Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian. Trump says he has the “absolute right” to pardon him, Giuliani may disagree; FBI agent does backflips while dancing and his gun shoots someone; Duterte kisses woman on the lips; Pruitt has some weird tasks for his aides to complete; a new report finds the U.S. rewards the rich while punishing the poor; Fox News has a solution for school shootings.
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This is my problem with the phrase “responsible gun owner” people pretty much get to label themselves that until they are invovled in an incident that proves they are not. I know many “responsible gun owners” who are not responsible with their guns at all, but because there has been no issue thus far they always talk about themselves that way.
Responsible gun owners don’t get drunk and do back flips with their gun in their pockets. They just don’t. Even if the gun hadn’t accidentally discharged that would still not be responsible.
Responsible gun owners (my mom) don’t forget where their guns are frequently. But because there has been no incident with her doing this (yet) she cries and complains about people like me trying to punish responsible gun owners.
I hate that phrase so much and always want to ask “what is the qualifier that makes you believe you are responsible with your gun”
People have run out of EMP INS so # go down & job market is in bad shape so Trump looks good because people are homeless with no address love it Trump is taking all the credit WHAT A GREAT PERSON.
The homeless issue in Utah in way more complicated than you think. I remember hearing about the give-houses-to-the-homeless plan SLC was implementing before moving here for my doctoral studies. Yet, despite the coverage, the homeless problem still remains a major issue. Part of the discrepancy appears to be that the percent change in homelessness has a lot to do with methodology: how are the homeless being counted and what counts as being “chronically homeless”. SLC has reduced homeless, but it’s no where near as significant as the 90% reduction people cite. Good propaganda though.
The fact that homelessness is still a problem can be seen in the local politics, too. Building new homeless shelters (particularly where) is still a major issue — it needs to happen but no one wants one in their neighborhood. Then there’s Operation Rio Grande (Rio Grande is a district near downtown). I haven’t followed that one much, but the impression I’ve gotten (from liberals who supporter it), is that it’s a largely punitive measure to sanitize the area. There’s development there including a prominent open air mall — can’t have the homeless be visible, don’t care what happens to them, they just can’t be here.
Aren’t the mormons supposed to be all about community, and goodwill, and charity, and all that?
Cenk’s point about Salt Lake City providing houses to people who have no place to live is very good. The U.S. population has been brainwashed into believing the homeless problem is an infinite and bottomless pit. This simply isn’t true. There are a finite number of people living in the country on any given day and a definite percentage who are homeless or living in squalor. If we did not have a brainwashed population and an ultra-selfish elite, we might be able to measure the extent of the problem and come up with decent solutions. Salt Lake City can’t do it all. I really think that it is a solvable problem.
Nina Turner has a new show? That’s FANTASTIC!
How much extra do we have to pay?
Btw, when is Murder with Friends coming back, or are they done?
There are so few shows I watch regularly anymore, I hope Nina’s show is for regular Members.
Or is there a Members-Plus tier now?
I sure hope Alison Hartson wins!
What drives me nuts about the Second Amendment is how easy it is to bare Arms (guns) when I’m not allowed to bare Arms (Bladed weapons – knives, daggers, swords…) You can easily get either an open carry or concealed carry permit for a gun in so many states and easily. Carry permits for blades are more difficult and even if you get a permit for a blade larger than your palm you have to keep it peace tied (literally tied in it’s scabbard.)
Imagine if gun owners had to keep their weapons peace tied. Or if they had to do what was done in the old west; turn in their weapon to the sheriff upon entering a town.