[Millions of workers are in their hammocks enjoying govt checks and depressing the labor participation rate to 62.3% from 63.4% at the end of Trump’s administration during which time it was increasing for the first time since the 2008 Great Recession. Yes, during the entire ‘Obama recovery’ more and more people were leaving their jobs. The participation rate includes worker with jobs and those actively looking for jobs. This makes the cited 3.6% unemployment rate a hokey statistic; millions more are sitting on their butts enjoying govt handouts while employers are looking for workers and paying excessive wages to those working. These high labor costs are another one of Biden’s Blunders which contributes to our soaring inflation. Bumblebrain has given new meaning to ‘loser’. gjr]
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246 responses to “Sandbox – 16jun22”
More from Ann Coulter about what a fraud Trump is
” Most stunningly, Trump blew off the signature promise of his campaign: the wall. While he was busy sucking up to Wall Street, Kim Kardashian, RINOs, Silicon Valley, the gun-grabbers and illegal aliens, not one mile of wall got built.
He finally got around to the wall his last year in office. Total new wall across a 2,000 mile border completed during the entire Trump presidency: 47 miles.
Yeah, it’s a total baffler how a president who spent four years ignoring his base could have lost.”
Oh Yeah of course. Mexico was going to pay for the wall-another Trump lie
https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/1537195498045685761
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George
Can you outline a few of what you consider to be the handouts when you write: ” millions more are sitting on their butts enjoying govt handouts”.
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PaulE 1052am – Nah. I leave that list, much discussed in the non-lamestream press, as a treasure hunt for those wishing to expand their informational horizons.
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George
So I assume then it they do not exist since you refuse to support your own contentions. You don’t even produce a few random examples that I’m sure are on the tip of your tongue or perhaps not.
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PaulE 1117am – And I should be surprised that you have not heard anything about the politics and funding related to our cohort of fallow workers, but I am not. But I’ll give you a hint: first look up the Dems’ abolishment of workfare programs, and then google ‘Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program’. And this is just the beginning.
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Emperor xi gets his bully on in fear we that we wont be dependent on them –
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/06/16/china-u-s-could-spark-world-war-diversifying-mineral-supply-chains/
😉
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George
The ‘Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program’ was started by Trump and Biden only boosted it a few months. It all ended in Sept which was around 10 months ago. Very week response. Can you do better?
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Direct quote fro your link:
Federal unemployment benefit programs under the CARES Act ended on September 4, 2021. You will no longer be paid benefits on the following claim types for weeks of unemployment after September 4:
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
Pandemic Additional Compensation (PAC)
Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation (MEUC)
Note: Federal-State Extended Duration (FED-ED) benefits are no longer payable for weeks of unemployment after September 11.
The federal government does not allow benefit payments to be made for weeks of unemployment after these programs end, even if you have a balance left on your claim. Any pending payments for weeks of unemployment before the expiration of benefits will be processed retroactively if you are found eligible and did not receive conditional payments. You will be notified about what to expect based on your claim type.
https://edd.ca.gov/en/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/cares-act
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What did the expect to happen when they lie and cheat? –
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-suffers-smallest-weekday-audience-since-2015
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Not Brit Nat Health, but Kyrgyzstan Nat Health to the rescue.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61820604
“Researchers believe they have discovered the origins of the Black Death, more than 600 years after it killed tens of millions in Europe, Asia and north Africa.
The mid-14th Century health catastrophe is one of the most significant disease episodes in human history. But despite years of research, scientists had been unable to pinpoint where the bubonic plague began.
Now analysis suggests it was in Kyrgyzstan, central Asia, in the late 1330s. They chose the area after noting a significant spike in burials there in 1338 and 1339. Dr Maria Spyrou, a researcher at the University of Tubingen, said the team sequenced DNA from seven skeletons.
They analysed the teeth because, according to Dr Spyrou, they contain many blood vessels and give researchers “high chances of detecting blood-borne pathogens that may have caused the deaths of the individuals”.
On another note – though Dr Tony Fauci is said to be quarantining at home, word on the street is that he was seen among a group of oral surgeons on a charter flight to Wuhan. Wonder what he will be doing there?
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Oh, Paul is now an official Ann Coulter fan! I would suggest Paul hie hisself over to Taki Mag and check out ALL of the Ann Coulter essays.
Then get back to us.
He will, of course, find out what she says about folks that think and vote like Paul.
His relationship with his own personal Ann Coulter doll will never be the same.
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Median household savings are about $5,300, which will not last long. There are 130M US households averaging 2.6 people/household. If the govt is not helping pay those households for food and lodging through its various programs, then what are they eating and where are they staying out of the cold and rain? The deniers of govt welfare then have to explain how (130M/2)*2.6 = 195 million Americans are making do.
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“George Rebane
Median household savings are about $5,300…”. Hmm. That’s about how much the average household will pay each year more due to inflation. Or was that the individual’s inflation tax? People have been saving up during the pandemic and with extended unemployment benefits. They can surely afford to buy their own food and cover the extra $470.00/month due to the Biden Economic Disaster. Easy peasy. Small businesses and their customers can afford it, right?
‘A Life Worthwhile’
The dignity that comes with a job is more important than the salary.
https://quillette.com/2022/06/17/a-life-worthwhile/
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As always the great ponytail of ignorance suffers from his putin party parrot myopia.
He neglects to register what the states did with their billions from the trillions creepy grampa joe threw at everything that the states passed on to residents in dozens of ways from rent subsidies to ‘grants’. Being who he is he does not feel the pain of business owners begging for workers. LOL
😉
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The 39.9% president
“Here’s one idea. You know what Biden could do to develop a more effective messaging strategy? Do a better job. Word would get out. More people would approve. The numbers would go up. It would be a real winner. If only the president could actually do it.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-39-9-president
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The Left (and Hillary) blamed weak submissive conservative women for Hillary’s loss. Bad women, bad. Heck, now the wackazoids blame sweet conservative women for ANY loss.
Said it before and I will say it again: It’s our womenfolk who are leading the charge to take back the Congress. They are the ones fighting the hardest. Bad conservative women, bad. Making America great again. They are destroying our democracy, lol.
‘Reid Disparages ‘QAnon-Curious’ Flores Win; GOP Destroying Democracy’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/aidan-moorehouse/2022/06/16/reid-disparages-qanon-curious-flores-win-gop-destroying
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Well thats refreshing –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/16/new-york-post-endorses-rep-lee-zeldin-for-governor/
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The dementia liar in chief –
Biden gets testy, falsely claims inflation in ‘every other major industrialized country’ higher than US
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-inflation-every-industrialized-country-higher-us
😉
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Must be a messaging problem:
‘Republicans are more likely to ‘preserve Democracy’ than Democrats: Fox News Poll’
“This is going to cause some heads on Twitter to absolutely explode,” Republican pollster Logan Dobson tweeted. “Republicans are winning the ‘preserve Democracy’ argument with voters.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-more-likely-preserve-democracy-than-democrats-fox-news-poll
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BT @ 7:21PM re “A Life Worthwhile”
The author, an economist, left me hanging on his expository article. I was looking for concrete (2+3=5), rather than for a philosophy of how the concept of addition may contribute to integration into a foreign society.
He never used the words ‘religion’, ‘Muslim’, or ‘black’ anywhere in his article, though he does refer to ‘Middle East’ and ‘Africa’. His avoidance of trigger words certainly triggered me.
“Often you will be able to learn these jobs quickly, so long as you have the right character traits, such as self-discipline, social skills, motivation, a good work ethic, perseverance, reliability, and emotional stability.” Gosh, those traits sure sound like white European (WASP) traits. It’s not clear that he contacted the Middle Easterners and Africans to get their thoughts.
“The challenges and contradictions that arise from extensive social exclusion, and the demands for change that follow from rapid technological development, are politically very difficult to handle.” Well, the challenges may have been easier to handle if you left the immigrants in their birth country & be a burden there.
Final review – he has no proposal to convince the immigrants to accede to his thoughts on how they can conform to Swedish life. I fear Sweden is closer to losing control of their country than I thought.
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EF @5:22 continued
There was one point the author mentions, that I think has merit:
“We should move our focus from today’s one-sided emphasis on redistributive justice versus social mobility. Instead, we should talk about CONTRIBUTIVE (emphasis is mine) justice — that is, the individual’s right to contribute to the common good based on their skills and abilities. For this to happen, our perception of what constitutes a contribution must change. Any salaried job that adheres to national workplace norms should be regarded as valuable and worthwhile.”
I’m not sure why our perception of a contribution must change, but the idea of a contribution of/by oneself certainly fits into WASP values. Unless you spit on WASP values of course.
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E Fox
What did you expect from the Swedes? :). In Norway, they tell good Swedish jokes…
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PS: and you should hear those Finnish jokes. Finnish woodsman joke here, Finnish woodsman joke there, Finnish jokes everywhere. Or, maybe you shouldn’t hear those jokes.
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HEADING TOWARD THE ABYSS
In this bracing essay, David Horowitz calls out the Left for what it is–criminal, racist, and sometimes fascist. David argues that conservatives need to understand the utter bad faith with which the Left conducts itself, and stand up bravely to defend our country from the ravages of the Left.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/heading-toward-the-abyss.php
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re Efox 745am – We have much discussed the greater topic of ‘multi-kulti’ in these pages as it applies to mass migrations from shithole countries. The west’s Left knows that Angela Merkel’s final assessment of Germany’s experience with open immigration – “Multi-kulti does not work.” – is correct, and therefore promotes it as a useful social strategy to weaken western cultures that create wealth and maintain freedoms through the practice of open market capitalism. There is a lot more to be said why it is difficult (impossible?) to establish open market capitalism as a wealth engine in most of today’s third world countries.
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Has the FBI become a threat to democracy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/has-the-fbi-become-a-threat-to-democracy
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The metaphors…..they write themselves…..
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10929963/Biden-79-FALLS-bike-ride-near-Rehoboth-Beach-home.html
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How Do you milk sheep? Pretend the election was stolen
Trump Scammed Supporters Out of $250 Million for Nonexistent Fraud Fund
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-scammed-supporters-250-million-171618280.html
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Now that disney has gone full groomer this guy might get a promotion. Anyone notice buzz lightyear without Tim Allen and with gay themes tanked at the box office. Parents are not down for it being shoved down their throats much less the gooming. –
https://www.foxnews.com/us/disney-world-employee-arrested-undercover-child-sex-predator-sting
😉
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An angry sheep at 2:31 – How much did Trump get out of you, Paul?
No where in the article you linked to was there any indication anyone was bilked or that anyone has complained. Those were voluntary contributions, Paul. Unlike folks forced to pay union dues in order to continue their employment while the dues money ends up helping politcal factions and causes that are anathema to the people forced to pay the dues. Never saw a lefty or Dem opposed to that – ever.
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Man who shot at police in 100-mph chase reportedly illegal immigrant, has been deported 7 times
https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/man-who-shot-police-during-100mph-chase-reportedly-illegal-immigrant-has-been-deported
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Just for po’ ol’ psul –
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/06/18/trump-was-right-leaked-internal-tiktok-meetings-show-china-repeatedly-accessed-u-s-user-data/
😉
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So they spent $2 billion on enhanced Capitol Security after Jan 6 and the Triumph dog puppeteer can still just sneak into the Capitol?
Sounds about right.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/1538136672092790789
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re fish 824pm – If our fastidious lefty ever decided to respond to the tidal wave of leftwing iniquities cited in these comment streams, I wonder if he’d ever have time to continue taking swipes at Trump.
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Willing chumps made those contributions Scott. A perfect example of what George refers to as the dumbing down of America. I’m sure RR regulars contributed their share.
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From fish’s 8:24 pm
https://mobile.twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1538043832650158080/photo/1
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Paul – “I’m sure RR regulars contributed their share.”
Based on what, Paul?
Name them and the amounts.
As you yourself said – if you can’t – you’re lying.
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Well Trump got 250 million bucks from someone Scott with his lies about the election. Does it not make sense that RR’s, who have supported him all along, (you included) have contributed their share? Show me one time where you thought the election was legit and Biden is indeed our elected President.
Who do you think contributed that money Scott?
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Ouch!
This badly: NBC cuts to golf from Jan. 6 hearing coverage.
https://freebeacon.com/media/nbc-finds-golf-more-interesting-than-the-jan-6-hearings/
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Once again when Paul is challenged with his BS lies he wimps out. No evidence. None.
You’re the only one complaining Paul – the only thing that makes sense in this case is that you were the one that sent him money and felt cheated.
Or was it your Ann Coulter doll that sent the money behind your back? Pretty sure your relationship with her is not what you think.
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fish 7:56 – Golf? Hilarious. I always found golf on TV to be one of the most boring type of sports shows ever.
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Joe Incompetent
https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/18/joe-incompetent/
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Joe Biden has nothing to offer
https://nypost.com/2022/06/18/joe-biden-has-nothing-to-offer/
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TDS is alive and well: Prosecuting Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-news/
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Happy Fathers Day to one and all.
‘Man, 66, Says He Was Barred From Donating Blood After Refusing To Answer If He Was Pregnant’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-66-says-he-was-barred-from-donating-blood-after-refusing-to-answer-if-he-was-pregnant
Are you pregnant, Dad? Are you Father?
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From Bill’s link…..
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Once again Scott you are inferring that none of the RR’s were dumb enough to give money to Trumps “Stop the Steal ” scam. That’s good news if it’s true. The fact is that Trumps dumb followers did indeed give him $250- million which is testament to the dumbing down of America that George write about.
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Paul – “Once again Scott you are inferring that none of the RR’s were dumb enough to give money to Trumps “Stop the Steal ” scam.”
Hilarious.
No Paul – I’m telling you to provide evidence of your allegations. And once again, you’re full of BS.
But it gives us all a good look into the fantasy land you lefties inhabit. Just ‘assume’ a reality and when challenged for proof – change the subject or just run away.
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Evidence of what Scott? That Trump conned his followers out of 250 million bucks? Hows this from the conservative New York Post:
“Former President Trump and his die-hard allies raised $250 million off their claims the 2020 election was stolen — but most of the funds went toward his newly created Save America PAC rather than to pay for various challenges to Joe Biden’s victory, the House select committee probing last year’s Capitol riot revealed Monday.”
https://nypost.com/2022/06/13/trump-raised-250m-off-stolen-election-claim/
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Paul – “Evidence of what Scott?”
The statements you made in your previous posts.
Just like your hero Dopey Joe, you can’t even remember what you said.
Ah, well.
Maybe it’s time for your pudding cup and little lie down.
Happy Father’s Day, everyone!
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My opinion Scott. Like George says you find the evidence.
You carefully avoid any comment on your shyster hero Trump conning you and his other followers. Pretty clumsy dodge.
All for now on this
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Paul – “You carefully avoid any comment on your shyster hero Trump conning you and his other followers.”
OK, Paul – whatever. Get a nice nap and maybe when you wake up some of the brain fog will clear.
I hear that NBC will be showing golf on TV.
The announcers are very soothing and speak softly, so you’ll be able to stay calm not have any excitement – remember your condition.
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