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Excerpt From April 2023 Post 

(For inclusion in Sep 2025 Post)

Our country suffered yet another mass shooting at a school, the 39th school gun incident this year. (Nashville, 3/27.)  Not the worst only the latest - and it's only freaking March! If you've already forgotten it, don't worry, another one will come along shortly - count on it, this is the USA after all.

Sad Update: We didn't have to wait long. There was another mass shooting today, Mon 4/10 - the day after I published this post. Terrible as any shooting is, at least this one wasn't a school.

We were subjected, of course, to more pointless hand wringing with thoughts and prayers by politicians and other apologists for our insane country. The Tennessee state government acted fast though. Did they implement some gun restrictions? Of course not! Instead they expelled some legislators who protested lack of action on same. You've got to be S&@$+^g kidding me!

There is no longer any point in even getting angry - we just have to accept that we're stuck in a tragic, never-ending Groundhog Day of American stupidity. 


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