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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
QuoteAccording 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.
Btweet said:Except you forgot, Portuguese, African and Afghanistan'.
"At a time when Americans are again debating how slavery and the Civil War are memorialized, Benin and other West African nations are struggling to resolve their own legacies of complicity in the trade. Benin's conflict over slavery is particularly intense."
https://www.statista.com/chart/22057/countries-most-active-trans-atlantic-slave-trade/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-slave-traders-were-african-11568991595
It seems you have befallen on misinformation.
Interesting that you forgot to mention the (white)buyers and breeders that made the slave trade so lucrative in the New World. It seems you have “befallen” on strategic editing.
There’s no doubt that many nations profited from slavery. That doesn’t make our own history excusable in the least. And it’s our own history for which we need to be accountable. Note that the comments made by our more right-wing members - supposedly advocates of personal responsibility - are aimed at erasing that accountability.
heron said:Interesting that you forgot to mention the (white)buyers and breeders that made the slave trade so lucrative in the New World. It seems you have “befallen” on strategic editing.
There’s no doubt that many nations profited from slavery. That doesn’t make our own history excusable in the least. And it’s our own history for which we need to be accountable. Note that the comments made by our more right-wing members - supposedly advocates of personal responsibility - are aimed at erasing that accountability.
This is false. The links I provided included all perpetrators of slavery. It would seem others became "royalty" and benefitted just as much within their own country and race.
It was another member suggesting that it is a "caucasion men" that were at mostly at fault. I provided sources and facts that state otherwise.Doing so does not suggest that I or anyone else is avoiding accountability. The "right wing members" were providing a a fact to an inaccurate belief to the obvious racial discrimination of "caucasions" as the main perpetrators of slavery. Which is a historical inaccuracy. As the sources state.
Slavery is a stain on humans. A evil act carried by all who are human. Not by a skin color.
Did you know there is still slavery happening right now? In Africa and other places? However not in North America? I think the angry feelings of those who like to express their emotions would be more productive if they focused on modern-day slavery. Instead of attempting to demoralize an entire race by atrocities committed in the past by people who are not alive nor are the people they enslaved. For political gain.
(Before you start, my last statement does not in any which way downgrade accountability or the suffering of those who are no longer living).
Never forget! But remember it all, not just part of history.
Btweet said:This is false. The links I provided included all perpetrators of slavery. It would seem others became "royalty" and benefitted just as much within their own country and race.
It was another member suggesting that it is a "caucasion men" that were at mostly at fault. I provided sources and facts that state otherwise.Doing so does not suggest that I or anyone else is avoiding accountability. The "right wing members" were providing a a fact to an inaccurate belief to the obvious racial discrimination of "caucasions" as the main perpetrators of slavery. Which is a historical inaccuracy. As the sources state.
Slavery is a stain on humans. A evil act carried by all who are human. Not by a skin color.
Did you know there is still slavery happening right now? In Africa and other places? However not in North America? I think the angry feelings of those who like to express their emotions would be more productive if they focused on modern-day slavery. Instead of attempting to demoralize an entire race by atrocities committed in the past by people who are not alive nor are the people they enslaved. For political gain.
(Before you start, my last statement does not in any which way downgrade accountability or the suffering of those who are no longer living).
Never forget! But remember it all, not just part of history.
All very nice and erudite … but my point was that the behavior of other people at other times in other places does not erase the fact that African slavery in the New World was practiced by Europeans for the benefit of Europeans. Attempting to minimize that is simply dishonest.
So … what is your take on the role of slavery in the economic development of the European colonies in the New World?
Quotehe longest contest for speaker of the House of Representatives in more than a century has come to an end with the narrow, dramatic election of House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to the role.
The California congressman entered the US Capitol on 6 January promising “progress” after repeatedly failing to gain enough votes to secure the gavel.
More than 12 hours later, after several more rounds of voting, the beginnings of a brawl among Republican members and frantic negotiations, he finally made some at the cost of the stability of his own job as well as serious giveaways in the form of committee assignments for the powerful House Freedom Caucus.
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Kevin McCarthy elected House speaker on 15th round after fight nearly breaks out
heron said:All very nice and erudite … but my point was that the behavior of other people at other times in other places does not erase the fact that African slavery in the New World was practiced by Europeans for the benefit of Europeans. Attempting to minimize that is simply dishonest.
So … what is your take on the role of slavery in the economic development of the European colonies in the New World?
I do not see any minimizing. Only statements alluding to the involvement of others. Not just or even mostly "Caucasians:" in a reply to a comment that suggests that.
Slavery is a human condition and has been arround since the dawn of time and practiced by almost all civilizations.
A dark time in the development of modern civilizations. A common practice known now for its inherent evil. Something to not forget and something to report accurately. Some ideologies and political movements use slavery as a political talking point which emphasizes certain facts of slavery and minimizes others. Which I would agree is dishonest.
I think slavery in all forms is evil and abhorrent. Whether that be the European development of the colonies or the role of Africa in the slave trade and any other whome participated. Perhaps most notable evil is present day slavery when modern civilization now understands how awful slavery truly is.
https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/h/History_of_slavery.htm
uniteddemclub said:Teenagers killing a security guard in San Francisco: https://www.ktvu.com/news/security-guard-shot-and-killed-in-san-franciscos-japantown
A 6 year shot a teacher (they are reporting that it was deliberate) in Virginia yesterday. Just another day in A'murica.
subee said:A 6 year shot a teacher (they are reporting that it was deliberate) in Virginia yesterday. Just another day in A'murica.
Any more information on this? Did they report the race of the child or the teacher? Is it in relation to child grooming or gender ideology that is rampant in elementary schools these days?
What does this have to do with "A'murica"?
heron said:Interesting that you forgot to mention the (white)buyers and breeders that made the slave trade so lucrative in the New World. It seems you have “befallen” on strategic editing.
There’s no doubt that many nations profited from slavery. That doesn’t make our own history excusable in the least. And it’s our own history for which we need to be accountable. Note that the comments made by our more right-wing members - supposedly advocates of personal responsibility - are aimed at erasing that accountability.
Nobody is trying to deny America's history in slavery. What do you think should be done? Slavery was a legal practice in America and people paid money out of their own pocket to own slaves then one day it was suddenly illegal. Many people think that reparations are due to the descendants of the slave owners who suffered financial catastrophe almost overnight but personally I think it's time to get over it. While reparations for descendants of slave owners could help ease the financial repercussions that trickled down generation to generation, I think it would be to difficult to calculate and there are much more serious matters at hand in America right now such as the rise of alt left extremism, black supremacy, pro-pedo movement, drag queen story hour, holocaust denial, CRT in schools, etc.
ZyzzFan said:Any more information on this? Did they report the race of the child or the teacher? Is it in relation to child grooming or gender ideology that is rampant in elementary schools these days?
What does this have to do with "A'murica"?
No, no report in any media outlets on the details except that is was intentional and the teacher was a 30 year old female.
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Except you forgot, Portuguese, African and Afghanistan'.
"At a time when Americans are again debating how slavery and the Civil War are memorialized, Benin and other West African nations are struggling to resolve their own legacies of complicity in the trade. Benin's conflict over slavery is particularly intense."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/an-african-country-reckons-with-its-history-of-selling-slaves/2018/01/29/5234f5aa-ff9a-11e7-86b9-8908743c79dd_story.html
https://www.statista.com/chart/22057/countries-most-active-trans-atlantic-slave-trade/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-slave-traders-were-african-11568991595
It seems you have befallen on misinformation.