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Sandbox – 9apr25

[Did I miss any of our commenters noting the evil Democrats led by Bumblebrain handing out Social Security cards (numbers) to millions of illegal aliens over the last four years?  Most of these were also accompanied by drivers’ licenses and get-Medicare-free cards.  All this activity to bolster Democrat voter ranks was made public by DOGE and reported on Fox News.  In response the lamestream has broadcast the sound of silence.  gjr]

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  1. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    It begs the question was it all on purpose by the wokesters running the WH? 0
    According to DOGE officials, about 6,300 of Biden’s migrants — paroled into the U.S. interior with no immigration status — were either on the Terrorist Watch List or had criminal records and yet were still rewarded work permits and Social Security numbers
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/11/bombshell-doge-report-terror-watch-list-migrants-on-medicaid/
    😉

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  2. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    You write
    “Did I miss any of our commenters noting the evil Democrats led by Bumblebrain handing out Social Security cards (numbers) to millions of illegal aliens over the last four years”
    What is your proof of that?

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  3. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Ya what a change from a vegetable to the orange tornado. LOL
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-answers-nearly-20-times-more-press-questions-3-cabinet-meetings-than-biden-did-4-years-report
    😉

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  4. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Isn’t this against the law to work for the government and further your own interests?
    “The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is cutting public affairs staffers at the Social Security Administration’s regional offices and will move its communications to Elon Musk’s X platform, WIRED and the Federal News Network reported Friday.”
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/social-security-to-move-comms-to-musks-x-after-doge-cuts/

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  5. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So firing overpaid bureaucrats and putting out the info on a free platform is a problem for the po ol ponytail of ignorance? ROFLOL
    😉

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  6. George Rebane Avatar
    George Rebane

    P# 624pm – https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-doge-social-security-data-elevate-claims-against-migrants/

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  7. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Aw Dr R he dont read no stinking links. I wonder of the ponytail of ignorance could pass it?
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/11/trump-takes-jab-at-biden-reveals-he-took-cognitive-test-got-every-answer-right/
    😉

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  8. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy… have you a Literacy Improvement Plan in place yet?

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  9. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Wow George
    Lots of information on your link. What is you’re opinion of this?
    DOGE makes incorrect claims about immigrants receiving “maximum” Social Security benefits
    Gracias also claimed the “defaults” in the Social Security system are set to “max inclusion, max pay for these people.”
    But experts say there is no “maximum” benefit setting for non-citizen workers. SSA guidance says those who entered the U.S. after Aug. 22, 1996, are not eligible for Supplemental Security Income such as disability payments from taxes they’ve paid within their first five to seven years in the U.S.
    There are cases where immigrants will make up a Social Security number on their employment forms, but this does not benefit the immigrants. It’s hardly ever corrected by the employer, and their paid taxes are labeled as “unattributed funds” and added to the Social Security trust fund.
    Undocumented immigrants without work authorization play a sizable role in funding the Social Security system. Analysts estimate undocumented immigrants account for an additional $20 billion annually in payments into Social Security that they will never withdraw.
    Romig said Musk “got it backwards” by saying “immigrants are somehow a drain on Social Security’s finances.”
    “The more immigrants that we have coming into the United States, the stronger Social Security finances are because they contribute more to the trust funds than they take out,” she said.

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  10. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Raymond Emery can’t grasp the difference in the correct usage of “your” as opposed to “you’re” and yet the reader is supposed to believe he can cogently opine on the nuances of illegal immigration and its detriment to the finances of the United States| 11 April 2025 at 09:29 PM
    “The more immigrants that we have coming into the United States, the stronger Social Security finances are because they contribute more to the trust funds than they take out,” she said.
    The ongoing Ponzi scheme fraud that is Social Security notwithstanding it’s good to see you “come out of the closet” and just admit that these people are here so you can steal from them! Also very important that you confine your (not “you’re” you senile dimwit. We’ve covered this….) analysis to money entering the SS system and not the overall drain on the country’s finances from all the other programs that illegals can access (school systems, medical/ER services, costs associated with criminal justice system, etc.).
    Again no links because you’ve admitted that you don’t read them so I have no idea what you’re referring to in your response to George because you don’t. Or you might have been lying when you said you didn’t read links even though you went on at length about why you didn’t read them for some reason. Of course if you were telling the truth ….it would ….? Frankly Paul Raymond the casual reader would be on far firmer ground to just assume you are always lying.

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  11. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    David “fish” Larsen
    At least I’m not ashamed to use my real name like you are. Refresh our listeners as to why you don’t use your real name on this blog.

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  12. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Why doesn’t Pellini use his real name on this blog?
    That phish upsets you is good enough for me.

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  13. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Raymond Emery | 12 April 2025 at 11:35 AM
    At least I’m not ashamed to use my real name like you are. Refresh our listeners as to why you don’t use your real name on this blog.
    Yeah…..use real name = charging the beach at Normandy!
    Well….you are the “Stalwart Man About Town” aren’t you?
    And they’re not “our listeners”! They’d be “our readers” if this was your blog….but it isn’t is it!
    You want to get back to discussing taxing illegals so they can fund your retirement? That sounds interesting!

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  14. ghoti Avatar
    ghoti

    Posted by: Gregory | 12 April 2025 at 11:42 AM
    That phish upsets you is good enough for me.
    Frankly I’d grown to prefer “Ghoti”.

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  15. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    No surprise there –
    The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is pointing the finger at three Democrat-controlled states for the bulk of fraudulent unemployment payments.
    The agency recently uncovered $382 million in such payments since 2020 and named California, New York, and Massachusetts as the top states to blame for the problem, Fox News reported on Friday.
    https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/12/doge-three-democrat-run-states-had-most-of-382-million-in-unemployment-fraud/
    😉

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  16. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    RE Gregory 12:14
    RR Readers: Gregory is a local Trumper and fake libertarian who has never once on this blog expressed any support for Libertarian candidates or policies. He’s a good example as to why Libertarian candidates are such failures in local or national elections. Gregory not one time expressed any support for Chase Olive who was the libertarian candidate for President last year. He prefered to hide under Trumps desk popping up to support him over and over.

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  17. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punch, there is/was no Libertarian/libertarian on the 24 ballot by the name of “Chase Olive(sic)”. Fuck you, punch.
    I’ve supported and announced I’d vote for a number of Libertarians since beginning to post here a number of years ago, even though RR is more Republican than I’d like… I saw it as a free speech blog, unlike Pellini’s.
    Over and over? I’ve voted for Trump ONCE.
    Half of California’s expenditures are in Education and they pay dues to the hard leftists running the unions. They run the state.

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  18. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Thanks for the correction Gregory. The essence of my post remains the same. When did you ever advocate for Chase Oliver for President on this blog?
    “Libertarian National Convention
    The Libertarian Party held its presidential nominating convention on May 24-26, 2024, in Washington, D.C..[1]
    Presidential nomination
    The Libertarian Party selected Chase Oliver as its presidential nominee on May 26, the third day of the national convention.
    https://ballotpedia.org/Libertarian_Party_presidential_nomination,_2024

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  19. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    I didn’t support Chase for President, hence I didn’t write puff pieces for him.
    I find it strange your obsession of my lack of support for the fringiest of the fringe candidates under the banner of the Libertarian Party.
    Poking around, I found this magic carpet to the past… written by former frisco columnist, Debra Saunders, “Ron Paul: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out”.
    My wife Teri and I were standing maybe 10′ from Saunders and Ron Paul during her interview. Our son was in utero, sneaking in without paying.

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  20. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/22/ron_paul_turn_on_tune_in_drop_out_112495.html

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  21. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punch.
    Now is the time to revise your slander.

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  22. fish Avatar
    fish

    RE PAul Raymo0nd 12:14
    RR Readers: Paul Raymond is a local idiot and for some reason decided to refer to himself as a “Green libertarian” who has never once on this blog expressed any interest in describing or identifying the philosophy probably because in his mind “Green Libertarianism” was whatever the democrats were trying to sell on any particular day being from carbon taxes all the way to tax funded transing of minor children! I’m pretty sure the “Green Libertarian” schtick was just a way to bum drinks from gullible Bay Area denizens who happened to up for the day and he’s a good example as to why Libertarian candidates are such failures in local or national elections. Paul Raymond not one time expressed any support for Chase Olive except in his cocktail and who wasn’t the libertarian candidate for President last year as it was Chase Oliver showing again what a senile knucklehead he really is not knowing the name of the candidate he claims to have endorsed! He preferred (sic) to hide behind poll after poll, all completely wrong about Trumps eventual victory popping up to denigrate him over and over, which is fine if you’re (see pinhead….contraction of “you are”! Was that so hard?) entertaining and have something interesting to say instead of being the worlds wrinkliest teenaged girl constantly bleating about the same nonsense over and over again!.

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  23. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Let’s for a moment talk about Chase O., the guy who ran against Trump without Trump noticing.
    He apparently never went to college and his “professional” experience started with restaurant work… busboy? Not sure if I put that category as a profession. Many years ago I eagerly sat listening to Russel Means (standing next to me) when he made the rounds of Libertarian groups presenting his campaign for President.
    I decided I could not support him for the office because he lacked the intellectual depth while having the gravitas needed. College does matter for the POTUS job.
    Oliver waited tables. Punchy strums a gee-tar and tries to sing. Neither are much good to prepare someone to be POTUS or even discuss politics amongst adults.

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  24. fish Avatar
    fish

    Dollar Store Obama managing to look every bit as stupid (Love the hat! Looks like he’s at “Picture Day” for the dull normal at Yankee Stadium!) as we’ve come to expect!

    Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries Rips Hegseth as ‘Dumb Effing Individual’…

    Enjoy him progressives….he is your ultimate Affirmative Action hire!
    https://www.mediaite.com/politics/so-called-secretary-of-defense-dem-leader-hakeem-jeffries-rips-pete-hegseth-as-dumb-effing-individual-in-dei-book-ban-vid/

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  25. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Going once.
    Going twice.
    Punch, you owe me a retraction and an apology.

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  26. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy?
    Punchy?
    Punchy?
    Punchy?
    Punchy?
    Punchy?
    …

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  27. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Hate speech has consequences and 55 percent of the party of hate condone this –
    https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/04/13/fbi-teen-murdered-parents-in-extremist-plot-to-fund-assassination-of-president-trump/
    😉

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  28. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    They are going to have to dig them up and pull them out by the roots –
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/we-re-not-going-to-stop-red-state-college-administrator-shown-explaining-loophole-around-anti-dei-law/vi-AA1CUuvT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=d8beab1339494783b79f477bfb39e3ef&ei=40
    😉

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  29. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    I have gone into a description of Green Libertarian philosophy several times but apparently you have no memory to recall it. In a sentence it means we don’t believe the government should have to tell us how to live in harmony with nature and the earth because it should come naturally and not have to be enforced by laws or police. It is simple to understand and know that coal for example is not a sustainable source of clean energy so not depending on it should come naturally to an intelligent and aware person and they should not need a law against it.
    I can go on and on which I will when I have more time.

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  30. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So who is ‘we’ you and the two hairs in the ponytail?
    😉

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  31. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Trump clownshow continues,
    https://x.com/atrupar/status/1911813516220149779

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  32. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    “we don’t believe the government should have to tell us how to live in harmony with nature and the earth because it should come naturally and not have to be enforced by laws or police.”
    Anyone who actually believes that is further gone than I imagined.
    Operating a govt based on what “should” come “naturally” is WACK to the nth degree.
    Sorry – I’m sticking with the Constitution. There’s too many people that act “naturally” that need a rope around their neck.

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  33. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    So Scott, you don’t approve of the Bundy cattle grazing plan?

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  34. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Clueless, yet winning thanks to MAGA puppets who voted for the bastard…
    Trump Envoy Witkoff Says Had ‘Compelling’ Meeting With Putin
    “Optics are telling us all we need to know about Team Trump’s ill-advised approach to negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Just as the Russian dictator entered the room to meet with Steve Witkoff for a third time, President Trump’s special envoy was observed placing his right hand over his heart.
    It was a pathetic display of endearment to the Russian dictator and indicted war criminal. The Kremlin also interpreted Witkoff’s obsequious display as a green light.
    Within 24 hours, the same smug and emboldened Putin would authorize a Palm Sunday ballistic missile attack against the Ukrainian city of Sumy. Two Iskander-variant ballistic missiles packed with cluster munitions struck the city center, killing 34 civilians and injuring 117. Fifteen of Putin’s victims were children. The response from the U.S.? More performative excuses and condolences, but no tangible solutions.”
    Bloomberg

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  35. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: scotto@8:17AM
    Dammit. We were this close to a ‘ResurrectedHillbilly’ bingo. All ten comments filled. You blew it @8:17AM
    It’s like the good old days of the owner-commented, no-one-reads Pelline Blog.

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  36. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Too bad for the TDS set, action speaks louder than words and resonates –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/15/nolte-peak-trump-president-surges-to-highest-approval-rating-since-inauguration/
    😉

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  37. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Lol! Bessee used to be Trump’s Dow Jones Industrials cheerleader during his first term.
    So glad you have found something to be happy about again Bessee;)

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  38. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Fish, Gregory, Scenes, Bessee, Scott
    Trump is a truly evil person you supported to be our President.
    Trump made his latest remarks about his desire to imprison citizens in international facilities on Thursday on Fox News.
    “Could we use it for violent criminals, our own violent criminals?” host Rachel Campos-Duffy asked.
    “I call them homegrown criminals,” Trump explained. “The ones that grew up, and something went wrong, and they hit people over the head with a baseball bat.”
    “We are looking into it, and we want to do it,” he added. “I would love to do that.”
    https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-prisons/

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  39. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Hows life in the TDS minority ROFLOL oh great dark lard of liberal lament land. Life has been and still is wonderful for me and mine! –
    By a margin of 74 percent support to 26 percent, voters support deporting illegal aliens who have committed crimes. A full 70 percent support closing the border with only 30 percent opposing.
    When asked if they support a “full-scale effort to find and eliminate fraud and waste in government expenditures,” which is precisely what Elon Musk and DOGE are doing, this has 69 percent support with only 31 percent opposing.
    Nearly two-thirds, 65 percent want men banned from women’s sports. Only 35 percent oppose the ban.
    A full 59 percent support government programs and government forms specifying there are only two genders. A troubling 41 percent disagree.
    Nearly 60 percent want all racial preferences eliminated when it comes to government hiring and contracts, while 41 percent disagree.
    A full 57 percent are in favor of “freezing and re-evaluating foreign aid expenditures and the department that handled them,” while 43 percent oppose.
    The same number, 57 percent, approve of Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, with 43 percent opposing.
    By a margin of 64 to 46 percent, the public approves of Trump’s attacks on Houthi pirates.
    By a margin of 53 to 47 percent, people want to end bans on offshore drilling.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/15/nolte-media-fail-polling-shows-most-trump-policies-remain-wildly-popular/
    😉

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  40. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    What happened to the it only an irrelevant 1percent of our budget? –
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/pbs-stations-call-federal-funds-irreplaceable-and-essential-as-trump-administration-prepares-to-slash-public-media-coin/ar-AA1CZq3K?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=ebb89c8b5e1f4f9b85bfa65a1a33c85d&ei=100
    😉

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  41. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Don
    Do you think Trump did the right thing when he sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a Venezuelan prison?

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  42. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Error
    Wrong prison Garcia was sent to an El Salvador prison

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  43. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Oh great ponytail of ignorance, he was from El Salvador, their trash their problem.
    😉

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  44. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Why do you call him TRASH Gregory? He was a married family man who was raising three children and had a good job. Is that “trash” to you?

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  45. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Thats your bench LOL! –
    https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/04/15/daily-show-host-jon-stewart-tied-with-democrat-governors-in-latest-presidential-candidate-poll/
    😉

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  46. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The supreme irony LOL –
    Trump administration refers NY AG Letitia James for possible prosecution over allegations of mortgage fraud
    Letitia James is accused of listing a residence in Virginia as her primary, and listing her father as her husband on mortgage applications
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-refers-ny-ag-letitia-james-possible-prosecution-allegations-mortgage-fraud
    😉

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  47. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Letitia James.
    roflmao.

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  48. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punch 621p
    Your brain fart is showing.
    I wrote no such thing.

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  49. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    I apologize Gregory. It was Bessee that called him trash.

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  50. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Yes, I know.

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