[If the US was being damaged even a tenth as much as claimed by foreign state-sponsored rogue hackers demanding money, and we did nothing, then we are over as a sovereign nation-state. Rebane Doctrine calls for 10:1 retribution on the infrastructures of such sponsoring states; none of this crap about ‘balanced’, 'measured', or ‘proportional’ responses that we might take some day when we really get pissed off. We’re playing with thugs who worship and understand only force – it’s time to up the ante and convince Russia and China that the price of cyberwarfare just went up. Gjr]
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339 responses to “Sandbox – 19jul21”
Trouble for empress gertchen –
Ex-Detroit Police Chief James Craig: ‘I’m running’ to unseat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is up for reelection in 2022
https://www.foxnews.com/media/detroit-police-james-craig-governor-gretchen-whitmer
😉
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Bessee @ 631p. Fair enough.
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Walt
I had no support for the idiot with the BB gun in Grass Valley at the Back the Blue event and never expressed support for him or what he did in any way. Please show me the quote that led to your conclusion.
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Not playing that game Emery. It took you six months to even say a word on it, despite repeated references to the attack. You were more concerned about the shoving match at your BLM cop hating march. When you finally did speak up(if you even want to call it that) you sure didn’t have much to say. Along the lines of “So some kid with a bee bee gun scared some people…..” And that’s about all you had to say.
Now here you are getting all hyperventilated about the peaceful protest. All the accusations of the protestors killing cops has been debunked. Not a peep from you about all the cops killed and inured by the radical, feral LIBshits.
Maybe someday before they stuff you in a box, you might grow a pair and answer up in a timely manor.. We won’t hold our breath.
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Speaking of lying bastards,, Biden is back at it about LIBS and cops.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-claims-gop-is-lying-about-democrats-wanting-to-defund-police-says-hes-never-supported-it
“President Biden said Wednesday that Republicans are ‘lying’ when they say Democrats want to defund the police.
The president went on to explain the various ways that policing should be reformed and also denied ever calling for police to be defunded.
“I’ve never said defund the police,” Biden claimed.”
OH yes you did you demented dotard.
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Never said that Walt. Find the quote and send me a link.
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Show us the quote wth a link that Biden said that Walt. H made it clear from the start he never supported that policy. Put up or shut up.
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From a new book about Trump that just came out. The conversation is included in the link at the end of my post. Anderson Cooper reports:
Reporters Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker’s new book, I Alone Can Fix It, ends with a conversation with Donald Trump where he rattles off a random slate of conspiracy theories from attacking the 86 judges who wouldn’t rule in his favor to the Supreme Court. But one major part of the recording has Trump saying that the whole ordeal was the fault of the Capitol Police because they “ushered” the protesters inside the building. Nothing of the sort happened, so it’s unclear where Trump got his information. Protesters used poles and stole police shields to break windows and doors in an effort to get into the building.
Here are some quotes:
“We want to understand what did you want when you said ‘go up there’?” Leonnig says in the recording, referring to Trump saying that he was going to march with the crowd to the Capitol.
“I would have said that you will show — not to go in, although they were ushered in by the police. I mean, in all fairness, the Capitol Police were ushering people in. The Capitol Police were very friendly, hugging and kissing — you don’t see that, but there’s plenty of tape on that too, the Capitol Police, that’s the way it is. I wanted — personally, what I wanted is what they wanted. They showed up. Just to show support. Because I happen to believe the election was rigged. At a level like nothing has ever been rigged before. There’s tremendous proof. There’s tremendous proof. Statistically, it wasn’t even possible that he won. I mean, things such as in Ohio, Iowa, there’s never been a loss.”
“Did you need better lawyers because they took it to court—?” asked Rucker.
“I needed better judges. The Supreme Court was afraid to take it, don’t forget,” said Trump.
Listen to the recording at this link:
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-recording-rambling-capitol-police/
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Lmao. You lostme to Anderson Cooper reports…🤣
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I included the actual recording Barry. Did you listen to it?
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Nope. Lost me at Anderson copper. You are ridiculous. The quotes that you posted don’t say anything. It’s just Trump talking. You are so blind in your rage and hatred for Donald Trump, you don’t even see how ridiculous you sound. 😂
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Barry
This is a direct quote from Trump on the linked tape. Do you believe him or was he lying and making things up like Walt.
“The Capitol Police were very friendly, hugging and kissing — you don’t see that, but there’s plenty of tape on that too, the Capitol Police, that’s the way it is. “
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I saw the video Paul. What Trump said was true.
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“ Answered that question twice already.” –
“Do you believe him or was he lying and making things up like Paul Malarky?”
Complete lack of self-awareness. Stunning to watch the psychological phenomenon.
Tic toc tic toc. Come on, man.
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FB and Hunter and the FBI.
Worth watching a minute..or two
https://www.facebook.com/101043269988443/posts/4473357409423652/
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8 signs of a collapsing Third World Country. The Left owns it. They did this:
https://www.facebook.com/101043269988443/posts/4473347189424674/
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‘CRUSHING IT’: Clip Of Biden Goes Viral From CNN Town Hall Event
https://www.dailywire.com/news/crushing-it-clip-of-biden-goes-viral-from-cnn-town-hall-event
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Barry
Can you provide a link to the hugging and kissing video? Will give me a more rounded opinion. thanks
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‘Biden Claims Top Democrat Economist Larry Summers Is Not Worried About Inflation. He Is.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-top-democrat-economist-larry-summers-is-not-worried-about-inflation-he-is
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So Barry, are you saying you support…….
‘Reporter Grills Biden Admin On Russian Pipeline: ‘Are You Saying’ Democrat Senators Are ‘Irrational’?’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/reporter-grills-biden-admin-on-russian-pipeline-are-you-saying-democrat-senators-are-irrational
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‘Here’s what’s gone ‘right’ after six months of Biden: Devine’
https://nypost.com/2021/07/21/heres-whats-gone-right-devine/
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Closer to home..
‘Gavin Newsom invites world’s homeless to California’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gavin-newsom-invites-world-homeless-california
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Flashback: Biden’s first presser. PBS gushes and gushes and gushes.
In First Biden Presser, Compliant Corrupt Taxpayer-Funded Media Ask If He’s Just Too ‘Moral’ And ‘Decent’
In his first press conference since taking office 64 days ago, taxpayer-funded PBS White House reporter Yamiche Alcindor asked President Joe Biden whether migrants are crossing the southern border because he’s so “moral” and “decent.”
“You’ve said over and over again, that immigrants shouldn’t come to this country right now, this isn’t the time to come. That message is not being received,” Alcindor said as the nation faces a crisis of illegal immigration not seen in decades. “Instead the perception of you, that got you elected as a moral, decent man, is the reason why a lot of immigrants are coming to this country and trusting you with unaccompanied minors.”
https://thefederalist.com/2021/03/25/in-first-biden-presser-compliant-corrupt-taxpayer-funded-media-ask-if-hes-just-too-moral-and-decent/
More up to date: last night
He’s no sell-out: Biden speaks to half-empty room at CNN town hall
https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1418003194643353600?
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 22 July 2021 at 08:29 AM
…….and trusting you with unaccompanied minors.”
I guess they haven’t seen all the “creepy grandpa” memes.
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From the wonderful Instapundit……
Flashback:
You know who didn’t do those things? Trump. You know who is doing those things? Biden.
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insurrectionwatch 2021: It’s sweet to watch Poll run trotlines on two threads simultaneously.
“Blocking oil and gas pipelines”
That’s a peculiar bit of geopolitics. Dunno what business it is of the US to worry about gas movement between Russia and Germany. Of course, the people who actually run the country just love their game of Risk(tm). Pipelines are one of those things you can discuss to death in a meeting room in DC while moving pieces around a map.
Another angle that’s a mystery to me is the hatred Team Blue has for pipelines. You’d rather use oil tankers, LNG ships, and railroad cars? My only guess is that it’s a dick move to force people to either use less electricity or to move to their preferred technology of solar. Solar will happen as soon as it’s cheap enough, it’s not like PG&E cares how the power is made. I guess in the meantime we need to shutdown nuclear, natgas, coal, and force folks to use electric hot water heaters, home heat, dryers, and automobiles. Magic math uber alles.
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Posted by: scenes | 22 July 2021 at 11:29 AM
Thanks in advance for agreeing with me scenes…..
(I’m sorry…..I just wanted to see how typing that felt.)
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By the way, is it even a “surprise” anymore when the Biden economy continues to surpass expectations of how bad it can be?—Matt Walsh
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Progressive parents and professors cry out, “Where did we go wrong?”
POLL: COLLEGE STUDENTS OVERWHELMINGLY FAVOR RACE-BLIND ADMISSIONS
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/07/poll-college-students-overwhelmingly-favor-race-blind-admissions.php
Listen to the children. No wait, they are White Supremacis!
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‘Why Is AEI Hosting The New York Times And The Atlantic To Tell Us How To Produce Honest Journalism?’
The New York Times, The Atlantic, and an 83-year-old think tank that hasn’t had a hit since the Iraq War are explaining how to succeed in the world they built. That’s the joke right there.
The New York Times, The Guardian, and the American Enterprise Institute walk into a Zoom meeting. Bartender asks, “What’ll it be?”
“Surviving ‘post journalism,’” they reply in unison.
I tried to come up with a punchline, but there was no need — just take a look at the event description. “Post-journalism,” it reads:’
https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/22/why-is-aei-hosting-the-new-york-times-and-the-atlantic-to-tell-us-how-to-produce-honest-journalism/
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From the opening of a now closed Sandbox:
Sandbox – 10jul21
[With daddy’s help Hunter Biden has figured out how to collect on all of his international graft accounts – the sumbich has suddenly become a world renown artiste, ‘selling’ his paintings for up to $500K apiece. Daddy and his DoJ are making sure that the art connoisseurs don’t get fingered as their money gets laundered. It will be interesting to see if/how these ‘Paid in Full’ receipts are displayed. So, no matter how they are run, elections do have consequences. Or as Josif Vissarionovich observed, ‘It matters not for whom the votes are cast, only who counts them.’ gjr]
Key line: “Daddy and his DoJ are making sure that the art connoisseurs don’t get fingered as their money gets laundered.”
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ROFLMAO. Not even the appearance of impropriety!
‘Psaki On Hunter Meeting Potential Buyers Of His Art: Won’t ‘Discuss Anything Related To The Selling Of Art’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/psaki-on-hunter-meeting-potential-buyers-of-his-art-wont-discuss-anything-related-to-the-selling-of-art
Let’s meet in private before the bidding begins. Sociopaths or psychopaths?
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THANK GOODNESS FOR CENSORS
The Biden administration has enlisted Facebook to police conversations among Americans. This is because the rest of us are too dumb to be trusted, and may fall for “misinformation.” So how does Facebook carry out its mission of uplifting our discourse? By censoring conversation about hoes in gardening groups:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/07/thank-goodness-for-censors.php
Don’t drown Japanese beetles!
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 22 July 2021 at 03:27 PM
‘Psaki On Hunter Meeting Potential Buyers Of His Art: Won’t ‘Discuss Anything Related To The Selling Of Art’
Yeah….I remember when the usual suspects were just incensed that the Trump Family might be trading on the family name. I guess they just lost interest!
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Fish @ 3:57 pm
They certainly have not lost one iota of interest in the Trump Family might be trading on the family name….to this very hour. Nor Kavanaugh.
‘Democrats Revamp Attacks On Trump-Picked Justice Brett Kavanaugh In Letter To FBI Director’
“Seven Democratic Senators on Thursday said that newly released materials show the FBI failed to fully investigate sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated to the court in 2018,” Reuters reported Thursday.
“The senators, including Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) and Chris Coons (DE), said a letter they received from the FBI last month shows the agency gathered over 4,500 tips relating to Kavanaugh without any apparent further action by investigators,” the report added.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-revamp-attacks-on-trump-picked-justice-brett-kavanaugh-in-letter-to-fbi-director
Lol. I remember when Coons, psycho Sheldon Whitehouse, and Stolen Valor Blumenthal found the smoking gun in Kavanaugh’s high school book. Boof means gang rape, not the expulsion of gas from the anus, usually a foul order. They had Brett by the balls now. Unqualified!
Coons, Whitehouse, and Stolen Valor Bloomenthal are walking talking dictionary definitions of an expulsion of gas from the anus, a foul odor.
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“Recall that the Washington Post used to publish breathless outrage about “emoluments clause” violations from random diplomats ordering a cheeseburger at the Trump Hotel when he was President”
Hunter Biden Is Scheduled to Meet with Potential Buyers of His Art Before ‘Anonymous’ Sales https://mediaite.com/a/bhmnm
https://mobile.twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1418323846495670278
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Brother Ben would disagree. So would diaper head Roberta Cross.
‘Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson Owe You Nothing’
“Why don’t they fix the problems on earth?”
Sure, they could do that, if they want to. But if they don’t? That’s fine, too. The thing is — and this seems to be the part that far too many people seem to struggle with — it’s their money. It’s not your money; it’s theirs. And you don’t get a say in how they spend it.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/jeff-bezos-and-richard-branson-owe-you-nothing/?
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Remove fweedom from the public eye! BLM supports Cuba. Remove it now!! We stand in solitary with BLM, not those agitators in Cuba! They are breaking the law. They disrespect authority!! Be gone.
‘D.C. Mayor Bowser Orders Removal Of Anti-Castro Mural On Same Street As Black Lives Matter Mural’
“Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser has no problem with Marxist groups like Black Lives Matter (BLM) painting the streets of D.C., but had officials scrub an anti-communism mural on the same street less than a day after it was painted.
“Cuba Libre” (“Free Cuba”) was painted near the Cuban embassy but Bowser made sure it was removed from the public eye Tuesday. The artwork was created with the intention of showing solidarity against the Cuban regime amid ongoing pro-liberty demonstrations“
https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/22/d-c-mayor-bowser-orders-removal-of-anti-castro-mural-on-same-street-as-black-lives-matter-mural/
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‘George Soros funneled $1M to defund the police movement as violent crime continues to surge’
“The sum was Soros’s largest political donation of the 2021 election cycle and supported the PAC’s efforts to slash police budgets.”…..
“Soros’s donation is the latest in a string of financial contributions toward groups or candidates that advocate for defunding the police or that are soft on crime.
The billionaire donated $2 million for the campaign of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, who is facing a recall effort after he announced radical criminal reform changes.
The effort included “an end to cash bail, a ban on prosecutors seeking enhanced prison sentences, and showing leniency to many low-level offenders.”
The Democratic megadonor has also funded other local prosecutor races across the country, helping Kim Gardner in Missouri, who released 34 of 36 individuals arrested during the summer riots in her city last year; District Attorney Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, who fired 31 prosecutors from his office and ordered police groups to lower prosecutions dramatically and shorten probation and parole periods; Kim Foxx in Chicago, who ended felony prosecutions for a number of crimes and deferred prison sentences; and Rachael Rollins in Massachusetts, who ran on a platform of decriminalizing an array of offenses.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/soros-defund-police-movements-violent-crime-surge
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Adding To State Water Woes, Illegal Pot Growers In Nevada County Steal Water Anywhere They Can Get It
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/07/22/adding-to-state-water-woes-illegal-pot-growers-in-nevada-county-steal-water-anywhere-they-can-get-it/
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‘Court no-shows by Soros-backed prosecutor lead to release of murder suspect’
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner’s office “has essentially abandoned its duty,” the judge said.
https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/court-no-shows-soros-backed-prosecutor-lead-release-black-black-murder-suspect
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Certainly fits the profile of the rash of hate crimes against Asians, from San Fransisco to NYC.
‘Woman busted for anti-Asian assault spree in Queens: cops’
https://nypost.com/2021/07/23/maricia-bell-arrested-for-anti-asian-attacks-left-four-injured-in-queens-over-course-of-months/?
Blame Trump
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THE METAPHYSICS OF BACON
I know you’ve all heard of the famous “plant-based” impossible burger, which is deeply confusing because I’ve always thought every one of my burgers was “plant-based”—cows eat plants, and then I eat the cow. QED. Now comes news that someone is trying to make “plant-based bacon,” and count me skeptical. Actually, if you do a web search, you will find lots of links to “vegan bacon,” which has to be near the great oxymoron ever conceived by a postmodern English department. I say, with Homer Simpson, that you’ll never replace that miracle animal that gives us bacon, hot dogs, sausage, pork shops, baby back ribs, kielbasa, and the rest.
Our friends at the indispensable Foundation for Economic Education did a roundup of 15 key facts and health benefits of bacon a while ago, and some of these deserve highlight and commentary (in italics):
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/07/another-climate-alarm-loses-its-mojo.php
Even if you can’t touch bacon anymore, you can always dream…….
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Also Brother Walt, while you are here, check out the 8:05 am above. Nevada County makes the news! (again). Friggin thieving low life pieces of human debris.
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Thanks Bill.. FAKE BACON!!! Now that’s going TOO FAR!!!
Can we test it on Emery? If he likes it’s we know it’s LIB food. Unfit for human consumption.
It’s bad enough I’m working on a VEGIN drive through project in Roseville.
It might take 20 years to begin making a profit, since they decided to build in that Roseville lava-cap.
Pot growers have been swiping water for decades.
I know of a few water trucks that have been making “deliveries”.
Yet the next gen mine haters. give the GV mine crap?
https://www.theunion.com/news/this-is-not-ok-organizers-mobilize-in-light-of-rise-gold-survey/
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By the way Biden is up by 25% in job approval from when Trump left office. From the consensus poll from the Conservative RCP
Biden up by 9.6 Trump was down by 15 when he left office. If you compare identical dates Trump was down by 18 July 23 2017. Thats a 28% difference. And you think Trump is more popular than Biden, That’s delusional. Biggest loser in modern history Donald Trump.
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link
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html
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Walt @ 3:49
Opps again. Wrong link. Here is the link I have been saving for you. Darn it. Try it again.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/07/the-metaphysics-of-bacon.php
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The fake news embraces its idiocy –
More journalists admit and embrace bias, dismissing ‘fairness’ in new era of media
https://www.foxnews.com/media/journalists-bias-dismissing-fairness-era
😉
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Bringing back Daily Quotes
Insight: “Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse power with goodness, and mistake law for justice.” —Charles T. Sprading (1871-1959)
Upright: “You might wonder why it’s important to care about yourself. Here’s why: If you don’t care about yourself and don’t respect yourself, then you will settle for bad treatment from others. You will play the role of a victim; you will assume that their bad treatment of you reflects your worth. That’s not true. Their behavior reflects their weakness. A person’s bad treatment of others reflects their own insecurities and weaknesses. People who are strong are generous and helpful; only the weak are controlling and manipulative. The weak look for those who are even weaker but move along when they run into those who are strong. Do not take up the role of a victim because you will continually run across those who want to keep you in that same role.” —Jackie Gingrich Cushman
Re: The Left I: “Can anybody point me to that one time in history where the side that was demanding censorship, segregation, propaganda, radical education, papers to move freely in society, plus government forces going door to door to demand compliance were the good guys?” —Candace Owens
Re: The Left II: “What happened to turn the party of Harry Truman, JFK and even Bill Clinton into a woke neo-Maoist movement? Globalization created a new multibillion-dollar consumer market for American media, universities, law firms, insurance groups, investment houses, sports leagues and entertainment outlets, not to mention the internet and social media. In contrast, work with hands was passe, the supposed stuff of deplorables and clingers — and so better outsourced and offshored. Traditional Democrats were seen increasingly as namby-pamby naifs who rotated power with establishment Republicans. Now with money and institutions in its hip pocket, and cool popular culture on its side, the left would not just damn American institutions but infect them — alter their DNA and reengineer them into revolutionary agencies. So here we are with a near one-party system of a weaponized fused media, popular culture and the administrative state — confident that all Americans will soon agree to love Big Sibling.” —Victor Davis Hanson
Observations: “Earlier this month, Chicago Public Schools announced that it would be making free condoms available in schools, beginning with children in the fifth grade. … It’s time for some brutal honesty. This isn’t about the ‘health’ or ‘safety’ of the children. If it were, the adults would be up in arms at the mere prospect of elementary school children or middle schoolers having sex and would be doing everything in their power to prevent it. But sex is the only destructive behavior that the grown-ups just can’t bring themselves to discourage outright.” —Laura Hollis
For the record I: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi … took the unprecedented step of rejecting two of the Republican members appointed to the [January 6] committee — conservative stalwarts Jim Jordan and Jim Banks. … Remember, Pelosi refused to remove Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee even after it was revealed that he had been compromised by a Chinese spy. But Banks and Jordan are beyond the pale. … By the way, if Pelosi wants to investigate something, she might consider investigating last year’s riots. Two-thirds of Americans support such an investigation. That’s a lot more than the 52% who support a congressional investigation of January 6th.” —Gary Bauer
For the record II: “It may comfort the diehard left to imagine that Washington is at the root of the island’s distress, but there is a reason why those throngs of brave Cubans in the streets last week were chanting ‘Down with the dictatorship!’ and not ‘Down with the embargo!’ They know that their agony is caused by the ruthless despots who for more than six decades have stopped at nothing to keep them in chains.” —Jeff Jacoby
Good question: “As for literacy, how does it help if all Cubans can read if all they’re allowed to read is communist propaganda?” —Cal Thomas
Non compos mentis: “I don’t any take great pleasure … in clashing with the senator. I have a great deal of respect for the institution of the Senate of the United States. But [Rand Paul] was completely out of line. He totally distorted reality. And he made some inflammatory and, I believe, slanderous remarks about lying under oath, which is completely nonsense. I mean, and some of the things he says are so distorted and out of tune with reality, I had to call him on that. I didn’t enjoy it, but I had to do that because he was completely out of line. Totally inappropriate.” —Dr. Anthony Fauci
And last… “I do think that [Dr. Anthony Fauci has] been giving us shades of the truth from the very beginning, but I also think that he is predictable as an elitist. People on the Left believe they know better than you and they think that the common man’s too stupid to make their own decisions, so these decisions need to be made by their betters. And I truly think that he believes that he knows better. … He calculates what the people need to hear and he tells them that regardless of whether it’s true.” —Senator Rand Paul
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Fake news Emery. Biden’s mins is shot,, just as far gone as yours.
You must have missed the train wreck of a town hall on CNN.
A real mental dumpster fire.
Oh… The VERY pretty Gavin is in deep shit. I guess you ignored that poll.
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Not fake news Walt those are the actual numbers and he comparison to Trump is real. Wishful thinking on your part. Now you may not llike the polls but the numbers are real.
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Real numbers? when you call only LIBS,, you get LIB results.
Your hero Gavin is within the margin of LOSING.
Biden is unfit for office.
But keep right on fellating that DEM donkey.(you better look that one up) That donkey is smoking so much,, it will have COPD before Biden drops dead.
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