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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. 

toomuchbaloney said:

https://news.Yahoo.com/top-mccarthy-aide-house-oversight-171100274.html

McCarthy isn't her representative, she lives in Texas, right?  I wonder if these meetings are part of the conservative goal to make the dead insurrectionist into a martyr.  

She's one of the victims of right wing propaganda.  They should wake up and sue the propagandists. 

Perhaps he was just being kind  to the woman who lost her daughter?  But I remember when you were okay with a young girl being pummeled by an older teen on a school bus.

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MaybeeRN said:

Perhaps he was just being kind  to the woman who lost her daughter?  But I remember when you were okay with a young girl being pummeled by an older teen on a school bus.

Your memory has some problems... it's okay... it's probably just the same partisan contagion that has infected your critical thought and deductive reasoning.  I don't think it's fatal like it was in Babbitt's case.  

toomuchbaloney said:

Your memory has some problems... it's okay... it's probably just the same partisan contagion that has infected your critical thought and deductive reasoning.  I don't think it's fatal like it was in Babbitt's case.  

Nope my memory is just fine.  Your fantasy that you live in combines with the liberal bubble of thought is your biggest problem.

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MaybeeRN said:

Nope my memory is just fine.  Your fantasy that you live in combines with the liberal bubble of thought is your biggest problem.

In your opinion regardless of the actual facts...we're used to that.  If only you brought actual discussion to the threads... you know, articles or videos for discussion.  

What a shame. 

toomuchbaloney said:

In your opinion regardless of the actual facts...we're used to that.  If only you brought actual discussion to the threads... you know, articles or videos for discussion.  

What a shame. 

You would just claim right wing talking points when it doesn't fit your narrative of how things should be.

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MaybeeRN said:

You would just claim right wing talking points when it doesn't fit your narrative of how things should be.

In your opinion... which is generally what you bring to the thread... well, along with strawman arguments and rhetorical darts based on misinformation and propaganda.

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I get the impression any thought not closely aligned with left talking points is considered just right wing rhetoric, propaganda....etc

Perhaps a definition of "right wing talking points"?. Is it anything a liberal doesn't agree with? Is it when a person assumed to be a conservative by what a person thinks is a conservative says? Is one speaking propaganda just by being a conservative? Or watched a Fox program? 

 

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https://www.Google.com/amp/s/fivethirtyeight.com/features/most-americans-think-house-republicans-arent-investigating-real-problems/amp/

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A Pew Research Center poll conducted in January found that 65 percent of Americans were concerned that the GOP will focus too much on investigating the Biden administration, while only 32 percent were worried that the GOP wouldn't focus enough on Biden. And when a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll asked about the GOP's investigation into so-called targeting of conservatives by federal agencies, Americans were much likelier to say that the investigation is an attempt to score political points (56 percent) than a legitimate investigation (36 percent). Similarly, a USA Today/Suffolk University poll conducted in December found that a majority (51 percent) of registered voters agreed with a statement that impending House GOP investigations will be "mostly a political effort to embarrass the Biden administration,” while 38 percent called the investigations "an appropriate way to hold the Biden administration accountable.”

I wonder if House Republicans think that these hearings, that most Americans don't agree with, will help them win national elections in 2024. Or maybe they are certain that they can lie and spin past that reality. 

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So while some Republicans will no doubt cheer the House GOP's investigative zeal, the inquiries will probably seem to most Americans like more political noise.

We got a taste of political noise of this caliber Spring the republican led Benghazi hearings.  The fare is spicier now with people like MTG, Gaetz and Boebert adding their salt to the mix. 

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toomuchbaloney said:

Your memory has some problems... it's okay... it's probably just the same partisan contagion that has infected your critical thought and deductive reasoning.  I don't think it's fatal like it was in Babbitt's case.  

Perhaps my inexperience and age puts me at a intellectual deficit according to some on here. Perhaps your age, being retired and all,  reflects your memory? 

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Roitrn said:

I get the impression any thought not closely aligned with left talking points is considered just right wing rhetoric, propaganda....etc

Perhaps a definition of "right wing talking points"?. Is it anything a liberal doesn't agree with? Is it when a person assumed to be a conservative by what a person thinks is a conservative says? Is one speaking propaganda just by being a conservative? Or watched a Fox program? 

 

Do you look things up or research them before you post these type questions or offer opinions?  Why don't you know what a talking point is? 

Did you know that talking points are used across the human communication spectrum?  When talking points contain misinformation or lies they qualify as propaganda, regardless of political leanings. 

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toomuchbaloney said:

I think before I post each and every time.  No, I don't have to explain to you but I do because I'm here to engage with others in an earnest fashion.  

Members discredit themselves with childish, trolling or cult like repetition of lies or partisan animus that is based on right wing media programming.  It's pretty assuming for the new member who doesn't know much about internet trolls or their tactics to try to lecture someone else on how to interact with internet troll behavior.  IMV

So you deliberately use troll like tactics and vaguely intergect dismissive allocations to people based on their "feelings", "emotions " and "prefered media" ? Just in a more clever way? 

It is also very assuming that one who knows so much about trolling but doesn't think themselves a troll?

The best way to not interact with a troll is to: not interact with a troll. Even my troll ignorance knows that much. And yet you still interact. I wonder why that is? 

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Roitrn said:

Perhaps my inexperience and age puts me at a intellectual deficit according to some on here. Perhaps your age, being retired and all,  reflects your memory? 

Again... this message that you've quoted was not directed to you.  Are you associating yourself with that member's beliefs and remarks? I mean, you do seem to approve of her tactics and rhetoric...

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