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The Cable News Sandbox - Friday September 14, 2018

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It is an open forum for all discussions...thus referred to as 'The Sandbox'.




Hello all.  A couple of issues.

I think we should end Music Video Mondays.  It hasn't been very popular for the past few weeks.  We had started it because too many music videos were everywhere.  Currently we don't have an excessive amount of videos being posted throughout the week.  If several of you like it, we can continue it or tweak it.  Otherwise, moving on...

We should make the site more useful.  It needs to become a go-to source for countering progressive bullshit with facts that will win arguments.

For example:

During the obamacare debates, all you heard about at the time in the 2000+ page bill was 'PRE-EXISTING CONDITION...KIDS UNDER 26' parroted like a bird frothing over a craker.  You couldn't get a discussion in about the other 1950+ pages of CRAP.

Currently, I'm damn tired of hearing the 'look at what Trump said at his rally' as an example of ALL CONSERVATIVES ARE VIOLENT.  One damn example is what they usually throw up.  Sometimes a few more.  Just like health care. 

What elicited the comment that Trump made at the Rally?  How many threats, organized paid protestors/ provocateurs, etc. did Conservatives endure at or about rallys prior to that?  We need a timeline of the instances leading up to his comment.  I remember that there were actual newspaper 'help wanted' notices for protestors.  Guidebooks for protestors, not to use but to show what THEY were doing.  We need all of that gathered into one place.    He made one statement, they worked on actions.  'Deeds, not words' should be the focus.

Just throwing out another example, debunking crap like the '97% of Climate Scientists'.  Find the actual list of questions asked, and point out the limited sample group of the shaky survey.  The truth.  The details behind the lies and misleading statements.

We also need to list Trumps accomplishments in an easy-to-access location.  His accomplishments and the corrections he has made to obamas failures.

We need to come up with anything that will tip a debate toward the truth. 

BTrade had some of these suggestions a couple of months ago.  I THINK it was TSO who produced a list that would be a good reference.  Someone had a list that BTrade suggested we act upon in a compilation manner.  Maybe someone out here remembers where that comment was, bring it back, and we will do something about it.

Whatever we settle on, it needs to be easily organized so people can get to information quickly.  Not necessarily link to it here.  That would make us a direct target for people wanting to silence the truth.  Just facts that can be copy/pasted.  Facts with sources...TB...