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Kyadytim
United States886 Posts
What did he do, copy and paste and then forget to change the location before posting it? | ||
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Lmui
Canada6223 Posts
CAH is buying up a plot of land on the border to drastically slow down the border wall. If the border wall does go through, CAH will tie up the court system for literally years if they try doing eminent domain to claim it back. They managed to get 100k to dig a big hole for no fucking reason, so the fact that this sold out in hours isn't really surprising. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46293 Posts
On November 15 2017 14:09 Danglars wrote: The US does not have a mass shooting every week. Senators being attacked is rare. Throwing up your hands in mystification and helplessness is a pretty dumb thing to do. I’d like answers. The United States has, on average, a mass shooting every day. A mass shooting is conventionally defined as 4 or more casualties from a single incident, and it's been about one per day for at least the past few years. | ||
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Rimstalker
Germany734 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States24279 Posts
On November 15 2017 16:08 Rimstalker wrote: from this article, it seems that Rand bought property in a community that had strict regulations, and he was arguing with the other home owners often: https://boingboing.net/2017/11/09/leaf-blower-resentment.html But Jim Skaggs, who developed the gate-guarded community in Bowling Green where Paul and Boucher both live, suggests that there was longstanding tension between Paul and many of his neighbors, including Boucher, due to the Senator's inability to compromise on such matters as lawn-trimmings, overhanging tree branches, and the community's extensive Homeowners Association guidelines, which minutely prescribe how people in the community must conduct themselves. Paul is a legendary property-rights ideologue, named for Ayn Rand. Mysteriously, he decided to buy a home in a community where the other property owners subjected buyers to contracts that bound their behavior and then decided that the sanctity of that contract could be unilaterally overriden, insisting on personal variances. Paul is said to have had a history of blowing his lawn trimmings onto his neighbors' property. ROFL I hadn't read this but that's exactly like I imagined it. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28876 Posts
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Biff The Understudy
France8173 Posts
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
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Biff The Understudy
France8173 Posts
On November 15 2017 17:18 Tachion wrote: HOAs are just the worst. Trying to tell you how to weed, cut your lawn, trim your hedges, then the next thing you know they're breaking your ribs. Typical. But remember he signed the contract freely and no law or regulation should ever limit the freedom of making people sign completely abusive contracts. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10939 Posts
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On November 15 2017 15:09 Kyadytim wrote: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/930655291569524736 What did he do, copy and paste and then forget to change the location before posting it? Deleting more official communication records, shame on you Mr. Trump. On November 15 2017 14:29 Doodsmack wrote: Hannity's off the Roy Moore train. Wasn't hard to predict that more accusers and stories would come out. No RNC money means they don't have much fuel for the turnout engine. Hannity can't bear to back a loser. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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farvacola
United States18866 Posts
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On November 15 2017 14:23 Aquanim wrote: What's the definition of mass shooting you're using? A quick Google search indicated to me that the US has mass shootings considerably more frequently than once a week, which doesn't seem like it supports the argument you're trying to make. It is true that mass shootings of the scale of the Las Vegas shooting are unusual. With respect to the Rand Paul thing, what is dissatisfactory to you about this explanation? People do not walk into churches and kill 26 people or rent a hotel room and shoot 58 people every week. I understand it's tough to systematize a definition, but gang violence in Democratic strongholds does not make national headlines. Quibbling at this point when my point was clear maybe be your thing, but it isn't mine. Also, to be absolutely clear, are you saying that the two events might be related, or do you just want answers about them individually? Both, thanks. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24279 Posts
On November 15 2017 23:19 Danglars wrote: People do not walk into churches and kill 26 people or rent a hotel room and shoot 58 people every week. I understand it's tough to systematize a definition, but gang violence in Democratic strongholds does not make national headlines. Quibbling at this point when my point was clear maybe be your thing, but it isn't mine. Both, thanks. Well if you add in the guy who tried to shoot up a school yesterday the thing all of the events have in common is they were all committed by white men. You know a major reason gang violence isn't on the news is because they don't solve it. The whole "let them kill themselves" isn't just something people made up out of thin air | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/11/07/562387350/in-texas-and-beyond-mass-shootings-have-roots-in-domestic-violence While perpetrators of domestic violence account for only about 10 percent of all gun violence, they accounted for 54 percent of mass shootings between 2009 and 2016, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, so there is a disproportionate link, Webster tells Kodjak. And remember, that is just convicted abusers. That means domestic violence charges were reported and a conviction obtained. The number is likely well over 54% | ||
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Aquanim
Australia2849 Posts
On November 15 2017 23:19 Danglars wrote: People do not walk into churches and kill 26 people or rent a hotel room and shoot 58 people every week. I understand it's tough to systematize a definition, but gang violence in Democratic strongholds does not make national headlines. Quibbling at this point when my point was clear maybe be your thing, but it isn't mine. Both, thanks. I think you missed the middle question, to wit: what is suspicious to you about Rand Paul getting into a altercation with his neighbour about lawn maintenance or whatever? | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On November 15 2017 16:11 GreenHorizons wrote: ROFL I hadn't read this but that's exactly like I imagined it. when a libertarian and HOA (petty governance) collide... On November 15 2017 23:15 Plansix wrote: Apparently the letter from 50 something pastors was forged, because a lot of the pastors are saying they never signed it. Moore’s entire campaign is dancing dangerously close to fraud. i read that the endorsements were from some other thing that happen prior to the creeper news coming out. i guess he figured that if they endorsed him prior they'd be okay now too, right? no expiration dates on endorsements. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22531 Posts
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On November 15 2017 23:44 Aquanim wrote: I think you missed the middle question, to wit: what is suspicious to you about Rand Paul getting into a altercation with his neighbour about lawn maintenance or whatever? He wouldn't have tweeted out this article conflicting reports. We still don't know about either. | ||
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