Re: “ St. Louis gun-waving couple pleads guilty to misdemeanors “ - Today

Their plea was meaningless! I don't want to include any links because they ALL seem to be Faux News/MAGAt-like, but yesterday they were headlining "St. Louis couple touts new AR-15 after guns seized over BLM encounter"

Re: Snarky and succinct movie summaries (spoilers) - Yesterday

A literary classic... "A ghost and a prince meet, and everyone ends in mincemeat."

Re: SC Supreme Court blocks electrocutions scheduled for June - Yesterday

QuoteLemon Drop This is a case for retribution, one of the oldest reasons we punish criminals. I do not accept your labeling of my explanation of justice and fairness with the intentionally pejorative "retribution"; Definist fallacy. QuoteLemon DropRetribution is not as clear cut as it might seem. First of all, with the death penalty in the US there is no equitable application of

Re: Got my hands on some Faygo Cola - Yesterday

Detrioters know… “Faygo was founded in Detroit, Michigan, in November 1907, as Feigenson Brothers Bottle Works by Russian baker immigrants Ben and Perry Feigenson. The original flavors of Faygo (fruit punch, strawberry, and grape) were based on cake frosting recipes used by the Feigensons in Russia. In the 1960s, the soda's regional popularity expanded when the company began advertising

Re: aging congress - Yesterday

QuoteFritz ~ 225 Representatives are over 55. Mean age 58. ~ 79 Senators are over 55. Mean age 63. I am well over 55 and I don't think anyone over 55 should be elected or serve in any government position. The mean age of the American population is 39. Have at it .... I find that without logical foundation; myopic.

Re: Do you think there will be a 4th wave? - Yesterday

Quotemattkime …many people consider this while thing to be a large annoyance... While Thing You make my heart sing You make everything groovy While Thing I think I love you

Re: What is your elevation? - Yesterday

400 ft

Re: One dead after pickup truck drives into crowd attending Wilton Manors(FL) LGBTQ Pride parade - Yesterday

Quotedeckeda So why was he “screaming vulgarities” instead of screaming he was sorry? Perhaps something like “Oh s h i t ! Oh s h i t !”

Re: SC Supreme Court blocks electrocutions scheduled for June - 2 days ago

Quotemattkime I haven't heard a coherent argument for the death penalty. Its vengeance, pure and simple. Or, as one of my professors who studied the matter said, its a @#$%& way to take out the trash. Deeply unsatisfying for anyone who wants to ground the decision in abstract notions of justice. If "justice" is merely an "abstract notion", then NO sentence resulting fro

Re: single, ready to mingle?!....guys, her divorce was finalized earlier in year, so she is single..... - 2 days ago

Re: Just got back from Universal Studios - 3 days ago

QuoteGilbert Hollywood or Orlando? We are heading to the one in Hollywood in a couple of weeks. I hear there's a big difference between the two: Orlando much bigger.

Re: Reparations? - 3 days ago

There's a vast gulf between what's high-mindedly desired and what's realistically possible.

Re: Federal judge throws out CDC’s cruise safety regulations - 3 days ago

Steven Douglas Merryday, 70; appointed by George H. W. Bush, February 10, 1992

Re: SC Supreme Court blocks electrocutions scheduled for June - 3 days ago

QuoteS. Pupp Good...as long as they don't offer the alternative of being drawn and quartered. For the record, “quartering” happened after the offender was already dead (by equally grisly means.)

Re: What is 45 thinking now? - 3 days ago

Quotecbelt3 This particular fight is not his, it's the Republican's fight. I think ACA was created when Trump claimed to be a Democrat ? tRump's political "party": Republican 1987–1999 Reform 1999–2001 Democratic 2001–2009 Republican 2009–2011 ACA effective March 23, 2010 Independent 2011–2012 Republican 2012–present

Re: Good guys with guns do exist! They're real, - 3 days ago

I don't think mrbill62 actually read the articles in his links himself. I just looked at one: "...the man had been walking his dog around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when he started to yell and “became aggressive towards people” on the sidewalk around Silver Lake... Several men tried to intervene, police said Wednesday. The man used pepper spray on them and struck them with a baton. O

Re: 'debuTTs' - 4 days ago

Clanging “…clanging refers to a mode of speech characterized by association of words based upon sound rather than concepts. For example, this may include compulsive rhyming or alliteration without apparent logical connection between words.”

Re: Disneyland Rant - 4 days ago

Check out “Class Action Park” from HBO. “A documentary that focuses on a dangerously legendary water park and its slew of injuries and crimes along with child safety concerns.”

Re: The iMac is too thin for needed ports - 5 days ago

QuoteFilliam H. Muffman Two ports on any desktop computer is too few. Base model only has two, but other models have 4: 2 Thunderbolt/USB 4, 2 USB 3,

Re: Ohio Woman - 5 days ago

See for yourself…

Re: Cashier Shot Dead Over Face Mask - 5 days ago

QuoteBlankity Blank In my area, Walmart, CVS, Rite-Aid and Walgreens all have individual radios for floor staff. I’d bet that nationwide, including stores of all sizes, that would be the exception; very uncommon.

Re: We're subsidizing the skyrocketing gun murder rate with our tax dollars - 5 days ago

QuoteMr645 ’s%20what%20we%20know%20about%20the%20violence.%20The,night%20outside%20a%20housing%20project%20in%20East%20Harlem. Nice trends in these horrible run liberal cities Try to pay attention. Again… ".. rankings provide no insight into the numerous variables that mold crime in a particular town, city, county, state, or region…they lead to simplistic and/or incomplete

Re: We're subsidizing the skyrocketing gun murder rate with our tax dollars - 5 days ago

QuoteMr645 QuoteDeusxMac QuoteMr645 Portland has gone from 1400 down to under 900 officers, NYC has cut over $1 billion from the police budget for example. In both cities violent crime has sky rocketed. In Seattle, 911 response time has gone from 7 minutes to 17 minutes. Again, crime is way up. "The FBI’s Preliminary Uniform Crime Report, January–June, 2020, reveals overall declines i

Re: We're subsidizing the skyrocketing gun murder rate with our tax dollars - 5 days ago

QuoteMr645 Portland has gone from 1400 down to under 900 officers, NYC has cut over $1 billion from the police budget for example. In both cities violent crime has sky rocketed. In Seattle, 911 response time has gone from 7 minutes to 17 minutes. Again, crime is way up. "The FBI’s Preliminary Uniform Crime Report, January–June, 2020, reveals overall declines in the number of violent c

Re: 21 Republicans vote against awarding medals to police who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 - 6 days ago

Quote Republicans who voted against the bill were Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Michael Cloud (Texas), Andrew Clyde (Ga.), Warren Davidson (Ohio), Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Louie Gohmert (Texas), Bob Good (Va.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Andy Harris (Md.), Jody Hice (Ga.), Mary Miller (Ill.), Barry Moore (Ala.), Ralph Norman (S.C.), Scott Perry (Pa.), John Ros

Re: OUTRAGEOUS- These Chassidic Jews are trying to KILL me. Huge anti-vax document drop - 6 days ago

QuoteSteve G. QuoteDeusxMac Is it this guy? “Naftali Schwartz, the Brooklyn-based self-described ‘health coach’ with no formal training in medicine or public health…” Could be. As you can see, he signs himself as 'Dr' in the literature I got. Doctor of what, and diploma from where? Those would be the salient questions.

Re: OUTRAGEOUS- These Chassidic Jews are trying to KILL me. Huge anti-vax document drop - 6 days ago

Is it this guy? “Naftali Schwartz, the Brooklyn-based self-described ‘health coach’ with no formal training in medicine or public health…”

Re: Catalytic Converter Thief: The Sequel - 6 days ago

Quotekj Death decreases eliminates the probability of the target behavior occurring, but doesn't count

Re: We're subsidizing the skyrocketing gun murder rate with our tax dollars - 6 days ago

QuoteMr645 Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year, or 6,849 every day. Most often, the gun is never fired, and no blood (including the criminal’s) is shed. Every year, 400,000 life-threatening violent crimes are prevented using firearms. “The Foundation for Economic Education (or FEE) is the one of the oldest libertarian think tanks in the United States. It was founded in 1

Re: We're subsidizing the skyrocketing gun murder rate with our tax dollars - 6 days ago

QuoteMr645 Wow, 7 accidents. Good thing cars are totally safe, and scuba diving. And on and on and on 1. Those seven were only the FIRST I came across. Are you claiming that there have been ONLY seven? 2. As has been pointed out so many times, on this forum alone, cars, knives, airplanes, and yes, “scuba” gear do NOT exist, are not designed, for the purpose of causing death and bodil