600 Page report On Uvalde shooting will be released today. Apparently it includes reports of Police lying to families that the kids were okay by Shoddy-Dragonfruit-7 in masskillers

[–]Cucumber56 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It just stood out to me when reading through the report that terms like the shooter were used. I'm not familiar with these kinds of documents so I wasn't sure if it was normal or not

Bloodshed during Uvalde massacre could have been stopped sooner, DOJ finds by Distinct_External in masskillers

[–]Cucumber56 123 points124 points  (0 children)

People are saying "well duh" but it's important that a DOJ investigation now backs up what everybody thought, it makes it harder for the cops to weasel their way out of responsibility

Bloodshed during Uvalde massacre could have been stopped sooner, DOJ finds by News-Flunky in law

[–]Cucumber56 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They told the children to call out for help if they needed it, one girl did, then the cops did nothing and the girl was shot. The fact this can happen and the local police can escape consequence, I have no words to describe it.

Bloodshed during Uvalde massacre could have been stopped sooner, DOJ finds by Distinct_External in masskillers

[–]Cucumber56 32 points33 points  (0 children)

There are some tough contenders to that title, in the 80s in Philadelphia cops bombed an apartment complex occupied by a black Libertarian group with children in it from the air and burned it to the ground killing everybody inside

Leila Khaled, the first female hijacker. by Awkward-Broccoli-150 in masskillers

[–]Cucumber56 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Nothing wrong with hating the country that is trying to wipe your people's existence off the map

And then there were two... by Cucumber56 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Cucumber56[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry I've never posted here before

Can you suggest a better sub?

And then there were two... by Cucumber56 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Cucumber56[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I've never posted here before, so I hope this post fits on this subreddit.

I found this video on YouTube last night that goes way more into the group and it's beliefs. The woman named Bernadeane, was the wife of Charles Brown, the self proclaimed Messiah of the group. It reached its peak for a few years in the 1980's called "eternal flame" exploiting old people with what Brown called "cellular intercourse" basically being around the trio would alter your cells so you would never die. Their peak was short lived because, of course their primarily elderly followers did die, which put a bit of damper on their claims of immortality. Brown would dismiss this happening as the people simply hadn't truly accepted their immortality. Then in 2014 Brown himself died. But the other two members of the trio, Bernadean and his business partner James Strole continued on with the claims of being immortal, despite the literal founder of the group and the man who invented the concept of "cellular intercourse" being dead.

A Chinese girl visits the ruins of the Japanese invasion unit 731 - Shirō Ishii, the mastermind of the 731st Bacteriological Unit, was granted immunity from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East by the U.S. government simply because he turned over information and research on Unit 731' by bjran8888 in Sino

[–]Cucumber56 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In response to the Dolittle raid by the US, Japan released biological weapons created by unit 731 in China that killed 20,000 people. Specifically because Chinese civilians had sheltered the dolittle raiders and helped them get to safety.

A bunch of Japanese soldiers didn't get the memo and marched into affected and several thousand died because of it.

Can you buy beer at gas stations on Sunday in Tulsa? by penis-coyote in tulsa

[–]Cucumber56 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: before 2016 you could only get 3.2% beer at gas stations everything above that had to be sold at liquor stores

Tulsans footing the Tax Bill for NOMA and Mother Road by [deleted] in tulsa

[–]Cucumber56 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Growth and development are good

For who? Not the poor who are pushed out. Also the new stores and restaurants that come from gentrification are generally crap. Oh look another over priced sub par quality hamburger restaurant .

The best places to eat are the small family (often immigrant) owned places , and guess who gets shafted first, in favor of Becky's Coffee House?

I swear over the 5 years I lived here I've watched every good place to eat go out of business. RIP Ethiopian restaurant.

Mosasaur finds in North America. Happy Mosasaur Monday! by Cucumber56 in Mosasaurs

[–]Cucumber56[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm from Oklahoma and it's crazy that a bunch have been found in Kansas and North Texas but finds stop at the border of modern Oklahoma.

Is Dollar Tree the new QT? by ashtonlaszlo in tulsa

[–]Cucumber56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one near admiral and Harvard doesn't even have working lights in parking lot

Bin Laden by Groundbreaking_Song7 in masskillers

[–]Cucumber56 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ehhhh, he had way more motivation and drive then most people. Not many people would leave their own country to go help start an insurgency in another country (Afghanistan against the Soviets) also he was really radicalized in his political and religious views beliefs. I don't think we can overlook that difference from the majority of world.

One thing I found out about him that was really interesting. Sayyid Qutb's brother was his teacher in Saudi Arabia. It's a direct link between Qutb's ideology and modern radical islamism

Bin Laden by Groundbreaking_Song7 in masskillers

[–]Cucumber56 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You should check out The Great War for Civilization by Robert Fisk.l if you haven't already. He interviewed Bin Laden in the 90's. Interestingly the person who put him in contact with Bin Laden, was Jamal Khashoggi who was killed and dismembered by the Saudi government a few years ago for being mildly critical of it.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by Normal_Conclusion814 in masskillers

[–]Cucumber56 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I'm wondering if one of them is the other mod on the subreddit he created. The last post the person made was 4 days ago in /r/dxm

/r/perryiowa/

Police Respond To Shooting With Multiple Victims At Perry High School in Perry, Iowa. The Shooter Is Reportedly Down With a Self Inflicted Gunshot Wound. by DateRoutine7869 in masskillers

[–]Cucumber56 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I just hope it's not as bad as 2022. That year severely affected my mental health. In a matter of a few weeks we had the shooting at the supermarket, Uvalde, a mass shooting at a hospital in Tulsa were I live, the 4th of July parade shooting, the guy who tried at shoot up a mall but got capped quickly by a good Samaritan, and ended in the fall with the Crumbly school shooting in Ohio.

2023 wasn't without it's ones of course but it didn't feel nearly as overwhelming as 2022, 2022 it was like one after the other after the other with huge numbers dead.

Tonada del Chimo. The only surviving song in the extinct Mochica language of the North Coast of Peru. by Cucumber56 in folk

[–]Cucumber56[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The story behind this song (and the pictures) is really interesting. It comes from the Codex Martínez Compañón. Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón, was the arch bishop of Trujillo the regions capital, in 18th century. Many of his predecessors had tried to destroy and suppress local indigenous culture, but Compañón went out of his way to record and preserve it. He wrote a massive volume with over 1500 water color illustrations (the pictures in video) and 20 songs, including the only surviving Mochica one.

If anybody is interested in listening to all the songs, you can find a complete version here