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Trump's Second Term

shemp said:
Based on what I see on the roads, the number of people who shouldn't drive cars is greater than the number that shouldn't have guns, but it could be observational bias.
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Definitely observational bias. We don't notice the 1000's of cars on the road who are doing all the right things but we sure notice the ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ idiot who just cut us off!

Come to think of it, guns are a similar thing. The millions of sane gun owners who handle their weapons responsibly and always make it impossible for somebody unauthorized to have access to their guns are never mentioned.
 
psionl0 said:
Definitely observational bias. We don't notice the 1000's of cars on the road who are doing all the right things but we sure notice the ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ idiot who just cut us off!

Come to think of it, guns are a similar thing. The millions of sane gun owners who handle their weapons responsibly and always make it impossible for somebody unauthorized to have access to their guns are never mentioned.
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Same could be said for nukes if we allowed people to own them.

"But, but... I won't shoot mine! I'm responsible! :eusa_naughty: Not like that mushroom cloud lover down the road, no sir."
 
Lil' Marco Rubio learning that international diplomacy is difficult. Atter trump promised that he would end the war in Ukraine on day 1, Rubio is now saying the US will take their ball and go home unless progress is made on peace negotiations.

Whoda thunk?
 
Hlafordlaes said:
Same could be said for nukes if we allowed people to own them.

"But, but... I won't shoot mine! I'm responsible! :eusa_naughty: Not like that mushroom cloud lover down the road, no sir."
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It was just an observation. I'm not advocating for the right to own guns and I am aware that no matter how carefully you vet prospective gun owners, idiots and nut cases will still slip through the cracks.

That said, I seriously doubt that you could have millions of nuke owners and anybody who wanted to own one would rightly be considered unsuitable to own one.

/analogy
 
shemp said:
Based on what I see on the roads, the number of people who shouldn't drive cars is greater than the number that shouldn't have guns, but it could be observational bias.
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If someone isn't fit to drive a car (and I see many every day) I'm really not sure I want them to have a gun either.
 
zooterkin said:
I guess we're well past the point where it's remarkable that the head of state of the biggest economy in the world is unaware of simple facts like the existence of other countries, and is happy to parade that ignorance. "The" Congo? There are two countries with Congo in their name, plus a river of that name.
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But he's learned to say 'mental institutions' instead of lunatic asylums (which is where he thinks asylum seekers come from).
 
zooterkin said:
I guess we're well past the point where it's remarkable that the head of state of the biggest economy in the world is unaware of simple facts like the existence of other countries, and is happy to parade that ignorance. "The" Congo? There are two countries with Congo in their name, plus a river of that name.
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Likely he saw an advert for Umbongo at some point in time and "the Congo" became lodged in his marshmallow brain like a toad in a stone.

He neither knows or cares what "the Congo" is except that they drink Umbongo there.
 
KDLarsen said:
Lil' Marco Rubio learning that international diplomacy is difficult. Atter trump promised that he would end the war in Ukraine on day 1, Rubio is now saying the US will take their ball and go home unless progress is made on peace negotiations.

Whoda thunk?
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"We're not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end," Rubio said, adding that the US had "other priorities to focus on".

www.bbc.co.uk

US will 'move on' from Ukraine peace talks if no progress soon

The US Secretary of State's comments come as Ukraine says it took a first step towards signing a minerals deal with the US.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
The Don said:
Likely he saw an advert for Umbongo at some point in time and "the Congo" became lodged in his marshmallow brain like a toad in a stone.

He neither knows or cares what "the Congo" is except that they drink Umbongo there.
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He's thinking of the dance, there's a line of people literally dancing across the border, the same as he thinks asylum seekers are looking for insane asylums to live in.
 
The Congo. I don't know what that is.
It's a dance, I think. A truly great dance, they say. I've never done it. I have my own dance.
 
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