LOCKED: Disgusted with progressives

posted by iclfan2

76 people were wounded in shootings last week alone in Chicago, including children, and 9 deaths. Blame ARs though, amirite? 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-weekend-violence-20180507-story.html

Well, it was warm in Chicago and the folks have a little cabin fever. 

There must be parts of Chicago where gun fire must happen 24-7

posted by Spock

There must be parts of Chicago where gun fire must happen 24-7

Almost all gang violence confined to the worst neighborhoods.  I don't know if there's a lot of profiling going on, but pretty amazing when you consider how easy it is to move around Chicago.  Doesn't sound like it's truly "violent" in the sense that your typical B&E or mugging escalates to shooting, unless maybe in sketchier areas.  I think that's maybe always been true almost everywhere in the US - random, senseless shootings are rare and the vast majority are linked to gang/drug crime.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/05/09/new-york-times-slams-awol-pompeo-then-learns-was-rescuing-americans.html

NY Times slamming Pompeo for being AWOL..........while he is busy bringing home hostages from N. Korea. 

Hard to believe people actually subscribe to this rag.

posted by QuakerOats

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/05/09/new-york-times-slams-awol-pompeo-then-learns-was-rescuing-americans.html

 

 

NY Times slamming Pompeo for being AWOL..........while he is busy bringing home hostages from N. Korea. 

I agree with you on the NY Times stupidity.  The guy who wrote this story should be required to hold his own press conference and take questions on his research and methodology.  Dumbass.  

 

Hard to believe people actually subscribe to this rag.

posted by gut

Almost all gang violence confined to the worst neighborhoods.  I don't know if there's a lot of profiling going on, but pretty amazing when you consider how easy it is to move around Chicago.  Doesn't sound like it's truly "violent" in the sense that your typical B&E or mugging escalates to shooting, unless maybe in sketchier areas.  I think that's maybe always been true almost everywhere in the US - random, senseless shootings are rare and the vast majority are linked to gang/drug crime.

Yeah, there’s like 4 neighborhoods where the majority of the gang shootings happen. Everywhere else is pretty safe. Hell, last time I checked I live in one of the safest neighborhoods in America. I’m about 3.5 miles from all the gang shootings. 

Some of the inner city violence news can lead to hysteria - as if the violence happens anywhere and everywhere within the limits of an entire metro area.  An example - my mother-in-law is going to come down to AL to visit.  I was arranging her flight and one option was to fly through Detroit.  She said, "Oh, I don't want to do that, Detroit is very violent city."  I stupidly said to her, "Don't worry, the glass windows in the airport terminal are bullet proof.  In fact, you can barely tell when a bullet hits one.  It just sounds like sort of a 'ping' noise."  She believed me and said, "Well I know the planes aren't bullet proof, so that's not helpful."  Now keep in mind this is a very old lady who is a widow and who watches Fox News round the clock, so she is afraid of just about everything.  But I did have to laugh a bit about this example.  

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

Some of the inner city violence news can lead to hysteria - as if the violence happens anywhere and everywhere within the limits of an entire metro area.  An example - my mother-in-law is going to come down to AL to visit.  I was arranging her flight and one option was to fly through Detroit.  She said, "Oh, I don't want to do that, Detroit is very violent city."  I stupidly said to her, "Don't worry, the glass windows in the airport terminal are bullet proof.  In fact, you can barely tell when a bullet hits one.  It just sounds like sort of a 'ping' noise."  She believed me and said, "Well I know the planes aren't bullet proof, so that's not helpful."  Now keep in mind this is a very old lady who is a widow and who watches Fox News round the clock, so she is afraid of just about everything.  But I did have to laugh a bit about this example.  

Your mom is Quaker?

ouch

I've watched a total of about 3 hours worth in the last 12 months, fwiw

posted by Heretic

Your mom is Quaker?

 

Not my mom.  My mother-in-law.  She's not a Quaker; she's a little old lady.  

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/05/08/eric-schneiderman-metoo-champion-is-new-poster-child-for-hypocrisy-new-york-s-liberal-elites.html

Schneiderman joining the ranks of Weinstein et.al. ............so much for his #MeToo hyperbole 

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

Not my mom.  My mother-in-law.  She's not a Quaker; she's a little old lady.  

Seriously dude?

posted by SportsAndLady

Seriously dude?

What am I missing here?

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

What am I missing here?

Everything. You're just missing everything.

posted by friendfromlowry

Everything. You're just missing everything.

I was trying to tell a humorous story about my mother-in-law.  I'm not sure what more there is to say about it.  Maybe it wasn't funny to anyone else.  

posted by friendfromlowry

Everything. You're just missing everything.

This reminds me of that scene from No Country for Old Men when the gas station attendant asks what he stands to win from the heads/tails call.  "Everything.  You stand to win everything."

Haha oh man..

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/05/15/black-trump-supporter-attacked-at-cheesecake-factory-over-maga-hat-report.html

Can't we all just get along .......

And this - 

"Spike Lee delivered a blistering attack against Donald Trump on Tuesday, refusing to mention the president by name while saying he’d shirked his moral duty to speak out in the aftermath of last year’s deadly riots in Charlottesville.

Appearing at a press conference alongside the stars of “BlacKkKlansman,” which world premiered in Cannes on Monday night, the director said the film was on the “right side of history” while denouncing the president for not taking a firm stance in the wake of violence that erupted following a white nationalist rally, leaving three people dead.

“That motherf–ker was given a chance to say we are bout love, and not hate, and that motherf–ker did not denounce the motherf–king Klan, the alt-right, and those Nazi motherf–kers,” he said."

Touching.

Pretty humorous how the media is covering Israel vs. Hamas. Headlines saying Israelis just killing palestinians without mention that the palestinians are throwing moltov cocktails and trying to violently enter a country. This is why your profession has 0 trust