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@Le duke I'm still baffled by the comment that I should have put "/s" after 285 lbs. I merely said Wyatt Hendrickson was 285 lbs. Stop. And he had Air Force Academy training which includes hand to hand combat. Stop. WTF "per second" has to do with that is beyond me. It's been well over 40 years since my last Physics class, but I can assure you those Laws don't change, unlike governmental laws.

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Obvious answer Wyatt Hendrickson. 285 lbs plus AFA training. I'm guessing if you didn't knock him out with the first punch, you better start praying. https://www.usafa.edu/military/combatives/#:~:text=Our combatives courses teach more,and develop a growth mindset. But he's probably never been in a "street fight" in his life, not a lot of people would be that stupid, so who knows.

I know I'm not who you asked, but I'm going to chime in anyway. Answer... Most of them from some number of years ago. The BIG problem I have with current R policy is economics. Truth be told, pure volume wise, I have more problems with D policy, but the rape and plunder of the Middle Class by the Rs' (mostly) policy outweighs the rest for me. Rhetorical question... Are those rich guys pockets ever going to get full? (I know the answer.)

I agree with this. With the H1B/1990 law, I saw a large influx of foreign educated engineers with higher degrees to fill jobs in my field. This continues today though probably more as a result of the ease of outsourcing to other countries. With just a computer and internet connection, an engineer in Elbonia can (pretty much) accomplish what a Cornell grad can for a lot less dinero. I would assume it's the same in many other fields. Simple supply and demand.

He's on first. No clue. Of course.

Sounds like a good name for a band.

Sorry, that spot's already taken.

I'd like to see Marsteller do well internationally. So much promise in HS and even before, then lots of problems. Looks like he's back on track.

I've always got my understanding of all things from here. I find the whole of yokel knowledge is greater than the sum of its parts. Of course this is a joke, but often I've actually felt that if a bunch of us Joe Schmos were running the country, we'd be better off. Can I get an Amen? BTW, I need to get a copy of your Constitution. It must be much longer than mine. Yours seems to cover everything from making whoopee to making lasagna.

I think it's important to differentiate between one's skin color as a result of their race and one's skin color as a result of vanity. The first doesn't concern me. The second, on the other hand, does show what kind of person we're dealing with. Big difference, for me anyway. Put another way... If Abe Lincoln were running for President in 2016 or 2020, do you think he'd be spray tanning? https://www.businessinsider.com/why-is-donald-trumps-skin-orange-2016-10

Nor am I necessarily endorsing student loan forgiveness carte blanche. I just try to present all the facts (as I see them). Too many people get their panties in a wad over what some rich guys want them to get their panties in a wad over, and totally ignore the fox in the henhouse. I merely point out the fox. (This is obviously NOT a reference to you. I know better than that.)

Exactly. Not meeting one's financial obligations. Too much broth and not enough clams. I know you are infinitely more well versed at this than I am, but the bottom line is the bottom line. Can we not say that in all these, someone's getting screwed? Not just financiers, but contractors. Plumbers, electricians, etc?

I would have to assume that in Mr. Wonderful's bankruptcies there were people and companies that he (oops, his businesses) owed 100 clams to, that only received 90 clams, 75 clams, 5 clams, etc. That's pretty much what I'd call not meeting one's financial obligations. Obviously this is done under cover of a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo, so that it becomes more difficult to see from A to B. I'm a simple guy. As I've said numerous times, many more things are misunderstood by making them too complicated than by making them too simple. Just making sure we all understand many rich people and corporations do not live up to their financial obligations also. Now I'll rest. I think I'll take a nap.

So, is a former college student expected to pay back his/her financial obligations, but a real estate developer/former president not expected to? Isn't that essentially what a bankruptcy is? Check that...Isn't that essentially what 4 bankruptcies are?

Students have been learning by watching the grown-ups. Note the date of the article. This info is actually small potatoes. Large corporations have been gaming the system for years. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/business/coronavirus-small-business-loans-large-companies.html

He didn't call "people" big, fat, orange dummies. Just one person. THE big, fat, orange dummy.

I'm an old, dumb guy, so pardon the question. I'm still trying to figure out how the Kardashian clan isn't working at Walmart for $10 an hour... I clicked on the "Family for Life" link and understood nothing of that. So is this company going to sell jerseys with this kids name on the back? Is this company going to sell those digital cards of this kid? Is some rich guy gonna buy little Johnny (or Donny) these things for his birthday? You may have figured out that I won't be first (or last) in line for either. Just trying to understand these things, I guess.

Population of Ithaca is meaningless. Kyle Dake grew up 15 minutes from Cornell. Yianni grew up about an hour away. The PA border is an hour away from Cornell. World class academics at Cornell. On the other hand, a community college 20 minutes away if needed.

Would you have rathered I highjacked the thread with a bunch of unrelated blather out of the conservative playbook? To wit: "For instance, here in WA, your child says he/she is trans..." Or would you have rathered I pulled out the well-worn "They're after us" gem that we've all heard a bazillion times? To wit: "But don't for a minute believe there aren't those that want to disarm or allow only peashooters." Thanks to the sheep following along as they've been trained to, this thread was going exactly the same place as the same discussion has gone in our country. Nowhere. Exactly as planned by those making money through said inaction.

Well, about all I learned from this thread is why some people are called Progressives and some aren't. Left to your own devices, some of you would still be wearing fig leaves and riding donkeys.

True. As I often said in my work... Everyone wants to fly to Boston without an airplane, they're just not sure how to do it. Whether legalities or the laws of Physics, the devil's always in the details. BUT, just as any endeavor, unless one takes the first step, nothing happens. And as has been the case for quite a while, the NRA and their politicians will make sure that first step never happens. Again, if some of the past mass murders and crime statistics haven't changed anything, this won't. Some people and especially companies will not be satisfied until we are all carrying rocket launchers 24/7. Bernie waving the white flag. Uncle.

I agree 100% with all this after the first paragraph. I did not say "Get rid of guns." I said we need to get guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people. Exactly who determines who's unstable, I'm honestly not sure. I would think psychiatrists, school administrators, police, etc. I also think a longer waiting period wouldn't be a huge imposition on our "law abiding gun owners ". Everything else I agree with. Certainly the bar for parenting has become very low. I'm hoping that among the parents you would like to hold accountable would be Adam Lanza's mother, Dylan Roof's parents, etc, etc, etc. In the first two cases here, not only did the parent(s) raise a POS, they provided the gun(s) used. I'm absolutely certain that the NRA would oppose holding these parents accountable. I'm hoping you realize that the biggest obstacle to "our politicians working together" on this is the NRA's rating system for said politicians. If a politician even hints at even any sensible limitations that would cut gun or ammo sales, he goes directly to the shit list and his career is effectively over. It's truly sad to see company profits take precedent over the safety of (everyone can fill in the rest of this, since some find fault with whoever I would put in here). https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/

I posted this to try to show the idiocy of the old "He could have used a rock or a hammer" argument so loved by some. Nothing more, nothing less. It should be obvious that this guy very most likely would not have killed a PA State Trooper and critically injured another without a gun. The gun empowered someone who obviously (to me anyway) shouldn't have had one, to take a life. In that sense, it did what it was intended to do. Again, pretty obvious. Amazing to me that so many people, and one organization which is the most politically connected in the country, have such a hard time admitting that there exists at least one person in the US who shouldn't be in possesion of a gun. I'm even more amazed how people such as myself are constantly accused of "having an agenda", while the companies making money through the sales of guns and ammo must not have an agenda. Now, to use a turn on a well worn phrase... I couldn't make that up. Anyway, fear not sheep. If the murders of 26 people in an elementary school, and countless other tragedies, couldn't reign in the NRA, one PA State Trooper certainly isn't. Carry on...

I'd give it a thumbs-up.