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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.

https://apnews.com/article/new-jersey-newark-bomb-threats-d0a59b80d460f9354f6bfe86f65475c6

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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. 

On 11/23/2022 at 12:37 PM, toomuchbaloney said:

You must be surprised since you are trying to forward, without evidence, that I frequent such sites. I keep a watchful eye on current events and I search for credible sources of information about those events, which I sometimes share in these threads.  

You mentioned a website but now it seems that the mention was just a wild guess or assumption or theory that you are just sharing here about me. What is the purpose of that? Should I guess or assume things and then publish those guesses or assumptions? Of course not. We should simply discuss the topics in good faith and maybe ask each other relevant questions.  

Indeed. Like early 20th century fascist authoritarians, our 45th president coalesced a variety of angry groups under the banner of MAGA. He successfully united white nationalists, anarchists, white supremacists, paramilitary groups, political Christians and others by identifying common enemies and causes for them to fight against. Those groups did not translate into a unified voting block on the midterms but they remain angry.

What were the causes and common enemies?  Provide a credible link to your accusations.  Also provide a link to how he United all these people?

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14 minutes ago, ZyzzFan said:

Deep down in the conspiracy theory rabbit hole I see.  Russia denied involvement in whatever went on in Bucha and regarding Putin's rivals do you also believe the Clinton's are out killing their rivals?  You might be more comfortable on 4chan.

Oh yes, Russia denied involvement and if Trump believes Putin why shouldn't we... am I right? 

16 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

More propaganda about Ukraine and Russia. Trump isn't a pacifist, he's a bully and an easy mark for someone like Putin. 

Putin didn’t invade the Ukraine under Trump but he did under Obama and Biden.  Why is that?

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3 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:

What were the causes and common enemies?  Provide a credible link to your accusations.  Also provide a link to how he United all these people?

The cause ultimately was a lie about election fraud and a stolen election. For instance white nationalists and white supremacists joined with anarchists and anti-mask and militia members and QANON conspiracy believers all gathered together and stormed our Capitol on 010621 after Trump asked them to assemble. The group was united with lots and lots of average Joes and Jills by their belief in a lie about election integrity and Trump's loss. 

Trump united them with grievance. His rallies and speeches and social media communication are little more than grievance...old grievances... personal grievances. 

Your idea of credible is likely not compatible with mine.

https://www.voanews.com/a/2020-usa-votes_researchers-more-dozen-extremist-groups-took-part-capitol-riots/6200832.html

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-proud-boys-donald-trump-congress-government-and-politics-a8baa24af07b20ab792f4ef6f4481fac

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/jan-6s-tangled-web-of-extremism/

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These extremist organizations look isolated in the chart above, but it’s only because we’ve removed most of the person-to-person connections. “Normally [these groups] would not get along. You would not have this coalition force. But on Jan. 6, what you saw is this perfect storm that brought together each of those distinct, disparate groups and movements, to act as one cohesive group in engaging in these actions,” said Jon Lewis, a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. Certain ideology — like the unfounded belief that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump — can thread together otherwise disparate groups of extremists on the right, and can mobilize members of these groups to act collectively. When this happens, a single extremist organization can reach beyond its small sphere of influence, and it can lead to deadly results, as we saw on Jan. 6.

 

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5 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:

Putin didn’t invade the Ukraine under Trump but he did under Obama and Biden.  Why is that?

Are you in the mood for speculation? Go ahead.  When you're done speculating about that you should next speculate why Trump looked like a whipped boy after his secret meeting with Putin in Helsinki... do you think it was related to him saying that he believed Putin over his intelligence agencies? 

24 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

The cause ultimately was a lie about election fraud and a stolen election. For instance white nationalists and white supremacists joined with anarchists and anti-mask and militia members and QANON conspiracy believers all gathered together and stormed our Capitol on 010621 after Trump asked them to assemble. The group was united with lots and lots of average Joes and Jills by their belief in a lie about election integrity and Trump's loss. 

Trump united them with grievance. His rallies and speeches and social media communication are little more than grievance...old grievances... personal grievances. 

Your idea of credible is likely not compatible with mine.

https://www.voanews.com/a/2020-usa-votes_researchers-more-dozen-extremist-groups-took-part-capitol-riots/6200832.html

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-proud-boys-donald-trump-congress-government-and-politics-a8baa24af07b20ab792f4ef6f4481fac

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/jan-6s-tangled-web-of-extremism/

 

Please explain election integrity when ever household is just mailed a ballot whether they requested one or not?  What authority do secretaries of state have to mail ballots to everyone?  I’ll wait.

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32 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

The cause ultimately was a lie about election fraud and a stolen election. For instance white nationalists and white supremacists joined with anarchists and anti-mask and militia members and QANON conspiracy believers all gathered together and stormed our Capitol on 010621 after Trump asked them to assemble. The group was united with lots and lots of average Joes and Jills by their belief in a lie about election integrity and Trump's loss. 

Trump united them with grievance. His rallies and speeches and social media communication are little more than grievance...old grievances... personal grievances. 

Your idea of credible is likely not compatible with mine.

https://www.voanews.com/a/2020-usa-votes_researchers-more-dozen-extremist-groups-took-part-capitol-riots/6200832.html

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-proud-boys-donald-trump-congress-government-and-politics-a8baa24af07b20ab792f4ef6f4481fac

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/jan-6s-tangled-web-of-extremism/

 

Post a direct quote of Trump telling the mostly peaceful protestors on January 6th 2021 that instigates them to go inside the capital building.

As for election integrity do you think that 4 years of Russian collusion conspiracy theories from the left or Stacey Abrams conspiracy theories regarding "voter suppression" contributed to this protest?   

How do you feel about the alt lefts attacks on the Wisconsin or Oklahoma capitals?  Who instigated them to storm those buildings?  The fact is the January 6th protest pales in comparison to the entire Summer of horror perpetuated from the alt left and black supremacist groups.  We literally saw over $2 billion in property damage in a single Summer.  These same groups just threatened our great Supreme Court Justices outside of their homes after the monumental human rights victory repealing Roe v. Wade.  Why has Biden not disavowed alt left extremism and black supremacy?  When will he?

32 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Are you in the mood for speculation? Go ahead.  When you're done speculating about that you should next speculate why Trump looked like a whipped boy after his secret meeting with Putin in Helsinki... do you think it was related to him saying that he believed Putin over his intelligence agencies? 

Deflection I see.  I get it you can’t answer the question.

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In other news they arrested a suspect for those Idaho college student murders.  28 year old criminology student. Very fascinating turn of events.

1 hour ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Oh yes, Russia denied involvement and if Trump believes Putin why shouldn't we... am I right? 

Trump gave Ukraine weapons.  What did Obama give them?  

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10 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:

Please explain election integrity when ever household is just mailed a ballot whether they requested one or not?  What authority do secretaries of state have to mail ballots to everyone?  I’ll wait.

Election integrity was not compromised by mail in ballots in 2020. That's what the Trump administration said at the time.  

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“When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if necessary. This is an added benefit for security and resilience. This process allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.

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“While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too. When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices as they administer elections.”

Secretaries of state simply apply their state law to the electoral process.  So far, right wing attempts to sue them or take legal action against them have largely failed. 

Did you make popcorn while you waited? 

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32 minutes ago, MaybeeRN said:

Trump gave Ukraine weapons.  What did Obama give them?  

Trump tried to trade military aid for personal political favors.  He delayed delivery of military aid while pressuring Zelensky to say he was going to investigate Biden.  Quid pro quo...personal agenda masquerading as foreign policy under Trump's jaded "leadership". At the same time Trump was publicly kissing up to Putin and other tyrannts.  

Did you miss that part? 

I wonder why you think Trump wasn't misrepresenting Obama's Ukraine record after he lied about his birth records?

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