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Generic Other

(28,979 posts) Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:09 PM Apr 2019

3

White House put on lockdown

after man on a mobility scooter sets himself on fire on the North Lawn as secret service swoop to arrest him and 'suspicious package is found nearby'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6917167/White-House-lockdown-man-mobility-scooter-sets-fire-North-Lawn.html?ico=pushly-notifcation-small

WTF???

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White House put on lockdown (Original Post) Generic Other Apr 2019 OP

WTF RandySF Apr 2019 #1

I get alerts from Daily Mail on my PC Generic Other Apr 2019 #2

CNN is reporting it. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2019 #3

Like Buddhist monks in the Vietnam War Generic Other Apr 2019 #4

I thought about them, too. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2019 #5

Maybe he is doing this due to health care costs BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #6

I wondered about that too Generic Other Apr 2019 #7

I know, I am one of them. BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #8

I am so sorry Generic Other Apr 2019 #9

They are sadistic, poisonous snakes. BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #10

RandySF

(58,799 posts)

1. WTF

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:10 PM

Apr 2019

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)

2. I get alerts from Daily Mail on my PC

Reply to RandySF (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:11 PM

Apr 2019

How come this isn't on TV?

greatauntoftriplets

(175,733 posts)

3. CNN is reporting it.

Reply to Generic Other (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:14 PM

Apr 2019

Apparently the guy is a protestor who tried to set himself on fire and he's been taken to the hospital. Sorry, no link, I'm seeing this on TV.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)

4. Like Buddhist monks in the Vietnam War

Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:15 PM

Apr 2019

Very upsetting. Thanks for the info.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,733 posts)

5. I thought about them, too.

Reply to Generic Other (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:17 PM

Apr 2019

You're very welcome.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)

6. Maybe he is doing this due to health care costs

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:23 PM

Apr 2019

and he is making a political statement. That is the first thing I thought when I saw it on MSNBC.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)

7. I wondered about that too

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:35 PM

Apr 2019

For so many the situation is dire.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)

8. I know, I am one of them.

Reply to Generic Other (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:38 PM

Apr 2019

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)

9. I am so sorry

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:41 PM

Apr 2019

What the GOP and Trump have done to create more suffering among ordinary Americans really is immoral. They talk about the poor and sick like they are animals when it is the powerful and corrupt who act like poisonous snakes.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)

10. They are sadistic, poisonous snakes.

Reply to Generic Other (Reply #9)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:44 PM

Apr 2019

I think they get off on causing misery and pain to others. They are the "sick" one.

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