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TNBanjoMan 3 points ago +3 / -0

Well, yes, but as statistics have shown, and the NRA says frequently, often the mere presence of a gun is enough to calm down a volatile situation. The store clerk was lucky, the perp was compliant once he saw the gun, and it ended OK. But I don't want to wager my life on "OK"... if confronted with that situation, I think I would have used better tactics.

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TNBanjoMan 15 points ago +15 / -0

The clerk was doing great until he walked out that door... the "threat" was leaving and if he'd shot him out in the street, he had lost his protection of "protecting life and property." Get the doofus out the door (at gunpoint if necessary), LOCK the door, and call the cops.

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TNBanjoMan 1 point ago +2 / -1

Well to be fair, in logic, one cannot "prove" a counterfactual, or the absence of a phenomenon; that is to say, you can't 'prove' a negative. They can draw inferences and correlations, which are highly suggestive of some condition or other, but one cannot prove the negative case.

Still, the anecdotal and correlational evidence is quite overwhelming that vaccines DO cause, or contribute in a significant way, autism and other ills in the population.

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TNBanjoMan 4 points ago +4 / -0

Ah, he's just pissed because the Big Beautiful Bill will no longer subsidize his EV business. Besides, third parties in America have a long history of failure. The ONLY thing a third party has ever done is to act as a spoiler, as in the case of Ross Perot's 3rd party that drew enough votes away from the Republicans to give the presidency to that dunderhead Clinton.

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

While the substance of this article is correct, as a practice in "journalism" it fails. There is little that is objective about it, and it reads more like an editorial opinion persuasion piece. Ah, but I gave up looking for journalistic objectivity a long time ago, and this op-ed is just more proof that it doesn't exist today.

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TNBanjoMan 25 points ago +25 / -0

I'm not sure what field of research he is in, but the reason "science" has such a low reputation right now is because it has utterly failed us in many fields, especially medical science and "climate" pseudo-science. We were told of "safe and effective medicines" that turned out to kill or injure millions of people. We have been taxed and regulated over mythical climate disasters that never materialized... yet the taxes and regulations continue to hobble us.

Research projects are regularly shown to be bogus, with results that are not reproducible, and scientific journals having to retract many of their publications. I could go on, but it's early in the day and I'm just having my first cup of coffee, so I'll leave it there.

If the body of "science" were to get rid of its grifters and fraudsters, its Fauci and company of fellow travelers, maybe this guy's complaint could be taken seriously.

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TNBanjoMan 18 points ago +18 / -0

Heh, even the benighted CNN begs to differ, they have been showing that Trump's approval rating is well over 50%... and that's CNN!!

This dumb swamp cracker has been smoking some bad crack.

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TNBanjoMan 13 points ago +13 / -0

Same thing in Tennessee.

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TNBanjoMan 12 points ago +12 / -0

Yeah... don't care. Calling a spade a spade is what he does best.

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TNBanjoMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

I replied to this earlier today, but I have been reflecting on this all day long, for some reason. Maybe it's because I love English history so much, and the effect the Magna Carta had on our own legal system of Common Law, and all the other things I once admired about England. And here is what I have come up with.

No one wins their rights from another entity by merely asking for them. As our own Revolutionary War showed, it took a contest of arms, blood, and fire to win our Independence. The same may be the case for you and your countrymen.

You may find it distasteful to think about, but in the end, it may take an actual armed uprising to cleanse your country of the invaders and the elites who have sold you out. An organized resistance, much like the IRA during the Irish "troubles," fully armed and financed might bring about the change that you seek.

Appeals to sympathetic countries might get you shipments of arms and the training that they will require. I get the sense, from many things I read from people in your country, that the nation is ripe for change. At the very least you might be able to carve out a part of England that will secede from the country (Wales?) and pursue your own destiny, free of the invaders and the people who made their invasion possible.

I live in the Southern US and I don't know a single friend who doesn't own firearms here. They are ubiquitous here.

Just some idle thoughts offered up on this July 4, Independence Day in America. Again, good luck to you and your country.

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TNBanjoMan 5 points ago +5 / -0

That's hilarious! I once had a Dauschundt and it was the spunkiest dog I've ever known. Absolutely fearless.

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

Oh yeah, I know. If it comes to that, I just plan to hunker down in my east Tennessee mountains, fully geared up, and wait for it to come to its inevitable end.

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TNBanjoMan 11 points ago +12 / -1

Yes, I think so. Trump, I believe, recognizes his own limitations and mortality, and is mentoring a cohort of younger future leaders to whom he can pass the mantle when his time is up. Vance seems to be the embodiment of Trump's agenda and aspirations for America. I would certainly vote for him if he runs in 2028.

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

In our 250-year history the real balance of power has shifted many times, from a strong Congress and weak presidency, to a strong presidency and a weak Congress. Think of Millard Fillmore and then FDR, and there are other examples. So this situation is nothing new in American politics.

But it is also noteworthy that Trump's strong presidency also comes right at the end of this current Fourth Turning we are in, and that he is the "grey champion" that the Fourth Turning theory talked about. I think we are about to see the spectacular culmination of this Fourth Turning and a new era (a First Turning) is about to emerge, a period of relative peace and prosperity. It may take a couple of years for this to play out, and I'm grateful that I am alive to see this historic moment.

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TNBanjoMan 7 points ago +7 / -0

There is so much dysfunction going on in that pic that I hardly know where to start. From the t-shirt to the stained-glass ear things to the legal allegations regarding her "wife" and everything else going on in that carnival of stupid tells me that there is nothing normal about her.

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

I checked out Q # 2182 and sorry folks, I don't see the connection. Can someone point out what I'm missing here, please?

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