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[quote=paramount]Here is the true solution (to eliminate/reduce mass/public shootings):

1. Raise families/kids with a solid/legit church background

2. One parent home with the kids except in rare circumstances

3. Vote Tea Party/Libertarian

The Tea Party stands for liberty/freedom, self-reliance and rugged individualism. That’s what built this country.

And yes, I’m serious.

The progressives have nearly destroyed this country – and the mass/public shootings are among the most glaring symptom of a diseased society/country – a disease whose primary cause IS progressive and liberal agendas.

Gun Control and Bullet Proof crap will NEVER solve the problem or even come close.[/quote]

what’s a “solid/legit” church background? like, not a bullshit church? one that doesn’t honor killing, militarily or otherwise? a nonnationalist type church that is rah rah america?

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[quote=paramount]Anyone know where “Piney the Elder” can be bought bottled?[/quote]

barons on rancho cal., except the clerk tells me people line up for it and they limit you to 0ne bottle. people have gotten so pesky aabout pliny and blind pig that they may ahve already discontinued it. something about pliny has brought on a kind of mania…

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[quote=Rich Toscano][quote=scaredyclassic]im willing to agree that all wine tastes about the same[/quote]

That’s the nuttiest thing I’ve read on this blog since paramount’s NAMBLA comment…

For myself, I’ve grown tired of IPA… it’s like a hops arms race now. My favorite is “regular” pale ale, with some hops but not overpowered by them. Unfortunately (for me), IPA is all the rage right now and pale ale has become a lot less common in recent years.[/quote]

http://io9.com/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-heres-why-496098276

google wine tasting is bullshit generally and this link to get to the study that blind tase testing experts cant even tell red from white with no visual cue.

i think i can tell abysmally spoiled wine from ok wine, and someotimes something tastes particularly good, but…probably i cant even tell that…

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If you met mr. Dancis author of resister, auto bio of a founder of the burn your Draft card movement in the 60s would you thank him for his service?

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[quote=Blogstar][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=bearishgurl][quote=Blogstar]I wouldn’t want to take any money for foster care. That would ruin it. Then again it would be expensive. It seems like mostly single mothers who need money do it? Is that right BG? When I was in foster care it was a single black woman and she was doing a good job. Just helping a refugee or two , perhaps orphaned or a kid who needed a stable environment to finish high school that seems doable. But yeah, it’s scary…[/quote]

Well, I suppose a single parent could do it for extra income but the applicant needs to have at least one available bedroom for every two children of the same sex. HHSA DOES inspect foster-parent applicants’ homes and I don’t think they would place foster children in homes where they had to sleep on a futon on the living room floor or where 3-4 kids would have to sleep in a <= 10x12' bdrm. Most single parents can barely afford rent or mortgage for a home big enough for the kids they already have. I know a retired lady (widow) residing in Otay Mesa who has a license to foster children but she has a 5 bdrm home that is all her own on a big lot and her kids are grown. However, two out of her available four bedrooms with beds and dressers in them have been perpetually empty in recent years because she has been picky about the kids she will foster. She's had too many problems in the past with kids (mostly teenagers) disappearing for days at a time and being truant after she sends them off to school and also getting suspended from school. She was tired of dealing with all that because life can be short. I think she has actually had to send several kids back to DSS (now HHSA) for another placement in her foster-parent "career." I forgot to add that foster kids are also eligible for free bus transportation from their school district if they need it.[/quote] Even if I'm not accused the kids could easily be out and about having sex using drugs etc and I'm at risk of felony child endangerment. There's just no way I can imagine anyone really pondering reality and it's risks who can do this unless they are truly fearless or driven by spiritual forces.[/quote] There is some element of irrationality going on here. If they started to run out of the house and stuff wouldn't you tell the case workers immediately? You're covered, I would think.[/quote] What if they say you gave them the drugs? What if they say you tried to hit them so they ran?

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Is there any number of wrongful wars where it is no longer honorable to volunteer for the military? Say 10 Iraqs in a row. Is it still honorable to “serve” no matter how absurd the missions in the past were?

Is there ever a duty on a citizen to question his country’s motives before volunteering for its military if it’s motives are utterly corrupt malicious and wrong?

I think the narrative is a soldiers heart is pure always, regardless of how disgusting the nation’s motive

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[quote=Blogstar][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=bearishgurl][quote=Blogstar]I wouldn’t want to take any money for foster care. That would ruin it. Then again it would be expensive. It seems like mostly single mothers who need money do it? Is that right BG? When I was in foster care it was a single black woman and she was doing a good job. Just helping a refugee or two , perhaps orphaned or a kid who needed a stable environment to finish high school that seems doable. But yeah, it’s scary…[/quote]

Well, I suppose a single parent could do it for extra income but the applicant needs to have at least one available bedroom for every two children of the same sex. HHSA DOES inspect foster-parent applicants’ homes and I don’t think they would place foster children in homes where they had to sleep on a futon on the living room floor or where 3-4 kids would have to sleep in a <= 10x12' bdrm. Most single parents can barely afford rent or mortgage for a home big enough for the kids they already have. I know a retired lady (widow) residing in Otay Mesa who has a license to foster children but she has a 5 bdrm home that is all her own on a big lot and her kids are grown. However, two out of her available four bedrooms with beds and dressers in them have been perpetually empty in recent years because she has been picky about the kids she will foster. She's had too many problems in the past with kids (mostly teenagers) disappearing for days at a time and being truant after she sends them off to school and also getting suspended from school. She was tired of dealing with all that because life can be short. I think she has actually had to send several kids back to DSS (now HHSA) for another placement in her foster-parent "career." I forgot to add that foster kids are also eligible for free bus transportation from their school district if they need it.[/quote] Even if I'm not accused the kids could easily be out and about having sex using drugs etc and I'm at risk of felony child endangerment. There's just no way I can imagine anyone really pondering reality and it's risks who can do this unless they are truly fearless or driven by spiritual forces.[/quote] There is some element of irrationality going on here. If they started to run out of the house and stuff wouldn't you tell the case workers immediately? Your covered, I would think.[/quote] Agreed. Extreme overcaution.

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[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Blogstar]I wouldn’t want to take any money for foster care. That would ruin it. Then again it would be expensive. It seems like mostly single mothers who need money do it? Is that right BG? When I was in foster care it was a single black woman and she was doing a good job. Just helping a refugee or two , perhaps orphaned or a kid who needed a stable environment to finish high school that seems doable. But yeah, it’s scary…[/quote]

Well, I suppose a single parent could do it for extra income but the applicant needs to have at least one available bedroom for every two children of the same sex. HHSA DOES inspect foster-parent applicants’ homes and I don’t think they would place foster children in homes where they had to sleep on a futon on the living room floor or where 3-4 kids would have to sleep in a <= 10x12' bdrm. Most single parents can barely afford rent or mortgage for a home big enough for the kids they already have. I know a retired lady (widow) residing in Otay Mesa who has a license to foster children but she has a 5 bdrm home that is all her own on a big lot and her kids are grown. However, two out of her available four bedrooms with beds and dressers in them have been perpetually empty in recent years because she has been picky about the kids she will foster. She's had too many problems in the past with kids (mostly teenagers) disappearing for days at a time and being truant after she sends them off to school and also getting suspended from school. She was tired of dealing with all that because life can be short. I think she has actually had to send several kids back to DSS (now HHSA) for another placement in her foster-parent "career." I forgot to add that foster kids are also eligible for free bus transportation from their school district if they need it.[/quote] Even if I'm not accused the kids could easily be out and about having sex using drugs etc and I'm at risk of felony child endangerment. There's just no way I can imagine anyone really pondering reality and it's risks who can do this unless they are truly fearless or driven by spiritual forces.

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[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=scaredyclassic]children are such tender sprouts. they vibrate with emotion and long for acceptance. to know someone is there and fighting for you. so important.

i made some pad thai ina box for my boys who are very large last night. put a big steaming plate of it infront of the 18 year old.

“my pa loves me” he said, reflexively.

elliot couldnt even walk into his da’ds house without getting a big pile of shit from his stepmother. bullshit.[/quote]

Some kids need more love than others, sure.

Did anyone consider that too much love can be detrimental and cause needy, dysfunctional kids?

Some kids get sent to boarding academy and become very strong adults ready to conquer the world.

Maybe Elliot didn’t need more love and coddling but needed to learn how to handle life, despite his mental weaknesses. We all have weaknesses and neurosis to overcome in order to thrive. The people who have fewer weaknesses are just luckier.

Elliot seemed to tie his well-being to possessing luxury products and having a hot girlfriend. The problem is that he wasn’t equipped to go out and get what he wanted.[/quote]

Perhaps for some but no boarding school, not even hogwarts would’ve worked for elliot.

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Further than that I have never and would never be alone at any time with anyone else’s kid ever, under age 16. I once gave a ride alone to my kids 16 year old male friend but only because I knew him many years and absolutely trusted him, his truthfulness and psychological stability. Basically I would assume any kid is a tremendous risk of false allegation unless I know the opposite is true. Unless I’ve known you personally in excess of five years, I will assume I don’t really know you at all.

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[quote=Blogstar]Yes, interesting and terrifying ,BG. So many disaster scenarios.

A few months ago my 5th grader befriended a boy who, along with many siblings, is clearly being emotionally battered by his parents relationship and personal problems for all of his life.

We talk about it when he brings it up(my son). It seems like my kid is the confidant and shoulder to lean on. He talks about court battles going on and the divorce happened when he was 1!

So many kids could use some help. Scaredy, do you ever think of helping some kids out by raising foster kids? You have a lot to offer as far as I can tell . I think about it from time to time, the Central American refugee kid situation pushes me a bit. We are a bilingual household. I am afraid though. How would it affect my kids is the biggest concern. I think it would be fine for me….seems like very important work. My wife is very caring but also worried about changing the home front. By the time we are empty nesters we will be pretty old and probably have more excuses.[/quote]

The odds of me being a foster parent are zero.
Too much risk; terrified of false molest allegations. I would not be a foster patent for a million dollars a year.

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If no tenure decreases supply of new teachers in the pipeline significantly then maybe there will be full employment due to lack of supply anyway.

At one of my kid’s p/t charter schools the dumb boss fired one of the good teachers for no reason related to competency. Just politics.

If I were a teacher I’d be sure to spend most of my time politicking networking and sucking up to admin. to move up than actually dealing with kids to maximize employability in a non tenure system…If I weren’t fireable, I’d do what I thought best for my young charges, screw admin.

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He seems in retrospect to have been doing a really good job of holding that country together.

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[quote=flu][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=livinincali][quote=scaredyclassic]
instead of steadily eroding savings, wouldn’t it be more effective to have it be done randomly and in larger chunks/ Anyone who leaves cash in the bank for over 6 months, say, can randomly have a 2% chunk sliced away, say up to 3x a year. it’s done randomly by a computer. the money goes toward military operations to ensure dominance of the currency. this way, people will go out and spend it all..[/quote]

That would produce one hell of a bank run. With reserve lending every bank in America would be bankrupt in that scenario. Perhaps that is a good thing.[/quote]

even if it wre just once a year, people wouldnt tolerate it. they prefer to boil to death slowly and uniformly, rather than get hacked it brutally and quickly…[/quote]

Well, I think the solution is simple. Americans love to gamble. So make the game have odds…..

That is.

If you deposit money for a full year in a bank account, you have a 10:1 odd of winning the grand prize of getting a surprise 10% increase that year… The remaining 9 people will lose 2%….
With 10 people playing one person would win 10%, 9 people would lose a total of 2% each, and there would be plenty of money left over for the government to finance it’s war problem ,drug problem, etc…[/quote]

I think this could work. Mandatory lottery for the good of the nation

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“There is also no dispute that there are a significant number of grossly ineffective teachers currently active in California classrooms.”
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This sounds like political pamphlet. Significant? Grossly? No dispute?[/quote]

There is no dispute that there are a significant number of grossly ineffective administrators. Should be a lot of wrongful termination work resulting.

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