Only because David Bowie is dead. David Bowie would be the perfect mule. In fact,I'm lmost 100% sure my original paperback copy of Foundation used David Bowie as it's model for the mule.

Can we have David Bowie back?

I'm fucking stoked for this.

And spare me the "progressive program to help troubled youth". You wanna help troubled youth: END THE GODDAMNED WAR ON DRUGS THAT LEADS TO MASS VIOLENCE IN OUR MOST AT RISK COMMUNITIES! Obama was not a saint, and while he did some good stuff, he also did a whole lot of bad, rotten shit tha...

Well, to be fair, he's a brownskinned kid. If he was white kid who maybe could be gay but we're not really sure, I'm sure he'd be plastered over the news, and we'd get to hear... Ah man, who am I kidding. The kid is putting the blame squarely where it needs to be, but you're not about to see the Rep...

Spot on. The frightening thing is just how GOOD they have gotten at their plausible deniability and ability to co-ordinate espionage, sabotage, propaganda and conventional military force. I'd really love to see what their presence in the political activism field in Estonia, Latvia and to a lesser ex...

Seems pointless and unnecessary to immediately question someone's motives or honesty without any basis. Absolute gun folks have different priorities than absolute no gun folks, and representing one side as dishonest because they're nuanced or because they see limitations in the language of an amend...

The Russians arnt going to nuke state capitals just for the sake of it. They are going to nuke the missile silos, Washington DC, major military installations, and any airport long enough for strategic bombers to operate from.

Strange how more black men die from gun violence in Democratic cities that prohibit or make gun ownership extremely difficult. Guess the GOP must have done that, right? And again, there only substantial bill the house is considering about gun control from the left is a BILL TO MAKE THE MAJORITY OF S...

:banana: The opposition isn't interested in facts or objectivity. Or saving lives, either. I mean, anyone notice how California and Maryland's strict gun laws didn't stop people from trying to go on shooting sprees? Like, you know, I have said, time and time again. And as has been proven, time and t...

"Good Guy with a gun" is a weird thing. There are defensive gun uses in this country, but it's hard to determine just how many. Not all defensive uses of a gun involve discharging the firearm, or even HAVING one("I have a gun!" can stop people from doing shit they shouldn't do, s...

Oh yeah, watch Altered Carbon. Shut up, just do it.

The fuck? I didn't say nothing like that. I pointed out that the FBI developed doctrine for engaging active shooters as rapidly as possible, rather than "setting up a perimeter" and waiting for back up, as this reduces the rate of casualties in an active shooter situation. The cop in Maryl...

I am struggling to watch Sons of Anarchy.

Turns out that doing what the FBI recommends... Works.

It also has only the most tangential relationship to guns and gun laws.

Listen: "assault weapons" are not the "weapon of choice" for mass shootings. I'm trying to keep calm here, but the FBI published a report on Active Shooters. I highly suggest you go read it, because it contains a lot of relevant and pertinent information. out of 160 active shoote...

How about if we define the limits based on how much damage a single bullet can do to body. More damage, more regulated? For example, read this doctor's account of gunshot wounds, and what is the difference. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/fl-op-parkland-shooting-ar-15-radiologist-perspective-20...

So... Most pro-gun home defense experts say an AR-15 or similar is a bad choice. Other guns recommended instead. I'm not an expert myself so I wonder, what are these experts getting wrong? Meanwhile, in another universe from the NRAs, even people outside my unusually clever, skillful, and anecdotal...

Bralbovsky, I want to talk about a few things here. First, the Second Lateran Council, where Pope Innocent II "banned" crossbows". At the time, the Pope's major opponent was Roger II of Sicily, who had a sizable muslim force in his armies, and these muslims were renowned for their use...

I understand that argument. The problem is that assault weapons bans are not an answer. Why? Because they are phrased in such a way as to include firearms based on what are largely cosmetic features or by being based on a model that is explicitly called out by name. Imagine if we tried this with car...