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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: The race for the bottom is back on!
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 00:36:48 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701  <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>On Jul 6, 2025 at 3:01:45 PM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 20:20:31 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Jul 5, 2025 at 2:05:40 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  Suck it, California.
>>>>  
>>>>  After headlines and editorials that gun violence is down, fewer
>>>>  shootings and fewer homicides, we've had a three day period of
>>>>  incredible violence with five mass shootings.
>>>>  
>>>>  Here's the latest; no one died yet.
>>>>  
>>>>  7 wounded in Back of the Yards shooting
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>
>https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/07/05/7-wounded-in-back-of-the-yards-shooting
>>> 
>>> Pretty much to be expected. It's the 4th of July. No better way to celebrate
>>> in Chicago for the invasive species to explode in an orgy of violence.
>>> 
>> 
>> I was pleasantly surprised. Normally on the 4th I hear sporadic
>> gunfire in the distance as someone fires off their pistol in quick
>> succession mixed in with the fireworks. This year I only heard
>> fireworks.
>
>I wonder how many murders are timed for the night of the 4th so that the
>gunshots are mistaken for fireworks?

That's the plot of Sorry, Wrong Number!