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@LouisvilleGun @AGJayJones I remember that one. Several of the students apparently WATCHED HIM RELOAD and did nothing to stop him.

@AGJayJones Yeah we should legalize campus carry immediately because Virginia Tech was just another example how gun free zones don’t work

Nineteen years ago, Virginia Tech experienced an unimaginable tragedy when 32 students and faculty were killed and 17 were injured during a mass shooting.

@BradRTorgersen @JWhitebread1 In my 1922 house, under some quarter round molding, I found a Boy Scout Shoes good luck medallion. It had a horse shoe, a 4-leaf clover, a swastika, and something else on it.

@JWhitebread1 IIRC the swastika shows up in some indigenous American weaving and pottery as well. *GASP* "Anasazi was just short for NAZI!"

Had a student ask about a pentagram in a Gothic cathedral and wondered what an 'occult' emblem was doing in a Christian cathedral. That led to a discussion of the pitfalls of "presentism" when analyzing symbols in the past out of context, which eventually led to Fritz Beckhardt, WW1 German Jewish Flying Ace, pictured here with his preferred good luck emblem emblazoned on his plane. The past is weirder than you can know.

@BradRTorgersen @JWhitebread1 I was at some old hotel in South Dakota, I think, circa 2009, with a native American motif. Had little swastikas all around the tops of the walls, worked into something like crown molding. I was surprised they'd left it intact.

@FMoney2020 @Grunt2A You are correct.

@Grunt2A Not only do I think a national popular vote is a terrible idea, I want to do away with popular vote for US Senators and return to state legislatures appointing US Senators.

Alow me to simplify why a national popular vote for the President is a bad idea and why the Electoral College is a feature, not a bug. The Electoral College actively prevents us from being a true democracy because true democracies are really bad ideas and allow a low information electorate to simple take what it wants from anyone else. Property rights cease to exist in a true democracy. So do civil rights, minority rights, or any other rights that 50.1% of the people who show up to vote don't want you to have anymore. The country would be run by New York, LA, Chicago, and Dallas. No one's opinions outside of those cities would matter. By having the electoral system it forces Presidential candidates to cater to all 50 states, not just the most populated cities. This ensures that a farmer's rights in Bismark, North Dakota are as important as a homeless man's in New York City, thus making sure the entire nation is represented by the Executive Branch equally. Remember in The Hunger Games where the people of the outlying cities existed only to feed and entertain the residents of the central city under threat of death? That is what not having an electoral college would cause in the United States. Additionally, removing it would require a Constitutional Amendment. And because it would require a Constitutional Amendment anything that attempts to change the process without an Amendment is an end run around the Constitution and is invalid on its face per Marbury v Madison.

@Gormogons Agree on all points. However, the word "convo" must be extirpated from use.

CZ I normally don't like to repost clickbait crap, but this is intriguing. A. Musk would appreciate a conversation w/anybody B. Bezoz would lecture and try to dominate the convo C. Good luck even with "hello." Immediately awkward

@travis4nh Also, why does she think she's still relevant?

barely literate alcoholics just say things fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GASREGW#

@travis4nh I feel like that graph should show a spike in 2001. We saw prices double after 9/11. But maybe the spike was so short it didn't get caught?

@oeingoboeing I should be on a program. 😉 But I just happen to have True Lime, and my wife buys plain yogurt for the grandkids, so...

@SMRdeka I'm "on a program" so I'm finding ways to try and enjoy things that I generally despise. Plain yogurt is one of those things, but this makes it pretty good. 1 packet of TrueLime and about half a packet of Splenda for a 3/4 portion of the goop works good for me.

This stuff performs the miracle of making plain nonfat greek yogurt palatable.

@TB1Kinobe Handrails?

@IMAO_ Rube Goldberg's Razor

Need a good name for this razor.

@armslist 17th Amendment was pretty harmful as well.

Which did the most damage to Liberty in America?

@syskusa Shan't.

Never Trust the government!

@dantypo Met a young kid named Paden selling door to door. He said, "You know - like Kevin Kline's character in Silverado!" It wasn't until after he left that I remembered I should have asked, "Where's the dog?" One of the biggest regrets of my life.

So I’m on the phone with a vendor, a pretty young guy. After addressing my concerns, he says “I’ll get our quality manager, Sue, to give you a call.” I said, “alright, I’ll expect her call… we are talking about a woman, yes?” He says confusedly, “ummm yes?” I said, “well as you know, life ain’t easy for a boy named Sue.” He did not get it at all🥺

@Gormogons @CyborgPeds That guy blocked me ages ago for not being sympathetic enough about his whining about hating his kids or something. 😁

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@CatholicAce @hecubian_devil I got detention from female teachers a lot for being a (correct) smartass.

@hecubian_devil Yeah, nah, the female teachers I had hated me because I was too smart and would punish me for everything, doubly so for being smarter than them. My male teachers would actually be good role models and encourage my growth and help me.

I think you were actually just dumb and ill-behaved, tbh. I don’t think actually-smart kids experienced this. They were generally liked and pampered by teachers.

@WarPath2pt0 How do you feel about... craisins?

Gm to everyone except people that like shriveled grapes in their cookies--i hope your day is as sad as your stomach.

@Schwalm5132 "sold a bill of goods by the Government"?! How could this be?!

I remember this incident well and how the narrative was constructed across the media. Randy was made out to be the bad guy, and we were all sold a bill of goods by the Government. The Government is NOT your friend. Either you control the government or it will control you.

@4nt1p4tt3rn I am the tertium quid: I get my refund and curse the government for taking it and myself for not getting withholdings correct.

There are two types of people in the US: a) Those that cheer when they get their tax refund checks b) Those that write a check to the IRS

@Awright874 @ShamashAran @SavvyTamz_57 Short answer: Taqiyya Long answer: youtube.com/watch?v=8AD6Dk…

@ShamashAran @SavvyTamz_57 As I recall, Muslims are allowed to lie to non believers for gain, correct?

I get my knowledge about Islam from the book itself. I get my knowledge by the excuses other Muslims make for the killers of nonbelievers in their name. I get my knowledge by the celebration of Muslims at teh massacre of innocent Jews. I get my knowledge from the abhorrent treatment of LGBT folks in sharia following countries.