Just circled back to this. I wasn't trying to make a statement on the viability of posting AC. I too support it. But, I try to make it a habit to not mod people down or up unless they post with handle. I'm also not stupid enough to think posting with a handle like I do "Atrox Canis" has any real impact on my risk. Additionally, I do sometimes post AC on a topic when I want to mod that same thread.

PS: I would not have modded you at all for your comment, even if you had not posted AC.

And the 1st amendment was created in the era of the printing press. Your point is irrelevant. And populations of handgun and rifle owning rebels in locations around the world held off far superior forces equipped with drones and tanks and helicopters. Oh, and that was just last month.

The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. That is what the 2nd amendment says. Don't like it, get 2/3 of the states to ratify the constitution with an amendment.

No, your claim of murder with some kind of emotional justification does not happen the "majority" of the time. On the low end, defensive gun use (DGU) happens between 50,000 and 80,000 times per year. On the high end of estimates, some studies have claimed as many as 4.5 million times per year. Simply being spotted in possession of a gun has resulted in criminal behavior being curtailed. DGU doesn't always result in a discharge of a firearm. You are surely aware that the FBI and CDC track these sorts of statistics. Granted, they do a less then perfect job of that but it is data that is available to anyone.

And yes, I'm aware that wikipedia conclusions can be manipulated but you are welcome to follow the reference material yourself and form your own opinions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Then why the huge push to ban "assault" rifles? And if you strip out the suicide deaths committed by people using a handgun, that disparity between deaths with a knife and deaths with a gun increases dramatically.

Unless all four corners of the puzzle share a common color, anyone is going to be able to figure out to which corner a corner piece belongs. I would suggest that by now, the puzzle creators have a huge stock of templates from which to draw. They also should have an equal stock of forms to be used to create the cutters. Go back to a template from 5 years ago and if you find a puzzle enthusiast that recognizes that pattern and complains, I'd fire that customer and move the fuck on.

I would have modded this up if you hadn't posted AC (personal rule, sorry)

This helps sometimes. It seems that I get better results with this: https://www.google.com/advance...

From that same article... "However, Los Angeles’ County Department of Public Health later said the teen’s death was taken off a list of deaths associated with Covid-19 in the area. The department said the CDC would complete an investigation into the teen’s death. It remained unclear what symptoms he may have been experiencing prior to his death."

Just a gentle bit of ribbing here, but "...and do you, when you do you do your taxes..." is just a bit clumsy there, don't you think? However, I agree with your point. I suspect there are very few (read none) that reject the opportunity to claim their legal deductions on their personal or business taxes. But there will always be some who complain when big businesses or wealthy people claim their deductions. Don't like the tax code, replace the people in charge of establishing and maintaining the tax code.

My father used to joke about what he would recommend for the worst of life's offenders. It's overly elaborate. Here goes.

Build a barn out of wood. Put a pedestal in the middle of the barn. On the pedestal, mount a vice. Insert important appendages from the offender in the vice and weld it shut. Give the offender a rusty butter knife.

Set the barn on fire.

I think everyone involved in this sordid attempt to extort money from potential death should be lined up in front of their own, individually reserved barns.

I mean, if you look at all the steel, plastic, glass and other materials that are sitting in massive junkyards all over the world. I suspect that the total weight of these piles of rusting junk far outweigh the amount of plastic being produced.

I mean, it's the same, right? Sigh, useless idiots looking for a way to get paid.