserting that it is only he who gets "to call the shots" on opening up the country. The country was not 'closed' on the basis of some federal imperative, and so it does not stand that it awaits the President's removal of such a non-existent imperative. In the meanwhile, the governors are in charge of lawful public intercourse in their states. As usual, Trump is burning up political capital better put to use elsewhere, and the lamestream is eating it up. gjr]

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373 responses to “Sandbox – 14apr20”
I just can’t let this go. A real travesty of a travesty.
‘AG Barr just signaled that things are about to get ugly for the Russia collusion team’
“”Travesty” is not a nice word. It usually is applied to gross perversions of justice, and that apparently is the context Attorney General William Barr desired when he dropped it into an interview answer the other day in the breezy courtyard of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
His composed, understated delivery almost disguised the weighty magnitude of that disturbing word and the loaded adjective that preceded it. “I think what happened to him,” he said, referring to the president and the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into his campaign, “was one of the greatest travesties in American history.”
Okay, it’s important to pause for a moment and absorb what the AG said. He just called an FBI investigation not just a travesty but one of the “greatest” travesties in the nation’s history. It was an unprecedented statement by an attorney general about his own department’s premier agency.
The FBI has made plenty of mistakes, but never in its 112-year history has an FBI investigation been characterized as a travesty, let alone one that equates to other hall-of-fame travesties in American history.
Is the AG’s assessment fair? The answer is entwined in his next statement: “Without any basis [the FBI] started this investigation into [Donald Trump’s] campaign … .”
Oops, stop again right there. Mr. Barr is making a definitive statement about that which many of us have speculated all along, namely that the weirdly unprecedented investigative team put together by former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe did not have adequate legal reasons to open a case into the Trump campaign in the first place. The attorney general just confirmed that.
But wait a minute, doesn’t that directly contradict DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s assertion that the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation was justified?
Two things to keep in mind regarding that inconsistency.”…….
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/492405-ag-barr-just-signaled-that-things-are-about-to-get-ugly-for-the-russia
Hey, the Epoch Times was way ahead of the curb long ago, along with Dan ‘Bag of Bagels’ Bongino, Devin Nunes, Molly Hemingway, Andrew McCarthy, Mark Levin, Undercover Hubber, Dr. George Rebane, and some low life dreg of society Biker Bill. Just have to wait for others to catch up.
Speaking of the Epoch Times……Bobbie Cross sidestepped commenting on the actual contents of the great post, ‘ Documentary on the origin of the CCP Virus’ to inform us all that we are not to read or believe anything from the EPOCH Times because….
[Epoch Times is] “borderline Questionable and Right Biased based on editorial positions that consistently favor the right. We also rate them factually Mixed due to the publication of pseudoscience and the promotion of pro-Trump propaganda and conspiracy theories as well as failed fact checks.”
Well, those ‘conspiracy theories’ had to all do with The Russian Collusion Delusion Hoax horseshit the previous administration (and its hold overs) and Hillary Rodclam Clinton borderline Questionable and Right Biased based on editorial positions that consistently favor the right. We also rate them factually Mixed due to the publication of pseudoscience and the promotion of pro-Trump propaganda and conspiracy theories as well as failed fact checks.” orchestrated to frame Trump with a pile of bold faced lies. And yes, they could not have done the dastardly deeds without the vast participation of the Enemy of the People. And every thing the Epoch Times wrote about in their “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy(s) turned out to be true. I never took Bobbie Sue as one as stupid and ignorant as Mary Wannabee, but I might have to rethink that belief in light of new I formation.
Whatever you say Bobbie. You guaranteed Trump would be gone by Spring, 2017, 2019, 2020. And you get all your beyond reproach’ factual news from the Lamestream? Sure, Bobbie, I will never read the Epoch Times again and I will promptly burn any book YOU disapprove of roflmao.
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Another pearl of wisdom from the same crew that built the Wuhan sars mortality projections for the US, which are currently actually running at a 1% level much like the regular old flu –
Paris climate goals failure ‘could cost world $600 tn’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/paris-climate-goals-failure-could-cost-world-600-160440888.html
😉
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Another Coronavirus Day,, same ole news.
‘Ted Cruz Unloads On ‘CCP Propagandist’ Jim Acosta For ‘Fraudulent’ Reporting. Trump Jr. Proposes Name Change For CNN.’
I missed all the fun today by burning according to the Rebane method. Day two of the small hotter than hot fire with 5 logs (4’ long) on top. This may be a four day burn on the same spot. Slow and clean. Doing the good doc proud.
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Under the category; “We are watching you and we will never forget”
Action Will Be Taken’: Georgia Democrats Vow Revenge On Lawmaker Who Endorsed Trump
https://www.dailywire.com/news/action-will-be-taken-georgia-democrats-vow-revenge-on-lawmaker-who-endorsed-trump
It’s ok to be frightened.
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Moi @ 9:45 pm
Forgot link. Good read, informative and all that stuff. Time to check the fire. It will be an all nighter for me….as well. Might post at 3:am or 4 or midnight.
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Damn it! Link.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruz-unloads-on-ccp-propagandist-jim-acosta-for-fraudulent-reporting-trump-jr-proposes-name-change-for-cnn
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Scott @ 8:01 I stand corrected…
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Punchy
Rasmussen poll numbers are within the range they’ve been the whole year. It’s noisy. Up and down.
Don’t get excited, you’ll blow a gasket.
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Bill: Are you desperate to find a rational to love the Epoch Times? There are qui gong classes in Nevada City.
“The Epoch Times is a multi-language newspaper.[2] It was founded in 2000 by John Tang and a group of Chinese Americans associated with the Falun Gong spiritual movement.[3] Though the newspaper is known for general interest topics with a focus on news about China and its human rights issues, it has become known for its support of U.S. President Donald Trump and favorable coverage of far-right politicians in Europe; a 2019 report showed it to be the second-largest funder of pro-Trump Facebook advertising after the Trump campaign.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The newspaper is part of the Epoch Media Group, which also operates New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD).[7] The group’s news sites and YouTube channels have spread conspiracy theories such as QAnon and anti-vaccination propaganda.[7][12][13]”
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Posted by: Mary Wanna | 15 April 2020 at 07:45 AM
….and that’s worse than the WaPo how!?
I’M QANON AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!
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Interesting. Anonymous is a war hawk and avid W supporter. Yep, Saudi Arabia is a good lace for her. Oh, how the NYT and liberals gushed over her….Libs are the new hawks and those with TDS….along with the ever shrinking irrelevant RINOs.
Here’s ‘Anonymous,’ Trump Aides Say. And Here’s How They Outed Her.
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/04/15/heres_anonymous_trump_aides_say_and_heres_how_they_outed_her_122684.html?mc_cid=495c200ee2&mc_eid=fba478624c
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Rather than fire Coates, the White House has quietly transferred her to the Department of Energy, where she awaits special assignment in Saudi Arabia — far from the president.
I guess we’ll see how dedicated a public servant Ms. Coates really is?
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Hey, Mary Waaaaaah! – here’s the link: https://www.theepochtimes.com/
Why don’t you check it out and then tell us what false or misleading story you find.
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Posted by: Mary Wanna | 15 April 2020 at 07:45 AM
It was founded in 2000 by John Tang….
Mmmm…..Tang™!
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Anybody else getting tired of the Conways? Both her and her fat husband!
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/kellyanne-conway-buried-in-ridicule-for-scientifically-illiterate-covid-19-rant/
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Unfailing progressive tenet – The content value of delivered messages depend only on the correct credentials of the messenger. Without proper credentials, such content ranges between valueless and foul.
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Proving that absolutely everything is available on the internet!
Time to get medieval on Mary Wanna’s ass Neo-Assyrian style……!
https://www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de/cuneifont/
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Totally Deplorable. Trump holds up relief checks so he can get his name in the memo line of the checks.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks-idUSKCN21X079
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More and more deplorable! Trump wants to cut funding to the WHO after interviews where he praises China for their transparency and handling the Corona outbreak.
The WHO has no investigative ability.They rely on reporting by the countries. But Trump needs somebody to blame, right?
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Falun Gong is a pursecuted entity in China. Chinese Americans start a news organization. Now they report that the virus came from a Chinese lab. They don’t have an ax to grind right?
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I really hope this is true, and hope Mary and Emery get their check in the mail.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/14/maxine-waters-people-could-think-stimulus-checks-bogus-after-seeing-trumps-name/
“Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Tuesday evening ripped President Donald Trump for insisting that his name appear on the stimulus checks, even suggesting that people “may think it’s a BOGUS check”
Be sure not to cash it if it does!
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Walt: right! Check yo see if he signed the back of the check! 😜
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Posted by: Walt | 15 April 2020 at 09:19 AM
…..“may think it’s a BOGUS check”
Precedent…..if I saw Maxine Waters name on a ballot I (and hopefully each and every one of her constituents) would think it was bogus and not fill it out and deposit it in the ballot box.
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LOL Mary Emery, You bought the WHO line of crap wholesale.
China can fund the bastards for all I care. The WHO covered China’s ass and made excuses. So much for the WHO being neutral.
Just like the AGW asswipes. It’s all about the free money.
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Posted by: Tedros Tedros | 15 April 2020 at 09:13 AM
More and more deplorable! Trump wants to cut funding to the WHO after interviews where he praises China for their transparency and handling the Corona outbreak.
The WHO has no investigative ability.They rely on reporting by the countries. But Trump needs somebody to blame, right?
The WHO has no
investigativeability. FTFY……! Save for the ability to gloss over Chinese bad habits and/or mistakes!China going to let their little mistakes out in the wild……let them pay for their own PR!
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I have direct deposit.
Yup,, looks like it can be Mary Emery Dougy. Dougy is known for cloning accounts.
That kabuki theater hooker mask looks good on you.
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I wanna hear about those third degree burns when Mary touches that check, if it has Trump’s name on it.
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As mentioned before, I just happened to watch on CSPAN a young unheard of dude named Matt Drudge appear at the National Press Club to give a small talk and receive the obligatory National Press Club coffee cup. I will never forget it.
Oh boy, the properly diversified press laid into him, venting their incredulous outrage that he could dare call himself a reporter. “What school did he attend, what are his journalistic credentials, what journalism courses he take, and how dare he call himself a journalist!!!!” Shame on you!!
Mr. Drudge, with his old style shoe leather reporter hat on, replied that he is a Citizen Journalist. The term was quite foreign to the press and he might as well been taking Martian. Matt went on to explain how he uncovered the Monica Lewinsky Story simply by going on the Internet and reading Al Gore’s statements, which led to one thing following another.
Matt drove the knife in and turned it by saying any of the Washington press corpse could have easily broke the story as he did if they got off their asses and looked at the same publicly available material as he did, lol.
Well, the press was still quite upset that he dare call himself a citizen journalist and ONLY those who have the proper and approved credentials from the proper and approved schools with the proper and approved courses parking for the proper and approved media outlets could call themselves a journalist. They were serious as a heart attack and none too happy with Matt.
The credentialed press’s arrogance was stunning, broad, blind, and revealing. Yep, a real journalist is the only one allowed to break a story staring them right in the face for months,.
Shoot the messenger! Never mind The Epoch Times was shredding apart the WA Compost and NewYork Slimes Russian Collusion Narrative using NAMED sources, documents, timelines…while the now proven liars at the Lamestream media were using rumors, here-say, and innuendo, ROFLMAO. And never ever once apologizing to the readers.
Somewhere in the press’s shoot the messenger tactic was lost the fact that a citizen journalist broke the biggest story of the nineties. And somewhere lost in the credentials of the Epoch Times is lost the facts of the biggest political scandal of our lifetimes (the Obama Administration weaponizing the DOJ, CIA, IRS, Treasury, and State Departments to spy on and frame a political rival.)
And somewhere in the shoot the messenger mantra is lost so many proven facts that lying China government is indeed to blame. I want my reparations check not from Uncle Sam, but from Red Chinese Commie Bastards.
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 15 April 2020 at 09:45 AM
Oh boy, the properly diversified press laid into him, venting their incredulous outrage that he could dare call himself a reporter. “What school did he attend, what are his journalistic credentials, what journalism courses he take, and how dare he call himself a journalist!!!!” Shame on you!!
Mmmmm…..that smells like a jetsy scented tantrum! “Journalists”….what a bunch of whiners!
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It is common knowledge that is your receive and spend your Coronavirus check, then by implied agreement Donald Trump is your President.
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Bill. I don’t recall the resident proggys refusing their tax cuts either that Trump had a BIG hand in. Same rule apply?
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Oh, too bad! if you make more than $99,000 a year you don’t get a relief check.
Good thing I don’t report my MJ grow income!
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Sure Mary Emery,, I hear you can’t even get cactus to grow.
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Hummm. A see a new job opportunity.. “Weed-B-Gone” application by drone. Blame your neighbor.
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Weird time, bro. I just heard that Bernie endorsed the Establishment. Must be a vile rumor.
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 15 April 2020 at 11:01 AM
Must be a vile rumor…….
Yeah…..the wittier of the Bernie Bros are calling him “All beret, no Che’”!
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Do not read anything Dan Borgino says! To be fair, Dan has threatened to permantely ban for life anyone who calls him a “journalist.” You can call Dan every name in the book, tell him he is full of horseshit, tell him to gluck off, but never sink so low to label him a journalist. Its a derogatory term worse than the kiss of death.
https://bongino.com/hunter-biden-still-serves-on-board-of-chinese-company-he-said-hed-resign-from/
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Disgraced Congressman Aaron Schock social distancing in Mexico,
https://twitter.com/sbstryker/status/1250156691431100416?s=20
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Lol
Joe Rogan On Trump-Biden Matchup: ‘Like Mike Tyson Vs. A 3-Year-Old’
http://dlvr.it/RTpG3f
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Posted by: Mary Wanna | 15 April 2020 at 11:51 AM
Disgraced Congressman Aaron Schock social distancing in Mexico….
If you weren’t such an annoying ass I’m sure those gay guys would have invited you “Mary”!
Work on it……
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Jonathan Turley
Red Flags-Chinese labs
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/04/15/red-flags-chinese-laboratory-in-wuhan-cited-two-years-ago-for-dangerous-research-on-bats-and-coronavirus/
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Posts disappearing again……you should thank George “Mary”…..he’s sparing your delicate feelings!
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Always a silver lining
HIGHER EDUCATION
Why It’s A Good Thing Coronavirus Will Mow Down Many Colleges
https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/14/why-its-a-good-thing-coronavirus-will-mow-down-many-colleges/
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When you hear a LIB use the word “opportunity”,, you KNOW it means trouble.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/15/eric-holder-coronavirus-an-opportunity-to-permanently-change-americas-voting-system/
““Coronavirus gives us an opportunity to revamp our electoral system so that it permanently becomes more inclusive and becomes easier for the American people to access,” Holder said in an interview with TIME magazine.”
And “becomes more inclusive and becomes easier for the American people to access” means “game the system”
illegals, felons, under age, vote TROLLS, and even the DEAD.
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 15 April 2020 at 12:22 PM
HIGHER EDUCATION
Why It’s A Good Thing Coronavirus Will Mow Down Many Colleges
…and sow the ground where they sat with salt!
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Guess who was right –
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said on Wednesday at a press conference that he would start giving away ventilators to other states during the coronavirus crisis.
“We’ve stabilized our healthcare situation. New York had one of the earlier curves. There are other places in this country that are now seeing increases in the death rate,” Cuomo said, explaining why he was ready to donate ventilators.
Cuomo announced he would send 100 ventilators to Michigan and 50 ventilators to Maryland.
Cuomo spent weeks spreading the alarm that there might not be enough ventilators for New York, demanding that the federal government provide him 30,000 to 40,000 ventilators for his stockpile.
“You pick the 26,000 people who are going to die,” Cuomo said in a press conference in March, in a strong message to President Donald Trump and the federal government.
Trump was widely criticized for challenging the numbers in March, asserting in an interview that Cuomo probably did not need that many ventilators.
“I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be,” he said in an interview with Sean Hannity. “I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators.”
Recent Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) models showed that New York would need less than 6,000 ventilators even at the peak of the coronavirus infection. The net change in intubations in New York is now falling at a steady rate.
The federal government sent 4,000 ventilators to New York, but Cuomo still acquired another 1,000 ventilators from China and even deployed the National Guard to seize and redistribute ventilators in his state.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/15/andrew-cuomo-now-giving-away-ventilators/
😉
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Don @ 1:19 pm
And Gavin announced last week that the taxpayers of CA…er….the Great Governor of the Golden State will be sending 500 ventilators to different parts of the country. We don’t need them. No worries, they are on loan and we can get them back.
Maybe Gavin is sending them the 97 ventilators he sent out for repair.
Imagine lying in some ICU in Jersey or Detroit and somebody walks in and takes the ventilator you are on. Sorry, grandma, Gavin wants his ventilator back…lol.
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‘SBA Expects Paycheck Protection Program Will Run Out Of Money TODAY As Dems Stall Emergency Funding’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/sba-expects-paycheck-protection-program-will-run-out-of-money-today-as-dems-stall-emergency-funding
What, are they hung up on paying off all the Postal Service’s debts and pension obligations again? Hey, the Kennedy Center got their 25 million, so that can’t be it in our fight against Coronavirus. Maybe they are hung up on the 75 million to NPR? That will solve the crisis. Whatever the hang up it, I bet it has zero to do with The Plague.
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Sick people do sick things
https://bit.ly/3ae3DdP
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Uh oh, Looks like Nevada City has some competition,
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article242011641.html
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Its almost as though the “press” has chosen sides……
New York Times Allowed Biden Team to Edit Story on Sexual Assault Allegation.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/new-york-times-allowed-biden-team-to-edit-story-on-sexual-assault-allegation/
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