jfc my friend is down there doing immigration stuff and was told to shelter in place
― gbx, Saturday, 3 August 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
Reportedly, there's a manifesto.
― hedonic treadmill class action (Sanpaku), Saturday, 3 August 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
This invariably reminds me of the Second Surrealist Manifesto (1930): 'The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down into the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd.'
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 August 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
"And we know the routine. White male, no or few serious past offenses, a computer full of alt-right agitprop." do we know this yet? I haven't seen anything other than that the shooter was male.
― akm, Saturday, 3 August 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
He's white from the sounds of things
― gbx, Saturday, 3 August 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
I wrote that above knowing nothing about suspect.
But there's a journalist on the case, the manifesto is easily found, matches details of the shooter's weapon, and its vile. Christchurch copycat.
― hedonic treadmill class action (Sanpaku), Saturday, 3 August 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
19 dead it appears
― omar little, Saturday, 3 August 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ahqCLRz.png
― Criss Angel Raw: The Mindfreak Unplugged (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 3 August 2019 21:44 (four years ago) link
Vice is reporting one white male, 21, taken into custody.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/a35w7a/multiple-people-killed-in-a-mass-shooting-at-a-walmart-in-el-paso-texas?utm_source=dmfb&fbclid=IwAR0lqb4NguIjyqun1CNDf6Pe67k3BQboj04W5NYQqOn2kIPCr34yzcoWM-o
― nickn, Saturday, 3 August 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stochastic_terrorism
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 August 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
found manifesto, exactly what you'd expect including the deflections about 'dont' blame Trump'. The thing about all this shit is: ok, so you have views on immigration. they are extreme and I don't 100% agree with them, but let's say there's some legitimate issues in there. why is the solution shooting a bunch of fucking random people? fucking run for office or some shit.
― akm, Saturday, 3 August 2019 23:19 (four years ago) link
Decades of popular culture in which guns provide the solution? I can't watch the stupid cop dramas my family likes because this is the unspoken ideology in every action finale. Left, Right or Center, this idea that guns are appropriate tools for resolving lazy plots is just pervasive in American culture.
― hedonic treadmill class action (Sanpaku), Saturday, 3 August 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
true
― Dan S, Saturday, 3 August 2019 23:34 (four years ago) link
I don’t know what that shit has to do with this kind of shooting but ok
― brimstead, Saturday, 3 August 2019 23:42 (four years ago) link
Oh here we go, Governor of Texas going on about "mental health issues".
― How to Book Michael Fish (Tom D.), Saturday, 3 August 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
He's such a total asshole, and very well-loved here, it's a disaster.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 3 August 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link
the gov should take a ride in a limo with a Kennedy
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 4 August 2019 00:57 (four years ago) link
an Oldsmobile sedan might work too
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 August 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
*dumb joke, sorry*
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 August 2019 01:57 (four years ago) link
Beto not dancing around the question of Trump’s complicity.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 August 2019 02:03 (four years ago) link
His Spanish isn’t the smoothest but I appreciate the effort. Also, it definitely improves as his emotions intensify.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 August 2019 02:07 (four years ago) link
I don't get the impression that Abbott is loved - his job approval rating is fine because the economy is fine but most people are only vaguely aware that we have a governor most of the time.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 4 August 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
I've been aware, my opinion is fuck Abbott forever
― Dan S, Sunday, 4 August 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, August 3, 2019 7:57 PM bookmarkflaglink
Gov. Dan Patrick would not be an improvement.
― pplains, Sunday, 4 August 2019 02:37 (four years ago) link
no
― Dan S, Sunday, 4 August 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
well it's not like he has much to lose, is it?
― j., Sunday, 4 August 2019 03:09 (four years ago) link
xp
Lt Gov to Gov is a step down in Texas. Lt. Gov has more power. I've had little but contempt for Dan Patrick in my years living in TX. Sports radio personality to would be Limbaugh to state senator to the Lt. Gov. There are some parallels with Pence's trajectory. Fuck em all.
― hedonic treadmill class action (Sanpaku), Sunday, 4 August 2019 03:23 (four years ago) link
Abbott is too busy trying to get women to bury their fetal remains to do anything worthy for people who are actually alive..
― Yerac, Sunday, 4 August 2019 03:27 (four years ago) link
yes
― Dan S, Sunday, 4 August 2019 03:31 (four years ago) link
xp interested in your posts Sanpaku
― Dan S, Sunday, 4 August 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
Still, Patrick would have to take the demotion if Abbott took a drive down Elm Street.
― pplains, Sunday, 4 August 2019 03:50 (four years ago) link
Not intended to be a tree joke, btw.
― pplains, Sunday, 4 August 2019 03:51 (four years ago) link
yes a drive down Elm Street
― Dan S, Sunday, 4 August 2019 03:57 (four years ago) link
sorry to lose track of this thread
― Dan S, Sunday, 4 August 2019 04:04 (four years ago) link
I roll my eyes at this guy a lot, but not with this take:
President Trump's racism does not just offend our sensibilities; it fundamentally changes the character of this country. And it leads to violence. pic.twitter.com/SbuxGneFnh— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 4, 2019
― pplains, Sunday, 4 August 2019 04:08 (four years ago) link
nah im cool with shitting on tx politicos, it's cathartic if futile
― Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Sunday, 4 August 2019 04:08 (four years ago) link
xp obv
I liked the compassion of beto's response
― Dan S, Sunday, 4 August 2019 04:22 (four years ago) link
Another shooting in Dayton, I'm hearing as many as 10 or more dead.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 4 August 2019 06:39 (four years ago) link
White gun owners claim to arm themselves against the tyranny of the state. Yet most of them fetishize cops and the military (if they don't belong to either already). So for whom are their weapons really intended? I think the answer's pretty clear. pic.twitter.com/iexhTn1Ldb— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) August 4, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 4 August 2019 07:46 (four years ago) link
9 confirmed dead in the Ohio massacre
Christ, I’m ready to move back to New Zealand
― just1n3, Sunday, 4 August 2019 08:22 (four years ago) link
What the fuuuuuck
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 August 2019 13:14 (four years ago) link
4 of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in American history have happened since Trump got elected in 2016.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 4 August 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
Could it be that he's presiding over a crime infested hellhole?
― How to Book Michael Fish (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 August 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
the term is shithole
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 4 August 2019 13:57 (four years ago) link
Just stating the facts.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 4 August 2019 13:58 (four years ago) link
Good article on how these could keep escalating:
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-paso-shooting-and-the-gamification-of-terror/
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 4 August 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
Solid analysis, thanks for the link.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 4 August 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
Dayton...are you fucking kidding me
― omar little, Sunday, 4 August 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
One of these days people are going to successfully flee one mass shooting only to wind up in the middle of a different one a block away.
― omar little, Sunday, 4 August 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link