Nailed it. There is a reason none of the 800+ LEO's, including the snipers, tried to shoot the shooters.

I don't think that specific football player was the only person in Kansas City drunk and/or drinking that night. Just saying.

It is 100% the fault of the person who pulled the trigger for not ensuring an accurate and clean shot and being aware of people near and behind their target. If they didn't have a clean shot they they should not have pulled the trigger. Training is needed.

The same logic can be applied to adults who carry meaning any adult who carries is a criminal. The important thing to note in this instance is that is is perfectly legally for children and teens to carry guns in public places and at events like this in Missouri. Gang membership has nothing to do with it. .

My bar was much lower at "act like the elected leader you are during a crisis". Maybe he just assumed that since people think Kansas City is just in Kansas that the Kansas Governor should have stepped up? 🤔

Why I mentioned Missouri Governor Parson, he has been pro open carry and no regulations but at the first sign of a shooting he runs away. A couple of articles https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2023/05/23/missouri-gun-laws-2023-blairs-law/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/law-blocking-federal-gun-regulation-sows-confusion-in-missouri

Celebrities have been speaking out and still no change. NoRA https://time.com/5248072/nora-coalition-celebrities-nra/ 180 musicians signed an open letter to congress in, I believe 2016 https://www.eonline.com/news/775173/musicians-and-executives-sign-open-letter-asking-congress-to-stop-gun-violence-now 11 years ago

Why focus on the football player and not the Missouri governor who was there and turned tail and ran instead of standing with the police chief and mayor at press conferences to do his job as an elected leader? The football player is dating a popular singer and is paid to entertain not to be a leader during a time of crisis. The Governor on the other hand is absolutely expected to lead where was he? That is where my anger is focused, on the absent leader. Note: I don't know from memory how to spell Taylor Swift's boyfriend's name so just called him the football player and I think any football player could be substituted here

Thank you for this well worded reply. I had mentioned this in other topics on housing and was blown off. I will start pointing to this post when it comes up again. This is such a huge issue and one that is deeply rooted in racism, politics, and general ignorance of these events.

I haven't done any official testing, but I pulled one out of a box that had been ignored for a long while and it still worked. If it is in the wall sconce or light fixtures it will always be charged.

Short term power loss I have emergency Light bulbs in my wall sconces. Link below. They come automatically and can be removed and will stay lit for quite a while. I prefer them to a flashlights because, amazingly, when they stay in a Light fixture and turn on automatically when the power goes out, they are easy to find. My husband uses them to find his flashlights that are "right here, I swear" but not actually there. I keep batteries for his flashlights on hand. I have ready to eat foods and freeze fried foods that are safe for me to eat in with our regular foods. For freeze dried we order foods from Cumin Club. I know they are safe and since we we eat them as part of our regular meal rotation we know they are within their use by dates. We also keep ingredients on hand and are knowledgeable and competent in cooking on a grill/open fire outside. Probably enough food for 5 days as long as no one is eating because they are bored. We keep bottled water on hand in unused/hard to reach shelves in the top of closets. Fun fact: Squirrels know to eat through the plastic and will do so to extend how long they can live in your closet, especially if your teenager leaves food in his backpack. We do not have a way to heat the house in the winter. We have debated a generator that hooks into the city gas since that is more reliable than electricity. We have very little storage, no garage or shed, or place to build any. We don't have a place for large solar panels that would run appliances. Emergency lightbulb https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0797RK52Q?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Volunteer together with a shelter or rescue. Get a dog and work with the kids to train it for agility. Start a dog walking business. Learn photography and photograph dogs

This is not my experience at all with teenagers. My teens and my friend's teens never had the attitude that their parents were the dumbest people in the world. In my house, we have frequent discussions about such topics. My husband and I listen with an open mind and asked questions and as a family we learned more from people who in a position of authority on the topics and have further discussions. My teens and adultlings still come to me for advice and ask to work together. For skills that they learn that we don't know, we ask them to teach us. This is the norm here. The only outliers that I know who hold the view that their parents are stupid come from very dysfunctional homes.

Teenage culture is toxic. That isn't new.

Like being assumed to be a lesbian was back in 19....damn I am old.

It must be a regional thing. I remember being a teen and a pixie cut meant being assumed to be a lesbian. I never followed the cool clothes trends and the environment of bullying and harrassment was vocal and toxic. I am just trying to figure out why there is uproar of this when no one blinked an eye about pixie cut = lesbian or the wrong brand of jeans = bullying.

So I am following this correctly, the view is that it is only the recent transgender awareness that has caused teens to apply peer pressure to other teens about how they dress and what their hair looks like? Just making sure.

I feel you. I suspect that it is do discourage people from making returns. I can usually do UPS, which is the most convenient, but there are times I have to go to Whole Foods, which isn't far, just a pain. Then there are times when we are forced to return to Khol's which is a 30 minute drive each way, assuming no traffic. I hate that. I talk to costumer service and nothing. Amazon has become an over priced pain the butt.

I hope it doesn't contain asbestos

Removing popcorn is the single most satisfying home improvements project I have ever done. So much fun that I told the teenager, who was begging to do it all, that they couldn't. They pouted about NOT being able to help. Test for asbestos, buy a scraper and water pump spray bottle, put down a plastic tarp and have fun!

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I am debating it. If I am honest, I Probably will not.

Bumping my own thread because I just watched this. The forks... https://youtu.be/QjXBKnd93tI?si=_A26KfAjmqX4oX5U

This. I bought a multi level kennel to really reduce the space, then moved to a small room, then a slightly bigger room than. Go very slowly and treat all areas of the house the cat has peed with an enzyme cleaner while the cat is relearning to use the litterbox. Multiple litterboxes are a must and have them everywhere. Try a different type of litter. Pellets are softer than clay.

I had to look them up. I have been doing similar things for decade (damn, I am old). I found them helpful and it makes things easier sort and find.