I came across this is little story today, it's not breaking news. I suspect that a member of the housekeeping staff knows something about the bomb threat that required the sweep for weapons.
According to police in Secaucus, the bomb threat — which later was determined to be bogus — was called in to Hudson Regional Hospital on July 18. During a search, bomb detection dogs led investigators to an unlocked office closet containing dozens of firearms.
Among the weapons were 11 handguns and 27 rifles or shotguns, according to police. The closet also contained a .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine that was determined to be an assault rifle, and a 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine.
The arrested the guy the next day.
What the heck do you think this guy was doing? It sounds very ominous that he was keeping those weapons there.
IDK, I guess "agenda" seems like a strange term. Like he or I benefit somehow from children being stopped from transitioning. It seems he has that belief based on his experiences that most of the rest of us don't have.
I simply believe there is such a thing as being too young to make such a decision. Also, I run into a fair amount of kids in my peds ER who are also seen at our Center for Gender Diversity. A large % of them also have a psych history. I feel like the psych issues should be handled before going down the road of gender reassignment.
I've also said I don't think I should have to conform to such silliness as referring to a person as "them or they", even though I usually do.
That doesn't mean I'm "anti-trans", or have an agenda. If someone is an adult, they can have at it. But don't expect special treatment from me.
I acknowledged that some wouldn't call that anti-trans.
Yours was the response I predicted and expected from you. That's not a criticism, but I felt pretty sure what your stance would be as we've discussed it before.
I might add that is was the headline on the day posted it. In big bold letters across the homepage, as if it was a very important story to them.
At the end of the day, I do wish him peace. People that are ex-gay, ex-trans or even things like ex-vegan go through some stuff. It's not an easy way.
Yeah, you said that before. It wasnt up there like that later in the evening (Sunday evening, btw...not much new news) after I saw your post.
The website and news channel is going 24/7/365. The website is about getting clicks, and I imagine they change things around often depending on traffic. It's not like the newspaper days.
You seem to often be irritated by what you think Fox thinks is important. I don't think any of the news sites necessarily worry about what's important. It's what will get clicks at any particular time.
You seem to often be irritated by what you think Fox thinks is important. I don't think any of the news sites necessarily worry about what's important. It's what will get clicks at any particular time.
Oh yes, that's a true observation about me. Fox News rents a lot of space in my head. The live broadcasts as well especially during their election time. I agree they are targeting their audience which will click on things like today's headline "Non-binary nuclear waste official charged in multiple luggage thefts departs Department of Energy". Most other news sites are covering it but with the healdine "Biden Energy Official" or "Biden Official" and not as the lead story. They irritate me in a way they shouldn't, I admit that.
BBC's headline is "Lockerbie bombing suspect will not face death penalty." which is a big story in the UK and targeting their audience. I can't say that news organizations don't worry about what's important when they pick a lead story. Live shows will always lead with the important stuff first. Headlines in newspapers in print the same. Headlines in some news websites the same.
In my opinion that is.
Oh yes, that's a true observation about me. Fox News rents a lot of space in my head. The live broadcasts as well especially during their election time. I agree they are targeting their audience which will click on things like today's headline "Non-binary nuclear waste official charged in multiple luggage thefts departs Department of Energy". Most other news sites are covering it but with the healdine "Biden Energy Official" or "Biden Official" but not as the lead story. They irritate me in a way they shouldn't, I admit that.
BBC's headline is "Lockerbie bombing suspect will not face death penalty." which is a big story in the UK and targeting their audience.
MSNBC's top headline right now is about people not being excited enough for Griner being brought home.
Anyway, the Lockerbie story is the most interesting one today, imo. It doesn't seem to be getting the attention it deserves. Maybe because a large portion of our population isn't old enough to remember the bombing.
Most of the media sucks, no matter which side you look at it from.
"The only time Democrats 'support' the [Second Amendment] is when armed Antifa larpers want to defend perverts at drag queen story time or when leftist Hollywood celebs and politicians are protected by armed bodyguards."
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“I want to tell you something. If Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we would have won. Not to mention, we would’ve been armed,”
Apparently the above statement (2nd quote) was made regarding the January 6th resurrection and wasn't made to be taken seriously as she said "apparently the White House doesn't know how sarcasm works" in response to the White House's criticism.
I might need a lesson in sarcasm because I use it all the time.
MSNBC's top headline right now is about people not being excited enough for Griner being brought home.
Anyway, the Lockerbie story is the most interesting one today, imo. It doesn't seem to be getting the attention it deserves. Maybe because a large portion of our population isn't old enough to remember the bombing.
Most of the media sucks, no matter which side you look at it from.
The Lockerbie story was the lead story on NPR's podcast 5 minute summary yesterday. To me it's a big deal, but you're right it is an old story. As I've wondered, it is interesting what people and new organizations make a big deal out of and what they don't.
MSNBC agitates me as well and I almost never look at it. It is an interesting story of her being booed. Interesting that Fox didn't put it on their headline as well, but from a different angle. LOL
All of the counties completed their recounts, and confirmed we've won this race. Republicans have been entrusted with the majority and we must now prove we can take the temperature down in DC by leading not only with strength but grace.
Our conservative policies will help all Americans to overcome the challenges we face so each of us has the opportunity to live our very best life. Thank you for entrusting me to help lead the way. I'll be working every day to prove I can get the job done right.
It was confirmed in a recount that Lauren Beobert won her re-election bid by less than 600 votes. The above are her Tweets about it. I nearly spit out my coffee on the part about "strength and grace". But actually it's a relatively mature response. Perhaps she's humbled by her near defeat and her Tweet the day before "The Red Wave has begun!"
No word on her challenger Frisch calling it fraudulent. He conceded a few weeks prior. On a side note I'm reading she spent $43 per vote and he $32 making it the most expensive Federal election in the country this year.
Yes, and and at least one shelter is in a recreation center that is now unusable by those who pay taxes for and count on it for their health and wellness.
Just the tip of the iceberg on how illegal immigrants to the area will effect daily lives of the citizens.
I know I've said that so far migrants aren't necessarily affecting the daily lives of people and as it gets worse I'm willing to concede there will be some effect on some people but still don't think it will be most of us. But it is a problem of ours as a whole, just because it doesn't affect us personally.
Today's Denver Post online talks of air quality and not much about the migrants interfering with the lives of people that might have used the rec center. It won't let me browse much for free but on the 10th there was a story of them being re-located with family and friends and a church-run organization.
Another website "Denverite" that I can browse for free does have stories. Most of their stories are from a few days ago on their homepage.
U.S. Senator and former Denver mayor John Hickenlooper said in a statement that “”Human lives are not political props. Denver will welcome these migrants with open arms and help any way they can. We will be empathetic to people put in a difficult situation.”
They are being helpful now, but may not be so as the numbers increase. I'm not sure just sending people to an unprepared place is a good idea, but the border towns are overwhelmed and getting some inland help might alleviate some of the problems. But maybe giving them a heads up would have been nice?
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I know I've said that so far migrants aren't necessarily affecting the daily lives of people and as it gets worse I'm willing to concede there will be some effect on some people but still don't think it will be most of us. But it is a problem of ours as a whole, just because it doesn't affect us personally.
Today's Denver Post online talks of air quality and not much about the migrants interfering with the lives of people that might have used the rec center. It won't let me browse much for free but on the 10th there was a story of them being re-located with family and friends and a church-run organization.
Another website "Denverite" that I can browse for free does have stories. Most of their stories are from a few days ago on their homepage.
They are being helpful now, but may not be so as the numbers increase. I'm not sure just sending people to an unprepared place is a good idea, but the border towns are overwhelmed and getting some inland help might alleviate some of the problems. But maybe giving them a heads up would have been nice?
Yeah...there's no good reason to lie to the refugees and immigrants or to transport them to communities without coordination of services. There are a handful of partisan political and really bad reasons to do these things but there's not much in the way of negative consequences for those who would use the people like pawns.
Whichever political conservative who orchestrated the transport of the people that ended up in the rec center certainly didn't care about how an uncoordinated transfer would negatively impact any of the people involved.
Whichever political conservative who orchestrated the transport of the people that ended up in the rec center certainly didn't care about how an uncoordinated transfer would negatively impact any of the people involved.
Apparently the individuals coordinated among themselves, and were not sent by any government.
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The migrants who arrived in Denver this week were not sent by a government agency, but instead they coordinated across social media, city officials said Thursday.
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Governors in states such as Texas or Florida have sent migrants to liberal cities like Denver, but there's "no evidence of that" in this case, Dreyer said Thursday.
It's good that we've discovered how they arrived in Denver. This specific situation is not an example of conservative politicians making uncoordinated transfers of migrants and refugees to interior communities but we all know that there are other examples of that generalized disregard from those politicians.
What a shame that our political leaders would rather use immigration issues as talking points rather than engage in the necessary comprehensive reforms.
What a shame that our political leaders would rather use immigration issues as talking points rather than engage in the necessary comprehensive reforms.
I agree, we are failing at all level of government. Whether you think the immigration issue is appropriately manage or a crisis situation, immigrants are arriving in large numbers. This past October, at least 50,000 immigrants arrived to El Paso, nearly a 7.5% increase in the city's population, and some estimates are reported as high as 2,500 per day. While some have likely moved on to other areas, this still represents a huge increase on available services.
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I acknowledged that some wouldn't call that anti-trans.
Yours was the response I predicted and expected from you. That's not a criticism, but I felt pretty sure what your stance would be as we've discussed it before.
Nothing more to say is there?