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Islamic Terrorist Opens Fire on Florida Nightclub; 50 Killed, 53 Wounded

posted by takyon on Sunday June 12 2016, @06:00PM   

An Anonymous Coward writes:

A suspected Islamic terrorist opened fire at a gay nightclub in Florida, killing 50 people and wounding another 53 before he was killed by police. While authorities continue to investigate to determine whether this man had ties to ISIS, the terror organization has not been quiet in praising the attack. This comes three days after ISIS announced they would attack somewhere in Florida. Today's attack marks the largest act of terrorism on US soil since 9/11.

takyon: The gunman reportedly called 911 emergency services to pledge allegiance to ISIS. The President will hold a briefing momentarily. Compare this article to the original submission.

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Original Submission   Late submission by physicsmajor

• Re:blood donors Re:blood donors (Score: 1) by Arik on Sunday June 12 2016, @07:33PM

  by Arik (4543) on Sunday June 12 2016, @07:33PM (#358796) Journal

  "You can replace "been celibate" with "abstained from sexual activity". Now that we've fixed the grammar, how do you feel about the policy?"
  
  It's still ridiculous nonsense, funny memes aside, people in committed relationships DO actually engage in sexual activity.
  
  >Not sure if you are trying to be funny or just retarded.

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• Re:blood donors Re:blood donors (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday June 12 2016, @10:21PM

  by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday June 12 2016, @10:21PM (#358916) Journal

  >Not sure if you are trying to be funny or just retarded.

  Neither. Here's the actual policy [fda.gov]:

  What are the current recommendations for donor referral?

  FDA recommends that blood establishments defer potential donors as follows:

  [...]

  9. Defer for 12 months from the most recent contact a man who has had sex with another man during the past 12 months.

  I was obviously correcting the "celibate" sentence from the article to match the FDA's official policy on gay potential blood donors.

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  • Re:blood donors (Score: 1) by Arik on Sunday June 12 2016, @11:12PM

    by Arik (4543) on Sunday June 12 2016, @11:12PM (#358943) Journal

    That doesn't appear to contain the wording we were discussing earlier about a committed relationship, in any form.
    
    Did I miss it?

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