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Then you know what? They should allow high capacity magazines and assault rifles at all their "freedom,faith n' fambly, conservative values summits" that they have every fucking month.

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If the characters in Game of Thrones had guns the series would last about half an hour.

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The response of the UK government after the Dunblane massacre: more gun controlThe response of the US republican senators after Columbine, Sandyhook, Orlando....: MORE GUNS!

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Chuck Norris would "do something" about this...http://images.memes.com/mem...

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Good morning, Wonketariat! Ah, it's good to be awake and in the real world. I had an awful nightmare that the vote yesterday was split straight down party lines and failed, and then a bunch of Objectivists with assault rifles started mowing people down while yelling about people coming to take their guns.

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And now I see only the second part of that was a dream.

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24 Republican Senators up for re-election -- #7 will blow your mind!

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And as the dead are once more buried and mourned, the chance for others to join them continues unchecked.

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Well, Kirk is in a rough reelection campaign in Illinois. Hence, the reason for his vote. This has nothing to do with ideals. These A-holes are completely lacking in integrity.

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I have to say I'm glad for Wonkette because this article was how I was able to correct some FB friends who were upset that the Maryland Senators voted against two of the gun control bills. They voted against the Grassley and Cornyn amendments and my friends didn't clue in that those were the shitty NRA approved amendments.

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Definitely that, since it leads to creating Young Republicans.

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Okay, SERIOUSLY intrigued here!Damn, prolly going to have to make hard decisions about which panels to go to AGAIN...

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There's a whole subculture of asswipes who think that every massacre and nightmare attack you could name - from Sandy Hook to Paris to Orlando and beyond - is "staged" by "crisis actors," and who spend their days sharing bogus videos and claims as if they were factual, and keeping the confirmation bias flowing.

I recently had a run-in with a friend who is no longer a friend over the whole "it was a hoax" bullshit...it left me feeling very punchy about those assholes.

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who the fuck is chuck norris? ( someone hands me a vhs tape of way of the dragon)

ooooh that's the guy...the guy who was the hairy backed mofo who Bruce Lee beat the hell outha ( seriously watch the movie, it was before Norris had the money to buy sharp enough razor to cut through that thicket of man hair on his back).

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I'll give you the details as soon as con staff pass them along. 😃

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TYK. It'd be nice if they'd, you know, let the ATTENDEES know what's happening when as well.

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Basically, they're taking all the panels and activities, cramming them into a framework, and hitting them with whatever is handy (like Jeremy's phone because screw that guy) until they fit. Then they'll let the panelists know and release the schedule within a day or two of that.

Also, they use an app called guidebook, so as soon as the schedule is released, you can use that to plan your personal itinerary.

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