Sandbox – 6jul23

July 2023
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

OUR LINKS

YubaNet
White House Blog
Watts Up With That?
The Union
Sierra Thread
RL “Bob” Crabb
Barry Pruett Blog

Sandbox – 6jul23

06 July 2023

[Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson of SCOTUS has confirmed that her career advancements have been based on ‘Section 8’ promotions. Her dissent from last week's ruling against racial preferences in college admissions demonstrates both her gullibility and overall ignorance (terminally innumerate). In there she argues for benefits of diversity in education, and presents a preposterous example of black infant survival rates under black physicians (here). It reminds me of the congressman, a few years back, who warned of a Pacific island with a military base on it tipping over because we were stationing too many troops there. Talk about our republic suffering its slings and arrows from elected officials and promoted bureaucrats. gjr]

Posted in Comment Sandbox

297 responses to “Sandbox – 6jul23”

fishanthrope

12 July 2023

To paraphrase a certain late night host….

Biden Administration Helping CCP By Restricting Domestic Mining: Minnesota Senator

…..looks like Joe Biden is President Xi’s Cock Holster.
No wonder psul likes Xho Bi Den so much.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-administration-helping-ccp-restricting-domestic-mining-minnesota-senator

LikeLike
Don Bessee

12 July 2023

MSNBC said its the staffers fault LOL –
WATCH: Biden confuses Ukraine with Russia, Zelenskyy with Putin during gaffe-filled trip to Lithuania
Biden previously claimed Putin was ‘losing the war in Iraq’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-confuses-ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-putin-gaffe-filled-trip-lithuania
😉

LikeLike
fishanthrope

13 July 2023

UPDATE: Sotomayor wealth skyrocketed since joining…
I guess she really is a “wise” Latina…
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sotomayors-wealth-skyrocketed-since-joining-supreme-court-raising-ethics-concerns

LikeLike
fishanthrope

13 July 2023

I guess they should have put their “Top Men” on the case! TOP MEN I say!

First on CNN: Secret Service concludes cocaine investigation, no suspect identified

Of course to this administration that term means something completely different than the generally understood meaning. Just ask the Grand Admiral….
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/white-house-cocaine-investigation/index.html

LikeLike
scenes

13 July 2023

New to me, looking at some online medical site (a privilege of age).
‘Assigned female at birth’ has the acronym AFAB (along with AMAB naturally). Often used since there’s so many specific issues that are assigned at birth.
Kind of a long-winded way to say ‘female’ don’t you think?

LikeLike
Gregory

13 July 2023

They have to get into common understanding that gender is not immutable but rather, mere constructs. A choice.
If you have female genitalia at birth you can be expected to be XX. If you have male genitalia, you can be expected to be XY, and no matter how long you live or how often you try to change your gender, you will remain what you were in utero. There are rare exceptions that can fit into the category of birth defects.
My doctor’s office recently handed me a questionaire that had the “what sex were you assigned at birth” question. Time to find a new medical orifice.

LikeLike
scenes

13 July 2023

re: Gregory@11:11AM
It sure would be simpler if they left the existing language alone and stuck to adding new words for themselves.
Men-in-dresses, who are neither fish nor fowl in some ways, they certainly aren’t female (and never will be) could exclusively use their own moniker. Maybe stick with a subtype, maybe stick with a first level noun, but don’t mess with everyone else’s vocabulary to carve out your own.
‘Cis’ is downright insulting, but I don’t much care if ‘trans’ exists as a concept. It does make me wonder what a good prefix for xenomelia would be. Wikipedia sez ‘transabled’ but it doesn’t fall readily to hand, assuming it’s still attached.

LikeLike
Gregory

13 July 2023

Downright insulting? “Cis”?
Cis and trans remain terms used by chemists. That’s where they should be left, much like entropy is a term used by physicists and physical chemists. Hands off.
Now, I really should be getting to my task at hand, decreasing entropy in my yard to maximize the chances my insurance company will reverse their decision not to renew my homeowner’s insurance.

LikeLike
scenes

13 July 2023

“Downright insulting? “Cis”?”
You bet, and I get the reference for it.
The implication in modern usage is one of equivalency between trans and cis for gender. Somehow, ‘normal’ requires a new, improved way to say it. Which was sorta my point.
I did hear a good question on the radio today. Some AM-talk guy was wondering why female genital mutilation used to be a bad thing, and now it’s good. Maybe the right folks are getting rich on the procedures for once.

LikeLike
Gregory

13 July 2023

Bad female genital mutilation was traditional, without modern medical standards and purely to reduce the woman’s sexual pleasure, to help keep them from straying. Something of a rite of passage in the tribe. Old fashioned.
Good female genital mutilation is modern, clean, and accompanied by lifelong pharmacutical support $$$. The deluxe version leaves them with a fake Frankenpenis that might sort of work. Still generally leaves them incapable of experiencing orgasm.
I don’t see the equivalency between cis and trans. Even in chemistry… especially in chemistry.
There are lawsuits galore hitting these shores.

LikeLike
Gregory

13 July 2023

Punchy,
Do you believe Hunter Biden’s laptop is Hunter Biden’s laptop?
This is truly an easy slam dunk. Say yes, Punch
.

LikeLike
fishanthrope

13 July 2023

The conclusion of an 11-day Secret Service probe that failed to find which White House staff member or visitor left cocaine in the West Wing looks like a whitewash, former federal investigators told The Post Thursday.
“This is a cover-up. How can they say they have no leads?” one ex-agent said. “It is a restricted area and they have a log book, you don’t have to be Columbo to figure out who was there.
“Suppose it was anthrax,” the same person raged. “Would they have the same answer?”
“We have a tale of two countries,” another former fed said. “They identified hundreds of people who were in the Capitol building on Jan. 6 after an extensive investigation, but they don’t know who left something in an 8 x 10 room in the White House?”
The Secret Service concluded its inquiry Thursday without identifying a suspect, citing “a lack of physical evidence” after FBI forensic testing yielded no fingerprints and insufficient DNA evidence.
No expense will be spared, no societal norm is too important to overlooked in order to keep Joey Fingers and his ….ahem ..charming gaggle of dysfunctional relatives comfortably ensconced in public housing.
Way to keep ducking those process servers Hunter.

LikeLike
Scott O

13 July 2023

Bidenomics for Dummies:
“The federal deficit nearly tripled, raising concern about the country’s finances”
As long as the “Big Guy” gets his 10% and his pudding cup, it’s all good.
https://www.kpbs.org/news/news/politics/2023/07/13/the-federal-deficit-nearly-tripled-raising-concern-about-the-countrys-finances

LikeLike
Don Bessee

14 July 2023

This is the creepiest low of creepy grampa joe EWWWWWW YUCK –
Biden nibbles on frightened young girl during trip to Finland, weirding out Twitter users
Video footage shows little girl squirming to avoid kiss from Biden
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-nibbles-frightened-young-girl-during-trip-finland-weirding-twitter-users
😉

LikeLike
The Estonian Fox

14 July 2023

So the DoJ can’t find who leaked the Dobbs decision from May 2022 (yes, that means you DJT – we saw the laser-printer toner on your hands).
So the DoJ can’t find who owned (or planted? – yes, that means you DJT, we saw the laser-printer white-ink-toner on your hands) the cocaine.
So the FAA can’t find what happened to China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 in March 2022 (yes, that means you DJT – we saw the General Tso’s laser-printer orange toner on your hands).
This just in – 10% (rounded up from 9.1% for the big guy) across the board RAISES for 100% of all Federal employees after their annual performance reviews for performing their jobs above the average.

LikeLike
Scott O

14 July 2023

If you want to know how lost our nation is when it comes to the economy, look no further:
“Federal Reserve Says Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Is So Massive It’s Boosting the Economy”
Because hotel and motel bookings are up. I’m waiting for the fantastic news to hit the stock market.
Moron line of the year:
“The massive outing that is doubling (or tripling) down in cities across the nation every weekend has provided a shot in the arm to local economies thanks to Swifties freely spending their hard-earned cash.”
Great.
Because otherwise, the “Swifties” would have simply shredded or thrown away their cash.
I’m sure our nation will become a world monetary power because we sell rocks to each other at the bottom of a well.
Let’s look at the actual central bank statement –
““Despite the slowing recovery in tourism in the region overall, one contact highlighted that May was the strongest month for hotel revenue in Philadelphia since the onset of the pandemic, in large part due to an influx of guests for the Taylor Swift concerts in the city,” officials wrote.”
So – one month for one city. Wow. I’m sure our deficit will contract to nothing on THAT news.
At least (I hope) Taylor pays her taxes. That does help.
https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-eras-tour-boosting-hotel-industry-economy-federal-reserve-1235371670/

LikeLike
The Estonian Fox

15 July 2023

Scott O 09:48 PM
And Ms. Swift will gladly comply with the wealth tax that Bernie Sanders & Liz Warren are so anxious to have included as a natural-right of our government.
There were reports out of Philly that the two of them were shown on the Jumbotron, sitting together. Bernie had his cowboy hat on, and Lizzie in her native garb.

LikeLike
scenes

15 July 2023

re: Scotto@9:48PM
Of course, here’s how you build a strong rock-selling economy.
https://macromon.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/fire_economy.png?w=584
although somebody should work up a chart showing the ‘GDP’ value of the surveillance marketing businesses. We’ll all get rich via Google/Facebook/1000-other-similar-companies stock printed on leaves.

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

scenes 6:40 – That chart says a lot.
Pretty soon our country’s only manufacturing output will be printing money.
Well – at least our nation’s carbon footprint is getting smaller.
Doncha just get all excited about the prospect of it going to zero?

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

re our economy – these charts show the problem:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/07/drowning-in-debt.php
The Rs nibble around the edges like little meek mice and the Dems want to go even further into debt and have an infantile belief that the “rich” will pay it all off.
And the general public is too stupid and self-centered to understand the enormity of the problem.

LikeLike
George Rebane

15 July 2023

Scott 909pm – Well summarized and how so true.

LikeLike
scenes

15 July 2023

‘nother gdp chart.
https://www.longtermtrends.net/market-cap-to-gdp-the-buffett-indicator/
Naturally, we’ll all get rich on the pieces of paper.
What does the paper actually generate? Well, not much.
https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-dividend-yield
A nation of gamblers, rent-seekers, and people on cell phones.
A proud moment in history.

LikeLike
Paul Emery

15 July 2023

George how about the 8+ trillion Lawlers that Trump put us into debt for during only four years? What do the Republicans plan to do about that if he gets reelected and continues the same policy.

LikeLike
Paul Emery

15 July 2023

That’s dollars

LikeLike
Gregory

15 July 2023

Lawlers?
Democrats ran the Trump budget into the mud during 2020.
Regarding Crabby’s ‘toon in today’s The Union… RL is losing it.

LikeLike
Gregory

15 July 2023

The piece that Crabbman misused was this, from Fearless Leader, the Ruminator Prime:
“As long as we cannot identify a common ground on which to sort out our fundamental differences, those that take us to opposite forms of governance, we continue our debate in the darkening shadow of war. In the meantime, let’s take every opportunity to make celebration of our nation’s birth remind us of what once was possible in this fair land, and may again become so.”
Really, Bob? Really? That’s a far cry from your invented snippets, “As long as you accept our moral right to rule” and “We can go back to elections… once you’ve learned to vote the right way”.
After the free and fair election of 2016, Democrats ran one long tantrum standing in the way of the President-Elect. Shame on youse guys.

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

re Paul at 1:11 – see the last sentence of my 9:09

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

Gregory – “That’s a far cry from your invented snippets…”
The left has to invent stuff – reality just makes them look bad.
On the other hand – we can skewer the left all day long with the left’s own words.

LikeLike
Gregory

15 July 2023

The underinformed of all parties have to invent stuff. Folks like Crabby more than most.

LikeLike
🐠

15 July 2023

The Crayon Jockeys are as sanctimonious and empty headed as sportswriters….

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

“The Crayon Jockeys are as sanctimonious and empty headed as sportswriters….”
Whoa – not all. The 20s and 30s produced some great sports writers as there were plenty of newspapers competing against each other and they paid well for the best.
Political cartoonists? Michael Ramirez and Scott Adams come to mind. Have no idea how sanctimonious they might be, but hardly empty headed.
https://ramireztoons.square.site/product/independence-day/82?cs=true&cst=custom

LikeLike
Gregory

15 July 2023

I wouldn’t call Scott Adams a political cartoonist, though, I do listen to his podcast often. Meaning most every day.
Adams is sanctimonious but not nearly as empty headed as Crabby.

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

Hole-Lee Crap
“Failing the New York State teachers’ exam really paid off — especially for a Queens man who learned this month he’s getting a $2 million windfall over it.”
Cause ya had to know shee-it and stuff.
“But the cost to taxpayers is expected to be significantly higher because they’ll also be footing the bill for many of the plaintiffs to collect pension checks based on time never worked after they reach retirement age, plus their health insurance.”
What do you bet they still expect reparations and what do you bet most will die penniless?
We R #ucked.

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

For Paul – even though he won’t read it:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/15/nyc-bias-suit-black-hispanic-teachers-and-ex-teachers-rich/

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

It just gets worse and worse or even more hysterical, depending on how much you’ve had to drink:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/07/another-pretendian.php
No money quotes – it’s all so over the top, I continue to wonder how Babylon Bee can continue.

LikeLike
Gregory

15 July 2023

“I continue to wonder how Babylon Bee can continue”
Really good writing.
“Dying is easy. Comedy is hard”

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

Gregory – “good writing”
Yep.
https://babylonbee.com/news/study-finds-preaching-with-a-scottish-accent-results-in-300-more-salvations
Hilarious. If you know, you know.

LikeLike
Paul Emery

15 July 2023

re: Scott 9:09
Who is supposed to pay for the over 7 trillion debt that Trump and the Republicans rang up at the taxpayers expense in the 4 years Trump was President and the Repubs mostly controlled the House and Senate?

LikeLike
Scott O

15 July 2023

re Paul 8:48 – Gregory asked you a question on this blog 3 days ago.
Why can’t you be a polite adult and answer him?
Is it because you’re a snotty little brat or because you are too chicken shit or ignorant to engage in an honest debate?

LikeLike
Gregory

16 July 2023

” Is it because you’re a snotty little brat or because you are too chicken shit or ignorant to engage in an honest debate?”
Punchy only punches.

LikeLike
scenes

16 July 2023

re: psul doing some Trump neenering about debt @8:48
I won’t pretend to discuss anything with psul as he never reads links, never responds, never has an original thought…but the debt is an interesting thing to think about.
I’ll posit a few posits.
. Kicked into gear by the US as an empire and shoved along by the US as welfare state, the debt has increased come what may. You can’t pick out the situation by party as the country isn’t run by parties, it’s run by entrenched bureaucracy.
. Gubmint never was run in a practical fashion, politicians were never skilled at actually administering. The problems erupt when government metastasizes, grows in scope, grows in size, pushes spending up the chain to the federal level.
. Trump’s deficit looks like everyone else’s. He’s just the reality star sitting in front of a Big Machine that does what it wants.
. The late-administration deficit was COVID. Panic was used as an excuse to hand out the $$$$. What the situation most reminds me of was 9/11.
. The country is run by a coalition of aggressive foreign policy armchair generals and a group representing branches of the Free Shit Army. Political parties matter not a whit.
. The whole shebang is going to auger in, but there’s a lot of dying in a culture. It’ll take some time to use up the resources of the ever-smaller group that produced things of value.

LikeLike
Paul Emery

16 July 2023

Scott
So you have no answer for this basic question about your guy Trumps economic policy?
“Who is supposed to pay for the over 7 trillion debt that Trump and the Republicans rang up at the taxpayers expense in the 4 years Trump was President and the Repubs mostly controlled the House and Senate?”

LikeLike
scenes

16 July 2023

A good question, and one I’ve wondered myself. (from Taibbi)
“Where Have All The Liberals Gone?
Opening comments to the general public to ask a question, in sincerity: what changed the minds of society’s former First Amendment advocates? ”
https://www.racket.news/p/where-have-all-the-liberals-gone

LikeLike
Scott O

16 July 2023

Paul – “So you have no answer…”
Oh, I do Paul. And I’ve already covered this with you before.
Have a nice day.

LikeLike
fishanthrope

16 July 2023

Posted by: scenes | 16 July 2023 at 07:00 AM
I won’t pretend to discuss anything with psul as he never reads links, never responds, never has an original thought…but the debt is an interesting thing to think about.
Sound policy.
Stand by for him to ask either or both of us the same question he just re-asked of Scott (and has asked previously only about 400 times) in 3…..2…..1! Now that you’ve had the temerity to mention it.

LikeLike
scenes

16 July 2023

re: fishanthrope@8:13AM
Ah well, there’s not much new in this world.
It would be interesting to do a good solid dig on Nixon/Watergate and look for the similarities in The System’s approach to Trump. Maybe start with Geoff Shepard’s book. The truth likely dies with the eye witnesses or is locked up in unobtainable documents in any case.
Once you commit the original sin of centralizing government and control of the economy, it’s probably madness to think that a new-hire, for 4 or 8 years, has much to do with it.
Given the power to do it, people will always demand your money or goods, control of your soul, steer your actions at the most trivial level. Whether it’s the IRS, The Party, the church or king, or BLM/Antifa, the fist is always present to some degree.

LikeLike
Scott O

16 July 2023

re the Taibbi article.
Hate to keep banging on about this, but they aren’t liberals, they’re leftists.
Most all of them were never liberals. Words have meaning only when used correctly.
“progressives” Progressively what?
“inclusive” Inclusive of what?
“tolerant” Tolerant of what?
“Those Who Control the Language Control the Culture”
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2020/09/08/those-who-control-the-language-control-the-culture-n2575807
The young leftists of the late 60’s early 70’s never believed in “free speech” – they only believed they had a right to say what they wanted to. They just hadn’t gotten to the position of power yet to show themselves as the intolerant dictators they always were.

LikeLike
Scott O

16 July 2023

scenes “Once you commit the original sin of centralizing government and control of the economy, it’s probably madness to think that a new-hire, for 4 or 8 years, has much to do with it.”
True that.
Consider the size and power now present in the form of our fed govt.
There doesn’t need to be a plan or conspiracy for the govt to act the way it does.
The fed govt has become a blob or mass of unknowable size and scope, yet it still is like a bee hive full of individual little bees each with their own interests and agency.
First off – they all want to get paid more and which party will always promise them that no matter what the condition of the economy? And they all want their dept or agency to grow, enabling a better chance of more power and even more pay. Which party will provide a better chance for that to happen?
A dog does not love its master, it merely looks out for the security of its food supply.

LikeLike
scenes

16 July 2023

re: Scotto@8:39
Perhaps I should just consider ‘conservatives’ as people who want things to stay the same, ‘liberals’ as those who want to change. When the liberals achieve power, they become conservatives. ‘Progressives’ is a made-up name of course since ‘progress’ implies a desirable goal, when in truth is it just means the movement of wealth/control from one pocket to another. Like ‘denier’, the subtleties of English make it a good or bad thing. Another variant is the dismissive ‘conspiracy theory’. There’s power in the terms.
” Consider the size and power now present in the form of our fed govt.”
Plus the form that unintended consequences can take. Whether a policy is intended to enrich someone or is simply feelz-based, you end up in weird places.
I was just thinking about an odd corner case. The death of small pickups, plus the inevitable bitching about how ALL THESE NEW TRUCKS ARE BIG AND WILL KILL THE CHILDREN. It’s a result of EPA mileage rules based on a peculiar formula. You simply aren’t allowed, by the feds, to design and sell a small truck in the US.
No matter. We’re all supposed to live in apartments and ride the bus anyhow.

LikeLike
Paul Emery

16 July 2023

So it’s no comment about Trump increasing our debt by over 7 billion.

LikeLike