In other news today...
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@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@cursorkeys said in In other news today...:
Criminal charges will not be filed against @cursorkeys for posting that link.
Criminal charges will be filed against the teacher for using a symbol representing a gun.
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Can I post this here or does this get insta-jeffed?
Tuesday Moron-in-Chief suggests more guns, thursday it's less video games.
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@coldandtired Haha, I love that meme. I'm tempted to pretend I did it for added effect, but that'd be lying.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
Tuesday Moron-in-Chief suggests more guns, thursday it's less video games.
Also, less pr0n! Because you know, porn causes "mental and physical(!) illnesses" (hairy hands, blindness and such) and is thus a danger to public health and an absolute priority for Florida's legislators.
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@chozang said in In other news today...:
@masonwheeler said in In other news today...:
@chozang Gah, put that in a spoiler tag please!
Done. But wouldn't the reader have already read it (if he was going to) by the time he got to my post?
Not necessarily. I haven't/
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
I never open it, either. Although it wouldn't be accurate to say "anymore."
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
As long as they force you to throw away those water bottles and let the air out of your bike tires, we're safe.
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@cursorkeys said in In other news today...:
Criminal charges will not be filed against a student after allegedly saying a math symbol looked like a gun.
(from the article)
According to investigators, the comment made by the student in question "could" sound like a threat when taken out of context.
But in context it was perfectly fine, so there was no need for any further—
Detectives also searched the students[sic] home
Uh. Okay, wow, that seems pretty invasive, but I suppose better safe than—
The matter was turned over to the Allen Parish School Board for determination of disciplinary action.
Wait, what? Commenting on a chance resemblance is "extremely poor judgement" and a matter for disciplinary action? I hope there are no clouds at that school ever.
Isn't this the same country where people are proposing giving actual guns to teachers? How do they expect that to work if the kids are apparently not even allowed to say the word "gun"?
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@chozang said in In other news today...:
Done. But wouldn't the reader have already read it (if he was going to) by the time he got to my post?
I intend to read the article, but haven't yet. I often go through a bunch of a thread, maybe opening up three or four links that I want to read, and then go and read them all together.
Mind you, I also opened up your details tag, so it wouldn't have mattered either way for me :D
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@scarlet_manuka said in In other news today...:
Isn't this the same country where people are proposing giving actual guns to teachers? How do they expect that to work if the kids are apparently not even allowed to say the word "gun"?
Yes, unfortunately the liberals live in the same country as the sane people.
Those viewpoints are from opposing ideologies, not the same one.
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@laoc said in In other news today...:
As long as they force you to throw away those water bottles and let the air out of your bike tires, we're safe.
That's TSA, before you depart. This is CBP, when you arrive. Two different agencies; not necessarily different levels of competence.
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@scarlet_manuka said in In other news today...:
Isn't this the same country where people are proposing giving actual guns to teachers? How do they expect that to work if the kids are apparently not even allowed to say the word "gun"?
I overheard a conversation at work today in which someone proposed arming all the students.
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
@scarlet_manuka said in In other news today...:
Isn't this the same country where people are proposing giving actual guns to teachers? How do they expect that to work if the kids are apparently not even allowed to say the word "gun"?
I overheard a conversation at work today in which someone proposed arming all the students.
People used to bring guns to school all the time. There were shooting clubs. There weren't any school shootings then.
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@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
There weren't any school shootings then.
When were these gun clubs? Were they before 1966? 1960? 1952? 1898?
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@jaloopa from the 1898 link:
Harry Flasher was shot in the heart and instantly billed;
Looks like private healthcare has been a problem in the US for a long time
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@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
There weren't any school shootings then.
When were these gun clubs? Were they before 1966? 1960? 1952? 1898?
Fine. You win your on the 'any'. You know damned well what I mean.
And a sniper from a university tower, two quick single-target kills, and an after-hours exhibition where it was a mutual fight caused by outsiders. Not a lot that good students who bring guns to school can do in those situations.
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@scarlet_manuka I wonder if things are as crazy there as the news I read on the internet makes it look
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Rescue at Waverley Station.
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@boner said in In other news today...:
Rescue at Waverley Station.
Knowing Britain, I'd imagine everyone who witnessed it got free mental counseling.
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@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
I overheard a conversation at work today in which someone proposed arming all the students.
People used to bring guns to school all the time. There were shooting clubs. There weren't any school shootings then.
Guns don't kill people, video games do.
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the calls are being made in error, apparently from iPhones during the repair process.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
Can I post this here or does this get insta-jeffed?
Not insta. But it's been posted in at least two places in the Garage. If people remain civil it will be fine.
Tuesday Moron-in-Chief suggests more guns, thursday it's less video games.
I think it's funny that he's now turned on Hollywood, which largely supports gun control for others.
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@pie_flavor they're made of sterner stuff North of the border.
Mr Salina, 51, who rapidly bled to death, managed to say as he lay dying: “There's no need for that, Tony.”
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@boner said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor they're made of sterner stuff North of the border.
Mr Salina, 51, who rapidly bled to death, managed to say as he lay dying: “There's no need for that, Tony.”
Pshaw.
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@hardwaregeek You got the acronym expansions wrong. Here, let me fix that...
That's TSA, before you depart. This is CBP, when you arrive.
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@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
Knowing Britain, I'd imagine everyone who witnessed it got added to a queue to receive free mental counseling whenever the moratorium on optional procedures is lifted.
FTFY
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@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
Fine. You win your on the 'any'. You know damned well what I mean.
And a sniper from a university tower, two quick single-target kills, and an after-hours exhibition where it was a mutual fight caused by outsiders. Not a lot that good students who bring guns to school can do in those situations.Then again, they had plenty of other situations where they could and did do a lot.
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@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@scarlet_manuka I wonder if things are as crazy there as the news I read on the internet makes it look
Not usually.
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@laoc said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
Fine. You win your on the 'any'. You know damned well what I mean.
And a sniper from a university tower, two quick single-target kills, and an after-hours exhibition where it was a mutual fight caused by outsiders. Not a lot that good students who bring guns to school can do in those situations.Then again, they had plenty of other situations where they could and did do a lot.
And this time they didn't. Or why exactly did they suspend the armed officer who was supposed to prevent this exact thing from happening ... but didn't?
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@boner said in In other news today...:
the calls are being made in error, apparently from iPhones during the repair process.
That's a heck of an error!
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What could possibly go wrong?
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@scholrlea said in In other news today...:
leave here for good, in fact, something I should have done a long time ago.
Did he actually leave? :(
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I can't find an article about this in English, only in Russian and Czech, but it's the funniest thing I've read all week so I'm going to do a rough translation just for you. Russia isn't a country, it's a lifestyle.
Flight attendants announced a malfunction, passengers started drinking and preparing for death
When panic started on a flight between Vladivostok and Seoul due to an engine malfunction, passengers lost all semblances of civility, lit cigarettes, and started drinking heavily thinking it was the end.
An Airbus 319 took off on Thursday from Vladivostok, heading for Seoul. Onboard of the Aeroflot jetliner were many Russian fans headed to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. As they were flying over the Sea of Japan, the crew noticed a malfunction on one of the engines - later identified as a faulty oil pressure gauge. However, when the flight attendants announced that the plane would be turning back, rumors of a catastrophic engine failure started spreading among the passengers, and the deck was consumed by panic.
Witnesses reported that stressed-out fans got hold of alcohol, and disregarding any rules of conduct of air travel started lighting cigarettes. "They all started drinking like mad, smoking, and preparing for death", said one of the passengers according to newsru.com.
The Airbus returned to Vladivostok 40 minutes after takeoff, to be greeted by ambulances and fire engines on the runway. Passengers who lit their cigarettes have been fined 500 rubles (~9 USD).
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@dragoon That reminds me, I should buy a new kindle at some point.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@boner said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor they're made of sterner stuff North of the border.
Mr Salina, 51, who rapidly bled to death, managed to say as he lay dying: “There's no need for that, Tony.”
Pshaw.
paging @Karla
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@scholrlea said in In other news today...:
leave here for good, in fact, something I should have done a long time ago.
Did he actually leave? :(
That was just seven days ago. I can do seven days without TDWTF standing on my head.
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@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@boner said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor they're made of sterner stuff North of the border.
Mr Salina, 51, who rapidly bled to death, managed to say as he lay dying: “There's no need for that, Tony.”
Pshaw.
paging @Karla
It would have been ironic had he been a veteran of The Big One, but it was just the Korean War.
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@chozang said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@scholrlea said in In other news today...:
leave here for good, in fact, something I should have done a long time ago.
Did he actually leave? :(
That was just seven days ago. I can do seven days without TDWTF standing on my head.
TDWTF is currently classified as a class eight addiction.
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@masonwheeler said in In other news today...:
If WB fails, Insel fails, IME fails and then we all will have no job next year.
Something of a self-fulfilling prophecy, there, Mr. almost certainly soon-to-be-ex CEO.
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@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@boner said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor they're made of sterner stuff North of the border.
Mr Salina, 51, who rapidly bled to death, managed to say as he lay dying: “There's no need for that, Tony.”
Pshaw.
paging @Karla
No, @Karla is triggered by Judo ch... oh, I see. Carry on.
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@rhywden said in In other news today...:
@laoc said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
Not a lot that good students who bring guns to school can do in those situations.
Then again, they had plenty of other situations where they could and did do a lot.
And this time they didn't. Or why exactly did they suspend the armed officer who was supposed to prevent this exact thing from happening ... but didn't?
Not the officer, the students (on most of the occasions cited on that page, although it also lists others where it was outsiders) who brought guns to school did what those guns are meant for: shooting.
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@laoc said in In other news today...:
@rhywden said in In other news today...:
@laoc said in In other news today...:
@pie_flavor said in In other news today...:
Not a lot that good students who bring guns to school can do in those situations.
Then again, they had plenty of other situations where they could and did do a lot.
And this time they didn't. Or why exactly did they suspend the armed officer who was supposed to prevent this exact thing from happening ... but didn't?
Not the officer, the students (on most of the occasions cited on that page, although it also lists others where it was outsiders) who brought guns to school did what those guns are meant for: shooting.
Yes, exactly what we want at schools: More juveniles with guns.
Guys, there's a reason why people are not allowed to drive a car before you're 18. Just one example for age limits.
This is a very stupid idea. Fix the actual problem, not try to slap bandaids on it which have the very real potential of making things worse.
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@chozang said in In other news today...:
It would have been ironic had he been a veteran of The Big One, but it was just the Korean War.
Blame the simple passing of years for that; someone old enough to have served legally in WW2 (so turned 18 in early 1945, for the sake of argument) would now be about 91.