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262 responses to “Sandbox – 5dec22”
Did you know…..
The Mohicans (Mohawks) sided with the British army against the Revolutionaries. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Kind of tribe that had great sympathies for the Grey Coats fighting the Great White Father in Washington. Really, tell us more. Add the Lakota, Dakota, the Sioux tribes and assorted allies, oh yeah the Iroquois big influence. and we got ourselves the Last of the Mohicans. Then came the Pocatwatalots.
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Gregory writes
“Warnock can be expected to do what he’s told by his party’s bosses.”
Duh what else in new, Welcome to the two party system Gregory. How would Walker been any different. One difference is that you shouldn’t have posted that statement if Walker would have won.
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Punchy 835a
If Walker had won I wouldn’t have written he “will be a great senator for the State of Georgia”. Why? Because I’d never written anything about Walker.
He would have been a better Senator for the country as we don’t need more Woke Senators, and Warnock is neo-Marxist Woke.
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Here ya go, Tozer. Right wingers aren’t the only ones with concerns about the gender blending fad.
https://www.rlcrabb.com/culture-2/gender-blender-or-pretender-you-be-the-judge/
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This story was posted a few days ago by one of the fine Irredeemables that frequents here. It’s the place our wack job public school teachers hang out. Wonder what Michael K would say?
“As a former educator…..as a Educator I am a professional in being an expert dumb shit. As an educator…..you are definitely a huge part of the problem.
ENGLISH TEACHER SAYS THAT GRAMMAR AND WRITING RULES ARE BASED IN WHITE SUPREMACY
‘As an educator, I am constantly worried if I am a part of the problem’ [hint: you are]
https://news.grabien.com/story-english-teacher-says-that-grammar-and-writing-rules-are-based-in-white
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No wonder all the public school teachers follow TicTok. It’s their how-to manual. Garbage in, garbage out.
‘Another Governor Bans TikTok From State Devices’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-governor-bans-tiktok-from-state-devices
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Oh my, this really gets my blood boiling. I am ready to go full Nuclear on the xenophobes. Bigots! Haters! This link should be banned. It’s a threat to our democracy.
How dare they use the racist term ‘illegal immigrants’. How dare they!
We need a investigation into the Daily Wire. They used an racist bigoted xenophobic term BECAUSE they do not like people who do not look like us here in Nevada County.
I am outraged beyond words. They used a term that is designed to separate us and divide us. They used frigging ‘illegal immigrants’!!!!! I feel dirty just repeating that bitter clinger term. I am contacting the DOJ immediately. Those Conservatives are fascists! No one is illegal! How dare they. How dare they.
‘Border Patrol Agent Killed During High-Speed Chase With Illegal Immigrants’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-patrol-agent-killed-during-high-speed-chase-with-illegal-immigrants
How dare they say ‘illegal immigrants’!
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Crabby Paddy @ 10:37 am
I cannot respond to you unless you address me by my preferred pronoun. Call me they because we are many. Or Legion.
Hater.
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Well, this should make Brother Ben and Hickman happy, happy, happy.
‘Walmart CEO says company may hike prices, close stores if wave of shoplifting continues
Lack of prosecution of shoplifters could drive business decisions, executive claims.’
https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/walmart-ceo-says-company-may-hike-prices-close-stores-if-wave-shoplifting-continues
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Nolte: Woman Claims NYC Shelter Fired Her for Warnings About Transgender Serial Killer
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/06/nolte-woman-claims-nyc-shelter-fired-her-for-warnings-about-transgender-serial-killer/
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So if Trump cant manage his own businesses how come the RR’s expect him to be able to run the country as President?
” Trump Org. guilty on all counts in New York criminal tax fraud trial
The conviction could lead to up to $1.6 million in fines for the former president’s company.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/06/trump-org-guilty-on-all-counts-in-new-york-criminal-tax-fraud-trial-00072609
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Posted by: psul Emery | 07 December 2022 at 11:55 AM
So if Trump cant manage his own businesses how come the RR’s expect him to be able to run the country as President?
” Trump Org. guilty on all counts in New York criminal tax fraud trial
Another of those boldly stated idiocies that we’ve all come to appreciate from The Worlds Wrinkliest 13 Year Old Girl. The RR’s didn’t ever expect him to “run the country” that wouldn’t be in alignment with the political beliefs that most hold here. Progressives expect the president to “run the country”, wipe the nations collective runny nose, tend to every boo boo, and in your case I’m sure that one of your highest remaining aspirations is for the snappily attired federal attendant to wipe your old man bottom when that time comes.
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So fishmouth here are the duties of the President. Do you think Trump is capable of fulfilling the job especially “enforce the laws that Congress passes.” when he cannot even manage his own businesses.
make treaties with the approval of the Senate.
veto bills and sign bills.
represent our nation in talks with foreign countries.
enforce the laws that Congress passes.
act as Commander-in-Chief during a war.
call out troops to protect our nation against an attack.
make suggestions about things that should be new laws.
lead his political party.
entertain foreign guests.
recognize foreign countries.
grant pardons.
nominate Cabinet members and Supreme Court Justices and other high officials.
appoint ambassadors.
talk directly to the people about problems.
represent the best interest of all the people
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Posted by: psul Emery | 07 December 2022 at 12:45 PM
I think he did all those things just fine psul. So did a sizable fraction of the electorate. Not enough for him to win but still significant.
PS: none of those things individually or collectively is “running the country”.
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I accept your nuance fishmouth. How about law enforcement? Here’s a quote from Trump:
“The commander in chief is, in his words, “actually, I guess, the chief law enforcement officer of the country.” President Donald Trump made that comment on Tuesday from the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews when discussing high-profile pardons and commutations.
“I’m actually, I guess, the chief law enforcement officer of the country,” Trump said, once again asserting his “legal right” to interfere in criminal cases.
https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/president-trump-appears-to-believe-he-is-the-attorney-general-of-the-united-states/
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Posted by: psul Emery | 07 December 2022 at 01:35 PM
I’m done playing the Trumpy Game for today psul.
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punch-E
Manchin v. Browning, 170 W. Va. 779, 786-87 (W. Va. 1982):
“Nor has the Attorney General of West Virginia the same place in the law enforcement chain of command as does the Attorney General of the United States who, after the President, is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal system.”
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So Gregory does the President have the ability to pardon himself or pre pardon those the Pres may wish to assist because of what they did for him?
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I’ll be happy to ship this question to my lawyer, Paul. Just give me a check for $5000 for a retainer and we’ll get started on it.
As far as I am concerned, I don’t know and I don’t care, but if you care enough to cough up the cash, I’ll ask someone who should know.
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psfish 1255p
“act as Commander-in-Chief during a war”
Trump didn’t do this adequately, mainly, because unlike Biden, he didn’t goad an old enemy into starting one.
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The only limit on the presidential pardon authority in the constitution is that he cannot pardon an impeachment which means he could pardon himself from federal crimes not state or civil.
😉
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Gregory @ 4:48 pm
The DOJ Office of Legal Affairs issues legal opinions (analysis) to POTUS on such matters that Punch Pie raises. Their job at the Office of Legal Affairs to to advise POTUS on Constitutional matters. One of the most sought after jobs in the Department. The Office of Legal Affairs’s opinions become the Department (DOJ) policy.
On occasion, the Office will reach out to the most brilliant legal Constitutional minds to issue an opinion on Constitution matters such has is it possible for a sitting President to pardon himself of criminal accusations in advance of leaving office and the like.
Richard Nixon’s woes brought up some legal hypothetical dilemmas but became a moot point when he resigned from office. Later, Bill Clinton’s lying to a grand jury brought up more questions for the Office of Legal Affairs in the aftermath of the such questions, including the Constitutionality of a Special Counsel making public It’s report as required by directive that Ken Starr was required to do. We called them Special Prosecutors back then.
The Office of Legal Affairs, despite its vast knowledge of SCOTUS case precedent, the historical precedent (some pre-Constitution) in crafting behind and debate behind each Constitutional matter had to reach out to the one person qualified to issue a DOJ opinion on matters of “President pardoning himself, charging a sitting President for crimes, etc.
That distinguished Constitutional Authority and unmatched legal mind brought in the OLA in aftermath of Bill Clinton’s presidency to craft the DOJ’s opinion to advise future POTUSs was one Robert Bork.
Robert Bork.
Thought you would like that. Oh, that horrible Trump henchman goon Bill Barr also from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Affairs…..which also issues the handbook of guidelines, conduct, and does and don’ts for the entire DOJ.
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I thought this was from the bb at first –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-push-firearms-purchasing-ban-people-who-voluntarily-give-up-2nd-amendment-rights
😉
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Gosh and Golly Gregory I thought you knew everything. This is an issue because Trump, if elected has inferred that he would pardon hundreds of rioters on Jan 6. Here’s a quote:
Former president Donald Trump said he would issue full pardons and a government apology to rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and violently attacked law enforcement to stop the democratic transfer of power.
“I mean full pardons with an apology to many,” he told conservative radio host Wendy Bell on Thursday morning. Such a move would be contingent on Trump running and winning the 2024 presidential election.
He went on to also say:
“I am financially supporting people that are incredible and they were in my office actually two days ago, so they’re very much in my mind,” Trump said. “It’s a disgrace what they’ve done to them. What they’ve done to these people is disgraceful.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/01/trump-jan-6-rioters-pardon/
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Punchy just keeps punching. Have you no shame?
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Sounds like something the ponytail of ignorance would say –
Biden Quotes Scripture, Vows to ‘Limit the Number of Bullets That Can Be in a Cartridge’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/07/biden-quotes-scripture-vows-limit-number-bullets-cartridge/
😉
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Punchy Pie’s 12:45 pm list of Presidential duties.
I am more interested in the Constitution requirements of the President than “duties” such as wining and dining foreign leaders in the WH, addressing the nation and telling us he feels our pain, etc. The President is required to issue a ‘State of the Union’ report to Congress and in the days since George Washington for decades, the report was simply delivered to Congress in paper form without speeches and addresses.
So, what are the stated requirements of a President per the Constitution? Defend and uphold (enforce) the Laws of the US…that kind of thing.
So, what happens when a POTUS refuses to defend e federal law passed by Congress and signed by a sitting President. What is the penalty for a POTUS for rather than than doing something but NOT doing his required task of enforcing (defending and upholding Federal law passed by both chambers of Congress and signed into law? I see no remedy other than impeachment. Interesting Constitutional question. What do we do when a sitting POTUS refuses to take action? Refuses to execute faithfully his* Constitutional duties and Constitutional requirements? *I say ‘he’ solely because we have not had a female POTUS yet.
Which brings us to current immigration law. We have laws on the books crated and passed by Congress and signed into law by different Presidents over time, aka, Federal Law
What can we the people do and what is the remedy when the Executive Office refuses to take action (and blocks his Administration from faithfully defending and upholding Federal Law passed by our elected representatives and signed into law by a former President. Interesting questions.
Hopefully, we all can remember that Humongous outcry reaching the stratosphere over Trump putting kids in Obama cages. ‘Kids in Cages, Kids in Cages, Kids in Cages!!!!!’ went on and on and on. Back in 2017 if one needs to look it up.
What struck me most at the time of the KIDS IN CAGES mass hysteria was the total meltdown and moral outrage not just from the national press and Dem politicians, but the locals here in God’s County. Letter to the editor, columns in the Union, a private message to me a Union editor/writer (not Don Rogers) telling me how wrong I am to immediately and ease and desist with my arguments)…….and all those great authoritative comments on the Union comment section by the Cracked Cheryl the former Social Worker and on and on it went. Ceaseless. Think even Crabbman made references to the Emma Lazarus’s famous 1883 sonnet and I never heard that sonnet referenced so much and so frequently in my entire life. It was big deal for those who can still remember way back to 2017.
Finally in the midst of it all, a former educator of elementary school children spoke up and hit the nail on the head. “This never happened until Trump started enforcing the law!!! Then the big piling on as to the motives and cruelty of Trump enforcing the Law that his predecessors like Obama did not do. The problem here is not a failure to communicate, but a failure to NOT enforce federal law. It’s all Trump’s fault! Kids in Cages and little babies separated from their momasitas never existed before…until Trump started enforcing the law. Fun times, Maynard. The local former educator articulated the real problem.
So, Punchy Pie, what should we do and what is the legal remedy when we have a POTUS who refuses to uphold and defend and enforce the Federal laws of the land?
Impeach Biden? Impeach Biden for dereliction of his Constitutional requirements? Impeach for inaction as opposed to action? Interesting times.
This never happened until Trump starting enforcing the Law!!!! Bigot! Hitler! Steve really recoiled from the ‘right’s obsession with law and order.’ Lol. Fun times.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/cdpeaKskli14Ai_bBzUANZIm3mU=/480×0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/G274N3VZTU5QNJEMLIQQV3OHXU.jpg
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‘Time’s crying girl photo controversy, explained’
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/22/17494688/time-magazine-cover-crying-girl-photo-controversy-family-separation
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Once again Gregory refuses to be critical of Trump even when he threatens the Constitution and says he intends to pardon hundreds of rioters from Jan 6 if elected President.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/01/trump-jan-6-rioters-pardon/
“Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump wrote in a post on the social network Truth Social and accused “Big Tech” of working closely with Democrats. “Our great ‘Founders’ did not want, and would not condone, False & Fraudulent Elections!”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/03/politics/trump-constitution-truth-social/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/03/politics/trump-constitution-truth-social/index.html
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Aha. Paul nails it. Paul zeros in on ‘the problem.’
‘Once again Gregory refuses to be critical of Trump even when he threatens the Constitution and says he intends to pardon hundreds of rioters from Jan……”
‘The Gregory Problem ‘is he once again refuses to agree with Punchy. For the 900th time.
Wonder what s Punchy’s final solution to the ‘Gregory Problem?’
To tell you all the truth, I disagreed at the time when the Peanut Farmer pardoned all the draft dodgers who fled to Canada. To clarify (as if I really need to), that was my feelings at the time. Took a long time to pardon Jesse Winchester in my heart. Their separation from home and family and the many nights the draft dodgers sent longing for Grandma’s cooking and the girl back home and going with Dad to Candlestick Park (he had season tickets!)……those stories I heard from draft dodgers when I was thumbing my way across our northern neighbor as a vagabond….well, I figured that was punishment enough.
At night, Jesse Winchester would close his eyes and dream of Grandma’s cabin, at place he could not come back….until Carter pardoned the draft dodgers.
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I was a huge Jesse Winchester fan Bill. I must have produced 4 or 5 shows with throughout the years. I T
he last was at the Center for the Arts July 30 2009 when I was Artistic Director. He passed in 2014. Did you attend any of the shows he did here Bill?
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Punchy just punches.
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8:38
No Paul, I did not, but I did buy one of records after I can back from the road. Never saw him again in the States. In America. Even when he was in town.
There is a thing about pardons. It’s not Justice as Justice would require a fair and just accountability for injury or harm done. Balance the books if you prefer.
Justice would also seek the truth first and foremost. If guilty, the punishment must match the crime and Justice requires accountability.
But mercy is different. It’s not Lady Justice. Pardons are mercy extended to the undeserving, the guilty, not the innocent.. Grace as theologians would coin it.
Paul, excuse me for repeating an old story that I have posted twice before. When the story is fact or fiction, it matters not. There is room for mercy in our nation ruled by laws, not of men. The tale goes like this:
A deserter from the French Army was caught and thrown in the prison. Penalty was death. The deserter’s mother went and made a tearful plea before Napoleon to spare her son’s life. Napoleon told the woman the he, the Emperor, would personally guarantee her son would receive a just fair trail.
The mother cried out, “I am not seeking Justice! I am seeking mercy!”
Napoleon answered back to the woman, “If it’s mercy you seek, then it’s mercy you will receive.”
That’s how I see pardons.
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Ode to all the Vietnam era draft dodgers. That hole that was left in your guts that nothing in Canada should ever fill, that hole that the wind blew right through ya that only one thing could fill….the hole was back home in America, with pops at Candlestick….that hole Jesse Winchester longed with a deep ache when nobody was around and he was alone with his thoughts….knowing FULL they themselves and NOBODY else burned the bridge behind them….that bridge that would let them sit and the family dinner table if just for one day again…….the hole in the Draft Dodgers’ soul and hole in mothers’ tears and Pops at Candlestick sitting there with an empty seat next to him….that hole was filled by mercy, not Justice. I was pissed at Carter’s pardons at the time.
Ole to the Draft Dodger. Just change the name ‘Detroit City’ to Canada or Alberta and there you have it. Oh, America, my home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yReL1JXsjf0
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Re: Dr. Rebane and JoAnn’s health.
“This morning I tried a turn on the treadmill at half speed; could only last 15 minutes. But we do sense that day by day we’re getting better; if we could only pick up the pace a little. gjr]”
Well, good Doc, it looks like the Rebane Family are not the only ones. Sure, they have been waiting for us Dinosaurs to die off since the first day I found this site…and did not comment for about a year. I got it, fish has it, Gregory got through it, and now her story is like reading my mail. Don’t this this lady is an ant-vax er, but you never know. Her two trips to get a COVID test (negative) is why I don’t bother to get a test, be it positive or negative. If the test is positive, what can I go that I am not already doing? If the test is negative, then what can I do about it except what I am currently doing?
Anyway, whatever is going around, it is not just affecting us old angry white men Dinosaurs that the tolerate Left is waiting in delicious eager anticipation for us to just die off.
Hollie Grimaldi Flores: Here’s to your health
https://www.theunion.com/lifestyles/family-focus/hollie-grimaldi-flores-heres-to-your-health/
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Toes 917p
I recall Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon, sans an indictment or impeachment. That was Ford’s power granted him by the Constitution. So I voted for the peanut farmer with the family reminiscent of the Clampetts when Ford ran for a full term of office
Taught me a lesson.
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Gregory: Common ground! I too voted for the Peanut Farmer (the first time) solely for my anger at Richard M. Nixon and no other reason. Heck, he ended the draft, lowered the voting age to 18 and I can’t even tell you why I wanted revenge on Tricky Dick other than uncontrollable desire to stick it Da Man. Burn it down, man.
Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nixon ordered Watergate. Jail to the Chief, Jail to the Chief! Then the Secret Service guys walked up to me with their old box cameras and snapped by pic.
I muse myself over the thought that somewhere in some archive somewhere there exists and old black and white photo of moi….in the Nixon’s Enemies List file. But, I probably just ain’t that important. Ok, I ain’t that important.
My sister is a recovering Women’s Libber and I am a recovering Lib…(now days its not a recovering Liberal but a recovering Lefty.
Every so often I caught myself with this sick desire to stick it to the man, the system, and burn baby burn. Those thoughts are few and farther between. Today’s Antifa is yesterday’s Youth International Party.
So, all I am left with today is chants of “Lock her up, lick her up, lock her up!” and my that, I am sticking it to Da Man. Punchy, that free spirit of the protest song era is now The Man. Funny how things change and yet remain the same. Only the roles and aging faces have changed. Rebels without a cause and rebels without a job, lol
“Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!” I figure when Pelosi steps down and becomes just one member out of 436 members in the House and losing her physical nice office for one down the Hall….well, that would present a more opportune window to leave a Boneless Brown on her desk. (I just poked Punchy The Man in the eye again).
Off the reservation and harbor sympathies for the Johnny Rebs. Truly deplorable. Truly I am a drug of society. No Malarkey Joe was right! Go Brandon go.
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Gerald R Ford was handed a bad hand to play with. Inflation, divided (torn apart country), hostile press and he tripped coming down the stairs of AF-1.
Well, do you know the only person in US history who became an unelected VP AND went on to be an unelected President was Gerald R Ford, the All American Lineman from the University of MIchigan. All he ever desired in life was to become the House Majority Speaker. His longs desired goal. his dream was denied. Gerald never because Speaker of the House, but his son Steve was the first known member of the First Family to fire up a joint at the Presidential Residence. 🙂
You don’t change dicks in the middle of a screw..so vote for Nixon in 72.
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On a much lighter note, kudos to The Union’s Hits and Misses for such positivity and unity of our community and a general spirit of gratitude and appreciation. Quite refreshing all in all. Ok, there is always one belly acher, one naysayer, one party-pooper, one ‘glass is half empty’ in every crowd. Beside that one comment, kudos to The Union’s Hits and Misses.
Miss: (from columnist Tom Durkin) Nevada County Media for a bait-and-switch announcement promising free video recording sessions to musicians but only to reveal deep in the announcement that the free sessions were only for musicians who are NCM members. Non-members must pay $350.
https://www.theunion.com/opinion/hits-misses-18/
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If nothing else, the 55 second clip at the bottom of the article worth viewing. They must have confused Cotton for a ‘Republican’ or a spokesman for the Chamber of Commerce.
THE MYSTERY OF WOKE CAPITALISM
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/12/the-mystery-of-woke-capitalism.php
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It’s not fair! It’s not fair! I was not joking when I said that if I went down to our protected wetlands and dumped big piles of plastic water jugs and purposely strewn trash about, my name would be splashed across the internet (and the Union’s front page) with big fines and doing time well exceeding that of a poacher on National Forest Land. But if I was an illegal, I can leave huge piles of plastic jugs and even plastic straws until the cows come home without penalty or even giving it a second thought.
Well, life ain’t fair. So, I will just have to suck it up, buttercup. Where are the Greenies when we need them the most? What abouym out the birds and fishies and froggies? What about them? As Kermit the Frog lamented, it is not easy being green. I know, they are just trying to get a bigger paycheck and earn more money than they could make back home. An economic refugee, simply trying to provide a better life for their families.
It is against Federal Law for a illegal foreign national to possess, carry, hold, transport, purchase, put on little finger on a gun. No firearm charges, no deportation. And NO showing up to PAROLE BOARD hearings to object.
‘Leftist L.A. DA Tells Prosecutors To Give Illegals Under Criminal Investigation A Way To Avoid Deportation’
Better treatment than U.S. citizens get, angry deputies charge
https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-l-a-da-tells-prosecutors-to-give-illegals-under-criminal-investigation-a-way-to-avoid-deportation
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Mixed feeling on this one. First, we never leave any American behind…in principle. Glad she is now safe. I do find it troublesome that we traded this guy….
“Bout, a Russian national with ties to President Vladimir Putin, was arrested on terrorism charges in 2008 by Thai police working with U.S. authorities and Interpol. He was extradited to the U.S. in 2010 and later convicted in Manhattan federal court of smuggling arms including anti-aircraft missiles to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for use against U.S. forces. He was serving a minimum of 25 years in prison at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois.”
….for a person (American woman) who took a knee and refuses to stand before the National Anthem. Well. I just got to suck it up. No one left behind….we are still to hour searching for the crew of lost subs (still on patrol) that went missing 75 years ago.
‘WNBA Star Brittney Griner Freed From Russian Prison In Swap For Arms Dealer’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-brittney-griner-freed-from-russian-prison-in-swap-for-arms-dealer
But, but, but what about the US Marine held by the Russians? Never mind. I was not thinking correctly. No one left behind. Except Afghanistan.
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No one left behind…even deserters that cost the lives of our servicemen going out to find him…opps….not deserters, but “heros”. He served with honor and distinction and we only swapped 5 Tenorist Leaders for him. A hero!…..
Obama cited a “sacred rule” in attempting to rescue American servicemen and -women, no matter the circumstances surrounding their capture.
“We still get an American soldier back if he’s held in captivity. Period. Full stop. We don’t condition that,” he said at the time.
“Some members of Bergdahl’s unit have accused him of purposely abandoning his post before being taken captive in remote Afghanistan. Some suggested the U.S. effort to rescue him was misguided.
Allegations that he abandoned his post were well known before his rescue became public, though they hadn’t yet been subject to the type of Army investigation that followed his return.
Defending Obama’s decision to rescue Bergdahl shortly after his return, National Security Adviser Susan Rice said during an interview that Bergdahl had served in the military “with honor and distinction.”
And he retained his Veterans Health benefits. The argument at the time was Bergbahi has mental health problems and we would not to take away the mental health care that our distinguished deserter who served his country with honor so desperately needs.
I just gotta suck it up. Susan Rice is quite the piece of work. Always has been.
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Another take on the prisoner swap. One family’s joy is another family’s sorrow.
Biden Leaves Marine Paul Whelan Behind in Russia in Brittney Griner Swap; Family: ‘Catastrophe’
“The family of retired Marine Paul Whelan said Thursday that a prisoner swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner that left Whelan in Russia was a “catastrophe” because the U.S. would no longer have leverage to free him.”
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2022/12/08/biden-leaves-marine-paul-whelan-behind-in-russia-brittney-griner-swap-family-catastrophe/
I certainly hope that this is not true, but the Biden Administration’s ‘Wokeness’ and equity has left the door open for such speculation:
“The choice of Griner over Whelan may reflect the preferences of Biden’s political base. The WNBA star and celebrity is also a black lesbian, who protested the U.S. national anthem. Whelan is a middle-aged white man.”
At least some of us can carry two conflicts thoughts simultaneously in our noggins. It’s not all black and white
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A Union columnist’s opinion piece. Still trying to win it in the court of public opinion. To quote AOC, it is possible to be factually incorrect but morally right.
‘In the belly of the beast’
https://www.theunion.com/opinion/columns/in-the-belly-of-the-beast/
Ok, let’s break it down. What I consider SAFE HOUSING may not be what another considers SAFE HOUSING. I assume (never assume) that the County Health and Safety codes are what the County considers SAFE HOUSING. What I consider SAFE HOUSING includes a place where I do not have to worry about my car in front being rifled through, trespasses breaking in, strong walls and doors to protect my home as my castle and keep the elements out, proper ventilation and sewage disposal, clean water to drink from the tap, no toxic mold, proper drainage to prevent water seepage under the abode and eroding the foundations, free of worry of gas/propane appliances blowing up, no carbon monoxide build up, no dangerous decks or porches that could give way any second due to rot….hazards. BTW, I do not consider putting a bucket on the kitchen floor to catch leaks from the roof as “unsafe”.
So what is SAFE HOUSING?
“As I’ve reported in my three previous columns, Nevada County Code Compliance is evicting four families – mostly low-income, single mothers and children — from safe housing when there is no housing to go. Furthermore, Code Compliance is requiring Tanya Scarlett, the property owner, to destroy the housing, which is causing her severe financial hardship.”
So IF the structures in question are indeed SAFE HOUSING, why is the Health and Safety Code enforcement folks ordering the SAFE HOUSING destroyed? Moving on…
More from the professional journalist:
“This non-answer leads me to speculate on why they’re not responding to legitimate questions from the news media.
1. Maybe they approve of the eviction of four families into likely homelessness and the destruction of safe housing.”
Again, what is SAFE HOUSING? The professional journalist states the term ‘SAFE HOUSING’ as a matter of fact and so definite that ism the reader is to left to assume that the structures in question are indeed SAFE HOUSING, period?
Me thinks the professional journalist would be better served in his crusade against City Hall IF he were to define what safe housing is.
If the County Health and Safety Code Compliance are ordering the SAFE HOUSING destroyed, I would be outraged. Imagine the county coming to anyone’s humble, yet SAFE, abode and ordering it destroyed!!!
I would hunt down those scoundrels at their home to give them a piece of my mind and yell at them (no violence) or at least entertain that thought in a moment of weakness where the better angels are put on hold. I would knock on their doors at home and yell at them. Now, how safe would they feel in their housing, um? Then that thought would be supplanted by my better angels…per usual.
More than one home builder in our County has run for the BOS after dealing with the County.
But before I can join the crusade, I need to know what the professional journalist means by SAFE HOUSING. Never knew that our county went around ordering the demolition of SAFE HOUSING….and one would probably need to pay out of pocket formdemo permit as well, lol. Talk about adding insult to injury.
“I’m here to change the system. Join me, but be civil about it.”
Ok, was I civil about it?
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Joe claims the economy is “strong as hell” as he prints another 36 billion (for now – billions more to follow) to bail out union pension plans. For those of you trying to retire on your own investments that some how don’t seem to reflect that strong economy – well, F you.
What little is left of our economy is jacked up on debt. Next year could be pretty rough.
Maybe a few million more illegals coming in will help.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-unveils-36-b-for-one-of-americas-largest-and-most-troubled-pension-funds-150329041.html
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Here is a link to a paper trying to estimate the size/cost of backup power for a full non-fossil-fuel electric grid – from local to California to Germany-size. Author is a lawyer, but he copies the math from others. There are 22 references.
https://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2022/11/Menton-Energy-Storage-Conundrum.pdf
The author complains that no one has built a functioning prototype of a solar+wind+storage-facility. (Now who would think of that, when everyone knows “green” means go?) Of the 2 small examples that he gives, neither is capable of providing continuous power for months on end without having a hydrocarbon-fueled backup. One is wind+solar+pumped-storage on a small Canary island (El Hierro). The other is a smaller island near Tasmania (wind+solar+battery). Full back-up (diesel) was required for both places.
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We knew it was true despite of the mountain of denials, scumbagery –
https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musks-second-installment-twitter-files-reveals-secret-blacklists-bari-weiss-reports
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THE DAILY CHART: THE SUPER-BLOB (growth of Administration State in public schools.)
https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/12/Administrators.png?ssl=1
Once upon a time I researched the ratio of pupils (students) to administrative personnel/staff/non-teaching positions of our area schools. Numbers were provided by the office of the County Superintendent of schools. and NUJSD. Have forgotten what the ratio of administrative staff to pupil was, but there was sudden and abrupt shift in the ratio of non-teaching administrators to pupils that correlated exactly when a former County SofS took over the position. His name was Dr. Terrence something.
From memory, the ratio went from 17:1 (pupil to non-teaching personnel /County School staff/administrators to 8 to 1. It was eye opening. Didn’t take long once Dr. T arrived and made changes to long standing student to overseer ratios. The growth in school districts was the growth of administrators and non-teaching staff, not enrollment.
The link above tells the same story. In higher education there may be more several administrators for every professor and many college campuses nowadays have more personnel than students…many, not all.
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Here’s How The CDC Used A Backchannel With Twitter To Control The COVID-19 Narrative
https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/07/cdc-twitter-covid-19-narrative-censorship/
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Avalanche of Media Outlets are Firing Staff or Shutting Down Completely
https://www.dailyfetched.com/avalanche-of-media-outlets-are-firing-staff-or-shutting-down-completely/
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Dr. Rebane
Farewell to the old gunslinger….the right tool for the right job at the right time. Some of the writers I follow are done with Trump…..some. Get ready for the Bull Moose Party? I am just watching it all unfold.
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Sure, why not.
Washington Post: Shark Week is Racist and Overrepresents Men Named Mike
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/washington-post-shark-week-is-racist-and-overrepresents-men-named-mike/
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How much of an f-up do you have to be to get blacklisted by New Twitter Charlie Kirk and Dan Bongino?
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WTF @837?
Creepy grampa joe is pushing our strategic gulf allies who are cooperating with Israel against those mutha mullas into the chi coms arms.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/saudi-lays-lavish-welcome-chinas-105144528.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink
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First time is a mistake, second time is a habit. What happened in Vegas should have stayed in Vegas.
‘Felony Arrest Warrant Issued For Biden Official Sam Brinton For Another Alleged Theft, Report Says’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-felony-arrest-warrant-issued-for-biden-official-sam-brinton-for-another-alleged-theft-report-says
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Don @ 8:56 pm
Don’t worry about about the shit for brains @ 8:37 pm
Dan Bongino, Charlie Kirk and the Stanford professor (who was one of three who penned the Great Barrington Declaration) were all black listed, placed under do not amplify ( so it’s impossible to trend) shadow banned, censored…..all these names and more internal docs are currently being dropped by Bari Weiss revealing how they were X’ed by the OLD Twitter . NEW Twitter??? What a reflection of the mental illness which is known as the Lefty Mind.
New Twitter? ROFLMAO. Another spooey blop hits the floor. Pss. He/it/mangina meant Old Twitter. Sounds like K Jonsey,
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Now we have confirmation on why the right keeps losing the argument. The left never even HEARS the argument.
#TwitterFiles2
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