What's going on in your city/country/region?

[Roger Mexico]

Suspect in mass shooting in Maine yesterday apparently still at large:

https://www.sunjournal.com/2023/10/26/m ... continues/

[Catoptric]

MAN IS DOING WELL WITH IMPLANTED PIG HEART, DOCTORS SAY
https://futurism.com/neoscope/man-doing-well-pig-heart


Onion was ahead of the curve (2012)

Niece To Eat You! - Porkin' Across America - Ep. 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCSgetL ... zF&index=6


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Though different times, much of the insight into mass shootings can be reflected in the environment that incubates the behavior:

[HighlyIrregular II]

Suspect in mass shooting in Maine

Found dead in dumpster

[Catoptric]

Seems they weren't there for Matthew Perry (who died of possible drowning?) Was he intoxicated and slipped in?

‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry dead at 54, found in hot tub at L.A. home
https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... dead-at-56

[Catoptric]

Soon 'Texas Man' will be as common as 'Florida Man.'

Texas Man Arrested After Allegedly Plotting To Murder And Cannibalize An Underage Girl
https://allthatsinteresting.com/alexander-barter


US preparing nuclear bomb that could kill 300,000 in Moscow sparking WW3 fears
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us ... 68e5&ei=29



Physicists Warn Earth Could Feasibly Descend Into Chaos
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... 08aac&ei=8

[Catoptric]

I was reading a Mother Jones article: 6
'Evangelicals Love Donald Trump for Many Reasons, But One of Them Is Especially Terrifying'
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... listening/

And this video popped up:


Incidentally, the person introduced in the video, Dr. Mike (Michael) Hayes was the Pastor of Covenant Church, where I used to go (over a decade and a half ago) in the Dallas area (the video creator is Lance Wallnau, who apparently lives in Texas and has some connection to religious content creation of some kind, and presumably offers his services to promote material.)

Michael Hayes' son took over the church some years ago while he went into retirement, and recently abused his wife and had a restraining order put against him following divorce procedings. Also, one of the Pastor's that worked at one of the church locations died of Covid (the ubiquitous cause of death amongst Church Pastors it seems like. . . because vaccines are harbingers for the Mark of the Beast, apparently.)

The daughter of Mike Hayes took over the church as it's bad for business.

Strangely, this same Pastor Mike Hayes shows up on Facebook as "people you may know." I don't know if I ever came across his profile before, though I have now. . .

https://www.facebook.com/stephen.hayes. ... tid=ZbWKwL

The video is long gone, though if I recall the Pastor greeted the dude in some social gathering, and it was the weirdest thing seeing him in the video.

I should probably mention the son had gotten run over by a car and nearly died from it, so it likely affected his behavior. . .


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Road rage morons
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local ... 7c6fa053b5

[Catoptric]

A family of 4 lived next door to a boyfriend of one victim (the mother to a one year old) and then fled to Austin, while during a Police chase, then shoots himself.

The biggest problem is how the court prosecuted and allowed extreme leniency, which made the family vulnerable to this situation, as he continued to pose a threat even after he was ordered to keep himself at a distance from them. Apparently neither seemed to have much opportunity to leave the area (though I'm guessing the daughter had a father different from the one who was living there. . . I'm assuming she never really knew him, or else she might have stayed away from the boyfriend to try and discourage what ultimately happened?)

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/dallas- ... yce-street
https://othersidedallas.com/2023/12/06/ ... s-failure/

All 5 appear dead (and it sounds like a teenager was injured and critical/recovering, so they aren't shown in the news report.)

[HighlyIrregular]

I still get alerts about NYC even though I'm in PA now. Recently it was announced that aid just became available for those affected by the last flood. And now another flood is forecast:

"The National Weather Service has forecast a Flood Watch in effect citywide from 4 p.m. Sunday to 1 p.m. Monday for 2 to 3 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts possible. Flooding as a result could be widespread. A High Wind Watch is also in effect for Brooklyn and Queens from 4 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday for sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts up to 50 mph."

Not nearly as bad in my part of PA.

[Madrigal]

How amazing it is when people vote overwhelmingly against their own self-interest.

[HighlyIrregular]

I just heard an actual emergency alert from the emergency alert system. Not a test. The Lehigh Valley river may flood. I don't remember ever hearing an actual emergency alert in my over 50 years in NY, then I'm in PA for a couple of months and I hear one. Maybe there was one for 911 but I didn't hear it. The flood alert mentioned a previous flood for reference but I forgot if it said what happened. Maybe it didn't say. I've already looked up the flood issue before I moved here but all I remember is I'm in a flood zone. Higher elevation than by the river but I think the same zone. It's actually so hilly here that I think some nearby areas are sea level. I think I'm lower than average.