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Sandbox – 31jan22

31 January 2022

[I draw your kind attention to the brouhaha that my 'Democrats' Newspeak' invited when it was published in the 29jan22 Union. gjr]

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250 responses to “Sandbox – 31jan22”

rubeniglio

04 February 2022

Dear Young Biden Voters, Did You Really Think This Was Going to Happen?

“Biden doesn’t plan on forgiving any student debt, which is making some of his younger supporters anxious, with some even warning that a lot of voters might never cast a ballot again.” (via WSJ):

I wouldn’t worry …….there will be another raft of progressive promises in 24 that will have them back and barking like trained seals just certain this time that all their wishes will be granted….!
Rubes!
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2022/02/03/one-broken-biden-promise-might-cause-scores-of-voters-to-never-vote-again-n2602754
…..I wonder if this counts as a lie in Punchy World?
Sure do miss that young Roberta Cross….that strident young lass was always good for a chuckle.

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scenes

04 February 2022

re: student loans.
Dunno how you invent a debt jubilee without making a lot of other people mad. People who actually paid for college, those who didn’t go to college because of expense, people going to college after the forgiveness (unless all 18 year olds get a big chunk of money from now on).
Besides the high cost, there are a lot of funny morale issues.
Of course, what with all the distance learning you sure could reduce the cost of education, but that’ll never happen.
The real question is how to sunset protected-from-bankruptcy student loans and all of the ridiculous economic distortions you get. Revisiting the actual value (to society or even to the student) of a lot of newfangled academic disciplines wouldn’t be a bad idea either. As school is the cutting edge of the Blue Revolution and there are so many iron rice bowls to keep full, I don’t see either thing happening.
When Emperor, my own plan would be to vastly expand the concept of professional credentialing via various test regimes, expand the concept of the bar exam to a bunch of other disciplines. School optional. No doubt the sneaky Asian students would excel in that world also, leading to charges of raciss.

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scenes

04 February 2022

” there are a lot of funny morale issues”
I mean ‘moral’, but really both apply.

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naiveniglio

04 February 2022

The Bai Den clique must be expecting bad next week…..a need to send the proletariat into their unenlightened weekend with happy thoughts.

Here Is What’s Behind Today’s Stunning Payrolls Beat
“There has never been a January Seasonal Adjustment of this magnitude”

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/here-whats-behind-todays-stunning-payrolls-beat
…..I wonder if this counts as a lie in Punchy World?

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xhoniglio

04 February 2022

Dunno how you invent a debt jubilee without making a lot of other people mad.
The best part of being Xho Bai Den…..you can put him in any crazy action figure pose you want to!
Like a Gene Simmons KISS action figure!
They have made people mad…..the poor suckers who thought they were getting out from piles of college debt!
https://tinyurl.com/bdfj6xvt
Crap…..sorry….only reference I could find!

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scenes

04 February 2022

re: Niglio X@i7:30
Naturally, whoever types Biden tweets sez:
“We created 467,000 jobs in January. That’s more than 6.6 million jobs since I took office.”
Honestly, it’s the kind of whopper you expect from any national politician. Nothing particularly Bidenesque about it.
No doubt, people that desire accuracy (like hedge funds) look only at the raw numbers. Any time you see the word ‘adjusted’ in a government stat, it’s bullshit. The tendency (and pressure) to turn the knob a bit is just too strong.

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MSMniglio

04 February 2022

No doubt, people that desire accuracy (like hedge funds) look only at the raw numbers.
No doubt.
Adjusted numbers are to be washed through Legacy Media…… more “Management of Perception Economics”.
Rube fodder!

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soulniglio

04 February 2022

Cancel bait……

Aging Hippie Rockers Neil Young And Joni Mitchell’s Past Controversies Resurface Amid Spotify Feud

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/aging-hippie-rockers-neil-young-and-joni-mitchells-past-controversies-resurface-amid-spotify-feud/?utm_source=home-headline-stories
I haven’t thought about Joni Mitchell since Jimmy Rabbit slammed the door in the face of the naive Irish gal who said she was one of her influences!
……Joni Mitchell?

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scenes

04 February 2022

The Ministry of Truth brings news from the Ministry of Peace.
State Dept.: Russia is going to launch a false flag attack as a pretext to invade Ukraine.
Reporter: What’s your evidence?
State Dept.: I just gave it to you.
Reporter: No, you made an allegation.
State Dept.: Yes, that’s the evidence.
Reporter: 😐
https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1489361682581315590

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Scott O

04 February 2022

Can this woman top her own previous stupid remarks?
Sure she can:
“ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: I believe that in a broad sense because when we toss out these big words, capitalism, socialism, they get sensationalized. And people translate them into meaning things that perhaps they don’t mean. So to me, capitalism at its core, what we’re talking about when we talk about that, is the absolute pursuit of profit at all human, environmental, and social cost. That is what we’re really discussing.”
The rest of it is probably just as bad. A complete moron completely adrift from reality.
https://news.yahoo.com/aoc-capitalism-not-redeemable-system-110000599.html

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Bill Tozer

04 February 2022

COSMIC STUPIDITY
We are surrounded by so much craziness on a daily basis that one could devote his life to deconstructing the follies of the Left and still not make a dent. I don’t choose to do that, but here are a few items in the news that represent peak stupidity, at least for today.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/02/cosmic-stupidity.php
Well, I don’t have the energy to deconstruct every single crazy thing vomited out by the haters, so I will just take on Starbucks…..a place I have not frequented in years. Saw this last week and it does indeed affect me.
https://america.cgtn.com/2021/09/01/coffee-prices-increasing-due-to-severe-weather-in-brazil
Ditto Bloomberg, Fortune, WSJ, Reuters, Business Today, etc. And it has been know since June, July, 2021.
Also, as the price of lumber soars, the price of paper cups goes up in tandem.
Long ago, a manger of a convince store told me the costs and money they make off on the soda dispenser machines. A big cup of Pepsi costs about three cents to fill, the disposal cup costs a nickel to a dime. They inventoried the cups, not the soda that goes into it. Paper cups were more expensive than styrofoam.
Blame evil billionaires! Ah, the Lefties went ape shit when Steve Shultz hinted about running for President. They shouted him down at every opportunity, got in his face with much vitriol, shouting his enters into the 2020 race would give Trump the victory. They hated him then, they hate him now….but still wait in line for their Starbucks. Go figure.

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factniglio

04 February 2022

Posted by: scenes | 04 February 2022 at 08:46 AM
Remember the good old days when we didn’t care for “Alternative Facts”?

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Bill Tozer

04 February 2022

“You Ought to Own What You Said” – Sen. Kennedy Grills Another Biden Nominee
https://rumble.com/vtz1q7-you-ought-to-own-what-you-said-sen.-kennedy-grills-more-biden-nominees.html?

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Bill Tozer

04 February 2022

‘Pelosi Again Tells U.S. Athletes To Not ‘Speak Out’ Against Communist China As She Faces Backlash‘
“As I say, as I wish the athletes well, I do not encourage them to speak out against the Chinese government there because I fear for their safety if they do,” Pelosi said in-part.
“Do not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government because they are ruthless,” Pelosi said. “I know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there, I respect that. But, I also worry about what the Chinese government might do to their reputations, to their families.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-again-tells-u-s-athletes-to-not-speak-out-against-communist-china-as-she-faces-backlash

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Don Bessee

04 February 2022

Its a sad day for the ponytail of ignorance and his crew, slimeball avinati convicted of ripping off another client. The guy who cnn said would be a good presidential contender. LOL –
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/michael-avenatti-trial-verdict-stormy-daniels
😉

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circusniglio

04 February 2022

I remember when the “Usual Suspects” were all teary about the Newsome recall ……

During a photo-op recently at a stretch of Union Pacific railroad tracks in Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed shock at the accumulated garbage: busted-open cargo containers, looted packages, cardboard boxes, and acres of trash. “I’m asking myself, what the hell is going on? We look like a third-world country,” he said.

How many baseballs to the dome do you figure that ol’ Gavin took in college?

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The Estonian Fox

04 February 2022

Tulsi keeps the liberals awake.
On Tucker Carlson last night – Tulsi Gabbard called the attempts to censor podcast host Joe Rogan a threat to freedom.
Gabbard said freedom of speech, which she called “the fabric of our Constitution,” is under attack by elites that dislike what is being said. She distinguished the right to both speak and express oneself as the difference between “a democracy and a dictatorship.”
“We need to be looking for a Supreme Court justice who is committed and has a track record of upholding our Constitution, that’s it.”
No reference to needing a black woman to fill the vacancy.
Slogan for 2024 – “TNT – Tulsi ‘n Trump” – for President & VP. (maybe in that order)

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Bill Tozer

04 February 2022

The Dem Dilemma: How to get rid of Kamala Harris. As DA of San Francisco to being AG of CA, Kamala along the way picked up no friends or avid supporters who had actually worked with her. Odd. Her Presidential campaign was a chaotic mess. I tend to believe Terry McAteer’s column describing his own son’s unpleasant perceptive of working on her campaign. Not flattering..
Her office as VP of the USA has the same results, even though she is surrounded by battle hardened vets of previous campaigns and know how chaotic and stressful being in the heat of a campaign can be. Yet, they head for the door…and it ain’t their first rodeo.
The common thread from San Fransico DA to the White House is the tale of most unhappy advisers and staff surrounding her and bailing in rather short order.
I reckon Harris does not endear loyalty amount those who know her best. It appears much more than misogyny and racism as an excuse. The problem appears to be the woman that looks back at her in the mirror….every single time.
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‘Kamala Harris speechwriter joins growing list of resigning staffers’
https://nypost.com/2022/02/04/kamala-harris-speechwriter-joins-list-of-resigning-staffers/
The brightest emerging star to join Kamala and then bail was Synode Sanders. “Soon after, Harris adviser and chief spokeswoman Symone Sanders departed without announcing a new job.” Although I would disagree with everything Symone says, she is bright, articulate, and possess natural political and organization skills. Yes, Symone Sanders ran Bernie’s last Presidential Campaign (no relation) and all, but I figured I would see her move on up the Lefty Ladder…especially how she handled herself in front of cameras. But, nooo.
BTW, Symone was on the short list to become Baden’s press secretary. But, Biden picked the very wealthy Peppermint Patty instead. Heard MSNBC hired her. Never figured Symone Sanders would leave politics, showing what I know.
Hmmm. MSNBC? Opps. She never left the party machine. Mea Culpa

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scenes

04 February 2022

re: Kamala Harris.
So how exactly does she keep moving up through the ranks? She’s a mediocrity as a public speaker and appears otherwise unaccomplished. Everyone who deals with her appears to dislike her. The public doesn’t appear to like her. You don’t need to be good at anything to get and hold public office, but at least you need to be good at marketing yourself.
Please no ‘Willie’ Brown jokes, it’s a real question.
Is it possible that occasionally someone just lucks out over and over? Being partly black and female can’t be enough.

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Don Bessee

04 February 2022

Creepy grampa joe kissing mutha mullah ass again –
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/us-grants-sanctions-relief-iran-210830819.html
😉

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Bill Tozer

04 February 2022

Scenes @ 1:47 pm.
Oh my. Scenes, I do not believe I have ever criticized you nor have you ever given me a reason to. I look forward to your perspective on a daily basis. But, with all your intelligence and seeing the big picture at all times, I am SHOCKED that you would post something as naive and out of touch as
“Is it possible that occasionally someone just lucks out over and over? Being partly black and female can’t be enough.”
Newsflash in the Year Zero: Being partly black and female can be more than enough.
After commenting so much on the lowering/elimination of standards….you, of all people, know darn well that pigment and vagina is more than enough.
Ok, chastisement is over. I have been a naughty girl, send me to your room. :’

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Bill Tozer

04 February 2022

“Is it possible that occasionally someone just lucks out over and over?”
Yes. On occasion. Seen it before. Being in the right place at the right time and timing during events that are bigger than the individual. No Willie Brown jokes, but it would be interesting to find out how Kamala Harris positioned herself to be in the company of CA Assembly Speaker Willy Brown, arguably the most influential political in CA for that era. We all came from somewhere.
How did Kamala go from being a high school student in Toronto to the District Attorney of San Fransisco. I haven’t a clue. Never researched it. There was the Bay Area connection with, at one time, living around Berkeley was a youngin’ with two highly successful educated immigrant white collar parents, one a distinguished professor at Stanford or UC Berkeley and the other (Mom) a specialist in the medical profession.
As Kamala would say on her campaign for President, when asked a direct question about most any issue, “We need to have a conservation about that,” then walk away.
Michelle Obama likes her, so maybe Obama weighed in on Joe’s pick. Not a bad ally to have in the Dem circles. Even read today about speculation of having Michelle as the next VP pick. The bench is pretty thin and Hillary, ever the opportunist, smells an opening.

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Don Bessee

04 February 2022

Suppression of pesky facts that show the narrative is a failure –
CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo completely avoid Johns Hopkins study finding COVID lockdowns ineffective
ABC, CBS, NBC also ignored the anti-lockdown study
https://www.foxnews.com/media/johns-hopkins-university-study-lockdowns-media-blackout
😉

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scenes

04 February 2022

” Being partly black and female can be more than enough.”
But damn, there’s got to be someone (multiple someones) with better political skills, either wholesale or retail.
Even Palin had crowd skills to work with and a constituency. Bush Jr. was well-known for killing it in small groups even if he looked like a dunce on a big stage. Cheney was famous for pulling strings and collecting shrunken heads within the bureaucracy. Kamala ain’t got nothin’ so far as I can tell.
Either we are seeing the rare case of someone who flips heads twelve times in a row, or there’s a rabbi(s) somewhere. She’s some kind of ill-mannered Chauncey Gardner.

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scenes

04 February 2022

” Even read today about speculation of having Michelle as the next VP pick.”
My guess is that she’s the emergency Presidential pick.
Utterly unaccomplished but she’s simply the public face of a machine. Somebody else writes the lines and she appears smart enough to take coaching for the occasional ad-lib situation. My strong opinion is that the Democrats will feel obligated to run a black person as President or VP from here on. No choice, mark my words.
A large part of the country would pee their pants for the opportunity to vote for the author of “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community”.

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scenes

04 February 2022

An interesting way to build a list of wrongthinkers.
https://www.jremissing.com/

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questionniglio

04 February 2022

Posted by: scenes | 04 February 2022 at 01:47 PM
There is no Kamala Harris without Willie Brown so “Willie” jokes will never be far behind. He pushed her into things and sometimes in politics simply being seen moving upward makes the process self-reinforcing. Without Willie Brown Kamala Harris is a strip mall ambulance and small claims hustler!
Props to her……she made the most of the Peter Principle.
I’m more interested in Willies former babysitter with the suggestive name who is currently warming a chair in the SF mayors office!

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Don Bessee

04 February 2022

Why wiki is worthless and the scams the left will play, naw the nomination is all about legal qualifications right? –
Politico reported what it considered to be a “pattern” of changes, noting that Jackson’s page was edited to “paint her in a more favorable light for a liberal audience, while the pages for other potential nominees — South Carolina federal district court Judge J. Michelle Childs and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger — were altered to make them potentially less appealing to a left-leaning audience.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-clerk-edits-wikipedia-bios-of-potential-supreme-court-nominees-report
😉

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Bill Tozer

04 February 2022

Scenes re: Harris
I am glad you are human. I used to say something along the lines that since I have heard everything and nothing should surprise me anymore concerning the antics of the left, am once again am surprised.
I hear you. Looking at Kamala, it’s now hard (almost inconceivable) to wrap your head around why she was picked as our VP. She wasn’t picked to carry CA, a place where polling had her 5th among Dem candidates.
Yes, you got surprised. And trying to use logic….well, it just not compute. Remember when everything was the ‘Biden-Harris Administration’? Biden or his string pullers directed all in his administration to refer to the duo as the Biden-Harris Administration, with ole Joe himself occasionally calling it the Harris-Biden Administration.
To take a more broader view, the VPs usually go out there and christen Naval vessels or cut ribbons somewhere. They are kinda the invisible men no one pays much attention to. Pence had is role and had his good old P-G humor and a very rare commodity, humbleness. Hillary picked that guy who looked like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas…Kane was his name I believe. Bill Clinton picked Al Gore, which did not make conventional sense at the because both were Southerners. And Gore knew his way around the Senate. So does Biden, so he did not come in needing someone to show him how Washington works.
As a one term placeholder, a logical person would think that Joe would have picked someone with a personality, charisma, political skill, and ready to jump in and take over, considering Biden’s age and all. But, what do I know.
The biggest support I have ever heard about Kamala Harris was from the the Union commentators. They were quite impressed with her questioning of Brett Kavanaugh and thought she would be an excellent AG. They thought she did one fantastic job grilling Judge Kavanaugh. There, I am being fair and balanced.
Yes, every once in a while I get surprised that I got surprised. Apparently you did too. Or, perhaps the bigger issue is not Biden’s VP and how she maneuvered into being one heart beat away from the President, but more of a reflection of Joe Biden’s broken picker. He has been on the wrong side of every major foreign policy decision his entire career….and most major issues as well. He has a broken picker as evidenced by Harris.
Let’s not forget that he promised to pick a VP based solely on pigment and possession of female genitalia.. To be even more fair, I will call both Biden and Harris perfect for the job of Senators, but not as people with the skills to run the whole country, not to mention leaders of the Free World, pun intended.
And now Biden is repeating his same mistake of boxing himself in by declaring our next person on SCOTUS will have dark(er) pigment and a squeeze box.
Yes, it does make sense in a world without order, roots, or brakes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBAijg5Betw

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questionniglio jr.

04 February 2022

Posted by: questionniglio | 04 February 2022 at 07:11 PM
I…am…so…embarrassed!
“Props to her……she made the most of the Peter Principle.”
Props to her……she made the most of the “Willie” Principle.
I don’t know….maybe its been a long day!

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Don Bessee

04 February 2022

So the wanna be blm who hit a cop in the face knocking the body cam off and subsequently getting hit back and cuffed is now doing the sharpton revisionist history. Thats so 2 years ago…. –
‘It was terrifying’: 13-year-old girl punched by Phoenix police speaks out on arrest
https://www.yahoo.com/news/terrifying-13-old-girl-punched-224205486.html
😉

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Bill Tozer

05 February 2022

Creepy Porn Lawyer convicted…on top of his previous conviction. Boy, did The Creepy Porn lawyer ever schlong Stormy.

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Bill Tozer

05 February 2022

Wa Compost does it again.
Pathetic WashPost Dubbed Last Dead Isis Chief an ‘Austere Religious Scholar’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2022/02/04/pathetic-washpost-dubbed-last-dead-isis-chief-austere-religious

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Bill Tozer

05 February 2022

Good to see a real old time reporter not taking the government line.
“This is derived from information known to the U.S. government,” the State Department spokesman said. “Information that we have declassified.”
“OK, where is it? Where is this declassified information?”
“I just delivered it,” Price said.
“No,” said the reporter. “You made a series of allegations and statements… That’s not evidence. That’s you saying it. That’s not evidence, I’m sorry… I would like to see some proof that you can show that shows that the Russians are doing this… I remember WMDs in Iraq.”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/02/03/aps_matt_lee_grills_state_dept_spox_you_making_an_accusation_about_russia_is_not__evidence_that_the_russians_are_doing_this_i_remember_wmds_in_iraq.html

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Bill Tozer

05 February 2022

Anybody heard from Walt? Hang in there, buddy.

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Don Bessee

05 February 2022

Creepy grampa joe just funded the terrorist across the globe by trying to appease those mutha mullahs –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-society-set-to-explode-while-biden-unfreezes-29-billion-for-regime/ar-AATvuoN?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
😉

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Don Bessee

05 February 2022

GOOD people are not going to empower the chi com propagandists and i hope NBC loses its shirt –
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/02/05/nolte-record-low-ratings-for-nbcs-opening-coverage-of-genocide-games/
😉

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Scott O

05 February 2022

Don – “GOOD people are not going to empower the chi com propagandists…”
Yep – and then there’s this type:
““And who are we to criticize China’s human rights records when we have ongoing attacks by the agents of the state against unarmed citizens, and we’ve got assaults on the voting rights of our people of color in various states in this country.”
Hey Bosco – who the hell is ‘we’? Maybe you, but not me.
Where did they find this disgusting piece of filth?
And listen to this:
“I think it’s notable that we did have a Uyghur participant lighting the torch…”
Hilarious!
Gosh – if only Hitler had a Jew help with the Olympic flame in ’39 we could applaud him!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/04/espn-analyst-says-who-are-we-to-criticize-chinas-uyghur-genocide-when-red-states-violate-voting-rights/

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Bill Tozer

05 February 2022

Not a bad piece written by a socialist in the Left Leaning country of Canada: the dangers of the broad bush. A point of agreement for those looking at the horizon. The pendulum swings both ways.
‘Smearing an Entire Protest Movement as Fascistic Will Come Back to Haunt My Fellow Leftists’
https://quillette.com/2022/02/02/smearing-a-whole-protest-movement-as-fascistic-will-come-back-to-haunt-the-grass-roots-canadian-left/

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Scott O

05 February 2022

Ah, sorry – turn the 9 upside down. Of course it was ’36.

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Scott O

05 February 2022

BT 7:30 – The guy that wrote that essay is correct to a point, but he’s stupidly naive.
“I am writing this piece to ask Canadians like me whether we want our future protests to be judged and covered by standards applied to the truckers today.”
This poor putz is apparently spending too much time with his stamp collection.
Of course the standards will change. This dude must get old copies of Reader’s Digest from the 50’s for his reading material.
Hey Stuart – try keeping up with current events from the last 20 years.
There’s always a different standard for the left than for the right.
You can have the CCP fund your “climate change” stupidity and the news services will never try to tie them to your cause.
What a maroon!

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Scott O

05 February 2022

Why don’t I have a couple of new Bugattis?
Hint – I can’t print money! Well, duh – but wait…
Yahoo Finance
Why states need help from Washington. Hint: they can’t print money
Did you need the hint? Do all states need the money?
Why can’t small towns in Nicaragua just print money?
Why can’t we all just print our own money?
If it weren’t for those old grumps at the Treasury Dept we’d all be trillionaires!
Is it any wonder why our debt is going through the roof?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/senator-angus-king-why-states-need-help-from-washington-hint-they-cant-print-money-202516212.html

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Bill Tozer

05 February 2022

Well Scott @ 7:49 pm
At least you got the major gist of the article. It was tough sledding to get through some parts. I kept thinking of the Senate filibuster and the effort to have it removed. Be careful what you wish for. We always need to look at the Lefty mind to remind us of the perils. Canada is not the USA. The similarities, however, are both want all those in government to toe the party line….or else. Both countries expect the minority in either legislative body to be the vocal opposition, but in Canada they expect the vocal opposition to come into the fold. Like checks with no balances.
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Perhaps you might enjoy this one mo’ better. Was going to put it under ‘Newspeak’ but have failed to find the proper post
Heather McDonald, 2018, at Claremont McKenna College and UCLA: good read. It has not got better.
‘The Hysterical Campus’
https://quillette.com/2018/09/19/the-hysterical-campus/

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Scott O

05 February 2022

BT 9:13 – Ah, well – Heather McDonald. I’ve read enough of her stuff already to know she’s a person I could have a rational conversation with.
That other guy is just silly. He’s just barely intelligent enough to observe that the trucker protest is being smeared by the Canadian news media and Trudy but but waaaaay too left wing to understand that there is zero chance of any left wing protest to be treated the same. That example he gave of the peace march was ancient history. Has no relationship to today. As for the campus scene – it has gotten worse for the most part. Follow the Power Line blog on what’s going on in Law Schools in the US.

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Ralph Underglass

05 February 2022

What a creep.
https://www.weddingwire.com/biz/photography-by-douglas-keachie-north-san-juan/943e0c6243279c95.html

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scenes

06 February 2022

R.Underglass@11:13PM
Just another single-issue bomb throwing crazy old man living in Dogpatch.
Like Paul Emery, it’s such a common condition that perhaps it’s a matter of DNA or declining brain function. In the way that young women make the most fervent revolutionaries, angry old men make the best sedentary slogan shouters.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-man-yells-at-cloud
The worst crime committed is not being wrong, but being boring. It’s a tendency everyone should watch but these guys are a lost cause.

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Bill Tozer

06 February 2022

For a change of pace, a look back on Medieval Universities.
INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM IN MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITIES
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2022/02/intellectual-freedom-in-medieval-universities
It is interesting to me that some of the oldest (first) and most prestigious colleges founded in the colonies were seminary schools, as evidenced by the universities founders’ own words, writings, and dedication statements. They made no bones about it.

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Bill Tozer

06 February 2022

For a change, university education in South Africa.
‘Going South: Life at the World’s Most Progressive University’
https://quillette.com/2022/02/04/going-south-life-at-the-worlds-most-progressive-university/

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scenes

06 February 2022

“most prestigious colleges founded in the colonies were seminary schools,”
My guess is that in Europe that is practically 100% true.
On a related note, I was considering the idea of setting up a will that pushed all the money into a school and was browsing through non-profit 990 forms (via ProPublica).
Two amusing things I ran into.
. The primary consultant for St. Thomas Aquinas College fund raising (in CA, I like the cut of it’s jib) is named Kimberley Begg. Of course, they only spent $88k on on fund raising, so you have to stretch your dollars in that area. (The Dean makes $136k, small endowment).
and, what I consider it’s polar opposite…
. The Dean at Bryn Mawr makes $555k, huge endowment (and I don’t mean physical attributes), and they have the gumption to answer: ” Does the organization discriminate by race in any way with respect to:… b. Admissions policies?” as ‘no’”, along with all the similar questions. You know damned well the place is full of affirmative action and preference filters of all types.

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Bill Tozer

06 February 2022

What Matters Most to Nations and Peoples?
https://buchanan.org/blog/what-matters-most-to-nations-and-peoples-159049
The Great Divide

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