This time next year, President Trump moves back into the Whitehouse...

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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 12:44 pm
"All men are created equal" - penned during a period when slavery was legal and commonplace :think:
"Land of the free"

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Guardian wrote:Trump might well win again – God help us if he does. If so, his victory will be due not only to the racial resentment of ageing white men, or to his weaponisation of culture wars or to algorithms and echo chambers, important as these factors are. It will also be the result of values embedded so deeply that we forget they are there.
After Brexit I hoped the Guardian might have learned that calling people names won't convince them to change their minds, this article is just to make their readers feel superior.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:07 am I knew about Garfield via the old BBC series Local Heroes. Something to do with early metal detector technology being used to try and find the bullet in him, but being confused by the springs of his bed.
That’s right - and it was Alexander Graham Bell that developed the metal detector. I think I read it in one of Bryson’s books.
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ZRX61 wrote: Sun Jul 14, 2024 11:40 pm
Horse wrote: Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:53 pm Also some 'confusion' in that those attending an event centred on a person supported by the NRA weren't allowed to bring guns.
SOP around the POTUS. When previous Presidents appeared on Leno's show all the staff are vetted, some were told not to show up at work on the day. I would imagine this is SOP for all chat shows etc.
You should have seen the shitshow when Obama came to Belfast, closed the entire bloody town down at rush hour, it was absolute fucking chaos.
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Florida documents case against Trump was just dismissed...
The Florida judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents trial dismissed the case against the former president Monday on the grounds that the appointment of and funding for special counsel Jack Smith was illegal.
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump nominee to the bench, said in her 93-page decision that Smith's appointment was "unlawful" and unconditional. "The clerk is directed to close this case," the judge wrote.
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Bigjawa wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 2:58 pm You should have seen the shitshow when Obama came to Belfast, closed the entire bloody town down at rush hour, it was absolute fucking chaos.
Same here when any POTUS or VP comes to LA. It's a total clusterfuck if AF1 lands at LAX as it interrupts everyone else's travel plans & work commute.
Not quite so bad when it lands at Burbank. I had an interesting interaction with Clintons SS there back in the day. Two of them walked into the hangar where I was working on an A26 that had replica .50's & rockets hanging on the wings... They about shit as Clinton's plane was right outside the door. Five minutes later they were both in the A26 cockpit acting like Wild Bill Kelso :lol: :lol:
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The USA is a 'union' of many different 'countries', ethnic groups, languages, cultures, religions, legal systems, ... The only common factor uniting the USA is the pursuit of wealth.
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irie wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 4:19 pm The only common factor uniting the USA is the pursuit of wealth.
irie IS George Monbiot. You read it here first...
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There loads of videos on x.com showing that Cops were alerted by multiple people about the shooter. No action was taken until the shots were fired at Trump. I find it extraordinary that he wasn't immediately removed from the stage and also that the shooter was watched getting into position and firing! WTaF!??

https://x.com/i/status/1812273630702952543

https://x.com/i/status/1812731727053488418
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Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 5:46 pm There loads of videos on x.com showing that Cops were alerted by multiple people about the shooter. No action was taken until the shots were fired at Trump. I find it extraordinary that he wasn't immediately removed from the stage and also that the shooter was watched getting into position and firing! WTaF!??

https://x.com/i/status/1812273630702952543

https://x.com/i/status/1812731727053488418
It does seem that the SS may have some competency questions to answer.
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Best of all.......he was a registered GOP member and not some delusional democrat!
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ZRX61 wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 3:03 pm Florida documents case against Trump was just dismissed...
I wonder who appointed that judge?

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 3:03 pm Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump nominee to the bench
Ah yes.
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The other victim's daughter pays tribute to her father. :(

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Slenver wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:38 pm
ZRX61 wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 3:03 pm Florida documents case against Trump was just dismissed...
I wonder who appointed that judge?

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 3:03 pm Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump nominee to the bench
Ah yes.
OMG! You mean a Judge followed the actual law? Maybe you think a Democrat appointed Judge would have violated Constitutional law?
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Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:44 pm The other victim's daughter pays tribute to her father. :(
The GoFundMe for her family & the 2(?) others that were injured is already over $3.7Million.

edit: $4,255,198
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Trump made a good decision for VP: J D Vance. Former Marine, Lawyer, articulate.
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ZRX61 wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 8:32 pm Trump made a good decision for VP: J D Vance. Former Marine, Lawyer, articulate.
Is he going to be the interpreter?
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Saw something about Robert Kennedy Jr "still" running for President. Don't know what that's all about ...
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Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 5:46 pm There loads of videos on x.com showing that Cops were alerted by multiple people about the shooter. No action was taken until the shots were fired at Trump. I find it extraordinary that he wasn't immediately removed from the stage and also that the shooter was watched getting into position and firing! WTaF!??
Two minutes before the shooting started. There was a coms issue due to different frequencies. What the cop who saw him on the roof with a rifle SHOULD have done is fire a couple of shots into the ground. That would have solved the coms issue instantly.