There's literally nothing anymore on which pundits don't immediately resort to spin.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 14/07/2024 06:20:45 PM
Well, nothing except nuclear war. Maybe.
View original postTwo words. Hanlon's razor. How well was the protective detail designed when the tapes show a female SS agent several inches shorter than the 6 foot 2 inch President trying to shield his body with hers? As to the failure to secure a rooftop with sight lines and the hesitation before killing the shooter, incompetence is the much simpler explanation. That and perhaps short staffing. (see what I did there) The campaign has apparently requested a larger detail with those requests having been denied. Up till now, at least. Also a conspiracy would require a shooter skilled enough to wound the President but not kill him being totally cool with getting his own head blown off for the cause.
Agreed about Hanlon's razor. The claim about the larger detail having been refused has been promptly denied by the Biden administration - time will tell if it's true or not, I suppose.
View original postLast, my personal hot takes. This may have sealed the election. The screen shot of a bloody Trump pushing back at his detail to pump his fist at the crowd is already everywhere. Trump now has even more street cred. There are already hip hop tracks on Tick Tock praising the OG President.
I think it's still too early to call the election, but indeed he already had the advantage and this is likely to boost him at least a little.
A few thoughts about the attempted assassination yesterday
- 14/07/2024 03:27:35 PM
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There's literally nothing anymore on which pundits don't immediately resort to spin.
- 14/07/2024 06:20:45 PM
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Spin is literally how our brain creates Cognition
- 14/07/2024 07:22:27 PM
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new info from the AP, god this is dark
- 14/07/2024 08:16:01 PM
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if this is true, that cop's career is over
- 14/07/2024 08:26:55 PM
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Mind you, might still have saved Trump's life all the same if he made him rush the shot... *NM*
- 14/07/2024 09:33:26 PM
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Re: Mind you, might still have saved Trump's life all the same if he made him rush the shot...
- 14/07/2024 10:47:40 PM
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IDK, I think most departments would instruct cops to seek cover, rather than try to draw
- 15/07/2024 03:35:42 AM
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The statements coming from director of the Secret Service, Kimberly A. Cheatle are ...
- 16/07/2024 07:18:13 PM
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So like it will be 100 hours in half a sleep
- 17/07/2024 07:40:28 PM
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I think that's true of corporate media...
- 22/07/2024 03:47:47 PM
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This one's interesting to parse (conspiratorially speaking)
- 19/07/2024 07:30:39 AM
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Re: This one's interesting to parse (conspiratorially speaking)
- 19/07/2024 03:01:22 PM
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he does have social media
- 19/07/2024 09:11:04 PM
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So what happened with the hearing today?
- 22/07/2024 08:57:43 PM
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Re: So what happened with the hearing today?
- 22/07/2024 10:37:18 PM
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Get rich or DEI tryin'
- 22/07/2024 11:18:17 PM
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Live and Let DEI*NM*
- 23/07/2024 12:20:12 AM
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horrible movie, decent song
- 23/07/2024 12:51:45 AM
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Wings or Roses?*NM*
- 23/07/2024 01:30:02 AM
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I was thinking the 70s Paul McCartney / Wings version … but either works
- 23/07/2024 02:01:24 AM
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