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hornmpa96

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  1. 1 hour ago, aggie08 said:

    Sincere question, not trying to be snarky: did you guys ever consider closing the store for a week, and putting a sign in the window saying something to the effect of, "In light of recent events, we prefer not to profit on the misplaced, impetuous desire to stock up on even more weapons and ammo."

    Maybe a handful of people see the sign and rethink their priorities. Probably not, but maybe.

    Where are we as a country when a large segment of our population's initial reaction to these events is, "Shit, better stock up. THIS may be the school shooting that finally results in regulations with some actual teeth."?

    And I know plenty of generally good and decent people who fit that bill.

    Or alternatively not selling to people under 21?

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  2. 5 minutes ago, markstanco said:


    No they are not. They are in a safe where only my wife and I have access to. Show your work on this where only the parents have access codes to guns.

    Stop spreading msnbc bullshit.

    You’re like a child who walked into the middle of a movie. Stop posting about me and my guns.

    There are various ideas which have been discussed in this thread which have nothing to do with your fucking guns. Some of these ideas include: raising the age limits for gun purchases, waiting periods, universal background checks, etc.

    We can’t even get simple common sense ideas passed because of simpletons like you screaming about your guns. Think about those 21 families in Uvalde who lost loved ones instead of your precious guns.

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  3. Just now, markstanco said:


    This is interesting. Pro dead children? Who said that? I venture in cloak every now and again and typically roll my eyes but where in the fuck did I say I was pro dead children? Jesus man spin less.

    What you are saying - your ownership and enjoyment of those guns is more significant than stopping school children from getting killed.

    In countries which banned these weapons after mass shootings, it’s shocking that the ban significantly reduces mass shootings.

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  4. 20 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    I’m only questioning the technical ability to approach a bill, not the motives behind each party. 

    Fatty - HR 8 is the background check bill referenced by Steve Kerr I’m his press conference. It’s all of 8 pages. It has zero chance of going anywhere in the senate but it’s clearly technically possible.

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  5. 4 hours ago, Gap03 said:

    I'm wrestling with whether it's worth voting in the Republican primary to vote against Paxton and Christian.  Is one of the R candidates for GLO Commissioner the anti-christ?  I'm assuming that GQP is never going to stop sending me mail, so I feel like it's largely a sunk cost.  Stogner seems to be a different type of R, but Bush still sucks.  Talk me into spending the 45 minutes to vote today.  

    Since we are a one party state, I always vote in the R primary to do my part in eliminating indicted felons from having high-level elected positions. It hasn’t worked yet but maybe this is the year?

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  6. 1 hour ago, hpslugga said:

    I think all he needs to do is run a cathouse into the ground and we’ve about got it all covered.

    He covered this with his marriage to Melania 

  7. 1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

    No vote should be counted until after the polls close, period. 
     

    Knowing those results before they election would be extremely valuable to any candidate. You get maga gqp in that office, that can access that data and it’s as easy as that 

    10 states allow mail-in ballots to be counted early today. I haven’t heard of any irregularities around this topic in those states.

    I concur that MAGA GQP candidates need to be kept as far away from any voting process and data as possible.

  8. 25 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    I agree with Trump (hate saying that) that these cities or counties need to get it together to count their votes ASAP.  Someway, somehow they should be able to end the evening with the result. Obviously no one is expecting a recount (if needed) on election night or dealing with an unexpected problem like a widespread power outage.

     

    Pennsylvania doesn’t allow them to begin counting mail-in ballots before Election Day. It’s a ridiculous law that should be changed. 

  9. 8 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    That seems to be a pretty big tent.

    Sorry - I now see my typo in the original post. I didn’t mean to state the Ds need a bigger tent today; rather I meant they have a bigger tent as compared to the Rs today. My apologies for not proofreading.

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  10. 5 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    Meaning what, exactly?

    As of today, the Democratic Party includes AOC and Joe Manchin. That’s a pretty big difference in views on his about every issue.

  11. 1 hour ago, fattyflattie said:

    Most primary challengers are further down the hole of fuckery, unfortunately.  

    Fatty - make sure you take a look at the various candidates as individuals especially in the state races. For example, assuming Collier ends up being the D candidate for Lt Gov, he may be an acceptable D. The Rs have earned being painted with a broad brush over the last 10 years; however, the current version of the Democratic Party has to have a bigger tent.

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  12. 7 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    please post evidence of violent protests. last I saw Alito's neighbors were handing out wine and cheese to protestors. gtfoh with that nonsense

    Was about to post the exact same response - calling those protests violent is rich coming from the party who thinks January 6 was a bunch of tourists who ended up on the wrong tour

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  13. 18 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    No one pays their full rate now, so what's the difference?

    The difference - when the top marginal rate was 90%, everything was deductible including personal interest expense. Additionally tax shelters were allowed and every high income professional had passive losses offsetting their salary for tax purposes.

    Since the 80s, the basic idea has been to broaden the base and reduce rates.

    There are good arguments to be had related to raising marginal tax rates on the wealthy; however, any discussion around the former 90% rate is kooky talk.

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