Re: Yet another mass shooting in the US not in Cali

petertenthije wrote:

I am sure the people that got shot will appreciate knowing the shooter had a motive.

zakuivcustom wrote:

this is also not some random crazy idiot

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

It really does tell you everything when a new topic about a US mass shooting is almost pointless.

Re: I now have home Internet service - security measures?

As above. Win7 was the best OS ever produced by Microsoft and I continued to use it well after Win10 was released. If you are concerned about security then you absolutely shouldn't be using an unsupported OS any more. Now on Win11 and I prefer it over Win10, although I wish MS would stop tampering w...

Re: Men - what kind of underwear do you wear?

Dangly bits dangling with no support I find so uncomfortable and sweaty. You do realise your dangly bits are supposed to, well, dangle? Lol yep. I also have hyperhydosis so damp dangly bits don't do much for hygiene. They get their 8 hours of freedom each day when I'm sleeping. Fortunately for me, ...

Re: Men - what kind of underwear do you wear?

andymartin wrote:

I wear my wife's thong

Re: One Person Dead in Shooting at Mall of America

LabQuest wrote:

We don't spend out time thinking about other nation's gun policy.

Re: Economic Crisis Looming in Russia

I think it's more an issue of managing a country that spreads a continent, while simultaneously not having the resources to do so. Russia has a relatively small population and huge natural resources. They just decided to spread the wealth of those resources amongst a chosen few (such as Abramovich).

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

The United States of America has the greatest criminal justice system in the world. I read that comment, realised that I'd run out of Yorkshire Tea, went out and bought some, made a cuppa and then spat it out with some going up my nose. That is how ludicrous a sentence it seems to me. Your criminal...

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

How is it? It's not like the guilty are being released, they'll spend the rest of their lives in prison with no chance of parole. The bible teaches "an eye for an eye" hence the death penalty is the ultimate justice for the victims family And in the same bible, Jesus says to turn the othe...

Re: Rock N Roll Heaven - Who's in the band?

For front person I think you need look no further than Kylie Minogue.

Re: Trump Organization found guilty on all counts of criminal tax fraud

seb146 wrote:

Don't his tax returns show he is like billions in debt?

Re: Shooting at Wal-Mart in Chespeake, Virginia

DIRECTFLT wrote:

And what could have prevented this shooting exactly??

Re: Trump accused of rape in lawsuit

They might go the whole hog with "Make Rape Great Again".

Nothing would surprise me.

Re: Shooting at Wal-Mart in Chespeake, Virginia

There's very rarely a good guy with a gun when you need one, which makes a mockery of 2A. The 2A wasn't created so that crime would be guaranteed not to happen. You can do better than that. :sarcastic: It's not really him that needs to do better. I don't believe that he lives in a country that has ...

Re: At the last minute, Qatar bans beer from WC matches

Can we try to stop being quite so negative on this ? Yes, the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar was corrupt, but it is what it is. The absence of beer is not a disaster and few would claim a human right to drink alcohol.... when in Rome, do as the Romans do. There were far worse abuses of human ri...

Re: Death of our Sun, life on earth

I, personally, believe that there is life on other planets, because of evolution they are not all carbon based. What is the gravitational pull of dying stars? I wonder what our orbit will be when our Sun becomes a red dwarf? Where will objects from the Kuiper Belt end up? Our Sun will likely become...

Re: Five Word Story Thread - Q4 2022

to the point of not

Re: Guns right in USA

After the election results later this week I think it's likely that you'd be charged with a felony if you didn't have at least an assault rifle, an extra large mag, a glock or two and a good set of knuckle dusters.

But don't get pregnant.

Re: 2022 US Elections

No predictions here. It’ll be a R Congress, however, not a prediction; a certainty. Fear and hate, alright. I fear the Dems will continue to reduce the value of my assets by 8+% a year and hate that they will continue to expand government powers, reducing liberty. What liberties have you lost the l...

Re: World Series!

I actually had to look up which Yankie sport the World Series was, even though I have a sweater from the Boston Red Sox ;) Anyhow, the real World Championships are around the corner. A game that is actually played all over the world: Football (or for you Yanks, succor). Although there is a small et...

Re: MAGAs mock speech difficulties

Why the age limits? We've had nutters in power from the age of 40+. Why ban my 8 year old daughter from office when, if she can garner enough votes, she wouldn't even know how to feck up the world as much as the orange one, the brown one, or the white one who did ok for a few months at the latter en...

Re: Qatar Airways lawsuit over Vaginal inspections

LTEN11 wrote:

Why is this post in Civil Aviation ? The only thing aviation related to it was that it happened at an airport.

Re: Rant on fees and taxes on car rentals, hotels

The US doesn't even display the real price of items at a convenience store so why would anyone expect them to do it for car hire or hotels?

The first time I discovered that I couldn't buy 99c worth of food for $1 in a US shop (way back in the 80s) I knew that I was in a really weird country.

Re: Do you use the phrase “Thank God”?

"Thank god for that" and "O god" have both been used by me, mostly in the past. They are just figures of speech, for me at least.

As an agnostic bordering on full atheist, I'm not addressing any kind of higher power by using those words.

Re: Fox News working hard to villainize sex & LGTBQ information

Braybuddy wrote:

See reply to Tugger above (x10)

Re: Fox News working hard to villainize sex & LGTBQ information

I'll bend over backwards for people -- when I want to Very big of you. , but put me in a position of being told to do something, then the brakes go on, big time. Clearly. I always refer to drag queens as "she", out of courtesy, when clearly it's a "he". I have no problem doing t...

Re: UPDATE: Queen Elizabeth has died

Gutted. First time I've cried in I don't know how long.

Re: Things to do in a weekend in Melbourne

As an F1 nut I'd take a short trip to Albert Park. See what remains of the circuit when not in use.

Re: Man stole a plane this morning and is threatening to crash it into a Walmart

Now disappeared from FR24.

Re: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.

scbriml wrote:

The BBC is reporting that a court has released a detailed inventory of what was seized by the FBI from Mar A Lago.

Re: Biden's speech on MAGA

FLYFIRSTCLASS wrote:

Neither side even tries to work with the other,

Re: FTC May regulate Car Dealers

Here we go again with government over reach! What happened to a free and unregulated market, the founding principles of our country? https://www.kbb.com/car-news/ftc-may-ban-some-car-dealer-tactics/ Do your home work, tell the dealer what you will pay and how you will pay. Draw the line in the sand...

Re: Finnish Prime-minister suspected of drug use after dancing like a normal person at a party

FGITD wrote:

What the world needs is more decent, God-fearing and proper leaders who know how to conduct themselves..