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| "Is it Republicans or Democrats playing?"; Shooting at baseball practice | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 14 2017, 04:38 AM (1,379 Views) | |
| George K | Jun 14 2017, 04:38 AM Post #1 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| George K | Jun 14 2017, 04:40 AM Post #2 |
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/alexandria-virginia-shooting/index.html |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| jon-nyc | Jun 14 2017, 04:50 AM Post #3 |
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Cheers
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Jesus. |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| John D'Oh | Jun 14 2017, 04:55 AM Post #4 |
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MAMIL
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Scary stuff. Glad he's relatively OK. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| kluurs | Jun 14 2017, 05:37 AM Post #5 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Amazing that more people weren't hurt or killed. |
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| Catlady | Jun 14 2017, 06:29 AM Post #6 |
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Junior Carp
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This happened less than five minutes from my house. Quite a scene (still is). Lots of helicopters and police cars. I was going to take mom to lunch at her favorite restaurant today,...but it's just a couple blocks away from where this happened. It'll wait. |
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| Copper | Jun 14 2017, 06:54 AM Post #7 |
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Shortstop
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Take away the Capitol Police and you have a field full of dead congressmen. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Copper | Jun 14 2017, 07:25 AM Post #8 |
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Shortstop
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/law-enforcement-officials-identify-shooter-at-congressional-ballgame-as-illinois-man/2017/06/14/ba6439f4-510f-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Improviso | Jun 14 2017, 07:27 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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His facebook page is blowing up. https://www.facebook.com/james.hodgkinson.568 Liberal Trump hater... |
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Identifying narcissists isn't difficult. Just look for the person who is constantly fishing for compliments and admiration while breaking down over even the slightest bit of criticism. We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences. | |
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| kluurs | Jun 14 2017, 07:37 AM Post #10 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Sounds like it was a very brave Capital policeman. This could have been a lot worse. |
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| Mikhailoh | Jun 14 2017, 08:04 AM Post #11 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I wonder if he will use the Julius Caesar defense and sue the theatre. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| brenda | Jun 14 2017, 08:23 AM Post #12 |
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Indeed. That was the apparent intent. |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| jon-nyc | Jun 14 2017, 08:32 AM Post #13 |
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Cheers
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Let's just hope it's not some other guy with the same name. |
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| George K | Jun 14 2017, 08:32 AM Post #14 |
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Apparently, the shooter is dead. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Catseye3 | Jun 14 2017, 08:40 AM Post #15 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Yes, from Trump's announcement. Here's a treatment from NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html?_r=0 Reports are still pretty scrambled, it appears, but does it not seem that security was pretty thin while the game was going on? Everyone had to await DC police arrival? Guess we'll learn more in the next days. |
| Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands. | |
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| Rainman | Jun 14 2017, 10:35 AM Post #16 |
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Good thing there was not a coordinated attack by jihadists that could shoot. How in the world was there no security, except for the whip's security detail and a couple of DC cops (from what I've heard so far)? What an opportunity to kill legislators, and no one thought about it beforehand? An open field. Perfect. Ducks in a shooting gallery. One guy said (joking) "should have had Chris Christie there, would have blocked all the bullets -- but then they couldn't have played baseball as all the balls would have gone into orbit around Christie while he munches on another bag of Doritos." |
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| Catseye3 | Jun 14 2017, 10:40 AM Post #17 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Wow. Mr. Sensitive. |
| Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands. | |
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| Copper | Jun 14 2017, 10:53 AM Post #18 |
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Shortstop
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Since it has never happened before there isn't much to think about. We are already way over the limit with personal security for government employees. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Catseye3 | Jun 14 2017, 10:57 AM Post #19 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Well, except for today, in Alexandria, Virginia. |
| Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands. | |
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| Jolly | Jun 14 2017, 11:22 AM Post #20 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Just another Trump-hater helping cleanse the country of the Demon Republicans... |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Jolly | Jun 14 2017, 11:38 AM Post #21 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/337782-gop-rep-received-threatening-email-with-subject-line-one-down-216-to-go-after |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Rainman | Jun 14 2017, 11:39 AM Post #22 |
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Fulla-Carp
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The talking heads keep repeating "Bernie Sanders supporter" and then his name. No. He was a nut. Doesn't matter who he supported, obviously. But it is interesting to conjecture how the reporting would change, if he were a "Hillary Clinton supporter" or "Democrat supporting" or "Muslim" or "Tea Party" etc. etc. Part of the problem is that the talking heads are on 24/7, and spend their time having to say something, even if it is rambling on about whatever before the next commercial. That, is a contribution to the current Fake News, as the ramblings of "what I think" begin to be treated as fact via repetition. He was a nut. Period. Whoa!! Wait a sec! Maybe the shooter was actually a Russian spy, hired by Trump before the election, but due to a language barrier went to the wrong baseball practice? hmmmmm. I think I'm on to something. |
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| Catseye3 | Jun 14 2017, 11:54 AM Post #23 |
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That's probably it. You should call WaPo. They'd slurp that up like candy.Or what about this? He's a Trump lover who believes the Republicans are doing his hero dirt! Or no, wait, he's a Trump hater who hates Republicans because these ballplayers put Trump in office! Or no, wait, he's the actual guy who stopped the fan in the parking lot to ask which party was playing, and since he was armed at the time and didn't have the wits to learn this beforehand, either because he was a reeaallly poor planner or because he hated all politicians for FUBARing the country, he didn't care who he shot! He had the gun already! See? Or no, wait! He hated Scalise for not helping him with his veterans benefits, and the other casualties were cover. Or wait, he was completely disassociated from reality and thought he was killing zombies. Why would he do this? See Rainman's post! He was a nut! Now a dead nut. ETA: And also, thank god, a lousy shot. Edited by Catseye3, Jun 14 2017, 12:11 PM.
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| Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands. | |
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| Improviso | Jun 14 2017, 11:56 AM Post #24 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Nope... that was him. He also had a second page that blew up too. |
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Identifying narcissists isn't difficult. Just look for the person who is constantly fishing for compliments and admiration while breaking down over even the slightest bit of criticism. We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences. | |
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| John D'Oh | Jun 14 2017, 11:58 AM Post #25 |
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MAMIL
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The thing that struck me when I looked on his FB page was a photo of a child - presumably his grand daughter. Poor kid. |
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That's probably it. You should call WaPo. They'd slurp that up like candy.
4:41 PM Jul 10