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The beltway sniper used an AR configured for sniper shots -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:30 2
- Thought is pretty much standard.223. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:32 1
  - What makes it so popular is the complete interchangeability. Change barrels, even caliber along with every other accessory -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:39
So—sniper got within 125M—was on a very visible rooftop -- (link) - Trending Jul 13, 18:30
Canada in conjunction with the UN should just invade at this point. We’d be welcomed as liberators. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:28
Not to be outdone, Elon now saying he’s dodged 2 attempts on his life…in the last 8 months -- nm - Trending Jul 13, 18:25 4
- And those are just from his ex-wives. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 18:36 1
  - 🤣 -- nm - Trending Jul 13, 18:37
- The egos in this country is just beyond belief -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 18:35
- Ha! Smfh. Wow. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:26
Just saw a photo that is supposedly the dead shooter. Pasty white -- nm - zork Jul 13, 18:18
hmmm .. -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 18:14 4
- Look at that tiny fucking hand -- nm - rollo Jul 13, 19:07
- And he wasn’t even fazed. *bows head* -- nm - NewsMax Jul 13, 18:23
- By default, I doubt anything said by someone who calls him President Trump -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 13, 18:19
- There was likely to be at least one. His cult would have been filming, snapping, whatever the whole time. Zapruder junior probably took it. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:17
Of course, he won't be able to stop himself from rhetoric that will ramp up his following to do who knows what. -- nm - zork Jul 13, 18:08 2
- Peacefully and patriotically kill all who oppose me. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:13
- he’d be a fool to overplay it which means he definitely will -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 18:10
It matters a LOT if the shooter is far right or far left. - loosilu Jul 13, 18:08 6
- Please don't be a south American or Muslim -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:19
- Could be a lawyer he stiffed on an invoice, could be a family member of someone he raped. Lots of possibilities. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 18:18 3
  - All the contractors he's stiffed -- nm - zork Jul 13, 18:19
  - Where was Guiliani? Man needs cash. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:19 1
    - MyPillow guy is deranged enough. Lost everything by sucking up to donny -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:22
- I expect that the GOP will make the shooter whatever they want him to be. - Fuzzy Jul 13, 18:16
Thanks for the backboard wishes! -- nm - jnine Jul 13, 18:07
Are there tshirts with his bloody face yet? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 17:56 22
- Great idea! - DJT Jul 13, 18:19 1
  - 49.95 at RNC.com -- nm - Lara Jul 13, 18:34
- I hate the man, but the photo of him pumping his fist, blood streaming on his face, surrounded by secret service - that will be an iconic image -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 13, 18:00 19
  - He's literally the luckiest man alive -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 18:07 1
    - And he was probably wearing a diaper anyway - his luck continues. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 18:22
  - He’s no Becky Lynch. He’s iconic for all the wrong reasons. It won’t last. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 18:07
  - How does that piece of human trash get gifts like this? -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 18:06 2
    - Right?? -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 13, 18:12 1
      - He's living proof karma is a scam. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 18:14
  - [vomits] -- nm - mud Jul 13, 18:06
  - Teddy Roosevelt was shot during a speech, finished it... then lost in a landslide. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 18:05 10
    - Ford, don't know if he was shot, but Squeeky Fromm tried..and he lost by landslide too -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:17 4
      - What about me? -- nm - Sarah Jane Moore Jul 13, 18:26
      - I really appreciate yous guys trying to cheer me up. I love this place. -- nm - mud Jul 13, 18:18 2
        
        Sorry, mud, Reagan won. Odds are still good though. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:21 1
        
        Bozo too -- nm - mud Jul 13, 18:23
    - Most voters never knew. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 18:06
    - As a third party candidate. - Will Hunting Jul 13, 18:06 3
      - Just sayin' I don't think this moves anyone's vote. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 18:10 2
        
        Of course it doesn’t. As I told whisper privately, nothing changes anything. It’s still going to be a few votes, in the usual states, and some lawsuits. -- nm* - Qale Jul 13, 18:22 1
        
        Which was why Rs moved to control the state level certifications. If GA says no; they’ll have several other options. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:25
  - 100% -- nm - Andie Jul 13, 18:04
Sorry wiggum, just missed that raid invite by seconds -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 17:38
"We need to come together as a country" says woman wearing a tshirt that says "know your parasites " -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 17:36 3
- Hmmm, you can get tshirts with either in the line up -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 18:24
- Fox is asking every call-in guest to comment on the anti-Trump rhetoric that must have prompted this. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 17:37 1
  - by my count, there's the nutjob that hit Scalise, then this. That's two. Anyone have a number for attacks from the right? -- nm - mud Jul 13, 17:42
America is trying to do the last years of the 60s, but all we can muster is a Dollar Store cover band version of it that we've got back home. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 17:18
apropos of nothing -- (link) - Reagen Jul 13, 17:09 1
- I was *just* thinking about this after reading Nancy's statement. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 13, 17:11
“Anyone know where Hunter was?” -- nm - my FIL Jul 13, 17:08 1
- Holy shit! 😂 -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 17:12
Microsoft Rewards is eliminating their already strongly nerfed receipt scanning for cash program. They're also eliminating the auto-renew for GamePass - Qale Jul 13, 17:03
Biden: -- (pic) - mud Jul 13, 17:02 [Attachment] 4
- "There is no place for this kind of violence in America" This phase & the like we're hearing lots of tonight reminds me of that bit in the Simpsons... -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Jul 13, 17:30 [youtube] 1
  - yep -- nm - mud Jul 13, 17:33
- P.S. Gun free zones don’t work. It’s about the GUNS! -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 17:07 1
  - They see "gun free", shout "hell yeah!", and don't finish reading. -- nm - colin Jul 13, 17:10
dril called it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 16:59
apparently not even a bullet that struck him -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 16:57 25
- Looking at video of the stage, I don’t see any glass or glass that was damaged. I’m skeptical of this at this point. -- nm - pmb Jul 13, 17:30 6
  - From the teleprompter perhaps? -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 13, 17:32 5
    - Teleprompters were in front of him. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 17:33 3
      - Actually they are to the sides. They are typically not right in front. -- nm - pmb Jul 13, 17:36 2
        
        Sort of at a 45 degree angle to each side. -- nm - pmb Jul 13, 17:37 1
        
        Right, but in order for him to be looking right, facing his right ear to the stands behind him, and the shots coming from that direction - Max Jul 13, 17:38
    - But afterwards I don’t see any damage on them. -- nm - pmb Jul 13, 17:33
- Guessing it’ll be an RPG by the time right-wing media gets really going on this. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:59 8
  - A Seal team hit squad ordered by Joe and transported on a chopper flown by Hillary -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 13, 17:09 7
    - The President has immunity, right? -- nm - Andie Jul 13, 17:18 1
      - yeah, but not for things against Trump, the supreme court said so -- nm - TrUmAn Jul 13, 17:22
    - You forgot funded through Soros dark money. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 17:12 4
      - I got Bingo! -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 13, 17:14 3
        
        I mean, Obama is the free square. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 17:16 2
        
        This annoys me more than it should - znufrii Jul 13, 17:20 1
        
        This entire thread just found its purpose -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 13, 17:22
- A wild potential is that this was a random shooting that wasn't about Trump. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 16:58 2
  - It was to impress Sydney Sweeney who had thus far rebuked the advances of a suitor. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 17:25 1
    - Two drunk MAGAs with Trump .45s settling their differences. Lord Palmerston! -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 17:41
- pic -- (pic) - mud Jul 13, 16:58 [Attachment] 5
  - Bobby Lashley is like, come on maaaan. That's nothing. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 17:05 2
    - ‘Tis but a scratch. -- nm - Mick Foley Jul 13, 17:07 1
      - I thought about him, obviously since it's his ear, but wanted to show off that I remember it was Bobby Lashley that was his avatar in WWE. - Qale Jul 13, 17:10
  - I know this story well. Here, it didn't move the needle at all when Bozo was knifed. - Marlowe Jul 13, 17:02
  - Wish him well. Hope he’s ok but, man, wait till he rants about it. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 17:00
Tomorrow Never Dies. - VMan Jul 13, 16:54
If kids dying doesn’t get gun control. This definitely won’t. Maybe Dems can argue less laws and flip the party platforms. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:47 2
- under this current SCOTUS only repealing the Second Amendment is going to do -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 16:49 1
  - Depends who’s backing the case and can afford enough trips, RVs, etc. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:56
nice pic of Aragorn with a Lego purchase: -- (pic) - mud Jul 13, 16:44 [Attachment]
Reports of an attendee killed, as well as the shooter, FWIW. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 16:36
This could also be a big moment for Joe. Well wishes, no to violence, try to unify, etc. - VMan Jul 13, 16:35 2
- I dunno. I'm thinking if 45* is "ok", it's MAGA/Gilead coming for ya Jan. 20 -- nm - mud Jul 13, 16:39 1
  - Yeah. I think nothing productive comes of this. MAGA revenge and God forbid it really does head to Civil War 2.0. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:41
Mike Collins R GA "Biden gave the orders" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 16:35 3
- Immunity!! -- nm - SCOTUS Jul 13, 16:38
- Erick Erickson: "What did they think would happen?" -- (pic) - mud Jul 13, 16:37 [Attachment]
- Of course. Guess the search warrant was still in effect. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:36
Oh crap, I forgot his rally is near me today. - Fuzzy Jul 13, 16:31
'This is your fault, you did this.' -- (pic) - mud Jul 13, 16:22 [Attachment] 9
- This is what scares me—feels like a green light for the nut jobs to chose their targets—fear the retribution from the unstable right -- nm - Trending Jul 13, 16:40 4
  - And not even particularly relevant people. Open season for their hatred. Clinton(s), Obama(s), Soro(s), Pelosi(s), and on and on. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:43 3
    - Lets not forget the attempted kidnaping and murder of Whitmer -- nm - eag Jul 13, 16:48 1
      - I think about Whitmer too much; on lonely nights. 😁 -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:51
    - Yup—100%—even trickle down locally, as well -- nm - Trending Jul 13, 16:48
- So now both sides are pissed at the media -- nm - eag Jul 13, 16:25 3
  - media “that means we must be doing something right” -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 16:48 2
    - The ratings will be bigly. -- nm - Media Jul 13, 16:49 1
      - "burn down the observatory!" -- nm - mud Jul 13, 16:50
NBC reporting 2 people in the crowd were hurt, at least one apparently seriously. -- nm - Meg Jul 13, 16:13 1
- Seeing shooter dead, one person in crowd dead and one in serious condition. -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 16:30
Thoughts and Prayers DJT. T.a.p. -- nm - Andie Jul 13, 16:09 3
- yeah, I dunno -- nm - mud Jul 13, 16:16 2
  - I'm reading that with the typical sarcasm. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 16:31 1
    - I considered it more likely than not, so I shrugged. -- nm - mud Jul 13, 16:33
I'm worried about who the shooter is. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 16:08 2
- Melania -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:39
- Someone hired by his campaign? -- nm - . Jul 13, 16:13
Thank God he's okay. Violence like this is awful and unacceptable. -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 16:04 13
- an armed society is a polite society, I’ve been assured -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 16:43 1
  - If only there had been a good guy… -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:45
- I mean...i get this as a concept. But at the same time...he's so very close to being the next "would ya? " nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 13, 16:11 7
  - I get the concept of what you're saying, but let's not make that bastard a martyr -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 16:17 6
    - Limbaugh died and was forgotten by the week after. The right has no loyalty for people who are no longer useful. -- nm - colin Jul 13, 16:22 5
      - The difference is Trump is their Messiah -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 16:23 4
        
        The difference is this near miss cements him as their Messiah -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 16:31
        
        I still don't believe they'll care if he's not around to inflict misery on the people they hate. What's he going to do, haunt leftists? -- nm - colin Jul 13, 16:28 1
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. They will continue to spout hate and control. But we definitely don't need them to have a martyr figure to make it worse -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 17:06
        
        And will be reborn… likely spin. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 16:27
- Is violence OK when he wins the election? -- nm - colin Jul 13, 16:10 1
  - No. Violence is not okay. -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 17:28
- Amen to that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 16:08
Wait until the conspiracy theories begin. This is going to make him more of a hero to his people and they will blame Biden and dems and make them more - pmb Jul 13, 15:53
Chaos. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 15:40
pic moments after -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 15:34 10
- Photo is too perfect—feels staged now -- nm - Trending Jul 13, 15:51 9
  - Pop pop from the crowd. Grab ear...blade it like he learned in the WWE - instant hero. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 13, 15:54 5
    - If no one else "hit", I'm in on this scenario. Seriously. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 13, 15:58 4
      - I thought the conspiracy theories were going to come from the other side. -- nm - pmb Jul 13, 16:18
      - oh man. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 16:13
      - Catsup from his latest hamberder -- nm* - colin Jul 13, 16:12
      - I was thinking similar. All those 'shots,' nobody else apparently hurt and he has a nicked ear? -- nm - Meg Jul 13, 16:04
  - yes the conspiracy theories are gonna be wild -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 15:53 2
    - Obviously it's the Biden campaign. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 13, 15:59
    - If Antifa was at the Capitol, this could just as easily be MAGA idiot firing a gun in the air nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 13, 15:55
WHAT?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 15:34 1
- not Seal Team Six, obvs -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 15:40
BREAKING NEWS -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 15:32

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