[No one knows how to price their AI-enhanced productivity tools like the MS Copilot. One of the problems is that it’s hard to tell how much benefit a desk worker gets out such a tool for the various prices charged. I tried it about a week ago to help write a post (here), and it produced what was obviously low-grade ore. Now China enters with its DeepSeek at markedly lower costs but nobody still knows how to rate the benefits. Meanwhile we’re concerned about DeepSeek vacuuming up Americans’ information and thereby compromising our national security. gjr]
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206 responses to “Sandbox – 1feb25”
Ooooooh, fresh litter! No lumps!
Looking forward to hearing the crew recording from the helo, and hearing the name of the 3rd crewman, the pilot flying at the time it ran directly into the CRJ.
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Why Joseph Robinette Biden will go down in history as America’s worst president!
Scumbag progressive asswipe…!
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/its-switch-was-flipped-border-encounters-plummet-94-under-trump
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Best of all possible timelines.
“JUST IN: A leaked email from John Brennan verifies that the 51 intelligence agents that endorsed the Hunter Biden laptop letter did it with the specific intent of enabling Biden to mislead the American public during his election campaign.”
https://x.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1885800253414158601
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“DNC Chair Candidate Ken Martin Promises Party Will Only Take Money From ‘Good Billionaires’ Going Forward”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/dnc-chair-candidate-ken-martin-promises-party-will-only-take-money-from-good-billionaires-going-forward/ar-AA1xx567
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scenes 2:10 – Well, no shit. The 51 liars tried to hide behind their flimsy excuse that they had attested to only the fact that it (the laptop contents) had the look of Russian dis-info.
That excuse was demolished when Biden waved the letter at the debate and claimed the signers were saying it was Russian dis-info. None of the 51 disabused the public or Biden of that idea.
Had those 51 “intelligence experts” been honest and if the FBI had been honest, Biden certainly would have lost the election.
The fed govt lied to the American public about the laptop, about covid, about Biden’s senility – and the lefty news media helped out all they could.
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“Will Only Take Money From ‘Good Billionaires’ Going Forward”
Funny he didn’t say who the bad ones are and who the good ones are.
Although I think we all know the criteria.
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At Drudge under “what are they up to”….
I think a far better question would have been, “What have they been up to the past 60 years?” !
But that would have required effort….and that’s just something journalists don’t do anymore.
“Court Scribes”…..nothing more!
https://archive.is/NUdlu
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Been watching this whole thing go down on X. The swamp keeps on swamping.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/usaid-security-leaders-removed-refusing-elon-musks-doge-employees-acce-rcna190357
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I see that Hillbilly’s and Paul’s fav political party has learned nothing and is headed further left. Their new leader is Ken Martin, formerly the head of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He was endorsed by the MN gov Tim Walz and we all know how influential he is considered to be by the American voters. Just in case you might think that was a fluke and the vice-chair would balance out the choice of Martin, the Dems also elected as vice-chair David Hogg. So the party of DEI is now led by two white boys. But don’t worry – Saturday’s vote was preceded by a Native American land acknowledgment and pre-recorded video messages from former president Joe Biden and former vice president Kamala Harris.
“Martin joined all other contenders in claiming that Harris lost the election due in part to “racism and misogyny.””
and –
“Martin and Wikler(runner-up) also pledged to increase the number of at-large DNC seats reserved for transgender people.”
Good idea – if only the Dems had even more sexually confused people in leadership, I’m sure that would have turned the tide for Harris.
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Well that was not hard –
China
Panama pledges to end key canal deal with China, work with US after Rubio visit
https://www.foxnews.com/world/panama-pledges-end-key-canal-deal-china-work-us-after-rubio-visit
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Total comedy:
“Democrats’ new kingmaker tells Trump: ‘We’re taking the gloves off’”
Yeah – tell even more outrageous lies and yell Hitler even louder! Maybe jump up and down a lot.
And don’t forget to add more trannies!
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The United States is suddenly in big trouble
“Trump’s tariffs add a fourth challenge to an economy heading towards a fiscal crisis”
….and I appreciate the British whining that we should just stick to the “non-tariff” timeline for collapse as agreed upon!
Wanker!
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That was easy –
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 troops to its northern border as one of the ways to stop a 25 percent tariff from the Trump administration temporarily. The concession comes after days of grandstanding by the Mexican president, who publicly claimed she would stand up for her country’s sovereignty.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/02/03/mexico-sending-troops-to-secure-border-avoiding-trump-tariffs/
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/02/03/mexican-government-announces-arrests-of-top-cartel-commander-right-after-call-with-trump/
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Seriously guys, X is where it’s at.
All of these news stories are a day+ old by the time they hit MSM.
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I don’t see the big deal here……
The United States leads the world in personal pronoun research and deployment! The Chinese don’t stand a chance!
Or if dugKeachieKeachieKeachie was making that claim….it would be they don’t stand a Chinamens Chance!
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We’ll make sure to get lots of photos like what’s her name did while looking through the fence and crying at the empty parking lot….
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usaid-workers-told-stay-home-early-morning-email-musk-spent-weekend-feeding-usaid-wood
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“Well make sure…..”
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More WINNING –
Trump and Trudeau spoke via phone on Monday, hours before additional 25% tariffs were to take effect on Canadian goods coming into the United States. In a post on X, Trudeau said Canada will implement a $1.3 billion border plan and appoint a fentanyl czar.
In addition, Canada will reinforce its border with new helicopters, technology, personnel and enhanced coordination with American authorities. He added that nearly 10,000 personnel are and will be working on border protection.
“We will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering,” Trudeau wrote. “I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.”
“Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together,” he added.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-agrees-pause-tariffs-canada-exchange-more-border-enforcement
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“The Deep State Is Far Preferable To The Trump State”
Hmmm… And we thought you said it didn’t exist.
I do hope they splash the whole thing out on the web.
All of it – all the money and where it went.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bill-kristol-admits-quiet-part-out-loud-deep-state-far-preferable-trump-state
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Worth a look.
https://x.com/Anc_Aesthetics/status/1886579120512913445
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So California wants to be its own country?
How much foreign aid does it expect to get from DC?
Billions for the choo choo train that doesn’t do anything and now this:
“Yet the Globe continued reporting on Julie Su’s wake of destruction because $55 billion disappeared, and she was then promoted to US Secretary of Labor – although she was never able to get through the confirmation process, and was “Acting” Secretary of Labor.
But even as “Acting” Secretary of Labor, Su forgave $32.6 billion of California’s debt.”
A Christian act of charity, no doubt. How nice of her.
https://californiaglobe.com/fr/its-time-former-acting-labor-secretary-julie-su-faces-heat-for-californias-pandemic-fraud/
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scenes 5:58 – And it’s only started.
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another fun thread on X.
https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1886596194320662891
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Sometimes you just have to laugh.
“Speaking of dictatorships:
In 2019, @IlhanMN had her brother-in-law installed as chief of staff to Somalia’s new prime minister.
Even the NYTimes likened it to a dictatorship, stating the election had been “one of the most fraudulent events in Somalia’s history.””
https://x.com/realDSteinberg/status/1886488149716820132
Naturally, import the Third World, become the Third World.
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and the hits just keep on comin’.
“HOLY SHIIIT. The FBI just revealed that 5,000 out of their 13,000 agents were focused on January 6th protestors.
39% of the entire bureau, for this:”
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1886865234704654724
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Posted by: scenes | 04 February 2025 at 02:48 PM
Well these insurrections don’t start themselves…..
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Jonathan Chait doing Jonathan Chait like things
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/ar-AA1ypMch
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Chait:
“If, as Musk says, they are teeming with waste and fraud, presumably Congress could pass legislation to reduce or eliminate the problem, and if that were to fall short, it could try again later.”
Yes – presumably. But they haven’t and after over 200 years of “trying” look at what we have:
$47,000 was spent on “transgender opera” in Colombia and $32,000 on “transgender comics” in Peru.
Chait is a hack crying about the end of the Dem and left-wing grift-o-rama brought to us by the Blob.
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How’s it going MAGAloons?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/donald-trump-s-release-of-california-waters-stuns-locals/ar-AA1yoVX1?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=449dbbc2582d47598cd7b8bdb3d0cebc&ei=14&fbclid=IwY2xjawIPukhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVzDxjzsT4u0ysKqMKYoveS33dqFqbiIzI6LkJgGHA4cppDQvWggUa5kMQ_aem_YNB3OnZL3hw7uMrqEgAKhA
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Has anyone thought of checking to see if the criminal immigrants being arrested and deported by ICE were listed as registered voters on elections rolls?
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“How’s it going MAGAloons?”
Old news. Seriously, use X for news. Everything is announced first there and you’ll avoid sounding like a fuddy duddy with a tube AM radio.
Maybe you could spend some time carrying on about egg prices.
Truth is (a) you and all the insane people lose (b) Trump is once per lifetime force for tearing down a corrupt system. There’ll be mistakes, things that don’t work, collateral damage. I don’t care.
re: showmekid@11:15PM
I haven’t heard of any yet. It tends to be a state matter, no? Given the Democrat penchant for sketchy voting, it wouldn’t surprise me. It would be funny if some districts lost Congressmen.
I’m still musing about the assignment of 5k out of 13k FBI agents to J6. I honestly doubt the FBI can be saved. It’s the tendency for secret police to grow out of their Petri dish and run their own domestic policy. It’ll be better to start over. Maybe they should be automatically sunsetted before they grow too powerful.
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scenes 6:08 – Hillbilly’s just mad because they didn’t dump the water in the ocean per usual California practice. The farmers have been pissed about water policy in that state for a long time. Nothing new there.
The word on the street over at DK is that Musk will cut off SS payments to lefties – maybe Hillbilly should worry about that.
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Schools in These United States.
https://x.com/ImMeme0/status/1886989611055923215
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Embarrassment…..thy name is “fish”!
I had no idea that “Politico” was a USAID domestic propaganda outlet!
Boy…..is my face red!
* I cribbed this from another site. But they got it ….probably from “X”. I you want to see it in the original I imagine a Google search would do nicely unless you’re Paul Raymond Emery of Nevada City, California. Unfortunately that method will inevitably lead you to a link….and well ….you know.
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re: fish
source: https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1887147292412490111
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…I was just going to post it as it cracked me up. You beat me by a few minutes.
X is where it’s at.
There’s X and there’s ‘news’ site that quote (if they attribute) X. It’s where political announcements are made, stories are broken. Pretty amazing really, I didn’t expect it.
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It’s on Zero Hedge as well as some other sites.
The light is on and the cockroaches are scrambling.
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You can always count on Mad-Max to come up with the greatest lines ever:
“Democrat Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA): “We have got to tell Elon Musk, nobody elected your a$$!””
After 4 years of a presidential term that was operated by people we don’t even know the names of, let alone not elected…
priceless.
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a fun place to watch the iron ricebowl crowd.
https://old.reddit.com/r/fednews/
It’s a big ol’ melange of wailing and lamentation, doxxing of the DOGE employees, and death threats against Trump and Musk, but not a bad place to check up on Team Blue madness. The amount of self-entitled bitching is astounding.
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Posted by: scenes | 05 February 2025 at 08:24 AM
source: <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1887147292412490111“>https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1887147292412490111
Now how is that supposed to help Paul Raymond……?
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Oh man, X is going wild about the USAID money laundering schemes. I just saw a cool chart showing cash flow to Chelsea Clinton.
Uproar abounds. A bunch of other MSM organization are on the gubmint tit to help spread the progressive word. Too funny.
Meanwhile, DC 501c drones and their enablers are insurrecting away.
What an amazing timeline. Too bad psul isn’t here to watch. You know darned well this is just the tip of the iceberg.
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There’s always more – remember the good Christian Karen that lectured Trump in public about refugees?
Follow the money…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/episcopal-bishop-lectures-trump-while-earning-taxpayer-millions-to-bring-migrants-into-us/ar-AA1yctGo
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The Politico story is getting weirder by the hour.
“…but others pointed out that Politico has an expensive subscription service that is critical for many government employees. Base subscriptions are typically between $12,000 and $15,000 for three users.”
Critical in what way?
“While Politico did receive small amounts of cash from government agencies under prior administrations, it appears to have skyrocketed during the Biden administration, according to USAspening.gov.”
https://news.yahoo.com/news/politico-pays-employees-staffers-believe-174606821.html
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Lance that boil!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/of-the-billions-in-questioned-usaid-spending-millions-went-to-fund-terrorism/ar-AA1ytBjD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=4196f5def6254e7faabf6ccbe0ec89f4&ei=92
In September 2024, Ernst’s office requested access to data on foreign aid to Ukraine. USAID stipulated that the review be conducted in a sensitive compartmented information facility at its headquarters, suggesting to the senator’s staffers that the aid documents were classified when, in reality, they were not.
“The documents my staff reviewed, on their face, failed to comply with standard classifications protocols. Only after demanding to speak to your USAID Office of Security, my staff uncovered that this data was, in fact, unclassified,” Ernst wrote in a Tuesday letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The correspondence was first reported by Fox News.
“In a desperate attempt to limit congressional oversight of public information, USAID demonstrated intentional abuse of a system designed to keep our nation’s secret information secure.”
Upon her staff’s review of the requested data, the Senate Republican discovered that more than 5,000 Ukrainian businesses received foreign assistance funded by American taxpayers through several USAID programs. These included the Competitive Economy Program and the Investment for Business Resilience. Up to $2 million was provided to each Ukrainian business, per the letter.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/usaid-covered-up-ukraine-aid-with-false-classification-claims-senate-republican-reveals/ar-AA1yu4G7?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=4196f5def6254e7faabf6ccbe0ec89f4&ei=78
😉
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They must have lost muscle memory after years of creepy grampa joe. Poor babies –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/05/establishment-media-anguish-over-trumps-sledgehammer-approach-simply-cant-cover-everything/
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A reality check for greasy gavin-
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ford-says-large-electric-trucks-and-suvs-have-unresolvable-problems/ar-AA1yurzu?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=78818d7dd5fd42a5ed1279fdae919a61&ei=81
😉
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YOU GO GIRL! –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-ag-pam-bondi-uses-her-first-day-in-office-to-ban-federal-funds-from-heading-to-sanctuary-cities/ar-AA1yueI4?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=72de73fd6f1b4037a63534f2682b2992&ei=35
😉
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WINNING!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/05/state-department-u-s-government-vessels-allowed-to-travel-through-panama-canal-without-fees/
😉
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I think the Dems have turned this into some kind of drinking game.
“Hey – you thought Maxine had the wildest quote? Hold my beer.”
From Sen. Chris Murphy (Conn.):
““They’re destroying the federal government as we speak. They’re literally lighting agencies on fire one by one,” Murphy said.”
ON FIRE!!! LITERALLY!!!!!
Are those beer suds or just spittle froth around his mouth?
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Betcha didn’t know the Federal Government has been destroyed. Yessir!
Madd-Kow at 4:04 “…the destruction of the Federal Government.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-45-0eCMAqE
Don’t go looking for it – it’s gone.
And they wonder why their ratings are going to the floor.
Well – they still have Paul and Hillbilly.
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