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The pro-Ukrainian press reported it thusly

Probably the most messed up day of my young life was the Ramstein Flugtag disaster. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/13/fighter-jet-crash-ypsilanti-willow-run-thunder-over-michigan-air-show/70585564007/

While at a Fairfax County, VA Wal-Mart earlier today... [FFX County is one of the wealthiest, best educated counties in the United States and rivals any metro suburb for education and income level]. Came upon three people shopping in the sporting goods section. White middle-age female with tattoos to make a merchant seaman envious, ancient desiccated lady with a cane and bald shaven dude in wife beater. Dude is looking at the ammo cabinet, which like most Wal-Marts anywhere you have to flag down an employee to get anything from. Old desiccated lady with cane "used to be you could buy firearms here". Dude looking at the cabinet trying to get it open himself. I sort of say out loud in answer to her: "Yeah, depends on the county". But no, you could never buy a firearm at a Fairfax County Wal-Mart...but I know for a fact that in prosperous but more ex-urbany Loudon County Wal-Marts not 3 miles away you can buy shotguns and hunting rifles. She repeats several times "used to be you could buy firearms here" and I just shake my head at her thinking we were in rural West bumflick wherever and walk away. Not but a few moments later, the classy trio are in the aisle in front of me and old lady is bitching about the multi-ethnic customers of said store: "Nothing but parasites here". I mutter under my breath..."I can only see three parasites". Yeah, its Wal-Mart...its got the People of Wal-Mart and all that I get it. I'm there to get like three staples that Wal-Mart sells for a buck cheaper than my local grocery...the daughter is there looking for pool toys. I guess if you shop at Wal-Mart you got to expect people to come in from west-bumflick thinking that the store would be the same as the one in their Trumpy hometown.

Tribalism is a powerful force

OH, and I just saw this...so this is reasonable https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/08/politics/supreme-court-ghost-guns/index.html Ghost guns are not a significant player in crime stats per my previous understanding. However, anyone with sense would grasp that circumventing the registration data would make owning one legally in a state where you need a license very difficult. If the license required you to identify each firearm you own.

So, this Freep article about the new and existing gun laws in Michigan is interesting. I think I spotted one error. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/13/michigan-gun-laws-background-checks-storage-red-flags/70432935007/ I think the ATF ruling about bump stocks got rejected by some pro 2A mayhem court. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/bump-stocks-guns-appeals-court/index.html The overall direction of the Michigan gun laws seems correct though. It should be just difficult enough to have a gun that the lazy and disengaged are dissuaded and not so difficult that the average person who applies themselves a little bit to store them and get the proper paperwork can get them...you know, like a car.

That is amazing.

I have a problem with a sitting US Congressman who has a rap sheet a mile long trying this.

Pretty much every man on this planet will get some form of prostate cancer on a long enough timeline.

lets try this one again previous attempt did not embed.

oops https://x.com/michaeldweiss/status/1690360976598589442?s=46&t=76Y1aNflZsD8yrwQrvLC2g

Never kill an umpire

On pitch 13...that really was one of the best fighting ABs by Tork i've seen.

That was without question so far outside that the umpire should have to make a public apology.

No-No and shutout over. Carps solo bomb

I guess we are due to lose since we've won 3 in a row and this season its just that way.

SO ...

I'll watch this and the amount of the Lions game that NFL Network allows me [checks notes...game against the NY Giants]...I guess I'll be watching more than I regularly would.

The Federalist Society from the top of the turnbuckle with a heel turn to make the 1980s era WWF proud.

about time but welcome news

I think Andrew Breitbart would have hated what his site became. He was against bullies.

Also, Vatican to open waffle house. And...[insert sacred site de-sanctified by gross money grab metaphor]

Drudge is almost readable again because Matt Drudge is anti-Trump

Huge!

Dan Dickerson gave that a "Wow!"