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Sandbox – 21feb22

21 February 2022

[Still no internet, and ATT can’t figure out why. Three tech teams have worked on the problem to date, and one is here now. Bear with me, and spare prayers gratefully accepted. gjr

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120 responses to “Sandbox – 21feb22”

Bill Tozer

22 February 2022

Oh Don at 6:46 pm.
Why are you such an optimist?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/01/19/biden_tells_reporter_why_are_you_such_an_optimist_i_didnt_over-promise.html
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I have a different take on China invading 🇹🇼. Not now. Down the road, like the CCC official clearly stated. Chips. Lots of computer chips. Taiwan is pumping them out already so China does not have build needed plants and infrastructure on the mainland. Patience, grasshopper.

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Bill Tozer

22 February 2022

‘The Centers For Disease Control’s Lies Have Destroyed Its Legitimacy’
https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/22/the-centers-for-disease-controls-lies-have-destroyed-its-legitimacy/

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Bill Tozer

23 February 2022

THE GEEK IN PICTURES: BIDEN EXCUSES EDITION
The Biden Administration is citing the Ukraine crisis as an excuse for inflation, supply-chain issues, and everything else you can attach to it. So let’s do some reality checks.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/02/the-geek-in-pictures-biden-excuses-edition.php

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Randy

23 February 2022

Hey Paul “Evilry” any comment regarding the Trudeau fascism occurring in Canada, eh? Or is this the kind of government response you expect in the USA? I await your expected “Deflection” with baited breath…not really…

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Gregory

23 February 2022

regarding the clerk-recorder’s race
https://www.tedder4countyclerk.com/
I cannot imagine a weaker candidate for the office, besides the heir apparent, the harpy quick to file a restraining order that curbs the recipient’s 2nd Amendment rights without being represented in court.
How is that going btw…? George, I assume you know something about your daughters legal woes?

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Don Bessee

23 February 2022

Gman @ 412 i heard they rescheduled the hearing to next week.
😉

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Don Bessee

23 February 2022

A classic leftist program that has too many folks taking a bite of the apple before anything hits the streets not to mention how many ‘non-profits’ are getting management fees and fat deals for their executives. So does anyone think all those jobs will go away every? –
Most of the units are studios or one-bedroom apartments. The audit found 14% of the units build exceeded $700,000 each, and one project in pre-development is estimated to cost almost $837,000 per unit.
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/la-spending-837-000-house-234756578.html
😉

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Bill Tozer

23 February 2022

Texas Middle School Teacher Caught On Video: ‘Those Conservative Christian People, They Need To Die. They Need To Get COVID And Die’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-middle-school-teacher-caught-on-video-those-conservative-christian-people-they-need-to-die-they-need-to-get-covid-and-die
Feed them to the lions!

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scenes

23 February 2022

I was thinking of what a sweet deal the Clerk-R job is. Maybe someone from the Circle can run. At least a campaign slogan like “Fish!” not only alludes to the legendary stage presence of Jeb Bush, but fits on a bumper sticker. “I AM OUTRAGED THAT YOU DO NOT FOLLOW MY RULES” has already been taken, more’s the pity.
Always needing more pin money, maybe a ‘non-profit’ is in order. I’m thinking of calling it the Sierra Equity Council, buy one of the premium K-Cup® machines, hire some purty women to press the buttons on the thing, extract some money from the county government and any local businesses that don’t want to get picketed. It’ll make for a simple yet satisfying life.

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fish

23 February 2022

Posted by: scenes | 23 February 2022 at 06:00 PM
I was thinking of what a sweet deal the Clerk-R job is. Maybe someone from the Circle can run. At least a campaign slogan like “Fish!” not only alludes to the legendary stage presence of Jeb Bush, but fits on a bumper sticker.
I like to think I’m somewhat more lifelike than the former governor….and I’m quite sure that I could bring that same riveting speaking style!
“……please clap”.

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Don Bessee

23 February 2022

The job killer in chief good ol creepy grampa joe and family are bought and paid for by the chi coms-
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/23/alabama-solar-factory-to-close-after-joe-biden-guts-u-s-tariffs-on-china/
😉

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Don Bessee

23 February 2022

Too true but we are the ones who will take it in the end –
Leading From Behind
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow
😉

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Don Bessee

23 February 2022

The lapdog lamestream and the creepy grampa joe crew were hoping for a wag the dog moment in Ukraine-
Just 37 percent of Americans said they approve of Biden’s handling of the economy, down from 38 percent in November, 46 percent in August, and 54 percent a year ago. Sixty-two percent say they disapprove of Biden’s handling of the economy.
nflation rose sharply last year and has continued to climb this year. In January, the Consumer Price Index hit its fastest pace of inflation in 40 years.
Biden and his White House lost the confidence of the public by downplaying inflation and claiming it was likely to fall back down to tolerable levels. The Biden administration also attempted to pin the blame on inflation on corporate greed, a scapegoating that attracted the mockery of economists and fell flat with the American public who doubted that corporations had suddenly experienced a surge in greed after Biden’s election.
Now the Biden administration and allies in the media are claiming, falsely, that prices are high because of the conflict over Ukraine.
The blame-shifting on inflation might backfire because the public already thinks Biden bungled relations with Russia. In August of 2021, the approval rating for Biden’s handling of Russia was at just 39 percent. But in February, it fell to 36 percent.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/02/23/carney-the-ukraine-crisis-is-not-the-cause-of-inflation-high-gas-prices-and-supply-chain-issues/
😉

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fish

23 February 2022

Just where did that charming Dug Keachie and his rakish Greek Fishermans cap go….? It was nice to have someone to chat with other than that dreadfully dull and repetitive Punchybot!

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Bill Tozer

23 February 2022

Dougie has left the building. He failed miserably in his goal to drive us all away as he did to some other site by his mere presence.
He will be back, trying to log on here. Poor guy has too many usernames and passwords spinning around in his melon. Its more than one hall monitor can bear.

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Bill Tozer

23 February 2022

fish
At least Punchybot has finally laid of his polls. In fact, for some unexpained reason, Punchybot would rather not bring us the polls.
“For your reading pleasure, RCP has….” Biden underwater.

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Bill Tozer

23 February 2022

Really? We aren’t that stupid but maybe CBS viewers are.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-scapegoat-just-dropped-cbs-news-clobbered-over-propaganda-tweet-covering-for-bidens-economic-disaster

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Don Bessee

23 February 2022

So vlads line is no nato on my border but taking Ukraine puts him in that very position. So it seems its ok for him to flash to the nato border and perhaps farther west. Grrrrrr
😉

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Don Bessee

23 February 2022

The WH says they will have significant sanctions and perhaps on putin himself. ROFLOL If the bastard is going to war denying him access to disneyland isn’t shit.
Back in the USSR thanks to the globalist socialist dems and team 0’s failure to protect Georga. Blood on their hands.
😉

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Don Bessee

23 February 2022

Hey vlad is plagiarizing adolf from the late 1930s, hows that reset button playing now?
😉

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Gregory

24 February 2022

It’s 19 degrees outside this morning here in Newtown. Brrr.
Internet up, water flows from faucets. Coffee is hot.

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scenes

24 February 2022

“Internet up, water flows from faucets. Coffee is hot.”
I’m onto the unleaded variety as the initial coffee has been poured down a grateful gullet.
KNCO has teacher strike news and other important matters.
I was considering a history book no one seems to have written. The use of civilians in tactics.
Example:
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1496759710560706562
It really doesn’t take a lot to stir up the ant nest. Steppe tribes used to let city survivors escape to get the next town in line in an uproar. Road nets are an easy thing to clog.
I was wondering how long until the Russians have every airport in Ukraine under lock and key, and it isn’t like anyone will fly combat missions from the neighbors.

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Scott O

24 February 2022

scenes 7:23 – “…will a large swathe of California, Arizona, NM, Texas want to rejoin Mexico? It’s not such a crazy thought…”
Are you kidding?
As long as the Great White Fathers in DC and Sac-O-Tomatoes are still handing out goodies, why would they?

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scenes

24 February 2022

” As long as the Great White Fathers in DC and Sac-O-Tomatoes are still handing out goodies, why would they? ”
With sufficiently porous borders, I would expect the living conditions in both places to become the same over time. A kind of economic osmosis I guess.
White guilt aside, a big question will be whether the ruling class makes more money leaving nations intact or not. Nothing is permanent after all, and hardly any clique can hold a place more than a couple of hundred years.

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Bill Tozer

24 February 2022

Brother Walt. Obit. I will not be able to read about a volcanic eruption anywhere without thinking of Walt for the rest of my days.
https://www.theunion.com/news/obituaries/obituary-walt-branson/

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Bill Tozer

24 February 2022

Scenes @ 9:15 am. re: MIGs vs F-16s on landings
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/19411/how-are-modern-jets-modified-to-takeoff-land-on-a-dirt-runway
I stopped keeping up with the newest jet fighters a few years ago. At that time, our fighter pilots would walk runways and kick rocks and gravel off to the sides. We would suck up the gravel into the engines. In Guam, our military would patrol the runways at night to keep the Brown snakes off the runways….back a few years.
Don’t know about today. Heck, I still call them Phantoms, aka, F-4 and F-4 Phantom 11. The Blue Angels flew F-4Js. The old F-4s are still being used by Turkey and Iran, sold to Iran before the fall of the Shaw. Mach 2.2 baby, and as mentioned before, they would out of nowhere come in slow and low, then suddenly hilt up the nose, and hit the afterburners, leaving a wake dead Cong fried like a frito just from the flame throwing exhaust. Tandem seat.
Once saw a ‘rocket car’ with a F-4 engine at a major drag strip. Could not mistake that sound or the chills it gave me up my spine to the top of my hair. Think the car was called ⚡️Shockwave . Anyway, Don would be more up on landings.

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George Rebane

24 February 2022

Administration – internet lasted less than 24hrs. Ukraine comments still under Scattershots.

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Bill Tozer

24 February 2022

Dr. Rebane @ Administration
While the cats away the mice shall play. Unlike you, sir, we refuse to be controlled by self-discipline….

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Scott O

24 February 2022

scenes 8:11 “With sufficiently porous borders, I would expect the living conditions in both places to become the same over time.”
To a certain extent, we already have that in many large Dem-led cities – esp in the north midwest and north east. The difference being the cost of real estate. Cali still has the coast, the nearby mountains and great weather. And 10s of millions of people that have most of what they own sunk into their (very expensive) real estate. You can understand all the folks in Detroit simply abandoning their homes to the jungle but I can’t see that in CA. Once the jungle actually starts to threaten the lefties in Malibu, you would just be amazed at the change in politics. Contrary to popular belief, Beverly Hills is a solid red area. And they would like to dine and shop in peace and quiet. And the Americans of Hispanic descent that live in CA tend to vote Dem but are actually quite conservative. They are not real happy about a lot of what the white lefty gringos are up to in the seats of power. Recent voting trends in Tejas have shown the Dems have to start being careful about letting that state become a northern ‘state’ of Mexico. It’s not working out as the Dems thought.
In CA, we’ll see. Of course if it all goes pear-shaped (and it just might) all bets are off.

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Scott O

24 February 2022

George 11:38 – Are you on 110 volt DSL on the phone line?
We had that out in our little corner of the woods and it often would go out. Fixing it would take forever as the repair crews would have to find and re-do all the connections that would handle the 28 volt phone signals just peachy but not the higher voltage DSL signals. Winter (wet times) were the worst.
Where we are now we have line of sight wireless and it works pretty well, but it sure would be nice to have a fiber-optic line. I see that 5G is now spreading out from downtown Boise. If they can provide the throughput they are promising with 5G, our internet issues should be over.

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scenes

24 February 2022

re: Biker Bill and The Union.
I have to thank you for the post on The Union website, with ‘fisherpersons’ and all.
The reference to risk aversion and the K-12 teaching profession just led me down the rabbit hole of papers on that very thing. Duh. Of course the whole mask deal hits them in their feelz. It’s a wonderful bit of causality.

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Bill Tozer

24 February 2022

scenes.
Biker Bill told me to say glad it made you smile AND that he originally posted the reply to “Are you calling teachers cowards?” with “No, not cowards but pansies.” Well, that reply got Content Deactivated right quick, so Biker Bill (allegedly) just copied and pasted the whole thing and made some edits on the first line. Delete pansies and try again.
Biker Bill lied through his teeth and wrote, to paraphrase, “Nah, I am not calling teachers the Cowards of the County”, no way, not Biker Bill. Never! Takes a sick mind to interpret it that way.
Shrinking violets yes, pansies and cowards for sure, but not Cowards of the County. Heavens no.
It now has stayed up all day. So easy even a caveman can do it. :).
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On a related subject, has anyone else noticed that Bobbie Crossbow Susie has not run over here to barf up his Goomba Goomba since, for unknown reasons, the Manhattan DAs said no mas to digging into the Trump Corporate Corrupt Empire. And to think the off-the-case Manhattan DA ran for the job on the promise to march Trump and family off to the slammer. The cooler inside the slammer inside the big house up the river.
Oh Bobbie, where forth art thou?

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Bill Tozer

24 February 2022

Essay…for a change of pace.
Herbert Marcuse Versus the Radical Youth
AN EXCERPT FROM MARK BAUERLEIN’S “THE DUMBEST GENERATION GROWS UP
https://www.realclearbooks.com/articles/2022/02/21/herbert_marcuse_versus_the_radical_youth_817889.html

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Bill Tozer

24 February 2022

‘California School Officials Arrested For Allegedly Not Reporting Three Sexual Assault Cases’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-school-officials-arrested-for-allegedly-not-reporting-three-sexual-assault-cases

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Bill Tozer

25 February 2022

‘If He Wasn’t A Swamp Creature, Francis Collins Would Be Banned From YouTube For Covid Misinformation’
https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/25/if-he-wasnt-a-swamp-creature-francis-collins-would-be-banned-from-youtube-for-covid-misinformation/
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‘CDC: Some of you should wait longer before getting your second vaccination’
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/02/24/cdc-some-of-you-should-wait-longer-before-getting-your-second-vaccination-n450799

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Robert

25 February 2022

Was bummed to read about Walt…did not know he was ill…anyone know cause of death…regardless , 58 is way to fucking young…

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George Rebane

25 February 2022

Walt died after a long battle with stomach and liver cancer. Yes indeed, 58 is too young. And even though he was full of piss and vinegar, those two potions have proven of limited prophylactic value against cancer. We already miss him.

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Bill Tozer

25 February 2022

Well said, Doc.
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‘FEDERAL COURT FINDS VIRGINIA DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ASIANS’
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/02/breaking-federal-court-finds-virginia-discriminated-against-asians.php
First the SF school board and now the lightening rod of Fairfax County, Virginia. Those Asians are sure being bothersome lately. Persistent minority, non-woke and Asian-non POC. This presents a problem for the woke, minority, and real POCs.

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Biker Bill and the Smooth Movements

25 February 2022

‘CDC Relaxes Mask Guidance, Paving Way For End Of Mandates’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its COVID-19 mask guidance Friday to no longer recommend mask-wearing in most indoor settings.
“One of the last places mask mandates are surviving is in schools, where children and staff are still being forced to mask in a number of places”
https://dailycaller.com/2022/02/25/cdc-mask-guidance-mandates-covid-19-coronavirus/?utm_medium=push&utm_source=daily_caller&utm_campaign=push

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Bill Tozer

25 February 2022

Biden Brags He Picked SCOTUS Nominee With ‘Strongest Credentials.’ Jordan Peterson Logically Destroys That Argument.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-brags-he-picked-scotus-nominee-with-strongest-credentials-jordan-peterson-logically-destroys-that-argument

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Scott O

26 February 2022

re Biker Bill 6:50 – “CDC Relaxes Mask Guidance, Paving Way For End Of Mandates”
Ah, not so fast –
A National Vaccine Pass Has Quietly Rolled Out – And Red States Are Getting On Board
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2022/02/24/national-vaccine-quietly-rolled-out/?sh=424501806be6
Too many money quotes in the article.
You’ll just have to read it and weep.
OK – the main one:
“Yes, we’re going to get to an endemic phase of all of this, but that doesn’t change the need to continue to protect the citizens of a nation from highly transmissible and communicable diseases.”
An app didn’t protect anyone from covid in the first place but now we NEED to have this.
Right.

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Scott O

26 February 2022

BT 6:58 – “Biden Brags He Picked SCOTUS Nominee With ‘Strongest Credentials.’”
Worse – Biden broke the law. He deliberately hired ON the basis of sex and race. Not that breaking the law really matters to our masters any more.
She will always be the ‘affirmative action hire’.
Her ‘strongest credentials’ clearly were her skin color and chromosomes.

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scenes

26 February 2022

re: Scotto@7:40
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/02/22/in_the_end_sweden_did_it_right_147223.html#!

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scenes

26 February 2022

I suppose that somebody probably posted this article.
https://www.radicalrightanalysis.com/2022/02/02/beware-the-anti-fascists-for-they-have-become-what-they-oppose/
Which, naturally, was shoved done the memory hole. I like to think of the Woke as having a ‘memory oubliette’.
If curious, it might need cuttin’ and pastin’
https://web.archive.org/web/20220203024259/https://www.radicalrightanalysis.com/2022/02/02/beware-the-anti-fascists-for-they-have-become-what-they-oppose/
So…of course this happened.
https://quillette.com/2022/02/22/expelled-from-a-progressive-think-tank-for-the-crime-of-denouncing-antifa-violence/
You have to admit that Progressives are effective. The boot stamping on a human face is an addictive activity.

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Scott O

26 February 2022

re scenes 8:21 – I can’t emphasize enough the startling differences in how different states in our own nation as well as the differences in other countries has been papered over. I’m sure folks get tired of me saying it but the country I read about and saw in the news during this pandemic was like another planet compared to life here in Idaho. Downtown Boise (the mayor is a left wing Karen) had quite a few restrictions (and business bankruptcies) but in most areas life went on per usual. In fact, it boomed. It was simply a matter of most people refusing to blindly obey the dictates that seemed absurd or draconian. When the dust settles, it will be interesting to see the stats (if they allow it) to compare with other states.
Clearly, the new avenue for control over the populace has whetted the appetite for more of the same in the seats of power. It’s a pretty old story. The shamans hold aloft and rattle the orb of dangerous evil over the volk and scare them with tales of woe to befall them if they don’t get in line. There does have to be an actual danger of some sort to get things rolling – ie: a nearby volcano or a pandemic. The stage is set and the power-mongers get to work. Having or inventing a new religion is important here. This time it was !SCIENCE! and there was no questioning the priests. Otherwise the science god would be angry. The rubes fall in line (usually) and the rulers now have increased control and power over the lesser citizens.

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scenes

26 February 2022

“Clearly, the new avenue for control over the populace has whetted the appetite for more of the same in the seats of power. ”
You can pretty much count on the Russian menace resulting in a big build-out of surveillance technology and censorship.
Of course, the difference now is that it can be so much more efficiently done. Your smart TV can keep an eye on things in the living room and make sure that your eyes are watching Dear Leader. It’ll talk to it’s friend Mr. Cell Phone and keep track of your pulse rate.
Who knew that selling soap, the ultimate form of capitalism, naturally leads to a police state. Whether that state is a tyranny or not depends purely on the whims of the folks with their hands on the controls.

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Scott O

26 February 2022

scenes 10:50 – “It’ll talk to it’s friend Mr. Cell Phone and keep track of your pulse rate.”
Speaking of which –
See my 7:40.
“Having digital access to personal health records empowers the individual.”
Putting a yoke on an ox ’empowers’ him.
Ask any ox.
“Get EMPOWERED today! It’s fun, it’s easy, it’s free!”
Video of attractive couple looking excitedly at their phones.
“Get yours today!”

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Don Bessee

26 February 2022

Ah yes the good old days –
Reminiscing
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow
😉

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Bill Tozer

27 February 2022

Don’t Look To California For Healthcare Reform
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dont-look-to-california-for-healthcare-reform

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Bill Tozer

27 February 2022

Educational Elites Have Awakened A Sleeping Tiger
https://www.dailywire.com/news/educational-elites-have-awakened-a-sleeping-tiger
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Michigan School District Spied On Parents’ Facebook Groups, Reported Them To Their Employers, Lawsuit Alleges
https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-school-district-spied-on-parents-facebook-groups-reported-them-to-their-employers-lawsuit-alleges
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There was a quote I read last week from a parent who said, “We must assume our children are being abused until proven they are not being abused.”
I thought that comment was perhaps a bit over the edge if not ofer the top…until I read this story a couple of days later:
‘Two Rialto high school officials accused of failing to report sexual assaults for months’
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-23/rialto-high-school-assistant-principals-charged-with-failing-to-report-sexual-assaults

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