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Senate Gun Control

Discussion in 'Community' started by Ghost, Dec 14, 2012.

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  1. GregMcP

    GregMcP Force Ghost star 5

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    Oh I know that. It was a 2 sentence summary for heaven's sake.
     
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  2. Rew

    Rew Chosen One star 5

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    Rep. John Lewis and other House Democrats are staging a sit-in right now to demand action on gun control. C-SPAN is blacked out, the GOP is shutting off cameras, but it's all over Twitter right now. (Can't silence social media!)
     
    Rew, Jun 22, 2016
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  3. CT1138

    CT1138 Jedi Master star 4

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    Isn't silencing media like majorly unconstitutional? Like breaking Rule #1 level unconstitutional?
     
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  4. Rew

    Rew Chosen One star 5

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    Precisely. Paul Ryan is sacrificing the First Amendment in an attempt to save the Second.
     
    Rew, Jun 22, 2016
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  5. anakinfansince1983

    anakinfansince1983 Skywalker Saga/LFL/YJCC Manager star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    The Second is the only Amendment Republicans care about.
     
    anakinfansince1983 , Jun 22, 2016
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  6. Zeta1127

    Zeta1127 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I retracted my statement, can we put it to rest.
     
    Zeta1127, Jun 22, 2016
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  7. heels1785

    heels1785 Skywalker Saga + JCC Manager / Finally Won A Draft star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    C-SPAN is broadcasting a Periscope feed to get around it. Good for them.

    Good grief, that picture is big. Okay, if you want to see the picture of the CSPAN Periscope feed, click on the spoiler tag.

    [​IMG]
     
    heels1785 , Jun 22, 2016
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  8. Juliet316

    Juliet316 39x Hangman Winner star 10 VIP - Game Winner

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    Good for the House Dems. I was miffed when I saw this morning that was the Senate, seemed to be trying to at least come to some sort of "no Fly, no Buy," in a bipartsian manner, the House Republicans were, once again, coming up with bills to abolish Obamacare.:rolleyes:
     
    Juliet316 , Jun 22, 2016
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  9. Jedi Merkurian

    Jedi Merkurian Future Films Rumor Naysayer star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Technically...

    C-SPAN only runs when Congress is in session. When the sit-in started, Speaker Ryan declared the House to be in recess. Therefore,the sit-in is not being televised on C-SPAN.
     
    Jedi Merkurian , Jun 22, 2016
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  10. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    LostOnHoth - how many home invasions did you fend off overnight?

    I had none. And in fact I was not at any point in danger of another person nor the government encroaching on my Freedom all morning.

    As I go into the lunch hour, I anticipate zero issues in which being armed will be necessary.
     
    Ender Sai, Jun 22, 2016
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  11. GregMcP

    GregMcP Force Ghost star 5

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    Nice to know, though, that when you are standing in that queue at Subway, if anyone tries to push in, you could blow them away. You wouldn't, of course, but just that feeling that you could. That's reassuring.
     
    GregMcP, Jun 22, 2016
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  12. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    Your chances of getting shot double just for calling it a "queue." We fought to keep Britishisms out!
     
    Darth Guy, Jun 22, 2016
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  13. GregMcP

    GregMcP Force Ghost star 5

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    A... line?... a, umm.... are Americans so free that they refuse to line up?
     
    GregMcP, Jun 22, 2016
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  14. anakinfansince1983

    anakinfansince1983 Skywalker Saga/LFL/YJCC Manager star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    Or if they got picky with which tomatoes the "sandwich artist" added to their sub while several people are standing in line.

    "And do you have extra spicy mustard or just regular spicy?"

    There are ten ****ing people behind you wanting their lunch. Just order some damn mustard if you want it.
     
    anakinfansince1983 , Jun 22, 2016
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  15. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Did you guys just see what happened an hour ago? Ryan showed up, gaveled the House back in session (cameras back on, mics back on), berated the Democrats for their disorder and held a vote on repealing the fiduciary rule for financial advisors. The vote passed (the Democrats did not vote, and were constantly shouting him down the entire time). Ryan gaveled the House back out of session, and left. Never seen anything like it.

    There's constant yelling and screaming back and forth on the C-SPAN scream, people trying to evict the gallery and congressmen yelling to let them stay. A congressman facetiming to CNN from the Floor, and the sergeant at arms kicks him out and forces him to stream from the cloakroom.

    What in the world.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Jun 22, 2016
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  16. Valairy Scot

    Valairy Scot Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Damn - financial advisors who handle others money SHOULD be fiduciaries for their clients.

    Since I'm not familiar with that bill, I have to ask WHY they would do that - that means the advisors do not have to manage your money in your best interests. (I worked for an excellent advisor some time back, but was not involved in any way with the financial side of his business.)
     
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  17. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    It depends on whether or not you have rules in other commercial statutes which impose a fiduciary duty on advisors. IFAs here pushed back against similar reforms on the basis that the Corporations Act already imposes duties via the financial services licensing regime.

    Anyway, I just went down to get sushi. It's called "Lion King Roll" but there's no lions of regal or other birth involved. Disappointing. The server asked who was next and though I was I deferred to the mid-50s lady there because I'm a gentleman.

    I suppose I was within my rights to shoot and or be shot but it didn't just keep out.

    And Greg, you'd be forgiven for assuming the Americans used "queue" because given their unique dialect is basically what you get when stupid children cannot spell here they could have just called it a Q. Like how cheque has become check, because they're a nation of simpletons. Watch this: America, I didn't just call you a nation of simpletons. I was referring to the nation of Islamistan, which hates your freedom.

    See? They're angry at a country that doesn't exist.

    So yes, "I'm in the Q" could have been a thing for their dialect (and it's not a language, Microsoft, and I don't care how much you wish it was) but apparently they have to call it a line. Just like, with near child-like simplicity, the pavement or a footpath is called a "sidewalk" (because you done walks on the side!).

    You couldn't have known where they'd draw the line at actual English though, so don't take it to heart.
     
    Ender Sai, Jun 22, 2016
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  18. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    House back officially in session, 1am... wtf
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Jun 22, 2016
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  19. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Jay you can go to bed.

    Your broken state will continue to fail in any meaningful or measurable sense to pass the legislation required to, as a government ought, protect the people from harm.

    America will be as terrible tomorrow as it is today, irrespective of what happens at 1am.
     
    Ender Sai, Jun 22, 2016
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  20. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Yes, this is way too late and absolutely nothing's gonna happen. But the novelty of crazy voting at 1am is interesting enough conceptually.

    But I think I've had my fill of watching after the first vote (which was the vote about the motion asking for a motion to adjourn, which is now being voted on). And then they'll be voting on a bill at 2:30am once a new legislative day is issued, then vote to recess until July 5th. Crazy stuff. But I am not staying up for it.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Jun 22, 2016
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  21. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    We've had Parliament threatened with being open for days in continuous sitting, Iello.

    And we banned guns.

    ...

    You should have stayed in the Empire.
     
    Ender Sai, Jun 22, 2016
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  22. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    We've had plenty of continuous sessions over days too, that's not remarkable in any legislature. The drama of them doing a sit-in while being essentially shut out is the new part. The majority rightly has the power to open and close sessions, but the Dems not letting themselves be shut out . They're livestreaming from the floor because the cameras and mics are off -- that's the new part. The speaker isn't wrong that it's disorderly and not in keeping with the House rules, but the speaker is also the one who is spitefully putting up votes on nonsense and whose party is completely guilty of not doing their jobs, so.

    But yes Ender, I understand that we missed out on the prospect to live in a gun-free society that has Prince George as its future sovereign. But how could we have known? At the time, it was just an insane king and an overweening parliament.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Jun 22, 2016
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  23. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    You can rejoin after brexit. We'll probably be looking to join some other debt-ridden sinking ship full of bloated bureaucrats.
     
    Darth Punk , Jun 23, 2016
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  24. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    Diggy , Jun 23, 2016
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  25. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy)
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    APNEWSALERT: Police say no one injured by gunman at German movie theater.

    If only he had an assault rifle.
     
    Diggy , Jun 23, 2016
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