Comments on: Open thread 7/13/24 https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/ A blog about political change, among other things Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: om https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2750110 Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:03:47 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2750110 Post “our democracy” Open Thread: Russian war on Ukraine

Russian Equipment Losses & Reserves (2024) – The Changing Russian Force in Ukraine – Perun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-S4ktINDU&t=18s

00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:19 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:35 — Losses
00:13:49 — Does Quality Matter?
00:17:59 — Storage
00:37:45 — Production
00:42:30 — Production & Reactivations
00:53:46 — Trend And The Evolving Force
00:57:30 — The Path Forward
01:03:07 — Channel Update

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2749967 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:21:18 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2749967 Here’s WaPo:

–“Trump rushed off stage after loud noises at rally”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/13/2024-election-campaign-updates-biden-trump-rally/

…after loud noises at rally…

In the article one can see the blood on Trump’s face.

Damn you, Washington Post.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2749962 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:06:57 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2749962 Here’s the NY Post link showing Trump with a bloody ear:

https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/trump-rushed-offstage-after-sounds-of-gunfire-erupt-at-rally/

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2749959 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:58:25 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2749959 Close, close call, then.

A big loser here is John McWhorter, a black linguist and columnist, who has said by his own account that he has often expressed out loud his wish that someone kill Trump and said that a week or so ago on Glenn Loury’s podcast.
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John McWhorter, the prominent academic, author and New York Times columnist, wants everyone to know that he’s sorry that he recently suggested it would be a good thing if someone were to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

Except he’s not, really. But at least he owns it.

“I have taken a great deal of heat for saying, for implying, that I wish somebody would kill Donald Trump,” McWhorter said on the new episode of “The Glenn Show” with Brown University economics professor Glenn Loury. “That is exactly what I was implying. It was irresponsible of me to say that in a public space. I really shouldn’t have said it here.”

But then McWhorter acknowledges that it wasn’t a one-off. “I have said it often,” he admitted. (The podcast can be found here; the conversation on Trump starts at 4:04, and McWhorter’s non-apology apology begins at 17:49.)

This was all too much for Loury.

“Do you realize the hell that will be unleashed on the country if people continue to talk like that? This is not something that you just casually throw around – killing politicians who you don’t like …” Loury said. “Do you think it ends there? Do you think that if somebody were to do something along the lines that you’re suggesting, that would be the end of it?”

https://www.offthepress.com/ny-times-columnist-says-it-out-loud-i-wish-somebody-would-kill-donald-trump/
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I have read McWhorter off and on for years. Interesting fellow. Not totally woke, but deep down still on that side.

My cafe friend I just mentioned told me that McWhorter is autistic and likely has problems with self-censoring. However, I can’t back that up.

Good for Glenn Loury.

Damn you, John McWhorter.

]]> By: crasey https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2749954 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:39:30 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2749954 The NY Post frontpage photo shows blood on or above his right ear

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2749953 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:38:39 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2749953 I have been saying for months that the leftists’ hate talk might cause an attempt to kill Trump.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2749952 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:37:42 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2749952 I was just boasting today to a friend that 2024 seems like 1968 but so far no one has been shot…

This is something I worry about, especially since the Dems are in disarray and Trump could be looking at a landslide.

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2749950 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:36:23 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2749950 Trump left with blood on the side of his face.

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2749948 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:27:43 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2749948 SHOTS FIRED at the Trump rally in PA, just now. He wiped an ear with his hand as if something just went past him.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/07/13/breaking-shots-reportedly-fired-at-trump-rally-n2176795

]]> By: SHIREHOME https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/13/open-thread-7-13-24/#comment-2749930 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 19:48:16 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=135615#comment-2749930 I have a full beard and have had since I got out of the Navy in 1970. I did have a mustache when I met my future and wonderful Wife. I had also left behind my HS very short hair style. Well, if that is what attracted my Wife, I have been very lucky.
As some of you know, I have mentioned that my Wife has Cancer, getting the 6th and hopefully last treatment this coming Fri. She was loosing her hair, so she had me shave her head. A person looks way different without their hair, if you are accustom to seeing them with hair.

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