September 15, 2024
Well: Another Win for the Cats and Geese
It appears that ANOTHER assassin has taken a shot at former President Trump.
The story is only two hours old, and I'm sure more information will come out. Here is a selection of news stories at the moment from the AP, Clown News Network, FAUX, the oldest newspaper in the country and Reuters . Megan Kelly is doing a live show on it as I type this I assume the link will still be good for the V.O.D.
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This is twice now that things have gone awry with secret service protection for the former president. This time it appears that they missed and the gunman escaped, though there is a report that a suspect has been arrested.
The gunman’s arrest was given a big boost by a bystander who spotted the suspect running out of the bushes and getting into a black Nissan, even photographing the man and reporting the sighting to law enforcement, who then blasted it out statewide leading to his arrest after a felony stop on I-95 a short time later.
Wow.
We are on perilous ground. I think that if/when Trump finally eats a bullet, (they can't all miss) the disenfranchised half of the country and especially the angry young men I alluded to in the previous post will react to their last ray of hope being plucked from their grasp....poorly.
A major segment of society firmly believes and not without some reason that the fix is in on them and their advocates. IF they come to believe that we cannot vote our way out of this mess, then the reaction will be dreadful.
The reaction to such a reaction will be brutal and totalitarian....and I firmly believe will be gleefully sadistic.
The times we find ourselves in are akin to the Roman Republic's Dénouement, the English and Spanish civil wars and a myriad of examples amongst out neighbors to the south. They are much more applicable to our current situation than the failed secession of the 1860's.
What we may be facing is far worse: a true civil war. And there are few things in the human experience that are more terrible.
There is still hope. But hope is not a plan. Start making preparations for a serious disruption of services...and worse.
Everyone stay safe.
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The most horrible aspect of a potential civil war is that unlike our first one, people are not clearly divided geographically. At first it will be impossible to know whom to shoot, and anyone with any brains will just hunker down and not signify anything.
Which to some people will be a sign of "guilt".
Which to some people will be a sign of "guilt".
Posted by: Mauser at Sun Sep 15 22:07:45 2024 (nk1Z+)
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Yeah. Absolutely. That's a real problem when people stop looking for converts and start looking for heretics.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Mon Sep 16 06:32:42 2024 (3NtfN)
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I heard a funny Russian joke today. Unfortunately, a lot of it is in its delivery. You have to shiver a little and say: "Haah, only two, three more assassination attempts on Trump, and it's New Year already!"
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Wed Sep 18 00:58:09 2024 (LZ7Bg)
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re: picking sides
My hope, based in what I read in the historical record of American culture, etc., is that IF we cannot avoid excitement, it will be fairly targeted, deliberate, and contained.
(Furthermore... Sotomayer is probably in contact with their genius leadership, and she thought ordering the Seals to kill specific people was a viable plan. We are also talking about people who openly say that they think it is a good and viable idea to order airstrikes on supply chains and maintenance locations that support airstrikes. IE, they are stupid enough that they might get themselves immediately arrested.)
Anyway, my repeating stuff would be boring, and not very timely. I'm still optimistic in several ways, and think we have a chance at avoiding any escalations of violence. I'm seeing a lot of little indicators (1) I interpret as heartening.
But, that and a fifty will buy a cup of coffee. No one should be trusting my word without any knowledge of my background or character, and sharing verifiable/testable arguments gets tedious. I also have analytical biases, and my attempts to keep my head clear may be turn out to be deliberate blindness on my part.
I dunno. We shall see.
(1) Forex, this time, the secret service detail may (2) have done their jobs correctly.
(2) I don't think I have reliable sources of information, and I also know that I personally have no skill in managing protective details.
My hope, based in what I read in the historical record of American culture, etc., is that IF we cannot avoid excitement, it will be fairly targeted, deliberate, and contained.
(Furthermore... Sotomayer is probably in contact with their genius leadership, and she thought ordering the Seals to kill specific people was a viable plan. We are also talking about people who openly say that they think it is a good and viable idea to order airstrikes on supply chains and maintenance locations that support airstrikes. IE, they are stupid enough that they might get themselves immediately arrested.)
Anyway, my repeating stuff would be boring, and not very timely. I'm still optimistic in several ways, and think we have a chance at avoiding any escalations of violence. I'm seeing a lot of little indicators (1) I interpret as heartening.
But, that and a fifty will buy a cup of coffee. No one should be trusting my word without any knowledge of my background or character, and sharing verifiable/testable arguments gets tedious. I also have analytical biases, and my attempts to keep my head clear may be turn out to be deliberate blindness on my part.
I dunno. We shall see.
(1) Forex, this time, the secret service detail may (2) have done their jobs correctly.
(2) I don't think I have reliable sources of information, and I also know that I personally have no skill in managing protective details.
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