Sandbox - 15mar20

[As one reader echoed the warning to Julius - 'Beware the Ides of March!'  Lot is happening in these trying times.  I have posted 'Testing, testing, testing, ...' for the continuing discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Please deposit your topical good thoughts there.  gjr]

Comments

[Walt]

The two geezers from the Muppets are debating tonight.
Joe's MAD COW disease will be on full display.
And Burine's will be giving away free everything.

[scenes]

"The two geezers from the Muppets are debating tonight."

It would be interesting to make all the questions about running for office, it's the only thing professional politicians know about anyway.

I'm serious. Watching them fight about bonafide domain knowledge would show their general thinking-on-their-feet abilities plus I might learn something.

Either that, or a Google interview.

[Bill Tozer]

Guy Gavriel Kay
@guygavrielkay
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“Is it me, or are the Ides of March a bit too on the nose this year?”

https://twitter.com/guygavrielkay/status/1239271497769914369?
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
So now it is reported that, after destroying his life & the life of his wonderful family (and many others also), the FBI, working in conjunction with the Justice Department, has “lost” the records of General Michael Flynn. How convenient. I am strongly considering a Full Pardon!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1239242219019735042

[fish]

The left....is of course......an endless source of entertainment!

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS, ESPECIALLY FOR AMERICA’S NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL.” Derp: AOC Advises People to Eat at Home Just Days After Calling People ‘Racists’ for Eating at Home.

Much like our very own PunchyBot!

https://www.redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2020/03/14/derp-aoc-advises-people-to-eat-at-home-just-days-after-calling-people-racists-for-eating-at-home/

[Bill Tozer]

Or like our media.....

CNN Plays the ‘That’s Racist’ Card on Virus, Forgets Own History

“And faster than you can say “identity politics,” CNN abruptly began to toe the Chinese Communist party line. One CNNer after another began saying that, yes indeed, the phrase “Wuhan Virus” or “Chinese Virus” is….racist.

But as the Media Research Center quickly and vividly illustrated — oops! Yes indeed, as this video illustrates, no less than one CNN host after another had been using the very term that suddenly, of a sudden, was now racist. Oops indeed.”

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2020/03/14/cnn-plays-thats-racist-card-virus-forgets-own-history

You should check out News Busters today. Fun scrolling the headlines. Glad I don’t watch that crap. Talk about airborne nasty viruses.

—NY Times, Which Used 'Wuhan Virus,' Accuses Conservatives of Racism for Doing Same
—ABC Continues to Insinuate Trump Is Infected Despite Test Being Negative
—Stelter to Surgeon General: Shut Up About Media 'Bickering' and 'Partisanship'
—Never Trumper in Atlantic Magazine: 'The Trump Presidency Is Over' Due to Coronavirus
—WashPost Puffs Maddow as She Says Under Trump It's 'Going to Get Worse and Worse'

And on and on it goes, where it stops nobody knows.

https://www.newsbusters.org/

[Bill Tozer]

Gas prices dropping due to lack of demand, nat’l average is 2:38/Gal

[Buck Sexton]

Trump is trying to out do Obama now. Interest rates to zero, planned bailouts for useless cruise ship companies and others, and 1.5 Trillion for the Wall Street elites.
All that for a little flu that Trump said will just go away.

[scenes]

re: Buck Sexton

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/health/policy/28health.html

"President Barack Obama says the spread of swine flu is a cause for concern, but "not a cause for alarm" and he's staying on top of the problem."

[Don Bessee]

You can see the priorities for some people -

The Los Angeles Times reports that gun stores are one aspect of the economy seeing a surge in business as Californians react to coronavirus news.

According to the LA Times, the line of customers at the Martin B. Retting Gun Shop in Culver City stretched out the front door and around the block on Saturday. Many of those in line waited five hours for their opportunity to buy a gun.

The owner of Laguna Guns & Accessories in Elk Grove, California, told the LA Times he has not seen guns sell at this pace since just after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Marijuana dispensary and liquor store sales are also surging.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/15/gun-sales-surging-citizens-react-possibility-civil-unrest/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

The Bernie bros ain't having it! -

https://nypost.com/2020/03/14/bernie-bros-warn-of-massive-exodus-if-democrats-nominate-joe-biden/

;-)

[George Rebane]

For those who read more than the lamestream. The $1.5T package is for small businesses and individuals, NOT "for Wall Street" like their propaganda is desperately trying to convince the nation - attn PaulE: these are the real Big Lies that you should be worried about.

[Don Bessee]

Dr R, to that crew anything that helps capitalist's commercial concerns and that helps their workers is anathema to the revolutionary red guard and TDS sufferers.

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Buck Sexton
@BuckSexton
Watching this Democrat debate for a few minutes: that the Left claims these clearly too-old-for-the-job, curmudgeonly, deeply unimpressive lifelong politicians have the answers to this country’s current crises is both absurd and pathetic

https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1239344575312994312

[Walt]

"Biden health care bill"? uhhh,,, NO such piece of bathroom tissue.

[Don Bessee]

Its the sheeple making it hard on everyone -

The Newport Police Department posted the surprising message on its Facebook page as shoppers across the country have flocked to supermarkets to stock up on supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic that has put much of the world on edge.

“It’s hard to believe that we even have to post this. Do not call 9-1-1 just because you ran out of toilet paper. You will survive without our assistance,” NPD wrote.

The department then offered numerous alternatives if people couldn’t find their “favorite soft, ultra plush two-ply citrus scented tissue.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-police-public-stop-calling-911-toilet-paper

;-)

[Walt]

Bad news for Emery from the old country.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/03/15/biden-single-payer-is-not-working-in-italy-right-now/
You guy said so.

[Don Bessee]

So fauxcahantas, naw, Tulsi, naw, OH NO shrilary?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-commits-to-naming-female-running-mate-if-nominated

;-)

[Walt]

How's the snow up in town?

[Don Bessee]

They love them open borders -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/15/joe-biden-no-deportations-for-any-criminal-illegal-aliens-in-my-first-100-days/

;-)

[scenes]

re: Uncle Creepy Joe Biden

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/10/politics/kfile-biden-drugs-fence-2006/index.html

"Joe Biden once spoke about jailing employers who hire "illegals," said sanctuary cities shouldn't be allowed to violate federal law, and argued a fence was needed stop "tons" of drugs coming into the country from "corrupt Mexico." "

Either it's dementia kicking in, or he's just saying any old thing to get the Hispanic vote.

You can't blame him for trying. Swing left for the primary, right for the main. This is a case where you pick a very tribal buncha folks, basically tell them that everyone they know back home gets to move to the US, profit!

It's our own fault for stealing the part of North America that has all the roads.

[Paul Emery]

"Trump health care bill"? uhhh,,, NO such piece of bathroom tissue.

[scenes]

"JOE Biden committed to picking a woman as his running mate during a heated Democratic debate on Sunday with rival Bernie Sanders."

the-sun.com/news/541970/biden-and-bernie-debate-in-dc-as-country-sits-on-brink-of-coronavirus-shutdown/

...and can you say 'Michelle Obama'? I knew you could.

paule: ""Trump health care bill"? uhhh,,, NO such piece of bathroom tissue."

lol. Where did that come from? Tourette's?

[Walt]

Need healthcare Emery? Go sign up with the VA.
Only the one hanging their hat on that are the ones who want something for nothing, and anyone other than THEM pay for it.

That's why Bernie is as done as burnt toast, and "mad cow" Biden can't remember what lie he's telling.

Yet you and yours still push a loser for Prez. And you and the Proggy Press prop Biden up at all costs.

[Buck Sexton]

Why can't Republicans get any traction on the Ukraine/Biden connection?

London (CNN)When Republican lawmakers this week abruptly canceled a plan to subpoena a former Ukrainian official in their investigations into the energy firm that hired former Vice President Joe Biden's son, they said it was to allow more time for senators to receive additional briefings.

But a Ukrainian magazine editor has told CNN that the target of the subpoena, Andrii Telizhenko, once offered him money to lobby US senators on behalf of pro-Russian media outlets.
A former Ukrainian diplomat, Telizhenko is an ally of Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and has been an enthusiastic proponent of the debunked theory that Ukraine, and not Russia, interfered in the 2016 US elections.

[Walt]

Ya, Emery had to steal that from me.

A LIE Emery won't talk about. Right Emery? How bout that bullshit "Biden Bill"?

Besides O buzzard of Broad St.,,, you really think your Queen of the damned Pelosi would even entertain a Trump plan on healthcare? LOL!!!
But TROLL on Emery with that line of "bathroom tissue".
Better save it... Your going to need it.

[Walt]

First off, your reading CNN "jon", and WTF do the Brits know?
There are bigger issues at the moment.
LIB news is too busy killing the world economy.

[scenes]

re: Buck Sexton@9:35

From the urban dictionary: troll

"A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned."

Personally, I think that Captain Trips is going to wipe all other topics off the table, so to speak.

[Bill Tozer]

No naked links.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2796041223765329&set=a.377872398915569&type=3&theater

[fish]

The Nevada City Left seems most befuddled by this……."We thought they just handed them out willy nilly as people walked down the street!"

HEH: A Lot of People Are Finding Out You Can’t Just Buy a Gun Online.

https://www.omahaoutdoors.com/blog/a-lot-of-people-are-finding-out-you-cant-just-buy-a-gun-online/

[scenes]

re: Fish@8:41AM

I suppose you could buy a pre-1899 gun or an 80% lower kit (is that still kosher in CA?), maybe a really serious air rifle.

[George Rebane]

Fish 841am - That the local lefties everywhere are an uninformed bunch should be clear to all who attempt to have a conversation with them. That evidence pours in daily. But I am still more than miffed when I see an occasional local rightie show his ignorance - he should relinquish his membership card until he get informed.

[Walt]

Nevada City will worship her.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/03/16/pop-star-keri-hilson-suggests-5g-linked-to-coronavirus/
"Pop star Keri Hilson has claimed that the rollout of China’s new 5G network is causing toxic levels of radiation that are a driving factor behind the coronavirus outbreak."

There are some real nutjobs in this world.

[scenes]

" But I am still more than miffed when I see an occasional local rightie show his ignorance"

Are you referring to me?

To my knowledge, you can still buy sans FFL pre-1899 guns (California has an odd additional rule concerning the ammunition not being commonly available), air rifles, parts kits but dunno about unfinished receivers. There's probably some explosives rule that makes Gyrojets not allowed.

[George Rebane]

scenes 957am - Not at all Mr scenes. You are right up there in the first ranks of our erudite readers.

[Bill Tozer]

My (former) 1866 US Calvary issued single shot rifle was not a firearm. The ATF classified that baby as ‘an antique’. Not a gun. Once, in a mischievous mood, I dressed particularly hobo-esque, drove went to town and walked up and down streets and downtown carrying the heavy long arm. Sure enough, somebody called the cops as planned. Or maybe the cops saw me. Anyway, I pulled out the AFT classification, documentation, papers of bill of sale, and even whipped out my ATF explosives and transportation permit (at the time) just to show off. Anyway, I did that once. I made my argument that this in not a firearm or gun or weapon, lol. After that, I never wasted my time or LE’s time again. I just had to try it once. :)

Discretion is the better part of valor. Just because I can does not necessity mean I should. :). Akin to the Constitution ruling that it is an expression of my free speech rights to flip off a cop. However, something tells me that it may not wise to exercise that right. Besides, I am pro-LE. (Hope Shannon Moon reads this). I am a good guy!

BTW, that 1866 rifle was the standard issue US Calvary single shot rifle used by General Custer’s troops at Little Big Horn. The Native Tribes were no dummies. They went to Canada and got repeaters....a fact we have discussed here before. Custer plenty blew Big Horn....which is why his most notable quote may be “War is Hell”. :).

[Bill Tozer]

Circling the Barn again; re Fleeing California.

This is one of the better videos I have seen. Prauger U. 13 min. If you got the time and are hunkering down.

https://patriotpost.us/articles/69229-video-fleeing-california-2020-03-16?

[Paul Emery]

Scenes posts 9:35:
Defination of a troll

"A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned."

Perfect description of fish. Thanks for the insight Scenes

[Bill Tozer]

Grrr. That was rather not Nevada City Friendly.

Well, I gotta compliment Punchy for using his real name. Thus, the definition of our Punchy Troll does not quite fix. The Matrix is not perfect:

“Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned."....or to answer himself.
Still, I wonder sometimes when Punch takes offense and answers in the first person at a comment directed at a third party troll. When I was a kid, trolls were ogres hiding under the bridge. :)

All is not lost. If the shoe fits..... Odd that Punchy would even toss in his two-cents over a definition that does not apply to him. Rather touchy, touchy. Touched a trigger, apparently.

“Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them.”

Yep, the rest fits. All is not lost.

[Walt]

Offended Emery? Fish is far from the TROLL definition.(unlike you) You EVER answer questions? (nope) Ever have facts to back up you noise?(nope) Change the subject when confronted?(Yup)
Post LIB crap that's easily debunked, (yup)
Well,, you DO hang out real close to a bridge.(the Pine St. Bridge)

[Walt]

Some good home furnishing ideas for the home protection minded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=351MeHVANao
Gotta love the little old lady and her discreet in plain site hiding spots.

[scenes]

Paul Emery: "Perfect description of fish. Thanks for the insight Scenes"

Your lack of self-awareness is breathtaking.

re: Walt@12:29

I didn't watch to the end, but how much is that thing? Myself, I've like the idea of cleverly built fine furniture with hidden nooks. There's some clever stuff out there. If people stuck to take down rifles, you wouldn't even need much space.

[Walt]

No prices given on any of the items.
I did like the "decorative" side table with the magnet lock.
Heck. I could build that. Maybe not as pretty, but just as functionable.(@ the 11:40)

[scenes]

re: Walt.

Hang on, I see some furniture that's more like what I'm thinking. I was referring to that giant under-the-bed gun safe.

By the time I needed something like that, I'd probably just want a secret room. My dad designed in one of those in his last magnum opus house with hidden door, very cool.

[Gregory]

"Our nation is a capitalistic socialistic economic system"
-Kenneth Jones

Kenny is confused...

[Walt]

A friend of mine has a pistol hidden within his front door.
Just a push of a discrete switch, a panel falls and he's ready to go.

[Walt]

Keep your over priced Tesla power wall.
I will make a "tactical wall".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQgxc3d1T20

[scenes]

@Walt. Maybe someone should build a nice lady's vanity with space for a Saiga shotgun.

[Walt]

Actually,, there is one like that in the vid.
May I suggest slugs for that Saiga? ( That Saiga .410 w/ slugs
is the best.)

[fish]

Posted by: Paul Emery | 16 March 2020 at 12:03 PM

Perfect description of fish. Thanks for the insight Scenes…..

Ironically I thought exactly the same thing when scenes posted his definition! The differences are: I am at least entertaining…..not screechy, pathetic, and whiny like you Punch. Second….I've been consistent in my choice of blog handle…..unlike the mentally challenged horde of proglodyte softheads who routinely drop by under different names and think that they contribute anything of substance here!

[Bill Tozer]

@ 12:51 pm
"Our nation is a capitalistic socialistic economic system“

Is that really you Gregory or are you a Russian Bot? Remember, you have to answer truthfully to my question if you are a Russian bot. A guy I know told me that.

:)

[Gregory]

"Is that really you Gregory..."

да

[scenes]

lmao.

Google 'Democratic Party' and check out the logo.

Hopefully it's still up when you look.

[Walt]

The one with the mule tails tied together?

[Paul Emery]

Of course we have a "capitalistic socialistic economic system“ Our schoolteachers, road crews, police officers, military on and on and on are the result of socialist ideals not free enterprise.

[Walt]

Sure Emery, you would be one of the first to complain if those were privatized.
Actually, fire dept.s were way back when. You didn't pay the fire brigade from down the street, tough luck.

Plenty of roads around here used to be private toll roads.
Want to go back to that?

We have private schools. LIBS don't like them.

I like the government running the military. Just like every other gov. around the world. Only you find a gripe about it.

But thanks for show your Commie colors.

[scenes]

re: walt@4:26PM

No, someone hacked the Democratic Party account. It's gone now but was up for most of the day. Like so:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-democratic-party-symbol-changed-to-a-rat-in-google-search/

re: Paul "Of course we have a "capitalistic socialistic economic system“ Our schoolteachers, road crews, police officers, military on and on and on are the result of socialist ideals not free enterprise."

'of course' lol. Typically the argument against that point of view is that socialism is collective ownership of means of production. I wouldn't sweat it, it's just a word. It's the kind of dustup over definitions that precocious teenagers have.

An exercise for you. Take five minutes and google for 'why police isn't socialism' or something like that. You'll find a thousand responses by a thousand people that basically say the same thing.

[Walt]

Damn Emery,, Every wonder what your taxes are supposed to be used for? Or are they just for elected officials to party on?(which is actually the case)

[Walt]

Called that one.. "Your paperzz Pleazzz???
https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Bay-Area-must-shelter-in-place-Only-15135014.php

"The order falls just short of a full lockdown, which would forbid people from leaving their homes without explicit permission. The order (read in its entirety at tinyurl.com/waddyqv) calls for county and city sheriffs or police chiefs to “ensure compliance,” and local authorities said they would not “rush to enforce” the directives as residents adjusted to understand what activities are no longer allowed."

[Buck Sexton]

Typical conservative Trump ass kissers,

For weeks, some of Fox News’s most popular hosts downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, characterizing it as a conspiracy by media organizations and Democrats to undermine President Trump.

Fox News personalities such as Sean Hannity and Laura In­graham accused the news media of whipping up “mass hysteria” and being “panic pushers.” Fox Business host Trish Regan called the alleged media-Democratic alliance “yet another attempt to impeach the president.”

But that was then.

With Trump’s declaration on Friday that the virus constitutes a national emergency, the tone on Fox News has quickly shifted.

On his program on Friday, Hannity — the most watched figure on cable news — lauded the president’s handling of what the host is now, belatedly, referring to as a “crisis.”

“Tonight, we are witnessing what will be a massive paradigm shift in the future of disease control and prevention,” he said. “A bold, new precedent is being set, the world will once again benefit greatly from America’s leadership. . . . The federal government, state governments, private businesses, top hospitals all coming together, under the president’s leadership, to stem the tide of the coronavirus.”

[Walt]

Says the LIB butt licking TROLL. And I'm sure your Proggys would do SO much better. It would have NEVER got this bad.... Right? (of course you have no clue how they would have done it)
The economy would never have crashed. Right?
Those corona test kits would just magically be available.
Oh.. And China would foot the bill.

Your Biden will make it all better.

[Bill Tozer]

Walt: We will never know exactly how many American lives were saved when Trump put the no travel ban on China..early. And VP Pence has proven to be a wonderful strong great asset to the administration.

[Walt]

When the first cases hit out soil, what where the LIBS more concerned with? Impeaching Trump. Every move Trump made to control things the LIBS bitched. And still are.

[fish]

Posted by: Walt | 16 March 2020 at 06:06 PM

Says the LIB butt licking TROLL.

Well to "Bucks" credit he did detach from Obama's penis long enough to make that post Walt!

....wait...wait.....I bet he didn't vote for Obama a second time!

[Bill Tozer]

That was then, this is now. If you ain’t part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

Buck Sexton
@BuckSexton
·
42m
Trump has described the virus as “bad.” Dr. Fauci says it’s going to get worse before it gets better. It’s clear we are in for a battle.

Nobody cares what you thought or said about it a week ago.

Every set of hands in this fight matters right now.

https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1239714734875848704?
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(Great idea Buck!):

“Gonna buy some gift certificates from my favorite neighborhood restaurants in NYC

Family/sole proprietor owned places don’t usually have months of cash to cover operating expenses with no revenue

Recommend others do the same.

These places can’t go 60 days like this.”

https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1239653926892437508
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Buck Sexton
@BuckSexton
·21m
The problem with Wuhan virus testing? The reason for all the slowdowns?

The CDC.

That’s right. Completely inexcusable

https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1239721479874453504?
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Go Buck Go!!!!!!!

[Walt]

From what I hear,, it's not fashionable for a needle bending Lefty to go by "Buck". Well,, unless he's familiar with the Castro dist. of Frisco.
A Right leaning dude that goes by Buck usually is a 4x4 driving redneck with a rifle rack in the rear window.

I'm pretty sure "this" Buck drives a Prius with a rainbow triangle in the rear window.

[Walt]

The streets of Frisco by weeks end?
https://www.livescience.com/macaque-fight-thailand-temple-coronavirus.html

[Walt]

Here "Buck",, what LIB(commies) do when they find an excuse.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/16/new-orleans-mayor-issues-coronavirus-order-allowing-ban-on-sale-transportation-of-firearms/
"New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) signed a coronavirus emergency order last week allowing her to ban the sale and transportation of firearms."

WOW!! She writes and signs an order ALLOWING HER...
What next? Another one allowing her to suspend the 2ND?
Have the cops and national guard go house to house seizing weapons?

[Don Bessee]

Looks like Darwin is raising his head and culling the herd -

Woman licking plane toilet seat for 'coronavirus challenge' is slammed by Meghan McCain, others on Twitter

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/womans-coronavirus-challenge-viral-slammed

;-)

[Scott O]

Walt 7:34 - Pretty sure everyone in NOLA that wants a shooter already has one or a dozen or knows where they can get one.
Now this might mean trouble - “suspend or limit the sale, dispensing, or transportation, of alcoholic beverages.”
In the Big Easy?
Oh, Lord!

[Walt]

Remember when Katrina rolled through? They were out trying to confiscate weapons.
https://gunowners.org/guns-confiscated-during-katrina/
"Nine days after Katrina made landfall, a New Orleans Police Officer showed up and told us we had to leave – a ‘mandatory evacuation’. I told him ‘you come back here at five and we’ll go together.’ I never saw him again.

That’s when the U.S. Marshals came.

They pulled their M16s on us and told us all to get against the wall. They came in and confiscated all my weapons. And by confiscated, I mean taken at gunpoint. I have never been able to recover any of my original collection, but I have since replaced them with new ones."

And before "buck" or Emery say "that's BS", here is another bit of fact.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27087738/ns/us_news-life/t/nra-settle-suit-over-katrina-gun-seizures/#.XnBWoahKg2w
"NEW ORLEANS — City officials have agreed to return hundreds of firearms that police officers confiscated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, part of a deal to resolve a lawsuit filed by gun lobbying groups.

The settlement agreement filed Tuesday in federal court calls for the National Rifle Association and Second Amendment Foundation to drop their case if the city follows a plan for returning guns to owners who had them seized by police after the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane."

[fish]

Posted by: Don Bessee | 16 March 2020 at 09:12 PM

Looks like Darwin is raising his head and culling the herd -

She has issues far more daunting than Corona!

PS: Isn't she running for a seat on the Nevada City council?

[fish]

No wonder Punchy is so neurotic!

The New Hotness: Suddenly, the left is complaining that Trump isn’t dictatorial enough.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/16/suddenly-the-left-is-complaining-that-trump-isnt-dictatorial-enough/

[fish]

No wonder Punchy is so neurotic!

The New Hotness: Suddenly, the left is complaining that Trump isn’t dictatorial enough.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/16/suddenly-the-left-is-complaining-that-trump-isnt-dictatorial-enough/

[Mary Wanna]

Dow now down to same level it was at Trump's inauguration. Don the SAM man, are you Winning yet?;)

[George Rebane]

Mary 705am - Wow! Now there’s a clever, timely, and relevant gloat.

[fish]

Posted by: Mary Wanna | 17 March 2020 at 07:05 AM

Burn one Michael.......you'll barely notice the drop in the market!

When's the website going to be finished?

[Bill Tozer]

Techno Frog sez:

“Wow.

The DOJ moves to dismiss the charges against the Russian Company (Concord) who conducted the alleged "information warfare against the US"

The troll case will be dismissed w/ prejudice.

How embarrassing for Team Mueller.”

ESCAPE FROM THE MUELLER MIASMA

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/03/escaping-the-mueller-miasma.php

Well, one by one all those indicted Russian Colluders are dropping like flies off the list of “26 Russian Agents and indictments” that Ms. Cook, Mr. Wilson, and the rest of the Kool-Aide drinkers on the Union’s comment section spout about with such confidence. Sucks to be them. :)

[Bill Tozer]

Re: Fish @ 6:21 am; the Dictator won’t dictate.

Companion piece, aka, piling on.

‘Now, the Left is complaining that Trump isn't dictatorial enough’

This is the conundrum confronted by the harshest critics of President Trump, who have gone from warning he is a budding despot to complaining he hasn't done enough to impose his will during the coronavirus crisis.

They can't believe that he didn't urge sports leagues to cancel their seasons, call for school systems to close or tell bars and restaurants to shutter before this wave of closures began.

As a New York Times report put it, Trump "has essentially become a bystander as school superintendents, sports commissioners, college presidents, governors and business owners across the country take it upon themselves to shut down much of American life."

Ordinarily, tyrants aren't bystanders. They don't give other political players and civic institutions wide latitude to make their own decisions. They don't have to be pushed to declare a national emergency unlocking various powers. They don't have to be lobbied to call out the military to deal with a domestic problem.

Trump declared an emergency last week and has now issued national guidelines against gatherings of more than 10 people, but his initial instinct was to urge people to stay calm and carry on.

“The reason that Trump's conduct in this crisis hasn't tracked with the "incipient-fascist" line of attack is that this criticism never made any sense.”

“The initial indications of a ­financial crisis in 2008 were greeted with denial and half-measures. Then, the federal government responded with a historic bailout of the banks and the Federal Reserve undertook an ­unprecedented program to pump liquidity into the economy.

The outlines of a similar ­response are already evident to the coronavirus. The move from relative normality to large parts of the country being shut down was remarkably swift — it happened in the space of about a week.

Testing has been slow to come online, but is ramping up now. If hospitals are overwhelmed, we will see the rapid retrofitting of additional space. The Federal Reserve and the federal government are embarking on major stimulus and relief programs.

Such is our robust, multilayered society and system of government that much of this doesn't depend on the president, let alone a dictator.”

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0320/lowry031720.php3

Boy, like fire, the Leftinistas and Socialist Bastards are never satisfied, never content, never ever happy. Maybe we should just nuke them and put them out of the miserable misery.

[scenes]

"Boy, like fire, the Leftinistas and Socialist Bastards are never satisfied, never content, never ever happy"

If it takes a worldwide epidemic to flip governments to the other party in the UK and the US, it's all good. Anything for open borders and men in dresses. I'd say they had a pretty good month.

The best thing that could happen from this, aside from the minimization of poor health outcomes, is to start chopping up those Chinese supply chains with a rather dull axe. Being dependent on our primary opponent for as much as we are is just flat ridiculous. I wonder sometimes to what extent the PRC was involved in getting the US chattering classes off on a Russian chase (squirrel!).

You can expect Trump to really start nailing the Chinese with fault for the virus (for good reason, of course) as a political tool to disengage with them. This is a smart move.

[Bill Tozer]

My, what a lovely Congresswomen and darling of the Far Left. Aunt Maxie Pad, move over.

CBN News
✔
@CBNNews
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Retweets: 'F*** Trump's National Day of Prayer' to Her Social Media Followers

https://www.lifezette.com/2020/03/rashida-tlaib-shares-tweet-that-curses-out-trumps-national-day-of-prayer/

[Walt]

Mary should be happy. It's getting the economic crash it was hoping for. Funny how Mary discovers it's not immune and is in the same sinking ship.

[scenes]

As an aside, you do have to wonder how long until some sort of pandemic springs forth from the Blue State Homeless Utopias. In some needle feces den in San Francisco, a new super germ is being evolved.

[Walt]

Well,,, Biden has his old secret service "code name" back.. "Celtic".
We know who Emery is voting for.
Yup, Biden is old enough to have been there for the building of Stonehenge,, and might claim he told them how to build it.

[Bill Tozer]

scenes
“As an aside, you do have to wonder how long until some sort of pandemic springs forth from the Blue State Homeless Utopias. In some needle feces den in San Francisco, a new super germ is being evolved.”

New super germ is being evolved? Not necessary. The Plague, the Black Death, and all sorts of Medieval diseases and killer germs have been brought back by popular demand on the streets of LA, not to mention City Hall’s rodent infestation. Hantavirus anyone? What good is it to bug-in with the Hantavirus virus in your attack and behind the washing machine. “Jesus, I can smell the rats!” Heck on cop lost his leg and had to have amputated just from catching some long gone virus while he was walking the beat.

New Super Germ? We don’t need no stinkin’ new super germ. We got Frisco values and the street people don’t worry about no stinkin’ toilet paper.

[Walt]

The hypocrite bastard.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/16/nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-ignores-coronavirus-rules-to-hit-the-gym/

"“Our crazy Mayor, as he’s deciding to close all the gyms, because they’re not safe … goes to the gym to workout,” New York radio host Mark Simone tweeted on Monday, linking to a report by the New York Post. He is far from the only one shocked by the decision. De Blasio’s own people have called him out.

“He went to the f–king gym? Jesus!” said a former staff member. Another told the Post, “every New Yorker’s regular routine has been put on hold. His should be, too. Get to work. Set an example. This is embarrassing.” Yet another questioned his unwillingness to adhere to CDC guidelines"

[Mary Wanna]

Now we can blame Trump for economic woes he did not cause just like Trumpholes blamed Obama for an economic meltdown he did not cause.

[Walt]

Sure "mary",, Good luck selling that. "I am going to fundamentally transform America"
Nope, Taxing the shit out of everyone, his war on fuel,
had nothing to do with it. Destruction of the healthcare system was a real winner.

[Bill Tozer]

Buck gets it wrong! First time for everything.

Buck Sexton
@BuckSexton
·
1h
.Governor Cuomo of my home state of New York just gave a competent, adult press conference with real information.

He praised Trump for seriousness in his efforts to help what will soon be the epicenter of this virus in America.

Every political leader must put aside party now.”

Buck, Buck, Buck. I know you are busy babysitting your parent’s dog and taking it with you everywhere you go including your mobile bunker studio, and you ain’t a natural born dog lover and all, but what were you thinking? Sure, it was a good speech, but look at de Blasio’s actions, not his words!

Thanks Walt for pointing that out. De Blasio is exempt. He is a member of the ruling class.
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Trump on his Twitter machine.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
Mar 15
So now it is reported that, after destroying his life & the life of his wonderful family (and many others also), the FBI, working in conjunction with the Justice Department, has “lost” the records of General Michael Flynn. How convenient. I am strongly considering a Full Pardon!

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
Mar 16
Everybody is so well unified and working so hard. It is a beautiful thing to see. They love our great Country. We will end up being stronger than ever before!

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
Mar 15
We are doing very precise Medical Screenings at our airports. Pardon the interruptions and delays, we are moving as quickly as possible, but it is very important that we be vigilant and careful. We must get it right. Safety first!

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
Mar 15
Can’t believe they are not going after Schumer for the threats he made to our cherished United States Supreme Court, and our two great Justices. If a Republican did that, there would be an endless price to pay. Pathetic!

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
Mar 15
The Fake and Corrupt News never called Google. They said this was not true. Even in times such as these, they are not truthful. Watch for their apology, it won’t happen. More importantly, thank you to Google!
Quote Tweet

Google Communications
@Google_Comms
· Mar 14
“We are fully aligned and continue to work with the US Government to contain the spread of COVID-19, inform citizens, and protect the health of our communities. (1/6) https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/1238574670686928906…

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
Mar 15
The individual Governors of States, and local officials, must step up their efforts on drive up testing and testing sights, working in conjunction with
@CDCgov
and the Federal Government!

[fish]

Posted by: Mary Wanna | 17 March 2020 at 09:08 AM

Now we can blame Trump for economic woes he did not cause just like Trumpholes blamed Obama for an economic meltdown he did not cause.

Michael....feel free to do anything you like.....other than California and New York it seems (today) it's still a free country...

Sort of!

[George Rebane]

re Mary 908am - Obama was never criticized for causing the last "financial meltdown". He was correctly criticized for prolonging it and stifling its recovery to be the longest/slowest in American history. But that again is one nuance too far for our leftwingers.

[George Rebane]

Administrivia - Please gather ye coronavirus-relevant comments under the coronavirus commentaries.

[Bill Tozer]

Nobody blamed Zerobama for causing the crash and Great Recession of 2009. He was criticized rightfully for his handling of the economy post-bailout. Remember Obama but Sleepy Joe in charge of handling the ‘Stimulus’ and announced the Spring Recovery Tour....led again by Joe Biden, roflmao. Talk about cash for clunkers.

Buy when their is blood in the streets! Great time to move a couple hundred thousand dollars or three into the oil business. Got a buddy (very conservative and prudent investor) who made 50k in one day.....and he is just a man of simple needs and tastes. He don’t need the money or has to save for retirement....he is going it for fun. Weird times.

[scenes]

Mary W. - "Now we can blame Trump for economic woes he did not cause just like Trumpholes blamed Obama for an economic meltdown he did not cause."

Can you show us on this doll where those mean ol' Trumpholes touched you?

George R: "Administrivia - Please gather ye coronavirus-relevant comments under the coronavirus commentaries."

Will do. Everything else has fallen into insignificance for now.

[Bill Tozer]

Obama found out those shovel ready projects were mired in Red Tape and a milling stone of regulations down to the local level. Akin to getting millions of testing kits on-line. The situation is fluid.

Ok, Doc, I am out of here and over to the Flu Manchu comments and insightful thoughts. Actually, been waiting for you to admonish us...what took you so long this morning??

I leave Sandbox with one final comment on The Pandemic: When they gather up all the corpses, the medical examiners will notice how remarkable it is that all the dead had clean assholes.

[Bill Tozer]

This is a surprise to moi. Guess it’s true. Bernie never grew his base since 2016. Heck, when he went out on the trail to campaign for Hillary, he only drew 100-150 people at his stops. Empty gyms. Come to think of it, Hillary averaged 300 or less on many of her stops...with Tim Kaine. Remember him? :)

‘Bernie Sanders loses Washington state to Biden, failing to reassert himself in the West’

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bernie-sanders-loses-washington-state-to-biden-failing-to-reassert-himself-in-the-west

[Bill Tozer]

Sad that the only press covering the Omar saga is the foreign press. Go figure.

DAILY MAIL: ABDI NUR LIVING IN FEAR

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/03/daily-mail-abdi-nur-living-in-fear.php

Sounds more like the Hit Squad that squad.

[George Rebane]

Administrivia - check out the 17mar20 update for 'Testing, testing, testing, ...'

[Walt]

Heard this on the scanner.
4:56 p.m. — A caller from a business on Zion Street reported guests had urinated in a bed and destroyed a room, and were refusing to leave.
Someone got the room for a homeless guy, out of kindness. He then "invited" some "friends" in.
This was has the bums said thanks.

[Don Bessee]

Creepy grampa joe should watch out for any pow wow chow offerings -

There's reportedly 'a lot of pressure' on Biden to pick Warren as running mate

https://www.yahoo.com/news/reportedly-lot-pressure-biden-pick-215000908.html

;-)