NYC_SKP
NYC_SKP's JournalKrogers. Has anyone actually seen a gun nut with a rifle in a Krogers?
Or a Target, Starbuck, or Walmart?
And if you did, what did you do?
I'm, frankly, suspect of any Bloomberg funded mission like this latest one to intimidate Krogers to create a new meaningless policy.
As mayor, he authorized "Stop and Frisk", an unconstitutional policy that disproportionately targeted people of color.
His PR person, Sharon Watts, formerly represented Monsanto. She's a pro and pros are slick, sometimes dishonest.
So, one or two Open Carry gun nuts walk into a Kroger, or maybe the pics are staged, and we're supposed to BOYCOTT them now?
Kroger has 2,640 stores employing more than 310,000 employees, 75% of them are UNION employees.
Here is Krogers' statement on this latest desperate move by Bloomberg Watts, and I think it's solid:
Individual stores remain free to ask anyone to leave and may create, if they like, a policy of no guns for that store.
/rant
Pro Tip-- In case you really think this will make anyone more safe, studies show that most murderous gun nuts will disregard store policies. Just sayin'.
PS, I personally think Open Carry protesters are fools, and do nothing but scare people without purpose. Not sure if they're even legit and put me to mind of James O'Keefe.
Map of US counties and what they have taken in military surplus gear.
Including numbers of:
Aircraft, Armored vehicles, Body armor, Grenade launchers, Night vision, and Assault rifles.
My county has refused everything except night vision equipment.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/15/us/surplus-military-equipment-map.html?_r=0
Thanks!
SKP is short for 'escapee', inspired by Barney Fife.
I came to NYC sight unseen for university and work, then got out before it became Disneyfied!
I recommend that you don't confuse Pro-2A DU members with other gun fans on the Internet.
We are not like many of them, on DU you'll see insults come at us far more often than from us.
On other sites, not so much, poo is flung in both directions, and I avoid those sites.
Sites I don't avoid include The Liberal Gun Club: http://www.theliberalgunclub.com/
Progressive Gun Owners: http://www.progressiveguns.org/
American Gun Culture Report: http://www.americangunculturereport.com/
Liberals Gun Corner: http://www.liberalsguncorner.com/
Liberals With Guns: http://www.liberalswithguns.com/
Shoot from the Left Hip: http://shootfromthelefthip.com/
Blue Steel Democrats: http://bluesteeldemocrats.blogspot.com/
Pink Pistols: http://www.pinkpistols.org/
In case you're new and would like to become a host, the concept of "consensus" is bound to arise!
Hosts have discussed this, and admins have replied to the question. Here:
My emphasis is here:
I tend to think that if one person is strongly opposed to a lock, and is making that stand based on some principle they are able to articulate, then that position should be respected and consensus does not exist.
Just back from a "Debridement" surgery following a brain surgery. ACA covered. Ask me anything!
First and foremost: If you have been treated for hypertension, don't drop the meds unless you're told to.
I picked up my exercise and dropped 30, improved my eating habits last December and quit my $1,350 COBRA plan for similar ACA coverage under same provider, Anthem.
BUT, it took time for cards and I never picked up with my PCP for testing and refills of cholesterol and BP meds.
Big Mistake.
On 5-17 I became dizzy and fell, continued dizziness after a short unconsciousness took me to an ER, and a brain scan indicated possible brain bleed so was flown to Stanford and had a cranial angio, then brain surgery to treat a minor aneurism, then another angio and release.
The surgical site deal heal well and I went in last Tuesday and they checked me in, opened me back up (but didn't have to remove the skull piece again, thankfully) and sent me home today with a PICC and IV meds to be self administered for the next six weeks, pretty intensive but likely to prevent a relapse.
The jury is still out about coverage, but I know my $6,350 max out of pocket and deductible are covered (all that on the first day, easily).
I hope and pray for good health, but also hope that the ACA Silver Plan will cover everything, this is a costly deal.
Just some of the costs:
Ambulance: $2700
LifeFlight to Stanford: ~$25,000
Angiograms: $60,000 - $80,000 each for total of maybe $160,000
Cranial surgery: I have no idea, thinking at least $100,000 (I have one bill for one doctor alone that's $25,000)
Room and Board in ICU/Neurology at Stanford Hospital and Clinics: No idea, great care, five star staff and surgical crew.
Cost for return visit and second CT Scan and Surgery: No idea.
Six weeks of home health care, PICC system meds and other prescriptions: No idea.
I'm thinking this is at least a $250,000 medical event, possibly twice that, all for about $500 and month plus the max out of pocket.
I'm grateful for the medical team and for the providers.
Lesson learned: I take my hypertension meds, I check my BP with a decent device that has a memory that stores the values. A few minutes ago I was at 109/83... much better than the numbers I had when admitted!!!
Needless to say, there are other measures (reduce sodium, chill out) to manage stress; meds aren't the only way to reduce tension.
But I'll bet I'd not have had the problem had I not so cavalierly dropped them.
Be well, DUers!
*** BLM Says It Will Prosecute Illegal ATV Riders at Recapture Canyon ***
Background story here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024936993
(audio at the link)
May 12, 2014
BLANDING, Utah - The federal government says it plans to prosecute everyone who illegally rode an ATV on federally protected lands in southeastern Utah over the weekend. Juan Palma with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) says his agency will "pursue all available redress through the legal system to hold the lawbreakers accountable."
Motorized vehicles have been banned in the area, which contains ancient Native American cultural assets, since 2007.
State Sen. Jim Dabakis says the BLM took the right approach by avoiding any escalation with the alleged law-breakers.
"I'm grateful there was no violence, and apparently there were not a lot of guns displayed, the way that there was in Nevada. So, I guess that's something to be grateful for," Dabakis says.
- See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-05-12/public-lands-wilderness/blm-says-it-will-prosecute-illegal-atv-riders-at-recapture-canyon/a39300-1#sthash.J9E8PBOe.dpuf
NYC_SKP adds, "Hey, asshole, FUCK YOU!"
There are people who want all new guns to be smart guns, to be followed by the eventual....
...confiscation, removal, or mandatory surrender of non-smart guns.
As much as it may make sense to those who don't think there's any value in the Second Amendment;
Who don't think that people should be able to chose their own home self-defense tools;
Who fully trust the police, the army, all branches of the government now and in the coming 500 years;
Who don't care that then only the rich will have weapons while most of the rest won't be able to afford them, but that's "OK";
Who must think that even in natural disasters people shouldn't be able to protect themselves....
Well, how selfish of the rest of us to not trust them!
True.
And then there's apocalypsehow.
They had that ridiculous sigline that read:
They left with tail between legs after this:
1. I'm not going to count up alerts. But I will say this...
That person has been crowing for weeks about the number of alerts (allegedly) sent about his sig line, even going so far as to state the the number of alerts that were allegedly sent.
He has no clue what he is talking about. There is no way for a DU member to know an alert was sent against them unless a post is hidden or a juror shares the alert with them. In the case of this person's sig line, the actual number of alerts sent was negligible.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12591326#post1
Before checking out, they changed the sigline to read:
Which is made even more laughable by their DU2 profile statement:
It's remarkable.
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