222 responses to “Sandbox – 30apr23”

1. 

   The Estonian Fox

   05 May 2023

   fish at 09:12 AM
   Not emphasized quite as much was the large drop in March & February jobs-
   “April’s upside surprise was offset by sharp downward revisions in previous months. March’s count was slashed to 165,000, DOWN 71,000 from the initial estimate, while February fell to 248,000, a REDUCTION of 78,000.”
   The drops were much larger than the unexpected April increase. So let’s wait for the real-adjusted-April-jobs to come out in a month.
   Also left out was the drop of 2.7% in labor productivity. This marks the 5th quarter in a row that productivity declined. If that continues, forget about pay raises and recovery. Productivity directly contributes to pay raises and better living conditions. If productivity keeps decreasing, in 10 years we won’t be able to afford to pay for natural gas to heat our homes!
   And you thought JB was off his rocker for dumping methane from new construction. He was merely looking ahead – he’s a real wizard.

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2. 

   Bill Tozer

   05 May 2023

   Looking into parking mula in 6 month T-Bills. The tax exempt status is worth it with no management fees. Know a guy who just parked cash yesterday in a saving account at 4.6 percent. Unbelievable. Tax exempt is the way to go at my age.
   I mentioned before how I am living off a modest Social Security Supplemental Income check and monthly CA muni bonds. What I failed to mention was muni-bonds bought years ago are only 10% of my liquid holdings….lest the reader got the wrong idea. The stocks are holding their own….but I am concerned about that 90%. Yes, I worry.

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3. 

   Bill Tozer

   05 May 2023

   Right after the report came out that the Biden Administration had no idea where 85,000 migrant children had vanished to, Susan Rice got the boot. Rice’s problem is she knew all about it but refuse to acknowledge it. Blind eye. As Biden’s top domestic policy adviser and Obama insider, she withheld facts from the President. In her place will be the first Asian female to hold the post.
   ‘Biden names Neera Tanden as new domestic policy adviser’
   “I am pleased to announce that Neera Tanden will continue to drive the formulation and implementation of my domestic policy, from economic mobility and racial equity to health care, immigration and education,” Biden said in a statement.
   He noted that Tanden will be the first Asian American to lead any of the three major White House policy councils in history. Tanden was previously president and CEO of the Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
   Biden had nominated Tanden to head the Office of Management and Budget in 2021 at the start of his administration. She withdrew her nomination after not getting support from centrist Senate Democrats amid controversy, which stemmed from her time at the Center for American Progress. She had written risky tweets, including one comparing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to the “Harry Potter” character Voldemort.
   Tanden previously worked as senior adviser for health reform at the Department of Health and Human Services under former President Obama.
   “She was a key architect of the Affordable Care Act and helped drive key domestic policies that became part of my agenda, including clean energy subsidies and sensible gun reform. While growing up, Neera relied on some of the critical programs that she will oversee as Domestic Policy Advisor, and I know those insights will serve my Administration and the American people well,” Biden said in his statement.
   Tanden also has had her hands in campaigns, and her promotion to domestic policy adviser comes a week after the president launched his reelection bid. She was director of domestic policy for the Obama-Biden presidential campaign and policy director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.“
   https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3990218-biden-neera-tanden-domestic-policy-adviser/

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4. 

   Bill Tozer

   05 May 2023

   Paul Krugman’s take on the debt ceiling showdown is truly unhinged
   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/paul-krugmans-take-on-the-debt-ceiling-showdown-is-truly-unhinged
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   Oh my. Returning the debt spending to 2022 levels. Curses!

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5. 

   Scott O

   05 May 2023

   BT 4:02 – “Paul Krugman’s take on the debt ceiling showdown is truly unhinged”
   Yep. Expect more – lots more.
   That Jan 6th comparison was good. Next up will be “…the Republicans want black children to die!!!”
   As I posted at 9:43 – “…to go completely overboard with hysteria and melodramatics.”
   The only way the Dems can get votes is to buy them. The House bill barely even starts to curb fed spending but it guts the Dems latest and fav vote-buying items.

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6. 

   Don Bessee

   05 May 2023

   Makes clown cars embarrassed –
   Biden and Harris roasted for ‘going to lunch’ car selfie: ‘The cringe hurts’
   ‘So that’s what the inside of a clown car looks like,’ one commentator joked about the photo of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden
   https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-harris-roasted-going-lunch-car-selfie-cringe-hurts
   😉

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7. 

   Misanthrope

   05 May 2023

   Small scale nuclear reactors in naval vessels,
   https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/12/23/americas-nuclear-navy-still-the-masters-of-nuclear-power/?sh=50a9de8b6bcd

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8. 

   Don Bessee

   05 May 2023

   That delusional blather sounds like time for the home and not the peoples house. LOL –
   https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/05/05/biden-hunter-has-done-nothing-wrong-his-situation-impacts-presidency-by-making-me-feel-proud-of-him/
   😉

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9. 

   Bill Tozer

   05 May 2023

   Steve’s buddy
   SHELDON WHITEHOUSE PLAYS ELMER FUDD
   https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/05/sheldon-whitehouse-plays-elmer-fudd.php
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   Holy Smokes. I attended Whitworth College for my freshman year. Party time, all freshmen required to live in dorms. Never thought it would make the news. But it has……
   ‘Rage meets self-pity as the permanently offended root out false thought.’
   https://americanmind.org/salvo/american-maoism-2/

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10. 

    Don Bessee

    05 May 2023

    They told me i was gonna get ice cream wtf!? Who is the cackling chick? Creepy grampa joe on takes a road trip –
    https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3990462-biden-harris-pick-up-tacos-in-dc-for-cinco-de-mayo/
    😉

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11. 

    Bill Tozer

    05 May 2023

    The best the Dems can hope for is that Biden dies before 2024. They can’t solve their Kamala problem.

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12. 

    Scott O

    05 May 2023

    re lil’ missy 8:29 – Price per KW?
    lil’ missy – “duh, who cares? We’s jus’ print it up!”

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13. 

    Scott O

    05 May 2023

    BT – “They can’t solve their Kamala problem.”
    You’d be amazed. Her husband could suddenly develop underage boy problems – who knows?
    Biden is on his way out. Have you noticed that after 5 years of “investigation” the Just-Us dept might suddenly be close to charging Hunter? Right after the R’s win the House and start uncovering all sorts of juicy stuff. Totally coincidental, right?
    This whole deal is one for the ages. There are so many people involved with their dicks in the wringer (and some R’s as well) – it may not all go down real smooth.
    At some point the music is going to stop and more than one poor sap won’t have a chair.

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14. 

    fish

    06 May 2023

    Hillary Clinton lecturing about ….ethics…?
    Not a good look!
    Fortunately Hillary’s numbers are as bad as CNN’s or Fox sans Tucker Carlson so the potential embarrassment is minimal. So she’s got that going for her….which is nice.
    https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article275124271.html

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15. 

    Misanthrope

    06 May 2023

    Posted by: Scott O | 05 May 2023 at 09:46 PM
    “re lil’ missy 8:29 – Price per KW?
    lil’ missy – “duh, who cares? We’s jus’ print it up!”
    Don’t know if you have noticed but construction costs have been going up, up, up up.
    https://ieefa.org/resources/eye-popping-new-cost-estimates-released-nuscale-small-modular-reactor

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16. 

    Scott O

    06 May 2023

    lil’ Missy 7:09 – That’s my whole point. That article you linked to about the neighborhood nukes at 7:52 5/5 was just a big fluffy ad for the company that makes them.
    The idea looks great on a piece of paper but there are just too many problems with an actual installation in real life. Inside the hull of a Navy vessel is not comparable to siting a bunch of those things anywhere near most any city in California.

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17. 

    Scott O

    06 May 2023

    fish 4:35 – You know the best defense is a good offense. I think the Dems know the Biden corruption crap is coming out now as well as the details of the deep state/media coverup.
    So it’s going to be full-on “Look over there at those conservative Supremes!!!”

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18. 

    fish

    06 May 2023

    Posted by: Scott O | 06 May 2023 at 07:55 AM
    “Look over there at those conservative Supremes!!!”
    That’s all well and good but you really need someone to make your argument who has a shred of credibility regarding the subject under consideration.
    Hillary Clinton calling for “ethics” in anything is as ridiculous as jeffy discussing nuclear ☢️ power.

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19. 

    Scott O

    06 May 2023

    fish – “That’s all well and good but you really need someone to make your argument who has a shred of credibility regarding the subject under consideration.”
    True – but that would be among reasonable, intelligent folk. Since when have you heard a political morality lecture from the left that was mouthed by some one who had credibility? There are some hypocrites among all political persuasions, but the left is all hypocrisy, all the time.

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20. 

    fish

    06 May 2023

    Posted by: Scott O | 06 May 2023 at 09:29 AM
    In which I stand corrected!
    Hat tip
    👍

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21. 

    Misanthrope

    06 May 2023

    Scott, I think you are imagining something different from reality, the image below is not just of some phone booth size reactor scattered around neighborhoods, but is also not Diablo canyon reactor size.
    https://www.nuscalepower.com/en
    We might have to start calling you Debbie Downer.

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22. 

    fish

    06 May 2023

    Hey…..”Fake Ben Emery”….where did you go?

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23. 

    Gregory

    06 May 2023

    In The Union: (Editor’s note: We have reached out to Joann Rebane to further discuss these issues.)
    Did they?

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24. 

    Paul Emery

    06 May 2023

    Here’s a quote from the man a majority of Republicans would like to see return as President of the United States:
    “The deposition, taken in October at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, was made public a day after Carroll’s lawyers rested their case at the trial for the suit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Trump’s lawyers presented no witnesses of their own.
    In the deposition, Trump says “that over the last million years … unfortunately or fortunately,” people who are considered “stars” could grab women sexually without their consent.
    Trump told Carroll’s lawyer that he considered himself to be a star.”
    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/05/trump-deposition-in-e-jean-carroll-rape-defamation-case-released-in-court.html

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25. 

    Cereal Liar

    06 May 2023

    Gregory, Kudos to The Union for culling all the Fox News, YouTube, and social media trash being parroted out of Alta Sierra and PennTucky.
    Miss (from Rebane): To Union readers (April 25, 2023) who don’t realize that the Union has more than one way to shut down differing opinions submitted by community members. The powers that be there, via email tell writers that what they have submitted are conspiracy theories, lies and misinformation and rudely tell the writer that their opinion will not be printed as submitted. Those same powers have another tactic, hold submissions for weeks at a time without communicating with writers. The Union also simply cancels and removes previously printed opinion pieces from the website.
    (Editor’s note: We have reached out to Joann Rebane to further discuss these issues.)”

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26. 

    scenes

    06 May 2023

    “Inside the hull of a Navy vessel is not comparable to siting a bunch of those things anywhere near most any city in California.”
    That’s the thing, dunno why the Navy comes up except for funding basic research.
    Yes, there’s been some announcements lately on smaller reactors, I’ve run into them too. The moment there’s an actual design win and ground breaking I’ll believe it. The anti-nuke political forces are too strong. Hell, you’re not even allowed to use a pipeline instead of truck/train. The anti-mine people will just expand their portfolio.
    It’s hard to avoid $$$/watt as an issue, and my bet is that these things have economy of scale.
    At this rate, the Forces of Darkness will simply require solar and wind power, provide no plans whatsoever for base load, and simply devolve us to rotating blackouts when it’s hot (or dark outside). It’s for the children after all.

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27. 

    scenes

    06 May 2023

    “In The Union: ”
    Ah well, there’s nothing new there. The Union is just the crossword and comics, ads and fake stories that are really ads, local Emily Litellas.
    I did like Darrell something or other opining:
    “And Jones didn’t even mention the easy access to assault-style and high-magazine firearms that Fox Republicans heavily support, which helped lower our life expectancy rate from 79 in 2019 to 76 in 2022.”
    roflmao. It’s cool that people will say any old thing, but being willing to say it in the newspaper shows a whole depth of silliness.
    I guess you wouldn’t get far suggesting that the best way to reduce gun violence would be to separate black men ages 15-35 from 9mm handguns. It would upset everyone at their breakfast.

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28. 

    Cereal Liar

    06 May 2023

    “Trump says “that over the last million years … unfortunately or fortunately,” people who are considered “stars” could grab women sexually without their consent.”
    The genius of being Trump.
    #MAGAmentalcasemindset

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29. 

    scenes

    06 May 2023

    Cereal Liar: “without their consent.”
    Why do people keep adding that? Seriously.

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30. 

    Paul Emery

    06 May 2023

    Scenes
    As I documented the man who said that is the candidate most Republicans would like to see become President of the United States.

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31. 

    scenes

    06 May 2023

    psul@1:00PM
    original Trump quote:
    “Trump: and when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.
    Bush: Whatever you want.
    Trump: Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”
    deposition quote that all the fuss is about:
    ““Well, historically, that’s true with stars,” he said.
    “If you look over the last million years, I guess that’s been largely true,” he continued. “Not always but largely true. Unfortunately or fortunately.” “

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32. 

    Gregory

    06 May 2023

    Mr. Scenes, 1248p, yes, Mr. Ninemillimeter wielded by young black men are the scourge of other young black men in the USA. In comparison, AR-15’s wielded by folks wanting a public suicide-by-cop are lost in the statistical weeds.
    Judge Benitez is apparently nearing the release of his ruling on the assault weapons ban…

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33. 

    scenes

    06 May 2023

    Here you can see the normal suspects lining up against smallish-scale nuclear.
    https://www.dw.com/en/scientists-pour-cold-water-on-bill-gates-nuclear-plans/a-59751405

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34. 

    Gregory

    06 May 2023

    I am wondering if Judge Benitez will hit one out of the park, allowing me to finally buy an AR-15 in 6.5 Grendel while thumbing my nose at the California legislature and the gubernator currently in power.
    I can almost hear the howling from the future.

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35. 

    Don Bessee

    06 May 2023

    No its not the onion just the mentally ill catering to others similarly affected –
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/portland-college-offers-cotton-candy-coloring-lgbtqia-advocates-upset-over-anti-trans-bills-across-us?dicbo=v2-xEULy3R
    😉

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36. 

    Scott O

    06 May 2023

    Don 2:07 from the linked article:
    “We received word that some provocateurs with anti-gender affirming care viewpoints are coming to campus next week to instigate debate over access to gender affirming care for minors.”
    “…to instigate debate…”
    At a college campus, no less! What fresh hell will these conservatives come up with next?
    The comfy chair?

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37. 

    Scott O

    06 May 2023

    Lil’ Missy 11:09 – “…the image below is not just of some phone booth size reactor…”
    I was unaware I had stated they were the size of a phone booth.
    And wow! There’s an “image”!
    I remember “images” of folks flying in cars to work everyday.
    I realize these mini-nuke folks have you all enthralled, but I hardly consider it being a “downer” to inform you that in the real world, the final actual cost of the plants compared to what they will produce is important to consider along with the fact that no matter how compact they are, you will need way more of them than one large full scale plant and will encounter way more folks upset about a nuke plant anywhere near them.

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38. 

    Scott O

    06 May 2023

    Paul and Serial Liar are a scream. Trump states accurate facts and they go off with their hair on fire.

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39. 

    fish

    06 May 2023

    Trump is back in the news. psul is happy.

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40. 

    Scott O

    06 May 2023

    scenes 1:23 – from the article:
    “The US Department of Energy has awarded TerraPower $80 million (€70 million) to develop its ideas.”
    Yeah – Gates and Buffett sucking up tax payer money. I think that’s the deal right there. It’s like Beto running for office in Texas. He’ll always lose, but the pay days are good.

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41. 

    Bill Tozer

    06 May 2023

    Scott @ 7:55 AM
    Look over there!
    ‘Democrats try to shift blame for classified documents away from Biden and say GOP claims are racist’
    https://justthenews.com/government/congress/democrats-try-shift-classified-documents-blame-away-biden-say-gop-claims-are

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42. 

    Bill Tozer

    06 May 2023

    Don B @ 2:07 PM
    From you link. Been waiting for this trans stuff to delve headlong into beastiality.
    https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/1862/1046/youtube-kids-1.png?ve=1&tl=1

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43. 

    Cereal Liar

    06 May 2023

    Ms. Downer, I am not enthralled with nukes, but I seem to have been the only one to bring up the idea of adding more nukes into our energy stream. All I hear on this blog are people complaining about having to bury fiberglass wind turbine blades, open pit mining to create our latest battery technology, how great oil and coal are, and that electric cars suck, and that Biden is going to take away our gas stoves, lol!

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44. 

    Cereal Liar

    06 May 2023

    Scenes, re: “without their consent”, I think Trump is hearkening back to the days of the caveman. Perhaps back in the day when the caveman dragged home the Mastodon he was the star of the day and could just grab a random cave woman and drag her back to his lair.
    The good old days.

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45. 

    Cereal Liar

    06 May 2023

    What are the odds that the Nevada County planning commission is going to approve the EIR for the mine, and allow the project to proceed?

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46. 

    scenes

    06 May 2023

    ” I think Trump is hearkening back to the days of the caveman.”
    Bullshit.
    He’s simply referring to the fact that celebrities and/or very rich people commonly have woman make themselves available to them.
    Sorry about that. It’s simply a fact of life. A marketplace if you will.
    “What are the odds that the Nevada County planning commission is going to approve the EIR for the mine, and allow the project to proceed?”
    If they were forced to come to a conclusion, I’d say 0%.
    Most likely result is always ‘we need to study this more’.

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47. 

    Scott O

    06 May 2023

    Serial Liar 4:14 – Wow. I see your problem here is one of ignorance of what is posted on this blog. I can assure you that the need for nukes is regularly brought up. And you seem to not actually understand much of the rest.
    Also – 4:19: No, that wasn’t what Trump was referring to. I’m guessing you don’t get out much or have much comprehension of actual real life outside of the tiny little bubble you inhabit.
    And…
    “…how great oil and coal are…”
    They have enabled humans on this planet to attain much longer life spans and a way of life that would be impossible without them.
    So, yeah. They are pretty great.
    Go ahead and try to exist without them for a week or so and get back to us.

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48. 

    Gregory

    06 May 2023

    I’d rather have natural gas electrical generation

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49. 

    scenes

    06 May 2023

    “They have enabled humans on this planet to attain much longer life spans and a way of life that would be impossible without them.”
    You could argue that the main side effect of coal and oil is overpopulation, in addition to the force multiplier you get.
    Naturally, once a first world nation has it’s population growth diminish due to wealth, they are now forced to take an ever greater number of people from elsewhere. There’s probably a name for that in economics.

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50. 

    Don Bessee

    06 May 2023

    Keep it up just like that and it will ensure it never happens –
    Activists demand higher payments from California reparations task force: ‘$200 million’ per person
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/activists-demand-higher-payments-california-212200760.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink
    😉

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