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Elaine's avatar

Why still focused on the past while Rome is burning?

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Al X. Griz's avatar

Isn’t there good cause to tamp down fires still raging in MN?

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John Thomas's avatar

Why Walz? Why the obsession with Minnesota?

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Jeff barton's avatar

It's federal dollars therefore my tax dollars being stolen so this is not just a Minnesota problem. I believe Walz was complicit. If you read County Highway there is a long ( ~10,000 word) piece on this in the current year-end issue.

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John Thomas's avatar

Agreed. What were the feds doing for oversight of their money? Not much, obviously. If Walt is complicit, he should pay for it. And I'm actually more concerned about my $ 20 or $ 40 billion in Federal dollars being blown into the wind in Argentina, with as much oversight as they had in MN.

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Jeff barton's avatar

I don’t see the comparison? In one case there is fraud in the other the president is using his elected authority to extend American influence in our hemisphere. I too am concerned that the money will not achieve the desired goal but it is lawful and precedented.

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John Thomas's avatar

I'll mark my calendar for a year and get back to you with a prize if Walz is charged as complicit. Or this isn't just one side stirring up news to avoid other topics being in the headlines.

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TheotokosAppreciator's avatar

Seems disconnected to speak about Walz given that Newsom is the governor of California and if there's anything I'd expect to receive judegment it would state and local politics.

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GM's avatar

If Harris and Walz won our country would be over. We'd be in WW3,and our country adding more debt and a continuation of all the policies that the Auto- pen implemented.

I understand Walz was also being blackmailed. So a useful idiot could do anything that the puppet masters could tell them to do for fear of being exposed.

Kamala was controlled opposition as she slept her way to the top and is not the brightest bulb in the factory.

BTW KH is Dominican.

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Burton H Voorhees's avatar

The number of Somalis involved in these frauds seems to be around .001 of the total number of Somalis in the state. I wonder how that compares to the fraction of Italians involved in various Mafia families back in the early 20th century. Or the fraction of Irish criminal gangs in Boston and New York in the late 19th century.

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Polly Frost's avatar

My friends who voted for Kamala/Walz are mostly cultured, highly educated, successful people in a variety of professions I respect. A few work in non-profits I don't respect. Others, though, run their own businesses. Or have non government careers. They are community minded. They are all Boomers or X-ers. I think they just want to live in the sixties forever even if they were born in the seventies and they don't realize the Democratic Party is not at all what they marched for back then. Their brains retired years ago even if they still are out in the world working. When they find out I voted for Trump they have a meltdown and get over it and we never talk politics again or they never talk to me again. It is what it is. God grant me the strength to change California's government and accept what I can't change in Minnesota. That's my Zen wisdom for the day.

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Michael Callahan's avatar

Hi Polly, If Kamala/Walz had been elected there would have been business as usual. And there would have been much to complain about. Probably some corruption and the usual graft from the Military/Industrial complex. We would be so much better off than we are today.

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Polly Frost's avatar

Michael, I think that though we disagree about Trump we are probably in agreement about our love for this wonderful little city. I would rather work with you to change our local govt rather than argue about who would be a better president.

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David Bergerson's avatar

Is it the government you want to change or the actions of the government in place?

That, to me, is what is causing a lot of division.

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Polly Frost's avatar

David, I wrote that I am concerned with local politics. Let's take something in the news today https://www.noozhawk.com/31-million-permanent-supportive-housing-complex-coming-to-goleta/. Read this and get back to me. If you're happy with our SB govt spending this money — which you will pay for with your taxes, I'd like to hear why.

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LT's avatar
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I would argue that the same white, liberal mentality that exists in liberal, blue states like Minnesota, Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts are alive and well here in SB. All of which has been taken advantage of, and scammed by non-white hoards of immigrants, whether legally or not.

Sound familiar?

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David Bergerson's avatar

Why is being liberal bad?

Seriously, think hard about that.

No ideas of progress have ever come from conservatives. By definition, it can't. If there were no liberals, would we, as a society, be at the level of pre-Tutankhamen? What society would we have?

But how interesting that you wrote, "scammed by non-white hoards of immigrants, whether legally or not."

How @#$^% racist of you. Glad your true colors are written for all to see.

Madoff was white.

Enron was done by some white guys.

Theranos was done by a white girl.

Bernie Ebbers was white.

The S&L crisis was a bunch of old white guys.

I am waiting for the list of fraud of those non-white people, legal or not.

Now, before you go off on the double amputee, gay black Somali woman who defrauded the government of $1200. How many of those would it take to get to Madoff? Hmm. A MATH equation! 65,000,000,000 divided by 1200. Well, wow, that would be more than 1/7 of the US population! That would be over 54 million people.

I think your hatred of people who have a different skin color is the issue, not the fraud.

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Polly Frost's avatar

When have I ever said liberals were bad, David? Can it with your long winded diatribes.

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David Bergerson's avatar

Polly, I did not respond to you. I responded to LT.

Want to rewrite what you wrote now? :)

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Polly Frost's avatar

Then preface your comments with who they're directed to.

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David Bergerson's avatar

Then learn to read the thread. If you want to jump straight to defensive, that is on you.

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LT's avatar

Sure Burgerboy, you know nothing of me or my background. All you seem to do is make the same ignorant, stupid comments while making a fool out of yourself. Piss off and read the news a-hole. Massive fraud, crime and drugs are not coming from Denmark.

Nothing racist about it, it’s called facts.

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David Bergerson's avatar

I know nothing other than what you write. Your words define you.

I can read the news just like you. It seems I can apply critical thinking to what I read, something you seem to lack.

Again, to come up with the same level of fraud of Madoff, you would have to have more than 1/7th of the US doing it.

But hey, you want to bring up Denmark. You like to parrot whatever the dear leader is spewing in the news. Why would anyone want to leave Denmark and come to the US? What would their gain be? There were ~5k immigrants from Denmark in 2023 per statista. Kinda proves my point. They don't want to come here. It is a downgrade to them.

If I am making a fool of myself in your eyes, that is perfectly fine. That means that I am on the correct side of the issue. I don't fall for red herrings. Sure, a Mexican immigrant raped a woman and then murdered her. But when you look at that crime, that was probably 1 out of 250 of those events. You want to focus on the Mexican while ignoring the other 249 that occurred. That shows that you don't care; you want to blame a person who has a different skin color.

Keep crying some more. Let your racism come into the sunlight. Stand by your convictions. The rest of the world will realize who you are, and society will shun you.

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LT's avatar

Both my paternal grandparents were from Mexico, moron. You are truly an embarrassment, does your parents know you’re playing on the computer?

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Polly Frost's avatar

Agree. But I think the only way we're going to get a better government in CA is by mobilizing voters through appealing to their own best interests. Bonnie's SB City columns get positive comments from commenters who I usually disagree with. So my own wish would be to focus on local and state corruption that directly affects every voter. Brent is a terrific legal writer (and a valued friend), but the posts here about Christianity and national and international stuff are just divisive, IMHO.

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Scott Wenz's avatar

Straight to the point. The question is how much of the stolen money will be recovered?

When convicted how much of the bank accounts and real property owned by the thieves will be confiscated, even after it is found the burglars hid much of it in "none profits" that will eventually kick back to them?

It is a sad note when the elected representative has this shoved under her nose daily and she walks away ... (what theft, what graft, etc. etc.)

Must have taken her lessons from Waters in Calif.

Why Waltz? Simple a willing dupe who profited.

Now start looking at the City of SB and the County of SB and ask why where money is being spent as deficits expand.

Did someone mention a unneeded bike path on Cliff Dr.? Chuckle

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David Renner's avatar

"Why do you think Kamala Harris selected the Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her V.P.?"

It's elementary, Watson. She picked Walz because IIhan Omar was in her ear. With the scope of the corruption, we now know...it seems clear who she was listening to.

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Al X. Griz's avatar

Keith Ellison was the first Muslim ever elected to U.S. Congress. Later, as AG in Minnesota, he confiscated a roughly half hour of (somewhat mitigating) police bodycam video of George Floyd's initial contact with LEOs on the day of his death, showing him exhibiting clearly out of control behavior. Video that was imperative for a jury to watch. Refusing to release it, Ellison averred something along the lines of wanting to guarantee a conviction - not mentioning any pursuit of justice. The video was eventually released by a BRITISH media outlet, long after the BLM riots.

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David Bergerson's avatar

What do you think would be happening if Harris-Walz had won?

Why do you think Kamala Harris selected the Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her V.P.?

The two prompts, with what very little of the previous 1000+ words meant.

To the first question:

1. We would not have taxed Americans with huge tariffs.

2. Farmers would not need 12bn to start in bailouts.

3. We would not have murdered people on boats.

4. We would not use the military as pirates.

5. We would not be the laughing stock of the world.

6. We would not be Putin's bitch.

7. We would not be selling federal land.

8. We would not have the record shutdown.

9. We would be able to live our lives without someone wanting to suck the oxygen out of the world.

10. We would still have a complete and intact White House. Not a rendition of a Liberace-themed ballroom.

I will never know why Harris chose Walz. I am not a fly in the room, and that was a calculated decision.

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Jeff barton's avatar

1. We would have 10 million more illegal immigrants draining our coffers

2. We would have a huge tax increase as Trump cuts expire

3. We would have continued to allow the importation of fentanyl

4. The military would be 100% gay

5. Iran would have a nuke

6. Dave would still be his wife's bitch

7. We would not be unleashing prosperity through the sale of federal land

8. The Dems would not have had to throw a tantrum and vote to close the government

9. We would still wonder who is really making decisions because Walz + Harris IQ = 73

10. Previously the White House was like a cheap pair of pants, no ballroom.

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David Bergerson's avatar

Aww. How cute. You had to go personal. Ya got nuttin when you go down that path.

1. Try not to use emotions, just real data. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60165 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60569 All of your repeated headlines, which a lies, have been proven wrong.

2. You mean the tax cut bill that was purposefully set to expire at this time, whereas the tax cuts for the 'rich' were permanent. Hmm. Why didn't dear LEADER make the rich tax cuts temporary and the rest permanent?

3. Your argument is that fentanyl is not being imported now? ROFL.

4. That is stupid.

5. And they do not now? Amazing . . . they did not get one during Biden's term.

6. Pfft.

7. Prosperity for whom? Selling the land means fewer parks, fewer natural resources, and the ability for the land to be owned by foreigners. Is that your goal?

8. Maybe, but why? Why would they close it down? What would the gain be?

9. Really? Do you want to compare the IQ between anyone and Trump?

10. Yeah, the White House was a residence and working, not entertaining. Yet, somehow, someway, they were able to entertain without a ballroom. Heck, they even had bigger ballrooms at their disposal.

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LT's avatar

“Fly in the room?” Ya, that sounds about right, we all know what flies like to attach themselves to!

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LT's avatar
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Why Walz? Easy, A) incompetent, B) corrupt, C) white guilt. It should now be obvious that this was the largest scam in history, perpetrated against the Minnesota taxpayers, 90% of those involved purported to be Somalian refugees. The other 10%? Reports indicate refugees from Kenya!

Walz as the fall guy was an easy mark. Fearful of having the “race card” played on him, he was more than happy to look the other way. The fact that Walz is really not that smart and in fact downright stupid, only added to the scam. To top it off you have a corrupt, incompetent, racist Attorney General in Minnesota, Keith Ellison, which gave further cover and legitimacy to those involved.

Think of this as a BLM style grift, only much larger. There are now reports of a TSA agent at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport which witnessed suitcases stuffed full of cash leaving for destinations in Mogadishu and Nairobi.

What now? Hopefully there will be massive arrests made to include Walz, Frey, Ellison and Omar.

I must agree with the President, why do we need those that would scam our system, drain our social services and then make remittances back to their dirt bag country in order to fund terrorism?

Didn’t Australia just find this out the hard way?

https://alphanews.org/exclusive-former-tsa-agent-recalls-millions-in-cash-flying-out-of-minneapolis-st-paul-international-airport/

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David Bergerson's avatar

"I must agree with the President, why do we need those that would scam our system, drain our social services and then make remittances to their dirt bag country in order to fund terrorism?"

Are you talking about the Cuban's that came over?

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Jeff barton's avatar

The comment applies to most immigrants who come to America to take advantage of American generosity rather than to assimilate to American culture and contribute to our economy. It equally applies to many Americans born here, they are called Democrats.

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David Bergerson's avatar

So the Cuban's who turned Florida from Democratic to Republican, you want to get rid of? Those immigrants?

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Jeff barton's avatar

Only the Democrats

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David Bergerson's avatar

But they started as Dems. Getting rid of them would have kept Florida Blue, as there would be no party flipping.

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