Chucktshoes

Man, I seriously doubt the intentions of the folks steering the car.

That’s true. And they were right. The complete and total destruction of two millennia’s building of a civilization isn’t an overnight endeavor. But the speed sure is picking up.

Wouldn’t it be great if the NRA was the hardcore gun rights organization that the gun control people think it is?

On that note, the folks at Salon.com want gun control so bad, they’ll even excuse racism to get it. https://www.salon.com/2022/06/08/when-ronald-reagans-saved-lives-armed-black-men-meant-immediate-control_partner/ edit: they deleted the original headline after getting called out extensively on it. But the internet never forgets.

Yeah, still a hard no. A registry is a red line for me and unlike the politicians using that phrase willy-nilly in the matters of foreign policy, I understand exactly what it means for an action to be declared as such.

I want to address this one point because my primary issue with universal background checks for all transfers is that it can only be effectively enforced in one way, a registry. That is a hard no for myriad reasons. I do believe that if the government made available access to some form of NICS for individuals to perform a check when engaging in a private party sale, most all folks would make use of it. Not only do I think it would go a long way towards keeping criminals from buying guns on the open market, I could see it making it easier to prosecute and convict those involved in straw purchases.

My only answer is to quote the fine gentlemen at the FPC. #### you. No.

I have often been a critic of LE. This is an instance from Nashville where I commend their actions. Donut operator does a really good job of breaking down the events of what happened at the Frugal McDougal liquor store. There’s a lot that can be learned here.

Sometimes a reasonable man must do unreasonable things.

Anyone who doesn’t have nuclear at the forefront of their plans for eliminating fossil fuels isn’t a serious participant.

I don’t buy new cars, but in 5-10 years I’ll very likely be looking for a used Tesla.

I don’t think Erik is making the case you seem to think is regarding the President. He is right about the oil companies holding off on drilling right now and reaping profits from the high gas prices. They’re making up for the losses they took in 2020 when global demand bottomed out due to the pandemic. I don’t know if you remember how low prices got, but I do. There was a time where I was filling up my semi for a base price (pump price - discounts & IFTA) of $.52 per gallon on diesel. Like I mentioned before, without taking action to decouple our production from the global market, we’re hosed for the foreseeable future.

Pronouns in her bio. Only red flag law I need to know that nothing of value is to be gained by listening to this person.

Another bottleneck is we have limited refining capabilities. We do not even have enough refineries to process all of the oil we drill domestically if we were to keep it for domestic usage. There are multiple reasons for that. ultimately without extensive government intervention there is no visible light at the end of this tunnel. That’s not me advocating for it or against it, just simply stating that it’s not going to get better anytime soon.

I suspect that we may see makers seek to sell themselves to private equity.

Good read.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-police-school-district-longer-cooperating-texas-probe/story?id=85093405 Looks like the Uvalde and Uvalde ISD PDs just realized that TXDPS isn’t in the wagon circle with them and just might perform an actual investigation into things.

It is. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCIi_hPsn3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

There is no argument on the face of this earth that can justify law enforcement standing by outside for 40 minutes to an hour+ while a monster murders children inside. As Krystal Ball (who I do not agree with on much at all) states in this segment (paraphrasing) “if the oath to protect and serve is for anything at all, is it not for this moment?” To those officers who stood by while children were being slaughtered inside, I will judge them as the cowards they are. They might as well be accessories to the atrocity inside. Anyone who wears a badge needs to have the knowledge that they are willing and capable of taking action in a situation like this. If they are not, then they are nothing more than a thief stealing from the taxpayers while being unwilling or unable to do the very basest level of what they have pledged to do for their community. I don’t know how I would react in that situation it is very true. What I do know is that if I stood by and let children be slaughtered like that, I would eat my own bullet before the week was out because I would know that I do not deserve to draw breath any longer.