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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. 

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32 minutes ago, subee said:

One cannot reason with a bot.  It may even be unreasonable to try to reply to one.

I don't think that the MaybeeRN member is a bot. 

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toomuchbaloney said:

I don't think that the MaybeeRN member is a bot. 

Which makes me  avoid this member even more.  Let's just say that this member handles a debate like a bot.  Just keeps shooting blanks ad infinitum.

heron said:

Interesting to see the small-government crowd complaining about ineffective government oversight.

Why is interesting?  Maybe that’s why we want smaller government.

toomuchbaloney said:

According to you? That's some pretty interesting reasoning...

Please tell me you are aware of the issues of not including Asians as minorities in college admissions.  It’s only been going on for a decade or two.

nursej22 said:

But it’s so much easier to blame Secretary Buttigeig than to examine a corporation. 

He’s an abject failure hired strictly because he’s gay.  So yes it is easy to blame him.  Liberals love affirmative action then whine when the incompetence is pointed out.

toomuchbaloney said:

As His Life of Fantasy Comes Into Focus, George Santos Goes to Washington https://nyti.ms/3IlGBXj

Two things stand out to me in this ongoing story... first, the reality that the likely next speaker of the house is so politically weak that he cannot speak out against a lying grifter because he needs that liars vote. That foretells the corruption that will be ignored as McCarthy struggles to build ANY manner of republican consensus. 

Second, this fellow Santos seems to think that his choices to lie and cheat are "mistakes" or him "messing up".

It looks like another pathological liar has been elected. 

Don’t worry Joe Biden will lose in 2024.

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Two days after a gunman killed 10 people at a Colorado grocery store, leaving many Americans on high alert, Rico Marley was arrested as he emerged from the bathroom at a Publix supermarket in Atlanta. He was wearing body armor and carrying six loaded weapons — four handguns in his jacket pockets, and in a guitar bag, a semiautomatic rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun.

Moments earlier, an Instacart delivery driver had alerted a store employee after seeing Mr. Marley in the bathroom, along with the AR-15-style rifle, which was propped against a wall. A grand jury indictment later described what had come next: “panic, terror and the evacuation of the Publix.”

Mr. Marley, then 22, was arrested without incident that day in March 2021. His lawyer, Charles Brant, noted that he had not made any threats or fired any shots, and had legally purchased his guns. Mr. Marley did not violate Georgia law, Mr. Brant said; he was “just being a person, doing what he had the right to do.”

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A Heavily Armed Man Caused Panic at a Supermarket. But Did He Break the Law?

I don't know how I missed this; the NYT article was published this morning, but this happened nearly 2 years ago.

Apparently he openly carried the rifle when he entered the store, when he was reported to store security "clicking sounds" where heard coming from a stall in the restroom.

While I support responsable gun ownership, I can't see any reason, other than creating panic, that someone would do something like this.

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MaybeeRN said:

He’s an abject failure hired strictly because he’s gay.

As evidenced by? 

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MaybeeRN said:

He’s an abject failure hired strictly because he’s gay.  So yes it is easy to blame him.  Liberals love affirmative action then whine when the incompetence is pointed out.

Don’t worry Joe Biden will lose in 2024.

In your opinion...<yawn>

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MaybeeRN said:

Please tell me you are aware of the issues of not including Asians as minorities in college admissions.  It’s only been going on for a decade or two.

Which group of people focus upon the thug life rather than hard work and family... in your expansive opinion? 

toomuchbaloney said:

More weird reasoning... or are you just trying to inflame people with nonsense? Is that what we could call trolling?

How is he any different than Joe Biden?  I would say Santos lies pale in comparison to Biden.

toomuchbaloney said:

Which group of people focus upon the thug life rather than hard work and family... in your expansive opinion? 

The ones that use the term thug life. 

nursej22 said:

As evidenced by? 

His failures.  

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MaybeeRN said:

How is he any different than Joe Biden?  I would say Santos lies pale in comparison to Biden.

The ones that use the term thug life. 

I'm certain they are the same in your mind given your current state of discernment. I'm guessing that you've just skipped over reading anything about the young grifter so you are just spitting out toxic rhetoric to see if there's anyone in this group wearing a Biden hat. Are you disappointed? Probably.  An actual nurse might be embarrassed to present such a delusional pov to the general public but shame and embarrassment aren't something experienced by people while they are still indoctrinated... that comes after they've come to their senses and realized that they were fooled. Although Trump and his sycophants definitely try to use shame to keep their support loyal to Trump and his ideas for his return to power... Trump thinks up names to call them when the generic RINO seems insufficient. 

You use the term thug life... how odd

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