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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#242751: May 18th 2018 at 10:38:38 AM

Here's what I'm hearing at the moment:

  • Suspect identified as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis

  • Possible bombs discovered near Santa Fe High School

EDIT: Guy with gun, Trump hat, and American flag comes out to Santa Fe High School to make America Great Again by offering his thoughts and prayers.

edited 18th May '18 10:43:07 AM by tclittle

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#242752: May 18th 2018 at 10:44:26 AM

My sig is gonna get a lot of milage

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#242753: May 18th 2018 at 10:46:59 AM

[up] Yeah, we've had how many school shootings this year? I can't even keep track anymore.

edited 18th May '18 10:47:08 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#242754: May 18th 2018 at 10:47:28 AM

At least once a month?

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#242755: May 18th 2018 at 10:49:35 AM

Sincere Question, given my earlier sentiment: Anyone know offhand how many of the recent shootings have ended in the shooter being taken alive?

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#242756: May 18th 2018 at 10:50:05 AM

A Spending Bill for Farmers (that would also start 'Welfare Reform') has been voted down, as Moderate Republicans and Teapublicans vote against it over lack of Immigration, particularly Dreamer, Legislation. The final vote was 198-213.

It appears that the Summer-Fall Season is going to be dominated by Immigration in Congress. While this might give Republicans something to run on other then Hillary Clinton, considering most people want to protect Dreamers, this is also a positive thing for Democrats (and moderate Republicans).

edited 18th May '18 10:50:55 AM by DingoWalley1

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#242757: May 18th 2018 at 10:51:09 AM

These are the lawmakers representing the Santa Fe school district, and the contribution they got from the @NRA

- Rep. Randy Weber (@TXRandy14): $3,000

- Ted Cruz @tedcruz: $14,500

- John Cornyn @JohnCornyn: $29,250

..waiting on their statement.

https://twitter.com/alt_uscis/status/997517711839244294?s=21

edited 18th May '18 10:52:19 AM by megaeliz

Grafite Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Less than three
#242758: May 18th 2018 at 10:51:47 AM

A member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology evinced skepticism about climate change

I really don't think there is any other western nation where the right-wing party is so hostile to science and appoints people who know nothing about the subject to an important committee like that. It's absolutely ridiculous, but climate denial also isn't as big of a movement anywhere else.

Life is unfair...
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#242759: May 18th 2018 at 10:51:51 AM

Weber didn't even get a quarter of the other two. Is he a Democrat?

[up] To me, it's always struck me that, even if you don't believe in climate change yourself, there's no real reason not to take steps anyway. Even if you don't think you're stemming the Apocalypse, you're still helping the environment either way.

edited 18th May '18 10:53:02 AM by sgamer82

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#242760: May 18th 2018 at 10:53:34 AM

[up]He's a Republican, but Senators bring in bigger bucks (most of the time anyway) because they have more influence and state wide elections tend to be pricier.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#242761: May 18th 2018 at 10:54:07 AM

He's a Republican who apparently once compared Obama to Hitler.

So...yeah.

Disgusted, but not surprised
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#242762: May 18th 2018 at 10:54:58 AM

Then it's still odd he had such a relatively time fraction in comparison.

Must not have much competition

edited 18th May '18 10:55:24 AM by sgamer82

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#242763: May 18th 2018 at 10:56:27 AM

iirc someone asked how many mass shootings have happened this year so far. The answer is, according to some folks on twitter, 101, counting this one.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#242764: May 18th 2018 at 10:57:37 AM

I actually asked how many school shootings, but even if you're counting all mass shootings that's still way too high. And it's still only May.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Grafite Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Less than three
#242765: May 18th 2018 at 10:58:31 AM

@sgamer82: Obviously the reason is "but what about those poor CE Os who will make less money to pay me because of those stupid regulations". They can't say that out loud, so they go professing skepticism about climate change to justify voting down those measures.

Life is unfair...
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#242766: May 18th 2018 at 10:58:47 AM

Even if you don't think you're stemming the Apocalypse, you're still helping the environment either way.

Helping the environment, in-itself, has taken on a negative, "liberal" undertone for many people. The environment is to be used for the greatest (short-term) benefit of human beings, not cared for all the other living things on the planet, or considered for long-term consequences for our descendants. It is weird, but it's what that's come down to.

edited 18th May '18 11:26:31 AM by LSBK

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#242767: May 18th 2018 at 11:10:36 AM

[up] How about that greatest good for the greatest number in the longest run, huh?

edited 18th May '18 11:32:58 AM by megaeliz

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#242768: May 18th 2018 at 11:24:59 AM

This is the party of Ayn Rand and Jesus.

Two people who held diametrically opposite positions on everything.

We're well in Doublethink territory.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#242769: May 18th 2018 at 11:30:26 AM

[up] ironically, I was quoting a Republican (although of a rare breed, now-a-days) as well, Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the Forest Service and member of Theodore Roosevelt's "Tennis Cabinet".

He was one of the early champions of sustainable forestry in America, instead of the short sighted "cut and run" model of the Timber Barons of the time, and helped introduce the idea of "conservation" to the larger American Public.

edited 18th May '18 11:47:59 AM by megaeliz

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#242770: May 18th 2018 at 12:51:51 PM

CNN been keeping track of every school shooting for 2018. The count? 22.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#242771: May 18th 2018 at 12:55:06 PM

https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/997559526235746304?s=19

TX Lt Gov Dan Patrick, a fierce opponent of gun control, says today's shooting may have been caused by Texas schools having "too many entrances and too many exits." https://t.co/tLByRqL6oX

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#242772: May 18th 2018 at 12:57:16 PM

Yes, clearly the best way to help with school shootings is to create a funnel of children! That makes the shooter’s work SO much easier! We’ll have zero survivors in no time at all.

I’m not even being sarcastic at this point. I genuinely believe that these Republicans want to help the shooters these days.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#242773: May 18th 2018 at 12:59:05 PM

Hey, helps raise the fatalities from fires and structural failures that are likely to start kicking in once the lack of funding gets even more acute.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#242774: May 18th 2018 at 1:05:50 PM

The fewer children there are, the easier it is to control the ones who remain.

FluffyMcChicken My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare from where the floating lights gleam Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare
#242775: May 18th 2018 at 1:08:01 PM

I mean, there's a silver lining to everything right? What if most of the victims were . . . let's not discuss that in here polite society. tongue


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