scrubbedexpat099

Police: North Carolina man faces murder charge in shooting death of 5-year-old boy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...nt/3370924001/

This life does not seem to matter, guess does not fit the narrative.

robin1234

1. It seems to be all over the news, at least a dozen sources, mostly local as you’d expect. So I don’t quite understand what point you’re making (if any.)
2. Why post in election thread??

zzrmark

Father said that he and the murderer used to sit on the porch, shooting the breeze and drinking tinnies, no previous confrontations, no bad blood. So are you trying to make a point about mental health services or that we need more gun control?

civilservant

Criminals should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Quite what this has to do with BLM, racial oppression, police killings, or anything else, is escaping me right now.

Steerpike

Not sure I see the purpose of that one.

kimilseung

Boiler, I saw this, and lovingly, thought of you.

RICH

It seems to me that nobody knows. Kids have been relatively isolated for a few months. When let loose at school it's anyone's guess. I trust my gut instinct more than Trump's.

Giantaxe

When I saw details of this tragic murder, I immediately assumed that Boiler would troll on here about it. He's nothing if not consistent.

UkWinds5353

The selection of Harris is truly exciting the Asian & Indian and Caribbean communities in Florida, particularly south Florida. Biden's decision to pick Harris may have just locked down the state of Florida because the immigrant population here are over the moon. The Haitian, and Jamaican populations don't always vote in huge numbers but Harris' selection has created a ground swell of excitement in those communities. If Biden/Harris win Florida it's safe to say there will be a nationwide Blue wave.
Kamala Harris is one of those rare candidates that has the built-in Obama Effect!

As much as I like Liz Warren, and respect Susan Rice, they can't excite the same number of constituencies. Biden was smart!

Steerpike

Plus it gave Trump a whole new conspiracy theory to distract everyone with!

dave_j

... and true to form the lazy 24 hrs news/talking heads channels picked it up and ran with it...
So when does real fake news become newsworthy?

UkWinds5353

That was to be expected and I'm certain the Biden campaign was not only expecting that response from Trump, but they will use it against Trump to further label him a racist. And that label is well deserved.

Democrat and Republican voters have already made up their minds as who to support. But Independent voters are swinging toward Biden, and they don't like Trump's racist attacks. So let Trump continue to use racism, it will only damage him more. He is trying to run a 1980s campaign in 2020. And that dog won't hunt!

And if you don't believe me just look at the energy adding Harris has given the Biden ticket. 48 million dollars was given to the campaign in only 48 hours.

So let the racist attacks begin. I'm going to sit back with my popcorn.

Steerpike

This is where Trump is so effective. We should all be talking about what a shit job he's doing with Covid testing, relief packages, USPS, but instead, we are talking about his latest stupid bit of conspiracy - which is exactly what he wants.

As I mentioned earlier, I watched the Alex Jones/Infowars documentary on Frontline last night, and it laid out as clear as could be just how you can sway opinion with fake news and conspiracy theories. I wonder if we'll ever be able to return to a level of sanity in this regard.

vespucci

This is a good article:

https://www.independent.co.uk/us/voi...-a9672831.html

kimilseung

hey, Boiler, this is even more relevant for you. I see so many things that remind me of you....I think I might be falling for you Boiler......