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Because public carry of arms didn't "terrify" people in the 18th century, we get to ignore that they do terrify people today. -- (link) - TWuG Jun 23, 09:28 6
- Pistols were one and done, a sword was the assault weapon of that era. A skilled musketeer could reload in 60 seconds.... - zeitgeist Jun 23, 10:35
- and this current form of SCOTUS is exactly why the GOP tolerated *him* for so long. -- nm - Jovian Jun 23, 09:36
- Truly lays bare the stupidity of this "originalist" conservative approach. Also, there's the part where they just ignore the plain language of "a - pmb Jun 23, 09:35
- Just like abortion becoming illegal. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 09:31 2
  - The idea that we are using laws in England, the country we ran away from, as precedent pisses me off. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 09:33 1
    - agreed. Why did we even bother?! -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 23, 09:49
2023 5-star QB Arch Manning commits to Texas Longhorns -- (link*) - budice Jun 23, 09:21 5
- Quinn Ewers may have to transfer again. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 23, 09:33
- This makes me happy - Strongbad Jun 23, 09:24 1
  - Also, verbal commitments can change. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 09:25
- That’s fine. Would’ve broken my heart to watch him at Bama or Georgia. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 23, 09:24
- Ahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahah ahahahahah hahahahaahahhahaahahahahaahhah - Will Hunting Jun 23, 09:22
DTL … I had 20 more shots than my opponent…74-54. I had 5 turnovers, he had 10. We went 49/63 from FT… 32/29 in my favor - Will Hunting Jun 23, 09:19 8
- I don't know if I've ever seen that much hacking in one game before -- nm - spamlet Jun 23, 09:28
- You were +15 in off. rebounds -- nm - rollo Jun 23, 09:23 5
  - Summary: “you can’t shoot for shit.” -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 09:24 3
    - And yikes, yeah, none of those OR led to baskets :( -- nm - rollo Jun 23, 09:25 2
      - I’m graded +9 in shooting in my 10-man. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 09:26 1
        
        I'm +8 only because my "Good" shooting Sr. Anthony King has been exiled to NA after going 13-53 in 24 games. -- nm - rollo Jun 23, 09:28
  - and +5 in TO and +3 in steals -- nm - rollo Jun 23, 09:24
- I've definitely seen box scores that don't make sense in that regard, but I've never looked at the play by play to figure it out. -- nm - Dano Jun 23, 09:22
Starkville DTLSTI: 0-4 - rollo Jun 23, 09:02 3
- Noted -- nm - spamlet Jun 23, 09:13
- You beat me two of 3…I thought the 2nd was DTLSI…let’s split the win and say we both went 0.5 / 3.5 -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 09:03 1
  - I accept your generous proposal only because it makes spamlet's life more difficult ; ) -- nm - rollo Jun 23, 09:17
More guns = less stability = easier to promise greater stability = easier for fascists to gain full power and try their coup again. - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:55 2
- That starts to push us towards the Fallout timeline for sure. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 23, 09:09
- Biden: “This ruling contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all.” -- (link) - mud Jun 23, 09:03
Meanwhile the man behind the curtain touts his Saudi Golf League -- (link) - Jovian Jun 23, 08:48 3
- Reading between the lines: “I want the Saudi’s to like me since my Russian foreign money has gone tits up.” -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 08:51 2
  - oh he knows they already like him. He jumped into bed with them his first week in office. -- nm - Jovian Jun 23, 08:52 1
    - and remember, the PGA banned all Trump golf courses from their events after Jan 6. - Jovian Jun 23, 08:53
NFL-WAS: Dan Snyder allegedly had an employee secretly pour milk on the floor in Mark Lerner's FedEx Field suite so that it would smell sour -- (link*) - budice Jun 23, 08:43
Fillion: ‘I Would Work With Him Again in a Second’ -- (link) - mud Jun 23, 08:34 18
- Seems to track. - budice Jun 23, 08:54 6
  - That sad part is when you then consider the stuff that happened on The Rookie. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 09:03 4
    - Also let's not forget the drama on the last few years of Castle again where him and Stania couldn't stand each other alledgedly -- nm* - eag Jun 23, 09:24 3
      - he called her out for being a diva to the crew was what I read iirc -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 09:39
      - Yeah, but she still had a job, at least. And I never heard of him mistreating her beyond normal squabbles. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 09:29 1
        
        Nathan seems to be the kind of guy who would have his cast back - eag Jun 23, 09:37
  - "went bad" according to a limited number of people. -- nm - mud Jun 23, 08:57
- it was during a podcast with the guy who played Lex on Smallville. He also said what he's heard about the Buffy set was not his experience on Firefly -- (link*) - Beaker Jun 23, 08:38 [youtube] 8
  - Not *his* experience. Indeed. That's how problem people skate through their career - they don't behave problematically to those with a voice. - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:44 5
    - all I'll say is you'd need to watch the discussion as they do discuss that as well -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 08:45 4
      - Ok. I won't, though, but I'll hold judgment of Fillion's statement since I purposefully don't know all the context. - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:49 3
        
        and to be fair, he talks about how much he loves The Rookie and the cast members...only they seem to churn through people like crazy -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 08:57 2
        
        I stopped watching. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 09:06 1
        
        Bosch Legacy is a way better Rookie than The Rookie, these days. (Which is unfortunate, because I really liked Tim's character) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 09:07
  - He only worked with Whedon for like 6 months on Firefly so… -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 08:40 1
    - he was also on the final season of Buffy -- nm* - Beaker Jun 23, 08:41
- *Nathan Fillion confusion gif* -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 08:36
- Oh. Well. Huh. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:35
I went to the local Apple Store yesterday and did not feel like a fool. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Jun 23, 08:09 2
- It’s not a great time to buy though. Wait until the back to school sale which is soon at the very least. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 23, 09:20
- I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller -- nm - con_carne Jun 23, 08:31
Juul has been officially banned in the US by the FDA -- nm - decline Jun 23, 08:07 4
- I read this and thought JuJu was in trouble. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 08:30
- Has anyone asked the FDA to examine whether bullets are a health hazard? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:26 1
  - It’s more of the advertising to kids. Otherwise they would have pulled all similar devices. -- nm - spamlet Jun 23, 08:31
- We should have separate Juul showers -- nm - budice Jun 23, 08:08
Will from b2: The lifeguards didn't jump in, her coach had to. Which shows me they weren't paying attention/doing the 1 job they had. -- nm - MDH Jun 23, 08:05 1
- Although with that kind of swimming the coach was perhaps more likely to notice the break in her routine, and apparently this wasn't the first time. - Meg Jun 23, 09:38
GUNS GUNS GUNS EVERYWHERE GUNS -- (link) - mud Jun 23, 08:01 7
- The beach is *that* way. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 09:27
- We are unfortunately going to have to move quickly past shock and disdain when handed down these rulings and go directly towards grass roots. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 23, 09:21
- I need to move to Europe. What happened to the well regulated part of the statute??! -- nm* - Krusty Jun 23, 08:49
- guardian: -- (link) - mud Jun 23, 08:11
- Hochul: “frightful in its scope.” -- (link) - mud Jun 23, 08:09 2
  - Katyal: "very weird" -- (link) - mud Jun 23, 08:26 1
    - This is somewhat disingenuous on his part in that the conservatives on the court have made very clear what they believe the distinction is (even if we - pmb Jun 23, 08:35
Not many people know this, but Reagen and Kevin Durant have been in a TALL FEUD for years -- nm - rollo Jun 23, 07:51 4
- We're dealing with issues that are way above your heads. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 07:57 1
  - mind the chandelier there, gandalf -- nm - mud Jun 23, 08:14
- ahhhhh........ -- nm - prayformojo Jun 23, 07:51 1
  - The latest dark reboot, coming soon from Warner Bros ... A FUDD TALE -- nm - rollo Jun 23, 07:52
Cool planetary alignment tomorrow. Five planets -- (link) - oblique Jun 23, 07:43 6
- I have a long day tomorrow so I looked this morning at 4:15. - zunk takes things literally Jun 23, 08:12
- Andie's going to get up at 4AM and take pictures for us! -- nm - decline Jun 23, 07:45 1
  - And the rest of us are sleeping in! -- nm - rollo Jun 23, 07:53
- this can only mean one thing! -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 07:44 2
  - The Gelfling has the shard!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 23, 07:49
  - I still need binoculars to see Uranus -- nm - Dano Jun 23, 07:45
The Thing and Blade Runner dropped 40 years ago this week -- (link) - Beaker Jun 23, 07:35 10
- Which one did better at the box office? The Thing? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 07:38 9
  - Per IMDB Domestic: The Thing: $3.1M open, $19.6M total, Blade Runner: $6.1M open, $32.9M total. -- nm - Dano Jun 23, 07:43 1
    - Oh, interesting, the article conflates those numbers. Thanks! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 07:43
  - both were not box office hits. -- nm - Jovian Jun 23, 07:40 6
    - and critics *hated* The Thing -- nm - Jovian Jun 23, 07:41 5
      - Yes, but, the Thing captured 20m and Blade Runner only 6m, per the article, which is what I was wondering. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 07:42 4
        
        That's the total box office for The Thing and the opening weekend for Blade Runner. -- nm - Dano Jun 23, 07:44
        
        (And per above, the article didn't use the same numbers, so it's a false comparison) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 07:44 2
        
        the crazy thing is that they are both now considered the best ever in their specific genre's -- (edited) - Jovian Jun 23, 07:46 1
        
        indeed. -- nm - mud Jun 23, 08:12
Not that I'm surprised, but I'm finally starting to see the retaliation of turning down work with two people who harassed a friend. - colin Jun 23, 07:34 3
- You are spot on. - Strongbad Jun 23, 08:40
- Keep your foot on their necks -- nm - rollo Jun 23, 08:31
- Ugh, sorry you are dealing with that. -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 23, 07:59
"The court holds that New York's "proper-cause" requirement to obtain a concealed-carry license violates the Constitution" - ty97 Jun 23, 07:32 13
- :-[ -- nm - mud Jun 23, 08:23
- "the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home." - ty97 Jun 23, 07:34 10
  - No, it does not. -- nm - Krusty Jun 23, 08:51 9
    - According to the highest court in the land, it does. So ... what's next? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:53 8
      - SCOTUS is presently unbalanced thanks to *45 & Mitch. -- nm - mud Jun 23, 08:59
      - Repeal the second amendment. -- nm - znufrii Jun 23, 08:57 5
        
        The GOP will do that once they have full power and full control of the electorate, because it will no longer be useful to them to have an armed people -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:58 4
        
        I disagree, they need the ever-present threat of indiscriminate violence against the disenfranchised in order to maintain their hold on power. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 23, 09:02 2
        
        Once they have absolute power - and they want nothing less - they will want to remove all threats to that power. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 09:13 1
        
        (Maybe Dems want the same thing, but they have a different road to absolute power.) - Beryllium Jun 23, 09:14
        
        They're projecting, right? "The Libs are going to take your guns!" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:59
      - I have no idea but I hope the politicians here have a plan because otherwise I'm worried about my safety in this city. - Krusty Jun 23, 08:56
- *smgdh* -- nm - znufrii Jun 23, 07:33
This explains so much! 😂 -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 23, 07:31 1
- heh -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 07:32
B2: I was told there would be no swimming!!!!! -- nm - Olympic Lifeguard Jun 23, 07:17
Etiquette question: There are currently 2 very pregnant women in my office. 1 is having her first child and the other is having her second. - Diva Jun 23, 07:16 21
- As someone who is always wanting Cake in the Breakroom, I’m all for as many celebrations as possible. So that’s my take in a completely selfish way. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 23, 09:34
- My office is really into these yet I believe they would do a joint baby shower and make it be special *because* it's the joint shower. Y'know? -- nm - con_carne Jun 23, 07:36
- do two events, shower for the 1st timer, sprinkle for the 2nd. and now the precedent has been set and you'll never be free of individual celebrations -- nm - colin Jun 23, 07:30 3
  - I mentioned that below. -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 07:34
  - I like this idea. - Reluctant Cynic Jun 23, 07:33 1
    - I didn't know you'd blocked me. wow. -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 08:50
- "Baby Sprinkle" - Reluctant Cynic Jun 23, 07:24 1
  - I mentioned that below. -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 07:33
- At school, we only throw showers for first baby. -- (edited) - kelly Jun 23, 07:23 1
  - We do the same but I don't know that we've had two at the same time. -- nm - spamlet Jun 23, 07:53
- Do I need to do 2 separate events? A shower and a sprinkle? -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 07:18 10
  - Are you asking a discussion board full of dudes about the innermost insecurities and psychoses of women? - con_carne Jun 23, 07:43 3
    - I mean, you’re not wrong. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 23, 09:33
    - No, I'm not. I'm currently thinking I'll do 2 separate events. My thanks go out to the folx who were helpful. -- nm* - Diva Jun 23, 07:50 1
      - I'm glad that there's a cross section of ST posters and that you were able to get help - JD Jun 23, 08:13
  - Will you run into "I never got a sprinkle for my 2nd child" problem from other employees? - Dano Jun 23, 07:37 1
    - Hm. No, I don't think it'll be an issue and looking back, I do think we've done something for second babies. - Diva Jun 23, 07:41
  - Both at same time is fine. Its an office courtesy party, not a competition. -- nm - budice Jun 23, 07:19 3
    - "you go tell the pregnant woman she's not special. I'll watch." -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 07:35
    - Yeah, no. - znufrii Jun 23, 07:32
    - idk about that. -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 07:22
Umbrella spoils - Beryllium Jun 23, 07:15
Also, kilbo, I'm mad at you about this post. - ty97 Jun 23, 07:09 [Backboard] 2
- It's coming ty97. It is coming. - oblique Jun 23, 07:18 1
  - Did I tell my grandson is working for Garmin? It's not so bad ;-) -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 08:23
Yea, I loved the finale of Obi-Wan. -- nm - Jovian Jun 23, 07:08 3
- and I agree with that link on B2 too. But I still loved it. -- nm - Jovian Jun 23, 07:28 2
  - Yeah I didn’t hate it. I just thought it was overly simplistic in almost every aspect. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 23, 07:48 1
    - just like every other Star Wars cinema ever made -- nm - decline Jun 23, 07:56
Was it a slightly dodgy line change? Sure, but just like every other line change in hockey. And there's an angle where Tampa - Reagen Jun 23, 07:05 1
- I thought there must of been 5 guys in on the rush whacking away at the net or something the way the TB coach whined...nope just a straight rush -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 07:16
ST Poll: How long will I be on hold with American Airlines? It has been 2 hours, 52 minutes now. Pretty sure my wife will land in JAX before I talk - oblique Jun 23, 07:04 7
- Apparently the answer was three and a half hours. On the phone now with a rep. We'll see how this goes -- nm - oblique Jun 23, 07:41 2
  - OH! you've been on the wrong line; this is a take-off problem line not a connection problem line. *click* -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 07:43 1
    - The guy was helpful but we have to wait until after the return flight (which is now squared away) and request a refund using a ticket # he gave me -- nm - oblique Jun 23, 08:20
- Your wife is landing in ... who? -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Jun 23, 07:24
- I think I've heard that their Twitter may be good about responding by DM? -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 07:05 1
  - will give it a shot -- nm - oblique Jun 23, 07:18
- eleventeen hours -- nm - decline Jun 23, 07:05
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Jun 23, 07:01 1
- farfegnugen -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Jun 23, 07:04

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