The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
This reminds me of a sad story back home in the suburbs of STL.
Some criminal was on the run for an unrelated crime he’d committed that day. He was a bad dude, and any cop he came across was gonna get shot at, at least on that particular day.
Well, the City of Ballwin has this absolutely shitty speed trap. They built 3 schools on the same mile or so of horrifically underbuilt suburban mini-stroad, and then they slapped a 30 mph speed limit on it without the slightest fucking hint of traffic calming — everything about driving that road feels like you should be driving at its design speed of about 40-50mph, so it’s torture to be stuck going 30, which provides AMPLE ticket revenue.
It’s almost like they WANTED the ticket revenue and didn’t give a shit about ANY other kind of safety.
Well, the poor bastard who was working the speed trap that day pulls over this criminal, and sure enough gets popped before he reaches the criminal’s car, ultimately leaving him paralyzed for life.
I have zero sympathy for the piece of shit who shot him. But I also have zero sympathy for the city that put him there on revenue collection, instead of having him actively patrolling for threats like the guy who shot him. Or instead of rectifying their shitty planning decision! The point is, the person who got hurt the most here, had the least personal stake in being at that particular spot on that day.
These headlines are beyond terrifying, a nightmare previously described as the Troubles. National Guard troops and the Royal Ulster Constabulary are strategically identical to firearms and ICBMs. It is the very presence of a weapon that causes arguments to escalate.
The US SPM ethos is so remarkably fucked up, it's surreal e.g., (a) see how much we (MAGAs) Love the Jews - If only Hitler accepted them then we (MAGA) could Love Hitler !! look at what a good Jew Netty is and then (b) the foregoing is facilitated by replacing Jews with immigrants. Carl Schmitt's The Enemy.
This reminds me of a sad story back home in the suburbs of STL.
Some criminal was on the run for an unrelated crime he’d committed that day. He was a bad dude, and any cop he came across was gonna get shot at, at least on that particular day.
Well, the City of Ballwin has this absolutely shitty speed trap. They built 3 schools on the same mile or so of horrifically underbuilt suburban mini-stroad, and then they slapped a 30 mph speed limit on it without the slightest fucking hint of traffic calming — everything about driving that road feels like you should be driving at its design speed of about 40-50mph, so it’s torture to be stuck going 30, which provides AMPLE ticket revenue.
It’s almost like they WANTED the ticket revenue and didn’t give a shit about ANY other kind of safety.
Well, the poor bastard who was working the speed trap that day pulls over this criminal, and sure enough gets popped before he reaches the criminal’s car, ultimately leaving him paralyzed for life.
I have zero sympathy for the piece of shit who shot him. But I also have zero sympathy for the city that put him there on revenue collection, instead of having him actively patrolling for threats like the guy who shot him. Or instead of rectifying their shitty planning decision! The point is, the person who got hurt the most here, had the least personal stake in being at that particular spot on that day.
You taunt, you threaten, you call nasty names … and then are shocked someone responds. Yes, violence is terrible, but it’s not one-sided.
These headlines are beyond terrifying, a nightmare previously described as the Troubles. National Guard troops and the Royal Ulster Constabulary are strategically identical to firearms and ICBMs. It is the very presence of a weapon that causes arguments to escalate.
Sigh. What exactly about “Afghan National who aided Americans during the Afghanistan War” says “left wing terrorist?”
The US SPM ethos is so remarkably fucked up, it's surreal e.g., (a) see how much we (MAGAs) Love the Jews - If only Hitler accepted them then we (MAGA) could Love Hitler !! look at what a good Jew Netty is and then (b) the foregoing is facilitated by replacing Jews with immigrants. Carl Schmitt's The Enemy.