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Been hearing about the "delay" in breaching the classroom. by RobVG May 28, 2022 11:25 am

No it’s not by Pebble 2022-05-28 15:07:07
- 288 school shootings between 2009 and 2018 ― 280 more than the next leading country, Mexico by RL 2022-05-28 19:16:14
  - Nearly 20 mass shootings already since Texas :( by Pebble 2022-06-01 05:02:52
A thread from twitter by podrock 2022-05-28 14:49:06
- So the training was there but not the commitment. by RobVG 2022-05-28 20:56:49
  - But there is this: by podrock 2022-05-29 07:59:05
  - Yes by podrock 2022-05-28 22:34:01
Me too. by ER 2022-05-28 13:31:13
- Not trying to point fingers. by RobVG 2022-05-28 13:50:03
  - I know what its like to be "not up to the job". by ER 2022-05-28 15:00:10
    - Did any children die because of your "humbling experience"? by BuckGalaxy 2022-05-30 00:16:08
      - I don't know what happened there. by ER 2022-05-30 05:58:23
      - "Not everyone can be a cop."... Actually, that is the problem... by RL 2022-05-30 05:55:31
Their own training materials by podrock 2022-05-28 13:24:06
- In general it is safest to assume... by RL 2022-05-28 13:53:36
  - What is all that taxpayer bought gear for? by podrock 2022-05-28 14:39:07

Canada takes action by RobVG May 30, 2022 3:34 pm

Hmmm by ER 2022-05-30 16:43:20
- Hand guns are common in Canada. by RobVG 2022-05-30 19:32:33
  - The laws they have about shooting at a range are the same as our archery laws by Pebble 2022-06-01 05:01:36
  - I'm not sure I agree with that system. by ER 2022-05-30 21:01:21
    - The transport authority only applies to handguns. by RobVG 2022-05-30 22:49:11
      - When I was growing up in Florida by ER 2022-05-31 06:16:47
        
        Last year Canada banned several long guns. by RobVG 2022-05-31 10:11:21
        
        Saturday Night Specials by podrock 2022-05-31 08:43:44
        
        Yup. Times have changed. by RobVG 2022-05-31 10:12:57

_POSSIBLE_ meteor storm tonight... by RL May 30, 2022 6:30 pm

about 45 minutes from now by podrock 2022-05-30 20:58:56
- Nothing. by podrock 2022-05-30 23:04:38
The local forecast calls for rain. by RobVG 2022-05-30 19:18:55

And there it is... "Rep. Mo Brooks Says We Need Our Guns So We Can 'Take Back' The Nation" by RL May 30, 2022 9:48 am

They just never recovered from a black president in the White House. by ER 2022-05-30 11:28:58
- I'm sure that was the case for some. by RobVG 2022-05-30 11:45:54
  - Peer Pressure by podrock 2022-05-30 12:54:33
    - Ever since the school segregation wars of the 1950s by ER 2022-05-30 13:19:18
      - Desegregation was certainly a trigger point. by podrock 2022-05-30 14:45:40
        
        I was in high school. by ER 2022-05-30 15:07:20
  - Most racists don't know they're racists. by ER 2022-05-30 12:47:37
    - Some racists know they are and it hurts them deeply. by Pebble 2022-05-30 15:17:44
T & P's by podrock 2022-05-30 11:18:18

Money for nothing--- by ER May 30, 2022 5:46 am

"disruptor" by podrock 2022-05-30 09:39:48
- In the most charitable interpretation possible... by ER 2022-05-30 11:22:53
  - How exactly do they determine that by podrock 2022-05-30 13:08:38
    - I have no clue what they are talking about. by ER 2022-05-30 13:47:27
Based off the description, it is generating power from bullshit by RL 2022-05-30 06:06:51
- I bet someone just made a killing off KINETIC 7™ stock. by ER 2022-05-30 06:17:31

Recommended review topics for the final exam by ER May 29, 2022 4:57 pm

Each of those 14 points by podrock 2022-05-29 18:02:17
- He saw Trumpism coming... by ER 2022-05-29 20:54:41

The rest of the iceberg by ER May 29, 2022 7:47 am

True. by podrock 2022-05-29 09:01:15

The Edge of Chaos by podrock May 25, 2022 8:11 pm

Speaking of chaos, this is scary: by podrock 2022-05-27 09:08:34
- I'm not sure I agree with that. by ER 2022-05-27 12:47:21
That reminds me of the old Johnny Carson soap opera parody... by ER 2022-05-27 07:32:50
Teacher to student: "Reading...it's like installing software in your brain". by RobVG 2022-05-26 12:07:11
- As discussed at length in Snow Crash, Stephenson, 1992. by podrock 2022-05-26 14:11:26
  - It's on Kindle. by RobVG 2022-05-27 19:56:04
    - Which Heinlein? by podrock 2022-05-28 14:19:14
      - Sounds good by RobVG 2022-05-28 21:43:57
- Actually, by ER 2022-05-26 12:32:49

America needs to look at gun laws in civilised countries and learn from them by Pebble May 25, 2022 3:17 pm

GOP death-cult by RL 2022-05-28 13:34:01
America is a gun by Brian bilston by Pebble 2022-05-27 02:47:53
Oh, we looked... by RL 2022-05-26 16:57:22
- Oh I know what it’s like alright by Pebble 2022-05-27 02:45:12
- fetish: by podrock 2022-05-26 19:02:54
  - FFS by RobVG 2022-05-27 12:17:29
    - you'll note that that picture by podrock 2022-05-27 13:11:54
- I don't want to think about it any more. by ER 2022-05-26 18:47:40
  - Your concluding sentence. by podrock 2022-05-26 19:08:31
    - They are making us just like them. by ER 2022-05-26 19:40:49
      - Except in our case it is out of self defense by RL 2022-05-27 10:04:37
        
        Maybe we should arm ourselves? by ER 2022-05-27 18:04:11
      - Yup. Or trying to. by podrock 2022-05-26 19:57:05
- Not Hyperbole. by podrock 2022-05-26 18:41:04
Its not going to work. by ER 2022-05-26 07:37:51
- Things are changing. by RobVG 2022-05-26 13:27:51
  - Pointless pandering to the media circus by Pebble 2022-05-27 02:50:31
    - You don't understand the enormity of these laws. by RobVG 2022-05-27 12:52:59
    - So what are you saying? by RobVG 2022-05-27 12:41:52
      - Without prohibition of possession the laws re purchasing are not enough by Pebble 2022-05-27 13:38:58
        
        Yeah, that ain't going to happen either. by podrock 2022-05-27 15:42:15
        
        IT IS NOT IN THE FUCKING CONSTITUTION. by ER 2022-05-27 18:19:53
        
        What hurts my brain by podrock 2022-05-27 21:26:43
        
        Words have meaning. by podrock 2022-05-27 20:46:28
        
        Inversion by podrock 2022-05-27 21:34:31
        
        Its not a question of legal interpretation of historical texts. by ER 2022-05-28 05:54:15
  - There's a lot of things we could do to make things better. by ER 2022-05-26 13:56:22
- Exactly. by podrock 2022-05-26 09:17:48
  - Gun deaths in America by ER 2022-05-26 11:03:13

Happy birthday, Bob. by ER May 24, 2022 6:31 am

I'd pay money if, by podrock 2022-05-26 20:09:44
I didn’t think of Bob Dylan, just of an Icelandic volcano by Pebble 2022-05-24 15:20:42
- LOL. by podrock 2022-05-24 16:25:01
- You see one volcano and you've seen them all. by ER 2022-05-24 16:00:27
  - You hear one Bob dylan song and you’ve heard them all by Pebble 2022-05-25 08:29:41
  - That statement could not be more wrong. by podrock 2022-05-24 16:42:05
    - There is a difference between irony and sarcasm. by ER 2022-05-24 18:22:16
      - Or satire by podrock 2022-05-25 15:26:40
      - And forgetting a famous quote. by podrock 2022-05-24 18:40:45
        
        Or not knowing it in the first place by Pebble 2022-05-25 08:30:25

Stand on Zanzibar (1968), John Brunner by ER May 26, 2022 7:07 pm

One of those books I confess I've been meaning to read. by podrock 2022-05-26 20:03:19

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