Mass Murder at a Synagogue In Pittsburgh

[bobabode]

'At least 11 killed, 6 wounded in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting' WP

"Suspect had history of anti-Semitic comments online, officials say
The suspect, identified by authorities as Robert Bowers, 46, attacked the synagogue during morning services. A city official confirmed the death toll."


What the ? :(

[donquixote99]

Sad news. A tragedy at any time....

[Pio1980]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-threatened-jewish-groups-pushed-migrant-caravan-n925256

[Chicks]

Donny’s “good people” are feeling very empowered. Nothing gets done to take their guns from these unstable idiots. It won’t end until the extreme right wing is silenced, which won’t happen until Donny is gone, and big money is no longer allowed in politics.

[Pio1980]

Just another "bad hair day" for the unaccountable irresponsible instigator in chief.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-bad-hair-day-joke-shooting_us_5bd4d48be4b0a8f17ef85cc0?i79

[Oerets]

The guy falsely “shouting fire in a crowded theater” would be proud of our fearless leader......

Yep, what we need is more guns to control the crimes guns are used in.

Thought and prayers along with a candle or two with incenses for the victims and family tonight.

[icenine]

Same shit different day.
Same shit different decade.

I keep remembering the Anthony Bourdain episode where he goes to West Virginia and this group of people have fun lighting up their backyard with AR-15s. All they cared about was their supposed right to have fun, no matter what the costs to other innocents who get slaughtered by madmen. It is all about the "me generation."

If if doesn't happen to me then it is ok.

[HarmanKardon]

Started the day with the Mourner's Kaddish

[Pio1980]

Same shit different day.
Same shit different decade.

I keep remembering the Anthony Bourdain episode where he goes to West Virginia and this group of people have fun lighting up their backyard with AR-15s. All they cared about was their supposed right to have fun, no matter what the costs to other innocents who get slaughtered by madmen. It is all about the "me generation."

If if doesn't happen to me then it is ok.

Also, "I've got mine, fuck you".
A birthright entitlement without a purpose that is a general liability. We use it to defend ourselves from others taking advantage of its unintended consequences of inexpensive excesses of access and ease of abuse.
I do not subscribe to the 2nd amendment delusion of entitled armed insurrection against Federal authority.

[Pio1980]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/28/media/lou-dobbs-fox-news-guest/index.html

[Chicks]

Jewish Group Tells Trump To Stay Away From Pittsburgh: 'You Are Not Welcome'

Donny’s about as popular as Hitler to anyone with a sense of decency, morality and history.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jewish-group-tells-trump-stay-043008739.html

“President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism,” the leaders of the local chapter of Bend the Arc wrote, adding:

“For the past three years, your words and your policies have emboldened a growing white nationalist movement. You yourself called the murderer evil, but yesterday’s violence is the direct culmination of your influence.”
The group said Trump’s rhetoric had not only led to attacks on Jewish people, but also “deliberately undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities.”

The organization also demanded that Trump “stop targeting and endangering all minorities,” “cease your assault on immigrants and refugees” and “commit yourself to compassionate, democratic policies that recognize the dignity of all of us.”

[bobabode]

"Patti Davis is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Earth Breaks in Colors” and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

When I was writing my book “The Long Goodbye,” a memoir about losing my father to Alzheimer’s, I spoke with veteran reporter Harry Smith about my father’s legacy. Harry was my neighbor when I lived in New York, and I had become friends with him and his family.
“Your father had a shoulder big enough for us to cry on,” he said. “Think about how he comforted this country in the Challenger disaster.”
“We know of your anguish,” my father said in that speech. “We share it.”

Ronald Reagan has not been the only president to offer comfort and solace to a grieving nation. Bill Clinton did after Columbine. George W. Bush did after 9/11. Barack Obama did after Sandy Hook. Each spoke eloquently, with somber compassion and with reverence for the pain of the victims and the shock of a saddened country. Our grief was reflected in their eyes. We didn’t doubt that their hearts were breaking along with ours.

That was then. Now, after a week of fear, with pipe bombs being sent to a list of people whom President Trump has said horrible things about, and to CNN, which he consistently targets, 11 Jewish citizens were slaughtered in their place of worship on the Sabbath. Trump’s response? He joked that he almost canceled an event because, after having to speak to reporters about the shooting in the rain, he was having “a bad hair day.” Yes, I know, he first read what was scripted for him and called the act “evil.” But he has also called Democrats, others who oppose him and the news media evil. The word doesn’t hold much meaning coming from him." WP

continued here https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-stop-asking-trump-for-comfort-after-tragedies/2018/10/28/fb95ed66-daf5-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html?utm_term=.2c97a584c2c5


I'm also reminded of the contrast of President Obama speaking at site of another mass murder of churchgoers in Charleston, S.C. by a white nationalist when he spontaneously started singing Amazing Grace.

[Chicks]

Pittsburgh suspect echoed talking point that dominated Fox News airwaves

Of course. Propaganda is a powerful influencer of the ignorant and hateful. The hate spouters of Fox "News" need to be muzzled.

http://lite.cnn.io/en/article/h_734b184ad217aa85a761d898dce8a6b9

[Dondilion]

Pittsburgh suspect echoed talking point that dominated Fox News airwaves

Of course. Propaganda is a powerful influencer of the ignorant and hateful. The hate spouters of Fox "News" need to be muzzled.

http://lite.cnn.io/en/article/h_734b184ad217aa85a761d898dce8a6b9

But, but Trump is an "Israeli".

[donquixote99]

But, but Trump is an "Israeli".

Can I ask you to please unpack that one, Don?

[Chicks]

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