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Scipio synthesizes the info well, he's a clear writer, and he can be funny as shit.
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She's very sharp.
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Incredibly stupid, you mean. In a fucking suit my ass. Aside from whether you believe he was some great civil orator or a racist muckraker, he's an insignificant political operative. A pimple on the ass of the USA.
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Well, you could avoid going through any legitimate Disney/ABC/ESPN channel. Have your cake and eat it too.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
TwiceHorn replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
You assume that it is UT law enforcement, and that is a good initial assumption. But the FBI frequently assists local law, particularly with computer forensic and other technical subject matter, where locals really may not have the horsepower. And, here, the FBI has demonstrated an interest in the case. And, of course ol Kashyap didn't himself script the texts or discords or whatever they are, but he's a stand-in for FBI. -
And, although a .50 cal is highly likely to do really gross damage, anomalies happen.
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Broadly speaking, though, a .50 cal or 12.7 is a major destruction machine. Why in the blue fuck was your friend hunting deer with a .50 unless it was extreme long range? That seems like it should be illegal.
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Well, from a caliber or diameter standpoint, .30-06 is not huge. Rifle bullets caliber from roughly .22 up to .50. But then there's mass, and that's often accounted for by length of the projectile. Mass surely counts toward the energy of the projectile, which is a big factor, and .30-06 is a pretty high-energy round as they go. But it's not a monster. For reference, when you're reading military fiction or non-fiction and a .50BMG machine gun, M2 or Ma Deuce, or a 12.7mm heavy machine gun Dushka is referenced, that is a huge, heavy projectile fired at very high velocity. It's not just a long-distance sniper round. When a .50 or 12.7mm machine gun comes into play against personnel, they're being mutilated and blown to shit. That round does not drill through people or "through and through," it blows them to shit as if it were an explosive round.
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The difference being hitting the skull. It seems the Kirk shot went through soft tissue only. Any high-energy projectile will enter flesh and generate a shock wave ahead of it, which has the potential to "blow shit up." But when the projectile and the shock wave hit something big and hard like a skull, that's when things get "weird" and shit really starts "blowing up," because the direction of the shock wave and the projectile itself get changed from basically straight ahead to up, down, left, right, and some of the energy gets transferred to the bone, which starts heading off in its own directions. Here are some shots through ballistic gel that mimic soft-tissue only.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
TwiceHorn replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
I know this is tongue in cheek, but a reminder that you don't get a trademark on just a set of words. It has to be used to sell a product or services. I make this post only because it's such a common mistake on here. If you wanted to register a trademark in that phrase for goods like tshirts, hats, koozies, etc., that might be a possibility. -
CEO of UHG Shot and Killed in NYC - WTF is wrong with you New York
TwiceHorn replied to Bevo's topic in Daily Texan
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If we're gonna lower flags to half-staff for a podcaster, might as well give security details to failed candidates.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
TwiceHorn replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Has anyone observed that the state of Utah, especially the parts outside of SLC, are about as close to New Gilead as you will find in the US? And that this kid was raised by white, church-attending, gun-loving, straight, cis, two-parent household? That he wasn't in college long enough to be indoctrinated, but instead went to a no-homo trade school?- 5066 replies
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
TwiceHorn replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Another point is, for people with equivalent degrees and years of experience, just about everything else is subjective. This guy may be bald and you hate baldies, this chick may be fat, or hot, or this guy went to UT and this one to Aggy. And anyone that's lived long enough knows people with impressive academics that are professional and personal failures, or at least less capable of performing at higher or highest levels than someone with less impressive credentials. And also know people with relatively humble academics that are leaders in their field. So, it's pretty rare that "the most meritorious candidate regardless of race" is chosen. Says who? And what are those criteria? -
The behavior of a projectile in a body or "piece of meat" can be highly unpredictable. They are capable of producing gnarly exit wounds and also no exit wound at all and also just drilling pretty much straight through. A lot of it depends on the type of bullet (soft point vs. full metal jacket and there's a wide variety of behavior from various soft point designs) and what it actually hits on the way through. As pointed out above, that chart is pistol rounds, which have a lot lower velocity and thus kinetic energy than rifle rounds. 1/2mv^2. But a lot of pistol rounds also have a lot more mass than rifle rounds. A rifle round is more apt to produce a lot of hydrodynamic shock, which can help make a big exit wound. But sometimes that relatively small diameter projectile will go right through. Whereas the pistol may be less apt to produce that shock, but possibly more apt to tumble in the body and "fly off course," which can produce a pretty gnarly wound in its own right. So that chart is fairly simplified.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
TwiceHorn replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
He apparently started out pretty liberal according to his bio. After graduating Richmond and then Pace (very mid) law school, he worked as a public defender in Florida and then as a federal public defender. A PD that gives a shit will work pretty hard just because of the caseload. He probably gave a shit as a state public defender or they wouldn't have hired him as a federal public defender, where shit-ass pleading of clients is not an accepted practice. So, it seems in his early career, he worked pretty hard and for less than awesome pay (compared to a white shoe firm for example). Then he got on the political grift, including political appointments where he learned he could just sit around and talk shit and get paid pretty decent wages. The FBI director job is making him work again, despite his efforts to turn it into a years-long Vegas vacation. That and his underqualification for the job probably explain his recent expressions. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
TwiceHorn replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Republicans are so used to rationalizing what are ultimately racially motivated policies that once they started saying the quiet part out loud they don't even see it.- 5066 replies
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
TwiceHorn replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
And, whatever nuance may be behind the things Kirk said, the way he says them, e.g. "Black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously" and countless other examples doesn't permit that nuance. And, I'm pretty sure he knew that and did it mostly on purpose. If he didn't, then he sure slipped into racism easily. Like "The Cowboys are so easy to hate." Ok fine, I hate them, or more specifically Jerrah and what he made them, but the reasons for hating the Cowboys are manifold. Fans could be one of them. But why he immediately segued to short Mexicans in jorts boggles the mind if you are trying to assert that he isn't a racist. -
I'd actually guess he pleads. Probably also assume they withdraw death penalty in return for the plea. And if they don't withdraw the death penalty, he still gets a penalty-phase "trial," where upbringing, motive. mental health, indoctrination and such will get a lot more play than at a guilt-phase trial. And that may not be something the government really wants to get into.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
TwiceHorn replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Yes first. I have a hungry, noisy cat waking me up in the middle of the night, so I wasn't in super-clear mind. But long story short, he said it's not "illegal speech," but the university can't ignore it. Well, yes, actually, the First Amendment requires a government entity to ignore "legal speech." -
To elaborate on this, I kind of assume you true crimers are skeptical of a single source of information that cites unnamed sources and is generally pretty vague. Even if that single source gets repeated on dozens or hundreds of sites that maybe initially looks like corroboration, but on closer scrutiny just cites that single source and changes the wording around to make it look like a different, "corroborating" report. Then you combine that with the single source being a) pretty much proven liars b) lying in service of an agenda and administration. Then you have something to be very skeptical of. And, as for the FBI, normally they and DOJ lawyers wouldn't comment much on evidence gathered prior to court proceedings that mandate disclosure. And, it's a valid point that they may not have "unlocked" the forensic/computer evidence yet. Of course, this FBI is anything but normal and wouldn't seem likely to observe prior norms. And, the very thing that makes it abnormal is politicization and the performative clown that is the Director. So, it's not unreasonable to read into this FBI's silence on matters. And to assume that if they had motive evidence that fit their narrative or could be twisted to do so, they'd be yelling it from the rooftops.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
TwiceHorn replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
According to this, pretty accurate https://www.newsweek.com/farmers-are-struggling-under-donald-trump-2128104 And unsurprising, first because farm = rural. And, in a microcosm of rurality, extremely resistant to change and progress and in love with some mythic agrarian ideal that disappeared more than a century ago and despite all the evidence indicating they need to find something else to do. Also, an almost complete dependence on government for their existence, that they somehow refuse to acknowledge. -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
TwiceHorn replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
You had nothing to add about 713 posts ago. monomania /mŏn″ə-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə/ noun Pathological obsession with one idea or subject. Intent concentration on or exaggerated enthusiasm for a single subject or idea. Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
TwiceHorn replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
It was a complete mutilation of Second Amendment law. The government can only regulate speech, that is, impose consequences like expulsion from school, when that speech is in a very narrow category of criminal or illegal speech. Otherwise they have to leave us the fuck alone. It's not a matter of opinion.
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