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117 responses to “Sandbox – 18nov23”
Ya sure just keep saying bidenomics is a massive win. Meanwhile the little people are hammered and creepy grampa joe is giving away billions of our hard earned taxes to all the God knows whos who are flooding the US. Even the dems know its gotten past the tipping point for citizens.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bidenomics-claims-another-victim-christmas-trees/ar-AA1kGiLR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=64674a2bd1d3406b967f098cf5e532f9&ei=45
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β¦..and in other whiny old man news.
Now look what youβve done Emery even Senile Joey is doing your schtick.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/27/white-house-supply-chain-bidenomics-wins.html
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re fishy 7:11 – Whining is pretty much all the Dems can do, now. The Dem mayor of Shit-cago is blaming “right wing extremist” for the mess the city is in. Apparently they “target” the city – whatever that means. I guess they have a voodoo doll or direct bad thoughts towards the city – who knows?
Biden is telling the corps they are “gouging” because the energy, material and labor costs for the corps are going up and these evil, greedy companies have the gall to pass the costs along to the consumers.
Biden claims inflation is going down – folks like Paul Emery are the target audience for that sort of idiot talk.
The govt desperately needs to inflate the money now to try and stay ahead of all the dough they need to borrow to pay for “entitlements”. Of course that means borrowers want higher rates of return on the bonds they buy – so round and round we go until the money is no good.
They’ll tell us it’s all Trump’s fault and move to Argentina.
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Posted by: Scott O | 29 November 2023 at 07:35 AM
The Dem mayor of Shit-cago is blaming “right wing extremist” for the mess the city is in. Apparently they “target” the city – whatever that means. I guess they have a voodoo doll or direct bad thoughts towards the city – who knows?
Yes….another “Brandon”…but he really can’t be blamed…his entire life he’s seen others gain after uttering the “magic” words and mysterious incantations (racist, right wing extremist, white supremacist….) and reaping rich rewards!
Must be frustrating for him that it isn’t working now!
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Trump now refers to the insurrectionists who broke into into Capital hostages not prisoners.
βYou know that was? I call them the J6 hostages, not prisoners. I call them the hostages,β Trump said in the first moments of his speech at an offshore drilling companyβs facility. βThey asked me whether or not I would partake and do the beautiful words. I said, yes, I would. And you saw the spirit, the spirit was incredible.β
Here’s more from the atricle:
Jonathan G. Mellis, 35, pleaded guilty in June to felony assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon after using a large wooden stick to attempt to strike officers where their armor was weakest. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
William Chrestman, 49, a Kansas City-area member of the Proud Boys, pleaded guilty earlier this month to two felonies for his role in the riot β threatening to assault a federal officer and obstructing an official proceeding. Prosecutors said he played a key role in the attack and wielded an ax handle.
Marine Corps veteran Ryan Nichols, 32, took a plea deal earlier this month on charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding police and obstructing an official proceeding after prosecutors revealed images they said showed him spraying chemical irritants and wielding a crowbar in the rioting crowd. He called for dragging politicians through the streets, prosecutors said.
And Shane Jenkins, 45, was sentenced to six years in prison and three years of supervised release on Oct. 6 after being convicted of seven felonies and two misdemeanors. He threatened to kill Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to prosecutors. He used a tomahawk to smash the windows of the Capitol, assembled furniture to use as weapons and then used those weapons on law enforcement officers.”
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/11/03/donald-trump-jan-6-prisoners-hostages-houston
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“using a large wooden stick to attempt to strike officer”
So he didn’t hit anyone.
“A Capitol riot defendant accused of attacking police officers with a stick on Jan. 6, 2021, is trying to convince a federal judge to let him out of the D.C. Jail, where he has been incarcerated for more than a year, insisting his girlfriend will make sure he stays out of trouble before his trial.”
https://www.courthousenews.com/capitol-rioter-accused-of-hitting-cops-with-stick-promises-to-be-on-best-behavior-if-granted-pretrial-release/
Gee – a year in jail and still no trial? Sounds totally legit.
If that were an Antifa dude he’d get 10 days – if not just a fine.
And that’s if the DA even bothered to charge him.
Total double standard – which are the only “standards” the Dems have.
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just to drop off an article.
https://public.substack.com/p/ctil-files-1-us-and-uk-military-contractors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPAGaMi6bjg
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scenes 9:23 – But, TRUMP!!
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 29 November 2023 at 08:48 AM
Well I for one will definitely check out that atricle!
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Creepy grampa joe and the wokesters really do hate citizens –
https://www.foxnews.com/media/crisis-new-york-94-year-old-vet-struggles-move-nursing-home-evicts-replaced-migrants
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Good luck with that! ROFLOL Time to defrost a porterhouse.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/11/29/great-reset-u-n-to-order-an-end-to-meat-eating-because-climate-change/
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Ya the US got bidenomiced –
The average U.S. household needs an extra $11,434 per year just to maintain the same standard of living they had only a few years ago, before inflation hit record highs under the Biden administration.
A Tuesday CBS News Moneywatch report used government data to determine how much Americans paid to live in January 2021 compared to today, finding that the typical family just canβt compete with the 40-year record-high inflation.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/11/29/bidenflation-us-households-spending-extra-11400-annually-afford-basics/
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A reality check for creepy grampa joe and those that worship at the altar of global warming –
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/11/29/car-dealers-warn-biden-unrealistic-green-agenda-must-be-abandoned-americans-not-buying-electric-cars/
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re DB 5:09 – “The average U.S. household needs an extra $11,434 per year…”
Well, yeah – but no mean tweets – so there’s that.
Anyway – Biden can just print the extra dough and hand it out.
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Well – they are honest about what’s really important here:
“COP28 climate summit head Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber notched a win on the first official day of talks in Dubai, with the adoption of an agreement to set up a “loss and damage” fund to help developing nations.”
Cause them “poorer nations” guys are tired of flying coach to these climate change shindigs and they need the dough to have their own private jets like Kerry.
Biden will want the US to be the biggest sucker, er donor, of course.
It’s for the children.
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/30/cop-28-climate-impacts-damage-fund-passes
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Here’s a new contest – see who can find the most true statements that come out of the WH during any 24-hr period. I’ve found that on most days the number (from published statements) is zero. But I have also occasionally counted two and three. This game is more fun when joined by leftwing readers.
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Here’s a new contest – see who can find the most true statements that come out of the WH during any 24-hr period. I’ve found that on most days the number (from published statements) is zero. But I have also occasionally counted two and three. This game is more fun when joined by leftwing readers.
I would guess that the answer from the the Green Libertarianβ’ faction regarding the number of factually true statements emanating from the White House in any 24 hr period is TRUMP!!!
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Scott quote:
“Anyway – Biden can just print the extra dough and hand it out.”
How is that different than the 7.5 trillion that Trump dished out in his four years after giving tax cuts for the rich?
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Another inconvenient truth for those who worship at the altar of global warming –
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/11/30/report-electric-vehicles-have-80-more-problems-than-gas-powered-cars/
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“How is that different…”
Because Trump didn’t “hand out” 7.5 trillion – congress did and if Trump had tried to veto it he would have been overridden. Duh.
Printing money and handing it out to people who didn’t earn it is quite a different thing entirely from lowering the tax burden on American citizens.
See: vote buying by erasing student debt.
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Scott
Trump controlled both the House and Senate for the first two years and the Senate for the last two so he had more control over the legislature than the Dems had. Weak excuse for running up over 7 Trillion in debt.
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“Trump controlled both the House and Senate”
Yeah, he had all of them on a mind control drug.
You obviously weren’t paying attention.
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Trump didn’t control the unleashing of COVID-19, punch.
You’ve had your nose rubbed into this fact before.
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More reality checks –
General Motors is reassessing its investment plans in electric vehicles as sales collapse and shareholders fear that the initial headlong dive into EVs was a major mistake.
The massive carmaker is preparing a move to pull back from EVs and reassure investors that the business is still strong despite the slow EV sales, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/gm-pulls-funding-from-floundering-electric-vehicle-efforts-in-10-billion-bid-to-appease-investors/ar-AA1kKIV8?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d8a79f4b5ece4eb1bbf57fb62f45ed8f&ei=32
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It’s his job to handle emergencies Gregory and he did a lousy job managing Covid. Here’s an example of his “leadership”
quotes:
βWe have it totally under control.β
β President Trump, in an interview, on Jan. 22
βWe have tested over 40 million people. By so doing, we show cases, 99 percent of which are totally harmless. Results that no other country will show, because no other country has testing that we have β not in terms of the numbers or in terms of the quality.β
β President Trump, remarks at the White House, July 4, 2020
βYou may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country.β
β Trump, in a news conference, on Feb. 25
βItβs going to disappear. One day β itβs like a miracle β it will disappear.β
β Trump, in remarks, on Feb. 27
βAnybody that needs a test, gets a test. Theyβre there. They have the tests. And the tests are beautiful.β
β Trump, in remarks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, March 6
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/30/11-100000-what-went-wrong-with-coronavirus-testing-us/
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“and he did a lousy job managing Covid.”
Once again, Paul claims Trump didn’t do a good job during covid but every time he brings this up he refuses to tell us specifically what Trump should have done.
China caused the disease, the mayors and governors shut down the economy. Trump tried to get people back to work and open the schools but the left and the Dems sat on their ass.
Paul has no idea how the separated powers of the government work. The president is not a dictator. He does not control the congress. And Trump did not “hand out” 7.5 trillion.
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We were par for the world, and Trump did roll the dice and got a vaccine for the world in record time.
As usual, you’re just throwing mud. Childish.
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He increased our debt by 7.5 trillion Scott during his 4 years as President. That is known as the bottom line. Do you deny that?
You claim “Because Trump didn’t “hand out” 7.5 trillion – congress did and if Trump had tried to veto it he would have been overridden.” Is completely false. There is no way the Senate and house would have had the two thirds vote to overide Trumps veto without Republican support. I thought you knew that.
Here are the basics
By threatening a veto, the President can persuade legislators to alter the content of the bill to be more acceptable to the President. Congress can override a veto by passing the act by a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate. (Usually an act is passed with a simple majority.
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“How is that different than the 7.5 trillion that Trump dished out in his four years…”
Your words, Paul. Trump did not “dish out” 7.5 trillion. You have no idea how the govt operates. The President is not a dictator and your fantasy that Trump could “threaten” congress into passing a balanced budget is hilarious. Congress has to keep the gravy train rolling so they can get re-elected. Only a handful of Rs even pretend to want to balance the budget.
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No linkβ¦.not even quotation marks! Bad form! One of the regular posters here is an absolute stickler for not using anotherβs work without some sort of attribution.
Here let me just help you with that.
https://brainly.com/question/7026523
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Basics indeedβ¦:
Form the website that provided it:
βComplete your assignments and reach a deeper understanding with personalized & AI-powered explanations and Expert-Verified answers.β
At least youβre attempting to do your own homework instead of whining for someone else to provide it for you even if you are plagiarizing someone else to do it.
In the hippy ethos that counts as personal growth.
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By threatening a veto, the President can persuade legislators to alter the content of the bill to be more acceptable to the President. Congress can override a veto by passing the act by a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate. (Usually an act is passed with a simple majority.)
I know at least one person who was “helped”.
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Once again Gregory comes out in support Trump.
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Not supporting Trump. Correcting Punchy.
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Direct quote from Gregory
We were par for the world, and Trump did roll the dice and got a vaccine for the world in record time.
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That corrected your statement, false as it was.
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Yep. Gregory once again in support of Trump
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Is it that Gregory offends the North Korean need within you for public denunciations or that your social life is so bad??
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Nope, Punchy once again is full of crap.
Paul hates Trump and hates Trumpers. I’m not a Trumper but I do hate Punchy’s bullcrap.
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Rookie mistake on Santos part……he runs as a progressive democrat and all those things that got him booted out of congress as a Republican are resume enhancers as a Democrat.
Entertaining though to see Matt Drudge’s boyfriend employ what for anyone else would be a homophobic slur in describing Santos departure.
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Gregory, Show me one time you didn’t support Trump when his sleaziness and corruption is being discussed?
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By being discussed, you mean when you’re dumping on him.
You’re incapable of writing neutrally about Trump in particular and Republicans in general. You also don’t have a clue about Libertarians.
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Just how bad is the U.S. cost-of-living squeeze? We did the math
It now requires $119.27 to buy the same goods and services a family could afford with $100 before the pandemic. Since early 2020, prices have risen about as much as they had in the full 10 years preceding the health emergency.
That means that the change in the guitar case has to be twenty percent deeper for Punch to maintain his hippy lifestyle than before! Well that’s Bidenomics for you!
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-inflation-economy-cost-of-living/
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It is a running joke every time creepy grampa joe open his pudding hole –
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/12/01/watch-bloomberg-anchors-laugh-at-bidens-price-gouging-inflation-gaslighting/
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Notwithstanding creepy grampa joe being bought and paid for by the chi coms and the sell out tec bosses the people know the real deal –
According to the Reagan National Defense Survey, 77% of Americans view China as an enemy, while just 15% view the nation as an ally. That number is a drastic change from 2018, when the survey found 38% of Americans viewed China as an ally, and 55% as an enemy.
A majority of Americans (51%) also view China as the greatest threat facing the nation, up from 43% last year and 21% in 2018. Meanwhile, the number of those viewing Russia as the greatest threat is falling, with just 24% viewing the nation as such, down from 31% last year following its invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/majority-americans-say-china-greatest-national-security-threat-30-points-five-years
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More comedy from the “Democratic” party:
“Thursday marked the deadline for the Florida Democrat and Republican parties to submit their lists of approved candidates for their receptive primaries, and Biden was the lone name on the Democrat ticket, per Politico.”
The Republican party submitted 8 names.
No wonder Lonely Juanita won’t show his mug around here anymore.
Paul will, of course, blame Trump.
Kerry flies to the Climate Change hooha to lecture us about our lifestyles.
And some folks still wonder why a big mouth blow hard like Trump can win the election.
Possibly if the Dems could slow their hyper-drive into the sewer of insanity of men getting pregnant and not allowing their own folks to actually vote for their choice of candidate for president, you wouldn’t have to worry about Trump.
Naw –
stay tuned, folks – the Fed has to pull an elephant out of a hat to keep interest rates low, inflation low, AND keep the money pump flowing.
BTW:
“The resilient consumer has kept the US economic engine running, but itβs coming at a big cost: Americans are piling up record credit card balances, and more and more are falling behind on those payments.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/economy/household-debt-credit-card-delinquencies-q3/index.html
“Resilient consumer” my ass – last time I checked, we still need to buy fuel and food.
remember –
“slowly at first, and then suddenly”
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Breaking News! James Comer has found the smoking gun!
Comer has found all he needs to begin impeachment against Joe Biden.
Comer found that an entity associated with Hunter Biden was funneling money to Joe Biden…
wait for it…
drum roll please…
…the funds transfers were reimbursements for a loan Joe Biden made to his son in order to buy a pickup truck
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And to make matters worse, Joe Biden wasn’t even in office at the time!
#thefinalnailinthecoffin
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Posted by: Individual Juan | 05 December 2023 at 05:59 AM
All those emojis…..jeez jeffy….you’re like a fat teenaged girl! Not to be confused with Punchy who is like a wrinkly teenaged girl.
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The next 11 months will be interesting.
We’ll put Juannie boy down for a LOL on the Biden crime family allegations.
Biden’s bro is in for testimony tomorrow, the kid will be in next week.
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“..the funds transfers were reimbursements for a loan Joe Biden made to his son in order to buy a pickup truck”
Juanita is so dumb – why is a “company” paying Joe back for a loan for Hunter’s truck?
You go ahead and pull shit like that and the tax man will want to have a word or two with you.
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