Comments on: Open thread 7/16/24

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:31:35 +0000

Jared Fogle’s confederate received 27 years in federal prison for taking pictures (through a peephole) of friends of his children using his bathroom and trading other pedo-pornographic images with Fogle (who received a 15 year sentence). Federal law enforcement used a no-knock raid and a battering ram in pursuit of a thumb drive of one Jesse Ryan Loskarn, a congressional aide who was known to have downloaded child pornography off a server in Canada. Mr. Loskarn was so humiliated that he hanged himself while out on bail.
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Yet, here we have a large commercial company devoted to promoting the sexual exploitation of youth and no one in law enforcement is the least bit interested. Amazing what doesn’t happen to Democratic donors.
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https://ace.mu.nu/archives/410622.php

By: Brian E

Brian E — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:39:17 +0000

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is giving the speech of the night at the convention.

“God spared Donald Trump because He is not done with President Trump.”

We’re looking at the first female Republican President, someday.

By: Banned Lizard

Banned Lizard — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:53:17 +0000

This year’s Democratic convention in Chicago is going to be a thoroughly sad affair no matter what. Unacceptable. Antifa: Pick up the red phone stat!

By: Abraxas

Abraxas — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:08:41 +0000

To my ear, some of the AI music sounded “better” than the original music of the era. AI or a modern human imitator can feel free to add little frills and details that wouldn’t have occured to people at the time or wouldn’t have been considered acceptable compositional practice.

By: sdferr

sdferr — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 21:28:10 +0000

There probably were drones Chases, we just haven’t seen their output yet, and may never.

By: Chases Eagles

Chases Eagles — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 21:19:47 +0000

Why no drone(s)?

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:20:04 +0000

She lies almost as well as her boss!

(It must be a pre-requisite…to be accepted as a member of that illustrious administration….)

I guess the good news, though, is that the command center wasn’t in the building’s basement…
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BTW, Crooks had a ladder , which he bought just prior to the assassination attempt. The receipt was reportedly in his pocket…

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:45:34 +0000

So the shooter had enough time to use a range finder, are you kidding me!

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:33:29 +0000

Thanks, Brian E. I didn’t follow Karmi’s link. The complaint about the roof pitch is nonsense. They should have had a couple of armed officers on top of each roof, just to prevent a shooter from using it.

The Secret Service boss appears to be an administrator without a deep understanding of the job under her command. This is analogous to Boeing being run by people who don’t intimately understand the product they make. It doesn’t turn out well.

By: Sharon W

Sharon W — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:19:13 +0000

Matt Walsh showed footage of the snipers before the shot and after. Completely relaxed, not appearing to surveil. How can this be when they had lost track of a suspicious man earlier?