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Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM

[LarryBnDC]

Quite the contrast,  what happens after a mass shooting in Russia with what happens here.   Say what you will about totalitarians, they get stuff done.

Russian media said the shooter was a former student of the school who reportedly called himself “a god” on his account on the messaging app Telegram and promised to “kill a large amount of biomass” on the morning of the shooting. The account was blocked by Telegram after the attack, the independent news outlet Meduza said.

Russian lawmaker Alexander Khinshtein said on Telegram the suspect received his gun license less than two weeks ago and the school didn’t have any security aside from a panic button.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the wounded, ordering the government to given them all the necessary assistance. Russian officials promised to pay victims; families 1 million rubles (roughly $13,500) each and give 200,000 to 400,000 rubles ($2,700-$5,400) to the wounded.

Putin also ordered Victor Zolotov, head of Russia’s National Guard, to revise regulations on the types of weapons allowed for civilian use in light of the attack. Authorities in Tatarstan ordered checks on all gun owners in the region.

Russia’s Emergency Ministry sent a plane with doctors and medical equipment to Kazan and two leading officials, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko and Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov, headed to the region....

https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-shootings-school-shootings-education-88cd3352f3a04eafe602628386da9600

[LarryBnDC]

Of course.
Confiscate all guns from those who DIDNOT shoot anyone.

Don’t worry, you can still jerk of to pictures of an AR.

[LarryBnDC]

Please an English speaking aid! VA sent me an aid who could not speak. An afro-American please no hablo the espanol. Cuba, Honduras, no no no. Came and worked an hour than left said we worked her too hard. Left her alone because we saw she could barely speak. They told her she would not have to work too hard in Amerika? Not my first rodeo, I have had very good experiences in the past but this was my first experience with an extended anchor baby family member.

Maybe you should hire a contractor to pave your driveway...

[Hairy Lime]

Quite the contrast,  what happens after a mass shooting in Russia with what happens here.   Say what you will about totalitarians, they get stuff done.

At least it's an ethos.

[FlyingVProd]

I know how Warner Brothers could make more money, while being helpful to poor artists, etc.

Instead of blocking people for copyright infringement, they need to send you a warning, and name a price that you can pay in order to use the material. They can say, our song is in your video as background music and for $20 you can use our song. And then they can give you 30 days to pay or quit.

Instead of getting banned, you have the option of paying money to use the material. It would help the artists, and Warner Brothers would make money by helping people to keep their video on You Tube instead of getting them removed and hurting people.

When I worked at Universal, our boss was Lew Wasserman, and he used to eat lunch with us in the cafeteria. The Japanese owned Universal then, but our boss who spent everyday there was Lew Wasserman. Lew was a great man.

The Entertainment Industry is made up of people, you just have to know who to talk with.

We can make everything kinder and gentler for the poor artists, while the studios make more money. No one makes money by banning people, but if the people send money to use the material then the studios make money.

Salute,

Tony V.

[facilitatorn]

Tony, have you seen this?

http://www.indieshortsmag.com/tutorials/post-production/2018/08/10-websites-to-get-royalty-free-music-for-short-films-documentaries/

They originally published in 2018 but have updated the links for 2021.

[barton]

Of course.
Confiscate all guns from those who DIDNOT shoot anyone.

Not the worst idea in a land with eight month winters and high vodka consumption.

[facilitatorn]

Of course.
Confiscate all guns from those who DIDNOT shoot anyone.

Not the worst idea in a land with eight month winters and high vodka consumption.

It’s a good plan for Ohio most of all.

http://www.salon.com/2021/05/11/canceling-the-anti-insurrectionists-in-the-gop-proves-republicans-never-cared-about-free-speech/

Even republicans know the republican party has become a blight on the land.

[barton]

Quite the contrast,  what happens after a mass shooting in Russia with what happens here.   Say what you will about totalitarians, they get stuff done.

At least it's an ethos.

Thank you,  Walter.

[barton]

Of course.
Confiscate all guns from those who DIDNOT shoot anyone.

Not the worst idea in a land with eight month winters and high vodka consumption.

It’s a good plan for Ohio most of all.

http://www.salon.com/2021/05/11/canceling-the-anti-insurrectionists-in-the-gop-proves-republicans-never-cared-about-free-speech/

Even republicans know the republican party has become a blight on the land.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/will-hurd-future-republican-party/618843/

Hurd has some ideas for restoring some sanity to his party.

[josh]

Of course.
Confiscate all guns from those who DIDNOT shoot anyone.

Not the worst idea in a land with eight month winters and high vodka consumption.

It’s a good plan for Ohio most of all.

http://www.salon.com/2021/05/11/canceling-the-anti-insurrectionists-in-the-gop-proves-republicans-never-cared-about-free-speech/

Even republicans know the republican party has become a blight on the land.

"...proves the republicans never cared about (fill in the blank)."

I don't understand why it remains unclear to some writers that the GOP cares about power, money, and controlling non-whites and non-males.

Period, end of story. No, not free speech. No, not the deficit or the debt. No, not freedom of religion. No, not guns. No, not drugs. No, not immigration.

Power.

Money.

Controlling women and non-whites.

That's all.

[LarryBnDC]

Of course.
Confiscate all guns from those who DIDNOT shoot anyone.

Not the worst idea in a land with eight month winters and high vodka consumption.

It’s a good plan for Ohio most of all.

http://www.salon.com/2021/05/11/canceling-the-anti-insurrectionists-in-the-gop-proves-republicans-never-cared-about-free-speech/

Even republicans know the republican party has become a blight on the land.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/will-hurd-future-republican-party/618843/

Hurd has some ideas for restoring some sanity to his party.

That ship has sailed.

His party no longer exists...

[josh]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bankruptcy-nra-idUSKBN2CS2LL

The NRA may have lost the ability to remain intact.

[Hamilton Samuels]

Why I allow almost any bullshit at all to go on here:
[Janis Ian commentary]

Is that the Janis Ian who was society's child back in the 60s/70s?   I like her list.

Yes, and At Seventeen a few years later.

Still making music. Also writing SF.

And being an activist.

Oh, well, she sucked then and she still sucks, and apparently she's never stopped whining.

Which makes her appealing to the some.

[facilitatorn]

That’s just what you aught to be saying to yourself when you see yourself in the mirror each morning, Uno. It sums you up perfectly.