My Dad passed away in 2010 and in a way I’m glad he didn’t live to see 2018. He’l Was hardly a bleeding heart liberal, but he’d have been aghast at Trump and would have flipped his lid seeing Oliver North as the president of the NRA. North was someone that’d get him yelling at the TV, he hated him so much.

Once again: the Lord’s work.

*Siiiiigh* Good Christ, this shit again? It’s real simple folks: more guns, more gun violence. And I say that as a gun owner, not some “librul” straw man.

Agreed. There’s a tendency to not want to discuss this angle about school shooters in these parts because people are rightly tired of seeing white shooters explained away, their evil acts minimized and tired of mental illness being used as a dodge to avoid talking about gun control, but it doesn’t change the fact that…

Doing the lord’s work, MBC...

Funny you mention punk, because when I went to college, I put away the military look and went more in a punk direction. Of course, I kept the Docs and even walked with them (and a kilt) at my graduation. I still could be said to have that look, though it can at best be described as “guy in jeans and an old Dead…

I see your Mulan and raise you an Orgazmo.

Trust me, I feel you 100%.

I’ll put $5 on the idea that the kid believes in the “Nero’s Cross” origin of the peace symbol still promoted by some instead of its actual origins as semaphore for the letters “N” and “D” intended by the symbol’s creator.

Speaking as someone who’s high school look (back in the 90’s), could be described as school-shooter-chic, who had an interest in firearms and history and would go on to get a degree in European History focusing on Nazi Germany, let me break down this kid’s ideology: it’s the Cult of the Badass.

He also seems like the type who carps about how hard he’s worked to pull himself up by his bootstraps while eliding over the fact that his parents put him through college.

Assistance, yes. Example, I was drawing unemployment for a spell during a period when I was working an on call part time job.

Oh honey, come to L.A. sometime. You’ll have a heart attack and we can all be done with you.

In related news: Record numbers of women expected to go by “Melanie” or “just Mel” by 2036.

“Only one county in California had a numerical majority of Republican voters. Modoc County, which borders Oregon and Utah in the northeast corner of the state,”

All the stars for you.

I don’t want the Canadians coming down here, forcing their socialized medicine and their maple syrup and their poutine and their Rush albums on me... Wait a minute, that sounds awesome. INVADE CANADA, INVADE! And bring plenty of Moosehead when you do.

Those writers have done made a monkey out of me.

Please tell me you never ever went to see a blockbuster movie after age 15. Otherwise, piss up a rope.

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