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Slackertalk domain: successfully renewed, so it won't expire by surprise while I'm travelling -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 06:44 6
- thanks as always for keeping this place afloat -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 06:50
- 🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 14, 06:49
- Yay!!! -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jul 14, 06:48 1
  - nm -- nm* - prayformojo Jul 14, 06:49
- yay! -- nm - mud Jul 14, 06:46
- hsxtt still out there as well. :) -- nm - budice Jul 14, 06:45
Though David doesn't, ESPN's Field Yates gets it -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jul 14, 06:26 2
- The jerseys of two old men. -- nm - David Jul 14, 07:47
- I get it. -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 07:05
Murdle 3:41 - Fuzzy Jul 14, 06:17
Alcaraz- Djokovic: Who you got? -- nm - Dano Jul 14, 05:54 3
- If this first game is any indication, this match is going to go 8 hours. -- nm - Dano Jul 14, 06:24
- I'm pulling for good to triumph over evil -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 06:16
- Djokovic -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jul 14, 06:07
Shannen Doherty passed away at 53 -- nm - budice Jul 14, 05:43 9
- :( :( That's a tough one. -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 07:08
- She fought long and hard. Poor girl. -- nm - zork Jul 14, 06:45
- so sad -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 06:25
- RIP. Eff cancer -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 14, 06:25
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 06:16
- sad -- nm - mud Jul 14, 06:13
- :( -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jul 14, 06:07
- Cancer sucks. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 06:02
- Damn. :-( -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 06:01
Dems should introduce a gun control bill and call it the Trump Assassination Prevention Act. -- nm - Tim Jul 14, 04:03 1
- Love it -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jul 14, 06:06
Joe Biden spoke very well, off the cuff, in denouncing the attack and giving his thoughts on it. Let’s hope George Clooney writes another diatribe - Loyola Jul 14, 03:18
I will eliminate gun-free zones from schools and military bases, day one.... -- (pic) - Don the Wholey Jul 14, 01:26 [Attachment]
thoughts and prayers? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 14, 00:20 2
- To the family that lost a life? Yes. -- nm* - Strongbad Jul 14, 06:49
- It is what is usual and customary. I’ve given those to my Trump loving friend *shrug* -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jul 14, 06:09
Shooter was a registered Republican (NBC News) -- nm - Meg Jul 13, 23:15 2
- He wasn't 73 yards away by any chance? -- nm - LMS Jul 14, 06:05
- a christofascist group claims he's affiliated with every BLM/antifa group on both coasts, msnbc says he donated $15 to a prog voter turnout group -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 02:14
235 years ago the Bastille was taken by French protestors, mostly women, and freed the prisoners -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 22:29
Props to Canada for finally figuring out how to score goals in soccer. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 22:23
Spent the last 4 hours sorting through all the Pokemon from earlier today. And I have to do this again tomorrow? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 22:22 1
- Yeah, I wasted my money buying that ticket months ago. My interest in Pokémon Go has dropped near nil. I did log in to claim the long-term quest. -- (edited) - Qale Jul 13, 23:22
from the BBs: Happy birthday jnine! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 13, 21:55
Strands #133 - yellow 2nd - prayformojo Jul 13, 21:22 2
- Yellow - 1st - VMan Jul 14, 08:30
- Yellow 2nd - decline Jul 14, 05:00
Connections Puzzle #399 - the classic PYGB - prayformojo Jul 13, 21:19 4
- No oopsies - same - VMan Jul 14, 08:27
- YBPG - mud Jul 14, 06:12
- PBGY - crash davis 😺 Jul 14, 05:52
- Same - decline Jul 14, 04:27
Wordle 1,121 4/6 - prayformojo Jul 13, 21:15 2
- Wordle 1,121 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Jul 14, 05:53
- 5 - decline Jul 14, 04:24
Dive bars don't ever change... all the tvs are on baseball and MMA -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 21:07
Son’s joke - The big strong shooter only missed because he had a tear in his eye. Too soon? -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:58
Mr. McManus, you have failed Mr. Soze for the last time. -- nm - Kobayashi Jul 13, 20:57
Hear me out. Maybe a Biden shell company owns that facility and denied SS access. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:46
Great! You scored 25 of 28 points, with 7 of 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. (Ken Follett would be so disappointed in me) - crash davis 😺 Jul 13, 20:43 1
- I missed the last one too. -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 07:15
Just realised that in all these hours of reporting, not once have I heard any mention of Melania. Proves that they are so not a couple. -- nm - zork Jul 13, 20:37 7
- I posted her in the infamous I Don’t Really Care Do U jacket. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 21:48
- Everyone knows they are not nor have they ever been a real couple. - Jovian Jul 13, 20:58
- I heard last week she would be participating at the RNC coronation event, but now it's just be there but not speaking -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 20:57
- Since we kicked his ass out of the WH, she has disappeared, this is expected. - loosilu Jul 13, 20:41
- I mentioned her (as potential shooter). *feelings hurt* -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:39 2
  - In the media - zork Jul 13, 20:40 1
    - I thought we were ALL the media. - VMan Jul 13, 20:42
They just showed Biden walking up the steps to his airplane. He was suited but didn’t seem to be wearing any socks. -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 20:32
The one sure thing that will follow this incident ... Gun sales will go up in the next couple of weeks. -- nm - zork Jul 13, 20:31 5
- This whole thing reminds me of when Mike Tyson bit off Evander Holyfield’s ear. -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 20:35 4
  - Heh, i mentioned the same thing to my mom -- nm* - Beryllium Jul 13, 20:40 1
    - I still remember where I was for that. I stayed up late and was like wtf did you see that?! But I was the only one awake. -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 20:59
  - I've been trying to come up with a good post that includes that -- nm - zork Jul 13, 20:38 1
    - Mike Tyson was the shooter -- nm - zork Jul 13, 20:39
Dumb question but do we have actual confirmation that a bullet actually touched him? Or is it just his word right now? Nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 13, 20:20 6
- There is a photo out showing the bullet streaking past... argument is its not THE bullet but the vortex behind it -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 21:10 1
  - Have to give credit for fast reaction, he dropped fast, didn't stand there wondering what the hell was that till an agent tackled him. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 21:15
- Not a forensics expert. Seemed like shot wide, grazed his ear, Trump feels ear, not another shot wide as SS jumps in. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:22 3
  - They need to check the stage for a razor blade. Nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 13, 20:23 2
    - Alex Jones has likely sworn that THIS was a real shooting. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:25 1
      - Well...since people did die, im sure it was real. Im just not convinced he was actually hit. - Turd Ferguson Jul 13, 20:28
NBC says the shooter was not a foreign national -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 20:16 2
- Now saying he was a 20yo from Pennsylvania -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 21:25 1
  - Possibly wearing a tshirt from Demolition Ranch, a big YouTube channel for gun nuts, who ever runs it says WTF...NBC -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 22:09
The video of the army/police sniper seems to show that his gun was trained on the shooter before the shooter took his shots. Then fired upon the - Loyola Jul 13, 20:10 17
- Where is the video of this? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 20:52 3
  - It was on CNN. He didn’t adjust his rifle at all post the initial shooting. He moved his head away from the scope to I guess look at the shooter, then - Loyola Jul 13, 21:03 2
    - Found the video. Yeah looked like the sniper didn't even need to adjust and was targeting the person all along. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 21:10 1
      - Makes you wonder. Like those moron cops at the school shooting who hadn’t the courage to go protect the kids. -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 21:13
- Probably needed confirmation, make sure he wasn't another agent -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 20:15 5
  - “Hey chief, I’ve got a guy on a roof with a gun, what should I do?” Chief; “It’s probably nothing. Hey did you see the game earlier?!” -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 20:20 3
    - Where is Reggie Jackson anyways? -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:36 2
      - in prison for trying to kill the Queen, of course -- nm - prayformojo Jul 13, 20:40 1
        
        Have you checked his cell? -- nm - Gordon Jul 13, 20:40
  - Unless Double Secret Probation, they should all know everyone’s position, role, etc. and notified of ongoing changes as they occur. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:18
- Can’t tell a good guy from a bad guy until they fire. - VMan Jul 13, 20:14 6
  - ...if everyone has legal guns. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 13, 20:35
  - I'm guessing you're probably not too far off, actually. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 13, 20:27 2
    - Oh they fucked up. From the aerial, they probably had other lines covered. This one was too close, too easy to let slide and be exploited. IMHO -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:29 1
      - Oh for sure...some heads are gonna roll for this. Thats unacceptable. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 13, 20:34
  - "Hey, uh, checking in - is that long-haired guy in the t-shirt and pointing a rifle at POTUS one of ours?" -- nm - Max Jul 13, 20:17 1
    - Not sure but, I feel safer now. Love good guys with guns. Walmart, Home Deport, Polling Stations… everywhere. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:21
That is basically the only rooftop for half a mile and they didn't even put one officer on it? -- nm - zork Jul 13, 20:09 1
- Just discussing that. The biggest thing comes out of this is likely SS incompetence investigations. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:13
Apparently it was staged with a crisis actor, they definitely recognize him from the movie Home Alone 2 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 20:00 1
- The Wet (Work) Bandits? -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:01
And suddenly his crowds are now millions as every MAGA claims to have been there. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 19:44
Trump statement; “It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country.” - Loyola Jul 13, 19:44 10
- Has me *MET* America? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 22:12
- Dozens of magas have been arrested stalking democrats, Obama, AOC, while armed, don't forget Pelosi husband -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 21:03
- I dunno - threaten the rights, livlihood and actual lives of enough people and eventually someone will snap. - Turd Ferguson Jul 13, 20:18
- It’s not incredible in any way. And like many events that the Media has called unprecedented, they have actually happened here before. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 19:58
- No, no, no. It’s that anyone would be allowed to shoot at HIM. - VMan Jul 13, 19:49 5
  - Second Amendment heroes. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:00 1
    - Sorry wrong spot -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:00
  - What’s the two A’s? -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 19:54 2
    - Ammosexuals. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 20:26
    - Second amendment supporters -- nm - zork Jul 13, 20:03
“There’s no place for this kind of violence in America.” ??? Has he *MET* America? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 19:42
how does this piece of trash keep getting so many breaks? -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 19:29 1
- He's the luckiest man alive is all I've got -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 19:31
just think of all the conversations we could have had over who would have replaced a brain injured candidate at this stage of the campaign Hailey? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 19:14 1
- Donor brain from Abby Normal? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 19:18
It’s the guns, stupid! -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 19:06 1
- Always… has been? -- nm - Astronaut holding up a gun to another one Jul 13, 19:31
BBC interview with a guy who said he saw the sniper climb out on the roof a few minutes before... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 13, 19:06
CNN saying a rally spectator who wasn’t the shooter, was also killed. -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 19:05 1
- one killed, two seriusly wounded is the latest report -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 19:14
And just like that, the “Biden should resign” news cycle has ended. - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 18:54 5
- You forgot the - Biden should resign for instilling such fear and hatred of republicans. It’ll still be around regardless of the angle. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:59 3
  - It was corrupt Biden's federal agency that allowed it to happen -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 20:06 2
    - Obama’s Deep State secret lovers. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 20:16
    - Perfectly within his right as an official act -- nm - SCOTUS Jul 13, 20:15
- They’ll use this to point to all the government agencies that need to be eliminated and/or revamped etc (see 2025 agenda)—SS about to get everyone on - Trending Jul 13, 18:58
Apparently confirmed email that went out, from Trump Campaign to donors, etc—pre-rally btw - Trending Jul 13, 18:53 [Attachment]
I like candidates who don't get shot. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 18:50 3
- Guess he finally earned that purple heart. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 18:51 2
  - Butler did it. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 19:20
  - Pfft. Syphilis burns more than that wound. Or so I’m told. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:55
Omg shocking news. I hope Biden hammers on about gun control in the next debate. The bullet sounds on the video sound so inconsequential. Just a - Loyola Jul 13, 18:48 5
- Bullets never sound impressive. God, what an American thing to say -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 18:55
- It is. Detroit fireworks years ago. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:49 3
  - Friend from Pakistan had family visiting. Went to Great Lakes Crossing (outdoor mall). Active shooter alert. Her relatives had no idea what to do. - VMan Jul 13, 18:53 2
    - Poor guys that’s terrible. -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 19:01 1
      - Fortunately close enough friend to kid a bit and lift tension. Wait, you’re from Pakistan and had no idea what to do?! -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 19:03
“I’m begging yall to care like this when it’s a third grade classroom instead of an ear”— 100% -- nm - Trending Jul 13, 18:42 1
- Good luck. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:43
Remember that there were two attempts on Gerald Ford’s life and he still lost to Carter. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 18:38 6
- "(Sarah Jane) Moore and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme are the only two women to have attempted to assassinate an American president." - znufrii Jul 13, 18:42 4
  - I’m not going subscribe to the anxious conclusion that an attempt on Trump’s life helps him in the election. - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 18:52 2
    - I'm drawing no conclusions and making no predictions whatsoever. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 13, 18:56
    - Agreed. No needle move. Most will shrug saying - matter of time. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:54
  - He must have been a hell of a stud to inspire that kind of passion. -- nm - VMan Jul 13, 18:44
- (as mentioned) -- nm - B2 Jul 13, 18:40
"burn down the observatory!!" -- (pic) - mud Jul 13, 18:38 [Attachment]
there is now a cheese museum in Paris -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 13, 18:34 2
- About time. And, you’re welcome! Narf. -- nm - Pinky Jul 13, 18:35 1
  - Nmbl -- (link) - Pinky Jul 13, 18:43 [youtube]

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