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185 responses to “Sandbox – 16jun25”

  1. Scott O Avatar

    fish 9:35 – I’m sure there will be all sorts of unofficial saber-rattling “leaks” from the White House to try to get Iran to come to their senses.
    One thing that Trump said over and over while he ran was that he would not let Iran get nukes. Because Iran is run by Psycho-Muslims who care for nothing other than to make a big mess of us and Israel.
    What most of us are hoping for is that Israel can degrade Iran’s capabilities in aerial warfare and proceed to wear down their oil and port facilities to the point that the people of Iran will have had enough and install some sort of western oriented govt such as existed when the Shah was in power.
    Yes – I know – good luck with that. But it’s the best option right now.
    We can all thank that naive well-meaning idiot peanut farmer for this mess.

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  2. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Scott O | 19 June 2025 at 12:20 PM
    Because Iran is run by Psycho-Muslims who care for nothing other than to make a big mess of us and Israel.

    All well and good but the US using nuclear weapons of behalf of another sovereign where there is no immediate threat to the US is clearly impeachable!
    Let him bluster….as soon as he authorizes nukes he’s done!

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  3. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Happy Juneteenth, everyone!
    It commemmorates the day in 1865 that the Confederacy’s last stand in Texas was defeated and the slaves in Texas were told they were free.
    Slaves owned in non-Confederate slave states, Kentucky and Delaware, had to wait for December 31 for the 13th amendment to become active, and there were slaves on a Navy ship under sail and those folks were freed in England.
    Delaware waited until the very last minute. For shame, Delaware.

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  4. Scott O Avatar

    fish 12:29 – “the US using nuclear weapons of behalf of another sovereign”
    I think the “N” word is being used strictly as a scare tactic – and I could be wrong.
    If we did pop a nuke on their underground facility, they would justify it as necessary to destroy the weapon of a “sworn enemy” of the US. I don’t think Israel would even be mentioned.
    I keep hearing that a bunker buster wouldn’t do the trick but I’m not hearing anything about the capability of 3 or 4 in succession. Pretty sure that if we dropped one, Iran wouldn’t be able to stop us from augering right down as far as we want.
    I’m a long ways from the action and the people that actually know what is really going on.
    My only true knowledge is that Israel has decided there isn’t any more time to talk. And I trust their intel on the matter over anyone else’s right now.

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  5. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    fish @ 12:29 PM-
    “where there is no immediate threat to the US is clearly impeachable!”
    Islam has been at it (conquering all non-believers) for such a long time, that the definition of ‘immediate’ may have to consider that 50 years may be immediate in some cases. Just 50 years ago, we didn’t have England under siege; or the U.S. starting to be under siege; or Muslim countries having a gazillion of our dollars for oil.
    Islam will never accede to western democracy – that’s not in the Koran. How will things be here for us in 2075 AD?

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  6. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: The Estonian Fox | 19 June 2025 at 02:36 PM
    Islam has been at it (conquering all non-believers) for such a long time, that the definition of ‘immediate’ may have to consider that 50 years may be immediate in some cases.

    Yeah…just not this one!
    You want to worry about the slow conquest of the West by Islam I’m happy to have that discussion. But pulling Netanyahu’s balls out of the fire with nuclear weapons because he’s now bitten off more than he can chew with Iran probably isn’t the best way to do that!
    Not my problem…..

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  7. Scott O Avatar

    DB 2:37 – That poor woman has had her hair pulled way too tight:
    “We have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car.”
    What in hell is this woman talking about?
    The author of the article tried to excuse her stupidity but she has come out with way too much hate-filled nonsense for too long. Remember this unhinged rant?
    “”He is talking about you. It’s us. He’s not going to be — he’s not going to, you know, say, ‘Oh, you’re with a white guy, I’m going to keep you from being deported.’ No, he’s going to deport you and put the white guy with someone else. The man is out there,” Goldberg yelled.”
    She has no excuse. She is filled with hate and anger and she is blind to obvious facts and reality.

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  8. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Old Orange Fat Man attempts sanctions on Cali, wants to cut off funding for roads, bridges etc.
    …but sanctions on Russia…crickets.
    Trump is still Putin’s useful idiot.

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  9. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly
  10. Scott O Avatar

    “sanctions on Cali, wants to cut off funding for roads, bridges etc.”
    No need to remind us how well Trump is doing – but thanks anyway!

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  11. Scott O Avatar

    Stephen King:
    “The real culprit is the gun he used. They’re everywhere,…”
    Yes indeed – an inanimate object has culpability. It has agency and a free will – they can rise up all on their own and kill you – and they’re EVERYWHERE!
    Now – do knives, hammers, and motor vehicles!
    https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/06/20/stephen-king-real-culprit-in-minnesota-political-shootings-was-the-gun/

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  12. fish Avatar
    fish

    I like this…..

    Fugitive found in Nevada City after 3 decades on the run

    Posted right next to local screwball Tom Durkin’s photo in the “Pennysaver of the Pines”!

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  13. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re:fish@10:51AM
    lol. I had to selectively cut out that page.
    My favorite article was this:
    https://www.theunion.com/news/collaborative-effort-underway-to-address-homelessness-and-fire-risk-in-grass-valley-community-cleanup-event/article_f2d87b1d-4e61-4c52-aa75-002c14fc279a.html
    You just know how much good that’ll do. There’s nothing that a coalition of the homeless industrial complex and well-meaning low-competence people can’t accomplish. Oops, I meant ‘can’.

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  14. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Word!
    My fellow citizens: I did not emigrate to the USA fifty-five years ago, from the Socialist Republic, with its “dictatorship of the proletariat,” with the expectation to live under another autocratic dictatorship of a mentally incapacitated “President,” his cabinet of incompetent sycophants “yes, Mr. President” personalities, an impotent Congress, and a segment of the US public supporting fascism.
    “Mr. President” manifests symptoms of dementia (primarily in his speech). He is afflicted by a narcissistic personality disorder and sociopathy mental conditions. Due to these conditions and other deficiencies of his conduct and personality, he is disqualified to hold the position of the Presidency of USA.
    The “Republican” party of today is a cult of personality, a Political Party in Name Only.
    What can I do? I shall deny any support, in whatever form or shape, to this current ruling regime. I shall not vote for or support any “Republican” for any position, in government or elsewhere. I shall vote with my dollars, for any purchase, whenever feasible or possible (no driving a Tesla, for example). I shall wear a lapel pin with the US flag. I shall fulfill my duties as a citizen of USA. I shall hope that the MAGA people will wise up!
    Milan Vodicka, Ph.D.

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  15. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Quoting a socialist dem party parrot and failing to provide a link. just what would be expected from the former dark lard of liberal lament land. A nobel nomination will make a lot of TDS heads explode just imagine what a win would do! LOL
    https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-rubio-secure-rwanda-congo-peace-treaty-amid-pakistans-nobel-prize-nomination
    😉

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  16. Scott O Avatar

    Milan Vodicka, Ph.D. – a well known lefty crank to the readers of the Union.
    As a person who claims to possess a doctorate he knows a diatribe consisting of nothing but personal insults with zero facts or evidence is just spittle-blowing blather.
    He is – like all other folks with TDS – unaware that his stated intended actions show that he is enjoying the protection of Constitutional liberties that he wouldn’t have if the fed govt was autocratic or dictatorial.
    Nothing but rock-throwing BS.

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  17. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “As a person who claims to possess a doctorate ”
    C’est l’arnaque. There’s doctorates and there’s doctorates, but who am I to judge?
    Bummer that letters to the editor aren’t ever things that people have domain knowledge in or real experience with. I’d sure prefer some diatribe on potholes or the idiots at a Board of Supervisors meeting. Instead, you get feelz-based columns on national personalities, although TRUMP IS HITLER is losing a bit of it’s punch.
    Like the Chinese guy said in ‘Empire of Dust’, “It’s all so tiresome”.

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  18. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Scott O | 21 June 2025 at 06:48 AM
    ….he knows a diatribe consisting of nothing but personal insults with zero facts or evidence is just spittle-blowing blather.

    Or one of my posts!
    Man it feels great to be a gangster!

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  19. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Denver ICE Agents had an illegal alien from El Salvador, convicted of and wanted for raping a child in their sights to raid and arrest.
    Then Democrat run “Colorado Rapid Response” arrived on scene and alerted him, preventing the arrest of this child-rapist—now on the run.”
    https://x.com/Dapper_Det/status/1936404568750858576
    This is who you are dealing with folks.

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  20. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 21 June 2025 at 07:55 AM
    Then Democrat run “Colorado Rapid Response” arrived on scene and alerted him, preventing the arrest of this child-rapist—now on the run.”

    We don’t use the term “child rapist” any more….we prefer “future Democrat voter”.

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  21. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    This is who you are dealing with folks…
    The Yellow Cake Shekel Bros, BeBe and Bozo
    Both under indictment for their crimes
    Bozo throwing Tulsi under the bus (a know-nothing woman in his mind, no doubt)
    BeBe has been saying Iran’s nukes are just around the corner since the 1990s.
    But What Me Worry?

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  22. George Rebane Avatar

    RH 913am – A great example of leftwing anti-Christian hysteria. Consider instead a more reasonable report abetted by the lamestream’s response:
    https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/06/20/now-we-know-why-the-minnesota-assassin-story-disappeared-overnight-n4941019

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  23. Scott O Avatar

    “Sharia MAGA are on the rise…”
    Ya know, BeerBelly – there’s medication available for your condition.

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  24. fish Avatar
    fish

    ….and more than a third of the electorate thought President Brainstem was up to another four years.

    NEW POLL: Whopping THIRD Of Non-Trump Voters Think US Is ‘Dictatorship’

    Let’s be honest….progressive democrats are fine with a dictatorship….as long as they’re the ones doing the dictating.
    https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/new-poll-whopping-third-of-non-trump-voters-think-us-is-dictatorship/

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  25. Scott O Avatar

    re Trump “dictatorship” –
    The loons watch this crap and they think it’s real:
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/06/how-low-can-the-democrats-sink-3.php

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  26. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    GR 1016am
    I don’t know George, the shooter is not the only religions wackjob around these days.
    Punchable Texan, Ted Cruz says the bible tells him to go with Israel or be cursed.
    https://ffrf.org/news/

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  27. Scott O Avatar

    “Punchable Texan, Ted Cruz says the bible tells him to go with Israel or be cursed.”
    “Punchable” – I guess that’s what BeerBelly resorts to when he has no facts or reason to argue with – just violence.
    And to compare that opinion of Ted’s with the ongoing violence by the left is pretty damn lame.
    Nut jobs are the issue – not their religion.
    And the left seems to be cornering the market on them right now. Driven by fantasy, hysteria, fear and a complete lack of education in reality.

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  28. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Let’s be honest….progressive democrats are fine with a dictatorship….as long as they’re the ones doing the dictating”
    That has been Jeff Pellini’s view for as long as he’s been in Nirvana County.
    Yes, nut jobs are the issue. Driven by fear and panic.

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  29. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    lol. How familiar does this look? Just go to any local meeting, especially a female-heavy one.
    ‘This CIA manual for how to sabotage an organization from the inside sounds shockingly similar to how faculty meetings work.”
    https://x.com/florianederer/status/1936452244699816244

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  30. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “This is Michigan – why does Michigan look like this 24 years AFTER 9/11?
    I thought we “fought them over there so we wouldn’t have to fight them here?””
    https://x.com/avaricum777/status/1936444303557152801
    That’s the beauty of Elon Musk’s X. It’s filled with unanswerable questions.

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  31. George Rebane Avatar

    RH 103pm – As practiced by your tribe, you continue to ignore the evidence on covering the Minnesota shooter. The main lamestream outlets did not jump on your Christian nut-job angle, which they would have had that story passed even minimal muster with their lightly read audiences. But they did immediately put the kibosh on the story as soon as Walz’s involvement was discovered.

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  32. Scott O Avatar

    scenes 2:51 – Odd. Where’s the LGBTQXYZ contingent?
    Geez – talk about yer Stepford Wives.
    This is who the left and the Dems want to be cozy with.
    I think the fire went out under the Great Melting Pot.
    You import the 3rd world, you become the 3rd world.

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  33. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    When the Israelis hit the ban dar abas naval base in iran it was clear our strike was close as that shut down the iraninians ability to choke off the straight or attack ships. –
    B-2’s from whiteman hit fordow, natanz and esfahan. They were see taking off heavy and refueling right away which indicated a very large payload.
    😉

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  34. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    DOH! seen not see. LOL
    😉

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  35. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Well, we don’t have to worry about Iranian Nuclear talks any longer🤣

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  36. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Huh. What in the heck is this witchcraft?
    https://www.lightcellenergy.com/
    No doubt ‘looking for investors’, but I’d never run into the idea.

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  37. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    …and in education news:
    https://jamesgmartin.center/2025/06/the-sats-trust-fall/
    You know, I wonder if some larger state should put together their own more rigorous college entrance test for state schools. The current concept seems broken.

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  38. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The woefully uninformed dark lard of liberal lament land obviously did not hear the germans FM said the iranians were just stringing it along and refused to talk to the US until the attacks stopped. AS IF! The misdirection and total operational security of this mission was superb! ROFLOL
    😉

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  39. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    scenes,
    The BS in the SAT’s is because of the colleges saying they wanted less rigor.
    The reality wasn’t pretty.

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  40. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “A judge appointed by Obama has mandated that President Trump restore Iran’s nuclear facilities, asserting that the bombing infringes on due process.”
    Seen on X

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  41. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    LOL @736!!
    😉

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  42. Resurrected Hillbilly Avatar
    Resurrected Hillbilly

    Bomb, bomb, bomb..bomb, bomb Iran..
    https://youtu.be/zPpliCu_jEI?si=WY5Xc_lelitcTtCx

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  43. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Imagine if you went to New Yorkers on September 12th, 2001 and told them that in 24 years, a Muslim communist from Africa would be elected mayor of the city.”
    – Seen on X
    But ya know, anybody that isn’t Trump or a Trumpanzee or a jackbooted ICE agent is good enough for us!!!

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  44. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Alejandro told FOX 11 he found out about his father’s arrest from people who saw the video online and sent it to him. “He’s undocumented, yes—but he has no criminal record,” Alejandro said.”
    I’m going to guess there was a provocation by the dad a’gin La Migra but that can be adjudicated after he’s deported.

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