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[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”

  1. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy, I wouldn’t even care about the Republican endorsements if I were a Republican.

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  2. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    OK here’s something for you to ponder. I would consider voting for Dahle for Governor because I am not exactly a fan of Newsome. However that would depend on him doing a few things. First, show a distance from Trump and state that the election was not stolen. Second, support reasonable legislation supporting a woman’s right to choose and third continuing and strengthening California’s policies on Gun Control.
    So George those are three issues off the top of my head that he would have to peruse if he has any hope of pealing off enough Dems to vote for him to win the election.
    I met him a few times and I personally liked him.

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  3. fish Avatar
    fish

    That poor Linda Kelleher appears to be off her meds again……
    I guess the surgery really messes with your head.

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  4. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 1131a – Forget about Trump, Biden is president until the Dems put him into the Shady Sunset Acres rest home. “Women’s right to choose” is a bullshit liberal term that only presses leftwing hot buttons. If you mean that a woman having reached majority can legally get an abortion through our healthcare system, then almost all Republicans are for it as long as it’s done sufficiently early, decided by the state, and the govt doesn’t automatically pay for it. But “strengthening California’s policies on Gun Control” is a non-starter. CA already has the absolute strongest gun controls which it haphazardly enforces, and is the country’s leader to completely abrogate 2A, making private possession of firearms illegal. Those who promote ratcheting gun controls are a dead giveaway of our nation’s ignoramouses who believe that a rogue govt, which already has opened its borders and fosters criminality across the nation, “can’t happen in America.”

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  5. Scott O Avatar

    “Second, support reasonable legislation supporting a woman’s right to choose and third continuing and strengthening California’s policies on Gun Control.”
    Hmmmmm….
    Didn’t Paul claim setting up govt run health care was important? What happened to that?
    And how is Dahle supposed to know exactly what the details of Paul’s typical vague fantasies are concerning these laws and regs?
    As long as Dahle starts acting like a Dem, Paul will vote for him.
    Hilarious.

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  6. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Scott
    My statement was a very quick summary. Just as a test do you believe that Biden was elected President of the United State and the election was not stolen as the MAGA’s and Trump chant?

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  7. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    You write “forget about Trump” I’m sure you are aware that In poll after poll, about 70% of Republicans say they don’t think Joe Biden is the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. I could not support Dahle if he was one of those. I assume you are not part of that 70%

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  8. Scott O Avatar

    Paul – “My statement was a very quick summary.”
    That doesn’t answer my question to you Paul, and you know it.
    Instead, you just ask me a question.
    You are claiming you would vote for Dahle if he could somehow read your mind and decipher what vague crap goes on in there.
    And FYI – there is no “woman’s right to choose”.

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  9. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So desperate for pr they try to get away with an edited video to make the kakkler in chief look good –
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-office-posts-video-vp-sinking-basketball-shot-5-misses
    😉

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  10. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Scott
    So what you are saying is that a woman does not have the right to decide to have an abortion and legally obtain one. If not that what do you mean when you write “there is no “woman’s right to choose”?

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  11. Scott O Avatar

    Poor Paul – Did you read what I wrote?
    I’ll type slower.
    There is no “woman’s right to chose”.
    If you think there is, please show us all where in the Bill Of Rights it is.
    There are no animal rights, gay rights, tranny rights…
    They don’t exist, Paul.

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  12. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Paul.
    What the State of California means by right to choose is in fact means no restrictions.
    Zero. Day of birth, borderline infanticide, if not infanticide. Your former 13 week limit sounded reasonable to you once, but that 1st trimester is out the window now. So is the 2nd trimester and the 3rd trimester…
    A woman’s right to choose is in 2022 in Democrat Party speak is no limits, no restrictions, no reasonable nuthin’. The Killing fields of Black children of whom and where 60% of the PP Abortion are situated. Kill more black babies. Ever wonder why the Black population as not increased like the other minorities? Still stuck at 13% as other minorities increase their size and percentage of the population.
    Times change Paul and you got to keep up with your fellow lefty pilgrims. No guns allowed and smoke them babies if you got one.

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Mollie Hemingway.
    ‘Yes, Biden Is Hiding His Plan To Rig The 2022 Midterm Elections’
    https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/23/yes-biden-is-hiding-his-plan-to-rig-the-2022-midterm-elections/
    ————————-
    Crisis Pregnancy Centers That Democrats Smeared As ‘Fake Clinics’ Saved 800,000 Lives Since 2016
    https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/23/crisis-pregnancy-centers-that-democrats-smeared-as-fake-clinics-saved-800000-lives-since-2016/
    ————————-
    EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Jordan Demands Receipts After Biden DOJ’s Refusal To Prosecute Threats Against Supreme Court
    https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/23/exclusive-rep-jordan-demands-receipts-after-biden-dojs-refusal-to-prosecute-threats-against-supreme-court/

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  14. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So Scott you are saying then that a woman does not have the right to choose to have an abortion. That implies that the government can choose to deny her that right as they have in Oklahoma for example.
    From the Gov of Oklanoma
    “I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk and I am proud to keep that promise today,” the first-term Republican said in a statement. “From the moment life begins at conception is when we have a responsibility as human beings to do everything we can to protect that baby’s life and the life of the mother. That is what I believe and that is what the majority of Oklahomans believe.”
    It seems you have no problem with this.

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  15. Scott O Avatar

    from Paul – “So Scott you are saying then that a woman does not have the right to choose to have an abortion.”
    OK – this time I’ll type even slower…
    There is no “woman’s right to choose”.
    Paul claims it exists and yet he can’t actually show where. So he makes up crap that he attributes to me.
    If you wish to discuss the various laws concerning abortion I can do that.
    Meanwhile – show us all where there is an enumerated right that states there is a “woman’s right to choose”.

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  16. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So Scott you have no problem with the Government having the power to do what is happening in Oklahoma-declaring life begins at conception and not even allowing day after pills.

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  17. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Also Scott, do you think the Government has the right to tell a woman she can’t have an abortion or take a day after pill?

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  18. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    I stand corrected-Oklahoma does allow the day after pill. The rest of my comment stands-

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  19. Scott O Avatar

    Paul – you made a statement about a “woman’s right to choose” and I asked you where that ‘right’ comes from. Everything else after that from you was the typical BS of dodging the question.
    And so ends a scintillating conversation with Paul Emery who runs away from his own words like no other.
    Pathetic.

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  20. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Scott
    What “right” does a state government have to not allow a woman to have an abortion? A link will do. You are a conservative so I’m sure you believe in limited government power over our personal lives.

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  21. Scott O Avatar

    Have a nice day, Paul.

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  22. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Paul, you live in California. Why do you give two shits what people in Oklahoma are doing? Think we’d all be happier if you “progressives” would just mind your own business.

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  23. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    a bit of old news from last week. Divisive complaining sour face folks are a gangrene to the common goal of SpaceX….and any business. No one likes to be around them.
    Get Woke, Go Broke: SpaceX Fires Employees Who Wrote A Letter Blasting Elon Musk’s ‘Behavior’ And ‘Values’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/get-woke-go-broke-spacex-fires-employees-who-wrote-a-letter-blasting-elon-musks-behavior-and-values?
    “Does not play well with others.” –line from Beetlejuice.

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  24. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So Scott is a fake conservative who believes government has the right to tell a woman what she can do with her body, Fake Fake Fake

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  25. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Devils advocate. Paul, Where is it written anywhere that a we can kill babies?

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  26. Scott O Avatar

    Have a nice day, Paul!

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  27. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Barry
    Do you consider a one week pre-fetus a “baby”?

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  28. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Barry
    Why don’t you live in Oklahoma where apparently many more people would share your beliefs.

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  29. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 504p – Now you have a chance to redeem yourself re the effectiveness of socialist countries in managing their economies. Please comment on socialist Sri Lanka’s admission that its economy has collapsed. Other collapsed economies are not admitted by their socialist central controllers like in Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Belarus, … all of which pretend to be above water through massive government subsidies and control of uncompetitive major industries. And then there’re countries like the UK whose nationalized healthcare is again on the rocks forcing the government to again raise taxes by 2.5% to keep funding a sinking bureaucracy providing ever-contracting services. Have you checked out Denmark lately?

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  30. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    What happens when you lose the argument @537. ROFLOL
    😉

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  31. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    The Okies are free to vote their state guvmint out if they want the right to kill their zygotes.

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  32. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    According to the chart you touted Denmark is ranked 10th in economic freedom. We are 24th. What does that mean to you? You are the one who posted that graphic.

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  33. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
    After the grand start this morning, nothing short of thermonuclear war could ruin my day.

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  34. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punch 533p
    What do we call a Real Woman(tm) with a zygote?

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  35. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 551p – Nice duck Paul. Try their healthcare system.

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  36. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Too senile to know to sit down, needs a cheat sheet –
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-holds-notes-you-enter-roosevelt-room-you-take-your-seat
    😉

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  37. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    I will play with Paul, albeit is my uninvited and unsolicited opinion.
    Paul, you have misread the leaked draf and the abortion issue. It’s all about State’ Rights…or rather prohibitions of the Federal Government. If the Constitution is silent on an issue then, per our Constitution setting up our Representative Republic, the issue belongs in the individual states to decide by local (state) representatives. It should have never been in the realm of the Federal Control.
    Like you, we have been told about the right to abortion since around 73. So much so, we took it as a given. Roe may be overturned because 1) it was based on a faulty court decision and the issue is a States issue, not the Feds. Roe vs Wade has always been on shaky ground….and for good reason. It if was a right, it could not ever be taken away. The right to privacy between two gay men doing oral sex behind closed doors magically extended ‘privacy in one’s home (a reasonable expectation) to a right to abortion.
    Here is the leaked draft. Alito’s reasoning is brillant, even if you do not agree. He addresses so many of the concerns and questions you and any reader may have. No, I did not read all of it (skimmed some parts), but his Constitutional arguments are tight.
    https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21835435/scotus-initial-draft.pdf
    Yes, Oklahoma will try to ban abortions. North Dakota’s fine Governor said she feels such a relief that the last remaining abortion clinic has been wiped from land of her state. Whether you like it or not, states with varying restrictions on abortions, from rape and incest only to first trimester to no restrictions (like CA) to day of birth/post birth like VA….all of these different abortion policies pretty much reflect the will of the people in the in those diverse states. Another example of the brilliance of our founding fathers mapping out of Federalist system. If OK bans abortion, head over the state line.
    The State government is the Government that can tell a woman she can or cannot kill the unborn child in her womb. And ifI want to place a bet on the horses or a game, I have to drive to Nevada to do so. State tells me no.
    Read up on Alito’s actual First Draft and get the actual words in your head..not some legal analyst who has no power at this point besides his/her opinion. Don’t trust Jeffery Tubing Toobin.

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  38. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    On the bright side, the pro-abortion folks have much to cheer about. They got their wish! No longer will old white men in robes tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body! If Roe is overturned, it will be your State Legislators signed by your Governor than will tell a woman the rules for getting an abortion. Put those robes in the dust bin of history. 🙂

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  39. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Ya Barry, why don’t you move to Oklahoma? Maybe you can become an “Okie From Muskogee“ where even squares can have a ball. :).

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  40. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    Why did you feature that particular chart ? It seems that it’s totally irrelevant to anything that is being discussed.

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  41. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Bill
    Using your line of reasoning and touting the reverence you give the Constitution let me ask you it that applies to the right” of some states to practice slavery which of course led to the civil war. There is no reference to slavery as far as I know in the Constitution or the right to citizenship for African Americans.

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  42. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    punch 645p
    that was settled in 1865

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  43. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    But according to Bill and Scott it was probably unconstitutional because it wasn’t specifically in the Constitution.

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Punchy, the Native Americans did not get the right to vote until 1911 or thereabouts. Slavery was an inherited evil system that our Nation abolished in just one generation. Amazing. Is this a great fantastic country or what? Makes me proud to be an American. Only in America that slavery could be abolished in such a short time frame. So, I take it you have not read The First Draft?
    Opps link:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68cbjlLFl4U
    ————————————
    In quasi related news
    Clarence Thomas: Expanding The Administrative State Comes At The Expense Of The Constitution
    https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/23/clarence-thomas-expanding-the-administrative-state-comes-at-the-expense-of-the-constitution/
    Hey Punch. Why don’t you move to Frisco or New York or LA. They still call Clarence Thomas house boy, House n****r, and most often “Uncle Tom”. There are many many people who share your beliefs…there.

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  45. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    punchy 700p
    you’re being an idiot.

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  46. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Well Gregory with a woman’s right to choose being unconstitutional because it’s not specific in the Constitution how does that line of thinking apply to other situations that are not specific such as slavery, as an example. Can you show me in the constitution where that is specifically described as being Constitutional? Yes, in those days it was left up to the States. Hmmmm sounds familiar. From Bill “it will be your State Legislators signed by your Governor that will tell a woman the rules for getting an abortion.” Thats just like some states allowed slavery, others didn’t.

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  47. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The real problem for the lefties like psul is that they have ranted about ‘my right’ regarding just about everything to the point it was meaningless babble from ignorant parroting neophytes.
    Constitutional rights are what they are and roe has been known to be flawed from the start even by the left like a certain recently passed away feminist scotus member.
    😉

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  48. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Here’s another goodie from Trumps MAGA camp:
    From Eric Greitens, Republican Senate candidate from Missouri and a real Trumper for sure:
    “We are sick and tired of the Republicans in Name Only surrendering to Joe Biden & the radical Left,” Greitens says in the tweet. “Order your RINO Hunting Permit today!”
    The ad shows a rifle-toting Greitens, whose wife accused him of physically abusing her and their son, and shows men in military uniforms battering open the door to a house and tossing flash-bang grenades inside, as the former U.S. Navy SEAL walks inside the smoke-filled room with his pitch to voters. Here’s more
    “Join the MAGA crew, get a RINO hunting permit,” Greitens said There’s no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn’t expire until we save our country.”
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/20/greitens-rino-hunting-ad/

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