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Monday, July 15, 2024

the shooting

And so the season of crazy has been cranked up a few notches with an apparent shooting at a Trump rally last weekend. As in war, the fog can take awhile to lift. Many opinions, conspiracy theories, people jumping to conclusions right and left, outright bullshit and disinformation can be aired, confusing the hell out of the citizenry. 

This even has some of the earmarks of being staged. I obviously cannot prove it, but the fact that the Secret Service, while they were trying to get Trump off the stage and to safety, allowed him to stand up (with blood on his face), shake his fist in defiance (of something) and mouth the words "Fight! Fight!"

Fight what exactly? People with guns who try to kill people? No, no doubt Trump meant the deep state, or the liberals, or Joe Biden, or pacifism. Who knows? One thing I am certain of is that Trump will blame Biden and the Democrats for the event. All this talk about Trump changing his speech at the GOP Convention which starts today (incredible timing!) and moving it towards "unity" is just so much bullshit. Trump is only interested in unifying against the Dems. He has lied about everything his entire life. He lies whenever he opens his mouth. He is going to lie about this, and reaching for unity is a transparent attempt to win over some independent voters.

I don't have any answers. I am skeptical of a lot of what I see. I was rather put off by the hour after hour after hour of TV coverage of this shooting. Cancelling regular programs to focus on it some more. And yeah, all the comments about why we don't devote as much time to classrooms full of massacred children. 

I do not see how this shooting is going to significantly change peoples opinion on who to vote for. We know Trump. We have seen him up close. We have seen the graft, the grift, we have heard the lies and hatred. Trump is not going to change his spots at this late stage. 

So beware, everyone, I can fee the crazy being cranked up to heights like you've never seen, to borrow an overused phrase from the Orange Plague.

Don't let the bastards get you down.


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