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usly out of touch with reality, and that he's been out of touch with realit y for quite a while(as I've mentioned here from time to time).

ith reality if you think he is dangerous.

Somebody who talks about killing people - even in jest - is potentially dan gerous. The risk isn't high, but it's higher than for those who pay more at tention to what they are actually saying.

rted you to the FBI. Actually I find you gullible too. Isn't it rather ob vious that the FBI would have no interest in you.

I'm well aware that the FBI would have no interest in me - I was security c leared twice in my career, once to a level that got me into US Army ECOM wh en it was at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey - and the security services never th row out data.

CIA is for foreign problems.

Presumably Jim knew that too. If Jim's claim had been true, it might have i nconvenienced me by making it more difficult for me to get through immigrat ion control when I visited America - which isn't run by the FBI - but Jim m ight well have relied on the FBI passing the information along to people wh o could use it. Jim did claim that he had "friends" in the FBI, so the info rmation he provided wouldn't have been a formal denunciation, but simply a personal observation.

My perception at the time was that Jim Thompson was out of touch with reali ty, which wasn't a new insight back then either. My original reaction was t hat if Jim had had any credibility with his imagined "friends" in the FBI he'd have lost it by denouncing me.

You don't think that Jim is a far out of touch with reality as I do. Fine. I'm not all that impressed with your grasp of reality either, as you are pr obably aware, and I'll continue to regard Jim as a potentially dangerous be cause his world view is somewhat narrower than is entirely safe.

Qualified as what? Non-judge justice? Most other justices spent enough time in federal courts.

angerous. The risk isn't high, but it's higher than for those who pay more attention to what they are actually saying.

I doubt you have any basis for this statement. Sounds like made up statist ics to me.

. I'm not all that impressed with your grasp of reality either, as you are probably aware, and I'll continue to regard Jim as a potentially dangerous because his world view is somewhat narrower than is entirely safe.

Jim seems to be in touch with reality to me. He actually does electronics work and gets paid for it.

You on the other hand seem out of touch with reality. You do not have a re alistic view of working. And you consider Jim as potentially dangerous. Y ou did read his recent post where he said he did not own any firearms. So what is the potential danger? He might vote for some one that you do not a pprove.

As far as my grasp of reality, I seem to be a lot more in touch than you ar e. I managed to work in aerospace and only had 6 days of unemployment durin g my career. Actually less as I worked two jobs for a little of that time.

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Almost by definition, any discussion originated by you is a non-issue, and this on the basis of absence of distinction between the content of your pos ts and a void.

Nah- you're a pussy who's never used anything more than a woman's 0.22. Why are we not surprised?

Why are we not surprised that Blobby falls back his best arguments - lies.

Yet you feel compelled to answer me, but can't do it with a coherent thought. Amazing admission, Blobby.

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Not really- you're like telling a dog to fetch a stick... I don't regard yo u as even being human.

Yes, really, Blobby.

Blobby, you're the one who is compelled to respond to me, though by your own admission you think that anything I say is a non-issue. IOW, you admit, by your actions, that you're indeed a liar.

dangerous. The risk isn't high, but it's higher than for those who pay mor e attention to what they are actually saying.

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I was thinking in terms of the perpetrators of mass shootings, most of whom seem to have published output that talks about killing other people.

ne. I'm not all that impressed with your grasp of reality either, as you ar e probably aware, and I'll continue to regard Jim as a potentially dangerou s because his world view is somewhat narrower than is entirely safe.

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He got into integrated circuit design early, when it was a very specialised job, dependent on access to very expensive equipment to turn the design in to working silicon, and the system didn't need many people around to do the designing. He was adequate, rather than great, and he has lived on that ev er since. The people who were great, like Bob Widlar and Barry Gilbert, wer e a little too well-known to be easily accessible as consultants.

realistic view of working.

I've got a very realistic view of working - I spent more than thirty years at it, with a variety of employers. My ideas about finding another job clea rly don't include enough frantic running around exploring even the most rem ote possibilities, but I suspect that I've covered the cost-effective appro aches.

post where he said he did not own any firearms. So what is the potential d anger? He might vote for some one that you do not approve.

In the US you can go out an buy firearms any time you like. You seem be bel ieve that Jim is liar - his threats and claimed murderous intnetions are " funning" - so his claim not to own any firearms might not be true, or he mi ght have borrowed one of his son's guns. As an argument that Jim isn't pote ntially dangerous, this isn't exactly impressive.

are. I managed to work in aerospace and only had 6 days of unemployment dur ing my career. Actually less as I worked two jobs for a little of that tim e.

That addresses your contact with the reality you were immersed in. I've wor ked in three countries - none of them the US, which is the one that represe nts your reality - and I'm well aware that different countries present diff erent working environments. The Netherlands isn't a paradise for anybody o ver 55 who wants to get work or keep working. Your contact with reality doe sn't seem to extend far enough to recognise this (which is in no way surpri sing).

Wrong. We aren't responding to you - as such. We are merely noting - for the benefit of others - that you are a sub-human troll, not to be taken seriously.

"Paying attention to krw is dangerous to your mental health".

Not really. You have to have a background check before you can buy a firea rm. So it is at least three days before you can get a gun.

You seem be believe that Jim is liar - his threats and claimed murderous intnetions are "funning" - so his claim not to own any firearms might not b e true, or he might have borrowed one of his son's guns. As an argument tha t Jim isn't potentially dangerous, this isn't exactly impressive.

I think Jim just can not resist feeding you bullshit and watching you fall for it. Jim is not a teenager. If he were potentially dangerous , I would think he would have done something before now. So the evidence is that h e has not done anything dangerous in a number of decades. Where is the evi dence he is potentially dangerous?

u are. I managed to work in aerospace and only had 6 days of unemployment d uring my career. Actually less as I worked two jobs for a little of that t ime.

orked in three countries - none of them the US, which is the one that repre sents your reality - and I'm well aware that different countries present di fferent working environments. The Netherlands isn't a paradise for anybody over 55 who wants to get work or keep working. Your contact with reality d oesn't seem to extend far enough to recognise this (which is in no way surp rising).

So you worked it three countries. Big deal. I worked in 7 states. None o f them the Netherlands. But different states present different working env ironments. I just happen to believe that if you really wanted to work, you would have found a way. Maybe start your own company. Maybe design something that p eople want. But as far as I know you never tried. Just sat around and com plained that no one would hire you.

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No, background checks are "instantaneous". There is no three day waiting period. In fact, it's a negative response. If the government can't get it done promptly ("instantaneously"), it's considered a "pass". It usually takes all of fifteen minutes to fill out the forms and do the check (I've done it in that time at a gun show, in fact). In fact, in some jurisdictions, even a background check isn't needed if you have a concealed carry permit (the check, and a lot more, has already been done).

You can't tell Slowman anything. Let him drown in his ignorance.

The last time I bought a rifle was in about 1996. Things ought to be better now.

No it is really that you can tell Slowman anything...........But it will not change what he thinks.

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The NICS background checks were started in 1993, though some states weren't plugged into the system, in which case they were allowed to take up to five days to clear the applicant. SCotUS eventually struck down that provision because the federal NICS system was fast and the waiting period did nothing but make the process more difficult. It didn't have any other function.

I guess you can discuss GR with a post but the conversation won't be very enlightening.

earm. So it is at least three days before you can get a gun.

Unless you go to a gun market/arms fair.

s intnetions are "funning" - so his claim not to own any firearms might not be true, or he might have borrowed one of his son's guns. As an argument t hat Jim isn't potentially dangerous, this isn't exactly impressive.

l for it. Jim is not a teenager. If he were potentially dangerous , I wou ld think he would have done something before now. So the evidence is that he has not done anything dangerous in a number of decades. Where is the e vidence he is potentially dangerous?

He posts fantasies about shooting people. It's almost certainly bullshit, b ut some of the people who have published that kind of fantasy have gone on to shoot people. It is more common in teenagers, but elderly people have si lly ideas too - it's called senile dementia.

Jim does have some very strange ideas about the way US society works. You m ay not find them as strange as I do, but you aren't entirely rational eithe r.

you are. I managed to work in aerospace and only had 6 days of unemployment during my career. Actually less as I worked two jobs for a little of that time.

worked in three countries - none of them the US, which is the one that rep resents your reality - and I'm well aware that different countries present different working environments. The Netherlands isn't a paradise for anybo dy over 55 who wants to get work or keep working. Your contact with reality doesn't seem to extend far enough to recognise this (which is in no way su rprising).

of them the Netherlands. But different states present different working e nvironments.

American's don't like paying much attention to the rest-of-the-world. As fa r as I know, no American state allows compulsory retirement at a fixed age. It's pretty much the rule in the rest-of-the-world. Australia is the only exception that I'm aware of.

Working in seven different states doesn't really compete.

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I've done that. Couldn't find enough customers to generate any signficant b usiness.

tried. Just sat around and complained that no one would hire you.

I've certainly tried to get hired. When I was on unemployment benefit in th e Netherlands I had to apply for at least one job every week, and I didn't have any trouble finding enough jobs that I thought that I could do at a sa lary which wouldn't have been wildly different from the last job I'd had (w hich I'd hung onto for 2 years and 11 months before the bureaucratic rules made me a lot more expensive.

I even managed to get two job interviews in the time. Once I turned 65 I ke pt on applying, though less frequently - I didn't bother with anything wher e I wouldn't have looked like a strong candidate - and got fewer acknowledg ements of my applications, and no job interviews. I still applying for a jo b every few weeks, though with very little expectation of success.

I could have tried even harder, but I'm not far enough out of touch with re ality to think that it would have made any difference.

Some of the Dutch programs designed (rather incompetently) to help the elde rly unemployed find work put me in contact with people in similar situation s. The realistic people did seem to do enough to keep themselves visible. T he lunatics devoted a lot of effort to making it obvious that they were lun atics - not a pattern of behaviour that I was tempted to copy.

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Krw does tell me quite a lot of stuff that he expects me to believe and to take seriously.

While Jim Thompson is out of touch with reality, krw is entirely divorced from it. Anybody who disagrees with anything krw posts isn't regarded as having a different opinion, but as a liar.

What krw knows is always right, and the people who disagree with him must - according to krw - know that they are wrong and lying.

It's an impressively psychotic state of mind. You probably think that he is "funning".

Or any city's street corner thug.

Your statement was correct, and you did not say "at a gun store", so it is true that in America, one CAN get a gun without a delay/check process.

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