Post your memes here! Time for some fun.

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Dec. 16, 2014


Three people died when police stormed the Lindt Café in Sydney, where an Iranian-born self-styled cleric had taken 18 people hostage. The dead included hostage-taker Man Monis, shot by police, a hostage hit by fragments of a police bullet, and one who was shot by Monis.

May 11, 2018

A farmer killed six family members before turning a gun on himself in Western Australia state.

June 4, 2019

A man who was out on parole fatally shot four men and wounded a woman in the northern Australian city of Darwin.

Dec. 12, 2022

Six people died in a gunbattle at a rural property in Wieambilla, Queensland state. Two police officers were shot and killed by extremist Christian conspiracy theorists; the three shooters and one of their neighbors were shot dead by police.

 

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In a nation where only 60% of eligible voters bother to vote, I agree.

Post in thread 'Obamacare tax credits look likely to expire as Trump rules out an extension'

Yesterday at 1:40 PM

Like any 15 year old bill, it needs updating. It was not perfect when it passed.

It has helped a huge amount of Americans over the past 15 years, including me.

The ACA is very popular, so the TACO's and others have been trying to chip away at it for almost a decade, in the hopes it will then fail and become unpopular. So far... no dice. They will keep trying.

Looks like TACO's position is so unpopular more of his party turned on him today.

It was not perfect because the Republicans fought tooth and nail to kill it. The only way it could be passed was to give the insurance...

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asked Google AI which demographics are least likely to vote. The results are below. Notice that they will be among those hardest hit by MAGAtry:

Demographics in the United States least likely to vote tend to be younger individuals, people of color (specifically Hispanic and Asian Americans), those with lower levels of education, and those with lower incomes.

Key Demographics with Low Turnout

• Age: Young people consistently have the lowest voter turnout rates. In the 2024 presidential election, just 47.7% of citizens ages 18 to 24 voted, compared to 74.7% of people 65 and older, who were the most likely age group to vote.
  • In 2024, 70.5% of eligible white non-Hispanic people voted, compared to 50.6% of Hispanic voters and 57.1% of Asian voters.
  • Hispanic citizens are particularly likely to have not voted in any recent national elections.
• Education Level: Turnout is strongly correlated with educational attainment. In the 2024 election, non-voters were more than twice as likely as voters to have a high school degree or less education.
• Income Level: Americans with lower incomes vote at much lower rates than wealthy Americans. Nearly half of non-voters have a family income of less than $30,000, compared to less than one-fifth of likely voters.
  • Gender: Women tend to be more reliable voters than men in presidential elections.
  • Disability Status: Citizens with certain disabilities, such as self-care difficulties, also have lower turnout rates.
  • Employment Status: People who are unemployed are less engaged in voting than those who are employed.

These disparities often lead to less political engagement from candidates and campaigns toward these groups, further perpetuating the gap in turnout.

 

[stephenPE]

Dec. 16, 2014


Three people died when police stormed the Lindt Café in Sydney, where an Iranian-born self-styled cleric had taken 18 people hostage. The dead included hostage-taker Man Monis, shot by police, a hostage hit by fragments of a police bullet, and one who was shot by Monis.

May 11, 2018

A farmer killed six family members before turning a gun on himself in Western Australia state.

June 4, 2019

A man who was out on parole fatally shot four men and wounded a woman in the northern Australian city of Darwin.

Dec. 12, 2022

Six people died in a gunbattle at a rural property in Wieambilla, Queensland state. Two police officers were shot and killed by extremist Christian conspiracy theorists; the three shooters and one of their neighbors were shot dead by police.

I was wrong about that meme. They still have mass shootings but some of those were before their stricter laws. I can see people living in that desolate dry outback might go a little postal though. But statistics will bear me out on shooting per population......... 4x the rate here.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country

 

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I was wrong about that meme. They still have mass shootings but some of those were before their stricter laws. I can see people living in that desolate dry outback might go a little postal though. But statistics will bear me out on shooting per population......... 4x the rate here.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country

I was being serious about "how you define" mass shooting. Technically, drive-by shootings count as mass shootings if there are 4 or more people involved. That seems silly.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

I was wrong about that meme. They still have mass shootings but some of those were before their stricter laws. I can see people living in that desolate dry outback might go a little postal though. But statistics will bear me out on shooting per population......... 4x the rate here.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country

The Democrats have been repeating the same idea of gun bans for 30 year and hoping for a different result. IMO, they should try a different strategy to achieve the same goal: reduce deaths from suicide and the occasional murder through better mental healthcare. There's over 50,000 suicides in the US every year and the Democrats only care about the 25,000+ that are gun suicides. Most of those are elderly white males.

If Democrats really want to save lives, they should focus on mental health....which is the primary factor in most mass murders along with the majority of suicides. Obviously the Republicans don't give a shit about anything except how much it would cost them.

Suicide Data and Statistics

An overview of suicide trends and data

www.cdc.gov

How many people die by suicide in the United States each year? | USAFacts

About 49,476 people died by suicide in 2022. In other words, there were about 14.2 suicides for every 100,000 people in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says several factors cause suicide and they exist at individual, community, and societal levels.

usafacts.org

Now, back to the memes:

 

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