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American exceptionalism…..
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
The Air Force admits it failed to enter the church killer’s conviction for domestic violence into the FBI database. If they had, he would not have been legally able to buy his guns.
Instead of passing more gun laws that we don’t enforce, why don”t we first insist on the vigorous enforcement of the laws we have? It’s a start.
As for prayer, it only keeps the victims quiet, making it easier for the killers to aim.
First, Enforce the laws we have!
That was a colossal fuck up on the part of the Air Force. To state the painfully obvious.
We should enforce the laws we have, but we should also change the laws to make them easier to enforce. Laws that require universal reporting of assorted disqualifiers (criminal conviction, domestic relations restraining order, mental health issues) and universal databases are guaranteed to have a partial failure rate based on the sheer complexities of the system. On the other hand, a universal ban on assault weapons, which are designed and marketed solely for the efficient "elimination of multiple targets" (aka mass murder), is much simpler to enforce.
Happy 50th Birthday to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting! . . .
. . . and thank-you LBJ.
The Case of Wilbur Ross' Phantom $2 Billion
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
Rich people don't have to follow the same rules as the little people.
Does your $2 Billion count if it is in an off-shore tax haven, or laundered into expensive London penthouse?
Does your $2 Billion count if it is in trust to your family? (Something Ross has claimed.)
So much #winning
As employers use more foreign workers, Trump wins 70 visas for Mar-a-Lago
WOTD From Josh Marshal: Trump is Compromised by the Russians
This link might be members only, but then please join as TPM (and maybe Vox) are the best journalism out there.
. . . hi, ho, the dairyio, the Cheetolini stands alone . . .
https://newrepublic.com/minutes/145698/america-officially-worlds-climate-pariah
. . . if I were the leader of any other country, I’d be discussing trade sanctions and CO2 tariffs on every carbon-tainted export product that America produces and was trying to foist onto my people.
(It’s what the Orange Addlebrain would do, right?)