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Sandbox – 16jan24

[Trump's Iowa win makes it clear that from here on out only his lip will sink his ship.  gjr]

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255 responses to “Sandbox – 16jan24”

  1. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    “grampa joe played right into the perception”
    It’s not a “perception”
    He’s just above vegetable at this point.
    In other words – “ripe” for the next election for the Dems. Above the ground, but below the short bus.
    A perfect candidate for the Dems.

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  2. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    “Why did Trump hire Alina Habba to be his very bad lawyer?
    Maybe because she’s the daughter of the Chancellor of the US Knights of Malta, a christofascist arm of the Catholic Church that fought the Crusades & sided with Hitler in WWII.
    Members:
    Erik Prince
    Leonard Leo
    Rupert Murdoch
    Phyllis Schlafly—Close associate of Mike Flynn’s mom Helen
    William Casey—Reagan CIA Director & founder of the Manhattan Institute
    Multiple neo-Nazi mass murderers have signaled to the Knights of Malta in their manifestos. Christchurch killer Brenton Tarrant included inscriptions to the Knights of Malta on his shotgun.”

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  3. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    “Why did Trump hire Alina Habba to be his very bad lawyer?”
    You could ask him instead of fabricating bull shit.

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  4. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    Perhaps the Dems and the left can call for a Constitutional Amendment to suspend the laws of physics?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a63gj0TdXo
    Love the comment – “preferably in a heated garage”.
    I guess that will be the next “right” the left will claim is needed.
    Instead of a chicken in every pot, it will be a house with an attached heated garage.
    I called this years ago – reality sucks when you think your virtue signalling trumps reality.

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  5. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Given the timeline on the terrorists attacks on isreal based on the docs found creepy grampa joes team lifting the sanctions to suck up to those mutha mullas set it all in motion. It sidelines the gulf cooperation council that would have hammered iran given the chance.
    And it all starts with a play after 2 years of vlads war and a shortage of munitions due to left wing governments starving defense funds and nato failing to meet their treaty obligations on defense spending.
    The head of citi group today –
    “I don’t think they are voting for Trump because of his family values,” Dimon said. “Just take a step back and be honest: He was kind of right about NATO. He was kind of right about immigration. He grew the economy quite well. Tax reform worked.”
    Dimon went on to say Trump was also right about some his criticism of China.
    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jamie-dimon-trump-key-issues-213707416.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall
    https://www.foxnews.com/world/pakistan-retaliatory-military-strikes-against-pakistani-terrorists-operating-iran
    https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/01/17/surrender-blinken-tells-netanyahu-israel-cant-defeat-hamas/
    Iran Says Missile Strikes Show It Will Be ‘Tough and Decisive’ With Foes
    https://news.yahoo.com/strikes-iran-says-won-t-181452908.html
    So does the utter failure at 902 think the knights of malta feint will distract? ROFLOL
    😉
    😉
    😉
    😉
    😉

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  6. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    I had forgotten how long the Trump and Alina relationship had been going. The lovely couple lost a cool Million (not quite) on this one.
    And their Vaudeville act continues…
    https://www.npr.org/2023/01/20/1150298957/donald-trump-frivolous-lawsuit-fine-alina-habba-clinton-comey-middlebrooks

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  7. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    scotto: “Love the comment – “preferably in a heated garage”.”
    Although I’m bummed that EVs became a political thing, a combination of government leftwing edict/nannyism/rebates and rightwing “durn it, I ain’t givin’ up mah pickup for a buncha hippies!”, it’s the typical problem you see in any new approach.
    In short, if something doesn’t solve 100% of problems, it’s unusable. Self-driving cars are in the same boat. If they aren’t 100x safer in 100% of conditions, they won’t be allowed. Obviously, AIs won’t mess with artists’ paychecks since they occasionally have trouble with drawing hands.
    In addition, we’re treated to Musk becoming a modern Emmanuel Goldstein since his mild Asperger’s and near-immunity to the Blue Mob causes him to utter hatefacts now and again. At least it’s a break from Trump. It seems to me that the population segments that make up The Left do better with hatred of individuals, so if Trump or Musk didn’t exist, they’d have to invent them. Team Blue definitely seems to have a feminine group personality, a kind of Mean Girls Society.

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  8. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    scenes – “In short, if something doesn’t solve 100% of problems, it’s unusable.”
    And there’s the issue. E-cars are great for some folks but why I should have to pay for a percentage of the cost and fueling is beyond me. The plan by the Davos crowd is that we will (soon) not be allowed a choice.
    The coming problem is real easy to see. Just go to any city and look at the millions of cars parked out on the street at night. How will they get their electron re-fill? Answer – they won’t. The actual plan from our betters is very quiet right now, but they get careless and let slip now and then.
    Remember – you will own nothing and be happy.
    The first part is easy for a govt to arrange – the second part…
    eh – well, at least our betters will be happy and I’m pretty sure historically that’s all that counts.

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  9. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    IJ 744a
    The judge issuing the ruling is a Democrat and a Clinton appointee and the case is a Hillary vehicle.
    Nice try.

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  10. fishanthrope Avatar
    fishanthrope

    I admit I rather like this……

    “Each individual reporter, producer, writer, editor, or any other employee involved in the production of content distributed by a media outlet is hereby required to:
    a. complete a criminal background check conducted by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,
    b. receive a license as prescribed by the Corporation Commission as provided in subsection C of this section,
    c. complete a propaganda-free safety training course of no less than eight (8) hours as prescribed by the State Department of Education, which shall be developed in coordination with PragerU,
    d. provide proof of liability insurance no less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), and
    e. submit to quarterly drug testing for illicit substances to be administered by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation”

    I mean if this degree of regulation is appropriate for any of the constitutionally guaranteed rights why shouldn’t it apply to others? For grins I’d also add in a timed one mile run to cut down on any local riff raff thinking about reentering the field……and maybe Robin Epley of the SacBirdCageLiner as well.
    http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB1837%20INT.PDF

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  11. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    fishingwithrope 1:21 – That would be the proposed Senate Bill 1837. I’m sure it will go nowhere so don’t get out the popcorn.
    Here’s the one I want to see pass:
    https://www.fox23.com/news/new-bill-targets-furries-in-oklahoma/article_04d0180e-b573-11ee-a3fb-a33db62645c9.html
    It includes a sense of humor –
    “The bill would also allow for animal control services to be called to remove the student.”
    As far as I can tell, it doesn’t preclude the teachers from showing up as Furries.

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  12. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Now multiply that by say 100 –
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/migrant-crisis-plunges-denver-s-main-public-hospital-deep-into-the-red/ss-AA1naMmx?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=8d45fd2c06ea4d5cbff1c6625c081c15&ei=73#image=2
    😉

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  13. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Gregory | 18 January 2024 at 09:49 AM
    Thanks nominal Gregory, shilling for Trump again I see…😅

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  14. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    You left a pile of bs out in the open. I accurately labeled it.
    I’d suggest you stop shilling for Biden if i thought there was a chance you were fighting for Truth, Justice and the American Way.

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  15. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So fishmouth you say that anyone wishing to be a journalist needs to have a government license in order to do so.
    Your quote and the link to that which you believe in.
    “I admit I rather like this……”
    http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB1837%20INT.PDF

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  16. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Another quote from that which you claim is a good idea that should be written into law.
    “c. provide proof of liability insurance no less than
    Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00),”
    Wouldn’t that mean I would need 50 million dollars of insurance to be the KVMR news director, which I was for 14 years ?

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  17. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    fish – Stop scaring old hippies. Their brains are pretty much coming apart as it is.

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  18. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Ya the ponytail of ignorance should have gotten the salve for the TDS but there has always been the failure to comprehend chronic issue that has plagued him for so long. Sad.
    😉

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  19. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Posted by: Gregory | 18 January 2024 at 09:49 AM
    Resident Idiot Gregory,
    It was a setup? You mean by Trump so he could lose a bunch of money in order to try to show his base that the meanies were out to get him?
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
    “Middlebrooks in September dismissed the suit Trump had filed against Clinton, former top FBI officials and the Democratic Party, rejecting the former president’s claims that they and others conspired to sink his winning presidential campaign by alleging ties to Russia.
    The lawsuit had named as defendants Clinton and some of her top advisers, as well as former FBI Director James Comey and other FBI officials involved in the investigation into whether Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign had coordinated with Russia to sway the outcome of the election.
    He said then the suit contained “glaring structural deficiencies” and that many of the “characterizations of events are implausible.”
    https://www.npr.org/2023/01/20/1150298957/donald-trump-frivolous-lawsuit-fine-alina-habba-clinton-comey-middlebrooks

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  20. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Scott O | 18 January 2024 at 10:09 PM
    You’re right Scott…..that was cruel of me! I sometimes forget that a lifetimes worth of “Ditch Weed”, “Dine and Dash” and bad music can damage the part of the geriatric hippie brain that senses irony.

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  21. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Middlebrooks in September dismissed the suit Trump had filed against Clinton, former top FBI officials and the Democratic Party, rejecting the former president’s claims that they and others conspired to sink his winning presidential campaign by alleging ties to Russia.”
    Thus muddying the waters, obscuring the fact that there was no tie to Russia.

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  22. fishanthrope Avatar
    fishanthrope

    That ridiculous headband must be way tighter than it looks……(and I’m sorry but hasn’t the whole headband thing really run its course? 65 Years later Tom Durkin still thinks he cuts a dashing and rebellious look while sporting it! Apparently Punchy isn’t the only geriatric hippie who is losing his grasp on reality. I mean really, as someone who routinely dresses from The Fetterman Collection” my fashion sense shouldn’t ever be relied upon but come on?!!)

    “Capitalism can’t solve this dual homeless and housing crisis because capitalism is the cause of the crisis.
    Socialism could solve the problem, but capitalism trumps socialism in this country. And as long as government doesn’t have the political will, and free enterprise won’t share the wealth, demand will continue to exceed the supply.”

    Yes….”Socialism”…..always starts with lofty goals….universal equality, the brotherhood of man, etc. …..and ends with the eating of the pets! Give the government a billion low income housing dollars and you get one actual size “Barbie Dream House” a decade later! Durkin can sleep with his head in the box it came in.
    Why do you guys tolerate such nonsense in your local paper? Oh right…..the same news organization that hired jeffy …..err….Individual Juan! Sorry, my bad!
    https://www.theunion.com/news/community/ideas-opinions-tom-durkin-unaffordable-housing-and-good-government/article_99661de0-b557-11ee-98ae-d314bb58bc1a.html

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  23. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    In the Holodomor, it ended not with pets but with the eating of the neighbors.
    “A dog makes for a fine meal”
    -The Patriot

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  24. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Trump says he would like the stock market to crash while Biden is in office so he doesn’t look like Hoover if he gets elected and it crashes during his term.
    Problem is, Trump already is Herbert Hoover. Trump is the president who only had a 4-year term and lost jobs during his term.
    😅

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  25. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Gregory | 19 January 2024 at 09:12 AM
    In the Holodomor, it ended not with pets but with the eating of the neighbors.
    Just had to walk me over that line didn’t you?

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  26. fishanthrope Avatar
    fishanthrope

    Posted by: Individual Juan | 19 January 2024 at 09:22 AM
    This is why fellating business and political leaders was really your strength during your ….ahem…career as a reporter (award winning!). Analysis really isn’t your thing.

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  27. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The political gambit crumbles on executive privilege –
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jack-smith-blocked-court-ruling-throws-wrench-into-trump-probe/ar-BB1gXnlC?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=ae0a2302854540ec97917288e3c15569&ei=44
    😉

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  28. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    fish 9:08
    Brave words from fishhole, the guy too ashamed to use his real name and who believes you should be required have 50,000,000 dollars of insurance to be a reporter for the Union.
    He is also supported by Scott, another fake conservative , who believes you should have a government approved license to be a journalist.
    RR readers, follow this link fishole provided and gave his support to with Scott in agreement. Fake Conservatives both of them.
    http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB1837%20INT.PDF

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  29. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 19 January 2024 at 10:01 AM
    psul….still bravely charging the beach at Anzio….posting with his name!
    You never, ever disappoint C-Nizzle!

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  30. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    Paul – “He is also supported by Scott, another fake conservative , who believes you should have a government approved license to be a journalist.”
    Now – it would be easy for me to call Paul Emery a liar. But I think the problem here is that Paul actually is so mentally deranged, he really does believe the fantasies he comes up with.
    I could ask Paul to please provide the evidence he has showing that I think “… you should have a government approved license to be a journalist.”
    But he will just suddenly become very busy doing sound checks on his neighbor’s doorbells or something.
    Sadly, Paul is a fine example of what happens when you come down with TDS.

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  31. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Scott O | 19 January 2024 at 10:39 AM
    I could ask Paul to please provide the evidence he has showing that I think “… you should have a government approved license to be a journalist.”
    Does a lifetime of Leonard Cohen music make one satire/irony impaired…….!?
    I only ask for the purpose of ….Science™.

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  32. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Desando is spreading false narratives a la Trump. Basically just another tough talking buffoon.
    https://twitter.com/i/status/1747712488009855156

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  33. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    What is your real name fishole and why don’t you use it on this blog? Can you explain that RR readers?

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  34. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Typo
    “Can you explain that RR readers?”

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  35. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    “Desando is spreading false narratives”
    Idiot Juan is mad because…
    …that’s his turf!

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  36. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Can Punchy explain why he cares about fishy pseudonyms and not juannies?

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  37. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Rest in peace Sports Illustrated

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  38. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Paul is the Nikki Haley of Ruminations.

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  39. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Barry,
    Trump is suffering for hiring “bottom of the barrel” Alina Habba to represent him.
    She already lost him a cool million after having her case thrown out of court.
    Now it looks like she is blowing chunks in court at the Carrol defamation trial.
    What do you think of her performance?
    Did Trump only hire Habba because no respectable attorney will represent him?

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  40. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Alina habba habba habba.
    Why do you care, “Juan”?
    I find her easy on my eyes.

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  41. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Why don’t you hire her Greggy? She gets paid by the hour.

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  42. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    I don’t have anything for her other than pro bono sex work. Sorry.

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  43. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    <i.Posted by: Gregory | 19 January 2024 at 11:51 AM
    Can Punchy explain why he cares about fishy pseudonyms and not juannies?
    Punch is a member of the SDS.

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  44. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    SDS = Senile Dimwit Squad

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  45. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    As timely as todays news….Durkin Quality™ socialism!

    $2 Billion In Subsidies, Only 2 EV Stations Opened, The Holdup Is ‘Social Justice’

    Whole neighborhoods of Durkin Dreamhouses™ coming up any time now!! Maybe Punchy and Tom can share one!
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/2-billion-subsidies-only-2-ev-stations-opened-holdup-social-justice

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  46. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    SI died of woke suicide –
    Arena (which operated under the name Maven until 2021) agreed to pay Authentic $45 million in a 10-year licensing deal. But it appears that Authentic has been unhappy with the chaotic operations of the sports magazine, which has undergone multiple leadership changes, rounds of layoffs eliminating top staffers, and bouts with troubled articles written by artificial intelligence, as well as an emphasis on plus-sized models in the legendary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
    https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/01/19/publisher-of-sports-illustrated-lays-off-magazines-entire-staff/
    😉

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  47. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Sad Bessie?
    How is writing articles using AI under pseudonyms and also just using stock photos somehow “woke”?

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  48. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Note to the dark lord of liberal lament land, laughing not sad. Its no surprise to anyone that you would pay to see lizzos in a bikini but no one else did.

    Outcomes matter –
    In July 2023, when Florida became the 26th state to adopt constitutional carry through House Bill 543, media outlets and Democrats unleashed a wave of criticism, predicting an increase in violent crime.
    However, more than six months later, evidence has emerged that challenges these claims, showcasing a significant drop in violent crimes, including shootings, in the Sunshine State’s major cities.
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-media-lost-their-minds-over-the-new-florida-gun-law-but-violent-crime-dropped/ar-BB1gWiSd?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=2ad9f5415d794cdbb13dfc4b063ac078&ei=201
    😉

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  49. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    …..and in todays “The Jokes Write Themselves” segment!
    https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1748470407672291383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1748470407672291383%7Ctwgr%5E5f6d85cdcca0e8f61f24e1e4f3af40f5eb4d11c7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F627778%2F

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  50. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    I’m sure this will all turn out fine for Ford and other EV manufacturers….

    Ford Loses $36,000 on Each EV, Cuts Production of Electric Trucks

    https://mishtalk.com/economics/ford-loses-36000-on-each-ev-cuts-production-of-electric-trucks/

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