Lawnmower Boy

Perhaps someone who lives outside of the US could better answer this....  They may provide a better perspective on how society protects itself every day without guns and without living in the only country in the solar system where one needs to fear gun violence on a constant, everyday basis.

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I think it looks a lot better than the early trailers, but not quite as good as the movies. I don't expect movie budget FX in a TV show, and the rest of it has been good enough to push the issue to the background for me.

I really hope there's a Scarlet Witch / Daredevil crossover in the future of the MCU. That way, maybe Matt Murdock can teach Wanda how to cope with her loss of Vision....

The Simpsons, of course! And Futurama for that matter. Yes, seen those both for years of course. 

My condolences, tribble.

One could say that, but then one would be entirely silly. Not only are firearms force multipliers, but they also making killing easier from a psychological standpoint.

So instead of 10 dead and 15 in the hospital, which is horrible enough to be sure...you'd rather it was 20 or so dead, and who knows how many in the hospital?

Secondary:  how many mass stabbings have there been, versus mass shootings?  
 
A stabbing event will almost always be more contained.  This one is horrific...and probably wouldn't be as bad had guns been used.  Knives do tend to be quieter.  But it's an aberration among mass attack, I think.  Pre-dawn, planned, one might think targeted.  You'd think this would be a more contained, targeted incident.  Sounds like the cops suspect there were specific targets, and the rest were "hey, while we're at it...."  
 
Now, if your point is that gun control is not the be-all and end-all...I completely agree.  The point of gun control is to make it less easy to pull off a Pulse, Mandalay Bay, or Parkland.  That when guns are in an incident, lethality is FAR higher...the damage to any target tends to be higher, and more victims can be targeted in a short period of time.  It doesn't address the root causes;  it simply hopes to disenable them to a degree.  Trying to actually prevent incidents like this in the first place is far, far more difficult.  Who knows when someone transitions from frustrated and angry to murderous?  Presumption of innocence is a MAJOR problem here.  What constitutes sufficient cause to detain?
 
And, a really, REALLY cynical perspective?  Some Republicans love these.  Adore them...in private.  Because they advance the progression to a police state that they want. 

Today was $3 day at cinemas around the country, so I finally went to see Top Gun: Maverick. Good movie, much better than expected. I got choked up at Kilmer's appearance. 
 
I considered staying to see more, but I spilled nacho cheese on myself and just wanted to go home. 

Okay, I finally got around to watching Ms. Marvel on Disney+. I was initially a little hesitant, partly because she wasn't around when I was reading comics (which admittedly was a very long time ago) and partly because of a lot of things I'd read on the internet about the series. But I went ahead and watched it.
 
The people who complained about the series on the internet were, in my humble opinion, dead wrong. I loved it. I thought the character development was great. I thought Kamala's interactions with her friends, her family, and the people she met along the way were portrayed very well. I loved all the little cultural bits. I thought the little effects they threw in tying the story to the world of social media were a clever touch. I enjoyed the series as much as any of them.
 
I look forward to seeing Kamala on the big screen with Carol and Monica sometime soon.

I sympathize with this guy. 
 

In other words, Plank's constant. 

Doctors quickly realized the gravity of his situation. A concrete treatment plan brought the progression of the disease to a sudden stop. They expect some significant short term health impacts but long term his condition is not expected to drop by more than six additional feet. 

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