Stumpy
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Hey Joe - I think that's a fundamental misunderstanding of mental illness, particularly depression. Unfortunately I've had far too much exposure to this in my friends - and I have lived in countries with socialised health care nearly all my life. The cost aspect has never been a factor. I don't totally understand - I don't think you can unless you suffer from it yourself -but it's not so much a matter of not wanting help, often its more that you don't think you are worthy of it. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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I suspect NZ is similar to Canada. You have to pass a safety course and police check, have a firearms assessor come round your house and check your storage arrangements, and then you are limited to the sorts of things you can buy. There is a higher class licence where you can get things like AR15 style rifles with pistol grips and so on, but that IS much harder to get. My Howa 1500 in .308 was perfect for deer. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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The only possible fix. http://newsthump.com/2018/02/15/national-rifle-association-calls-for-ban-on-schools/ Never try to eat more than you can lift
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The "Arm the teachers" idea is horrible for a number of reasons. 1. The people calling for teachers to be armed are generally the same ones that think teachers are overpaid elitist liberals 2. Who's going to pay for it? Certainly not this congress, they'll just funnel another billion to the armed forces instead. As kallend said, schools can't even afford paper, let alone guns and ammunition. 3. Just about every teacher thinks this is a horrible idea. 4. The hit rate of well trained LEO's in a pressure situation is somewhere around 20% on a good day. How accurate do you suppose teachers/ security guards are going to be? That's just for starters. I'm pretty sure the crowd that think its a good idea to bring more guns into school didn't apply themselves when they were students. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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Which, as it happened, she did. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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Renewables costs dropping quickly. This is only going to get better, unlike the extraction of fossil fuels which tends to get more expensive over time. https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/1/16/16895594/colorado-renewable-energy-future Never try to eat more than you can lift
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Right.....only go there for the articles..... Don't look at me. I've never been to Hawaii. I have. You should go. Especially Maui. Bucket List. Worth it. Unfortunately, never flying commercial again is already on my bucket list. It's a long way from Southeast Ohio to Hawaii. OK I am curious. That seems an odd thing to aspire to - why? (If you don't mind me asking?) Never try to eat more than you can lift
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Anyone thinking that knows nothing about business. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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The designer that put a 'destroy everything' button next to a door open button needs a slap. That's my thinking as well. A destroy everything button thats even easily available and accessible to a cleaner is a spectacularly bad idea hence why I am always sceptical of the stories. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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Pretty sure that story is apocryphal - I've heard various versions of it over the years (unplugged the servers to plug in a Hoover is my favorite) but your point is still valid Never try to eat more than you can lift
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Yeah exactly! That’s what your posts do. They warn people off the ‘holy spirit’
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Donald Trump did the RIGHT thing on pulling out of Paris Accords
Stumpy replied to RonD1120's topic in Speakers Corner
No-one here would ever make such a silly claim. Would they? No-one with an IQ above 90. (I'm being generous) Never try to eat more than you can lift -
It would be unintelligible because they would be laughing so hard Never try to eat more than you can lift
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My only comment on Bannon is that he is as moronic as the potus, and I wouldn't believe a word he says, either pro- OR anti- Trump Never try to eat more than you can lift
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I must have seen that movie 20 times. One of the most evocative bits of filming ever. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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The onion at its brutal best today "Roy Moore Retires From Politics To Spend More Quality Time With Someone's Kid" Never try to eat more than you can lift
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I never thought a lawyer could be a worse liar than trump but it seems thats the case! Never try to eat more than you can lift
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I think that's tripe looking for a reaction... If you genuinely think the US is the biggest threat to humanity then you're as deluded as rush is. NK? Maybe - they've got a nutter with nukes who is answerable to noone in charge or China possibly, due to their unbelievable pollution and CO2 emissions that'll probably doom us all. China has dead rivers and cities where you can't see the sun at noon. And yet people act like it's a different planet and all of that poison will never get here. The difference being, the Chinese are VERY quickly working on their environmental footprint. The leadership in the US couldn't give two shits Never try to eat more than you can lift
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That applies to more than one country on that list. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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DNA tests prove man innocent after 40 years in prison.
Stumpy replied to kallend's topic in Speakers Corner
A few years ago I would have replied yes, now no. We are seeing where DNA is revealing miscarriages of justice. I'd support expedited capital punishment only in cases where there is clear DNA evidence of guilt. In decades old cases where such evidence isn't clear, no. Unfortunately many cases have shown that DNA evidence is often incorrect/ misleading/ misinterpreted. It's rarely the slam dunk fictional crime series would have you believe it is. Humans are fallible, which is one reason the death penalty is a bad idea. The second, entirely pragmatic one is that the death penalty is generally many times more expensive than incarcerating someone for life. Never try to eat more than you can lift -
If agree with him if he extended it to Christianity, Islam, and everything else as well Never try to eat more than you can lift
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The onion nails it. Again. https://www.theonion.com/nation-to-wait-for-more-facts-on-texas-shooting-before-1820186609 Never try to eat more than you can lift
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And to think, Obama once got in trouble for chewing gum. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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True - but his easily led base will believe him, and that's all that matters. Never try to eat more than you can lift
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And took their passports away apparently. Flight risk... Never try to eat more than you can lift