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hayden_horn

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  1. the damn white house gift shop website is laggy

    this made me chuckle:

    If Summit Does Not Occur You can Request a Refund but Most Supporters Have Said They Want This Heirloom of

    Political History Regardless of Outcome.

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  2. 10 minutes ago, Dr. Teeth said:

    They lowered the price on something that will be sold out in 5 minutes?

    How did this guy not go bankrupt 5 times?

    is it too late to buy one? i'm all over it, someone link me

  3. 4 minutes ago, NateHitch said:

    So is it just the president that can't block people on twitter or does that apply to politicians in general?  Can I still block people?  What's going on here?

    i think it applies to all people elected to public office.

  4. 1 minute ago, JimmyJames said:

    So is this dude really Swam as some have apparently surmised? Because I don’t see it. Seems too different.  The trolling/dumbassery seems different somehow. 

    i don't think it's swam. i think surly got blocked on the ship or something.

  5. Just now, JimmyJames said:

    If your’e making a distinction between the flag and the anthem then you are either trolling or being obtuse. Or are you making some sort of different point?

    he's trolling, dude.

  6. 3 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

     

    Of course they can. But that’s not what happened here.

    The government, trump, compelled a supposedly private entity, the NFL (arguably somewhat public due to public funding of stadiums) into forcing its employees (servants) to stand for the flag. That my friends is tyranny and an eviceration of the first amendment. Maybe we need a National Free Speech Association. 

    Now that Trump got away with that, let’s see if he can follow through with the logical next step. My bet is no, but I am an optimist. 

    don't forget the anti-trust exemption. they are also classified as a non-profit, so they evade paying taxes. 

  7. 4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    I'm sorry, I was told that the deficit was the greatest crisis our country has ever faced, and only voting for the GOP, the party of fiscal responsibility, would save us.

    Was I not correctly informed?

    I may need to complain to the management.

    hey, you don't balance your household budget by lowering income and increasing expenses?

  8. if you ever need a litmus test for whether or not you are an out of touch old white dude, this is a great issue to test. if you give a shit about players kneeling during the anthem, congrats, you are an out of touch old white dude.

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  9. i just watched that nra video. 

    they give no shits about the ramifications of their message or how it will be construed by the average nra member. that's just irresponsible and dangerous.

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  10. 2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    I'm sure my comment will get lost in the mix but Trump's words are starting to go into a much darker place.  He's always complained about Hillary or Comey or Mueller, etc., etc.  Now he is full-on attacking the US govt as against him and, in proxy, against the ~50% of the nation who voted for him.    He is basically saying that the deep state is or wants to remove him and democracy out of the US.  

    If someone was to ever stage a coup against the US govt from the White House, this is the process you would take.  First discredit the media as liars.  Second, discredit the established administration as the deep state.   Finally if and when Congress or even just the House turns blue, Trump will discredit them as the unduly elected.   If you believe Trump and assume all the above is true, then you would want and even expect Trump to ignore the Constitution and assume complete control of the govt?  He would be the hero in that story and not the villain.

    I'm not saying that this is Trump's end game but if someone wanted to assume a dictatorship of the US, this is how a civilian would go about it.  

    talk about comments that did not actually get lost in the mix. heh.

    but yeah, see also hugo chavez. trump is following that roadmap.

  11. 16 minutes ago, SDG said:

    @hayden_horn They have trigger locks, get one for your shot gun.  I posted the Nola law article in the other thread and in most states you can be charged if one of your children gets ahold of a gun that you didn't properly secure.  

    don't know how i forgot to mention that trigger lock. nevertheless, it's definitely easily overcome by a member of the household.  

  12. 7 minutes ago, DiceHands said:

    Idk about yall but if someone is squealing to investigators to get themselves out of 125 years in prison, the info they have must be pretttttty damn good.

    yeah. that's quite a reduction, and prosecutors aren't likely to agree to such a reduction unless there is at least 240 more years of prison for other peeps.

  13. 32 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

    Parents should go to jail if their kid does something bad with one of their guns.

     

    21 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    Or cars.  

    i'm not honestly sure about either of these, as long as reasonable efforts are taken. i have a gun safe for my handgun and shotgun ammunition. the single shot 410 is in the top of my closet, hidden where my 11 and 9 year old can't get to it. the handgun is locked up. the keys are hidden, and i have a combo on the safe. if by some chance, my teenage son in the future find the key to the gun safe and they open it and do something terrible, i think that the fact that it was locked up should count. my wife and i hang our car keys by the door. that's far less reasonable of a means of protection than the gun safe.

    that is, unless johnny was being sarcastic. 

    that said, i think we need to discuss the securing of guns. my ancient 410 is sitting on a shelf, but it should be locked up, and i'll own that, despite the fact that it is broken in half and unloaded and the ammo locked up. i don't know what the answer is. people want o be reactionary and say "lock up the careless gun owners, OMG they didn't lock their shit up!"

    but honestly, sometimes shit happens. sometimes a shithead kid in a bad place grabs your car keys and goes and mows down a bunch of people. you aren't an accessory to that murder because you hung your keys next to the door. similarly, if you are a responsible gun owner, take precautions, and something terrible happens, then...what? my kid just bought a fully automatic airsoft gun that is modeled after an AK-47. i didn't think it would be as powerful as it is, to be honest. we don't have any young children in the house (his brother has a healthy respect for guns as well); should i lock that shit up?

    it's all very disheartening. and all we seem to want to do as a society is to find someone to punish. i think that's a part of our problem, but i haven't quite been able to articulate why.

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