Rebane's Ruminations
August 2021
S M T W T F S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  

ARCHIVES


OUR LINKS


YubaNet
White House Blog
Watts Up With That?
The Union
Sierra Thread
RL “Bob” Crabb
Barry Pruett Blog

[Mark Levin’s American Marxism has been #1 nationwide since it was published some five weeks ago.  It is an exhaustive compendium of America’s body politic and can serve as a handbook for anyone researching items of national concern.  It is also a page-turner that contains an enormous number of substantial quotes drawn political writings that precede Marx, include him and buddy Engels, and go on to the socialist literature that has swept us through the 19th and 20th centuries, terminating with the outpourings of today’s Left and their more strident neo-Marxist organizations.  Unless you know the stuff in the book, you are at best lobbing small caliber rounds, and more likely shooting blanks.  Levin is a good wordsmith with whom those on the Left and Right should spend time, first, to learn more completely their own ideologies, and then to discover what really drives the other side beyond the daily ad hominems and diversionary dollops of fake news.  gjr]

Posted in

213 responses to “Sandbox – 14aug21”

  1. Walt Avatar

    Bill. That “something special” would be the public executions’ of all the people that help the U.S. Biden refused to bring back to the U.S., Like interpreters. “Thanks for the help”.

    Like

  2. Walt Avatar

    Thanks for the morn’n laugh Bill. CNN just might use it next.(they need the ratings)

    Like

  3. Walt Avatar

    Emery wakes up looking for new excuses to blame Trump.
    What will it be today? Trump caused the earthquake in Haiti?
    Maybe the four volcanos in Alaska that are popping off is Trump’s doing too.

    Like

  4. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    Seems that the only thing as fast as the Taliban (re)takeover of Kabul was the sudden appearance of 100,000s of ballots for J** B**** last Nov 3.

    Like

  5. fishniglio Avatar
    fishniglio

    Your favorite memester is back…..Kabul Style!
    https://twitter.com/Richard_Harambe/status/1426871587005997064/photo/1

    Like

  6. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Biden has only been in office for 6 months compared to Trumps 4 years and Bush and Obama 8 years each. How the Republicans manage to blame Biden for Afghanistan is a joke. Remember when we had 9/11 the Repubs said don’t blame Bush he just got here 6 months ago. I guess that line of thinking doesn’t apply to Biden. Contextual truthing on the part of the Repubs for sure.

    Like

  7. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    Can’t they fill the form out with the iPhones bought with the $80B or $200,000T that we spent there? Guess not. Hey, I can’t get wifi here inside the C-17.
    From zerohedge.com –
    “U.S. citizens needing assistance in departing the country should register for any option that might be identified to return to the United States, by completing this Repatriation Assistance Request for each traveler in their group. Spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens in Afghanistan who are awaiting immigrant visas should also complete this form if they wish to depart. Please do so as soon as possible. You must complete this form even if you’ve previously submitted your information to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.”
    Too bad our military folks didn’t study the lessons from Viet Nam. Oh, right – social justice studies first.
    A request is needed, while they are fleeing for their lives. What could go wrong with that?

    Like

  8. Walt Avatar

    Ya Emery, And look and the kayos and damage your pal has done.
    Proof of that posted since day ONE.

    Like

  9. 🐠 Avatar
    🐠

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 15 August 2021 at 11:59 AM
    Much like our dear Punchy, President LARP is perfectly comfortable with the concept of Doublethink.

    “However, Biden added, “One more year, or five more years, of U.S. military presence would not have made a difference if the Afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country.

    And of course there’s this….

    “ Here’s the exchange from a bit over a month ago:
    REPORTER: Is a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan now inevitable?
    THE PRESIDENT: No, it is not.
    REPORTER: Why?
    THE PRESIDENT: Because you — the Afghan troops have 300,000 well-equipped — as well-equipped as any army in the world — and an air force against something like 75,000 Taliban. It is not inevitable.
    Perhaps this utter failure to grasp or predict anything close to reality on the ground in the conflict is a failure also shared by US intelligence, given that it was only in June that a widely reported intel assessment forecast that Kabul could fall within six months.

    I don’t think mere ice cream is going to shake Joey the Grifter from his funk……it will probably require some prepubescent girl sniffing to return The Pride of Scranton to fighting trim….

    Like

  10. Walt Avatar

    Gotta love these headlines Emery:
    AFGHANISTAN on Brink: Taliban Retaking Rule
    Kabul Stormed, Pres. GHANI Flees Country
    Emergency Rescue of U.S. Personnel
    Historic Humiliation: Biden Hidin’ as His Vietnam Unfolds
    Biden slammed for vacationing as bloodthirsty Taliban unravels 20 years of American sweat
    Pompeo: Biden ‘failed’ in Afghanistan withdrawal plan, is ‘pathetic’ for blaming Trump
    Just some headlines. I know you can’t really comprehend the full stories.
    woke generals Defeated

    Like

  11. Walt Avatar

    Let’s kick the other worthless Liberal around.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/15/cbs-poll-gavin-newsom-in-danger-of-recall-larry-elder-leads-contenders/
    The “Uncle Tomming” of Larry Elder has already started.
    Already being called the “Black” Trump.
    Biden can always give Gavin a new job. Ambassador to Afghanistan.

    Like

  12. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Yes. Biden has only been president for seven months, and he has managed to turn American foreign policy into a dumpster fire. In a short seven months, Biden and the Democrats have turned the border into a dumpster fire. In a short seven months the democrats and Biden turned our federal budget into a dumpster fire. In a short seven months, the democrats have caused the consumer price index and inflation to explode. Good job Democrats. Lol. thankfully 2022 is right around the corner.

    Like

  13. George Rebane Avatar

    Pleas continue the Afghanistan comment thread under my most recent post. Thank you.

    Like

  14. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    🐠I@ 12:21 PM, 15 August 0000
    “I don’t think mere ice cream is going to shake Joey the Grifter from his funk……it will probably require some prepubescent girl sniffing to return The Pride of Scranton to fighting trim….”
    https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/07/image007-copy.png?

    Like

  15. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    🐠I@ 12:21 PM
    “it was only in June that a widely reported intel assessment forecast that Kabul could fall within six months.”
    Looks to me like they were spot on. Takeover in 6 months, so from June….let’s see… so by December. Good forecast. And if ‘Kabul’ is code word for B****, they could be right about that as well.

    Like

  16. George Rebane Avatar

    EFox 231pm – did you miss my 1244pm?

    Like

  17. Walt Avatar

    Nice catch George. That’s some top notch surveillance gear.
    Plenty of money being spent on a “nothing to see here” “no evidence”, “all on the up and up” ” no way in hell” rigged election.

    Like

  18. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Dr. Rebane @ 11:44, Aug 14, re: your first comment on this edition of Days of Our Lives with fresh kitty litter.
    “Unless you know the stuff in the book, you are at best lobbing small caliber rounds, and more likely shooting blanks. Levin is a…”
    FYI, I replied back with a rather long reply, but the old I-Pad gave up the ghost seconds before I was ready to hit post.
    Readers Digest version is after listening to Levin foe awhile, everything else seems so trival, so much like, well, shooting blanks.
    I love VDH, but Victor usually focuses on ine facet of the diamond. Levin puts the whole ring infront of your face Thus I agree with your comment to me.

    Like

  19. Walt Avatar

    This must be Emery’s idea of an economy roaring back.
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/biden-admin-to-announce-historic-increase-in-food-stamp-benefits-reports
    “Biden admin to announce historic increase in food stamp benefits: reports
    Average monthly benefits, which were $121 per-person before the COVID pandemic, will increase by $36”
    Now just how to give all that to the millions of illegals that keep flooding in.

    Like

  20. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    No its no magnet for illegals say the socialists –
    Cuomo successor Kathy Hochul vows to ‘fully cooperate’ with COVID nursing home probe
    But lieutenant governor says getting COVID relief to landlords, illegal immigrants among her top priorities
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cuomo-successor-kathy-hochul-covid-nursing-home-probe
    😉

    Like

  21. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Gavin does not have those mid- western values, for sure.
    ‘California Democrats are failing the basic test of governance’
    https://nypost.com/2021/08/15/california-democrats-are-failing-the-basic-test-of-governance/

    Like

  22. fishniglio Avatar
    fishniglio

    Pretty much……

    BIDENFLATION: Joe Biden has just given you a pay cut, America. Get ready for more

    Time to move to a Cello case Punch……the ol guitar case ain’t going to do it anymore!
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/joe-biden-pay-cut-alfredo-ortiz

    Like

  23. George Rebane Avatar

    Bidenflation indeed. The impact of the current and coming inflation is real. Even though most people – especially our port side brethren – neither understand it nor can do the numbers, as a public service RR has attempted to fill the breach.
    https://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2021/06/inflation-up-close-and-personal-inflationis-always-and-everywhere-a-monetary-phenomenon-in-the-sense-that-it-is-and-c.html#more

    Like

  24. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Racism is spreading like wildfire across the USA. It is truly the major threat to our democracy.
    ‘Over 160 Minnesota School Administrators Call For ‘Decentering Whiteness,’ Blame White Children’
    “White children have been done a great disservice by sustaining white-centered schools in America over all these years.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-160-minnesota-school-administrators-call-for-decentering-whiteness-blame-white-children
    Time to close NU and Scotten and NC Elementary. Those bastards, those horrid little shits, those white children. They are to blame!!

    Like

  25. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    ‘Nunes scores major win as judge orders defamation case against Washington Post to proceed’
    Ruling means California Republican can proceed to discovery against Jeff-Bezos owned publication
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/monnunes-scores-major-win-judge-order-defamation-case-against-washington-post
    —————————————————-
    ‘Multiple unions push back against proposals for vaccine mandates’
    Groups signal support for vaccine, but not for forcing it on employees.
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/multiple-unions-push-back-against-proposals-vaccine-mandates

    Like

  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Yo, take a look-see at this old angry white man. Where does such self hatred come from? What a fat fuck. He is almost as giddy as Jennifer Rubin was upon hearing the census data.
    ‘Leftist Filmmaker Michael Moore Celebrates Decline In White People: ‘Best Day Ever In US History’
    Self-proclaimed socialist filmmaker Michael Moore took to Twitter to express his excitement after data from the United States Census Bureau revealed a decline in the number of white people in the country.
    “From today’s news (8/12/2021): ‘The Census data collected from the 2020 Census was released today — and it revealed that the number of White people in the U.S. has fallen for first time since the first Census was taken in 1790.’ In other words, best day ever in U.S. history,” Moore tweeted.
    https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/16/leftist-filmmaker-michael-moore-celebrates-decline-in-white-people-best-day-ever-in-us-history/
    I suppose it would be inappropriate to say its like the kettle calling the pot black.

    Like

  27. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    “Biden’s military policies have helped the Taliban. His energy policies have helped Russia. His border policies have helped people come here illegally. His domestic policies pay people not to work. What has he done, other than not tweet, that hasn’t backfired?” —Ari Fleischer
    And more quotes
    Re: The Left: “Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.” —Thomas Sowell
    Observations I: “Contrarianism has run amok in the United States. It is a byproduct of moving into postmodernism. Instead of focusing on what is true, we now all focus on our personal truths with no regard to actual truth. If we believe it is true, then by God in heaven it is true! Combine that with our increasing divisions as a society, and many people’s truth is now based on being exactly opposite their opposing tribe. Everyone prides themselves on their individual thought when really their thoughts are not individual but based on tribal consent.” —Erick Erickson
    Observations II: “America is no longer a true community based on shared ideals and principles. It’s now a group of segregated societies. There is still racial segregation (something the left bizarrely and sadly even encourages these days), but class separation is what most divides Americans. Elite Americans live in private, high-end communities, dine at private clubs and fly in private planes. The economic divide has always existed, but the scale and extent of it has reached new highs. America is no longer a cohesive society.” —Neil Patel
    Observations III: “During the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, about 75 percent of Americans trusted Washington to do the right thing most of the time. That number began to sink during Lyndon Johnson’s presidency in the ‘60s and never recovered. By the time Barack Obama was in the White House, in 2009, public trust was down to the teens or low 20s, where it has remained ever since. With so many Americans mistrusting their government, should it really surprise anyone that many balk at answering nosy census questions? In a society plagued by declining social capital, a fall-off in the census response rate is all too predictable. Besides, it isn’t only the census that people have been turning their backs on. Just ask anyone in the polling industry, which has been convulsed in recent years by the plunge in Americans’ willingness to answer survey questions.” —Jeff Jacoby
    No big deal… “To merely keep pace with the IPCC recommendations on carbon emissions, Americans, who use around 20 million barrels of petroleum every day, would be compelled to induce a pandemic-level shutdown of the economy every year for 30 years.” —David Harsanyi
    Indeed: “Children need germs. They cannot permanently wear masks. The longer we keep them in masks, the more we delay a cold and flu season that will just get more dangerous with time.” —Congressman Dan Crenshaw
    Political futures: “No ID to vote, but proof of a vaccine to travel isn’t really the talking point Democrats should be running on headed into 2022.” —Erick Erickson
    Straight from the horse’s mouth: “We are encountering an unprecedented number of migrants in between the ports of entry at our southern border.” —Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
    For the record: “Remember when Obama’s Secretary of Defense said Biden has been ‘wrong on nearly every foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades’? It turns out he was spot on.” —Congressman Ronny Jackson (ADM-USN, Ret.)
    A trip down memory lane I: “The Taliban is not the … North Vietnamese army. They’re not … remotely comparable in terms of capability. There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a[n] embassy.” —President Joe Biden, July 8, 2021
    A trip down memory lane II: “Do I bear responsibility? Zero responsibility.” —Joe Biden in February 2020 when asked, “Don’t you bear some responsibility for the outcome if the Taliban ends up back in control and women end up losing the rights?”
    Non compos mentis: “The President is to be commended for the clarity of purpose of his statement on Afghanistan and his action. The Taliban must know the world is watching its actions. We are concerned about reports regarding the Taliban’s brutal treatment of all Afghans, especially women and girls. The U.S., the international community and the Afghan government must do everything we can to protect women and girls from inhumane treatment by the Taliban. As we strive to assist them, we must recognize that their voices are important and respect their culture.” —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

    Like

  28. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 August 2021 at 11:54 AM
    ‘Leftist Filmmaker Michael Moore Celebrates Decline In White People: ‘Best Day Ever In US History’

    Hey from Mikes perspective I’m sure it is……! Imagine you had to wake up, drag your hormonally drifting 500 Lb carcass into the bathroom every morning……! You look more like an old woman than an old man, and the skin is hanging off you in sheets, cheeks shot through with burst capillaries and working on a seriously credible “Gin Nose”. You’d have to think…..is this the day…..is this the day that I blow my 12 gauge…..but to completion this time?? That delightful double ought orgasm! Definitely want to get that right the first time…..there are no do overs!
    So when Mike says some thing like that I don’t take it personally……he’s wrestling with his “inner demons”! You would too!
    He probably shouldn’t extrapolate to wypipo in general but if it helps him wrap his head around his own issues how can you begrudge him that?

    Like

  29. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Well said fish. But there for the grace of God there go I. I have enough inner demons to wrestle with to take on his. Michal MORE’s must be in the hundreds.

    Like

  30. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Funny how the bigger the ‘hate crime’ de jour is the bigger it blows up –
    A Tennessee investigation found evidence that the state’s fired vaccine chief, Michelle Fiscus, purchased a dog muzzle that she previously claimed someone had mailed in an attempt to intimidate her.
    Why it matters: Fiscus, who denied sending herself the muzzle in a Monday tweet, has characterized her firing as a political move driven by Republican state officials after she shared a memo citing state law about whether adolescents can seek medical care, including a COVID vaccine, without their parents’ permission.
    Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free
    Fiscus and her husband, Brad, had said in multiple interviews, including with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, that the muzzle was sent anonymously to her state office through Amazon shortly before her firing.
    “Someone wanted to send a message to tell her to stop talking, they thought it would be a threat to her,” Brad Fiscus told the Tennessean.
    Details: The Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security found through a subpoena that the Amazon package containing the muzzle traced back to a credit card in Fiscus’ name, according to an investigation report obtained by Axios.
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/state-investigation-finds-fired-tennessee-191804050.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink
    😉

    Like

  31. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    BT@ 11:59AM-
    “…but proof of a vaccine to travel isn’t really the talking point Democrats should be running on headed into 2022.” —Erick Erickson
    That’s why the vax passport will be referred to as your Biden-tification card.

    Like

  32. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    We spend our blood and treasure protecting other countries” borders but barely lift a finger to prorect ours.
    Border Patrol Chief: Suspected Terrorists Crossing U.S. Border At Levels ‘Never Seen Before’
    “Amid a massive surge of migrants at the United States-Mexico border, the outgoing Border Patrol chief told his 19,000 agents prior to retiring over the weekend that known or suspected terrorists are coming into America “at a level we have never seen before.””

    Like

  33. fishniglio Avatar
    fishniglio

    Your remarkably appropriate thought for the day….

    “Hopefully, the Taliban has at least reminded people what a real “insurgency” looks like. It’s not a guy in face paint and buffalo horns.”

    The progressives in the audience can now feel safe in leaving their fainting couches.

    Like

  34. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Hard-Left ‘Squad’ Member: ‘Cancel Rent.’ Reveals Thousands In Rental Income, Report Says
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/hard-left-squad-member-cancel-rent-reveals-thousands-in-rental-income-report-says

    Like

  35. 🐠 Avatar
    🐠

    I don’t think that severe head trauma is specially required to live in your fair burgh……clearly our host hasn’t been subjected to a crack on the skull…but some of the thought processes on display by your neighbors baffle me…..!
    In response to a resident, one Dennis Farmer, who thinks showing Gavin the door is a pretty decent notion.

    Newest
    All Comments
    View the profile of “Rich Howell”
    Rich Howell
    1 HR AGO
    “House arrest?” How draconian! You’re willing to waste hundreds of millions of dollars because the governor went to dinner unmasked? I’d bet that every Republican candidate in this recall, at some point during 2020, violated the mask mandate on more than one occasion.

    Yet absolutely no concern about the 30 billion lost on Gavins watch…..I mean, “as an educator” you’d think there might be some concern over the three orders of magnitude difference in what was criminally lost on pretty boys watch via EDD fraud. But I guess that would be too much to ask…..from “an educator”.
    https://abc7news.com/california-edd-unemployment-fraud-ca-scam-insurance/10011810/
    https://www.kcra.com/article/bipartisan-bill-edd-fraud-recover-30-billion-lost-money/36869094#

    Like

  36. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Hey Walt!!!
    Guess what? I just got my Official Vote By Mail Ballot for the Recall. You assured all of us vote by mail was illegal in California due to some court ruling. . that means you were either ignorant or a liar. Pick one

    Like

  37. Nasalis larvatus Avatar
    Nasalis larvatus

    “that means you were either ignorant or a liar. Pick one”
    Only pick one? Can one be an ignorant liar? Fine. The one I pick is Squidward Emery.

    Like

  38. Scott O Avatar

    fish 3:42 – Rich Howell: “I’d bet that every Republican candidate in this recall, at some point during 2020, violated the mask mandate on more than one occasion.”
    The obvious (to the average person) hypocrisy of Gavin blatantly violating his own rules seems to have completely sailed over the tiny little brain of Zir Howell.
    I’m quite sure many of the R’s running for the possibly open position of CA governor have ‘violated’ the mask rule. I would say that’s a good reason to vote for them.
    As far as Howell’s claim that elections are a ‘waste’ of money – well I’d say you can relocate to China.
    Xi is now Emperor For Life. That will help balance the budget!

    Like

  39. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Whistling past the cemetery @431 cant even try to defend creepy grampa joes colossal goat fuck. ROFLOL
    😉

    Like

  40. fishniglio Avatar
    fishniglio

    Posted by: Scott O | 17 August 2021 at 04:50 PM
    Other than an indication as to how dangerous this malady is (not very apparently )and as yet another opportunity for continued mockery of progressives I could give a shit about Gavins dinner plans. I just really dig it when Nevada City proglodytes get conservative financially……“You’re willing to waste hundreds of millions of dollars because the governor went to dinner unmasked?”
    Yeah Rich I am……
    Other than completely ignoring the fact that Gavin was at the helm when he got fleeced by various guests of the California State Penal System Rich seems really upset over spending the equivalent of the states “couch cushion change” over a legitimate political exercise while ignoring the 30 Billion dollar elephant in the room.
    Like I said….head trauma!

    Like

  41. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    2021 is going to be a shit show for socialist dems and they deserve it for so many reasons not the least of which –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/17/bidens-america-70-percent-of-voters-think-crime-is-out-of-control/
    😉

    Like

  42. Walt Avatar

    Well look who shoes up! Our local Commie bastard!
    So your Commie comrades in Sakramento voted it in in the dead of night. You must be proud.
    It still don’t change the fact that when Herr Gavin ordered it, it was found to be illegal. You Deni that O buzzard breath?
    Don’t fret Paulet. The Sister-in-law that resides here will cancel your NO vote. (must have taken you days to study that ballot) She’s the silent LIB in this house.
    She voted to kick the bastard out.

    Like

  43. Walt Avatar

    How did Emery get cleared to vote?
    Those with mental defects can’t.
    https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/03/21/thousands-lose-right-to-vote-under-incompetence-laws
    Emery is a LIB.
    Liberalism is a mental disorder.
    Emery can’t say a contrary thing about any LIB no matter how bad the offence. I give you his stance on Biden as evidence.

    Like