Was I in a bubble yesterday?

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nosuchreality

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Just curious, I got up this morning and saw news reports about the London Westminster attack yesterday, which occurred about 7:30 AM PDT.

I didn't hear about it yesterday.  Not on the car. Not on the TV.  Not on the web sites.

Did I manage to spend my day blissfully in a bubble just missing everything or were we as a nation collectively looking at our navel?
 
Got CNN and CNBC notifications on my phone all day about it, it was in every news channel I was watching when I got home.  Yup you were in a bubble.
 
That must be one  secure bubble.  You obviously weren't watching tv or checking social media sites yesterday. 

Kinda scary to think my family was walking back and forth on the bridge last year. 
 
Soylent Green Is People said:
What news/financial/general websites are you reading?  Even www.fark.com had the story
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I actually had a low internet day yesterday.  After dropping the kid off at school, I came home, caught maybe 10 minutes of NBC today before heading out the door to run some errands.  Flipped the basic SoCal radio channels around.  Picked up my stuff and got home around 11AM.  Spot checked a couple housing forums, LA Times. Prepped a stir fry lunch with a 'velveting' marinade from "Well Fed" and think I flipped on NatGeo that was rerunning a Hunt for the Ark story for background noise.  Picked up my kid, helped him pick up his toys, take a bath, practice karate.  Loaded up and headed off for an appointment, drove home between 6-6:30 with Jack FM on.  Got home, made dinner, talked with my wife, turned on Alvin and the Chipmunk's for my kids bed time countdown while he worked on drawing uno cards for his new uno 'advanced' game he's 'making'.  Got our kid brushed and prepped for bed and in bed and then caught something on Discovery spot checked facebook before heading to bed.

A good bubble.
 
The point to take from yesterday is that Europe is a mess. Maybe all the officers should cary a gun in the U.K.

 
eyephone said:
The point to take from yesterday is that Europe is a mess. Maybe all the officers should cary a gun in the U.K.
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Why? In a year 5 people are shot death by police in the UK. In the US that number is > 1000. A little over 500 homicides in the UK. In the US that number is > 15000. USA has about 5x the population as the UK.
 
peppy said:
eyephone said:
The point to take from yesterday is that Europe is a mess. Maybe all the officers should cary a gun in the U.K.
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Why? In a year 5 people are shot death by police in the UK. In the US that number is > 1000. A little over 500 homicides in the UK. In the US that number is > 15000. USA has about 5x the population as the UK.
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That is not an isolated incident, you have to add the events in Paris, Germany, Belgium, and other European countries.

"Belgium provides more foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria, per capita, than any other European nation, and authorities estimate that 130 of these battle-trained extremists have returned home. Schepmans says it's the federal government's responsibility to keep track of terrorists, not hers."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/molenbeek-brussels-belgium-isis-terror-recruiting-ground/
 
eyephone said:
peppy said:
eyephone said:
The point to take from yesterday is that Europe is a mess. Maybe all the officers should cary a gun in the U.K.
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Why? In a year 5 people are shot death by police in the UK. In the US that number is > 1000. A little over 500 homicides in the UK. In the US that number is > 15000. USA has about 5x the population as the UK.
Click to expand...

That is not an isolated incident, you have to add the events in Paris, Germany, Belgium, and other European countries.

"Belgium provides more foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria, per capita, than any other European nation, and authorities estimate that 130 of these battle-trained extremists have returned home. Schepmans says it's the federal government's responsibility to keep track of terrorists, not hers."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/molenbeek-brussels-belgium-isis-terror-recruiting-ground/
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How does arming the Metropolitan Police in the UK address any of this?
 
peppy said:
eyephone said:
peppy said:
eyephone said:
The point to take from yesterday is that Europe is a mess. Maybe all the officers should cary a gun in the U.K.
Click to expand...

Why? In a year 5 people are shot death by police in the UK. In the US that number is > 1000. A little over 500 homicides in the UK. In the US that number is > 15000. USA has about 5x the population as the UK.
Click to expand...

That is not an isolated incident, you have to add the events in Paris, Germany, Belgium, and other European countries.

"Belgium provides more foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria, per capita, than any other European nation, and authorities estimate that 130 of these battle-trained extremists have returned home. Schepmans says it's the federal government's responsibility to keep track of terrorists, not hers."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/molenbeek-brussels-belgium-isis-terror-recruiting-ground/
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How does arming the Metropolitan Police in the UK address any of this?
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It shows that there is a surge in terrorists activity in Europe. Therefore they need to be well equipped and have the tools to fight the terrorists.

I have to ask: are you a sympathizer?
 
Most US news outlets have very little international coverage. Look at all the major cable news outlets and all they are talking about is Obamacare repeal. Very little to no coverage on the London attacks.
 
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