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The only thing offensive about the term Indian (other than the factual inaccuracy, Happy Columbus day everyone) is the fact that most American Indians prefer to be identified by their tribe. That's why nobody complains about the Braves. Ok, I'm sure there are probably people who complain about the Braves and their tomahawk chop, but people complain about everything.

NFL Players - "We are kneeling because of racial inequality and police brutality in the US." Trump Administration - "NFL Players hate the flag, the anthem, and soldiers!" Originally I thought the protest was silly and didn't see how it would be effective. I saw it as a distraction more than anything because people were too stupid to really understand the purpose. But I certainly didn't expect the PotUS to jump in to the deep end with that stupidity. Do they know they won the election? This whole political theater they are engaging is ridiculous. Pence attended an NFL game with the intent to leave after the anthem. Why is our VP wasting time engaging in dramatics with NFL players? Everyone knew a sizable chunk of 49ers are going to kneel. Why go to the game at all? The current administration is purposefully (I hope!) misconstruing the protest to serve their own political interests. Police brutality and racial inequality are real issues in our country, and the administration seems more interested in political theater than actually addressing them. This is crazy.

Chuckled a bit when I heard he was survived by his children, April May and August.

Poor Nazi snowflakes.

Sadly I don't see how the 2nd Amendment prevented any of those situations from happening.

Without the second how long do you expect the first, or fourth, or any of them to last? A generation? Less? There are a number of countries that have way harsher gun restrictions and still manage to have free speech and all the trappings of a modern democratic society. I support the 2nd Amendment, I think it is an important part of our culture, but I think it is a false sense of security against a real government attack on our freedom. I'd say our best protection against that is the fact that our military is unlikely to cooperate with a fascist regime that targets American civilians.

I have a lot of Mandarin speakers in my classes, and at the end of the year I would often show a couple episodes of Firefly. They would roll on the floor laughing at how bad the pronunciations were.

One positive thing I've seen is the NRA has come out in favor of restricting bump stocks. I've been very critical of their handling of these events in the past, but it is encouraging to see them enter the discussion in such a way.

So how about that Cam Newton? Classy guy.

I was uncomfortable hitting the like button on that, but it was a very interesting read. People seem to ignore the mental health problems we have in this country in favor of arguing about guns and politics.

I've been watching the Rockies game, and my dog decided to bring me a baseball. He has never done that before, and oddly enough the ball was one my daughter got at a Rockies game a year ago. Spooky, it's like he knew they were trying to rally. One more inning to get back in it for them.

This Colorado-Arizona game just got interesting.

I've been to Lafitte's in New Orleans. It was pretty neat, although comes across a bit like a theme bar.

North by Northwest is worth seeing though. It holds up.

I am very surprised they did not take the plates out a year after surgery. I had a rod in my leg when I broke it and they took it out as soon as the bones healed.

I agree about stand alone expansions being vastly superior.

We aren't exactly close to abolishing the 2nd Amendment, so everyone can relax about their guns. As I said, if Sandy Hook didn't result in any dramatic changes in gun control laws, this is not going to do anything either. That being said, having a gun would have been fairly useless in this scenario. You aren't going to take out a guy on the 32nd floor with a pistol. It would be terribly reckless to even try. So what about the cake decorator case. Is cake decoration an example of art?

Into the great wide open.

The light is on but nobody is home. He is off life support, so just a matter of time.

Aren't we? Sadly most of us have had these conversations before. I'm guessing the missile through the hotel window option is frowned on by the hotel industry.

I can tell you our school response system is thorough and has evolved over the years. It is also important to note that Sandy Hook, while terribly tragic, had the potential to be much worse if teachers had not followed the procedures in place. You aren't going to be able to stop this stuff from happening, but hopefully you can limit damage. Also we are bombarded by this stuff when it happens, but the odds of being involved in something like this are still extremely small.

I can see decent hotel chains implementing a bag scanning system. That doesn't seems too crazy.

If we didn't push through any gun control after Sandy Hook, when small children were gunned down with a legal weapon, I don't see how we push anything through for this. In that I can see where KP is coming from.

Airports are pretty different after 9/11, schools have implemented changes since Columbine. I'd guess clubs have changed as well since Orlando. There is obviously a limit, and as a lone gunman it is nearly impossible to really stop when it comes down to it. I'm not sure what kind of response KP is looking for though.

Would KP's post qualify him as an Edgelord? I'm not really hip on these internet labels.