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[Under the last Scattershots reader Mr Bill Tozer posted a link to a very important essay on the migration of California, its current condition, and its journey to becoming the leading shithole state in the Union.  I draw it to your kind attention – 'Be Afraid, Very Afraid: CALIFORNIA AS CASE STUDY OF AMERICA’S POSSIBLE FUTURE'. gjr]

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350 responses to “Sandbox – 5oct20”

  1. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Scenes @ 12:46 pm
    Thats what Michael Fylnn wanted to do. Not eliminate per se, but consolidate the intell agencies and….drumroll please for the real kicker….drumroll faster please…have a real audit (for the first time since its inception) of the CIA!! Not those rubber stamped reviews. Open up those off record books and lets see what y’all been up to.
    Boy, the knives were out for General Flynn. It was personal for the Clappers and Brennans and Obamas and Susan Rices of the world. Yeah, and the ‘I’m With Her’ white devils.
    And Judge Sullivan is still stringing Flynn along, even after the District Court sent the case back expecting Sullivan to dismiss the case. I guess it don’t come easy for them. They never let go of anything without claw marks tearing it to shreds.
    Flynn wamted a review of all the alphabet secret decoder ring agencies entrusted with safeguarding us and giving the most accurate accessments possible to the President and honoring our civil liberties.

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  2. Walt Avatar

    Only a Rabid LIB could come up with this excuse.
    “That sign could start a fire”.
    https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/06/large-donald-trump-sign-appeared-along-freeway-la/
    Only if a Fascist throws a match out the window.

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  3. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt,
    I bet that Stink-Asses sign was flammable as well. If they defund the police, who will the TDSers call when a Trump sign offends their sensibilities and hurts their eyeballs? Here comes that nervous breakdown!
    Must admit, the sign looked simply marvelous; of professional design and labor. Union boys, I reckon. Skilled craftsmen and craftswomen. Or Deplorable types. The unclean. The forbidden. Remove them from my sight!
    They call the cops over a gorgeous terrific awesome Trump sign and then go downtown to spit at and injure the police officers. As Charles Barkley said, “Defund the Police’ Would Hurt Black Communities: ‘Who the Black People Gonna Call, Ghostbusters?’
    https://news.yahoo.com/charles-barkley-says-defund-police-223914505.html

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  4. George Rebane Avatar

    It’s continues to amaze that our leftwing commenters don’t even recognize the nationally significant discoveries of malfeasance under Obama, or the voter swaying material lies the Dems tell every day. There is nothing under or from Trump that can come up to those levels. And even more amazing is the comparison of contributing to national debt by Obama, then Trump, and now Biden’s promise to fund the proto-communist Green New Deal with tens of trillions. Nothing but silence. Meanwhile Trump gets the blame for the C19 stimulus that he and Repubs wanted and still want to minimize. This is truly revisionist history and interpretation of current events.

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  5. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Finally, a sensible get ready for Election Day plan. Get that car tanked up and the survival kit ready.
    ‘So This Is What It Has Come To’
    https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/so-this-is-what-it-has-come-to/
    BTW, all election coverage after election night will be banned by the social media giants. Twitter and gang. No news is good news…for them. Do mot go there.
    Must not go there. No covering hanky panky. No talkie about it. Bet Trump gets blocked again. Not the news broadcasts, but social media’s iron fist.
    This ain’t my dreamed up conspiracy theory. They said it in their own words in advance.

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  6. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    My, Buck is encouraging. Very upbeat.
    Buck Sexton
    @BuckSexton
    “They’re panicking because they may soon have to live in a reality in which Trump beats covid, ACB is confirmed, and then Trump beats Biden-
    All in one month.
    The libs will simply not be able to process or handle it.
    And they know it.”
    https://mobile.twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1313277608394661889?

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  7. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Lots of Van Halen on the radio today. 😦
    I never bought an album or saw them in concert, but being just about the same age of Eddie VH means that I couldn’t get away from their music.
    Rest in Peace Eddie.

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  8. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    SCOTUS is not going to let them get away with it –
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a requirement that South Carolina residents voting by mail in November’s election get a witness to sign their ballots.
    Democrats had sought to have the requirement put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Republicans had defended it as deterring fraud.
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/high-court-reinstates-carolina-ballot-002734573.html
    😉

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  9. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Gman @ 237 –
    I saw them many times in concert, both incarnations (Roth, Haggar) you really missed great shows!
    Interesting foot note before they blew up big they played my cousins birthday party in LA.
    RIP

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  10. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Jobs for citizens first!
    The Department of Labor’s interim final rule will change the methodology of the way in which the “prevailing wage” is set. The prevailing wage is what the DOL calculates to be the average wage of similarly employed workers in a specific occupation — and employers must pay to H-1B workers to ensure wages of U.S. workers are not undercut.
    “This rule the department is publishing this week is faraway one of the most significant reforms made to the H-1B program in the past 20 years,“ Pizzella said, emphasizing that the rule would still allow employers to use the program to fill gaps, while giving U.S. workers a “fair shake.”
    Meanwhile, a rule from the Department of Homeland Security will narrow the definition of “specialty occupation,” allow the Department of Homeland Security to increase worksite compliance inspections before and after a H-1B petition, and require the petitioner’s employer to make the application directly — a move to stop companies from bringing in H-1B immigrants and then contracting them to other companies.
    As an example of the change to “speciality occupation,” officials said that language that currently defines a speciality occupation as job where a degree might normally be required will be changed to outright require a degree.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-changes-to-h-1b-guest-worker-program
    😉

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  11. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Don
    Even if Trumps “beats” Covid that doesn’t mean anything because there are 210,000 that didn’t.

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  12. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    Trump has rung up about as much debt in four years that Obama did in eight. What happened to Trumps promise he would balance the budget? I know you’ll say it’s not his fault but give it a go anyway.
    Debt Obama 8 years: 10 Trillion
    Debt Trump four years: 8 Trillion
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2020/09/27/trump-will-create-more-debt-than-obama/#4267f9f612f1

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  13. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    What the hell are you talking about @321???

    Creepy grampa joe being creepy grampa joe, couldnt tell if he was sniffing as he was wearing a mask. LOL –
    Biden raises eyebrows after telling ‘these beautiful young ladies’ he wants to ‘see them dancing when they’re four years older’
    This isn’t the first time Biden’s remarks have gone viral this week
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-beautiful-young-ladies-see-them-dancing-four-years-older
    😉

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  14. Walt Avatar

    Have a problem staying on topic Emery? Your TROLLISM is getting tiresome. Do try and stay current.
    You should be pleased Trump just told Queen Nan to shove it.

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  15. Walt Avatar

    Here Emery,, Nothing like stacking the deck with fake “undecided” voters.. It’s the fake news way.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/06/nbc-biden-town-hall-undecided-voters-did-not-seem-undecided/
    ““NBC’s town hall with Joe Biden & ‘undecided voters’ in Miami didn’t seem to have undecided voters. Nor was it much of a Miami town hall, which would have way more yelling & pointed questions. It was a TV show that doubled as a Biden infomercial. Can’t blame him for doing it,” ”
    Sure we can.

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  16. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 06 October 2020 at 03:21 PM
    Yeah Don……if only you Neanderthals had only done the right thing and elected Hillary Clinton each and every one of those people would still be alive!

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  17. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    I need to download the TDS translator app @ 414 LOL
    😉

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  18. Walt Avatar

    Portland… ThunderDome North. Mob rule.
    Sounds like the kind of place for Emery to call home.

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  19. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    And the beat goes on –
    President Donald Trump took the lead in Maine’s second congressional district, according to a poll from the Bangor Daily News, indicating a shift the president’s way in a battleground state that could prove decisive in the presidential election.
    Trump’s eight-point lead over his Democrat opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, is outside the survey’s 6.2 percent margin of error in the second district. The poll finds Trump at 49 percent with Biden at 41 percent.
    https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/10/06/poll-trump-takes-lead-maines-second-district/
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/06/poll-donald-trump-nearly-four-points-ahead-in-ohio/
    😉

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  20. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 321pm – You really have me confused. What do those two notions have to do with one another? That’s like the famous Mad magazine assertion that “the moon is only 1/49th the size of the Earth, even though it is further away”. Is that a liberal thing?
    And we’ve gone over spending on presidential watches until the cows come home. You don’t listen or understand the make-up and control of the federal budget. (e.g. all spending bills start in the Dem House) Further talk is futile.

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  21. Walt Avatar

    Looks like discussing the dirty tricks LIBS have pulled are too embarrassing to deal with for the likes of Emery, D-, and Babs.
    Nope, can’t defend that hill without dying on it.

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  22. paul emery Avatar
    paul emery

    George writes ” You don’t listen or understand the make-up and control of the federal budget. (e.g. all spending bills start in the Dem House)
    Trump had two years of a Republican House and still massive debt during those years. Also Obama had years of a Republican House 8 years (Three terms-’10-‘-12-’14 also ’16 Trump ) so therefore his debt must be their fault according to your line of thinking.

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  23. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Somebody with TDS forgot about the Senate, again!
    😉

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  24. Walt Avatar

    Dog whistle Emery is back. Come on Emery, grow a pair.
    Deal with current events.. How bout the ly’n LIB media? Your part of that. The impeachment scam? Subversion by your LIBS?
    Known from day one.
    Your no economist, nor can you even figure out a 1040EZ
    Yup, those Trump taxes sure went far.. You even dropped it.. FAST. But you got what you wanted. Happy? Trump cleared. Sucks to be you.

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  25. Walt Avatar

    Run along Emery, you have another anti cop march to organize.

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  26. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Dunno if this’ll go anywhere, but I enjoy it immensely.
    “CIA Director Gina Haspel and the British Role in the Anti-Trump Plot”
    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16601/haspel-britain-trump-coup
    “I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!”
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313640512025513984
    It probably wouldn’t hurt to see a few columns get pushed over.

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  27. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Thats a win for Tillis –
    North Carolina Senate Democrat candidate Cal Cunningham’s mistress confirmed the affair with the North Carolina Democrat, according to a report released on Tuesday.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/06/report-democrat-cal-cunningham-mistress-confirms-affair/
    😉

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  28. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: paul emery | 06 October 2020 at 06:07 PM
    Good to see you’ve come out of “the closet” to protect the reputation of a fellow progressive democrat Punch. Remember, it was six years not eight…..and most of the money that went to save the banks (a progressive democrat who chose to save banks over the people….remarkable) during the period when Obama and the dems controlled all three branches!

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  29. paul emery Avatar
    paul emery

    Obama and he Dems only controlled all three branches for two years fish. 2008-2010.

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  30. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Lol. The anti-Semetic NYT does it again.
    New York Times’ TikTok Reporter Blocks Twitter Users Who Criticize Her Reporting
    https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/06/new-york-times-tiktok-reporter-blocks-twitter-users-who-criticize-her-reporting/

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  31. Walt Avatar

    Emery. Two years TOO LONG!!!
    And look at the spending in those two years.
    Real fiscal hawks your shilling for.
    Now back to your anti American march planning.

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  32. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    PaulE: “Obama and he Dems only controlled all three branches for two years fish. 2008-2010.”
    By ‘three branches’ do you mean ‘two branches’?

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  33. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: paul emery | 06 October 2020 at 07:23 PM
    No wonder you torture that guitar for a living…. reading comprehension really isn’t your thing!

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  34. Walt Avatar

    Oh.. And the “two years” YOU voted for…Care to take responsibility? (Nope,, never happen)
    The same time he nationalized GM.(Gov. Motors)
    Yup, you stayed real silent when that came up the other day.
    Be proud of that vote you cast Emery.
    Now you will vote for “O”2.0 You sure must miss the “O”loser years. Your stumping for “O”‘s partner in crime for 8 years.
    Spying on the Trump campaign and knowingly making false accusations is CRIMINAL. Your boy “O” KNEW IT. Biden was IN ON IT.
    So your pro crime. Got it. Thanks.

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  35. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    I am including the Presidency scenes.

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  36. Walt Avatar

    No comment on the voter fraud EMERY???
    Or are you obsessed with living in the past? Feel safe there?
    “The District Attorney from Lehigh County in Pennsylvania filed misdemeanor charges this week against Judge of Elections Erika Bickford in the state’s 3rd district for allegedly prying into ballots and altering entries.”
    Still stand by your claim that election and voter fraud is a myth? Speak up news man.

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  37. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Now that’s not only torture but funny!
    for hours and listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark” on repeat, a prosecutor said Monday.
    At least four inmates were secured to a wall with their hands cuffed behind them while the song played on a loop at a loud volume for hours, The Oklahoman reported. The separate incidents occurred in November and December, according to court records.
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/ex-jail-employees-charged-playing-155230727.html
    ;-_)

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  38. Walt Avatar

    Tough night Emery,, Just what happened to your crowing about a BIG lead in AZ? WTF was it? 6+ ahead? LOL!!
    Kinda got BLOWN AWAY.
    https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/10/06/arizona-poll-joe-biden-donald-trump-statistically-tied-grand-canyon-state/

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  39. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “I am including the Presidency scenes.”
    What do you think the branches of government are?
    BillT@7:34PM
    “New York Times TikTok reporter Taylor Lorenz”
    I’m losing the will to live.

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  40. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 06 October 2020 at 07:50 PM
    My screw up scenes! Both House and Senate and the Executive. So the legislative and executive branches. As you say….two!

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  41. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Gregory: “Lots of Van Halen on the radio today. 😦
    I never bought an album or saw them in concert, but being just about the same age of Eddie VH means that I couldn’t get away from their music.
    Rest in Peace Eddie.”
    Yer Van Halen mash-ups o’ the day.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cOosnkWj2g (solo #2)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHp1YX5YBTc

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  42. Walt Avatar

    Yup, blame the Queen of the DEMNED.
    “Whatever the exact words and terms exchanged, Pelosi’s message was clear. In fact, it had remained unwavering for months. No deal with the Trump administration—even if it came at an enormous cost to the American economy.”
    https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/10/06/pelosi-killed-the-bill/
    Over TWO TRILLION she wanted to spend Emery!! Going to blame Trump for that?
    We will take your crickets as “yes”.

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  43. Walt Avatar

    From fake exploding fuel tanks, and doctored 911 tapes, the Proggy Press keep right on manufacturing fake news.
    “NBC News has come under fire after a new report suggests that so-called “undecided voters” who participated in Monday’s Joe Biden town hall are actually supporters of the Democratic nominee.
    The town hall, which aired on NBC and MSNBC, was heavily criticized for the lack of challenging questions for the former vice president — with critics calling the televised event a “Biden infomercial.”
    On Tuesday, a report by the Washington Free Beacon indicates that several of the participants were, in fact, not “undecided voters.””
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/undecided-voters-nbc-biden-town-hall

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  44. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Its bears worth repeating and i can not wait to see them out and the TDS heads exploding! –
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-authorizes-declassification-of-all-russia-collusion-hillary-clinton-email-probe-documents
    😉

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