Kansas Crimson

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 7:24 am Not a mass shooting but obviously we have a massive problem in this country.

“I talked to my son with the cops. My son is just saying that he gotta do what he gotta do".

“The fries were cold,’’ Fulmore said. “I asked the girl to change the french fries because the fries was cold".

“This is when I was on the phone with my son. I was like, ‘They in this McDonald’s playing with me."

https://nypost.com/2022/08/02/mom-of-ma ... ing-words/

twocoach wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:12 pm Sounds like they might have stumbled upon a potential mass shooter before he got a chance to shoot anyone. Ever get the feeling that there are dozens of these guys just floating loose amongst us in society who are just one or two bad decisions away from making that forever mistake?

https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022 ... s-podgorny

"A west suburban man who allegedly fired a gun at a vacant South Side park early Thursday was also driving with four other weapons including an AR-15 rifle, more than a thousand rounds of ammunition and handwritten notes about mass shootings, according to Chicago police."

I found this surprising. They have "gunshot detection systems"?!? Interesting.

"A gunshot detection system alerted police to a round fired there about 3:30 a.m., according to Podgorny’s arrest report. Responding officers found the man near his minivan at the scene with a loaded handgun in his pocket, police said. "

zsn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:54 pm The Founding Fathers will likely be eventually judged as well-intentioned individuals who were deeply flawed. They created at least as many problems as they solved. I think it’s not the fault of the FF as much as those who are “originalists” - those who ascribe an infallibility to the FF. If any of them were alive today they would most likely wish they had put trigger mechanisms in place so that we could easily modify/undo their actions….. beginning with the US Senate and the Electoral College.

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:44 am

zsn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:54 pm The Founding Fathers will likely be eventually judged as well-intentioned individuals who were deeply flawed. They created at least as many problems as they solved. I think it’s not the fault of the FF as much as those who are “originalists” - those who ascribe an infallibility to the FF. If any of them were alive today they would most likely wish they had put trigger mechanisms in place so that we could easily modify/undo their actions….. beginning with the US Senate and the Electoral College.

Excellent (unfortunate?) post that I am mostly in agreement with.
I will never fault our FF for their good intentions. Not just for themselves but for our country.
I will always credit them for allowing the freedom/s of religion. That's what makes me want to puke when the MTG's of our country continue to preach to the Republican CULT followers that "we" should be "CHRISTIAN Nationalists".
That being said, obviously their biggest fuck up by our collective FFs was declaring Blacks (and Indians) and women as "lesser" people in society.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:58 am Beto O'rourke dropping F bombs on hecklers laughing about Uvalde

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:24 am

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:58 am Beto O'rourke dropping F bombs on hecklers laughing about Uvalde

Beto has a history of dropping F bombs and other swear words.
If there is a right time and place to do it, I can't necessarily fault him for his choice/s.
NOT funny thing is I read some woman went publicly (on "social media") apeshit on him for swearing and basically said it's extremely disrespectful to children. Same woman did NOT respond when asked how disrespectful she felt it was about someone laughing when Beto was commenting in regards to the power of an AR-15 while discussing the Uvalde tragedy.