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If even one of these nutballs gets pistol whipped in a dark black market gun alley...then it was worth it to force him to go there to get his gun... - Jim Jul 20, 06:50
how'd he get a canister of tear gas? -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 06:49 11
- Nuthin! - tim mie Jul 20, 06:51 1
  - don't call him that. -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 06:52
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- Here maybe? -- (link) - Jim Jul 20, 06:50 7
  - *annnddd* we all just hit a Watch List. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 06:52
  - blocked. but i did see the name of site was 'KeepShooting'. ugh -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 06:52 5
    - apparently you can buy it. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 06:53
    - heh...yeah. It's a cannister of tear gas for $16.49. BUT...you have to be 21 to buy it...so there's that. -- nm - Jim Jul 20, 06:53 3
      - *shaking head* -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 06:53
      - well *that's* reassuring... -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 06:53 1
        
        They also sell lock picks, body armor and handcuffs. They're a criminal's 1 stop shop. -- nm - Jim Jul 20, 06:54
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- Poor Greeney. Dude should just stop betting. -- nm - Jim Jul 20, 06:48 2
  - Who'd he take? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 06:50 1
    - Some dude went to Northwestern (as did Greeney)...so he bet one of the other ESPN guys who went to the same college as the dude leading. -- nm - Jim Jul 20, 06:51
- spoils - prayformojo Jul 20, 06:48
OK, need a serious change of pace? Read Ebert's column about his wife he published for their 20th anniversary. It's long but terrific. -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 20, 06:45 1
- wow - thanks for posting this ... good read. -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 06:57
Geeky question inside - spamlet Jul 20, 06:43
I find the control control issue a non-starter. Canada has fairly strict laws and nuts/criminals still get guns. -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 06:41 15
- This is a silly, silly, silly argument -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 06:46 7
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    - so you saying below to pippy that if he didn't have guns he couldn't have done makes sense how? -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 06:50 5
      - Changing gun control laws is only part of changing America's gun culture. - Roger More Jul 20, 06:56
      - it's not just him. a lot of gun rlelated deaths are heat of the moment type things. those people aren't going to go home, research - Andie Jul 20, 06:53
      - You "control" the tool. No one has said ban guns to my knowledge. - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:52 1
        
        And you put in strong penalties for those trafficking in illegal guns. - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:55
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- I don't think anyone has suggested it would completely eliminate the problem, nor is that a reasonable expectation - znufrii Jul 20, 06:46
- We still get some, but the rate is much lower - Guigue Jul 20, 06:44 3
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    - yup, linked to the data from wikipedia above. -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 06:46
    - Yeah sorry the IM wasn't clear enough -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 06:46
- "Got it. Can't win, shouldn't try." -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 06:43
- Gun Control issue -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 06:41
Things I didn't know before today: Warren Beatty and Annette Benning have a trans son -- (link) - znufrii Jul 20, 06:40 1
- that was surprising. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:41
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- jokey inside - oblique Jul 20, 06:29
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- lets not forget setting up police road blocks near polling stations, under supplying voting booths and ballots to high minority areas -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 10:40
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- I think it's month-to-month -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 06:22 5
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    - It is definitely pay as you go. -- nm - Other David Jul 20, 06:46
    - No. We have the 3G iPad2 and have never activated the 3G. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 06:33 1
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    - I don't believe so. I think you just pay and you get a month. Not sure if it goes calendar and you get prorated - oblique Jul 20, 06:24
What an awful thing to wake up to. I agree it is good he was caught - amoxy Jul 20, 06:17
News flash: bars are loud -- (link) - znufrii Jul 20, 06:08 3
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  - Abercrombie is a completely different matter, though...? -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 06:35 1
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TWAP: The Dark Knight Rises: A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- nm - Shaun Jul 20, 05:50
also, (I know, I know, AAM) I liked political animals. I mean, for what it is, it's entertaining. -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 05:50 1
- I just wanna know, is Chelsea aware she was the first openly gay kid in the White House? - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:08
no score scrabble: do we think VIN is a word? I think yes. "un verre de vin rouge." but I may be poncifying the game. -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 05:48 7
- Scrabble hates damn dirty foreigners. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 06:33
- not in the scrabble dictionary -- (link) - SyrDragon Jul 20, 06:29 2
  - it's no score! anything that you would use as a word in conversation is okay. (it speeds up the game. levels the playing field.) -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 06:46 1
    - Under those rules, yes. Maybe it's working at the car rental place, but VIN was commonly used. - spamlet Jul 20, 06:47
- no, we do not. -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 06:18
- WWF doesn't take it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 05:57
- I would challenge it. So there. -- nm - Shaun Jul 20, 05:54
Yikes. Flash flood warning through 11pm. 'Rainfall amounts of 1-2" per hour can be expected in these afternoon and evening storms' -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 05:36 1
- where is it coming from? -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 05:43
And can i just say that I'm glad they caught the motherfucker before he had a chance to puss out and shoot himself. - Jim Jul 20, 05:27 65
- I'd expect we'll see the beginning of "no dressing up in costume" for movies rules. -- nm - Jim Jul 20, 06:00 7
  - I was thinking about this. metal detectors at movie theatres? -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 06:03 6
    - I'm stunned there aren't any in place already. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 06:41 2
      - $$$$$$$ - spamlet Jul 20, 06:44 1
        
        you're right of course. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 06:54
    - Maybe, maybe not. But what they won't allow is for people to come dressed in riot gear and shit. -- nm - Jim Jul 20, 06:24
    - i get it, but i'd hate it. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 06:03 1
      - because of one psycho. -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 06:05
- I'm glad they caught him, too, because I really want to understand what would motivate someone to do something like this. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 20, 05:32 56
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  - The same as what we learned from the guy caught in Norway last year, and the guy caught in Tasmania 15 years ago. - Roger More Jul 20, 05:44
  - It had better be something better than he was pissed cause the show was sold out so would have to wait until the next day to see it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 20, 05:37 53
    - I am bracing myself for all the revolting breathless news speculation tying it into Bane or the Joker or whatever villian. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 20, 05:39 52
      - Seems very pre-meditated...use the opening as cover for the costume, gas mask -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 20, 06:17
      - Joke copycat was my immediate thought... -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 05:50 1
        
        Joker. rather -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 05:50
      - I am bracing for all of the references to Columbine, even though we know none of the facts regarding motive -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 05:43 48
        
        I'm bracing myself for all the damn gun control freaks to come out of the woodwork - Epiphany Jul 20, 05:54 47
        
        Sure didn't take long for ST to go there. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 06:59
        
        Heh, di you expect the damn gun control freaks to come out that fast? ;) -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 06:39 1
        
        well, she *did* bring up the subject... -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 06:49
        
        Yep, like someone can't just be a NUT, it has to be the fault of something else. Guns, alcohol, drugs, he didn't get an A on his paper....whatever. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 20, 06:14 40
        
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        he'd find a way. Nuts find a way. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:21 7
        
        strangely it always seems to be the guns, though. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 06:41 1
        
        Just once I'd like to see one of these incidents with throwing stars. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 06:56
        
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        super easy? no way is it super easy. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:34 3
        
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        you have to go through checks, bullets need to go into something. - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:41 1
        
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        As if somebody this crazy wouldn't think of... another way to accomplish this. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 06:21 3
        
        the other ways really aren't as easy though. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 06:22 2
        
        It's a lot harder to stab 50 people -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 06:25 1
        
        It has to be the easiest way since it's the one all the nutjobs use... -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 06:26
        
        Well, we can't do nutjob-control in this nation...so we gotta take away the ability of the nutjobs to kill others. - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:18 26
        
        so then he'd use bombs, he'd use arson/fire, he'd use kitchen knives, he'd still kill lots of people. - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:21 24
        
        Sure, he has other tools. But most of those either have significant controls in place, or lack the ability to do massive damage in a short time perio - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:28 17
        
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        An ammo nitrate bomb is not *that* simple to build. And if you try to buy enough fertilizer to build without, you know, being a farmer - Reagen Jul 20, 06:53
        
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        Yes, and a number of control regulations were put in place after that with nary a peep from the National Bomb Association. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 06:33
        
        Sure thing. Let's ban that shit too. This is absurd. "But he could use ammonium nitrate to ... " - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:32 1
        
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        but that has happened a few times. people get shot in public places *all the time*. it's because guns are easy to get and easy to use that they are - Andie Jul 20, 06:31 10
        
        I don't think anyone is saying it would never happen again, but we do other drastic things to save a few lives, yet better gun control is out of the - Guigue Jul 20, 06:33 9
        
        i agree with you. i am saying, that those 'people will find a way' arguments are true, but they don't take everything into account. - Andie Jul 20, 06:35 1
        
        Oh I was totally agreeing with you! I probably should have replied to someone else, but your post made me think of this -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 06:38
        
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        because we have the right to bear arms. And they can't make all the guns disappear - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:36 5
        
        We can, we should and I cannot believe that we do not. - Other David Jul 20, 06:58
        
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        we will have to agree to disagree -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:44
        
        maybe that right needs to be modified. seriously. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 06:37 1
        
        I think its a slippery slope -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:45
        
        You control the ones that kill the most efficiently. It's hard to kill twenty people with a knife, no matter how many of them you have. -- nm - Roger More Jul 20, 06:25 2
        
        bombs are pretty damn efficient - he had tear gas - lets make that illegal. Trying to control people who can't be controlled - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:27 1
        
        tear gas should be illegal. bombs are. all the other things you mentioned are illegal. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 06:28
        
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        Speaking of, you will be interested in this article about Florida voting laws -- (link) - Roger More Jul 20, 06:51
        
        i still like Chris Rock's bit about making bullets cost $5000. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 06:19
        
        Oh, they are there, as well as the gun advocates. And I need to put money in the jar. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 06:03
        
        Maybe they'll wait to protest gun violence until the next time there's a flash flood or a tornado and have the - TWuG Jul 20, 05:59 1
        
        heh -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:02
Viacom and DirecTv come to an agreement - Will Hunting Jul 20, 05:21 3
- These battles have tended to make me come down on the sides of the cable/satellite companies when I read the details. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 20, 05:23 2
  - Yeah -- "our ratings are down but we want 30% more." Eff you, we've also enrolled you in an macro-econ course at your local community college. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:07 1
    - Despicable -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:09
"Over last 4 days, Madison Square Garden shares have fallen $93 million in value" -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 05:07 1
- a good breakdown of the "value" of Jeremy Lin -- (link) - Beaker Jul 20, 05:17
The Thick Of It is coming to Hulu, if you like Veep or In The Loop, you should watch. - LMS Jul 20, 04:50 1
- I loved him on How I Met Your Mother! - Beaker Jul 20, 05:01
and sadly from B2: 14 dead, over 50 injured at Batman premiere shooting in Denver (suspect arrested) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 20, 04:48 9
- that's just sickening. -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 06:07
- wtf? -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 05:38
- just heard that the count has been changed to 12 dead, also youngest injured is 3 months - zork Jul 20, 05:14
- Are theaters going to have to be like sporting arenas now with bag searches and detectors? -- nm - bc/nc Jul 20, 05:06 4
  - I'm sure they would love to start doing that, under that guise but really to help keep outside food from being brought in -- nm - zork Jul 20, 05:20 3
    - I'd still manage to sneak in a KFC buffet -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 05:56 2
      - *pictures you in theatre seat gnawing on one of those turkey drumsticks they sell at renaissance fairs* -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 06:20 1
        
        pretty accurate actually -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:23
- again, where is NRA when you need them? -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Jul 20, 04:51
July 20, 1968 � The first Special Olympics is held. -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 04:45 4
- 1969 � Apollo program: Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and - Beaker Jul 20, 04:46 3
  - 1976 � The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 04:46 2
    - 1944 - Operation Valkyrie fails -- nm - zork Jul 20, 05:43 1
      - 1973 - Bruce Lee died,, -- nm - zork Jul 20, 05:48
NBA will start allowing small advertising patches on jerseys in upcoming seasons as well as instant replay -- (link) - Beaker Jul 20, 04:43
From a few days ago: Ron Howard would be a good one to add to the "like Will Smith list" - Beaker Jul 20, 04:41 1
- hell we should alos add him to the list of who would make a great butler for batman on the next reboot -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 10:44

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