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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Interesting short thread
about Trump's nonresponss to the 60 minutes interview.
Crickets tonight. 1/
To the folks who naturally think Trump can’t be shamed, while his bluster might make it seem that way, Trump’s entire existence is an attempt to avoid shame. 2/
"There are only two driving impulses: 1) Avoid shame;and 2) Collect adoration and esteem. That's it. There is no other priority or concern."
There are only two driving impulses: 1) Avoid shame;and 2) Collect adoration and esteem. That's it. There is no other priority or concern 3/
edited 26th Mar '18 12:28:10 PM by megaeliz
With the Santorum comments, USA Today published a few doctor reactions to his "advice"
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"As a surgeon, I’ve operated on gunshot victims who’ve had bullets tear through their intestines, cut through their spinal cord, and pulverize their kidneys and liver," tweeted surgeon and health care columnist Eugene Gu. "Rick Santorum telling kids to shut up and take CPR classes is simply unconscionable."
Rebecca Bell, a pediatric critical care physician in Vermont, tweeted that survival rates of trauma victims who require CPR at the scene of a shooting are "very, very low."
"Survival rate of people who don't get shot in the first place: much, much better, " Bell tweeted. Trauma surgeon Joseph Sakran tweeted that he felt compelled to correct a "false perception" Santorum may have conveyed.
"Victims that go into cardiac arrest after #Gun Violence are Bleeding to Death. CPR is NOT effective in this situation," Sakran tweeted.
Best one I saw when searching for it, though, was someone who quipped that "Mr. Santorum, CPR doesn't work if all the blood is on the ground."
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"![]()
Once again, one of the main reasons why I'm in favor of gun control is because gunshot wounds suck. Honestly. They do horrific damage.
This is dating back all the way to redcoats getting gut-shot with muskets, or the Minie Ball making its deadly appearance on the fields of the US civil war.
Agreed.
edited 26th Mar '18 12:55:21 PM by TheWildWestPyro
The sad thing is that there are still plenty of people ignorant enough to actually think Santorum has a point. Like, the kind of people that actually believe a gunshot in real life that doesn't hit either the heart or the head is a short hospital visit away from being all better beneath maybe a cast or artfully-arranged layer of bandaging. No one ever talks about the deep flesh injuries, the organ failure, the blood loss, the muscle damage, the incipient infection that can become sepsis with frightening alacrity, the severed spines, the months spent in physical therapy for the lucky ones and the lifetime spent in a wheelchair for the less fortunate. As a culture, we're so inured to gun violence in our media that a moron that actually believes that CPR and not gun control is the answer to gun violence is not immediately, or at all, pelted with garbage, and run off the stage.
edited 26th Mar '18 1:09:52 PM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."![]()
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When I talk about Russian arms exports I don't mean rifles. Their big ticket items are tactical fighters, helicopters, IADS, and missiles. We won't sell the high end stuff to a lot of countries for both moral and practical reasons, Russia has no such objections. They'll happily sell to both sides of a conflict if they can, or send helicopter gunships to regimes known for using them to mow down peaceful protesters.
As for the AR pattern, there's a reason it's everywhere. Aside from switching it to a gas piston like the Germans did, nobody has really been able to do better.
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There's a pretty powerful exhibit at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris that displays knightly plate shot through by muskets and cannons. You're right to say that even since the early days it's been bad.
edited 26th Mar '18 1:07:29 PM by archonspeaks
They should have sent a poet.![]()
It's the result of tropes like Pretty Little Headshots and Bloodless Carnage invading the public consciousness.
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It's one reason why I think the victims of gun violence should be shown in complete, unflinching detail. Controversial as it is, it makes a clear statement: This is what happens to the human body. This is what these weapons were designed to do.
Similarly, it's also why I have an issue with the word "wounded." Since it's used to cover everything that isn't death, it doesn't really convey the sense of damage that may occur, especially in the case of something like lost limbs.
While we're at it, I genuinely would like to see the "Some Asshole initiative" from The Non-Adventures of Wonderella become commonplace. Not all of the spree shooters do it for the fame/glory, but enough do that knowing they'd be referred to as just "Some Asshole" (with an accompanying bucket of chum) might sap their will to follow through.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Yeah, rather than parading around the names, manifestos, and life stories of these murderers, Un-person them and focus on the victims instead. No need to give free advertisement, and it only inspires copycats.
Jesse Hughes, of the Eagles of Death Metal, called March for Our Lives "pathetic."
Here are some choice cuts from the article:
edited 26th Mar '18 2:13:22 PM by SciFiSlasher
"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."Cross-posting from the RIP thread: Linda Brown
, the girl at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case that struck down school segregation in the country, has died at age 76.
Part of me thinks when you witnesses something as awful terrorist attack like that it's very hard to let go of the anger at those responsible,so blaming it so those who happen to be of the same religion is their natural conclusion
His mind is warped basically
edited 26th Mar '18 3:03:48 PM by Ultimatum
have a listen and have a link to my discord server

Well, on the oil and gas front the increasing availability of renewable energy should eventually squeeze them out. For the time being we simply can't compete with their prices in Europe. Supplying historic buyers of Russian oil with renewable tech might work, though it would piss Russia off something awful.
Arms exports are a different deal, I'm not really sure of any way we could straight-up stop them. I mean, we don't exactly have a moral high ground when it comes to the subject, and how are we supposed to tell countries like India and Venezuela, or Vietnam, that they should just stop buying from their main weapons supplier? There's always a market for Russian arms, they're cheap and work well and they'll sell you literally anything. Especially for countries that have been denied sophisticated weapons by the US, they're a very good option.
edited 26th Mar '18 11:46:14 AM by archonspeaks
They should have sent a poet.