[In the intro to the last Sandbox, my invitation to readers to discuss the dollar-value of human life went over like a turd in a punchbowl. It appears that the best approach to discussing the value of human lives is just to bloviate with a lot of virtue signalling thrown in. That's supposed to divert the reader from discovering that the writer has no idea what he's talking about. Public policies are supposed to be made with some regard to a broadly agreed on dollar-value of a human life, but only, I guess, if the public gives a damn. Oh well. gjr]
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440 responses to “Sandbox – 24jun20”
Your DrudgeReport always timely headline of the day…….
Now I just want to say that had either of you, “Mary” or Punchy been included in the competition I honestly believe that you would have given either of them a strong run for the title of who is fastest losing command of their mental faculties.
Just wanted to get that on the record…….
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Posted by: Mary Wanna | 01 July 2020 at 10:46 AM
Lauren Boebert thinks that you are a flabby idiot!
Qanon told me to say that.
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” Time to move to Rifle, CO?”
I don’t mind the look of it, but it’s a tad too big a town.
Besides, it would be foolish to move to yet another state that has a tumor of Blue Mob urbanites trying to build a utopia.
Never say never though. It’s easy enough to gauge the livability of a place. BLM protests? y/n. Big homeless problem? y/n. Reasonably compact downtowns? y/n. These serve as good proxies for a load of other issues.
It’s a pity that this area only has one out of three, but it didn’t used to be this way.
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“Seattle Mayor Moves to Expel Wacky Socialist Councilwoman Who Led Protest to Her House”
It only happened when they threatened her personally though.
As usual, in a world of Democratic party weaponized mobs/looting/rioting/burning, it’s all controllable until it isn’t. Oh well, Hindenberg thought he had a handle on matters too.
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fish: “They will probably fail as badly with firearms as they have with drugs!”
Perhaps, hard to say.
I just thought it should be made clear that Biden (or the people with their hands up his ass making the mouth move) is placing confiscation directly on the table as a platform.
It’s basically a laundry list of all the anti-gun measures I’ve ever run into, all in the name of ‘common sense’ of course. The extreme Left in this country has the bit in their teeth and they’re going for it at all levels. Watching the Speaker kneel to the new religion tells you all you need to know, so assume the worst.
It took a pandemic, an insurrection, and the opportunity for Great Depression II to bring Hope and Change to the country, but you can’t blame people for trying. WWI brought the benefits of Bolshevism to Russia, we’ll throw on a distinctive American twist.
Wolverines.
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Posted by: scenes | 01 July 2020 at 12:03 PM
Do we know how a mayor winds up with a 7 million dollar (rumor has it) home?
Never mind…….second or third generation political grifter.
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Hey, Paul ‘n Mary. Check out your people. You should be proud as punch (so to speak).
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1278226800317919234
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Posted by: scenes | 01 July 2020 at 12:19 PM
It will go very badly, very publicly for a few I grant you. But there are just going to be too many to go after.
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Wow….that’s “Nevada City Democrat” lack of self-awareness on display in the video. Pre-transition hula boy was especially adorable.
This whole thing has degenerated into an opportunity for the spoiled children of the “revolution” to preen and prance for their friends on TikTok and Snapchat.
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lol. It sure didn’t take /pol long to track this dude down.
https://mobile.twitter.com/QweenAmor
“spoiled children”
I think it goes deeper than that. There’s something really peculiar going on out there.
Bret Weinsten, he of the podcasts I’ve been putting up, made a point that I really had to turn over in my brain. For some reason, there’s a really heavy presence of transsexuals in this whole thing. He observed it in both Evergreen College and in it’s current outbreak. Check out the BLM ‘manifestos’. Check out CHAZCHOP. Weimerica can be a strange place.
Coincidence? Some sort of perfect storm of decadence and sociopath? In his (Weinstein’s) mind, an incredibly tiny minority is hitting above it’s weight. It has to be really interesting to an evolutionary biologist. Once noticed, it’s hard to unnotice.
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Posted by: scenes | 01 July 2020 at 12:59 PM
Bret Weinsten, he of the podcasts I’ve been putting up, made a point that I really had to turn over in my brain. For some reason, there’s a really heavy presence of transsexuals in this whole thing.
Well where else do they have to go….Christian Republican Club?!
The hardest part wouldn’t be restraining yourself from administering that nitwit the “wood shampoo” it would be not breaking into gut busting gales of hysterical laughter at the whole absurd spectacle of it….ugly dude camping it up Carmen Miranda style!
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Fish @ 12:44 pm
First it was the bums shifting on the sidewalks and drug attics being housed in hotels.Then came the gangs. Then came the Mobs roaming the streets at night, the paramilitary goons. Then came the spokesmen and behind them all the vicious young girls. San Fransisco or the Red Scarfs? The ones behind the speaker with the bullhorn, behind the paramilitary goons. The girls. Came in the Cultural Revolution, out there to out, shame, and send all wrong thinkers to the gulag.
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Posted by: scenes | 01 July 2020 at 12:59 PM
Bret Weinsten, he of the podcasts I’ve been putting up, made a point that I really had to turn over in my brain. For some reason, there’s a really heavy presence of transsexuals in this whole thing. He observed it in both Evergreen College and in it’s current outbreak. Check out the BLM ‘manifestos’. Check out CHAZCHOP. Weimerica can be a strange place.
https://twitter.com/mrandyngo/status/1214157958633811968
Straight from one of the Batman™ movies.
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Posted by: scenes | 01 July 2020 at 12:59 PM
Bret Weinsten, he of the podcasts I’ve been putting up, made a point that I really had to turn over in my brain. For some reason, there’s a really heavy presence of transsexuals in this whole thing. He observed it in both Evergreen College and in it’s current outbreak. Check out the BLM ‘manifestos’. Check out CHAZCHOP. Weimerica can be a strange place.
https://twitter.com/mrandyngo/status/1214157958633811968
Straight from one of the Batman™ movies.
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From Drudge…….
Which is a welcome change…..it’s usually Joe behind the young voters!
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Hmmmm I wonder why………..
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gun-background-checks-hit-record-high-in-june-a-sign-of-booming-sales-fbi-reveals
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Hear the news? Warden Nusum is out to shutter all businesses again.. Rioting, looting is still JUST FINE…..
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The problem with dictatorships is they have to keep the BS flowing for the ignorant masses and then they look like idiots to the free world who can see the satellite images –
An Iranian general would not rule out that a massive explosion east of Tehran last week was caused by “hacking,” amidst speculation that the incident was an act of sabotage.
Iranian authorities had attempted to downplay the blast—which tore through a missile factory east of Tehran—as a gas tank explosion at a different industrial park. But one official refused to rule out an act of cyber-sabotage.
“On the explosion of the Parchin gas facilities, it has been mentioned that the incident was caused by hacking the center’s computer systems,” said Brig. Gen. Gholamreza Jalali, head of the Passive Defense Institution, at a conference on anti-chemical weapons defense. “But until we come to a conclusion on the dimensions of this incident and the claim, we cannot comment.”
The explosion damaged the Khojir missile production complex, according to satellite imagery, but Iranian authorities have insisted that it actually took place at the Parchin industrial park forty kilometer away.
The apparent coverup—along with international tensions around Iran’s missile program—have raised suspicions of foul play.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-cyber-weapon-blow-iranian-193500313.html
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Botox Nancy has lost control of her caucus –
The House adopted Crawford’s motion to recommit with 224 votes in favor of the measure and 193 votes against the proposal.
This marks the seventh time that the GOP has forced Democrats to amend their bill by approving a motion to recommit. The Republicans’ victory also calls into question House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) ability to control her rank-and-file members from defecting and voting for GOP measures.
Political experts and reporters have previously written that Republican wins on motions to recommit votes serve as an “embarrassment” for Democrat leadership.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/01/chaos-erupts-as-democrats-adopt-gop-motion-to-restrict-chinese-access-to-american-infrastructure-projects/
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DB @ 5:52 pm
“The apparent coverup—along with international tensions around Iran’s missile program—have raised suspicions of foul play.”
You think?
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Couldn’t have happen to a more useless sack of estrogen and smug!
https://twitter.com/DurdenTylerX/status/1277232701137879040
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If you measure enthusiasm by dollars its no contest –
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $266 million (£213 million) during the second quarter, including $131 million in June, a joint committee said on Wednesday.
“The Trump campaign’s monumental June fundraising haul proves that people are voting with their wallets and that enthusiasm behind President Trump’s re-election is only growing,” said Trump 2020 Campaign Manager Brad Parscale.
Trump, who has been campaigning for a second term since 2017, still has far more cash on hand ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Trump and the Republican Party ended the quarter with over $295 million cash on hand, the committee said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-election-campaign-says-raises-233103641.html
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What a POS sellout to the chi coms. As if there is some moral equivalence –
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/07/01/nba-chief-adam-silver-hopes-for-mutual-respect-between-american-chinese-values/
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re DonG 711pm – There is no need for us to respect chicom values – their’s are reprehensible and they don’t respect ours. Our only duty is to understand them well enough so that we can defend against their subterfuges, and in the larger arena avoid nuclear war. The rest of it is bullshit.
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Provo Utah shooter in heap big life altering trouble. Shot too close to a HWY.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/blm-protester-will-be-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-shooting-at-driver-during-utah-protest
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DonB: “If you measure enthusiasm by dollars its no contest”
I expect that Biden will snag more money if donors decide his chance is really good. Gotta pay to play. No doubt some still feel cheated by the huge money they spent on Her Nibs and got nothin’ in return.
As usual, I see that Trump receives far more from small donors than Biden does (57% vs 40%) but given who the Democrats’ real constituents are I can’t say that I’m surprised.
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Yesterday i finally glanced at the polls. Trump has a 33% chance of winning. That is after his two week nosedive and way ahead of where we in June and the first week of Nov, 2016.
Yep, I will take those those odds all day long. Means our nation has a one in three chance of surviving the Unhinged Mob that is addicted to outrage.
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CHAZY CHOP is no more. Disgusting the piles of trash they left in their wake. Hard to tell the gargbage on the street from the human garbage on the street.
https://www.facebook.com/101043269988443/posts/3302104509882287/
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More on the plan to urbanize towns and suburbs. Stack and pack. No road repair for you.
‘Biden and Dems Are Set to Abolish the Suburbs‘
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-and-dems-are-set-to-abolish-the-suburbs/?
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Morn’n Bill.. That little earthquake get you up early?
(2.6) just down the hill from ya’.
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Morning Walt! Rattlers are out, FYI. I mean the reptile snakes, as well as the Lefty reptilians. No on feeling the quake.
Since I am here, a quote:
“I’ve been tested [for cognitive decline] and I’m constantly tested.” —Joe Biden
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Not yet Fish. Not yet. 😂
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Rasmussen
46%
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George
Biden lead-248-204 in 270towin.com consensus electoral count.
https://www.270towin.com/maps/consensus-2020-electoral-map-forecast
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speaking of Trump & Biden. Scott Adams speaks.
https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1278309835453284357
more nuance here, beginning just after 17:50
https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1278690128861360128
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Republicans – doing their best to hide the truth: Bolton book lawsuit; Mary Trump book lawsuit; Mueller report lawsuit.
https://twitter.com/GregStohr/status/1278684599392940032?s=19
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fish 6:49 – “JEFFERY EPSTEINS GIRLFRIEND DIDNT KILL HERSELF”
Yet.
Given the proper conditions and the proper monitoring, I’m sure she manage it.
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marrywanna@9:05AM July 2, Year Zero.
Blue Mob, champions of truth.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/scholar-forced-to-resign-over-study-that-found-police-shootings-not-biased-against-blacks/
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Mary Waaaah! 9:05 – “Republicans – doing their best to hide the truth…”
The publishers have already stated that Mary Trump lied to them. So – how truthful is she?
Bolton has stated that Trump has done nothing illegal.
Are you going to admit that is the truth or is he lying?
Mary smacks herself in the face again.
You know, self-harming is cry for help.
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re: Scott Adams.
Prediction.
Near 100% chance that a fatwah will be called against him. Keep an eye on the news.
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@ 9:02 am
Good Scott Adams post.
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Hundreds of Republicans who worked under Bush have started a PAC to elect Biden. Called “43 Alumni for Biden” the group stated that the Republican Party had ”morphed into a cult of personality that little resembles the Party of Lincoln and Reagan. We believe that a Biden administration will adhere to the rule of law, ensure equal protection for all Americans and restore dignity and integrity to the White House. This November, we are choosing country over party….This campaign is bigger than partisan politics. We recognize that there may be policy differences among us, but we look forward to a time when civil, honest and robust policy discussions are the order of the day.”
What about you all, will you choose country over party?….
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‘Shouldn’t ‘Hamilton’ Get Canceled Next?’
https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/cancel-hamilton/
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So it continues…..
Herman Cain admitted to hospital with COVID-19 going mask-free at Trump’s Tulsa rally
Less than two weeks earlier, Cain was seen attending Trump’s Tulsa rally without wearing a mask.
It was not immediately clear if others had been told to self-quarantine due to contact with Cain.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/herman-cain-admitted-to-hospital-with-covid-19-after-attending-trump-rally-in-tulsa/
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Another cyber attack on those mutha mullahs? –
The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran sought to downplay the fire, calling it an “incident” that only affected an under-construction “industrial shed”, spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said.
However, both Kamalvandi and Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi rushed after the fire to Natanz, which has been targeted in sabotage campaigns in the past.
Authorities offered no cause for the blaze, though Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency published a commentary addressing the possibility of sabotage by enemy nations such as Israel and the US following other recent explosions in the country.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has so far tried to prevent intensifying crises and the formation of unpredictable conditions and situations,” the commentary said.
But “the crossing of red lines of the Islamic Republic of Iran by hostile countries, especially the Zionist regime and the US, means that strategy … should be revised.”
A photograph later released by the atomic energy agency and state TV video showed a brick building with scorch marks and its roof apparently destroyed. Debris on the ground and a door that looked blown off its hinges suggested an explosion accompanied the blaze.
Data collected by a US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite suggested the fire broke out around 2am local time in the north-west corner of the Natanz compound. Flames from the blaze were bright enough to be detected by the satellite from space.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fire-iran-nuclear-hit-centrifuge-155624951.html
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Gee George.. I have noticed that all of my posts automatically go into the dust bin.. is this so you can review the content before posting? Nothing like censorship is there..
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 02 July 2020 at 11:01 AM
Did you go? Did you get sick? Then why whine about it Punch?
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Snapping back? –
Payrolls surged 4.8 million, the most since the Labor Department began keeping records in 1939, helped by the reopening of factories and restaurants.
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Masks, masks. Guess masks are the best we got, with most good masks blocking out down to 100 microns. Unfortunately, the virus has been measured at one micron. As they say, it’s like putting up a chain link fence to keep the mosquitoes out.
The interesting thing about the current spike is the number of positive cases is up, but the death rate is going down.
Here is a guy down in Ventura Country giving the council his opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_GiViA81bU
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