NRA in disarray: Infighting threatens gun group's future

So, is this yet another "looking from the outside and indulging in wishful thinking" piece, or is there something to it?

Although this part definitely isn't wishful thinking - it's statistics:

Quote:The United States, which accounts for just under five per cent of the world's population, now has 46 per cent of all civilian-owned guns.

Trump wants an immigration system 'like they have in Canada.' So, one without a border wall, then?

More seriously, I wonder whether it'd fly. Remember what happened when Lyndon B. Johnson made a similar suggestion?

And, hey, look - he waited until he needed to put together his re-election platform before suggesting this.

I dunno if this is a forum issue or something to do with the site(s) Rob's getting the images from, but I have to bring up the context menu, and click "view image" to see them. If I page back after that, the images show up in the thread, but they don't load until I've done that.

I have checked other threads (e.g. Lynn's Rec Room Projects), and they don't seem to have this problem. It's just the one thread.

Saw it (in 3D), loved it, thought it was great.  It did not feel like 3 hrs. 

Oh, and there was no end credit scene, so you don't have to wait.


Don't think there's much else I can say that doesn't spoil something, so I'll leave it at that

Suspect in deadly synagogue shooting near San Diego wrote anti-Semitic manifesto

I am so fed up with this. We should publicly name every white supremacist, writer, blogger and politician that inspires these things. Hound them and expose them for the monsters they are. Starting with that orange dusted Russian investment property with dementia currently residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Unfortunately, it's a #fictionalevent as part of an excersise for Planetary Defense Conference to decide how to actual deal with an incoming city killer  and who needs to know what, and what if anything to do about it?

Had my hopes up for a minute but so it goes.

There's a fairly shite article from CNeT here

ESA's Twitter account is roleplaying the end of a small part of the world

So if we can redirect it, where exactly do we want the asteroid to land?

Oh sweet meteor of death.
Fall upon us and deliver us in fire
To peace everlasting

I know I said I'd let everyone else catch up... but BA said it's too quiet in here. And this doesn't really affect the overall plot.

No date stamp yet. Think of this as a coda for Arc 1, before things get hairy in Arc 2.

Ottawa had a once-in-a-century flood two years ago. This year's flooding is worse.

Water flowing over the top of a hydroelectric dam east of Ottawa, on a tributary that drains into the Ottawa River downstream of Ottawa and upstream of Montreal:



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The shoreline at the beach near Ottawa's water treatment plant, as of yesterday:



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Here's a detour that's washed out:



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Ottawa is under a state of emergency.

Oh, and we're getting another 35mm of rain/snow today and tomorrow.

(I live on high ground, and I have enough bottled potable water to last two days - more than enough time to drive out of town, buy more, and drive back. Don't worry about me.)


Oh, yes - we aren't the only ones affected.

The Trans-Canada Highway is washed out between Mattawa and Deep River. Traffic is being diverted through Algonquin Park, adding over an hour to travel time.

The Trans-Canada Highway is washed out between Fredericton and Moncton. Traffic is being diverted along the Bay of Fundy via Saint John, adding over a half-hour to travel time.

And, while the TCH is okay in Quebec, many of the cities along the St. Laurence aren't... including Montreal.

Going to be on CoH a LOT this weekend.

I'll be getting @Vyperpunk into the SG, @Mag Flashlight is already in, we'll be inviting anyone that I remember or posts here, I'll update this post as more folks get joined up and officered.

We'll be running on Torchbearer server, vs the new Excelsior machine.

i25 public server, bring your IOs, bring your fists!

Google has a fantastic Avengers: Endgame easter egg today.  

Search on "thanos", and then click the Infinity Gauntlet that appears over in the summary panel on the right.  

Click it again to "undo".

Works on both mobile and desktop.