[Latest news on new home building. It seems that today more and more houses are built without separate dining rooms. This allows the house to be smaller and cheaper. But eliminating the dining room also indicates a culture shift in the young buyers. Fewer people today require a room in which the entire entourage of guests can gather for a meal and conversation that involves everyone. Such conversations require the participants’ shared knowledge bases, real time critical thinking, and the art of expressing oneself in a civil and sensitive manner that does not put people off and feeds their interest in what you have to say – social skills on the wane among the young. gjr]
ARCHIVES
- January 2026
- December 2025
- November 2025
- October 2025
- September 2025
- August 2025
- July 2025
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
OUR LINKS
YubaNet
White House Blog
Watts Up With That?
The Union
Sierra Thread
RL “Bob” Crabb
Barry Pruett Blog
RR FUNDAMENTALS
RECENT POSTS
- Father forgive them for they know not …
- Democrats Ascendant
- Scattershots – 4jan26 (updated 8jan26)
- Sandbox – 4jan26
- Venezuela on path to freedom and prosperity
RECENT COMMENTS
CATEGORIES
- Agenda 21 (490)
- All Things Trump (32)
- Books & Media (34)
- Budget (2)
- California (385)
- Comment Sandbox (488)
- Critical Thinking & Numeracy (1,312)
- Culture Comments (750)
- Current Affairs (1,858)
- Film (7)
- Food and Drink (9)
- Games (5)
- General (215)
- Glossary & Semantics (25)
- Great Divide (208)
- Growth (1)
- Happenings (679)
- Investing (43)
- Music (2)
- My Story (62)
- Nevada County (733)
- Our Country (2,430)
- Our World (629)
- Rebane Doctrine (130)
- Religion (38)
- sandbox (2)
- Science (33)
- Science Snippets (165)
- Singularity Signposts (144)
- Sports (3)
- The Liberal Mind (644)
- The Rear View (74)
- Travel (8)
- Trump (3)
- Uncategorized (45)
- We the iSheeple (620)
- Web/Tech (176)
rebanesruminations.com 
95 responses to “Sandbox – 25aug25”
“What we need is effective gun control”
That’s what has been sold after every big massacre… starting with the St. Valentine’s Day shindig in Chicago.
Not buying it.
LikeLike
psul: “What we need is effective gun control.”
The key word is ‘effective’ of course.
A tricky matter unless you can somehow get rid of guns, legal or illegal, owned by insane men-in-dresses and black ‘teens’.
Huh. Black market issues aside (and the 2nd Amendment of course), I wonder if you couldn’t tie gun ownership to property ownership somehow. Add in voting and you’ve changed the world.
LikeLike
THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME!
roflmao.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/08/27/annunciation-church-shooting-latest-news/
LikeLike
It’s the icky guns at fault…
No, it isn’t. In this case it was a young person of confused sexuality who had their body carved up by so-called “Doctors” who shot up their former school where their mom worked for a time.
LikeLike
“I wonder if you couldn’t tie gun ownership to property ownership somehow”
No, you can’t.
LikeLike
“No, you can’t.”
If you had quoted my entire statement, the answer is of course ‘sure you could’. It’s no more ridiculous a law than most.
A problem with property ownership as a prerequisite for full citizenship is the inevitable gaming of the system. 1 square inch lots would abound.
It’s interesting to think about how a voting body made up purely of males, over 21, property owners, some sort of minimum military service, would affect policy. Our current system is rather a new thing in any country, and as usual there’ll be evolutionary pressure on what works and what doesn’t. I suppose that in the final analysis success will be measured purely by birth rate, particularly with cultures on either side of the replacement ratio.
LikeLike
The right of the people to keep and bear shall not be infringed.
The answer remains no, you can’t.
LikeLike
“Black market issues aside (and the 2nd Amendment of course), ”
Reading is fundamental.
LikeLike
I blame the Internet, smartphones , and religious wackjobbery for societies ills.
LikeLike
Logic is fundamental.
The 2nd is supreme.
The answer remains no, you can’t.
The 2nd is available to all legal residents.
LikeLike
“So&So, You forget…”
Forgot nothing, moron – and you clearly decided to ignore the point of my post.
Johnson is an idiot and you’re too stupid to see what a maroon he is.
He claims Kiley doesn’t listen to the voters in his district – a safe district because the majority of voters in his district like him.
It’s a safe district BECAUSE he listens to his voters.
LikeLike
“What we need is effective gun control.”
And vehicles and knives and fertilizer and clubs and gasoline and rocks and sticks and fists and pillows and scarves and …
Get busy, Paul – let’s hear your plan…
LikeLike
“I blame the Internet, smartphones , and religious wackjobbery for societies ills.”
Yeah – before those things – there was never any trouble.
And those kids at Mass – engaging in Religious Wackjobbery – they definitely caused the shooting.
LikeLike
@507 Your sad litany of idiocy such as that might not be your fault. We have long learned that morbid obesity causes significant increases in brain plaques. ROFLOL!
😉
LikeLike
Posted by: Scott O | 27 August 2025 at 08:59 PM
Kiley’s seat is safe only until his district gets gerrymandered.
LikeLike
Re:Golden Dome (sounds like that might be the next thing that Trump wants to gold plate at the Capitol)
“This administration, and MAGA world, thinks about itself as being victimized by immigrants, government waste, leftist professors, and so on,” says Edward Tabor Linenthal, a historian who examined public narratives about SDI in his 1989 book Symbolic Defense: The Cultural Significance of the Strategic Defense Initiative. “It’s not much of a jump to be victimized by too many nations getting nuclear weapons.”
LikeLike
I can’t imagine anyone would waste their time going after Vice President Fellatrix…..
….unless it’s someone from the hood whom she jailed for their kids truancy issues or for smoking a little weed during a period when she was pretending to be “a tough on crime prosecutor”!
Anyway….hardly a federal responsibility in this era of extremely tight budgets! Maybe decamp to the old country…..Africa….India….Ladies choice! Either would be fine if the Boxed Wine supplies are reliable!
I’m sure Hillary Clinton has that research squirreled away somewhere! She should call…..
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/politics/kamala-harris-secret-service-canceled-trump-biden
LikeLike
Please come back to Kracker Barrel..
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1962309604523249/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
LikeLike
White Hydrogen
https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-abstract/78/2/18/3332556/Vast-amounts-of-hydrogen-are-likely-hidden-under?redirectedFrom=fulltext
LikeLike
New Fashion Statement
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid037c5G9kafZ3cZGuaQczWUZ4zPaB7yo1UEMv4wH2XBmtR292LPmezpPZYcNM69u5Bcl&id=100064860241186&post_id=100064860241186_pfbid037c5G9kafZ3cZGuaQczWUZ4zPaB7yo1UEMv4wH2XBmtR292LPmezpPZYcNM69u5Bcl&mibextid=NOb6eG
LikeLike
“Kiley’s seat is safe only until his district gets gerrymandered.”
sigh
Yes, BeerBelly but that wasn’t my point.
Go back and try again with adult help.
LikeLike
Beerbelly 4:18 – why are you quoting this stooge?
He’s an idiot.
“This administration, and MAGA world, thinks about itself as being victimized by immigrants, government waste, leftist professors, and so on,”
I don’t think this at all and I’m sure no one else here thinks this.
You could actually listen to conservatives but you’d rather listen to a moron tell you a fantasy about them.
LikeLike
If johnson is smart he will stay away from pritzker as he is binge eating. –
“Six people were killed, and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend, and JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing CRIME. He is CRAZY!!! He better straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming! MAGA. President DJT,” Trump wrote.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/30/trump-slams-pritzker-after-chicago-violence-he-better-straighten-it-out-fast-or-were-coming/
😉
LikeLike
ScottO Re: Johnson’s letter…
“Since he was elected, the Congressman has enjoyed a level of job security that has allowed him to do only the bare minimum. He prefers hosting telephone town halls to attending in-person town halls, and he spends more time talking to the personalities on Newsmax than to the people in his district.
If the Congressman wants to save his job, he will have to change his tactics. It is time for him to get out of his Rocklin office and start talking with his constituents, even people he doesn’t agree with. As the disastrous town halls hosted by Congressman Doug LaMalfa demonstrate, this experience may not be pleasant, but it will be necessary if Kiley hopes to hold onto his seat
ScottO says…
“He claims Kiley doesn’t listen to the voters in his district – a safe district because the majority of voters in his district like him.
It’s a safe district BECAUSE he listens to his voters.”
Kiley is afraid to show his face in Nevada County.
ScottO is the only one who thinks Kiley listens to his constituents. It is a “safe” district because there were more votes for him. That doesn’t mean he listens to anyone.
And Abbott doesn’t care if Blue Reps are listened to by their constituents. He wants to erase them.
LikeLike
When will Trump be sending National Guard troops to Florida?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/doorbell-camera-captures-gunmen-opening-fire-florida-home-broad-daylight-shooting
LikeLike
Damn Libs!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1063827792358785?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
LikeLike
“ScottO is the only one who thinks Kiley listens to his constituents.”
BeerBelly is reduced to posting outright lies.
Sad.
LikeLike
When in trouble,
When in doubt:
Run in circles,
Scream and shout.
LikeLike
The porcine poster boy for urban rot and defund the police with predictable outcomes –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/35-shot-in-chicago-as-governor-rejects-trump-s-threat-to-send-in-national-guard/ar-AA1LAPHh?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=68b4a5d1203242528d593a783bcf7b36&ei=140
😉
LikeLike
They are not going to give up their msm monopoly and listen to those youngsters, hell they still cannot stop sayin latinX even though it enrages 80 plus percent of hispanics. ROFLOL
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/democrats-need-to-grasp-new-media-or-they-will-lose-2026-warns-progressive-podcast-host/ar-AA1LBhkQ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=68b4d1ada3524ca68724a467df11a39b&ei=59
😉
LikeLike
Don, you are going to have to try harder 😉
https://futurism.com/neoscope/conservative-christian-women-terrible-sex
LikeLike
Canks? Trump’s cankles?…
https://ivehaditpodcast.substack.com/p/canks-is-sundowning?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=3767973&post_id=172179866&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=9sy2o&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
LikeLike
Good news! Ammo is holding steady!
https://www.pewpewtactical.com/best-labor-day-gun-sales/?c=a2db0515a40f95c926&utm_campaign=Email+3209+-+Labor+Day+%2B+SG+%2B+Prep&utm_content=Best+Labor+Day+Gun+Deals+%28hand-picked%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=drip
LikeLike
And shooters can buy ammo from out of state a’gin, like an American.
LikeLike
@721 Says the guy who has no sex. ROFLOL
😉
LikeLike
Unbelievable quote from Trump lauding a person who was directly involved in the smashing in of doors to the Capitol during the Jan 6 rebellion calling her a patriot. She was shot by police trying to defend the Capitol.
““Who is the person that shot an innocent, wonderful, incredible woman, a military woman, right in the head?” Trump said. “There is no repercussion — that were on the other side, it would be the biggest story in this country. Who shot Ashli Babbitt? People want to know and why.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/11/trump-jan-6-insurrection-these-were-great-people-499165
LikeLike
Wonder where those comments went? Wonder, wonder, wonder?
LikeLike
fish
Do you believe Ashli Babbitt should be heralded as a hero as Trump does?
“The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was killed at 35 by an officer in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-offers-military-funeral-honors-to-capitol-rioter-ashli-babbitt
LikeLike
Got it, Punch. You think it was good for a trigger happy cop to shoot Ms. Babbitt.
LikeLike
And Ms. Babbitt was unarmed.
LikeLike
This is the saddest thing ever…..Brits and royalty!
TINA BROWN: When a fake king meets a real one…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/opinion/king-charles-trump-britain-visit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk8.m0n9.rob70JKlSVGt&smid=url-share
LikeLike
Good luck with that…..!
LikeLike
Wow. Check this out from Ty Cobb, Trumps former attorney!
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb, who served in Donald Trump’s first administration, on Sunday issued a chilling warning to fellow Americans.
“I think we should be scared to death,” Cobb told MSNBC’s Alex Witt, during a discussion on the indictment of former FBI director James Comey.
Cobb noted how the Justice Department “in the ordinary course of traditional processes” had concluded there was “insufficient evidence” to prosecute Comey and that he was only now being targeted because he was “an enemy of the president.”
“This is really authoritarianism,” and “should scare everybody,” Cobb cautioned.
Cobb also suggested that Trump’s deployment of troops to cities was possibly “practice exercises” of something more sinister to come and that the president’s focus on targeting his perceived domestic enemies is “just narcissistic vengeance at its core.”
What “scares me the most,” Cobb said, is how few Americans seem to realize the dangers of the moment they are living in, and the need for them to stand up to Trump and the GOP.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ty-cobb-donald-trump-comey_n_68da29c1e4b0d196a63ef6b8
LikeLike
Trump approval numbers are declining at an alarming rate. On RCP concensus polls he is now a -8.6 down from a high of +8.6. Thats a 14 point decline and dropping daily.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating
LikeLike
0Quick0….to the fainting couch….,.
“We the People are going about our lives — food, music, community, work — just trying to get by in peace. This government’s “leaders” — the president, Hegseth, Miller, Bannon, Patel, etc. — spew baseless hate-filled declarations of “war on the left.” Given her recently proclaimed “war on hate speech,” AG Bondi should be rounding them all up, including the entire complacent Republican mob in Congress..
Considering events of just the past two weeks (murder at sea, Epstein evasions, attempts at censorship, etc.), it’s a shock to see how many still stand behind this convicted felon, this charlatan, swindler, conniving opportunist, this traitor, backstabber, racist, infidel, misogynist and molester, this cheat, LIAR, and deal-breaker who doesn’t pay his debts, this illiterate braggart, draft dodger and war criminal, this vindictive man who openly displays his capacity for hate and retribution as well as his complete disregard for our Constitution, the nation’s laws, and fundamental decency.
We the People are NOT at war. We ARE in resistance. The “war” belongs to the louts who just go along. These complicit republicans betray our trust, and what’s worse is … they know it!
Resistance is what the Declaration of Independence is all about. That inspired piece of work has meaning in our moment. Refresh your memory, then “declare the causes which impel (you) to the separation” from, and the abolishment of, this gang of mean-spirited, ego-driven, anti-American barkers.
Nory Fussell, Nevada City”
LikeLike