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Sandbox – 8apr24

[Been contemplating soliciting reader submissions of the most stupid and/or unreasonable thing that prominent leaders/spokespeople for the Republicans and Democrats have done during a given week.  Candidates would NOT include some dumb thing someone in the party’s fringe has said or done.  I’m talking about nationally recognized people and proposed/passed public policies.  An example candidate would be CA’s $20/hr minimum wage law, or Biden’s national security adviser telling the country that Biden’s threat to withhold aid to Israel (if they don’t clear their operational war plans with Washington first) does not represent a change in US policy toward Israel.  Such examples would serve to confirm that there is no common ground between our two sides to begin a path to rapprochement. gjr]

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  1. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: Individual Jeff@11:56
    https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/NYPICHPDPICT000003273806.jpg
    QED

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  2. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “It’s all I can do to keep track of Individual Jeff’s insane ravings.”
    It’s just the Philosophy of Feelz at work. 20 years of nonsense from the internet and coffee shop echo chambers will do that to a person.
    I wonder sometimes if it isn’t just simply the removal of people from physical reality. These people either don’t work at all, or deal purely in increasingly abstract concepts several generations removed from touching grass. It isn’t like a machinist, commercial farmer, or civil engineer would be as stupid as a local ‘progressive’.
    Maybe it’s all a good plan. As AIs potentially take jobs from people, the only thing left will be gigs like ‘activist’. It doesn’t prepare you to be a truck driver, but is wonderful training for a city council slot.

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  3. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    scotto: “There’s probably fresh boot black on the “eyepiece” as well.”
    lol. One can only hope. The original post was quickly taken down, although the Web has a long memory, so you just know that someone is in trouble.

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  4. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    OJ’s last tweet,
    https://twitter.com/WarlordDilley/status/1778442426551570774
    Probably will be much like Trump’s.

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  5. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Probably will be much like Trump’s.”
    -Indy Jeff 211p
    No, it won’t.

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  6. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Finally getting somewhere updating the firearm regs,
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/atf-proposes-rule-close-gun-show-loophole/story?id=102860501

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  7. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The wokesters are truly a waste of space –
    https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2024/04/11/seattle-dance-team-could-not-perform-because-u-s-flag-uniforms-made-people-feel-triggered-and-unsafe/
    😉

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  8. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “The proposed rule reinforces and makes clear that there is no gun show loophole, there is no internet loophole recognized under federal law.”
    Indy Jeff, you missed a spot… there is no “gun show loophole”.

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  9. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “there is no “gun show loophole”.”
    It’s just a bit of raw meat for Team Blue.
    I was thinking about politics today, there was a bit of President Potato on the radio neenering on about ‘weapons of war’ and whatnot and it seems to me to be a bad move.
    Generally, politicians, especially ones run via remote control like Biden, need to stick to a couple of things.
    . Things they’ll give you.
    . Things the opponent will take away from you.
    Everyone is going to get sick of how TRUMPGONNATAKEOURABORTIONRIGHTS will go on and on, but I think it sells better than removing a right from the audience.

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  10. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    And they wonder why the shift away from creepy grampa joe –
    California’s stifling environmental policies harming Latino workers as White middle class flees state: study
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/californias-stifling-environmental-policies-harming-210354264.html
    😉

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  11. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    I read the article concerning new regs on firearms sales. I’m sure this will be going to court. It’s overly broad, it “presumes” facts not in evidence, and will certainly not reduce fire arms violence one bit.
    Only an idiot thinks this has anything to do with public safety.

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  12. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Creepy grampa joe and his wokesters have shifted a lot of the electorate away from the dems –
    The poll also reported that 42 percent of Latinos support a border wall, and 38 percent support the forced return of migrants to their home countries — despite pro-migrant sympathy in their own families and neighborhoods.
    These poll numbers are much higher than in December 2021, when just 30 percent of Latinos supported a wall and 28 percent supported deportations.
    Sixty-four percent support “giving the President the authority to shut U.S. borders if there are too many migrants trying to enter the country.”
    https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/04/11/poll-trump-wins-latino-votes-populist-pitch-migration-money-crime/
    😉

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  13. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    Scott O @ 08:49 PM
    I prefer to use the words of Wassily Leontief, who liked to use quantitative data in the study of economics. Throughout his life, Leontief campaigned against “theoretical assumptions and non-observed facts” (NOF).
    NOF has a really good tone to it.
    Mr. Leontief was the 1973 winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (in Memory of Alfred Nobel), erroneously called the Nobel Prize in Economics. You know, the one that Paul Krug…, that well-known hater of America & capitalism, revels in.

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  14. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    A small brouhaha occurred tomorrow at the funeral for OJ – reports of a disembodied Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ron Goldman spread through the crowd of grievers. One medium calmed everyone down, saying “It’s OK, the two only wanted to make sure that he was dead. Nicole brought her Hattori Hanzo sword just as a backup.”

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  15. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Only an idiot thinks this has anything to do with public safety.”
    In a Feelz-Based world, I think it’s part of a Shining City on the Hill that ‘progressives’ see as a goal.
    They generally like the idea of urban walkable living, coffee shops, mass transit, weapons-free societies, high-efficiency apartments, lack of privately owned cars, universal surveillance, guaranteed incomes, and lots and lots of people from the Third World to provide diversity. Any time you hear the word ‘vibrant’ used unironically, what is meant is a kind of idealized Amsterdam.
    Naturally, you have to force everyone else to get along with the program, and you end up with a cityscape similar to Cape Town or Mexico City, but that’s just because we haven’t hit True Socialism yet. Luckily, there’s always a fresh group of non-working young people to add revolutionary fervor to the mix, and I hear that labor camps can be quite nice this time of year.

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  16. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    E. Fox: “NOF has a really good tone to it.”
    I like that, I’ll check him out.
    I’ll counter with “pretentious nebulous verbosity” from Stanislav Andreski’s tome “Social Sciences as Sorcery”.
    PNV?

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  17. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Trump says, “sometimes referred to ObamaCare”.
    Sometimes?
    He was against it before he was for it.
    President Orange Sunshine continues to hallucinate.

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  18. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    NOF – yeah, the govt thrives on that. Makes it more efficient. No need to have to prove anything or provide evidence or intent. If you have a wad of cash on you while they’re rummaging through your stuff, they get to “assume” you were up to no good and just take it. If your company hasn’t got the required mixtures of skin tones, they “assume” you’re a racist.
    Now if you’re selling a few of grandpa’s old shooters, they get to “assume” you’re a dealer.
    Wait til we get to all e-cash. The govt’s all-knowing AI snoops will be “assuming” all manner of things about you.

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  19. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    It was no hallucination that, contrary to the promise, I couldn’t keep my doctor or my plan.

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  20. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    It was no hallucination that, contrary to the promise, I couldn’t keep my doctor or my plan.
    It was no hallucination that, contrary to the promise, ShitCare™ is driving regional hospitals out of business forcing people to travel sometimes hundreds of miles for service.
    Remind me again to care when you (Individual Myocardial Infarction) are being forklifted into whatever they press into service as an ambulance for the long, long trip to the ER (or more probably the morgue) once your lifestyle (and your local hospitals financial woes) finally catch up with you.

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  21. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Medicare is very very good to me,lol

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  22. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Posted by: Individual Juan | 12 April 2024 at 12:13 PM
    Tick tock…..

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  23. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Mediscare is very very good to me,lol”
    No Jeff, it isn’t. But its happy you’re happy.

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  24. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Narf!”
    -Pinky

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  25. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    An article I ran into opining about how deep the rot goes.
    https://unherd.com/2022/12/the-rise-of-archaeologists-anonymous/
    At least the internet makes it easier to produce samizdat.

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  26. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Medicare is very very good to me,lol”
    I expect that you haven’t tested the edges of it. It’s a gigantic gift to people who didn’t contribute much to the system, for good or ill.
    Of course, the real fun fires off for those who don’t just die peacefully at home and deal with any long term care situation. Given the expense (is $1M enough? $2M?), there’s no telling what the right answer is here, or for healthcare costs generally. At some point gatekeeping and low marginal gains on spending more money will collide with the economy generally.

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  27. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Just one of those little stories about what we might think of as the ‘Biden Era’.
    https://quillette.com/2024/04/02/the-damage-wrought-by-trans-inclusion-in-female-sports/

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  28. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    How to make a MAGA,
    Rep. Gino Bulso filed an amendment to allow first cousins to marry in TN if they see a genetic counselor.
    https://twitter.com/THEChrisOB/status/1778440434420728147?t=F-TP177QHGvMnzv0GbLHYw&s=19

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  29. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    I anticipate a booming new job classification in MAGA World.
    Genetic Counseling

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  30. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    “I anticipate a booming new job classification in MAGA World.
    Genetic Counseling”
    Well – it’s too late for your parents, Juanita.

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  31. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    SCOTUS has told cali to get their hands out of home owners pockets with those crazy mitigation fees 9 – 0 —
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/builders-may-challenge-california-s-development-impact-fees-supreme-court-rules/ar-BB1lw4gw?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=826f69efaf7f47ad9b1446c9aaa027ae&ei=160
    😉

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  32. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Looks like another schiff for brains story does not hold up over time again and again –
    DC National Guard whistleblowers to say they WERE ready to be deployed on January 6 on Trump’s orders hours but were held back by the Pentagon in bombshell testimony contradicting Capitol riot committee’s story
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dc-national-guard-whistleblowers-to-say-they-were-ready-to-be-deployed-on-january-6-on-trump-s-orders-hours-but-were-held-back-by-the-pentagon-in-bombshell-testimony-contradicting-capitol-riot-committee-s-story/ar-BB1lvG7A?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=826f69efaf7f47ad9b1446c9aaa027ae&ei=206
    😉

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  33. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Question of the day…..

    Can The US And Iraq Move Beyond Military Ties?


    Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani is in Washington next week with both sides hoping to expand their economic relationship…

    Jeez can’t this Al Sudani guy read the FAQ at Biden.com…fill out the online form and mail in your 7 figures check. Coin Operated President will take a look and maybe something can be worked out.

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  34. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Emperor gavins fast food wage hike is a job killer –
    Abusinessman who owns 140 Burger King franchises in California will slash workers’ hours and expedite the rollout of self-service kiosks to cut down on labor costs in response to the state’s new $20 minimum wage.
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/california-burger-king-franchisee-to-expedite-self-serve-kiosks-rollout-over-20-wage-law/ar-BB1lwpB0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=fc091e33c4ba42a3a4194b884226c407&ei=28
    😉

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  35. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Tru dat =
    Dr. Phil shuts down DEI guest advocating ‘equality of outcome:’ ‘Been tried, didn’t work, called Marxism’
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/dr-phil-shuts-down-dei-guest-advocating-equality-of-outcome-been-tried-didn-t-work-called-marxism/ar-BB1lxr1D?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=fc091e33c4ba42a3a4194b884226c407&ei=20
    😉

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  36. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The pendulum has swung back to the middle so sorry creepy grampa joe –
    New data reveals voters are shifting to this major political party ahead of heated 2024 rematch
    American voters are almost equally split as either Republican or Democrat, new data finds
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-data-reveals-voters-shifting-major-political-party-heated-2024-rematch
    😉

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  37. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    Say – here’s a dandy idea:
    “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders have introduced a groundbreaking proposal to place public housing at the heart of America’s transition to clean energy, according to The Guardian.”
    “This visionary legislation proposes investing between $162 billion and $234 billion over the next decade to decarbonize all public housing units and build even more green homes.”
    Wow – “visionary”. It’s not spending – it’s ‘investing’!
    “It’s a win-win-win: better homes, better health, and a better planet.”
    And it’s an investment – we get all the money back with interest – right?
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bernie-sanders-and-aoc-propose-sweeping-new-housing-legislation-that-would-affect-millions-of-americans-that-is-a-win-win-win-situation/ar-BB1lqNfa?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a67fd9feb0cd46439de2fa022b10ad13&ei=27

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  38. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    This will certainly attract business:
    “Crime-Ridden San Francisco Seeks To Allow Lawsuits Against Grocery Stores Fleeing The City As Mass Corporate Exodus Continues”

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  39. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Don’t know what you can say except……it’s Progressive America™ now…..!

    Here’s the full text of his post:
    The MV Dali collided with the Key Bridge in Baltimore three weeks ago and so little has been done for remediation that if this was happening in Russia or China we’d have people writing Ph.D dissertations on this website about poor state capacity and shaken trust in “regimes.”
    Let’s look at the current status of things three weeks in:
    M/V Dali remains aground and has not been freed from bridge debris, let alone unloaded, refloated, and evacuated to drydock
    Practically no progress has been made clearing debris, because:
    The handful of small floating cranes on site are obviously not up to the task, because:
    Apparently the Biden Administration decided this would be an ALL AMERICAN salvage effort and refused to bring in foreign crane ships with far greater capacity, thus:
    Workers are being endangered by being ordered to cut the bridge debris into small chunks manageable by the low-capacity cranes on site, complicated by the fact much of this work must be done underwater
    The Port of Baltimore remains closed to all heavy traffic and authorities expect it to remain closed through at least May, which is very optimistic
    Officials expect a replacement bridge might be inaugurated in a decade, which could itself be optimistic.
    Let’s pause for a moment to contrast this with Russia’s Crimean Bridge, the longest in Europe, which, per Wikipedia, was completed within four years of its contract being awarded. And when spans of the bridge were destroyed by Ukrainian attacks, in each case, the bridge was fully repaired and reopened within months.
    Back to Armchair Warlord:
    Let’s be real – if this had happened in China the port would have been open in days and construction on a replacement span would be underway as we speak. This incident is beginning to illustrate the decline in the real state capacity of the United States of America in the starkest possible terms.
    It’s hard to argue against that. Not only does America today struggle with large infrastructure projects, it also can’t defeat a bunch of Houthi rebels, despite having the largest navy in the world. If only the men running our government and Boeing were as talented as the ones building personal jets.

    Maybe if we recruit a bunch of school aged children, equip them with “Bridge Lives Matter” protest signs and send them out to fuss, caterwaul, and shed tears in front of the media then something will be done! I think I heard they were working on carve outs for hiring Black, Lesbian paraplegics for the structural steel (High Walker) work and that was slowing the process a bit!
    That’s the magic that makes things happen in lowest quintile America these days!

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  40. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: building bridges.
    Maybe the bottleneck is finding enough DEI Compliance Officers for the Guys-Who-Hold-The-Signs union. We probably need a ‘non-profit’ ‘business’ consulting firm to come up with a grant proposal on a study on how to increase hiring efforts.
    meanwhile, in California…
    https://ktla.com/news/california/google-will-reduce-some-users-access-to-california-news-sites/
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/california-braces-new-electric-plan-make-more-pay-more
    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/11/california-proposed-right-to-disconnect-law-would-fine-companies-for-after-hours-communication.html
    https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/01/us/gender-neutral-toy-aisles-are-now-law-in-california/index.html
    https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/california-willful-defiance-suspensions/
    https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/california-teachers-union-pushing-to-keep-students-gender-identities-hidden-from-parents-temecula-valley-unified-school-district-rob-bonta-lgbt-transgender-crisis-in-the-classroom
    https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/25/california-bans-book-bans-and-textbook-censorship-in-schools/
    plus, naturally, a whole passel of
    https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/26/governor-newsom-strengthens-californias-nation-leading-gun-safety-laws/
    The thing is, it just never ends.

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  41. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Posted by: scenes | 13 April 2024 at 09:25 AM
    ….sigh.
    Seems the only thing government is good at these days is staging these signings. The audience rapt and fervent watching charlatans like Biden and Newsome sign useless pieces of paper…..

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  42. George Rebane Avatar
    George Rebane

    Re 938am – When one realizes the real purpose of the “useless pieces of paper”, and the resulting impact it has on the progressive (double meaning) destruction of America, then the real utility of those useless pieces emerges.

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  43. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Looks like most that inhabit these pages would consider the Equity and Inclusion Leadership Alliance (EILA) of Nevada County a hate group.
    Since most of the government entities are included in the Alliance,
    all’s y’alls might be more comfortable in Arizona, The Land of Kari Lake.
    “The newly named, Equity & Inclusion Leadership Alliance (EILA) is a coalition committed to reducing bias and inequality in Nevada County institutions, including healthcare, law enforcement, education, and more. Following the death of George Floyd and many others throughout the United States, the group was formed to both speak out and learn more in order to create sustainable change and greater understanding across the communities served. The Alliance, initiated by President/CEO of Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Dr. Brian Evans, is still in a formative stage and currently includes local non-profits and community leaders as well as executive level leadership and representation from Grass Valley Police Department and Nevada City Police Department, Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada County Superintendent of Schools , and the County of Nevada. All are committed to the stated goals and will continue to explore new levels of accountability within their spheres of influence.”
    https://www.theunion.com/news/we-are-all-in-this-together-equity-and-inclusion-leadership-alliance-strives-to-bridge-the/article_f7803584-f920-11ee-a06d-d76ad8d5e00e.html#tncms-source=login

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  44. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Posted by: scenes | 11 April 2024 at 03:41 PM
    “President Potato”
    What will it mean if Trump loses to a potato?

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  45. Individual Juan Avatar
    Individual Juan

    Trump Clown Show on the road again,
    https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1779166133771255833

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  46. fish ole’ Avatar
    fish ole’

    Posted by: Individual Juan | 13 April 2024 at 10:54 AM
    What will it mean if Trump loses to a potato?
    Don’t know …..probably the same level of absurdity as a white 500 lb. geriatric sprinkling his comments with “y’all’s”.

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  47. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    Idiot Juanita – “Looks like most that inhabit these pages would consider the Equity and Inclusion Leadership Alliance (EILA) of Nevada County a hate group.”
    Naw – just a bunch of virtue-signalling nit-wits with no apparent ability to actually do something tangible to improve Nevada County. To wit:
    “…the group was formed to both speak out and learn more in order to create sustainable change and greater understanding across the communities served.”
    Go on, Juanita – tell us all exactly what that means.
    Other than the obvious – more swell cocktail party fundraisers.
    I’m sure they all mean well, but it’s just a stupid joke for light thinkers.
    Enjoy!

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  48. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    “What will it mean if Trump loses to a potato?”
    H. L. Mencken explained that decades ago.

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  49. fish ole’ Avatar
    fish ole’

    BIDEN RUSHES BACK TO WHITE HOUSE
    Our working theory is that someone noticed that the mattress ticking that he’s stuffed with was leaking out along a seam and that he was hurried back for some “upholstery” work and a quick re-lacquering. He needs to look shipshape for his “John Gill” routine in front of the microphones when the Iranians start chucking cruise missiles tomorrow.

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  50. fish ole’ Avatar
    fish ole’

    What would you expect….its Joe Biden’s America….

    The U.S. Is Facing Record Drug Shortages

    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-facing-record-drug-shortages

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