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And again- x4 - RobVG - 6/5/2022 6:50:32 PM
- But we really have to wait to talk about it, out of respect. - podrock - 6/6/2022 12:40:59 AM

And again- in my home state - RL - 6/2/2022 2:03:29 AM

Says it all really - Pebble - 6/1/2022 12:51:28 PM
- Just the other day - podrock - 6/1/2022 2:07:16 PM
  - I can’t remember the last time in the UK. - Pebble - 6/1/2022 4:52:55 PM
- The preview showed the image I included but the published post didn’t :( - Pebble - 6/1/2022 12:53:49 PM
  - Edited it again, looks like it works now - Pebble - 6/1/2022 12:57:54 PM

“The time for civil discourse and debate ― when they allow it, which they don’t ― that’s over, to me,” - RL - 5/29/2022 3:07:03 AM
- Humiliate them as publicly as possible - RL - 5/30/2022 3:56:32 AM
- Don Trump Jr. Suggests Uvalde Shooter Could Have Killed 19 Kids With A 'Bat' - RL - 5/29/2022 7:30:46 PM
  - That there is an indoctrination programme in the US is not a surprise - Pebble - 6/1/2022 12:04:49 PM
  - Cocaine is a hell of a drug... - RL - 5/29/2022 7:36:02 PM
    - Whatever it is - podrock - 5/29/2022 8:53:04 PM

Been hearing about the "delay" in breaching the classroom. - RobVG - 5/28/2022 6:25:25 PM
- No it’s not - Pebble - 5/28/2022 10:07:07 PM
  - 288 school shootings between 2009 and 2018 ― 280 more than the next leading country, Mexico - RL - 5/29/2022 2:16:14 AM
    - Nearly 20 mass shootings already since Texas :( - Pebble - 6/1/2022 12:02:52 PM
- A thread from twitter - podrock - 5/28/2022 9:49:06 PM
  - So the training was there but not the commitment. - RobVG - 5/29/2022 3:56:49 AM
    - But there is this: - podrock - 5/29/2022 2:59:05 PM
    - Yes - podrock - 5/29/2022 5:34:01 AM
- Me too. - ER - 5/28/2022 8:31:13 PM
  - Not trying to point fingers. - RobVG - 5/28/2022 8:50:03 PM
    - I know what its like to be "not up to the job". - ER - 5/28/2022 10:00:10 PM
      - Did any children die because of your "humbling experience"? - BuckGalaxy - 5/30/2022 7:16:08 AM
        
        I don't know what happened there. - ER - 5/30/2022 12:58:23 PM
        
        "Not everyone can be a cop."... Actually, that is the problem... - RL - 5/30/2022 12:55:31 PM
- Their own training materials - podrock - 5/28/2022 8:24:06 PM
  - In general it is safest to assume... - RL - 5/28/2022 8:53:36 PM
    - What is all that taxpayer bought gear for? - podrock - 5/28/2022 9:39:07 PM

Canada takes action - RobVG - 5/30/2022 10:34:17 PM
- Hmmm - ER - 5/30/2022 11:43:20 PM
  - Hand guns are common in Canada. - RobVG - 5/31/2022 2:32:33 AM
    - The laws they have about shooting at a range are the same as our archery laws - Pebble - 6/1/2022 12:01:36 PM
    - I'm not sure I agree with that system. - ER - 5/31/2022 4:01:21 AM
      - The transport authority only applies to handguns. - RobVG - 5/31/2022 5:49:11 AM
        
        When I was growing up in Florida - ER - 5/31/2022 1:16:47 PM
        
        Last year Canada banned several long guns. - RobVG - 5/31/2022 5:11:21 PM
        
        Saturday Night Specials - podrock - 5/31/2022 3:43:44 PM
        
        Yup. Times have changed. - RobVG - 5/31/2022 5:12:57 PM

And there it is... "Rep. Mo Brooks Says We Need Our Guns So We Can 'Take Back' The Nation" - RL - 5/30/2022 4:48:55 PM
- They just never recovered from a black president in the White House. - ER - 5/30/2022 6:28:58 PM
  - I'm sure that was the case for some. - RobVG - 5/30/2022 6:45:54 PM
    - Peer Pressure - podrock - 5/30/2022 7:54:33 PM
      - Ever since the school segregation wars of the 1950s - ER - 5/30/2022 8:19:18 PM
        
        Desegregation was certainly a trigger point. - podrock - 5/30/2022 9:45:40 PM
        
        I was in high school. - ER - 5/30/2022 10:07:20 PM
    - Most racists don't know they're racists. - ER - 5/30/2022 7:47:37 PM
      - Some racists know they are and it hurts them deeply. - Pebble - 5/30/2022 10:17:44 PM
- T & P's - podrock - 5/30/2022 6:18:18 PM

The rest of the iceberg - ER - 5/29/2022 2:47:28 PM
- True. - podrock - 5/29/2022 4:01:15 PM

America needs to look at gun laws in civilised countries and learn from them - Pebble - 5/25/2022 10:17:10 PM
- GOP death-cult - RL - 5/28/2022 8:34:01 PM
- America is a gun by Brian bilston - Pebble - 5/27/2022 9:47:53 AM
- Oh, we looked... - RL - 5/26/2022 11:57:22 PM
  - Oh I know what it’s like alright - Pebble - 5/27/2022 9:45:12 AM
  - fetish: - podrock - 5/27/2022 2:02:54 AM
    - FFS - RobVG - 5/27/2022 7:17:29 PM
      - you'll note that that picture - podrock - 5/27/2022 8:11:54 PM
  - I don't want to think about it any more. - ER - 5/27/2022 1:47:40 AM
    - Your concluding sentence. - podrock - 5/27/2022 2:08:31 AM
      - They are making us just like them. - ER - 5/27/2022 2:40:49 AM
        
        Except in our case it is out of self defense - RL - 5/27/2022 5:04:37 PM
        
        Maybe we should arm ourselves? - ER - 5/28/2022 1:04:11 AM
        
        Yup. Or trying to. - podrock - 5/27/2022 2:57:05 AM
  - Not Hyperbole. - podrock - 5/27/2022 1:41:04 AM
- Its not going to work. - ER - 5/26/2022 2:37:51 PM
  - Things are changing. - RobVG - 5/26/2022 8:27:51 PM
    - Pointless pandering to the media circus - Pebble - 5/27/2022 9:50:31 AM
      - You don't understand the enormity of these laws. - RobVG - 5/27/2022 7:52:59 PM
      - So what are you saying? - RobVG - 5/27/2022 7:41:52 PM
        
        Without prohibition of possession the laws re purchasing are not enough - Pebble - 5/27/2022 8:38:58 PM
        
        Yeah, that ain't going to happen either. - podrock - 5/27/2022 10:42:15 PM
        
        IT IS NOT IN THE FUCKING CONSTITUTION. - ER - 5/28/2022 1:19:53 AM
        
        What hurts my brain - podrock - 5/28/2022 4:26:43 AM
        
        Words have meaning. - podrock - 5/28/2022 3:46:28 AM
        
        Inversion - podrock - 5/28/2022 4:34:31 AM
        
        Its not a question of legal interpretation of historical texts. - ER - 5/28/2022 12:54:15 PM
    - There's a lot of things we could do to make things better. - ER - 5/26/2022 8:56:22 PM
  - Exactly. - podrock - 5/26/2022 4:17:48 PM
    - Gun deaths in America - ER - 5/26/2022 6:03:13 PM

Stand on Zanzibar (1968), John Brunner - ER - 5/27/2022 2:07:12 AM
- One of those books I confess I've been meaning to read. - podrock - 5/27/2022 3:03:19 AM

And again... damn-it - RL - 5/24/2022 11:51:09 PM
- And there it is, from the vice-governor of TX - podrock - 5/25/2022 5:50:55 PM
  - 'The Onion' front page right now - RL - 5/26/2022 1:04:51 PM
- So how many of you here have guns? - Pebble - 5/25/2022 6:15:15 AM
  - Cannot confirm nor deny. - podrock - 5/25/2022 7:45:31 PM
    - I’ll take that as a yes thn - Pebble - 5/25/2022 10:17:55 PM
      - Or a no. - podrock - 5/25/2022 11:03:42 PM
    - But here's a story about how easy it is to get one: - podrock - 5/25/2022 8:39:39 PM
  - I do - ER - 5/25/2022 1:27:58 PM
- Give this man the highest award possible - Pebble - 5/25/2022 6:09:50 AM
- But it is too soon to talk about it. - podrock - 5/25/2022 12:19:59 AM
  - So do I - Pebble - 5/25/2022 6:08:48 AM

This is not the fringe of the GOP - RL - 5/22/2022 5:12:10 PM
- To Kill a Mocking Bird - BuckGalaxy - 5/24/2022 4:56:18 PM
  - good quote. - podrock - 5/25/2022 7:46:00 PM
- The story gets weird - podrock - 5/24/2022 5:30:56 AM
  - Not grifting. Bribery. - ER - 5/24/2022 12:10:32 PM
- Here you go: - podrock - 5/23/2022 12:23:38 AM
  - Also, "Jesus, guns, babies" - podrock - 5/23/2022 5:25:47 PM
- He should be stripped of his role as a pastor at the very least. - Pebble - 5/22/2022 6:45:43 PM
  - Yeah, that's not going to happen. - podrock - 5/22/2022 7:25:16 PM
    - Oh yes - Pebble - 5/24/2022 10:24:30 PM
      - Sadly, video not supported in the US. - podrock - 5/24/2022 11:58:45 PM
        
        Try this - Pebble - 5/25/2022 10:19:56 PM
- Disgusting. - podrock - 5/22/2022 6:12:54 PM

Texas school shooting response - Pebble - 5/24/2022 10:22:52 PM
- More response- conservatives react - RL - 5/25/2022 1:29:02 AM
- And if legislation were introduced to fund addressing the mental health issues? - RL - 5/25/2022 12:49:02 AM
- Don't get me started on that lunatic. - podrock - 5/25/2022 12:40:56 AM
  - She just won her primary- so we get more of her to come... - RL - 5/25/2022 2:22:14 AM
    - Not at all surprised. - podrock - 5/25/2022 2:33:44 AM

What a broadside! - ER - 5/23/2022 4:31:36 PM
- So where is he now? - RobVG - 5/23/2022 7:45:11 PM
  - Probably in hiding. - ER - 5/23/2022 8:26:05 PM
    - In our system you can be slandered and your career destroyed and receive death threats and harassment... - RL - 5/23/2022 8:41:22 PM
      - Ask the Vindman family. - podrock - 5/23/2022 9:21:19 PM
- Two thumbs up. - podrock - 5/23/2022 5:31:45 PM
- Bravery like that should be lauded around the world. - RL - 5/23/2022 4:34:31 PM

Eating their own - podrock - 5/20/2022 2:35:16 PM
- Next up: - podrock - 5/21/2022 6:22:08 PM
  - I applaud their choice of target, but... - RL - 5/21/2022 9:00:53 PM
    - Why has he not been indicted yet? - podrock - 5/21/2022 9:33:00 PM
      - Because we had 4 years of a president gutting, slandering and demoralizing the DOJ... - RL - 5/22/2022 4:25:42 AM
- Kristall Abend - ER - 5/21/2022 3:05:31 PM
  - You are- without a doubt- the most gifted writer the zone has, or ever had - RL - 5/21/2022 9:39:42 PM
    - Seconded - podrock - 5/21/2022 10:28:16 PM
    - Thanks, for the compliment, but... - ER - 5/21/2022 9:56:41 PM
      - Sparring with excellent writers made me a better writer. - podrock - 5/21/2022 10:30:39 PM
  - Apparently, the John Birch Society is gaining members. - podrock - 5/21/2022 3:16:04 PM
    - You might want to re-read my post. - ER - 5/21/2022 3:26:25 PM
      - Yep - podrock - 5/21/2022 4:10:51 PM
        
        I first was exposed to the John Birch Society while in high school. - ER - 5/21/2022 6:37:14 PM
        
        Brandolini's law - podrock - 5/21/2022 6:57:50 PM
- Looks like Madison won't be taking this sitting down.... - RL - 5/21/2022 2:07:30 AM
  - Uh... - podrock - 5/21/2022 4:25:31 AM
    - Since he lied about the circumstances leading to that disability, and used that lie to get it elected... - RL - 5/21/2022 10:56:32 AM
      - The zone had members explicitly spouting 'replacement theory' 15 years ago- before it was 'cool' - RL - 5/21/2022 12:55:06 PM
        
        I wanted him banned too - podrock - 5/21/2022 3:08:40 PM
        
        I know, and was not implying the decision was yours.... - RL - 5/21/2022 3:15:47 PM
        
        Would it have changed anything? - podrock - 5/21/2022 6:32:37 PM
        
        Taking a stand on the right side always accomplishes something... - RL - 5/21/2022 7:32:44 PM
        
        My final stand on the issue before I left would have been 2007 0r 2008 - RL - 5/21/2022 3:24:47 PM
        
        I've the classic Zone archives - podrock - 5/21/2022 6:24:21 PM
        
        You have mail... - RL - 5/21/2022 10:34:43 PM
        
        copy - podrock - 5/22/2022 12:25:24 AM
        
        actually, after Nov 2008, maybe early 2009 - RL - 5/21/2022 5:43:35 PM
- First it was the Communists. - ER - 5/20/2022 3:10:39 PM

Losing the fight - podrock - 5/21/2022 4:49:12 PM

Sticking it to the Libs? - ER - 5/17/2022 5:29:48 PM
- They will burn the nation down if they can pin it on a Democrat president... - RL - 5/18/2022 12:27:00 AM
  - Sadly this is not new - BuckGalaxy - 5/18/2022 7:26:19 PM
  - And make a profit. - podrock - 5/18/2022 1:16:48 AM
    - I don't think profit is their driving motivation now.... - RL - 5/18/2022 2:00:51 AM
      - Oh, the base makes nothing. - podrock - 5/18/2022 2:05:09 AM

"RL is alarmist, shrill, and over the top." - ER - 5/16/2022 1:54:09 PM
- Maybe 20 years ago I was trying to raise an alarm... - RL - 5/17/2022 4:54:20 AM
  - Nazis have captured Idaho... - RL - 5/17/2022 10:11:37 PM
- Fanning the flames - podrock - 5/16/2022 7:17:15 PM
- Carpet bombing - RobVG - 5/16/2022 6:06:14 PM
  - A paint sprayer and a needle point brush - BuckGalaxy - 5/17/2022 3:47:11 PM
    - I can't identify with the face of the GOP as it looks today. - RobVG - 5/17/2022 7:23:18 PM
  - Broad brush? Are you serious? - RL - 5/17/2022 12:46:06 AM
  - It's not your Republican Party any more. - podrock - 5/16/2022 7:40:32 PM
  - Ted Nugent's comment over the weekend - podrock - 5/16/2022 7:24:33 PM
    - Ok. - RobVG - 5/16/2022 7:38:24 PM
      - I guess I feel, like I owe it, to someone. - ER - 5/16/2022 8:20:50 PM

Yet Another White Supremacist Killing- 10 dead in Buffalo - RL - 5/15/2022 12:20:04 AM
- 18 years old, armed like a commando. - podrock - 5/15/2022 1:06:14 AM
  - Fox news added 10 more bodies to its scorecard... - RL - 5/15/2022 2:45:41 AM
    - Stochastic terrorism - podrock - 5/15/2022 4:50:01 AM
      - The excerpts I have seen of his manifesto... - RL - 5/16/2022 12:47:27 AM
        
        Not all Republicans - podrock - 5/16/2022 10:17:11 PM
        
        Even Republican leadership recognizes that what I say is true - RL - 5/17/2022 2:06:29 AM
        
        I am well aware of all you are talking about. - podrock - 5/17/2022 4:06:11 AM
        
        Bloody memory lane - RL - 5/16/2022 1:25:54 AM

Lauren Boebert: “It’s interesting that we are having this baby formula shortage. Perhaps it’s from all the men who are becoming pregnant and cannot lactate on their own.” - RL - 5/15/2022 12:09:31 AM
- So embarrassing for Colorado - podrock - 5/15/2022 1:49:30 AM

Ukraine Counter Offensive - BuckGalaxy - 5/14/2022 8:23:13 PM
- Rumor: - podrock - 5/14/2022 9:15:55 PM

Trump Reportedly Asked Aides If China Could Be Shooting Hurricanes At The U.S. - RL - 5/11/2022 2:59:58 AM
- A very stable genius. - podrock - 5/11/2022 2:57:59 PM
  - I now know what a zombie apocalypse would be like - RL - 5/11/2022 5:46:40 PM
    - When vast numbers believe in - podrock - 5/11/2022 6:28:11 PM

"Domestic Supply Of Infants" - podrock - 5/9/2022 1:27:06 AM
- Miss. governor doesn’t rule out banning contraception if Roe falls - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2022 6:59:09 AM
  - Its all the proof you need to know. - ER - 5/10/2022 12:04:18 PM
    - Mississippi has THE HIGHEST infant mortality in the nation - RL - 5/10/2022 6:34:14 PM
- Hits the nail on the head - RL - 5/10/2022 1:23:03 AM
- We must keep the supply up to meet market demands... - RL - 5/9/2022 2:09:50 AM
  - The baby gap - podrock - 5/9/2022 4:42:53 AM
    - For example: - podrock - 5/9/2022 2:41:02 PM
      - Everything is a commodity for the business majors. - ER - 5/9/2022 4:48:02 PM
        
        And this: - podrock - 5/9/2022 4:52:52 PM
        
        What's connection? - ER - 5/9/2022 6:51:12 PM
        
        Motives - podrock - 5/10/2022 12:50:54 AM
        
        Mine were brought up in a church household - Pebble - 5/10/2022 9:39:46 AM
        
        Good for you - podrock - 5/10/2022 3:36:54 PM
        
        Ukrainian adoption - Pebble - 5/10/2022 6:33:58 AM
        
        The same justification was used for - podrock - 5/10/2022 4:04:37 PM
        
        And taking children from their families in Greenland to boarding schools In Denmark - Pebble - 5/10/2022 6:14:12 PM
        
        Agape, a search term - podrock - 5/11/2022 12:29:19 AM

Ukraine held its own 'Victory" parade. - ER - 5/10/2022 6:53:47 PM
- Russia honors the great patriots... Bonnie and Clyde? - RL - 5/10/2022 7:09:03 PM
  - Re: Russia honors the great patriots... Bonnie and Clyde? - ER - 5/10/2022 8:32:21 PM

Merchandising the War - ER - 5/10/2022 6:45:23 PM

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