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What is statistically significant is the ratio of 259 justifiable homicides- that is guns doing what they're designed to do (kill living beings) in a legal situation- to 8,342 criminal homicides by firearm. That means guns are batting .003, or .3% when lethally fired at someone. The other 99.7% was murder. This doesn't account for suicides which is a greater number.

My friend and I drank a bunch of my Mom's gin and then sprayed model airplane fuel on the patio to light on fire. What I hadn't realized is that model airplanes have two stroke engines, so there's oil in the fuel. I woke up to see a pentagram in brown on my parents' white patio. I snuck a bucket of soapy water and a brush to scrub it before they noticed, but to no avail. 13 year old boys can be dangerously stupid. In fact my career as a pot smoker indirectly ended my days of playing with fire.

It probably benefits her. She's got more foreign policy experience than every other candidate, and she's no dove.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-guns-self-defense-charleston-20150619-story.html This one says opinion but also utilizes facts.

Is this knowledge, or belief?

Yeah, this could lead to some more serious repercussions. I know Putin is a douche, but seriously, who backs Assad? He's an incompetent douche.

You're confusing it with "Sour Grapes-My Life in Flannel" by Jay Farrar.

The other twist is the planners of the Paris attacks weren't from Syria. Following the knee-jerk logic of the right we should start barring Belgians from entering the U.S.

But scientifically speaking, race does not exist. Judaism, like the Nation of Islam, brings with it an ethnicity. Racism and anti-ethnic bias are pretty much the same kind of shitty. The difference is one is more in line with our current anthropological and biological understanding, while the other sounds better.

I'm not convinced being vigilant of outwardly racist attitudes is childish.

I think there are some assumptions being made here. Also, for the record, mass immigration without background checks has been an element in our country since the beginning.

This exchange strikes me as particularly important at this moment in our global dialogue about terrorism. https://youtu.be/PzusSqcotDw Cnn anchors look a bit daft here.

Yeah that one's a terrible piece of shit. Maybe the fact that it was a band I know but my empathy was up on this one (the way it always should be) and I'm feeling really gross about some of humanity right now.

Good one. I love the idea of Jeff driving around listening to Wilco roughs, metal and hip hop. I hope I'm that curious when I'm his age.

And can we finally be honest about how the low minimum wage is creating a need for safety net services like food stamps?

All of the back-and-forth reminds me of how hard it is to be non-partisan in our current political landscape. While I like having a lens (social-democrat/progressive) I often think I spend as much time wishing for a radical center as a response to our shitty media. There's so much we don't think about because it doesn't fit the narrative. I.e: George W. Bush in practice was relatively soft on illegal immigrants Barack Obama in practice has been quite harsh on immigrants (at least according to deportation rates), although his policy proposals are different Bill Clinton was one of the bigge

Yeah, except with darker hair.

Yeah Kasich started to appeal to my weird, liberal sense of what I want to see in a Republican. Some kind of classic, 20th century American republican who isn't a total ideologue, and is mostly interested in balancing the budget. Kind of like McCain before he started courting nutbags, or Bush senior at his most benevolent. Not the showing he was priming for at the debate though. Rubio has charisma, man. There have been so many times where I found myself liking him, and then I read about his policies and throw up in my mouth a little. But he has a likable presence. He's like a latino Mat

I wouldn't doubt that both of those guys were assholes, especially to each other, and especially in the autumn years of UT. I don't imagine them having a very healthy relationship in the Anodyne days, but it doesn't have much effect on my appreciation of that album, or Trace, or the entire Wilco catalog. I will say maybe Jay needed someone else to be relieved to be away from a few years later so he could keep up that quality song-writing.

Things change sometimes, but I'd like to think that at this point, 10 years with the same lineup, it's pretty stable.

I'd say high. The line-up has been pretty stable. Or wait, do you mean qualitatively the same? Like they'll be different people having lived for another year?

It's crazy to see shows on the calendar that are over a year away. These guys plan ahead. I wonder if this increases, or decreases the odds of the quicker Star Wars followup that Tweedy hinted at.

Man, did you see Jeb stumble all over himself when a reporter suggested if Benghazi is on Hillary, then 9/11 is on G.W? He almost couldn't form a sentence.

Only the Capitol Cities that are Far, Far Away. I'll be here all week.

Music is a lot like film and literature to me. There's this range from fun to cerebral. I think everyone on this board has an appreciation for stuff that can present both, because Wilco does. The avant stuff, the angular-free-form jazz, the abstract noise textures, when it's good is still something that requires me to force my attention to get much of a reward. This is the same way I feel watching an Ingmar Bergman film or reading Virginia Woolf. It's pretty reasonable to not be interested in doing this kind of "work" in your leisure time. I do it less often these days, but I find when I do I'