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Sene5hos, I just read that there was a church shooting in Iowa. Shooter killed two before killing himself. The mass casualty incidents always get sufficient coverage but incidents like these smaller ones (nonetheless horrible) get less coverage despite being even more common than the likes of...

Fradi, you have to make a distinction because the devil is always in the details. For example, even if there's a Democratic majority in the House that passes a "modest" (as in it doesn't particularly address a factor in a mass shooting) gun control bill, the nature of the Senate filibuster...

Beat me to it. The updated victim count is now 4. Sometimes, it's worth looking at the enablers of all this tragedy. Republicans (voters and representatives) are doing the requisite song and dance and crocodile tears right now, but that's about it. To them, the tragedies are just the bearable...

I'm glad you posted this because it neatly delves into what I was going to say: anything short of severely limiting semiautomatic guns of all kinds (not just AR-15s) in civilian hands is us fooling ourselves that we're doing "something." Time and time again, the gun acquisition process is so...

Has it already been reported that the shooter was mentally ill? (I'm purposefully keeping myself at arms length from the details). Even if it was mental illness, if there hasn't been some adjudication process about the illness, the background check won't catch it. Apparently, you're also...

The "right to bear arms" people always ignore the aggressor's element of surprise is as much a potent weapon as the gun themselves. It doesn't matter if you're equally armed or if the cops show up in minutes. It's impossible to anticipate a mass shooter every waking minute of every hour. The...

I'm a parent. The idea that several parents only sent their kids to school today and some of those kids aren't coming back was too much for me to process without getting emotional. I'm tired. I'm so fucking tired.

It's gotten to the point that mass shootings don't get as heavy media coverage if like, say 3 people die. That's how accustomed we are to gun violence in the US. But I guess if you cast gun violence as something that primarily plagues the black community, then I guess it means we don't have to...

Helmet with David Yow (from Jesus Lizard) covering Led Zeppelin.

I get on Twitter 85% of the time for SWs. Every now and then, I'll read something politics-related there because in our current insane world a tweet is sometimes part of a news story. But that's it. Social media is the biggest waste of time I can think of.

About a decade ago, I had an interaction I'll never forget in a classroom discussion. The course was bioethics and it was the day we discussed abortion. At one point, my big mouth found itself in debate with a younger guy that was ostensibly Christian. I say "ostensibly" because while we...

I was thinking about Chris Cornell when the news broke that Naomi Judd took her own life. Miss that guy's incredible voice every day.

Gymnast Edition Simone Biles McKayla Maroney Aly Raisman (who reminds me of Rose Delacourt)

The oppositional vibe of the entire post reeks of trolling, so I wouldn't read too much into it. On the chance that he was being sincere, ouch! She's popular, but three things stand in the way of her being even more popular: coherent thought, non fucked up values, having a face like that.

Lube is definitely a huge part of solving the issue, but so is getting the air out when you first wear it. I'm not sure the woman will want to apply little or no lube just to slow down thrusts. Little lubrication doesn't work for either person. It doesn't feel great on the dick. It's probably...

I wasn't confused. I know Canada is getting rid of the test requirement next month. In my experience testing-wise, getting back to the US has been easier than going to Canada. Save the very first trip back to the US (after border reopened) where I had to scramble and paid for an expensive PCR...

It's hard to beat not needing an entry test in either direction. But when both countries required testing, US test standards have always been more lenient/convenient than Canada's. Canada just allowed (healthcare-administered) antigen tests in maybe the last month? Meanwhile, I've been able to...

Only way to justify buying that is if it comes with a monthly complimentary DDG SP for the next 10 years. But late-stage capitalism has people already overpaying for enough things. Might as well add one more thing.

My very long week is causing a brain fart. How in the hell did I forget Romo and Nantz? Those two are easily tied (if not slightly better than) with Michaels and Collinsworth. In other news, Davante Adams traded to Raiders after they kept Aaron Rodgers with all that money?! Someone (that'll...

It wasn't much of a steal. Fox apparently never offered Troy Aikman a contract. I think Joe Buck went with Aikman to ESPN because of the chemistry they've built together. Aikman and Buck are definitely an upgrade from every combo ESPN has tried on Monday night. They had Booger in the booth...