KIBU: I know you won’t respond to this post and that’s okay. But I couldn’t let the “I trust the government 100 times more” than your fellow citizen down the street remark pass without comment.
Either you have no idea what the government is up to, or you simply don’t care. Hopefully, it’s the former and not the latter. So, if that’s the case, let’s engage some of your “grey matter” and do some research, shall we?
Google “disposition matrix” and see what you get. For those playing at home, this is a euphemism for “kill list”, that list of US enemies to be eliminated by force.
Next up, Google “drone double tap”. This is when a Predator or Reaper drone fires a missile, waits for the doctors, medics, etc to arrive, and then fires a second missile to take them out. Nice, huh? BTW, targeting of non-combatant medical personnel is considered a war crime. For drone operators, it’s business as usual.
Lastly, Google “Room 641a”. This nifty little operation was one where the NSA strong-armed Pacific Bell in San Francisco into allowing unauthorized and illegal eavesdropping on everyday American citizens’ phone calls without oversight. Isn’t that groovy?
So, yeah, I’d imagine that the government that brought you extraordinary rendition, black sites, Gitmo, Iraq, Vietnam, the Patriot Acts, AUMF, NDAA and on and on, is completely trustworthy.
Bob, down the street? Yeah, you definitely need to keep an eye on Bob…
“…the association between national firearm ownership rates and number of mass shooters per country showed clear statistical significance”
“Behind the United States’ top spot, Finland and Switzerland rank third and fourth, respectively, in per-capita gun ownership. While both countries enjoy vaunted reputations as safe places to live, both (along with No. 2 Yemen and No. 5 Serbia) ranked in the top 15 countries internationally for mass shooters per capita.”
[quote=SK in CV]Wouldn’t it be nice if there was something….anything…that could be done to reduce the likelihood of these kinds of events happening.[/quote]
Most of these killers are lonely men who aren’t getting laid. Wouldn’t it be of value to have some sort of registry of these guys (I know, there are millions of them; you would need to secretly “nominate” your neighbors and coworkers). Then we could have a privately-funded entity that keeps track of them and anonymously facilitates escorts or some sort of paid “companionship” and s-e-x to these losers. Wouldn’t that reduce the likelihood of them going postal?
On December 2, 2015, husband and wife Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik shot and killed 14 people and injured 21 others at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, United States. They targeted a San Bernardino County Department of Public Health training event and holiday party with about 80 employees in attendance at an auditorium rented for the event.
