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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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nursej22 said:

A family of 8 was found dead in a small town in Utah, thought to be a murder-suicide. The 42 year old father is thought to have killed his MIL, wife and children. Red state, non-urban area. Not as publicized as the child-teacher shooting. Perhaps because the media can’t blame Biden?

This is plastered all over my homepage.  Apparently, the wife just filed for divorce, and he had a ton of fraud charges against him.  Devout mormon family.  

Is the media blaming Biden for the 6 year old shooting the teacher?

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ZyzzFan said:

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.  

I will agree with you in one respect:  there is no way paying individual reparations to people could ever work if the goal is justice.  But we could do more to provide more solid educations to children in the worst circumstances.  You know, level playing field and all that.

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ZyzzFan said:

This is plastered all over my homepage.  Apparently, the wife just filed for divorce, and he had a ton of fraud charges against him.  Devout mormon family.  

Is the media blaming Biden for the 6 year old shooting the teacher?

Not yet!  Some will probably blame the teacher for not packing her own pistol so she could kill the kid first and it would be Biden's fault for not forcing all teachers to take a course in pistol shooting,  of  gathering donations of guns and ammo for teachers from the NRA for classroom use.

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This is a really unsettling story coming out of the authoritarian dystopia to our North.

https://nypost.com/2023/01/05/jordan-peterson-could-lose-psychologist-license-if-he-refuses-social-media-re-education/

Canadian board threatening to pull Jordan Peterson's license to practice as a Clinical Psychologist if he doesn't abide by "re-education" regarding social media.  This sounds like something out of North Korea or Zelensky led Ukraine.  How dare he question the nonsensical Anti-Science transgender rhetoric.

Between this and fascist Trudeau's response to the peaceful trucker protest and his attack on gun ownership even among hunters I can see why people are fleeing Canada.  As Americans we need to look North and see how far Canada has fallen.

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subee said:

Not yet!  Some will probably blame the teacher for not packing her own pistol so she could kill the kid first and it would be Biden's fault for not forcing all teachers to take a course in pistol shooting,  of  gathering donations of guns and ammo for teachers from the NRA for classroom use.

I don't think you understand what America's longest civil rights organization the NRA is.  They aren't "gathering donations of guns and ammo for teachers".   Most people making claims that teacher should be carrying arms are just left wing trolls.  We do need metal detectors in schools but since school shootings are so incredibly rare there is no need for a teacher to be carrying.

Apparently, Newport News, VA is a very ghetto area.  This is likely the result of hood culture and rap music glorifying violence.  

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People are fleeing Canada? I live near the border and people come down to shop, and the snowbirds come down, but I haven’t noticed any mass migration. My Canadian friends wouldn’t want to give up their health care access. 

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nursej22 said:

People are fleeing Canada? I live near the border and people come down to shop, and the snowbirds come down, but I haven’t noticed any mass migration. My Canadian friends wouldn’t want to give up their health care access. 

Health care access is part of the reason they come here.  The United States has the best healthcare system in the world with the most advanced procedures available.  Why would a person enjoy waiting 2 years for a knee replacement when they can see an ortho here so quickly?  

Canadian immigration to US is growing, around 45,000 people immigrated here last year while 7500 left the USA for Canada.

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Is this really what we do? Read bad news and automatically question what state it was in? Whether it was blue or red? 

I've lived and worked both in US and Canada.  Although I like my private coverage in the US, there's more to the wait times in Canada. 

I had a breast tumor.  Before the pathology report even came back, as non malignant, I was fast tracked for mastectomy and subsequent chemo and radiation. Naturally, other elective non essential surgeries were delayed. So yes, someone may have to wait for that knee replacement, but it's probably most likely that someone else needing life saving surgery goes first. Need is prioritized,  not ability to pay or dependent on private health insurance. 

Some wait times are long, however I have no complaints from the Healthcare I recieved when I lived in Canada. 

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ZyzzFan said:

I don't think you understand what America's longest civil rights organization the NRA is.  They aren't "gathering donations of guns and ammo for teachers".   Most people making claims that teacher should be carrying arms are just left wing trolls.  We do need metal detectors in schools but since school shootings are so incredibly rare there is no need for a teacher to be carrying.

Apparently, Newport News, VA is a very ghetto area.  This is likely the result of hood culture and rap music glorifying violence.  

Where as I agree that, how you put it, "hood culture" and the violence associated with it is under reported and down played by MSM and "far right gun extremist" is amplified, I do not think allocating violent crime to respective groups is helpful. 

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ZyzzFan said:

This is a really unsettling story coming out of the authoritarian dystopia to our North.

https://nypost.com/2023/01/05/jordan-peterson-could-lose-psychologist-license-if-he-refuses-social-media-re-education/

Canadian board threatening to pull Jordan Peterson's license to practice as a Clinical Psychologist if he doesn't abide by "re-education" regarding social media.  This sounds like something out of North Korea or Zelensky led Ukraine.  How dare he question the nonsensical Anti-Science transgender rhetoric.

Between this and fascist Trudeau's response to the peaceful trucker protest and his attack on gun ownership even among hunters I can see why people are fleeing Canada.  As Americans we need to look North and see how far Canada has fallen.

Yup. Canada going down a dark scary path. When one as educated and intelligent as J.P is threatened with his license, due to a opinion he voiced, very dark path indeed. 

Canada's far left extremist leader is so far detached from everyday Canadians, he cannot see the authoritarian growing inside of him in which he claims to denounce authoritarians. Nothing like a tyrant that thinks he's the pillar of virtue.  

Btweet said:

Is this really what we do? Read bad news and automatically question what state it was in? Whether it was blue or red

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Yes, unfortunately it is.

 

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ZyzzFan said:

Health care access is part of the reason they come here.  The United States has the best healthcare system in the world with the most advanced procedures available.  Why would a person enjoy waiting 2 years for a knee replacement when they can see an ortho here so quickly?  

Canadian immigration to US is growing, around 45,000 people immigrated here last year while 7500 left the USA for Canada.

Yes, some wealthy Canadians do come to the US for elective procedures. People also go to India and Brazil. So what? 

I find your immigration numbers hard to believe, especially to have them for last year, only 7 days into this year.  Do you have a reputable source for that data? 

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