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Just saw that Dick's Sporting Goods will stop selling assault rifles and have 21 and over gun buying policy -- pretty great news. Que up the NRA... I see that they stopped for short time after Sandy Hook, but started again. Of course they vow to stick with it, this time. Hopefully they do and other stores follow. From a NYT story. This is what this country needs: a change of mentality about guns... Mr. Stack said the retailer began scouring its purchase records shortly after the identity of the suspected Parkland shooter, Nikolas Cruz, became known. The company soon discovered it had le

NRA using their puppets. Crazy to think that Georgia will risk loosing their largest employer over guns. Guessing Illinois would welcome Delta...

Bruce Dickinson springs to mind. Not strictly a screamer - more or sustain holler --- he demands the crowd to do the screaming:"Scream for me..."

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At least he has his pilot license (at least I assume he does) -- that's more qualifications than many of his other nominees/appointments.

Yeah - I enjoy Hot Tuna, but not as familiar with them as I am with the Airplane. Plus, I have always been a sucker for Grace. Spotify has a lot Hot Tuna shows that I listen to from time to time. Still have not seen them play yet, which I always plan to do when they come around, but end up not going for some reason or another.

Only Jefferson Airplane related thread I saw was the RIP thread for Kantner. Looking forward to this book. Jorma is an interesting dude.

That is exactly what the NRA lady was implying last night. Crazy thing is that some of the victims and the sheriff sharing the stage with her were supporting it. It just seems so ass backwards.

Caught a bit of CNN town hall last night. Of course, NRA's answer is to fortify all schools. I guess I need to give Rubio credit for showing up - he definitely was in the hot seat. Tapper did a decent job of keeping everything in check - as well as the kids/adults asking the questions. The talk about fortifying schools from the victims and the NRA, rather than trying to curb guns, was unsettling, though. It shouldn't be discussion on the fortification of schools, but guns. My wife always likes to point out that our kids go outside for recess and gym -- how is one going to fortify a school's

Definitely will grab this one, if it is still available -- friends of mine are going to the show - I won't be able to swing it. I'll shoot you a PM

This reads like a a message from the NRA:

Indeed.

Resignment is what the oppostion to gun control wants - I would say the oppostion greatly benifits with these shootings and are completely fine with it. The more these events occur the more people resign to the fact "oh well, a 'crazy' person is gonna kill if they want to --- they gonna find a gun - no matter what, anyways" - so they give up opposing the gun lobby. Like President Obama always likes to say - pertaining to how democratic societies work: They are like ocean liners: you turn the wheel slowly, and the big ship pivots. Gun control - like civil rights - is a huge issue. It took

Would be cool see her at the Preston Bradly Hall - a beutiful place. Never realized the Cutural Center put on paid shows in the Hall. I have seen plenty of jazz shows there - but they were always free. Also, I have no idea who the above dude with VIle is.

I wouldn't go that far. I'll give you maybe 65% and that maybe that is even high. I think your letting the Trump regime influence you --- when you hear 'fake news' enough, even the non-Trumpites start believing it. They whole "trying to get the stories out first" is definitely hurting journalism -- but there are alot of outlets still doing the leg work and putting out great, interesting stuff and keeping the government in check. It is much harder now getting through the abundance of information that is out there and seperating it from fact and opinion, though. Which is what opposition to

Arrieta started to bug me (probably stemming from his dumb tweet after the Trump/Clinton election) , so I am fine with him leaving - plus he's crazy if he didn't accept a Darvish-type deal from the Cubs.

Typical Cub fan - always has to have the biggest.... Seriousily though - what's your thoughts on Darvis (KevinG). I haven't been following it all too much - but it doesn't look like the Cubs were ever really interested in re-signing Arrieta. Also a 6 year contract for a pitcher seems a bit crazy.

I managed not to see or watch any of the Barlow wake stuff - which is a good thing.

Go White Sox!

The possible gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is very disconcerting. Again many of his voters probably may have no idea of it's dismantling or it's being framed as just cutting big government/regulation. Yet, many of his voters will get eventually screwed by big business and have no recourse. https://www.npr.org/2018/02/12/584980698/trump-administration-to-defang-consumer-protection-watchdog

Guessing you can find a version on owl and bear. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B5xZV5X8KwRCRUZTT0hLaUVhclk

Makes sense - one of the main organizers was living in Lyons, CO when the Fed's finally caught up with him.

Speaking of docs. - yesterday I watched Orange Sunshine: the story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love on Amazon Prime -- nice flick. Some Dead references, throughout. Man they made alot of LSD.

Another bit on Barlow: From the Thoughts on the Dead page - nice write up. http://thoughtsonthedead.com/fourteen-thoughts-on-john-perry-barlow/

Regarding 9.11.73 -- I have never been a huge fan of Weather Report Suite and think the horns added much to the 9/11/17 version. Nice Dark Start, too --- the Phil outro into Morning Dew is great. Always nice to hear a Let Me Sing Your Blues Away - dig the horns on that one, too. Speaking of Doug Sahm - saw that there is a doc. on Netflix or Amazon - need to check that out. I know very little about him, actually nothing, except the Tupelo cover.