[Embracing conservatism within the ranks of the Republican Party is becoming harder by the day. And remaining a conservetarian therein is almost impossible. The California Repubs have issued a major retreat call to their members. They have announced the next capitulation from their party platform that is yet another “humiliation the more than 5 million registered Republicans still living behind enemy lines in the Golden State probably weren’t expecting, (and which) is an additional stab in the back from their own party. The California Republican Party recently released its regularly scheduled updates to the party platform (here), and, given the content of the changes, voters could be forgiven for mistaking it for the Democratic platform from a couple decades ago.” gjr]
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294 responses to “Sandbox – 17aug23”
oooh fresh litter
Let’s not forget Natalie Adona, who posted at The Union using the pseudonym Feministic to slander, well… me.
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Let’s not forget Natalie Adona, who posted at The Union using the pseudonym Feministic to slander, well… me.
I’m sure a stern rebuke of Ms. Adona from local “stalwart man about town” will be immediately forthcoming!
Posting under a pseudonym….well I never!
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Trump is pissed! They are making him look orange and fat😂
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-fox-pics-fat-orange
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Individual Peeline 1208p
As opposed to pasty white and fat?
BTW what’s the news from Baltimore, and John Hopkin U? Have not heard any glowing news about any JHU students from Nirvana Silly for awhile.
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George
Can you list a few specifics that led you to post your opinion of the California Republican party platform?
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“The California Republican Party recently released its regularly scheduled updates to the party platform”
George followed with a link to it.
Seems simple enough. Punch?
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Gregory
I followed the link and read it but I don’t know the specific issues that George is referring to when he speaks of ” major retreats”.
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Seems simple enough.
Good luck figuring it out for yourself.
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Hey the hat trick or as creepy grampa joe calls it the depends triple dribble –
CNN
Fact check: Biden tells three false personal anecdotes in economic speech
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/fact-check-biden-tells-three-230033705.html
😉
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Gregory
I want to know specifically what George is referring to as a basis for conversation.
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I sincerely doubt that, Punch.
You’re just looking for a good place to punch.
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Bidenomics HA, more like destroy citizens standard of living in favor of God knows who crossing the open borders –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/17/report-nearly-half-of-parents-struggle-to-afford-diapers/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/17/biden-oversees-record-border-crossers-in-u-s-with-unresolved-asylum-claims-outpacing-populations-of-11-states/
😉
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Wow, “Independent” CuddleFish seems upset that Trump thinks Fox News is making him look orang and fat.
Maybe send Trump a “feel better” card.
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Team De-Sanctimonious super dumb super pac sends memo letting everyone see Bambi Hater De-Sanctimonious debate notes.
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/de-santis-debate-memo/6168af048af86ab9/full.pdf
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It’s “Cuttlefish” moron.
There’s that Northwestern University masters degree intellectual prowess again.
How much did you pay to be this stupid, fat man?
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Actually, my 1:45 question was for George not you Gregory.
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This is from Breitbart no less
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Thursday on FNC’s “Your World” that former President Donald Trump was warned by his lawyers his actions would lead to legal troubles.
Barr said, “I resigned on December 14 because I thought that at that point, the state votes were certified, and that was the end of the legal process.”
He added, “And I also didn’t like the way he was spouting the Big Lie. I thought that was irresponsible. But he took it much further than even I expected, or anyone expected. And during this time, he was being told by lawyers in the White House that if he kept on doing this, he would spend the rest of his life tangling with the criminal justice process. And that’s exactly what’s happened. He shouldn’t be surprised, and no one else should be surprised.”
Anchor Neil Cavuto said, “Well, the fact he didn’t drop things could lead to some to believe, and his people who defend him say, that he genuinely did feel that he was robbed and this was the good fight and the proper fight.”
Barr said, “Well, even if he did — and I’m dubious about that — but even if he did, that doesn’t mean you can use illegal meaning to rectify it. If you think the bank is unfairly keeping your money, there are many things you can do to get it back; You can’t go and rob the bank.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/08/17/barr-lawyers-told-trump-post-election-actions-legally-perilous-no-one-should-be-surprised/
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Residue from the Maui fires:
Hawaii gov. Green pledges to ban ‘predatory’ land grabs – he doubled down on his vow to protect residents from predatory land grabs late Wednesday, urging outsiders not to make offers for burned-out homes and saying his attorney general is working to set up a moratorium on land transactions. He urged developers not to approach homeowners or their families with offers to buy, adding that it will be a “significant amount of time” before construction can begin.
“My intention from start to finish is to make sure that no one is victimized from a land grab,” Green said. “There are some legal challenges there, we are going to push right through those and make sure people don’t lose their land.”
So if you, a willing seller, want to make a legal contract with a willing buyer, for your property, you will be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, should the govt want to use eminent domain to take your land when you don’t want to sell, that may still be OK. Evidently you wouldn’t “lose” your land under eminent domain, but if you sold at market value to an outsider, you would be “losing” your land.
Note that the governor is ‘pushing through the legal challenges’ involved with stopping a legal contract.
Look for the population of Lahaina to mirror that of Paradise CA after their fire – that is, to plummet by 80% over the next 5-10 years.
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Posted by: The Estonian Fox | 18 August 2023 at 06:41 AM
Note that the governor is ‘pushing through the legal challenges’ involved with stopping a legal contract.
Bigmouth idiot already let the cat out of the bag that the state wants to acquire that land.
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Thats going to leave a mark, down 20 points with hispanic voters and now underwater. –
https://www.foxnews.com/media/hispanic-voters-say-running-away-biden-big-cup-joe-overflowing-inflation
😉
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Another adventure in how our betters are looking out for us:
“The Fastest Way to Get More People to Buy Electric Vehicles”
My first thought was that the govt would garnish money from our accounts or maybe just march us to the e-car store at gun point.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-fastest-way-to-get-more-people-to-buy-electric-vehicles
It turns out that we might need just a wee more charging stations.
Duh.
I did some checking on the WWW and it turns out there are actually some green weenies that have come to realize their vision of an all electric future might just run into a few reality-based road blocks that they kinda forgot to actually think about.
“Uh – guys? Hey – uh, it looks like houses only have so much capacity at the main panel and we’re gonna need a coupla trillion to retro-fit all the houses and the neighborhoods.”
Don’t worry – be happy! We have the fastest money printing abilities in the whole wide world!
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Then there is this reality check –
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/08/18/reality-check-ford-ceo-admits-charging-ev-road-trip-pretty-challenging/
😉
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Posted by: Scott O | 18 August 2023 at 05:32 PM
I confess that I enjoy reading about the poor, poor 120k Tesla drivers who seem to run into an inordinate amount of charging stations that don’t work! We’ll need another basket of
Shameless Democrat Graft ActsInflation Reduction Acts to rebuild all the busted ones in the field now.LikeLike
Don 6:03 – The big buzz about charging stations for travelers is actually missing the much larger issue. Whenever they have a story about the problems you might have when you travel they assume the day to day issue is all covered.
Sorta.
Heck – look on Amazon and you’ll find a plethora of charging stations for your garage.
Easy Peasy.
Yeah, no actually not.
They don’t plug into a 15 amp 120 volt outlet. They plug into a 50amp 220 volt outlet.
You got a lot of those all over your garage, right?
And you have one for all of your vehicles, right?
And your lawnmower and your ATV and your …
Don’t forget you “went green” and had your gas range and furnace converted to electric.
Your main panel is totally overloaded.
And the transformers in your neighborhood are totally overloaded.
Now that’s assuming you have a garage or off street parking on your lot.
Ever been to a big city like LA or Seattle?
Thousands upon thousands of cars out on the street every night – how do they get recharged?
Uh – little green fairies wave a magic wand over them?
Our nation is wandering off into insanity presided over by morons that have no understanding of physics or reality.
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fish emoji 6:09 – The last time I was down on I5 at Kettleman City and then Wheeler Ridge Pumping Station, the e-cars were lined up at the juice bars cooling their heels.
When I go cross country (a lot) I want to cover at least 6 to 7 hundred miles a day.
I’ve done Belleville KS to Nevada City in 2 days.
If I can’t refuel in 15 minutes, then my life is not the happy place the green weenies are promising.
I call BS on the whole deal.
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Heck – as long as I’m on a tear –
“California high-speed rail and the American infrastructure tragedy, explained”
Except the author of the article has no clue.
Hilarity ensues.
“I-5 out of LA toward Bakersfield takes the direct route that was rejected for high-speed rail. Forcing everyone on the road to detour east to Palmdale to promote local economic development would be unthinkable. When the government builds a road project, it tries to make it useful for road users.”
Well, gee – why not the choo choo train as well?
Can’t you just see the splendid California High Speed Rail Train going 240 up the Grapevine?
Why not promote a canal boat ride between LA and Frisco?
It makes as much sense.
Remember –
“Amtrak takes you where you want to go”
The train station?
Pretty sure that wasn’t where I wanted to go.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/15/18224717/california-high-speed-rail-canceled
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Bidenomics at work –
“Why Treasury yields keep rising, causing pain for stock-market investors”
Hey – who cares about stock market investors?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-treasury-yields-keep-rising-causing-pain-for-stock-market-investors-4a610c58
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“Net-zero by 2050: Will it be costly to decarbonize the global economy?”
Nah – ever seen a caveman pay a dime for rent?
https://www.marketwatch.com/video/sectorwatch/net-zero-by-2050-will-it-be-costly-to-decarbonize-the-global-economy/F3B1246F-9CD8-4D34-87E1-01B23AF36D8D.html
Our country is going broke while it follows a pathway of an impossibility.
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This stuff just writes its own sarcastic take down:
“The guidelines demand that math teachers be “committed to social justice work” to “equip students with a toolkit and mindset to identify and combat inequities with mathematics”—not with the ability to do math.”
This is mind bending stuff.
Students are to be “equipped” to combat “inequalities” with mathematics.
OK.
But not with an ability to actually “do” mathematics.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/08/math-for-dummies.php
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The fuzzy math folk have been on a roll for many decades. They run public education from pre-k to postgraduate in California.
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Today’s Pearls made me think of Punchy:
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2023/08/19
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I’m just glad we have such a competent and responsible press staying on top of the stories that matter…..
Hard hitting stories like this make me think that no talent embarrassments like He who shall remain nameless and Nevada City’s own 500 lb Barbara Walters impersonator are really the exception and not the rule.
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Trigger warning for the TDS set –
Jake Tapper admits ‘Trump was right,’ ‘Biden was wrong’ about Hunter Biden in 2020 presidential debate
Tapper noted reporting on Hunter Biden’s business dealings ‘directly goes against what Joe Biden said in the debate’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jake-tapper-admits-trump-right-biden-wrong-hunter-biden-2020-presidential-debate
😉
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Speaking of your own local empty headed mouthpieces for progressivism……
It’s what the “mainstream” media has always aspired to be….the marketing arm of the democrats.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/leave-neutrality-behind-soros-backed-ut-austin-initiative-embraces-advocacy-journalism
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Former reader of “news” in your fair burgh thinks President Brainstem is just a regular guy in politics, doing the lords work looking out for other regular guys not in politics.
Wonder how many “regular guys” have their very own advocate in the Federal prosecutors office actively trying to get them off the hook?
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Okay, I realize that you never managed to figure out reproduction …..as either sex….but I still think the description is apt.
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Not that you’re a grifter ….but more a “depressed liberal Wine 🍷 Mom”.
Whaddya think…..something you might like as a Saturnalia gift this year….some lovely mints.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/lincoln-project-grift-scandal/
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……sigh!
The Wall Street Journal is getting nearly as bad as former RR’s helper monkey sockpuppet “jon” in suggesting how “Republicans” could win if they’d only be more progressive…..”I’d be happy to vote for John Kasich!”
It would be a better headline if it was a little less “lofty” and just told the truth.
Mittens Cucksworthy the 3rd – the official eunuch of Major League Baseball
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Translation…..we need non-crazies to occasionally agree with us legislatively to provide cover for the normal dysfunctional neuroses that make up the democrat party agenda.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-755217
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So the bill passes house and senate to finish the wall team creepy grampa joe does this –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-quietly-auctions-trump-border-wall-parts-stunt-republican-effort-restart-construction-report
😉
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pescado emoji 12:09 – re “The US needs a Trump-free Republican Party to make America sane again….”
When Trump was Pres (pre-covid)
No war in Ukraine.
The Euros were being told (correctly) they needed to not be dependent on Russian energy.
The Euros were being told (correctly) they needed to start building up NATO themselves.
Inflation was low.
Our nation was energy self-sufficient for the first time in decades.
Way fewer people coming across the border.
US CO2 output was lowering faster than any other industrial nation.
Downside –
Mean tweets
But fer gawds sakes let’s not have anymore Trump!!
Could we do better than Trump?
Of course, but Trump is still streets ahead of any Dem or Left-Indie.
Millions of people hate Trump. I get it. But shooting off your foot to spite your toes is really not the way.
Unless you’re bat-shit crazy.
Then there is little hope for you to be “sane” no matter what the Rs do.
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“FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on Sunday warned that the agency’s disaster relief fund could experience a shortage by mid-September. ”
Maybe the folks in Hawaii could claim that they were attacked by Russia?
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fish-fish-fishy 1209p
Back when DJ Trump was still a Democrat, every election year the news media would act as if the GOP nominee was every bit as horrible as they’ve been saying Trump is, at least since 2015.
The left of center in the USA have been steadily brainwashed and cannot think rationally.
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Posted by: Scott O | 20 August 2023 at 03:08 PM
Then there is little hope for you to be “sane” no matter what the Rs do.
Dudesicle….you did note who composed the headline…?
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So Gregory you are saying that to support Trump would be rational thinking. Once again you are showing your support for Trump.
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So Gregory you are saying that to support Trump would be rational thinking. Once again you are showing your support for Trump.
#seniledementia
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TDS is irrational, Punch. You’ve got it because you’ve been subjected to high-grade brainwashing for years.
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fishing with rope 5:39 – I was referring to those who hate Trump so much they’ll put up with war and a crappy economy.
Mea Culpa – should have made it more clear.
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Posted by: Scott O | 20 August 2023 at 07:40 PM
👍
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Gregory reaffirmed in his 6:36 that there is nothing unusual or extreme about Trumps behavior. So why then Gregory does he have 91 indictments against him in both the State and federal level?
As I recall Gregory you believed Trump when he stated that if he were President he would end the war in the Ukraine in 24 hours.
From Fox News
Former President Donald Trump explained his plan to secure peace in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking back the White House on Sunday, saying he would tell Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a deal.
Trump made the comments during an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo.
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So, by Punchy’s estimation, the Biden taking of a $20 million dollar bribe is normal business.
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