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Re: Mizzou Tweet on Diversity Goes Wrong, so Very Wrong

FFGeekBlog — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:23:27 -0000

Whoa, you went from a 9/10 on the racist scale to a 99/10.

Re: The Google Cemetery

FFGeekBlog — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:34:48 -0000

Inoreader FTW!

Re: White House: Paul Manafort Plea Deal ‘Totally Unrelated’ to President Donald Trump

FFGeekBlog — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:28:44 -0000

If this follows the same timeline as Watergate, which I think it's likely to do, we've still got six months to go.

Re: White House: Paul Manafort Plea Deal ‘Totally Unrelated’ to President Donald Trump

FFGeekBlog — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:27:20 -0000

In totally unrelated news, "nothingburger" is the Friday special in the prison chow hall.

Re: REPORT: Attorney for @CNN and @NYTIMES convinced judge to publicly name Sean Hannity

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:36:35 -0000

Journalists lose all credibility when they fail to disclose their relationships with the people and organizations they report on.

Re: REPORT: Attorney for @CNN and @NYTIMES convinced judge to publicly name Sean Hannity

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:35:35 -0000

In other news, OJ is innocent, according to OJ.

Re: Michael Cohen’s Mystery Client is Sean Hannity Because of Course It Is

FFGeekBlog — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:27:18 -0000

Best part is, just earlier today they were saying that they didn't want to reveal who the mystery client was because it was "likely to be embarrassing or detrimental to the client." That makes it so much worse you guys! Who gave you people law degrees?

Re: Donald Trump Livid After FBI Raids Personal Lawyer: ‘Attorney-Client Privilege Is Dead!’

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:17:29 -0000

*nearly chokes on popcorn laughing at "meth addled trolls" remark*

Re: Donald Trump Livid After FBI Raids Personal Lawyer: ‘Attorney-Client Privilege Is Dead!’

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:15:06 -0000

*wipes butter on pants*

Re: Donald Trump Livid After FBI Raids Personal Lawyer: ‘Attorney-Client Privilege Is Dead!’

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:13:34 -0000

*munches popcorn happily*

Re: Donald Trump Livid After FBI Raids Personal Lawyer: ‘Attorney-Client Privilege Is Dead!’

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:13:05 -0000

Good point.

Re: Donald Trump Livid After FBI Raids Personal Lawyer: ‘Attorney-Client Privilege Is Dead!’

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:12:03 -0000

*Gets popcorn*

*Sits down to watch the Breitbart crowd lose its mind in the comments*

Re: Here’s What Happened While The NRA Told Parents Not To Lock Up Their Guns

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:44:27 -0000

I don't know what era you're referring to when you say that "the rates [sic] of firearm abuse was low," but if you're talking about 30, 40 years ago, then I'd like to introduce you to my friends "data" and "facts." They're great wingmen when you're trying to consider a subject rationally and reach a logical conclusion. See #1 in the link below.

http://www.washingtonpost.c...

Re: Here’s What Happened While The NRA Told Parents Not To Lock Up Their Guns

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:39:18 -0000

Again, I don't know why you keep asking me for proof when every argument you've made is based on (clearly uninformed) opinion, but here you go.

http://www.washingtonpost.c... - just read this. Everything in it is backed up with solid sources.

http://factcheck.org/2012/1... - this is a very long summary of the available data, some of which is contradictory, but which tends to point generally to something that seems rather obvious: More guns, more gun violence. Final two paragraphs:

"But among advanced countries, the U.S. homicide rate stands out. 'We seem to be an average country in terms of violence and aggression,' says Harvard’s Hemenway. 'What we have is huge homicide rates compared to anybody else.'

"Says Wintemute: 'The difference is that in this country violence involves firearms and firearms change the outcome.'"

Re: Here’s What Happened While The NRA Told Parents Not To Lock Up Their Guns

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:07:41 -0000

"They oppose having the firearm under lock and key. I would think that was asinine but I do believe they prefer for people to have them unloaded."

I love how you demand facts from me, and when I provide them, you respond with what you "believe."

Re: Here’s What Happened While The NRA Told Parents Not To Lock Up Their Guns

FFGeekBlog — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:41:59 -0000

Did you even read the article above? Follow the links in the paragraph that begins: "However, in multiple press releases opposing bills that would have required adults with children to lock up their guns..."

The NRA explicitly opposes legislation that makes it a crime to store weapons unsafely - which is how kids (and the mentally ill) get them in the first place.

Re: Here’s What Happened While The NRA Told Parents Not To Lock Up Their Guns

FFGeekBlog — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:31:23 -0000

See m3bosha's reply below. Also, this isn't rocket science - gun violence statistics in first-world countries correlate very closely with gun control laws. Stronger laws, fewer dead kids.

Re: Here’s What Happened While The NRA Told Parents Not To Lock Up Their Guns

FFGeekBlog — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:19:38 -0000

Yep, see my reply above.

Re: Here’s What Happened While The NRA Told Parents Not To Lock Up Their Guns

FFGeekBlog — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:18:33 -0000

Jeez I dunno Jimni27, sounds like a tough assignment. Means I'll have to actually type some words into Google.

http://www.nraila.org/legis... - The NRA opposes this bill which makes "storing or leaving a loaded firearm within reach or access of a minor" a misdemeanor. Pretty perfect example right there. They helped defeat a similar bill in Colorado in 2008 - http://www.nraila.org/legis... - and they're up to the same stuff in Connecticut this year - http://www.nraila.org/legis...

http://billmoyers.com/2013/... - The NRA is opposed to measures that would strongly disincentivize straw purchases (i.e. buying a gun for someone who isn't legally allowed to have one). The recent murder of firefighters in Webster, NY was the direct result of a straw purchase that put a gun in the hands of a mentally ill neighbor.

So to recap: You said that you "favor criminal charges for people who allow a gun to get into the hands of a mentally ill family member." However, the NRA opposes laws that make it a crime to a) store your guns unsafely, which of course is how most children or mentally ill family members get their hands on them, or b) buy guns for someone who shouldn't have them. I pointed out that your position was the opposite of the NRA's, and you called me a propagandist. Now that it's clear that you were incorrect, I look forward to your apology.

Re: Here’s What Happened While The NRA Told Parents Not To Lock Up Their Guns

FFGeekBlog — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:47:43 -0000

Fair or not, the NRA brings it on themselves by pushing the gun debate so far to the right that we've become an international laughingstock when it comes to our gun laws. They're not directly to blame when a two-year-old gets ahold of a loaded gun, but they've helped foment a culture around guns in this country that leads people to treat gun ownership far too casually. Owning a gun (or several) is a cultural thing now, in the same vein as driving a pickup truck and drinking a Bud, and the NRA and their "cold dead hands" rhetoric have been the driving force.

Re: Here’s What Happened While The NRA Told Parents Not To Lock Up Their Guns

FFGeekBlog — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:57:04 -0000

OK, then your position is the opposite of the NRA's.

Re: Google Fiber expansion: Executive hints at new markets | BGR

FFGeekBlog — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:59:13 -0000

Sure you do. It's stocked with brrraaaaaaaaiiinnss

Re: Could this be the Lumia 925, Nokia’s highly-anticipated ‘Catwalk’ device?

FFGeekBlog — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:13:33 -0000

How much did MS pay TNW to publish this breathless "leak" of the "highly-anticipated" (by whom?) phone?

Re: Child abuse PSA street-poster has a secret message for kids

FFGeekBlog — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:09:06 -0000

As far as the kid knows, though, everyone sees the same ad. They wouldn't know that they're seeing something secret.

Re: Testing Post Notifications

FFGeekBlog — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:30:12 -0000

Also, I'm testing comment notifications!