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Denise Ellenberger's avatar

Every paragraph is worth highlighting!

Andy Dean's avatar

I was browsing articles and suddenly there was this witty piece so unlike your typical American straightforward rhetorical bulldozers. Then I realised it's from the small island and everything came together.

Remsomm's avatar

Yes. Yes. And yes. Tell it as it is. Suddenly these slimy puppets are all thinking it could happen to them too. Narcissists only care about themselves. What a fantastic idea to bring about true democracy with crowd funded drones - as war criminal G W Bush said: 'we will smoke them out'.

You reap what you sow.

little rascal's avatar

Yes, completely nailed the hypocrisy of the political establishment on this one, Laura. Sending 500lb bombs to kill Palestinian women and children just doesn’t count as political violence and what do we hear … silence.

occamsrazorback22's avatar

Jebus Crisco! You nailed it...game-set-match-you freakin' nailed it. Apologies to the Wimbledon crowd

where everyone gets to be rich and white for a day..or two.

MackTKnive's avatar

Damit, leave the Lilly white game of tennis out of this! It’s my last vestige!

😎

(joker had his head handed to him today. Alcaraz taking Rafa’s crown off his head quite nicely)

occamsrazorback22's avatar

Mack...I feel you. I'm going to make a serious attempt at a deep dive into NFL football come autumn. I feel so freaking alienated from US culture that I'm grasping for a handhold where I can relate to the shit show here in the land of lies and the murderous. I recently subscribed to the Tucker Carlson Network and besides a great interview with Putin, he has a long winded, intelligent conversation with local football great, Aaron Rodgers. I could do without the militaristic overflights at game time but...so it goes.

I used to enjoy playing tennis but developed a bad case of old man, fugged shoulder syndrome.

MackTKnive's avatar

Uh apologies mate. Anyone who gives Tucker Carlson one second of their time needs some serious blocking. Sayonara.

occamsrazorback22's avatar

T. Carlson gave an in-depth interview with Putin demonstrating Putin's intelligence and humanity. Can you find one other instance where an American has shown that Putin is human and NOT the monster he's been portrayed as? TC is NOT at Fox anymore. Can you imagine Trump or FJB giving an off the cuff history lesson of their country like Putin did?

Rebel Nun's avatar

Interesting. New info for me.

occamsrazorback22's avatar

I don't think there's a paywall for the Putin-Tucker interview. (link)

It's well worth the time and effort to listen...

https://youtu.be/fOCWBhuDdDo?si=6S3ms1I45rPr3xm2

Jo Waller's avatar

err Mack.. the 'joker' was presumably Djokovic (the greatest player of all time according to grand slam wins) playing a few weeks after knee surgery; who allegedly had his head handed to him.

Alcaraz, very young and extremely talented, is emulating his great inspiration, Rafa Nadal, very well but is yet to take his crown off his head or match his achievements.

MackTKnive's avatar

Agreed it was a bit premature- but he’s one 4 of the last 7 which I believe is faster than anyone has- and he’s only 21. But yes Rafa has twenty something titles, so young Carlos has a ways to go. I’m thinking poor Rafa may be done soon. Watching film a few years back on Rafa’s training regime, I wondered why he punished himself so much and didn’t appear to take many longer breaks. Maybe it caught up w him.

Jo Waller's avatar

I think it was fake for just this 'we're all MAGA now' response. Snipping ears with nail scissors makes lots of blood and Trump wasn't worried he was just pumping his fist for the memes and loving it.

Peter Defeel's avatar

I don’t think he would agree to be shot at.

Susan Harley's avatar

Or a blood capsule 💊? ? ?

Rebel Nun's avatar

I’m convinced of this. There’s no reason to believe he was shot at all. The blood trick is Stagecraft 101, and “look at the guy on the roof” is Magic Tricks 101, where you learn that you can openly do anything at all with your left hand if you create a distraction with your right. He’s the world’s biggest coward; if this had been real he would have hit the floor whimpering and pushed that lady SS agent in front of him.

Jo Waller's avatar

A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie. An ad announcing a murder is placed in the local paper of Chipping Cleghorn leading to the villagers gathering in the living room at Little Paddocks. At 7 ‘o’ clock exactly the lights go out, the door bangs open, a man waves a torch about and Letitia Blacklock is shot at.

What actually happened is that Miss Blacklock had slipped out and shot and killed the foreigner (who had tried to blackmail her and who she’d paid to stage the ‘hold up’). She then fired some shots at where she’d been standing and nicked her ear with a pair of nail scissors making lots of blood drip down the front of her dress. She then slipped back in as the lights came on.

Rebel Nun's avatar

Thanks for reminding me of that one! Yes!

Joe's avatar

I guess you missed the picture from the NY Times photographer — definitely not an outlet that favors Trump — which got the bullet as it passed by him. Also, I'm sure that the fire chief who was killed, as well as the two others who were shot, gladly participated in this "false flag" conspiracy — not to mention the shooter himself, who was killed — just so there could be a "we're all MAGA now" moment. Are you so devoid of critical thinking skills that you can't see how ridiculous you sound?! SMDH!

Rebel Nun's avatar

Sacrificing innocent people is standard practice in these all-too-common scenarios. It convinces (gullible) people that it was real. The “wamn” moment is being touted as a slam-dunk for Trump’s election (as stupid as that makes Americans sound) so yes, I’m quite sure that his evil puppet masters would do anything - anything! - to make that moment happen. I’m certainly not saying that I know what happened, but I know from multiple past events that the official narrative should be questioned.

Joe's avatar

Yeah, the world is flat, we never really went to the moon, and 9/11 was an inside job, right? What are some of your other favorites?!

Rebel Nun's avatar

Some people’s world seems to be not just flat but one-dimensional.

Jo Waller's avatar

Piss off if you don't want to debate.

Amaterasu Solar's avatar

Beginning to give high probability Joe is paid to push an agenda...

Jo Waller's avatar

My thoughts exactly Amaterasu- Joe is a troll or bot.

Joe's avatar

There's really not much to debate with someone as detached from reality as you are. 🤷‍♂️

Jo Waller's avatar

Rudi Scherz didn't gladly accept being shot at as part of the 'false flag' conspiracy by Miss Blacklock, he knew nothing about it, though he still ended up dead.

I guess some people just accept things at face value.

Joe's avatar

You don't seem to grasp sarcasm, do you?!

Icanhazsolidarity's avatar

Do you think MAGAts has the capacity to write Trump's bizzare behavior "..let me find my shoe.."?

Francis/Clare's avatar

I would agree, except that both shooter and audience member died.

Jo Waller's avatar

These little people are nothing to those in power. They wouldn't have thought twice about killing them- in fact their deaths make for even more drama.

Francis/Clare's avatar

Yeah, but how'd they get the kid to do it?

Jo Waller's avatar

Identifying, targeting and manipulating the disaffected is their bread and butter.

Rebel Nun's avatar

We don’t know the kid did anything. He sounds like a setup.

Jo Waller's avatar

The kid? Trump? He knew he wasn't in danger, these people are professionals.

Francis/Clare's avatar

I don't think it was a setup. I think dump didn't think it was a bullet because it just grazed his ear. That's why it didn't panic him. A kid just happens to be on a roof with an AK47?

Jo Waller's avatar

Trump didn’t think it was a bullet nor did he panic even though there were loud bangs, people shouting ‘he’s got a gun’ and the CIA were trying to wrestle him to the ground?

Jo Waller's avatar

Er no. A kid didn't just happen to be on roof with an AK47- that's the point.

Claude B's avatar

God bless you, Laura, for speaking the truth fearlessly you are so brave ❤️🙏❤️

Ohio Barbarian's avatar

The hypocrisy of our kleptocracy is so glaring that I bet this satire practically wrote itself.

Lisa J. Miller's avatar

Is this the infamous British humor I hear so much about?! Omg. I shouldn't be laughing but I am!! 🤣🤣🤣

Lisa J. Miller's avatar

Too funny!! Well seeing as how my Maga Mom and I watched it happen in real time and I had to bite my tongue several times, this has been fun this morning. I have little empathy for Trump. He brought it all on himself in my opinion.

Joe's avatar

Yeah, it couldn't POSSIBLY be the rhetoric from the left for the last few years, stating how Trump is worse than Hitler, that he's the biggest threat to "democracy," and should be stopped AT ALL COSTS! None of that could have played into ANY of this, right?! How can there be so many folks on one thread who totally lack any critical thinking skills?! It's almost unbelievable! SMDH!

Rebel Nun's avatar

I’ve never heard anyone “on the left” say he should be stopped “at all costs”. You’re spreading inflammatory misinformation.

Joe's avatar

Here's an article about all of the ridiculous targeting of Trump through divisive rhetoric.

https://www.newsweek.com/biden-hammer-trump-strategy-upended-1924944

Steve Swindells's avatar

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Scott's avatar

Like Reagan, a goddamn shame it wasn't on target. He'll sure be shitting his diapers every time there's a loud pop at least.

Joe's avatar

Yeah, that's always a good idea — to encourage insane shooters to improve their skills! Some of you folks are a few fries short of a Happy Meal. SMDH!

Remsomm's avatar

Well? How else would you make America great again? You've gotta get rid of them top tier politicians Trump, Biden, Obomber, Killary, oh sorry Hillary Clinton - we came, we saw, he died - that one. If they're so proud of dealing death, then surely they should be happy to receive it back in return. Or do you think one lone nutcase with a gun is worse than organised destruction of the Middle East? Or Serbia? Or supporting Ukraine to the last Ukrainian - pretty sick stuff.

But go on - do defend uncle Donald's ear.

Scott's avatar

You must not live America.. or shouldn't, if this makes you queasy my guy.

Joe's avatar

Sorry, but I actually DO live in America, and it doesn't make me queasy — after several years in the funeral business, and 23 years in the military, there's really nothing that could make me queasy — I'm just sad that there's clowns like you who encourage vigilante snipers to take out anyone who they don't agree with politically.

Scott's avatar

Authoritarian isn't "political disagreement " area. Do you honestly not understand the world that you live in?

Joe's avatar

No, I know EXACTLY the world I live in! It's YOU — the brainwashed clown who thinks CA is the only place to live — who seems to think that the the left-leaning echo chamber is reality! SMDH!

Scott's avatar

Oh, wait.. are you a MAGA who's crying now because firearms are being used in some way you don't agree? Hahahaha.. I've got news, that emboldened of 2A you dumbfucks have been pushing for so long, is why so goddamn many of you are going to die when you and the police try to take major cities. Do you really not get how these realities are going to come upon you?

Scott's avatar

I've lived in many parts of this shit box nation, CA is the only one that will be functional in the coming years. You just apparently don't inform yourself very well. Not uncommon for liberal yt men

Scott's avatar

You must truly be a dumb mother fucked if you think the world wouldn't be better if someone dropped a Pinochet or Batista before they murdered hundreds/ thousands?

Andy Dean's avatar

Look at you. So this world would've been so much better and hundreds thousand lives would've been saved if someone shot Biden before he sent arms to Ukraine and Israel? Because if we allow your logic, then it must be true.

Scott's avatar

Also, Biden hasn't explicitly said he's going to do ethnic cleansing in the US, like the SELF DESCRIBED DICTATOR has repeatedly. Like I've told too many oblivious,ignorant people of the privileged class lately their are many in this country who are, and will suffer at the hands of these fascists... while you people will no doubt fall right in line..

Scott's avatar

Do you not understand, or care, what bigoted authoritarians do? Biden isn't one, which you seem to be ignoring

Joe's avatar

How other countries settle their political differences has absolutely nothing to do with encouraging vigilante snipers. I'm glad that clowns like you are in the small minority.

Scott's avatar

It does, but again, you'd know if you paid attention while on tax dollars furthering imperiosm..

Andy Dean's avatar

Look at you. So this world would've been so much better and hundreds thousand lives would've been saved if someone shot Biden before he sent arms to Ukraine and Israel? Because if we allow your logic, then it must be true.

Scott's avatar

Do you know how many times your government has either attempted, or completed assassination of leaders? How many decry that? The fact that a leader of the donor class in America got shot at is the only reason so many of you people seem to care.

Scott's avatar

Netanyahu, yes. Maybe Biden.. but definitely Bibi.

Scott's avatar

Hey chief, you want a dictator, that's you. But, I understand the ramifications of what happens then. IF you actually were military, you should know, you've brought many of those dictatorships to nations around the world.

Joe's avatar

So, you're telling me that you're so brainwashed that you bought into the "dictator on day one," — referring to closing the border and ramping up energy production — to mean that he was gonna be a dictator for life?!

I don't care what anyone says, now that's funny right there! 🤣😂🤣

Scott's avatar

It's their entire platform, they've said what they plan to do. Either you don't read, or inform yourself on much. Hopefully you don't have anyone you know in a marginalized community, or they'll probably seem " brainwashed" when the time comes.

Scott's avatar

You must be a white dude. I get it, you'll just step in with the orders.. no chance you're affected negatively I'm sure. Lots of pieces of shit like you, who will ignore the camps. Either you weren't paying attention while tax dollars paid for your whole life in the military, or you're lying, because you must have learned at some point how this goes in dictatorships..?

janoskar.hansen@gmail.com's avatar

this was a wonderful article, yes you hit the nail on the head, this is our rotten world

on the local news, the murder in Gaza was mentioned in passing, but the shooting of Trump was covered again and again and commentators stressed who shocked the were

David Korabell's avatar

What does "We're all MAGA now" mean? And is there any cure?

Remsomm's avatar

I'm afraid you'll need a vaccine. And possibly a booster by Nov...that's apparently when the sideshow stops.

David Korabell's avatar

For some reason, I keep imagining Pennywise the clown saying "We're all MAGA now. Everything down here is MAGA now"

Michael Scott's avatar

This merits a Jamaican Blue Mountain brew at the very least. My no frills retirement after spending all my time in the Middle East not peddling oil companies and sovereign wealth funds constrain what I can offer but really you merit the best there is. For this one and all the posts I’ve read here in the belly of the beast.

Mike Young's avatar

Amen.

Within minutes Netanyahu was on the phone, offering to carpet bomb the area to get the shooter. Biden declined, saying he had been 'neutralized'. But ha was unsure if it was one of Trump's 20 million illegal immigrants, the rapists, murderers, and insane.

Steve O'Neal's avatar

Melania Trump once visited a migrant detention camp where kids were locked up in cages. Her T-shirt read “I really don’t care. Do you?” That worked for me when I heard the news.

Barry Varkel's avatar

Bullets that don't bang hard into the void of Trump's feeble skull are much like an unconsummated white-wedding night - tragic, unfulfilled and a loss of endless carnal possibilities.