Everything posted by Etaoin Shrdlu
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Charlie Kirk Shooting: Unraveling the Motive Behind the Attack
Here's another article discussing a possible motive. While it does touch on the Alt-Right angle, it suggests an apolitical motive, namely recognition on social media. It also ties the messages on the shell casings to online games, not Antifa or other political groups. This would fit with someone who is isolated socially, perhaps somewhere on the spectrum. https://www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-kirk-was-killed-by-a-meme
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Charlie Kirk Shooting: Unraveling the Motive Behind the Attack
I posted a link to an article earlier that discussed the possibility that Tyler Robinson was influenced by the Alt-Right. I'm not claiming it is an official statement by a government authority. Invoking the authority of a government entity should be backed up by something credible.
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Charlie Kirk Shooting: Unraveling the Motive Behind the Attack
Do you have a link to an official statement by the state of Utah?
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Charlie Kirk Shooting: Unraveling the Motive Behind the Attack
It isn't clear that Tyler Robinson is a Trump supporter. It is possible that he's a follower of Nick Fuentes and was radicalized by the Alt-Right. Fuentes has denounced Trump for not being racist enough and too soft on minorities and immigrants. Fuentes and his Gropyers had a particular animus for Charlie Kirk for these reasons. They are Alt--Right and not Trump supporters. Again, it is telling that his MAGA family have not stated that his radicalization was by leftists or leftist ideology. Governor Cox, also a Republican, hasn't attributed Tyler's radicalization to the Left. I'm sure that if Tyler was radicalized by the left, his MAGA family would have said so and Governor Cox would have also mentioned it. It's a glaring omission
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Charlie Kirk Shooting: Unraveling the Motive Behind the Attack
It's interesting that neither Tyler Robinson's family, who have.said he had become radicalized, and Utah Governor Cox, attributed this radicalization to the Left. Given that his parents are MAGA, and Cox a Republican, this omission is telling. Here's a possible explanation that leads in a different direction. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/what-is-a-groyper-and-was-tyler-robinson-a-part-of-alt-right-movement-charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-turning-point-usa-founder-utah-valley-university-white-nationalist-christian-figure-nick-fuentes-followers-unusual-ammunition-markings-video-game-helldivers-2/articleshow/123859730.cms?from=mdr
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Has trump had a stroke?
Looks like Bell's Palsy.
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Powerball at 1.4 billion USD - All about Powerball Mania!
This is very interesting. I bought a lottery ticket some years ago when visiting the US and read the terms and conditions on the ticket. It stated that only residents of the US were eligible. Perhaps buying through an agent that is domiciled in the US gets around this. Do you know how this works?
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Chicago shootings: At least 35 shot, 5 fatally news...
Too many people only look on the bad side of gun crime in Chicago. The bright side is that Chicago makes the most efficient use of its snowplows. In the winter, they clear the snow. In the summer, they clear the shell casings.
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US Visa Fee Surge Sparks Travel Woes: Total Jumps to $442
Exactly! The current B1/B2 visa is issued for a period of ten years without specific limitation on the number of entries. I could see how it would not be possible to preclude an overstay of the visa until after it had expired ten years after issuance!
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Ukraine (and everyone involved) is loosing the war.
My MAGA detector works reasonably well most of the time. It notices how posters manage to navigate loose/lose, their/there/they're, and your/you're.
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Ukraine (and everyone involved) is loosing the war.
The use of "loosers" indicates that you did. Loose = not tight Looser = less tight Lose= not win Loser = someone who did/does not win My apologies for the lecture if you're not a native or near-native English speaker.
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Ukraine (and everyone involved) is loosing the war.
I think you may have missed the point of my post.
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Mr. Trump hasn't been seen in public since Tuesday
Given your screen name and apparent politics, I thought you might be from East Liverpool, Ohio.
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Ukraine (and everyone involved) is loosing the war.
Russia loosed its army on Ukraine, so I guess you could say Russia is the looser. We will see which country will the the ultimate loser, though.
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Mr. Trump hasn't been seen in public since Tuesday
Are you from East Liverpool, Ohio?
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Mr. Trump hasn't been seen in public since Tuesday
I understand that the Kim Jong-Un's father shot a 38-under with 11 holes-in-one the first and only time he played golf. With this kind of golf prowess in the family, Donnie doesn't stand a chance no matter how much he may cheat.
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Parking at Suvarnabhumi
Yes
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Social Security now has access to all your bank accounts
It appears that the target for this new capability are those receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which is a separate payment apart from normal Social Security retirement benefits and is means tested. I suspect that there are very few retirees here in Thailand receiving SSI benefits on top of their normal retirement benefit payments, so this probably won't end up affecting many of us. Is anyone on AN receiving SSI benefits? But this expansion of government surveillance is troubling by itself.
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Massive Tax Slash: Customs Cuts 8 Billion Baht from US Imports
Not going to happen in any meaningful way for a number of reasons. The US already has a labor shortage with unemployment around 4%, well within the benchmark range for full employment. The main purpose of the tariffs is to place a new tax on average Americans so that the 0.1% can have tax breaks. A number of manufacturing companies in the US have laid off workers at least in part due to Trump's tariffs including John Deere, Stellantis, Cleveland Cliffs, and others. Some kind of winning, eh?
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Massive Tax Slash: Customs Cuts 8 Billion Baht from US Imports
Customs duties are normally levied based upon the country in which the product and its components are manufactured. Since few Apple products are made in the US, this won't have much effect on the price of Apple products.
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Parking at Suvarnabhumi
It can be a challenge to find a space in one of the parking garages right at terminals 1 and 2, but there is another parking garage past the two terminals. It is right by what used to be Terminal 3, which has been closed now for over a decade. There is a covered air-conditioned walkway that connects the old Terminal 3 to the current Terminal 2. I've not had difficulty finding a place at the old Terminal 3 parking garage, especially when I was willing to park on the roof. Go early, and if you can't find a space by 1 or 2, go on to the abandoned Terminal 3 and park in the parking garage there and walk back to the other terminals using the walkway.
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Slowly losing the plot in Thailand.
There's also a negative side.
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Wanna AI powered "dog" that is 99 percent the same as real?
Was Deckard's dog in Bladerunner 2049 a real dog or a replicant?
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Cracker Barrel Logo Change Sparks Fury
Until the MAGA uproar over the re-branding, it did not occur to me that "Cracker Barrel" would mean anything other than a receptacle for a type of biscuit.
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Weak Flow
Silodosin, sold under the Urief brand name, is available over the counter for relief of BPH symptoms. But be sure to see a urologist first and certainly have a PSA test to rule out something more problematic.