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It's not stupid making your own choices with the short lives we are given. The Vaccines do seem to help short term but nothing is accurate that we've been told about Covid and the lies, mistakes and treatment omissions and suppression is making people lose trust. Don't want to crap on this tribute to Meatloaf but he may or may not have vaxxed based on information or misinformation from ALL sources INCLUDING the CDC and our trusty Government, MSM or Joe Rogan and others he trusts. I have promoted not pushed the Vaccine for the vulnerable in my family. The risk of Covid is greater than any unknown risk from the rushed Vaccines in my opinion. I am truly sorry for the people in your life that you have lost to Covid. Their Vaxx choice need not be written on their headstones.

The only stress or worry is trying to keep quarantining in a full house. 3 others vaxxed and one had Covid after vax. Without wearing a hazmat suit and a house with my own private wing someone is bound to have contact. Never mind all the people that they interact with that might have it. Not worried as they are all younger and healthier than me but I'd hate to be blamed for causing them any misery. And they are sooo good at blame lol.

Felt a bit feverish and my PT gig requires something to stay home so I got tested yesterday. Went whole hog on tests! Thought what the heck. Flu neg. Antibody test to see if I've had recent Covid neg. So my last flu like suffering was probably flu, and if I had past Covid... any Immunity is now gone. I really feel I had Covid when it first hit us. I'll never know. Covid test was positive. I had a home test that came back negative so I was a little surprised. This is my 3rd day, worst was first day 102 fever achy. Currently bit of a sore throat and very low fever both controlled with otc pain relievers. Bored to death. Nearly 58 eat poorly don't exercise but not a big drinker anymore and don't smoke. My PT job is physical so I'm fitter than I deserve. Doc was not concerned and neither am I. I kept waiting for them to ask had I been vaxxed. How do they come up with all these stats when they don't ask? I have not been vaxxed btw. Also they have no way to know what variant, again how accurate are those stats? I assume random samples? I'm hoping my bout with Covid is going to become typical. Basically morphing into another flu and treated like one. To be watched and taken Serious but not enough to keep the world crazy. All the crazy hasn't helped much.

From what I understand he was anti-mandate for sure like myself. He may or may not have been vaxxed. Two different things. I see no conflict if he was vaxxed. More to come out I'm sure. Also at 74 he had been pretty hard on his body over the years so something was going to take him down eventually. Anyway he made his mark on music and was so unique and talented. One of those artists who made music you loved the first time you heard it and decades later still love it. RIP you'll live on in your music

I'm "on the fence" when it comes to the Cops actions. Missed part where he looked through windows but that wouldn't tell you much. In hindsight we know this was just a fool shooting in the air to celebrate but man...who the hell empties multiple mags in a neighborhood like that for fun? He might have been a bad guy or crazy guy. That's what I would assume in my hood but every town has it's norms I guess. New years or not. If you assume shooter was an insane person shooting recklessly and randomly in a neighborhood your job is to stop the threat immediately before he kills someone right? Cop might of had a limited but good enough sight picture. If he announced POLICE!, crazy might have shot in cops direction or decided to take cover in home and prolong shooting spree. It was a weird scene, glad I'm not a cop in that situation. I probably would have called out to drop weapon and "hope" he was just a stupid drunk celebrating and would comply. But that would have been risky to the neighbors.

I heard it's opposite of his Full House, Funniest Home Vid persona, He's moved up on my time wasting internet viewing to do list. I really need to make an actual list as I forget these things but then I will have turned completely into my father LOL.

Never was a Full House Fan but multiple people have told me he was an awesome comic. I keep meaning to youtube some of his stuff. Either way too young, we never know when our number's up so quit waiting around for whatever it is you might be waiting for. Just get off the fence and do it. Tomorrow isn't Guaranteed! RIP Bob

Bodycam is out and all I got is WTF!! Did cop shoot in anticipation shooter would level the gun and fire randomly into nearby homes? Gun was clearly shooting UP but crazy man shooting in air with other homes all around might justify a quick take down of threat. Not sure why the usual familiar faces haven't jumped all over this yet but... Racism is off the table because he shot the man without seeing him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tfBLY0Ogtg

Heat of the Night movie with Rod Steiger was excellent and holds up well viewing today. To Sir With Love corny as hell but also excellent, especially his role. He brought a lot of class to his parts and being a black leading man in the 60s? Extra credit Mr. Tibbs! Extra credit indeed. R.I.P.

What they omitted tells me something as well.

What bugs me is no reporter has mentioned in the story that shooting in the air in a subdivision is stupid. As for the Cop firing through the fence? Lots of bullet holes...seemed a bit reckless and innocent kids could have been killed unless he had a good site pic through pickets. Never fear, That Crump Attorney and Al Sharpton will soon be on the case with all the "Facts" I'm sure. She said her husband used her AR-15 and fired into the air as they heard their neighbors firing guns into the air, too. He does not have a concealed carry permit, but she does, she said, adding that the gun belongs to her. "We do this every year because it was New Year's Eve," she said. "Everybody (in the neighborhood) was shooting. It was a tradition. Everybody shoots on New Year's Eve." https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/01/03/wife-canton-man-killed-police-during-new-years-eve-celebration/9078516002/

Same to you!

Ha,ha! I have the back, knees and joints I deserve at 58. Generally healthy but man I hurt in the morning. Getting fitter is one thing the so called experts won't discuss about Covid. They just push the Vaccines. I'm not against them but feel I don't need it. Funny thing....I was considering getting jabbed just before our leader's "losing his patience" speech. That just turned me off it. That and how so many vaxxed are spreading it now. So many contradictions. Like pushing it on kids. I'd have a lot more respect for them if they stop lying about natural immunity, kids, mask efficiency, over run hospitals, causes of death of so many folks being primarily covid when many of these people had other major health problems and so on. I don't believe the Vaccine conspiracy people except for the money aspect being the driving force now. That and control over us. Finally if overrun hospitals is the main reason to "flatten the curve" then you'd think after all this time most big City hospitals could have upped their capacity by now.

At this point anyone who was aged or had underlying conditions should have got the shot and boosters. It's on them if they want to be extra cautious and properly wear an n95 mask or stay home. Not you, or Me! I understand visiting a hospital, cancer patients or nursing home taking precautions but otherwise live your life. Literally most people I know are. We are all exposed every day to someone who may have it unless you live alone in a cave. I work a part time gig alongside people that cough and sneeze every day who almost never get tested and mostly are unvaccinated. Many have had Covid. Without their more relaxed attitude about it I assure you the economy would have come to a screeching halt. NOW there is talk of mandatory vax and that will be interesting to see how it effects things. I recently got over a cold or perhaps it was the big C ?? I've been sick a few times since this all started and once thought it was probably Covid. I believe I have natural immunity. Not vaxxed yet, not worried. About getting or passing it. Vaxxed pass it too. What's the difference?

Video, another worry... Will your justified good Samaritan intervention be recorded or witnessed with bystanders? If justified without a shadow of doubt you want a video. But many times there won't be one. Unfortunately we are getting used to videos of these shootings and without video proof you could hang for doing the right thing. Another reason to walk away or at least learn to be aware of the fallout of every situation before involving yourself. Most people, me included can't think that fast.

No argument there, property especially others property doesn't warrant showing up, chasing with a gun. If you happen upon a maniac slashing people up with a machete in the grocery store though... I'd hope someone would shoot him. I'd hope I would not hesitate and mentally debate the politics of the City I'm in, the maniacs race, my race, the future trial should I be charged. But chances are I might.

Unfortunately for many a victim of violent crime, black, white whatever, because of the new reality, a white Samaritan with a gun is not as likely to intervene. It's the victim who will suffer and have to suck it up, not the armed would be Samaritan. For now if he just uses his weapon only when protecting himself or family in an unavoidable situation he's still staying out of court hopefully. In the end though, everyone suffers as race has become the number one factor in gun defense cases. It's just a tool to take away rights through intimidation by the threat of legal persecution. Don't forget the end game is to remove gun rights from every citizen. Not just the stereotype targeted in the media now.

Avoidance was always the best if possible. Don't want to escalate a bad scene. What you happen to see is rarely the whole situation. Big guy pounding on little guy might just be attempting to get his stolen wallet back for example but... Nowadays unfortunately, you might want to avoid interjecting yourself even in the most obvious example of a justified deadly force situation. In case anyone hasn't been paying attention the last 10 years or so you might want to hesitate drawing a weapon untill you.... Consider the State,Town, your race, their race, religion, your social media posts going back decades etc., etc...... Basically consider the trial in this upside down age should it come to that. Hard choice but defending a victim could easily get you locked away forever if you fit a certain demonized stereotype.

True that, even if modernized to suit todays tastes, some of these shows were just kind of stupid, like Gilligans Island for example. On the other hand some were pretty well written and acted. The earlier Andy Griffin show or Odd couple come to mind but would today's audience have the attention span to watch those slow moving shows lacking sex and cool factor?

Mentioned to a 45 year old coworker that MN had passed and now there was only one monkey left.... I was flabbergasted, he didn't know about the monkees! Not cool! I'm showing my age again in conversation I guess. Soon nobody will know what the heck I'm talking about, but the Monkees?? C'mon man! Although not the greatest by any stretch, they were iconic 60s , had multiple quality top hits and were promoted heavily with the tv show that had reruns too. Also the Skrek movie used I'm a Believer as a theme song. They were a hit again but... Never again will people have so little choice of entertainment that the majority of people will have watched or listened to the same selection of News, shows and music like some of us did. And if you didn't get enough the first time, endless reruns would engrain at least the themesongs of these shows in your brain forever and ever. Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Gilligans Island, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, the Monkees, Star Trek and the list goes on but a limited list that I'm sure all in a certain age group know by heart. What would you call it? Not golden or silver age right? The first "in color" age of TV maybe but many started as B&W ? Either way they are fading away fast in our collective memories.

Some decent hits, always maligned as being a fake TV band but they were good singers and musicians.

Lots of SA YouTubers posting the extreme improbability of no trigger discharge. They have the actual firearms and demonstrate on camera the 4 click positions. Actor George Clooney weighing in doesn't give Baldwin any grace. Basically a seasoned actor that has had gun scenes before should have known to check and have the expert armorer check the gun with him prior to using it. Pretty damning interview. Baldwin's interview, what I've seen of it makes him look like an ass. Add it all up and I'm tending to agree with the majority here that Baldwin the actor is guilty as well as Baldwin the producer.

Old school Republican, purple heart WWll, Senator, patriot. Norm McDonald did a pretty good impression on how Dole used to speak of himself in the third person. Made me laugh at the time. RIP Bob Dole.

At first glance charging the parents concerned me as a step towards losing a little more of our already weakened 2ndA. If the charges are they encouraged and provided a gun and to a kid that was showing obvious signs of a mass shooter, resulting in death, then I'm OK with it. If the charges are they had an unsecure gun that the kid took then I'm not OK with it. It's a very slippery slope that could morph into laws penalizing an owner who's gun was stolen. Or mandatory safe laws leading to inspections, registration and the rest of it. Saying that if what we hear is true... The unique actions and inactions of these parents compared to most of the usual mass killers parents we hear about warrants punishment.

This would suggest that he had prior knowledge and training with gun safety.....did he just throw away his "ignorant actor" get out of jail for free card??