ShadySands

Making my way through Shadow and Bone on Netflix today and it's taking everything I've got. Taking a break from all this YA sure would help a lot.

I'm not understanding what you're trying to say.

The problem is that you're suggesting that BLM, and not for the first time, be something that it is not. As I've said, there are many groups dedicated to gang violence. 1 and 4. You've gotten feedback on this before from me and a few others and most of the people that you're getting more outrageous feedback from aren't American. 2. This is silly. Heart disease kills more black people than anything else, why aren't BLM talking about that? They're not about black lives after all so what are they really about??? It's like the joke about showing up to a breast cancer march with signs that say all cancers matter. Again, BLM is about a certain set of issues, that's it. Even if they did decide to be about this issue then they'd just get attacked for that as well. Like, if police brutality and racial violence are really issues then why are they now talking about gang violence. 3. What makes you think that nobody is concerned? Because BLM hasn't changed it's goal to combat this issue? Just because the groups that champion this fight aren't in the spotlight doesn't mean they don't exist or that there aren't many of them. There are probably a lot of reasons why gang violence doesn't get the same level of attention. It's not a polarizing issue, nobody is pro gang violence or denies it exists or whatever.

I think it'll be cancelled before it comes to that. That doesn't celebrate the right people.

Speaking of school, my wife was just freaking out because she had a group assignment due and all of her teammates turned in too much content. Their assignment had a maximum of 35 pages and they were at 46 so she's spent the last couple of hours furiously trying to edit it down. I gave it a quick read and it's full of so much fluff and filler it makes me wonder if these folks have only ever had assignments with word and page minimums.

I don't know why but it always seems like you are fishing for reasons to validate your dislike of BLM. BLM isn't about gangs and gang related violence and if you don't want to support them because of their focus on police brutality and racially motivated violence then that's perfectly fine. There are many other organizations and movements for you to support that focus on gangs if that's what you're interested in.

Sorry, I couldn't resist I should be getting my first shot sometime in the next couple of weeks

It's too simple of a show. The secret bad guy is almost always someone they've already introduced. Haven't seen the episode yet so I should have more to say later.

RIP

Shock G. He was 57

Are they really fighting it though? From what little I've read there isn't a whole lot of support for it. We had something similar here in CO but I don't think they were getting the support they were hoping for because even though a few counties approved it the total numbers were against it. And that's in the areas that were pushing for it.

I think it would have in Trump's first 2 years but since I don't think we have any territories that are Republican leaning it was never on the menu.

Oh, you're being serious? I figured you were joking like I was when I said the Philippines

Puerto Rico next? Then maybe Guam, American Samoa, or the NMI. Maybe the Philippines wants to come back into the fold?

I'm glad that their taking an Enserric approach and making the sentient weapon be able to transform into any weapon. Better actually because I think his options were limited but still better than Lilarcor or the like that's locked into one form. That also solves one of the big complaints in the beta of there not being enough of X type of weapon to build around. Very cool.

I want to say it was like 125k for the birth and care of my son because he had to spend about a week the NICU. I had great insurance at the time but it was still like 5-7k out of pocket.

You're not missing much If you're interested in Tucker and if not it's an easy skip

Some things just go together. Like lamb and tuna fish, peaches and gravy, and white bread and cream of mushroom.

I've watched the first 3 episodes of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace thanks to @Chilloutman It's hilarious

Have you tried being rich? I highly recommend it I've been on a major hummus kick but last night I made some chicken thighs with cream of mushroom soup. It's a cheap recipe my mom used to make for me when I was a kid where you season and pan fry the chicken thighs until the skin crisps up nicely then dump that into a baking pan and pour in the cream of mushroom soup and bake for a bit. I made rice to eat it with but I much prefer generic US white bread like god intended. My son loved it but my wife not so much. She has a thing about pre-made soups and basically anything that comes in a can so this was never going to be a winner for her. My son and I broke out the white bread and polished it all off

But they can't just hire an expert?

I don't disagree and I'd actually be okay with banning all handguns even though I own a few. Something about how haphazard (not sure that's the right word) most assault weapon bans/proposals are bothers me. Like they don't have anyone that can read it over and be like this seems unenforceable and this is basically pointless or anything else. The obvious flaws and loopholes make me question if it's intentionally so or if they're just incompetent.

It actually doesn't make much difference. The firing mechanism and general operation is exactly the same E: Barrel length will actually make a difference but more in a target shooting way than in a mass shooting

A lot of "assault weapon" bans do focus a lot on the look of the guns as opposed to the function which is something I've always had a hard time with. For me it's a lot like breed specific legislation for dogs, typically "pit bulls" being defined by physical characteristics as opposed to genetics, and they both have a tendency for the worst people to gravitate towards them.

It really depends on where you're at. In my area there is a massive shortage of starter homes. Almost nobody is building new ones and existing ones often get replaced or upgraded with something that will bring in more money.