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Thankfully, the father of the shooter has come out and straightly said that his son's actions shame him. Good on him.ExplodingSims posted:Just found out 2 of my girlfriends friends are dead ftom this. A bunch of our other friends defiantly lost friends too. This is awful. They have so much blood being donated, they've told people to come back tomorrow. Well done Florida.
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Deeters posted:I lived about 10 minutes from Sandy Hook when that happened, and could see all the news helicopters and stuff. It's a weird feeling to be that close to it. Glad to hear your friends are mostly ok. An rear end in a top hat I am no longer friends with (but we have mutual friends) is commenting on the articles saying it's probably a hoax "just like Sandy Hook."
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ExplodingSims posted:Just found out 2 of my girlfriends friends are dead ftom this. A bunch of our other friends defiantly lost friends too. This is awful. Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear that  Reports in the poo poo-fest GBS thread of a traffic stop in LA are making fears that might not be it for today. e: some_admin posted:im actually in Hawaii (big island) at this very moment. slidebite fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Jun 12, 2016 |
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CommieGIR posted:Thankfully, the father of the shooter has come out and straightly said that his son's actions shame him. Good on him. Doesn't matter what the dad says. What else would he say? Just like San Bernardino, I'm sure we will find out that one or more people knew this piece of poo poo was radicalizing and did nothing about it.
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Elmnt80 posted:My solo insurance quotes are all at $260-300/month for full coverage, driving 5k miles a year. I dunno how you guys do it. I drive a Focus ST about 28k miles per year, single, own my home (well, the bank does), and carry $500k coverage and pay $102/mo. 1 ticket, no accidents. I do have excellent credit, so maybe consider building yourself some credit since it's heavily used for many things. Having credit doesn't mean you have to use it and go in debt, just get a secured credit-card and use it like your checking account, keeping it paid off and never pay any interest on it. Boaz MacPhereson posted:Seven beers deep into the first day of the wife's week long vacation and things are just hunky dory so far. Just started watching Deadwood, too. Seth Bullock is literally Raylan Givens on the 1800s and I love it. Deadwood for me is in the same category as Firefly - An incredible show that I can't believe ended as early as it did. ExplodingSims posted:Just found out 2 of my girlfriends friends are dead ftom this. A bunch of our other friends defiantly lost friends too. This is awful. I just found out about this from this thread, I had no idea. I'm sorry for your GF friends, but I'm glad she is ok. Starting to look like the terrorism thing has come to us I guess, sad day. Good to see the community pull together, sure wish it wasn't under these circumstances though.
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RE: insurance chat, its interesting being on the other side of the coin for a change. At one point I was paying over $300/month for full coverage with 100/300/100 limits on a first-gen Focus with nothing more than a single speeding ticket on my record, but now I'm down to about $70/month for two vehicles (same '02 Focus and my wife's '05 Mazda 6, liability & comp on the Focus, full coverage on the Mazda) with 250/500/250 limits. No accidents or tickets in over 5 years, married, mortgage on a house, I'm 33 and wife is 30. My credit is still a bit low (its almost back up to 650) after I was laid off and was unemployed for a few months last year.
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Doesn tmatter if they were white, religious or atheist, black, Asian, born or not born int he USA - it was clearly a calculated shooting targeting a certain group so yes, its terrorism.
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Jun 12, 2016 23:30
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Yeah, regardless of whether or not the guy had ties to ISIS or other organized groups, this was terrorism. Timothy Mcveigh was a lone nutcase, but no one disputes that OKC was terrorism. What a hosed up day.
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Jun 12, 2016 23:45
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Doesn tmatter if they were white, religious or atheist, black, Asian, born or not born int he USA - it was clearly a calculated shooting targeting a certain group so yes, its terrorism. Not disagreeing, but if the shooter had been white this would be reported and investigated as a "lone wolf" who was clearly in need of mental help, not a terrorist. White Americans are incapable of committing terrorism in the eyes of the mainstream media and law enforcement.
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Jun 12, 2016 23:47
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Geoj posted:Not disagreeing, but if the shooter had been white this would be reported and investigated as a "lone wolf" who was clearly in need of mental help, not a terrorist. White Americans are incapable of committing terrorism in the eyes of the mainstream media and law enforcement. Yup.
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Jun 12, 2016 23:53
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Geoj posted:Not disagreeing, but if the shooter had been white this would be reported and investigated as a "lone wolf" who was clearly in need of mental help, not a terrorist. White Americans are incapable of committing terrorism in the eyes of the mainstream media and law enforcement. Best thing the rest of us can do is say "Aw, give it a rest, Bob, you know drat well there's at least three muslim guys you work with, and they aren't terrorists, are they?" when your coworker or whoever starts kicking off about it.
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Jun 13, 2016 00:08
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Geoj posted:Not disagreeing, but if the shooter had been white this would be reported and investigated as a "lone wolf" who was clearly in need of mental help, not a terrorist. White Americans are incapable of committing terrorism in the eyes of the mainstream media and law enforcement. Sadly, true. And we'll just keep watching homophobes making GBS threads on the Transgender in bathrooms while completly ignoring the fact the LGBT faces violence and discrimination every day. On this one, it's clearly a homophobe committing a terrorist act on the LGBT community.
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Yeah, unfortunately the shooter has the unfortunate combo of having a foreign sounding name, Muslim ties, and shooting up a gay bar, so now all the right wing crazies are shouting about "R GUNZ" and "TERROR ISIS ISLAM" and poo poo, instead of caring about the fact that, you know, 50 people died. And of course ISIS is taking credit for this (As they do with every shooting/vague terror threat now) At least the Orlando community has been super excellent in taking care of things like blood donations, bringing food, and taking care of everyone. I'm lucky, everyone on my Facebook has been nothing but an outpouring of support and love.
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ExplodingSims posted:instead of caring about the fact that, you know, 50 people died. To the right wing this was a win/win - they get to demonize Muslims and (to them) the "right people" died.
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What the gently caress is wrong with you people? Stop pointing fingers and go hug a gay loved one or something. Jesus.
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Jun 13, 2016 01:51
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Another forum I'm on is already blabbing their gobs about "How long till bleeding hearts start saying he was just a poor misguided young fella and that its Americas fault ?" and "Spoke too soon ... Apparently obumma is already blaming America and that Islam is not to blame" loving halfwit redneck 4wders....
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Jun 13, 2016 01:53
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Hey I work at a parts store in the south. The hate runs deep 
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Jun 13, 2016 02:31
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Geoj posted:To the right wing this was a win/win - they get to demonize Muslims and (to them) the "right people" died. Haha wow. Some of you people take your left wing/right wing bullshit way too seriously.
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QuarkMartial posted:Hey I work at a parts store in the south. My favorite was the one convinced trump was going to feed "undesirables" into a woodchipper. Sometimes I wonder how our customers would react if they found out that our entire store is democrat or independant.
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ExplodingSims posted:gently caress me, nothing like waking up to find out the largest mass shooting happen just up the street. Won't lie, I cried a lot when I found out. Don't know anybody there, but huge shockwaves have been sent through the entire LGBT community. CommieGIR posted:Don't go look at the Lt. Governor of Texas's tweet that followed it.... And then when I saw Dipshit Dan's tweet, the tears dried up and sadness turned into anger.
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Cage posted:Gym chat: I am now 291.4. That means I've lost over 30 founds since Feb 1st. Could've been more, but I do enjoy a few drinks with my parents occasionally. On the other hand, I could still be doing nothing about it and not be down anything.  on the weight loss, that's some serious progress. IOwnCalculus posted:God loving dammit. Took an RC car (17.5 1/10 touring car for those who understand such things) directly to my left big toe at full speed. Pretty sure I broke it because it hurts like a motherfucker whenever I don't have ice on it, and there's a large firm swollen bump on the bottom.  Elmnt80 posted:Also if it makes a difference, my credit is nonexistant. Everything in my life has been paid for up front. ExplodingSims posted:gently caress me, nothing like waking up to find out the largest mass shooting happen just up the street.  CommieGIR posted:Don't go look at the Lt. Governor of Texas's tweet that followed it....  In less lovely news went to Wingfest then hung out at a pool Saturday then grilled out and did meal prep Sunday. Great weekend other than my garage door opener getting out of sync and screwed up, need to work on that this afternoon.
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Hour 3 of DNS issues for a multi billion dollar a year company. All offices in North America offline because our internet / VPN goes from local office to US city 700 miles away to another city on the other side of the world back to other US city then back to local office. Yay!
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Sadly, true. That's the best part: The GOP deploring the attack, while dancing around avoiding saying the word 'Gay' and trying to forget most of them just came from the 'Faith and Family' National event where they demonized the victims.
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Wooh getting a tooth pulled two days before my birthday. Yay being 28 sure is looking crappy. Also gently caress everyone who has anything to say about people who were murdered over being in the night club/who they love. I honestly hope the people who have had negative comments stub there toe in the middle of the night then step in a steaming pile of dog poo poo which then infects the toe they just smashed. But please let's keep saying this is Isis related please.
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Whelp, lost another grandparent. Maternal grandmother passed Sunday morning. Down to one remaining grandparent. No complaints, though - I'm 46, and firstborn. I had all of my grandparents for over 30 years, and one set of great-grandparents long enough to remember them. My daughter got to know all of her great-grandparents on my side and half of them on my wife's side. Grandmom hasn't been all there for several years (dementia) and was in care, so really a blessing. Just found out about the Orlando thing this morning - I watched no TV and heard no radio all weekend. Horrible. But we don't need mental health initiatives in the USA, no sir. On a positive note, The Hot Rod Power Tour is coming through the Dallas area tomorrow, and I took the day off to go mill around at the gathering point. It's only a dozen miles up the road from my house. Also finally changed the plugs in my Crown Vic for the first time in my ownership, potentially the first time ever for the car (157K miles, and the Motorcraft platinum looked pretty dang worn.) I goofed and got nickel plugs, and had half of them installed before I noticed. I guess i'll have to change them again in 50K instead of 100. Changed the oil, too, and captured a sample for Blackstone. I'm glad to do the work, but yesterday was a miserable day to do it. It was high 80's , 100% humidity, and not a wisp of a breeze. I was soaking wet by the time I was done. Then it rained. Stormed, actually.
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Rhyno posted:The more I read about the Orlando shooting the less I can deal with it. Much respect to the Orlando Sentinel for devoting the front page to the tragedy, NOT the idiot who did it. http://q13fox.com/2016/06/13/orlando-sentinel-devotes-front-page-to-editorial-about-victims-community-not-the-gunman/ Of course the politicians are going to go on about gun control and Muslims, and say nothing about the state of jobs, healthcare, and general dissatisfaction with the general state of things in the US that give rise to these events. It must be the guns and/or Muslims that are the problem. Happy people with good jobs don't tend to go on killing sprees.
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Yea we should just ignore this it will just go away. Lord knows we couldn't do something about it and also jobs, health care, education, infrastructure...
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CommieGIR posted:That's the best part: The GOP deploring the attack, while dancing around avoiding saying the word 'Gay' and trying to forget most of them just came from the 'Faith and Family' National event where they demonized the victims. I am just waiting for Alex Jones to come out and say it was a false flag op to push the "Gay Agenda" by Obama and Hillary and I have a full house on wanker bingo.
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BigPaddy posted:I am just waiting for Alex Jones to come out and say it was a false flag op to push the "Gay Agenda" by Obama and Hillary and I have a full house on wanker bingo. Ask and ye shall receive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taivhe7I0IE
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BigPaddy posted:I am just waiting for Alex Jones to come out and say it was a false flag op to push the "Gay Agenda" by Obama and Hillary and I have a full house on wanker bingo. He already did. Called it a hoax. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/alex-jones-orlando-attack-was-false-flag e;fb. Also, he went on about how Hillary blocked an investigation into the attacker's Mosque. So apparently it is both a False Flag and a real attack. The Schrodinger of mass shootings.
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Deeters posted:I lived about 10 minutes from Sandy Hook when that happened, and could see all the news helicopters and stuff. It's a weird feeling to be that close to it. Glad to hear your friends are mostly ok. I live a few blocks away from where this happened and was driving to brunch while he was going at it. I'd have driven right by him if I hadn't chosen to go up a different street. Life's weird that way and these shooters need to stop it.
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Darchangel posted:Whelp, lost another grandparent. Maternal grandmother passed Sunday morning. Down to one remaining grandparent. No complaints, though - I'm 46, and firstborn. I had all of my grandparents for over 30 years, and one set of great-grandparents long enough to remember them. My daughter got to know all of her great-grandparents on my side and half of them on my wife's side. Grandmom hasn't been all there for several years (dementia) and was in care, so really a blessing. Darchangel posted:Just found out about the Orlando thing this morning - I watched no TV and heard no radio all weekend. Horrible.
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CommieGIR posted:He already did. Called it a hoax. I think the best argument for why Alex Jones is completely wrong about literally everything is that no one is stopping him, he just blathers on and on through Youtube, Infowars and his radio show. If he was actually right, wouldn't someone be out to stop him? Or maybe that's what they want you to think. OH poo poo, Alex Jones is a false flag crackpot! 
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Darchangel posted:Whelp, lost another grandparent. Maternal grandmother passed Sunday morning. Down to one remaining grandparent. No complaints, though - I'm 46, and firstborn. I had all of my grandparents for over 30 years, and one set of great-grandparents long enough to remember them. My daughter got to know all of her great-grandparents on my side and half of them on my wife's side. Grandmom hasn't been all there for several years (dementia) and was in care, so really a blessing. CommieGIR posted:He already did. Called it a hoax. Holy gently caress, how has this guy not had the poo poo beaten out of him by a Sandy Hook parent/911 survivor yet from his false-flag horse poo poo?  At risk of a  a concerning thing I see from this is such a hard focus on guns. As an outsider, sure, it looks like the US could really use some work on gun laws (not that it helped France or Canada much) but why does the main-stream (anyone but Trump) seem so reluctant to even bring up radical islam anymore even for just legit discussion? Is it for fear of being branded an islamaphobe and bigot for even just bringing it up?
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slidebite posted:Holy gently caress, how has this guy not had the poo poo beaten out of him by a Sandy Hook parent/911 survivor yet from his false-flag horse poo poo? Believe it or not a lot of people in this country think Sandy Hook was a hoax. I know rational, intelligent people who have been swayed to thinking it was faked.
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CommieGIR posted:He already did. Called it a hoax. Good loving Lord. Collateral Damage posted:Sorry to hear that. I had lost all my grandparents by my mid 30s, never knew my great-grandparents. Grandmother on my mother's side died after a few years of alzheimers, which honestly was a relief for everyone because it was really painful for my grandfather, my mother and her siblings to have their mother not recognize them and being aggressive when they visited. Grandfather died from a stroke two years later. slidebite posted:Sorry to hear that man. I lost my grandparents 20 years ago and I still dream about them from time to time. Too bad about the dementia Collateral Damage posted:Apparently he was known to spew hate speech against gay people, his father was a known taliban supporter, he had previously attacked his wife, and he still wasn't in the NICS. If the police/FBI had done their job he wouldn't have been able to (legally) buy guns. AND the FBI investigated him previously. Twice. Rhyno posted:Believe it or not a lot of people in this country think Sandy Hook was a hoax. I know rational, intelligent people who have been swayed to thinking it was faked. I weep for the country my daughter will inherit.
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slidebite posted:why does the main-stream (anyone but Trump) seem so reluctant to even bring up radical islam anymore even for just legit discussion? Is it for fear of being branded an islamaphobe and bigot for even just bringing it up? Mass shootings are not unique to radical islam. It's a non-issue.
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