Gun Legislation, Crime, and Events

[oblong]

2 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Do you feel the same way about 2A people who walk around with guns all day because they are afraid of society?  

They can’t walk into a Chick Fil A without packing.  Never know when a brown person might be around. 

[oblong]

Seriously Christian victimhood is so overblown and tiring. You’d think it’s illegal or something. When I see people doing that I immediately assume they are both not a real Christian and cowards. 

[gehringer_2]

34 minutes ago, oblong said:

Seriously Christian victimhood is so overblown and tiring. You’d think it’s illegal or something. When I see people doing that I immediately assume they are both not a real Christian and cowards. 

Poseurs is a good word for it.

[Edman85]

2 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Very tender thoughts you shared.

 "Poignant" describes something that causes a feeling of sadness or regret, often with a touch of tenderness

 

Back on ignore after this.

 

[oblong]

They don’t know how to dictionary down in the sticks. They just go by whatever pedo pastor Bob tells them. 

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

And protecting yourself from lightning is not a right?  

It's not in the Bible, so it can't be a right.

Oh wait, I'm sorry ... did I say "Bible"? I meant the Constitution. The way they are being conflated lately it's hard to keep them straight from each other.

[Tigermojo]

Thoughts and prayers for Rudy Giuliani.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Tigermojo said:

Thoughts and prayers for Rudy Giuliani.

sounds like he had his head rest down and got a case of whiplash as a consequence.

Edited yesterday at 12:32 AM by gehringer_2

[Tigeraholic1]

2 hours ago, Edman85 said:

Back on ignore after this.

 

 

[Tigeraholic1]

4 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

And protecting yourself from lightning is not a right?  

It sure is a right. We have the ability to talk about it or laugh about it our have poignant feelings too.

[Tiger337]

Just now, Tigeraholic1 said:

It sure is a right. We have the ability to talk about it or laugh about it our have poignant feelings too.

This sounds like a defense of Edman.  

[oblong]

What happened to Rudy?

[Tigermojo]

53 minutes ago, oblong said:

What happened to Rudy?

Fractured vertebrae in a car accident.

[Edman85]

14 hours ago, Tigermojo said:

Thoughts and prayers for Rudy Giuliani.

Reading the story, it does look like he actually did something good beforehand (stopping and intervening on a domestic violence incident he witnessed). People contain multitudes.

[oblong]

I just realized that I haven’t thought of Rudy in years.  Someone so involved in Trumps **** and he’s nowhere now. 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, Edman85 said:

Reading the story, it does look like he actually did something good beforehand (stopping and intervening on a domestic violence incident he witnessed). People contain multitudes.

Politicians are politicians, but he did have some good in him at one time. 

I think he has a drinking problem.  

 

[chasfh]

I think Giuliani got spun out because he is such a public embarrassment that even Trump could not deal with him anymore. Plus Trump doesn't want to surround himself and be seen with people who look poorly-put together, which he thinks reflects poorly on him. That might be a reason Steve Bannon, as ideologically pure a MAGA bulldog as there ever was, is nowhere to be seen around him. Trump likes to be seen around strong- and good-looking people who seem like they were sent by Central Casting. He likes people who make him look good on camera.

[gehringer_2]

50 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Politicians are politicians, but he did have some good in him at one time. 

I think he has a drinking problem.  

 

There has been some smoke over the years regarding Rudi supposedly having an alcohol problem. He's has always denied it. Of course a public figure with enemies will have a lot of random stuff dished about them. Whether the drinking is  fact or fiction, he seems to have become a rather erratic figure in recent decades, whatever the cause.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

That might be a reason Steve Bannon, as ideologically pure a MAGA bulldog as there ever was, is nowhere to be seen around him. Trump likes to be seen around strong- and good-looking people who seem like they were sent by Central Casting. He likes people who make him look good on camera.

With Bannon I agree it's that, but also that Bannon is an independent thinker (never mind whether that thinking has any merit) and Trump hates that as well. Bannon wants people to listen to him, Trump doesn't like people who try to tell him anything. I don't think it's that hard to sway Trump, but it has to be indirect - basically the approach has to be to appeal to his narcissism, make him believe everything you are pushing is his idea. Bannon won't/wouldn't do that. He has too much of his own intellectual ego. Plus maybe even Trump could tell that Bannon is crazy.

Edited yesterday at 04:06 PM by gehringer_2

[chasfh]

16 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Plus maybe even Trump could tell that Bannon is crazy.

Well, it does help that Bannon just flat out looks crazy.

[gehringer_2]

26 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Well, it does help that Bannon just flat out looks crazy.

LOL - yeah - quite the fall to the above from the below.  Usually not the best sign when people stop caring about their personal appearance.....

[Tiger337]

3 hours ago, chasfh said:

I think Giuliani got spun out because he is such a public embarrassment that even Trump could not deal with him anymore. Plus Trump doesn't want to surround himself and be seen with people who look poorly-put together, which he thinks reflects poorly on him. That might be a reason Steve Bannon, as ideologically pure a MAGA bulldog as there ever was, is nowhere to be seen around him. Trump likes to be seen around strong- and good-looking people who seem like they were sent by Central Casting. He likes people who make him look good on camera.

Another theory is that he likes to hire beautiful young women and unattractive men who he thinks the women will like less than him:

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-official-hired-ugly-guys-women-prefer-him-new-book-1842773

Edited yesterday at 06:43 PM by Tiger337

[chasfh]

20 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

LOL - yeah - quite the fall to the above from the below.  Usually not the best sign when people stop caring about their personal appearance.....

This was the one I was looking for and couldn’t easily find yesterday:

[chasfh]

18 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Another theory is that he likes to hire beautiful young women and unattractive men who he thinks the women will like less than him:

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-official-hired-ugly-guys-women-prefer-him-new-book-1842773

The article is about John McEntee’s hires, rather Trump’s. When it came to hiring generals in his first administration, Trump tended to hire handsome squared-jaw tough-guy-looking types who ended up being too much like squishy institutionalists for his taste.

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

The article is about John McEntee’s hires, rather Trump’s. When it came to hiring generals in his first administration, Trump tended to hire handsome squared-jaw tough-guy-looking types who ended up being too much like squishy institutionalists for his taste.

Yes, you are right.  I read the article too quickly.  

He does seem to hire masculine looking tough guy types who will make him look good and appeal to his base.  He has also been surrounded by Chris Christie, Elon Musk and Stephen Miller.  

Edited 4 hours ago by Tiger337