[‘Making English Our National Language Is One Step Toward A More Unified Country’ is a true statement, and long overdue. I grew up in a bilingual environment, speaking only Estonian at home with my parents. But we all recognized the importance of speaking English as one of the main bonds unifying us as Americans with everyone else in the country. gjr]
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157 responses to “Sandbox – 8mar25”
some French guy from the previous sandbox:
“LET’S YOU AND HIM FIGHT!”
ok, fine. you first.
You know, there’s a guy I saw on X who was offering up free plane tickets to Ukraine (Slava Ukraini!) for everyone wanting to do their bit. He had the wherewithal for 6 tickets but no takers thus far. Anyone interested and I could hook you up with the account name.
A family quarrel between two roughly equivalent dubious places seems like a bad place to be, ask any sheriff.
The whole of the Balkans isn’t worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier. – Some German Guy.
I’ll extend ‘Balkans’ slightly.
‘Official Language’.
It’s insane to not have one. Otherwise the endgame is an infinitely growing list of language, dialects, creoles, and urban slang used in government forms, legal definitions, schools etc. You make inability to speak the local lingo a protected class and Bob’s Yer Uncle, things get stupid.
I’d consider one addition, and that’s ASL as it doesn’t map 1:1 to English. Maybe it needs a carve-out for certain cases.
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English-only for govt should have been mandated a long time ago. Private news outlets and companies are free to publish and air in any language they wish.
Of course there will be complaints. The same folk that claim our “newcomers” are all brilliant people that will cure cancer, will also claim these same worthies are at the same instance too stupid to learn a new language.
If I decided to move to a non-English speaking country, the very first thing on my agenda would be to learn the language.
I worked with many people for decades whose first tongue was not English and yet they managed just fine.
The ballots should all be in English – if you can’t read the ballot, how did you come to make an educated decision on voting?
Not being able to speak and read in the native tongue of the country you live in locks you into a type of ghetto. And that’s where the Dems like to find (and keep) their voters.
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lmao. This is genius.
“A woke spa in San Francisco is having difficulty navigating the natural consequences of their policies. They held a “women’s only night” and so many bepenised ppl showed up that even the SF Wokes revolted and now, they’re having alternating “phallic” and “non phallic” days
They beg their clients to understand that “requesting a phallic-free space is not about exclusion
Its delicious watching these mindless idiots try to extricate themselves from the mess they’ve placed themselves into”
https://x.com/Rob_ThaBuilder/status/1898111652123623556
“Phallic Days” I mean, I would pay good money to have someone tell me about that one.
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I sense one of those ….”women and minorities affected most” articles coming.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/agriculture-secretary-cancels-600k-grant-study-menstrual-cycles-transgender-men?intcmp=tw_fnc
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Well thats confirmation that we are on the right track –
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian accused U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Thursday of “fueling an ideological confrontation” by advising the United States to keep pace with China’s rising military budget.
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2025/03/06/china-goes-after-hegseth-after-threatening-war-u-s/
😉
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A podcast wont help the record –
Brand-new quarterly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), analyzed by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), has laid bare a grim reality for California’s fast food industry: the state has shed up to 16,000 jobs since Governor Gavin Newsom signed the $20 fast food minimum wage law, AB 1228, in September 2023.
“The propaganda coming out of Newsom’s office and the SEIU is completely out of touch with reality,” said Rebekah Paxton, EPI’s research director. “The data definitively shows thousands of jobs have been lost due to this harmful policy, and hardworking Californians are left feeling the burden.”
The numbers dovetail with a Berkeley Research Group study showing menu prices soaring 14.5% since the wage hike, nearly double the national average. An EPI survey of fast food operators post-implementation paints an even bleaker picture: 98% raised prices, 89% cut employee hours, 73% curbed overtime or shift pickups, and 70% reduced staff or merged roles.
For Californians, the ripple effects sting. Higher prices—think $15 Big Mac meals—hit consumers hard, while job cuts disproportionately axe youth and low-skill workers, drying up entry-level opportunities. As the Fast Food Council mulls a proposed $20.70 wage for 2025, the data screams caution.
“Hardworking Californians are bearing the burden,” Paxton said, “and it’s time policymakers face the facts.” With no comment yet from Newsom’s team on the March data, the debate over AB 1228’s legacy—and California’s economic future—burns hotter than ever.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/new-data-staggering-16-000-jobs-lost-under-california-gov-newsom-s-20-fast-food-wage-law/ar-AA1Aw0fo?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=be26159d607f4ad595fabaa990dfb229&ei=66
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The simplemindesness of Dodgy MAGA Dodgers is apparent –
“Silly science is fruitful fodder for memes and snarky headlines. But more often than not, these studies are, in fact, merely baroque examples of what’s known as edge science — or research based on relatively novel ideas.”
“The Ozempic revolution, after all, owes its success to research into Gila monster venom, which, following four decades of investigation, finally gave rise to the GLP-1 agonist class of drugs that hold promise in transforming public health and are already shifting the economy.”
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Posted by: Resurrected Hillbilly | 09 March 2025 at 07:10 AM
Ahhh…..that time of the month again eh jeffy?
Well that can be tough on a guy.
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Resurrected Hillbilly on previous sandbox, 08/03/25, 08:27 AM Thank you for being so keen to post Claude Malhuret’s speech. It’s showing the democratic position of France and of the EU.
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“the democratic position of France and of the EU”
‘democratic’
Yes – the people of Europe are just itching to go to war with Putin. So – what is stopping them?
Of course – they need to buy some more nat gas from him for a while until it warms up.
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Dogey Douchewagon goes goes off the rails again,
“On Tuesday, the Trump Administration published a list of 443 federal buildings that could possibly be sold off.
Hours later, it removed more than a hundred properties from the list.
By Wednesday, it was replaced with a line that read “Coming soon.”
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Posted by: Resurrected Hillbilly | 09 March 2025 at 08:20 AM
Well if we’re lucky they’ll reconsider and put them all back on the “property to be excessed” list.
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Christel, go right ahead and throw German and French bodies at belligerent Russians in Ukraine, which is what Hillbilly Ejaculate is espousing.
Mainstream American attitude now is just stop the fighting. We ain’t buying the bullets no mo’.
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” Of course – they need to buy some more nat gas from him for a while until it warms up.”
Scotto… that won’t be for a few years… it will get colder for about five years and then a quarter century of cold before Global Warming can continue, irrespective of CO2.
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“By Wednesday, it was replaced with a line that read “Coming soon.””
That’s the problem with being rather public with the whole thing, you get to watch the sausage get made.
Next up, DOGE calls to fire someone and then changes the list slightly. HORRORS!!!
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” It’s showing the democratic position of France and of the EU.”
Well, the French did mostly invent the concept of mass armies. What followed was hilarity in Europe for some time as that era’s Woke Revolution got to spreading the love followed by an artillery officer emperor.
Honestly, getting involved in European politics is like trying to understand Afghanistan. Argumentative self-obsessed people who want me to care about their problems. Given the feminization of most of the place, from leadership right down to the street, I’m not convinced that any armies will get formed to do God’s work in Ukraine, but that doesn’t keep remote-control war from being pushed. Fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian will be quite a boon to the defense contractors.
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Posted by: scenes | 09 March 2025 at 12:28 PM
👍 nailed it…..
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“July 1987, Moscow, USSR — Trump, 41 years old, flies to Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Ambassador to the U.S., Yuri Dubinin.
Upon returning from Moscow, the bankrupt Trump suddenly receives loans from 16 banks and, without negotiation, purchases The Plaza Hotel for $407.5 million — a record price for a hotel.
What does this mean? There are several theories, one of which suggests that Trump is a russian asset.
Currently, three former KGB agents claim that Trump was recruited by russia. They allege that the KGB used flattery and business opportunities to appeal to Trump’s ambitions, aiming to recruit him as an asset.
Upon his return to the U.S., the then-apolitical Trump began loudly criticizing NATO, taking out full-page ads in The Washington Post on September 2, 1987.
These claims come from Alnur Mussayev, former KGB officer and ex-head of Kazakhstan’s intelligence service, as well as ex-KGB agents Yuri Shvets and Sergei Zhyrno, who now reside in the U.S. and France, respectively.
None of these former KGB operatives has provided direct evidence, but the fact that three agents, speaking at different times and from different locations, tell the same story suggests that the possibility should not be dismissed.
Regardless of whether these allegations are true, Trump’s behavior is telling. He has sided with russia and North Korea at the UN, is pulling out of NATO, and has alienated Western allies with trade wars.”
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“None of these former KGB operatives has provided direct evidence…”
Hillbilly Ejaculate… did that feel good?
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“There are several theories,”
This is hilarious – Hillbilly still thinks Biden is sharp as a tack and now is repeating gossip about Trump from Russians!
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Posted by: Resurrected Hillbilly | 09 March 2025 at 01:55 PM
Might as well just enjoy it jeffy….just like we did during the last Brainstem administration.
Only 3 3/4 years to go!
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“What does this mean? There are several theories, one of which suggests that Trump is a russian asset.”
roflmao
THERE ARE SEVERAL THEORIES, ONE OF WHICH SUGGESTS THAT TRUMP IS A BELGIAN SPACE ROBOT.
Why of course he is. Putin is directly beaming a mind control order to Trump to round up all Nevada County Democrats and put them to work building a vast pyramid complex somewhere in Nevada. They will be forced to undergo training as a slave workforce specializing in stone working and the recycling of men’s room tampon machines into masonry chisels.
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Belgian? No way.
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I just love this stuff. This is the sort of thing Democrats love to write currently. They’ve kind of lost it, Trump has broken them.
https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/1j283j4/my_crazy_trump_supporting_neighbor_tried_to_get/
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I just hate that stuff… lies that pollute the body politic, and without any basis in truth.
For shame, assholes.
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re: Gregory@6:09
Reddit is something of a tar pit for the most Democratish Democrats. There’s so much insane stuff there that it’s remarkable. The march through institutions happened there via the moderator system and the most non-political groups are now political.
Honestly, I think it gives you a little insight into where local liberals are coming from and so that’s it’s value. They really think that the US is headed to the Handmaid’s Tale, that vandalizing some poor sod’s Tesla is the highest form of political expression. That unlimited immigration, men with fetishes, and DEI struggle sessions are the way to some sort of heaven on earth.
On RR, the locals can’t admit any of those things, so what they’re left with is making fun of Trump for his hair.
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Meanwhile, in Estonia:
“Estonian MP has demanded that Russia comply with the minsk peace agreements.”
https://x.com/Alex_Oloyede2/status/1898548842984788081
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“Our deficit has been the lack of the will to act, having no confidence, and sometimes even cowardice. But Russia will be helpless against united Europe,” Tusk said, adding: “It’s striking but it’s true. Right now, 500 million Europeans are begging 300 million Americans for protection from 140 million Russians who have been unable to overcome 50 million Ukrainians for three years.”
Donald Tusk. PM of Poland.
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scenes 5:04 – That post is total comedy:
“Since I live in a religious area, I am concerned that my boss may fire me or I may face penalties at the office.”
A ‘religious’ area?
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Happy Monday!
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT24dFfEA/
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Posted by: Resurrected Hillbilly | 10 March 2025 at 07:51 AM
If only he’d had an Autopen like the last guy…….!
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Here’s an interesting article. Remember all the ‘donations’ made by a certain party connected with KVMR?
“An examination of the data, for example, indicates that a single Colorado resident allegedly made 57,138 contributions — one transaction every 1.3 days — totaling no less than $234,441.”
Gee – I hope the forms were signed in the correct place. That’s very important to Hillbilly.
https://spectator.org/actblue-probes-may-shut-down-dnc-money-laundry/
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I really owe a debt of gratitude to TheUnion.com! The “Ideas & Opinions” offering from your local yuk yuks is the most entertaining blather this side of jeffy constantly doing his “Annoying Fat Neighborhood Kid” schtick!
…..absolutely delightful!
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re: scotto@8:15AM
To be fair, something like 15% of the ‘smurfs’ are Republican payments.
My favorite Grifter of the Day is definitely Stacey Abrams. I mean, what a piece of work. There should be plenty of articles out there on how much money has been skimmed over to her by the Biden Administration so I won’t bore anyone with them.
It’s crazy how corrupt people can be if they’re (a)From large city political machines (b)Democrat…a implying b typically and (c)a female POC. You can pretty much count on a 100% hit rate. There’s a really good chance that the ethnic/gender angle is simply due to opportunity rather than some cultural flaw I suppose, it’s a side effect of building a gynocracy. You always get more of what you subsidize and we tend to subsidize some sorts of criminality.
It would be nice if the new administration puts a stake in the heart of all this, but there’s so much money involved and so many people on some sort of take (or iron rice bowl) that it seems an impossible task. You should look up how many 501c organizations are just in Nevada County, how much the local government administrators earn, etc. There’s gold in them thar taxpayers.
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DOW down over last 12 months
“Another horrible day in the stock market yesterday, but don’t worry: The president is on the case. Politico shares that Trump will give an on-camera address to a Business Roundtable meeting this afternoon at 5. We’d expect many soothing noises to be uttered—or maybe Trump will yell at investors for the deep lack of loyalty they’ve showed in the recent selloff? Either way, should make for good TV.” Happy Tuesday, Sychophants
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Where was your elected Trump Puppet, Kevin Kiley, yesterday?
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“DOW down over last 12 months”
Yeah – the Dems sure had a great economy going there.
Let’s face it – the American economy is mostly selling amusements to ourselves and expensive coffee drinks.
Manufacturing started leaving in the 70s. And it’s not coming back until this country is willing to work for cheap like the 3rd world. Even Japan offshores a lot now. But our govt doesn’t want low wages – that means low taxes and increased pressure on hand-outs
Just as the local govts don’t really want low-cost housing. If the actual end cost (like manufactured boxes) is low, then the tax base is low.
Trump looks serious about cutting off the funny-money.
He needs to but it will result in a big slump, maybe a crash. Then our nation will put the Dems back in and we’ll have a National E-Money system and GNI.
Unless the Chinese have taken over by then.
Per usual – “women and minorities hit hardest”.
Enjoy!
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Jeffy, I don’t care where our Congresscritter is. Why do you?
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Gregory 8:54 – Hillbilly shows up here for the same reason Paul does – to demonstrate his ignorance and to throw rocks.
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If Kiley wants reelection, he’d better be on the phone to shake down donors for campaign donations.
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“Let’s face it – the American economy is mostly selling amusements to ourselves and expensive coffee drinks.”
It’s sad really, but of course the average Democrat is basically a net taker in terms of hard economic benefit.
Speaking of Democrats:
“WHAT’S GOING ON WITH ACTBLUE? The Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue was created more than 20 years ago, in 2004, at a time when Democrats were up in arms over another Republican president, George W. Bush. “In the early 2000s, grassroots supporters — frustrated with the Bush administration — were an untapped superpower for campaigns,” ActBlue officials wrote to mark their anniversary last year. “Since then, the leading online fundraising platform for Democratic candidates and campaigns helped process over $13 billion raised from more than 250 million individual donations.””
https://archive.is/Oh1gv
Team Blue is basically one giant Tammany Hall, based on freebies, government jobs, non-profits, infinite immigration. There’s the occasional exception, but not very damn many.
scotto: “Hillbilly shows up here for the same reason Paul does – to demonstrate his ignorance and to throw rocks.”
No AI needed, just some kind of web scraper that picks up the occasional Laurene Jobs’ magazine article or Daily Kos clickbait. If Trump farts hitting off the number 6 tee, we’ll hear all about it.
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Posted by: scenes | 11 March 2025 at 12:15 PM
No AI needed, just some kind of web scraper that picks up the occasional Laurene Jobs’ magazine article or Daily Kos clickbait. If Trump farts hitting off the number 6 tee, we’ll hear all about it.
A hobby can be very beneficial for the geriatric gentleman. He drinks less and there’s less chance that his wife (or Nory Fussell) smothers him in his sleep.
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Well duh…..
VanSwol
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Good riddance but what about all the others? Do kind of feel bad for the Irish.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rosie-o-donnell-moved-ireland-213240210.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink
😉
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Don’t cry for Ireland… her father was born there and her mom was Irish-American.
There’s enough Guinness and Bushmills to serve all.
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Cry for the Dept of Ed… it’s been halved. Two or three more halvings will be about right.
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Rosie O’Donnell.
I expect she’ll move back in a year or so to no fanfare. Foreign country, the local council won’t be big on her building plans whatever they are, weather, probably some crazy tax situation. I was pondering how someone like that ends up being worth around $100M. I understand fully how Pelosi pulled it off being a crooked politician and all, but a comic? I see that WC Fields, a bigger star in his day, died with $1.6M in modern dollars.
The money-makin’ angle is odd.
Karen Carpenter ($14M) vs Taylor Swift ($1.6B)
Same issue with sports stars, racing drivers, or even the advertising business (Google vs all the world’s magazines/newspaper/etc. 30 years ago).
Of course, who is today’s Emmanuel Goldstein? Elon Musk. A guy who actually manufactures hard goods of value. No wonder the local ex-newspaper editors, non-profit grifters, small scale music promoters hate him.
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No, it’s that Musk is stealing their democracy, the one they stole away over decades and thought they had buried deep enough to not be found.
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Because this is what goes on in a healthy transparent government…
Wonder why they’re having a shredding party at an agency that only feeds poor 3rd World children?
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shred-and-burn-all-documents-usaid-staff-ordered-destroy-evidence-tuesday
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It is official the paper of MAGA record WSJ has determined that MAGAloons are idiots.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5174696-wall-street-journal-donald-trump-tariffs-editorial/
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