Nashville school shooting

[Shaka Shart]

Trump indicted.

Rocket just pulled his drill out of a patient's mouth like a record scratch

[MU82]

Sad that they exist primarily in the U.S.

And that people who cite "mental health issues" are unwilling to address those issues.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Brother Hards:

Not at all. Politicians reflect the will of the people they represent. Period. They have to if they want to get reelected. I get that there is party branding and orthodoxy but at days end, the job of a politician -- especially a legislator -- is to represent constituents.

For example, back in the early 1990s, Illinois was represented by one Alan J. Dixon. He was from the downstate and one of the most powerful vote-getters the state ever saw. He was secretary of state and later U.S. Senator.

When the Clarence Thomas matter came up for consideration in the U.S. Senate, Dixon had to choose between his middle of the road constituency in the Downstate, who slightly favored confirming Justice Thomas, and his liberal Chicago constituency, who wanted Clarence Thomas jammed in a Coke can and sent down the river. Senator Dixon voted to confirm Justice Thomas and faced a vicious challenge from Carol Mosley Braun. Ms. Braun, a political nobody at that point, became a U.S. Senator largely because Senator Dixon failed to measure the views of his constituency.

Senator Al Gore Sr., faced the same problem when he lost to Bill Brock in Tennessee in 1970. Heck, Val Demings lost to Little Marco, R-Cuba, down here last time for the same reason. She was a good candidate but failed to grasp the critical issue to Floridians.

You live in a fantasy world.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Mental health issues are a bitch, hey?

Adorable. Now talk about how people with mental health issues are more likely to be violent. Oh wait, that's not true.

If only we could figure out how other countries have eliminated this level of gun violence because they don't have mental health issues. Wait, that's not true, either?

This is a real conundrum. 🤔

[Jay Bee]

And that people who cite "mental health issues" are unwilling to address those issues.

Not true. We're here to help u, Nads

[Mucubfan]

Not true. We're here to help u, Nads

Can't provide any reasonable solution so go ahead and resort to attacks. Predictable and pathetic.

I love how it's clear who tries to get these threads shut down by trolling while the adults actually discuss reasonable concerns and approaches. Sad!

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Can't provide any reasonable solution so go ahead and resort to attacks. Predictable and pathetic.

I love how it's clear who tries to get these threads shut down by trolling while the adults actually discuss reasonable concerns and approaches. Sad!

Hilarious 😂

[tower912]

Trump indicted.

Meh.

[Uncle Rico]

Meh.

Good day for casual anti-semitism.  Sure the usual suspects are outraged by it

[tower912]

JB had a train derail a little up the road.  Far more interesting to me.

[GB Warrior]

It'll be a good photo op

[MU82]

Remember in the wake of Parkland back in 2018 when the leader of the free world suggested that guns be taken away from people with mental health issues?

"Take the guns first. Go through due process second. I like taking the guns early."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-puts-nra-on-defensive-with-stunning-gun-comments

NRA mucky-mucks and numerous politicians who had been bought by the NRA (including the then vice president) practically fainted on the spot.

Wayne LaPierre then had a good heart-to-heart chat with the recently indicted one, and the leader of the free world's brief bout of conscience regarding guns ended forever.

Fun times.

[Jay Bee]

JB had a train derail a little up the road.  Far more interesting to me.

3 derailments a day in this country

#BanTrains

[Herman Cain]

CBS News reportedly barring staff from using term 'transgender' to reference Nashville shooter

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cbs-news-reportedly-barring-staff-from-using-term-transgender-reference-nashville-shooter

[tower912]

Well, if Fox is reporting on another organization's policies, I am sure that it would be accurate.

[Hards Alumni]

3 derailments a day in this country

#BanTrains

Wait until you hear about semis!

[Jay Bee]

Wait until you hear about semis!

You're a big caboose guy, aina?

PS- we actually have family in the town where the derailment was. Evacuation was fairly brief, folks are ok

[tower912]

Glad to hear.

[Hards Alumni]

You're a big caboose guy, aina?

PS- we actually have family in the town where the derailment was. Evacuation was fairly brief, folks are ok

Who isn't?

Yeah, at this point they're just publicizing them all so that if something bad happens they can be there.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Wait until you hear about semis!

https://news.yahoo.com/dueling-semitruck-drivers-head-head-223907516.html

[shoothoops]

Andrew has a thread going today:

https://twitter.com/trublu24/status/1642909678056140805?t=j6x1Jn-jM2EzIYCYV9YtXA&s=19

[withoutbias]

Apparently multiple staff members at The Covenant School in Nashville carry guns with them.  So much for the good guys with a gun stopping the bad guys with a gun.  But please, let's arm our teachers.  That's the solution!

[Jay Bee]

Apparently multiple staff members at The Covenant School in Nashville carry guns with them.  So much for the good guys with a gun stopping the bad guys with a gun.  But please, let's arm our teachers.  That's the solution!

"Apparently"... aka a lady says "I'm not sure... but we a school person, or two... don't know, but they would be packing"
—————

At 10:12:05 a.m. Monday, a woman calling from the office of the nursery said, "We do have a school person, or two ... I'm not sure ... who would be packing, whose job it is for security. We don't have security guards, but we have staff."

She did not name who typically carried weapons, and it is not clear whether those staff members were at the school at the time of the shooting.

[#UnleashSean]

Now talk about how people with mental health issues are more likely to be violent.

Eh, there are quite a few mental illnesses that make people have a predisposition towards violent behavior.

If only we could figure out how other countries have eliminated this level of gun violence because they don't have mental health issues. Wait, that's not true, either?

This is a real conundrum. 🤔

Other countries are much better at tackling mental health issues.

[Uncle Rico]

Apparently multiple staff members at The Covenant School in Nashville carry guns with them.  So much for the good guys with a gun stopping the bad guys with a gun.  But please, let's arm our teachers.  That's the solution!

Jesus would arm teachers