Mass shooting at gay night club in Orlando

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Mass shooting at gay night club in Orlando

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Reports still coming in, maybe as many as 20 to 25 injured, possible hostages... I have seen video already showing squad cars lined up on the street with shots being fired.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/orlando?f=t ... s&src=hash
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Newest info is several explosive devices and a mass shooting with hostages taken.
Up to 20 possible KIA Up to 40 people with various injuries.

Swat Assault through a club wall engaged the perp and shot him dead.

FBI suggests probable religion of peace devotee

More to come.

http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local- ... 1372-story
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Yay, just what we needed. :roll:
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Netpackrat wrote:Yay, just what we needed. :roll:
Maybe it will help some in the LGBT community get a clue about how much they and ISIS have in common. Sarc
Nah doubt it.
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Latest reports I've seen has it tied to radical Islam. Guns, bombs, Aloha snackbar, the whole magilla. Omar Saddiqui Mateen.

As I reflected this morning on the Book of Face, he's probably not an NRA member, but sure as shit, we'll get blamed for it.
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It strikes me that an indicator this was "ideologically driven" (to quote the weasel words of some spokesman quoted on CNN) and not a looney tunes publicity whore is that the goblin chose to fight it out with the cops instead of killing himself when he first encountered effective resistance.
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PawPaw wrote:Latest reports I've seen has it tied to radical Islam. Guns, bombs, Aloha snackbar, the whole magilla. Omar Saddiqui Mateen.

As I reflected this morning on the Book of Face, he's probably not an NRA member, but sure as shit, we'll get blamed for it.
OTOH,
He(Omar) just lent some credibility to Trump's idea of suspending immigration of Muslims, particuliarly those from certain countries.
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Just watching BBC News interview with a rep from Equality Florida or some such advocacy group. She keeps using the word "unbelievable" as in "unbelievable level of violence" and "unbelievable this was aimed at LGBT" persons

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I'm guessing she hasn't been keeping up on current events in Syria the last couple of years.

Or Afghanistan the past 20+ years

Or Iran the past 30+ years...
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"but we are such nice polite people" says the (insert victim identity here)

"that may be so, but my imam tells the the holy prophet muuhumpagoat, says you must die for him to be pleased." tosses match on gasoline soaked victim

Friends of victim, "multicultural, tolerance, hate NRA, illuminatee, chem trails, GMO's are evil, ban guns"

The rest of us, "WTF was that word salad?"

With some, there is no learning. Hopefully that group dwindles with each of these as the rest of us want this shit to stop and they are helping the ENEMY.
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