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I totally agree. Have worked with enough of them - ain’t we all had to?!

I’d like to see it pointing out hard though - that someone you could reasonably expect to be intelligent, community oriented and compassionate (those are what Lefties call themselves, right? You can make a pretty safe bet that he’s a lefty, regardless.) are even worse for grabbing the brass ring than the low educated. Inner city types at least have an excuse, poor though it may be.

Stephen Opayemi

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University of Ibadan

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Yep - gutter scum.

I’d point out that you were not only lucky with the detective in question, but you ticked all the boxes a GOOD LEO looks for.

- courteous
- aware of what was happening in your area
- street surveillance (honest cops love people with that!)
- non-confrontational

Basically you were/are doing the things that makes their job easier. They do like that.

Why?
Seriously, what would republican control of the senate gain us?

How many House bills has Dingy Harry stalled out when they go to the Senate? Nearly all of them. Some of them not very good, admittedly, but do you really want this rules mechanic in power any longer?

It’s an unpopular “do nothing” Congress, due to “Republican intransigence” and that is entirely down to Dingy Harry and the water carriers in the media. No one else. If you can’t see the benefit of getting rid of him and forcing the Worm to veto needed legislation personally, instead of being protected from having to stick his head out of his cozy little bubble, I despair of you.

You fight with the troops you have, not the troops you wish you had.

I totally agree - unfortunately, society as a whole seems to be becoming less and less decent.

The involuntary committal laws are a maze to navigate, as well. In some states, they are a joke, or at least I’ve been told so by friends who have had to deal with them. Should you manage to get someone committed, well, psych units are pretty damned bad places at the best of times. The whole tendency of the profession to throw pills at the problem until the symptoms go away adds another layer of difficulty.

Got no answers here. I’d ideally like to see an intense, focussed, world wide research campaign on mental illness, but that won’t happen for various reasons.

“Behind it is the notion that others should be responsible for your personal behavior.”

If it is very strictly confined to the mentally ill, that idea makes a lot of sense. They are rarely capable of being responsible for their own behavior, so someone needs to step up to the plate.

I know, I know - mentally ill can mean whatever the powers that be wish it to mean, so it is a wedge in the door in that respect, and will no doubt be used as such by the Left.

It’s the usual thing with them - nothing wrong with the idea, but the execution involves yet more nanny statism and big government.

Think of it more like the town water supply.

If you are the only one running a tap, you get the full flow of water. If everyone in town is filling a bath at the same time, your tap can slow to a trickle, depending how far from the pumping station you are

“I’m trying to figure out what exactly is going to change in the next two years if the GOP wins control of the Senate, and I’m drawing a huge blank on this one. “

Sadly, the same here. Mainly because conservatives tend to be straight shooters (in both senses of the word!). Sure - we don’t all get along all the time, or march in lock step. But we also are perfectly fine with leaving each other alone in most cases. I say most, because there are humdingers of fights when someone gets flicked on the raw, but most of the time it’s at the very least “listen to each other.” May not agree - but listening and thinking about what the others say seems to be reasonably well ingrained. It’s manners, if nothing else.

The Left don’t do that. Have you EVER managed to have a decent conversation about politics with a Leftist? I’m not talking about the old school Liberals here - we tend to have a fair amount of overlap between us. Unfortunately, they are hated by the Left even more than the Tea Party is!

The Leftists have been setting this up for several generations now. About the only way I can see to make any change at all is to tolerate the less squishy RINOs and take a leaf from the Left’s playbook - start local. Take the school boards. The town councils. The state legislatures. The legal and judicial systems.

It took at minimum 130 years to get to this state. Slowly and imperceptibly. Can’t be fixed by a single election, and you are correct that a GOP controlled Senate will show all the spine of a jellyfish next year.

It’s going to get a lot worse, before it gets better. No one is going to swoop in like Superman and save the country in a single bound. With maybe 3 exceptions (Cruz, Palin and (possibly) Walker) I can’t think of a single potential candidate for ‘16 that has the clear sight, guts and stubbornness to put the entire country before their pet projects. Even those three can’t do it alone - not until the culture itself changes.

Figure that’s our job. Change the culture. One mind at a time. One town at a time. One organization at a time.

Even in a patient in remission,
there is sexual transmission for months.

Can I go to the hospital you use, please? Sex is not a standard nursing technique where I am. Too much chance of the patients wanting to stay in the hospital. (joke)

Sounds like she did everything right as far as her actions went, she’s to be commended.

Still should take another week or so off to be sure though.

To be fair - the female hyena’s clitoris is the same size and shape as the male’s penis. And are you going to get close enough to something with jaws that can crush steel to check carefully?

Night before, basically. I know what I’ll need about a week in advance, but it goes in at the last minute, in case the weather changes. Clothes and a spare pair of shoes in the hold luggage, papers and anything valuable in the carry on, along with a spare T shirt, pair of socks and pair of underwear - in case I wind up in Christchurch and my hold baggage winds up in Anchorage. Guide books and phrase books on the kindle (or tablet if you go fancy - and a good idea of what you want to see specially.

Since you are wandering around Asia a bit - pack aspirin. You’ll need it, and can not get that stuff for love nor money in a lot of places. There are a few other bits and bats you can’t get easily - for some reason, pepper is one of them. Tissues are another.

Hope you have a great time and a lot of pictures please!

Especially when we round up all the Scottish tramps in London and ship them up the Edinburgh. No longer our problem.

“has declined to seek parole because he believes his uncontrollable urges make him a danger to society”

Pity, in a way. Knows himself, understands himself and accepts that he’s a risk and always will be a risk to others.

While we could debate the merits until the cows come home this is one time I’m going to call euthanasia a kindness.

Yours has more info - I’ll ask the mods to pull or lock mine.

“What is it going to take for them to Israeli-up and defend themselves?”

With what? Kitchen knives and pruning shears? In most of these places, an armed Christian is a dead Christian. In their mercy, the Muslims make sure the one with the gun is joined as rapidly as possible by his entire family.

Agreed.

We all know it happens from time to time, though it is a lot rarer than most might expect.

I’’m afraid I’d give his squad leader a damned good going over as well though - its his JOB to notice when one of his guys are starting to get a bit twitchy. The medic certainly commented on it, and that, in my book, is always a red flag.

Individually they all seem like nothing:

1/ He was a bit quiet and withdrawn - you take any bit of privacy you can get in close quarters, and your mates grant you that precious bit of privacy.
2/ He was learning the local language - sort of praiseworthy, having someone who can sling some of the lingo as a cross check to any translator.
3/ He sent some gear home - A little more dodgy, but it happens often enough not to be too noticeable.
4/ Talking about what they are actually doing out there - bull sessions are totally normal and help keep you sane.

But put them together with him leaving his post at least once before (reportedly) and a totally different pattern emerges. One that was missed.

Dont get me wrong, the decision to start walking was totally his, and his alone. His squad leader dropped the ball though.

Agreed. The Kurds require help.

They were rock solid allies and friends during the Iraq war. No matter what this leftist, mush headed writer thinks, you do not leave your friends swinging in the breeze.

Nice people. A little bit close until they get to know you, but they’ll give you the shirt off their back.

On it being hilarious, we can agree. So funny watching the politicians run in panicky circles.

It does illustrate the Scots very legitimate grievance with Westminster quite nicely, though. They, like much of the North of England, are treated pretty much how Washington treats flyover country. “Give us your vote, then shut up and take what you are given for the next 5 years.”

Try Scottish spite. Salmond actively campaigned on getting rid of Trident. They ain’t going to turn around and grant a lease.