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For the good of all concerned, hopefully the authorities involved/Capitol Police had better re-think their narrow assumptions...

And he also believed Donald Trump and Mike Lindell's lies about the outcome of the presidential election. Not surprising that the suspect here also would be talking to faeries and angels.

The suspect had been living in the Bay Area community of Richmond -- not Berkeley -- in recent years, as detailed in the FBI affidavit supporting the federal criminal charges against him. And, his motivation has been pretty clearly established as well, again from the same charging documents and his own statements to authorities. To wit: "In the course of the interview, DEPAPE articulated he viewed Nancy as the “leader of the pack” of lies told by the Democratic Party. DEPAPE also later explained that by breaking Nancy’s kneecaps, she would then have to be wheeled into Congress, which would show other Members of Congress there were consequences to actions. DEPAPE also explained generally that he wanted to use Nancy to lure another individual to DEPAPE." https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1548106/download Along with his recent postings and writings showing his true MAGA colors. He was checking all the key boxes, as per CNN below.... "The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he seemed “out of touch with reality.” ... Last year, David DePape posted links on his Facebook page to multiple videos produced by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell falsely alleging that the 2020 election was stolen. Other posts included transphobic images and linked to websites claiming Covid vaccines were deadly." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alleged-paul-pelosi-attacker-posted-multiple-conspiracy-theories/ar-AA13uLaM

Actually, as Candide has posted above, the FBI affidavit in support of the federal charges on page 7 quotes DePape as saying it was Pelosi who opened the door, similar to what other news accounts and officials have reported. Again, this is DePape's account as reported by the FBI: "The police arrived and knocked on the door, and Pelosi ran over and opened it. Pelosi grabbed onto DEPAPE’s hammer, which was in DEPAPE’s hand. ... f. DEPAPE stated that he pulled the hammer away from Pelosi and swung the hammer towards Pelosi." The narrative description by the DOJ in announcing the federal charges has a more general description: "According to the complaint, minutes after the 911 call, two police officers responded to the Pelosi residence where they encountered Paul Pelosi and DePape struggling over a hammer. Officers told the men to drop the hammer, and DePape allegedly gained control of the hammer and swung it, striking Pelosi in the head." https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-charged-assault-and-attempted-kidnapping-following-breaking-and-entering-pelosi-residence Pelosi Charges-Affidavit - Depape says Pelosi opened door.pdf

And of course, it's not just lunatic members of the public, but elected (Republican) officials as well, as with the following example: Republican Confronted Over Shooting Video Tweet With 'Fire Pelosi' Hashtag "Representative Tom Emmer was confronted on Sunday over a video of him firing a gun that he posted on Twitter with the hashtag "fire [Nancy] Pelosi," a couple days before the House Speaker's husband was violently attacked inside the couple's San Francisco home. Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, said in the Wednesday tweet that he was firing shots with Republican Representative Jack Bergman of Michigan and Kelly Cooper, who is the GOP candidate in Arizona for the U.S. House, in this year's midterm election. "Enjoyed exercising my Second Amendment rights with @KellyCooperAZ & General @JackBergman_MI1. 13 days to make history. Let's #FirePelosi," the Republican tweeted." (more) https://www.newsweek.com/republican-confronted-over-shooting-video-tweet-fire-pelosi-hashtag-1755661 Image from the above-linked Newsweek article:

1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified, citing fears of political schism, pandemic The Post-UMD poll, coming a year after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, marks the largest share of Americans to hold that view since the question was first asked more than two decades ago. January 1, 2022 ... A year after a pro-Trump mob ransacked the Capitol in the worst attack on the home of Congress since it was burned by British forces in 1814, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds that about 1 in 3 Americans say they believe violence against the government can at times be justified. ... While a 2015 survey found no significant partisan divide when it comes to the question of justified violence against the government, the new poll identified a sharper rise on the right — with 40 percent of Republicans and 41 percent of independents saying it can be acceptable. The view was held by 23 percent of Democrats, the survey finds." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/01/1-3-americans-say-violence-against-government-can-be-justified-citing-fears-political-schism-pandemic/

Don't think the MAGA violent extremists like this guy need any help in going off the deep end, certainly not like they're going to be any further stirred by factual discussion of the current case. The rise of domestic extremism in America Data shows a surge in homegrown incidents not seen in a quarter-century April 12, 2021 "Domestic terrorism incidents have soared to new highs in the United States, driven chiefly by white-supremacist, anti-Muslim and anti-government extremists on the far right, according to a Washington Post analysis of data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The surge reflects a growing threat from homegrown terrorism not seen in a quarter-century, with right-wing extremist attacks and plots greatly eclipsing those from the far left and causing more deaths, the analysis shows. The number of all domestic terrorism incidents in the data peaked in 2020." (more) https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/domestic-terrorism-data/

History of threats against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "It's here; we shouldn't be surprised" Per USA Today: ... "Arrests made for other threats against Pelosi have resulted in prison time for at least five men in the last two years. Last year, a North Carolina man was sentenced to 28 months in prison for threatening to shoot the speaker. A Georgia man who drove across the country with a rifle and threatened to kill Pelosi was sentenced to 28 months in prison last December." and further details of the other cases beyond what I'm allowed to quote via fair use. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/history-of-threats-against-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-it-s-here-we-shouldn-t-be-surprised/ar-AA13BhtA If you read into the details of the longish article above, it's particularly interesting because it also recited several cases where the FBI during Trump's time as president wanted to prosecute people making serious threats against Pelosi and several other current and former Democratic politicians. But the U.S. Attorney's Office prosecutors -- mostly during the 2017-2020 years Trump's appointees ran the Justice Department -- declined to file charges in those several such cases, according to the article.

And, the FBI affidavit filed in connection with the criminal charges against DePape also confirms that he had been living in Richmond, and not the Berkeley commune type place, for at least the past two years: "On October 29, 2022, law enforcement determined that DEPAPE lived in the garage of a residence on Shasta Street in Richmond, California, by interviewing the owner of the premises who confirmed that DEPAPE has resided in the garage for approximately two years." "On October 29, 2022, law enforcement searched the garage at the Shasta Street residence pursuant to a federal search warrant. ... The agents also found evidence that DEPAPE lived in the garage, including DMV paperwork, IRS letters, and Paypal credit cards." https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1548106/download So, all the originally reported in some circles nonsense about what signs were or weren't on display at a commune-type place in Berkeley were just that.... irrelevant nonsense that never had any current-time connection to the suspect.

Why??? The answer is in the OP report: "76% of the fatalities were unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated and did not wear face masks while participating in group activities."

From the above document: "According to the complaint, minutes after the 911 call, two police officers responded to the Pelosi residence where they encountered Paul Pelosi and DePape struggling over a hammer. Officers told the men to drop the hammer, and DePape allegedly gained control of the hammer and swung it, striking Pelosi in the head. ... As set forth in the complaint, once DePape was restrained, officers secured a roll of tape, white rope, a second hammer, a pair of rubber and cloth gloves, and zip ties from the crime scene, where officers also observed a broken glass door to the back porch."

When I was at the 90 day report counter at BKK CW lately, I had an English speaking IO, and I specifically told her I wanted to make sure they updated my new passport info in their system so that I'd be able to do online reports for all my future reporting. She assured me I'd be able to do online reporting next time and thereafter. We'll see a couple months down the road whether that promise was reliable or not.

CNN did a good job of summarizing where the suspect's self-professed MAGA political views had been prior to the attack on Pelosi. There's no disputing all of that since it's his own posts and his own words, even though he had held long since discarded different liberalish views MANY years prior. CNN: "DePape’s posts on Facebook from last year endorse a litany of right-wing falsehoods. He posted multiple videos produced by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell falsely alleging that the 2020 election was stolen, linked to websites claiming Covid vaccines were deadly, and shared videos questioning the January 6, 2021 attack. CNN reviewed the posts before the social media company took the page down, and several of DePape’s relatives confirmed the page belonged to him." https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/pelosi-attack-right-wing-conspiracy-theories-invs/index.html The San Francisco Chronicle also did a good job of summarizing his political conversion history: "More than a decade ago, DePape joined a coalition of nudist activists who swarmed San Francisco streets in 2012, protesting restrictions on public nudity that the Board of Supervisors approved that year." ... "But later, he seemed to go through a political metamorphosis, recasting himself as an evangelist for alt-right conspiracy theories. He published multiple blogs laced with statements about the QAnon mass delusion, whose adherents believe former President Donald Trump stands against an alliance of Satan-worshipping Democratic pedophiles." The cited article then goes on into more details of the guy's MAGA type obsessions... but this forum's quoting policy prevents me to quoting any more here... And by the way,,. The Chronicle article also says the suspect lately had been living in Richmond, a different Bay Area community, and not the Berkeley commune place with buses and such where he reportedly had hung out in the past. https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/What-we-know-about-David-DePape-man-accused-of-17542056.php

FWIW, I got a new passport recently, about 6 weeks before my annual retirement extension was due. So, then with the new passport in hand, I went to BKK CW Immigration, had my stamps transferred to my new passport, and then on a separate visit then got my new retirement extension stamp in the new passport. That last visit was a week or so before my extension expired, and also about a month before my next 90-day report was due. That last day, when I got the new extension in the new passport, I tried to get the 90-day report counter at BKK CW to accept an early 90-day report based on my new passport since I was already there, but they refused, saying I had to wait until later (which was going to mean another in-person trip out to BKK CW). Then once I was about 2 weeks prior to my 90-day reporting date, just to test the system, I tried to do an online reporting with my new passport using the Immigration website. My application was initially accepted for submission, but about 3 days later, I got another Immigration email saying my application had been rejected. So, as I expected, I did indeed have to make another wasted in-person trip out to BKK CW to do an in-person report, just because I had a new passport.

Republican Senate staff tout lab-leak theory of the pandemic’s origin Report cites circumstantial evidence and suspicious patterns ... "“Based on the analysis of the publicly available information, it appears reasonable to conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic was, more likely than not, the result of a research-related incident,” the minority staff concludes in its 35-page report. That conclusion stands in sharp contrast to those of other panels, including from the World Health Organization and U.S. intelligence agencies, which have deemed a zoonotic jump more likely or remained neutral given the lack of direct evidence on the origin of the virus." https://www.science.org/content/article/republican-senate-staff-tout-lab-leak-theory-pandemics-origin

Is New Senate GOP Covid-19 Pandemic Origin Report More About Politics Than Science? "when the office of Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.) dropped “An Analysis of the Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic Interim Report,” just two weeks before the midterm election, you’ve gotta wonder whether this report was more about politics than actually determining what really happened." ... "Plus, this interim report drew some pretty strong conclusions that usually would require a lot more supporting scientific evidence than the report actually provided." ... "And Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, wrote, “My view: a total load of antiscience [bleep],” in the following tweet..." Graphic from the above cited Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2022/10/29/is-new-senate-gop-covid-19-pandemic-origin-report-more-about-politics-than-science/

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It's pretty pathetic... Everything this guy has posted and written on various platforms sounds exactly like the script of a Donald Trump / MAGA / insurrectionist conspiracy theories playbook. And yet, we have the right-wing media and posters here trying to portray him somehow as the opposite of everything he's written and posted, based on a window sign and such in Berkeley Calif? Pathetic! "DePape also posted links to YouTube videos with titles like “Democrat FARCE Commission to Investigate January 6th Capitol Riot COLLAPSES in Congress!!!” and “Global Elites Plan To Take Control Of YOUR Money! (Revealed)” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alleged-paul-pelosi-attacker-posted-multiple-conspiracy-theories/ar-AA13uLaM There's plenty of mental illness to go around among the advocates of this stuff...

Here's what I'm seeing for Bangkok: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --the Dermatology Institute, Saturday 12 and 26 November 2022 (No service on 5 and 19 November 2022) 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the meeting room on the 20th floor of the Dermatology Institute At the injection point (walk in) Thai / foreign / foreigner aged 5 years and over, every vaccination type available is Pfizer purple cap. orange lid pfizer Book an appointment in advance at > https://covid19.iod.go.th/vaccine https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/pfbid0VetkPtAAFcBKx8CFCXVmvrG2WxiRTawTxDoUGcVT7bVQ2yak36yz6iJ5efNeE2Ql -------------------------------------- Ministry of Public Health Vaccination Center opens walk in for every injection of COVID-19 vaccination ???? ???? Pfizer and Moderna ➡️ Every Tuesday, 2nd and 4th week of the month ???? Time 09.00 - 14.00 ???? At the Hall, 1st Floor, Building 3 Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health Tiwanon Road, Talat Khwan Subdistrict, Mueang District, Nonthaburi Province Ministry of Public Health Vaccination Center opens walk in for every injection of COVID-19 vaccination ???? https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/pfbid09AFKGz8TsYxNsoRcm3dAAT7S55LeSttJyineMNUCPALnNcgEEbbrQZpqQU1vjxXyl ---------------------------------------------- COVID-19 Vaccination Center, Bangkok Wesn Sports Building 1, Bangkok Youth Center (Thai-Japanese) ???? October open everyday ???? November is open only on Saturday - Sunday. For people aged 5 years and over, all nationalities Those who wish to receive the vaccine can receive the service. which will be booked through the QueQ app and receive a walk in (Walk in). Time 08.00 - 16.00 https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/pfbid026adRN7F4aPDEr3pYNbpGcMZ54h3jcWC79qn9xoUEFTAysDqrzgKVPWJChkWmP7tRl ------------------------------------------------- Khlong Sam Wa Hospital Open Walk-in for 30 people a day. Vaccinate Pfizer and Moderna. Only Monday - Friday from 1:00 PM. - 2:00 PM., except public holidays. What to bring on the day of vaccination services - ID card or Passport (in case of foreigners) - Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 (in case of having received 1 or more doses of COVID-19 vaccine) Contact for information, call 0-2150-1300 https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/pfbid02N7cWNb5wJfQfwvqwgLvVtq8drpECNjTgpn26hdDUJqnDSEvrmmXjcfpSdTp2npRJl -------------------------------------------- Bangkok invites vaccination group 608 (age 60 and older, or those with chronic medical conditions) Get the service at all 69 health centers. "Inject every Friday, inject every formula, inject every needle" Scan the QR Code to reserve a queue via QueQ or Contact the nearest public health service center at 0 2203 2883. https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/pfbid02sdvBvywDNWhW1p9uBdXChjVcmyhNe7zUuK2JnDBKGYgBoiKTy1nVseQqoYwXaX7Xl ------------------------------------

I learned a new word today that applies to your comment above: "ableist (plural ableists) One who exhibits ableism, or prejudice against the disabled." See the following: News Media Slammed For Ableist Headlines After Fetterman-Oz Debate "Some news outlets said the Pennsylvania Democrat "struggled" and gave a "painful" performance. Disability advocates and neurologists point out that even though Lt. Gov. John Fetterman "may not be good at delivering a speech” right now, it is not indicative of his intelligence or his ability to serve." https://khn.org/morning-breakout/news-media-slammed-for-ableist-headlines-after-fetterman-oz-debate/ For experts on stroke, Fetterman-Oz debate is a teachable moment ... "Experts in stroke and speech, though, stressed that issues with language skills following a stroke are often separate from any potential impact on someone’s cognitive abilities. Moreover, they said they hope the attention on Fetterman will raise awareness about and acceptance of the types of accommodations that are commonly used by people with disabilities, including some of the 800,000 people who have strokes a year in the United States. Fetterman, for example, has used closed-captioning systems during interviews and at the debate." https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/26/for-experts-on-stroke-fetterman-oz-debate-is-a-teachable-moment/

Donald Trump's Silence on Paul Pelosi Attack Sparks Anger "Donald Trump's silence on the attack suffered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi in the couple's home on Friday has sparked anger from many online as the former president has yet to come forward with any type of statement about the incident." One in a long list of similar comments reported in this news report: "Trump could come out & clearly condemn the attack on Paul Pelosi. He could say political violence is unacceptable. If would be a great thing for our country if he did that. But he likely won't, any more that he tamped down on 1-6 violence when he thought it might still help him," wrote journalist Joyce Alene." (more) https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-s-silence-on-paul-pelosi-attack-sparks-anger/ar-AA13vHAC

Not surprisingly, a lot of the conspiracy theory and right-wing extremist nonsense spouted by the suspect here was also believed by the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters, and many of them ended up also claiming to have mental illnesses. So there seems to be a convergence here. Are QAnon followers mentally ill? 68% of them involved in Capitol riot have been clinically diagnosed, says study https://meaww.com/most-q-anon-followers-mentally-ill-capitol-riot-68-percent-diagnosed-study-sophia-moskalenko-radicals Jan. 6 rioter gets probation not prison after judge finds autism played a role U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden concluded that severe mental illness significantly mitigated ‘the blameworthiness’ of the defendant. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/26/jan-6-rioter-gets-probation-not-prison-after-judge-finds-autism-played-a-role-00063588 Jan. 6 Defendant Known as QAnon Shaman Sentenced to 41 Months Mr. Chansley pleaded guilty in September to a single felony count of obstructing an official proceeding before Congress. In court on Wednesday, Mr. Watkins argued for leniency on his behalf saying, among other things, that he had lived for several years with mental illness. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/us/politics/qanon-shaman-jan-6-sentenced.html "A man alleged to have taken part in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Complex was ordered to undergo a mental competency evaluation by a federal judge on Thursday after a series of increasingly bizarre and outrageous in-court outbursts that spiraled out of control — with a reference to former president Donald Trump adding to the mayhem." https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/fck-all-of-you-alleged-capitol-rioter-faces-mental-health-examination-after-screaming-during-multiple-court-hearings/ etc etc....

What geo area are you in / looking to get vaccinated at?

You kind of missed, or more likely deliberately ignored, the periods when Thailand's official (and likely undercounted) COVID deaths were running more than 250 per day in 2021...or more than 100 per day earlier this year: Source link: And then there's the total COVID deaths for Thailand thus far in 2022 -- more than 11,000 as of the end of September, and nearly 33,000 cumulative since the start of the pandemic (shown in the black box below, per the Thai MoPH).

You can do all the same things you mention above re FP in your 2nd pgh just the same in the Grab Android app... But you're right about the other difference.... some restaurant info in the Grab app, especially for Thai food focused on the local market, is ONLY in Thai with no English translations, and the app itself doesn't allow text copy and paste into Google Translate... Although, most of the farang oriented restaurants on Grab do have their online menus in English and/or have bilingual listings.