{"id":33115,"date":"2018-10-28T00:44:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T00:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33115"},"modified":"2018-10-28T00:44:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T00:44:28","slug":"how-could-it-get-worse-than-bombs-in-the-mail-it-just-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33115","title":{"rendered":"How could it get worse than bombs in the mail? It just did"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP18300603442632-640x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33116\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP18300603442632-640x400-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP18300603442632-640x400-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP18300603442632-640x400.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My heart is broken. My head is spinning. I am about to scream at the top of my lungs.<\/p>\n<p>The nation has just witnessed a serial domestic terrorist mailing pipe bombs to political figures and a major media outlet. Law enforcement arrested him and he stands accused of multiple counts of terrorism-related felonies.<\/p>\n<p>Then an explosion of violence erupted today in a Pittsburgh, Pa., synagogue. Eleven people are dead. The suspect is known to hold anti-Semitic views. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, called it a crime &#8220;against humanity.&#8221; Yes, it most certainly is.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department is planning to file hate crime charges against the monster who opened fire on the congregants who were worshiping in a Shabbat ceremony commemorating the Jewish holy day.<\/p>\n<p>This latest example of sickening, heartbreaking violence defies any form of logic. It boggles the mind. It pushes everything else &#8212; perhaps even including the pipe bomb suspect and the terror he brought to the nation &#8212; to the back of our consciences, if only for a brief period.<\/p>\n<p>I heard reports during the day about how the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, where the massacred occurred, is known to be a &#8220;beautiful&#8221; and &#8220;peaceful&#8221; place. It contains an eclectic blend of people of varying faiths, ethnic background, races.<\/p>\n<p>Think, too, of the tragic irony that the massacre took place in a synagogue named <em>The Tree of Life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It will take a long time to get past this latest spasm of violence.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My heart is broken. My head is spinning. I am about to scream at the top of my lungs. The nation has just witnessed a serial domestic terrorist mailing pipe bombs to political figures and a major media outlet. Law enforcement arrested him and he stands accused of multiple counts of terrorism-related felonies. Then an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=33115\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How could it get worse than bombs in the mail? 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