Students Protest Over Gun Laws, Jennifer Lawrence Tells Critics to 'Get a Grip', Birth of a Supernova Witnessed: P.M. Links
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NASA Students from the Parkland high school where a mass shooter killed 17 people last week, protested at the Florida state capitol, demanding a ban on weapons like the one that killed their classmate. Student activists from around the country joined in with "walkouts" of their own.
- Police in California said they may have thwarted a school shooting after a resource officer reported a "disgruntled student" who threatened a school shooting; a "collection of weapons" was allegedly found in his home.
- Port Authority police arrested 19-year-old delivery man Bruce Lee after he tried to bike through the Lincoln Tunnel.
- Jennifer Lawrence responded to critics of a dress she wore in London, telling them to "get a grip."
- Recep Erdogan says Turkey will work on developing unmanned tanks.
- Snapchat responds to a Change.org petition about its latest redesign.
- A self-taught astronomer became the first person to witness the surge of light at the birth of a supernova when he captured images of 2016gkg.
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A self-taught astronomer became the first person to witness the surge of light at the birth of a supernova when he captured images of 2016gkg.
Uh, something that probably happened months ago. Old news.
Hello.
Uh, something that probably happened months at least 4 years ago. Old news.
FTFY
Isn't this thing in another galaxy? More like 100,000 years ago.
And years are comprised of months. IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BASIC SCIENCE OF TIME THEN HOW CAN YOU PEOPLE DARE CORRECT ME?
Pedantly correct is the best kind of correct!
*pushes glasses up nose*
Uh, actually...
I didn't look - just throwing out a minimum there.
100,000? I don't know how far away that galaxy is, but I'd wager it happened more like 50 million years ago.
Close, Juice; 65 million years ago.
This star was blowing its load right as the cosmos hit the reset button on our own earth's biosphere. It was an exciting time for the universe, apparently.
100,000? Heathen! Try 6,000.
If a supernova was 4 light years away, we'd be in trouble.
Would we still have time to go and see The Black Panther?
Only the matinee.
Um.
If his telescope camera "captured images" then later he "developed" them, did he really "witness the event?"
I have too much time on my hands.
Recep Erdogan says Turkey will work on developing unmanned tanks.
Easier to fake a coup with.
What's the big deal about an unmanned tank? Heck, we've had an unmanned tank sitting on the courthouse lawn for 50 years.
Easier to stuff a turkey into as well
Recep Erdogan says Turkey will work on developing unmanned tanks.
Turkey finally got the first season of Battlebots, huh.
If I know my battlebots, and I do, expect Turkey to start making tanks solely dedicated to flipping the opponent.
Just like in human fighting, the trick is to take the fight to the ground.
If Turkish Star Wars is anything to go by, the results should be spectacular.
So: mostly pirated technology, and unintentionally hilarious?
The Italian army is not the focus here, jeff. Please stay on topic.
Jennifer Lawrence responded to critics of a dress she wore in London, telling them to "get a grip."
Trump was way ahead of you and it got him in trouble.
Unpopular opinion puffin: JayLaw is not that attractive.
Agreed, I also don't think she's a good actor.
She's fine.
Eh. I think she's stiff. And she has a delivery that people tough but feels much more wooden to me.
So, like a female Keanu Reeves?
And you said you didn't get the "most beautiful woman in the world" stuff.
I'm talking about acting ability now. I don't know if I've ever seen anything with Jennifer Lawrence in it, but Keanu Reeves can ruin otherwise good movies with his terrible acting.
Zeb wants to remake Adventures of Bill and Ted with Sean Connery and Tommy Lee Jones.
Much ado about bad acting.
She is no Katniss Everdeen.
JLaw has decent acting ability, but a lot of it got nerfed in those stupid X-Men and Hunger Games movies. She needs to extricate herself from the capeshit/ACKSHUN GRRRRRRL nonsense and stick with serious movies.
Also agree with CPB that she's not really that hot; fantastic figure and she's looks good as long as she's not smiling, but when she grins she has this weird Cabbage Patch thing going on.
You can catch nude photos of her on the "dark web".
And the regular web.
Catch? Are they spreading like the flu?
The police view any access to the dark web as you are automatically a criminal.
My joke fell flat, I see.
Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers, but I don't get the "most beautiful woman in the world" stuff.
You didn't see her in the Hunger Games quartette?
She's meh.
I'd hit it. Liked her pre-glam better though.
Students from the Parkland high school where a mass shooter killed 17 people last week, protested at the Florida state capitol, demanding a ban on weapons like the one that killed their classmate.
"Government, please use your guns to take these guns."
Kids say the darnedest things.
I call BS.
Hey, as Pol Pot once said, children are our future.
You misspelled "furniture."
This is living proof that many Americans school are horrible at teaching kids the things they need to be successful in America.
Such as how to properly pluralize words.
Yes American.
Aren't cell phones supposed to be more helpful yet the tiny screens make comments harder to see errors.
Yeah, phone typing sucks. The regular old keyboard is still the best user interface if you ask me.
It's a very efficient tool, as is the mouse.
Small keyboards and screens make life harder for us senior citizens.
And for some of us junior citizens.
Parkland Survivor: Media Using Tragedy To Push Gun Control
If he only had hands to use a lot fewer people would have been turned into pulp. Probably none.
"If he only had hands to use a lot fewer people would have been turned into pulp. Probably none."
Ho'w it feel to have a 18 year old call you on your bullshit, Tony?
Another 18 year old just called you on yours directly to the president's fat orange face.
But more and more young people are seeing lefties for what they are - liars and users.
You'r right though Tony, a young person advocated gun control without knowing that the 2nd Amendment completely ties the hands of the president to do anything. Ties Congress' hands for that matter unless they change the Constitution.
In other words, the kid calling BS on gun grabbers is a threat to lefties. The kid saying the president must do something is dumb.
Just imagine how much safer we'd all be if they outlawed murder in general.
Port Authority police arrested 19-year-old delivery man Bruce Lee after he tried to bike through kick the ass of everyone in the Lincoln Tunnel.
I'd like to see him play ping pong with nunchucks.
Snapchat responds to a Change.org petition about its latest redesign.
Like, oh my God.
I'm happy to see a company engaging with its users in such a way.
I am approximately 65 million light-years from caring at all about this.
Port Authority police arrested 19-year-old delivery man Bruce Lee after he tried to bike through the Lincoln Tunnel.
Several officers were karate chopped in the incident.
[takes Fist's man card away]
Bruce Lee was Chinese and did kung fu.
He did Jeet Kune Do.
He started with Yip Man style Wing Chum, which is a style of Chinese patty cakes.
Hey, dummies, Bruce Lee the actor is dead. Maybe I was just generalizing based on the delivery guy's probable race. Did you ever think of that? Did you ever think I was just being racist?
We're Libertarians. Of course I thought you were being racist.
Please, you're too woke to ever be racist. I mean, you think that certain races are "inferior" and need a "helping hand" to "guide them onto the right path." What could possibly be less racist than that?
Lacist.
Bruce Lee actually had Fists of Fury.
"Fists of Fully"
A self-taught astronomer became the first person to witness
Police in California
Police in California said they may have thwarted a school shooting after a resource officer reported a "disgruntled student" who threatened a school shooting...
All you weirdo students, prepare to be outed.
How come we never hear about all the gruntled students?
'cause high school football isn't interesting enough to get out of local newspapers?
Student activists from around the country joined in with "walk outs" of their own.
Dammit, how come they got a free day to play Halo?
Overwatch and CS:Go are the games of the day my friend.
Oh I'm sorry, I don't keep a timeline of gaming history in my head.
We can study together if you'd like.
You'll never make it to the Olympics with that attitude.
They're just getting in some practice at playing college students.
Witness: Teacher Caught Telling Parkland Students to Attend Anti-Second Amendment Rally
Jennifer Lawrence responded to critics of a dress she wore in London, telling them to "get a grip."
Weinstein: "Already did, bitch!"
Unfortunately for him, he was in a court of law when he yelled that out.
Hey, the "fuck you" approach to customers seems to work for Microsoft.
Are they paying for snapchat? Then they're not customers, they're the product.
Hey, the "fuck you" approach to product seems to work for Microsoft.
You win the internets.
Good point. I think the advertisers are the customers?
[angry stare]
[angry chair]
[jar of flies]
[halo of flies]
[tar of files]
[Would?]
[Chipper Morning Wood]
Stop bugging me
Is there any organization that changes it website or its software that does not say something like this when people complain about the changes?
and Democrats.
Kentucky governor blames violent video games, movies, not guns for school shootings
Guns don't kill people; IMAGINARY guns kill people!
We have to crush the first amendment to save the second.
And then crush the second to save the third?
That's not how any of this works.
Keep your hands off the 18th!
Okay.
*unzips fly*
You leave those flies in your halo alone.
Okay.
*unzips spider*
Wow. Hihn's flabby, flabby arms must be mass murderers.
Be careful or you may summon it.
I declare this thread Hihnfected!
[waves garlic]
[adult swim]
Black garlic?
Hey, it worked.
Really, that was a good one. I larfed.
Port Authority police arrested 19-year-old delivery man Bruce Lee after he tried to bike through the Lincoln Tunnel.
There aren't any good Chinese takeout places in Weehawken?
Yeah, something's missing from that story. Like maybe Mr. Lee is brain-damaged or something.
Just because he blindly followed his GPS you think he's brain-damaged? Inattentive, sure, but I don't know about brain-damaged.
It's not like he was stampeding cattle through the Vatican.
It's not like he's a Methodist.
Yeah, something's missing from that story. Like maybe Mr. Lee is brain-damaged or something.
He was carrying a knife.
Also, if he was a recent immigrant from China, biking into something like the Lincoln Tunnel would be called Monday thru Friday.
They don't serve the cream of sum yung guy though.
Port Authority police arrested 19-year-old delivery man Bruce Lee after he tried to bike through the Lincoln Tunnel.
Bruce Lee was going "The Way of the Dragon".
That's what happened to my bunghole the last time I had Chinese.
(There's a reason I usually don't order the spicy stuff, but I was dared.)
So you're saying that you got raped by the Chinese delivery guy?
He ordered number 69.
You want beef with broccoli?
I love that joke. I know, I know, off to the re-education camp.
I love that joke too. I is my second favorite joke. My favorite is a joke about a guy charged with fucking a goat.
So ... Iranians?
Scotsman.
http://www.nbcnews.com/think/o.....ncna849681
More proof that there is no such thing as peak retard.
Damn. NBC put their name on that.
Exploring a lifeless planet is totally the same as conquering and enslaving the people of South America and Africa because PRIVILEGE!! What the fuck is wrong with people?
Now on NBC: Retard Trek
Retard: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. Its mission: to explore strange new theories of patriarchy; to seek out new retards and prove that all human men are worse than the most vicious Romulan; to boldly go where no human being of any gender has gone before.
The Friday before SpaceX's launch, legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin reiterated to me over lunch that it is imperative that we talk about space exploration in terms of "migration," rather than using words like "colonize" or "settle" when talking about going to Mars.
I hope you didn't pick up the tab Buzz.
I read the article. I am now stupider. May god have mercy on my soul.
I ... I don't even know what to say. This woman is faculty at Stanford, writing for NBC, has met Buzz Aldrin, and she's still complaining about white male privilege. Man, I would chop off my nuts in a nanosecond to secure such a cushy job and grab a beer with Buzz Aldrin. I don't want to bring any kids into this madness, so I don't even want the damn things.
NBC endorses this person. Stanford endorses this person. I trusted those institutions 0% prior to reading this illuminating article, and now I trust them -1%.
Rather than writing articles bitching about how all these dudes are overcompensating, why not find a female entrepreneur who wants to join the private space race? If another person who happens to be a lady can get in on this, especially without tax subsidies, that'd be something fantastical. Why not celebrate all the spectacular women out there instead of giving more acknowledgement to the abhorrent patriarchy?
"I've seen your beautiful suits and coats. Why don't you respect Ms Lawrence enough to dress her appropriately for the weather?"
Tells me all I need to know about how the press views women.
The media respects women so much, they are willing to call them whores.
http://www.lifezette.com/poliz....._id=889907
After he was taken into custody, cops found a dagger on the deliveryman.
AH, THAT's why they arrested him and this story made the news.
Much of the "shaming" took place on Twitter, a site of frequent outrage, and one that Lawrence has spoken against in the past. While promoting a "Hunger Games" film in 2014, soon after a hacker leaked nude photos of the actress, she vowed to never join the social network.
Sounds like the social network joins her.
Nothing ruins a actress's career faster than being seen naked. She is such a victim.
Photos: Student School Massacre Survivors and CBS Reporter party like rock stars
They're clearly not grieving the loss of their childhood friends correctly. False flag! Gateway Pundit, America's number 1 source for ... we gonna say news? Something news-like.
You're either sad or you're not.
They don't look sad.
You really gonna get on board with this vile truther crap? You only live once you know.
I saw the info he linked and they didn't look all broken up.
It is was that bad some of those kids would be in some state of grief. Didn't look like grief to me.
Who really cares anyway. The media is being ignored more and more. Enough Americans know what lefties are up to and block them. Trump seemed sympathetic on tv with the kids and listened to them.
More and more gun control will be rolled back under Trump like the 2nd Amendment demands.
" The media is being ignored more and more"
Facebook is where it's at now. Not really an improvement.
I don't know anyone who gets news from FB. I have never heard of anyone saying, "did you see this on FB".
If you don't use the internet to shops around for good sources of actual news that has mostly facts, then I don't know what to tell you.
That was awfully generous of you, Tony.
Off-topic: who the hell are The Smiths?
They're like Death Cab For Cutie but for _really_ old people.
On old British rock group with Morrissey.
Meat = Murder
Dude, are you reading your IG feed and coming to H&R for meme lore?
Jalaw can wear whatever she wants, but they do make great coats nowadays, just saying.
The federal government began work Wednesday to replace a section of border wall in California, the first wall contract awarded in the Trump administration outside of eight prototypes that were built last year in San Diego.
Customs and Border Protection is replacing a little more than two miles in downtown Calexico, a sliver of the president's plan for a "big, beautiful wall" with Mexico.
Uh-oh. While lefties are screaming about gun grabbing, the new border wall construction is beginning.
OT: I'm watching "Traffic Stop" with my lefty, card-carrying Democrat gf.
The trailer suggested it was going to be an "all cops are black person hating racists". But watching the film, and while that narrative is still apparent, the director is somewhat too honest with the actual incident at hand in order for someone who pays attention to actually go along with the narrative. Turns out the woman was stopped because of speeding, and had an outstanding parking ticket. (Neither is contested by the film) Also, she was confrontational from the outset. The cop was ultimately a dick too. But she made every wrong decision during the interaction. And all stemmed from the cop simply asking her to remain in her vehicle.
If she had just remained calm, the whole thing would have been different. I know from experience. EVERY interaction I have ever had with state or local law enforcement started with them being complete douchebags to me (and I'm white...). But I managed to muzzle my mouth enough to go along to get along while asserting my knowledge of my rights.
You didn't die because of white privilege.
/lefty narrative
So basically, she ignored everything from Chris Rock's skit (when he was still bold enough to call out the dysfunctions in the black community)?
Chappelle also called out the attitude with his "When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong" skits.
If "all cops are black person hating racists", then how are they supposed to enforce gun control laws in an even-handed manner?
Does some magical guardian fairy turn these Klansmen with badges into freedom riders when they enforce gun control laws.
But it will be different this time!
Didn't you get the memo?
All gun owners are old white men. Therefore cops won't have to take guns away from Black people.
The Huey P. Newton Gun Club is false news. Blacks don't own guns.