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Re: Chaos in USA

#2381 Post by Dushan » Thu Apr 01, 2021 11:57 am

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Yes but the "cabal" wants true socialism. No private property, state knows best, Basic Minimum Income, confiscatory taxation, government run hospitals. The list goes on. Sadly they are inching toward it.
Oh dear, how awful that would be!!!!!!!!!!
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#2382 Post by John Hill » Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:56 pm

I live in a country with a public health system. It is not perfect but nothing else is in this country either.
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Re: Chaos in USA

#2383 Post by EA01 » Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:59 pm

THird mass shooting in the states in 2 weeks?..hardly raises an eyebrow now....its 'Ops Normal' in fact...... :/

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#2384 Post by John Hill » Thu Apr 01, 2021 11:22 pm

It is a tragic situation but they refuse to recognize let alone address the major causal factors.
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#2385 Post by PHXPhlyer » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:19 am

This one happened two weeks ago and probably didn't even make the national news, and didn't seem to be heavely covered locally. :-? :-??

PD: 4 dead, 1 injured after shooting at home near 65th Avenue and Camelback Road


https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoen ... lback-road

PD: 4 dead, 1 injured after shooting at home near 65th Avenue and Camelback Road

Phoenix police say a 26-year-old man who allegedly had been drinking and making suicidal statements fatally shot his grandparents and uncle and wounded another family member before he was killed by a relative.

By: abc15.com staffPosted at 7:55 PM, Mar 16, 2021 and last updated 6:38 PM, Mar 17, 2021
PHOENIX — Four people are dead and a fifth person was injured after a shooting at a home Tuesday in west Phoenix, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

Officers responded to the home near 65th Avenue and Camelback Road around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in reference to multiple people shot and found five people with gunshot wounds.


On Wednesday afternoon, police said it appears that one of the family members, later identified as Gilbert Gonzalez, had been drinking and making suicidal comments.

At some point, Gonzalez shot and killed both of his grandparents, later identified as Delia Noriega, 66, and Isaias Tovar Sr., 62, his uncle, Isaias Tovar Jr., 31, who died at the hospital, and another family member, a 19-year-old male, who is expected to survive.

Police said at some point during the shooting, one of the family members was able to return fire and strike Gonzalez. Police did not identify which family member shot Gonzalez.

No other details were released.

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#2386 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:06 am

We are told not to attempt to guess ethnicity from name or accent but one can't help thinking.......

To your original point, there is news and News. One is routine and the other is designed to sell newspapers or advertisements. Both events are tragic but where is the outrage?

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#2387 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:21 am

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#2388 Post by PHXPhlyer » Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:51 pm

But I don't have any "guns". :-o :ymdevil:

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#2389 Post by llondel » Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:00 pm

Seems that some crazy tried ramming a barrier at the Capitol in DC, injured a couple of police officers before jumping out brandishing a knife and got shot. Seems to still be alive though.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congre ... l-n1262917

Looks like the barrier did a good job, based on the condition of the car.

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#2390 Post by k3k3 » Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:38 pm

The crazy guy didn't survive his perforations.

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#2391 Post by PHXPhlyer » Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:42 pm

Cap Police did well and they say National Guard QRF was right on it. :YMAPPLAUSE:
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#2392 Post by k3k3 » Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:45 pm

Unfortunately one of the police officers has also died.

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#2393 Post by PHXPhlyer » Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:45 pm

One Capitol Police Officer has died.
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Tampa Bay teeters on edge of ecological disaster...

#2394 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Apr 04, 2021 2:02 am

The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, declared a state of emergency on Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond at the old Piney Point phosphate mine threatened to burst a system that stores water polluted with radioactive materials.

Officials evacuated homes and closed off a highway near the large reservoir in the Tampa Bay area, north of Bradenton. Residents a mile north and a half-mile south of the pond received an alert via text saying to leave the area immediately because collapse was “imminent”.

The state department of environmental protection said a break was detected on Friday in one wall of a 77-acre pond that has a depth of 25ft and holds millions of gallons of water containing phosphorus and nitrogen from the old phosphate plant.

Officials brought in rocks and materials to plug the hole but were unsuccessful.

Manatee county administrator Scott Hopes said at a press conference on Saturday the most pressing concern was that the water could flood the area, though population density there was low...

The pond at the old Piney Point phosphate mine sits in a stack of phosphogypsum, a waste product from manufacturing fertilizer that is radioactive. It contains small amounts of naturally occurring radium and uranium. The stacks can also release large concentrations of radon gas.

Hopes said that if the pond collapsed, it could destabilize other areas in the plant.

“The pond is basically salt water,” he said. “We saw ducks yesterday, there are snooks [fish] swimming in there. It’s sustaining wildlife. That’s not the case for the other two pools.”

The wastewater in the other ponds would need to be treated to reduce ammonium content and other materials, Hopes said.

The Florida agriculture commissioner, Nikki Fried, urged DeSantis to convene an emergency session of the state cabinet, adding that the Piney Point property has seen similar leaks in the past.

“The immediate evacuation of residents, disruption of families during Easter weekend and potential environmental catastrophe requires the attention and action of Florida’s statewide elected leadership,” Fried said.

George Kruse, a Manatee county commissioner, said he was at the plant on Saturday with other officials and had to clear the area quickly.

“We determined that it was no longer safe to be anywhere near Piney Point, so we all kind of raced off the stacks as fast as we could,” Kruse said in a Facebook video.
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#2395 Post by ian16th » Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:44 am

Yup, a lot of Florida is low lying and soggy.
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Re: Chaos in USA

#2396 Post by EA01 » Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:41 pm

If true....how sneaky and deceitful....

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-ame ... 2fc69308be

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#2397 Post by Woody » Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:00 pm

EA01 wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:41 pm
If true....how sneaky and deceitful....

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-ame ... 2fc69308be
A Politician being sneaky and deceitful....... surely not :@) :@)
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Re: Chaos in USA

#2398 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:10 pm

EA01 wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:41 pm
If true....how sneaky and deceitful....

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-ame ... 2fc69308be
It is only a matter of time...
Between stuff like this, his shady business dealings, possible bank and insurance fraud, tax evasion, etc. his house of cards will collapse and he will be in deep doo doo.

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#2399 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:11 pm

EA01 wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:41 pm
If true....how sneaky and deceitful....

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-ame ... 2fc69308be
It is only a matter of time...
Between stuff like this, his shady business dealings, possible bank and insurance fraud, tax evasion, etc. his house of cards will collapse and he will be in deep doo doo.

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#2400 Post by G-CPTN » Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:17 pm

You don't think that he dreamt up these features on his own?

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