[Democrats and their media mouthpieces are having a hell of time figuring out why Kamala lost, having forgotten their own dismal assessments of the cacophonous cackler. And to add to the comedy of Left, there is still a contingent of progressives who are contemplating various political futures for the woman. None of them understand how inappropriate she is as a candidate for any elected office. gjr]
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165 responses to “Sandbox – 1dec24”
Interesting, crashed or shot down? –
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/12/07/report-syrian-regime-falls-assad-flees-possible-plane-crash/
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Update –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/syrian-president-s-fate-uncertain-after-plane-disappears-from-radar/ar-AA1vsJJm?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=417271b9917a44a687f3a0e92b08f321&ei=80
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But emoluments……what of the emoluments!?!?
Well at least the Biden’s were only costing the US and Mississippi millions of dollars….its not like they were flogging neckties or decorated guitars like Constipated Hillbilly is always so worried about!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pardons-lies-audiotape-biden-family-120000019.html
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fish@7:11AM
I was just going to post that.
Everyone should read the story, mostly just because it’s filled with old school political chicanery. It sounds like a bunch of Southern lawyers in white suits with bags of cash.
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Hah! You both beat me to it. Just came here to post it as well.
Super dooper curious thing that the crack news investigators at Politico come out with this story now.
Almost the entire story predates Joe’s run for POTUS.
…something about turning on the light and cockroaches.
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Daniel Penny found Not Guilty in NYC subway hold.
“Dr. Cynthia Harris, the city medical examiner, who ruled that Neely’s death was a homicide caused by Penny’s chokehold, made her ruling before Neely’s toxicology report came back. She testified that she was so confident after watching video of the encounter that she’d stand by her decision even if it later turned out that Neely had enough drugs in his body “to put down an elephant.””
Gee, I wonder where she got her MD? Don’t let facts stand in your way. “Facts are hostile witnesses.”
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I assume that Neely was a mostly peaceful subway rider.
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Young master Mangione is now owed a fair trial, possibly followed closely by a first-class hanging.
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Last meal to be either a Big Mac and fries or an Egg McMuffin.
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Not again!
Yes, yet another trusted conservative source of truth and enlightenment is forced to admit in court that it was made-up. This time it’s Dinesh D’Souza, who has apologized in court to one of the “2000 Mules” he claimed were stuffing the ballot box in Georgia for the Democrats.
He blamed the false information on True the Vote, another conservative source of truth and information on the right. True the Vote said D’Souza got it wrong. Both are being sued along with Salem Media Group, which distributed the documentary and book. Salem has since apologized and said it will quit distributing both.
And to think you had such high praise for “2000 Mules,” writing in May of 2022: “The lamestream has been hyper-silent about this movie.” You were right about one thing: It was a movie–as in fiction–and not the documentary it claimed to be.
Another example of seeking validation for what you want to believe.
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“followed closely by a first-class hanging”
Nope – “Capital punishment was outlawed in the State of New York after the New York Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) declared that the statue as written was not valid under the state’s constitution in 2004.”
Unless the feds go after him, but even then – probably something heinous like “he violated the victim’s civil rights”.
Unless he gets done in while in prison expect him to get out in about 25 years. Until then – an easy life with free medical care at the tax payer’s expense. And plenty of (sick) adoring fans. Wouldn’t rule out a sex-change as well. That seems to be the fashion.
Maybe we can send him to one of those fed prisons where the guards sleep at night and the cameras don’t work.
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Bored Georgeman… Dinesh’s apology was to one guy, and not for the whole movie.
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re GeorgeB and Gregory on ‘2000 Mules’ – Regardless of how narrow the error and criticism, it was still an error from the Right that deserves to have a light shined on it. Thank you George.
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“…who has apologized in court to one of the “2000 Mules” he claimed were stuffing the ballot box”
ONE person – the main theme of the movie stands true.
Not that Boardman cares about election integrity.
Try again, Boardman.
Maybe comment on the vaunted “intelligence experts” who tried to convince America that Hunter’s laptop was Russian dis-info.
Did they ever apologize? No.
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A sweet sweet dose of steaming karma –
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/12/09/san-francisco-defund-the-police-advocate-trolled-after-u-haul-with-all-her-possessions-gets-stolen/
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“that deserves to have a light shined on it.”
We have all seen this previously in the news.
The “light” had already shined.
Boardman was using it in a false and malicious way to try to undermine the fact that the left and the Dems have been screwing with our elections.
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GR
There’s overexposure here.
Yes, there’s no hiding the flaw.
No, there’s no reason to overexpose it.
Bored Georgeman wants to take it completely off the table and ridicule all who see any value. I don’t think that’s reasonable.
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Don 4:36 – But the sad fact of the matter is that this woman has learned nothing. She excuses the thieves and naively expects the return of “sentimental” items. They’re in the landfill moron!
Then she goes on to blame U-haul.
You cannot fix stupid – and stupid combined with left-wing fantasy is deadly.
Personally I’m not happy she was a victim of theft and I doubt the theft of all she owns will change her thought patterns one bit.
It is a great object lesson for those who might learn from this – but history teaches us that it probably won’t.
We now have leftists and Dems in this country excusing tax evasion by wealthy white males. See Daily Kos for total comedy. And they exhibit absolutely not one bit of self-examination for a comparison of what values they espouse vs what they champion.
I have come to believe it is a lost cause.
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roflmao.
Now this is genius. I admit it had never occurred to me as an exploit.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ny-ag-limits-3d-guns-buyback-after-exploitation-3d-printing-community
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scenes – Well, they used to bring in wall hangers and 20 dollar specials. I remember one “buy back” where folks were getting cash for zip guns.
And there’s this:
“Homemade shotgun turned in at gun buyback event in SF”
https://www.reddit.com/r/liberalgunowners/comments/8xqufh/homemade_shotgun_turned_in_at_gun_buyback_event/?rdt=54441
Anytime you hear “govt buyback” you know you’re dealing with idiots.
How can the govt ‘buyback’ something they never owned?
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I just noticed the $250 for a “handgun”.
Holy shit. When my mother ordered me to dispose of my grandfather’s gun collection he had a crap-load of circa 1900 “boot guns” or “ladies derringers” he probably paid almost nothing for. Mostly 25 to 32 caliber – they were mostly all functional and we got almost nothing at the gun shows for these.
The govt always knows how to overpay.
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Another loss for the zealots who worship at the altar of global warming? –
Supreme Court to hear case Tuesday that could restrict bedrock environmental law
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could reduce the scope of one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws.
The case deals with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which mandates that the government consider the environmental impacts of its actions before moving ahead with them.
The court will weigh whether upstream and downstream impacts from a project should be considered as part of that process.
The case could result in the court’s conservative majority significantly limiting which environmental impacts need to be evaluated in federal decisions.
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-hear-case-tuesday-110000925.html
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He worked for a used car emporium in Santa Monica
“His LinkedIn says he worked at TrueCar, has Ivy League degree”
Isn’t that basically what all lefty’s are? Used car salesmen?
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Re 12/9 at 4:24 p.m.: Dr. R, you’re a more gracious man than I am. I hope you and the rest of the Rebane clan have an enjoyable Christmas and a healthy New Year.
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Yes, he is far more gracious than you, Bored Georgeman 908a
2,000 Mules remains interesting despite the flaw that resulted in a flaming paper bag of poop that the main author of it had to step on in the middle of a legal action.
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Ya baby 55 to 32 percent –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/10/poll-majority-say-trump-has-clear-mandate-enact-his-agenda/
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Scott Zero 1131pm
You just described Trump!lol
Trumpstore.com
Trump is all about making money for himself.
TrumpWorld – Disneyworld for Magaloons
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Re Syria:
Thank you President Biden!
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Get one while they last, or buy a couple!
https://gettrumpwatches.com/products/tourbillon-full-gold
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Posted by: Constipated Hillbilly | 11 December 2024 at 07:44 AM
Re Syria:
Thank you President Biden!
This one will age well….
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“This one will age well….”
No doubt.
There’s no telling what the neoconlibs were up to with Syria. Fightin’ Russkies? Picking 3 out of a dozen or so sides? Like Ukraine, fighting to the last Syrian? Following orders from Israel? It certainly wasn’t about stabilizing the place.
It’s funny what warmongers the Democrats have become and it’s good to see the Republicans back off from nation building and blowing up foreigners. Between Libya, Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, the folks running the show have made a pretty mess of things. Will Trump fix any of this? Dunno. It might require firing everyone in the State Department and all generals above two-star rank.
It should be interesting watching scads of Syrians fleeing to Europe because Assad is gone, after fleeing to Europe because he was there. I figure that if the UK or Germany has so little self-value that they simply want to become a third-rate Third World country, that’s cool. Things have gone wrong for 1000 years before and will again, Earth abides.
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Say what you like about Democratic leadership, they ain’t stupid. They’re venal, but not stupid.
“By one metric, the Harris campaign was a formidable organization. She raised over $1 billion, setting a record for the most money brought in in a single quarter. But reporting that has come out since Election Day demonstrates that a great deal of this money was squandered and might as well have been set on fire. A lot of people appear to have lined their pockets, while Harris neglected to fund some of the core pieces of a solid organizing apparatus. The Harris campaign spent everything they took in, burning through virtually the whole billion. ”
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-much-of-the-harris-campaign-was-a-scam
My own guess is that they were convinced they were going to win no matter what. Blew the money having a fun time. Assumed that they’d have plenty of time once in office to bury bodies, burn records, fill the coffers with a few shakedowns.
Oops.
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fish – “This one will age well….”
By the time the reality of even worse people in charge in Syria reach us Trump will be in office and Hillbilly will just blame him.
Also –
Emperor Xi:
“Thank you, Jou Bi-Den!”
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/27/china-military-naval-bases-plan-infrastructure/
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The only time I hear about Trump selling merch is when Hillbilly brings it up. Then it struck me – Hillbilly isn’t used to a POTUS making an honest living openly offering legal things for sale to willing buyers.
Biden and Co. were selling alright, but we didn’t get to know about it or have a say until junior left all the evidence at the computer repair shop.
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…..and speaking of merchandise
Probably good that you remain a California resident Hillbilly…..no threat to your extensive collection!
https://www.xatakaon.com/magnet/texas-prevents-people-from-owning-more-than-6-dildos-now-lawmakers-want-to-ban-sex-toys-at-walmart
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“A New York Times analysis of government data shows the immigration surge under Biden’s administration was the largest in US history, and America’s foreign-born population is now at its highest in US history. 60% of immigrants entering America under Biden’s watch did so illegally.”
seen on X.
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From your local bird cage liner….
How is this even possible given the success of Bidenomics?
https://www.theunion.com/news/the-need-this-year-is-just-huge-nevada-county-food-and-toy-run-to-begin/article_4631bb42-b74b-11ef-9fbb-3bbd67db3c51.html
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Ya think the dei mafia is afraid of him? It sure looks that way –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pete-hegseth-s-lawyer-sen-cotton-slam-west-point-for-sharing-false-info-about-defense-pick-s-admission-in-possible-privacy-violation/ar-AA1vHpYh?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=c8be1d34648b4c88a614dacfc59612ce&ei=72
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With the senate looking to be R for a long time this will help –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-sees-huge-increase-in-gen-z-millennial-support-since-election/ar-AA1vGCXp?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=c8be1d34648b4c88a614dacfc59612ce&ei=211
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The next time one of the locals leaves a link from the Bulwark.
Let’s play the “who is the hotter killer game!
https://x.com/IzaBooboo/status/1866964194656129449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1866964194656129449%7Ctwgr%5Ef5cbdf2dbcd117f873649dfd332d3e326c21871d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F689872%2F
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I see that Mrs. R is praising The Union in today’s edition of “Hits and Misses” for providing a venture where people can vent their anger. I’ve long thought that your blog serves the same purpose for local conservatives, who apparently will only be happy when they’ve achieved total destruction of the Democratic Party.
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It galls you that non-left liberals can post here and not get censored, Bored Georgeman 349p?
Bummer.
It appears the Democratic Party is well on the way to self destruction.
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For a time, there was a local blog hosted by the Former Union Editor (named something like Peeline) where there were wide ranging views vigorously defended.
It didn’t last long, with Peeline being far too much of a control freak.
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“who apparently will only be happy when they’ve achieved total destruction of the Democratic Party.”
Please – is this how you think?
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scotto 636p
I expect so. The left hates the right and they think we’re mirror images.
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The wokesters revenge on the way out the door and screws citizens –
The Biden administration is reportedly spending their final weeks quietly clearing away unused southern border wall materials to put up for auction — a move characterized by some lawmakers as an apparent ploy to sabotage President-elect Donald Trump’s goal to secure the US-Mexico border.
Alarming footage taken by a US Customs and Border Agent captured numerous flatbed trucks hauling away dismantled sections of the steel wall near Tucson, Arizona – a hotspot for illegal crossings – with the agent estimating a half-mile’s worth of parts are being removed daily, The Daily Wire reported.
“They are taking it from three sections: Nogales, Tucson, and Three Points,” the agent, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, told the outlet.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-admin-quietly-clears-away-border-wall-parts-for-auction-ahead-of-trump-s-second-term/ar-AA1vLxzF?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=08abcdf012884c5fb7f0b621b36493c4&ei=76
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Goerge Boardman: “When they’ve achieved total destruction of the Democratic Party.”
That would make no sense at all.
You need a place, a kind of cauldron really, where a person can gather up all the unlimited 3rd world immigration, stylish child mutilation, Dylan Mulvaney, insane middle-aged Karen, affirmative action, Rob Reiner sorts of folks. Without the Democratic Party, what would regular people do with them? They’d probably all wander into traffic and get hit by a bus, and there’d be a real mess.
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Reality check –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/appeals-court-overturns-nasdaq-requirement-for-diversity-on-boards/ar-AA1vKgBh?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=da81cc430d6049eda824c56b60d55486&ei=96
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Its nice to see the level of support for cleaning up the DOD and here are a couple of great suggestions –
Growth in staff size and the proliferation of unneeded headquarters is accompanied by a strong tendency to “over-officer” the force, one factor in the explosion of personnel costs since 9/11. In 2024, one in six soldiers is a commissioned officer (a 21 percent increase since 2000). About one-third of the Army’s personnel budget goes to officer pay and allowances. Between 1965 and 2018, the number of general and flag officers in the U.S. military as a percentage of the total force increased by 46 percent; of 4-stars by 114 percent; and of 3-stars by 149 percent. Such deliberate rank-inflation and over-staffing contributes to a bureaucratic culture that demands constant reporting from junior commanders, so much so that one authoritative Army War College study found a “suffocating amount of mandatory requirements” they are “literally unable to complete…forcing them to resort to dishonesty evasion.” Almost certainly, this environment contributes to an exodus of young officers who are frustrated by crushing administrative burdens they cannot reconcile with their duty to train their soldiers for war.
In short, the Army should shutter those organizations not deemed essential, reduce the officer-to-enlisted ratio, and streamline its bloated staffs. These measures will increase the number of billets available to operational units, decrease unnecessary reporting requirements on them, reduce personnel costs and increase the productivity and efficiency of those headquarters that remain. Leaner and flatter are watchwords in the private sector—and are clearly priorities for the incoming administration. America’s Army should adopt them as well.
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/12/army-too-top-heavy/401571/?oref=d1-homepage-top-story
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Well if the Tangerine Tornado was hesitant to follow up on a campaign promise for lack of political cover he no longer need be….
The FBI Paid People to Go to the J6 Riot. “The corporate media is ballyhooing one of the highlighted findings of the Inspector General (IG) as being proof that the FBI had nothing to do with the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Nothing could be further from the truth. There were scores of federal and local assets from not only the FBI at the protest and riot that day but plenty of other three-letter federal and local agencies. Metropolitan Police had active agents provocateur on the ground. DHS, ATF, and other Beltway three letter agencies were on site that day.”
Looks like the J6 crew will be getting out early…..
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/12/12/one-of-those-fbi-assets-in-ig-report-was-flown-in-for-the-riot-n4935073
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