[Law professor Turley of George Washington University makes the case that in the Texas vs Feds border tussle, Biden has the upper hand over Gov Abbot. And it’s got nothing to do with justice, executive responsibility, or what the Constitution requires. It’s all about how our corrupt courts will adjudicate the matter in favor of the administration (more here and here). gjr]
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207 responses to “Sandbox – 27jan24”
AHHHHHH fresh kitty litter!
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Go tell cornpop since no one else believes anything you say creepy grampa joe –
President Biden vows to ‘shut down the border’ if Congress passes bipartisan deal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-biden-vows-shut-down-172051847.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink
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Gee – I could have sworn the Biden admin spent the last 3 years telling us the border was under control.
The Rs need to grow a set and tell Biden he doesn’t need any more money and he doesn’t need any kind of “deal”.
Just enforce the law and let the states help to secure the border. That’s what he’s supposed to do as our president.
If he won’t then Florida and Texas will just keep sending the flood of illegals to the large Dem cities up north and the Dems will pay big time in November.
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In which The Pride of Scranton admits that he won’t …..faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. unless bribed to do so.
As Republican governors circle the wagon around Texas, President Biden on Saturday doubled down on a reluctant agreement to secure the southern US border – but only if if Congress passes a bipartisan bill that would also allocate funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and would still allow as many as 150,000 illegal crossings per month.
Sounds like a great deal! Joey has to keep a little something in there as well for the cheap labor lobby!
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blackmail-intensifies-wont-shut-border-till-congress-coughs-ukraine-israel-funds
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I’m sure Biden thinks the “border deal” is perfectly legit – he’s been doing this for decades. You give me the dough and I’ll have things happen for you.
win win – what’s the problem?
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Anyway – here’s something else to check out while the ship sinks:
“World’s first ‘artificial womb facility,’ will let parents design child’s height, strength, intelligence”
Yessir! Featured in sci-fi forever and discussed in ethics classes for quite a while. Of course we have yet to see Baby One come down the delivery chute, but it looks like someone might actually bust a real move here. From the Fatherland, natch. Where else does a master race come from?
Bezos and his BarbieWitch can order up a couple of cuties in time for next Christmas…
say – maybe you’ll eventually be able to order babies from Amazon!
https://studyfinds.org/ectolife-artificial-womb-facility-lab-grown-babies/
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scotto 743a
I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you.
Speaking about holding a breath, Punchy doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to apologize to fishman. Imagine that.
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Was the dark lord of liberal lament land or the ponytail of ignorance do the script? –
https://www.foxnews.com/media/snl-mocked-woke-smugness-claiming-trump-made-up-term-de-banking
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Hmmm…..
She might be right but how broke does someone have to be to physically go and listen to Kamala Harris…..in Las Vegas?
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/in-vegas-harris-urges-biden-support-blasts-trump-his-fight-is-for-himself-photos-2989434/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=homepage&utm_term=In%20Vegas%2C%20Harris%20urges%20Biden%20support%2C%20blasts%20Trump%3A%20‘His%20fight%20is%20for%20himself’%20—%20PHOTOS
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fishy 4:25 – The service workers union in Vegas is probably the crowd. And I’m sure there was ‘free’ food and transportation.
And – you might get to be seen on TV!
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Posted by: Scott O | 29 January 2024 at 07:49 AM
No argument from me! Plus the threat that “You better show up and listen to empty head pontificate….or else”!
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Bidenomics…..
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/01/27/the-economy-isnt-growing-govt-is-just-adding-debt-n4925898
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Bertold Brecht….call your office!
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Just like under Trump who added nearly 8 Trillion in four years. Contributing to that debt was the tax cuts to the wealthy.
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““The US government will only do what Somalians in the US tell them to do. They will do what we want and nothing else. They must follow our orders and that is how we will safeguard the interest of Somalia. We Somalians must have the confidence in ourselves that we call the shots in the US.””
I know – I’m a racist for noticing what she said.
“We Somalians…”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/01/omar-the-magnificent.php
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12:31 – Oh look. The little noise maker from the idiot left is back.
Have you composed your apology, yet?
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Re PaulE1231pm – Trump’s tax cuts more than paid for themselves in subsequently increased revenues. Only socialist accounting procedures don’t show that, and that’s the only input our Left consumes. And we all know how socialist management of economies has fared.
https://www.heritage.org/taxes/commentary/the-numbers-are-trumps-tax-cuts-paid
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I guess that is what MAGA expects from their news outlets as well as their leaders,
“While Donald Trump and his associates were peddling election fraud schemes in an effort to undermine the 2020 presidential election results, pro-Trump broadcast network One America News was operating its own mission to sabotage voting machine company Smartmatic.
https://newrepublic.com/post/178516/oan-sidney-powell-email-smartmatic-2020-criminal-activities
In the immediate aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riot, OAN’s chief executives passed along a volatile email to Trump attorney Sidney Powell that included a spreadsheet of Smartmatic’s employees with their company passwords.”
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Posted by: Individual Juan | 29 January 2024 at 01:38 PM
Well it’s certainly what I’ve come to expect from the major news outlets (NBC set any pickup trucks on fire recently), WaPo, SacBee, the useless student newspaper (The Burrito & Disney Gazette) that you used to work for….award winning!
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Seriously?
“And it’s got nothing to do with justice, executive responsibility, or what the Constitution requires.”
I guess Republicans only think the Constitution is important when they hope it benefits them somehow.”
“Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.”
“Define Invasion” and”Domestic Violence”
Just because some MAGA Fox News talking heads started using the term invasion doesn’t mean there is an actual “invasion”.
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Idiot Juanita – “Just because some MAGA Fox News talking heads started using the term invasion doesn’t mean there is an actual “invasion”.”
Although if the left and the Dems want to call a short-lived riot an “insurrection” well that’s completely different – right?
The US govt is supposed to protect our borders and they’re not. They let all manner of people walk through with any sort of material they want.
Many of these illegals have raped and murdered American citizens once they’re here. Some of us actually believe that it’s the job of the feds to stop that from happening. Biden says he will only begin to do his job once he gets some more money for the Dem party slush fund.
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Hilarious – “…was operating its own mission to sabotage voting machine company Smartmatic.”
There is actually zero proof that Powell or OAN intended to, or actually did, any “sabotage”.
It even admitted there was no evidence the passwords were accurate.
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Individual Jeffy 1:47p
https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/
This is how Democrats cheated in November 2020. Some of it was legal.
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Well George you do you agree that the deficit increased by nearly 8 Trillion in the four years under Trump? If not what do you think was the amount ?
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/how-much-did-president-trump-add-debt
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Punchy… you’re on repeat.
That challenge has been answered a couple times.
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Gregory
I am not asking WHY you think the deficit rose that much but rather if its factual that the deficit increased that much under Trumps watch. Let me ask the question again to you Gregory.
Gregory you do you agree that the deficit increased by nearly 8 Trillion in the four years under Trump?
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grammar error
correction. “Gregory you do you agree that the deficit increased by nearly 8 Trillion in the four years under Trump?”
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correction. “Gregory you do you agree that the deficit increased by nearly 8 Trillion in the four years under Trump?”
Worst Matlock ever……
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Punchy, do you agree that you demanded an answer to this question before and got an answer?
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A brief aside…..
Your corrections are even more entertaining than your original screwups! No wonder you’re such a Biden Backer…..kindred spirits in mangled grammar!
On to other news…..yesterday’s embarrassing progressive slip where Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu) was caught monologuing like a cartoon supervillain
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/01/29/ive-been-identifying-ilhan-omar-as-d-mogadishu-for-years-it-turns-out-i-was-right-n4925922
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Gregory
Just a refresher to our audience and a reminder to all you Trump Chumps what a lousy job Trump did while President. Really, nearly 8 Trillion in deficits while giving the billionaires a tax break and that’s after controlling the Senate all four years and the House the first two. What excuses can you provide for that.
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You call it a “refresher” now? What a putz.
Big numbers you don’t understand taken out of context.
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Once again Gregory is showing he’s a Trump Chump disputing an accepted fact and offering no documentation.
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I’ve disputed no accepted fact, only your pushing it for your usual bullshitting.
I’ve never donated any money to Trump or any other Republican candidate for orifice.
I’ve not voted for Trump. I won’t be voting for Trump and I’ve not pledged my support to Trump.
Fuck off Punch.
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Posted by: psul “Names are Important” Emery | 30 January 2024 at 10:05 AM
Just a refresher to our audience….
You stand promethean before the assembled progressive slack jaws at you local gin parlor!
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Gregory – 10:48 – I wouldn’t bother if I were you. Paul is just the mentally retarded kid that sits by the road and throws rocks at the cars going by.
He posts one lie after another about everyone here thinking he’s quite the wit.
He won’t apologize for his slanders nor will he acknowledge any questions.
Paul and Juanita are useful here only to the extent that they provide a good look at the kind of people who sat idly by in the 30’s in Germany and made fun of the people pointing out the evil that was growing in that country. They are satisfied with themselves and their lives and are too ignorant and stupid to bother considering the growing govt corruption at the highest levels.
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So Gregory if you don’t believe that there was a 7.8 Trillion increase to our national debt what do you propose was the correct number. Also provide a link supporting your numbers.
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Three or four thousand billion dollars went towards COVID relief, Punch.
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re: COVID relief.
https://www.covidmoneytracker.org/
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Gunning for top awards in the “I’m no Pollyanna” contest:
https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/the-next-big-thing-2/
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Ah, the days of COVID – “let’s all stop producing value and just print money!”
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Yep Gregory there was a covid relief bill and guess what, Trump signed it so he’s responsible for whatever you thought was wrong with it. The Repubs controlled the Senate at that time as well. In fact Trump wanted even more money. Check thois out:
“In his statement, Trump repeated his frustrations with the COVID-19 relief bill for providing only $600 checks to most Americans instead of the $2,000 that his fellow Republicans already rejected. ”
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-2a2645e52fda774ae8f1443b4dffc82e
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There were multiple covid relief bills.
You have a bizarre view of responsibility, Punch.
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Societal suicide by those who worship at the altar of global warming –
Keogh also questioned the supposed environmental benefits of the conversion of the steelworks, saying that Britain will simply look for virgin steel overseas, meaning that even more carbon will be emitted, albeit out of site and out of mind on the other side of the world.
“They want to make their steel in Jamshedpur [India] … bring it thousands of miles across the ocean on ships with diesel engines, and call it green. It’s time people were honest,” he said.
This analysis was echoed by the chairman of The Spectator and former BBC presenter Andrew Neil, who wrote in the Daily Mail: “The irony is that decimating our heavy industry does not, in fact, reduce global CO2 emissions. It is reckoned that converting Port Talbot to greener electric arc production will cut our CO2 emissions by 1.5 per cent.
Indian-owned Tata Steel announced on Friday that it will be scrapping its blast furnaces at the Port Talbot steelworks in Wales and will replace them with an electric-powered arc furnace in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
The move, which the poorly-named Conservative government gave £500 million in taxpayer money to help achieve, will mean that Britain will no longer be able to domestically produce steel from raw materials, given that the electric furnaces will only be able to convert recycled materials into steel.
This form of recycled steel is much weaker than that made from raw materials, and therefore cannot be used to make military vehicles and other defence projects. It will mean that Britain will become the only nation in the G20 incapable of producing its own steel from raw materials domestically, The Guardian reported.
“But that will be swamped by the rise in CO2 emissions elsewhere as we import more steel from countries, especially China, which still generate electricity with dirty coal,” Neil added, noting that China’s CO2 emissions have spiked by 13 per cent over the past decade and therefore “swamp” any reductions made by Britain’s Net Zero policies.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/20/uk-to-become-only-g20-nation-incapable-of-domestic-virgin-steel-production-as-top-plant-goes-green/
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To put it simple Gregory why do you believe that trump is not responsible for the 7.8 trillion dollar debt incurred during his term?
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This is all on creepy grampa joe and his dhs alien –
WATCH: NYPD officers attacked on surveillance video near Times Square by migrants later freed without bail
One of the alleged atttackers reportedly has 2 pending cases for assault and robbery
https://www.foxnews.com/us/watch-nypd-officers-attacked-surveillance-video-near-times-square-by-migrants-later-freed-without-bail
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I was thinking about the latest plagiarism hullaballoo.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/harvard-s-diversity-chief-hit-with-40-plagiarism-accusations-in-wake-of-claudine-gay-scandal-report/ar-BB1hvfSf
and was glad to see that hubby was an outstanding citizen.
https://www.maciverinstitute.com/2022/09/the-hidden-violent-past-of-another-evers-appointee/
and have decided to give them a break, at least from my comfy chair here. None of these people write anything of any value whatsoever, and is plagiarism of dreck really so bad? In addition, I think you are see the perfect representatives of the current American Way. A kind of life, lunacy, and pursuit of griftiness sort of thing. The modern elite was put here to make me laugh and do their job with excellence.
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scenes @ 08:55 PM
As they say in the novelist’s world, the new title is “Thanks for the good catch, or is my schadenfreude showing?”
Couldn’t happen to a nicer duo. Not the Charlestons, but UW-Madison & Harvard. But note – the Charlestons are both still employed as heads of a considerably large DEI crew at those 2 schools.
This country is in a deep hole.
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To put it even more simply, Punch, why do you ignore the House and its Speaker when looking for the bogeyman responsible for large deficits?
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re: EF “This country is in a deep hole.” Well, damn it, keep digging. There’s a pretty good chance we’ll see President Kamala when President Potato expires, which should be just the thing. One big happy family of Somali Minneapolans, unmarried mothers, refugees with doe-eyed children, mostly-peaceful mall burners, and people running internet marketing businesses from coffee shops on a MacBook Pro. No problem, the Little Red Hen has plenty of bread for everyone.
re: Gregory@6:54AM …or simply inertia and professional bureaucracy working their iron ricebowl? Obviously, spending money now and paying it back later has been a feature of .gov for some time. Just call it all ‘investment’ and yer good, although digitization of cash appears to be the final bit of frosting applied to the cake of derivatives and other chicanery.
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