johns624 wrote:Here's the AP report.
https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-schoo ... fcb6bd85fd
Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday, as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old shooter was kil...
Jump to postGuns are the central issue here. People in the circumstance Ramos found himself are going to occur in our society (as opposed to some imaginary utopian society) but without access to guns, and without a national focus on "guns" "guns" "guns", this incident would never ...
Jump to postThe gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas warned in online messages sent minutes before the attack that he had shot his grandmother and was going to shoot up a school, the governor said Wednesday. Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who is running against Abbott for ...
Jump to postTexas gunman was bullied as a child, grew increasingly violent, friends say Salvador Rolando Ramos suffered from a fraught home life and lashed out violently against peers and strangers recently and over the years, friends and relatives said. https://www.startribune.com/texas-gunman-was-bullied-as-...
Jump to postTexas gunman was bullied as a child, grew increasingly violent, friends say Salvador Rolando Ramos suffered from a fraught home life and lashed out violently against peers and strangers recently and over the years, friends and relatives said. https://www.startribune.com/texas-gunman-was-bullied-as-a...
Jump to postLCDFlight wrote:Blade Runner was a great achievement of his, music that matched and even exceed the visuals of the movie. Retro future heaven. RIP
william wrote:Chariots of Fire?
The slip didn't even bother me that much. I was more appalled that he then corrected himself and s then said laughingly "Iraq too..hehe" calluosuly disregarding and disrespecting the thousands/millions of soldiers and innocent civilians lost in a debacle based on lies and deception. I'm w...
Jump to postSingapore does some things well, but I'm not giving up the 2nd Amendment. Someone has to be the arsenal of Democracy in the world. We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg?
Jump to postWhere was the good guy with a gun in El Paso? Aurora? Orlando? Sandy Hook? Parkland? Buffalo? Pittsburgh? Charleston? Law of probability. Also, Orlando, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Pittsburgh and Charleston happened in "no gun" zones where concealed carry is illegal. More guns = more deaths. Ad...
Jump to postBank of England governor sounds ‘apocalyptic’ warning on food shortages due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bank-of-england-governorandrew-bailey-warning-food-shortages-putin-invasion-ukraine-b1000338.html May 17, 2022 Soft Paywall The Bank of England gover...
Jump to postSri Lanka's debt crisis is a warning to the world. The World Bank says a global debt storm is coming. It could engulf 70 developing countries & make their economies fall like dominoes. What are the threats they face? It's surprising how many large and small countries depend on their wheat coming...
Jump to postIn other countries, where they don't do mass killings with guns, they make suicide vests. There's no guarantee that if the US gave up on gun ownership, that radical religious suicide killings would not move in... Plus, once they're 25, they can rent a truck, and drive into masses. How is a gun goin...
Jump to postMy question, if these folks doing these killings did not have easy access to guns, what would they use, or do we believe that if they cannot access guns they will simply let things go? In other countries, where they don't do mass killings with guns, they make suicide vests. There's no guarantee tha...
Jump to postTrust the Science Trust the Trained Professionals In Law Enforcement And In Mental Health.... Buffalo shooter’s prior threat, hospital stay under scrutiny https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-supermarket-shooting-19514b0c6524bd428f4167ad9b490a12 Gendron had threatened to carry out a shooting at Susqu...
Jump to postGiven that CA just announced a massive budget surplus, one of the big items for Sacramento is investing in water desalination plants along the coast (namely in the SoCal region). If there's excess production, it can sell some to AZ and NV so that those states also benefit. If both states want a con...
Jump to postSad and scary to see the uncontrolled development in the Southwest. We will need to restrict development in human caused climate change areas. We will see millions of climate refugees from the Southwest by 2100. It seems the Great Lakes region will be the best region to be in by the end of the cent...
Jump to postIf we could only test for insanity, like China tests it's people for Covid... Mmmmkay yeah, there's a whole field devoted to that, in case you didn't know. Are you suggesting mass testing for psychosis? In the China "Zero-case" system, they test millions every day until there are no posit...
Jump to postLegal scholar Mary Ziegler and Conservative Legal scholar Ed Whelan discuss their differing views on the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the future of abortion law in America, and what this expected ruling could mean for other cases on PBS's Firing Line with Mar...
Jump to postThe report I read said after this a-hole shot up the place, he put the gun to his chin but the cops talked him out of doing himself in. Too bad - nothing would be more deserving than this piece of filth to be removed from the planet. There are no words in the English language to strongly enough con...
Jump to postSo, for the Record, is he a white, Liberal leaning, or Maga leaning 18 year old mass murderer?
Jump to postClutch101 wrote:But there was a good guy with a gun already there?
Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, 24 mi (39 km) east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity. Lake Mead provides water to the states of A...
Jump to postWe also were told that those extravagant looking Casino water displays used a surprisingly low amounts of water. The Bellagio fountains recycle brackish water from wells located on their property. It may be a while, but eventually LAS and PHX will outgrow their ability to finagle water sourcing. An...
Jump to postTo answer that, I understand that some EU countries offer free education to their citizens, some including post-secondary educations Correct, but only to a point. I'm mainly familiar with Finland, since I talked to a tour guide about it. You don't just get a free college education in anything. Firs...
Jump to postReuters May 12, 2022
Lake Mead’s water levels have plunged to their lowest in history, leading to fears of water restrictions across multiple U.S. states. Who gets cuts cut, what and when will be interesting to see how that pans out among the states...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC-CTpeiTFg
So please provide evidence or sources on my claim that the US is not funding much more than Europe with this 40 Billion, than Europe ever has. I have seen other reports on which Europe has sent 500 million more, and another 550 million. With the 500 million today we are at the very least 1.55 billi...
Jump to postGood for You Rand Paul !!! I don't always agree with you, but I do here... 
$40Billion today... and how much tomorrow??? Another Afghanistan... No Thanks!!!!
China is our main adversary on the world stage. Not Russia !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2uV4Q9R0bk
I'm for returning the beautiful Glen Canyon area to pre-dam conditions... CBS Evening News May 12, 2022 A decades-long drought is threatening Lake Powell, the nation's second largest reservoir. But as the water recedes, a canyon is being reborn. Ben Tracy takes a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Jump to postGood for him I certainly would not knock it back, but how is anyone worth that sort of money just to talk on tv, he is not finding a cure for cancer Really the mind boggles about the wages of some people. Neither are Quarterbacks, making more than Tom. Or hedge Fund Managers making more than Tom. O...
Jump to posthttps://nypost.com/2022/05/10/tom-brady ... ox-sports/
Rich Eisen guessed 36 a year...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbmQMpL4Ges
Good for you Tom !!
If you want to live in a cowardly theocracy where individual rights are trampled by religion, then go move to Saudi Arabia. Do not argue for "Individual state" laws that deny basic rights to human beings based on bad science and fake religions. Well, I guess the US voted for a Catholic Pr...
Jump to postAttention Protestors.... White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday on Twitter that President Biden abhors “violence, threats, or vandalism,” and that judges “must be able to do their jobs without concern for their personal safety.” This was a welcome clarification of the noncommittal statem...
Jump to postAttention Protestors.... White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday on Twitter that President Biden abhors “violence, threats, or vandalism,” and that judges “must be able to do their jobs without concern for their personal safety.” This was a welcome clarification of the noncommittal stateme...
Jump to postThe Hit's just keep on coming - Home affordability is nearly the worst on record as mortgage rates spike. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/02/mortgage-rates-surge-as-home-affordability-nears-record-worst.html Excerpt - "The vast majority, 95%, of the 100 largest U.S. housing markets are now less a...
Jump to postSo a couple observations: 1. The low count of educated women, is that a result of past denials of access to higher education? 2. To the Democrats the American people are represented by folks in Washington, to the GOP it is local legislatures, the Dems need to go local, the USA is not Europe 3. Even...
Jump to postIn the same manner the Constitution has never meant to give abortion rights, it does not restrict abortion in anyway. And it never has, including in the ~200 years of its existence pre-Roe. Particularly if one is to look at this from a life versus death point of view. Murder is almost always a stat...
Jump to postTexas, makes complete and total sense now. Have to ask, how many children are you currently fostering right now? How many total in your lifetime? How many children have you adopted? Bigger question, and one I feel I have to ask. How many non caucasian children have you adopted and/or fostered? And ...
Jump to postIn April of 1990, I traveled from Texas to Washington DC to attend the Rally For Life on the Washington Monument Grounds of the National Mall. VP Dan Quayle addressed the crowd of 700,000 that day, who came from all over the US to show their support for Life. That solidarity has paid off now with th...
Jump to postWhat’s next in the investigation of the Supreme Court leak? https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-crime-john-roberts-278946fa3a44e20aee99337a4fe69dc1 All law clerks sign a code of conduct promising confidentiality. “The law clerk should take particular care that Court documents not available t...
Jump to postWAPO: Lawmakers meet after abortion decision draft leaked and address the Press
Republicans at 20:45 and Dems at 46:30
https://youtu.be/cqJq1oU2gww
What !! No !! These Justices's opinion on Roe v. Wade have obviously "evolved" since taking office... After all, The Clintons "evolved" on their postilion about Gay Marriage, from once supporting DOMA. Nothing to see here... Campaign statements are not the same as statements mad...
Jump to postSusan Collins has released a statement stating that Gosuch and Kavanaugh were apparently not honest in their discussions during confrimation. What !! No !! These Justices's opinion on Roe v. Wade have obviously "evolved" since taking office... After all, The Clintons "evolved" o...
Jump to postSenate Judiciary Hearing on Ethics and Accountability of Supreme Court Set for Today at 10 AM ET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKmUEyjQIAM
They mentioned last night, that the "final" original decision on Roe v. Wade was leaked.
But drafts leaking, this is new...
I wonder how long Politico actually had the leak....
Who leaked it.... Liberal or Conservative Justice clerks??? NPR's commentary said they don't know, but if Conservatives leaked it, it is to soften the blow. If Liberals leaked it, it is too see if mobilized Public Outcry can possibly change a vote. I think that this is more likely, as Conservatives ...
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FAKE NEWS . . .
Ukraine admits ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ fighter pilot is a myth
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukrai ... 5133541047
Russia’s Putin To Hand Over Keys To War While He Has Cancer Surgery
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ru ... ar-AAWN94M