RockRaines

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 9, 2017 -> 04:43 PM) You mean you aren't a bot?

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 9, 2017 -> 04:47 PM) We really should find a creative new title for this thread. Floodgates have opened I sure hope we see more in the corporate world as well. Its rampant.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 10:21 AM) Such an underwhelming final. They really need to go back to the long races they used to have instead of the stupid timed segments. There is one thing we learned, Jordan is one of the best overall Challenge competitors. He obviously isn't the strongest but he is very well rounded Agreed. That was pretty weak for how many good players were in this season. Jordan coasted to the win and 99% sure Camila won.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 9, 2017 -> 02:29 PM) Trump's bodyguard testified that the Russians offered Trump five prostitutes when he was in Moscow in 2013, but swears he turned them down. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-...ed-down-n819386 Trump absolutely does that type of stuff. Piss tape is real. I mean, that denial totally confirms that its real.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 9, 2017 -> 07:23 AM) We're just coming off of two of the deadliest mass shootings in a little over a month. Bombs can be devastating, but they require at least some level of skill, knowledge, and planning that going on a shooting rampage doesn't. The Bushmaster you bought at Cabela's is going to reliably fire hundreds of rounds. The pressure cooker bomb may or may not explode or you might blow yourself up building it. Its monumentally easier to run to wal mart and buy a killing instrument than building your own. Same with ammo. Some people out there can make their own, but overwhelmingly its not a skill the casual owner has.

There’s been over 300 mass shootings this year in the US..... The US accounts for 31 percent of mass shootings worldwide.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 07:28 PM) Of course they are and there should be better policies in place to prevent certain people from acquiring/owning handguns, but this is a thread on mass shootings and assault weapons w/ high capacity clips seem more relevant there and a much easier issue to tackle quite frankly. Agreed. Handguns could be subject to better vetting, and of course better training and certification, but Assault rifles and high capacity clips are f***ing moronic.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 05:55 PM) Good god Balta, are you really trying to make a connection between the execution-style murder of children to accidental shootings that are the result of dumb parents not keeping their guns in secure spaces? Again, people like you are the reason we can’t make any progress with gun controls. The reason we cant have gun control is the NRA, period. A HUGE majority of Americans are in support of better gun control.

Both cases make me sick.

There is a family that has been freezing their pets and posting them trying to revive them online to become viral. Its sick

I cant imagine seeing children being murdered like that.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 02:37 PM) Turner being owned by someone else wouldn't change how profitable they are though, right? FT's headline "TRUMP DOJ DEMANDS CNN SALE!" is just so misleading. Well, didnt one of Trump's flunkies say changes at CNN are coming not too long ago?

Good, sell directv off please.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 11:12 AM) I just can't imagine living in that post industrial hellhole. Mass poverty and daily drug overdoses and the one thing you are most mad about is an NFL player kneeling. It's hard to understand. Well, everyone else is to blame, and Trump will fix it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 09:31 AM) I really really don't like that guy. The few things I have seen retweeted from him are way worse than anything from his dad. He grew up being raised by a psycho mother, some help they hired and has never had his dad's love. Classic case.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 09:04 AM) Exactly. I own a small business with no need for a group plan. My wife works for a small business, that's an agency for a large insurance company, but she's an employee of the agency, not the insurance company Before the ACA, the large corporation would offer insurance coverage to the employees of the small agency, but that was taken away once the ACA hit. While you can put some blame on corporate greed, anybody could have realized this would happen when the law was passed. Yeah, thats clearly a hole in the final version of the ACA and frankly one that they should fix with expansion.

Those weapons were literally designed for combat. They then made “consumer” versions of them. They aren’t useful for anything other than killing humans. And they are super s***ty for Home defense.

f*** man.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 02:48 PM) How could he possibly know what's going on in Puerto Rico? The last time Rush or Hannity mentioned Puerto Rico was probably the last time there was a beauty pageant there. Rush is too busy telling people all terrorists are democrats

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 02:42 PM) Meanwhile, if there's a hurricane we all help each other. All races, all religions, no questions asked. Total assistance. Very weird non sequitirs. LOL, Puerto Rico still barely has any power.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 02:13 PM) The attitude that making getting a gun tougher won't change anything is BS. There will still be mass shootings. The wrong people will still have guns, but even if it prevents only one of these, it's well worth the time and effort getting it done. Who knows, the next one may victimize someone you know. The NRA should not be in charge of US gun policy. It makes it harder to get, more expensive and hopefully more easily tracked. As long as we make it harder, much harder to get weapons that can be used in mass killings, it will reduce the risk of more of them.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 12:56 PM) Maybe. I'm not sure he is evil. He tees off on people who are easily influenced to believe lies. He's garbage.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 11:06 AM) They can tell you that, but ATF finds out they can lose their license. Only problem with your last statement is who decides who the 'right people' are? In NYC it is very hard to get a gun permit. Unless you are a 'right person' with lots of money and a lawyer that knows whos palms to grease. In states that are a 'May Issue' for concealed carry, the local law enforcement official gets final say. If he doesn't like your politics, your long hair or the color of your skin, he can reject you and not have to give you a reason. I'd say the same people who decide who the right people are that can immigrate to this country...

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 12:08 PM) Here's the problem for me. One side of the political aisle screams mental health every time there is a mass shooting. But they continue to push health care bills that make mental health prohibitive from a cost standpoint. That same side of the political aisle retreats to this very slippery slope argument that any gun regulation is a precursor to confiscation of all firearms. In this very thread, Alpha used efforts by California to take illegally owned guns as a precursor to government taking away all guns. If any and all government regulation is overly broad, and universal access to mental health care is a non-starter, yeah, you aren't going to effectuate any real change to the mass shooting problem. On Vegas in particular, the bump stock made the shooter much more efficient and probably led to greater loss of life. As Balta has harped on here, bump stocks are still legal and are selling like crazy. The Republican majority has not introduced any legislation to make bump stocks illegal... Some proposed legislation might not have a real impact, but doing absolutely nothing will definitively have no impact. I think a major issue is proclaiming that the constitution is exact and infallible. It was literally built to be a living document that can be amended as times change. I dont know how that got lost in the shuffle.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 11:04 AM) And if circumstances change so a person is no longer eligible to own firearms (felony conviction, mental health diagnosis, etc.), there should be systems in place to divest them of their firearms in exchange for some monetary compensation. I can agree with that.