246 responses to “Sandbox – 16jun22”

1. 

   Paul Emery

   21 June 2022

   George
   But Trump started the program by signing it into law. It was not a Presidential order. Biden stopped on last Sept 7. The Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program’ was passed by the Congress as part of the Cares Act and signed by Trump and later extended.
   Follow this link you provided George:
   Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program’
   https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=+Pandemic+Emergency+Unemployment+Compensation+Program%27
   It was part of the Cares Act signed by Trump and later extended by him.
   https://www.investopedia.com/coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-cares-act-4800707

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   Paul Emery

   21 June 2022

   George
   Can you provide a few examples of the programs that support the your statement that “Millions of workers are in their hammocks enjoying govt checks…”

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   Bill Tozer

   21 June 2022

   ‘Unemployment Benefits Expire for Millions Without Pushback From Biden’
   WASHINGTON — Expanded unemployment benefits that have kept millions of Americans afloat during the pandemic expired on Monday, setting up an abrupt cutoff of assistance to 7.5 million people as the Delta variant rattles the pandemic recovery.
   The end of the aid came without objection from President Biden and his top economic advisers, who have become caught in a political fight over the benefits and are now banking on other federal help and an autumn pickup in hiring to keep vulnerable families from foreclosure and food lines.
   The $1.9 trillion economic aid package Mr. Biden signed in March included extended and expanded benefits for unemployed workers, like a $300-per-week federal supplement to state jobless payments, additional weeks of assistance for the long-term unemployed and the extension of a special program to provide benefits to so-called gig workers who traditionally do not qualify for unemployment benefits. The expiration date reached on Monday means that 7.5 million people will lose their benefits entirely and another three million will lose the $300 weekly supplement.
   https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/business/economy/unemployment-benefits.html
   So, Congress passed a Scared Bi-Partisan bill and Trump signed it. Congress passed an almost two trillion Scared Bi-Partisan roads and infrastructure bill (over ten years) and Biden signed it. Congress failed to pass the 2-4-6-9 trillion Bite Back Better Bill….because Trump left the House tighter and the Senate @ 50-50.

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4. 

   Bill Tozer

   21 June 2022

   Wasn’t it Punchy who was screaming Trump is a liar because he did not get a $2,000 check fast enough?
   “I don’t care what Biden said Bill….” Well, you already said you don’t care about Hillary. You have already stated unequivocally that you don’t give a hoot about VP Kamala Harris, what she does and says. Now you don’t care with what Biden said. Aha, a single issue voter….with TDS. I would bring up Obama, but all I would get is “Bush did it too!”
   Punchy, you would be the perfect candidate to be on the only Pelosi appointed members allowed on the J6 Committee. You should give Nan a call. Speak up, the old flea bag wharf denizen is hard of hearing.
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   Remember Psul, you promised we would talk after Biden hits 6 trillion. Hope that was not a pinky promise.

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5. 

   Bill Tozer

   21 June 2022

   Seriously, stop the violence. It’s bad enough the DOJ is investigating parents and members of the public whose only crime is to walk up to the microphone at a local school board meeting and speak their truth to power. Enough already, enough.
   ‘Democrats ignore threats against justices, churches, pregnancy centers and it’s deeply disturbing’
   It’s time for Biden, Democratic Party leaders to stop giving pro-choice radicals’ violence and threats a pass
   “Sadly, we cannot expect much from this Justice Department, with a Civil Rights Division overseen by Kristen Clarke. Clarke has not hesitated to charge people with blocking the entrance of an abortion clinic. What about outright destruction of crisis pregnancy centers? Clarke has a history of calling such facilities “harmful” and “predatory” and using the hashtag “ExposeFakeClinics.””
   https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-ignore-threats-against-justices-churches-pregnancy-centers-deeply-disturbing
   I am so old that I can remember back three years when looting and ransacking a business was a crime.

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6. 

   Bill Tozer

   21 June 2022

   surpring…
   Dartmouth is stripping student loans from its financial aid packages to allow students to ‘prepare for lives of impact with fewer constraints’
   https://www.businessinsider.com/dartmouth-strips-student-loans-from-financial-aid-packages-debt-free-2022-6?

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7. 

   Gregory

   22 June 2022

   I’m so old that both of my mothers were real women.

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8. 

   fish

   22 June 2022

   WHO LIKES POLLS…..
   

   Biden on the rocks: 32% approval, 27% on economy

   …….we like polls!

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9. 

   🐠

   22 June 2022

   A plan of Frischian sophistication-
   

   How Germany went “green” in 4 easy steps
   1. Shut down clean nuclear
   2. Move to unreliable wind/solar
   2. Become reliant on Russian natural gas
   3. Fire up dirty coal again

   Neferious…..!

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10. 

    fish

    22 June 2022

    If one of you would be good enough to note the time and date……
    

    “Showbiz”, “Gimmick”: Pelosi, Obama Dismiss Biden’s Push To Suspend Federal Gas Tax Into Midterms

    Indeed a rare occasion where I find myself in agreement with both Pelosi and Obama regarding the wild flailing of a sad old man desperate to hold on to an office that he’s is far too old to hold under the best of circumstances and would still be in way over his head even if he were 25 years younger!

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11. 

    George Rebane

    22 June 2022

    PaulE – I suggest you watch FN to broaden your horizons. Otherwise you’ll go on believing that the millions of households not participating in the workforce subsist on air and sunshine. I know that’s part of liberal economics theory, but as with so many things the Left believes in, it doesn’t tie with reality.
    And with your 835p – “… have governments that you consider to be Communist-Marxist.” – that false claim is sure a conversation stopper.

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12. 

    Paul Emery

    22 June 2022

    Well George you allays said that if we adopt a national health care program such as Denmark etc we will be on the road to Socialism and then Marxism. Are you saying now that that is not a concern ? If if not then why not adopt a national health care system.

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13. 

    Paul Emery

    22 June 2022

    Yeah fish you like polls when they are on your side. I recall that you and other RR’s said polls were shit when Trump numbers were in the dump. What a hoot.

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    Paul Emery

    22 June 2022

    Even Fox News is turning on Trump. Check this out:
    Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum quotes;
    “The lack of evidence is the huge stunning clear moment here where these people are saying, ‘Look I supported you, please give me something to work with,’ and it simply doesn’t materialize,” MacCallum said, per The Hill.
    Arizona Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers testified Tuesday that Trump and his lawyers pressured him to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
    “There was no ― no evidence being presented of any strength … anything that would say to me, ‘You have a doubt. Deny your oath.’ I will not do that,” Bowers said of Trump’s fraud claims.
    https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/3531399-fox-anchor-jan-6-witnesses-outlining-huge-stunning-clear-lack-of-voter-fraud-evidence/

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15. 

    George Rebane

    22 June 2022

    PaulE 108p – It’s hard to have a nuanced conversation with you because you see everything in their extremes – black/white, 1/0, true/false, socialist/capitalist, … . What’s worse, you interpret the views of others in the same vein, which they then deny, and that derails the conversation.
    Nationalized healthcare is one of the topics I have discussed extensively on RR, and it appears that to date you have not understood a word of it. Most certainly I’m at my wits end and will no longer attempt to seek your comprehension, nor answer when you so poorly comprehend my beliefs, values, and interpretations as simple-minded notions of a simple mind.

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16. 

    fish

    22 June 2022

    SC Dem seeks age limit for ‘geriatric’ politicians
    …go long ice flows!
    https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-south-carolina-henry-mcmaster-fdb20097da4200bb9e6548385734cd38

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    Paul Emery

    22 June 2022

    So That’s good news George that you don’t see a connection between national health care and socialism. Aw you know I am a strong n advocate of national health care because of my experience playing music in Europe for around 2 years and my personal relationship with friends there.

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18. 

    Gregory

    22 June 2022

    punchy 211p
    That’s not what George wrote.

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19. 

    Paul Emery

    22 June 2022

    George and the RR’s:
    Here’s a direct quote from Trumps Truth Social on Sunday morning regarding his phone conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
    “My phone call to the Georgia Secretary of State, with many other people, including numerous lawyers, knowingly on the line, was absolutely PERFECT and appropriate. YES, it was a PERFECT CALL (and so was the second call for which the Washington Post was forced to do a major, and somewhat embarrassing, retraction). Thank you!”
    His phone call to Brad Raffensperger included this quote that he won the George election.
    “There’s no way I lost Georgia. There’s no way. We won by hundreds of thousands of votes,” .
    Do you believe that Trump was lying when he said that in his attempt to influence a public official to challenge the election?
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/05/fact-check-trump-pressured-georgia-recalculate-vote-tally/4135556001/

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20. 

    Bill Tozer

    22 June 2022

    Punch. Your comments should be posted under the J6 Kabuki theater and particularly the June 22 update.
    11 June 2022
    Scattershots – 11jun22 (updated 12jun22)
    George Rebane
    The professionally produced prime-time J6 congressional kabuki has the obvious…
    Hopefully, this is a J6 Free Zone with a minimum of crossovers.

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21. 

    Bill Tozer

    22 June 2022

    https://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2022/06/scattershots-11jun22.html

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22. 

    Bill Tozer

    22 June 2022

    Biden’s claims on the economy are pure malarkey
    https://nypost.com/2022/06/21/bidens-claims-on-the-economy-are-pure-malarkey/
    Biden crashed his No Malarkey bus. Never put him behind the wheel of anything.

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23. 

    Scott O

    22 June 2022

    Paul 2:11 – “Aw you know I am a strong n advocate of national health care because of my experience playing music in Europe for around 2 years and my personal relationship with friends there.”
    Yep – plunking on a gee-tar and yakking with people does make you quite the expert on govt run health care, Paul.
    And yet you have yet to explain why California failed to even try to set up a govt run system despite bragging they could hardly wait to do so for decades given the money and Dem control of the state. Both of which they claimed they had.
    But, of course I’m not a guitar player, so what do I know about health care?

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24. 

    🐠

    22 June 2022

    50 year mediocrity in the Senate doing the only thing he knows how to do…..
    

    Biden Blames Putin, Refiners, & Gas Stations For Record Prices: ‘Cost Of Saving Democracy’

    …..except when he hides behind men with guns who will protect him and pretends to be a tough guy. That’s his other “go to”!
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/only-11-americans-believe-biden-narrative-putin-blame-record-gas-prices

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25. 

    Don Bessee

    22 June 2022

    Freshly reappointed and confirmed fed chair calls creepy grampa joe a liar –
    Fed chairman contradicts Biden, says Russia’s Ukraine invasion not the main inflation driver
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/fed-chairman-contradicts-biden-russia-ukraine-invasion-inflation
    😉

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26. 

    Bill Tozer

    22 June 2022

    ‘Delusional’: People Aren’t Buying WaPo Columnist’s Claim That Americans ‘Are Not Suffering As Much As They Think They Are’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/delusional-people-arent-buying-wapo-columnists-claim-that-americans-are-not-suffering-as-much-as-the-think-they-are

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27. 

    Scott O

    22 June 2022

    re BT 7:34 – Michelle Singletary isn’t suffering from her ethnic background or dark skin – so maybe she shouldn’t be allowed to “complain” about racism in the US.
    Deal?
    In actually, she’s just the typical ‘useful idiot’ (ala Paul Emery). Shilling for the Dems they wanted to take power and now find are incompetent and worthless.
    I had always thought that it was noble for those who are ‘comfortable’ to speak up for those who are suffering, but it seems the left wants me to not notice the suffering of the working poor.
    Interesting.

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28. 

    Paul Emery

    22 June 2022

    T
    aking a last look at the June elections-very conclusive that Nevada County is solid blue, not at all purple Only 1% left to be countee.
    Governor Newsom Dem- 49%
    Dahle Repub 34%
    Lt Gov Jacob-Dem 37%
    Fennell Repub 26%
    Senator Padilla-Dem 50%
    Mueser Repub 21%
    House Jones Dem 48%
    Kiley Repub 31%
    Assembly Sandwith Dem 48%
    Dahle- Repub 38%
    Supes Dist 3 Swarthout-Dem support 48%
    Spencer-Repub support 31%
    District 4 Hoek-Repub 82%
    Clark-MAGA support 17%
    Clerk Recorder Adona- Dem support 67%
    Teddler-MAGA Support 23%

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    Paul Emery

    22 June 2022

    Correction-sloppy typing, my trademark.
    Taking a last look at the June elections-very conclusive that Nevada County is solid blue, not at all purple Only 1% left to be counted.

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30. 

    Bill Tozer

    22 June 2022

    Biden is toast. Done. His presidency is over. He will be gone after the mid-terms. Just don’t see him making it too many miles past November. If he makes it through his term, it’s because they have been carrying him on a gurney all the way. The common man with common sense has spoken. The motley crew.
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    BIDEN IS DOOMED AND HAS NOWHERE TO RUN
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/biden-is-doomed-and-has-nowhere-to-run.php

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31. 

    Bill Tozer

    22 June 2022

    ‘Former DeSantis opponent Andrew Gillum indicted on multiple fraud charges’
    “The scandal-plagued onetime rising star in the Florida Democratic Party was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s office on Wednesday morning.
    Andrew Gillum, a Democrat who narrowly lost to Ron DeSantis (R) during the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race, was indicted in federal court on Wednesday on charges of fraud.
    The office for the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the charges against Gillum and one of his longtime advisers, Sharon Letterman-Hicks, after a grand jury returned a 21-count indictment.”
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/former-desantis-opponent-andrew-gillum-indicted-multiple-fraud-charges
    Wonder who his lawyer is?
    In a statement to NBC News, Gillum’s legal team, which includes top Democratic attorney Marc Elias, said, “The government got it wrong today. The evidence in this case is clear and will show that Mr. Gillium is innocent of all charges. We look forward to putting this case to rest and giving Andrew and his family peace of mind once and for all.”
    Didn’t Gillum run for President in 2020? Wasn’t he on the Drop Out Derby list? Or was that somebody else….like Messam?
    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/were-keeping-an-eye-on-wayne-messam-the-florida-mayor-running-for-president/

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32. 

    Bill Tozer

    22 June 2022

    Long essay.
    A Tale of Two Propositions
    Diversity, democracy, and affirmative action.
    https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/a-tale-of-two-propositions/

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33. 

    Bill Tozer

    23 June 2022

    Supreme Court strikes down New York law restricting concealed carry permits
    https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/hold-supreme-court-xxxxxxx
    That is a no-brainer.

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34. 

    Paul Emery

    23 June 2022

    Preview of coming attractions:
    Former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, former acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue and the head of the Office of Legal Counsel Steven Engel will testify today the Jan 6 committee.
    Here’s a quote from Rosen:
    “Some argued to the former President and public that the election was corrupt and stolen. That view was wrong then and it is wrong today, and I hope our presence here today helps reaffirm that”
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/23/politics/january-6-hearings-day-5-what-to-expect/index.html

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35. 

    Gregory

    23 June 2022

    Thank you, Justice Thomas.

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36. 

    Gregory

    23 June 2022

    Governor Newsom Dem- 49%
    Not Dem Newsom… 51%
    Lt Gov Jacob-Dem 37%
    Not Dem Jacob… 63%
    Senator Padilla-Dem 50%
    Not Dem Padilla… 50%
    House Jones Dem 48%
    Not Dem Jones… 52%
    Assembly Sandwith Dem 48%
    Not Dem Sandwith… 52%
    Supes Dist 3 Swarthout-Dem support 48%
    Not a partisan orifice
    District 4 Hoek-Repub 82%
    Not a partisan orifice
    Clerk Recorder Adona- Dem support 67%
    Not a partisan orifice
    Punchy, the evidence is that you are a partisan orifice.

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37. 

    Bill Tozer

    23 June 2022

    The mainstream media’s lies on secret migrant flights
    https://nypost.com/2022/06/22/the-mainstream-medias-lies-on-secret-migrant-flies/
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/redistribution-illegal-alien-edition.php
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    The CDC Just Pushed Fake News on Covid Child Mortality
    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-cdc-just-pushed-fake-news-on-covid-child-mortality/
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    New elite of the elites spin….or lead trial balloon? Seen it tried twice in last 48 hours.
    The spin is it is all our fault (including the media) for talking up the looming recession—thus making the recession come upon us. We are talking our way into a recession and by talking about it, we are making come true. It’s not Biden’s fault nor his policies. Blame the media, lol. Blame Scott O and Don B! Stop noticing things.

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38. 

    fish

    23 June 2022

    It seems TEAM EVIL has found their anti-DeSantis…..
    AS A COLORADO RESIDENT, I CAN’T WARN YOU STRONGLY ENOUGH AGAINST OUR GOVERNOR: Polis plots presidential run as Dems wheel Biden towards Shady Pines Rest Home. “Make no mistake about it, Polis is positioning himself to run for president the minute the Democrat Party checks poor old Joe Biden into the Shady Pines Rest Home.”
    https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2022/06/20/polis-plots-presidential-run-as-dems-wheel-biden-towards-shady-pines-rest-home/

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39. 

    Paul Emery

    23 June 2022

    Just reporting on the numbers Gregory that clearly show Nevada County is solid blue which George describes as “the blue pimple” in rural California. We will have a more liberal Board of Supervisors with the likely replacement of Dan Miller with Lisa Swarthout . Also Nevada County voted solid blue in all Statewide elections.

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40. 

    Gregory

    23 June 2022

    Punch… I used your words to show Nirvana County is purple.

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41. 

    George Rebane

    23 June 2022

    re PaulE 912a – I’d like to point out that PaulE is one of our own local leftwingers who amply demonstrates the reason for the putrid politics and disastrous single-party governance of California. In our state the progressives are like a spreading flesh-eating bacteria that is consuming the state’s QoL and leaving behind piles of offal in the new regions into which they establish themselves. Their aim is to bring to the rest of the state the ‘equity’ of the shithole cities they have created. PaulE et al across the land neither see nor acknowledge this devastation. To them it is another welcome demonstration of how progressives view and implement ‘social justice’.

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42. 

    fish

    23 June 2022

    Awwww…….
    Biden “Deeply Disappointed” In SCOTUS Ruling On Open Carry
    …..sad old man is sad!
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/historic-win-gun-rights-scotus-rules-ny-draconian-restrictions-are-unconstitutional

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43. 

    fish

    23 June 2022

    Awwww…….
    Gavin Newsom rages at Supreme Court over New York Second Amendment decision
    …..sad crooked pol is sad

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44. 

    fish

    23 June 2022

    Awwwww…..
    Ken Griffin Is Moving Citadel To Miami, Leaving Chicago Crime Cesspool Forever Behind
    …..sad Mayor Ackbar is sad.
    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ken-griffin-moving-citadel-miami-leaving-chicago-crime-cesspool-forever-behind

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45. 

    Paul Emery

    23 June 2022

    Gregory
    Non Partisan offices Gregory? Take a look at the Nevada County Republican Party endorsements and virtually all of them lost. Includes District 3 Supervisor and Clerk Recorder. Also it would take virtually all votes in statewide election that did not vote for the top two candidates to vote Repup in order to have a Repup majority. It is not going to happen Gregory and you know it,
    Here’s a list of Nevada County Repub Party endorsements including those you say are non-partisan.
    https://www.nevadacountygop.org/

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46. 

    Paul Emery

    23 June 2022

    George
    Just remember that the last Repub Governor was the Schwartz and what gem he was, Can you outline a few of his accomplishments as evidence we would be better off with Repub State governance?

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47. 

    Gregory

    23 June 2022

    Even Adona declared herself as a non partisan in mailers. Was she lying, Punch?

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48. 

    Bill Tozer

    23 June 2022

    Would Barely Rational exaggerate?

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49. 

    Paul Emery

    23 June 2022

    No Gregory. I’m just showing that Tedder was endorsed by the Republican party and his losing by such a huge margin is just another example of Nevada County preferring not to vote for Republican supported candidates. Solid Blue County Gregory. Besides why do you care since you’re a Libertarian right?

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50. 

    George Rebane

    23 June 2022

    PaulE 1006am – Yes I can. The Governator was elected on the promise to promote four major initiatives that would have markedly improved our lot as Californians (I leave it to you to look them up.) After spending considerable political capital promoting them, the Democrat legislature shot each one of them down, and essentially made him a place-holder executive which was their aim until the next Dem disaster took office.
    But I do appreciate your continued presentation of evidence of how the liberal minds in California offer neither reason nor hope for ever lifting us out of our monopoly-party governance cesspool.
    BTW, re my 941a above, here is more evidence of the state’s progressive plague to which you are a party. This NC liberal went back to visit her old hometown SF which is now a posterchild for shithole cities. She and her friends had their van broken into and some very valuable and irreplaceable stuff stolen. She describes and laments the trip in the 23jun22 Union, and blames the whole affliction of California cities on “the previous administration”. Irredeemable. (H/T to reader) More here –
    https://www.theunion.com/lifestyles/family-focus/hollie-grimaldi-flores-no-walk-in-the-park/

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