So Nunberg, Trump's former campaign advisor, has been subpoenaed by Mueller and ordered to turn over all his communications with Trump and the the rest of the campaign team.

He went on a TV news interview tour last night ranting and raving about how he will refuse to comply with the subpoena, how Trump almost certainly knew about the meeting with the Russians in Trump Tower, how Trump "may have done something illegal" and basically had a bit of a melt down.

Remember it took a couple of years (about 26 months from the break-in right up to his resignation) for Watergate to take Nixon down. He even won re-election in the interim. This investigation could still well be Trump's downfall.

However - Nixon resigned in the face of a slam-dunk impeachment with no support from the party.  Not sure if Trump's ego and apparent inability to see reality would allow him to do that.

I'm also not sure I'd relish the US being run by his replacement.

Yay, Stormy Daniels is suing Trump.

Gonna be interesting to see if this “Vidyagames Summit” effort at blaming the school shootings on games will chip away at the orange turdlord’s support amongst the gamergating alt-right nerdcore.

So Trump is going to meet with Kim Jong Un. That's a pretty big deal, but I can't see it actually happening. If he pulls it off he could turn the tide of opinion against him.

Trump will show his normal tact and diplomacy and ask Kim if he was pleased to get so many views for Gangnam Style.

Interesting to see who wins their round of golf

Zizzi's.

hunk wrote:

Less worried about splattery, exploding-testicle violence in entertainment than entertainment that reinforces hoorah bullshit about the troops, cops, endorses capitalism etc. Different tier of violence, really.

To say nothing about how fucking toxic gamer communities are capable of being.

That... does not seem especially odd, sadly.

Brooks wrote:

Less worried about splattery, exploding-testicle violence in entertainment than entertainment that reinforces hoorah bullshit about the troops, cops, endorses capitalism etc. Different tier of violence, really. To say nothing about how fucking toxic gamer communities are capable of being.

Generally agree.

Obviously though the problem with the current focus on videogame violence only exists to distract from actual violence.

Child uses AR15 in Call of Duty: ban the games.
Child uses AR15 in school: do nothing.

Obviously games and media and all forms of entertainment have an effect. Otherwise the emotional response at both ends of the spectrum represented by advertising and literary works would not exist. 

There is no logical coherency or consistency in the GOP here except for that which benefits its biggest donors. The right to sell arms is considered greater than the right to life (after the third trimester) and the right to free speech.

Except one can already deduce the problem is likely to be firearms. The EU doesn't have an endemic of gun violence despite having a similar demographic. Australia, N. Zealand and Canada also don't have rampant school shootings despite kids being exposed to the same media and games. Not to say parents shouldn't monitor the gaming habits of their offspring; they totally should. It's their job to bring up their children to be mentally fit and socially able.

But truth be told it's the abundance of guns permeating American society which sets it apart. Toxic youth culture (bullying, hate groups) and a failing mental health care system don't help matters. Allowing everyone unfettered access to firearms is a ticking time bomb set to go off repeatedly and periodically, over and over again. The only way to break the cycle (imho) is to take guns out of the equation.

Citizens would then have to start trusting the government to maintain law and order. But then again that's the problem no? They don't.....

And so they cling to their guns.

Yup, the law (2nd amendment) is the perfect way to safeguard your business and market. The NRA certainly has done a remarkable job at that.