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North Dakota now has enough vaccine available that they will make it available to Canadian essential workers (mostly truckers) who cross from Manitoba. I'm getting my first shot of Pfizer on Friday in Winnipeg, but likely my second will come from this program. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-north-dakota-vaccine-essential-workers-1.5994519

No surprise, you don't know enough about her to spell her name. Like the people hoping all Conservatives die in their sleep so liberal progress can be made? Do you think that is at all angry or hateful? Do you need help on understanding what 'objective' means? Being conservative isn't an objective qualification. If you think she is qualified because she's a conservative, please stop pretending your dismissal of Harris is based on anything other than her being a liberal. As for brave, well ok, I guess standing up in public and declaring that the southern strategy was a myth and never happened does take a certain kind of bravery. I'd be too embarassed to be able to lie like that. Independent thinking? OK, again I can see that. When she tried to defend Trump's nationalist policies by comparing them to the Nazi Party, and said the only thing Hitler ever did wrong was in trying to implement his ideas outside of Germany I very much doubt anyone else told her to say that. I am quite sure she came up with that all on her own. Author though? We both know you've never read anything she's written so you certainly can't claim she's somehow a good enough writer to be immediately suitable for high office. Again, the fact that you tried to think of qualified black women and the best you could come up with is a toxic right wing social media personality whose name you approximately know just further proves Joe's point

That I agree with. But the thing is that Keith is simply recognizing that here in America we have the second amendment as interpreted by our Supreme Court. No solution is worth talking about if it lay's outside the confines of that reality. I, for one, think the whole gun craze in America, is simply ridiculous especially this nonsense with AR-15's and safety less hand guns like Glocks. But I am not ready to give up my guns. I don't think my shotguns are a danger to much more than woodpeckers and gophers. Also, I like the idea of a home defense shotgun. I believe if the fringes on both sides would just accept some common sense changes that recognize it's not an all or nothing proposition we can get to a better place. Beating the same drum won't help.

That's fantastic. Tomorrow I am one month post my second Pfizer shot. I'm not cavalier about anything but it's been a joy to be able to have pretty normal dinners with others who are fully vaccinated. The best bit by far was when my favorite niece told her two daughters to give me a hug when I was home. The things you take for granted.

Now you've gone and done it, you made the new Mod say cripes. I suspect we'll have another "too many connections" episode because of you.

man, you ain't kidding. brent has a thread that he agrees with obama, a cop got convicted of murder, and now the miners union says it will be ok with getting rid of coal.

Hi Keith, Re: If you're saying can better regulate the 2nd, then we're agreeing. I do not believe that I have ever advocated taking guns away from everyone. Re: I still hope to have a beer with you this year. I'm not a beer drinker; but, I bet a couple of sharp cookies like you & me can figure something out. I look forward to it. Jerry Baumchen PS) And, just maybe we could schedule it for when Joe Weber is visiting his home state, we could include him.

Hi Keith, That is because you have not known him for 35+ yrs as I have. Jerry Baumchen

I'm just freaked out that I might get short plated on fajita day.

Welcome Back!! You want the serious answer? Upsize your canopies.

Oh oh, I'm so sorry you are "butt hurt"! Realistically many or even most jumpsuits have Cordura reinforced buts to protect the jumpsuit from damage. If you want body protection from poor landings you need to do what people in sports where falls are common do. Armour. Look at skateboarding equipment. What skydivers do instead is learn to stand up landings. As a rule we do not have areas we "know are likely to make hard contact".

No personal experience, but one thing you can do on the ground to prepare yourself for landing is to learn and practice PLF’s until they’re second nature. Jump a canopy that makes a PLF reasonable (ie not some pocket rocket), and expect to PLF. Then you’re in control; you can prepare for a PLF (which doesn’t require nearly as much coordination and time sense), and only do a standup if everything looks perfect. I don’t have great depth perception or time sense in landing (I’ve taken several canopy classes and have over 2700 jumps — this isn’t new), and take this approach to landings. It’s not nearly as “cool” as a badass standup or swoop, but I’m a 66 year old lady who’s been jumping since she was 20, and haven’t been hurt on landing enough to miss the next load. That’s plenty badass. Wendy P.

Right. So have police confiscate guns from criminals as they do now; total number goes down. Make it hard for criminals to get new guns; total number does not go up again. It could take five years. It could take 25 years. But it's a worthy goal IMO.

By 1) taking them away when they are arrested and 2) making them harder for criminals to get. That will draw down the number of weapons criminals have. Well, all the current laws haven't stopped drunk driving, rape or murder either. Still, they are good to have, and they do reduce the incidence of those crimes, even if they are not 100% effective. The two sentences above do not contradict each other. The vast majority of police are good at a difficult job; in addition police, as a whole, rely on weapons too much.

You're right, you have contributed additional information, but after a few pages the link to the thought process gets eaten by the Internet. I think that not unlike drivers not having insurance, we can reduce the number of criminals who have guns without shitting on the 2nd amendment. When Biden says, "The 2nd amendment is not an absolute;" I cringe.

Whoa! So Bill Gates is expanding his chip-tracking into Canada!

Well, a lot of us pay a ton of money for only half an airplane ride. Seems kind of stupid. If you really like jumping out of airplanes, join the fucking Army. Then they will pay you to jump out of airplanes.

Oh, I’m so glad I didn’t answer this seriously Wendy P.