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Statistically it saved no lives. Mass killings are insignificant when weighed against the larger picture of crime and murder in general. Still waiting to hear what an "assault rifle" or "assault weapon" actually is...

Is that what an inconvenient truth is called now, "an excuse"?

The problem Tug is that the long guns are very rarely used in crime and murder as well. Plus semi auto long guns is a very large number of long guns overall. Not so many bolt action rifles left. A large amount gun crime is done using pistols, generally semi auto, generally young black men attacking and killing other young black men. As for banning "assault weapons", first we need an adequate definition of what an assault weapon actually is before we can begin to have a productive discussion. Seems for a lot of people it just means "a scary looking gun".

This article highlights the unfortuante ingratitude of many of the migrants. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64475732 They are being housed at the Watson Hotel. Looks pretty nice, certainly out of my budget. Rooms used to go for about $450 a night. https://thewatsonhotelny.com/ ..and are complaining that they may have to shift to shared, dormitory style accommodations. How about they shift back home instead?

That would be a logical conclusion. Yet somehow they manage to traverse 2000 plus kilometers of Mexico to magically arrive on the Rio Grande. Wonder how that happens... Anyway, the good Mayor needs a good hiding. Dont play progressive and call your city a "sanctuary", then try to pass off your problem to another country. Canada doesn't want to clean up your mess.

A lot of people think the gun lobby is the biggest and most insidious in America. They are wrong. it is the Pharma Industrial Complex and their enablers. They are trying to create a society with a pill for every possible need and condition. Whenever I visit the US, I am struck by how much TV advertising is devoted to various drugs, treatments, and therapies. Used to be quack lawyers, now it is drugs. As for the two in this story, they should be on trial for murder, and hopefully Florida still has a permanent punishment waiting for them.

Simply amazing how a discussion about the Biden administration's reaction to the spy balloon so quickly develops into a "...but Trump" festival. What the Great Orange Bad Man may or may not have done is completely irrelevant, particularly when there are so few details available. It is entirely possible that he messed up too. Both the current and former occupants of the White House can be wrong, it isn't a win/lose political issue. The important issue is how Biden dealt with it. Alaska and northern Canada fall under the aegis of NORAD and there are alert aircraft available 24/7 on both sides of the border. It is a shared responsibility, so there is no fear that Canadian politicians would get upset over issues of sovereignty and overflying Canadian territory.

Good to see the NABAT (Not As Bad As Trump) team out in full force here. You are missing the key phrase in the OP story- "briefly transited". That is a far cry from the current situation. This one had a liesurely 7 day transit of North America, from Alaska to South Carolina. Just happening to pass over or near many American military installations, ballistic missile bases, etc. Even if, worst case scenario, there WERE three significan incursions that Trump knew about and did not act, that does not excuse Biden's poor decision making here. What he did, to use a sports analogy, was to tackle the runner after he scored a touchdown.

Israel has the power to wipe out the Palestinians- but they don't. If the Palestinians had the power to wipe out Israel, do you think they would hesitate for even one second?

Israel left Gaza, how did that work out?

Uh, I believe that is what is called a "joke", and to take it seriously is the height of ridiculousness. Obviously a punch line in the Trump Show- if you watch the footage of it, you would know. You would also know that he said the PRESS would reward them, not Trump. Plus, if you do truly believe that Trump was a Russian asset, he would not need to make such a public plea. He would have other, more nefarious and secret, means at his disposal to contact his masters in Moscow.

Not to mention it probably already flew over Japan, Alaska, and western Canada. Now over Kansas I think? Maybe the plan is to wait until it drifts out to sea and then take it out. But by then it will have drifted over some much more densely populated areas. Not a good look at all for the Biden administration.

If that is true, then how do you explain the 2 million Palestinian muslims who are also full citizens of Israel? A racist or apartheid government surely would have expelled them long ago. Much like the Jews were expelled from nearly every Arab/Muslim country in Africa and the Middle East.

So then, what would be a "proportionate" way for Israel to defend itself against terrorists? Unguided rockets perhaps, or bombs attached to balloons, or sending in their brainwashed children....

A bit different. Crimea was part of a sovereign nation (Ukraine). Which sovereign nation did the Palestinian land belong to? The toothpaste is out of the tube. Israel exists (despite Hamas efforts). Time for the Palestinians to deal with reality instead of their fevered and homicidal dreams of martyrdom.

There is a LOT of money to be made in the grievance industry, and a lot of sticky hands eager to get some. These days, you can see the usual cast of characters like Al Sharpton and Ben Crump stampeding towards the cameras on a daily basis. God forbid you get in their way, you are gonna get trampled. Until I see any actual evidence of racism in this case, other than mindless speculation, I will stick with the theory that these were bad cops, poorly trained, and steeped in a paranoid cop culture.

Wow, have we found a topic we actually......... agree.... on? The stars must truly be aligned. Time to buy a lottery ticket!

it is so strange, is there any other country whose very right to exist is debated? So many anti-Israel types say, "well of course Israel has the right to exist, but...." Wow, how magnanimous.

This is nonsense. If the Israelis didnt want the Palestinians to exist, they wouldn't. The West Bank and Gaza exist at the sufferage of Israel. IF the Palestinians want peace, they should stop. Stop firing rockets and stop brainwashing their children into the death cult that is martyrdom, stop paying families of terrorists when their kin kill Jews, etc. Put pressure on the Arab/Muslim world to make accommodation with the Palestinian refugees within their borders. Israelis want their children to live. Palestinians want their children to be martyrs and die. This is the problem in a nutshell.

Here is your answer: https://www.cruiseamerica.com/buy-used-rvs/rv-sales-inventory-usa/lance-650-truck-camper?stockNumber=174174 20 large, drop this onto your pickup truck, and the open roads are yours! We rented a small RV last year for a month tour of the American southwest. It was fabulous- grilling steaks under the open sky at night, waking up to million dollar views in national parks, being self contained and independent.... I would recommend it for anyone.

Don't think the pickup trucks here have the payload capacity or the hitch capacity to tow anything, or the proper suspension set up. The rear end would wind up dragging on the road. In the US the best towing capacity for a mid size pickup truck is about 5-6,000 pounds.

Heard a rumor that he may be headed to the 49ers... They have a rock solid defence and a good ground attack, just need a field general to get over the hump.

True, but it is more fun to <deleted>-talk each other and throw snide comments! From what I heard, the most difficult part of playing soccer is deciding who has to hold all the players' purses. Plus any sport in with a 0-0 tie is both a/ exciting and b/ considered a valid result, deserves nothing but scorn.

People were there before Israel existed, and before the idea of a country called Palestine was even a fevered dream. Historical claims are <deleted>, and the farther back in history you go the crappier they get.

And in an epic case of virtue signalling at its finest, the police chief of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan felt it necessary to make his voice heard on this issue; “I reached out last night to a few leaders in our city that are members of the Black community to express my sympathy...Although this tragedy occurred in another country, it will impact trust and confidence in policing by Black and all equity-deserving communities in Canada as well.” https://globalnews.ca/news/9441166/saskatchewan-police-chiefs-perception-tyre-nichols/ Saskatoon is a small city of about 250,000 people located on the Canadian prairies. It is roughly 3,000 km from Memphis. And perhaps 1% are black.