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Good on you for engaging in the dialogue, @Worriedman . We need more interaction, not less. I'd imagine this will be CNN focusing a good bit on what happened during the last legislative session with the "Tennessee Three" as they've become known nationally, and how the state supermajority is conducting politics.

I don't know why we expect judges to be familiar with every nuance in cases brought before them....especially in general courts like SCOTUS is. The lawyers did a good job of respectfully correcting them with facts. Most gun rights supporters don't understand bump stocks as a niche item given how ready they are to let the ban stand with little more than a shrug (looking at you, Trump). I'd also wager that 800 rds per second was a flub of 800 rds per minute, which is more reasonable if you extrapolate the bump stock fire rate out to 60 seconds minus any mag changes (since capacity is variable). Still realistically wrong, but there's no denying you can increase the rate of fire significantly beyond intended use of design like happened in the Las Vegas shooting...which is the big risk/threat seen.

Wouldn't the reform candidates want to talk about the reforms they hope to bring? Or did I miss that part in the weighted voting instructions memo here?

Because with Wayne and some of his cronies gone, the board can finally be reset. @Chucktshoeshas the right if it that the size of the board needs to be shrunk. They also have to have the right people to oversee what will be a very important selection of new management.

It's a huge decision for a company to move their operations, especially one so centered around their manufacturing equipment like a gun company. One they'd rather not make if it can be avoided. The difference in corporate tax rate isn't as drastic as the personal income tax. I think the political climate drove the decision just as much. A company wants to feel protected to do their thing, and as good as Remington was to the state of NY, that feeling was gone. Same story with Springfield in Massachusetts. Again, sad days for those workers who did everything right.

This was a civil trial, not a criminal one. It'll have to be enough that Wayne is going to spend the rest of his life in financial destitution and the next ones holding the reigns know they're being watched. Ironically the NYAG might have done more good for the NRA in the long term here than could be had from internal discontent.

Feel for the people there. This wasn't their fault and they are going to get all the economic impact.

I was wondering if this was the case. Losing farmland that sits fallow isn't a big deal overall except for the changes. It's the ones who bring products to the market we need to keep an eye on. Even enough smaller family ones add up in commerce. But land development of unused farmland is just change and growth of the state.

I remember a few times where I had to go get this and bring it to the classroom. My elementary school only had so many, and the teachers had to reserve the time.

Sorry you keep encountering this, @NoBanStan. I agree with everyone involved in the tragedy of it all. I don't drink anymore for health reasons (made my blood pressure way easier to manage), and I don't miss it at all. I'll never be a prohibitionist because we saw how that worked, but if the world went dry, or reigned it in for their own reasons, that would make it a better place, I think.

2002 Ford Ranger, 121,900 miles. My first and only vehicle. Haven't had a payment since September 2007. Going to drive this thing until it makes a sound that cracks my heart in half.

Saw this in action just this week. Caught it from the mezzanine, as I'm operations, not IT. But I understand enough to know what went wrong. Had a simple enough task for qualified folks, changing out a 1GB network switch for a 10GB one. The current setup was put in place in painstaking detail by an employee who was local, loved his job, and bent over backwards to do good work every time. That is, until he left due to being fed up with shortsightedness, and being overworked. Now, instead of a local guy who manages something he has pride of ownership in, we had to rely on a remote resource, who while I'm sure has decent skills, just didn't have enough to make the switch and get everything back up. I'll bet as much as I plan to bet throughout the Super Bowl that it just came down to being a roving network engineer, instead of a dedicated resource locally. We had to roll back to what we were trying to upgrade, and we lost an hour of productivity, which is a lot on a Wednesday afternoon. Another attempt is pending time to schedule it. But the overall labor cost is down still, so blips like this are the cost of doing business from the day our local guy left and going forward. I just hope we don't have anything bad happen. Everything works fine...until it doesn't.

Labor arbitrage is a hell of a drug.

I think we've been running this experiment for almost a generation now, and cheap goods has clearly proven itself in staying power.

He helped make that movie a classic. Anyone else and the character he played might not have popped as well.

Ash trays built into airplane seating.

The medical board isn't going to care too much about complaints of this nature. Their purview is regarding the clinical practice of physicians, and this is a service issue. Not joking, a scathing Google review would have more force than anything you file with the medical board and take you a fraction of the time. Also, figure out if this is truly a solo practitioner or if he's part of a group practice.

This stuff, unfortunately happens. I help administrate a medical practice and through fault of my own, have had times when a patient was waiting for a doctor I couldn't get to the site. I always aim to provide notice before the day of the procedure so hospitals can reschedule the patient before they come in, but my success rate isn't 100%. Hopefully they can get you a reschedule date ASAP. That's what you should press for so you know when your son will get what he needs. The hospital then and there might not know why the doctor didn't show up, so hopefully it was for an understandable reason. Doctors get sick too, and you surely don't want them working unsafe. They have family members pass away unexpectedly and have to attend to that. Sometimes their partners are the one calling out, and if your one procedure was sacrificed to make sure three patients at another facility could be taken care of, that's the cold hard math sometime. But you're surely owed an apology for the sake of decency, and the quickest availability they have for the procedure for the sake of patient care. As to the money, if this doctor or his practice won't be doing the procedure, talk to the same folks you gave payments to for the physician and the hospital, and push for a refund on each. That might start the ball rolling on the reschedule if you tell them you want the money back or a schedule date.

It will still come down to individual actions. When Covenant happened, we were fortunate to have true courage carry the day. In Uvalde, the officers cared more about their safety both individually and collectively than the children's. I completely understand the very real human instincts there, but they can't be how a police officer acts in a moment of need. All the cool guy tac gear, and weapon modifications don't mean a damn thing unless someone takes the steps and closes in on the threat. Here's hoping the next community in this situation has more of what we saw than what Uvalde saw.

It's gonna look different without Penix. When you have a guy that good you throw it a lot. They'll still throw more than usual for Alabama, but it won't be the same.

It makes a lot of sense from Bond's perspective. Steve Sarkisian's offense will be throwing the ball more than Alabama, and the Texas QB will be an upgrade over Alabama's if you're a WR looking to put together a lot of great draft tape. He called it a business decision, and that's exactly correct since the monetary value of being a college legend is around $0.00 in real money.

It had to be, or else all the talent would be rushing to the transfer portal just to make themselves eligible if nothing else. Apparently the Alabama Athletic Director asked the team to give him 72hrs before making any moves, and in about 48hrs he delivered one of the best coaches in the game today. DeBoer has a crazy track record of success, so this is exactly the stabilizer needed for players and just as importantly, the boosters. They'll be some moves as a few players follow him from Washington, and some Alabama ones move on, but the core of the team should want to stay in place. That'll minimize the turbulence. It's an undeniable win for Alabama and a testament to how serious they took their situation.

Glad you (hopefully) sold this one. First time in a long time I've been tempted to think about adding a new pistol.

I'm quite curious if the NRA agreed to indemnify him as part of, or even a condition of his stepping down. He's not going to get away from the civil trial next week.

One thing I hope the pundits are talking about after last night...the CFP committee got it right. These were the four teams that should have played last night, and the games we got were great. Hoping the final delivers on the same level. All the drama will be gone next year when the cutoff debate is between SMU and Oregon State or two other teams few people get passionate about. It was great to have it one last time in such style.