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Amateur Radio Guy (General Class Ticket), Python Programmer, UX implementor, Father, Husband of 25 years, Brewer, Technologist, Home Chef, Linux/Unix Whitebeard, Buddhist, Artist, Maker, Guitarist, Sailor, Generally Pervy Old Bastard.

Champion of Reason, Logic, and Philosophy.
Antifascist Punk.

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There are a lot of people who would like you to think that disinformation is harmless; that if you buy into bullshit that it's your own fault; and that the 'people that matter' know the truth.

This man bought into the fire hose of shit that is continuously, endlessly spewing a mixture of exaggerations, half truths and outright lies. He took it all very seriously, and he paid with his life.

Ask yourself, do you think this man was one of the 'people who matter' to his family? It sounds like some of them agree with, and listened to him and the fire hose.

This is a fucking tragedy. This man is a casualty of the fight for democracy, and it is a damn fight when people are getting shot for it. Not because he bought into some bullshit; but because he was fed a line of shit by people he trusted. His political party.

This has got to stop, and I think that it surely will.

Let's hope it doesn't have to be at the expense of another man's life.

Another husband, father, grandfather, uncle or brother. Or worse, whole families.

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@HWK_290

It's no less of a tragedy. Given how far he was able to descend into his persecution fantasy, there were clearly few choices when it came to addressing the concern when he started going right off the deep end.

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@nkofferman

No, it absolutely is not. To be clear, I am not defending his actions in any way, nor am I impugning the FBI for their response.

I am, however calling out the entire republican party as responsible for either of producing the lies this man believed, condoning them, or endorsing them or some combination of them. They're all complicit in the lying for political gain, and in the interest of working up the rubes (seems the rubes will throw more money when they're all worked up), they've raised the violence in the rhetoric to such a degree that now we have erstwhile one man armies preparing to roll out to their deaths convinced that they are off to save the nation.

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@kelvin0mql

I do not question any of that. My point is, the republican party has been stirring this pot a long time, and as long as the money keeps pouring, they cant be arsed, as the brits say.

It's got to be stopped at the source. We're already at the point that guys are like this everywhere. One stands in the foyer of the Kroger just about every afternoon 3 blocks from my house.

Wearing a ball cap with a thin blue line flag, armed to the teeth, in a flag-wrapped t-shirt, glaring at anyone who walks by with a smile their face.

His body language, the sidearm he's wearing, his clothes - it all screams that if you're aren't mad as hell and not going to take it anymore, you must be a fuckin' democrat.

That is a feature of the republican party. If it isn't addressed soon, some sort of war will be the only way it gets addressed.

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@JuzoInui

I am not eager to rush out into the street and 'cull' my idiot countrymen, just because they're idiots. Some of them are my family, some are my neighbors.

Before you suggest I get the fuck away from them, I largely have. It does not do anything to help the problem, it just gets the problem out of my face.

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@HWK_290 if by 'deep state' you mean the republicans, then yes

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@kelvin0mql

Lets be clear - I am not making any kind of defense of this guy; I am eviscerating the GOP for creating and sustaining an environment that keeps that guy squarely where they want him, and operate that firehose of falsehood that suck new people into the rotten fold on an ongoing basis.

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@nuke

This is exactly how they want you to feel, because it will sensitize you to the violence, you eventually move beyond the mere vocal, and they'll have the war the want, because you and everyone like you will do the same thing. You're far from alone in this thinking, so they are winning on fronts that we dont acknowledge, at least not 'in the clear'.

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@Lemmylefty

I am under no delusions the guy was anything but a vicious piece of crap; I'm just pointing out that there are a lot of people like this, and this guy will be a martyr to them, and the tragedy of dead fucking Americans will grow with every body that hits the floor.

I'm not suggesting the GOP or their views are to be somehow socially redeemed, but if you're fine with everything being escalated to a shootout, I think its probably already too late anyway.

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@Lemmylefty

Man, it sure doesn't look like it, does it. My bad, I must have mis-clicked.

It does, however, accurately state my perspective. Concerning your assertions about therapy and families, therapy isn't necessarily going to fix these folks. By and large we have to remove the oxygen from the room where these ideas breed, and force out the occupants. Maybe the FBI should do something to take these guys alive instead of engaging them on their level. Not because its the moral thing to do, that is an adjacent and separate reason; but for tactical and strategic reasons.

The dumb bastard knew what he was doing, and it worked. He has done the noble deal, and died for his cause. Those that share his cause will see him as a literal inspiration. It's playing right into their hands.

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@kelvin0mql

As my dad used to say, "You can't live with a grizzly bear. One of you will have to go."

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@LEDZeppelin

You and me and a lot of us.

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@ProvableGecko

Anyone dying for such flaccid ideologies is tragic.

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@Lemmylefty

dingdingding

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner here. Best comment on the thread.

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@CookieJarObserver

It doesn't seem like it would be, does it...

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@mephiska

@nuke

'they' would be the GQP calling for civil war.

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@readbeanicecream

I'm no authority, but I love this stuff. I read Dr. Hawking's book "A Brief History of Time", and it was not problematic for me.

My takeaway is that a black hole is a sort of manifold. It would follow that if there is a way into it, and stuff going into it, the stuff must be coming out somewhere.

The question is where that stuff comes out, and in what form, and when, in it's local time frame.

I had always envisioned this hypothetical 'other side' as a white hole. It seems like, since we haven't observed any white holes, that the exits must be elsewhere.

Conclusive Evidence for Modified Gravity: Collapse of Newton’s and Einstein’s Theories in Low Acceleration (scitechdaily.com)

A study on the orbital motions of wide binaries has uncovered evidence that standard gravity breaks down at low accelerations. This discovery aligns with a modified theory called MOND and challenges current concepts of dark matter. The implications for astrophysics, physics, and cosmology are profou

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This represents a new understanding of gravity that provides a solution of the problems in the prediction of gravitational effects that resulted in the need for 'dark matter' and 'dark energy'. These placeholders are no longer necessary to explain or predict outcomes that previously depended on them.

The new method is a very specific type of MOND (modified newtonian dynamics) called AQUAL.

The new dynamic is called 'Milgromian Gravitational Dynamics' after professor Mordechai Milgrom, one of the principles wwho first proposed AQUAL.

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@sylver_dragon

The author is not a "moron". He is pointing out that there is a clear definition of Insurrection, and that under the 14th, once Insurrection has been found to have happened, that person may no longer run for office. End of story no more fucking legal bills no exceptions.

That is the 14th amendment, in essence; he quotes it chapter and verse, so I wont. Donald Trump is currently under 4 indictments and subject to 3 charges; go look 'em up yourself. There is no reason to suspect that there wont be more charges and/or indictments, or new charges added to existing cases against him as time moves on.

In fact, I think we can pretty much expect a steady stream; this guy cant stop committing crimes from one moment to then next to save his orange ass. He even hires lawyers that crime, and recently, lawyers that go on tv and admit to his crimes.

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@Madison_rogue

As I mentioned elsewhere, if any one or group of the 70+ federal charges he is currently facing meets the legal definition of Insurrection, then the requirement of the 14th amendment is met and he becomes immediately ineligible.

This does deviate from the norm, and that is intentional; because sedition in a political crime that threatens the existence of the nation. However, it is quite explicit, unlike many other amendments people would as soon ignore. Once the definition is met, it's party over.

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@Nougat

@sylver_dragon

FUCKING Brilliant. Thank you.

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