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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. 

Daisy4RN said:

Speaking of the Paris Accords,  the Socialist elites just finished up their so called Climate Change Conference in Davos.  Is anyone surprised at this point about their blatant hypocrisy? 
 

https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/environment/global-elites-slammed-for-arriving-at-davos-summit-in-private-jets-590644.html

So do they really believe what they preach to others, or do they just think they are special, hmmm

WOW! One of them flew just 13 miles.

As one tweet summed it up. We live on the same planet as the elites but not in the same world.

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HiddenAngels said:

WOW! One of them flew just 13 miles.

As one tweet summed it up. We live on the same planet as the elites but not in the same world.

What a dumb article to even post:)  As if anyone here believes that Davos is anything but an evil joke.

subee said:

I don't know what, specifically, the FDA's mission statement is but this sounds like something that should be coming from the CDC.  How dopey the FDA guys sound admitting they didn't know.  Discretion would be useful here.  It appears that eventhe FDA can't get good help anymore.

Mannnnn. I wish someone figure it out.. combine these vaccines or something. It's too much

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Wiki article US Violent Crime Rates by State in 2020 per FBI Uniform Crime Reports  per 100,000 residents

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Top Ten States 2020 with most violent crime per population- except for Washington, D.C. are states located below Mason-Dixon line with few Democratic mayors.

List of incidents and protests of the 2020–2022 United States racial unrest

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Polls have estimated that between 15 million and 26 million people have participated at some point in the demonstrations in the United States, making them the largest protests in United States history.[10][11][12] It was also estimated that between May 26 and August 22, around 93% of protests were "peaceful and nondestructive".[13][14][15] However, arson, vandalism, and looting during the George Floyd protests alone caused approximately $1–2 billion in damages nationally, the highest recorded damage from civil disorder in U.S. history, and surpassing the record set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.[16][17]  In protests that involved violence, violence was variously instigated by protesters, counter-protesters, or police, and police sometimes escalated confrontations....

....We must start by preventing people from entering the criminal justice system in the first place. Democrats believe we must break the school-to-prison pipeline that too often relies on arrests and law enforcement to address misbehavior that ought to be handled and deescalated within the school. We support re-issuing federal guidance from the Department of Education and the Department of Justice to prevent the disparate disciplinary treatment of children of color and children with disabilities in school and educational settings. Democrats believe every school should have sufficient funding to employ guidance counselors, social workers, nurses, or school psychologists to help guarantee age-appropriate and racially equitable student disciplinary practices, rather than turning to police to resolve these issues....

Latest protests in broadcast news January 2023 have been related to police shooting/beating citizens.

Protesters torch police car, damage businesses in Atlanta after activist killed

5 Memphis police officers fired in death of Tyre Nichols

29-Year-Old Tyre Nichols Died After Being Brutally Beaten By Police

Police officers and chiefs have been fired, resigned or charged in the wake of demonstrators around the USA demanding more accountability and change in law enforcement.

We just celebrated Martin Luther King Day -- focusing on non-violent activism and day of action helping communities.

From The 2020 Democratic Platform

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It is unacceptable that more than 1,000 people, a quarter of them Black, have been killed by police every year since 2015. Democrats also recognize that all too often, systematic cuts to public services have left police officers on the front lines of responding to social challenges for which they have not been trained, from homelessness to mental health crises to the opioid epidemic. We can and must do better for our communities.

Republican Party chose in 2020 not to adopt a new platform, instead using their  2016 Republican Platform and RNC Platform Committee

Ensuring Safe Neighborhoods: Criminal Justice and Prison Reform

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The conduct of the Department of Justice
has included refusal to enforce laws, stonewalling
congressional committees, destroying evidence,
reckless dealing with firearms that led to several
deaths on both sides of our border, and defying
a citation for contempt. It has urged leniency for
rioters while turning a blind eye to mob attacks on
peaceful citizens exercising their political rights.
A new administration must ensure the immediate
dismissal and, where appropriate, prosecution of
any Department officials who have violated their
oath of office.
The next president must restore the public's
trust in law enforcement and civil order by first

adhering to the rule of law himself. Additionally,
the next president must not sow seeds of division
and distrust between the police and the people they
have sworn to serve and protect.
The Republican
Party, a party of law and order, must make clear in
words and action that every human life matters.

 

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HiddenAngels said:

Mannnnn. I wish someone figure it out.. combine these vaccines or something. It's too much

I'm going to guess that eventually they will combine the flu and COVID  in one shot. Of course it would make life easier if the stupid viruses would stop mutating. 

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subee said:

What a dumb article to even post:)  As if anyone here believes that Davos is anything but an evil joke.

Well good then, we are all in agreement that the global elites, including those from the US, are wasting way too much money (tax payer money!) for issues they are not even close to solving. No matter what "green" things we do here it will not make a difference bc of all the pollution India and China are spewing. Thanks though for pointing out the article was dumb, much appreciated!

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A lawyer for former vice president Mike Pence, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, found what they called "a small number" of documents bearing classified markings during a search of Pence's Indiana home, according to letters to the National Archives.

Gregory F. Jacob, a designated representative for Pence's vice-presidential records, said the FBI collected the classified documents from the Pence home on Jan. 19. Jacob noted he would deliver the boxes in which those documents were found, along with other vice-presidential papers, to the National Archives on Jan. 23.

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Classified documents discovered at home of former VP Mike Pence

If an inventory of any former, high level government official's documents were to be conducted, I suspect that a small number of classified documents would be found.  What is important to bear in mind, in my opinion, is what is done after they are discovered.

toomuchbaloney said:

Hahaha

Both the conservatives and liberals supported the Kyoto protocols and the Tory party worked to secure the Paris agreement.  Derp

At least we know you can use Google.  Back to the point of socialists causing this problem.

subee said:

What a dumb article to even post:)  As if anyone here believes that Davos is anything but an evil joke.

Glad you agree John Kerry is a joke.

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Daisy4RN said:

Well good then, we are all in agreement that the global elites, including those from the US, are wasting way too much money (tax payer money!) for issues they are not even close to solving. No matter what "green" things we do here it will not make a difference bc of all the pollution India and China are spewing. Thanks though for pointing out the article was dumb, much appreciated!

So ... how would you approach the problem?

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NRSKarenRN said:

Wiki article US Violent Crime Rates by State in 2020 per FBI Uniform Crime Reports  per 100,000 residents

image.thumb.png.4ddbe3d344014aad7d8857d504ab5724.png

Top Ten States 2020 with most violent crime per population- except for Washington, D.C. are states located below Mason-Dixon line with few Democratic mayors.

List of incidents and protests of the 2020–2022 United States racial unrest

Latest protests in broadcast news January 2023 have been related to police shooting/beating citizens.

Protesters torch police car, damage businesses in Atlanta after activist killed

5 Memphis police officers fired in death of Tyre Nichols

29-Year-Old Tyre Nichols Died After Being Brutally Beaten By Police

Police officers and chiefs have been fired, resigned or charged in the wake of demonstrators around the USA demanding more accountability and change in law enforcement.

We just celebrated Martin Luther King Day -- focusing on non-violent activism and day of action helping communities.

From The 2020 Democratic Platform

Republican Party chose in 2020 not to adopt a new platform, instead using their  2016 Republican Platform and RNC Platform Committee

Ensuring Safe Neighborhoods: Criminal Justice and Prison Reform

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Only lives of the unborn matter to many Republicans.  Living people don't get the same adulation because why?  Evangelical beliefs about original sin or something like that? 

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Daisy4RN said:

Well good then, we are all in agreement that the global elites, including those from the US, are wasting way too much money (tax payer money!) for issues they are not even close to solving. No matter what "green" things we do here it will not make a difference bc of all the pollution India and China are spewing. Thanks though for pointing out the article was dumb, much appreciated!

You misunderstand my intention.  I meant that it was dumb even to post such a silly, obvious article.  Davos has been criticized for years for the twits that go there.  Somebody thinks their hypocricy is news?  

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