[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”
Of course he didn’t con you Scott. You’re way to smart for that.
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There is no evidence that Trump cheated any donors or that a crime was committed, even if the money did wind up in the Save America PAC. What we’re hearing here again is the old leftwing shibboleth that their accusations are evidence of guilt.
And it’s a mystery why a prima facie assessment of ignorance is bestowed on any citizen who contributes in good faith to a politician’s war chest. Perhaps it has to do with the assessor’s TDS – any contribution to Trump is on its face dumb. Top notch reasoning.
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George
The emails I got from Trump were specifically to raise money to legally challenge the election not to be spent on his sons girlfriends $60,000 fee for making a 3 minute speech. This will soon bust wide open upon which I will keep you informed.
“Donald Trump Jr.‘s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle was paid a $60,000 fee for speaking at the Ellipse rally that was the precursor to the Capitol riot on January 6.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-California) said that evidence showed that Trump’s inner circle personally benefitted from Trump’s election lies leading up to the riot.”
https://upolitics.com/news/kimberly-guilfoyle-paid-60000-for-2-minute-speech-at-jan-6-rally/
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I’m out for the day doing sound for the Jazz in the Park concert at Pioneer Park. If any of you come stap and say hi.
All for now
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“excessive wages”. From an old white man living in a mansion. Tell that to a mother working three minimum wage jobs.
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Its good to see creepy grampa joe has his priorities straight in the face of a self imposed energy crisis and inflation –
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2022/06/17/blinken-claims-biden-real-engagement-gay-rights-saudi-arabia/
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Miles Stand-offish 1:33 – “Tell that to a mother working three minimum wage jobs.”
Say – there’s an argument if ever we’ve heard one!
I’m sure there are 2 or 3 women doing just that. Perhaps Miles could give us an actual example of such a person so we could examine her life and look at the many, many poor decisions that poor woman made to end up in such a rut.
Miles, of course, would love to personally help the wretched gal, but his priorities are mindlessly bashing those he doesn’t like, posting virtue-signalling horse shit and boosting the left-wing policies that drive the cost of living out of reach for the very folks he claims he feels badly about.
Maybe when Mile’s fabricated Dickens-type waif gets her mind straight and buys a Tesla, she then wouldn’t have to worry about the price of fuel getting around to all those places she works.
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MilesS 133pm – Miles me lad, you also sound a bit like one of Lenin’s lads. It comes, no doubt, as a surprise that businesses are forced to treat labor as a business cost to be minimized, and not as welfare contribution to workers for unearned value. Were that not the case that business people have handled successfully at least since the Industrial Revolution, all those labor-saving devices would not have been invented and produced. And we all would still be hauling our meager stuff in donkey carts, if that. And if businesses could not eliminate excessive wages as a matter of course, you could tell that working mother with three minimum wage jobs to kiss a couple of them good-bye.
BTW, are you also one of those who believes a minimum wage should be a ‘living wage’ instead of the first step up the economic ladder for unskilled workers? I may be wrong, but you talk like one of those progressive economists of the Warren/Sanders school who learned nothing in Econ 101.
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Here is a little gift for all the dads –
Biden’s approval rating is underwater in 48 states, including the typically dark blue California and his home state of Delaware. The only two states in which he is above water are Hawaii and Vermont.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/19/civiqs-poll-biden-approval-lowest-presidency-32-overall/
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Welcome to the green new deal –
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/finance/news/sri-lanka-economy-grinds-halt-043149687.html
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So lets see what the creepy grampa joe crew is going to do about these domestic terrorists? –
The radical pro-abortion group, Jane’s Revenge, is planning more acts of domestic terrorism when the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v. Wade is revealed, dubbed a “Night of Rage: An Autonomous Call to Action Against Patriarchal Supremacy.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/19/janes-revenge-plans-roe-v-wade-reveal-night-of-rage-carrying-that-anger-out-into-the-world-expressing-it-physically/
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Well worth a viewing or two or three
https://youtu.be/LiymUd9FjHA
Peter Boghossian on parrhesia and sjw
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The beginning of the end…..when the Establishment Media starts hinting that you are too senile to lie effectively….!
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2022/06/20/jim-geraghtys-latest-thread-takes-a-disturbing-but-valuable-look-at-the-implications-of-msms-sharp-shift-in-coverage-of-joe-biden/
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Anyone surprised……?
https://weingarten.substack.com/p/whistleblower-docs-reveal-deep-state
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I LOL’ed
If you watch the video clip of SloJo see just how much it reminds you of Artie Johnson in a yellow rain slicker on a tricycle.
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Creepy grampa joe is more like the scowling old man puppet every day, GET OFF THE LAWN DAMN IT MAN!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/20/joe-biden-snaps-at-reporter-asking-about-recession-fears-dont-make-things-up/
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fish
Would you trust Trump to drive a school bus?
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The continuing saga of a thoroughly corrupt FBI.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/the-okeefe-project-tucker-goes-to-town.php
There has never been any indication Ashley Biden ever reported her diary was stolen.
As it is with Hunter, the Biden offspring leave all sorts of incriminating detritus in their wake.
And the FBI is johnny on the spot to try to clean up the mess.
This is the FBI that raided Epstein’s house in NY with a warrant and although they found all sorts of incriminating evidence, they took away nothing because they “forgot” to get a warrant to remove the evidence. I have never heard of such a thing in my entire life. No agents stayed at the house but Epstein’s lawyer was there that night and then the agents came back the next day to collect what was left. Same FBI that had Weiner’s laptop because along with sex pervert material they found State Dept emails and yet absolutely nothing was done.
The parallels with the fall of Rome are increasing.
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So its confirmed it was all on purpose, first yellin then the big guy admits it. We will see how crushing the little people to kiss socialist green ass works out at the ballot box. –
Backlash ensues as President Biden suggests inflation a ‘chance’ to make ‘fundamental turn’ to clean energy
https://www.foxnews.com/media/backlash-ensues-president-biden-suggests-inflation-chance-make-fundamental-turn-clean-energy
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In the wake of the children being terrorized by the kakkling crazy lady they have all been entered into inpatient emergency trauma counseling – LOL
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/gma/kamala-harris-surprises-children-african-211206340.html
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The worst possible messaging, dont worry about 10 gas you can get an electric car that costs more than you annual income. ROFLOL –
“If you pull out the working class, you’ve got people who are very well-educated and very well-off, those people that talk funny, ‘Latinx.’ I’ve never met a Latinx. I’ve never met a BIPOC. I’ve never met, you know, all this weird stuff that these highly educated people say. It’s bizarre,” he said.
Jones explained further that no one in barber shops, nail salons, grocery stores or community centers talk in this way and as a result, working-class voters are not listening
https://www.foxnews.com/media/outnumbered-sounds-off-van-jones-warning-democrats-sees-coming
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More reasons why its going to be a blood bath and creepy grampa joe is the peanut farmer 2.0 ya sure hurt American business and enrich the chi coms. DRILL BABY DRILL! –
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/finance/news/1-trump-era-china-tariffs-143613771.html
Flooding the zone with who knows who at your expense. Can you afford it?
Biden admin explores bussing migrants to US towns hours beyond border
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/biden-admin-explores-bussing-migrants-164610648.html
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YIKES: This Federal ‘Stimulus’ Program Cost Taxpayers $850k Per Job Saved, Study Finds
But please, tell me more about how big government can fix the economy.
https://www.based-politics.com/2022/06/20/this-federal-stimulus-program-cost-taxpayers-850k-per-job-saved/
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Just remember Bill it was Trump who signed the bill into law in 2020.
From Forbes:
“After days of stalling and criticizing the legislation, President Donald Trump signed a $1.4 trillion spending bill and accompanying $900 billion economic stimulus package into law on Sunday evening, averting a Tuesday government shutdown and clearing the way for $600 stimulus checks and $300 weekly enhanced unemployment benefits.”
More here:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2020/12/27/trump-signs-stimulus-package-600-checks-covid-relief/?sh=63fe314545fc
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PaulE 1017pm – you got the wrong bill.
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Well thats about par for the great ponytail of ignorance! @1024 LOL
What happens when creepy grampa joe is sucking mutha mullah ass, they knew what would happen if they did this shit under a strong US government. –
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/us-navy-iran-tense-encounter-045605549.html
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Another one of those ‘messaging failures.’
Poll: Majority Of Democrats Say Runaway Inflation Is Biden’s Fault
https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/20/poll-majority-of-democrats-say-runaway-inflation-is-bidens-fault/
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Shocked……that the GaffeMaster would say something stupid?
BEHOLD, MY SHOCKED FACE: Biden’s Family Pull Him Away From Reporters: “Nope. Like no more. No more questions”.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/06/bidens-family-pull-him-away-from-reporters-nope-like-no-more-no-more-questions/
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Paul Emery | 20 June 2022 at 03:19 PM
If the choice for school bus driver was limited to Trump and Biden you can be certain that I would choose Trump.
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It was so noble when progressives hated lying…..
….so noble indeed.
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Bill
Inflation is a world wide problem. Is Biden responsible for that ? If you follow this link you’ll se that we’re in the middle of the pack worldwide for inflation rates.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/15/in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world-inflation-is-high-and-getting-higher/
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BWAHAHAHAHAHHH @803
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Are you trying to say something Don?
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PaulE 1026am – Paul, since you and yours counted Trump’s bravura as ‘lies’ into the thousands, and since now we have a president daily telling lies that are material in both fact and evidence of his mental deficits, would you not then give us a short assessment his performance?
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Paul Emergency
Biden said we have the lowest inflation in the industrial (developed)) world.
5 days ago: ‘Biden gets testy, falsely claims inflation in ‘every other major industrialized country’ higher than US’
“If it’s my fault, why is it the case in every other major industrial country in the world that inflation is higher? You ask yourself that? I’m not being a wise guy.”
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy pressed White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later Thursday to explain Biden’s inflation comments, noting that the U.S. has higher inflation than Germany, France, Japan, Canada, India, Italy and Saudi Arabia.
The latest figures on inflation for these countries indicate the following: Germany at 7.9%, France at 5.2%, Japan at 2.5%, India at 7.04%, Canada and Italy at 6.8%, and Saudi Arabia at 2.2%. Meanwhile, data released last week showed that U.S. inflation rose in May to a four-decade high of 8.6%.”
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-inflation-every-industrialized-country-higher-us
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Border Dispatch, Part II: ‘The Cartel Controls Everything Here Now’
The ongoing border crisis has transformed illegal immigration into an industrial-scale international smuggling black market.
https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/21/border-dispatch-part-ii-the-cartel-controls-everything-here-now/
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George
Was Trump telling the truth when he said to George Sec of State Republican Brad Raffensperger that he won the election by “hundreds of thousands of votes”? Here’s is his quote
““There’s no way I lost Georgia,” Trump said, a phrase he repeated again and again on the call. “There’s no way. We won by hundreds of thousands of votes.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/d45acb92-4dc4-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html
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I just heard the audio of his call this morning confirming that trump said that.
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The Progressive Grievance Parade
“I know this is going to shock you, but it turns out that young, woke progressives are exceptionally hard to work with, and they see each other as hard to work with — in fact, they find each other almost as insufferable and infuriating as we find them. Earlier this month, the Intercept revealed what many of us have long suspected, that having a staff full of outspoken young, woke progressives is making progressive organizations nearly impossible to manage:“
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-progressive-grievance-parade/
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‘As it celebrates Watergate triumph 50 years ago, Washington Post newsroom rages in turmoil’
As the Washington Post celebrates half-a-century since its legendary scoop, the modern newsroom is dealing with the fallout from a number of internal dramatic arcs.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/hold-wapo
Well, it you can’t focus on changing the outside world….then focus your cruelty on your institution dedicated to changing the world.
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I don’t care what Biden said Bill the FACT is that we did not in any way suffer the greatest inflation numbers in the world. We are in the middle-I think around 19 from the highest. Oddly the chart shows that China suffered the most inflation Does that mean we should emulate their methods in achieving that?
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/15/in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world-inflation-is-high-and-getting-higher/ft_22-06-08_globalinflation_2/
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Tell that to the working poor trying to fill their tank to get to work. Crushing the energy sector was and is an unforced error causing creepy grampa joe to beg for foreign help when its right here under his nose.
No surprise that the great ponytail of ignorance is in the 11 percent buying the bullshit from creepy grampa joes depends.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/06/21/just-11-of-americans-blame-putin-for-high-energy-prices/
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SP
Oddly the chart shows that China suffered the LEAST inflation Does that mean we should emulate their methods in achieving that?
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George
I will respond to your 11:04 later this afternoon-busy day starting now.
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Administrivia – I draw your kind attention to the 21jun22 update to ‘The Many Ways to Regulate Militias’.
https://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2022/06/the-many-ways-to-regulate-militias.html
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re: public education
ONLY MARXISTS NEED APPLY
“Personally, I wouldn’t allow a “teacher” who “understands” those things within 100 yards of one of my kids.
Where does the impetus for this kind of evil come from? Certainly not from parents, students or citizens generally. The extreme left-wingers who orchestrate this kind of revolution without ever having to bring it on for a vote are experts at manipulating bureaucratic processes, always with the complicity of a worthless press.”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/only-marxists-need-apply.php
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THE GEEK IN PICTURES: INFLATED STATISTICS EDITION
• Let’s start with inflation and consumer confidence:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/the-geek-in-pictures-inflated-statistics-edition.php
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Good one BT@ 547
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George here’s a start. I did google ‘Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program’.” as you suggested and this is what I got
“To qualify for PUA benefits, you must not be eligible for regular unemployment benefits and be unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable or unavailable to work because of certain health or economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The PUA program provides up to 39 weeks of benefits, which are available retroactively starting with weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 27, 2020, and ending on or before December 31, 2020.”
Of course that was while Trump was President so he signed the bill before Jan 27 2020. He later extended the bill
“Late on December 27 and nearly a week after being passed by Congress, President Trump finally signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the Act) into law. In addition to funding the federal government through the end of September 2021, the Act also allocates $900 billion to COVID-19 relief. Employers will find at least two provisions of the Act particularly interesting: an extension of federal unemployment insurance benefits assistance and tax credits for COVID-19-related leave (but no corresponding mandate to provide COVID-19-related leave).”
So the program you linked me to was originated and extended by Trump not Biden.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/president-trump-signs-covid-19-stimulus-13080/
Also try googling”‘Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program’.” as you recommendex I do and you’ll se lots of information showing Trump originated and extended the program.
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Flying that po’ol’ ponytail of ignorance flag high again @719 Conveniently ignoring what the states did with their jillions just look at cali oh cognitively challenged one.
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PaulE 719pm – that dog won’t hunt Paul. What Trump did by presidential order, Biden can undo with a signature as he has shown in cancelling so many other of Trump’s beneficial programs. If the govt continued to pay workers not to work, Biden could have stopped it 18 months ago.
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