Recent content by southernhybrid

I just read that Reiner's son had a big argument with his parents at a Christmas Party at Conan O'Brian's house, and it looks like he killed his parents shortly afterwards. Still, regardless of the reason, it's a tragedy. I've gotten the impression that the son was messed up long before this...

I wasn't disputing what you said, but it wasn't clear to me in your other post, how Australians respond if they see someone with a gun. Yes, I agree that is very different compared to here. My point was just if a felon gets caught with a gun, they will usually get a harsh sentence.

This is true. I have many good, liberal or moderate Christian friends who are fearful that the White Christian Nationalists are trying to make the US into a crazy, extremist Christian theocracy. Most of the Christians who supported or still support the felon are the evangelicals. Even among...

If you are a felon carrying or trying to buy a gun in the US, you will get an extremely long sentence, at least in most cases. I know of one who tried to sell a gun to an undercover FBI or GBI agent. He received a 17 year prison sentence. He had served his time for a past crime, but was very...

I read about him and his wife being murdered and it made me sad. Another member of my generation gone, and by murder, which makes it even sadder.

This was a terrible tragedy and I'm wondering why the killers owned legally registered guns for over 10 years. I heard this morning that Australian government plans to make it even harder to own guns legally. Wish we had such rational leaders in the US. It used to require a background check to...

https://www.ourhistory.org.uk/holy-wars-the-blood-soaked-legacy-of-conflicts-fought-in-the-name-of-christianity/ it's worse than just murders. Christianity has been responsible for many brutal wars throughout history. So much for that all loving Jesus who inspires people to love each other...

This was a tragic event and I don't think it's necessary to criticize anyone for saying that Australia doesn't have guns. Afaik, it's not legal for a citizen to own guns in Australia, but that doesn't mean that some hateful people won't own guns illegally. What is very disturbing is that...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332379/ On the lighter side, we watched School of Rock the other day. I had never seen it before, but as one who loves old school rock, it was quite enjoyable.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/scent-of-a-woman-1992 Scent of a Woman is one of my favorite dramas, but since Al Pacino is my favorite actor that makes sense I watched it a few days ago again, after watching it many times over the years.

I thought this thread was about the midterms, but most of it isn't really about anything related to the midterms. The president doesn't control the price of oil or utilities either. Why aren't we talking about the programs he, with the help of the idiots in Congress have allowed him to...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-health-questions_n_69391ebae4b0fb6244b11ad5?utm_campaign=msn-recirc Maybe Trump's constant derangement will help the Dems in the midterms. Oh no. We are all going to be accused of sedition or treason. :rolleyes:

Rents have gone through the roof where I live, but the cost of homes for sale, not so much. When we tried to sell our home here in Georgia, the appraisal was just 21/2 times what we paid for it over 27 years ago, and we spent almost half of that on updates, roof replacements etc. Homes are...

How many cities can people who identify as Muslim take over, when they make up about 1.1% of the US population? Some research suggests that they make up almost 3% but according to the link I'll add, those are not as accurate...

There have been many books written that give evidence that Jesus never existed, but I'm not that interested to search for them now. I read one a long time ago, but if he did exist, he was just some guy who had a charismatic personality. He was able to convince people he was some type of god who...