swordfish

Lol. Nature is scary!!

You think they're doing this on purpose?

Getting paid for laying down on the job? Pretty tamed ending......

Stuck in my head now.......Thanks Gonzo!!

Digesting what you are saying W. it appears your data is supporting the idea that more guns=more violence. While I won't flat-out disagree, here's my take (FWIW). I remember 35-40 years ago when there were hunting rifles (SA and yes bolt-action) on gun racks in about every pick-up in Northern Indiana school parking lots (SF didn't have a pick-up, sadly) but with 0 school shootings. Handguns were illegal to purchase back then for HS age kids as well. The difference in the weaponry yesterday compared with today? The same SA rifle is now black and looks like a military style assault rifle. Still has the same action though. So I am not agreeing or disagreeing, just saying that we knew how and when to use a weapon back then. So is it bad parenting, violent video games, violent TV, rap music, metal music or too many guns available? I tend to follow the thinking that if one would want to target somebody or a group, the odds of success would be greater in a "gun-free" zone. But - if one would want to target someone for killing - SF thinks there is a mental problem somewhere to begin with........

And the rats begin to scurry...... https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/blame-game-pits-john-brennan-against-james-comey-over-support-for-steele-dossier A debate is heating up over whether it was former CIA Director John Brennan or former FBI Director James Comey who attempted to include the unverified Trump dossier in the high-profile Intelligence Community Assessment of January 2017 that focused on Russian interference. A report from Fox News on Wednesday offered competing claims, with some sources telling them that a yet-to-be-made-public email chain from late 2016 shows that “Comey told [FBI] subordinates that … Brennan insisted the dossier be included” in the assessment, while a former CIA official “put the blame squarely on Comey.” The dossier, put together by British ex-spy Christopher Steele, contained a litany of unverified claims about President Trump's ties to Russia and was used extensively in FISA applications before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to justify surveillance of former Trump campaign associate Carter Page. The dossier was compiled through Fusion GPS and funded in part by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, and its possible misuse is the subject of inquiries through the Department of Justice. On Tuesday evening, former South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy said that “who insisted that the dossier or the unverified material from Chris Steele be included” should be “a pretty easy thing to sort out.” Gowdy said that “the only thing [Brennan and Comey] seem to share is a hatred for Donald Trump" and that “it's going to be interesting if they begin to turn on one another." Gowdy additionally said that “Comey's got a better argument than Brennan based on what I have seen” but suggested it was possible that “sometimes when people are blaming each other, they are both right.” The dossier was used in FISA filings beginning in October 2016 through June 2017, and Comey signed off on three of the four submissions to the Foreign Surveillance Court before he was fired in May 2017. Comey personally briefed Trump on some of the most salacious allegations in January 2017, and the dossier was subsequently released by BuzzFeed after CNN reported on that Trump-Comey meeting. This back-and-forth over whether it was the leadership of the CIA or FBI that was pushing for the inclusion of the dossier in the intelligence community assessment is just the latest in an ongoing saga shrouded by classified documents and anonymous sourcing.

https://apnews.com/b5e7bb73c6134d58a0df9e1cee2fb8ad Blurred lines: A pregnant man’s tragedy tests gender notions When the man arrived at the hospital with severe abdominal pains, a nurse didn’t consider it an emergency, noting that he was obese and had stopped taking blood pressure medicines. In reality, he was pregnant — a transgender man in labor that was about to end in a stillbirth. Just read the story...... So now is it incumbent on the hospital to "diagnose" the biological sex of a person?

Spit -take......

I know - there's a meme thread - I just thought this one was too good not to put here.

Yeah but we are talking about gun violence, not razor violence........ Oh, come on, I had to........

Sorry BO - SF didn't mean get you started buddy.....

Not going to argue stats, don't have time or desire, however - You are headed in the correct direction W - RESPONSIBLE gun ownership is a very good direction to take with gun owners. Many DO like to possess one, but don't have the means or time to learn proper usage, then (worse) don't have the means or desire to purchase or utilize a proper storage space. (gun safe) But getting someone (like the characters in your examples) driven by the ego you described to voluntarily give up those weapons will be difficult. FYI - the weapons used in the Colorado shooting were 3 handguns (illegal for anyone under 21 to possess) and a rifle (not actually used, but recovered from a vehicle - and NOT a "bad a$$" gun). All were stolen from the house of one of the shooters after "smashing into the locked gun cabinet" https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/colorado-school-shooters-stole-guns-from-parents Which tells SF (assuming) the "gun cabinet" had a glass door meant to display them, instead of keeping the weapons in a gun safe out of site and away from easy access.

'Cause he's reaaaaalllllyy rich. I like his actual response: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-would-trump-be-embarrassed-his-tax-returns GARRETT: What’s embarrassing about his tax records? MULVANEY: That’s what they want to know. GARRETT: But what is it? MULVANEY: I don’t know because I’ve never seen GARRETT: Is there something embarrassing about his tax records? MULVANEY: I have no idea and I don’t care.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caitlyn-jenner-to-pose-nude-for-sports-illustrated-cover/?fbclid=IwAR2Cc1Z28OQ1lE6ei2Hu55FNlLMSLIHX4r7kKHrSa9DORDSZkPOe0Hf6BjA That's one way to show your patriotism. Caitlyn Jenner is reportedly posing nude for the cover of Sports Illustrated, wearing "nothing but an American flag and her Olympic medal," Us Weekly reported. "His" Olympic Medal (FIFY) AAAAllllllrighty then.......

You are assuming an employer is just that - an "employer" - someone who exists simply to employ someone else. An employer is typically a business. A business exists only by making a profit. R - E = P (Revenue - Expenses = Profit) FYI - An employee falls into the "E" section of that equation.

AND - Since Gendry nailed Arya - her/their offspring would be......Royal....

Atta Boi Foxy - SF's nomination for Post of the month!!!

#3 - IF either kid had a gun - it was obtained illegally. So YES - THAT IS THE PROBLEM. Your solution seems to be less guns, less problems.......not attempting to correct the path to the kids have guns and are using them point.