The Frankish Reich

Actually, you can live perfectly fine with that. You choose not to coexist with that.

I don't know other than I kind of read right through some of the non-alleged "fact" stuff.

How do you know that?

It goes back to the Long Island thing for the Jets, even though that ended decades ago. You beat me to it. Jets = Queens/Long Island. Giants = Manhattan, Westchester, Connecticut.

And everyone here is comfortable with calling Kamala a communist.

/ / / / / / / / / / No surprise that the author doesn't comprehend sarcasm.

Well, in the world of social media, yes, it is fringe. Certainly not everything there is fringe (a lot of people belong to rather mundane online communities), but it is pretty niche overall.

And that's what's key: if he was truly "acting on his own" (even if inspired by some online haters), well, then it's sadly what we see all the time. Acting with he actual assistance of someone or someones else? That's a big deal.

The facts as we more or less know them: - young male, raised in conservative Mormon family in conservative Mormon area (around St. George, a pleasant retirment-oriented community) - son of a local law enforcement officer. Brought up around guns and hunting, which is not at all unusual, particularly in this part of the country - active on Discord. What forums, who knows. But likely involved in some fringe beliefs. - engraved ammo with some political messages, one clearly anti-"fascist," others difficult to interpret (sarcasm? true belief? who knows) Although he escaped, he seemed to know that he'd be caught. Wore the same clothes home. Confessed to family. Didn't want to go down in a blaze of glory. The rest is pure speculation.

In other words: according to some observers, he has exhibited signs of having had transient ischemic attacks, a/k/a "mini-strokes." Quite a different thing than a massive stroke that leads to permanent or long-lasting speech problems.

I've gone back and forth on this in my lifetime. I am now at the point where I think the death penalty is justified in some cases: clear and obvious guilt (that is, something even higher than beyond a reasonable doubt), plus evidence of some serious aggravating circumstance. That would include a political assassination, like this one.

Horseshoe theory rears its ugly head again. Far right, far left ... who can even tell anymore? Just far out of the mainstream is all I know.

In their haste to make this a left wing/right wing thing, people are missing the forest for the trees. Early reports say this killer was heavily involved in Discord chats. I don't know what those were, but I don't think you need to be a conspiracy theorist to assume that whatever it was, it was fringey and likely espoused violence. We don't really know what "philosophy" (a far too grand a word for these guys) he espoused, but I'll take a wild guess that it was anti-Charlie Kirk. On the same day we had the Colorado Evergreen shooter. Guess what? An avid participant in fringey internet chat groups. It seems that he was more into the anti-semitic corners of the internet and so-called groyper culture. Whatever. They're both damaged.

You have learned nothing. Sad!

Let's call the congressional resolution for releasing everything "The Charlie Kirk Act." By the way: some really creepy sh!t in that Birthday Book! It's almost as if everyone invited to submit something thought it was one big joke that Epstein diddled 14 year old girls.

Edgy! But some friendly advice: the "transitioning" line would work if the thread accused someone of being, you know, trans. So for the joke to work, you needed to go with something like "before he came out of the closet as Homelander." See ... edgy AND well written! Keep working on it. And don't mix those metaphors. Your humor editor, TFR

/ / / / / / / / Redditors are kind of like our mods. The discussion belongs in r/crime or r/Charlotte or r/whateverelse. It isn't an r/GenZ story, and they try to stop people with an agenda from hijacking every single thread. That's why Tarheel loves it here. No moderation to speak of, so he can create half a dozen topics to chat with himself.

I wasn't really his audience, neither a fellow traveler nor a shut-him-up anti-free speecher. A lot of people I respect have said nice things about him as a person, and I have no reason to doubt that. As a father, looking at the family photos is just jarring to me. RIP.

Exactly. I saw this happen a couple times with my mother. The scariest one was when she started speaking gibberish for about 30 seconds. I sat her down, she relaxed and no doubt her blood pressure dropped, and then she was perfectly fine within 2 minutes, like nothing had happened. And she had no memory of anything unusual happening. And yes, she's on blood thinners and her hands and arms are constantly bruising from minimal contact. I've seen it happen right in front of me. And yes, the second time around I definitely knew it when I saw it.

To a large extent still true, but I'm troubled by the apparent spread of "American" style mass shootings to other countries too. And political assassinations (which the Kirk killing certainly seems to be) appear to be on the rise worldwide too. These things used to make me angry. Now I just find myself depressed, just praying for it to stop.

This shooting, and in my area this one at a school. Thankfully only the shooter died. This is a safe area in the foothills of the Rockies. In fact, a friend of mine moved to Evergreen specifically because he wanted a safe, small town type environment for his kids. People up there have guns (not necessarily handguns, which was what was used here) because it's not unheard of for wildlife like bears to wander up onto your deck. I really don't know what to do anymore.

I remember this - the ridiculous Trump denial about the Access Hollywood tape.

I think Trump's anger is real. But I'm open to arguments that the US knew and must publicly condemn it while privately accepting (or even celebrating?) it as necessary. Which one?

Inherent in my comment is that nobody in the LGBT community should support Hamas and the other corrupt and evil mostly self-appointed leaders of the Palestinian cause. That is quite different from supporting the Palestinian cause itself.

It is not misogynistic to value taste and beauty over the tasteless and tacky. It is not homophobic to point out the thinly veiled homoeroticism that is inherent in the Cult of Trump, or the self-hating sexual identity that is inherent in supporting someone who would seek to outlaw your own marriage.