[Don’t buy that new laptop until you find out when the next generation of AI-capable laptops become available. The push now is to have AI models executed more at the so-called edge of the cloud. That means that client PCs will be able to do a lot of the processing locally that should give better results and smaller latencies. More here – https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-models-locally . gjr]
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83 responses to “Sandbox – 22nov25”
George
Do you think it would be OK for an ICE officer to refuse to follow an order to tear a car with a baby in it? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/ice-agents-pepper-spray-man-baby-daughter
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That should be “pepper spray a car…….
news/2025/nov/11/ice-agents-pepper-spray-man-baby-daughter
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Should have been pepper spray a car with a baby in it
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I declare PSUL BINGO!!!
Everyone drink.
https://imgur.com/a/V4HqJsw
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So Paul – who has issued an order to pepper spray babies?
I saw the video and my first thought was the father’s name is possibly Jose Smollett.
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Hallucinations from Punchy. Like the hallucinations from the congresscritters pushing the kiddies in uniform not to obey orders.
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So Scenes is ignoring the FACT that his hero Trump is headed for a crash landing and he’ll be taking the Republican Party with him. The roots of the word ignorant is to ignore truth which is what he’s doing.
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Punch confuses facts with his delusions of the future.
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Retort, would you give Trump a thumbs up job approval? Fox polls give him a -17 polling for job approval. https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating
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You’ ve a chunk of crap on your thumb, Punch. Better wash your hands.
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“”Retort, would you give Trump a thumbs up job approval? Fox polls give him a -17 polling for job approval.”
Still thinks he’s hosting “Meet the Press”
#sad
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It’s “Meet the Depressed”.
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‘It’s “Meet the Depressed”.’
Well recently sure…!
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“…his hero Trump is headed for a crash landing and he’ll be taking the Republican Party with him.”
Great – then the Dems can run everything as they have in CA and all will be well.
I can hardly wait.
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Once again Retort, would you give Trump a thumbs up for job approval? Yes or no, simple.
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I still remember Tim Russert, the longtime and last great host of the NBC Sunday morning talking heads, greeting Rush Limbaugh with a smiling “welcome to Meet the Depressed”… he got back an embarassed chuckle from Rush.
The Proggie left never grokked Rush… even then, they had no sense of humor.
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Scott, do you give Trump a positive yes for job approval of would you be one of the 17% on the fox poll that said no?
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Askingthe same ”yes or no” question over and over again…..
”That’s a bold strategy Cotton! Let’s see how it works out for him.!”
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Hey Paul – who gave an order to pepper spray babies?
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here’s a good chuckle…
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/chat_attachment/AP1Ws4tjncuiFFGQXjx_LrMpAfJv_sN0836ymDI5-Xz8Xwx6E3E9IUUqnUMyBWlBHQdUmjTBKguWUkm-AMQrcA2GQe7kdOqarp01UiIJW_JHU4WEjooZy6zbEc5XWqz3QjPQLZT6ruOLiHzDy-ZJ65KJuN_SoSRzWFW2qUe2EmCB6LepYLHJW4KBFheB2O0DEmg7LEEdIOYJwZ5_P-UptY4RW3rlOQ1_JJ4buUWyTuwqa3r9Ujs_OkkuzKEZ7n2Ylw8cVSEda_R5DsFd5tTA7w-C-ZClHqWipyPQ8HeXQvjthCJzWbF6tJE8o06txdO1Ake26HM=w512
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I don’t know who gave the order Scott but it happened. It is documented . If he was given an order to do so do you think he should have refused to do it? If he wasn’t given an order should he be arrested for it? I believe if he was given the order he should have refused and if he wasn’t he should be arrested and held responsible.
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I expect there was no order to gas babies, citizens or no. Parents need to avoid riots.
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“I believe if he was given the order he should have refused and if he wasn’t he should be arrested and held responsible.”
And what will probably happen is that after the headline has all of progressivedom (dumb?) in an uproar it will turn out that it never happened Ala “Hands up don’t shoot” or “The Border Patrol was whipping illegals from horseback!”
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So fish do you believe it didn’t happen? By the way do you give Trump a positive yes for for approval?
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Your call is important to us! Please continue to hold.
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Punch
There was no order to tear gas little kids.
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“I don’t know who gave the order Scott but it happened. It is documented”
So there is a “document” that there was an order to pepper spray babies?
I don’t think so, Paul.
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Are you saying the pepper spraying is fake fish? What facts do you base that on?
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So Scott there are three possible scenarios in this situation: One is that the sprayer was ordered to do so. Another is that he did it on his own with no instructions to do so and the last one is that it never happened and is a lie. Which do you subscribe to or do you have another option?
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There’s another possible scenario….
That you’re an idiot.
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““I don’t know who gave the order Scott but it happened.”
How do you know there was an order?
Do you find it odd that 2 different people inside the car were already aiming at the truck before the truck even pulled along side? I’ve seen 2 different vids of the event and one was taken from the back seat and another probably from the front passenger position. Why were they both videoing the truck before anything untoward happened?
You actually have no damn idea that anyone ordered an ICE agent to spray babies and you have no idea who was in the truck.
But that doesn’t stop you from assuming all sorts of wild tales about ICE agents ordered to pepper spray babies.
Your hatred and TDS make you an easy target for fear-mongers, propagandists, and fakers.
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I don’t think I need a $15k laptop at this point…
HP ZBook Fury G1i 18 Mobile Workstation PC with 3 Yr Warranty & Wolf Pro Security https://share.google/XV4ZAi7oMUCRzZv7P
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“Snadbox” (sic) …Dry drunk war commander wants to charge vets who quote the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
This douche is an angry child.
Hegseth could have said that he agreed that it is important that all military personnel check themselves to see whether or not they are violating any codes, but no .. he has to throw a little tantrum like Trumpy.
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So convenient that MTG retired as soon as she was eligible for her retirement 🤣
https://x.com/annvandersteel/status/1992992269415157930?t=OUxOJwMes0ZtrQBi-ktFyg&s=19
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“Your hatred and TDS make you an easy target for fear-mongers, propagandists, and fakers.”
I honestly think that it’s old age some to some extent. A combination of risk aversion (odd, since the elderly don’t have as many years to guard), a bit of mental degradation, increasing isolation over time even in the case of a bar musician. There’s probably some known old age side effect that involves believing stories and inventing little tropes to explain the world. Symbols trump reality at some point.
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No, Punchy has been a raving lunatic for a number of years.
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Why Johnny can’t read – or Why the left is winning:
“America’s Largest Teachers Union Is Doubling Down On Radical Left Ideology”
And your tax dollars are financing this.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/americas-largest-teachers-union-doubling-down-radical-left-ideology
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More of your tax dollars at work:
“Whiteness features colorblindness, passivity, and White fragility, which are all covert expressions of racism common in the United States.”
Well Jim Crow sure wasn’t passive, fragile, or colorblind, so accordingly it must have been heaven for Blacks back then.
https://innovation.umn.edu/culture-and-family-life-lab/whiteness-pandemic
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Our dear, most corrupt, self-dealing, immoral, unethical President ever…and local Ruminator hero at work …
“Trump Pardoned Nursing Home Fraudster After $960,000 Lobbying Push: Report
Trump pardoned a nursing home tycoon convicted of fraud after two other men — also convicted of fraud — were paid almost $1 million to lobby the Trump administration for clemency, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The bizarre story, which sheds light on the pardoning process in Trump’s second term, revolves around Joseph Schwartz, who was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million.
The conviction was secured by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, which was led by Alina Habba, Trump’s former defense lawyer, at the time of the sentencing.
Schwartz was given a “full and unconditional” pardon by Trump earlier this month after Schwartz paid $960,000 to lobbyists Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, according to The Post.
Burkman and Wohl, both well-known right-wing agitators, have themselves been convicted of telecommunications fraud.
Legal experts told The Post that the pardon raises concerns about the rise of “a special tier of justice for people who can afford to pay.”
A White House official denied any lobbying ties and said “any one spending money to lobby for pardons is foolishly wasting funds.”
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“Our dear, most corrupt, self-dealing, immoral, unethical President ever…”
RH is so cute when he pretends to be upset about corruption and self-dealing. But just like his claim that the Trump family is a crime family without being able to point to any criminality, here he provides no evidence of corruption on Trump’s part.
“Legal experts told The Post that the pardon raises concerns about the rise of “a special tier of justice for people who can afford to pay.””
“Legal experts”? All of whom would request they are not named because they would all be mocked out of the legal profession for having stated such bilge.
The idea that there exists a “special tier of justice” only now being elevated with the swearing in of D. J. Trump is laughably moronic and stupidly dishonest.
We all notice the Epstein noise that RH was making has gone all quiet – golly RH – what happened? Cat got your tongue?
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The global warming acolytes are finding their lies dont get they sway they did after decades of death of the world bullshit never coming to pass – Media doing ‘damage control’ as widely reported study on cost of climate change gets retracted
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“But Hunter Biden!” the MAGA morons exclaim.
“In the latest episode of the never-ending MAGA money machine, Donald Trump Jr. just scored yet another massive government payday — this time a jaw-dropping $620 million Defense Department loan — thanks to a rare-earths start-up quietly backed by his own venture firm.”
It’s been pretty quiet here considering all the hoopla regarding dry drunk Pete Hegseth and his screw ups and lies trying to cover everything up.
What’s wrong boys, don’t have any answers or defenses to the worst administration you ushered in?
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“What’s wrong boys, don’t have any answers or defenses to the worst administration you ushered in?”
LOL – It’s RH and Paul that have been pretty quiet after all the BS they showed up here with that all blew up in their faces.
What happened to the naked zip-tied babies and the big Epstein deal?
Did Paul ever follow up on the Jose Smollett pepper spray hoax? All BS – all the time.
RH STILL can’t come up with any examples of corruption or crime from the Trump family. Nothing.
3 more years, haters – better learn to deal with it.
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““In the latest episode of the never-ending MAGA money machine, Donald Trump Jr. just scored yet another massive government payday”
Since I actually look into the facts, I discover that once again the haters with the business acumen of a tree stump are conflating a bunch of words they don’t understand into:
“Trump! Bunch of money!
Here are the facts:
“Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, as reported by the Financial Times. “
I guess this is the best RH can do since he suddenly doesn’t want to talk about Epstein anymore. Or about all the ongoing corruption uncovered in California run by the Dems and our next POTUS – Gov Hair Gel.
Is this a great country or what?
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Scotto – DuH! You must be a moron. No conflict there. No similarities to what you were screaming and crying about when Hunter was being accused of basically the same thing.
The President’s son scores hundreds of m$ll$ons from Daddy to play with. Nothing to see here!
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George, Scott, Barry,and Sierra Foothills Retard must be marveling at the brilliance of Trump being able to lower drug prices by 500 – 600%. Finally, the drug makers will be paying us to take their drugs!
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“No similarities to what you were screaming and crying about when Hunter was being accused of basically the same thing.”
You’re finally correct – there are no similarities in the DoD contract to a company that Trump Jr doesn’t work for and the millions that went directly to the Biden family in exchange for political favors.
And the Trumps pay their taxes to the IRS.
Hunter – not so much – at least until after years some one blew the whistle on the whole criminal deal.
Thanks for playing, RH – better luck next time.
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Ah, I see you are merely a brainwashed MAGA with no concept of how venture capital works…
…when a venture capital (VC) firm invests in a company, they receive an ownership stake, usually in the form of private stock or convertible debt, making them part-owners in exchange for funding, aiming for a high return when the company succeeds (via IPO or acquisition). They get a share of equity, diluting existing shareholders, and often gain influence through board seats or decision-making rights.
How it Works:
Investment for Equity: In return for capital, the startup issues shares to the VC firm, granting them a percentage of ownership.
Dilution: This new issuance of shares means the original founders and investors now own a smaller percentage of the company (dilution), but their shares are now part of a more valuable entity if the investment is successful.
Control & Influence: VCs often negotiate for board seats and certain control rights (like approving major spending) to protect their investment and guide growth, acting as partners.
High-Risk, High-Reward: VCs invest in high-growth potential companies, accepting that many will fail, but hoping for huge returns from a few successful ones (like Google or Uber).
In essence, the VC becomes a shareholder, owning a slice of the business with the goal of selling that slice for much more money later on. …
So when China started playing games with rare earth metals, Donnie Jr said, let’s create a vaporware company and get daddy to give us money…
see Scotto, not that hard to understand…
…but seeing as you probably believed Trump was going to get drug companies to pay you to take their drugs, enjoy your own Private Idaho.
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MAGA must be so proud of their Dream Team in the Pentagon Briefing Room…
Dry drunk with anger issues, unofficial War Commander, Pete Hegseth has replaced the real reporters who cover the Pentagon with clowns and novices he expects will function as propaganda mouthpieces. At a press briefing on Monday, the so-called reporters included a video gotcha artist named James O’Keefe, the online conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, disgraced former Congressman Matt Gaetz, and a “correspondent” for a news site operated by the “My Pillow” guy (and Trump toady) Mike Lindell.
When the going gets tough, Hegseth fires JAG attorneys…
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Reeling from the bad press, what has Hegseth done? He has replaced the real reporters who cover the Pentagon with clowns and novices he expects will function as propaganda mouthpieces. At a press briefing on Monday, the so-called reporters included a video gotcha artist named James O’Keefe, the online conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, disgraced former Congressman Matt Gaetz, and a “correspondent” for a news site operated by the “My Pillow” guy (and Trump t
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