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[I’m interested in how our liberal readers contort themselves to overlook the disastrous first year of the Biden administration – mostly by regurgitating their ongoing TDS affliction.  Never mind 'this is now', keep your eye on 'that was then'.  The recent AP/NORC poll puts the whole thing into a perspective that should be of interest to our liberal poll watchers.  gjr]

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358 responses to “Sandbox – 20jan22”

  1. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Walt
    You pulled the line out of your 6:12 that said ” It was clear that most of these votes were not legitimate” and you used the gateway pundit link as a source. Trouble is the Courts didn’t say that. Can you show me the exact quote from the source, not Gateway Pundit.
    Thanks

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  2. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The po’ ol’ fakenewsman can not even figure out how to use search engines @840. LOL
    😉

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  3. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    ‘Student government refused to fund free speech club if it invited conservative author: letter’
    “The student government at Emory Law School in Atlanta allegedly had three big problems with a free speech group seeking recognition: It might invite “The Diversity Delusion” author Heather Mac Donald to speak, allow criticism of critical race theory, and its members were too white.”
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/cancel-culture/student-government-refused-fund-free-speech-club-if-it-invited
    Must not allow critics of CRT in the big Safe Place.

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  4. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Do not like the sound of this shit! Suck those mutha mullahs while giving vlad the green light and being bought and paid for by the chicoms. %$)#$#&(%_)^)$&%$@#%^&*(^)%&#^%$
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior member of the U.S. team negotiating with Iran has left the role amid a report of differences of opinion on the way forward, as the urgency to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal intensifies.
    A State Department official confirmed on Monday that Richard Nephew, U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Iran, is no longer on the negotiating team, but was still a State Department employee. The official did not give a reason for the change but said personnel moves were ‘very common’ a year into an administration.
    The Wall Street Journal earlier reported that Nephew left after differences of opinion within the U.S. negotiating team on Iran. The paper said he had advocated a tougher posture in the current negotiations.
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/u-deputy-special-envoy-iran-003421033.html
    https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2022/01/24/red-handed-reveals-chinese-donations-to-university-of-pennsylvania-soared-after-biden-center-announcement/
    ;-(

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  5. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Historical wisdom in 2022? Interesting graph how a President’s popularity predicts overall Senate race outcomes.
    ‘What Biden’s Approval Rating Means for the Midterms’
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/01/14/what_bidens_approval_rating_means_for_the_midterms_147029.html

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  6. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Gregory @ 9:48 am, Jan 24
    ‘We Failed’: Danish Newspaper Apologizes For Its COVID Coverage
    https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/-we-failed—danish-newspaper-apologizes-for-its-covid-coverage/

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  7. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Fauci. Start at 3 minute mark. Always bring the receipts.
    Jim Jordan: Yes, We’re Investigating Fauci After GOP Retakes House
    https://rumble.com/vsrxwl-jim-jordan-yes-were-investigating-fauci-after-gop-retakes-house.html?

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  8. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: BillT@6:31AM
    I did have to laugh at this line:
    “The apology is an important reminder that the traditional role of journalism has been “an independent monitor of power,” not a mouthpiece for power.”
    You know, I think they actually believe this.
    Of course journalism is a mouthpiece for power, it’s just that there’s always more than one warring camp.

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  9. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Jim Jordan: Yes, We’re Investigating Fauci After GOP Retakes House”
    I was kind of hoping for them to impeach The Big Guy a couple of times.
    It makes for wonderful TV with lots of speechifying and sombre faces. In terms of political corruption you can always gin up something questionable and the Senator from Mastercard has more than most. Maybe even bring in the dementia doctors for a bit of examination.
    It’ll take a generation for the Woke to either dominate or disappear,so we might as well have some excitement in the meantime.

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  10. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Joy Reid. Always a easy mark. Her like minded followers walk among us.
    ‘Torrential Downpour: Here’s the Worst Venom of the Week From Joy Reid’s Mouth’
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2022/01/24/torrential-downpour-heres-worst-venom-week-joy-reids-mouth
    Hmmm. The lack of self-awareness is breathtaking in its entirety. GOP wants to ban books by Black People? What about banning books by old dead white men and women? Never mind. She never had one, she never will.
    Reid certainly knows who her base is. She fills an untapped demand.

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  11. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Amazing. Super Orange Man Power.
    “The survey showed Trump continuing to lead the potential field by double-digits, with majority support of 53 percent. No other candidate came close. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is the only potential candidate listed who garnered double-digit support, seeing 13 percent support. ”
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/22/poll-donald-trump-sees-40-point-lead-in-hypothetical-gop-primary/
    Really, I can’t think of any other politician (on either side) that can work a crowd like that.
    I was thinking about the ideal contest for 2024.
    God Emperor Donald Trump vs. Grand Admiral Levine.
    A smack-down super contest for the ages. VP slots are still open, but maybe Vince McMahon for Team R and Maxine Waters (a two-fer) for Team B.
    Sixteennitroburningfunnycars. Be there. Bring your cameras.

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  12. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    good rant.
    “Covid-19 vaccines and treatments: we must have raw data, now”
    https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o102

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  13. Bill. Tozer Avatar
    Bill. Tozer

    @ 8:50 on this beautiful day in God’s Country.
    “Really, I can’t think of any other politician (on either side) that can work a crowd like that.”
    True that. One man and his Twitter machine could tweet something mean at 3:30 am and get the Lefty media all wiped into a stark raving frenzy for a couple of days….and the headline the day before got pushed to the side….meaning as they were melting down, Trump blow that headline off the front pages and got some things done.
    He is the Man when it comes to keeping all the focus on himself. One of a kind. Whether it is pure political genius or just a combative nature, or just a big showman or combinations with Barman and Bailey references……. folks will write serious books about in 15 years from now.
    Today we are in it! We are living through this unsettled period. ‘And you were there.’
    ———-
    One man got his Twitter machine confiscated. With no 3:00 am mean tweets to lead the news off every day, the focus has turned to Biden in a search to fill the void. History may also judge the decision to take away the Twitter Machine from Orange Man turned out to be a catastrophe error.
    Just imagine how much better Biden would be doing in the polls if all the focus was on Trump’s tweets. One of a kind for sure…..with one arm tied behind his back just to make it fair.
    Some of our like-thinking educated Brits are just loving on De Santis and playing clips of his replies and statements which are true, pointed, and complete. They can’t get enough. They dud him ‘Florida Man’.
    Yo Punch, keep the focus on Trump.

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  14. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Emery. Then find your own source.
    Tough shit if you don’t like mine
    That doesn’t make the information any less credible
    You only like Communist news outlets
    Now why don’t you go take a swim in your go-to Open sewer .com you chew on those turds on a regular basis.

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  15. George Rebane Avatar

    Administrivia – Mr scenes, please post your Covid comments under the recent ‘Ruminations’ where the pandemics topics are discussed. Thanks.

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  16. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Some of our like-thinking educated Brits are just loving on De Santis ”
    I suppose that the simple call from my Throne of Ignorance is De Santis is VP, running for President in 2028.
    Too far out. Too hard to tell what Crazytown is up to.
    …although…in the interest of spectacle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_v1FwosV_U
    ….I really do like the concept of McMahon.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlyIvfy07oU
    https://www.the-sun.com/sport/2491488/wwe-vince-mcmahon-workout-personal-trainer/
    He’s only 76 years old after all. Plenty of years left.

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  17. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Dr.Rebane…if I may seen so bold..
    .
    True on the Covid…C19 topic…the Corona Cervesa thang. However, there does seem to be something going on at school board meetings across the fruited plains where the policies of vaxxing/N95ing primary and middle school children AND what the malarkey is being taught to the same said children. Two rivers meet at the confluence. The two are under the umbrella of ‘who is public ed’s client?
    That answer to that question is being played out as we speak. Who is the school’s client? Some foolish toothless hillbillies think they actually have a say in their chilluns health, school learning, and welfare. So, there is some crossover going down when adding chillun to the mix. The matrix is not perfect.
    Just thought I would point that out before saying your wish is my commando.

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  18. George Rebane Avatar

    BillT 1244pm – This probably belongs under its own topic Mr Tozer, but I’d like to draw attention to the ‘who is public ed’s client?’ topic. History teaches us that in the US as in other European countries during the 19th century, their publics and their governments began realizing the benefits of an educated populace. In the US government funded public schools became universal in the latter part of the 1800s with the clear proviso that public ed’s client was the country’s citizenry or general public, because it was they who paid for the public schools and supposedly benefitted from a more educated workforce that the schools graduated. This attitude became calcified as the 20th century matured even though local school boards hired/fired staff and approved curricula. Today we add the Left’s hubris that the common man is not qualified to weigh in on their kids’ education, as with other laws, regs, codes coming from on high, education (most certainly the curriculum) should also be left to the elitist experts.

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  19. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Scenes….good times, bro.
    ‘Trump’s Latest Mean Meme Retweet: Making Hillary Clinton Fall With His Golf Swing’
    https://www.thewrap.com/trump-hillary-clinton-meme-retweet-golf-swing/
    ‘Months After Win, Trump Rips Clinton; Crowd Chants, ‘Lock Her Up!’
    President Donald Trump railed against a judge’s order blocking his immigration restrictions on Wednesday, saying the ruling made America “look weak.”
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-blasts-judge-s-immigration-ruling-takes-shot-clinton-n734166
    Hillary Clinton seems safe to win as Donald Trump makes ‘Hail Mary’ bid in blue states
    By CAMERON JOSEPH
    NEW YORK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF |
    NOV 01, 2016 AT 9:16 PM
    https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/clinton-solid-22-states-trump-hail-mary-bid-article-1.2854484
    Yep, those above were lame. Here was my favorite meme. Trump vs Medusa.
    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gianluca-Stringhini/publication/325484133/figure/fig7/AS:632554210201600@1527824084277/Meme-used-to-penalize-the-public-image-of-Hillary-Clinton-who-is-represented-as-Medusa.png
    The Finisher.

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  20. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Crazytown. Mountain Out of a Molehill Department.
    “Neil Young has threatened to pull his music from the Spotify (SPOT.N) streaming service in protest of its relationship with podcaster Joe Rogan…”
    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/neil-young-spotify-either-remove-my-music-or-joe-rogan-podcast-2022-01-25
    Neil Who??
    Just like our local old hippies, Mr. Young went from being rebellious and all to shilling for The Man. I’ll bet he posts about Trump constantly.

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  21. Walt Avatar

    Look Emery,, another Lefty jumps ship.
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/another-house-democrat-announces-retirement-dem-rep-jim-cooper-will-leaving-congress-32-years-office/
    Since the news is from the Gateway Pundit, it must be BS in your book.
    Oh.. By the way,, you miss the fact the NPR reported the same thing as th GP that you were whining about?

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  22. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Another soros drone DA is being sued and recalled –
    Elderly man with PTSD from SF Chinatown baseball bat attack sues DA Chesa Boudin for mishandling his case
    The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, however, refused to prosecute either the father or son with hate crime enhancements and agreed to a lenient plea deal with Tanner Sr., who pled guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge for no jail time and only a year of probation — all without Lê’s knowledge.
    In addition to failing to notify Lê of plea deal discussions, the District Attorney’s Office allegedly also failed to provide him a chance to enter a victim impact statement during the proceedings. Consequently, no such statement was read at the plea deal hearing.
    Additionally, the office allegedly refused to correct a Criminal Protective Order (CPO) that omitted Lê’s last name — identifying him only as “Anh L” — and misstated his age. Such errors led to Lê doubt the enforceability of the order.
    Lê spent months trying to correct the CPO, but his requests have fallen on deaf ears, according to him. Even after retaining pro bono counsel, the District Attorney’s Office allegedly continued to ignore him, even telling him at one point that he had no right to be at hearings.
    Lê, who is represented by King & Spalding LLP — a member of the Alliance for Asian American Justice — is now suing the District Attorney’s Office under the Fourteenth Amendment. He is accusing the office of applying procedures that resulted in discriminatory effects on Asian Americans and creating practices that deny victims adequate due process protections.
    https://news.yahoo.com/elderly-man-ptsd-sf-chinatown-233400779.html
    😉

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  23. Walt Avatar

    Looking through the polls, Emery’s DEMS are going to get beat like the rented mules they are.
    Then there is Biden/ Harris. Trump will Beat them like the proverbial red headed step children,,, with freckles.

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  24. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Creepy grampa joe pushed over the first domino crushing US energy production and handing the hammer to vlad, too many are not watching the larger plays –
    Taking a bird’s eye view, the lack of additional Russian natural gas supplies to Turkey, combined with the Iranian technical issues, which came shortly after Russian president Putin met with Iran’s leaders in Moscow, could be playing a larger role than many analysts may think. Hitting Turkey, or at least putting Ankara in a difficult position, might be part of the greater strategy of the Moscow-Tehran tandem. Bringing Turkey to a part standstill is also a major setback to any Turkey-NATO support for Ukraine in the coming weeks.
    Turkish traders are being quoted saying that Turkish company BOTAS has issued a gas curtailment order to domestic gas power plants. Turkish power plants will only be receiving around 60% of the contracted volumes.
    Turkey’s president Erdogan has not only been pushing for a central role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which is currently reaching boiling point. Erdogan has also been very opportunistic in his approach, on one side trying to be a mediator between Kiev and Moscow, while at the same time becoming one of Ukraine’s main arms suppliers. Moscow will not be looking at this without anger, as Turkish drones have been deployed before against Russian military actors, for example in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Turkey is also pushing for a strong position inside of Syria, confronting Russia and Iran-Hezbollah-IRGC forces on several occasions.
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/finance/news/turkey-sees-energy-crisis-worsen-170000280.html
    😉

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  25. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    And meanwhile in the western hemisphere –
    Cuba and Venezuela were dragged into the drama surrounding the conflict earlier this month after Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, told a Russian television station that he could “neither confirm nor exclude” potential military deployments to the two Latin American nations.
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/putin-discusses-strategic-partnership-cuban-185259684.html
    😉

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  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    5 Takeaways From The Latest Filings In The Carter Page Spygate Lawsuit
    https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/26/5-takeaways-from-the-latest-filings-in-the-carter-page-spygate-lawsuit/

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  27. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    BREAKING: MSNBC Bizarrely Pretends Retiring Stephen Breyer Is ‘Conservative or Moderate’
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2022/01/26/breaking-msnbc-bizarrely-pretends-retiring-stephen-breyer

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  28. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    We’re Lesbians on the Autism Spectrum. Stop Telling Us to Become Men
    https://quillette.com/2022/01/23/i-wanted-transition-to-solve-my-problems/

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  29. Scott O Avatar

    re Breyer’s retirement. I’m making no predictions but this would be the perfect opportunity to be rid of Kamala as veep. As a SCOTUS justice she really wouldn’t have to do anything but vote the party line and keep out of sight. And the powers-that-be would now be able to install a new veep who would be palatable to the US public as a very needed replacement for the quickly failing Biden.
    Stay tuned.

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  30. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Breyer hasn’t made an announcement and is said to be pissed.
    It would be juicy if he was pissed because he wasn’t planning on it, and instead told everyone to go home, he was staying and didn’t care to retire based on the politics du jour.
    Breyer is an independent old coot, and I could see him doing just that.

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  31. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    MSNBC? Figures. News busters just follows Government TV and reports on what they report. NPR did no better with their story on Justice G refusing to don a face diaper in the chambers. Had no idea how old and sickly the diabetic associate justice Sonia was.
    Well, she could lose a few pounds. Overweight folks have a 40% higher chance of kissing the farm goodbye than…er…..say people with a more of the average Body Mass Index. But to point that our is probably not proper to say…especially considering our nation is going through an obesity crisis….a true National Security concern. Young recruits have just too many pounds they carry around….not fit. But heavily tattooed is now ok. Trade offs.
    Wonder if Breyer said the news if ‘false’ just like Justice Roberts and Neil and Sonia called the NRP story.

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  32. Scott O Avatar

    Gregory 1:17 – “Breyer hasn’t made an announcement and is said to be pissed.”
    Obviously Breyer doesn’t understand. The announcement was made. Now, be a good fellow and you’ll have a jolly retirement party! We wouldn’t want to find you dead in a hotel room like Scalia – now would we?

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  33. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Good read with a interesting, yet plausible twist. Asking the same question I wondered about
    ‘What Does Vladimir Putin Have on Joe Biden?’
    Joe and Hunter Biden’s seedy involvements in Ukraine may have given the Russian leader all the ‘kompromat’ he needs to keep America at bay
    https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/what-does-vladimir-putin-have-on-joe-biden
    Glen Simpson had shopped his story line script to Hillary before, prior to 2016, but “wasn’t needed” at the time (2008).
    The only pipeline that Biden approves of is the Russian gas pipeline. He is such a people pleaser.

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  34. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Finding out you are REALLY an irrelevant has been the hard way –
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/spotify-remove-neil-young-music-songs-threaten-joe-rogan-covid-vaccine
    😉

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  35. Walt Avatar

    OH what lunatic will Biden AKA his minions,, put up for SCOTUS?
    You just know it’s going to be a far far Left whack job.
    Here is one the loonie Left just trotted out.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-vacancy-progressives-push-naacp-lawyer-who-backed-defund-police-movement
    The Hyena? That’s one way to get rid of her. Who cares if she far from qualified? The same bunch put in Biden who’s unqualified for his job.

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  36. Walt Avatar

    Good post on Youtube Barry. The raving nutjob was the county chick. The Union made it sound like it was the DC. insurrectionists Nevada County style.
    Maybe Emery can find the “missing” video.. I’m sure Rawsewage.com might have it. Get on that Emery….

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  37. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Is angela davis still around @458?
    😉

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  38. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    moi@4:31 25 January “Neil Young has threatened to pull his music from the Spotify (SPOT.N) streaming service in protest of its relationship with podcaster Joe Rogan…”
    Shamelessly stolen….
    Northern man
    better
    cool your jets
    ‘fore your “music” is
    off the net.

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  39. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Senator Rand Paul
    @RandPaul
    ·
    1h
    Bye Bye, Hey Hey
    Neil Young is gone today
    It’s better to boycott
    Than to just obey
    Bye Bye, Hey Hey
    Seeya
    @Neilyoung
    Even though Ohio is one of the greatest protest songs of all time, free speech is kinda important also

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  40. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    My Young says he has 6 million followers on Spotify per month. Fox News’ best show draws close to 3 million a night. Joe Rogan draws over 8 million per day, often more.
    Neil Young: 6 million/month
    Joe Rogan: minimum of 176 million/month.
    What to do, oh what to do?
    ‘Southern Man don’t need him around’–Leonard Skynyrd

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Examining the Glum Lot
    https://fb.watch/aNS5KhNrIa/

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  42. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Breaking news! Biden promises to resign if Joe Rogan is not removed from Spotify.
    Biden Surgeon General Suggests Joe Rogan Podcast Should Be Censored: Big Tech ‘Has Important Role To Play’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-surgeon-general-suggests-joe-rogan-podcast-should-be-censored-big-tech-has-important-role-to-play

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  43. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee
  44. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    BillT@6:55 Rockin’ in the Fee World
    US Surgeon General Vivek:
    ““This not just about what the government can do,” he emphasized, “this is about companies and individuals recognizing that the only way we get past misinformation is if we are careful about what we say and use the power that we have to limit the spread of misinformation.””
    This is a man who doesn’t give a shit about the US Constitution. Nice. It really doesn’t take much for the heavily Blue bureaucracy to show it’s stuff. The genius move is to allow communications monopolies and then to use those monopolies to impose policy.

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  45. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Hell he probably does not even remember signing it much less what flavor pudding cup he had for lunch! –
    Scowling Biden haunted by order to treat people with ‘decency and dignity’ as he lobs serial insults
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/scowling-biden-haunted-order-treat-114807755.html
    😉

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  46. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    No, hell hath not froze over, but close enough. Gotta give kudos where kudos are deserved….even if it is Joyless Joy.
    Behar Defends Joe Rogan’s Free Speech: ‘You Can’t Just Pick and Choose’
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2022/01/26/behar-defends-joe-rogans-free-speech-you-cant-just-pick-and
    ————
    Well I heard Mister Young sing about her
    Well I heard ol’ Neil put her down
    Well I hope Neil Young will remember
    A southern man don’t need him around anyhow

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