@kel @th3j35t3r thing is an epic loss will NOT get them their dream since they'll turn off so many people and allies.

I actually don't think they have an epic plan, I think the only strategy they have is being obnoxious so they lean in.

OK had a gum graft, basically a patch of gum moved from one area to another that had receeded with age. Went pretty darn good (and if you need some dental surgery, I'll reccomend the group that did it).

Big thing I learned, oddly is that . . . man I forgot how good smoothies are. Like a bit of unsweetened almond milk with greens alone is pretty good. You can drink a salad basically.

A thought. After the Israeli page/walkie-talkie bomb hack, a LOT of people are having their devices inspected.

This method of explosive devices being used raised obvious concerns of innocents being killed.

But if explosives are found in the devices of others? Yeah, then it gets complicated, even if something got "misplaced" in the supply chain.

Republican Vice-President wise, I miss the quiet dignity of Dan Quayle.

Yes there are conspiracy theories Trum staged this second assassination threat.

Having Vance outright admitting he fabricated stories isn't gonna help.

@mcfate well said. I think I'm reacting to some of the numbness but not seeing the big picture.

@mcfate you know, you have a point. I think for me it's a certain numbness to shootings in general. But also there's not overreacting, not "wanting" to feel something.

Thanks. You gave me something to think about.

@davejefferynf yeah. I hear you.

@mcfate there, rephrased.

So the news of a second Trump assasination is making far, far less of a splash than the first. It never made more than 50% of the memorandum front page (and is displaced), some sites that I use that covered it kind of shrug.

Trump is just spewing anti-immigrant stuff.

I feel like we could react more? But we're used to "troubled person with a gun does thing" that we're sort of numb.

@mcfate no it's more I mean that we're just kind of used to it. I'm not saying there should be "more" I'm saying that it's so normal it's just sad?

I probably should rephrase what I said.

Trump is complaining about inflammatory rhetoric.

The people of Springfield would like a word.

Some context on the strange attempt on Trump's life. Two weeks ago someone shot up a school and we already forgot.

We're used to violence because we let it happen.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/apalachee-high-school-shooting-georgia-09-04-24/index.html

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Looking on my past self and it's alien territory. https://www.stevensavage.com/blog/2024/09/the-divergence-of-self.html