The Frankish Reich

Really important that Philly put them in a hole early on here. They are completely unimpressive, but somehow I worry that it'll be like the waning years of the Pats dynasty, where they stick around and then suddenly have that playoff burst left in them.

Everyone keeps talking about Xavier Worthy, but Troy Franklin of the Broncos is stepping up big-time. I'm not sure why he slipped all the way to the 4th round. Kid is a winner.

Ooh, that's good ... had me fooled.

Thanks. I will check that out. The NFL/CBS is giving me Giants-Cowboys as my sole early game. I'm about to go cut the grass which will be significantly more fun.

Thank you for the reminder. I will be sitting this one out as I didn't buy the Sunday Ticket this year. And it's too early here to hit some bar.

It's fair to call him part of the LGBTQ+ "community." But that category is not wholly separate and apart from groyper culture. I think the Venn Diagram would show a significant overlap. I'm pretty much on the cusp of Boomer/Gen X as currently defined, so I realize I am prone to that either/or categorization of people. The whole Gen Z thing is very different. And I'll admit I don't get a lot of it. Those things he wrote on the bullet casings are so Gen Z, so completely immersed in multiple levels of Gen Z social media/gamer culture, that it probably isn't comprehensible to most of us here.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox: a pitch perfect response to this tragedy. Watch him on CNN's State of the Union. I know Utah well (lived there as a kid, supervised an office there as an adult), and yes, it does have a different political and social culture informed by the Mormon church. But maybe in these times its a better political culture. He is stable, rational, projects a sense of being in control. It's been a long time since we've seen that on the national level.

So no limits on 2nd Amendment rights means everyone at a Trump (or other) campaign rally may bring in one or more firearms. You really think this is what the 2nd Amendment means?

So after this assassination, do we agree that: - It would make sense to make public assembly areas like this one at UVU gun-free zones? - It would make sense to have security checks before entering a public assembly featuring a political speaker? A controversial political speaker? - It would make sense to have a drone in addition to cameras to make sure that no one has brought a gun into the immediate vicinity? We seem to all agree that there is some limit to 2nd Amendment rights. Does anyone think it is a good idea to have open/concealed carry in a forum where the President is speaking? So what is the limit? Someone adjudicated mentally ill should be prohibited from possessing a firearm, right? And I understand that some on the right thing trans people are per se mentally ill, so it would extend to them, right? What about the lover/spouse/partner of a trans person? So what is the limit?

Despicable act, but some here are getting a bit carried away with the St. Charlie thing. I would never call for political violence, and I never thought there was anything amusing about a man trying to kill Nancy Pelosi with a hammer and instead almost killing her husband with a hammer.

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I could explain why this is a better constructed joke headline, but you know what they say about explaining a joke.

I guess it's a common name?

Sounds eerily like the National Socialist parties of days of yore.

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.