And yet, as much as you rant, in Arapahoe, he more than likely committed suicide because he was confronted by a gun wielding deputy who happened to be at the school. So what you are saying is, you wished the deputy hadn't been on campus armed, and the rampage had continued a bit. That's pretty awful. PS: Bloomberg spent more than the NRA last year.
I took an upper division English class back in college, the subject matter being feminism. There were about twenty five people in the class, and two guys including myself. I took it both because I needed upper level credit, and I also was trying to learn things outside my area of knowledge--it's what you're supposed to do in college. By end of term, both of us dropped the class, as we had grown tired of every class being a continual "everyone look at the two guys and groan" session. The professor would often ask rhetorical questions, and then actually ask the two of us for answers to them. These were often things we personally had no knowledge of. An example, "Why do you think the puritans were so rabidly misogynist?" I could not do better than a C grade before I dropped, and the professor's attitude towards me when I asked how to improve was a hearty "You couldn't understand..., with those "..."s implying "because you're not a woman". It was at one point hinted that if we were gay, we'd probably fit in better.
That's my experience. Completely anti-male, to a hostile degree. This was at UCLA, in the 90s
Oddly enough, living through that time in the US, I cannot remember any regular pronouncements by the generals and politicians about the US and NATO invading the Soviet Union.
The lesson I'm learning is to simply never tweet or post anything. Because someone, somewhere, possibly even in a future time, will find it offensive. We are all turning into marshmallows. And someone will be offended by that comment, I'm sure.
When I was 18, My friend and I were driving in LA county, in an old 71 mustang. We were on a fairly deserted backroad when a sheriff pulls up behind us. He hits his lights and pulls us over. Of course, we had "borrowed" one of those flashing construction signs, which happened to be flashing in the back of the car. We were going to a party up in the hills. The sheriff gets us out, makes us take it out and place it along the side of the road. At some point he gets permission to search our car, and proceeds to tear the thing apart, tossing all our stuff along the side of the road, and rifling through the glove compartment, etc. Eventually, in the center console, he finds one.22 bullet that had been dropped in there and lost. My friend, who was driving, later said it probably fell out when he and his dad when shooting a few years earlier. The sheriff sits us down and begins grilling us: "Where's the gun?! Who are you going to shoot?! Why do you have a gun?!" We keep telling him we don't have a gun and it was just a lost bullet. Eventually, he gets tired of it, tells us we're free to go, and walks back to his car.
As he drives by, we notice he is a VENTURA COUNTY Sheriff, and not actually in his jurisdiction!
Oddly enough, I had two corrupt Mexican cops use those very same words to fine me and my friends $75 each, for "illegal drinking". Just south of the US border, in fact.
In college I worked with a lot of police, I was associated with on-campus security. I noticed there were essentially two types of cops, and they seemed to inhabit both ends of the spectrum. The first type was the actual caring, honest, hard working, do anything to protect others type. He became a cop to actually help and serve. I saw one climb out on a ten story ledge to bring in a jumper, and that cop had a documented fear of heights. The second type was the exact opposite: He loves the power, and got into the police so he could push people around. He's the guy who really enjoys giving jawalking tickets.
It's almost like the job description pulls the best and worst of society, with not a lot of middle ground in there.
As in Syria, armed revolt isn't a problem until it is,at which point nobody can easily put that genie back in the bottle. This is often called a tipping point. This is a GOOD thing. We wouldn't want constant revolt.
You mean the same UK where my friend's college friend, a black man, was stabbed to death by skinheads while walking home? A crime which only merited a 20 year prison sentence? Racism is alive and well everywhere.
I'm in Ikea, looking at light bulbs with my Dad. I mention that LEDs are environmentally better than CFLS, and that years from now you will probably see some sort of TV special on how CFL bulbs and the mercury in them will ruin the environment. A raving guy comes rushing up to me, and says "Say that again! About the Mercury!", and I explain to him how each CFL contains a tiny amount of mercury, then point to the warning label on the box. He gets a crazy look in his eyes, says " I...never... knew... that!", ala Kirk, turns around, and literally runs away.
Yes, that's exactly it. Australian politicians care. US politicians want to eat babies. That's the most logical answer. Plus, John Stewart said it, so it must be true.
Unlike CFLs, Incandescent bulbs contain no mercury. I'm betting in a few years, you will be seeing articles about the environmental disaster of CFL disposal leaking mercury, and all the evil that entails. How many poeple ignore the "properly dispose of " warning and just trash those stupid CFLs? At least LEDs don't have that.
Did you really just say "Had he deployed a drag chute"? I'm guessing most people don't drive around with a drag chute. I could be wrong, but my car doesn't have one.
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How long is a life sentence in the UK?
I'm being serious, as I've been told it's far less than "life".
And yet, as much as you rant, in Arapahoe, he more than likely committed suicide because he was confronted by a gun wielding deputy who happened to be at the school.
So what you are saying is, you wished the deputy hadn't been on campus armed, and the rampage had continued a bit.
That's pretty awful.
PS: Bloomberg spent more than the NRA last year.
That's where I got stuck as well.
I took an upper division English class back in college, the subject matter being feminism. There were about twenty five people in the class, and two guys including myself. I took it both because I needed upper level credit, and I also was trying to learn things outside my area of knowledge--it's what you're supposed to do in college.
By end of term, both of us dropped the class, as we had grown tired of every class being a continual "everyone look at the two guys and groan" session. The professor would often ask rhetorical questions, and then actually ask the two of us for answers to them. These were often things we personally had no knowledge of. An example, "Why do you think the puritans were so rabidly misogynist?"
I could not do better than a C grade before I dropped, and the professor's attitude towards me when I asked how to improve was a hearty "You couldn't understand..., with those "..."s implying "because you're not a woman".
It was at one point hinted that if we were gay, we'd probably fit in better.
That's my experience. Completely anti-male, to a hostile degree. This was at UCLA, in the 90s
This isn't Zardoz. A gun is a tool, nothing more, nothing less.
There would be a different gun on a few flags.
Oddly enough, living through that time in the US, I cannot remember any regular pronouncements by the generals and politicians about the US and NATO invading the Soviet Union.
You had me until you sort of randomly brought in Reagan, like he's the racist bogeyman.
The lesson I'm learning is to simply never tweet or post anything.
Because someone, somewhere, possibly even in a future time, will find it offensive.
We are all turning into marshmallows.
And someone will be offended by that comment, I'm sure.
compare macro and micro economics please, then come back.
When I was 18, My friend and I were driving in LA county, in an old 71 mustang. We were on a fairly deserted backroad when a sheriff pulls up behind us. He hits his lights and pulls us over. .22 bullet that had been dropped in there and lost. My friend, who was driving, later said it probably fell out when he and his dad when shooting a few years earlier.
Of course, we had "borrowed" one of those flashing construction signs, which happened to be flashing in the back of the car. We were going to a party up in the hills. The sheriff gets us out, makes us take it out and place it along the side of the road. At some point he gets permission to search our car, and proceeds to tear the thing apart, tossing all our stuff along the side of the road, and rifling through the glove compartment, etc.
Eventually, in the center console, he finds one
The sheriff sits us down and begins grilling us: "Where's the gun?! Who are you going to shoot?! Why do you have a gun?!"
We keep telling him we don't have a gun and it was just a lost bullet.
Eventually, he gets tired of it, tells us we're free to go, and walks back to his car.
As he drives by, we notice he is a VENTURA COUNTY Sheriff, and not actually in his jurisdiction!
Oddly enough, I had two corrupt Mexican cops use those very same words to fine me and my friends $75 each, for "illegal drinking".
Just south of the US border, in fact.
In college I worked with a lot of police, I was associated with on-campus security.
I noticed there were essentially two types of cops, and they seemed to inhabit both ends of the spectrum.
The first type was the actual caring, honest, hard working, do anything to protect others type. He became a cop to actually help and serve. I saw one climb out on a ten story ledge to bring in a jumper, and that cop had a documented fear of heights.
The second type was the exact opposite: He loves the power, and got into the police so he could push people around. He's the guy who really enjoys giving jawalking tickets.
It's almost like the job description pulls the best and worst of society, with not a lot of middle ground in there.
China wants both:
1) Undermining of the US dollar's status as a reserve currency.
2) Absolute control over their own currency.
Thus, they like Bitcoin for #1, but are wary of it when it encroaches on #2.
As in Syria, armed revolt isn't a problem until it is,at which point nobody can easily put that genie back in the bottle. This is often called a tipping point.
This is a GOOD thing. We wouldn't want constant revolt.
You mean the same UK where my friend's college friend, a black man, was stabbed to death by skinheads while walking home? A crime which only merited a 20 year prison sentence?
Racism is alive and well everywhere.
I'm in Ikea, looking at light bulbs with my Dad. I mention that LEDs are environmentally better than CFLS, and that years from now you will probably see some sort of TV special on how CFL bulbs and the mercury in them will ruin the environment. A raving guy comes rushing up to me, and says "Say that again! About the Mercury!", and I explain to him how each CFL contains a tiny amount of mercury, then point to the warning label on the box. He gets a crazy look in his eyes, says " I...never... knew... that!", ala Kirk, turns around, and literally runs away.
You do realize the bureaucracy to implement this would probably cost $50 per bulb, right?
Until the next round of "more efficient" bulbs. repeated every two years...
Yes, that's exactly it.
Australian politicians care.
US politicians want to eat babies.
That's the most logical answer. Plus, John Stewart said it, so it must be true.
Unlike CFLs, Incandescent bulbs contain no mercury.
I'm betting in a few years, you will be seeing articles about the environmental disaster of CFL disposal leaking mercury, and all the evil that entails. How many poeple ignore the "properly dispose of " warning and just trash those stupid CFLs? At least LEDs don't have that.
Technically, they were F14s...
Did you really just say "Had he deployed a drag chute"?
I'm guessing most people don't drive around with a drag chute. I could be wrong, but my car doesn't have one.
They are brothers no more.
I sense a kickstarter....