Occasional Reader 1/24/2020 6:43:31 AM

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JCM 1/24/2020 7:00:59 AM

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The response of our ruling apparatchiks in Seattle is rather muted so far. Other an a few press releases about gun violence, none of them have had and "outraged" speech yet.

The rage of The People is palpable over the shooting. Even the media has been quiet, sticking to facts.

The normal gun grabbing rhetoric following a shooting is almost absent.

It's so clearly a failure of government's duties. When law enforcement knew almost immediately who the perps were. The Police even got a dig in at the prosecutor's office with "suspects are known to police" line every early on in the aftermath. Shooting largely have been confined to known problem areas in Seattle. This one was the heart of downtown and victims are all regular people.

The fall out is going to be interesting.

lucius septimius 1/24/2020 7:05:23 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 1:

Of course the left is saying he's an asshole for daring to question Chief Lieawatha.

JCM 1/24/2020 7:08:07 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 3:

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize" 

Kevin Alfred Strom

Occasional Reader 1/24/2020 7:20:36 AM

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In #2 JCM said: This one was the heart of downtown and victims are all regular people.

it was near at least one really hip coffee shop!!!  We have to DO SOMETHING!!!! 

"It's so clearly a failure of government's duties"

I think it was at Ace of Spades that I saw the following.  The author noted how the progs are always howling about our terrible national problem of "over-incarceration".   Maybe so, but we also clearly have a problem of under-incarceration.  Look up the details (as he did) of a string of recent homicides in your city in which the perp was identified.  In nearly every case, you'll see someone who CLEARLY should not have been walking around free.... rap sheet as long as your arm, multiple prior violent crimes... and repeated slaps-on-the-wrist. 

doppelganglander 1/24/2020 7:26:45 AM

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Reply to JCM in 4:

One of the benefits of Trump is that, because he has no filter, ordinary people are more willing to speak up. We are a long way from restoring sanity, but I think we're trending in that direction. 

Occasional Reader 1/24/2020 7:26:57 AM

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In #5 Occasional Reader said: Look up the details (as he did) of a string of recent homicides in your city in which the perp was identified. 

To be more clear; look up the details of recent homicides, and the relevant perps... not (necessarily) of a string of homicides carried out by one perp.

Occasional Reader 1/24/2020 7:28:54 AM

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In #4 JCM said: Kevin Alfred Strom

No, it was Voltaire!  Or maybe Churchill... or Mark Twain.. or Abraham Lincoln...or Groucho Marx?... 

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lucius septimius 1/24/2020 7:51:48 AM

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In #8 Occasional Reader said: Groucho Marx

"We took pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed.  But we're going back in a couple of weeks ..."

buzzsawmonkey 1/24/2020 7:55:02 AM

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Occasional Reader 1/24/2020 7:57:12 AM

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In #4 JCM said: Kevin Alfred Strom

... who, apparently, is a white nationalist, Jew-hater and kiddie pr0n fan.  Blecch.  Shame about that, since it's a good quote, in general terms. 

Occasional Reader 1/24/2020 8:07:39 AM

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doppelganglander 1/24/2020 8:14:28 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 11:

Yikes. Here's an old interview with his ex-wife. What that poor woman and her children endured.

buzzsawmonkey 1/24/2020 8:14:51 AM

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Occasional Reader 1/24/2020 9:06:23 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 14:

You would have won that bet, had I taken it...