It still irks me a bit that Jimmi Simpson and Ed Harris neither look nor sound anything alike.

It’s weird because when he first started to get popular he seemed like such a humble and cool dude, and now he just comes off as the biggest tool.

People like Ronald Gasser don’t buy guns “for protection” or because they are “enthusiasts”. They buy guns so they can use ‘em. Emotional pussies, dying to play Cowboy Hero Army Guy, just hoping for any excuse to shoot someone. Gasser has a history of stirring up shit with other drivers, hoping he gets a chance to…

Well, in the story we had a few hours ago, we were told that the witness quoted in this story, who was also quoted in the first story that we had yesterday, seemed to be lying because she said that the shooter stood over Joe and yelled at him and then shot him again, when all the shell casings were found inside the…

Um, being in law enforcement I can tell you that their unclear reason as to why the charges were dropped the first time DOES NOT fall on them. It falls on the state. We get there, write the report, make the arrest of it’s a felony/misdemeanor exception and move on. If there isn’t an arrest / suspect isn’t there, we…

So this guy definitely has connections with the local law enforcement, then, right?

That’s the thing which stands out to me. Throughout this whole process, he seems unwilling or incapable to accept the slightest shred of responsibility for his actions.

He’s also totally full of shit and still completely incapable of taking responsibility for his terrible decision making.

Dumb. He is extremely dumb. Which, I suppose, makes him extremely uncool by proxy.

I do. Your odds of being struck down by a terrorist in America are also virtually NIL.

My point was that the media trains us to be terrified of gun violence when common sense dictates that unless you’re involved in a life of crime, your odds of being randomly shot in America are extremely low. The overwhelming acts of…

yes, one piece of trash human being shoots another in an isolated road rage incident, and the whole country is scary. over 350 million people in this country, and approx. 12,000 or so are killed every year in gun-related violence. I’d say your odds of being shot in this scary country are slim to none.

Stop.

But here is the problem....to be in the fabled 1%, you have to earn around 450k per year

What? Many well-qualified economists do just that. Look it up. Seriously, google the phrases being used here that you’re feigning surprise at hearing for the first time.

No ‘well-qualified economist’ would have anything to do with defining ‘comfortable living’ or ‘content’. These are highly subjective terms that don’t have much to do with poverty as anyone with a little common sense might define it. I’m sure a lot of people in Appalachia are content and live comfortably, just as a lot…

Given the famously philanthropic bent of the innovator class, why would there be less incentive to innovate if innovation lead to a mild decrease in overall wealth among the rich? Gates is giving away most of his money. Zuckerberg is giving away most of his money. What was their incentive to motivate if they’re giving…

To me, it looks like the wealthy are doing their part…

What is ‘living comfortably’?

Which is to say: it is a political problem

The problem is it reduced sales for all, and most first for the smaller ones who don’t have the marketing muscle to promote something at all or long term.