that the uninformed would mistake for an AK
I’m guessing the report about the type of rifle came from secret service who saw it.
Gentle nerd freak of the pacific northwest. All nation states are vermin.
that the uninformed would mistake for an AK
I’m guessing the report about the type of rifle came from secret service who saw it.
I don’t think you can presume to know what he expected when he hasn’t said what he expected, or to know the effect it’s had within a handful of days.
Trying to take your own life out of depression and being willing to give your life to a cause differ in intent, goals, context and likely methods.
What benefits do you see from classifying them as the same thing? They seem very different to me.
According to that NYP article someone was a few holes ahead of trump with an ak47, secret service shot at them and they fled, dropping the gun. The suspect was then arrested in a traffic stop a 50 minute drive away from the golf course. I’ll believe it when I hear it from a credible source.
Starting ones self on fire is a suicide attempt, regardless of political motive.
Is being a soldier assigned to conduct an assault operation also a suicide attempt?
Knowingly doing something that might kill you is not the sole criteria for a suicide attempt. If they weren’t suicidal it wasn’t a suicide attempt.
They were suicidal
I’ve not heard any reporting say this. I’ve seen internet commenters presume this, but just because someone engaged in an action that could result in their death, doesn’t mean they’re suicidal.
I don’t think it’s realistic to assume you understand the mental state of someone who’s already proved they are capable of setting themselves on fire to make a point.
Why would you think that people who have the courage to act on their principles would regret it?
The amount of self determination it must take to smell the gasoline and still strike the match makes me think that the people who do this are capable of living with the consequences of their actions.
This is quite reassuring - if medvedev said it you know there’s no chance it could possibly happen.
Our town…
Do you mean Babylon, Marduk?
He’s taking a principled stand in favor of the rule of law. It’s important to our nation’s soul that there’s a legal memo written before we brutalize and torture people.
impacts small indie artists
How?
I read the article but I don’t understand how bots making and listening to songs to generate royalties for the bot owners affects anyone but the royalty-payers?
Reminds me of a line from The Maxx: “The Crapon-in-a-hat and Jean Paul Satre team up to fight nausea? Sounds like a losing battle to me.”
I’ve heard so many right wingers claim that Californians aren’t real americans, and yet here they are trying to shoot their way out of the consequences of large scale systemic failures.
Lynch’s business partner who was also involved in defrauding HP was killed in a hit and run while jogging 2 days before Lynch’s yacht went down.
Our electoral system is just shit.
She’s way more popular and so are her policies, but having the support of the majority of voters doesn’t guarantee victory like it would if we lived in a democracy.
Ryan Air: No, it’s the airports that are wrong.
Those are easy:
A grifter.
The true Roman way.
Plato’s Republic.
Increasingly complex chemical interactions around thermal vents.
Some rich guy.
Nope.
”pre-emptive" now means brutal and unnecessary violence designed to save the political career of a tyrant?
Even CNN felt the need to scare-quote the term in the headline and the article, since it’s obviously a lie.
Yep. But he’s a republican politician - he still to be publicly racist even if it means insulting his partner’s heritage. That’s the job.