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Two MN lawmakers and their spouses shot by someone impersonating police

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3 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Still a better police response than Uvalde.

"She's still more attractive than Roseanne Barr."

Damning with faint praise indeed.

4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

"She's still more attractive than Roseanne Barr."

Damning with faint praise indeed.

What don't you like?  The sequins?

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12 minutes ago, Goredho said:

What don't you like?  The sequins?

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Spoil that shit

2 minutes ago, blacklab said:

is that better or worse than wishing all members of a political party get melted in acid?

Depends on the party.

3 minutes ago, blacklab said:

is that better or worse than wishing all members of a political party get melted in acid?

Well, I’m not a cop

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Meanwhile, The Trumps, Elon, MAGA politicians, MAGA grifters and the RUBES here who are dumb enough to listen to them...

 

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Matt Taibbi is playing some videos of Mr. Boelter and he sounds like an extreme right wing religious fanatic to me.

3 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

Matt Taibbi is playing some videos of Mr. Boelter and he sounds like an extreme right wing religious fanatic to me.

Taibbi or Boelter?

7 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

 

Well, you know that Jesus often said if you don't like what someone says, you should break into their house and shoot them.

1 hour ago, blacklab said:

is that better or worse than wishing all members of a political party get melted in acid?

 

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3 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

Well, you know that Jesus often said if you don't like what someone says, you should break into their house and shoot them.

Especially when the president cheers it on. Like Nancy Pelosi’s husband 

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2 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

Well, you know that Jesus often said if you don't like what someone says, you should break into their house and shoot them.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

... and then, you know, what ever you think is best...

 

1 hour ago, Brian Fantana said:

Depends on the party.

So your good with murderous torture as long as your team is doing the killing?

2 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Who'd have ever suspected?!?

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Yeah, I had it totally pegged as a whimsical lark.  Like, he headed out to get a late night Slurpee, and then said "fuck it, an ice cold cherry treat won't make me feel better, might as well assassinate some people."

6 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah, I had it totally pegged as a whimsical lark.  Like, he headed out to get a late night Slurpee, and then said "fuck it, an ice cold cherry treat won't make me feel better, might as well assassinate some people."

I mean, its over 80% humidity down in the hollar right now, a Slurpee sounds pretty damn solid.

2 hours ago, Goredho said:

What don't you like?  The sequins?

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Madonna has aged poorly. 

13 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Who'd have ever suspected?!?

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Robot Joe Biden made him do it.

44 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

So your good with murderous torture as long as your team is doing the killing?

Did I say that?

19 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Who'd have ever suspected?!?

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Holy shit!  The feds are now employing Sherlock fuckin Holmes!

I usually dislike it when the feds bring overlapping, concurrent charges with a state.  Other than glory-seeking, or maybe putting the death penalty on the table, I'm not sure why the feds are pursuing this.  The firearm law that it falls under, 18 USC 924, is one of the most draconian and probably worst federal criminal laws on the books.

5 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I usually dislike it when the feds bring overlapping, concurrent charges with a state.  Other than glory-seeking, or maybe putting the death penalty on the table, I'm not sure why the feds are pursuing this.  The firearm law that it falls under, 18 USC 924, is one of the most draconian and probably worst federal criminal laws on the books.

Trump can't pardon state crimes.

6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I usually dislike it when the feds bring overlapping, concurrent charges with a state.  Other than glory-seeking, or maybe putting the death penalty on the table, I'm not sure why the feds are pursuing this.  The firearm law that it falls under, 18 USC 924, is one of the most draconian and probably worst federal criminal laws on the books.

Man, surely you know by now that much of federal criminal law arose in response to a refusal by many states to prosecute crimes committed by certain types of people against certain "lesser" types of people. 

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

I usually dislike it when the feds bring overlapping, concurrent charges with a state.  Other than glory-seeking, or maybe putting the death penalty on the table, I'm not sure why the feds are pursuing this. 

Especially because Trump's gonna pardon him.

2 hours ago, wildcat09 said:

Man, surely you know by now that much of federal criminal law arose in response to a refusal by many states to prosecute crimes committed by certain types of people against certain "lesser" types of people. 

Some of it sure.  A lot of it is just political "tough on crime" shit.  Congress can't do anything useful, so they pass a crime bill.

2 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

Trump can't pardon state crimes.

Even the most gung-ho MAGAt US Attorney might flinch a little at an entire prosecution for the purpose of giving Trump an opportunity to pardon.

And federal prosecution, in most cases, does not preclude state.

So it's all a giant waste of time.  

We now know why the feds co-opted the state charge and brought the death penalty into play: the perp also shot and killed the dog.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/melissa-mark-hortman-service-dog-training/

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Gilbert never graduated from training school, but went on to be a beloved pet of the Hortman family. Melissa and Mark Hortman and Gilbert were shot and killed on Saturday.

 

10 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Even the most gung-ho MAGAt US Attorney might flinch a little at an entire prosecution for the purpose of giving Trump an opportunity to pardon.

And federal prosecution, in most cases, does not preclude state.

So it's all a giant waste of time.  

Bullshit. They'll suck trump's dick when they are done. As is standard party procedure.

16 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

Matt Taibbi is playing some videos of Mr. Boelter and he sounds like an extreme right wing religious fanatic to me.

 

16 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

The shooter; Boelter.

That can't be true. Have you read Page 1 of this thread?!?!

Just now, SydneyCarton said:

 

That can't be true. Have you read Page 1 of this thread?!?!

He just happened to be most pro-Trump, rabid Evangelical, anti-abortion leftist in history who only wanted to kill Democrats

Geez.  He was basically BFFs with Tim Walz! 

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4 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

 

That can't be true. Have you read Page 1 of this thread?!?!

Sure seems like we are currently seeing the fruits of the KGB's meddling in the 60's, 70's and 80's.  How many different assassination attempts have we had in the past 12 months due to political violence?  Seems to be increasing unfortunately.

2 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

Sure seems like we are currently seeing the fruits of the KGB's meddling in the 60's, 70's and 80's.  How many different assassination attempts have we had in the past 12 months due to political violence?  Seems to be increasing unfortunately.

Shit. I think the meddling is more of the last 30 years. But there's more than just that happening. If's a confluence of shit...but yeah, social media is certainly at the heart. 

23 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

 

 

 

Any day now @Laxtonto will apologize for being a condescending asshole while also being blatantly wrong (despite linking to the source with the correct information). 

Still waiting @Laxtonto

14 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

At least we know they are working shifts.

They discovered him last night in Van Nuys, lodged against an abutment.

2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Shit. I think the meddling is more of the last 30 years. But there's more than just that happening. If's a confluence of shit...but yeah, social media is certainly at the heart. 

The heart of it is the violent cult of evangelicalism.  Social media is just a means of spreading the message of hate to dummies faster than in the old days.

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2 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

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Fuck him.  He made them.  He kept them up for days.

He is an irredeemable piece of shit, and he's also the true voice of his party and its supporters.  He just says what they all think and want to say.  He should have been punched in the fucking face, and he still should be.  if you posted that shit about any of my friends or loved ones, I sure as fuck would lay you out and dare your sorry ass to file charges.

It would appear the shooter was able to simply buy personal information on his victims from public and legal markets, whoopsie poopsie!

https://www.wired.com/story/minnesota-lawmaker-shootings-people-search-data-brokers/

It's an issue I've talked about repeatedly here on surly, and the usual suspects typically just come back with "bhhhhuuuuut it's OBAMACARE for the internet!!!" but goddamnit data privacy matters!

 

It's absurd and literally leading to deaths now, the degree to which our personal information is financialized by private interests at the expense of our peace of mind, or even peace of body.

I know some aspects of this concept are abhorrent to most Americans, including myself, but I don't see a way out of fixing "the internet" and social media, without directly dying everything we do on the internet to a valid SSN/DL. Want to be an evil motherfucking commenting in the comment sections of youtube and reddit? Ok. No anonymity. Buying public data on people? Flag that shit and send a notice to the people who's info got sold, since obviously personal privacy doesn't exist anymore. Uncomfortable with your sexuality because you're a repressed homosexual or like being pegged? Fuck it, your porn history is out there for everyone to see. You'll either let your freak flag fly, or you're going to have to repress that shit more and jerk off without the internet like we all grew up doing. 

Bring back personal accountability and shame. Anonymity clearly doesn't work. 

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