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[RCP numbers just out on Bumblebrain’s overall approval rating – drumroll please – 25% approve, 61% disapprove.  This is lowest approval rating ever for an American president.  We have a few select readers who should take special note of this rating on arguably the most incompetent and worst performing president the republic has ever suffered under.  And then to demonstrate once more the intellectual capacity of Democrat politicians, Sen Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced from the Senate floor that she doesn’t have to suffer high fuel costs, because she drove from New Hampshire to DC in her EV, and didn’t have to worry about stopping at any gas station charging astronomically high fuel prices.  You see, charging your EV batteries is free, and that’s how you fight inflation.  Reminds me of the Dem congressman who was worried at a committee hearing that a Pacific island would “tip over” if too many of our troops were stationed on a military base there.  gjr]

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236 responses to “Sandbox – 8jun22”

  1. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 130pm – There is nothing “new” about the incumbent administration staying in office until Congress resolves the result of the past election. And there should have been no concern with delaying the transfer of power were Congress to eventually certify the Nov 2020 election. Now we know that the country would have benefited significantly by delaying the onset of the destructive policies of Bumblebrain and his battalion of double dummies.
    ScottO 311pm – And Paul was already given the answer in my 1135am. Apparently more repetitions are needed.

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  2. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    Can you give me a couple of examples of incumbent administrations staying in office as you have described. That’s new to me.

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  3. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Scott
    I thought Liz Cheney was a conservative. Heritage action gives her a score of 87% Jim Jordon was turned down because he was a likely witness. He was, as a matter of fact, asked to testify but he refused.

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  4. fish Avatar
    fish

    America’s Editor is embarrassing himself again….
    “ In his column this morning, The Union publisher Don Rogers called out the latest childish behavior by our “local yocals” in this week’s election….

    Speaking of “blockheads”……what’s a “yocal” jeffy?
    yo·kel
    /ˈyōk(ə)l/
    noun- an uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside.

    As in the past if you want to see his ….frankly extra embarrassing because I’ve seen him make the same error in the past….boo boo in the wild you better hurry before he can memory hole it!
    Yeah….it’s petty.

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  5. Scott O Avatar

    Paul 4:40 – You’re pissing all over your own shorts again, dude. It is a fact that Pelosi broke with the rules and openly refused to let the minority leader nominate his choices to the panel. It’s never happened before. Pelosi threw Jordan off after she saw he was going to actually investigate instead of cover up.
    Liz Cheney hates Trumps guts and is as ‘conservative’ as David Brooks. Saying that Jordon couldn’t be on the panel because he would have to testify is ridiculous. Funny how they didn’t seem to care that he wouldn’t testify. That was a sop for morons like you.
    And we continue to notice you can’t answer simple questions that are put to you.
    Cat got your tongue?

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  6. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So you are claiming Liz Cheney is not a Conservative Scott. If that’s true why did she receive an 87% rating from Heritage Action.
    Also her opposition for the Republican nomination in 2022, Harriet Hageman, endorsed her 2016 campaign and wrote this:
    “I know that Liz Cheney is a proven, courageous, constitutional conservative, someone who has the education, the background and experience to fight effectively for Wyoming on a national stage. There have been and will continue to be concerted efforts to force true conservatives to sit down and shut up. Those efforts have never worked on me and I know that they will not work on and have no effect on Liz Cheney.”
    https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/politics/liz-cheney-wyoming-republican-party/index.html

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  7. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Well you and loony liz can spend a lot of time visiting as she down 28 points in her primary election. LOL
    😉

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  8. fish Avatar
    fish

    In his column this morning, The Union publisher Don Rogers called out the latest childish behavior by our “local yokels” in this week’s election….
    …..note the time.
    Correction noted…..approximately 30 minutes after post …..speed not bad for a man of your carriage!
    I’m not watching too closely….putting in an attic ladder today because I’m an idiot!
    Anyway….bonus points for you being glued to George’s blog while you’re on vacation.

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  9. Scott O Avatar

    Paul – you’ve gone from declaring Trump the leader and instigator of an insurrection to quibbling over whether or not Liz Cheney is a conservative.
    I’ll give you credit for having the energy to haul the goal post all over the field and out into the parking lot but it still boils down to you being a useful tool for the Dems with their cover up of what happened on Jan 6th.
    What kind of ‘investigation’ starts off with their ‘finding’ at the start? What kind of investigation severely limits what evidence is allowed?
    You refuse to answer my pertinent questions because they expose you as nothing more than a know-nothing tool of the Dems.
    The mid terms are coming and the American voter is pissed to the teeth with the Dems and their so-called ‘leadership’. Running up energy costs was the idiot move of the century. These ‘hearings’ about a protest that some of the participants turned into a violent riot are ancient history. There was no insurrection or any serious threat to any govt official beyond the police who were not given adequate warning or resources by the the Dem leadership for obvious reasons. The more you want to have people look into this the worse you and the Dems look.
    Keep it up.

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  10. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    fish
    “….putting in an attic ladder today because I’m an idiot!”
    Well, on the hottest day and peak of the Heat Alert Days, you decided to finally give off your duff and put in an attic ladder? Holy smokes, man….er…never mind. I have done the same. Probably a 120+ up there about now. But, glad you finally got a place to throw some important boxes you never look at but can’t toss for various reasons and a needed place to stuff the stuff…..or….are you making yourself a place to stay? In the dog house again? :).
    I know, you will be under the attic most of the time installing the ladder where it is so much cooler and all the dust and stuff falling down in your face and all…. A nice three day weekend job. It will be cooler tomorrow….but not much. Anytime is the best time when the mood strikes.
    ————————-
    Just because.
    Behar Is ‘Scared’ AG Garland Waiting for Evidence to Arrest, ‘Jail’ Trump
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2022/06/10/behar-scared-ag-garland-waiting-evidence-arrest-jail-trump

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  11. Scott O Avatar

    Not that Psul will click on the link (warning – MSN News – ultra, ultra right wing source)
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cheney-is-28percent-behind-opponent-harriet-hageman-70percent-of-wyoming-republican-voters-view-liz-unfavorably/ar-AAYh0s4
    “When likely GOP voters were specifically asked about their favorability of the job Cheney has done as a congresswoman, 27 percent were favorable and 70 unfavorable.”
    Gee Psul – when I want to find out what Rs think of some one, I’ll ask a registered R. But you can have fun fressing your Ann Coulter doll.

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  12. Scott O Avatar

    Speaking of Pelosi cover-ups:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyK1JJf4skE
    Had enough, America?
    They just urinate in your face and call it rain.
    Psul’s fav party.
    Equitable justice, lefty style.

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Scott O @ 7:02 pm
    Paul as always confused R’s, RINOS, and Conservatives. Keeps them all fumbled up. Heck, just Rs and Conservatives in general he sees as one and the same. Now, remember Punch lovin’ on Lindsey Graham, the Republican-Conservative leader? Let’s here from Dave in Riverside about our new amazing products. As seen on TV! And Pinch was right quick to use his testimonial……..
    ‘So George, I assume you agree with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham statement….’
    “Lindsay Graham called Joe Biden ‘as good a man as God ever created’ in a resurfaced 2015 interview”
    https://www.businessinsider.com/lindsay-graham-called-joe-biden-good-man-god-ever-created-2019-11
    Beware the Neocons and the Leftist illiberals. They both sup from the same pot.
    ——————————
    ‘Graham erupts in anger at Kavanaugh hearing’
    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/27/lindsey-graham-kavanaugh-hearing-849479
    Hmm. Senator Graham also said that President Trump’s decision to pull out of Syria was the most screwed up thing he has ever seen in Politics.
    ‘But, what about the Kurds!’, decried Punchy. Until then he could not ever vote for a major party again cause O got us into Syria, Libya, secret interrogation prisons in deep Africa, drone strike on US citizen…..Punchy wanted nothing to do with any of that until he donated to those fine good looking Kurdish women fighters. Fine looking I say

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  14. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The psul crowd are just empty vessels that are putin party parrots with all the rancid russian dressing that set the stage for the war well that and them suppressing the crackhead hunter truth that gave creepy grampa joe 15% more votes than he would have if the TRUTH WAS OUT about the big guy.
    Black gun owners sound off on ‘ridiculous’ Joy Behar’s remarks: ‘Her comments are stupid’
    ‘The View’ host Joy Behar claimed that gun laws will change ‘once Black people get guns in this country’
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-gun-owners-joy-remarks-comments-stupid
    😉

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  15. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 422pm – You again misunderstand. I didn’t claim historical precedence for such continued incumbency, I only disputed your use of “new” for an incumbent administration continuing in office. Were Pence to have denied certification, then that situation would have happened as a historical first.

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  16. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Thanks for the clarification George.

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  17. Scott O Avatar

    Psul knows how to pick ’em:
    “President Joe Biden said Exxon made ‘more money than God last year’ as he attacked oil companies.”
    OK – I know the IRS leaks like a sieve, but c’mon man – releasing God’s income? That’s kinda creepy.
    We know about the streets of gold and all that but have some decency.
    Gotta love it – Biden drives up the price of petro and then complains about how much money the people who produce petro make.

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  18. Koyote's ghost Avatar
    Koyote’s ghost

    George 10:13 — you left some words out.. if Pence would have broken the law and defied the Constitution by denying certification, the situation would have been a historical first. It is important to put things into proper perspective.

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  19. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    The situation would not have been a historical first… just not since 1825.

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  20. George Rebane Avatar

    Gregory 1140am – Actually, it would have been a historical first. The 1824 election could not have been subject to congressional certification, presided over by the sitting VP, since it didn’t satisfy the constitutional requirement of electoral majority (Jackson only obtained electoral plurality), and therefore the election’s result had to be resolved in the House by putting the presidential candidates up to a vote by the representatives. There was no opportunity for the VP to rule against certification as there was on 6 January 2021.
    Koyote 1104am – what law would Pence have broken by denying certification as I described in my 1257pm? Are you claiming that electoral certification is by law or constitutional stricture a preordained kabuki theater?

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  21. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Hmmm… if Pence had denied certification of votes from the questioned swing states, the 1825 situation would have been similar and to the House it would also go.

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  22. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The socialist dems now know creepy grampa joe is the worst president ever, big sigh of relief from jummy carter. The kakkler in chief is creepy grampa joes insurance against the 25th –
    New York Times: ‘Many Democratic lawmakers’ are concerned by Biden’s leadership, feel U.S. is ‘falling apart’
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-democratic-lawmakers-concerned-bidens
    😉

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  23. George Rebane Avatar

    Gregory 1224pm – Yep, you may be right, and that would expand the legitimate contingencies of Pence’s now hypothetical 6jun21 certification denial. However, your two-step process still would have differed from the one that actually happened pursuant to the 1824 election. Perhaps, we’ll get to relive the whole thing in 2025. In any event, the Left’s assertion that the only legal outcome of the 6jun21 conclave was certification of the electoral votes as presented is utter bullshit. Trump was/is right that Pence didn’t have to accept the presented electoral votes. But that assertion is independent of whether the subsequent sequence of events would have changed the election’s outcome as accepted that January by most powers that be.

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  24. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    What the Trumpers wanted was a no-go… Pence couldn’t just give Trump the nod.
    The left just wanted the Senate to agree with the major media to get on with the coronation. Performative Kabuki.

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  25. George Rebane Avatar

    DonB 1251pm – as the record here shows, most of us were painfully aware of Kamala’s role as 25A insurance as soon as Bumblebrain announced her nomination. However, that woman has delivered on several fronts to get Biden elected and constitutionally guaranteed – female, colored, immigrant mother, and profoundly stupid (all her career promotions have been race-based), not credible (to even Democrats) presidential material. Her VP accomplishments have ranged between nil and embarrassing, and could easily have been accomplished by a cardboard cutout or a potted plant.

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  26. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The weakness of creepy grampa joes team drags the world into a wider war and if you watch the lamestream you would never know it –
    As if we didn’t have enough to worry about: This week Iran escalated its war against the West.
    On June 8 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution calling on Iran to explain traces of uranium that it found at three undisclosed sites of nuclear activity. Hours before the IAEA vote, Iran disconnected security cameras from one of its declared nuclear sites. Then Iran began taking down IAEA cameras throughout its territory. The world’s nuclear watchdog is flying blind. “When we lose this,” IAEA director Rafael Mariano Grossi told reporters, “then it’s anybody’s guess” what Iran is doing.
    https://freebeacon.com/columns/the-iran-crisis-is-here/
    😉

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  27. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    In your opinion should Pence have denied certification of the election on Jan 6 as Trump requested?

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  28. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    Here is the legal analysis from Pences top lawyer and his reasoning as to why Pence should not interfere with the election process. It’s worth reading the whole thing including this:
    TO: VICE PRESIDENT PENCE FROM: GREGORY JACOB, COUNSEL TO THE VICE PRESIDENT GregoryFJacob@ovp.eop.gov202-881-9069 SUBJECT: ANALYSIS OF PROFESSOR EASTMAN’S PROPOSALS
    https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/11/pence-trump-jan-6-lawyer-memo-00038996

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  29. Jose Koyote Avatar
    Jose Koyote

    George
    So, I assume you are saying you agree that Pence should have denied certification of the election on Jan 6 because Trump told him to.

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  30. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Here’s some observations on Tuesdays election.
    I award to Calvin Clark the Lose like Trump Award for the most pathetic election effort. He lost to Sue Hoek in the conservative District 4 Supervisor race by a historic, in recent times margin with his opponent winning 84% of the vote and Clark with a pathetic 15.68% of votes counted so far. . Not only that his so called Supes recall effort failed to even qualify. And if that’s not enough his attempts to support Jason Tedder for Clerk Recorder showed Tedder losing to current Assistant Clerk-Recorder Natalie Adona by a huge margin-69 to 22% as of yesterdays vote counts.
    That’s a legacy as a loser that will be tough to beat in the future.

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  31. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    With The Union in the can for Adona, that race was a fait accompli, starting with the biased coverage of the office kerfuffle and the hearing that followed.
    I never did get an answer from Rogers why they never reported Diaz was out of the country and was not a witness to how his #2 handled it… though they did run Diaz’ narrative.

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  32. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Since the ponytail of ignorance give AG Barrs statement a highlight, he needs to hear and own all of what Barr said –
    https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/06/11/fmr-ag-barr-i-havent-seen-anything-that-makes-me-think-the-president-committed-a-crime/
    😉

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  33. Scott O Avatar

    Paul – “That’s a legacy as a loser that will be tough to beat in the future.”
    Considering Paul’s ‘legacy as a loser’ here at RR, I would say THAT is the one at the bottom.
    Every major issue in this country Paul has been on the wrong side of.
    Paul could hardly wait to vote for the Bumbler In Chief who is headed for the dust bin of history as the worst US POTUS after less than 2 years.

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  34. Scott O Avatar

    Don 2:03 – I’ve been watching that. Between Obama sending them a cargo plane with cash and Bumbler now in office barely able to slurp ice cream, Iran is free to move forward with obtaining the means to threaten and use a nuclear weapon.
    Just what the world needs – another madman with the bomb.
    Thanks, Democrats!

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  35. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So Scott you being a trump supporter and supporting the intent of the riot in Washington to disrupt the election is being on the right side. Am I correct on that?

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  36. Jose Koyote Avatar
    Jose Koyote

    You are never correct Psul Emery on anything.

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  37. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So Jose
    You being a trump supporter and supporting the intent of the riot in Washington to disrupt the election is being on the right side.

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  38. Scott O Avatar

    Paul 5:08 – No Paul, you’re not. Ever get tired of being factually wrong?

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  39. Scott O Avatar

    Moore does it again – “If you’re afraid of somebody breaking in, get a dog. You don’t need a gun.”
    OK, we’ll start with the White House.
    Deal?
    https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/06/11/michael-moore-calls-for-full-repeal-of-second-amendment-you-dont-need-a-gun/

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  40. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So Jose , congratulations… you claim to be not a Trump supporter after all so I was factually wrong. That’s good news since there is no way you can be a winner and support Trump. He is after all the biggest political loser since some time in the 1800’s. I mean he lost re-election, the House and Senate all in one term. And he lost to Biden as well and he is not exactly a ball of fire when it comes to politics.

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Scott @ 6:31 pm
    Just hide and wait for Roger Ramjet.
    ‘Guns Must Not Be Used For Self-Defense, Canada’s Trudeau Insists’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/guns-must-not-be-used-for-self-defense-canadas-trudeau-insists
    ———————-
    ‘We Have The Receipts: Rolling Stone Hit Piece Calls ‘What Is A Woman?’ Transphobic, But Its Author Watched 0% Of The Movie’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-have-the-receipts-rolling-stone-hit-piece-calls-what-is-a-woman-transphobic-but-its-author-watched-0-of-the-movie

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  42. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Not even subtle about it –
    ShutDownDC group plans ‘blockade’ at Supreme Court with ‘jail support’ on hand
    ShutDownDC is planning to ‘blockade’ streets around the Supreme Court in light of a potential decision overturning Roe v. Wade
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/shutdowndc-group-plans-blockade-supreme-court-jail-support
    😉

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  43. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    You can bet your ass that if it were McClintocks or LaMalfas wife it would have been everywhere the night of the arrest –
    Paul Pelosi DUI arrest: Napa County DA’s office refuses to release body cam footage during investigation
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-pelosi-dui-arrest-napa-044317897.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink
    😉

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    ‘Unsafe’: Twitter flags peer-reviewed CDC study that found plunging vaccine efficacy
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/cancel-culture/unsafe-twitter-dings-peer-reviewed-cdc-study-found-plunging-vaccine
    Why do more folks with the booster shot catch the Corona Virus at a higher rate than those who have not had the booster shot?

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  45. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Even though scarry poppins wont be the minister of truth new speak is firmly entrenched in the socials. UGH
    😉

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  46. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    BT 9:42PM
    Here is the link to a pre-print paper (4/19/22, non-peer reviewed yet) that seeks to answer your question.
    https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.18.22271936v1#:
    If you naturally acquire the Wuhan virus, your immune system makes anti-bodies to the ENTIRE virus – the main body (nucleocapsid) + the spike proteins attached to the main body. When you get the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, your immune system makes anti-bodies only to the spike protein, not the entire virus body, because that was how the vaccine was designed.
    So it seems that we smart humans figured that the stupid virus ONLY infects through its spiky-proteins on the virus surface. Reality many times differs from theory. At least until we work on the theory part for a couple decades.
    To re-cap – it seems that throughout human history until 2 years ago, when you got infected by a bug, your immune system tried to make anti-bodies to the entire bug. If your body made enough of the right kind of anti-bodies, then you lived another day. If your immune system was deficient for any reason, you probably died. Be patient, we just started this voluntary vaccination process to fight this new germ (aren’t they all?). What could go wrong?
    Wait – did I say voluntary? Hah – got you again.
    Anyway, after several lawsuits against Moderna & the Feds (say 10 years from now), … the liberal SCOTUS will decide (by a 10-3 vote) that we all have a constitutional right to be told to take whatever medicine (medical, legal, economic, religious, political) the Feds tell us to.

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  47. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    db 659p
    That planned slow/shutdown of SCOTUS sounds like “seditious conspiracy”.
    Expect Merrick Garland to get right on it, or at least left on it.
    btw my power just came back on, was out for 15 hours?

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  48. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    Do they plan to smash down the doors, chant hang John Roberts, invade the Supremes preivate offices and batter police?

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  49. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Seditious conspiracy” only requires a delay or blocking of gov’ment business, Punch.

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  50. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    … and an assassination attempt was already made on an associate justice.

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