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Sandbox – 22mar23

22 March 2023

[Happy Spring! If Trump is indicted and his trial starts going badly toward conviction, would that induce other Repubs not to throw their hats in the ring? If so, Trump would be the hands down favorite for Republican nominee. So if the Dems really want to run against Trump, would they not, as a tactic, want throw their case against Trump under the bus? gjr]

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242 responses to “Sandbox – 22mar23”

Don Bessee

22 March 2023

Ahhhh fresh kitty litter!
DO TELL! –
Two sources familiar told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that the grand jury was canceled amid “major dissension” within the district attorney’s office. One source claimed the district attorney is having trouble convincing the grand jury on potential charges due to the “weakness” of the case.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hush-money-grand-jury-proceedings-canceled-wednesday-sources-say
😉

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Don Bessee

22 March 2023

WTF-
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pentagon-doctors-claim-7-year-olds-can-make-decisions-injected-hormones-puberty-suppressants?dicbo=v2-ljdlzV3
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Don Bessee

22 March 2023

Riddle me this creepy grampa joe, what is a woman? –
Jill Biden: It’s time for men to step up for women’s rights
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/jill-biden-time-men-step-221946753.html
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Beep Beep

22 March 2023

INDICTING TRUMP, A PROGRESSIVE FANTASY SINCE 2017 [SUPERCUT]
https://news.grabien.com/story-indicting-trump-a-progressive-fantasy-since-2017-supercut

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scenes

23 March 2023

“Jill Biden: It’s time for men to step up for women’s rights”
Oh jeez, a prominent member of the Karenocracy sez some things to help her husband politically. Big surprise.
You can always energize the base by yelling something about HANDMAIDSTALEOURBODIESTAKINGOURRIGHTS, without mentioning a thing about the rights of the unborn.
Thing is, there’s always going to be someone who think of a microscopic clump of cells as ‘human’ because it had a soul stuck into it from a pile somewhere…and there’s always going to be someone who thinks it should be legal to hit a baby on the head and remove it a day before birth. There’s no reconciling these people so the argument keeps on keepin’ on.

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The Estonian Fox

23 March 2023

DB @ 7:49PM
Gee, I wonder if it’s OK for men to protest the abortion of pre-born baby girls? Wouldn’t that be standing up for a (soon-to-be) woman’s rights? Should satisfy Jill Biden.

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fish

23 March 2023

Whiny democrat whines about Bad Orange Man being mean……

Manhattan DA: Trump created false expectation of arrest, Republicans interfered

https://news.yahoo.com/manhattan-da-accuses-house-republicans-142000058.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kcnVkZ2VyZXBvcnQuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABgIKhp9ZilSoyuAmO26-bAKlZyteOvfwndsC63GFLgRFkeWvAWEjS27rRUg1PtOT4BNY4PuKDOh5B9sHipWcan0UMQvvwI-h_lCCIEPGQhldsUPEjfTeRkK1ed82FN4Fw7MDOKLCp7alJE6Vm3jtxAR5blEq3MOhs8mrA7fsdqH

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scenes

23 March 2023

re: Estonian Fox@8:43AM
Only if they identify as females.

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Scott O

23 March 2023

“Thing is, there’s always going to be someone who think of a microscopic clump of cells as ‘human’ because it had a soul stuck into it from a pile somewhere…”
There’s also folks that think once the double helix is formed, it’s human life.
It’s human – it’s alive.
After that, the argument gets pretty tangled up in how cute it looks as medical waste.
Pro tip – we’re all just a clump of cells.

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Scott O

23 March 2023

fish 9:37 – Yeah – I had to laugh at that one.
All on his own, Trump came up with this wild theory he was going to be arrested last Tuesday. He must have had his henchmen force all the major news media during the week end to run with that headline.

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fish

23 March 2023

Posted by: Scott O | 23 March 2023 at 10:02 AM
You’ll know Al is really upset if he slips into “Black Preacher” voice.
I guess we’ll see…..

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scenes

23 March 2023

“After that, the argument gets pretty tangled up in how cute it looks as medical waste.”
Not dissimilar to the good press that baby harp seals get as opposed to rare reptiles.
I’d prefer to think of it as a combination of ‘how viable it is’ and ‘how intelligent it is’, but then no one asks me to write abortion law.
The intelligence argument could be applied to life forms generally. What are the rights of a chimpanzee or a dolphin compared to a newborn human? Is it a matter of potential or current agency?
More subtle forms exist. Do you spend limited public health money on newborns or young adults or the elderly? Are cow leather boots (legal in California) less moral than snakeskin boots (illegal in California)? Upcoming…the rights of machine intelligence.
In any case, it’s great fodder for a bar stool and useless when dealing with idiots with signs whatever their feelings on the matter. No one is as stupid as a group of us together, particularly activist harpies.

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Scott O

23 March 2023

“The intelligence argument could be applied to life forms generally. What are the rights of a chimpanzee or a dolphin compared to a newborn human? Is it a matter of potential or current agency?”
Ha – I saw the other day that some are asking about the need for “AI rights”. There’s an hilarious rabbit hole to follow. We could end up endowing our refrigerators with “rights”. How much AI? How autonomous does it need to be?
So many questions to answer. Maybe we can start funding a Federal Task Force to look into these new rights. The SPLC needs to start looking into hate crimes against sentient machines.

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fish

23 March 2023

“We have a very strong economy……and robust currency!”
We are clearly the envy of the world!
Of course that’s why gold officially cracked 2K denominated in dollars about 9 minutes ago!
Shotgun Joey….is there nothing he can’t do?

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Misanthrope

23 March 2023

Take that Gov. Perry!
“U.S. authorities have been flying migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Canada border to Texas as part of a deterrence effort to tackle a rise in crossings, according to authorities, flight records and a Reuters witness.
U.S. Border Patrol has quietly transported about 100 migrants this month on two charter flights from Plattsburgh, New York, near the border with Canada, to the Texas cities of Harlingen and El Paso.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-flies-migrants-caught-canada-203257036.html

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Misanthrope

23 March 2023

You don’t say,
“GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing $150,000 in COVID-19 relief fraud.
Joseph Harding, a 35-year-old Republican, pleaded guilty in Gainesville federal court to wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements in connection with COVID-19 relief fraud, according to court records. He faces up to 35 years in prison at a hearing scheduled for July 25.
Harding resigned from the Florida House in December, a day after federal prosecutors announced his indictment.”

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Bill Tozer

23 March 2023

MONTY PYTHON ON TRUMP
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/03/monty-python-on-trump.php

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scenes

23 March 2023

“The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics ”
An odd looking man I admit. I wonder how many people took advantage of that same crazy cash flow from the gubmint.
That’s a cool example of misleading headline though. ‘lawmaker who sponsored’ is phrased as if he was responsible for the law rather than one of 32 co-sponsors.
In addition, I’ll bet ONE MILLION DOLLARS (in the words of a certain movie badguy) that you haven’t read the law and just know it as a slogan. I know I haven’t, so I don’t have an opinion on it.
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1557/BillText/er/PDF
I’ll be happy to look through it and have an opinion if Misanthrope actually has any interest in it.

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Misanthrope

23 March 2023

Scenes,
The word “gay” does not appear in the text, LoL!
“The bill would ban discussing these issues in primary schools and restrict how they are discussed in other grades if they are deemed “not age-appropriate.” However, it does not specify what would be considered age-appropriate, or who decides. Any parent could sue their child’s school for compensation for alleged harm if they believe those discussions have occurred. The likely outcome of the bill would be to deter teachers from addressing these issues and to chill open discussions and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students.
The bill would also require school personnel to notify parents of changes in a student’s physical, mental, or emotional health. It would significantly limit the ability of counselors and teachers to be a confidential resource for students, including LGBT students who may not feel safe or comfortable asking questions about sexual orientation or gender identity to family members.
Human Rights Watch has documented how curricular restrictions harm LGBT youth in US schools. These restrictions not only prevent students from accessing information that’s essential to their health and well-being, but send a discriminatory message that being LGBT is inappropriate or wrong. That message not only stigmatizes LGBT children but can tacitly encourage intolerance and bullying from peers from a young age.
In recent years, states like Alabama, Arizona, South Carolina, and Utah all repealed laws that limited discussions of LGBT issues in schools. Similar laws remain in place in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Texas, while five other states allow parents to opt their children out of curricula in which LGBT issues are being discussed.
By introducing new laws to this effect, Florida is moving in the wrong direction – and at least seven other states are poised to do so as well. Teachers should not fear punishment if they celebrate diversity or let kids know that it’s okay to be LGBT, and students should not be cut off from affirming information and support.”
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/17/florida-advances-dont-say-gay-bill?gclid=Cj0KCQjw8e-gBhD0ARIsAJiDsaW1_vMFOkUdoSf_pWgr2SfyUUGEB6GYESy6aR8-QwL9lGMzpjkRS7saAlNNEALw_wcB

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Misanthrope

23 March 2023

Can you say “gay”?
Facebook post from infamously homophobic televangelist Rick Palermo of the Assembly of Leviticus has gone viral because in it he apologizes for “accidentally doing a sodomy.”
“But there must have been some gay sperm on the floor or something because I slipped, grabbed a toilet lid for balance where a rolled up dollar bill somehow got wedged in between my fingers, and I accidentally snorted a few lines of cocaine that someone had irresponsibly left on the seat. The shock disoriented me because everything was happening so fast, but I guess I stepped on my pant leg which pulled down my trousers, I got my shirt collar stuck on the door’s coat hook which ripped it off, and I guess the centrifugal force of my spinning made my underwear fall to my ankles leaving me naked, and then I fell onto another man’s erect penis.”

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Misanthrope

23 March 2023

https://dashmacintyre.medium.com/a-homophobic-televangelist-claims-his-gay-sex-tape-is-all-a-big-misunderstanding-7e64d73b8bd4

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Scott O

23 March 2023

“Teachers should not fear punishment if they celebrate diversity…”
OK groomer.

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Scott O

23 March 2023

“Facebook post from infamously homophobic televangelist Rick Palermo of the Assembly of Leviticus has gone viral because in it he apologizes for “accidentally doing a sodomy.””
Boy, Missy – you follow some screwed up people on facebook.
But it’s a free country, so whatever floats your boat.

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scenes

23 March 2023

Scotto: “Ha – I saw the other day that some are asking about the need for “AI rights”. There’s an hilarious rabbit hole to follow.”
Maybe not such a funny thing in a decade or two. Dunno. It depends on how anthropocentric you are.
One of the most interesting angles to it I’ve heard is the potential for communications with cetaceans. To at least give it a shot I imagine they need to accumulate a boatload (so to speak) more data, but it seems worth the dosh to spread microphones around in the oceans.
Misanthrope: https://dashmacintyre.medium.com/a-homophobic-televangelist-claims-his-gay-sex-tape-is-all-a-big-misunderstanding-7e64d73b8bd4
The funny thing is that, given the new-found freedom for the hypersexualized corners of society to strut their stuff, it’s hard to write parody. Everything sounds true and becomes true with the retelling.
When the newly-minted luggage-stealin’ Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy was busy posting pics of the young-men-in-dog-suits that he so dearly loved to sodomize, everyone cheered. Hopefully GPT-10 has more taste than the current ruling classes.

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Gregory

23 March 2023

A sussinct definition of “woke”:
”Woke describes the ongoing cultural revolution which defines reality by its usefulness in achieving left-wing goals.”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/23/dont_believe_the_hype_woke_is_real_and_its_dangerous_149018.html

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Don Bessee

23 March 2023

Gee i wonder why the crackhead has not been prosecuted for gun violations yet? NOT! –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-tiffany-asks-why-hunter-biden-hasnt-been-prosecuted-alleged-gun-crime-atf-hearing
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Don Bessee

23 March 2023

It seems a little sanity is getting into the equation just not here –
World Athletics bans transgender women from competing in female world ranking events
https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/65051900
U.S. cyclocross champion Hannah Arensman says she is leaving the sport after recently finishing fourth between transgender “women” despite her 35 championship wins.
The decision by the 25-year-old Arensman was revealed in a brief filed by the state of West Virginia to the Supreme Court in support of its ave Women’s Sports law, which limits transgender athletes to playing school sports in categories that correspond to their birth gender, not the gender they “identify” as, according to Fox News.
Radical transgender activists are suing West Virginia to have the law repealed, claiming that it violates federal Title IX rules. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently reinstated a preliminary injunction blocking the law while the court case continues.
Arensman joined 66 other athletes in calling on the Supreme Court to vacate the injunctions and to rule that West Virginia’s law is constitutional. In the brief, she said she retired from her sport in December because of the invasion of trans “women” into the sport of cycling.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2023/03/23/female-cycling-champion-quits-sport-after-slew-of-transgender-women-win-races/
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Don Bessee

23 March 2023

Time to get the chi coms out of peoples phones –
“That means they have access to your passwords, all your data, they have access to your health records, your bank records, they have access to your geopolitical information or your geospatial information,” Krach said. “That means that they can track where you are, where you’ve been, and where you’re going.”
“Look at it as a digital virus,” he added. “And the only cure for this; the only vaccine for this is a total ban.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/03/23/mariannette-miller-meeks-forces-tiktok-ceo-to-admit-chinese-app-tracks-americans-keystrokes/
😉

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Bill Tozer

23 March 2023

USA Today Gives Woman of the Year Award to a Dude.
‘USA Today Gives ‘Woman of the Year’ Honor to Transgender Democrat’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/03/22/woman-of-the-year-is-trans-n2620988
Now white liberal women must cheer.

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Bill Tozer

23 March 2023

A little pushback. No is a complete statement.
‘Georgia, Iowa Overcome Near-Unanimous Democrat Opposition To Ban Child Mutilation Surgeries’
https://thefederalist.com/2023/03/23/georgia-iowa-overcome-near-unanimous-democrat-opposition-to-ban-child-mutilation-surgeries/
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Critics React After Biological Man Wins NY Women’s Bicycling Race
https://www.dailywire.com/news/critics-react-after-biological-man-wins-ny-womens-bicycling-race
One eye trouser trout wins again. Hail to the patriarchy.
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Speaking of the one eye zipper snake….
‘Hunter Biden used FBI mole named ‘One-Eye’ to tip him off to China probes: tipster’
https://nypost.com/2023/03/22/hunter-biden-used-fbi-mole-to-tip-him-off-to-china-probes-tipster/

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Don Bessee

23 March 2023

Team creepy grampa joe is bought and paid for by the chi coms –
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/03/23/white-house-meeting-of-china-russia-marriage-shows-they-know-american-leadership-is-back/
😉

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scenes

24 March 2023

Lots more pictures of the Harridan Patrol in Burger Basin in the paper this morning. So brave. So powerful.
A quick look at BofA’s annual report shows that the energy biz (let’s assume that it’s 100% fossil fuel, which you know it isn’t) is 2% of their commercial credit exposure, plus I don’t see any energy companies in their top holdings as investors.
and, of course, like any Modern Major Company, they’re chockablock full of good deeds and minority outreach and alternative energy talk and whatnot.
What exactly are these sign-wavers about? My best guess is that they feel a strong need for community and hanging out together and with the decline in church attendance and bridge clubs being an ‘activist’ is all that is left. I wonder sometimes if there isn’t a DNA angle since these people tend to look alike.
….
re: Chinese TikTok and phones and the like. You have to wonder if you aren’t better off having China spy on you than Psul’s beloved 17 intelligence agencies. It isn’t like China is going to send a SWAT team to your house for wrongthink.

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Bill Tozer

24 March 2023

‘Effort to squash Biden family stories long predated Hunter laptop, newly released emails reveal’
Aide to VP Biden in 2015 bragged she got reporter to admit she would “only use” negative information on Hunter Biden “if her editors hold a gun to her head.”
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/new-memos-government-effort-suppress-biden-family-stories-began

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scenes

24 March 2023

re: BillT@9:18AM
Cool. The article actually has a link to the docs.
https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2023-03/NARA-Release-2_Supplement.pdf
from Kate Bedingfield to one Eric Schwerin:
“Absolutely — we have had two conversations about it — she will only use if her editors hold a gun to her head.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bedingfield
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-02-08-Letter-Schwerin_.pdf
who appears to run this:
https://www.zoominfo.com/c/institute-for-ethical-awareness-inc/355815466
” https://web.archive.org/web/20190102224148/https://www.instituteforethicalawareness.org/ ”
(you might have to fool with the link if any interest in the website. It’s gone now of course.)
Why mention any of this? “Institute for Ethical Awareness”. roflmao. This whole country is run by activist grifter MF’ers who cycle in ‘n out of government, non-profits, corporate boards. If the government hadn’t metastasized into leviathan, none of this would matter much except for the occasional Civil War era military supply scandal.

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scenes

24 March 2023

Tune o’ the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P8xp9oNwh4

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Misanthrope

24 March 2023

Why is everyone so worked up over transgenders in sports?
Sports, in general, are overrated.
Food is much more satisfying.

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Scott O

24 March 2023

Lil’ Missy 12:01 – “Why is everyone so worked up over transgenders in sports?”
Really? You want to advertise to the world you are that friggin’ clueless?
No wonder you’re a lefty.

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fish

24 March 2023

How long before we find out that Alvin mailed it to himself….?

Package with suspicious powder delivered to Manhattan DA’s office amid Trump probe: ‘Alvin, I’ll kill you’

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/package-suspicious-powder-delivered-manhattan-da-office-trump-investigation

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Gregory

24 March 2023

Misandjeffie 1201p
Critical Gender theory, like all Critical Theories, is intended to stir up trouble. Traditional Theory are the stories we used to tell.

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scenes

24 March 2023

“Why is everyone so worked up over transgenders in sports?”
It would be a life simplifier to remove any restrictions I admit. Answer: get rid of all gender requirements for sports.
No LPGA, just PGA. No WNBA, just NBA. You not only wouldn’t have any women in sports, but no transgenders either. Same goes for college sports.
The few remaining women would be superstars. A few shooters, gymnasts maybe?. Ultra-marathons? Maybe some time could be spent designing sports that women really succeed at.
Step 2 will be designing sports that men with gigantic prosthetic breasts do well.
I could live with that.
While we’re at it, base all hiring purely on ability to do the job. Base all college admissions on likelihood that student will excel. Worry about unbiased hiring practices like blind orchestra auditions.
I’m glad we found common ground on this.

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Gregory

24 March 2023

”The few remaining women would be superstars”
Superstar Vanessa Williams was estimated about equivalent to the 700th seed on the men’s side in tennis… which is why women’s tennis was separate from men’s.

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Gregory

24 March 2023

Serena, not Vanessa

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fish

24 March 2023

Godspeed Gordon Moore…..

Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, author of ‘Moore’s Law’ that helped drive computer revolution, dies at 94

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/tech/gordon-moore-obituary/index.html

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Don Bessee

24 March 2023

Creepy grampa joe has poop come out of his mouth again –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/24/biden-i-applaud-china-for-stepping-up-excuse-me-canada/
😉

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Don Bessee

24 March 2023

So move your dumb ass to a dem shithole like SF or NY and see how happy you are!
Ana Navarro says she’s miserable in Florida, ‘you’d be upset 24 hours a day, too’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ana-navarro-miserable-florida-upset-24-hours-day-too
😉

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Bill Tozer

24 March 2023

Don Bessee @ O9:13 in the PM
If you want to watch Drag Queen Story Hour, just tune into The View

Read somewhere Finland is experiencing 16% inflation. Makes it harder to pour money into Ukraine or have it a top priority. Just saying.

A worthless poll heading into a banking crisis, deficit spending crisis, recession, and inflation before a Presidential election year.
https://fb.watch/jucIo6jvJo/

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Scott O

24 March 2023

Electric motor vehicles have been around for over 130 years. Ford Motor Co has been around for 120 years.
“Ford Motor Company says its electric vehicle (EV) unit, “Ford Model e,” is losing billions of dollars, and should be viewed as a startup company.”
Ah, don’t worry, little buddy – Uncle Sugar’ll bail you out!
We’re bailing out the Chinese investors and Hollywood know-nothings. We’re printin’ money for darn near everyone with the proper pronouns and political leanin’s.
Golly – I can remember maybe an hour or so ago ’bout how Ford had all these whiz-bang ee-lectric cars and trucks and how much better they were than those old fashioned evil smoke wagons and wha’ happened?
Now James Farley is crawling on his knees all pathetic and broke-like.
Won’t you help?
Well – ya, we called y’all a bunch of names and how y’all are Hitler-like and stuff – but gee whiz. We need your money to keep the Lord’s work goin’ and we know y’all get paid back in the sweet bye n’ bye.
You’re watching it in real-time, folks.
This is how a collection of morons piss away the greatest country ever on earth.
Ah well – the founders were worried about exactly what is occurring.
They had every right to be concerned.

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Scott O

24 March 2023

Oh yeah – the gory details:
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/03/24/electric-vehicles-bleeding-red-ink-ford-is-losing-billions-on-evs/

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Don Bessee

24 March 2023

Global warmingnistas in creepy grampa joes circus are in fact ruining the country on the altar of global warming and lining their pockets at the same time build back better indeed –
“Well, we know where she’s been,” Carney interjected. “They’ve been sitting there worried about climate change the whole time. Climate change risk all the way. Interest rate risk, the basics of banking—they weren’t paying any attention to.”
“Larry Summers said this—he said instead of worrying about inflation and interest rates, they are worried about climate change. And that’s not the role of central bankers,” Kudlow added.
“By the way, the Financial Stability Oversight Council—which met today, I guess, because they actually realized they have a problem on their hands—in the February meeting, read the readout. It’s available on their website. They were talking about climate. Their ’22 annual report was about climate. I mean, you really can’t make this up. That’s what they were worried about,” Peek noted.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/03/24/carney-on-kudlow-janet-yellen-was-more-concerned-about-climate-change-than-looming-banking-crisis/
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Don Bessee

24 March 2023

Says lerch who has had every prognostication proven wrong for how long? ROFLOL let them eat bugs and stop farming then force them into the metaverse stupidity –
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/kerry-americans-dont-need-to-have-lower-quality-of-life-to-fight-climate-change-205101297.html
😉

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