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    Avatar photoEx RubyLight
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    “There is a man with a gun on the roof.”
    When was the last time I’ve heard that?

    #1701937
    homersimpson
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    “to hit the president (albeit his ear) from a distance of 130 yards would
    need a very advance shooter.”

    “Either by taking Crooks out or by moving the President.”

    He’s not President yet Big G & Ginge ;-)

    #1701940
    Avatar photoBigG
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    I think all ex presidents are still addressed as Mr President Homer or ex President.

    #1701941
    Avatar photoNathan Hughes
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    The lad was old enough to buy a gun but is too young to buy a beer… :wacko:

    The photo that Corky put up will become iconic..

    Blackbeard to conquer the World

    #1701944
    Avatar photoBigG
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    More info is coming to light. It seems that two law enforcement officers scaled
    a ladder to the top of the building the shooter was on. The lead officer was
    spotted by Crooks, who turned his rifle towards the officer. Michael T Slupe,
    the Butler County sheriff, said the officer was gripping the edge of the roof
    and could not reach his gun when Crooks aimed at him. “He lets go because he
    doesn’t want to get killed,” he told reporters.

    Shots were fired after this, which means that Crooks, knowing he had been spotted,
    gets back into a prone position, get as comfortable as you can, controls his breathing,
    never fire holding your breath, only fire when you exhale. All this takes a great deal
    of control, not to mention a reasonable time. Quick draw McGraw it isn’t. All this
    concentration when he knows the cops are climbing to the roof and the snipers would
    undoubtedly be informed. If he manages to do all this he has nerves of steel.

    Somebody is going to get this in the ass, and I still have reservations as to Crooks
    ability to get the shot away (130 yards) when he knows the authorities are all but
    on his butt.

    I wouldn’t be happy accepting all of this at face value. Im not saying things are not
    as said, but my nose says there is more to come.

    #1701947
    Avatar photoHe Didnt Like Ground
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    Big G you make it sound as if this kind of thing as happened to a President ( or wannabe President ) before ……. It’s as iffy as hell , let’s get down to basics how does anyone get anywhere near this rally with a rifle … Trump is making hay so won’t say anything now but down the line ….

    #1701948
    Avatar photoBigG
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    Agreed HDLG, Trump will lap this up, he’d be a fool not to. There are BIG questions
    to be answered down the line.

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    Avatar photoPurwell
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    There should have been officers on that roof.

    I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
    I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highways
    #1701960
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    Aren’t they saying that it was just glass from a damaged autocue that cut his ear? To think that someone who dodged conscription is now hailed as a hero when another man who died protecting his family is being ignored. Trump rally’s are like a form of mass hysteria. Billy Graham like. And the man chosen to be his vice president is as bad as Trump. A member of the National Conservatism movement ( isn’t that what Braverman is a member of, too?).

    #1701963
    Avatar photoEx RubyLight
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    I’m starting to believe less of the ‘official’ version. In fact I don’t believe a word they’re saying. The truth is a lot further away then we might think.

    #1701988
    Avatar photoBigG
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    It is indeed an iconic image Drone, it’s a one in a million chance that the photographer
    caught it in that precide moment. He’s onto a fortune for it. A good piece of journalism
    too.

    Without doubt there should have been officers on that roof. It gives a clear line of site
    to the podium.

    To be honest Moe, it wouldn’t make a lot of difference if it was glass, he still received
    injuries by being fired on. I don’t think that Corey Comperatore is being ignored, he’s being
    rightly hailed as a hero for protecting his family and thereby losing his life.

    #1702057
    Avatar photoGingertipster
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    Is Biden having Covid a sign of an announcement coming of:
    “Doctors advising Joe to step down as candidate”?

    As a way for him to bow out gracefully.

    Value Is Everything
    #1702058
    Avatar photoGingertipster
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    I’ve backed Harris and Mrs Obama to be the Democratic nominee.

    Value Is Everything
    #1702075
    Avatar photoBigG
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    It more than crossed my mind Ginge

    #1702105
    Blackcountry Kid
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    Although this isn’t directly about Trump it seems there’s a growing belief amongst some of his supporters that his youngest is destined for great things?
    How did this start and what’s it about?
    In 2017 internet users discovered coincidences between his son and a series of 100 year old children’s novels.Written in the 1890’s by Ingersoll Lockwood they tell of the magical adventures of a time travelling boy called Baron Trump who lives in Castle Trump and has a mentor named Don Fum.The cherry picked details have spawned conspiracy theories that Donald & Barron are time travellers and one day Barron become an ‘American Caesar’.
    When you consider QAnon is almost a religion to some citizens it isn’t hard to see why such things take root with extremist political commentators pushing them and we think we have problems?
    good luck to all

    #1702133
    Avatar photoBigG
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    I just read the piece in the Guardian Drone. Very well written and thought
    provoking piece.

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