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Being wrong about whether the weapon can injure someone just reinforces the stupidity of playing with it in close proximity to the school bus stop, because people who aren't familiar with what it is are likely to overreact. Considering the number of high profile shootings at schools the past few...

You're right: we don't understand why little boys need to hone their aggressive tendencies to prepare for an adulthood in which those tendencies are [unless they go in for boxing or wrestling as a career] forbidden. Learning to accomplish one's goals without trampling on the rights [much less...

How can it have failed, when it hasn't even begun? And if it has failed already, where in the analysis of blame is the Republican [Tea Party especially] efforts to defund, derail, and decry it? I'm no fan of the ACA, but it is at least an effort to change the ridiculous lack of health care...

Re: Rafael T. Cruz, son of a Cuban who fought for and with Fidel Castro in the revolu What else would you expect [other than hypocrisy] from the party that has introduced legislation to make legal abortion nearly impossible to get, and trying to dissuade the women who manage it by requiring...

Re: Rafael T. Cruz, son of a Cuban who fought for and with Fidel Castro in the revolu Not nearly as much as his own party. Narrow minded fanatical zealots are scary people.

I was bummed to read about this, because I love salads, and the ability to make a week's worth [for quick grab & go] is especially cool, but - I can't see using/storing the glass jars in the truck. Whether clean or waiting for dishwashing day, they require a lot of space and careful handling, so...

Also in Gary, for about 10 more minutes, then on to Green Bay. O boy: cheese curds! :D

Precisely: teenagers constitute a distraction to the driver. What I'd like to see is more attention paid to the danger of being distracted [especially for truck drivers looking for an address, truck gate, etc] and not so much on the danger of just one particular thing. Any distraction is as...

I put 'bullets' in quotes because I don't know what kind of projectiles they are, but clearly, the gun fires something, and the activity could cause an injury to other schoolkids, so the school feels they have jurisdiction. Whether they do or not is a matter for the lawyers to decide, [!] but I...

According to the charts in the cite, states [which create the rules for welfare & food stamps] have long since enacted such regulations as work, education, or volunteering, as a prerequisite. My only personal experience is unemployment, when I used to get laid off every year, for about 6 weeks...

I admit I don't know - I was referring to the quote from the principal who said one kid was "hit while running away" which implies the gun shoots something, at least. And playing at shooting in the front yard, near a school bus stop, while waiting for the bus, is just asking for trouble. Even if...

People who portray all of any category of people [or professions, ie: cops, dispatchers] as evil are just portraying their own bias. Which always makes me wonder why they have had so many negative experiences with said group. Except the ones who just think it sounds cool to say things like the...

Trust Fox to portray it as an outrage, and LDB to accept that the headline is all there is to the story. :rolleyes: How does a kid in 7th grade [and his mother] not realize that shooting real 'bullets' in close proximity to noncombatants is a really dumb idea?

No, it's for real. It's kind of a 'he said/she said' thing, though, where the school alleges the kid was endangering others waiting at the nearby bus stop with his air gun - if that's true, he should be disciplined.

Congrats, Jpatt! I'm going to jump in on the side of those who think it's best to drive T/T for a year, even if you end up switching to a S/T. [Much easier than doing it the other way round, lol] Think of it as a postgrad education, or paying your dues, but when the year is finished, you'll have...

Texting may be the biggest problem in distracted driving, but it's still distracted driving [paying attention to something other than the situation around & ahead] that is the biggest cause of crashes, I believe. Focusing on this one behavior just makes the others seem less risky, and I think...

Dude, if how it looks is that important to you, you should pay more attention to spelling ['hilarious' is wrong. Again!] And punctuation. Just sayin.

I have a few [ahem] comments on Turtle's post, but it has to wait, as my break is over and I need to get back to work. Because there's no knight in shining [or dull, either] armor who's going to do it for me. :rolleyes:

With that, I disagree. Evil? Diminished values? I think the practice of having a lot of kids that you can't afford and haven't the temperment to deal with and teach and love, just because "it's expected - it's what everyone does" or because the Church thinks you should is evil. And I applaud...

Better call on Wonder Woman: it's too big a job for mere mortals, lol. ;)