Laura Haim, from French(?) news outlet CanalPlus, doing a pretty good Pete Williams imitation

No word from friends in Paris yet.

Somewhat surprised to learn Eagles of Death Metal is not a death metal band.

1 member of the band may be dead per NBC News

TenuredVulture wrote:Somewhat surprised to learn Eagles of Death Metal is not a death metal band.

The guy who started EoDM was a member of Queens of the Stone Age.

MSNBC is reporting that one of the band's members is dead.

Everything is awful

dark

Soren wrote:Everything is awful

This world gets scarier and scarier

Currently no idea if the people shooting at the restaurant are the same who went to the music venue

charlie hebdo attack happened meters away from the music venue

Hollande vows to run a 'pitiless' war against terror. That'll work out well.

a common theme in all of this kinda of stuff and our more trivial controversies at home is having an unmoving ideology, being an ideologue, and intolerance for other perspectives. I say that because I understand that that type of mindset is fraught with flaws and stupidity and weakness, but also because I acknowledge it's my gut reaction to a situation like this. Specifically in how I'd like to see it investigated and responded to.

Soren wrote:No word from friends in Paris yet.

Hope things are alright, Soren.

AP reporting that a Paris Police Official states all attackers are dead

I wonder how many dickheads praying for paris on my facebook feed were all "freedom fries" a decade ago.

Honestly prolly like 1%. Part of what makes them fuckers

This is all going to get worse before it gets better. We're really getting close to a serious flash point here. Nationalism on the continent has already been way up.

the people doing these attacks WANT France and others to react negatively towards Muslims. i hope we don't.

TenuredVulture wrote:I wonder how many dickheads praying for paris on my facebook feed were all "freedom fries" a decade ago.

you can hate parts of a culture's ideology while still feeling compassion when they're victims

kruker wrote:This is all going to get worse before it gets better. We're really getting close to a serious flash point here. Nationalism on the continent has already been way up.

Hungary will use this as cover to further their inhumane treatment of people fleeing a terrible situation.

how people can see this and then say they don't like refugees trying to FLEE THIS massacre that happens on a DAILY basis in their countries is beyond me.