Gregg R Thomas

Simple incompetence could account for why the Secret Service didn’t put a sniper on that roof.  But how did the shooter know that rooftop was going to be empty?  That seems strange.

From this vantage point (the UK), it seems that it’s normal in the US for people to malign each other’s motives, instead of charitably taking them at face value.  In the UK, we would call this “Trumpian”, a grossly obvious way of wriggling out of accountability and responsibility.  I don’t know who started it, but I’ve noticed it in the past f…[Read more]

If you use a VPN to go into the Dark Web, the suspicion will always be you’re seeking illicit drugs or accessing kiddie porn.

That’s all most people would know about the Dark Net. I don’t care if people are suspicious. Nobody knows I go there to shut down scammers, try to do deals with ransomware scammers if companies are forced to pay to get t…[Read more]

The Secret Service are saying it wasn’t safe to put an agent on that roof.  So that’s why they didn’t.  However, it was safe enough for the shooter.

Master sniper thinks something stinks about this attempted assassination. The shooter, he says, had to have inside help.

Unseen wrote:
If you use a VPN to go into the Dark Web, the suspicion will always be you’re seeking illicit drugs or accessing kiddie porn.

Or a gun, … or poison … a hitman …

Either something was intended on assassination day and went (semi-?)right or something is seriously wrong with the Secret Service to allow some bozo to get access to a roof in proximity to the podium.

unapologetic wrote:
What happens if one of the canidates steps down or dies just before the election? Does the VP canidate run instead? Do they postpone the election? Does the other party win by default? – asking for a friend.

Here’s what ChatGPT AI says happens:

If a candidate for President or Vice President steps down or dies just before the e…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I pay for BBC services as part of a bundle with my ISP but I know people in the USA that use nordvpn to get BBC. It is possible to get services using other methods but I won’t describe them as they can bring you towards the dark web…..where you don’t want to go.

If you use a VPN to go into the Dark Web, the suspi…[Read more]

I pay for BBC services as part of a bundle with my ISP but I know people in the USA that use nordvpn to get BBC. It is possible to get services using other methods but I won’t describe them as they can bring you towards the dark web…..where you don’t want to go.

@ Reg

So, now you’re shilling for a VPN Service. I’ve tried watching programs in other parts of the world using faraway VPN servers with NO success. In the case of the BBC

BBC iPlayer may block access to users outside of the UK due to international rights issues. The BBC sells its original programs to other streaming services and TV stations…[Read more]

https://nordvpn.com/special/ for BBC

If you have a VPN, apparently that is how you can access BBC iplayer from the US.  There you should find lots of everything you are looking for.

Rebus is meant to be a good crime drama.

Interesting fact about the author of the Lynley mystery novels series, which are classic British whodunits. Elizabeth George herself is not British. Born in the American state of Ohio, she currently resides in the state of Washington.,

You can read the Project 2025 document from a link to a pdf within this post from the BBC

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
……………A plurality of voters believe that Biden’s age is a bigger problem than Trump’s authoritarianism because they just don’t see the latter as that big a problem…………

Biden yesterday referred to Ukraine’s Zelenskyyy(yyy?) as Putin and his own Veep as Vice President Putin.

I used to worry about Trump having the…[Read more]

……………A plurality of voters believe that Biden’s age is a bigger problem than Trump’s authoritarianism because they just don’t see the latter as that big a problem…………