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I don’t know whether or not you’ve read Mattias Desmet, ‘The Psychology Of Totalitarianism’, but either way ‘The Indoctrinated Brain’, by Michael Nehls is essential reading.
It details how the war against our brains and minds is being executed and how to regain optimal health in the light of the latest research.
I’m about halfway through it and already inspired.
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I will add both to my collection.
I wonder if they help explain that most horrible psychiatric condition, TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)?
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Do you need the workbook that goes with the Nehls book?
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Need? Not yet, I’m a bit more than halfway through the audiobook.
Want? Maybe.
If I had time I’d like to read it in hardcopy with the workbook alongside but my days and my life are too short, too rich, and too full.
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Or, if your brain is not up to much reading with the onslaught against it, you can watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N02SK9yd60s
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You’re not about to sell all your possessions and go free are you?
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Lots of opportunities for violence at the Paris Olympics
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/07/15/france-rejects-3570-olympics-jobseekers-over-terrorism-links-and-other-risks-to-the-games/
They could come from foreign and home grown terrori*t* or from disgruntled supporters of the various political factions
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I hope the athletes also enjoy their woke “green” non-air-conditioned accommodation.
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It reminds me of a woke green architect I know of who designed accommodation for a girl’s boarding school in Victoria (Australia).
When the building was finished the school, who had obviously not been engaged in much oversight of the project, said “where’s the air con”? And the clueless architect said it wasn’t needed.
This was about 25 years ago in Victoria, back in the days when it actually used to be hot.
The school had to retrofit air con at huge expense and obviously a retrofit like that will never look as nice as if it was installed at the time of design and building.
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Did they have to retrofit the insulation as well?
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The truth about the attack on T*ump is still being contested. Incompetence? Deliberate sacrificial lamb?
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/07/15/a-failure-of-secret-service-security-so-astounding-the-conspiracy-theories-write-themselves/
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How about staged? Not making this up:
https://www.baconsrebellion.com/wp/conspiratorial-thinking-at-uva/
Hell of a trick shot, right? Idiots.
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I lean towards a combination of incompetence and lack of personnel.
I also don’t discount opportunists – security service people not taking action because they made an instant decision to do nothing when they saw what was happening.
I think the logistics of a real conspiracy are pretty large, with the chance of success diminishing as the number of collaborators increases.
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Call me a Conspiracy Theorist
You just cannot make this stuff up!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/secret-service-police-trump-gunman.html
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A sniper from a local tactical team deployed to assist the U.S. Secret Service at former President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday took a picture of the gunman and saw him looking through a rangefinder minutes before he tried to assassinate the former president, a local law enforcement officer with direct knowledge of the events told CBS News.
The sniper was one of three snipers, members of local tactical teams, who were stationed inside the building that the shooter used in the attack, the officer said. The operations plan had them stationed inside, looking out windows toward the rally, scanning the crowd. The details about the three snipers were first reported by the local news outlet BeaverCountian.com.
One sniper inside spotted the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, outside and looking up at the roof, observing the building and disappearing, according to the officer who spoke to CBS News. The sniper observed Crooks as he returned to the building, sat down and looked at his phone. At that point, one of the local snipers took a picture of Crooks.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sniper-picture-trump-rally-shooter-rangefinder-assassination-attempt/
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IMPORTANT: No direct communication between local police officers on the ground and the Secret Service protecting Trump
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate some men you just can’t reach so you get what we had here last week which is the way he wants it?” Cool Hand Luke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WUyZXhLHMk
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From that CBS News report:
That was about 45 minutes before shots were fired. There were also reports of Crooks enroute to the building with his rifle unconcealed. He was not reported to be carrying the ladder.
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“Secret Service director (Kimberely Cheatle): ‘the buck stops with me’ after Trump rally shooting. The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally was “unacceptable”, the director of the US Secret Service said as investigations continued, adding that though “the buck stops with me”, she would not resign.”
Martin Pengelly in Washington
Wed 17 Jul 2024
The Guardian
Empty words!
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Being a DEI hire, I’m surprised she admitted responsibility.
Also being a DEI hire, her refusal to resign is also totally expected.
Trump will have to fire her.
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Kinda like the GFC went down and almost no-one was jailed, or the 9-11 demolition of the Pentagon where no military countermeasures were undertaken but no-one was demoted. It is a 40 foot blinking sign when “No-one” is held accountable there is malfeasance in the Government. The current administration all but dug a moat around the white house when sleepy Joe moved in with his distempered german shepherd. Again telegraphing that the election was in overtly fradulent.
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That woman is not just the usual DEI hire. She is also reportedly a friend of Jill Biden, having been part of the Bidens’ security team back when Joe was VP.
It’s becoming easier and easier to join the dots, at least for those of us with both eyes open.
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Secret Service Director Allegedly Didn’t Want to Put Snipers on a Sloped Roof
We heard Monday from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that he has full faith in Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who’s said she’s not stepping down after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump on Saturday. President Joe Biden told NBC News’ Lester Holt that he’d “heard from him.”
Cheatle was interviewed by ABC News and said the reason the Secret Service didn’t have snipers on the roof where the shooter managed to climb up is because it was a sloped roof.
“That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof,” she said. “And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside.”
Culper’s Canteen Cup@culperscanteen
Such a steep slope. So steep. The steepest of steepest slopes. So steep people can’t even stand upright on it.
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TO BE FAIR, MAYBE THEY WERE WEARING HEELS:
This is the kind of BS excuse that passes for taking responsibility in a DEI culture.
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CORRUPTION
Biden’s Team Deliberately Kneecapped Trump’s Security To Allow An Assassination Attempt
BY: SEAN DAVIS – JULY 16, 2024
They kept the rooftop open, watched the shooter, kept Trump on the stage, and didn’t do a damn thing until after he had been shot.
And we’re supposed to believe it was an innocent oopsie?
Nobody wants to hear this because of the implications, but oh well, because it needs to be said: Joe Biden’s security regime deliberately and with malice and forethought created the conditions that led to an attempted assassin shooting Donald Trump in the head. It is by the grace of God that he lived and our nation is not currently in the midst of a violent civil war.
They deliberately starved Trump’s security team of the resources it needed. And they did it repeatedly, over many weeks and months.
With Trump’s security detail understaffed, under-resourced, and stretched to its limits, Biden’s security regime reportedly diverted even more resources to a hastily planned Jill Biden event that just happened to be in the area.
Biden’s security regime then ordered the most obvious assassination perch in the entire area to remain outside the main security perimeter.
Furthermore, Biden’s Secret Service director ordered law enforcement and counter-snipers OFF the roof the assassin used.
If that weren’t enough, Biden’s security regime also refused to block the line of sight from the assassin’s perch to Trump’s location. When law enforcement radioed in a suspicious person using a laser range finder at the building and even took photos of him, nothing was done to detain the assassin.
The assassin was so obviously a threat that bystanders at the event begged law enforcement to stop him, but nothing happened. And even as snipers on the roof near Trump saw a gunman on the other roof, Biden’s security regime refused to have agents immediately surround Trump or remove him from the stage to protect him from being shot.
Given the lies and nonsense from both Biden’s Department of Homeland Security secretary and his Secret Service director, it’s increasingly difficult to believe this was just a series of independent mistakes (Secret Service director Kim Cheatle at one point this week claimed snipers couldn’t be on the roof because it was sloped and they might fall and hurt themselves).
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@#3.4.4.1
It’s very difficult to dispute any of that.
The negligence is criminal. Or worse.
People responsible should be already behind bars.
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>TO BE FAIR, MAYBE THEY WERE WEARING HEELS
Comments on that X thread are excoriating.
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“You cannot fault her. Bird flu, monkey pox and climate change were also reportedly on that roof”
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“But it’s right in the manual!!!
Secret Service Worker’s Comp Regulation 7.02.4b:
Counter-sniper assault teams may not perch on sloped rooftops with a gradient larger than 7.5 degrees as this presents significant risk of slippage.”
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“Employee safety is the top priority for a job where you have to *checks notes* be willing to take a bullet for someone else”
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Secret Service Now Saying They Didn’t Put Any Agents on the Roof Because Slight Slope Was Too Dangerous
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/wth-secret-service-now-saying-they-didnt-put/
Can this get any worse?
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>[See X post] – 3 in thread
Max_Fender3 @Max_Fender3
Director Cheatle has said the reason they didn’t put Secret service on the roof, 130 yards away from the stage was because side it was too dangerous due the roofs slope. So she’s clearly lying. The roof was less steep than the ones snipers were stationed on.
Max_Fender3 @Max_Fender3
This is the dangerously steep roof that prevented a team to safely be stationed on! That might be a 2/12 pitch. Almost a flat roof. Director Cheatle is lying and can not be trusted!
Max_Fender3 @Max_Fender3
So dangerously steep. 😂
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It’s reasonable at this stage to suggest that the reason, that Secret Service agents were directed not to observe activity on the roof but to remain inside the building, was the recognition that an assassin could remain concealed there until signalled that it was time to shoot.
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CO2 Lover posted this “Slight Slope” story at #11 but I thought appropriate here too.
[Beat you by 6 minutes Old Ozzie @ #3.4.4]
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Missed your post – well done!
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That clinches it for me. Had she simply confessed to an oversight I might have had my doubts that this was all a deliberate effort to provide an opportunity to kill Trump, but the fact that she says they deliberately left that roof available on the basis of a flimsy, transparent excuse nails it down.
Those security officers were actually instructed not to go up on the roof. Gotcha.
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>The truth about the attack
Demand For Truth Is On Fire: 𝕏 Usage Hits Another All-Time High Following Trump Assassination Attempt
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/demand-truth-fire-usage-hits-another-all-time-high-following-trump-assassination-attempt
Let’s begin with CNN’s reporting….
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“God saved Trump”
But some poor sod took a bullet to the back of the head sheilding his family!
Maybe it was Allah who saved Trunp? But then God/Allah does work in mysterious ways!
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/07/15/commentary-god-did-not-save-donald/
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Another miracle – Peace in the Ukraine before even being elected?
The second coming of Christ!
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-suddenly-reverses-says-russia-should-attend-2nd-ukraine-summit
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The very idea that Donald Trump might become President is enough to end this phony war with most of a million dead.
And watch it all end in Gaza too!
and the NATO games, much more important than the Olympic Games. Even Argentina wants to join NATO! And Ukraine joining NATO not the EU, surrounding Russia with military and economic enemies and forcing Russia to do deals with China and Iran and North Korea. It’s beyond madness under Biden and Blinken.
Which shows you how much all this was enabled by Joe Biden and his backing from what Eisenhower called the Military Industrial complex. in Washington. But who listened?
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Good,
but it’s a worry that he still refers to ” increases in radiative forcing”, whatever that may be .
Thankfully he didn’t mention “photons”.
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The unique properties of water that ensure convective instability in the atmosphere regulate the energy balance. Prevents more energy in when ocean surface hits 30C and keeps more in when ocean surface is below 14C and essentially stops ocean heat loss when temperature gets down to -1.7C.
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Today’s meme is:
https://images.app.goo.gl/LK82QD2AzBRARzE17
It demonstrates that most of the Sheeple follow The Narrative and that there are very few independent thinkers.
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More memes from the Left
I would go with a T-Shirt but a tattoo is a step too far.
https://hyperallergic.com/934283/how-memes-unravel-the-image-of-trump-as-martyr/
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Hakim Bishara (Palestinian) sure can spew the vitriol:
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Perhaps this person has a disparate opinion of the Abraham Accords?
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You could include Galileo, Copernicus, Darwin and many more. The breakthrough idea came from Rene Descartes. That every step must be proven beyond doubt, Rational Science. And in man made CO2 driven Global Warming, every step is broken. What would you expect from Al Gore, inventor of Climate Change.
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I wonder if the Biden Admin gave Trump the Secret Service DEI hires and the merit-based ones are with the White House Resident?
And until the Trump assassination attempt, RFK was given no SS protection at all, but will be now.
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The same with the Secret Service, especially if the focus of the Biden appointed Director is a woke agenda – who are preparing for another gun assassination (and failing at that anyway).
What if someone purchased drone and attached an exposive device and flew it into the podium? These are being made in their thousands in the Ukraine and 20 year old soldiers use Call of Duty hand controllers to fly them into Russian positions.
Where is the Secret Service truck with a radar controlled gun or Laser to shot down incoming Kamakaze drones? Or a special steel screen that would spring up if an incoming drone was detected?
Or a low tech screen like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdR6MN2jKYs
Where were the Secret Service surveillance drones?
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13640193/unfit-Secret-Service-botched-Trump-shooting-Andrew-Neil.html
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A lot of the drones the Ukes are using are made in Australia and paid for by the Aussie taxpayer.
https://www.forbes.com.au/covers/innovation/the-aussie-cardboard-drones-hitting-russia-in-massed-attacks/
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It may well be that the more competent officers and staff were chosen to attend Jill Biden’s own little event, which was quite coincidentally happening not far away, at exactly the same time. If I was an interested Republican senator, I would be demanding to see all the planning documentation associated with Jill Biden’s event, especially the date when the event was first planned and how the personnel were chosen.
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The most expensive stunt in silent film history.
https://youtu.be/yCH-tUmMl7Q
(Under 2 mins.)
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Mission Impossible gets more points for height and style.
https://youtu.be/GdsTwZhfEdI
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I’m glad it wasn’t a real historic steam loco. they sacrificed.
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It’s amazing the technology brought to the masses.
There are free-to-use online software defined radios called Kiwi SDRs.
They can be combined via software to compare received signals via Time Difference of Arrival techniques and thus locate a transmitter of interest.
Video:
https://youtu.be/9CrKTm0wbRU
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Physically unfit, under-qualified agents with a diversity-obsessed boss chosen by Dr Jill Biden! {You cannot make this stuff up!}
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13640193/unfit-Secret-Service-botched-Trump-shooting-Andrew-Neil.html
But the other snipers were on even more slopped roofs!
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/law-enforcement-spotted-trump-shooter-nearly-30-minutes-before-shots-fired-nbc-2024-07-15/
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Even Biden could have navigated that slope… well maybe not.
Apparently the risk of a trained SS agent standing on a slight slope took priority over protecting President Trump’s life. That’s all you need to know about this woman.
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Isn’t this “sloped roof’”excuse just an in your face Deep State insult to the American public?
Absurd.
It’s ‘we don’t care what you think’ we’re untouchable’.
Trump should get private security immediately.
Maybe if he wins, he can get reimbursed by Congress out of the budgets of the Secret Service and the FBI.
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It’s lucky no one in the crowd had a bad cough otherwise all agents would have been pulled out in the interests of health and safety.
Decent and competent members of the Secret Service are probably hoping that the investigation finds its deliberate. If this is just incompetence then you’d die of embarrassment.
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More on that –
Slippery?
“The Slippery Roof Defense”
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2024/07/16/the-slippery-roof-defense/
Links and comments
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Video of a tourist walking along a beach in Pakistan.
He describes it as a Mad Max type scene.
The beach is filthy, has many camels, horses snake charmers and no one is in bathing costumes or seems to be having fun.
https://youtu.be/W2OPa7Xr-BE
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It’s a perfect 3rd world scene. Where do you think ocean pollution starts
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It certainly doesn’t come from Western countries, the wokest of which such as Australia have banned free supermarket bags at huge inconvenience to the thinking community.
They were falsely labelled by the Left as “single use”.
All thinking people I know who used them had multiple uses for them.
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I went from using them for rubbish bags to buying rubbish bags. Go figure. A way around it is to use vegie bags but they are a bit small.
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>beach in Pakistan
Low tide. Would look a lot better at high tide.
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So what you’re saying is you would rather see all those lovely people drowning?
(I’m just testing my new leftist online persona)
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Beach Walk Saint Tropez Pampelonne Beach beat that 😎️
(video)
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I will raise you and say, that skip to 28 mins, this Beach Walk beats Beach Walk Saint Tropez 4K 💛 Pampelonne Beach
Donald Sutherland – The Trouble with Spies | English Full Movie – Action Adventure Comedy
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Yes, that’s much more like it, you certainly beat me on tits. 😀️
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That’s Bondi 30 years from now.
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For those who want to plan ahead and diarise, the next Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally is November 2nd & 3rd 2024.
It’s about two hours drive from Melbournistan (Australia).
https://www.lakegoldsmithsteamrally.org.au/
That is, if the extreme Left Victoriastan Government hasn’t banned internal and external combustion engines by then and/or the burning of wood for the steam engines. (They don’t use coal, it’s too expensive due to taxes etc. in one of the world’s leading coal exporting countries).
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This rally is an awesome event.
I’ve been many, many times since the early 70s when I was a kid. Went again last year. They have an Autumn and a Spring rally.
Take your kids or grandkids.
Show them something real!
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The devil came to Pennsylvania (short Republican speech extract).
https://youtu.be/1hqWjHw7j5U
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Patty McMurray in TGP article ‘Democrat Mayor Claims Trump Faked His Assassination’:
Check it out: Libs of TikTok https://x.com/libsoftiktok
What Patty is referring to in condensed form, by LoTT:
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Meet Alison Scott, a teacher at @Ardmore_Tigers. She appears sad the sh**ter missed and “wishes” he had a better scope. These are the people educating your kids.
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Meet Jessica Fore, a Democrat activist in Georgia, who tried and failed to run for public office. This is how Democrats are “toning it down.” Making H*tIer references. They can’t help themselves…
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They’re sending “condolences” to the sh**ter now. These people are seriously disturbed.
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They want us all dead.
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Meet Shawn Raup-Konsavage @shawnraup, the Mayor of Bernville, PA. He reportedly said “try harder” after the sh**ter missed. A petition is going around to get him removed after he allegedly bragged about no one being able to kick him out of office. Our tax dollars fund his
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Anyone noticed that most of the people crying because a US President wasn’t ass*ss*nated have pronouns in their bio? These are the people who preach “tolerance” and “love.” “Hate has no home here” right?!
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Meet Jennifer Miralles, an attorney for Iowa’s State Public Defenders Office. She allegedly made this post about being upset that the sh**ter missed. Iowa’s State Public Defender Jeff Wright responded to our request for comment stating, “This type of rhetoric should not be condoned or tolerated.” However, in a follow-up email, he declined to comment on Jennifer’s employment status.
# # #
As Andea Widburg at American Thinker put it –
“Shiny, pretty Marxists”
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Tenacious D NZ tour cancelled after Jack Black ‘blindsided’ by Kyle Gass’ Trump shooting comment
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522351/tenacious-d-nz-tour-cancelled-after-jack-black-blindsided-by-kyle-gass-trump-shooting-comment
The 64-year-old was presented with a birthday cake on stage when it all went south. Gass was asked to make a birthday wish, to which he apparently replied, “don’t miss Trump next time”.
An hour later, Gass expressed his regret for the comment in an Instagram statement.
“The line I improvised onstage Sunday night in Sydney was highly inappropriate, dangerous, and a terrible mistake. I don’t condone violence of any kind, in any form, against anyone.
“What happened was a tragedy, and I’m incredibly sorry for my severe lack of judgement. I profoundly apologise to those I’ve let down and truly regret any pain I’ve caused.”
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A not so shiny, not so pretty Marxist recants.
Tenacious who?
D-minus.
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Tenacious D Heads.
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Biden telling Democrats to change their rhetoric has the same effect as him telling Putin not to invade Ukraine.
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“Staged Theatrics To Win Idiots’ Vote”: Virginia Prof Declares Trump Shooting Was Faked
Authored by Jonathan Turley
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/staged-theatrics-win-idiots-vote-virginia-prof-declares-trump-shooting-was-faked
Turley – So let me get the conspiracy down.
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Bloodthirsty: Anybody notice how many public ‘servants’ sided with Trump’s would-be assassin?
By Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/bloodthirsty_anybody_notice_how_many_public_servants_sided_with_trump_s_would_be_assassin.html
Jacqueline Marsaw, field organizer for the office of Rep. Bennie Thompson
Dallas police officer Sgt. Arturo Martinez
Prospect Park Fire Chief Jim Simmonds
Americus Hose Company Capt. Tony Bendele
Community Relations Manager Rick Notari
Colorado Democratic lawmaker Rep. Steven Woodrow
[Denver lawmaker apologizes for Trump “devil” post as Colorado politicians condemn shooting]
https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/15/colorado-donald-trump-shooting-steven-woodrow-political-violence/
James Woods @RealJamesWoods
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Trump TRIUMPHS as a New Republican Party Is BORN!!!
Trump Triumphs as a New Republican Party Is Born!!!
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Barf Alert – Reuters article
Joe Biden admits it was mistake to say Donald Trump should be put ‘in a bullseye’
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/522273/joe-biden-admits-it-was-mistake-to-say-donald-trump-should-be-put-in-a-bullseye
Reuters – Trump repeated well-worn falsehoods during the debate, including that he won the last election.
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Mark Hamil, April – “Joe Biden is the best president we’ve ever had”
July:
Star Wars Actor Mark Hamill Ridiculed For Criticizing Size of Trump’s Ear Bandage
https://modernity.news/2024/07/16/star-wars-actor-mark-hamill-ridiculed-for-criticizing-size-of-trumps-ear-bandage/
Perhaps the best response came from a user called @SteveLovesAmmo.
Not the Bee @Not_the_Bee
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Labor Government Incompetence at Work!
Catastrophic weather cuts off last road into Jenolan Caves
Years of catastrophic weather ranging from fire, floods, storms, landslips and endless rain has led to the closure of world heritage-listed Jenolan Caves precinct for at least 18 months for repairs to the only remaining access road and historic Caves House.
Critics say the long closure may have been avoided if the NSW government, which owns the property, and Transport for NSW, which manages Jenolan Caves Road, had acted faster.
A Transport NSW spokesperson said the road was on extremely challenging terrain. It was badly damaged by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, and severe weather in 2021 and 2022, and again in April this year. The caves were closed for 230 days in 2022, and most of January and February in 2023, because of bad weather.
As Jenolan Caves Road has been forged through mountainous terrain, the road itself and the slopes adjacent are susceptible to instability,” the spokesperson said. Workers repairing the road near Hampton had to abseil down the slope.
The NSW government has committed $50 million in natural disaster funding to remediate Two Mile Hill.
Bruce Welch, the chair of the Jenolan Environment Protection Committee who once discovered a new cave in the system, said the damage need not have been catastrophic.
Heritage expert and former chair of the Jenolan Caves Trust, Professor Richard Mackay, said the NSW government had not done enough to protect the precinct.
Mackay said there had been major damage to infrastructure. “Meanwhile, you have a globally significant cave system which has historically been a major tourist attraction for more than century, and it can’t be accessed and enjoyed by the community.
“It is just tragic that such an important part of the Greater Blue Mountains world heritage area is under such pressure because of recent disasters like bushfires and floods.”
Repairs by Transport for NSW to the Two-Mile Hill section of the steep and windy Jenolan Caves Road will begin in August. Transport for NSW said it had identified nine failure sites, of 500 metres in length, which will need to be reinforced.
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Must have never rained 100+ years ago when they managed to build and maintain this road with picks and shovels. This could be the first time in history where civilisation has managed to become less capable despite increased technology.
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The road to Wolgan Valley, also in the Central Tablelands of NSW, has been closed for indefinite period, after a landslide following heavy rain made the road impassable. It will require huge funds to restore it – & apparently Lithgow Council does not have such funds available. Residents in the valley are permitted to access a track into the valley, but only with an escort vehicle.
I would have thought the Emirati, who have an expensive resort in the valley, may have offered to finance the road restoration – but apparently not.
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Cousins Property with no door drop toilet & amazing view of Sandstone Walls and Wombats, is opposite
Emirates wolgan valley
Located in the World Heritage-listed Greater Blue Mountains region, approximately 2.5 hours’ drive from Sydney, Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley is an ultra-luxury conservation-based resort. Set on 7,000 acres of carbon-neutral conservation and wildlife reserve, the resort combines absolute luxury with a focus on sustainability.
Current Status
After being closed indefinitely since June 2023 due to ongoing challenges with road access, the resort has announced its plans to reopen. A meeting between Lithgow Council and Emirates representatives led to an agreement on temporary and permanent road access solutions. The resort is expected to reopen soon, with a commitment to operate at 50% capacity initially.
Key Features
. Spectacularly located at the southern end of the Wolgan Valley, at the foot of Mount Wolgan and Donkey Mountain
. 36 one-bedroom Heritage Suites constructed from wood and stone materials, inspired by the Federation period
. Recreational amenities include outdoor tennis courts, an outdoor pool, and a sauna
. Private road branches off Wolgan Road to follow the river to the property
The resort has applied to increase helicopter flights to transport guests over flood-affected roads, with a proposed increase from 14 to 105 weekly flights
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Warning. warning, warning!!! Take your blood pressure pills, don that straightjacket between 12.30 & 13.36hrs today
Assistant Minister was on their ABC earlier. Communist politician since she was 19
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Bowen’s speech has been summarised in today’s The Australian. Idiotic. Ted O’Brien’s article was much better.
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We can’t trust politicized FBI to handle probe of Trump assassination bid
President Biden on Sunday announced an FBI investigation into the Secret Service’s astounding failure to protect Donald Trump at the rally in Butler, Pa., promising the probe would be “thorough and swift.”
But it’s folly to trust a federal law enforcement agency to obliterate interagency niceties by exposing all the foibles and flubs of fellow G-men.
Instead, we’ll likely see a vintage DC investigation along these lines: Please tell us if you screwed up. Also, is there someone else we can blame?
Yet the White House is telling Americans to blindly trust an agency whose acronym is now widely presumed to stand for Following Biden’s Instructions.
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The FBI will conclude that the shooter acted alone, and everyone else did their best. Each agent will get a participation award and undergo safety training on how to walk on slight sloping surfaces.
The shooter’s family will get a huge payday by suing the law enforcement because they failed in their duty to stop their son (who was going to be a heart surgeon) getting on the roof – thereby contributing to his death. Democrat cities will build statues to this guy.
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Hold your hat!
“It Gets Worse – Three Security Detail Snipers Were Inside Building Used by Trump Shooter – Secret Service Director Says Roof Was too Slopey for Sniper Safety
July 16, 2024 | Sundance | 1,032 Comments”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/16/it-gets-worse-three-security-detail-snipers-were-inside-building-used-by-trump-shooter-secret-service-director-says-roof-was-too-slopey-for-sniper-safety/#more-262296
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>“It Gets Worse”
My comment upthread on this was – “Can this get any worse?”
At this point I’m open to anything.
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“Secret Service Director Says Roof Was too Slopey for Sniper Safety”
The two sniper teams behind Trump were on roofs far more slopely than the roof the shooter was one.
Dr Jill Biden’s pick for Secret Service Director cannot even get her lies to pass basic scrutiny and must be a suspect in a conspiracy to kill Trump.
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I suspect that Occupational Health and Safety approves that message.
Does anyone else remember working on a roof without a safety harness? Owner builder asking.
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Elon Musk puts comedic heat on Secret Service chief Kim ‘Cheetos’
https://www.wnd.com/2024/07/elon-musk-puts-serious-comedic-heat-on-secret-service-chief-kim-cheetos/
Elon Musk @elonmusk
30.4M Views, 478K Likes
Also,
floridanow1 @floridanow1
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Elon Musk meme:
Secret Service missing the most obvious sniper in history (Tiger Woods)
Drunk MAGA fans spotting him and giving cops his location (John Daly)
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1813437642559877122
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A view from Oz on that “slippery roof” –
“Our reader Doubtful John writes to the US Dept of Homeland Security about the Pepsi Lady’s sloping roof bullshit”
https://michaelsmithnews.typepad.com/.a/6a0177444b0c2e970d02dad0c9a314200d-800wi
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“Electricity Rationing At Charging Stations Due To Limited Charging Infrastructure in Europe”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/07/16/electricity-rationing-at-charging-stations-due-to-limited-charging-infrastructure-in-europe/
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RNC Convention Milwaukee
Police Shoot Suspect Outside RNC Security Perimeter in Milwaukee
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/just-police-shoot-suspect-outside-rnc-security-perimeter/
WATCH: Conservative Reporter Startles NBC’s Kristen Welker With a Question Regarding NBC Downplaying Trump’s Near-Assassination – Welker Then Flees the Scene
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/watch-conservative-reporter-startles-nbcs-kristen-welker-question/
Powerful: Democrat Moved to Tears By Speakers at RNC “It’s Just So Beautiful”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/powerful-democrat-moved-tears-speakers-rnc-its-just/
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The Vigilant Fox 🦊@VigilantFox
Tucker Carlson Reveals Stunning Insights on J.D. Vance
“Every bad person I’ve ever met in a lifetime in Washington was aligned against JD Vance.”
Now, that’s saying something.
For this reason, Tucker thinks people should be “thrilled” about this VP pick.
What’s extraordinary about Vance, Tucker emphasizes, is that “He’s like one of the only members of the Senate with a happy marriage.”
Carlson also observed that the power-hungry “elite” despise Vance, not for personal reasons, but because they find him “harder to manipulate and slightly less enthusiastic about killing people.”
Meanwhile – Romney boils with loathing for Trump’s choice of running mate, J.D. Vance
Need a little convincing about the worthiness of J.D. Vance as President Trump’s running mate?
Look no further than Sen. Mitt Romney’s boiling hate of the guy.
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ZH – two things were particularly notable about Trump’s security escort at the Republican convention — it was massive and it was thoroughly male.
Chanel Rion OAN @ChanelRion
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/walking-wounded-watch-bandaged-trumps-emotional-entrance-gop-convention
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Taking no chances this time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13640925/Police-officer-shoots-kills-suspect-just-outside-Republican-convention-Milwaukee.html
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Redacted: This Changes Everything, New Details in Trump Assassination Attempt (video)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13640823/microsoft-lays-dei-team-mass-business-email.html
I bet Trump will do the same at the Secret Service once he is elected. But then those short female agents did allow him to get that iconic “shot” under the US flag guaranteeing a win at the next election.
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3D model of showground.
There has been mention of a third two man Secret Service sniper team to the left and in front of Trump but this is not shown in this model
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-17/trump-shooting-3d-model-of-showground-rally-site/104104418
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There are reports of gun fire from the water tower as shown in this link
This should have been a Secret Service sniper location? If not who fired these shots?
Also reports of a third shiper team on top of the building at the bottom of the photo under “Where was the shooter”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/07/14/trump-shooting-what-happened/74399097007/
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>This should have been a Secret Service sniper location?
You would think – at least a Spotter with comms.
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Good model, would have liked to see more of the structures adjacent to middle of carpark where, I think, Crooks propped his ladder and climbed up.
Also detail of the link canopies between sheds where Crooks “moved roof to roof”. Detail lost in that model although you can see them in the first direct overhead view
Some thoughts:
1) Team 1 snipers nearest probably were obscured by the tree when Crooks first climbed the ladder to first shed roof. Clear view after that except down on link canopy (which one?) and bear crawling.
2) Naked eye stuff. With all the vision aids – 4 sets of binoculars and scopes – they should have had no difficulty when Crooks actually visible over the roof ridge. But not a criticism really unless actually doing it (easy from the armchair though). Sloppy pre-emptive work, prompt action by others, and communication issues (?) preceded all that.
3) Team 2 had line-of-sight the entire time except below ridge lines. They ultimately made the kill shot (I think).
4) The police guy that confronted Crooks was daft. He would have approached via the link canopy out of sight of Crooks. He then tried to climb on the shed roof with “both hands” on the edge – crazy. Weapon (surely he was armed?) in one hand other hand on the roof edge I would have thought, take look presenting minimal target and ready to duck down. And why the hesitation to shoot? Again, easy to criticize from the armchair.
5) I’ve commented previously that if an entity serious on offing Trump would have access to sniper rifles at least as good as USSS and probably better (others noted 2000 yds capability) and skilled snipers to pick from (or hunters) and maybe multiple to make sure. They would not need an intermediary doofus.
6) Re 5) and the terrain features available for long shot(s) by sniper(s) skilled in both shooting and camouflage, It was noted by a guy on site that there were some other nearby features where a sniper(s) could have taken a position.
7) Re 6) The criteria, as I remember from compulsory military training at school in NZ long ago (yes, live fire at targets too), for camouflage is SSS – Size-Shape-Silhouette.
8) Water tower (see model) – fails SSS and is within naked eye sight anyway and obviously not a long shot.
9) Trees – not ideal for sniper rifle.
10) Elevated ground – plenty of options.
11) There’s another overlooked option: Plenty of other elevated structures in the distance (see model)
# # #
My contention next.
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My contention.
It is my contention that any serious and well resourced attempt at presidential assassination in 21st century firearm equipment and military/hunter skills that there would be multiple long-shot shooters; that no-one, like USSS, would know where the shots came from or even hear them (SS gals at the podium were in complete disarray in this latest case for example)
Also my contention, contrary to many including my own initial suspicions, that Crooks acted alone; scouted the place in advance; probably had ideas previously but was very late planning his act (e.g. evidenced by late purchase of ladder); was opportunistic driven by, probably, social media, but little more than an impromptu act when realizing Trump was in town; and, had extraordinary luck in execution.
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5) I’ve commented previously that if an entity serious on offing Trump would have access to sniper rifles at least as good as USSS and probably better (others noted 2000 yds capability) and skilled snipers to pick from (or hunters) and maybe multiple to make sure. They would not need an intermediary doofus.
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Former Snipers Agree: It’s A Miracle Trump Is Still Alive
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-snipers-agree-its-miracle-trump-still-alive
“I’m glad they’re calling him a shooter because he ain’t a sniper,” Norton said. “If he was a sniper, President Trump would be dead on the very first shot. There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about this. This is somebody that has some weird, sick agenda and did at best mediocre train(ing) in my opinion. Because at 130 yards, 190 yards, that is piece of cake gravy range for somebody that shoots.”
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I rest my case.
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From article previous:
One of the more interesting aspects in the flood of analysis on the attempted Trump assassination is the commentary by former military and SWAT snipers experienced in providing security details for political figures. Nearly all of them confirm that the Secret Service surveillance planning during the Butler, PA rally was perhaps the worst they have ever seen. It was so bad, in fact, that it almost appears as if the massive holes in the perimeter were deliberate.
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From article previous:
The 140 yard shot gift-wrapped and handed to alleged shooter Thomas Crooks was so easy, even for an amateur, that Trump should not be alive today. The bullet, reportedly fired from an AR15 running 5.56 (or .223 ammunition), would have left a deadly and expansive impact wound had it been less than an inch to the shooter’s right. Here is test footage of .223 rounds impacting a realistic ballistic gel head for a visual reference:
.556 vs human head
[ballistic gel and a cast resin skull filled with fake blood]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrwKqQpa_YQ
Trump lucked out with the worst assassin possible. This does not take away from the fact that Crooks was somehow allowed to casually approach the AGR building and climb to the roof with a rifle only 140 yards away from the rally stage without any intervention from Secret Service. Crooks had every card stacked in his favor. Why was there no security on that roof? We are still waiting for answers.
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Well put together, Richard. There are still unanswered questions regarding the lack of security on the shooter’s roof position, and also the delay in the final shots by the police spotters. But I still believe that incompetence, and antipathy towards the Trumpian occasion, may explain any remaining reservations.
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So many theories. This will rank alongside the twin towers and the Kennedys for inane chatter.
Here is my own made up version. The gunman was actually delusional (drugs or a non drug psychosis). He was a Trump fan who convinced himself that someone near Trump was going to kill Trump. He got on the roof to take out the enemy.
Hey… prove me wrong.
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He was off his head on lead.
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Given you are always wrong about everything, the probability of you being wrong again is pretty high.
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there is that
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>Good model, would have liked to see more of the structures adjacent to middle of carpark where, I think, Crooks propped his ladder and climbed up.
Got one:
Alternate aerial of shed at carpark side – also roofs
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-16-at-6.30.47pm-1024×564.png
Zoom in and you can see the loading ramp area where Crooks (I think) placed his ladder.
You can also see the 2 link canopies between near-side and next shed roofs.
And all the roofs in that corner in detail.
I’m still amazed that Crooks got up so easily by ladder. I expected facility roof access, having been around similar structures like kiwifruit packhouses linked to coolstores by link canopies. Although access there is by scissor lift generally.
From,
The Company Building Where Trump Shooter Sniped From Was Sold Four Months Ago
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/company-building-where-trump-shooter-sniped-was-sold/
American Glass Research (AGR), which is owned by its parent company, AGR International, was acquired by Indicor, a diversified industrial solutions company in March of 2024.
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GayBC and another reason why it should be shut down. Show called Art Works, last night’ “offering –
Of course there was. Not forgetting –
That’s the Yartz for ya.
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Trump and Kennedy have a brief chat about vaccines and Kennedy suggests he might support Trump’s campaign.
“I would love you to do so,” Trump tells Kennedy. “And I think it’ll be so good for you and so big for you. And we’re going to win.” (AP)
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A great move.
This would take Democrat voters who would not vote for Trump away from Biden and set up Kennedy to lead a reformed Democrat party.
Remember Trump wrote “The Art of the Deal”.
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Good strategy by Trump, encouraging an independent.
‘An endorsement by Kennedy, who hits double digits in some polls, would scramble the race for White House and give a boost to Trump.’ (Politico)
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Think I saw mention somewhere of Trump offering Kennedy a position in his Admin – could be wrong.
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Back in 2017 something was going on.
https://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/01/trump-meets-robert-f-kennedy-jr-233417
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Why and how does the government have access to the DNA and biometric data of someone that isn’t a criminal?
According to the New York Times Thomas Matthew Crooks has no criminal record but according to the FBI he had no ID so they identified him using DNA and biometric data. Why and how does the government have access to the DNA and biometric data of someone that isn’t a criminal? Is this an admission that the government has DNA and biometric data on all our most Americans? What legal basis is there for this?
https://x.com/RenzTom/status/1813035363080020291
That’s ‘Murica for you.
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Wednesday funny: Trump gets an ear ring
https://imgbox.com/4dbKMlH0
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‘The finger that pulled the trigger’. Maybe it was ideological? Cill Hitler! Maybe it was psychological? ‘Look at me’! But the real finger that pulled the trigger, was the ruling class.
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Officers kill man with no active warrants at wrong house
Documents show that Southaven officers went to the wrong house to serve a warrant on Monday, which resulted in the shooting death of a man who did not have any active warrants out for his arrest.
A warrant out of Tate County shows Samuel Pearman was wanted for domestic assault. But, when Southaven officers arrived on Surrey Lane to arrest Pearman, they did not show up to the correct house.
Instead, officers missed their target by 36 feet. Those 36 feet made all the difference to Ismael Lopez and his wife.
https://www.actionnews5.com/story/35967817/officers-kill-man-with-no-active-warrants-at-wrong-house/
“A man with no active warrants”
In the old days that was called “innocent”…
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The death of the NWO
https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1813025449360171207
Which is why…
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SMH is hot! Dishonesty and lies of this magnitude should be punished.
“Dutton’s nuclear ‘frolic’ a recipe for higher bills and blackout risk: Energy Minister Chris Bowen will say Australians can choose “reliable renewables or risky reactors – but not both”.”
“Nuclear not the solution Australia needs, says electricity grid chief”
“Unpick the damage that’s been done’: The Minns government will tighten land-clearing laws loosened by the Coalition in 2016 and strengthen the contentious biodiversity offsets scheme.”
But not worry about land being cleared for the wind farms of course!
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There is the repeated “Appeal to Authority” logical fallacy and the SCIRO “GenCost” report which is complete garbage as it does not factor in the cost back-up batteries for unreliable wind and solar where the cost for these run into the A$ Trillions without coal or gas back-up. Even base-load nuclear will require some gas back-up for peak periods
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/appeal-to-authority-fallacy/#:
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“But not worry about land being cleared for the wind farms of course!”
That has been moved to a different bucket in Qld too
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..and the Lancet is trying yet another way to make sure only approved ‘science’ is published. Good or bad, their record, and “Nature”s speak for themselves.
“There’s a litany of other examples where discounting dodgy data can fundamentally alter the evidence that shapes clinical guidelines. That’s why, in The Lancet’s clinical journal eClinical Medicine, Mol and his colleagues have reported a new way to weed out bad science before it makes it to the clinic…..
The world-first framework lays out a series of steps researchers can take when conducting a meta analysis or writing medical guidelines to exclude dodgy data and untrustworthy findings….A panel decides if a paper has a medium to high risk of being untrustworthy.
In 2023, researchers applied RIGID to the International Evidence-based Guidelines for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a long misunderstood and misdiagnosed syndrome that affects more than 1 in 10 women. In that case, RIGID discounted 45 per cent of papers used to inform the health guidelines.”
https://www.smh.com.au/national/people-don-t-want-to-talk-the-taboo-zombie-problem-in-medical-science-20240715-p5jtp8.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true
Lets see what happens when they apply their new ‘fact-checking science’ to the Ivermectin research. I’m sure they won’t run it over the Pharma research on Covid!
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All me a conspiracy theorist.
Dr Jill Biden recommended the apppointment of Kimberly Cheatle who she personally knew as the Director of the Secret Service.
Kimberly informed Dr Jill of the security arrangements being made for Trumps last public appearance before being offically confirmed as the Republican presidential candidate where he would announce his VP and heir apparent. This was the last chance to derail the Republician looming victory, with Trump leading Biden in the polls.
Dr Jill then arranges her own event requiring Secret Service coverage and the best agents are assigned to this event – leaving poorly trained amateurs to cover Trump’s event.
And the rest as they say is history – but not as planned by Dr Jill and her besty – Kimberly Cheat-le (who is now in full damage control mode claiming the roof their shooter used was too steep and HR Safety Policy prevented snipers being posted there – but it is OK for agents to but their bodies between the protectee and a potential second shooter!).
Whatever is the official version of events – do not believe it, especially as it is the FBI investigating.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ron-paul-why-well-never-know-what-really-happened-i-butler-pa
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Great research, CO2 Lover. Thanks for it.
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Judge for yourself –
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_9600-600×340.jpeg
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Ooh! Someone isn’t into angular comparisons!
If you have a vertical you can actually measure the “slantendicular”
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“For everyone interested in military and geopolitical strategy”
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2024/07/for-everyone-interested-in-military-and.html
Free PDF download
The download is not the challenge as pretty quick. The 500-odd pages might be
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I guess the very next book I will read will be certain Hillbilly Elegy
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‘Elegy’ vs. ‘Eulogy’
How to speak about what is lost
What to Know
An elegy is a poem that expresses sorrow or melancholy, often about someone who has died. A eulogy is usually a speech that praises the achievements and character of a person who has died, often as part of a funeral service.
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H, thanks.
Maybe by about Christmas time we will know if the spirit of Appalachians is still alive …
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Y’day I knew nothing of Vance but I’ve watched half the movie [it’s a bit black and I was tired] and what I have heard and read today he sounds like a great VP pick. What I like is that it was an “up yours” to woke, a statement that he [Trump] is BOSS and doesn’t need a DEI pick to squeeze a few votes from some small group or state.
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Yes, excellent point- Trump gives the feeling of The Boss all the time, he knows what he wants and doesn’t need to always compromise.
He may not be nice, or sophisticated, but I’d take him over these greasy politicians that you never know where they stand, anytime!
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Baltic Sea cools in midsummer and the heatwaves have vanished.
https://notrickszone.com/2024/07/16/germanys-summer-falls-way-short-of-predicted-hellish-temps-north-baltic-seas-cool/
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Exceptional conditions in south west Qld today –
At around midday “12C feels like 6C”.
I can remember two bouts like this since 1965. The 1965 one had snow at DC3 height that didn’t make the ground and snow on the Bunya Mountains which hasn’t happened this time so far.
Here for another week or so. Ought to mean that they’ll have to really wind the “fudging machine” up to get “The hottest July ever”
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FWIW
FWIW
“WATCH: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Takes Hilarious Swipe at Jill Biden, Blasts Biden-Harris on Women’s Rights”
https://redstate.com/levon/2024/07/16/watch-sarah-huckabee-sanders-takes-hilarious-swipe-at-jill-biden-blasts-biden-harris-on-womens-rights-n2176980
And more
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In case you have missed this
Computer Model Shows Just How Close Bullet Was to Hitting Trump’s Skull – Last Millisecond Head Tilt Saved His Life (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/computer-simulation-shows-just-how-close-bullet-was/
Now we need a model of who was the sniper(s) and how he shot the shooter (and did a second shooter get away)?
We also need the trajectory of the bullets that killed one supporter and wounded two others.
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The CCP has gone into comedy!
https://youtu.be/LbZFVJJi_fo?si=scx5aVjB0nsZ5NWp
Hilariously bad 1984 copy.
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Based on my Older Grandkids thoughts through discusions, this would also apply in Australia.
THE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT
My organization sponsors a quarterly poll in conjunction with our magazine. Meeting Street Insights conducts the poll for us. For our Summer issue, we thought it would be interesting to poll young people in Minnesota, which we defined as ages 18 through 34. To my knowledge, no one has done this before. We asked young Minnesotans not about their views on politics or policy, but about their lives and concerns.
The results were stunning. Young people in Minnesota are deeply pessimistic about their futures, and their country’s future. We asked respondents whether their generation is better off economically than their parents’ generation, worse off, or the same.
Fully 90% said their generation is worse off than their parents’:
Our pollster was shocked at this finding: “You can’t get 90% of the people to agree on anything.”
Further, young people’s pessimism extends into the future. Asked whether the next generation will be economically better off, worse off, or the same as theirs, 68% said “worse off.”
In other words, the vast majority of young Minnesotans think they live in a country that is in a state of permanent decline. I have no reason to think the results would be much different in other states.
We asked our poll respondents whether they are concerned about a series of issues. Again, the results are striking. The concerns of young people are mostly economic, and fully rational. Eighty-three percent say they are worried about being able to buy a house. Sixty-four percent are concerned about public safety. Sixty percent are concerned about being able to pay off student loans, and 60% worry about being able to buy a car.
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That’s refreshing! I didn’t realise the young people had such a good grasp of reality!
Now, what are they willing to do about it?
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Massive press crackdown in Germany: Government bans Compact Magazine in unprecedented move, police search publisher’s home in early morning raid
https://rmx.news/article/massive-press-crackdown-in-germany-government-bans-compact-magazine-in-unprecedented-move-police-search-publishers-home-in-early-morning-raid/
After the all-out assault on press freedom and the “show” raid by over 200 police officers wearing ski masks, legal critics are saying “Faeser’s actions are clearly unconstitutional”
# # #
Old habits die hard.
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Yep, nothing changed in Germany..
Funny how the Left-wing have no extreme to go to, its just an endless continuum.
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Another thought on that “slippery roof” –
You can get a bipod for an AR. Which would have made the shooter a lot less obvious behind that ridge line.
Or was the roof just too steep to use one? Which smells of reconnaissance beforehand.
Or just “A tripod’s how the big boys do it”?
Or something else
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I’ve just seen an end on photo of that building with the sarcastic caption
“So steep they must have air dropped the FBI investigators”.
Looks to me that a bipod would have been adequate
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How Assassin Evaded Secret Service Security (video)
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