In U.S. Society
Number of Jewish victims killed by anti-Semitic Robert Bowers in Pittsburgh: 11Number injured, six, including four police officers
Number of weapons in possession of Bowers: 1 assault rifle and three handguns
Number of pipe bombs mailed by Trump-lover Cesar Altieri Sayoc. Jr to his hero's critics: 14
Number of targets: 12, including one addressed to Senator Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat; another was sent to James R. Clapper Jr., a former director of national intelligence; and a third was intercepted before it reached Senator Kamala Harris, a California Democrat.
Other packages have been addressed to former President Barack Obama; former Secretary of State Clinton; former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.; Representative Maxine Waters, a California Democrat; former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.; John O. Brennan, a former C.I.A. director, the actor Robert De Niro; and George Soros, the billionaire Democratic donor.
Number of statements blaming Democrats of trying to score points against him because of pipe bombs by his worshiper: 1, Donald Trump
“These terrorizing acts are despicable and have no place in our country,” he said.
But in a Friday night rally in Charlotte, N.C., the president accused the news media of trying to use Mr. Sayoc’s political leanings to “score political points against me and the Republican Party.”
Number of police and SWAT members shot and injured in Pittsburgh: 4
On the Sports Scene:
Number of games won by Boston Red Sox against LA Dodgers as of Saturday night: 3-2Longest game in World Series history: Friday night/Saturday morning's third game lasted 18 innings
and lasted 7 hours, 20 minutes. According to Stats by Stats that is longer than the entire 1939 World Series. That year, the Yankees swept the Reds in four games that took a combined 7 hours, 5 minutes.
It didn’t end until 2:30 a.m CST.
There were 118 players at the plate.
Three games had gone 14 innings: Game 1 of the 2015 World Series (Royals’ 5-4 win over Mets), Game 2 of the 1916 Series (a 2-1 Red Sox win over Brooklyn) and Game 3 in 2005 (White Sox 7-5 win over Astros).
The teams each used nine pitchers, and both equaled the single-team record for any playoff game. The 18 combined pitchers set a new postseason record. ESPN reports that both teams set a playoff record by using 23 players in the game.
The 13th inning was the first World Series extra inning in which both teams committed an error since the 10th inning of Game 4 in 1969 (Orioles-Mets).
Is it incongruous that we mention domestic terrorism and violence against Anti-Semitic and blacks in the same post about the World Series?
Yes it is, and it gives you an insight into the tumultuous point we have reached in the national psyche where we have developed a tolerance for violence while also paying attention to professional sports.
4 comments:
Thanks for highlighting this awful desensitization of violence. It has unnerved me that brutal acts are listed right next to movie openings and gossip. Worse is what you see on fox news where actual violent footage is promoted to encourage people to watch, and therefore, add clicks and income to the website via advertising.
Trump’s America. Although he and his supporters will never accept the responsibility, and will respond with name-calling, Trumps rhetoric has empowered every sort of psychopath imaginable. And the Reoublicans and their supporters in the Religious Right acquiesce, make excuses, or remain silent while the serpent spews venom from his fangs. One should remember the words of the German philosopher/pastor Martin Neimoller - “........and when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.”
I would not doubt it one bit that operatives from the right are responsible for the caravans.
I thought the same thing about the caravan, wouldn't be hard for the GOP to pay a few people down south to gather up some migrants and do a little march timed for the midterms.
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