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.
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.
That's kind of vague. I suppose you're talking about Biden. Care to share what you heard that ratcheted up fear-mongering? I don't have cable and I'm done with the news for the day.
A news curfew...brillant!
I'm actually headed out, which is why I was short to begin with.
How would you define "excess corporate profits?" And have you considered what effects this might have on retirement accounts that might be invested in these corporations?
How about abolishing the home interest mortgage deduction?
Determining excess profits could be defined by congress. According to recent questioning by Rep. Katie Porter of an economist, excess profits are responsible in part for current inflation. I am guessing that a 15% profit would be bough to pay dividends to shareholders. Do you feel that corporations should be able to just what they want, especially with little competition?
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22 minutes ago, Beerman said:
Biden is simply fear-mongering. Like the "threat to democracy" narrative.
But, you're right. Something needs to be done.
That's interesting.
The MAGAphiles are certain that our democracy is already corrupted by a fraudulent election in 2020. They are using the lies behind that belief to undermine our democracy.
This strategy of lying about elections is common among authoritarians...
She was referencing the 400+ years of racial inequity in our country's history. A system that has caused actual bodily harm and is perpetuated by conservative beliefs.
Almost every country has a long history of racial inequity, not just white on black, rather (fill in the blank vs fill in the blank) and ongoing in many third world and developing countries. Are you really suggesting that the only harm done throughout history in all cases has been a result of conservative beliefs?!
Almost every country has a long history of racial inequity, not just white on black, rather (fill in the blank vs fill in the blank) and ongoing in many third world and developing countries. Are you really suggesting that the only harm done throughout history in all cases has been a result of conservative beliefs?!
Are you really suggesting that the fact that racial inequality has existed in other countries makes it OK?
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2 hours ago, paramedic-RN said:
Almost every country has a long history of racial inequity, not just white on black, rather (fill in the blank vs fill in the blank) and ongoing in many third world and developing countries. Are you really suggesting that the only harm done throughout history in all cases has been a result of conservative beliefs?!
Determining excess profits could be defined by congress. According to recent questioning by Rep. Katie Porter of an economist, excess profits are responsible in part for current inflation. I am guessing that a 15% profit would be bough to pay dividends to shareholders. Do you feel that corporations should be able to just what they want, especially with little competition?
15%? Do you have a source to back up the idea that would be enough?
It seems that wouldn't go very far to solve the problem as that's way higher than the average profit margin.
In total, the world’s seven largest oil and gas companies—Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips in the U.S.; Britain’s BP and Shell; France’s TotalEnergies; and Italy’s Eni—have earned nearly $174 billion in profits so far this year, according to the Guardian.
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On Friday, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the largest U.S. oil and gas companies, raced past analyst expectations with their quarterly profits.
Chevron posted $11.2 billion in third-quarter earnings, nearly double from the same period last year. Meanwhile, Exxon’s profit of $19.7 billion represented an even bigger 191% gain.
Shares in both companies are up at least 40% this year.
Are some media outlets not reporting on this phenomenon? It seems pretty big news to ignore since it impacts our budgets so directly.
Exxon boosted production of gasoline and oil during the quarter to meet growing demand. It had its best-ever refinery output in North America and its highest globally since 2008, the company said. And it produced 3.7 million barrels of oil or oil-equivalent per day, and had record production in the Permian Basin, the most productive oil field in the U.S.
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Exxon Mobil broke records with its profits in the third quarter, raking in $19.66 billion in net income. The Irving, Texas company said Friday that it booked $112.07 billion in quarterly revenue, more than double the revenue it received last year during the same period.
I enjoyed reading every bit of this speech. To see the enormity of the tasks the FBI has to undertake was quite alarming not to mention some of it seems downright impossible. There is no way to detect a small cell individual who's planning an attack simply because of the reasoning they gave which is, these individuals don't have a lot of discussions surrounding their plans which usually stem from some unseen personal grievances.
I wasn't the least bit shocked to see the top domestic terrorism threat was from DVEs. This country needs a whole new makeover with regards to its citizens and equality and even that won't suffice. As long as people see differences and form opinions about those differences, we all just simply will not get along. The history of this country is founded on racism.
As far as the cyber attacks, good luck. Technology is waaaaay past what our human minds could ever think of. When the technological advances become something, we can't even comprehend, but something we readily accept, this in itself is very dangerous.
You get an atta-boy! for trying, but that's not the question I asked.
It is interesting to see those numbers, however. It illustrates how if ALL of the oil company profits were taken, nevermind just a windfall tax on profits over 15%, it wouldn't fund social security.
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A news curfew...brillant!
I'm actually headed out, which is why I was short to begin with.
Maybe later.