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rebanesruminations.com 
79 responses to “Sandbox – 4mar24”
Gotta love dat bienomics –
“You ain’t seen nothing yet. Wait until that $20 an hour minimum wage in California kicks in,” another X user predicted.
Five Guys’ prices sparks outrage after $24 receipt goes viral: ‘Highway robbery’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/five-guys-prices-sparks-outrage-24-receipt-viral-highway-robbery
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OK, Paul – you just keep chanting that over and over and over…
As you go to sleep each night and every morning as you wake up – Trump is a loser, Trump is a loser…
Paul thinks about Trump more of the time than all the rest of here combined – and then some.
Sad.
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I am sure that the ponytail of ignorance agrees with this –
ENVIRONMENT
John Kerry says people would ‘feel better’ about the Ukraine war if Russia would reduce emissions
‘I believe that Russia has the ability to be able to make enormous changes if it really wanted to’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-kerry-says-people-feel-better-about-ukraine-war-russia-reduce-emissions
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Crazy cat lady writes a mostly happy article about the soon to be greasiest Senator….!
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article286294790.html
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A bit of sanity from a California city. Go figure.
“Voters in Huntington Beach approved a measure this week that limits what flags can fly on city property.
Measure B passed with more than 58% of the vote following Tuesday’s polling, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters election results.
Part of the measure states that only the United States flag, the State of California flag, the County of Orange flag, the City of Huntington Beach flag, the POW-MIA flag, the six Armed Forces flags and the Olympic flag during the Summer Olympic Games be displayed on City property.”
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/huntington-beach-voters-pass-ban-on-pride-other-flags/
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Just in case Señor Crabb stops by to seethe at the MAGAts, I thought I’d drop this web article off. Interesting.
https://kleinletters.com/Blog/the-art-and-history-of-lettering-comics/
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So what are we going for this evening during the State of the Union? Biden as heavily sedated John Gill behind the microphone from the old Star Trek series or a static photo of Joe Biden with a moving mouth superimposed ala the Conan O’Brien show?
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to fishman.
Twitter can explain a lot.
https://twitter.com/therealZNO/status/1764706835120935185
https://twitter.com/kurtmetzger/status/1758663218267128249
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fish@7:55AM
At least I would hope they put Biden on a remotely-controlled Segway.
No need to move the mouth, they can fix it in post.
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Posted by: scenes | 07 March 2024 at 08:03 AM
At least I would hope they put Biden on a remotely-controlled Segway.
I usually hate playing the “oneupmanship” game but how about the Captain Pike (again TOS) in his “wheelchair”?
Too much?
https://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/captain-christopher-pike-sean-kenney.png?w=780
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“Too much?”
Beep beep.
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Still the truth –
State of the Union: Bill Clinton warned about immigration overwhelming ‘every place’ in America back in 1995
In 1995, Clinton said he would crack down on illegal crossings and deport migrants who have commited crimes
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-union-bill-clinton-warned-immigration-overwhelming-place-america-back-1995
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So if “Bidenomics” is so great why a reset….
“Feisty” or not?
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/state-of-the-union-biden-us-economy
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Clearance sale in denver FREE VENEZUALEN GANG BANGERS take 2 they are small –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/denver-pleads-with-property-owners-to-rent-to-migrant-newcomers/ar-BB1judja?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a1d8e86999eb4490b3286a79b53ff1e1&ei=39
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Excellent, one less hypocritical commie in congress. She had to resign congress to run for senator –
Katie Porter blames billionaires, campaign ‘lies’ in concession speech even though big donors backed her
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/katie-porter-blames-billionaires-campaign-173440408.html
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You go girl!
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rising-republican-star-katie-britt-shreds-biden-border-rising-costs-state-of-the-union-rebuttal
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The good thing is that they wont listen! –
CNN panelist hammers MSNBC hosts mocking voters’ border concerns: ‘In-kind contribution’ to Trump
Doug Heye argued that if journalists think they can laugh off the border, they were in for four more years of Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-panelist-hammers-msnbc-hosts-mocking-voters-border-concerns-in-kind-contribution-trump?dicbo=v2-71zPC6a
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Ugh….”Old Man Yelling at Cloud” on drudge all morning! Didn’t watch…..like getting two hours of your life back!
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/019/304/old.jpg
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Court scribe doing what court scribe does…..
I have no doubt that when Biden is “re-elected” the government will be increasingly dictatorial.
Never trust a “historian” who fawns over politicians.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-msnbc-declares-america-could-be-dictatorship-next-year
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Indeed…..leaving the wax figure that is the “president” too long under the Klieg lights could really be embarrassing…..
He could wind up all melty…..Maxine Waters melty……the DNC doesn’t need that!
https://www.the-sun.com/news/10603443/joe-biden-state-of-the-union/
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Two words for Stormy……psul Emery….!
He’d never give you up….never let you down….!
https://tinyurl.com/5xc78ca4
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lol. Now this is a sweet happening.
“California proposes zero down, no payment home ‘loans’ for illegal immigrants”
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/state/california-proposes-zero-down-no-payment-home-loans-for-illegal-immigrants/article_9efb9d89-cb2b-56e3-96f5-1bc2f91ffe32.html
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Speaking of “sweet”….how bout some more of that sweet, sweet semiconductor fab shakedown grift….
Commentators have noted that CHIPS and Science Act money has been sluggish. What they haven’t noticed is that it’s because the CHIPS Act is so loaded with DEI pork that it can’t move.
The law contains 19 sections aimed at helping minority groups, including one creating a Chief Diversity Officer at the National Science Foundation, and several prioritizing scientific cooperation with what it calls “minority-serving institutions.” A section called “Opportunity and Inclusion” instructs the Department of Commerce to work with minority-owned businesses and make sure chipmakers “increase the participation of economically disadvantaged individuals in the semiconductor workforce.”
The department interprets that as license to diversify. Its factsheet asserts that diversity is “critical to strengthening the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem,” adding, “Critically, this must include significant investments to create opportunities for Americans from historically underserved communities.”
The department does not call speed critical, even though the impetus for the CHIPS Act is that 90 percent of the world’s advanced microchips are made in Taiwan, which China is preparing to annex by 2027, maybe even 2025.
Handouts abound. There’s plenty for the left—requirements that chipmakers submit detailed plans to educate, employ, and train lots of women and people of color, as well as “justice-involved individuals,” more commonly known as ex-cons. There’s plenty for the right—veterans and members of rural communities find their way into the typical DEI definition of minorities. There’s even plenty for the planet: Arizona Democrats just bragged they’ve won $15 million in CHIPS funding for an ASU project fighting climate change.
and ….
That project is going better for Arizona than the actual chips part of the CHIPS Act. Because equity is so critical, the makers of humanity’s most complex technology must rely on local labor and apprentices from all those underrepresented groups, as TSMC discovered to its dismay.
Tired of delays at its first fab, the company flew in 500 employees from Taiwan. This angered local workers, since the implication was that they weren’t skilled enough. With CHIPS grants at risk, TSMC caved in December, agreeing to rely on those workers and invest more in training them. A month later, it postponed its second Arizona fab.
Now TSMC has revealed plans to build a second fab in Japan. Its first, which broke ground in 2021, is about to begin production. TSMC has learned that when the Japanese promise money, they actually give it, and they allow it to use competent workers. TSMC is also sampling Germany’s chip subsidies, as is Intel.
….and the money quote….
Intel is also building fabs in Poland and Israel, which means it would rather risk Russian aggression and Hamas rockets over dealing with America’s DEI regime. Samsung is pivoting toward making its South Korean homeland the semiconductor superpower after Taiwan falls.
In short, the world’s best chipmakers are tired of being pawns in the CHIPS Act’s political games. They’ve quietly given up on America. Intel must know the coming grants are election-year stunts — mere statements of intent that will not be followed up. Even after due diligence and final agreements, the funds will only be released in dribs and drabs as recipients prove they’re jumping through the appropriate hoops.
For instance, chipmakers have to make sure they hire plenty of female construction workers, even though less than 10 percent of U.S. construction workers are women. They also have to ensure childcare for the female construction workers and engineers who don’t exist yet. They have to remove degree requirements and set “diverse hiring slate policies,” which sounds like code for quotas. They must create plans to do all this with “close and ongoing coordination with on-the-ground stakeholders.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/4517470-dei-killed-the-chips-act/
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Yes, yes, yes…..!
On military and geopolitical matters I always defer to a guy with an annual $30,000 makeup budget!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/emmanuel-macron-warns-west-threat-183000004.html
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re: fishola
Thanks for The Hill article. There’s nothing like a bunch of DEI insanity to freshen up a Friday. It treated me to original sources like this:
https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2023/02/28/CHIPS_NOFO-1_Building_Skilled_Diverse_Workforce_Fact_Sheet_0.pdf
and
https://www.dol.gov/general/good-jobs/principles
which are both filled with right proper newspeak and many opportunities for profit. There is a Ferengi Rule of Acquisition or two built into these government policy documents.
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Can they get their fucking priorities in order, PLESAE GOD! =
Calls for developing the capability to reload VLS cells at sea is not new. And the attention of the secretary of the Navy dates back to a major speech given at Columbia University in December 2022. The secretary’s attention clearly underscores the importance placed on developing it. Yet progress seems stalled.
It’s time Congress steps in and gets answers to help the Navy get what it needs to develop this critical capability. Perhaps some of the needed money could be spared from the $114.7 million requested in the current defense budget for diversity, equity and inclusion activities.
The nation cannot afford to learn the importance of having VLS rearming at sea after a major war in Asia begins. As the secretary has stated, “history is forged in the crucible of action, not the comfort of hindsight.”
https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/2024/03/05/rearming-us-navy-ships-at-sea-is-no-longer-an-option-but-a-necessity/
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Those MUTHA &&**((ers lay that one at the feet of creepy grampa joe and the socialist dems –
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mexican-cartel-members-laugh-after-national-guard-helicopter-crashes-kills-3
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“We’re from the US govt and we’re here to help”!
“Faulty US Aid Drop Kills At Least 5 Palestinians In Gaza City”
I’m sure at least ten times that number died being trampled on in the ensuing stampede.
Don’t remember any of this when Trump was POTUS but at least the Palestinians don’t have to put up with mean tweets.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/faulty-us-aid-drop-kills-least-5-palestinians-gaza-city
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The only “mourning” Shotgun Joey will be doing is when he finds out that he’s not getting a bump in the polls from his hamfisted pandering!
But I get why Punchy likes him……
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-mourns-nonbinary-teen-just-220215636.html
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