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  1. 5 points
    Maybe you could post it on the 'ideas and possibilities 2019' thread.
  2. 4 points
  3. 4 points
    The problem in the US isn't guns, per se. Its gun culture. Why do we like fish and chips in the UK? Is it because it is the most fantastic lovely amazing dish ever concocted? Objectively, it isn't. But there's a chippy on every corner and we've been brought up to eat it, so we do. Guns are the US' fish and chips. They don't know why they like them but by god they'll create a fuss if you tell them they're bad for them. The whole 'criminals dont care about laws' argument is bunk. We know its bunk because, as has been pointed out elsewhere in this thread, banning guns has been effecive in every country that has done it. The reason behind it is simple; crims are business people. I'm not talking about nutters. Raoul Moat got his hands on a shooter easy enough through back channels but hankfully that's quite rare. If a crim doesn't need to take a weapon on a job, they won't. Sadly, the US model of everyone having a gun forces all crims to carry guns, with the consequences you see often. In the UK, they rarely bother because the heat brought down upon crims who use guns isn't worth the effort. With regard mass shootings, I'm not sure what else they expect in a country where a gun is no more extraordinary than a hammer. Its not a big deal to get a gun. Its not a big deal to carry it. Why would it be a big deal to use it? The 'I need it to be safe' argument is similarly bunk. Statistically, a weapon owner is far more likely to be injured and killed than someone who goes without. Unless you are highly trained and competent, you disproportionatly elevate your percieved threat level, without significantly elevating your actual offensive ability. I've seen a lot of our American cousins talking online in the last 24 hours about how if everyone was armed, this could have been prevented. It just demonstrated to me the ignorance that peole have towards their national obsession. A few saturdays down the gun club does not a response officer make. I've been highly trained, and by coincidence earned my 'Expert Combat Pistol Marksman' medal from the US Army during a joint exercise, and I wouldn't fancy my chances at safely removing the threat of an active shooter in a school. Seems like every fat softbody idiot who paid $500 dollars for a concealed carry permit is now a FIBUA expert and a crack shot who could safely put two in the chest of a moving target at 50 meters. Until they restore the respect that firearms deserve, this situation wont change. While half the country thinks the answer is more guns, it wont change. Its absolutely heartbreaking.
  4. 2 points
    Just 7 posts for him yesterday - down from 20 the day before - so he's going methadone rather than cold turkey. 20 posts a day = 7,300 a year - oof - #habit #addicted PS LOL at myself - first time I've ever used hash tags.
  5. 2 points
    There's guns in Scotland, too. I know folk who love their guns, and are members of pistol clubs. Only thing, all of them under go checks to make sure they're not, say, nutters, and the guns are kept in controlled environments. And US style mass shootings are practically unheard of here.
  6. 2 points
    Stabbers gonna stab. Difficult to stab 17 people in one go though. Happens far too often. Gotta be a completely good stabber to kill someone outright. Don't have to be particularly good to kill loads of people with automatic and semi-automatic weaponry though.
  7. 1 point
    How's the not posting going @Joey Russ I'm on a bit of a roll myself but staying under the radar for years is possible I'm not suggesting we all keep asking Joey questions so he has no choice but to post btw. That would be very unhelpful.
  8. 1 point
    I am keeping my hopes on ice. Snow point getting too excited.
  9. 1 point
    GB wins Olympic medal for tea tray sliding. Could this be the start of an avalanche of medals? Or will our chances slip away?
  10. 1 point
    It seems that Dame Olivia de Havilland is eternal
  11. 1 point
    Twins? Respect. They can run off in opposite directions! Nope. Non. Nein, Nyet.
  12. 1 point
    Why do criminals with guns not shoot up schools anywhere else? Crims are crims. Everyone with access to a gun however is likely to use it. Sometimes I've wished to have one, and don't tell me I'm not alone. Don't use the argument "the law won't deter people". It's worked. Except where everyone can buy one. This guy wasn't old enough to buy beer.
  13. 1 point
    Kinda hard to give up a new spangled religion. Not like the Old Gods. Bet a pound to a pinch of pigshit, he only found out about it after the Spice Girls reformed. # Wicca Wiccaaaah....
  14. 1 point
    Gun Controll is bullshit. Just look at Austria or Switzerland. They don't have a problem with mass shootings.
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  16. 1 point
    The good ole' US of A (being sarcastic here) needs to give this little thing called GUN CONTROL a try and stop using the whole "ITS AGAINST MY CIVIL RIGHHTS!!" *said in southern accent* Because it has worked in EVERY COUNTRY IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED...Australia, Canada, UK, and many many more....COME ON AMERICA WAKE UP!
  17. 1 point
    looks like a friggen tool
  18. 1 point
    NOOOO - don't reply - that makes it 4 already today!
  19. 1 point
    Probably just means that a specific targeted cancer drug was known to work especially well and better on people of direct or close chinese or Asian descent. Some drugs are like that and work better on people of specific ethnic backgrounds scientists are starting to understand.
  20. 1 point
    Great breaking news.
  21. 1 point
    I did? That's nice to know. It does make me wonder how my 34 survivors are fairing at the moment, as I doubt Tsvangirai is the last one to go this month: John Andretti - Was one of my replacement picks. All the secondary metastasis has been gone for a while now, but the main tumor it spread to is still there. I think he's doing way too well to be a hit this year though. 25% Kathleen Blanco - I saw the gravely ill reports. She does look like a likely bet to be a hit for this year, though I'm not sure if she's for spring or for summer. 85% Leah Bracknell - Well, if my gut feeling is right, her time should be coming up in about 3 weeks or so, similar to the same time frame as Martin Crowe or Sam Simon. Surely she can't last much longer. 95% Matt Cappotelli - If he goes this year, he'll go near the end of the year. But like I said before, I'm not quite sure if it's his year quite yet. I could see him making 2019. But the tumor is quite agressive. 70% Johnny Clegg - I saw the postponing of concerts till further notice. That can't be too good of a sign. But he was a replacement pick for me as I see him as more of a 2019 fatality than one for 2018. But then again, I had a similar vibe with Charles Bradley. 60% John Cocks - One for the end of the year. A near certain fatality, and unlike the DDP, he'll get the obit for this for sure. 90% Tim Curley - Think he's part of the fraud category, but I felt like I needed a "dying" criminal as a part of my roster. And Rose west wasn't enough, as she wasn't as interesting for me. 30% Fu Da-Ren - Another replacement pick, I put him down solely as a test to see if he could make it through the filter. His death seems certain enough (and hopefully my solo chance is good enough as well). 95% Christy Dignam - I don't know what I was thinking with him. He's probably still the same exaggerator even after claiming to making his final album. 45% Oliver Dragojevic - His cancer is said to be in remission, but his original cancer was quite aggressive. I have a feeling that it will return later this year more aggressively, but I'm not sure when in the year it will come back. 50% Aretha Franklin - Replacement pick again. That said, she has been awfully quiet in recent months, and I have a feeling that she's a goner this year. 70% Stuart Fraser - Another pick that has been awfully quiet. With him having lung cancer, it can''t be too good, though I'm not 100% sure what stage it is. 65% Greg Gilbert - The new metastasis is growing even though the old one is shrinking. And he's going through new experimental treatment. Hmm. 80% Steve Gleason - It should be his year on Joost's timeline, but he looks too healthy. Still, I thought he was too big of a risk to miss in case he does go this year. 50% Mazie Hirono - The final replacement pick for me. She seems way too active for her to go this year. But kidney cancer isn't the best kind of cancer you can have. 60% Clive James - His recent public mentions is looking more and more like a goodbye. I just have the feeling that he's a goner this year. 80% Jose Jose - If I had to make a guess on the next fatality for my team, my guess would be him. Hospitalization in the US for pancreatic cancer relapse and him looking like shit on the way there... It's a matter of when rather than if imo. 99% Tessa Jowell - Well, she looked terrible during her public appearance, and she was struggling to speak. I think she'll live for a bit, but she'll be gone by summer imo. 95% Steffan Lewis - A 50/50 youngster. I just picked him because he has stage 4 cancer, but his death could go either way imo. 50% Devin Lima - Another 50/50 youngster, though in this case, we know the cancer is quite rare. I still have a gut feeling he'll make 2019 however. 50% Peter Lorimer - Another one of those awfully quiet people. Surely he has to go very soon, no? 90% Ted Mack - Another awfully quiet one. Actually, he hasn't had an update since his diagnosis, but his death is sure to be reported. 95% Olivia Newton-John - One of those defensive picks here. It's very unlikely that anyone will ever reach 40 deaths (hell, I don't think anyone reached 25 for that matter), so I don't really feel guilty choosing her here. 30% Linda Nolan - Another defensive pick. Younger in points than Newton-John. Wasted pick right now, but maybe (and only maybe) her cancer will spread sooner than we think. 35% Nobuhiko Obayashi - He was given six months to live in August, surely he has to go soon. 95% Tommy Raudonikis - Cancer is back for third time, people say that he might not make it, gut feeling is that they're right. 85% Chris Rea - Had a major health scare in December. Might be safe for the year, but I'm not sure if he's safe for the year. 55% Fernando Ricksen - His most recent appearances definitely have the feel of a goodbye. He might not go this year, but I think he's more likely to go than not. 75% Holly Rowe - Her cancer seems to be in control. But the spread means that she isn't necessarily safe for the year. 30% Stefan Karl Stefansson - I think his cancer will return this year and get him this year, though he isn't a certainty by any means. 75% Nobby Stiles - Well, I think it's another case of when rather than if. Think he's going this year. 90% Bernard Tapie - His cancer has metastasized according to recent news, and he's looking more and more like a 2018 demise. 80% David Thomas - Apparently he isn't doing too well, but I think Mark E Smith already took the dying hard living musician for the year. 45% Rose West - Her health scares is probably a fraud. One of those pick I do actually regret. 20% So, if I get everyone that I rated over 80% without any solos, duos, or trios (Blanco, Bracknell, Cocks, Da-Ren, Gilbert, James, Jose, Jowell, Lorimer, Mack, Obayashi. Raudonikis, Stiles, and Tapie), I would be at 20 hits with a score of 204. That would almost certainly be one of the best debuts in any dead pool, and I could easily get more with the unknown bonuses yet to come...
  22. 1 point
    On my current form....that's my team for next month
  23. 1 point
    Being a DLr, I always misread it as 'Pancreatic Day'. Far more appropriate.
  24. 1 point
    I'd like to remember three scientists who died this month and did not get the coverage they deserve. Joseph Polchinski died on February the 2nd aged 62 in Santa Barbara, CA. Cause of death was cancer. He was one of the world's most prominent string theorist and an expert of quantum physics. His amazing theories on wormholes are hardly verifiable so he'd never really had the chance to get a Nobel Prize. Anyway he was a well respected and beloved figure in the scientific community. Alan Baker, British mathematician, died on February the 4th after suffering a major stroke, aged 78. He won Fields medal, which is considered the Nobel Prize for Maths, in 1970. His works on Diophantine equations and Gelfond-Schneider theorem are indeed remarkable. Astrophysicst Donald Lynden-Bell died on February the 5h, aged 82, due to complications from a stroke. He theorized that galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their centers, which are the sources of qasar energy. Again. this theories are hardly verifiable, so no chance of Nobel Prize for Donald, but he won many awards, including prestigious Eddington Medal in 1984.
  25. 1 point
    I don't think Tsvangirai is about to die. You can trust me. I said the same about Hugo Chavez, Mary Tyler Moore, Mark E Smith and Johan Cruyff.
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