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14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

by jojorabbit in

another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

Simon

Also, like most problems in society, I expect there will be a direct link to teachers unions.

But we all know that the "problem" presented depends on the perp. If it was a white guy, it would be all "white supremacy!!!" but it sounds like he's hispanic so it's "gun control!!!!"

If it turns out the guns he used were already illegal it will be ... erm, what exactly? I forget what the stock response is in that case. Make them more illegal?

When do we talk about societal problems, over prescribing of drugs on kids, the general promotion of constant rage and anger by the left for whatever distraction they want people to focus on and the constant overbearing government control.

Just wondering.

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14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

by jojorabbit in

another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

Simon

Q: How many kids does the left support being aborted each year? Is it more than 14?

Q: I thought "mass shootings" reflected on the President, I'm pretty sure I heard that once. Is it still the case?

Q: Would the dems trade a ban on abortion for a ban on guns? If not, why not?

No one wants a solution, as it involves compromise on their fanaticism.

Discuss ...

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How is the 'Cost of Living Crisis' affecting you?

by nicolaou in

here in the uk we've recently had the price cap on household energy bills raised by around £800 and there'll be another similar raise this autumn.. food prices are up, petrol is around £1.82 per litre - that's $10.37 per gallon for our american friends - and inflation is currently running at 9%.

business are being hit as ordinary folk prioritise their spending.

young folks are effectively priced out of the housing market and wage rises are not keeping pace.. mrs nic' and i are fortunate in that we're both in secure employment and with the kids moved out and mortgage paid off our outgoings are thankfully low.

Simon

There's also the preparation.

if you want people to have stocks of water for when there is a hurricane, they need to be recompensed for the storage and upfront outlay.

While it may sound noble to say "no price gouging" all it really guarantees is that there will be no water available.

Oh, and some huge government agency out of business.

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Everything, Everywhere, All At Once

by Simon in

so the marvel multiverse ... it's a bit of a mess.. there is another multi-verse move though that's worth checking out.

michelle yeoh is brilliant and kind of half plays herself (you'll understand when you see it) and so is key huy quan who is the now grown-up actor who played the little chinese kid in the indiana jones movies.. it's funny, it's moving, i've seen it twice and, well, i still can't really describe what it's about or fully understand it.. the description used while it was in production was that it's "the story of a woman struggling to do her taxes".

which is technically accurate, i guess.

Simon

Sometimes you can tell where a movie is headed. Sometimes you don't know what it's leading up to. With this one, you don't really quite know what's happening in the here-and-now!

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14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

by jojorabbit in

another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

Simon

The number of shootings has skyrocketed in the last year or so.

People are economically stressed, they are fed a constant diet of hatred and resentment and they feel they have no future.

Things are not even as bad yet as they are going to be.

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How is the 'Cost of Living Crisis' affecting you?

by nicolaou in

here in the uk we've recently had the price cap on household energy bills raised by around £800 and there'll be another similar raise this autumn.. food prices are up, petrol is around £1.82 per litre - that's $10.37 per gallon for our american friends - and inflation is currently running at 9%.

business are being hit as ordinary folk prioritise their spending.

young folks are effectively priced out of the housing market and wage rises are not keeping pace.. mrs nic' and i are fortunate in that we're both in secure employment and with the kids moved out and mortgage paid off our outgoings are thankfully low.

Simon

Personally, we're OK - everyone in the house is working, mostly remotely from home, so costs are down. We renewed our mortgage a couple of years ago at 1.7% and should be able to pay it off before it renews again. We also switched to fixed-price energy plans and now it's summer we won't use much gas for heating. That's the insidious part of all this - a lot of the costs now are carbon taxes and then sales-taxes on top of that (so your bill still goes up even if you use less and the prices don't rise). This is to supposedly dissuade use, but that isn't an option when it's -30 degrees ... and some people will be making the choice of whether they keep warm or they eat.

We try to support local restaurants and stores as much as we can. But the fabric of society is definitely being impacted by this. You can feel it.

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How is the 'Cost of Living Crisis' affecting you?

by nicolaou in

here in the uk we've recently had the price cap on household energy bills raised by around £800 and there'll be another similar raise this autumn.. food prices are up, petrol is around £1.82 per litre - that's $10.37 per gallon for our american friends - and inflation is currently running at 9%.

business are being hit as ordinary folk prioritise their spending.

young folks are effectively priced out of the housing market and wage rises are not keeping pace.. mrs nic' and i are fortunate in that we're both in secure employment and with the kids moved out and mortgage paid off our outgoings are thankfully low.

Simon

Why would you say price control is the worst response?

Probably because of many democratic-controlled cities response to property prices where they impose rent price control, effectively ensuring that private landlords squeeze the pips out of renters and the housing stock declines in quality as no one can afford to invest in upgrades.

Politicians love to give other people's money away in exchange for votes, and these cities become cess-pits as a result.

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How is the 'Cost of Living Crisis' affecting you?

by nicolaou in

here in the uk we've recently had the price cap on household energy bills raised by around £800 and there'll be another similar raise this autumn.. food prices are up, petrol is around £1.82 per litre - that's $10.37 per gallon for our american friends - and inflation is currently running at 9%.

business are being hit as ordinary folk prioritise their spending.

young folks are effectively priced out of the housing market and wage rises are not keeping pace.. mrs nic' and i are fortunate in that we're both in secure employment and with the kids moved out and mortgage paid off our outgoings are thankfully low.

Simon

Yeah, prices are up everywhere here by significant amounts.

Housing is now utterly unaffordable to many, not just young people starting out.

Food is expensive, with either prices going up, sizes getting smaller, or both.

Fuel costs are high most places. Alberta removed the provincial tax so it's relatively low here compared to other parts of the country but if you drive for work it's still going to bite. Fuel costs feed into everything else and so everything you need will cost more.

The rise in input costs haven't yet fed through the system so there will be more rises to come and of course our glorious overlords have managed to cripple food production where 40% (?) of the worlds wheat is produced ... which impacts more food types than you first imagine.

There's a good chance that some people will actually starve to death at some point. Many others will be crippled financially and long-term will have reduced lifespans as a result.

Is this it? The great reset? Building back better?

It looks like utterly fucktarded shit to me typical of incompetent and clueless grifters. This is what people think is worth it to avoid "mean tweets"?

The elites are gobbling up ever more share of the worlds wealth from all this and politicians have their faces in the trough to enable it all.

When everything is all over there should be some people strung up from lamp-posts for what they have done.

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