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120 responses to “Sandbox – 21feb22”
Ahhhhh fresh kitty litter.
The kakkler in chief is a disaster in public willie brown cant help her now –
Kamala Harris ripped as ‘perpetually unprepared’ after presser in Munich
Some suggested Harris was overseas in order to distract from the administration’s ‘domestic disasters’
After some meandering, Harris concluded that, collectively, the allies desire a “diplomatic end” to this.
Viewers called her remarks “word salad” and concluded she was “perpetually unprepared” for the critical foreign policy moment.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/kamala-harris-roasted-for-presser-in-munich-an-outrageous-move
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George
What is the difference between Russia’s “peacekeeping” invasion of the the sovereign nation of Ukraine and our “peacekeeping” invasion of the sovereign nation of Iraq?
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“What is the difference between Russia’s “peacekeeping” invasion of the the sovereign nation of Ukraine and our “peacekeeping” invasion of the sovereign nation of Iraq?”
Well, there aren’t a bunch of culturally American people in Iraq. Iraq was never part of the United States. Iraq isn’t right next to the US presenting a security issue. Iraq isn’t where the US actually was formed initially. Assuming Iraq was right next to the US, a competing set of nations didn’t plan to make it part of their military coalition. Generally, Iraqis don’t speak English, practice Christianity, or even look much like people here.
But it’s just the very same thing otherwise.
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“Still no internet, and ATT can’t figure out why. ”
George, just trust me on this.
Use absolutely anyone else you can.
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Paul.
What is the difference between the US, via our President, declaring we will defend the sovereignty (and territory) of Ukraine while not defending the severity and territory of “our” border?
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Did you support our invasion of Iraq Scenes?
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Creepy grampa joe does everything to hamstring our oil industry but now they dont trust him to put money into greater production. Thanks socialist green luddites –
Oil Soars After Arab Oil Ministers Turn Biden Down Again, Refusing to Open Oil Taps
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/02/21/the-arabs-turn-biden-down-again-refusing-to-open-oil-taps/
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Scenes from last Sandbox, re: Bobbie’s voice.
Yep. The Gypsy Jokers? Haven’t heard about them since the 70’s. If one burned the Gypsy Jokers on a drug deal, they were ruthless. Death resulted. I doubt that the Gypsy Jokers would ever take an interest in that heffa moobox for no reason. But, that was then.
NGO doxxing people? That is hilarious. Doxxing? Does she even know the meaning of the word?
All I was doing was peacefully protesting and the Portland PD sent Gypsy Jokers to kidnap me!
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If I recall, the UN all got on board and the UN with a coalition of nations invaded Iraq.
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Don @ 1:13 pm
It was a smart move to send Harris out of the country. Not so smart to put her in front of any camera. Biden’s presidency is over, washed up. Harris is a non-starter. Best they have is Hillary.
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Everyday fed up parents are addressing their school boards. The issue is not going away. I do applaud the public is conducting itself in a reasonable manner. Too many to post, picked at random.
https://rumble.com/vvenmm-you-are-done-school-board-loses-it-after-being-exposed-as-hypocrites.html?
Two days after YouTube banned Bongino for life for dare discussing masks, Rumble gained 50,000 subscribers.
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Paul Emery Presents: “Did you support our invasion of Iraq Scenes?”
Which one? There were two, you know.
No.
My guess is that Invasion #1 could have been handled in some other fashion, more surgically.
Invasion #2 was a complete waste of time, blood, money. You’ve got a perfectly good dictator there, use him. The Third World variety can always be either bought off or threatened sufficiently. Once gone, there’s a power vacuum that rarely ends up well. It’s like the incredible stupidity of Libya and the attempted stupidity in Syria.
I realize it’s hard to extract oneself from an area that combines the power and money of oil and the over-large influence of the Israelis on US policy.
It’s all typical of post-WWII US nomenklatura. Now that they have Their Man as President again, and an honest-to-charlie half-wit at that, heaven help us.
I think the Russians can make a far better case (good enough? dunno) in Ukraine, than the US has in the dozen or so places it has played Risk in the post-war era.
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PaulE 304pm – Russia is adding territories adjacent to its borders to its existing sovereign nation-state, the US didn’t and doesn’t.
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The mexicans might not agree @534 –
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/guadalupe-hidalgo
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Why then George do you feel we were justified in invadinga sovereign state, depose and kill it’s leader, bomb it’s Capitol and kill thousands of it’s citizens?
So we’re in agreement on thisone scenes. You speak as a true Conservative.
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“The mexicans might not agree @534 -”
or the Spanish if you consider Cuba or the Philippines as adjacent. or the various wars against the natives (a nearly pure-play for adding territory). To be fair, a lot of the 100 or so wars were against people somewhere else, mostly for now-mysterious reasons.
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#sadoldponytail @ 556 Since when does the druid decide whats conservative? LOL
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Scenes @ 5:12 pm
‘Which one? There were two, you know’
The first one happened after Suddam invaded Kuwait and did dastardly things to the Kuwaiti people. Went in and sliced the throats of the Kuwaiti zoos just for fun. Took over the country and all oil fields, and looted evrrything in sight, just like a BLM peaceful protest.
Paul, I must again reject your premise coming out of the gate with microphone shoved in peoples’ faces.
“What is the difference between Russia’s “peacekeeping” invasion of the the sovereign nation of Ukraine and our….”
The Russian Army are not known as “peacekeepers”. While you may have picked up the term at Raw Story or Putin himself, the term peacekeeping is a non-starter. The UN is known for its peacekeeping as they hire local tribal leaders and war lords to rape and rob the refugees at will.
The first question you should have asked is, “What is Ukraine to us?”
Same thing as asking what are the Kurds to us? Besides, Turkey is a NATO ally and the Kurds are not.
What is Ukraine to us? Looks like Biden is trying to keep his promise that no American forces will be fighting in Ukraine. The second question that begs to be asked is what does Putin have on Joe Biden?
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Nailed it Ted –
Cruz: ‘Joe Biden becoming president is the best thing that ever happened, tragically, for Vladimir Putin’
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/cruz-joe-biden-becoming-president-151012324.html
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Everyone has an opinion. The Wa Po revealed its the ultimate Keynesian dream!
https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/02/Wars-make-us-richer.png?
Don’t think this is completely fanciful. “What’s the point of having this superb military you’re always talking about if we can’t use it?”, Clinton’s Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once demanded of Colin Powell.
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Pat Buchanan gives his opinion, albeit a few days ago, posted today somewhere else.
‘Has Putin Won Round One in Ukraine?’
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/has-putin-won-round-one-in-ukraine-/
Hopefully, Mr. Emery, you did not donate to the Kurdish FEMALE soldiers in vain. They are some fine hard fighting biological women for sure.
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lol. Like you couldn’t see this one coming.
“‘Immense fraud’ creates immense task for Washington as it tries to tighten scrutiny of $6 trillion in emergency coronavirus spending”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/immense-fraud-creates-immense-task-for-washington-as-it-tries-to-tighten-scrutiny-of-6-trillion-in-emergency-coronavirus-spending/ar-AATZ0cF
You just know they’re mostly going to get away with it.
I’d love to see a rundown on the total grift that went along with all the BLM payoffs by corporations. Not as much of course, but just part of the mosaic of modern America.
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PaulE 556pm – I have circled that barn with you for over ten years, it’s all in these pages – no more.
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George
Can you refresh new readers on your support or non support of our invasion of Iraq?
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Creepy grampa joe is exactly what we warned you about and now the tanks are rolling west with no consequences –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/21/joe-biden-allows-vladimir-putin-send-russian-troops-ukraine-without-triggering-sanctions/
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Happy Presidents Day…sort of. Unable to find a President, government officials quietly cancelled President’s Day ceremonies .
So happy Paul Emery is concerned about informing ‘new readers’. It appears to be a concern he has not expressed in 15 years. Paul fondly has labeled us The Circle of Jerks.
But for the new readers…..
‘4 Special Counsel Revelations Tying Spygate To Hillary Clinton’s Campaign’
https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/21/4-special-counsel-revelations-tying-spygate-to-hillary-clintons-campaign/
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The biden grifters are bought and paid for by the chi coms and they give returns on investment –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ag-garland-looking-to-change-or-disband-doj-program-aimed-at-combating-chinese-economic-espionage/vi-AAU87p9?ocid=msedgntp
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Meta axes a head of global community development after he appears on video in underage sex sting
https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/18/meta-axes-head-of-global-community-development-after-he-appears-on-video-in-underage-sex-sting/
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Dr. Rebane.
Apparently, you, sir, do not live up to Paul’s idea of what a good conservative should be. Well, Paul is correct. You are not a conservative. You are a Conservetarian.
A Conservetarian Credo (updated 17dec16)
https://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2014/03/a-conservetarian-credo.html
Looks like you will have to circle the barn another 4,000 times with Paul. After all this time I figured Mr. Emery was getting over his BDS. But, I figured wrong. BUSH DID IT TOO!
Yes, there is a reason Paul could not bring himself to vote for President Obama the second time, or Hillary the first time. It all had to do with droning civilians, one an American citizen, and all that foreign policy stuff.
So, Paul takes more of the Green Libertarian view. Non of own beeswax. However, Paul recognizes America’s role in the world of the Good Guy Sheriff with his peacekeeper, but strangely, only when it suits him. I just hope Biden does not dive headfirst into Ukraine and clustergluck everything up like he did in Afghanistan.
Besides, Biden cannot trigger sanctions right now. Too damn cold. Western Europe does get 40% of its heating gas and oil from Putin. Wait til Spring when armies go to war. Or invade now before the Spring turns the roads and battlefield to slop.
China is watching, Kim Jung Rocketman is watching, the whole is watching the Biden-Harris Administration. Do we shave or should we grow?
PS: After receiving criticism for not pulling it’s fair share, Germany has doubled down to help out by sending field tents and blankets to Ukraine after sending 5,000 protective helmets to Kiey.
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New readers: Buck Sexton on how our fine Democrat Leaders feel about the filibuster.
https://fb.watch/bkhfVCQMyZ/
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 21 February 2022 at 07:41 PM
Expecting someone else to do the work again. You are nothing if not predictable Punch.
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George – re AT&T. Maybe your technician teams all went to an affirmative action school, run by Phil Daro. And the smart ones all moved onto gree- uh -redder pastures? The techs in Reno may be better qualified to troubleshoot.
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Is ‘liberal logic’ an oxymoron?
Posted by: George Rebane | 03 August 2019 at 06:37 AM
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“PaulE 556pm – I have circled that barn with you for over ten years, it’s all in these pages – no more.“ 😂😂😂
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 22 January 2020 at 11:40 PM
“Goodness you’re dense.”
Says the man who obsesses over polls 36 months before the election
Posted by: fish | 23 January 2020 at 07:36 AM
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“You are nothing if not predictable Punch.”
Given the circles he runs in, there’s a whole batch of things you simply cannot say. It’s safest to act as the blog’s Magic 8-Ball. View it as an opportunity to ignore or to wax eloquent depending on your mood.
“Is ‘liberal logic’ an oxymoron?”
Seeing as how ‘liberal’ is a word that has flipped meaning in the last couple of decades, I think that any discussion that doesn’t break them down into the subgroups that make up the coalition is probably pretty weak. It’s like grouping Dick Cheney with Ron Paul.
I’m even pretty uncomfortable with ‘neoliberal’.
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-neoliberal-war-on-dissent-in?utm_source=url
A nice partitioning method is always welcome, putting belief systems into some understandable structure. Of course, it’s hard to avoid sociopaths seizing the reins of control anytime you have a clump of people and money to control, occasionally they even do some good.
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re: labels
Another Putin Puppet to speak at CPAC. 🙂
‘Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to speak at CPAC’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/21/former-democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-speak-cpac/
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I’m even pretty uncomfortable with ‘neoliberal’.—Scenes
Well, the Lefties go nuts when you label them Marxists. On the far Jacobin side (Justice Democrats), the term ‘progressive’ is now a label that is going the way of Global Warming, liberal, and the dodo bird.
Neocon is still apt, IMHO, but one does not have to be on the Right to be a neocon. The term ‘illiberal’ got me blocked on The Union.
People are soooo touchy about being included by a broadbrush, yet those who exact same ones who smear half the country with the ole broadbrush. Truck drivers are now criminals at best, Nazi flag bearers at the very least.
The term ‘Commie Bastards’ really gets the Leftinistas’ all riled up as if someone kicked the hornets nest. Whatever label that gets the Lefties up in arms, it is all rooted in Marxist thought.
From an old Zane Grey paperback, paraphrased, “Why do those who cry for mercy the loudest are the least likely to extend it?” Bam, you’re dead.
If the Dems do not like being called Socialists or Commie Bastards, then quit acting like one.
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re: Putin and Ukraine.
THE HOTTEST TAKE ON UKRAINE…
…belongs to Alexander Vindman. He is the former National Security Council staffer who played a role in the first Trump impeachment charade, and since then has made a modest television career bashing Republicans. Think of him as the Michael Avenatti of the national security establishment.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/02/the-hottest-take-on-ukraine.php
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BT @ 7:36 AM-
Hey, be respectful. New slogan is T’NT (Tulsi & Trump) for 2024 P & VP, in that order!!
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The Estonian Fox
I ❤️ Tulsi….for today. 🙂
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Snow corn fall from sky here…hard. Probably stop in 3 minutes.
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A guy on Nextdoor who says he lives on lower Cement Hill Road sounds like he’s ready to go over the edge because of his problems with AT&T internet. At least you’re showing some equanimity.
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Well ya, this is a no brainer.
THE DEMOCRATS’ SELECTIVE AUTHORITARIANISM
The Trafalgar Group has applied its unorthodox methodology to test Americans’ attitudes toward Justin Trudeau’s emergency declaration and his handling of the truckers’ protest generally. The results are striking: 55% of respondents say they disapprove of Trudeau’s handling of the protest, while only 35% say they approve.
That in itself isn’t surprising. What is remarkable is the partisan split. Republicans disapprove of Trudeau’s response to the truckers’ protest by an overwhelming 87% to 8%. Independents disapprove by a massive 74% to 21%.
But Democrats actually say they approve of Trudeau’s conduct by 66% to 17%. The Democrats’ receptivity to Trudeau’s brutal crushing of the wholly peaceful trucker protest contrasts starkly with the fact that few Democrats had anything bad to say about the violent BLM/Antifa protests of 2020 and 2021, and surely would have disapproved if the authorities had cracked down strongly on those riots. One gets the uncomfortable feeling that a large majority of Democrats yearn for authoritarian rule, as long as government power is used to crush their political opponents.
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George B. @2:59PM
Have you turned it off and on again?
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moi@3:52
Pardon. Has he turned it off and on again?
(trust me to ruin a trivial joke).
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The handwriting is on the wall for creepy grampa joe, fumbled mumbled Ukraine to death and the chi coms noticed good bye Tiwan –
“Simply put, China has to back Russia up with emotional and moral support while refraining from treading on the toes of the United States and European Union,” Ming Jinwei, a senior editor at the Xinhua News Agency, wrote in a WeChat blog cited by The Post. Xinhua is the official press agency of the Chinese government.
“In the future, China will also need Russia’s understanding and support when wrestling with America to solve the Taiwan issue once and for all,” the editor later added.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-chinese-news-outlet-accidentally-leaked-its-own-censorship-instructions-on-russia-ukraine-coverage-report/ar-AAUaWmm?ocid=msedgntp
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@ 03:53
(trust me to ruin a trivial joke). Hold my beer.
@Boardman
So, the doc is cool under fire, eh? He has the gift of long suffering, an unique attribute in these times. Probably not the time for Punchy to jump in and play rope-a-dope.
Hey Grandpa! You still got it! Just fix the sucker!!! Probably a little .22 round in the line somewhere between there and there.
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Administrivia – I am overjoyed to announce that our internet was finally restored today after a grinding and frustrating 12-day ‘holiday’. Josh, the third of ATT tech teams, was able to pull it off by sytematically buzzing out the entire distribution tree up to the company’s Connectivity Mother Temple wherein lay the fault (as always). One more corroboration that big organizations sooner or later become hidebound and progenitors of their own demise – big government being the ultimate and ongoing demonstrator of this eternal truth.
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DonB: “The handwriting is on the wall for creepy grampa joe, fumbled mumbled Ukraine to death and the chi coms noticed good bye Tiwan -”
I expect a deal was cut quite some time earlier, no noticing needed. Maybe a piece of paper and everything.
As usual, only one thing counts in this life – get them to sign on the line that is dotted.
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Well, doc, I told you it would between there and way over there. Onward.
Oh my. Timing could not be worse. Just as the CDC has dumped some bucks in hiring media relations/PR Image teams to fight back against our CDC’s plummeting trust factor numbers…..this hits. Oh my. Give the NYT her due for breaking it. Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
‘CDC Blasted After Withholding Data Over Fears Of Vax Appearing Ineffective’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-blasted-after-withholding-data-over-fears-of-vax-appearing-ineffective
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Talk about whistling past the grave yard –
The drop of interest in the news comes during Biden’s presidency and numerous failures – all media events that have received less engagement from Democrats.
Throughout 2021, Biden’s leadership produced the deadly Afghan withdrawal with 13 U.S. troops killed, flip-flopping on pandemic mandates, 40-year-high inflation, massively high gas prices, supply chain woes, record-setting numbers of migrants invading the nation over the southern border, skyrocketing fentanyl deaths, falling weekly wages, and soaring crime rates.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/22/poll-democrats-not-watching-news-frequently-since-trumps-departure/
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