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- Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:51 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: To the democrats that want to disarm us...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1394
Re: To the democrats that want to disarm us...
Here's a better video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBQ6wCqqxwI All three suspects were armed, she immediately has a gun pointed at her (possibly even being shot at, hard to see.) Very high risk situation. As soon she fires her first round they all run -- my favorite part is at second 18, the guy...
- Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:34 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Best possible answer
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2056
Re: Best possible answer
"No, I wouldn't. I would find the ★■◆● who poisoned them and make him eat skittles."
- Thu Sep 15, 2016 2:55 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Garrison Keillor is a treasure
- Replies: 12
- Views: 573
Re: Garrison Keillor is a treasure
What's w/ all the trolling lately ? Mod, can you close this ?
- Tue Sep 06, 2016 2:50 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Blacks have come a long way
- Replies: 9
- Views: 590
Re: Blacks have come a long way
Wonder what happens if the white students want one of their own as well...callmeslick wrote:the message is bull★■◆●. So what if they have a dorm restricted to African American students(by their choice)?
- Tue Sep 06, 2016 2:41 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: he was 'making sure the gun was safe'....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 396
Re: he was 'making sure the gun was safe'....
Guy needs to be charged w/ manslaughter at least. Of the just four basic safe gun handling rules the one that says "Never point your gun at anything you don't wish to destroy" would have prevented this. (The other three are "Treat every gun as if it's loaded", "Keep your fin...
- Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:12 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Not even scratching the surface...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 661
Re: Not even scratching the surface...
I wish I was as poor as her...
- Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:05 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Passion 2: Revenge of the Jesus!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 370
- Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:01 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: This judge better be careful...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1262
Re: This judge better be careful...
More interested in answers to these -- https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-roo ... tember-29/
- Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:46 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Can't use a gun...do it the Canadian way
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1096
Re: Can't use a gun...do it the Canadian way
what sportsmen!!! Also, isn't there a safety issue, if your woods are similar to ours in the East? The last thing I'd wish is for some of those clowns to be out shooting supressed rounds. Bad enough when you can hear them shooting when they're right on top of you...... That tells me that you don't ...
- Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:29 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The EPA pollutes the Colorado River yet again...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1343
Re: The EPA pollutes the Colorado River yet again...
still not funded, Grendel, or was that what you were attempting to show? This has been going on for a long time, now. Colorado wants it on the list, EPA wants it on the loss, Congress denies the funding via targetted riders on legislation. And, so it goes Pointing out that the site is on its way to...
- Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:23 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Can't use a gun...do it the Canadian way
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1096
Re: Can't use a gun...do it the Canadian way
Grendel, you may like this....Mich passed a law you can use silencers to hunt with http://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-164--261765--,00.html The more the merrier :) OR doesn't have restrictions on hunting w/ suppressors (as long you own and use them legally.) I just wish it wouldn't be such a PITA ...
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:03 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The EPA pollutes the Colorado River yet again...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1343
Re: The EPA pollutes the Colorado River yet again...
They don't make it a superfund site because......wait for it......The Polluters would be subject to massive fines for creating the mess. From here : What are the next steps regarding a Superfund listing? The Gold King Mine is one of 48 mining sites in the Bonita Peak Mining District, which the agen...
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 1:53 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The EPA pollutes the Colorado River yet again...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1343
Re: The EPA pollutes the Colorado River yet again...
Central government is obviously the wrong tool to use for environmental protection. It needs to be left to private enterprise market based solutions. Companies will volunteer to label their products to state their environmental impact, and the market will decide whether or not we are willing to tra...
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 1:44 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Can't use a gun...do it the Canadian way
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1096
Re: Can't use a gun...do it the Canadian way
Yea, some of those are even illegal to hunt w/ in OR...
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:18 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: UT Austin protestors
- Replies: 8
- Views: 496
Re: UT Austin protestors
Ok ... penis envy ?
- Sun Aug 28, 2016 3:49 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet
- Replies: 8
- Views: 546
Re: How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet
Yep, because trolling has been around since the dawn of mankind. Doesn't hurt to point out the latest and greatest on the troll front once in a while Blast from the past.Krom wrote:I could have sworn I read an article just like this one only it was 15 years ago.
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 11:10 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1103
Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Looks like you can get by just fine w/o buying stuff: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/w ... nsactions/ . Not my cup of tea tho.
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:38 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: sometimes saying you're 'pro-life'....
- Replies: 9
- Views: 862
Re: sometimes saying you're 'pro-life'....
well, you catch the part about not being SURE about the coincidental timing and causation. However, I see no information to show that Texas gave a tinker's damn about these issues, but was laser focused on making women's healthcare hard to come by, and preventing low income working women from avail...
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:32 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: sometimes saying you're 'pro-life'....
- Replies: 9
- Views: 862
Re: sometimes saying you're 'pro-life'....
I must be missing the point ? But the overall maternal mortality rate and actual number of maternal deaths remain uncertain, as does the underlying reason for the sudden jump in 2011–12. [..] “The short answer is, I don’t know” what caused pregnancy-related deaths to rise sharply in that period, Hol...
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:43 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The Clinton Foundation
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1381
- Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:05 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet
- Replies: 8
- Views: 546
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:31 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The Clinton Foundation
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1381
- Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:17 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: While LA Drowns
- Replies: 79
- Views: 3930
Re: While LA Drowns
I think a big part of judging a President's response to a natural disaster is how they've prepared. spot on. Bush got criticized, not for failing to show up in a helicopter or for photo-ops, but for appointing idiots that were asleep at the switch for 5 days, [..] Maybe later. http://www.foxnews.co...
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:08 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: BLM is awesome!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1759
Re: BLM is awesome!
I'm sure MLK is spinning in his grave...
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:06 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: ironic and funny, all at once
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1397
Re: ironic and funny, all at once
Trump’s plan is to introduce a screening process for prospective immigrants to the U.S., testing their ideological commitment to western values like women’s rights, gay rights, and religious pluralism. It’s a brilliant plan. Sounds like trying to protect constitutional values by violating constitut...
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:00 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1609
Re: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
Who are they supposed to influence ? The program is obviously targeted at spanish speaking voters, I seriously doubt that any them will vote for Trump anyways. they are merely providing Spanish speaking community outreach to sign up voters. You don't do a registration drive without VERY STRICT inst...
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:09 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1609
Re: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
It's ethically questionable since said residents are in legal limbo. why? They are resident here....have been since early childhood by the definition of 'dreamer'. They know no other nation, in many cases have no close family any other place. What is ethically questionable about enlisting them to s...
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:34 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1609
Re: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
Hm, my response got lost. Let me try to recreate it. what the feck does hiring VOLUNTEERS ... Really ? You have to ask ? yes, please enlighten me as to how hiring residents of the US in ANY WAY affects our national sovereignity, which relates to how we interact with other nations. Doesn't directly. ...
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:33 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1609
Re: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
Really ? You have to ask ?callmeslick wrote:what the feck does hiring VOLUNTEERS...
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:18 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Is it a religion?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1873
Re: Is it a religion?
It's organized and people have regular meetings to talk about it's tenants - so how is it different from other religions - more specifically what exempts it from your "cult" criteria? My crochet circle is organized and has regular meetings where we talk about stuff. re·li·gion the belief ...
- Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:19 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Is it a religion?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1873
Re: Is it a religion?
As far as I can tell it's a philosophy, not a religion.snoopy wrote:...Just curious... does that make secular humanism a cult?Grendel wrote:Kind of stating the obvious. Every organized religion is a cult in my eyes and many of them declare non-believers outlaws.
- Fri Aug 12, 2016 2:11 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The Clinton Foundation
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1381
Re: The Clinton Foundation
Story certainly got legs -- https://www.google.com/search?q=fbi+cli ... on&tbm=nws
More entertainment from them "journalists" -- http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/12/96-pe ... oundation/
More entertainment from them "journalists" -- http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/12/96-pe ... oundation/
- Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:30 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The Clinton Foundation
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1381
The Clinton Foundation
Meanwhile we are waiting for some more details about the Clinton Foundation. such as? Pretty much anything will be interesting. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/07/fact-checking-donations-clinton-foundation/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/22/news/clinton-foundation/ https://ww...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:40 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: it's not really about the 2nd Amendment.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 503
Re: it's not really about the 2nd Amendment.
Yeah, DB is trying to weasel his way out. Under Section 776.013(3) , the “no duty of retreat” rule will not apply to a person who is engaged in an unlawful activity or is in a place where he or she has no right to be. Other provisions preclude a defendant from raising a self-defense claim altogether...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:17 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The last of us.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 540
Re: The last of us.
Side effect of miniaturization and production cost saving. Ever taken a modern gadget apart ?* I really don't want to work even on my 2000 VR6 engine (and that was the last year that thing was dropped into cars in that form.) * Interestingly the complexity of these gadgets sparked a new service ...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:06 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Is it a religion?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1873
Re: Is it a religion?
Kind of stating the obvious. Every organized religion is a cult in my eyes and many of them declare non-believers outlaws.
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 3:10 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: First olympic gold medal for US
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1545
Re: First olympic gold medal for US
um, I try to keep to rational debate, and resent the inference, frankly Grendel. And you are doing a much better job in these two posts, appreciate it. As for your fears, I am still not sure what you 'see' in modern US(or at least your region of it) that is parallel to your German experience. The t...
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:20 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: First olympic gold medal for US
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1545
Re: First olympic gold medal for US
The mindset changes, all physical power now lies w/ the "authorities" and the disconnect betw. people and government becomes gigantic. Over time the government will push for more restrictions on personal freedoms. Germany is further along w/ this: [..] I understand what you went through, ...
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:33 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Come on in!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 567
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 4:20 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: First olympic gold medal for US
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1545
Re: First olympic gold medal for US
further, an illustration from today as to why some of us are getting flat-out leery about the whole 2nd Amendment itself. Woody confuses it with an airgun championship, or being taught hunting. This guy uses it as a reason to suggest the assasination of a rival candidate: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08...