Simon Paynton

Unseen wrote:
suicide-by-cop

That makes the most sense to me.  Maybe he wanted to make an impact at the same time.

Unseen wrote:
Didn’t want an agent to get sunburn?

They said the roof was too steep to put an agent on.  However, they sheepishly admitted it wasn’t too steep for the shooter.

That the plan was to just graze his ear doesn’t pass the snicker test.

Spraying the stage with real bullets?  That doesn’t add up at all.

Belle Rose wrote:
I think Trump manufactured the whole thing and planned it for sympathy and votes.

I don’t think that’s the case.  He would have had to stand there waiting for a bullet to the ear.  He might have big shiny round balls, but I don’t see anyone doing a William Tell with such confidence.

Also, if Trump had orchestrated it, he w…[Read more]

Belle Rose wrote:
EXACTLY….think about it…..

You’re right, it does need explaining.

Belle Rose wrote:
They are only incompetent if they choose to be. Meaning – they are not incompetent.

I don’t know.  Mistakes happen.  I’ve heard the head of the secret service say it was a health and safety issue, why they didn’t put anyone on that roof.  Instead, they secured the inside of the buil…[Read more]

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]

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.

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 …

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.

Unseen wrote:
Well, in the States there are only a few distinct city accents.

How about the movie Fargo?  It’s set in Minnesota and it claims that a lot of people in that area speak like Scandinavians.

Unseen wrote:
One thing I’ve discovered in watching British mysteries is the existence of numerous distinct local accents. A witness will say detect a Yorkshire or Manchester or London or whatever accent.

Apparently it’s because of all the European countries that have invaded Britain in centuries or millennia past.  The Scottish accent is like Sc…[Read more]

I’m glad you like our detective shows.  I don’t watch anything apart from Judge Judy and real-life cops nicking people.  But I know a lot of people are into these DCI dramas, I’ll try and get some recommendations.