Search found 3760 matches

by Grendel
Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:51 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: To the democrats that want to disarm us...
Replies: 26
Views: 1364

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...
by Grendel
Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:34 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Best possible answer
Replies: 39
Views: 2010

Re: Best possible answer

"No, I wouldn't. I would find the ★■◆● who poisoned them and make him eat skittles."
by Grendel
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 ?
by Grendel
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

callmeslick wrote:the message is bull★■◆●. So what if they have a dorm restricted to African American students(by their choice)?
Wonder what happens if the white students want one of their own as well...
by Grendel
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...
by Grendel
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...
by Grendel
Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:01 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: This judge better be careful...
Replies: 27
Views: 1232

Re: This judge better be careful...

More interested in answers to these -- https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-roo ... tember-29/
by Grendel
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: 1089

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 ...
by Grendel
Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:29 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The EPA pollutes the Colorado River yet again...
Replies: 32
Views: 1334

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...
by Grendel
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: 1089

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 ...
by Grendel
Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:03 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The EPA pollutes the Colorado River yet again...
Replies: 32
Views: 1334

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...
by Grendel
Mon Aug 29, 2016 1:53 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The EPA pollutes the Colorado River yet again...
Replies: 32
Views: 1334

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...
by Grendel
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: 1089

Re: Can't use a gun...do it the Canadian way

Yea, some of those are even illegal to hunt w/ in OR...
by Grendel
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 ?
by Grendel
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

Krom wrote:I could have sworn I read an article just like this one only it was 15 years ago.
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 :E Blast from the past.
by Grendel
Thu Aug 25, 2016 11:10 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Replies: 4
Views: 1092

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.
by Grendel
Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:38 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: sometimes saying you're 'pro-life'....
Replies: 9
Views: 846

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...
by Grendel
Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:32 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: sometimes saying you're 'pro-life'....
Replies: 9
Views: 846

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...
by Grendel
Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: While LA Drowns
Replies: 79
Views: 3831

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...
by Grendel
Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:08 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: BLM is awesome!
Replies: 50
Views: 1757

Re: BLM is awesome!

I'm sure MLK is spinning in his grave...
by Grendel
Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:06 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: ironic and funny, all at once
Replies: 28
Views: 1396

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...
by Grendel
Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:00 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
Replies: 32
Views: 1608

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...
by Grendel
Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:09 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
Replies: 32
Views: 1608

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...
by Grendel
Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:34 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
Replies: 32
Views: 1608

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. ...
by Grendel
Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Voter fraud...without voter ID.
Replies: 32
Views: 1608

Re: Voter fraud...without voter ID.

callmeslick wrote:what the feck does hiring VOLUNTEERS...
Really ? You have to ask ?
by Grendel
Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:18 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Is it a religion?
Replies: 29
Views: 1832

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 ...
by Grendel
Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:19 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Is it a religion?
Replies: 29
Views: 1832

Re: Is it a religion?

snoopy wrote:
Grendel wrote:Kind of stating the obvious. Every organized religion is a cult in my eyes and many of them declare non-believers outlaws.
...Just curious... does that make secular humanism a cult?
As far as I can tell it's a philosophy, not a religion.
by Grendel
Fri Aug 12, 2016 2:11 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Clinton Foundation
Replies: 33
Views: 1378

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/
by Grendel
Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:30 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Clinton Foundation
Replies: 33
Views: 1378

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...
by Grendel
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...
by Grendel
Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:17 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The last of us.
Replies: 4
Views: 539

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 ...
by Grendel
Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:06 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Is it a religion?
Replies: 29
Views: 1832

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.
by Grendel
Wed Aug 10, 2016 3:10 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: First olympic gold medal for US
Replies: 51
Views: 1542

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...
by Grendel
Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:20 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: First olympic gold medal for US
Replies: 51
Views: 1542

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, ...
by Grendel
Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:33 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Come on in!
Replies: 6
Views: 567

Re: Come on in!

Image

(Manila Baywalk after storm Nida)
by Grendel
Tue Aug 09, 2016 4:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: First olympic gold medal for US
Replies: 51
Views: 1542

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...