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[ (Critical Race Theory) isn’t really education at all, not in the sense in which the term has been understood in the post-Enlightenment era. It is closer to pre-Enlightenment religious instruction: the imparting of doctrinal truth with the practical aim of saving souls and reordering the world. Hence its migration from college campuses to K-12 schools, where its practitioners expect to find supple and more-suggestible minds. They have taken to heart the old Jesuit maxim about the first seven years of life. – Gerard Baker in the 22jun21 WSJ (here)]

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  1. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Be afraid Emery,,,,be VERY afraid,,
    —-
    PANIC AT THE NEW YORK TIMES
    The New York Times reports that crime is starting to worry “progressives” — not the phenomenon, but the politics of it. I don’t know whether progressives in general are worried, but the ones at the Times sure are.
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/06/panic-at-the-new-york-times.php
    ———
    Mystery: Did Stacey Abrams financial group fund temp agency that staffed Fulton Co. elections?
    Documents indicated link between Abrams-founded “NowAccount” and Atlanta personnel group that assisted in elections work.
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/personnel-group-staffed-elections-happy-faces-stacey-abrams
    ———-
    Ethics watchdog warns that No. 2 at Interior Dept. has ‘massive potential conflicts’
    The watchdog said that “the American public needs to know how he can lead initiatives in the sector while still adhering to federal ethics rules and the Biden Ethics Pledge.”
    https://justthenews.com/government/protect-publics-trust-warns-no-2-interior-dept-has-massive-potential-conflicts
    ———-
    Peter Daszak, major funder of Wuhan lab, faces growing scrutiny amid COVID origins probe
    Infectious disease expert funneled hundreds of thousands of U.S. taxpayer dollars to Wuhan lab prior to pandemic.
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/peter-daszak-major-funder-wuhan-covid-lab-facing-increased-scrutiny
    ———-

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  2. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Manchin is a great manly man name. The Left shows no appreciation for the Senator’s valiant effort to save the Lefties from themselves.
    ‘Sen. Manchin Defends Refusal To Back Radical Democrat Agenda’
    https://www.oann.com/sen-manchin-defends-refusal-to-back-radical-democrat-agenda/
    ————————
    Inside the mind of the mad:
    ‘Biggest loser’: Critics slam Trump’s ’90 minutes of rage’ in Ohio
    ‘Scores of people left early’: Trump supporters walked out of rally after his speech ‘fell flat’
    ‘Tucker Carlson, Right Wing Media Host, calls for more violence!!
    Battle Stations. Battle Stations. To the fainting couches.
    https://www.rawstory.com/

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  3. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Well considering most of this socialist dem administration wants to blow up Mt Rushmore canceling the fireworks is just an insult to patriotic Americans of all stripes. –
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-mount-rushmore-slams-biden-blocking-fireworks
    😉

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  4. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Whoda thunk, part 2
    Buck Sexton
    @BuckSexton
    After months of pretending “Q Shaman” was the ringleader of a serious threat to our Democracy(!), Biden’s Feds are finally wondering if the guy who waltzed into the Capitol dressed in a horned beaver pelt with face paint all over might have some issues

    https://mobile.twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1409300349064822784?r2F

    @BuckSexton
    The absence of rapid deployment social workers and community organizers during shootouts in New York City’s Times Square is really starting to become a problem
    https://mobile.twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1409296900881272834

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  5. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    ” ‘Biggest loser’: Critics slam Trump’s ’90 minutes of rage’ in Ohio”
    You know, I don’t doubt that it was underwhelming. I think that Trump is enough of a political genius to see if something isn’t working plus any kind of incumbent has the problem that they are selling history rather than a story.
    Stories gave you a surprise victory by a populist in 2016 and an administration made up of a clear case of elder abuse and a braying VP that no one likes in 2020. All while the 17 intelligence agencies kept on keepin’ on.
    Unless Trump has some new methodology for politics, and it could happen, I think his best bet is either to become a media figure/king maker or get a House seat. I truly wish for the congressional gig as it’s the most entertaining and the most harmful for the uniparty.

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  6. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Civil War re-enactments have been deemed racist and have been replaced with Revolutionary War re-enactments.”
    It could be that they just need updating.
    I can see some dosh being made by organizing events from the 1992 LA Riots. You could have the infamous Roof Koreans taking the place of the 1/24 at Rorke’s Drift. It’s all a matter of keepin’ it real for modern consumption.
    My very favorite re-enactments are workin’ man folk singers who pretend to know what a hammer is, but that’s a different matter. It would be that ‘work’ is off the table as a symbol of white supremacy, but no doubt there’s a market for tunes written about Twitter software engineers and their defeat of the Rethuglicans.

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  7. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    But of course. It’s the natural evolution. They might just end up canceling themselves, albeit some with their heads in sand say cancel culture does not exist.
    ‘National Archives’ Racism Task Force Labels Own Rotunda Example of ‘Structural Racism’
    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/national-archives-racism-task-force-labels-own-rotunda-example-of-structural-racism/
    Hmmm. Maybe the above post should have been placed under America the Unnatural.

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  8. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Toz 1145pm
    Someone questioned Bison Boi’s competence?
    Awwwwwww…

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  9. fish Avatar
    fish

    Fortunately Illinois has just the type of strict gun control that protects the public from firearms related shenanigans like this….eh Steve?! Steve??………Steve?
    …tap, tap, tap….is this thing on??
    https://notthebee.com/article/insane-dashcam-vid-shows-gunman-open-fire-in-chicago-traffic-jam-with-fully-automatic-rifle-and-100-round-drum-mag

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  10. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 28 June 2021 at 11:44 AM
    ‘Trigger warning’ needs a ‘trigger warning’.

    You want a trigger warning….I got yer trigger warning!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY1H1rZL53I

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  11. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    This woman is sick. She has no idea the damage she is doing to her child.
    BF Skinner put his own child in the Skinner Box, an action that I cannot overlook to this hour without revulsion. The former USSR would showcase their clean and pristine orphanages with brightly colored toys and stuffed animals lining the shelves above each bed….just out of reach of the children. Looked great, but touching the child toys were forbidden.
    I wonder how this sick tormented mother would react if her child was black or Puerto Rican. She has been brainwashed. She has been programmed to react to certain stimuli…or rather, programmed not to react to comfort her little girl.
    Worth two minutes of watching.
    https://fb.watch/6pSeCfsgbR/
    How woke is that!

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  12. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Worth two minutes of watching.”
    You know, I’m not sure that I needed that. I’m better off, but upset.
    Combine it with that choral music composer, the situation surrounding Howard Bauchner (JAMA), and Racial Justice Math, it’s hard to say how to respond. Is there any point in being even slightly kind to the ‘progressive’ posters? Is there any point in even responding to their nonsense?

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  13. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The nice part is the socialist dems wont listen –
    “On one hand, you have folks screaming and yelling about getting rid of policing, which makes no sense at all. And then on the other hand, you have some people totally misinterpreting what community policing is, just as we were really making huge progress,” he said.
    https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/560351-the-memo-michael-dukakis-warns-democrats-on-crime
    😉

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  14. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Scenes @ 1:43 pm
    Yep, that was a real party pooper I floated out there. Certainly killed the flow and fun building on trigger warnings. Is there any point to responding to their nonsense? There is blood on my hands. No point at all, save win a worthless argument. As The Mischievous One once replied to my inquiry why he bothers even going to so-and-so’s blog, the answer was packed with truth.
    Paraphrase: It’s like picking a scab. You know better than to do it, but you do it anyway. Like opening that jar in the closet the science teacher told the students to take home, put it in a closet, and don’t open it the end of the year. Science experiment. You know you should not open it, but you open it anyway.
    I offer no excuse, save Andy Capp’s, “I have will power, but I refuse to be a slave to it.”
    ———————-
    After a few moments, this podcast gets good. Nails it. Why respond? Quilty as charged….but I have made process. There is a lot I do not post anymore. Why bother? Too upsetting and what’s the point? They can be stupid or evil, all ends up the same. It’s Death Match 2021, and updated version of the B movie Death Race 2000.
    We, as country, are leaderless right now.
    https://twitter.com/TheFirstonTV/status/1408464598001463300?

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  15. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    What was the quality of our “leadership” under Trump Bill?

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  16. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Blah blah blah blah @543 no orginal thoughts whatsoever. LOL
    😉

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  17. Walt Avatar

    Your really have the stupids to ask that question Emery.
    I see have failed to take your memory meds.
    I bet you believe King George won the fight against the colonials too.

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  18. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Socialists killing their own –
    The top cop in Oakland, Calif., warned Monday of fewer police officers and slower response times ahead of a new city budget that will divert $18 million from the police department amid a surge in gun violence and following a bloody weekend that saw four people killed.
    In a news conference, a sometimes emotional police Chief LeRonne Armstrong asked city leaders to put “politics aside” and lives “before political agendas” as he addressed reporters. He warned of fewer police officers and slower responses to emergency calls, particularly in marginalized neighborhoods, at a time when authorities are already having a tough time responding to calls for service.
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-police-chief-budget-safe
    😉

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  19. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Timing is everything. This one is worth watching 90 seconds. Why even talk to these losers?
    https://fb.watch/6qcAdTipTm/
    —————-
    Same ole same old. At least I am not burdened down with none of dat proper grammer. Always a silver lining.
    ‘Professors say proper grammar is racist, perpetuates whiteness’
    https://www.theblaze.com/news/professors-say-proper-grammar-is-racist-perpetuates-whiteness?utm_content=buffercfd3e&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=fb-patgrayunleashed&fbclid=IwAR1XCTAtKlyHicbOit9UTB6VU8jvCYnkVjJjCH7SYqvts2cwnQSsQL9Ei9M

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  20. Walt Avatar

    How’s this for the LIB game? Move the goal post hoping it helps you win. They did it once, now are trying again.
    https://dailycaller.com/2021/06/28/california-election-laws-gavin-newsom/
    “Democrats in California’s Legislature are taking steps to change the recall process in order to aid Gov. Gavin Newsom at the polls, the Associated Press reported.
    Democratic Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis can set an earlier election date if the state Legislature removes legislative review, which would set an earlier voting date, potentially aiding the governor’s current position in the race, the AP reported.”

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  21. Walt Avatar

    We are so f*cked.. Biden (uh) talking about the air strikes with the Israelis… “Um,,uh,,, uhhhhh”, reads from notes, ummmm uhhhh,,,,,,, reads from notes….
    Pitiful. Just pitiful. The cognitive decline of the dotard puppet is more prevalent by the the day.
    Miss Trump yet?

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  22. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Did they break in Walt or beat up any police?

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  23. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Well Walt what then is your opinion of the quality of our leadership under Trump?

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  24. Walt Avatar

    Already answered Emery,, Not my problem you refuse to read.
    And your commander in cheat has done just what? “Make America LAST again.”

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  25. Walt Avatar

    Emery REALLY misses Trump.. He can’t go a a day without asking about him.
    Funny,, he can’t even bring himself to even utter a peep about Biden. That embarrassed about the brain damaged one you voted for?

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  26. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Here’s peep about Biden, he’s doing a great job. Covid is under control and th e economy is coming back. It will tale a little while because it was trashed under Trmu, but we all know that. Mostly he has restored the dignity of the Presidency. Like he says, America’s back.
    I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Trump runs for President. So far so good. As long ashe’s got expostulators like you on his team he’ll continue making lots of noise. Good work Walt. America needs you to keep Trumps ego on fire to keep him in the game.

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  27. Walt Avatar

    So Emery,, which is doing the yapping? the stupid of your noggin,, or the ignorant?
    And just what “great job” would that be?,, Inflation? ending our energy independence? The high crime rate?

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    Posted by: Paul Emery | 28 June 2021 at 08:58 PM
    …..it was trashed under Trmu

    Trmu indeed.

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  29. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Never had energy independence Walt. Show me that we did. Inflation is a predictable result of the recession that happened under Trumps watch. Just like Obama after Bush those Republicans sure do know how to wreck the economy for the next administration. .

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  30. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Evening Walt. Does this outfit sound familiar? They and their Left Coast affiliates are watching you, lol.
    Right Wing Watch’s YouTube account reinstated after being ‘mistakenly suspended’
    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/right-wing-watch-banned-from-youtube
    🐠 @ 9:38 pm. You forgot to finish the sentence…”but we all knew that.”

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  31. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Energy independent under Trump? Sure Walt
    “How much petroleum does the United States import and export?
    In 2019, the United States imported about 9.14 million barrels per day (MMb/d) of petroleum from about 90 countries. Petroleum includes crude oil, hydrocarbon gas liquids, refined petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel fuel, and biofuels (including ethanol and biodiesel). Crude oil imports of about 6.80 MMb/d accounted for about 74% of U.S. total gross petroleum imports in 2019, and non-crude oil petroleum accounted for about 26% of U.S. total gross petroleum imports.
    https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=727&t=6

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  32. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/imports-and-exports.php
    ” In 2020, annual petroleum net imports were actually negative (at -0.65 MMb/d), the first time this occured (sic) since at least 1949.”

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  33. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    RR’s own Ron Lowe, Paul Emery, with senile savoir faire, sez: ” Inflation is a predictable result of the recession that happened under Trumps watch.”
    a) Recessions typically cause downward pressure in prices.
    b) Expansions (which we are in now) typically cause upwards pressure.
    c) Every western nation I’ve looked up has had almost identical inflation with the same timing
    d) Quote from Reuters:
    “Indeed, it could turn out to be the country’s only one-month recession, and will almost certainly be one of the briefest. The shortest one, based on records dating back to the mid-1800s, was a six-month downturn in early 1980, though that was followed quickly by another.
    “My guess is that the NBER dating committee will conclude that it ended in April or May,” of 2020, said David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Washington-based Brookings Institution. ”
    e) You don’t have any idea what you are talking about, do you?

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  34. Walt Avatar

    Emery never does any real looking.
    “The United States was a net total energy exporter in 2019 and 2020
    Up to the early 1950s, the United States imported relatively small amounts of energy.1 In the mid-1950s, the United States began to import greater amounts of crude oil and petroleum products (such as gasoline and distillate fuels) to fill the gap between petroleum consumption and domestic production.
    Total U.S. annual primary energy net imports (imports minus exports) generally increased in most years since the mid-1950s and reached a record high in 2005, equal to about 30% of total U.S. energy consumption. Since 2005, total annual energy imports have decreased and total energy exports have increased. The United States became a net total energy exporter in 2019 for the first time since 1952 and maintained that position in 2020 even though both total energy production and consumption were lower in 2020 than in 2019. Total U.S. energy exports exceeded total energy imports by 3.46 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2020, the largest margin on record. U.S. energy exports in 2020 totaled 23.47 quads, and energy imports fell 13% to 20.0 quads, the lowest level since 1992.”
    Must have been the stupid doing the posting again.
    It must be the open border policy that Emery thinks Biden “is dong a fine job” at.
    No wait… Giving Putin a list of businesses and corp.s that he CAN extort via ransomware. Yes,, that was a very fine job indeed.

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  35. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    moi: “b) Expansions (which we are in now) typically cause upwards pressure.”
    ‘Recovery’ is the more accurate term, although I’ve seen the two words used in their opposite sense.
    The economy is an unsatisfying topic to me in that it has voodoo pseudoscience, the mistaken belief that the government is somehow in charge and can manage it, that the statistics actually mean anything. Even the GDP is suspicious in how you measure an economy that went from farming, resource extraction, and industrial production to bar singers and internet marketing. Best to just steer clear and avoid the TV fools prattling on about the markets and indicators. It’s mostly BS and you can’t tell what isn’t.
    Walt: “Must have been the stupid doing the posting again.”
    You have to give Poll credit for trying. It seems the Orange Man appears to have twisted his knickers or maybe it’s simply a form of Tourette’s.
    Now, if I were in an anti-Trump (you know, the ex-President) mood, I think I’d dig into his inability to reign in the 17 intelligence agencies, indifference to privacy issues, lack of healthcare initiatives. Trump is just a side issue though. The Left is after bigger game than that in their efforts to destroy Western Civilization. I’m still waiting for the immune system to kick in although Trump populism wasn’t a bad first try.

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  36. paul emery Avatar
    paul emery

    Thanks for agreeing with me scenes that we did not achieve energy independence under Trump. Appreciate it.

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  37. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Been wondering how long it would be until the Left goes after Bill Mahr. He is crossing the line now.
    “We want to ensure that the first thing users see is information from the CDC, the WHO — that’s who I’m checking on! The WHO has been very corrupt about a lot of s— and the CDC has been wrong about a lot of s—. This is outrageous that I can’t look this information up!” Maher added.
    “China does bad things,” Maher said after claiming that there is “nothing political” about wanting to know how the pandemic started. “Liberals don’t want to say anything because [the Chinese are] Asian and [the liberals] don’t think very clearly about this, so they conflate it with anti-Asian hate crimes here. It has nothing to do — one has nothing to do with the other.”
    https://decider.com/2021/06/26/bill-maher-slams-facebook-google-for-filtering-out-covid-19-wuhan-lab-theories/
    Great line: “this is outrageous that I can’t look this information up.” #RealTime
    ———————————-
    “Stay in your lane, slim”
    ‘Bill Maher Calls Out Radical Woke Leftists and MSNBC Can’t Handle It’
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2021/06/28/bill-maher-calls-out-radical-woke-leftists-and-msnbc-cant-handle

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  38. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: Poll Emery @7:38AM
    You might reconsider what a negative number for petroleum imports means.
    On the other hand, don’t bother.
    More insurrection news:
    https://www.rt.com/usa/527888-fbi-arrest-grandma-capitol/
    ” A 69-year-old woman has been arrested for briefly entering the US Capitol during the pro-Trump riot earlier this year. The FBI has been ridiculed on Twitter for getting “this monster off the streets.”
    Lois Lynn McNicoll, an employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, was arrested on Monday and released on a $10,000 bond, an FBI spokeswoman told the Los Angeles Daily News.
    Her arrest came after a months-long information-gathering operation by the FBI, beginning when two co-workers identified her in video footage from the pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill in January and snitched to the agency.”
    “Her crimes, if they could be called that, included walking into the Capitol (while a Capitol Police officer held open a door for her), taking photos with her cell phone, and walking back outside when instructed to by an officer – all detailed in court documents.”
    “McNicoll is one of more than 500 people arrested for taking part in the Capitol riot, which Democrats and their allies in the media have dubbed an “insurrection,” “domestic terrorism,” and an “attack on our democracy.” Dozens are still being held in deplorable conditions in a Washington, DC jail, and the first woman sentenced for taking part in the riot – a woman several years McNicoll’s junior – only got a lenient sentence because of her “immense remorse,” the Daily Beast reported last week.
    Meanwhile, questions remain unanswered about the FBI’s foreknowledge of and involvement in organizing the riot itself. Charging documents against militia members who took part in the riot reveal dozens of “unindicted co-conspirators” who have not been charged and whose names have been kept anonymous, suggesting that they were employees of, or informers for, the agency.”

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  39. paul emery Avatar
    paul emery

    Well it sure doesn’t mean independence scenes. It means we import as much as we export. If we were truly independent why do we buy as much as we sell?

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  40. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    ‘9 Most Insane Lies About Georgia’s Voter ID Law In The DOJ’s Lawsuit’
    From claiming Georgia lawmakers are racist to relitigating 2020 voter fraud cases, the Biden Department of Justice’s complaint against Georgia would be laughable if it weren’t so frightening
    https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/29/9-most-insane-lies-about-georgias-voter-id-law-in-dojs-lawsuit/

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  41. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    ” If we were truly independent why do we buy as much as we sell? ”
    lmfao.

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  42. George Rebane Avatar

    scenes 918am – capitalism and markets are an eternal mystery to the Left. It is good that these pages also help communicate this perennial truth. I too am “lmfao”.

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  43. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    “On the other hand, don’t bother.” ——Scenes
    ———-
    ‘Inside Schools That Do Amazing Work With America’s Neediest Kids’
    Charter schools could be the solution to the vast disparities in schooling quality that plague the American system
    “There’s no bigger issue in America today than whether the country is doing enough to provide equal opportunity for people of all races and backgrounds. Charter schools are a mechanism for doing that. They’re not perfect, but that’s not the question. The question is, would those students be better off in a world without them?”
    https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/29/inside-schools-that-do-amazing-work-with-americas-neediest-kids/

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    First the Federal Government wants to control and run all elections henceforth. Now, the Federal government want to control all zoning laws, especially local zoning laws. Never ask what else could go wrong. The answer would scare the pants off of you.
    WAR ON THE SUBURBS, INFRASTRUCTURE STYLE
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/06/war-on-the-suburbs-infrastructure-style.php

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  45. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    The Left Kills Humor
    Social media censors suppress even satire because leftists can’t stand being mocked
    “A few pokes of fun at identity politics are seen at The Babylon Bee in its “inspiring true story of the first motorcyclist to identify as a bicyclist” and the irreverent piece entitled, “Female Weightlifter Suffers Tragic Testicle Injury Just Weeks Before Tokyo Olympics.”
    “Hate speech,” they cry.
    ….. “Post an image about an angry female comic holding what’s supposed to represent the severed head of a U.S. president, and free speech and satire are defended. Post a meme about visiting a farm to milk a bull if one is confused about gender, and expect the overlords of Big Tech to subject your content through layers of examination as to whether it meets community standards.
    Standards indeed.”
    https://patriotpost.us/articles/80933-the-left-kills-humor-2021-06-29?

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  46. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Well George perhaps “independence” is not the right word to use. How would you describe it? How about co-dependant or co-dependency depending on the grammar.
    By the way George I’m still curious about why you tout the Repubs as being so tough on deficit spending when the link you sent shows that Obama is 3rd in in deficit spending behind Reagan and Bush. Any ideas?
    Your link
    https://www.thebalance.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296

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  47. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 1235pm – Paul, these conversations would be much more productive if you showed any appreciation for how import/export markets worked. Any industry that has a sizeable export component to it will have that part of its operation preserved for the overall benefit of the nation and its financial structure (exchange rate of dollar, etc). That means we will continue importing some even as we export more. You have never shown much understanding of such complexities and always go back to Democrat talking points designed for their great unwashed.
    And circling the ‘which president spent how much’ barn is a futile exercise when the entire deficit dollar amount is attributed to the WH, without even regard to how much of the budget is discretionary. Again, you apprehend it all with the simplicity of a mid-schooler in his first (what used to be known as) civics class.
    None of this says the spending habits of Dems and Repubs are a black/white matter. Both parties have favorite funding objectives they must fulfill to satisfy their constituents. In the large, my own objectives have flown in tighter formation with the Repubs, but not always (especially in the area of corporate subsidies).

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