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  1. 27 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

    Register all of the guns. Yearly.

    No more gun shows. No more private sales. No gifts. 

    Sign for every single bullet and track them.

    A rigorous process to possess a firearm. 

    Kinda like our neighbors to the north. 

    That's a start. 

    Hang out at gun ranges and just like the game warden confiscate anything without proper paperwork. 

    That's not going to work, and only helps those unwilling to budge an inch on the issue.

  2. 20 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    white males are to be the biggest threat to national security.  

    So you're saying pussy is undefeated?

    Every time this kind of thing happens, I'm reminded of the SNL sketch from John Hinkley Jr's assassination attempt on Reagan, where John David Stutts shot Buckwheat, and they ask people about Stutts, like "Do you think he shot Buckwheat?" and the response was "oh yeah, that's all he ever talked about!"

  3. 1 hour ago, Mojo Hand said:

    No doubt he'll try, but that doesn't mean he isn't full of shit. 

    Agreed.  Something in this incident though sparked him to make statements that most of the others (Cornyn, Cruz and Patrick especially, etc.) are unwilling to make, and that he knew would piss off a lot of Trumpkins.

    He's 43, and we clearly know he's not going to settle for his current position. 

    If the Republicans continue to stumble around this, and/or make things worse, he's in a good position. 

  4. 1 hour ago, Helobious said:

    In America though?

    I’ve been hearing since 2006 how “all the violence will spill over” and its yet to happen. Cartels are well aware they can’t operate the same way in the US. They live & do business here, but they know they can’t go around hanging bodies from streetlights & shooting up public places. It’s not the same here. 

    Yeah, right now we have a pretty low-grade war against the cartels - mainly financial aid and training to the local police/security forces, and capturing their boats in the Gulf/Pacific.  

    If the cartels were to take their violence into mainstream America, they go from having to deal with the local Barney Fifes to Rangers, SEALs, Green Berets, Delta, etc. blowing through their doors, and USAF drones and gunships eliminating their buildings.  And chances are, the host countries aren't going to get too upset with us.

    It pissed me off when people who knew better were trying to push the cartel angle yesterday.  They know full fucking well that the cartels do not want a full-blown war with the US military.

  5. 6 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

    One good start would be, the president of the United States not constantly stroking racial flames and.... maybe start acting like an adult. 

    I'd be happy if Texas politicians would act like adults.

     

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  6. 3 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

    Emphasis on "game."  He's been a vocal Trump supporter.  Has even called out Trump's rhetoric against Latinos?  

    He's hedged his bets, but I think you'll see him start to separate himself as things shake out.   He's catching a whole lot of shit from some on the right over this, but he knew making those statements that he was going to.

    He and Abbott were the only Republicans to keep their statewide seats by double-digits last year.

  7. I think it's extremely telling that the only twitter response Cruz has is a few retweets asking for donations of blood, and that he seems to be trying to avoid talking about the issue.  He's not even up for reelection for four years.

  8. Just now, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    I hope you’re right but I fear even that result will not prevent trump from causing irreparable damage.

    Look at the 2018 results.  I think there is a lot more anger out there being directed at the GOP.   There is enough anger over the EP shooting, that if the GOP keeps fucking up, could easily flip Texas a lot sooner than later.

    Look at how well this tweet hasn't held up:

     

  9. 23 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    That’s what Dear Leader tells us.  As he says White supremacists are a very small group but antifa is about to be named an official terrorist group by trump. 

    What a putz 

    Let him.  The more he does this kind of shit, the more pissed off people are getting, and that could easily carry into the elections next year.

  10. FoxNews.com should clean up their comments.  It's not a good look when a shitload of people are claiming that white supremacists aren't terrorists, and even questioning whether that black guy carrying kids out was actually a soldier.

  11. 40 minutes ago, troph said:


    I’m worried that’s being said to separate the shooters from the issue- yeah it’s terrorism but we can’t let the terrorists win by restricting freedom then the terrorists really win.

    Yes it’s terrorism and yes we need major gun control legislation too.

    I think you are reading too much into what he's saying.

    George P. Bush is:

    1. Half-Hispanic
    2. A Bush

    Two things many Trumpkins loathe these days.  George P. is playing a long game - he knows Trump will be out of power/influence within a few years, and he knows which way Texas is moving.   I think they are good statements - I'm not meaning to diminish them in any way, but he knows the GOP will have to fully embrace Republicans like him in Texas at some point, and he's laying the groundwork.

  12. 9 minutes ago, Xian said:

    Why are people so fucking angry in life?  I just can’t fathom it 

    You would be too, if you're favorite team dropped $450 million on a stadium upgrade, only to see the team consistently shit the bed against decent competition.

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  13. 1 minute ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    Maybe it's just me, but  members of the GOP probably need to sit this one out, unless they want to finally say something like "enough is enough".

    Yeah, given it’s a white supremacist who liked Trump, the interns should probably hide their phones.  

  14. 24 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

    When will address our homegrown terrorist issue??

    Well, you see, some (one) cable news networks are trotting out guests tonight trying to link it to violent video games.   Sometime tomorrow, they will try and link it to Dungeons and Dragons (hopefully 4th edition rules) , and the next day, they will link it to a Ouiji board reading that went bad.  

  15. On 8/2/2019 at 10:15 AM, ajax said:

    I can't wait to see this again. It reminded me how much I miss real movies and how much I want to see what's next from the last of real directors (Fincher, Nolan, Coen bros, Scorcese).

    Sam Mendes is doing a WWI movie, 1917, that is edited to look like one long take.  I am hopeful that it falls into this category.   

  16. 28 minutes ago, ruitxn said:

     Cornyn is free to pop off with this tough lingo now because it will work in 2020.  He knows the demographics also.  He won’t be running for re-election again.

    I see what you did there.  *golf clap*

  17. You really have to wonder about how incompetent the leadership of the various gun-rights movements are.

    In my adulthood, we've had an assault weapons ban that lasted for 10 years and survived every court challenge to get it thrown out.  The only reason we don't have it now, is because it sunsetted.   If the NRA and the folks it bought off in Congress had been playing a long game, they would have boosted the mental health system and offered some minimal gun control measures that at least pretended like they cared.   Instead, they did nothing, and so, long game, the Ds will get their chance to pass another AWB, that will probably be modeled on the one we already had, only it will be much more refined based on all of the previous court challenges, so will probably be a lot more airtight.

  18. 24 minutes ago, ruitxn said:

    And just remember, this rhetoric will get him elected again easily.

    Maybe, but if he does win re-election, it will most likely be the last re-election win for him (and others).  The state is barreling down the highway towards flipping D and not going back, and his rhetoric is helping.

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