122 responses to “Sandbox – 13mar22”

1. 

   George Rebane

   13 March 2022

   Question from last Sandbox re Twitter, Facebook, etc conversations and public opinion polls. Does anyone have any data/links to evidence of how closely such social media conversations correlate with polling results. In short, can a casual perusal of such online conversations/comments be used to usefully assess overall public opinions and mood? Or are the politically opinionated inhabitants of social media a select group that does not reflect the more pervasive national sense about issues?

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   scenes

   13 March 2022

   re: GeorgeR@9:57
   I’ll look around.
   In a sense, that shows the weakness of a poll.
   An activist, especially in an era when an activist can multiply their influence via the internet, is simply worth more than an individual in getting their own way. One man one vote doesn’t really apply.
   Now, if you had full access to internal Facebook/Twitter/TikTok/Instagram data, a person could build some incredible predictive models. You know damned well they have.
   FWIW, if you feel like data mining beaucoup text messages, there are databases of 4chan /pol out there. The posters are anonymous, but you could (for instance) map it all against current events.

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   Bill Tozer

   13 March 2022

   IT ISN’T JUST SLOW JOE
   The press has set the bar so low for Joe Biden that when he makes a public appearance, it is considered a triumph if he manages to stay upright. No one expects anything he says to be coherent, and blatant disregard of the facts is overlooked. But it isn’t only Slow Joe: the Democrats’ policies have run head-on into reality, and none of their leaders can comment publicly without telling whoppers.
   https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/03/it-isnt-just-slow-joe.php
   I believe my bullshit detector is getting better and better.

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4. 

   scenes

   13 March 2022

   I had three disparate thoughts merge together this fine morning.
   The first was my wonderment of living in a country where Sam Brinton and Scat Diaper Furries (see ‘RainFurrest 2015’) are embraced as life styles.
   The second was the Russians attempt at a coup de main in Kyiv/Kiev via VDV.
   The third was DrudgeReport’s breathless headline of the US sending ‘more troops’ to Europe. The troops? “130 soldiers from the 87th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade”.
   Which made me think about tooth to tail ratios.
   Obviously the tail has increased, but in addition modern populations have a smaller martial group to draw from, especially if you pour the hate on southern/rural white males. Furries make poor soldiers.
   Anyhow, the point. It seems to me that the both the tooth and the tail have spread further apart. More HR experts in the US Army, more technicians generally. OTOH, more special forces, especially as it’s an area where you can discriminate. The middle hollows out, especially in a conscript army (ie. Russia). Button pushing can only get you so far.
   This changes the game.

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   Bill Tozer

   13 March 2022

   Dr. Rebane @ 9:57 am
   “Or are the politically opinionated inhabitants of social media a select group that does not reflect the more pervasive national sense about issues?”
   During the early Trump years, I read an article that stopped me in my tracks. In a buried sentence of the article it said only 9% of the populace use Twitter. Only 9%? And here I thought that everyone was Twitter except me, or at least half of the folks on social media. 9% and that nine percent must be only the most most political active and vocal along with the stars of movies and music.
   Have no idea what the percentage of Twitter users are not, but it showed me at the time how small yet powerfully influential the little squeaky well is. Garners all whole lot of attention.
   It’s a question I have been asking myself. How reflective are my news feeds of the mood or the nation or overall opinion of the public. As Pilate said to Jesus, “What is truth?”
   If I follow social media broadly in general (not no more), I would be left with the strong feeling that I am but a small minority with a POV way out of the flow or anywhere near mainstream. I must be a wingnut.
   However, following polling on issues, it is they, not moi, who are on the fringe. Way out in
   left field to use an intended pun. Border? Americans want it secure. Parental say in school? Tougher on crime? The economy? Inflation? Individual responsibility? Wokeness? Race relations. Merit? Pick any major issue, and I am not some one-off extremist but sit in the majority like a common penny in the penny jar. Darn, there goes my terminal uniqueness.
   Off thread, but most shocking pool I have read in months is the recent WSJ one that says Blacks favor R’s by 27%. That number should be half that on a good year And, oh my, look at the Hispanics. Should be 30% to a third. Jaw dropping.
   Poll: Republicans Beat Democrats among Hispanics, at 27 Percent among Black Voters
   https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/poll-republicans-beat-democrats-among-hispanics-at-27-among-black-voters/
   We are not alone. That what’s my BS detector has been saying. Letting my mind drift back to high school is a teacher’s voice saying we never can see ourselves as others see us.

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   Bill Tozer

   13 March 2022

   Correction per usual. 9% of social media users use Twitter, not 9% of the populace…and then long came one man and his Twitter machine.

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7. 

   scenes

   13 March 2022

   Thought of the hour.
   I ran into this.
   https://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-claims-missile-strike-in-western-ukraine-killed-180-foreign-mercenaries/
   My first thought was, ‘cell phones’.
   Of course, in Mother Russia, cell phone is no bueno.
   So… https://englishrussia.com/2018/04/26/what-russian-army-does-with-soldiers-mobile-phones-photos/
   I’ll bet there’s a big ol’ department somewhere in St. Petersburg that scours the web for cell phone information for targeting informat, this is in addition to all the trickery involved in spoofing/monitoring cell phone networks.
   It’s bound to be a problem with a somewhat hastily thrown together army.

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8. 

   fish

   13 March 2022

   HEY……Punchy felt it move….!
   

   GOP congressman calls Trump ‘a would-be tyrant’

   Better’n the Viagra I tells you!
   https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/598000-gop-congressman-calls-trump-a-would-be-tyrant

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   Bill Tozer

   13 March 2022

   Now fish.
   Punchy is like watching an informercial. First, the miraculous narrative, followed by testimonials from Betty in Pittsburg, Rob in Arizona, and Sue Ann in New Jersey to back it up. Punchy lives for that stuff. “Even the Republicans are sick of your boy, Trumpft. Here is Tom Rice an GOP respected congressman who calls Trump and I quote ‘a would-be tyrant’” Trump is such a loser.
   Hmmm. Let’s see what Tom in South Carolina has to say about Trump. Narrative proven. PE really does stand for Professional Entertainer, does he not? Shamwow.

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    Bill Tozer

    13 March 2022

    No links provided.
    Yesterday, I went to get gas for the chainsaw. While there, the clerk was on a break and I joked with her that the station should have a big sign in front that says, FINANCING AVAILABLE for those needing a fill up. She told me that there was a guy with a trailer that had just pulled out who filled his truck and two tractors with #2 Red Diesel and it came to $740 dollars and 86 cents. $740 dollars! She had never seen such a thing. $740 just for the man to get to work.
    The guy behind me had a small old Toyota sized truck and he stopped the pump at 80 bucks. Seemed inappropriate at the moment for me to complain about the cost of buying two gallons for gas can. Over nine bucks!!!!!!!
    They can spin anyway they want, but cannot hide for a second the cost at the pump or a bag of groceries. Darn, even cheapo frozen hamburger is expensive.
    Putting myself in the average family’s shoes in these parts, a local family husband or wife has to make the choice. You got 60 bucks for groceries and you need gas. Put 30 in the tank and 30 goes for groceries and after you are done with the errand, you still need both of each.
    Let them spin away about 9,000 oil leases and more government spending will fix inflation. The dreaded Dredges of Society, as blind as we are do not need a new pair of glasses, thank you very much.

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11. 

    Don Bessee

    13 March 2022

    They have always been a tool of the ussr/russia –
    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/13/populist-leader-green-politicians-closing-nuclear-plants-are-putins-useful-idiots/
    😉

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12. 

    fish

    13 March 2022

    Posted by: Bill Tozer | 13 March 2022 at 02:23 PM
    Yeah Bill…..if you had told me a couple of years ago that I’d be able to shoehorn $60 worth of unleaded into a Corolla I would have told you to smoke less Emery 🥬 Cabbage!

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13. 

    scenes

    13 March 2022

    re: BillT@2:23PM
    No problemo on the gas prices. Just block Russian imports. (3.5% of US imported oil according to Forbes).
    You get plausible deniability that the increase in price is purely due to the embargo.
    In the meantime, the Russians sell a mostly fungible good to someone else at $110/bbl.
    Win-win.

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    Don Bessee

    13 March 2022

    The global warmingnistas are really that crazy –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/13/the-atlantic-ridiculed-warning-nuclear-war-would-wreck-climate/
    😉

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    Scott O

    13 March 2022

    re Don Bessee 5:31 – But they are correct. It really would play merry hell with the endangered species.
    Plus –
    Women and people of color would be hardest hit.
    Putin had better watch out for Greta – she’ll scowl at him and give him such a scolding!
    Hmmmm…
    On the other hand – Putin has been building up a lot of green credits with tree planting in the Tiaga.
    There is that.

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    Bill Tozer

    13 March 2022

    liar, liar, liar. And again I say liar. Lies worse than the typical Leftist and that don’t leave much wiggle room.
    https://fb.watch/bKnzn05n_x/

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17. 

    Bull Tozer

    13 March 2022

    Its not a double standard. Its a hierarchy. Got it?
    https://fb.watch/bKoJMfJWZ7/

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18. 

    Don Bessee

    13 March 2022

    Late to the self-awareness game are the dem luddites –
    Democrat midterm campaign chief Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) over the weekend in Philadelphia said his party is the “problem” as to why they are having trouble relating to the voters.
    At the House Democrats’ retreat, Maloney, head of the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), said that as much as everyone says, “The problem is not the voters… The problem is us.” He made the statement during a part of the conference weekend that was supposed to be designed to forge unity, Washington Post reported.
    “They think that we’re divisive and too focused on cultural issues. They think that we’re preachy. They think that we act like we know better than parents when it comes to their kids in schools,” he added. Democrats appear to be noticing their chances of holding the majority through the midterms are not great.
    This comes as the Democrats are having trouble with messaging on a national level for the last year, if not longer. Breitbart News has chronicled issues within the Democrat Party, including midterm strategies, defunding the police, infrastructure, Cuba, and even wanting change within the White House. Maloney, himself, has even had problems with messaging on rising gas prices, fundraising concerns, and has even attacked his party’s vulnerable members. At the same time, the DCCC included factual inaccuracies in their Kyle Rittenhouse reaction statement.
    Most vulnerable Democrats have seemingly tried to distance themselves from the Biden. Many of them did not even attend the retreat that was meant to help them, which sends “the message that they trust their own instincts over those of national party operatives and Maloney,” the Post noted.
    As this was happening, former New York Democrat Rep. Max Rose, who is running in an attempt to win his old seat back, trashed the program he is a part of from the DCCC that is meant to help him do better in elections, as Breitbart News reported last week.
    “Now, when it comes to national Democrats, they’re not going to win this race either. They can only lose it,” Rose said. “Time and again, they come into this race with their high-powered consultants and absolutely no knowledge of what’s going on.”
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/13/democrat-midterm-chief-sean-patrick-maloney-problem/
    😉

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19. 

    Bill Tozer

    14 March 2022

    Short and simple:
    https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-10-at-9.28.49-AM.png?
    https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-08-at-6.21.21-PM.png?

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    Bill Tozer

    14 March 2022

    These stories are becoming a dime a dozen. Almost boring in their repetitiveness.
    ‘Students At Catholic Girls School Protest N-Word Graffiti. The Girl Who Wrote It Is Black: Report’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/students-at-catholic-girls-school-protest-n-word-graffiti-the-girl-who-wrote-it-is-black-report
    Once again, the demand for racists is greater than the supply, thus we have hate hoax inflation.

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    Bill Tozer

    14 March 2022

    Inflation
    https://rumble.com/vx0k21-flashback-democrats-deny-their-policies-will-cause-inflation.html?mref=22lbp&mc=56yab

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22. 

    Scott O

    14 March 2022

    How does Babylon Bee stay in business? Reality beats them to the punch everyday.
    If you see that big ‘ol mushroom cloud, don’t forget what’s really important.
    “Continue to practice social distancing by wearing a mask and by keeping a distance of at least six feet between yourself and people who not part of your household.”
    https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-explosion
    I’m surprised there’s nothing about Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity.
    They figure probably there’ll be enough DIE-ing as it is.

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23. 

    scenes

    14 March 2022

    This is just perfect.
    ” A March 4 memorandum from City Administrator Carmen Chu reveals that San Francisco will not enter into contracts with businesses headquartered in most of the United States — 28 states in all. Official travel to those states is also forbidden. And this list includes some surprises: Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Wisconsin.”
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-03-14/san-francisco-now-boycotting-most-united-states

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24. 

    Don Bessee

    14 March 2022

    @730 Are those the states that had their homeless move to shit hole sf?
    😉

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25. 

    Scott O

    14 March 2022

    re scenes 7:30 – But I’ll bet SF will still do business with China!

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26. 

    scenes

    15 March 2022

    ” But I’ll bet SF will still do business with China!”
    Naturally. Proper virtual signalling implies little cost to yourself and there’s too much money to be made in China, plus there’s probably a pretty big voting constituency there that has shared loyalties between China and the People’s Republic of San Francisco.
    That’s why I figure the move to embargo Russia was met with such hosannas, as opposed to a full-court press on diplomacy (besides the substitution of James Baker with K. Harris). It’s viewed as low cost – high effect when the opposite may be true.

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27. 

    Bill Tozer

    15 March 2022

    A quick look at Sunday morning.
    ‘Inflation rises to 10% in producer index, highest on record’
    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/inflation-hovers-at-10-in-producer-index-highest-on-record
    ———————-
    ‘Amazon relocating employees from Seattle office after violent crime surge’
    https://nypost.com/2022/03/14/amazon-relocating-employees-from-seattle-office-after-crime-surge/
    ————————
    KEITH OLBERMANN CALLS FOR DETAINING TUCKER CARLSON AND TULSI GABBARD: ‘THEY ARE RUSSIAN ASSETS’
    https://www.mediaite.com/news/keith-olbermann-calls-for-detaining-tucker-carlson-and-tulsi-gabbard-they-are-russian-assets/
    ——————-
    MAHER: ‘MY POLITICS HASN’T CHANGED … LETTING THREE-YEAR-OLDS DECIDE WHAT GENDER THEY ARE, THIS WASN’T SOMETHING FIVE YEARS AGO
    https://news.grabien.com/story-maher-my-politics-hasnt-changed-letting-three-year-olds-deci
    ————-
    ABC’S KARL: ‘IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, INFLATION STARTED TO RISE ALMOST EXACTLY WHEN BIDEN CAME IN THE W.H.’
    ‘Look at the chart on gas prices just since February (…) it is a shocking increase that, you know, doesn’t correspond’
    https://news.grabien.com/story-abcs-karl-if-you-look-numbers-inflation-started-rise-almost
    ——————-
    Commies in Love: NYT Under Fire After More Evidence Emerges of Ties to China
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2022/03/15/commies-love-nyt-under-fire-after-more-evidence-emerges-ties-china

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    Bill Tozer

    15 March 2022

    ‘Biden’s inflation blame game: President insists his policies not behind high prices’
    With inflation soaring and Americans hurting, Democrats point finger at COVID, Putin, company greed — but not government spending, which experts say is the main cause.
    https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/bidens-inflation-blame-game-president-insists-his-policies-not-behind-high-prices

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29. 

    Bill Tozer

    15 March 2022

    Aha! I can attest to this. Have a long time acquaintance that just renewed ‘their’ RE license. Hundreds of pages to read. Five year review or something. ‘They’ are no longer allowed to say, “Great View” because it might offend the blind. Or close to walking trails because some folks have no legs. True dat.
    TODAY’S SATIRE IS TOMORROW’S WOKE DOGMA
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/03/todays-satire-is-tomorrows-woke-dogma.php

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30. 

    Bill Tozer

    15 March 2022

    RESCUE ME
    “For example, President Biden’s home state of Delaware is spending $40 million of “emergency COVID-19 funding” to build libraries, New Jersey is spending $15 million on a sports complex, and Syracuse, New York, is pushing $2 million to plant trees. The city of Philadelphia has proposed spending $18 million to literally hand out free money via a universal basic income pilot program.
    It gets worse. Stimulus checks as large as $1,400 were sent to Japanese citizens living in Japan. Checks went to convicted prisoners, including the Boston Marathon bomber. Michigan is spending $400 million to upgrade state parks and trails, a city in Connecticut is spending almost $1 million to build 40 luxury apartments, and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is spending nearly $17 million to build a golf course with a two-story clubhouse and driving range.
    Most bizarrely, nearly $2 billion was sent to county governments that do not even exist.
    That is just a sample of what we have discovered at the House Budget Committee, and surely, the list goes on.“
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/03/rescue-me-2.php

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31. 

    Bill Tozer

    15 March 2022

    Typical Democrat attacking a Republican. You go, girl! Speak truth to power.
    ‘Gabbard calls on Romney to ‘resign’ or provide evidence for his ’treasonous’ claim about her’
    Gabbard says on social media “there are 25+ US-funded biolabs in Ukraine, which if breached would release & spread deadly pathogens to US/world”
    https://justthenews.com/government/congress/gabbard-says-romney-should-provide-evidence-treasonous-claim-or-resign-senate

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    Bill Tozer

    15 March 2022

    It May Not Be Possible to Achieve Racial Equity in American Scientific Research
    https://quillette.com/2022/03/11/it-may-not-be-possible-to-achieve-racial-equity-in-american-scientific-research/

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33. 

    George Rebane

    15 March 2022

    BillT 1120am – Re this, see my latest ‘Dems are evil’ diatribe. And the word ‘may’ in your 1201pm is erroneously hopeful. It will not be possible to achieve racial equity in America’s scientific research.
    https://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2021/07/equity-denies-reality.html

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34. 

    Don Bessee

    15 March 2022

    Spot on with this one –
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow
    😉

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35. 

    Bill Tozer

    15 March 2022

    Veep Thoughts with Kamala Harris
    Kamala Harris Quotes As Motivational Posters, Because The Time To Be Inspired Is Every Day
    https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/15/kamala-harris-quotes-as-motivational-posters-because-the-time-to-be-inspired-is-every-day/

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    Bill Tozer

    15 March 2022

    Tough Luck, Ladies: USA TODAY Names Trans HHS Sec. ‘Woman of The Year’
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/gabriel-hays/2022/03/15/tough-luck-ladies-usa-today-names-trans-hhs-sec-woman-year

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37. 

    Don Bessee

    15 March 2022

    That aint no lady @707.
    😉

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38. 

    Bill Tozer

    16 March 2022

    On a slow news day, there is some truth in Noah’s slam on Trump.
    https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1171539740316178

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39. 

    Bill Tozer

    16 March 2022

    Nothing we here did not already know, but maybe it is news to the Left…not.
    Biden Administration Handicapped Domestic Energy Production on First Day in Office, Memos Reveal
    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-administration-handicapped-domestic-energy-production-on-first-day-in-office-memos-reveal/

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40. 

    George Rebane

    16 March 2022

    re BillT 946am – In the Big Lies department, here’s another example that supports the thesis that Democrats overwhelmingly tell more significant and impactive lies, more frequently, to the American people than do Repubs. Today the repetition of the Dems’ Big Lie about their not stifling US energy production is repeated daily, and believing it hits every American in the pocket book and misinforms them about how they should vote to improve their lives. This lie is repeated countless times daily by Teams Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer.

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    Bill Tozer

    16 March 2022

    Well, at least they are consistent. Too much temptation I reckon. There is a reason for checks and balances. Those who write the checks cannot (should not) have access to the funds.
    BLM activist named ‘Bostonian of the year’ whose nonprofit raised $1M is charged with squandering much of it on rent arrears, $1,200 hotel stay and meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Shake Shack after being arrested at her $450,000 home
    Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, and her husband Clark Grant, 38, of Taunton, allegedly used Violence in Boston Inc. funds to pay for personal expenses
    Those included outings at Shake Shack, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company and other restaurants, while they also booked a vacation to Maryland, it is claimed
    They also allegedly fraudulently applied for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, while having other sources of income and lied about their mortgage
    Both were charged in an 18-count indictment with wire fraud, conspiracy, and making false statements to a mortgage lending business
    On Tuesday, Cannon-Grant appeared in a Boston federal court for her indictment
    Both have made more than $100,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, while Cannon-Grant also made $33,426 in ‘diversity’ consulting fees
    Cannon-Grant’s activism has previously earned her numerous accolades, such as Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonian of the Year award in 2020
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10617379/BLM-leader-founder-anti-violence-nonprofit-indicted-using-donations-meals-trips.html

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42. 

    Bill Tozer

    16 March 2022

    Dr. Rebane @ 10:01
    President Biden does not Tweet. He does not need to when he uses TikTok to spread the propaganda….er….bold faced lies. Move over Donald, it’s now all Putin’s fault.
    ‘Biden’s TikTok Propaganda Puppets Will Be Rewarded For Their Gullibility’
    The corrupt corporate media already amplify Biden’s lies without hesitation and now these TikTokers are doing the exact same thing.
    “Gas prices are up, inflation is climbing, and Americans are frustrated, but after a brief about the Russia-Ukraine conflict with the White House this week, TikTok stars are using the pro-political censorship platform to echo President Joe Biden’s claims that every crisis in the U.S. is Vladimir Putin’s fault”
    https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/15/bidens-tiktok-propaganda-puppets-will-be-rewarded-for-their-gullibility/
    From Jen Psaki’s lips to the underdeveloped frontal lobes’ ears.

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43. 

    Bill Tozer

    16 March 2022

    The spawn of Satan:
    Majority of San Francisco Voters Back Recall of Progressive DA Chesa Boudin
    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/majority-of-san-francisco-voters-back-recall-of-progressive-da-chesa-boudin/

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44. 

    Bill Tozer

    16 March 2022

    ‘Saudi Arabia, UAE Welcome UK Prime Minister For Oil Talks After Reportedly Shunning Biden’
    https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/16/saudi-arabia-uae-boris-johnson-energy-oil-joe-biden/
    What would Trump do differently?

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45. 

    Don Bessee

    16 March 2022

    BT@649 Trump wouldn’t have had to anything different because under Trump we were the alpa energy producer and could satisfy ourselves and support the EU too. That was the goal of blocking the ns 2 gas pipe.
    Now look where we and the EU are. Creepy grampa joe alienating friends and begging dictators for crumbs while crushing high paying American jobs. UGH!
    ;-(

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46. 

    show me kid

    16 March 2022

    Now, the Democrats had introduced their own bill to help Californians deal with the skyrocketing fuel prices. Newsom actually wanted to suspend the gas tax for at least a while, but nooooooo….
    A bill has been introduced which would give every Californian a one time $400 to help pay for fuel. And when I say every Californian, it includes those who do not drive car. Let’s see, at $6 a gallon that’s less than 70 gallons of fuel. I’m sure that will help folks who are living in say, Tracy, and commuting to the Bay Area. Should be about a weeks worth of driving for those folks.
    As far as those who don’t drive a car, another free handout to buy votes.

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47. 

    Don Bessee

    16 March 2022

    It seems the russian casualty reports from Ukraine are accurate based on vlad stripping troops from the east based on multiple reports like this unusual activity as well as recruiting syrians to be cannon fodder with little training –
    A Japanese Self Defense Force maritime patrol first detected the Russian vessels, which can carry dozens of tanks other military vehicles and hundreds of troops, on Tuesday and monitored them as they passed West from the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan through the narrow Tsuruga Strait separating Japan’s main Honshu island from Hokkaido island on Wednesday.
    It is unusual for Russian ships to pass through the strait so close to Japanese territory, the military spokesman said.
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/japan-spots-four-russian-amphibious-transports-sailing-from-far-east/ar-AAVaUqS?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
    😉

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48. 

    Don Bessee

    16 March 2022

    The Ukrainian special forces and electronic warfare are becoming a scourge to senior russian officers. GOOD ON UKRAINE =
    Gen Mityaev was killed near Mariupol, Ukrainian media said.
    He is the fourth general reportedly killed, leading some to ask why such senior members of the Russian military are so close to the front line.
    Analysts believe that around 20 generals are leading Russian operations in Ukraine, meaning that if all the reported deaths are confirmed, one fifth of Russia’s generals have been killed in action.
    With such high losses, some experts believe that the generals have not simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time, but that Ukraine is likely to be targeting top-level Russian officers.
    “I don’t think this is an accident. One is an accident, but this many is targeted”, Rita Konaev of Georgetown University told the BBC.
    Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, a person within President Zelensky’s inner circle said Ukraine had a military intelligence team dedicated to targeting Russia’s officer class.
    “They look for high profile generals, pilots, artillery commanders,” the person told the newspaper.
    With Ukraine’s military outnumbered, its targeting of high-level individuals could be an important part of the information war, according to Ms Konaev.
    “Assuming there is an element of targeting, this feeds Ukraine’s own morale. There is the element of being victorious. It is inspiring.”
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60767664
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    Bill Tozer

    17 March 2022

    ‘Florida Company Shows California How to Build a Railroad With Its Brightline Rail System’
    A private company in Florida already has a new intercity passenger railroad up and running for a fraction of the cost of California’s ambitious high-speed rail.
    https://fee.org/articles/florida-company-shows-california-how-to-build-a-railroad-with-its-brightline-rail-system/
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    The Left is obsessed with grooming children.
    ‘Disney employees busted in child trafficking sting just days after corporation opposed anti-grooming law’
    The Sheriff of Polk County held a press conference on Wednesday talking about the culmination of a massive sting operation which lead to 108 arrests being made, including employees of FunSpot and Disney.
    https://thepostmillennial.com/four-disney-employees-busted-in-child-trafficking-sting-just-days-after-corporation-opposed-anti-grooming-law?

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    Bill Tozer

    17 March 2022

    Surprise: Oregon Officials Push CRT-Style Racialism…For Kindergarteners
    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2022/03/15/surprise-oregon-officials-consider-requiring-crt-instruction-for-kindergarteners-n2604561

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