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Trump falls!! Hurt too

bilby said:
Don2 (Don1 Revised) said:
Also, here is a news article on that subject:
www.yahoo.com

FBI Is Not Fully Convinced Trump Was Struck by a Bullet

FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed during a marathon testimony on Wednesday that investigators still do not know if former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during his attempted assassination.Twice during the hours-long session, Wray told lawmakers that the...
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Using the word "shrapnel" is a very polite way of not taking away the hero worship of Trump.
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It's technically incorrect, too. Shrapnel is bits of a weapon that is designed to disintegrate, such as a fragmentation grenade or a case shot.

It is named for the inventor of case shot, Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), whose 'Shrapnel Shell' was first used in 1804.
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Spalling or debris is more accurate, I think? Or at least closer.
 
laughing dog said:
Derec said:
laughing dog said:
If the person is qualified, there is no reason to point out they were a “dei” pick.
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I disagree. The question is not whether X meets minimum qualifications, but that discriminatory selection (by e.g. considering only black females for positions such as SCOTUS justice, Veep or US Senator from California) makes it unlikely that the best person for the job will be selected.
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How quaint you think there is a single best person for a political position.
Derec said:
It is also a big middle finger who does not belong to the favored demographic. Dems already struggle for support from white men. Overtly discriminating against us will not help this.
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Doesn’t bother this white man. Of course, I don’t think the world should revolve around me. And I realize that inclusion in politics is important.
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That.
Political “demographics” are constructs, but voters are people. As a principle, a politician who fails to make equity and inclusion part of their pitch is called an ex-politician or a Fox talking head. It’s really only the diversity thing that’s divides us. America is racist AF.
 
Jarhyn said:
bilby said:
Don2 (Don1 Revised) said:
Also, here is a news article on that subject:
www.yahoo.com

FBI Is Not Fully Convinced Trump Was Struck by a Bullet

FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed during a marathon testimony on Wednesday that investigators still do not know if former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during his attempted assassination.Twice during the hours-long session, Wray told lawmakers that the...
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com

Using the word "shrapnel" is a very polite way of not taking away the hero worship of Trump.
Click to expand...
It's technically incorrect, too. Shrapnel is bits of a weapon that is designed to disintegrate, such as a fragmentation grenade or a case shot.

It is named for the inventor of case shot, Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), whose 'Shrapnel Shell' was first used in 1804.
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Spalling or debris is more accurate, I think? Or at least closer.
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Splinter
 
Don2 (Don1 Revised) said:


Hmmm....

How tall is Kyle Rittenhouse again? Oh yeah, 5'8"
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The idea that people would like for an untrained firearms enthusiast with no law enforcement experience, to run the Secret Service and expect better results because of his "shoot first" mentality is really a sign of the issue the alt-right have with problem solving.
 
He's actually 6'8" but the last foot is ... uh ... secret.
I've told this before... USSS was one of our customers. A lot of buying goes on at the sector level so as a preferred vendors we'd get a lot of calls from unfamiliar agents. One day, one called, gave me a credit card# and a list of stuff he needed, then hung up. In those days you could *69 someone to call them back so I did that, and got the agent back. "Uh, one more thing sir. I need to know where you want all this stuff sent. UNLESS IT'S SECRET!".
He laughed, a very short laugh. Those guys are pretty badass afaict.
 
And given that they still can't confirm it I think it's pretty much a given that it was a splinter.
 
And more drops:

apnews.com

AP photographer captures another perspective of the attack on Trump

Gene Puskar has been with The Associated Press for 45 years. Here’s what he had to say about making this extraordinary photo.
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It's a pic of The Felon after the Secret Service lets him get up.

Note the distribution of the blood. I see blood in his hair but not on his ear. Looking more and more like a splinter.
 
bilby said:
It's technically incorrect, too. Shrapnel is bits of a weapon that is designed to disintegrate, such as a fragmentation grenade or a case shot.
It is named for the inventor of case shot, Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), whose 'Shrapnel Shell' was first used in 1804.
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An FBI Director should not have said so. They have the gun with them.
 
I'm not even mildly curious whether a bullet or a splinter hit Donald Trump's ear. Maybe he even bruised his fanny when he fell on it. It was an attempted assassination that failed. A deranged kid with a terrorist-grade assault rifle tried to kill him. A piece of Donald Trump's ear is now missing, so he has a trophy wound to display to his throngs of admirers. The only lesson to take away from that is that we shouldn't let people have terrorist-grade assault rifles, and we should do a better job of controlling civilian ownership of guns generally.
 
blastula said:
Damnit, stop helping him.

apnews.com

Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says

It's been just nine weeks since the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president says he's safe and well.
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U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm…
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I thought we were supposed to be carrying firearms around all the time. Isn’t that what makes us safer??
 
Looks like someone with an AK-47 was confronted near where Trump was playing golf. They shot at him. He dropped the gun and ran off but was later arrested.
 
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