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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed
Nothing in there about taking away our God-given natural rights to self defense and defense against tyranny on the word of some pissed-off neighbor or coworker or angry ex-wife. Nothing about civil proceedings or overzealous cops deciding that we aren't capable of exercising those rights. Hell...at this point in my 2nd Amendment evolution I am unsure about felons being denied those rights! They are tried, convicted, and sentenced. When they are released, it should be as citizens with the rights (and obligations) of everyone else. They paid their debt to society...why keep them as second class citizens? But Pam Bondi seems to think that even people who have not been convicted of any crime can be denied those rights, using so-called "red flag laws," and that is a profoundly flawed interpretation of the Constitution. And even more troubling is her suggestion that finding some accommodation with the gun grabbers and the Democrat/Progressive cabal in the interest of (you know what's coming!) THE CHILDREN, is okay. Pam Bondi on gun control: It's about finding common ground Watch the video. "Finding common ground" is what has gotten us to this point. I want no part of the common ground of the Democrat/Progressive machine and its 100 year drive to destroy American Exceptionalism and the rule of law, and replace it with a communitarian, freedom-destroying, socialist miasma. Does America want the pseudo-safety of East Germany of the 1980s, or the Soviet Union of the 1950s? Or even worse, as societies move along the arc of socialism, and even basic services (such as they are) break down, that temporary safety and security disappears completely. Just look at Venezuela for a fine example! And of course the reality in socialist countries is that there was and is plenty of crime, just no means to protect oneself from it! Am I suggesting that Pam Bondi is a crypto-communist who is just itching to bring Stalinism to America? No, of course not. And will she be a welcome change from the true Stalinist we have had for four years? Absolutely. But... I would prefer that Bondi respects the plain language of the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment, and avoid the temptations of throwing more constitutionally suspect laws and more restrictions on our freedoms at problems that are perfectly well covered by existing law. I would prefer that she respects the primacy of the individual and his rights, and refrain from accepting any constraints on the 2nd Amendment, and in fact roll back the insanity of ATF regulations that were designed by those "common ground" folk across the aisle to do one thing; restrict our rights so that government has all of the power.
[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter]
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2025 10:59 AM (u1uWe)
You're completely ignoring the fact that she's hot.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:00 AM (xCA6C)
This.
It's like negotiating with terrorists. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2025 11:00 AM (u1uWe)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:01 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:02 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 16, 2025 11:02 AM (PiwSw)
Joe Scarborough says he never saw Biden's cognitive decline.
The MSBNC host insisted, "He was as sharp as anyone I’ve spoken to..."
I don't think this means what you think it means, Joe. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2025 11:02 AM (u1uWe)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2025 11:02 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:02 AM (g47mK)
She seems like a good choice
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2025 11:02 AM (VE6XX)
Frankly, I agree with her. The sooner we rid the world of the scourge of 9mm and recognize God's Own Caliber the better off we shall be.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 11:03 AM (ExV1e)
I have no common ground with anyone who insists that I compromise on my rights.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 16, 2025 11:03 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:03 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: lizabth at January 16, 2025 11:04 AM (Jfw7U)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2025 11:02 AM (VE6XX)
Just what the Congress needed. Another lawyer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 11:04 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2025 11:02 A
Yep, she is just trying to get through her hearing without giving the democrats any sound bites to use against her.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2025 11:04 AM (Rcnd3)
I don't know anything about her of course, but I trust DeSantis.
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:03 AM (g47mK)
I've seen her in press conferences and she seems smart and conservative.. Of course the Senate can change you so we shall see....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2025 11:05 AM (VE6XX)
she clearly means she's pro crossbow like every normal person.
Posted by: Cu'chullainn at January 16, 2025 11:05 AM (OBSRZ)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:03 AM (g47mK)
I hear she's moody.
Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2025 11:05 AM (z+ik4)
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at January 16, 2025 11:06 AM (Ij2uN)
Posted by: torabora at January 16, 2025 11:06 AM (sR2xd)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2025 11:07 AM (WF/xn)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2025 11:05 AM (VE6XX)
I am glad it is not Laura Trump. That would have been a bit more nepotism than I can handle.
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:07 AM (g47mK)
I like Bondi, think she's a good pick, and am giving her some room to prove herself before I pass judgment. If nothing else, she is light-years better than that shitrat cocksucker Garland.
Is she perfect? No. But who is that has any chance of getting confirmed? The Blade would be the best AG ever. Seriously, I would make us all proud. But it's unlikely the Blade could get confirmed after tells Adam Schiff during the hearings to "suck a bag of dirty dicks, you slimy fish-faced fuck."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:07 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:07 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2025 11:08 AM (Y1sOo)
Frankly, I agree with her. The sooner we rid the world of the scourge of 9mm and recognize God's Own Caliber the better off we shall be.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 11:03 AM (ExV1e)
The .45 ACP and the 30.06 are His Own Calibers!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2025 11:08 AM (0eaVi)
https://tinyurl.com/BondiZimmerman
Posted by: bobby at January 16, 2025 11:09 AM (9U6Wl)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:07 AM (g47mK)
Agreed
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2025 11:09 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Roy at January 16, 2025 11:05 AM (z+ik4)
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With a mad eye?
Posted by: Cheerful Retrobate at January 16, 2025 11:09 AM (99t1i)
I hope he's holding Bob Gibson's hand right now in baseball heaven.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 16, 2025 11:09 AM (YIxO9)
Posted by: Max Power at January 16, 2025 11:10 AM (+hny1)
Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2025 11:10 AM (nBmgE)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2025 11:10 AM (Y1sOo)
Frankly, I agree with her. The sooner we rid the world of the scourge of 9mm and recognize God's Own Caliber the better off we shall be.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 11:03 AM (ExV1e)
The .45 ACP and the 30.06 are His Own Calibers!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2025 11:08 AM (0eaVi)
Fire and Brimstone come in .45 ACP?
Posted by: Joey at January 16, 2025 11:10 AM (ynpvh)
Oh, man, Bob Uecker passed away.
I hope he's holding Bob Gibson's hand right now in baseball heaven.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 16, 2025 11:09 AM
another grim milestone for the biden-harris administration
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2025 11:11 AM (w9Ycv)
This is not the AOSHQ way.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:11 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: zombie Thomas Jefferson at January 16, 2025 11:11 AM (nBmgE)
I hope he's holding Bob Gibson's hand right now in baseball heaven.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 16, 2025 11:09 AM (YIxO9)
I thought he passed a while ago. I expect he's now seated in the front row.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2025 11:11 AM (0eaVi)
I will respect your right to not own a firearm. In return, you will respect my right to own one.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 16, 2025 11:11 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2025 11:10 AM (nBmgE)
No, means plenty of regulations! It's in the Spirit of Aloha!
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge, Oh Yeah! at January 16, 2025 11:12 AM (ynpvh)
He did not get immediately into heaven, but must spend some time in limbo...juuuuusssst a bit outside.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:12 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:03 AM (g47mK)
******
She's excellent. She's on Fox a lot praising Trump and pushing his policies. I am sure Trump is thrilled.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2025 11:12 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2025 11:12 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2025 11:12 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at January 16, 2025 11:12 AM (B/MLO)
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2025 11:12 AM (yQcm2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 16, 2025 11:13 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at January 16, 2025 11:13 AM (B/MLO)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at January 16, 2025 11:13 AM (TN5A0)
Posted by: zombie at January 16, 2025 11:10 AM (nBmgE)
I hate you.
Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 16, 2025 11:14 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Ciampino - another at January 16, 2025 11:14 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:03 AM (g47mK)
******
She's excellent. She's on Fox a lot praising Trump and pushing his policies. I am sure Trump is thrilled.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2025 11:12 AM (NpAcC)
________
I like her. Good solid pick. But I'm sure someone will soon dig up something from her past where she wasn't 100% on our side on 100% of the issues, and then she'll be a suspect pick that we can't trust. [Sighs]
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:14 AM (iFTx/)
IMO Bondi's just "walking the walk" to sail through confirmation. There's enough animosity with the Democrats as it is... so why push it? All Trump's appointees should follow this example.
Then, after assuming their respective offices, go medieval.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2025 11:15 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:15 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at January 16, 2025 11:12 AM (B/MLO)
That's being permanently grounded.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:15 AM (ynpvh)
Seems clear to me. Democrats practically owned congress since 1932 with various interruptions, until 1995.
And this was when the nation was largely homogenous from a cultural standpoint. I believe they could have achieved a firearms ban on everything except perhaps shotguns or deer rifles.
But their policies over the years fragmented the nation from a high trust society to one of division. On purpose. N.b. well this “high trust society” is not a luxury. It isn’t one of those “nice things to have”; it is a pre-requisite to a functioning society, indeed a civilized society.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:15 AM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Shy lurker at January 16, 2025 11:15 AM (kTd/k)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:14 AM (iFTx/)
Hope she works out, but she sounds like a twelve year old.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2025 11:15 AM (0eaVi)
You're completely ignoring the fact that she's hot.
Posted by: Archimedes
If she's against the 2nd Amendment, she's crazy. And you don't stick your dick in crazy.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (5lxGh)
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This is not the AOSHQ way.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:11 AM (xCA6C)
OTOH, she's hot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:14 AM
See # 27.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (Rcnd3)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (jbnUc)
Right?
Any time I hear a policy labeled "common sense" or "smart" (like Obama's Smart Diplomacy or Common Sense Gun Control) it's a tip-off that it is anything but.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (u1uWe)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (PMtkd)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:17 AM (PMtkd)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:07 AM (iFTx/)
A brother by a different mother. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 11:17 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Joey at January 16, 2025 11:10 AM (ynpvh)
That comes in 30mm.
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (Ij2uN)
I found it!
She was once a Democrat, but switched to Republican in 1998. We can't trust her.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (jbnUc)
That's too common-sense. The proper Dem reaction is to blame all gun owners and all guns and put in bans and regulations that would not have prevented the tragedy they claim to be fixing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:14 AM (iFTx/)
It's been rumored that she once spoke approvingly about Skyline Chili.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (ExV1e)
Repeal NFA '34, GCA of '68 & '86.
No restrictions. As the founders envisioned it. Yes, I am an absolutist.
Criminal has done his time and is no longer on probation or parole? Give him his 2A rights back.
If you don't feel like you can trust him, why the fuck did you let him out of prison?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 11:19 AM (5lxGh)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:14 AM (iFTx/)
It's been rumored that she once spoke approvingly about Skyline Chili.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (ExV1e)
Carrots in her chili, raisins in her bread.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:19 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (TN5A0)
That’s the rub. That’s why it is a good thing the democrats were such assholes in her hearing.
‘Go ahead, Pam. Show us the common ground we have with Adam Schiff. With Maizie Hirono.’
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (jbnUc)
Bondi is older than Gillibrand.
Yikes.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:17 AM (PMtkd)
Bondi does have a better surgeon...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (exHjb)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
And listened to Nickelback.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (77rzZ)
FULL CIRCLE: Wyoming to bury old wind turbines in empty coal mines 🤔
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (17s+e)
Posted by: Winner Of Avocado Washer/Dryer at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (G5+As)
To Improve Senate Confirmation Hearings, Democratic Women Replaced By Rabid Hyenas
https://is.gd/DaDqYy
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:14 AM (iFTx/)
It's been rumored that she once spoke approvingly about Skyline Chili.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (ExV1e)
Carrots in her chili, raisins in her bread.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:19 AM (ynpvh)
_________
Does she shake her Manhattans?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (iFTx/)
Bondi is older than Gillibrand.
Yikes.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:17 AM (PMtkd)
Bondi looks like she had work. Gillibrand is a D, so....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (jbnUc)
That's too common-sense. The proper Dem reaction is to blame all gun owners and all guns and put in bans and regulations that would not have prevented the tragedy they claim to be fixing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (ynpvh)
I say we prosecute ALL criminal laws better...then evaluate.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (exHjb)
Finding common ground can only erode our Natural Rights. My right to self defense is absolute. You want me to find common ground? That can only result in my right to self-defense being denied in some fashion.
Finding common ground is always "moving toward tyranny".
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (Fju+s)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (u1uWe)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (/y8xj)
She was once a Democrat, but switched to Republican in 1998. We can't trust her.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (Y1sOo)
I will give you a choice, would you like me to respond to your assertion politely or impolitely ?
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:14 AM (iFTx/)
It's been rumored that she once spoke approvingly about Skyline Chili.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (ExV1e)
Carrots in her chili, raisins in her bread.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:19 AM (ynpvh)
_________
Does she shake her Manhattans?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (iFTx/)
And pours maple syrup in them so she can dip her french toast.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:22 AM (jbnUc)
I think Pan is fine with uncovering vote fraud and knows it needs to be addressed
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2025 11:22 AM (yQcm2)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (jbnUc)
Now, now. Be charitable.
I like naps.
I like whores.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 11:22 AM (+iIV1)
Whatever moves you.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2025 11:22 AM (Y1sOo)
To Improve Senate Confirmation Hearings, Democratic Women Replaced By Rabid Hyenas
https://is.gd/DaDqYy
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (xCA6C)
________
How could they tell the difference? Oh yea, silly me: the hyenas are cuter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:22 AM (iFTx/)
Does nobody remember the phrase "zeal of the converted"?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:22 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Sarge at January 16, 2025 11:23 AM (BzF4R)
Posted by: Change my mind at January 16, 2025 11:23 AM (HXZiI)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
And listened to Nickelback.
Posted by: Bulg
It must be a Florida thing.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2025 11:23 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Bridge Too Far at January 16, 2025 11:23 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (jbnUc)
That's too common-sense. The proper Dem reaction is to blame all gun owners and all guns and put in bans and regulations that would not have prevented the tragedy they claim to be fixing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:18 AM (ynpvh)
I say we prosecute ALL criminal laws better...then evaluate.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (exHjb)
And make sure Congresscritters are NOT exempt from them in any way. Congressional Pension? Too bad, you old bastards, you get SS. Congressional Health Insurance? Nope, Obamacare for all of you. No more insider trading either, Nancy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:23 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Winner Of Avocado Washer/Dryer at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (G5+As)
There's a YT vid of a couple who were on it forty years ago. It pops up once in a while.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (0eaVi)
https://tinyurl.com/BondiZimmerman
Posted by: bobby at January 16, 2025 11:09 AM (9U6Wl)
She called BLM grifter attorney Benjamin Crump and his associates “friends of mine” at the same time Crump was working diligently to frame George Zimmerman.
Oh, but I’m sure she just said that to trick the Dems.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (FC8SQ)
It’s why we lose long term battles more often than we win.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (AMcpv)
He made years in which the Brewers sucked bearable and listenable. Very few guys could keep an audience tuned in to a game that's out of reach just to listen to his stories or insights.
I'm really gonna miss him.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (FCbAQ)
We need someone in power to say "Well, that approach keeps failing so we're going to enforce the existing laws to see if it solves the problem."
Posted by: NR Pax at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (NR6c1)
I have a hard time imagining any sexual advance by her would be unwelcome. (Conversely I doubt and advances by Hirono would be welcome.)
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (yQcm2)
They don’t require someone else to perform. With the only exception being the right to Jury trial of peers. (And they perverted the meaning of “peers” since then, along with everything else)
Because …. is the opening. They tried to explain, and this has been mangled beyond recognition. “Well regulated” meant “highly trained” and well functioning, not a bureaucracy designed to make it moot. “Yes, you can have a firearm in your car. Only if disassembled and locked in the trunk, with the ammunition in a separate locked container, with the combination on file in Alexandria, VA, encrypted in reverse Polish notation”
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:25 AM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:25 AM (NUdiI)
Right? I'm happily married, and don't cheat, but an advance from her would put a spring in my step.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:26 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:26 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 11:26 AM (xhfG9)
I have a hard time imagining any sexual advance by her would be unwelcome. (Conversely I doubt and advances by Hirono would be welcome.)
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (GUOwU)
Hirono getting tips on how to successfully do it?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:26 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:26 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Sarge
I can't.
They have either done their time or they can't be trusted to be released.
Because a silly assed law on paper won't stop them from getting a gun.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 11:26 AM (5lxGh)
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (yQcm2)
My crossbow uses 9mm. My longbow uses .45 ACP...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:27 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: VAR1ABLE at January 16, 2025 11:27 AM (S+Nbg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 16, 2025 11:27 AM (dR02F)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (g47mK)
He has always been the best choice...he just can't seem to make folks believe that, outside of Florida...
So, we enjoy the person who could make folks believe...and he's not a bad option...
But Trump was always 1990s D...so being soft on guns is not a deal breaker for him or his people...he's always soft on the social issues, especially if they are not high on Melania's list. Now, the ones on her list - yeah, he's been rock solid on.
He's America 1st, not conservative values 1st...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (exHjb)
Posted by: Shy lurker at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (kTd/k)
Bondi is older than Gillibrand.
Yikes.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:17 AM (PMtkd)
Bondi is older than Liz Cheney.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (FC8SQ)
I'm out
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 16, 2025 11:07 AM (WF/xn)
Well! I never! Harrumph!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (rgoSo)
>>@nicholaswu12
·
>>3h
Progressive Hill staff are asking for a 32-hour workweek
>>"We write today to encourage you to consider adopting a proposal that would improve worker satisfaction, increase staff retention in Congress, and model a more sustainable approach to work on a national level."
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (LkLld)
Hot dogs, bacon, bologna. Looked delicious.
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (RjdSJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (NUdiI)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:29 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 16, 2025 11:29 AM (gm9Sb)
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I didn't watch that part of the hearing. Why would she say something so entirely stupid? (besides her being entirely stupid)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:29 AM (PMtkd)
I have a hard time imagining any sexual advance by her would be unwelcome. (Conversely I doubt and advances by Hirono would be welcome.)
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (GUOwU)
I understand that Hirono makes that question to every nominee. Apparently it is important to her.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2025 11:29 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2025 11:02 AM (u1uWe)
In the Country of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome guys, the Down Syndrome guy is king.
-- Erasmus, more or less
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 11:29 AM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Shy lurker at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (kTd/k)
You have to be able to read the inscrutable.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:29 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:30 AM (UfRqq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:30 AM (NUdiI)
I have a hard time imagining any sexual advance by her would be unwelcome. (Conversely I doubt and advances by Hirono would be welcome.)
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (GUOwU)
Hirono getting tips on how to successfully do it?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:26 AM (ynpvh)
The only remote chance of hirono being successful is during an alien invasion from the planet Ugly.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 11:30 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 16, 2025 11:30 AM (dR02F)
Posted by: Shy lurker at January 16, 2025 11:30 AM (kTd/k)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:30 AM (UfRqq)
Her stance on 2A probably has been tempered by that realization. Many politicos have softened their stance on it. They realize their lives might depend on it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2025 11:31 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:29 AM (PMtkd)
I posited that they have some blackmail material, an allegation of sexual harassment against her, and they wanted her denial under oath, to use it against her in the future.
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:31 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at January 16, 2025 11:31 AM (17s+e)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2025 11:29 AM (D7oie)
Yeah, a lifelong case study on why it never happened to her.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 11:31 AM (VwHCD)
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If you have to ask, you are a sexual harrasser!!
Posted by: Triggleypuff at January 16, 2025 11:31 AM (HXZiI)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:31 AM (g47mK)
Does nobody remember the phrase "zeal of the converted"?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:22 AM (xCA6C)
I bet half of us here were once dems.
Posted by: LASue at January 16, 2025 11:32 AM (lCppi)
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Ugh. I hate this reasoning. Well she kinda sucks but she’s better than Biden’s guy. No!! This is the mindset of defeatism.
When we have Dem presidents they appoint the most radical leftists they can find. They don’t just say, let’s find someone who is just incrementally better than the last guy. They go 100MPH in the other direction.
But for us? Hey she’s not 100% awful so I’m happy.
You see the problem?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:32 AM (AMcpv)
If we can’t trust someone with a gun, why would we let them vote? That’s more dangerous, clearly.
Stalin famously quipped, when asked about it, “We don’t let them have ideas, why would we let them have guns?”
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:32 AM (A4BvX)
Ted Cruz Slams Biden's Immigration Failures: “He Made Me Miss Barack Obama”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 16, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:32 AM (NUdiI)
...... Okay that took a minute, next up, the other Marxists, the EPA. It would take me a day. If it's not in the Constitution, it doesn't need to exist. Yeah I'm dreaming.
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at January 16, 2025 11:13 AM (TN5A0)
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100% THAT!
Add DoE and DEduc.
Posted by: Ciampino - shutter them up at January 16, 2025 11:32 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: 11th Dimensional Chess at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (k4bN6)
How YOU doin'?
*Flutters eyelashes*
Posted by: Crazy Maizie at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (whIlM)
I think this is a bad argument. I'm not aware of any definition of regulated that carries this meaning, and even if there is one, this is so arcane and beyond the reasoning capacity of most average people that it ends up being the kind of thing that could undermine the credibility of the pro-gun argument.
The better argument is to accept that the militia has to be regulated - it has to have rules and discipline. But the amendment still says that the people have the right to bear arms. Anti-gun focus on the well-regulated militia just ignores that the people still have a right, regardless of the purpose. Arguments that "we now have a military so we don't need a militia" ignore the Militia Act, which is still good law (See 10 USC Chapter 12), and that just because we don't need it doesn't mean that the constitution doesn't provide for it. The Constitution calls for a militia and an armed citizenry to staff it. Don't like that? Tough shit.
Posted by: DPICM at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (otMgO)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (LkLld)
I'm only going to support Ethically-sourced, Free-range, Gluten-free GMO-free staffers...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: deadrody at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (vgB0v)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (3ImbR)
/Skyrim Pedant
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (UfRqq)
·
>>3h
Progressive Hill staff are asking for a 32-hour workweek
>>"We write today to encourage you to consider adopting a proposal that would improve worker satisfaction, increase staff retention in Congress, and model a more sustainable approach to work on a national level."
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (LkLld)
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I back a plan to give all Hill staffers full pay, a 0-hour work week, and criminal prosecution if they work at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (GBKbO)
I will give you a choice, would you like me to respond to your assertion politely or impolitely ?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (Y1sOo)
They have either done their time or they can't be trusted to be released.
Because a silly assed law on paper won't stop them from getting a gun.
Posted by: rickb223
The current court system doesn't recognize the idea of locking up people for life, but they do recognize interfering with their ability to commit another violent felony.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2025 11:34 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2025 11:24 AM (GUOwU)
Let's put it this way:
She went into politics rather than her generations-old family business -- a whorehouse catering to sailors. You know, the ones famous for their abysmally low standards after being at sea for a while. Apparently there are some things that even sailors won't do.
QED
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 11:34 AM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Shy lurker"
That's why you have to have all the forms ready, signed and and notarized before you make your next move.
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2025 11:34 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: brak at January 16, 2025 11:34 AM (jGJov)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Yeah, but they take Dwarven metal, not steel.
I prefer the Ebony ones from the CC anyway.
Posted by: Brother Tim, Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2025 11:34 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: lizabth at January 16, 2025 11:34 AM (Jfw7U)
You see the problem?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:32 AM (AMcpv)
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DU thinks Garland is a secret Republican who undermined Biden's justified mission to put Trump in prison.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:34 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: 11th Dimensional Chess
So do I. I think they're both 1s.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2025 11:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 16, 2025 11:30 AM (dR02F)
Joe Torre on knuckleball pitchers.
I don't mind if they throw 145 pitches. Just not in the first inning.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2025 11:35 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:35 AM (NUdiI)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:35 AM (UfRqq)
If we can’t trust someone with a gun, why would we let them vote? That’s more dangerous, clearly.
Stalin famously quipped, when asked about it, “We don’t let them have ideas, why would we let them have guns?”
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:32 AM (A4BvX)
I don't think certain felons should ever get the right to vote again. If you permanently damage society in such a way that it can't be recovered, you've lost your ability to make decisions for it, even if we eventually no longer deem you necessary to be locked up...
Murderers, arsonists, torturers, etc. I like that VA lets the Gov decide each case individually to see if you can vote again. Its' probably gonna change this session b/c Dems need those votes, but it shouldn't. It is good law...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2025 11:35 AM (exHjb)
But also seeing lots of Pam videos and if all but 60 she is holding together nicely.
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2025 11:35 AM (yQcm2)
Posted by: Losers United For Growth at January 16, 2025 11:35 AM (G5+As)
But for us? Hey she’s not 100% awful so I’m happy.
You see the problem?
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The dems can do that because of the uniparty. Trump cannot pick the most radical, because of the uniparty. God bless him he tried with Gaetz.
Posted by: Do YOU see the problem at January 16, 2025 11:35 AM (HXZiI)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 16, 2025 11:20 AM (L/fGl)
That's only slightly less stupid than filling up decommissioned wind turbine towers with coal. What are wind turbine blades? Carbon fiber composite, a mixture of graphite and hydrocarbons. What is coal? A mixture of carbon and hydrocarbons, too. Chop up the turbine blades, and use them as fuel in thermal plants. Blend the cuttings in with coal.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2025 11:36 AM (8zz6B)
The best argument is simply parsing the sentence.
"A well-balanced breakfast being an important meal, the right of the people to keep and eat breakfast foods shall not be infringed."
What has the right here?
Hint: not the breakfast.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 11:36 AM (W5ArC)
I wanted to comment exactly this.
Trump's done a good job at putting people in charge of things where their weaknesses have absolutely nothing to do with their job. Rubio's suspect on the border? That's terrible, except Tom Holman's gonna be handling that. Bondi's bad about 2A? Good thing she's not in Congress. Etc, etc.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2025 11:36 AM (2ocoG)
"A well-balanced breakfast being an important meal, the right of the people to keep and eat breakfast foods shall not be infringed."
What has the right here?
Hint: not the breakfast.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 11:36 AM (W5ArC)
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You'll pry my Lucky Charms from my cold, dead hands!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (7fElN)
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For the first time, I got a text message from the local D machine on Election night, pleading for my vote. They track if you have voted.
Dear
Common Tater
TODAY is ELECTION DAY! Polls CLOSE at 8 PM.
We get it: Deciding in this election can seem paralyzing. Lots of rhetoric to sort through, choices may not be perfect, and the stakes to shape the future seem higher than ever.
There are many people in the middle, like yourself, who wish for peace, partisan collaboration and civility.
We feel that voting for Democratic candidates this election can help our county, and country, to unify, rather than disrupt; to lift up, rather than tear down.
We are no longer a party of just Democrats. Some are Independents. Some are former Republicans. Nationally, the pendulum is swinging toward the middle, as many Republicans are standing with Democrats this time to save our country from those who have threatened to eliminate the Constitution, use the military against our own citizens, and eliminate healthcare for millions and hard-earned Social Security for seniors.
We invite you to blah blah
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (AMcpv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (iFTx/)
Is that a new term for "yabbos"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (8zz6B)
‘ How does one know if a sexual advance is unwanted until you make an advance?’
You can’t. And God help you if you guess wrong.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (jbnUc)
"A well-balanced breakfast being an important meal, the right of the people to keep and eat breakfast foods shall not be infringed."
What has the right here?
Hint: not the breakfast.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 11:36 AM (W5ArC)
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You'll pry my Lucky Charms from my cold, dead hands!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (7fElN)
They're always after yer Lucky Charms, Professor...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (ynpvh)
‘ How does one know if a sexual advance is unwanted until you make an advance?’
You can’t. And God help you if you guess wrong.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (jbnUc)
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"I don't get it."
-Tom Brady
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: DPICM at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (otMgO)
The founders were not thrilled with the idea of having a standing army. They almost lost their nut sac fighting one. At the same time they knew one was needed, so the safety valve, the ultimate check, was an armed population armed with the SAME weapons used by the standing army and any possible invading enemies for all time.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (VwHCD)
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I disagree. The spaghetti bender is ok. He sort of a more down to earth and accessible Ted Cruz. I don't think he catch on nationally. But he has a future in cabinet position at some point.
Posted by: Do YOU see the problem at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (HXZiI)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (7fElN)
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Lucky Charms are gross.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:21 AM (iFTx/)
Is that a new term for "yabbos"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (8zz6B)
Only if they were an atomic project...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (ynpvh)
I assume the problem is that they also contain a lot of fiberglass, which would potentially cause problems in the furnaces.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (ynpvh)
Would they still be delicious if magic wasn't involved?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 16, 2025 11:39 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2025 11:39 AM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (7fElN)
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Lucky Charms are gross.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (GBKbO)
You're not supposed to let them sit in milk for a half hour before eating them...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:39 AM (ynpvh)
For me at least, there are two problems wrapped up in one. Not all felonies are equal. Drug possession isn't the same as armed robbery in my eyes. Shouldn't be treated as such.
The other is as you say. For those that have "done their time" - just how much do I trust them ? But now we're getting down to the nut of it. I don't think prison is reformative at all, and apparently not enough of a deterrent either.
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 11:39 AM (k4bN6)
Posted by: Brother Tim, Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 16, 2025 11:40 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: lin-duh at January 16, 2025 11:40 AM (4XTQO)
Came back to a hot kitchen and no coffee.
I'm awesome.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 11:40 AM (+iIV1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:39 AM (ynpvh)
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The cereal is dry and tasteless. The marshmallows are dry and tasteless.
It's one of the worst cereal brands out there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2025 11:36 AM (2ocoG)
Every gun owner has probably broken several federal laws, not even not knowing it. A gun grabber at DOJ could make life a living hell for gun owners if she really wanted to.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:40 AM (AMcpv)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (ynpvh)
Would they still be delicious if magic wasn't involved?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 16, 2025 11:39 AM (PiwSw)
https://youtu.be/Ihbp3u0N5XM
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:40 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:41 AM (NUdiI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 16, 2025 11:41 AM (dR02F)
Posted by: Wayne LaPenis, Whore Master at January 16, 2025 11:41 AM (jiYtH)
Posted by: Shy lurker"
Are you ugly? How about "average"?
Is you net worth less than 7 figures?
Answer yes to any and it is unwanted.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 16, 2025 11:41 AM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2025 11:41 AM (rgoSo)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 16, 2025 11:16 AM (jbnUc)
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Apply existing laws. Those that don't work? Scrap them and worry about a replacement later, if necessary.
No other changes needed.
We don't scrap nearly enough laws. Need to make laws have a sunset clause, say 8 years (2 administrations, 1+ senatorial cycle).
Posted by: Ciampino - start whittling at 2nd Am infringements at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (GBKbO
And problematic.
In this day and age, they can't have a disabled, black tranny leprechaun as the mascot?
Posted by: Stateless at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:39 AM (ynpvh)
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The cereal is dry and tasteless. The marshmallows are dry and tasteless.
It's one of the worst cereal brands out there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
Fine. Go back to yer Kaboom!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (ynpvh)
I love it all.
Life
Captain Crunch
Sugar Pops
Honey Bunches of Oats
Kiks
Raisin Bran
Corn Pops
I don't know if I met a cereal I didn't like.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (PMtkd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (NUdiI)
It's one of the worst cereal brands out there.
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Hold my gray milk...
Posted by: Kaboom! at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (HXZiI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2025 11:37 AM (8zz6B)
I thought we determined yesterday that yabbos drive Subaru WRXs?
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (xhfG9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (ynpvh)
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I'm more of a Cinnamon Toast Crunch kind of guy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:43 AM (GBKbO)
They have either done their time or they can't be trusted to be released.
Because a silly assed law on paper won't stop them from getting a gun.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 11:26 AM (5lxGh)
I agree that ex-cons who have paid their dues should be allowed to own firearms, but they should get zero breaks if they subsequently use a firearm in the commission of a crime. Absolute hard time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2025 11:43 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Ding ding ding ding!
Winner winner dodo dinner!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 11:43 AM (5lxGh)
Neat trick, it didn’t exist until 1892 or whatever. Militia? They will lock your ass up it you form one, probably, I dunno. Near as I can tell, they want to ban firearms because they know damn well they are doing shit that should get them shot. This isn’t complicated
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:43 AM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (xCA6C)
Lucky Charms? Are you sure you're not thinking of shredded wheat?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 11:43 AM (W5ArC)
Captain Crunch
Sugar Pops
Honey Bunches of Oats
Kiks
Raisin Bran
Corn Pops
I don't know if I met a cereal I didn't like.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (PMtkd)
Grape-Nuts?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 16, 2025 11:43 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Losers United For Growth at January 16, 2025 11:35 AM (G5+As)
You can't even predict what will happen to YOU 2 weeks from now, seriously doubt you can predict the future.
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:44 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:44 AM (NUdiI)
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 11:44 AM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Just got here at January 16, 2025 11:44 AM (DobEs)
Captain Crunch
Sugar Pops
Honey Bunches of Oats
Kiks
Raisin Bran
Corn Pops
I don't know if I met a cereal I didn't like.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (PMtkd)
Grape-Nuts?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 16, 2025 11:43 AM (PiwSw)
Like the Rocky Mountains don't have oysters, grapes don't have nuts...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:44 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2025 11:44 AM (/U5Yz)
And what makes you think she wants to? Bondi has a full plate trying to right the FBI/DOJ and stop looking to persecute people.
Every single person including Trump is imperfect. No matter who he nominates for any position there will be a flaw. Bondi is fine. She's not going to grabbing guns.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 16, 2025 11:43 AM (PiwSw)
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Honest to pete, I'd eat that crap with brown sugar and think life was good.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (PMtkd)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (ynpvh)
1 ) Create the judicial environment where 3x violent felons are actually put away for life.
! THEN, AND ONLY THEN !
2 ) Create a well designed process for restoring 2A rights to non-violent felons who have served their time.
This isn't fucking tensor math.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Tony at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (DobEs)
So yeah Trump may be pro-gun on paper, but instinctively my guess is he’s not really a fan of guns.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (AMcpv)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (RrujM)
Interesting -
Archives dot gov - The Bill of Rights: A Transcription
In part, ..."Ten of the proposed 12 amendments were ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures on December 15, 1791. The ratified Articles (Articles 3–12) constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, or the U.S. Bill of Rights. In 1992, 203 years after it was proposed, Article 2 was ratified as the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. Article 1 was never ratified."
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AI Overview
This statement is incorrect; Article 2 of the US Constitution refers to the Executive Branch and does not correspond to the 27th Amendment which, when ratified, dealt specifically with changes to Congressional pay, stating that any alterations to their compensation cannot take effect until after a new election of Representatives has occurred; essentially, preventing immediate self-pay raises for Congress members.
Key points to remember:
Article 2:
Defines the powers and duties of the President, outlining the Executive Branch.
27th Amendment:
Concerns Congressional pay, prohibiting changes to their salaries until after a new election.
Posted by: L - When will we hit rock bottom? Not today at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (UfRqq)
Posted by: lin-duh at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (4XTQO)
Posted by: Just got here at January 16, 2025 11:44 AM (DobEs)
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False.
Alternate universe where we're quoting Quentin Tarantino movies where his characters talk about cereal instead of how many time they want their coffee refilled.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Lepre-Con at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Just got here at January 16, 2025 11:44 AM (DobEs)
Only if we don't get a cereal killer.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:42 AM (PMtkd)
The 29-year-olds may remember the "variety pack" cereals, where you'd get airline-sized boxes of ten or a dozen different cereals.
It sucked ass when you got down to Total or Bran Flakes.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Just got here at January 16, 2025 11:44 AM (DobEs)
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We do what we want after 100 comments. Try and stop this from degenerating into a movie, food, book or gun thread.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (PMtkd)
That's a good rule. I like that one. Bundle it together with stabbing, bludgeoning, poisoning, playing Yoko Ono without prior warning....
A gun's just a hunk of metal that can fling another hunk of metal really fast. They ain't magic.
Don't hurt people. Don't take their stuff. Don't wreck their stuff. If you do, we'll hurt you and take your stuff. It doesn't have to be complicated.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (+iIV1)
>The Dallas Morning News -
'Can Donald Trump vote, travel internationally or own a gun after New York felony sentence?'
PolitiFact | Here’s what the sentencing means for his rights.
By PolitiFact, PolitiFact Staff Writer, Jan. 13, 2025
It begins, "President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 10 felony sentencing raised questions on social media about his rights: Can he vote, travel internationally and own a gun?
Yes, likely, and no."
And another -
>'What Trump's Win Means For Guns Laws,' HuffPost
Nov 6, 2024 — The movement to expand gun rights gained further momentum Tuesday as voters returned Donald Trump to the White House.
Posted by: L - When will we hit rock bottom? Not today at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (NFX2v)
Which is why I think a mandatory gun safety training course before purchasing a gun is reasonable. Let the NRA run it, if so desired. As soon as the government tries to make it an impediment to gun ownership, though, it goes away.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (xCA6C)
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So she's big on performance art, rather than substantive discussion.
Posted by: Crusader at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (azSra)
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (k4bN6)
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I didn’t say she wants to. I was responding g to the comment that said she can’t influence policy. She very much can (not saying she necessarily will).
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (AMcpv)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (RrujM)
He was already high, does that count as being an astronaut?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (ynpvh)
/Skyrim Pedant
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (UfRqq)
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Tempered gromril, lad. That's the ticket.
Posted by: Warhammer Dwarfs at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
At that point, they never get out again.
We are giving you a second chance. There will NOT be a third.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (5lxGh)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (UfRqq)
Airburst vs Groundburst
Discuss.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: lin-duh
Yes and those little short tube noodles. I love that stuff.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (NUdiI)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (xCA6C)
Make it mandatory but don’t make it an impediment to gun ownership? How does that work?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (AMcpv)
*In this thread, people are commenting about yabbos, cereal, penguins, and Bob Euker*
Posted by: AoS AI bot at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (oKFJt)
It sucked ass when you got down to Total or Bran Flakes.
Wise parents held those back as punishment for various infractions.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (xCA6C)
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You may be correct, but don't forget his boys are hunters. I don't think Trump is a 2nd amendment absolutist. But the court seems to have a majority that favors that position.
Posted by: Kaboom! at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (HXZiI)
"Oh, I just ask everyone."
I prefer common sense.
Either you know she's a sex offender and you're holding back or you're a dumbass.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (PMtkd)
unlike sandy hook and parkland it's unlikely they will blustered into gun restrictions, but we saw with cornyn some will try,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (dJR17)
*In this thread, people are commenting about yabbos, cereal, penguins, and Bob Euker*
Posted by: AoS AI bot at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (oKFJt)
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And I'm watching a Roger Corman movie!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:49 AM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 16, 2025 11:49 AM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:49 AM (UfRqq)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (UfRqq)
Airburst vs Groundburst
Discuss.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (W/lyH)
Depends what's above ground and what's below ground...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:49 AM (ynpvh)
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When I wanted to get a CCW here in KY I had to take a class. 90% of the class was about the laws, and liability I'd be taking on. The actual safety was about 10 minutes of loading/unloading, don't point a loaded gun, etc.
And shooting at a target from 7 yards.
The liabilities part was painful. Yet, the most important.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2025 11:49 AM (Q4IgG)
It's a course anyone can pass.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:50 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:45 AM (AMcpv)
Trump separately identified some of the firearms he owned - a .45 caliber Heckler & Koch sidearm and a .38 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver - and referenced frequently carrying guns for self-protection prior to being elected president
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 11:50 AM (xhfG9)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:50 AM (g47mK)
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Make it a tax.
Posted by: John Roberts at January 16, 2025 11:50 AM (HXZiI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (NUdiI)
/Skyrim Pedant
Sitting here, really hoping that Bethesda doesn't screw up the next Elder Scrolls. I read so much awful stuff about Starfield I never even tried it.
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (k4bN6)
Posted by: lin-duh at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (4XTQO)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (PMtkd)
I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Boobs at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (DobEs)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (FC8SQ)
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (k4bN6)
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It was my impression that it was similar to Cyberpunk, that the release was a mess but that it got better over time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (RjdSJ)
I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Boobs at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (DobEs)
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Oh, shit, how'd I forget about you?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (PMtkd)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (xCA6C)
Hahaha..."Go Away". Hahahahaha...that's gold Jerry! Gold! Hahahaha...
Posted by: Kenny Bania at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (jiYtH)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (UfRqq)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (oT+t6)
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So she's big on performance art, rather than substantive discussion.
Posted by: Crusader at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (azSra)
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It's a "trap" question. Old lawyer trick. The answers are under oath. So maybe the candidate does have some dirty laundry in their background -- or just accusations -- and is worried it might come to light, so the candidate answers with a weasel response that throws blood in the water. If the candidate says "no" then that's testimony that can be used against them as perjury if accusations later come to light.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (RjdSJ)
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But impossible burgers are all natural!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Such the disappointment at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (HXZiI)
Alaska used to require those, but we've had Constitutional Carry for a number of years now. No permit of any kind required.
They do still offer the permit (which requires the training and so forth) but the only real reason to get it is because some other states grant reciprocity.
Since I'm not planning on ever leaving here, I haven't bothered to stay current on that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (W5ArC)
https://is.gd/xZNeLv
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (RjdSJ)
It's cured AND sliced. Two processes. That's barely even food anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (+iIV1)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:38 AM (xCA6C)
The glass would simply melt, and become part of the clinkers resulting from burning coal. There is always some amount of mineral matter in coal, clay and silt, and it melts in the firebox, and becomes clinkers. (which could be used as aggregate in paving)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (xhfG9)
…
It's a course anyone can pass.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:50 AM (xCA6C)
Then why bother? It’s like how states implement smog checks that 99.9% of cars pass. Ends up just being a money grab for the state and companies that do the testing.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (AMcpv)
Posted by: lin-duh
Ham & bean w/cornbread
Taco soup w/cornbread
Beef stew w/cornbread
Homemade dodo soup w/cornbread
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (5lxGh)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
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Tittyfest afficionado...
Posted by: Such the disappointment at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (HXZiI)
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Carnival of Rock, actually.
Way too early for titty-fests. It's still the 50s!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (GBKbO)
They tried to Nerf society, and all it did was things like illegal alien former goat herders hijack planes and rearrange the New York City skyline.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Seems Legit
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That'll get you a lifetime ban from some stadium somewhere
Posted by: lin-duh at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (4XTQO)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2025 11:49 AM (Q4IgG)
So...know someone who owns a large incinerator.
Or a backhoe.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (xCA6C)
Or - and this is gonna' sound crazy, but just follow me here. We could go back to that magical time before the Supreme Court invented the idea of Incorporation and the notion that they were national defenders of the Bill of Rights.
And just use the Constitution as a check on the Federal, and let each State take care of themselves. There's fifty of them. I assume I can always find at least one I can live with.
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (k4bN6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (NUdiI)
However I am more interested in what she does than what she says. And that counts for if she says dumb shit, too.
Posted by: ... at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (ggGAr)
Posted by: Shy lurker"
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Don't start with making sexual advances unless you understand game and have the charm and physique to carry it off.
For most guys, simply go to places and meet people in person. Learn to dance and going to a dance academy teaching ballroom dancing, etc. can help give you confidence. Want someone decent to start a family with, then join in Right to Life local activities. That is the sort of person you will meet (h/t Tony Pete). You pick up people in a bar (no judgment), you will probably get something else than you would going to art gallery openings and such.
Also be cruelly realistic with yourself and work on your flaws whether conversational skills, physique, and/or confidence and ease with the other sex. The one thing about 'game' is that you cannot take rejection personally and never fixate on someone you can never obtain. Simply move on to asking someone else out. Plenty of women (assuming male) out there that want and need companionship just as there are plenty of lonely males out there.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (ctrM5)
https://is.gd/xZNeLv
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (xCA6C)
The hard part is getting the satellite back down to where the weapon is, and busting off the little solar panel wing-ey doodads so you can close the door on it.
The Satellite button is pretty easy to find though. Right between Popcorn and Potato.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (+iIV1)
There has been a push for no alcohol based on one study and it makes me wonder why.
I think it's another way to deflect from the vaccine that alcohol causes cancer.
I'm not saying it's good for you but until a study is done in Russia on 10,000 people I don't buy it.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (PMtkd)
And when Honey Nut Cheerios came along -- oh, be still my heart!
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (77rzZ)
This should be easy to check. Did she ask this question of Merrick Garland?
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (xhfG9)
Posted by: And I ain't going back at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (DobEs)
I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Boobs at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (DobEs)
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Oh, shit, how'd I forget about you?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (PMtkd)
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I'm a little surprised "book" made it onto the list. That's usually reserved for Sundays...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (7fElN)
Posted by: leoncaruthers
We wuz kangs?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: lin-duh
Ham & bean w/cornbread
Taco soup w/cornbread
Beef stew w/cornbread
Homemade dodo soup w/cornbread
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Change cornbread to sough dough and cut away Taco and WTF dodo is and you are there.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (jFCkp)
This morning was another vote on a measure "to declare that illegal aliens who commit sex crimes or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable".
145 Democrats voted against it. 61 voted for it.
It's theater (seems like the bill itself as well as the wedging), but it's gotta cause problems with activists and fundraisers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:50 AM (xCA6C)
Then why bother?
I didn't say would pass, I said could pass. Passing would presumably include demonstrating a rudimentary understanding of gun safety.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (xCA6C)
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I thought it meant frequent bowel movements.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: lin-duh at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (4XTQO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (NUdiI)
Once I maxed out my bow skills in skyrim I was 1 shotting stuff from over 100 yards away. Hitting the dudes that were infesting those forts you ran across from 100 yards out was a riot.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Crusader at January 16, 2025 11:47 AM (azSra)
Yes.
https://tinyurl.com/545wf76a
Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (RjdSJ)
It's cured AND sliced. Two processes. That's barely even food anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (+iIV1)
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I find it to be hilarious that the kind of people who turn their noses up at "GMO food" are the types who will buy fake meat, whose labels read like a chemistry text.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (6K6Eu)
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Well, that depends on what you mean, I did get shot down in college quit a bit...
Posted by: There is no question that can't be undermined at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (HXZiI)
Alaska used to require those, but we've had Constitutional Carry for a number of years now. No permit of any kind required.
They do still offer the permit (which requires the training and so forth) but the only real reason to get it is because some other states grant reciprocity.
Since I'm not planning on ever leaving here, I haven't bothered to stay current on that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
The absolute reason in Texas to get & keep your CHL? No background check.
In, fill out the 4473, show your license to carry, pay & walk out while non chl's are watching you.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (5lxGh)
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No, Bacon is meat-candy
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (A4BvX)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (RjdSJ)
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But impossible burgers are all natural!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:52 AM (GBKbO)
Same ingredients as non-meat dog food...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boobs at January 16, 2025 11:51 AM (DobEs)
I prefer them standing up myself. They're not good if they're sitting.
Well, less good.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (W5ArC)
Posted by: lin-duh
Ham & bean w/cornbread
Taco soup w/cornbread
Beef stew w/cornbread
Homemade dodo soup w/cornbread
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 11:53 AM (5lxGh)
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Since it's Texas, I assume chili is a given?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 16, 2025 11:33 AM (Y1sOo)
Imitation is a form of flattery, and while I appreciate it , try to find you own material.
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Prune juice at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (DobEs)
Senator Hirono. I want to start with two preliminary
questions that I ask every nominee who comes before any of the Committees on which I sit, and these two questions are: Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?
Judge Garland. No.
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (xhfG9)
https://is.gd/xZNeLv
Posted by: Archimedes
That's not how inverse squared laws work.
Posted by: DaveA at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (NUdiI)
Brushed an egg wash on the baguette I was baking this morning and actually fried up what was left over. Nothing left to waste these days
Posted by: Auspex at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Prune juice at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (DobEs)
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A warrior's drink.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: lin-duh
Split pea and ham instant pot soup. Takes about half an hour.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 16, 2025 11:58 AM (iODuv)
Senator Hirono. I want to start with two preliminary
questions that I ask every nominee who comes before any of the Committees on which I sit, and these two questions are: Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?
Judge Garland. No.
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (xhfG9)
So he did as a minor?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:58 AM (ynpvh)
They tried to Nerf society, and all it did was things like illegal alien former goat herders hijack planes and rearrange the New York City skyline.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (A4BvX)
If a "permit" is required, you don't have a right, you have a privilege.
One that can be granted or taken away by the whims of power is not a right at all.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 16, 2025 11:58 AM (FCbAQ)
Catering to the mythical Modern Audience. If the character creator lets you put tranny scars on a "type A" body, that'll be the Chef's Kiss.
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 11:58 AM (UfRqq)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:58 AM (A4BvX)
I suppose it comes down to quantity. If the blades consist primarily of fiberglass (I don't know if this is true) then that's probably a different proposition than a bit of clinker. Not my area of expertise.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:58 AM (xCA6C)
However I’m an absolutist on 2A. I like knowing if I ever do want a gun, it’s there and available for me without having to jump through 100 hoops.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:59 AM (AMcpv)
You either accept pre-crime and its entailments or you don't.
Posted by: Vlad
I think most of us here just want the FBI to stop setting up criminal conspiracies in the name of crime-fighting.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2025 11:59 AM (mlg/3)
I suppose it comes down to quantity. If the blades consist primarily of fiberglass (I don't know if this is true) then that's probably a different proposition than a bit of clinker. Not my area of expertise.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:58 AM (xCA6C)
how radioactive are those pieces?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:59 AM (AMcpv)
As long as you can pass Archimedes test ... you'll be good to go.
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (k4bN6)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 11:56 AM (VwHCD)
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I could not hit the broad side of a barn in real life, but I, too, love sniping bandits and such from 100 yards away or so in Skyrim. You can clear out a fort before anyone even bothers to come out and see what's going on.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: As any southern chef can tell you at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (DobEs)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 11:55 AM (GBKbO)
Theater, but not failure theater.
Wedge issues work. You put the pointy end in there and whack the hell out of it with a hammer.
Do not let Lee Atwater have died in vain.
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Pudinhead
Pixie thread this morning we were talking about bringing back extinct animals and someone said the dodo. And, being the Horde, we took it and ran with in place of chicken. KFD, Golden Dodo, Dodo Salad Sammiches...
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (5lxGh)
Senator Hirono. I want to start with two preliminary
questions that I ask every nominee who comes before any of the Committees on which I sit, and these two questions are: Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?
Judge Garland. No.
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (xhfG9)
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Thanks Blaster.
I do think that this is an easy trap. We've all seen people get shredded from lying bitches who say they've been assaulted.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (PMtkd)
"We write today to encourage you to consider adopting a proposal that would ....... increase staff retention in Congress
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2025 11:28 AM (LkLld)
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No no, you fuckers don't get it. We don't want you as permanent staffers, we prefer that you go when you boss goes and then you've had your chance for good.
Posted by: Ciampino - start whittling at the 'permanent' crew at January 16, 2025 12:01 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 16, 2025 11:58 AM (ynpvh)
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Interesting how Hirono left in that little legal loophole...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 12:01 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: Joe From Scranton at January 16, 2025 12:01 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 16, 2025 11:48 AM (AMcpv)
- Mandatory gun safety classes in middle school and high school
- Taught by local gun nuts
- With live shooting practice
Americans would learn gun safety and you’d get millions of kids who learn to love guns and grow up to be pro-2A adults.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 16, 2025 12:01 PM (FC8SQ)
mkay
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 16, 2025 12:01 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:50 AM (xCA6C)
And affordable, and accessible. One shouldn't have to travel to the State Capitol to attend the course. Or be required pay several hundred dollars to attend it. Or wait for months for an opening.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2025 12:01 PM (8zz6B)
Wedge issues work. You put the pointy end in there and whack the hell out of it with a hammer.
Do not let Lee Atwater have died in vain.
Posted by: blaster at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (xhfG9)
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It's weird to sit in appreciation of political theater, even if only for a moment.
None of this shit works on me, but I know it works on a lot of people. Seeing the GOP actually do some theater that negatively affects...Democrats?
It's bizzaro world, I tells ya!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:02 PM (GBKbO)
My point is they put up all these hoops and requirements. If they deem you “good to go” then your carry “privileges” should necessarily be unlimited, or at least as expansive as LEOs. See where I’m goin’ with that? Schools, churches, courthouse, etc. It’s going to come to that anybow, the way things are going.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 12:02 PM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (NUdiI)
I played as a Nord barbarian, or I think it was called barbarian. I was all about the swords, but once I started using the bow and maxed out those skills I never looked back. Just about everything after that was 1 shot from waaay far out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 12:02 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:02 PM (NUdiI)
However I’m an absolutist on 2A. I like knowing if I ever do want a gun, it’s there and available for me without having to jump through 100 hoops.
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Buy a pump shotgun. Racking a round will send all sorts of vermin running for the hills fast.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 16, 2025 12:02 PM (jFCkp)
- Taught by local gun nuts
- With live shooting practice
Americans would learn gun safety and you’d get millions of kids who learn to love guns and grow up to be pro-2A adults.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 16, 2025 12:01 PM (FC8SQ)
Nope. And its easier to weigh my total of guns than it is to count them. I'll do the indoctrination for my own kids, thank you. I want schools encouraging gun ownership no more than I want them encouraging boys to dress like girls.
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 12:03 PM (k4bN6)
Posted by: DaveA at January 16, 2025 11:57 AM (FhXTo)
The inverse square law only applies if the radiation is isotropic (equally strong in all directions). If you have some kind of beam-forming antenna (a parabolic dish, or, as in this case, a phased array), the case is different.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 12:03 PM (W5ArC)
It has nothing to do with safety, and everything to do with being a thorn in our asses and projecting the illusion of authority.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 12:03 PM (+iIV1)
- Taught by local gun nuts
- With live shooting practice
Americans would learn gun safety and you’d get millions of kids who learn to love guns and grow up to be pro-2A adults.
That would work in Montana, but probably not in NY and CA. Still, it's a good idea.
And affordable, and accessible. One shouldn't have to travel to the State Capitol to attend the course. Or be required pay several hundred dollars to attend it. Or wait for months for an opening.
Absolutely agree.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Diogenes
Definitely. But chili is in a class all it's own. More heartier and thicker than soup.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 12:03 PM (5lxGh)
Posted by: ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI at January 16, 2025 12:03 PM (9n4pb)
President Biden inherited a country rocked by a pandemic and an economic crisis and helped us recover from both, among many other achievements.
Much will be written about his legacy, but for now, let's start with: Thank you, Joe.
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Insightful.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 16, 2025 12:04 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at January 16, 2025 12:05 PM (B/MLO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:05 PM (NUdiI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2025 12:05 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 16, 2025 12:05 PM (UfRqq)
Posted by: ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI at January 16, 2025 12:03 PM (9n4pb)
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This, for me, would cleanse away any of her previous sins.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 12:05 PM (PMtkd)
Vitiglio (sp?) is the hot thing in woke character creators. I have no idea why.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2025 12:05 PM (2ocoG)
President Biden inherited a country rocked by a pandemic and an economic crisis and helped us recover from both, among many other achievements.
Much will be written about his legacy, but for now, let's start with: Thank you, Joe.
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I kinda beg to differ.
Posted by: 20% Inflation Over 4 Years at January 16, 2025 12:06 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 12:03 PM (+iIV1)
Or someone who has a machine shop, or (increasingly) a 3D printer.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 12:06 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at January 16, 2025 12:06 PM (B/MLO)
Posted by: 20% Inflation Over 4 Years at January 16, 2025 12:06 PM (6K6Eu)
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We're doing better than Europe!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 16, 2025 12:06 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 12:06 PM (W5ArC)
If I'm ever involved in organized crime, i want to be known as The Machinist.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 12:07 PM (+iIV1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 12:00 PM (7fElN)
Exactly. I think I was a level 80 character by the time I stopped playing, so that with maxed out bow skills was insane. Knocking dragons out of the sky became insanely easy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 12:07 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Meister Chef at January 16, 2025 12:07 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Unless you are the 1%'ers who can afford so much meat that you can barely stir it, pretty much any kind. Great northern, kidney, navy, pinto, etc.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 12:07 PM (5lxGh)
They tried to Nerf society, and all it did was things like illegal alien former goat herders hijack planes and rearrange the New York City skyline.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 11:54 AM (A4BvX)
Simpler, if you need government permission, it's not a right... period.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (PMtkd)
How about a song from a movie, based on a book, about someone using a gun to steal some food?
Then it's a music thread.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (ExV1e)
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If you mean "compounded annually", then 20% may indeed be the *real* annual rate of inflation under Biden, no matter what nominal amount the rest of the government & media wish to pretend it was.
Posted by: Crusader at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (azSra)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 12:07 PM (VwHCD)
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Level 3: Run away!
Level 15: This is gonna be a fight, but I think I have enough wheels of cheese to make it.
Level 80: One thune, one strike, one beer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (GBKbO)
Pretty much the core of why the Founders thought so much of firearms is a) personal self defense for oneself and family in a dangerous world (at the time, lots of places on the frontier effectively had no law nor much in the way of law enforcement), second, as a check on a tyrannical state or federal government (one can consider that self defense of self and community scaled up).
Even cannons were owned by private citizens (sometimes as a militia for attacks, most often as a shipowner who faced the real risk of piracy).
The right was never considered just the right to buy whatever you want but was in conjunction to a very basic natural right of self defense of persons from those meaning to do them harm.
If you ground your arguments in self defense of persons and community instead of "I can do what I want and it is no business of yours" then you will fail in persuasion to change laws.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (+iIV1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:05 PM (NUdiI)
It's a bullshit question. One does not put beans in Texas chili.
Posted by: To borrow from Mona Lisa Vito at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (ybSPO)
I know. Just pointing out the obvious but still irritating difference.
Personally I've gone from being a Fudd to being absolutist over time, but my opinion and a quarter will soon be worth 24 cents.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (FCbAQ)
That sounds like a Jason Statham movie title.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (2ocoG)
Then it's a music thread.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (ExV1e)
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I don't think Jean Valjean used a gun when he stole a loaf of bread...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (GBKbO)
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I feel a song coming on!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (6K6Eu)
It's as if Ron has a binder full of women.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (2ocoG)
That sounds like a Jason Statham movie title.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (2ocoG)
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A Christian Bale movie no one actually remembers except for Bale's extreme weight loss.
Which he followed up with Batman Begins where he was buff. Apples were his secret, he says.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Texas Chili does not contain beans. Of any kind. Ever.
If what you have contains beans then it is spicy bean stew, not chili.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
not as good as Ukraine apparently - 12% inflation !
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (g47mK)
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This number is misleading when you add the shrinkage of product to the 20% increase in price. See groceries and candy bars for the tell.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (jFCkp)
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Crusader at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (azSra)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (NUdiI)
That sounds like a Jason Statham movie title.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (2ocoG)
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Sequel to "The Mechanic."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
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To lose weight or gain it?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (PMtkd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:05 PM (NUdiI)
Lima, garbanzo, green..
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (FC8SQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (fWHsP)
Force the BLS to stop using modified measurements for inflation. Recalculate everything since they changed the formula.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (NUdiI)
fusion cuisine
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (g47mK)
The cardinal rule of these confirmation hearings:
Do not say anything to upset Donald Trump.
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Schiff For Brains has spoken!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 16, 2025 12:11 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
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To lose weight or gain it?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (PMtkd)
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Gain.
He just starved himself to lose the weight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
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This number is misleading when you add the shrinkage of product to the 20% increase in price. See groceries and candy bars for the tell.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (jFCkp)
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Hey, you try putting all that into a terse nic.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 16, 2025 12:11 PM (6K6Eu)
If a permit is required to exercise a right which the Constitution specifies shall not be infringed, why is no permit required to vote, or speak, or print leaflets, or...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
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Apples and Ozempic? Neigh.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 16, 2025 12:11 PM (jFCkp)
That sounds like a Jason Statham movie title.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (2ocoG)
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Sequel to "The Mechanic."
Way back when I was studying Quantum Mechanics, I had a prof who insisted that a person who uses QM is a Quantum Machinist.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:11 PM (xCA6C)
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The one in the plane is quite attractive.
Posted by: Crusader at January 16, 2025 12:11 PM (azSra)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (RjdSJ)
Posted by: Life of Wryly at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (1FWWQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (NUdiI)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (ExV1e)
Eating chili without beans is like eating a bowl of relish for dinner. Hot dog toppings are not a meal. Figure your shit out.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (+iIV1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
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I remember it. Good movie.
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (RjdSJ)
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"I'm glad I live in a world without guns on the NYC subway!"
-final words of a 23 year old white woman being pushed onto the tracks by a lunatic with a huge rap sheet
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2025 12:03 PM (W5ArC)
Inverse square laws still apply; just the constants differ.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (ExV1e)
Then sign me up for the bean stew over rice or cornbread.
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (k4bN6)
Do you favor showing a photo ID for voting?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 16, 2025 12:13 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 12:13 PM (PMtkd)
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (krQz2)
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I saw it once. I seem to remember liking it.
I also couldn't tell you anything about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:13 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:13 PM (NUdiI)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2025 12:13 PM (GmJua)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (7fElN)
In the re-make, "she" is a black lesbian and did. But she wasn't imprisoned. She freed all of Wakanda!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:13 PM (ExV1e)
Also a rap album.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 16, 2025 12:13 PM (2ocoG)
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Marines and soldiers used to transfer with their rifle to their next duty station via public transportation. Very common in real America.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 16, 2025 12:14 PM (jFCkp)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2025 12:13 PM (GmJua)
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I thought the Benghazi hearings would mean something.
I never watched a hearing again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025 12:14 PM (GBKbO)
There's always a chance Pam Bondi will unbutton ANOTHER button on her blouse.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:14 PM (xCA6C)
Funny, though, for all the words of your editorial, you can't add to the simple, concise statement, the 2A, with which you began.
Posted by: mindful webworker - we at January 16, 2025 12:14 PM (RhFgK)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:11 PM (xCA6C)
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Shrodinger's job? May or may not being working?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 16, 2025 12:14 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:09 PM (ExV1e)
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The chief AOSHQ prohibited ingredient is carrots.
It contains carrots, it's not chili.
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:14 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2025 12:14 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:13 PM (NUdiI)
Not always.
Posted by: Audrey II at January 16, 2025 12:15 PM (ybSPO)
Posted by: Deep Thoughts at January 16, 2025 12:15 PM (DobEs)
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"Look at me. Then look at you." This was great entertainment.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 16, 2025 12:15 PM (jFCkp)
Senators regularly show up to work drunk
Senators cheat on their spouses
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2025 12:15 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Sugar Time! at January 16, 2025 12:15 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Veruca Salt at January 16, 2025 12:16 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Guns should scare you in the same way that operating a car, table saw, or other power equipment that can hurt or kill you. They are simply a tool, nothing else.
There are certain people that probably should not own firearms--those that think it is a magic wand to wave about in arguments to 'win', those that like to go into altered states of reality frequently with the assistance of substances, legal or otherwise while carrying outside the home, if you have anger and impulsive decision making, and those not willing to actually pull the trigger in defense of self and others. I am excluding criminals from this purposefully.
Otherwise than that, guns are not complicated particularly compared with an auto, they require that you pay attention when handling them, and require a study of the self defense laws in your community if you carry. They are for sober, thoughtful people that carry the awful knowledge that they may have to use deadly force to stop an attack.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2025 12:16 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2025 12:16 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
You need to at least register with the county and prove who you are to vote. You need to apply for permits to hold a rally in public most places, at least outdoors, or something, i don't know. There's apparently something called a "press pass" that I'm not sure actually exists or not but if it does even a brain damaged cephalopod like Jim Acosta can get one...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 12:16 PM (+iIV1)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (xCA6C)
I do, although the fact that states will give them out to illegals dampens the utility somewhat.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:16 PM (ExV1e)
Do you favor showing a photo ID for voting?
Posted by: Archimedes
How are you on showing ID to buy a gun?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2025 12:16 PM (5lxGh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:10 PM (NUdiI)
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Ignorance or insanity.
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:17 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:17 PM (NUdiI)
Shrodinger's job? May or may not being working?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 16, 2025 12:14 PM (tT6L1)
The act of observation alone disturbs the working system, making the unobserved state unknowable to the observer.
Posted by: Quantum slacking at January 16, 2025 12:17 PM (ybSPO)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (xCA6C)
Howzabout you show up on election day only and in person, vote and stick your left hand index finger in non-toxic organically made fat and gluten free ink?
That'd be fine with me.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 16, 2025 12:18 PM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
I fear myself with a gun more than other people with a gun.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2025 12:18 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2025 12:18 PM (fWHsP)
Yes, otherwise there is no way to know if you're one of the classes of people (mentally ill, felon...) who are not allowed to possess a gun.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:18 PM (xCA6C)
Still though, I will not turn to the dark side.
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:18 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:12 PM (xCA6C)
Howzabout you show up on election day only and in person, vote and stick your left hand index finger in non-toxic organically made fat and gluten free ink?
That'd be fine with me.
How would that prevent Jose and Maria from voting?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:19 PM (xCA6C)
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Before or after they let 40 million border jumoer foreign nationals invade the country?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 12:19 PM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Southern History Books at January 16, 2025 12:19 PM (DobEs)
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 12:19 PM (k4bN6)
Level 15: This is gonna be a fight, but I think I have enough wheels of cheese to make it.
Level 80: One thune, one strike, one beer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 16, 2025
A friend of mine gathered every frigging cheese wheel he came across and dumped them all in one village, the one where you get your first house. He took a screen shot. There was 1000's of cheese wheels in the streets, up on roofs, in all the yards. It was hysterical.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2025 12:19 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 12:19 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (xCA6C)
Absolutely not. It's a right. Do we need a training class before we exercise our right to free speech?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 16, 2025 12:20 PM (rgoSo)
Still though, I will not turn to the dark side.
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:18 PM (krQz2)
Translates to "pasta in the manner of a homosexual."
Posted by: Roughly speaking at January 16, 2025 12:20 PM (ybSPO)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 12:20 PM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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I think that's a good, self-aware comment.
Usually this attitude can be helped with time at a range, cleaning a gun (seeing how simple they are), and having someone who isn't an idiot get you comfortable with a gun.
But it's not for everyone and carrying one everywhere has a lot of responsibility attached to it.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 16, 2025 12:20 PM (PMtkd)
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The 2nd Amendment makes no exception for mentally ill, felon, etc.
Posted by: Crusader at January 16, 2025 12:20 PM (azSra)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 16, 2025 11:46 AM (xCA6C)
And again, its always reasonable to the one making the rules. That's your blind spot. You won't be making the rules. You won't like the rules that are made.
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 12:21 PM (k4bN6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 16, 2025 12:17 PM (NUdiI)
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Yup.
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:21 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2025 12:21 PM (ExV1e)
I am near maxed out on PTO so I'll excuse that assumption although I don't think they are supposed to ever count on that in their budgets but I'm not going to charge less than full time, that messes up the insurance copays and whatnot. This is all trickle down from the fact that stinking lazy congress critters can't pass proper budgets each year.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 16, 2025 12:21 PM (34pOu)
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2025 12:16 PM (ctrM5)
Damn! What TV shows have you been watching?
Posted by: OneEyedJack drunkenly waving both six-shooters in the air nearabouts closing time at January 16, 2025 12:21 PM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Hate to tell you but exercising your First Amendment can require permits for marches and protests, regulate how and when you do so (daylight hours, certain routes) and can forbid any direct calls to violence etc.
Libertarians have done a disservice in their ahistorical treatment of natural rights which is a long discussion in and of itself. It never meant 'freedom' to do what you want as an individual but was rather considered 'ordered liberty' where there were reciprocating obligations to the exercise of any right. Same as property regulations and these types of regulation existed at the time of the Framing and were not considered 'violating' rights.
Basically, if exercising your rights affects others, then it was considered to be regulated either by law or society. Golden rule you see.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2025 12:21 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 16, 2025 12:22 PM (tT6L1)
Do you favor showing a photo ID for voting?
Posted by: Archimedes
How are you on showing ID to buy a gun?
Posted by: rickb223
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What a person purchases should be as private as who he voted for.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2025 12:22 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2025 12:22 PM (77rzZ)
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Did You Know? The 4473 form has more than simply M or F for Sex
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 12:22 PM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Southern History Books at January 16, 2025 12:19 PM (DobEs)
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With long bows or crossbows, whichever is better in your opinion.
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:22 PM (krQz2)
"Welcome to gun ownership! Here's some classes you can take if you don't feel comfortable" yadda yadda.
Heck, have the Marines run the program, charge a couple bucks, and keep it for beer money or something.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 12:23 PM (+iIV1)
If you ground your arguments in self defense of persons and community instead of "I can do what I want and it is no business of yours" then you will fail in persuasion to change laws.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2025 12:08 PM (ctrM5)
For me, if the only limit between me owning A Honda Civic or a Lamborghini is price - considering that both vehicles get me from Point A to Point B - I shouldn't be limited in what firearm I own.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 16, 2025 12:23 PM (EU//e)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 12:23 PM (+iIV1)
Donate a twenty-four pack of Crayolas. Or as the Marines call it, lunch.
Posted by: Student of Human Moves at January 16, 2025 12:23 PM (k4bN6)
Posted by: Blind Lemon Jefferson at January 16, 2025 12:24 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2025 12:22 PM (77rzZ)
I see one lousy strip of dangling suede and your ass is going to jail, buddy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2025 12:24 PM (+iIV1)
Posted by: OneEyedJack
Most people get their knowledge of firearms and use of them from TV. I do the reverse, used to teach self defense and 2A law specifically because it was so misunderstood by almost everyone.
No difference that if you were going to do emergency first aid on someone. Cool head, minimal histrionics, and a recognition that you might do something wrong that hurts or kills someone. You want the maximum knowledge you can get before you get into that situation.
Simply be an adult like the ones I grew up with decades ago.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2025 12:24 PM (ctrM5)
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Would “Burn this Motherfucker Down!” be considered inciting a mob? Asking for a friend. Or just needing “room to destroy”.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 12:25 PM (A4BvX)
Posted by: Southern History Books at January 16, 2025 12:19 PM (DobEs)
Carrots in chili is still better than the time I had huevos rancheros in Boston served with kale. The War of Northern Eggression.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 16, 2025 12:25 PM (FC8SQ)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 12:25 PM (A4BvX)
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No, but "peacefully ... make your voices heard" is.
Posted by: Axeman at January 16, 2025 12:26 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Newnan at January 16, 2025 12:28 PM (DobEs)
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Yep. Lard is good for you. Stuff they don't tell you.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 16, 2025 12:31 PM (jFCkp)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Means of transport instrumental to the natural right of travel (see Magna Carta recognition). If you are an incompetent driver, you will be unsafe with either of them. But, for example, you buying a tank could be restricted from putting it on the road because it would damage it as operating a POS Civic or Lamborghini that does not meet secular road standard laws on lights, etc.
A corollary will be regulations of firearms simply from a product safety standpoint as well. Some are simply not safe due to shoddy construction, illegal materials (potmetal barrels anyone?), and so on.
Posted by: whig at January 16, 2025 12:32 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Assassin6 at January 16, 2025 12:32 PM (grnGK)
Posted by: ontoiran at January 16, 2025 12:34 PM (AaCDb)
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Thank you for keeping the Marine's yacht club clean and comfortable. I think you missed a spot on the deck with your mop.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 16, 2025 12:35 PM (jFCkp)
https://tinyurl.com/4nnjwzh5
This is Lawdog's "Gun Rights Cake Analogy" post from 2017. Click on the picture within to make it larger and readable. Pretty much nails the whole "compromise" thing. All you end up is compromised over and over again.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2025 01:50 PM (O7YUW)
The 2nd Amendment is there to protect us from the government, the entire Bill of Rights is to limit the government.
As for Bondi, if you think she isn't self promoting and will defend your interests, ask George Zimmerman about her.
Posted by: TJ Jackson at January 16, 2025 01:51 PM (bXvrr)
Posted by: TJ Jackson at January 16, 2025 01:52 PM (bXvrr)
What they meant was trained up, marching, close order drill, marksmanship, disciplined. People who had trained together on a regular basis. Like say, a Militia.
A central Armory meant that in any general call up, the muster would be delayed significantly as everyone would first have to travel to the depot location and then go wherever the trouble was.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 16, 2025 03:28 PM (81VdM)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 16, 2025 04:24 PM (wGqjj)
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