230 responses to “Sandbox – 6apr23”

1. 

   The Estonian Fox

   08 April 2023

   From USA Today:
   The San Jose Police Officers’ Association has fired its executive director after she was charged with attempting to illegally import synthetic opioids.
   Joanne Segovia, who headed the association, was arrested last week on charges she attempted to unlawfully import valeryl fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison.
   “up to” in Cali stands for 0 to 20. Since it’s so close to SF, lean toward zero. Though she isn’t a policeman, just XO of the Assoc.
   https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/08/california-police-union-director-fired-opioid-smuggling-charge/11627319002/

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2. 

   Don Bessee

   08 April 2023

   The cancer has spread to the head of the fish –
   https://nypost.com/2023/04/08/george-soros-son-has-easy-access-to-white-house-honchos/
   😉

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3. 

   Bill Tozer

   08 April 2023

   Senator John Kennedy has some good one-liners.
   SEN. KENNEDY: PRESIDENT BIDEN’S APPROVAL RATING RANKS WITH JOCK-ITCH
   ‘The American people may be poorer under President Biden but they are not stupid’
   https://news.grabien.com/story-sen-kennedy-president-biden-s-approval-rating-ranks-with-jock-itchBill

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4. 

   Gregory

   08 April 2023

   bad link

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5. 

   Burp Burp

   08 April 2023

   What is the opposite of DEI? Old men’s clubs, Playboy Club, KKK and other organizations who actively discriminate?

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6. 

   scenes

   08 April 2023

   re: Burp Burp@1:31PM
   lol. Man, is that phoning it in or what?

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7. 

   Bill Tozer

   08 April 2023

   Gregory @ 1:02 pm. Opps. Remove ‘Bill’ at end. I knew that Bill went somewhere.
   https://news.grabien.com/story-sen-kennedy-president-biden-s-approval-rating-ranks-with-jock-itch
   ————————-
   re: Phoning it in
   https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/number-1-fan-of-the-men-from-tn.php

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8. 

   Don Bessee

   08 April 2023

   Another soros blm, antifa loving DA –
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/greg-abbott-working-swiftly-pardon-army-sergeant-convicted-murder-black-lives-matter-riot
   😉

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9. 

   Bill Tozer

   08 April 2023

   ‘As We Predicted, Gavin Newsom’s Schtick Isn’t Going Over Well With Democrats in Red States’
   https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2023/04/08/as-we-predicted-gavin-newsoms-schtick-isnt-going-over-well-with-democrats-in-red-states-n728217

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10. 

    scenes

    08 April 2023

    I was thinking about the ‘opposite of DEI’.
    Since DEI is this:
    https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1644789536382132224
    I guess it’s the opposite of that.

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11. 

    Gregory

    08 April 2023

    It strikes me that DEI backwards is IED…

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12. 

    Bill Tozer

    08 April 2023

    scenes @ 3:55 PM.
    “Since DEI is this:”
    ‘DEI meets East Germany’ is a new thread. Khmer Rouge, Cultural Revolution, Nazi Youth, take your pick.
    “But perhaps the worst aspect of this scheme is that the most destructive of campus bureaucracies—the diversity, equity and inclusion brigade—will grow, for most of the campus bias-reporting systems are housed in DEI offices. Yes, the same group that polices language, forces ideological training down the throats of faculty and students, and mandates loyalty oaths from faculty candidates will be in charge of administering the system of informers. Woke ideologues will obstruct the work of those who still believe that the mission of a university is to foster the free exchange of ideas”

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13. 

    Don Bessee

    08 April 2023

    Creepy grampa joe and the biden crime family are bought and paid for by the chi coms –
    Biden green energy policy strengthening China, endangering national security, report finds
    Due in large part to government intervention, the United States is becoming progressively more reliant on electric vehicles (EVs) and nonnuclear renewable energy sources for its transportation and energy needs,” writes Thomas Wackman, a fellow at IER. “These technologies rely on a large input of rare earth metals and other mined elements, particularly lithium and cobalt, the supply of which is dominated almost entirely by the People’s Republic of China.”
    The Biden administration’s “ongoing war” against domestic U.S. oil and gas production, the report continues, puts America’s energy security, and its national security, in real jeopardy.”
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/biden-green-energy-policy-strengthening-110055998.html
    😉

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14. 

    Don Bessee

    08 April 2023

    TRU DAT! –
    Maher mocks media for condemning European parties with far-right origins, says Dems were ‘party of slavery’
    Russell Brand quipped, ‘you can’t just be far-right because you’re a traditional conservative person’
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/maher-mocks-media-condemning-european-parties-far-right-origins-says-dems-party-slavery?dicbo=v2-FPnqdPf
    😉

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15. 

    scenes

    08 April 2023

    “Woke ideologues will obstruct the work of those who still believe that the mission of a university is to foster the free exchange of ideas”
    Aside from the odd bit of education, I’d say that the mission of a university is to produce a pipeline of apparatchiks to run a country. It’s a funny thing to think about, chicken/egg. Does a country reflect it’s educational system or versa visa or both?
    The Fall of Western Civilization will be a real puzzle for the Chinese or HAL-9000 to think about. Is it all about the suicide from WWI? Feminization of the ruling classes? Ethnic and cultural diversity? Something to do with post WWII industrialization or the internet? I don’t have a strong sense of the thing.
    In the meantime, hopefully some Saint Leibowitz is doing what needs done. The only thing worse than collapse is to be forgotten.

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16. 

    Bill Tozer

    08 April 2023

    Former San Francisco fire commissioner attacked with crowbar day after Bob Lee stabbed to death
    https://nypost.com/2023/04/07/ex-san-fran-fire-commissioner-attacked-with-crowbar-day-after-bob-lee-killed/

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17. 

    Bill Tozer

    08 April 2023

    DEI
    Far-Left Climate Activist Resigns In Disgrace Over Sexual Misconduct Accusations at Indigo Girls-Backed Org: Report
    LaDuke said in a Facebook post that she was responsible for failing to protect Campbell from sexual harassment before claiming that the organization was the victim of “colonial carceral court systems.”
    “The court system is a punitive, white, carceral system that targets Native Peoples,” LaDuke claimed. “In such a forum, it was unsurprising that the result would be a staggering and disproportionate fine against Honor the Earth.”……
    “These are people that spend all their time telling other people how to live: what their values should be, where they should be allowed to utilize natural resources, deciding who’s ‘good’ and who’s ‘bad,’” the official said. “Then come to find out, they’re letting this poor girl get sexually harassed and not doing anything about it. Good luck maintaining the moral high ground.”
    Another former Trump White House official who also dealt with tribal issues told The Daily Wire, “The tribal chiefs were great, always very positive and advocating for their constituents.”
    “They thought this Winona Duke lady was a fraud, a bad person,” the official said. “Sure enough, they’re being proven right.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-climate-activist-resigns-in-disgrace-over-sexual-misconduct-accusations-at-indigo-girls-backed-org-report

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18. 

    Bill Tozer

    08 April 2023

    Boardman’s alma mater in the news again.
    ‘California university investigates Iran-born professor for showing students Muhammad art’
    https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/san-francisco-state-investigates-iran-born-professor-showing-students-muhammad

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19. 

    Scott O

    08 April 2023

    The crazy continues apace. I was wondering how long we would still be able to go to the hardware store and ask for a female pipe fitting.
    “The guidance, for example, tells federal employees to avoid using the terms “blacklist” or “whitelist” because of the racial connotations and also cautions against “using terms that assign a gender to inanimate objects, such as male/female connectors.”
    Blacklist and whitelist don’t have racial implications and male/female connections indicate a very, very, basic fact of life that animals all understand, but seems to be beyond the understanding of the new class of humans we have become.
    And fer God’s sake don’t describe a small amount of something as “niggardly” or wonder what happened to a large amount of something disappearing as if it went into a “black hole”.
    Remember that most all Dems and leftys have little to no education and are prone to get squinty-eyed and upset over terms they don’t understand.
    https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/federal-science-agencys-gender-and-race-speech-codes-take-criticism

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20. 

    Barry Pruett

    09 April 2023

    Happy Easter George and Jo Ann! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r9a41CvVEHw

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21. 

    Don Bessee

    09 April 2023

    Lie cheat and steal in the best soros tradition. –
    The case’s lead detective, who maintains Perry acted in self-defense, is considered the “best” in the city of Austin, according to Patrick, who also reiterated claims that Garza instructed the detective to remove any exculpatory slides from his 158-slide presentation of evidence from the case.
    “He says he believes that the evidence he [the detective] would’ve presented to the grand jury would have possibly led to them not even indicting [Perry],” Patrick said.
    The detective maintains that Garza’s conduct was not only unlawful, but bordered on criminal conduct of witness tampering.
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/soros-da-army-veteran-murder-conviction-witness-tampering-withholding-evidence?dicbo=v2-jTUhRwL
    😉

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22. 

    Bill Tozer

    10 April 2023

    ‘California LGBT Activists Call for Taking Children From Parents’
    “Snuck into AB 665, legislation ostensibly about extending mental health care to lower-income California youths, is a provision that effectively would terminate parents’ rights over their kids as soon as they turn 12.
    The California Family Council warns that this bill “would allow children as young as 12 years old to consent to being placed into state funded group homes without parental permission or knowledge.”
    As long as a mental health professional signs off on it, the kids can go to such a group home—and it doesn’t matter what their parents think.“
    https://intellectualtakeout.org/2023/04/california-lgbt-children-parents/

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23. 

    scenes

    10 April 2023

    re: BillT@11:18AM
    Yah, I’d heard about that.
    Given the propensity for modern K-12 teachers to politically program students, a funny thing since I didn’t even know the marital status of any of mine not named ‘Miss Something’, you get a whole soup-to-nuts feeder system.
    Really, it’s the kind of thing that even reaches into private schools, the State and your 12 year-old’s opinion runs the roost.
    Dunno how a person avoids it besides simply moving elsewhere. No point in being mad about it. I wonder where the first Diversity Training Center will get set up, unless they simply stick the kids into one of those for-profit group homes.

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24. 

    Don Bessee

    10 April 2023

    The laugh of the day –
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/karine-jean-pierre-denies-white-house-protect-biden-press-questions
    😉

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25. 

    Don Bessee

    10 April 2023

    Weaponized and on the march is AI –
    “Five professors came up, three of those stories were clearly false, including my own,” Turley told “The Story” on Fox News Monday. “What was really menacing about this incident is that the AI system made up a Washington Post story and then made up a quote from that story and said that there was this allegation of harassment on a trip with students to Alaska. That trip never occurred. I’ve never gone on any trip with law students of any kind. It had me teaching at the wrong school, and I’ve never been accused of sexual harassment.”
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/chatgpt-falsely-accuses-jonathan-turley-sexual-harassment-concocts-fake-wapo-story-support-allegation
    😉

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26. 

    Scott O

    10 April 2023

    Are they really this stupid?
    “If you’re upset about a beer company supporting civil rights, you might want to start bottling your tears. LGBTQ people drink water, too. Gonna boycott that next?”
    Hiring some one to hype your product is not “supporting civil rights”.
    The second part is so inane, I’m not even sure where to start.
    “I’ll bet Hitler drank water…”
    Good Lord.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pete-buttigiegs-husband-bud-light-boycotters-protest-water-trans-controversy

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27. 

    Don Bessee

    10 April 2023

    @507 Looks like that makes him the ‘smart’ one in that house! LOL
    😉

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28. 

    Don Bessee

    10 April 2023

    What have they done to my city!?! –
    Whole Foods to close San Francisco flagship store a year after opening
    After a short stint in downtown San Francisco, the Whole Foods at 1185 Market St. is closing this week.
    “To ensure the safety of our Team Members, we have made the difficult decision to close the Trinity store for the time being,” a Whole Foods Market spokesperson said in a statement via email.
    https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/sf-whole-foods-store-closure-17889550.php
    San Francisco progressives need to course correct on crime
    https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/san-francisco-crime-course-correction-17889166.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight
    😉

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29. 

    scenes

    10 April 2023

    re: The Bud Light Guy In A Dress.
    Question. How could you even parody this? It’s like a Kids in the Hall show.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKKG0RVGp4U
    Maybe it’s just a nearly infinite need to be a public figure.

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30. 

    Scott O

    10 April 2023

    Don 6:18 – “The spokesperson also did not elaborate on what safety concerns led the company to close the Trinity Place market.”
    Well – we know it’s not the Ultra-MAGA types.
    Maybe the Amish?

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31. 

    Bill Tozer

    10 April 2023

    And the minority run Industrial Powerful Lefty Complex wants to talk about traffic tickets. Oh bother.
    ‘Black Children 5 Times More Likely To Die From Gunfire Than White Children: Study’
    “In 2021, 46% of all gun deaths among children and teens involved Black victims, even though only 14% of the U.S. under-18 population that year was Black.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-children-5-times-more-likely-to-die-from-gunfire-than-white-children-study?

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32. 

    Bill Tozer

    10 April 2023

    re: Bud Light. Worth spending 5-6 minutes watching blowback.
    https://fb.watch/jQH6U8ASnL/
    And now Nike is lecturing us. I don’t buy beer products and I don’t buy Nikes?..eat this and talk to the hand. 🤣

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33. 

    fish

    11 April 2023

    For scenes from beautiful or at least pleasing to the eye London!
    https://jeffreycarter.substack.com/p/the-wrong-take

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34. 

    Gregory

    11 April 2023

    Insights from Sasha Stone
    https://sashastone.substack.com/p/bidens-america-a-society-that-has
    “Just two years into the Joe Biden presidency, it has become abundantly clear that the only people actively trying to destroy this country are the Democrats and the cult that has overtaken them.
    How much worse could it possibly get than a former President of the United States indicted in the city that made him on a case that no one believes in good faith was legitimate? No government that believes in America would ever do such a thing to rip this country apart, especially after COVID, after the Summer of 2020, and after January 6th.
    But this is no ordinary government. This is a government that has given up the American experiment, opting instead for a bloated Superstate with its own permanent propaganda press, show trials, a vast network of surveillance to police its own citizens, and a society headed for collapse.
    I believed the lie that Trump brought the chaos and that if Biden won, things would calm down. But now we know it wasn’t Trump at all. It was them.”

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35. 

    scenes

    11 April 2023

    re: Gregory@5:57AM
    That’s a good op-ed and I think it’s important to differentiate between “JoeBiden” and “Joe Biden’s Presidency” since, to all appearances, he’s just a figurehead. The Woke Religion is still waiting for it’s Messiah to really kick into high gear. I think it’s easier to get a mob to follow a personality than a philosophy if you really want kinetic activity.
    Given the enormous amount of grift and status seeking in the Woke Community, there are plenty of contendahs, but nobody who can really run a mic. Women, beta males, men-in-dresses typically are out of that picture due to a lack of stage presence and authority and require a supporting organization to buoy them up.
    Conservatives will always be at a disadvantage since they combine a ‘leave me alone’ sort of stance (arguably, abortion is the exception, but that stems mostly from a worthwhile argument on the instant a person receives some kind of human status, ability to breath is somewhat besides the point) with the need to justify ‘the way things were’ rather than ‘the glorious utopia we can promise you’.
    To be repetitive about it, what I find frightening is the newfound ability to surveil and analyze the population combined with more science in the propaganda biz. This time it really is different, you simply can’t wait 50 years for the madness to evaporate.
    Maybe that’s why E. Musk wants a Mars colony. He can see a clock ticking.

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36. 

    scenes

    11 April 2023

    article pointed to be Mr. fish’s post.
    “For several reasons, the election of Brandon Johnson as mayor is the most important in Chicago for generations and the most politically salient urban election this century. First, it represents the triumph of the hard Left not on one of the coasts but in the heart of the Midwest, in a city known for its pragmatic, if machine-Democratic, politics. Second, it displays the raw power of public-sector unions in Illinois and in today’s Democratic Party. Johnson was not just supported by the unions; he is the paid agent of the most powerful and radical of them all—the Chicago Teachers Union. Third, Johnson’s victory will have national reverberations for years to come because his administration will test the Left’s attempt to transform urban policy.”
    https://www.city-journal.org/chicagos-hard-left-choice
    Question: Does a left shift in large cities imply a right shift in the countryside? or (perhaps more likely) is the motion more like:
    . City goes Left
    . Liberals escape from city, move to countryside.
    . Countryside goes Left.
    . City is backfilled with new immigrants from 3rd world countries
    wash, rinse, repeat.
    I only see one outcome there.

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37. 

    Bill Tozer

    11 April 2023

    Government Is Marketing Censorship Tools To Big Tech To Gag Conservatives
    https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/11/government-is-marketing-censorship-tools-to-big-tech-to-gag-conservatives/

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38. 

    Don Bessee

    11 April 2023

    The emperor has no clothes –
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/awkward-gavin-newsom-video-goes-viral-florida-visit
    😉

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39. 

    Bill Tozer

    11 April 2023

    On a very serious note from the Cultural Wars:
    ‘Walmart removes offensive shirt with hidden curse after complaints’
    https://nypost.com/2023/04/10/walmart-removes-offensive-shirt-from-store-after-complaints/
    —————-
    Chicago News
    ‘Walmart Closes Four Stores In Chicago Amid Elevated Crime Rates’
    “The announcement of the Walmart closures also comes on the same day reports revealed that the Democratic National Committee selected Chicago as the host city for the 2024 convention, where President Joe Biden is expected to secure the nomination to run for a second term.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/walmart-closes-four-stores-in-chicago-amid-elevated-crime-rates
    Birds of a feather stick together.

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40. 

    scenes

    11 April 2023

    I mean, what could go wrong?
    “The UK is among a number of countries with military special forces operating inside Ukraine, according to one of dozens of documents leaked online.”
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65245065

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41. 

    scenes

    12 April 2023

    From the Race To Irrelevance Department.
    “NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’”
    https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label
    Oh Noes!
    Maybe they can beef up their Myspace presence.

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42. 

    Robert

    12 April 2023

    I am concerned about our host…first time with no post on Easter…any news on George?

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43. 

    scenes

    12 April 2023

    Pretty funny.
    “‘You Just Lied’: Elon Musk Slaughters BBC Reporter In Live Interview”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqJKAnN0-gM

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44. 

    George Rebane

    12 April 2023

    Robert 837am – Thanks for the concern. I’m doing OK, recovery is slow and doctors’ appointments many. Apologies for the oversight.

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45. 

    Robert

    12 April 2023

    Good to hear…it was the missing Easter post that caused the concern… rest easy.

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46. 

    Bill Tozer

    12 April 2023

    I second Robert’s 9:53 am. Concern was raised on my radar as well on Easter morn and day. Good news.

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47. 

    Bill Tozer

    12 April 2023

    ‘F*** Catholics’: Biden DOJ To Recommend Zero Jail Time For Trans Suspect Who Allegedly Vandalized Catholic Church
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-catholics-biden-doj-to-recommend-zero-jail-time-for-trans-suspect-who-allegedly-vandalized-catholic-church
    —————-
    ‘FBI wanted sources within Catholic Church to look for ‘radicalization’ in local parishes: House GOP’
    https://justthenews.com/nation/religion/fbi-looked-develop-sources-within-catholic-church-monitor-radicalization-local

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48. 

    Bill Tozer

    12 April 2023

    ‘Fiddling America Away’
    We fixate only on the irrelevant that we think we can address while ignoring the existential we know we no longer can solve.
    By Victor Davis Hanson
    https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/10/fiddling-america-away/

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49. 

    Bill Tozer

    12 April 2023

    The trivial. She should move to Frisco
    TARGET CUSTOMER DEMANDS REPARATIONS, GETS PUNCHED BY SECURITY GUARD
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/target-customer-demands-reparations-gets-punched-by-security-guard.php

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50. 

    scenes

    12 April 2023

    re: BillT@1:27PM
    from the article: “Friends tremble at our sudden decline. Enemies rejoice. Neutrals make the necessary adjustments to join the ascendant non-American side.”
    It seems to me that it isn’t even that complicated. If the US is going to go down a rathole of crazy, everyone simply readjusts and continues. BRIC will grow, de-dollarization continues, cultural firewalls are set up to avoid the US Left cause o’ the week. Things change, but then they always have.
    Now, if things fall apart and the center cannot hold, some folks who could stand to get their act together are the States. I’m not suggesting breaking off a piece of rural California or Oregon and starting the State of Jefferton, but simply becoming more independent.
    If you allow banks and BlackRock to run your world, you are subject to the whims of people in a few cities. Same with running federally funded schools, worrying about highway funds. The folks in flyover need to smile and nod but think about independence in a thousand small ways.
    A combination of financial planning and lawfare is in order.

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