It's not that at all. It's that security guards don't love the children like teachers do.KiwiInOz wrote: ↑Or at least body armour, specialised training, and a back up SWAT Squad.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑ Before Trump arms the teachers, he needs to get the armed guards at schools some balls.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... -not-go-in
All I can say is that your country is crazy. We don't have quite as many mass school shootings here as you guys do. And by not quite as many I mean none.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑It's not that at all. It's that security guards don't love the children like teachers do.KiwiInOz wrote: ↑Or at least body armour, specialised training, and a back up SWAT Squad.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑ Before Trump arms the teachers, he needs to get the armed guards at schools some balls.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... -not-go-in
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-pr ... d=53312593
A thousand abasements and humble apologies for the slur.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑ Kiwi: I'm not a Merkin (I'm Canadian, although because of our present PM I don't broadcast it much). :oops:
We have had a few mass shootings including one or two school shootings, but not anywhere the rate it happens in the US.
Gosh, I thought Australia was perfect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... _AustraliaKiwiInOz wrote: ↑All I can say is that your country is crazy. We don't have quite as many mass school shootings here as you guys do. And by not quite as many I mean none.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑It's not that at all. It's that security guards don't love the children like teachers do.KiwiInOz wrote: ↑Or at least body armour, specialised training, and a back up SWAT Squad.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑ Before Trump arms the teachers, he needs to get the armed guards at schools some balls.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... -not-go-in
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-pr ... d=53312593
But I thought Australia was Paradise! : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... _AustraliaKiwiInOz wrote: ↑All I can say is that your country is crazy. We don't have quite as many mass school shootings here as you guys do. And by not quite as many I mean none.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑It's not that at all. It's that security guards don't love the children like teachers do.KiwiInOz wrote: ↑Or at least body armour, specialised training, and a back up SWAT Squad.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑ Before Trump arms the teachers, he needs to get the armed guards at schools some balls.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... -not-go-in
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-pr ... d=53312593
Nah. Australia is full of nasty things that are trying to kill you. But you need fly spray or flame throwers, not guns.Clarence wrote: ↑Gosh, I thought Australia was perfect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... _AustraliaKiwiInOz wrote: ↑All I can say is that your country is crazy. We don't have quite as many mass school shootings here as you guys do. And by not quite as many I mean none.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑It's not that at all. It's that security guards don't love the children like teachers do.KiwiInOz wrote: ↑Or at least body armour, specialised training, and a back up SWAT Squad.free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑ Before Trump arms the teachers, he needs to get the armed guards at schools some balls.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... -not-go-in
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-pr ... d=53312593
Anyway, the USA averages about 50 student deaths per year to shooting. The schoolage population for primary and secondary school (6-17) in the USA is about 47 million. Divide 50 by 47 million and multiply by 100 to get the percentage of school age children in the US who die from school shootings. Rounding up, you get .0011 of a single percent chance of your kid dying in a school shooting per year here.
I'm afraid the real lesson here is that people surrender to panic easily and many are willing to surrender their Rights for pottage.
It does.
Because of this the SocJus, after spending years telling everyone how gamers are horrid sexist beasts for havingwomen with big tits in their games, is now starting to defend gamers, and I assume that Trumpkin gamers will start to equivocate and/or gloss over (at best) the turn of their leader into Jack Thompson.Old_ones wrote: ↑ Stable genius trump just theorized that violent movies and video games might contribute to mass shootings and thinks we might need a rating system for them.
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While I don't know about other Trump Supporters here, I can say this does not apply to myself.Kirbmarc wrote: ↑Because of this the SocJus, after spending years telling everyone how gamers are horrid sexist beasts for havingwomen with big tits in their games, is now starting to defend gamers, and I assume that Trumpkin gamers will start to equivocate and/or gloss over (at best) the turn of their leader into Jack Thompson.Old_ones wrote: ↑ Stable genius trump just theorized that violent movies and video games might contribute to mass shootings and thinks we might need a rating system for them.
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Reality and principles don't matter to most, it's a matter of my tribe vs. your tribe.
Probably true, but I was just grousing over the fact that fearless leader proposed a rating system for movies, which we've had since the 1960s.Kirbmarc wrote: ↑Because of this the SocJus, after spending years telling everyone how gamers are horrid sexist beasts for havingwomen with big tits in their games, is now starting to defend gamers, and I assume that Trumpkin gamers will start to equivocate and/or gloss over (at best) the turn of their leader into Jack Thompson.Old_ones wrote: ↑ Stable genius trump just theorized that violent movies and video games might contribute to mass shootings and thinks we might need a rating system for them.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... e-may-have
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Reality and principles don't matter to most, it's a matter of my tribe vs. your tribe.
Of course what this means is that he won't have to do anything, and his fans will adore him nonetheless for having "protected their values".Old_ones wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:15 amProbably true, but I was just grousing over the fact that fearless leader proposed a rating system for movies, which we've had since the 1960s.Kirbmarc wrote: ↑Because of this the SocJus, after spending years telling everyone how gamers are horrid sexist beasts for havingwomen with big tits in their games, is now starting to defend gamers, and I assume that Trumpkin gamers will start to equivocate and/or gloss over (at best) the turn of their leader into Jack Thompson.Old_ones wrote: ↑ Stable genius trump just theorized that violent movies and video games might contribute to mass shootings and thinks we might need a rating system for them.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... e-may-have
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Reality and principles don't matter to most, it's a matter of my tribe vs. your tribe.
He's welcome to try his tactics next time there's a shooting.
Bravely bold Sir Donaldfree thoughtpolice wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:33 pmI'm sure he will as long as his bone spurs don't act up.
Very few people kill in general. According to Wikipedia the murder rate per 100,000 inhabitants in the US was 4,88 in the United States. This pretty high for a country as rich as the States, but still it's only a small minority, 5 people every 100,000, that get killed in one year. Assuming that the rate stays the same in a human lifespan (approximated to 100 years) only 0.5% of all people in the US which are born today will be killed, and since the are more victims than perps, less than 0.5% of them will be killers.John D wrote: ↑One thing we discussed was that he thought very few people killed their parents. My claim was that it happens all the time.... possibly hundreds or thousands of times a year. Indeed, kids kill their parents at a rate of about 5 per week. That's 250 a year in the US. Your biggest risk to being shot is in your own family.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qa-why-kids-kill-parents/
FTFY.CaptainFluffyBunny wrote: ↑ https://www.google.com/amp/amp.nymag.co ... -firm.html
Any Trumpettes wanna try and spin this one? Qatar refuses Kushner money, and Qatar gets punished. He is essentially broadcasting that American foreign policy is for sale-or else.
It's like a retarded crime family is in charge of the USA.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/ ... sis-434333Administration officials and outsiders with windows into decision-making describe a growing sense of despair within Trump’s ranks, driven by the mounting realization that the president’s brand of politics guided by intuition and improvisation is incompatible with a competently functioning executive branch.
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Most alarming, by these lights, is mounting evidence that Trump lacks an attribute possessed by most previous presidents and certainly by all the most successful ones: a capacity for self-critique and self-correction.
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That’s left many in Washington and beyond wondering what happens in the inevitable moments — every modern president has faced them — when outside events take over, and the government has to deal with a major military confrontation, a major natural disaster or some other catastrophe.
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If such a thing happened today, Trump would face crisis with deep demoralization and discord within his ranks, backed by advisers who consider him erratic, a national security adviser (H.R. McMaster) and economic adviser (Gary Cohn) who are both rumored to be eyeing the exits or being pushed that way by others, and a White House chief of staff in John Kelly, whose relationship with Trump is being frayed to near the breaking point.
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Trump was described by an administration official Friday — echoing other reports — as sullen and isolated, frustrated that he is not being given credit he thinks he deserves and deeply suspicious of the people around him.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/ ... sis-434333Administration officials and outsiders with windows into decision-making describe a growing sense of despair within Trump’s ranks, driven by the mounting realization that the president’s brand of politics guided by intuition and improvisation is incompatible with a competently functioning executive branch.
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Most alarming, by these lights, is mounting evidence that Trump lacks an attribute possessed by most previous presidents and certainly by all the most successful ones: a capacity for self-critique and self-correction.
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That’s left many in Washington and beyond wondering what happens in the inevitable moments — every modern president has faced them — when outside events take over, and the government has to deal with a major military confrontation, a major natural disaster or some other catastrophe.
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If such a thing happened today, Trump would face crisis with deep demoralization and discord within his ranks, backed by advisers who consider him erratic, a national security adviser (H.R. McMaster) and economic adviser (Gary Cohn) who are both rumored to be eyeing the exits or being pushed that way by others, and a White House chief of staff in John Kelly, whose relationship with Trump is being frayed to near the breaking point.
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Trump was described by an administration official Friday — echoing other reports — as sullen and isolated, frustrated that he is not being given credit he thinks he deserves and deeply suspicious of the people around him.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/ ... 6?lo=ap_b1Trump tweeted that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.”
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the stock market, which plunged following Trump’s haphazard announcement of steel and aluminum tariffs on Thursday, continued its descent Friday. The Dow dropped over 300 points shortly after the opening bell on Wall Street, adding to a 420-point decline on Thursday.
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Another senior member of the economic team said they were in the dark about the policy. “I don’t understand what we announced, I don’t know what the policy is,” this person said.
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“The idea that you can somehow win a trade battle by mutual impoverishment is just counter to economic consensus and decades of history,” said Scott Lincicome, a trade attorney and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.
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“His braggadocio about his effect on the stock market has been undercut by events of his own doing,” David Kotok, chief investment officer at Cumberland Advisers, wrote.... “He is losing his staff. He is isolated and beleaguered. And in the midst of crisis he tosses an ill-thought-out bomb called protectionism that punches out the best of our allies and friends while it strengthens our nation’s adversaries.”
Every time I think Trump has done something idiotic, he goes on and does something even more stupid.Matt Cavanaugh wrote: ↑ Officials try to contain damage from Trump trade war declaration
The announcement spooked investors, enraged allies and left pro-trade White House officials scrambling to change the president’s mind.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/ ... 6?lo=ap_b1Trump tweeted that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.”
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the stock market, which plunged following Trump’s haphazard announcement of steel and aluminum tariffs on Thursday, continued its descent Friday. The Dow dropped over 300 points shortly after the opening bell on Wall Street, adding to a 420-point decline on Thursday.
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Another senior member of the economic team said they were in the dark about the policy. “I don’t understand what we announced, I don’t know what the policy is,” this person said.
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“The idea that you can somehow win a trade battle by mutual impoverishment is just counter to economic consensus and decades of history,” said Scott Lincicome, a trade attorney and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.
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“His braggadocio about his effect on the stock market has been undercut by events of his own doing,” David Kotok, chief investment officer at Cumberland Advisers, wrote.... “He is losing his staff. He is isolated and beleaguered. And in the midst of crisis he tosses an ill-thought-out bomb called protectionism that punches out the best of our allies and friends while it strengthens our nation’s adversaries.”
I'd be curious how Vickie explains this bit of genius from the Greatest Business Man Evah, but I can't be bothered to go over to the Stormfront discussion board.
I seem to recall Vicky opining that the UK will make up any trade loss with Europe by selling to the US.I'd be curious how Vickie explains this bit of genius from the Greatest Business Man Evah, but I can't be bothered to go over to the Stormfront discussion board.
Under-engineered battle tanks?free thoughtpolice wrote: ↑ I also wonder what kind of goods or services that the UK has that could break into the US market even without the present anti-trade climate.
On the other hand, in 2016:In 2016, the U.S. exported $8.1 billion of goods and services to Israel while importing $17.6 billion from Israel for a trade deficit of nearly $10 billion.
By the way, Canada is the single largest purchaser of American goods, buying more than twice as much as China does, and nearly as much than the entire EU.In 2016, the goods and services trade between the two countries totaled $627.8 billion. U.S. exports were $320.1 billion, while imports were $307.6 billion. The United States had a $12.5 billion trade surplus with Canada in 2016. [1] The trade relationship between the two countries crosses all industries and is vitally important to both nations’ success as each country is one of the largest trade partners of the other.
I'm pretty sure it's sleep in their coffins.Chief of staff John Kelly is reportedly frustrated with White House advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and has questioned what the couple does during the day, The Associated Press reported Monday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR38552MJAfree thoughtpolice wrote: ↑ Trump met with fellow scumbag Benjamin Netanyahu praising the trade relationship the US has with Israel at the same time he has declared economic warfare on Canada.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... SKBN18I1RCOn the other hand, in 2016:In 2016, the U.S. exported $8.1 billion of goods and services to Israel while importing $17.6 billion from Israel for a trade deficit of nearly $10 billion.By the way, Canada is the single largest purchaser of American goods, buying more than twice as much as China does, and nearly as much than the entire EU.In 2016, the goods and services trade between the two countries totaled $627.8 billion. U.S. exports were $320.1 billion, while imports were $307.6 billion. The United States had a $12.5 billion trade surplus with Canada in 2016. [1] The trade relationship between the two countries crosses all industries and is vitally important to both nations’ success as each country is one of the largest trade partners of the other.
Canadians have long worried about integrating our economy too closely with the US. Trump shows us why many of us were worried.
Really, if I was Muller I'd be painfully collecting evidence on who exactly bought 19% of Rosneft. It takes time to leaf through thousands of pages of contracts, but it may be worthwhile.CaptainFluffyBunny wrote: ↑ Remember when the Republicans were wary of the Russians?
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/w ... hIrmAv1Ii8
Trump is refusing to carry out the Russian sanctions, which isn't suspicious at all. No, this is fine.
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