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FuglyDuck

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  • Trump says Pirro 'folded like an umbrella' in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges

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  • I don’t think we can say this was sound judgement. She took it way too far to begin with, so now it’s hilariously embarrassing.

    (Also they destroyed evidence… which is laughable.)

  • Trump says Pirro 'folded like an umbrella' in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges

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  • Maybe if she had folded like a paper spline she’d have glided further….

  • Cats and boxes. Name a more iconic duo.

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  • Cats and Chaos?

    Maybe that’s more of a trio rather than 2 duos.

  • Wesley!

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  • ....wait.

    This is making me like Wesley. just a bit.

  • Critics accuse ailing McConnell of using autopen to sign disaster request

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  • It's elder abuse.

    Though in this case, I'm going to be oddly silent.

    I mean, he fucking deserves worse. much. worse.

  • Democrats are Socialists: They Support Social Security and Medicare

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  • Embracing a few socialist policies does not a socialist make.

    I mean, really. Might as well say republicans are socialist because they let corporations socialize the losses.

    (Though republicans suck hard enough that corpo dems are preferable while still sucking)

  • Parental Controls

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  • I may have been a kid when I first learned about sudo, and it took me a long time to realize who ever created the command didn't just mispell pseudo. (in my head cannon, pseudo-root. because it was like being root. without being root.)

  • RFK Jr launches new cooking show with sauerkraut-inspired recipes

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  • i wonder how many of his recipes include roadkill?

    inexpensive doesn't mean good. or healthy. or even safe.

  • Parental Controls

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  • "Picard would have laughed at that!""I'm NOT PICARD!"

    (shut up and take my angry upvote.)

  • Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

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  • Hammering a nail with a rock is a more effective solution than hammer a nail with a cucumber. Doesn’t mean the rock is a good solution.

    And that should give you an idea of how bad drones in schools are.

  • Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

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  • Human guards would be more effective than the drone at stopping an active shooter; but they won’t stop active shooters from being active in the first place.

    For that you need to attack the actual problems.

  • Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

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  • Usually, the scheme is remotely stationed pilots at a facility, as long as the internet stays live, at least. One or two teams can cover most the nation.

    But yeah.

    Also they were “inspired” by Ukrainian drones- the ones that fly in and explode. Nobody is using pepper balls in wartime.

  • Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

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  • If its not so bad, then why is your literal job to train people how to get through it? If it were easy to ignore, then people wouldn't need training, no?

    It’s not a fun experience, but again it will not stop a determined aggressor. It will deter someone who isn’t all that invested in whatever, but it won’t physically stop them.

    The training is literally just exposure training- we have them hit each other with OC spray and then the person who got sprayed gets to work through cuffing the other up. (They trade off.) the reason for this is two things-

    1. if you use OC or any other kind of spray, you will be exposed.
    2. it teaches you that *it isn’t that bad and you can still function.

    By temporarily blinding them and basically lighting their face on fire, obviously

    Incorrect. It doesn’t technically blind anyone. OC is a chemical agent that triggers thermal receptors to create a burning sensations. When it gets in the eye, the body responds by flushing the eye- making you cry.

    Again this is not something that incapacitates- any one who’s been exposed can and will remain a threat, same as anyone who is on something or just angry enough or desperate enough.

    This is why no cop in the world engages someone with lethal weapons with mace.

  • Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

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  • No.

    It won’t.

    All pepper spray is, is an irritant. I personally train people on a monthly basis to work through it. I’ve personally seen people- including teenage kids- angry enough, or on something, or having just been exposed enough- that it does nothing.

    Pepper spray isn’t a restraint, or an incapacitant. Its sole use is in pissing people off, breaking up drunken crowds, or harassing protestors.

    Additionally, pepper spray is fundamentally designed to spread and contaminate everything in the vicinity- including those kids you care sooo much about.

    You know what does stop gun violence? Gun control and mental health programs.

  • Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

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  • Oh yes. Pepper spray. That’ll stop a determined aggressor.

    (/s. It won’t. This drone is not for that. Probably for quelling student protest or something to that effect instead.)

    (Anything but gun control, amirite?)

  • Future Problems [Ryan Rds.]

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  • Need the fruit cartridge for the tomatoes

  • US Senator Graham offered military support for Israeli war on Lebanon, new footage shows

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  • it ain't exactly a small pile, though.

  • Gen Z adults are staying away from churches because of Trump - LGBTQ Nation

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  • First. that passage in John 7 is almost certainly an insert from later traditions- it's not included in the earliest manuscripts of the gospels of john, nor is it commented on by early church fathers who were talking about the gospel. So it probably didn't happen.

    Secondly, even if it did, jesus would not have had the legal authority to condemn her. She (and the 2 witnesses) was to be brought to the temple priests for judgement.

  • Gen Z adults are staying away from churches because of Trump - LGBTQ Nation

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  • Honestly, the more liberal you go as a Christian, the more you have to struggle with cognitive dissonance.

    I doubt very much that a historical Jesus would have been cool with lgbtq, women that weren’t property, and being told that slavery is uncool.

    First off, despite what a lot of people claim, Jesus was a fundamentalist of sorts pushing to return to the strict laws of Moses. He wasn’t progressive, and that includes laws like stoning women for not crying out as they’re raped. But also, if the girl weren’t betrothed she’d be forced to marry her rapist and had no chance to leave them. All the rapist would be punished with is paying for the goods- “you break it you buy it” mentality.

    Second off, he was running around the ass end of the boondocks faking miracles and grifting the ever living shit out id them. He’s as big a con artist as Trump.

    All this to say, when you have to start trimming the book of all the awful shit, you eventually start to look at the Swiss cheese of paper and go “why should I?” (And we can add the early church fathers for the Catholics)