1,208 responses to “Sandbox – 1jan23”

1. 

   Gregory

   20 January 2023

   Republicans have been rigging the vote ever since they overturned the pre-clearance section of the Voting Rights Act (2013).
   Posted by: Bill Evans | 20 January 2023 at 11:41AM
   Preclearance? That was an end to the Democratic Party’s rigging. It was past time.

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   Bill Tozer

   20 January 2023

   How the CDC Became the Speech Police
   https://reason.com/2023/01/19/how-the-cdc-became-the-speech-police/?utm_medium=email

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3. 

   Bill Tozer

   20 January 2023

   Preclearance? The nine states have passed their 40 year probation period and have proven that they are no longer Jim Crow. No longer are they bound to ask The Great Father in Washington for permission to move a polling place:
   ‘Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act’
   The current coverage system, Chief Justice Roberts wrote, is “based on 40-year-old facts having no logical relationship to the present day.”
   “Congress — if it is to divide the states — must identify those jurisdictions to be singled out on a basis that makes sense in light of current conditions,” he wrote. “It cannot simply rely on the past.”
   https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.html

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4. 

   Bill Tozer

   20 January 2023

   Next up
   A World Without Affirmative Action
   “Conservative justices have made this argument in several dissents. For example, in Missouri et al. v Jenkins et al., 1995, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas declared that “at the heart of this interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause lies the principle that the government must treat citizens as individuals, not as members of racial, ethnic, or religious groups.” By its very nature, however, affirmative action treats students of different races unequally. And despite efforts to obfuscate or disguise this, to claim that race is just one small factor in a potpourri of factors, affirmative action inevitably favors applicants of some races over applicants of other races.”
   https://quillette.com/2023/01/16/a-world-beyond-affirmative-action/

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5. 

   Bill Tozer

   20 January 2023

   That was then, this is now:
   “Cisheteropatriarchy: a system of male, straight, conforming-to-assigned sex system of power.
   Yes, of course higher education has been that for hundreds of years. Even now in Afghanistan and elsewhere this is true.
   Posted by: Humphrey Ploughjogger | 20 January 2023 at 11:27 AM”
   Now:
   THE DAILY CHART: WHAT PATRIARCHY?
   It is orthodoxy at least within the feminist left, and probably many other segments of the left that run our East German universities, that what ails women is The Patriarchy. But if so, why are men falling so far and fast behind women in every level of higher education today? Seems more likely we have slowly succumbed to The Matriarchy.
   https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/01/the-daily-chart-what-patriarchy.php
   ———
   Bonus!
   THE DAILY CHART: DUMBING DOWN COLLEGE
   https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/01/the-daily-chart-dumbing-down-college.php

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6. 

   Gregory

   20 January 2023

   Having visited my son at Berzerkly and later at Ha’vahd, I was struck by the lack of Asians in Cambridge.
   Harvard’s graduation ceremonies were also conducted with an eye towards Social Justice and Equity. Schools with large numbers of whites and Asians, like physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering… were indoors with limited seating, while those that had black students in excess (education and grievance studies, for example) were prime time and out in the open.

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7. 

   fish

   20 January 2023

   Posted by: Gregory | 20 January 2023 at 02:52 PM
   …while those that had black students in excess (education and grievance studies, for example) were prime time and out in the open.
   Makes for a better photo in “current year” promotional literature.

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8. 

   Bill Tozer

   20 January 2023

   Michigan school board member faces backlash over ‘whiteness is so evil’ tweet
   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/michigan-school-board-member-faces-backlash-whiteness-evil-tweet
   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/michigan-school-board-member-faces-backlash-whiteness-evil-tweet
   Talk about the broad brush. No wonder they reject MLK.
   ————
   More on the headless MLK statue.
   LESLIE JONES ON BOSTON MLK STATUE: YOU KNOW IT’S MESSED UP WHEN BLACK PEOPLE AND THE PROUD BOYS HATE THE SAME STATUE
   https://news.grabien.com/story-leslie-jones-on-boston-mlk-statue-you-know-it-s-messed-up-when-black-p

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9. 

   Bill Tozer

   20 January 2023

   VIDEO: Media and Dems Use Identical Talking Points When Discussing House Oversight Assignments
   “This is far from the first time Democrats and self-identified journalists have sounded nearly indistinguishable from one another, and it’s not going to be the last.”
   https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2023/01/20/video-media-and-dems-use-identical-talking-points-when

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10. 

    BopBop

    20 January 2023

    https://www.investors.com/news/technology/netflix-stock-fourth-quarter-subscribers-beat-views/
    Was somebody complaining about Netflix?

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11. 

    BopBop

    20 January 2023

    Software app passes bar exam.
    https://futurism.com/ai-passing-grade-law-exam

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12. 

    Bill Tozer

    20 January 2023

    Report: Joe Biden Named in Email Discussing Call With Hunter About Major Gas Deal With China
    https://thepoliticalinsider.com/report-joe-biden-named-in-email-discussing-call-with-hunter-about-major-gas-deal-with-china/?utm_source=home-headline-stories

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13. 

    Dead psul

    20 January 2023

    One thing you can take to the bank is the FBI has no desire to raid Jill’s underwear drawer.

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14. 

    Caa Caa Psuffs

    20 January 2023

    Same talking points that Mentor For Dumbshits used here.
    Mayorkas, amid impeachment calls over border, tells mayors mass migration problem is global issue
    https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/mayorkas-amid-impeachment-calls-over-border-tells-mayors-mass-migration
    More than 200,000 migrants came to U.S. in December amid mounting border crisis: CBP

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15. 

    Don Bessee

    20 January 2023

    Netflix had a decent quarter whoopie, now about that 146 billion in lost market cap that caused the woke boss to quit. LOL
    😉

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16. 

    BopBop

    20 January 2023

    Don Bessee
    Are you a Netflix loser, crypto too?

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17. 

    Don Bessee

    20 January 2023

    Now thats a record you dont want LOL –
    Biden, Hunter make presidential history as first father-son duo under separate investigations
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/biden-hunter-presidential-history-first-170053687.html
    😉

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18. 

    Humphrey Ploughjogger

    20 January 2023

    Smedley Butler on Interventionism
    — Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
    War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
    I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we’ll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.
    I wouldn’t go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.
    There isn’t a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its “finger men” to point out enemies, its “muscle men” to destroy enemies, its “brain men” to plan war preparations, and a “Big Boss” Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.
    It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country’s most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
    I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.
    I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
    During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.

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19. 

    Bill Tozer

    20 January 2023

    interesting take from Eric Erickson…not his usual subject. the oppressed now want to be the oppressors.
    https://fb.watch/ib4Pl5TnL5/
    we cannot get along.

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20. 

    Don Bessee

    20 January 2023

    Your tax dollars funding gavins woke propaganda –
    Gavin Newsom’s wife’s films shown in schools contain explicit images, push gender ideology, boost his politics
    The Representation Project pulls in revenue from public schools while pushing a far-left ideology and promoting the California governor to students
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gavin-newsoms-wifes-films-shown-schools-contain-explicit-images-push-gender-ideology-boost-his-politics?dicbo=v2-f6d46e3d4b26c6b5e64535d37c7b48f3
    😉

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21. 

    Don Bessee

    20 January 2023

    A violation of the commerce clause –
    https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2023/01/20/california-wealth-tax-elon-musk-exodus-texas.html?utm_source=sy&utm_medium=nsyp&utm_campaign=yh
    😉

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22. 

    Don Bessee

    20 January 2023

    Tru dat –
    On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” former Attorney General Bill Barr stated that “the main danger to our democracy, frankly, is the sort of radical progressive movement” and that free public discourse is under attack in a way that “on a daily basis makes the McCarthy era look like child’s play.”
    https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/01/20/barr-radical-progressive-movement-is-main-danger-to-our-democracy-today-makes-the-mccarthy-era-look-like-childs-play/
    😉

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23. 

    Don Bessee

    20 January 2023

    Crackhead + classified docs held for 7 years by a guy who could not declassify =
    Biden’s approval at 40%, near lowest of his presidency – Reuters/Ipsos poll
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/bidens-approval-40-near-lowest-110330663.html
    😉

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24. 

    fish

    21 January 2023

    …..and now a brief word from President George Santos.
    https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1616113424848621573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1616113424848621573%7Ctwgr%5Ec91576ff70fca14a3ebed069a148c20d9101afc5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F

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25. 

    L.Ron

    21 January 2023

    Weaponization Committee approved?
    The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into an Abbott Laboratories plant in Sturgis, Mich., that was at the heart of last year’s baby formula shortage, a spokesperson for the company confirmed Friday.
    The “DOJ has informed us of its investigation and we’re cooperating fully,” said Scott E. Stoffel, a spokesperson for Abbott.

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26. 

    BopBop

    21 January 2023

    Elon, what have you done? Stifling free speech of GOP members again?
    BREAKING: George Santos’ Twitter account for his Congressional office has been suspended.

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27. 

    Bill Tozer

    21 January 2023

    Release the Tapes
    https://fb.watch/ibT8AOEk3_/

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28. 

    Bill Tozer

    21 January 2023

    NYT to the rescue.
    New York Times heralds Biden’s ‘integrity and honesty’ but omits record of plagiarism, fibs
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/amid-biden-docs-scandal-nyt-cites-bidens-honest-rep-omits-history-plagiarism

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29. 

    BopBop

    21 January 2023

    Bill Tozer
    The tapes show what kinds of assholes the Jan Sixers are and how poor their diets are.

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30. 

    Don Bessee

    21 January 2023

    The head rat fleeing the sinking ship –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/21/biden-chief-staff-ron-klain-depart-white-house-soon/
    😉

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31. 

    Gregory

    21 January 2023

    George… you OK?

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32. 

    S.Butler

    21 January 2023

    “Fox’s War On The Woke Mind Virus”
    A 100% compilation of Fox people and their applications of the word “woke”.
    Originally from Vice News a day ago.
    Hilarious examples from the hair on fire culture warriors, a little over eight minutes long.
    https://progressvideo.tv/videos/fox-39-s-war-on-the-woke-mind-virus

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33. 

    Gregory

    21 January 2023

    Sbut 327p
    Woketopia… love it.
    If it wasn’t so wrong, it wouldn’t generate so many caricatures.
    #StayWoke
    if you can.

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34. 

    Don Bessee

    21 January 2023

    MORE!?!? The never ending story –
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-seizes-more-classified-docs-bidens-wilmington-home-12-hour-search
    😉

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35. 

    Bill Tozer

    21 January 2023

    MORE!?!? The never ending story of peaceful protestors.
    Atlanta riots erupt downtown amid ‘Cop City’ backlash
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/atlanta-riots-erupt-downtown-cop-city-backlash
    A little background from my Intel sources. First, it is not a park where the police (state) plans to built an LE training center to help LE agencies deal with the public and non-violent techniques and revamp policing in our modern age. Like, what the WOKE have been demanding all this time. :). Nah, the site is an old prison farm where inmates used to grow their own food. Call it a field, not a park.
    Second, few of the Antifa members are from Atlanta or even Georgia. They are from all over.
    Third, nearby residents have been harassed on their walks through “the park” and some have been even detailed.
    Fourth, the cries of protecting the environment is a bull shit excuse. These are not greenies.
    Fifth, one the police went to remove Antifa camps from the land to begin construction, a police was fired upon. The cop(s) returned fire, killing one of the anarchists.
    —————
    This is like the ‘mostly peaceful protestors’ who were outside the White House, burned the WH guard shack, injured the DC Metro Police and Parks police AND forced the Secret Service to escort President Trump to flee to a bunker for his protection.
    The shithead lefties here were gleefully calling Trump a coward cause he fled to an under ground bunker per the Secret Service. What a bunch of fuckheads. And, they screamed bloody murder the next morning that Trump cleared the area (DC Metro actually: so Trump could have his photo- op holding a Bible upside down. What a bunch of lying sacks of shit, leaf by Dick dickhead Howell and the dumb as dirt Kenny Jonesy and shit for brains Cheryl Cooked. Maybe soon to be dearly departed Dead Psul.

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36. 

    Bill Tozer

    21 January 2023

    Biden Admin Blames Republicans For Border Crisis, Compares GOP To ‘Smugglers’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-blames-republicans-for-border-crisis-compares-gop-to-smugglers
    —————
    Alec Baldwin miffed that the judge did not blame the gun.

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37. 

    Bill Tozer

    21 January 2023

    It is a waste of time to point out the hypocrisy on display by the Lefties on a daily basis. Complete waste of time because you cannot shame a sociopath.
    ‘Senator Biden Killed Carter’s CIA Nominee over Mishandling Classified Documents’
    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/senator-biden-killed-carters-cia-nominee-over-mishandling-classified-documents/

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38. 

    Bill Tozer

    21 January 2023

    Democrat-led cities are already moving forward with gas stove bans that will affect millions
    “However, critics have noted the study was partly funded by RMI, a nonprofit research firm that advocates for aggressive green policies and works to “transform global energy systems across the real economy.” They have also argued that restricting natural gas usage would lead to significantly higher heating and energy costs for consumers.”
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-led-cities-already-moving-forward-gas-stove-bans-affect-millions
    ————-
    Watch: Kamala Harris’ Attempt at Explaining How Electricity Works Goes Downhill Fast
    https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/01/20/watch-kamala-harris-attempt-at-explaining-how-electricity-works-goes-downhill-fast-n691408

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39. 

    Don Bessee

    21 January 2023

    Whats a vapid poser to do when hubby is indicted for manslaughter. FAKE AN ACCENT again! Shame on hillary its is hilarious not hilaria –
    Social media reactions ripped Hilaria Baldwin for continuing to use an “offensive” Spanish accent after she spoke with paparazzi this week.
    “Regardless of the chaos of her mind and this situation – you’re not Spanish,” the user wrote.
    The 37-year-old yoga/wellness expert faced widespread criticism in Dec. 2020 when it came to light that she was born in Boston, and not Spain, as she had implied. Many also criticized her for allegedly faking a Spanish accent – a criticism that continues to follow her to this day.
    Another user who was stunned that “she’s still doing it” even after it was “revealed” that she wasn’t from Spain.
    But another user chimed in that Baldwin and actor Austin Butler, who recently won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Elvis, “need some kind of support group for people who can’t turn off the fake voice.”
    Baldwin, who goes by Hilaria but revealed her real name is Hillary, previously apologized for the scandal
    https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/hilaria-baldwin-ripped-offensive-accent-talking-paparazzi
    😉

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40. 

    Beep Beep

    21 January 2023

    Absolutely Insane’: Connecticut Law Would Axe Fitness Requirements for Female Firefighters
    https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/absolutely-insane-connecticut-law-would-axe-fitness-requirements-for-female-firefighters/

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41. 

    Beep Beep

    21 January 2023

    Vice, a Beleaguered Avatar of New Media, Hangs a ‘For Sale’ Sign
    https://dnyuz.com/2023/01/20/vice-a-beleaguered-avatar-of-new-media-hangs-a-for-sale-sign/
    US Media Sees Massive Job Cuts Amid Falling Newsroom Employment
    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-media-sees-massive-job-cuts-amid-falling-newsroom-employment-3713673

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42. 

    Beep Beep

    21 January 2023

    From wiki: Whale Media Investments purchased a 51% majority (of Forbes). Washington Post, “Since that purchase, there have been several instances of editorial meddling on stories involving China that raise questions about Forbes magazine’s commitment to editorial independence.”

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43. 

    L. Ron

    22 January 2023

    S Butler 1527
    Very illuminating. Illustrates the echo chamber effect. That is how these rally cries of Stop the Steal, Hunter Biden’s Laptop, Border, Border, Border, Inflation, Inflation, Inflation, Gas Prices, Egg Prices, The FBI is the Enemy, The Deep State Did It,,, get drummed into the base.

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44. 

    scenes

    22 January 2023

    VP HARRIS: “Think about it. Every time you turn on a light, or charge a laptop, or plug in your air conditioner, or put leftovers on the fridge, you rely on the power delivered by our nation’s network of transmission lines.”
    I can’t say that it much of a sin, certainly not worthy of an exposé news article.
    OTOH, it’s worth considering how darn complicated they want to make something so central to modern life. Rather than building more capacity into the system, taking a gander at modern California code makes me believe that the endgame is to scatter around millions of home-based solar panels and batteries (paid for by the homeowner,naturally) all centrally run in some clever way with inevitable cascading failures. No doubt run at the ragged edge with little margin. Sounds good on paper. No wind or sun that week or hackers messing with the IoT? Buy more blankets.

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45. 

    scenes

    22 January 2023

    re: L Rom @ 7:47AM
    There does seem to be a relationship.
    Smedley Butler: Don’t trust authority, don’t trust banks.
    MAGA people: Don’t trust authority, don’t trust banks.
    BlackRock and it’s fascination with shoving the DEI religion down everyone’s throat appears to be the best modern analogy.

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46. 

    fish

    22 January 2023

    Shorter L. Yawn….
    “We spend a lot of money every year marketing our democrat propaganda to you plebes and we’re going to make damn sure that you listen!

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47. 

    fish

    22 January 2023

    Police Say California Mass Shooting Suspect Is Asian Male, Still At Large
    Nevada City progressives hardest hit!

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48. 

    S. Butler

    22 January 2023

    L. Ron,
    Yeah, what could go wrong with that business model.
    Factor in that their #1 guy, ( on the number 1 watched show) successfully argued in court that the “ general tenor of the show should inform the viewer he is not stating actual facts about the topics he discusses and instead is exaggerating and using non literal commentary.
    Any reasonable viewer arrives with an appropriate amount of skepticism about the statements he makes.”
    January 6 insurrection would be an example of what could go wrong.

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49. 

    fish

    22 January 2023

    Looks like Viceroy Klain is gettin while the gettin is good!
    

    Top Biden aide Ron Klain expected to soon leave White House

    https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-biden-politics-united-states-government-ron-klain-859543dcbbcbe3e2ef987e88f7b4ff34

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50. 

    L. Fish

    22 January 2023

    It’s funny when you “guys” pretend that it’s not just Keachie.

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