Fuck Trump and here's why.

[Sputnik]

Too early to tell, but the bastard may have been shot and bloodied a bit. Regardless, they say he’s okay.

[Flying Saucerian]

I think we all need to wait for more information before commenting.

Some people are already crying "Fake!" but we should wait. If it isn't, that's a terrible thing to do.

[wring]

yes, it's terrible. he will market the shit outta this and garner some sympathy.

[Sputnik]

I wonder how trumpy feels about gun control now?

[kirin]

We're headed for dictatorship.

This country is done. Enjoy what's left of it while it lasts because on January 20, 2025, we're living in a new "republic".

[kirin]

Originally Posted by wring

yes, it's terrible. he will market the shit outta this and garner some sympathy.

How do you run against him now? He got shot. Bleeding from the ear. One of his supporters dead. If Biden (or whoever the hell the nominee is) goes on a tirade, his defenders (and no doubt the dipshit media) will go on the counter-offensive and claim that Biden's 'raising the temperature'.

We're fucked, my dood. Trump is going to get elected, and once he does he's going to ignore the constitution and the Supreme Court won't do shit to stop him. They won't be able to.

[kirin]

Vivek Ramaswamy on X:
First they sued him. Then they prosecuted him. Then they tried to take him off the ballot. The only thing more tragic than what just happened is that, if we’re being honest, it wasn’t totally a shock. Biden’s inevitable ritual condemnation of political violence today (when it comes) will be insufficient and irrelevant. No amount of verbiage today changes the toxic national climate that led to this tragedy.

Others, including a sitting Congressman from Georgia, suggesting Biden's SS deliberately left MAGA man vulnerable, that he ordered a hit. I mean, it's over.

But it was always going to be this way.

[kirin]

This incident has changed Trump's personality. I guarantee it. Trump may have been a con-man, a felon, a bully before now. But he wasn't a murderer.

Now? He's going to become a murderer. He's tasted his own blood. This is going to be a transformative experience. He's going to set up this 'illegal immigrant' detention camps and he's going to throw people in them, and not just 'illegals'. He's going to invoke his presidential powers to violently put down protests.

This nation is cooked.

[kirin]

NM

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by kirin

We're headed for dictatorship.

This country is done. Enjoy what's left of it while it lasts because on January 20, 2025, we're living in a new "republic".

Oh, shut the fuck up, you stupid motherfucker...

[kirin]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

Oh, shut the fuck up, you stupid motherfucker...

Nope. It is you all, collectively, who are the stupid ones.

My child, one day, you will see. That day is approaching.

[kirin]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

Oh, shut the fuck up, you stupid motherfucker...

This you? lol

[Sputnik]

Please don’t quote that half-wit alky. Just block him like everyone else.

[Flying Saucerian]

Well, the news is back to 24-7 'BIDEN IS OLLLLLD! HE'S OLDOLDOLDOLDOLD! AAAAIIIIIEEE!' So we seem to have moved on

[BrickaBracka]

Either Lee Harvey Oswald was a true god-tier marksman, or I'm even more convinced he didn't do it.

Since the Cheeto Fuhrer was a stationary target in clear blue skies, not even moving that much, with a shooter prone and elevated ... this guy couldn't hit the mark.

Just one more thing Gen-Z sucks at.

[Sputnik]

Lee Oswald was an ex-Marine. They are all well schooled in the art of marksmanship.
Trumpy’s shooter was just some kid with a gun.

[BrickaBracka]

Welp...

[mjmlabs]

Re: marksmanship, from The Independent:

Trump’s attempted assassin was rejected from school gun club because he was a ‘bad shooter’

pull quote:

“He didn’t just not make the team, he was asked not to come back because how bad of a shot he was, it was considered like, dangerous,” said [some kid], who went to both elementary and high school with [the shooter].

A member of the rifle team, who wished to remain anonymous, also told the network that [the shooter] “shot terribly” and “wasn’t really fit for the rifle team”.

[BrickaBracka]

security theater is really getting laid bare here.

1 of two things is true:

A) the shooter was somehow "allowed" to do what he did, by parties known or unknown...

B) the shooter got into position very slowly, despite being seen by dozens of people, despite having law enforcement warned about it, the shooter had time to take aim, and fire several times, even as a terrible shot - because "security" is an illusion. a fiction we all tell ourselves.



i'm willing to bet the magats are going to lean hard on the "it was a conspiracy" theory

[Sputnik]

He was shooting at a target (latest report) about 400 feet away with an assault rifle and iron sights. (Standard sights). Either .223 or .30 cal my guess. Hitting old blubber butt in the ear isn’t a bad result. If trumpy had turned his head results would be different. Anyway, maybe trumpy will get it that he’s not more popular than god now.

[Iori_Yagami]

Did someone just get free piercing?

One half chanting: why why why did he shoot?
And other: why why why did he miss?


At such age, a heart attack might be the final blow, but I guess he's a bit younger than other candidate. Joe might have not survived that type of excitement.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by BrickaBracka

Either Lee Harvey Oswald was a true god-tier marksman, or I'm even more convinced he didn't do it.

That was a trivially easy shot. It was 88 yards. Literally the distance between my mother's bedroom window and the tree-line across my neigbor's yard, and just a few yards over the line for the trailer park next to him. Plus, Oswald was a US Marine trained, marksman-qualified, ex-military shot. Although the target was moving, the direction and speed it was going was about the easiest moving target there is. Rate-of-change of the target location and distance was practically zero in the time he took to take those shots. The amazing thing is not that he hit twice. The amazing thing is that he actually managed to miss the first one. People who say it was an impossibly difficult shot, either don't know how to shoot, or don't understand how close that shot was, nor what direction the target was moving, relative to Oswald.

I could have done that with my best .22 pellet rifle (none of the others have that much range), And I'm not ex-military, nor trained by anyone. I only learned by growing up, entirely self-trained (my father never taught me a damn thing about shooting, not even safety rules. I had to learn those on my own, too.) bagging rabbits, blackbirds, and squirrels stealing from our garden, with a pellet gun. Nowadays, I could also easily do it with my .44mag carbine. Which would have killed him on the first hit. And would have fucked up Connelly pretty badly, too, after it went through Kennedy's neck.

ETA: I could easily have kiled a squirrel at that range, under those conditions with my Gamo .22 pellet rifle, previously mentioned. Either you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, or I'm a 'god-level marksman', here. I know which way I would bet. And it wouldn't be on me, here.

[kirin]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

That was a trivially easy shot. It was 88 yards. Literally the distance between my mother's bedroom window and the tree-line across my neigbor's yard, and just a few yards over the line for the trailer park next to him. Plus, Oswald was a US Marine trained, marksman-qualified, ex-military shot. Although the target was moving, the direction and speed it was going was about the easiest moving target there is. Rate-of-change of the target location and distance was practically zero in the time he took to take those shots. The amazing thing is not that he hit twice. The amazing thing is that he actually managed to miss the first one. People who say it was an impossibly difficult shot, either don't know how to shoot, or don't understand how close that shot was, nor what direction the target was moving, relative to Oswald.

I could have done that with my best .22 pellet rifle (none of the others have that much range), And I'm not ex-military, nor trained by anyone. I only learned by growing up, entirely self-trained (my father never taught me a damn thing about shooting, not even safety rules. I had to learn those on my own, too.) bagging rabbits, blackbirds, and squirrels stealing from our garden, with a pellet gun. Nowadays, I could also easily do it with my .44mag carbine. Which would have killed him on the first hit. And would have fucked up Connelly pretty badly, too, after it went through Kennedy's neck.

ETA: I could easily have kiled a squirrel at that range, under those conditions with my Gamo .22 pellet rifle, previously mentioned. Either you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, or I'm a 'god-level marksman', here. I know which way I would bet. And it wouldn't be on me, here.

[running coach]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

That was a trivially easy shot. It was 88 yards.

Willie Mays could have hit Oswald with a at that distance.

[kirin]

https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/...661572?lang=en

“Lesson 1. Do not obey in advance.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/media...ion/index.html

MSNBC will not air “Morning Joe,” its celebrated politics roundtable program, on Monday, opting to instead air continued breaking news coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Pretty sure the media are doing just that: obeying in advance.

Prepare for dictatorship.

[Flying Squid with Goggles]

If you are on Bluesky and you don't already follow golikehellmachine, he's an essential follow:



We would all benefit from recalling that JD Vance is the stunted fascist dipshit that he is because he is fundamentally afraid of a world where a hispanic man can do everything a white man can do, or a woman can say no to him with no fear of consequences. Trump doesn't believe in shit, but he preys upon the fears of white evangelicals and real estate agents that the world of the future will have more equality and less economic predation to get votes.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by kirin

https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/...661572?lang=en

“Lesson 1. Do not obey in advance.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/media...ion/index.html

Pretty sure the media are doing just that: obeying in advance.

Prepare for dictatorship.

Umm... what???

That didn't make a lick of sense. But then, that's par-for-the-course, from you.

[What Exit?]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

...

Umm... what???

That didn't make a lick of sense. But then, that's par-for-the-course, from you.

Please don't quote him.
Thank you

[Sputnik]

Looks like Vance was willing to sell his soul to the devil. He joined the cult of MAGA repugs, undoubtedly dreaming of one day being emperor like ole earshot thinks he is.

Question: What did the secret service agent say when that shot rang out?
Answer: Donald Duck.

[Rat Diva]

Originally Posted by running coach

Willie Mays could have hit Oswald with a at that distance.

Hell, Johan Rohas got socked in the forearm with a pitch last week and was on the ground in agony. All we need is a major league pitcher with a grudge.

Of course even a fastball couldn't crack TRE45ON's skull and he's built like a balloon full of lard so it would just bounce off the rest of him...

[BrickaBracka]

Originally Posted by Flying Squid with Goggles

If you are on Bluesky and you don't already follow golikehellmachine, he's an essential follow:



We would all benefit from recalling that JD Vance is the stunted fascist dipshit that he is because he is fundamentally afraid of a world where a hispanic man can do everything a white man can do, or a woman can say no to him with no fear of consequences. Trump doesn't believe in shit, but he preys upon the fears of white evangelicals and real estate agents that the world of the future will have more equality and less economic predation to get votes.

I'm having a hard time parsing most of that screed. It seems to be vaguely anti-oldwhitemaninpower? But I'm not sure. I'm just not up on the lingo of modern rage I suppose.

[kirin]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

Umm... what???

That didn't make a lick of sense. But then, that's par-for-the-course, from you.

Alky, stop. Just stop. You're hurting yourself.

[C2H5OH]

That looks more like your posting. Put the Kirin down and sit the fuck down...

[Rat Diva]

The flag at our building is at half staff because of the unfortunately failed assassination attempt. My comment was "too bad it didn't succeed, cause then he'd get the flag at half staff for a whole month." The cop who told me about the flag looked fit to die.

ETA meant to post this in the death pool thread, but it's appropriate here, too.

[Sputnik]

Apparently Iran is threatening to assassinate old blubberbutt. Normally I hope Iran fails at what they do, but on occasion I wish them best of luck.

[Solfy]

Originally Posted by Rat Diva

The flag at our building is at half staff because of the unfortunately failed assassination attempt. My comment was "too bad it didn't succeed, cause then he'd get the flag at half staff for a whole month." The cop who told me about the flag looked fit to die.

The flag at our county park amphitheater was also at half staff Sunday. I pointed out that if they lowered the flag every time there was a public shooting the flags would never fly at full staff. We're over 302 so far for 2024, but apparently regular civilian deaths are fine.

[Zeener Diode]

Originally Posted by Solfy

The flag at our county park amphitheater was also at half staff Sunday. I pointed out that if they lowered the flag every time there was a public shooting the flags would never fly at full staff. We're over 302 so far for 2024, but apparently regular civilian deaths, including children, are fine.

ftfy (with a heavy heart)

[Rat Diva]

Originally Posted by Sputnik

Apparently Iran is threatening to assassinate old blubberbutt. Normally I hope Iran fails at what they do, but on occasion I wish them best of luck.

If Putin decided that Dolt 45 had outlived his usefulness, it would be the one admirable thing he's ever done.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by Sputnik

Too early to tell, but the bastard may have been shot and bloodied a bit. Regardless, they say he’s okay.

That ship sailed years ago...

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by Rat Diva

If Putin decided that Dolt 45 had outlived his usefulness, it would be the one admirable thing he's ever done.

How you can tell Putin wasn't involved: No radioactive or nerve agents were detected in the area. Only plain old bullets. And the 'target' was barely scratched with one of them. And the shooter died.

[Flying Saucerian]

A bit of speculation: Anyone else suspect Vance took the VP position with the hope Trump wouldn't last much longer and the thought perhaps he could make sure he didn't last much longer?

[Sputnik]

Maybe Vance is our man to slip trumpy a couple of hits of LSD and convince him he can fly from the fifth floor balcony.

[Flying Saucerian]

Meanwhile, Biden has been diagnosed with Covid and has to Quarantine.

Okay, can ONE THING work out well for Our Side? Just ONE?

[kirin]

Originally Posted by Sputnik

Maybe Vance is our man to slip trumpy a couple of hits of LSD and convince him he can fly from the fifth floor balcony.

The Republican party doesn't go back to being its old self once Trump is out of the way.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by Sputnik

Maybe Vance is our man to slip trumpy a couple of hits of LSD and convince him he can fly from the fifth floor balcony.

Do the Russians ever test anyone who 'accidentally' fell out a window' for LSD?

Putin: "Asking for a friend..."

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by kirin

The Republican party doesn't go back to being its old self once Trump is out of the way.

Hoist another Kirin. You seem to be getting a bit dry, there...

[kirin]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

Hoist another Kirin. You seem to be getting a bit dry, there...

SIR, YES SIR!

[Sputnik]

Alky, people have asked you nicely not to quote him. It’s because everyone has him blocked and his post shows when quoted. You can respond if you choose, but please, don’t quote him.

Thank you.

[kirin]

Originally Posted by Sputnik

Alky, people have asked you nicely not to quote him. It’s because everyone has him blocked and his post shows when quoted. You can respond if you choose, but please, don’t quote him.

Thank you.

Yeah, like c'mon, Alky, we're in junior high school, and we block the kids who aren't like totally kewwwwwl.

p.s. I know you don't have me on ignore, ye cunt.

[Flying Saucerian]

I understand they've recovered the kid's iPhone and found stuff on Trump, Biden, and several other politicians. So it seems he just wanted to shoot a high-profile political figure and Trump happened to be in town.

I'm guessing it was some sort of 'manly man' thing.