Explosions at EU building and Brussels airport

[Jack Davenport]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/mar/22/brussels-airport-explosions-live-updates
ETA: near EU building.

Here we go again.

 

[Johan]

We knew that there would be some counter-attack after Salah Abdeslam's arrest

My thoughts go to the victims of these attacks and their families. And I hope the explosions were caused by suicide bombers, 'cause tht would mean we do not have to be worried about these guys anymore

First death roll : 13 people killed in the airport. But the final death toll will be much higher : it was about 8.30 am here when it started

 

[Jack Davenport]

Gun shots fired before explosions. You should have known there would be some counter attack after the 6th century. Card carrying member of the Islamophobes of America.

 

[GodsEmbryo]

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Not cool, people. Terrorists are jerks.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Religion of peace and so forth.

 

[rivasky]

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Huntington's Clash of Civilizations. :nanner:

 

[tartanterrier]

Terrible scenes in Brussels today. The very best wishes go out to all Belgians, who have suffered from this tragedy.

 

[knowone]

Their Metro subway was hit too.

 

[Chopper3000]

A dreadful thing has taken place in Brussels today, but let us not forget the fucking weirdo American that will shoot a number of people in a cinema or school this year and every year. Happy Christmas.

 

[Jack Davenport]

A dreadful thing has taken place in Brussels today, but let us not forget the fucking weirdo American that will shoot a number of people in a cinema or school this year and every year. Happy Christmas.

Far more people have been killed by Islamic terrorists and illegal aliens in this country since 9/11 than mass shootings by crazed gunmen ....

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/steve-king-immigrants-911_n_3962844.html

But thanks for playing

 

[Jack Davenport]

Remember when people were mocked over "no-go zones"?

Sooper Mexican is a cotdam American treasure!

http://soopermexican.com/2016/03/22...-thinking-its-a-warzone-of-islamist-violence/!

 

[Straight Shooter]

Far more people have been killed by Islamic terrorists and illegal aliens in this country since 9/11 than mass shootings by crazed gunmen ....

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/steve-king-immigrants-911_n_3962844.html

But thanks for playing

Wow. You're really using Steve King as a source?

I'm only taking issue with the "illegals are more dangerous" argument. Not the deaths by terrorists

A few problems. The GAO report he cited the number of homicides by undocumented immigrants arrested for homicides occurred over a 51-year period, August 1955 to April 2010, not a 4 year period

Also most of the undocumented aliens in the country aren't a violent threat." Among men age 18-39 (who comprise the vast majority of the prison population), the 3.5 percent incarceration rate of the native-born in 2000 was 5 times higher than the 0.7 percent incarceration rate of the foreign-born.”
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/Imm Criminality (IPC).pdf

Even Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the immigration-restrictionist organization Center for Immigration Studies previously said, “we found no strong evidence one way or the other for the notion that immigrants commit either more or less crime than the American population.”
http://www.cis.org/PanelTranscripts/Panel-Crime-Challenges

 

[Jack Davenport]

Wow. You're really using Steve King as a source?

I'm only taking issue with the "illegals are more dangerous" argument. Not the deaths by terrorists

A few problems. The GAO report he cited the number of homicides by undocumented immigrants arrested for homicides occurred over a 51-year period, August 1955 to April 2010, not a 4 year period

Also most of the undocumented aliens in the country aren't a violent threat." Among men age 18-39 (who comprise the vast majority of the prison population), the 3.5 percent incarceration rate of the native-born in 2000 was 5 times higher than the 0.7 percent incarceration rate of the foreign-born.”
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/Imm Criminality (IPC).pdf

Even Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the immigration-restrictionist organization Center for Immigration Studies previously said, “we found no strong evidence one way or the other for the notion that immigrants commit either more or less crime than the American population.”
http://www.cis.org/PanelTranscripts/Panel-Crime-Challenges

Liberals will bend over backwards to try and prove that illegals aren't posing s problem
First of all, you can't believe any numbers coming out of this administration, they skew them all from unemployment to deportations.

This article picks apart WaPo's assertions with real facts.

"Conclusion: criminal and illegal aliens commit murder at much higher rates than all inhabitants of the U.S. – at least 3 to 10 times higher."

http://www.americanthinker.com/arti...t_a_much_higher_rate_than_us_citizens_do.html

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

A dreadful thing has taken place in Brussels today, but let us not forget the fucking weirdo American that will shoot a number of people in a cinema or school this year and every year. Happy Christmas.

More people have died in mass shootings in France in one year than in the last five years in America. Stop drinking the Kool Aid.

 

[sean miguel]

And I hope the explosions were caused by suicide bombers, 'cause tht would mean we do not have to be worried about these guys anymore.

yeah. there's thousands more in the queue and even more coming over daily. But at least these two guys are dead.

you guys are fucked.

draw some more cartoons and hold candlelight vigils in defiance.

 

[GodsEmbryo]

More people have died in mass shootings in France in one year than in the last five years in America. Stop drinking the Kool Aid.

Incorrect

US mass shootings in 2015:
Killed: 367
Injured: 1318

source: http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shootings/2015?sort=asc&order=Incident Date

 

[Jack Davenport]

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http://crimeresearch.org/2015/06/co...m-mass-public-shootings-in-the-us-and-europe/

 

[GodsEmbryo]

http://crimeresearch.org/2015/06/co...m-mass-public-shootings-in-the-us-and-europe/

Interesting reading material. However, when comparing the numbers there seem to be only 25 mass shootings in the US in the period 2009-2015, while the site I quoted gives 330 mass shootings for the year 2015 alone. Both sites use the same definitions for mass shootings but another framework. I wish there would be a decent study available at some point. I do agree that a comparrison on inper-capita basis would give a far bether comparison on a global scale.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Interesting reading material. However, when comparing the numbers there seem to be only 25 mass shootings in the US in the period 2009-2015, while the site I quoted gives 330 mass shootings for the year 2015 alone. Both sites use the same definitions for mass shootings but another framework. I wish there would be a decent study available at some point. I do agree that a comparrison on inper-capita basis would give a far bether comparison on a global scale.

Agreed. Fair enough.