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Was Colbert new tonight? If so, Kristin Ritter had a really unfortunate line about "Marvel snipers" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 00:23 3
- Ah, apparently it's been a running joke about marvel secrecy for some time -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 00:30
- reruns this week -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 00:26 1
  - K, good. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 00:28
heh/ouch, theranos CEO (really all owners/operators) banned from owning a lab. nm but: -- (link*) - b! Jul 8, 00:22
When he gets that gun back, he should auction it off. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 00:08
5th officer is reported to have died -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 23:47 2
- link -- (link*) - budice Jul 7, 23:52 1
  - Last suspect "shot numerous times" -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 8, 00:01
Police might soon gain the ability to shut your video camera off with an apple ap meant to prevent copyright material being recorded (says aclu) -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 7, 23:42
The black guy with the AR-15 that the police tweeted out as a "person of interest" is the brother of the march organizer - TWuG Jul 7, 23:28 9
- I saw this (link) earlier about it. unfortunately, it took a long time for mms/tv to drop him as a poi; and his photo is still out - b! Jul 8, 00:06
- that's almost old news, except to the usual ugly comments on twitter (literally calling for his lynching) - zeitgeist Jul 7, 23:34 7
  - Which is all bullshit, because Texas is an open carry state and he had every right to do what he was doing. - Beryllium Jul 7, 23:37 6
    - I've got the right to be a jackass but shouldn't exercise it - zork Jul 7, 23:48 5
      - Though there is some actual reason for doing it in this case, seeing what happened in Philonda Castile's case.H - . Jul 8, 00:03 3
        
        That's true, it does kind of tie in. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 00:04 2
        
        fwiw, I disagree. bringing a gun to a demonstration in a city where there's been strong and successful efforts to make things -- (edited) - b! Jul 8, 00:19 1
        
        You know no better than I why he did. I'm suggesting a reason he might have, given the one instance and the state he lives in. - . Jul 8, 01:38
      - He'll probably be interviewed at length about his reasoning. Given the shit that went down, I'm very happy about how smoothly his exchange went. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 23:50
Trevor Noah does TDS proud with his piece tonight. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 23:09
Well, fuck, that's depressing. Sister of a civilian shot in the leg is saying essentially that these rallies make good targets and people should - TWuG Jul 7, 22:52
Update: I'm on the plane. Still 30 minutes to push back. NM - howie Jul 7, 22:39
"This suspect we've been negotiating with for the past 45 minutes has been exchanging gunfire and not been very cooperative..." - Chief Brown live now -- nm - Max Jul 7, 22:35 6
- And apparently is talking about "the end" coming. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 22:39 4
  - sounds like a 'christianist terrorist" which oddly enough is almost a relief because I was worried this would be jihadist - zeitgeist Jul 7, 23:12 2
    - Classy. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 04:09
    - Could be Nation of Islam or other non-Christian followers -- nm - zork Jul 7, 23:17
  - the bombs part of that is extra scary. I read airspace over the area has been restricted, probably related. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jul 7, 22:51
- "Be a friend..." -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 22:36
Gunman at Portland protest nabbed by police in two minutes.... -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 22:21 2
- and he's a Trump supporter.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 7, 22:23 1
  - it wasn't spared by chance, it was the people who went towards him and talked to him. it reads to me like he has some - b! Jul 7, 22:28
I legitimately forgot for a few minutes what other sniping incident people were saying Dallas was remembered for. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 22:17 7
- Austin, but there was a sniper incident at U of Texas in 1966 -- (link) - zork Jul 7, 22:51 6
  - wasn't that the first mass murder? before 'going postal' there was gonna go climb a clock tower -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 22:56
  - JFK, a couple blocks away from this scene -- nm - gerald Jul 7, 22:53 4
    - Ding ding ding -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 22:54 3
      - I really didn't think I needed to mention that one -- nm - zork Jul 7, 22:57 2
        
        That's why I was surprised I'd forgotten -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 22:59 1
        
        I was looking at Chris when I typed that - zork Jul 7, 23:14
Archer cast live on a yacht at Comic Con. Want to join them? -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 7, 22:14 1
- who wants to go to ComicCon, and not go to ComicCon? :)))) -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 7, 22:50
Dallas has a commendable Police Force...they're policing right.... - Remlik Jul 7, 22:13 2
- the top photo of this, cover of tomorrow's "dallas morning news" got me. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jul 7, 22:43 1
  - that's a DART officer in that photo, one of those killed was a fellow officer. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jul 8, 00:11
Damn, just watched a video of a cop getting shot in the back by one of the snipers - amoxy Jul 7, 22:11
various news outlets are saying that both suspects are in custody..DP twitter -- (link) - Remlik Jul 7, 22:09 1
- chief thinks there may have been four people working together. (ed. I see now 3 in custody, plus the 1 above.) nm but: -- (link*) - b! Jul 7, 22:45
My turn. I'm at LAX. 60 minutes from boarding the Redeye. - howie Jul 7, 22:04 6
- Is your plane there or inbound? And how are things at your destination airport? -- nm - Meg Jul 7, 22:09 3
  - Not sure if it's here. They say we're on time. Going to DC, then up to Boston. NM - howie Jul 7, 22:13 2
    - To find your wooden leg? -- nm - Divs Jul 8, 05:28
    - Radar looks good back there right now. Safe travels. -- nm - Meg Jul 7, 22:19
- have a safe flight, and if it is to Tiawan, it will be cancelled due to a super-typhoon -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 7, 22:09 1
  - Going the other direction. Still might rain on me. NM - howie Jul 7, 22:10
the REAL Joe Walsh -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 7, 21:43 [youtube]
Latest update. -- (link) - GregW Jul 7, 21:39
I really wish the worst thing I saw tonight was that Nine Lives ad. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 7, 21:32
Joe Walsh former Republican Congressman - Of Course he blamed Obama -- (link) - amoxy Jul 7, 21:29 10
- Further from Joe Walsh: This is now war. Watch out Obama. Watch out black lives matter punks. Real America is coming after you -- (link) - amoxy Jul 7, 21:43 8
  - Damn, it has been taken down -- nm - amoxy Jul 7, 21:45 7
    - thanks, political correctness -- nm - gerald Jul 7, 21:51
    - His feed is still rather batshit, though. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 21:46 5
      - Interesting that that one tweet was taken down but not the rest of the crazy -- nm - amoxy Jul 7, 21:47 4
        
        Well, the treason... -- nm - David Jul 7, 22:01 2
        
        if Nugent hasn't go to jail yet for doing the same thing this clown won't either. -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 22:08 1
        
        Freedom of speech :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 7, 22:10
        
        Well, it's not a stretch to see that as a direct threat on the President's life. I hope the Secret Service pays him a visit. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 21:48
- He blamed me too, looks like. -- nm - Volnelk, liberal. Jul 7, 21:30
Photo of the person of interest in Dallas...as the shots were going off.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 7, 21:26 7
- complying while black -- nm - gerald Jul 7, 21:30 3
  - eh, I mean it's rational to wonder if the guy carrying a rifle near a place where people are getting shot with a rifle has anything to do with it - Reagen Jul 7, 21:37 2
    - And to put another nail in the NRA argument, if he *was* a good guy, he was completely ineffective at stopping this. - TWuG Jul 7, 21:40 1
      - i just meant that, especially given the context of this event, police should probably think twice before tweeting that kind of thing in the heat of - gerald Jul 7, 21:42
- video -- (link) - Remlik Jul 7, 21:28 2
  - Fox saying the person of interest has turned himself in. -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 21:31 1
    - 2nd suspect in shootout with DPD, in custody. Device found where 2nd person was taken. -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 21:35
Reporting one in custody, other barricaded. -- nm - GregW Jul 7, 21:23
Be safe Dallas STers -- nm - budice Jul 7, 21:21
I am not looking forward to the bluelivesmatter stuff this is going to inspire. Nothing quite misses the point like - TWuG Jul 7, 21:19 2
- Cop cousin was silent on yesterday's news. Changed his FB photo as soon as this news broke. -- nm - Tim Jul 7, 21:21 1
  - This'll be the day I end up unfriending a couple people who insist on missing the point regularly. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 21:23
Ohio is an open carry state. They will be carrying at the RNC -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 21:19 4
- The secret service has already said there will be no guns allowed. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 21:22 3
  - Not in the convention center, and maube not on the surrounding streets, but in that area, you can bet there will be - TWuG Jul 7, 21:24 2
    - I guess but not at the RNC. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 21:27
    - this. -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 21:26
I had seven slices of pizza, but I'm still hungry. All it did was make me tired. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 21:18
brother of open carry dude said it was unloaded, and surrendered when confronted by a policeman MSNBC -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 21:17 3
- CBS news Reporters repeating that story... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 7, 21:21
- I hope he's not the guy. He looked pretty happy in that one pic. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 21:19 1
  - There are now multiple pics on Twitter of him while the shooting is occuring. It wasn't him. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 7, 21:22
4th dead now -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 21:15
What scares me is the reports of snipers...more than one sniper. That is coordination. - amoxy Jul 7, 21:06 8
- Maybe it was caused by a YouTube video? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 04:11
- I just woke up. We're the snipers targeting the police or the protesters? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 21:09 6
  - They were shooting at both. And police were protecting the protestors. Police were in the mix - Remlik Jul 7, 21:12 2
    - Fox now reporting 4 police officers have died. No suspects in custody. earlier report was wrong. -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 21:15 1
      - Yeah. It's going to get worse. Officers in surgery and in critical condition. Hope it stays at 4. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 7, 21:17
  - Target police. 11 shot, 3 dead. Not sure if that's 11 total or 14 total. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 21:10 1
    - I'm hearing 11 -- nm - zork Jul 7, 21:10
  - police, 3 dead 10 wounded -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 21:09
A "person of interest" was at the rally openly carrying a rifle. This is why open carry/concealed carry sucks. You can't tell the bad guys from the - TWuG Jul 7, 21:03 8
- doh, here's a video of the guy walking around on a street corner after shots were fired -- (link) - Max Jul 7, 21:20 3
  - Is it the guy at the end with his hands up? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 21:23 2
    - At 20 seconds, camo top right in front/center of the screen. -- nm - Max Jul 7, 21:25
    - he walks through frame at 19 seconds. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 21:25
- I am guessing this is the "Person of Interest". And it is his perfectly legal right to carry that gun in Texas -- (link) - amoxy Jul 7, 21:12 1
  - Yes, that's the photo I saw. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 21:14
- sadly, we could have 30 snipers at a NRA convention and no laws will change :( -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 7, 21:08
- And a suspect is cornered and negotiators are working on getting him to surrender. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 21:06
THousands marching in Oakland....as they shut down lanes of the highway... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 7, 20:48
Live feed on MSNBC -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 20:40
Third night this week I've wanted to go to bed crying. What the hell is going on. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 7, 20:40
Disney is going to air the entirety of High School Musical - dubbed by Bad Lip Reading -- (link) - Reagen Jul 7, 20:36 1
- that's fantastic -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 20:40
This Dallas story is getting worse. I've been channel surfing from when it started and one network has been way ahead. - zunk Jul 7, 20:28 17
- Here's a different vantage point/audio of the shots -- (link) - Max Jul 7, 20:46 1
  - holy shit. Yeah, that's more than 20 shots. -- nm - mud Jul 7, 20:50
- Honestly it was a matter of time and I'm surprised it took this long - iSpam Jul 7, 20:36 3
  - and there's zero chance this makes things worse! -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 20:37 2
    - Of course but if the police keep killing them and they don't see any signs of change you're guaranteed - Krusty Jul 7, 20:54
    - Oh it will. I didn't say it wouldn't. - iSpam Jul 7, 20:39
- 2 snipers. 10 officers shot. 3 dead so far. -- nm - GregW Jul 7, 20:32 10
  - One of the dead was a DART officer. -- nm - GregW Jul 7, 20:36
  - Guys this is bad. This is really bad. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 7, 20:35 8
    - America is armed to the teeth and racing headlong for the tipping point. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 20:44 7
      - This is exactly the situation I think of when people argue for conceal carry shooters all over. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jul 7, 20:48
      - And it's probably going to get Trump elected. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 20:45 5
        
        Depends on who did it. -- nm - . Jul 7, 20:48 4
        
        Mexicans, obviously -- nm - zork Jul 7, 21:10
        
        I suppose if the cops were acting as human shields to protect the protestors from nazi snipers, sure. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 21:04 2
        
        There are white guys who hate cops and wouldn't mind fomenting some racial hatred. - . Jul 7, 21:11 1
        
        Charles Manson, etc. -- nm - zork Jul 7, 21:12
I just saw a commercial for Nine Lives. Holy. Shit. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 7, 20:17 6
- Who "stars" in that? Tim Allen? -- nm - . Jul 7, 20:22 5
  - Kevin Spacey plays the out of touch dad that Walken turns into a cat so he can learn to be a better father. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 7, 20:26 4
    - Are you sure this isn't an SNL sketch? - . Jul 7, 20:28 1
      - Visual evidence -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 7, 20:32 [youtube]
    - directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 20:28 1
      - This whole thing sounds like someone's got major blackmail material on at least two of these guys. - . Jul 7, 20:32
the lighter side of gun violence (thanks Bery) -- (link) - Max Jul 7, 20:15 1
- hey, Highland Avenue -- nm - gerald Jul 7, 20:18
things that might be fun: illicitly swimming in my weekend only neighbors fancy pool...nm - x Jul 7, 20:09 4
- have fun RDJ! -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 20:14
- Stickin' it to the man! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 20:11
- the neighbors with the awesome dog? -- nm - gerald Jul 7, 20:11 1
  - no. those neighbors are so dumb they just have a dog...nm - x Jul 7, 20:12
Qale, I don't blame you. Literally none of what's happening matters until the draft. -- nm - Tim Jul 7, 20:07
Has anyone ever clicked on the "We'd like you to rate our website" popups? - Reagen Jul 7, 20:05 1
- One, in hopes if would make it go away. It just wanted me to download the game I was already playing. -- nm - . Jul 7, 20:27
Departed: 10:02pm - iSpam Jul 7, 20:04 2
- My hotel is next to a casino. I should just go over there for the night instead, right? -- nm - iSpam Jul 7, 20:32
- aren't we all, man. aren't we all...nm - x Jul 7, 20:11

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