[My ongoing reunification commentaries saga with The Union augments what we’ve discovered in these pages – that grassroots leftwingers have no clue about the kind of America that their elite leadership has chosen for us, and are now implementing through a bevy of misguided policies not experienced in decades. They’re ignorant of it because their more recent schooling did not reveal collectivist objectives, or because they only consume lamestream outlets which dutifully deny that the Democrats seek to instill the trappings of collectivism in the America they intend to uniformly pauper (equity) with their socialist nostrums. These assume the classic historical format of the Left, applied devastatingly over the last century, that includes summarily politicizing science, education, and economics to fit their overarching narrative. gjr]

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305 responses to “Sandbox – 22may21”
That’s it for me. Got a gig playing music for a backyard party off Jones Bar Road. Beautiful house and yard. Lots of good gigs are coming my way.
cheers
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 23 May 2021 at 12:42 PM
I deny that it was as bad as you claim due to Trump. If the economy took a hit during his tenure it was solely due to the stupidity surrounding COVID.
It was fun watching Democrats crow that, “with COVID they finally had a way to beat Trump” demonstrating again that they are truly the “Party of the People”.
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AHHHHH yes… LIBS praying for the economy to crash. Just to blame it on Trump.. Remember Emery? You got your wish.
“we have to crash the economy, or Trump will get re-elected.”
And the RED Chinese said “WE can help wit that.”
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“Do you deny the very poor state of the economy when Trump left office?”
Do you deny that was the whole point of the shutdown of 2020?
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“That’s it for me. Got a gig playing music for a backyard party off Jones Bar Road. Beautiful house and yard. Lots of good gigs are coming my way.”
Aaah, good gigs. Performing masked? Everyone keeping their antisocial distance?
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Doing children’s birthday parties? Emery knows the Barney song?
Hate to break it to ya’ “puff the magic dragon” ain’t a children’s tune.(well,,, maybe in the Nevada City and surrounding spots.)
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Racist asian hate by whats her name –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-wipes-hand-after-greeting-south-korean-leader-faces-twitter-backlash
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17% of creepy grampa joes voters would not have voted for him if they had known the truth about crack head hunter biden –
The revelation of Hunter Biden’s trips through Joint Base Andrews is further proof of the corporate media’s utter corruption and blinding partisanship,” Nunes told Breitbart News exclusively on Sunday. “They dismissed, ridiculed, and censored reporting on Hunter’s obvious conflicts of interest for the sole purpose of helping Joe Biden’s election prospects. The corporate media has fully merged with the Democratic Party, and their reporting is indistinguishable from crude Democrat talking points.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/23/exclusive-devin-nunes-revelations-hunter-biden-trips-through-joint-base-andrews-proof-corporate-medias-utter-corruption/
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Those covid rules are just for the little people says the empress –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/23/exclusive-photo-gretchen-whitmer-violates-own-coronavirus-orders-at-dive-bar/
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OUCH!! The LIBS sure start crapping on “O”!
“A “parasite” on the Democratic Party is how journalist Edward Isaac Dovere describes former President Obama in his forthcoming tell-all book “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaign to Defeat Trump.””
“”The numbers are hard to ignore: during his eight years in office, Obama oversaw a net loss of 947 state legislative seats, 63 House seats, 11 senators, and 13 governors,” he continues. ”
“In a scathing passage Dovere claims Kaine was at the time “commuting two days a week to oversee the pilfering of talent, money, resources, and purpose for the Obama reelection effort that was already under way.”
“In his second term, he cared about what happened to the husk as much as any parasite does,” Dovere says. ”
And it gets worse from here….
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‘How America turned into the EU’
Joe Biden’s bureaucratic power grab is taken straight from the Brussels playbook
https://unherd.com/2021/05/how-america-turned-into-the-eu/
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Hell even the brits know but will it change anything, NAW! –
Families and firms are being driven away by the high cost of living, crime fears, hefty taxes, inadequate housing, interfering officials, persistent political failures, red tape, raging wildfires and the squalor of streets littered with homeless drug addicts.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9608111/How-high-taxes-rampant-crime-streets-littered-addicts-blamed-ruining-Golden-State.html
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VDH hits one out of the park.
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/23/feet-of-clay-icons/
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Brett Weinstein hits one outta da park.
https://unherd.com/2021/05/the-day-american-justice-died/
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RE Gregory 2:13 writes:
“Do you deny the very poor state of the economy when Trump left office?”
Do you deny that was the whole point of the shutdown of 2020?
I totally deny that Gregory. Since you seem to believe that statement what the news coverage that gave you the information that caused you to come to that conclusion?
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I’m totally not surprised, Punch.
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There are millions of vets who would take issue with the littlest congressional commie caucus member –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/24/aoc-says-shes-therapy-capitol-riot-lawmakers-effectively-served-war/
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Don 10:57 – Further evidence that leftys are mostly just mentally unstable. They just can’t handle reality.
In actual combat she would just shit her pants.
For them, its always what they “feel”.
I would suggest ‘thinking’ as an alternative.
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So Gregory you saying that “whole point of the shutdown of 2020” was to intentionally wreck Trumps economy. what news or other sources did you use to come to that conclusion?
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You reap what you sow and the citizens suffer when you destroy your law enforcement –
Minneapolis police seeks federal, state reinforcements after mass shooting kills college kid before graduation
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/minneapolis-police-seeks-federal-state-180049164.html
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It was the partisan glee from all the usual suspects, punch.
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So that is proof that the shutdown was contrived and organized to wreck Trumps economy? Don’t you have any news sources or investigations so support your view? this is a good chance to applaud some Conservative news outlets that possibly broke the story.
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WOW that not just waving the pony tail of ignorance flag but with fireworks and bullhorn owning the pony tail of ignorance title @ 200
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 24 May 2021 at 02:00 PM
So….do you ever start a sentence with anything other than “so”…..when the end finally comes I’m certain that they are going to find you dressed like your mother hunched over the keyboard in full scold mode?
“So Gregory…..you call that adequately researched….I think not young man!
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It was the partisan glee from all the usual suspects, punch. Including youse.
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Glee is not a substitute for facts Gregory. Where are your facts in this matter? That may be asking for too much.
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Condensed quotes
Friendly fire: “Mayor Lightfoot’s blatant anti-white racism is abhorrent. I call upon President Biden, Kamala Harris, and other leaders of our county — of all races — to join me in calling for Mayor Lightfoot’s resignation. Our leaders must condemn all racism, including anti-white.” —Tulsi Gabbard
Grand delusions: “Pence was taken out of the Senate chamber something like 60 seconds before these terrorists, insurrectionists got into the Senate chamber. … Sixty seconds could have meant potentially the difference between what we have right now and a martial state.” —
Congresswoman AOC
Non compos mentis: “The only party now that is operating in reality is the Democratic Party. The Republican Party is obsolete.” —CNN’s Don Lemon
And last… “Lori Lightfoot is the racist Democrats claim all conservatives are. Joe Biden is the Russian Puppet Democrats claim Trump is. Andrew Cuomo is the sexual predator Democrats tried to claim Kavanaugh was. Time to stop believing these people when they try to signal their virtue to us.” —Charlie Kirk
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Punch… don’t you remember the feeling you had when you realized in Fall and early Winter ’19 that the Trump economy would lead to his winning in November… and the realization that the virus du jour was the key to stopping him?
Be honest, now. Remember.
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But Emery.. you NEVER deal in facts………Ever.
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Here are a few facts ol’ chap,,, The proggy press siad Trump was full of shit about the Kung Flu coming from the LAB…
Well just what are they saying NOW??
“NYT’s Haberman Blames Trump Admin for Media Discrediting Theories of COVID-19 Origins — ‘Made This Instantly Political’”
“According to Haberman, former President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are to blame for the theory immediately being shot down by the media because they burned their own credibility “over and over again.””
Trump never burned his credibility… The asswipes in your LIB news were the ones lighting matches.
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Oh… The LINK… The one Emery won’t open.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/05/24/nyts-haberman-blames-trump-admin-for-media-discrediting-theories-of-covid-19-origins-made-this-instantly-political/
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9-0 SCOTUS says no gaming the system and you are deported criminal –
The ruling will have a particular impact in California because the 9th Circuit Court based in San Francisco had allowed immigrants to win a reprieve from a federal judge if their deportation order was “fundamentally unfair.”
The high court overruled that approach Monday and said federal judges are usually not authorized to take up such complaints.
But he lost in a 9-0 ruling before the Supreme Court on Monday.
Writing for the court in U.S. vs. Palomar-Santiago, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Congress set three conditions, not just one, before immigrants could go to court to challenge an earlier deportation. They must show they first tried and were denied all “administrative remedies,” and they were then deprived of an “opportunity for judicial review” by an immigration appeals board.
https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-rules-against-immigrant-190503230.html
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I am shocked, SHOCKED I SAY, NOT!! –
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/05/24/breaking-the-news-reveals-amazons-black-lives-matter-donation-tied-to-convicted-terrorist/
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BIDEN FUELS RACIAL DIVISIONS WITH BLACKS-ONLY DEBT RELIEF FOR FARMERS
“The dishing out of benefits based on skin color is becoming a huge issue in America. A practice that once seemed mostly confined to admission to college now extends as far as access to interviews with the mayor of Chicago.
And, most significantly, it extends to the receipt of dollars from the federal government.”….
…..”Voters throughout America probably will soon have to think about these practices. Democrats aren’t likely to be happy about what they conclude.”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/05/biden-fuels-racial-divisions-with-blacks-only-debt-relief-for-farmers.php
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The pony tail of ignorance @322 et al here is one of the games you guys played thats blown up in your face again –
As reporting on coronavirus lab leak theory grows, critics accuse media of suffering ‘amnesia’ on topic
https://www.foxnews.com/media/critics-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory-critics-accuse-amnesia
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Here is what happens when you continually get caught telling lies straight out of the talking points for lefties RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA! –
Don Lemon continues to lose viewers even after rebranding CNN show, ‘desperate’ publicity stunt
The CNN anchor has lost a whopping 77% of viewers since the first week in January
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-don-lemon-tonight-viewership
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“Congratulations to CNN for having more employees than viewers”
–mini-aoc
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 24 May 2021 at 03:22 PM
Why so defensive Punch? Is it because 95% of the crap you left here during Trumps tenure had to be walked back? From Russian hookers to bleach injection….all wrong! Or at the most generous deliberately taken out of context.
How many guitar cases did you fill with change, gum, subway tokens and religious tracts last night? Good haul?
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Money for black farmers… That would now be “pigford settlement”2.0
If a Black person even tried to grow lawn grass,, that was a DEM excuse to give that person money.
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What does the asshole know, and when did he know it?
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/24/harry-reid-ufos-new-york-times-american-people-know-more/
“Former Senator Harry Reid believes the American public deserves more information about UFOs.
At the moment, UFOs are probably the most popular topic in the news these days with seemingly more and more information coming out with every day that passes. Now, one of the men responsible for getting funding to study UFOs thinks it’s time the American public learned more.”
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HA HAAAaaaa….. I do believe Trump lives in FL.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/desantis-law-big-tech-companies-accountable-content-moderation-practices
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a measure that he says will protect state residents from Silicon Valley’s “power grab on speech, thought and content.”
“The Big Tech Bill, as DeSantis calls it, allows residents to fight back against de-platforming and censorship, allowing them to sue tech companies for up to $100,000 in damages for each proven claim in a bid to ensure companies are more transparent about their content moderation practices.
The law requires companies to detail how they reach conclusions about content moderation and stick to those standards consistently, DeSantis said during a press conference on Monday.
The Florida Attorney General will also be able to bring action against tech companies that violate the law, which prohibits the de-platforming of political candidates as well.”
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WOW!! This sounds just like a question Emery would ask.
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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis torched a reporter Monday who asked whether the governor signed a Big Tech censorship bill because of former President Donald Trump.
“You’re loyal to former President Donald Trump, and Donald Trump is now a resident in Florida and he was de-platformed,” the unidentified reporter asks. “Is this bill for him?”
“The bill is for everyday Floridians, this is what we’ve said and it will allow any Floridian to be able to provide what they’re doing. But I do think that’s another issue that has been brought to bear: when you de-platform the president of the United States but you let Ayatollah Khomeini talk about killing Jews, that is wrong,” DeSantis said, referring to the Supreme Leader of Iran.”
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/24/ron-desantis-big-tech-ban-donald-trump-ayatollah-khomeini-iran-jews/
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Walt – 3:52 and 3:53 – The kicker to all of this is that Haberman is one of the liars that spread lies about Trump in the first place.
In any case, it doesn’t matter because if you look at the way they’re thinking, it’s bananas anyway.
Suppose some earth-shaking event happens some where in the world and someone you don’t like gives an opinion as to how it happened.
As a reporter, I want the facts of the matter no matter who said what.
Their hatred of Trump ‘trumped’ calm and clear headed reasoning.
TDS is truly a destructive thing.
The left is constantly harping about hate because the left is ALL about hate.
It destroys your mind, your enjoyment of life and it twists your thinking into blaming some one who tried to tell you the truth as the cause of the trouble in the first place.
This is one sad, sick bunch of mentally ill people we are dealing with here.
There is no end now to the madness or absurdity they will sink to.
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Walt – re Florida’s new bill:
You mean private companies will have to abide by their own terms of service?
Gasp!
Actually, I’ll have to read the law before I pass final judgement.
It could provide the social media companies cover for even more drastic censorship action or it could actually provide customers with some leverage to force the companies to open up their procedures and processes to public scrutiny.
And it might just end up being a “full employment for the legal profession” type of crap.
A class action type deal where Beatem, Cheatem and Hyde end up with 20 million and the plaintiffs (remember them?) get a free 90 trial version of CrapWare.
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Poll: 41% of Americans do not trust Dr. F. Who to blame, now who to blame? Trump, Fox, Rand Paul?
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The US intelligent has 100% verified proven irrefutable documented fact that Wuhan Lab techs were hospitalized in a Wuhan Hospital with Covid-19 symptoms in Sept 1. Intel got the hospital records.
Our trusted intelligence bigwigs have been sitting on this since Sept, 2020. Follow the science. The outbreak of Covid 19 followed the route of the city’s passenger rail system and those who lived along or close to the public transport system. That route starts out at the Wuhan lab on one side one the city and ends up at the International Airport on the other side of the city. Weld people in their homes and leave the airport open for exporting stuff worse than anti-freeze in our dog food.
But, that’s just a conspiracy theory. Sure would have like to known that in early September….before mentioning the biggest worldwide epidemic in 100 years origins became a racist epithet plus a right wing extremist terrorist (and/or) Trump conspiracy theory. Even Dr. F knows the evidence raises troubling concerns. He looks small in its shadow.
Man Flung Poo
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We have not seen media cover for a prez like this since Roosevelt, was creepy grampa joe in that administration? None of the propaganda ministrys lap dogs will play the senior moment video any more. Given the video history his mouthpiece needs to hit the gym –
“I know folks have seen that President Biden slipped on his way up the stairs to AF1, but I’m happy to report that he is just fine and did not even require any attention from the medical team who travels with him,” White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said at the time. “Nothing more than a misstep on the stairs.”
A different White House spokesperson later blamed the wind for toppling Biden as he climbed the stairs to the presidential jet.
The steps to Air Force One have proven to be a difficult obstacle for many American leaders, including President Gerald Ford, who nearly fell head-first down the steps in 1975.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-biden-fitness-psaki-trouble-keeping-up
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Gee – what a surprise!
(sarc off)
Maybe the leftys can ‘splain this:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/24/report-republican-states-bring-jobs-back-faster-than-blue-states/
OK, yeah – full disclosure.
A certain state I reside in was number one.
Mainly because outside of downtown Boise, there really was never much of a shutdown and around here locally there hasn’t been a shutdown.
It’s been pretty much wide open for months around here.
The news reports I see of other parts of the country are like reading about a foreign country in a different era.
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Oh yeah – you’ll probably want to know the WHOLE story.
Since Idaho kept working instead of hiding under our beds during the Planned-demic, we probably had a horrible death rate.
We just threw all the bodies in the Snake and they end up going out to sea just past Astoria.
Here’s the details:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
I reckin it’s the fumes from the gun cleaning fluids that protect us.
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When you try and put lipstick on a pig,, it’s still a pig.
Garters and fishnets still won’t help.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-don-lemon-tonight-viewership
“Viewers are continuing to flee from CNN anchor Don Lemon, even after relaunching his primetime program amid his dramatic ratings slump.
Last week marked the debut of “Don Lemon Tonight,” which is virtually no different than the anchor’s long-running two-hour program “CNN Tonight.” The only difference between both shows was that “CNN Tonight” had higher ratings. “
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Never heard of him.
‘John Cena Sucks Up To Communist China, Saying He’s ‘Very, Very Sorry’ For Calling Taiwan A Country’
Actor John Cena walked back his remarks that Taiwan is a country, saying he is “very, very sorry” after facing mounting pressure to issue an apology to communist China
https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/25/john-cena-sucks-up-to-communist-china-saying-hes-very-very-sorry-for-calling-taiwan-a-country/
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