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Sandbox – 11jul20

11 July 2020

[Given this week’s SCOTUS ruling on Indian lands in Oklahoma (here and here), the future of all 19^th century abrogated treaties with our indigenous Americans will come up for review. All this will create chaos in the governmental jurisdictions involved, not the least being the status of non-Indians and their property rights. gjr]

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Bill Tozer

14 July 2020

Another layer of the onion removed.
‘FBI Man at the Heart of Surveillance Abuses Is a Professor of Spying Ethics’
“By January 2017, the lead analyst had ample evidence the dossier was bogus. Auten could not get sources who provided information to Steele to support the dossier’s allegations during interviews. And collections from the wiretaps of Trump aide Carter Page failed to reveal any confirmation of the claims. Auten even came across exculpatory evidence indicating Page was not the Russian asset the dossier alleged, but was in fact a CIA asset helping the U.S. spy on Moscow.
Nonetheless, he and the FBI continued to use the Steele material as a basis for renewing their FISA monitoring of Page, who was never charged with a crime.“…..
“In addition, Auten personally met with Steele and his “primary sub-source,” reportedly a Russian émigré living in the West, as well as former MI6 colleagues of Steele. He also met with Justice Department official Bruce Ohr and processed the dirt Ohr fed the FBI from Glenn Simpson, the political opposition research contractor who hired Steele to compile the anti-Trump dossier on behalf of the Clinton campaign.
Auten was involved in the January 2017 investigation of then-Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to internal emails sent by then-FBI counterintelligence official Strzok.
What’s more, the analyst helped draft a summary of the dossier attached to the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference, which described Steele as “reliable.” Other intelligence analysts argued against incorporating the dossier allegations — including rumors about potentially compromising sexual material — in the body of the report because they viewed them as “internet rumor.”
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/07/10/fbi_man_at_heart_of_surveillance_abuses_is_a_professor_of_spying_ethics_124382.html
They will all walk.

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Bill Tozer

14 July 2020

‘Monday Was A Big Day For Democrats, But You Probably Missed It’
With America’s anti-Trump voters and allied reporters in the bag, Democrats know the biggest threat to their candidate is their candidate.
“Monday was the first day of the Democratic National Convention. You might be forgiven for not knowing that, as the news was nowhere. Not in the papers, not on the shows, and not in the morning news letters most of Washington relies on for what to think that day.”
https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/14/monday-was-a-big-day-for-democrats-but-you-probably-missed-it/

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Bill Tozer

14 July 2020

Quotes from Year Zero. Thomas Sowell’s quote at the bottom is another nugget.
Insight: “Let us not be deceived by phrases about ‘Man taking charge of his own destiny’. All that can really happen is that some men will take charge of the destiny of the others. They will be simply men; none perfect; some greedy, cruel and dishonest. The more completely we are planned the more powerful they will be.” —C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)
For the record: “It barely gets a headline these days, but we thought readers might like to know that federal spending for the first nine months of fiscal 2020 hit a record $5.005 trillion. Congratulations to everyone, and especially young Americans. You’ll be paying for it the rest of your lives.” —The Wall Street Journal
Race bait: “As the Washington football team finally gives up its racist slur of a name, there is one major sports team that has avoided the spotlight and resisted meaningful engagement with the violent and racist implications of its name. To know the full history of the Texas Rangers is to understand that the team’s name is not so far off from being called the Texas Klansmen.” —The Washington Post’s Karen Attiah
Non compos mentis: “Republicans are all upset that I’m connecting the dots between poverty and crime. I know most of them haven’t experienced or seen these issues first hand, but I have. This may be hard for them to admit, but poverty and crime are highly linked, both violent & nonviolent alike.” —Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez
Braying jackass, Part I: “I think it is a fair point to raise as to whether or not, if [Trump] loses, he’s going to go quietly or not. And we have to be ready for that.” —Hillary Clinton
Braying jackass, Part II: “Republicans have two prongs to their strategy to try to win. The first is: Try to prevent many people who they think won’t vote for them from voting. So, make the lines really long… Try to make vote by mail as difficult as possible, when in fact that is how Donald Trump votes.” —Hillary Clinton
Braying jackass, Part III: “Look, I want a fair election. If people get to vote and they, for whatever reason, vote for Donald Trump, OK, we’ll accept it. Not happily. But I don’t think that’s what will happen, because I think the more people who can actually get to the polls, whether by mail or in person, and get their votes counted, then we are going to have the kind of election we should have. And then it will be a win both in the popular vote and the Electoral College.” —Hillary Clinton
And last… “Competition is enormously important, because human beings are so fallible. If you insulate people from paying the price of being wrong, you’re going to get a lot of wrong things done.” —Thomas Sowell
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This meme has been around for awhile, but I see it is now back in the forefront on conservative sites. Glad they finally caught up with us “dregs of society“ (Joe Biden’s label for us here on RR) and are posting it. So, I might as well be a sheeple and post it too…just because.
https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/a.82108390913/10157541930610914/?
Whoa Nelly! One for the road:
https://patriot.imgix.net/951d9a2e8c314b4384716d4d59a41aa529e2b97404f399b5856b072df021d2c3.jpg?

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George Rebane

14 July 2020

re BillT 105pm – Sowell’s meme has been a regular on RR for over a decade, as it explains away the incompetency of government. It’s good to see it beginning to get some wholesale traction.

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fish

14 July 2020

Posted by: Bill Tozer | 14 July 2020 at 10:38 AM
Oooh Bill…..not just the “Orangeskins” jersey…..but the NBA Jersey with the “Kill Cops” message on the back!

NBA Panics, Backtracks After Store Sales Rep. Tells Reporter He Can’t Buy a “Free Hong Kong” Jersey, But He CAN Buy a “Kill Cops” Jersey (AUDIO)NBA Panics, Backtracks After Store Sales Rep. Tells Reporter He Can’t Buy a “Free Hong Kong” Jersey, But He CAN Buy a “Kill Cops” Jersey (AUDIO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/nba-panics-backtracks-store-sales-rep-tells-reporter-cant-buy-free-hong-kong-jersey-can-buy-kill-cops-jersey-audio/

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Bill Tozer

14 July 2020

Dr. Rebane. Orwell had us both beat. :). Yes, it is nice to see them trickle in and join the real concern and see the threat to our country. Heck, they cannot avoid it. The Dems have made it easy for them. Not easy to miss to dismiss a 2×4 smashing you between the eyes. The Leftinistas are not longer hiding their true selves. They always overreach. That’s what makes them so..er….so Lefty.
Once had an old mentor respond to me walking in and saying, “Sorry I am late.” He said I was not late, just tardy. He continued that once he was thirty years late, so I am just tardy, not late. Comforting words. I miss that old man. Some things stick.
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Buck Sexton
@BuckSexton
First they tried to ignore the public health threat from protests. Then they attempted to justify an unconscionable double standard. Then they tried to cover up the connection to infections.
Now, they’re admitting…yeah protests spread covid.
https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1282847802675142657

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Don Bessee

14 July 2020

Ya got that right –
Georgia Democrat rips Biden’s ‘record of failure’, says ‘it’s just too late’ for former vice president
https://www.foxnews.com/media/georgia-dem-vernon-jones-biden-record-failure
😉

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Don Bessee

14 July 2020

RBG is in the shop for a tune up –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-admitted-to-hospital-for-treatment-of-a-possible-infection-supreme-court-says
😉

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scenes

14 July 2020

re: Don B.@2:57PM
Oh jeez. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Amarante Cordova of the courts.
I wish her well. The last thing we need right now is Democrats lighting forest fires just in case Drumpf appoints a pro-Constitution justice.
It probably wouldn’t make any difference, the 17 members of the Supreme Court will build a utopia on Earth.

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George Rebane

14 July 2020

BillT 243pm – How so Mr Tozer? Orwell described an extremely efficient and competent state in which he gave no hint of its assiduous and dedicated public servants being incompetent in an environment in which absolutely no competition was made evident in the meticulous implementation of Big Brother’s tyranny.
My own and earliest mentor in these matters was Frederic Bastiat.

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Bill Tozer

14 July 2020

Dr. Rebane
‘Orwell had us both beat’ meaning he preceded us…on a chronological timeline. At least the Industrial Intelligence-Media-Corpatist Complex part. There was some early 19th century thinker/writer who shaped Pat Buchanan’s world view and somebody predated Frederick Bastiat. That’s it.
BTW, since Milo stated “Politics is downstream of culture” and Ann Rand is to have said it, and even some Hate America First Culture Revolution types are now spouting it, I wonder who first said it or said about the same thing? But, then again, I once wondered who first came up with “That’s the way the cookie crumbles.” And, of course, I still wonder who was the first human to discover that picking up a frog in the jungle and licking its belly would make you hallucinate. Wasn’t me.

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George Rebane

14 July 2020

BillT 337pm – Here I thought we were talking about ideas their provenance, primacy, and chronology, not birth certificates. And specifically about what factors contribute to the incompetence of public service employees, of which there were no indications in Huxley’s or Orwell’s futures. My mistake.

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Bill Tozer

14 July 2020

Dr. Rebane again, @ 3:10 pm.
Just reread my @2:43 post to see about any confusion my style may have raised. Perhaps I should have clarified the ‘theys’ and quit pussy footing around. Ok.
All of it (after the opening Orwell comment) is to say, ‘it’s so nice to see more and more
‘righties’ come off the fence and make a stand,’. Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. Looking past Trump and hearing the roar of many hoofs approaching at a high rate of speed.
Better than not making it. Don’t need a crystal ball at all. Our Alamo? Custer’s Last Stand? Our city on the hill? Sure, some are rather tardy to the cause but but this is bigger than Trump. Some are getting a rude awakening because they gave the Dems the benefit of the doubt until it stretched all credibility. This is for God, Country, and Family…or ‘The Corpse, God and Country.” 300. For Mom, Apple pie, and whatever the third word is. Chevrolet?

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Walt

14 July 2020

The “new” slave labor”.. ” Get out kids to market swiftly”- Joe Biden
OR,, insert your favorite wisecrack. There are plenty that will fit.

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paul emery

14 July 2020

Biden up by 9 in RCP average election polling. That’s a high point for Biden since Dec with the exception of a little blip up in June when he was up by 10. Time is ticking and no movement for Trump. Looking grim and I’m sure Trumps handlers are walking the floor over it. By the way, Biden is up by 10 in Rasmussen, Gregory and Bill’s favorite poll.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html

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Walt

14 July 2020

Seek professional help Emery. Your Biden syndrome is showing again.

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Don Bessee

14 July 2020

Talk about a total lack of self awareness @549! Why dont you just repost you 2016 cheers of triumph right up to nov 2nd. LOL
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Walt

14 July 2020

Hey Emery.. Going to buy some of that new Royal gin?
We know how you low supporting the ol’ girl across the pond.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/07/13/buckingham-palace-sell-gin-made-queens-garden/#:~:text=The%20Royal%20Collection%20Trust%20has,with%20%E2%80%9Cunique%20royal%20origin%E2%80%9D.
Things must be getting financially tight.
It’s gotta be better than the crap your drinking now. (your posts may actually improve)

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Walt

14 July 2020

It’s clear Biden hasn’t heard of Calif.
https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2020/07/14/joe-biden-promises-second-great/
Really? with all those ECO regs Proggys love to kill progress with?
The Brown Streak can’t even get out of the station.

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Don Bessee

14 July 2020

The good thing is they are not going to listen, none of them –
LA Times op-ed mocked for calling to replace ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ with ‘Lean on Me’
‘It’s almost like they’re trying to reelect Trump,’ one critic said
https://www.foxnews.com/media/la-times-op-ed-mocked-for-calling-to-replace-the-stars-spangled-banner-with-lean-on-me
😉

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Walt

14 July 2020

I’m sure Emery is pleased that Biden quoted Mao.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-reportedly-uses-quote-notably-uttered-by-mao-zedong-during-fundraiser
Now if Trump had done it,,, well Emery and his pals would still be posting about it.
But since it’s ol’ Joe,,, well,,, it’s JUST fine……
Right Emery?

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Don Bessee

14 July 2020

The horrors oh the horrors. He wont stop buying works of art from the white devils if they are good enough –
“Gary’s removal from SFMOMA is non-negotiable,” read the petition. “Considering his lengthy tenure at this institution, we ask just how long have his toxic white supremacist beliefs regarding race and equity directed his position curating the content of the museum?”
This accusation—that Garrels’ choices as an art curator are guided by white supremacist beliefs—is a very serious one. Unsurprisingly, it does not stand up to even minimal scrutiny.
The petitioners cite few examples of anything even approaching bad behavior from Garrels. Their sole complaint is that he allegedly concluded a presentation on how to diversify the museum’s holdings by saying, “don’t worry, we will definitely still continue to collect white artists.”
Garrels has apparently articulated this sentiment on more than one occasion. According to artnet.com, he said that it would be impossible to completely shun white artists, because this would constitute “reverse discrimination.” That’s the sum total of his alleged crimes. He made a perfectly benign, wholly inoffensive, obviously true statement that at least some of the museum’s featured artists would continue to be white. The petition lists no other specific grievances.
You might think that one of the most prominent art curators in the country—with 20 years of experience at SFMOMA—would be able to weather such a pathetically weak accusation of racism. But in the current cultural moment, it appears not. Garrels promptly resigned.
https://reason.com/2020/07/14/gary-garrels-san-francisco-museum-modern-art-racism/
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Don Bessee

14 July 2020

Well that will keep those guys employed –
Dakota Access pipeline can keep running amid legal fight: U.S. court
ReutersJuly 14, 2020,
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-appeals-court-allows-dakota-232026920.html
😉

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scenes

14 July 2020

Blast from the past #1.
Paul Emery Oct 26, 2016:
“Trump and the Trumpettes are in this for the duration.
After the election with Hillary easily winning and the Dems likely taking the Senate the parting out of thje Republican party will begin. Trump will hold court over his loyalists and split the party and become a Folk Hero of the right much like Tim Robbins in the 1994 film Bob Roberts about the Conservative folksinger who ran for Senate of Pennyslvania .”

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Don Bessee

14 July 2020

OH GOD STOP! snort, snigger, choke, guffaws, hey warn us better next time @850! LOL
😉

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Bill Tozer

15 July 2020

Local news
‘Relief Fund awardees announced’
https://www.theunion.com/news/business/relief-fund-awardees-announced/
Surprised to see Nevada City Community Broadcast Group dba KVMR, Nevada City, $4,000, was not on the non-profit list, but under the small business list. But, I don’t know the fine print. The station already got Uncle Sam to pay 18% of the underground alternative FM radio’s salaries and operating expenses. The manager said publicly that the radio station got new equipment, expanded its internet access and reach, and they are in a sound financial position. Now they want more. Never enough. I do wonder how many how many homeless could be fed or goats rented for $4,000. If one person is food insecure, we all are food insecure. 🙂

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fish

15 July 2020

Re: scenes link to the LA Times post about changing the national anthem….the link that I wouldn’t pay for. Just…wait a day!

GREAT MOMENTS IN JOURNALISM AS WOKE PERFORMANCE ART:

LA Times op-ed mocked for calling to replace ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ with ‘Lean on Me.’ ‘It’s almost like they’re trying to reelect Trump,’ one critic said.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/la-times-op-ed-mocked-for-calling-to-replace-the-stars-spangled-banner-with-lean-on-me

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Bill Tozer

15 July 2020

Local folks…sign of the times.
-6:49 a.m. — A caller from Allison Ranch Road reported two bodies in the creek. It was just clothing.
Always have a cup of java before dialing 9/11 in the morning. And maybe, just maybe, the eye doc will recommend a new pair of glasses if you just stayed inside and called or were passing by at early morn. . Don’t get close, it’s a crime scene! Well, it could have been.
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12:09 p.m. — A woman reported that she was at the Back the Blue rally on Neal and South Auburn streets with her child, and she was tagged on Facebook as a “Nevada County supremist.” The post had been removed.
Ah, when you are an anti-racist hammer, everything looks like….
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This guy gives you Righty Y-Ts a bad name. Probably a Southern boy. Definitely seemed to him like a good idea at the time.
10:19 a.m. — A caller from Magnolia Road and Oakwood Drive reported a man with an American flag was throwing rocks at vehicles. He was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance.

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Gregory

15 July 2020

This is posted as a favor to punchy…
Rasmussen daily is back to 48%/50%

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Gregory

15 July 2020

Scenes 850pm
A boffo blast from the past.
I tried to watch Paul’s fave movie Bob Roberts but it was to dumb and unaware of its sophomoric punchlines.
Tim Robbins is best enjoyed (?) in Bull Durham or perhaps the role he was born to, the insufferable Ian in High Fidelity.

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Bill Tozer

15 July 2020

Gregory.
And this is just the start of the Dog Days of Summer. Nap time. Wonder what the polls will say in August with school reopenings off the table and Shut 2.0 looming?

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fish

15 July 2020

Posted by: Bill Tozer | 15 July 2020 at 09:00 AM
12:09 p.m. — A woman reported that she was at the Back the Blue rally on Neal and South Auburn streets with her child, and she was tagged on Facebook as a “Nevada County supremist.” The post had been removed.
Anybody else digging the fact that ….supremacy this….supremacy that, is little more than a variation of the “You think you’re better than me…” complaint that you can get from any belligerent drunk at a bar.

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Paul Emery

15 July 2020

Unbelievable, Trump endorsing products from his White House Desk
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrAzKiBFUQ/?utm_source=ig_embed
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/ana-navarro-rips-ivanka-trumps-latin-food-stunt-dressing-in-white-silk-to-cook-a-can-of-black-beans/

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George Rebane

15 July 2020

re PaulE 132pm – Let the record show that all TDS sufferers have to offer to counter the horrendous lies, proposed policies, socialist street protests, and pillage/burn riots of the Left are these inconsequential and incidental iniquities, mole hills from which they attempt to build mountains.

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Scott O

15 July 2020

Paul E 1:32 – “…Trump endorsing products from his White House Desk.”
Ah – so that’s what the left means when they say Trump is an ‘existential threat’ to America.
My goodness Paul – you’d better spread the news far and wide!
And here the conservatives are whining about Xi rounding up thousands of his own citizens and throwing them in concentration camps.
Trump really, really is the most dangerous man on the planet!
Pro tip for Paul – be watching here for news of when it’s safe for you to crawl out from under your bed.
Maybe when Biden is elected senator…

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Gregory

15 July 2020

Goya! Now I remember, that’s the company that makes the cookies that were made stale when fresh from the factory, sold in the Mexican food isle of even Nevada County supers.
I’m gonna buy a package today!

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Todd Juvinall

15 July 2020

GOYA is a great and compassionate company. While Paul Emery was whining about Trump they were giving away thousands of pounds to the needy. Paul Emery is a scrooge.

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fish

15 July 2020

Saddest/Funniest thing you will read today!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/meet-the-clinton-staffer-who-has-devoted-his-life-to-her-cause-will-it-be-worth-it/2016/01/28/466d39fa-c12e-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html
Story is relevant because just today this fine lad was just quoted today as calling Marcia Blackburn (whatever your opinion of her) inbred racist trash. Frankly he sounds like a guy who probably has bodies buried in a crawlspace somewhere and the WaPo piece was delightfully horrifying.
Most guys his age are chasing tail….he was volunteering for the Clinton campaign……and in a really creepily off putting and obsessive way!
https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/14/adam-parkhomenko-black-lives-matter-marsha-blackburn-inbred-racist-trash/

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The Estonian Fox

15 July 2020

The killers of the Bayonne, France, bus driver have finally been identified publicly.
On 10 July 2020 it was announced that the driver had died. Two men were charged with attempted murder, two others with non-assistance to a person in danger and a fifth with attempting to hide a suspect. The four culprits of the attack, Mohamed C., Mohammed A., Moussa B. and Selim Z., were later revealed to have previous extensive criminal records.
From my 11Jul2020 7:35PM quiz, the correct answer is: 4 members of the Religion of Peace. But you probably guessed that already.

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Walt

15 July 2020

I should send Trump some of MY BBQ cooking just to get may name uttered by Trump,,, just to stroke out Emery.

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scenes

15 July 2020

Today, in Clownworld News.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/13/jos-cervical-cancer-charity-trans-non-binary-smear-test-intersex-transphobia-gender-identity/

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Paul Emery

15 July 2020

So George appareantly you have no problem with Trump advertising from the white house a private business

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Bill Tozer

15 July 2020

Better late than never. Daily Quotes…tonight.
Insight: “He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world.” —Epitaph, George Washington Carver
Observations: “I suspect that the very journalists who scoff at Trump’s description of the culture war all know that if they or their colleagues say something disparaging or even skeptical about Black Lives Matter, their jobs would instantly be at risk.” —Rich Lowry
Friendly fire, Part I: “It’s factually impossible that somebody committed a crime so they could pay their rent.” —Gov. Andrew Cuomo memo to AOC
Friendly fire, Part II: “NY state has lost more than 32,000 lives to COVID-19. So while it’s great that the numbers have gone down, it’s perplexing to see crowing, Cuomo going on Fallon, etc. No other state has lost as many lives, not even close. … Yes, this has been a major challenge for every leader, but New York’s leaders do not have a success story to tell. It’s been about missteps and late actions.” —CNN’s Jake Tapper
Alpha jackass: “You are inbred racist trash. Please f—k off.” —Democrat strategist Adam Parkhomenko to GOP Senator Marsha Blackburn
Grand delusions: “I’m not a fan of the terminology ‘defunding the police’ because it’s been manipulated and misunderstood by many. I think that there is a place for, in certain local circumstances depending on what is going on in the particular area, to reimagine, re-envision the role that police play, to get them out of some of the work that they customarily do that is more akin to social work than traditional policing.” —Susan Rice
The BIG Lie: “Science tells us we have nine years before the [climate change] damage is irreversible.” —Joe Biden
And last… “The ‘experts’ and media continue to tell us #BlackLivesMatter protests are safe, but allowing businesses to open safely and kids go back to school are not. And they wonder why Americans have lost faith in them.” —Dinesh D’Souza
https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/a.82108390913/10157547620810914/?

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Walt

16 July 2020

Poor Emery.. Memory gone South again? Forget your boy “O”
shilling for Solyndra from the W.H.?
Show us the statute that prohibits the President from mentioning a business by name. Or being PRO business for that matter.
Now YOU have mentioned YOURS on these pages.. Seems you owe George some money. We know how you feel about others and “free” advertisement.

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fish

16 July 2020

In regards to new WaPo article about skyrocketing gun purchases…….

So, as usual, Republicans buying guns somehow leads to Democrats shooting each other.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/15/gun-sales-jump-protests-coronavirus/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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Bill Tozer

16 July 2020

Re: The Washington Redskins name ideas.
The Navajo Tribe is the (most likely) largest Native American tribe in America and they have politely suggested that the Redskins look at the name Code Talkers. I disagree because the name is two words; not good for franchise marketing. Mets, Dolphins, Browns, Giants, Orioles, etc, are all one word. Sure, there are exceptions like the Blue Jays, but even the Devil Rays dropped their name to the Rays. Easier marketing, fits on a tee shirt.
The other reason I do not favor with the name Code Talkers is the Navajo Nation is a whole galaxy away from DC in distance and mind set. Different universes and not exactly what one thinks of when they hear Washington DC. Plus, the Navajos do not represent the DC region, not by any stretch of the imagination. Not an East Coast Tribe or even associated with with anything East of the Mississippi, Furthermore, Code Talkers (Wind Talkers) was pioneered by the Cherokee and Choctaw peoples in the Great War, aka, World War 1.
So, I suggest the new name off the Redskins be the Blackfeet since the existing franchise logo is modeled after a Blackfoot Indian, the same face found on the head of the Buffalo Nickel. If any reader out there wants to receive him-herself of those racists Buffalo Head Nickels laying around in a drawer or wooden box, I will be more than happy to relief you of such a dark burden for free. Just trying to help a SJW out.
Go Blackfeet!

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George Rebane

16 July 2020

fish 737am – Correlation my ass! That causal connection explains away why the Dems are so anti-2A. They really do care about black lives, and have discovered the surefire way to save them. We should all be more understanding. Thank you Mr fish.

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George Rebane

16 July 2020

BillT 830am – Daniel Henninger has a priceless essay ‘Oh Yes, Ban the Redskins’ on renaming all kinds athletic teams in the 16jul20 WSJ (unfortunately paywalled). Where will it all stop? Does it even need to stop? Virtue signalling forever!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/oh-yes-ban-the-redskins-11594854707

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Todd Juvinall

16 July 2020

Talked to some friends yesterday who have friends that work at the Union Newspaper. Apparently it is close to kaput. And with Hamilton and Rogers in charge I can see why.

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scenes

16 July 2020

Walt: “Show us the statute that prohibits the President from mentioning a business by name.”
It doesn’t seem to have stopped a First Lady.
https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2013/02/27/first-lady-michelle-obama-celebrates-walmarts-progress-on-making-food-healthier-and-more-affordable
It probably didn’t hurt book sales on whatever gawdawful tome she might have written back then.

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