Red Mosquito

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Man, fox news is such a train wreck right now, I can't turn it off. They read that daily news headline posted above and you hear Elizabeth Hasslebeck yell out "they're wrong!"

Simple Torture wrote:A few people on my Facebook (including one police officer) have fallen for this thing where they believe yesterday's shooting was a false flag operation because one news anchor referred to the suspects as "actors."

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Foxnews.com front page headline/story:

BurtReynolds wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Foxnews.com front page headline/story:

Uh is that wrong? I'm not up on the latest news, but it looks like terrorists to me.

Syed Rizwan Farook -- one-half of the couple behind the San Bernardino shooting massacre -- was apparently radicalized and in touch with people being investigated by the FBI for international terrorism, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Farook's apparent radicalization contributed to his role in the mass shooting, with his wife Tashfeen Malik, of 14 people Wednesday during a holiday party for the San Bernardino County health department, where Farook worked, sources said.

Still, it wasn't necessarily the only driver behind the carnage, as workplace grievances may have also played a role. President Barack Obama hinted as much Thursday when he said that the attackers may have had "mixed motives."

Farook traveled to Saudi Arabia for several weeks in 2013 on the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims are required to take at least once in their lifetime, which didn't raise red flags, said two government officials. It was during this trip that he met Malik, a native of Pakistan who came to the United States on a "fiancée visa" and later became a lawful permanent resident.

Officials had previously said that neither Farook and Malik were known to the FBI or on a list of potentially radicalized people. Nor had they had any known interactions with police until Wednesday's deadly shootout that culminated in their deaths.

Yet Farook himself had communicated by phone and via social media with more than one person being investigated for terrorism, law enforcement officials said. A separate U.S. government official said the 28-year-old has "overseas communications and associations."

As to what role those all played in the San Bernardino carnage, the official acknowledged, " We don't know yet what they mean."

turned2black wrote:Burt, we can only jump to conclusions with Christians. Get with the program!

durdencommatyler wrote:Nothing that happened yesterday changes the gun-control conversation in this country.

durdencommatyler wrote:Nothing that happened yesterday changes the gun-control conversation in this country.

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Nothing that happened yesterday changes the gun-control conversation in this country.

No, you're right. Absolutely nothing about what happened yesterday changes the gun control conversation in this country.

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Nothing that happened yesterday changes the gun-control conversation in this country.

No, you're right. Absolutely nothing about what happened yesterday changes the gun control conversation in this country.

Burt, I'm just saying that Muslim or Christian or atheist or terrorist or American or goddamn purple dinosaur, the gun-control issues in this country are absurd and something needs to be done. It's disgusting and out of control. Shifting narratives doesn't change the root of the problem. That's all I'm saying. And, yes, I am right.

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Nothing that happened yesterday changes the gun-control conversation in this country.

No, you're right. Absolutely nothing about what happened yesterday changes the gun control conversation in this country.

Burt, I'm just saying that Muslim or Christian or atheist or terrorist or American or goddamn purple dinosaur, the gun-control issues in this country are absurd and something needs to be done. It's disgusting and out of control. Shifting narratives doesn't change the root of the problem. That's all I'm saying. And, yes, I am right.

I agree!

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Nothing that happened yesterday changes the gun-control conversation in this country.

No, you're right. Absolutely nothing about what happened yesterday changes the gun control conversation in this country.

Burt, I'm just saying that Muslim or Christian or atheist or terrorist or American or goddamn purple dinosaur, the gun-control issues in this country are absurd and something needs to be done. It's disgusting and out of control. Shifting narratives doesn't change the root of the problem. That's all I'm saying. And, yes, I am right.

I agree!

Oh.

My apologies. I'm not used to hones replies on RM. I just assumed you were being snarky.

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Nothing that happened yesterday changes the gun-control conversation in this country.

No, you're right. Absolutely nothing about what happened yesterday changes the gun control conversation in this country.

Burt, I'm just saying that Muslim or Christian or atheist or terrorist or American or goddamn purple dinosaur, the gun-control issues in this country are absurd and something needs to be done. It's disgusting and out of control. Shifting narratives doesn't change the root of the problem. That's all I'm saying. And, yes, I am right.

I agree!

Oh.

My apologies. I'm not used to hones replies on RM. I just assumed you were being snarky.

well that too, but I snarkily agree.

turned2black wrote:At the very least, we should renew the federal assault weapons ban.