Shots Fired at White House Correspondants Dinner

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

I'm just dealing in facts so I don't get banned.

Ergo; if I get banned, then facts are irrelavent.

 

Oh, but if we banned you, then who would call everyone out for being *gags* "communists"? 

And you've never once wanted to discuss how collective bargaining destroyed US based production, led to the rust belt, and why its now better for everyone when 13 year old Cambodians stich our clothes together. 

So who would ignore the tenets of communism entirely and still use it repeatedly, if you didnt do it? 

* And thats not an encouragement or anything, I just didnt know how to respond to that.

[Britseye]

Last time I swung by these parts there was a memo going round that political arguing back and forth was off the table. I lost the only thread I was interested in as a result, despite the fact all the schoolkids remained conspicuously absent from it.

These current times are a blast on several different levels. For instance, there's a school of thought we are at a junction of a number of different time lines. I certainly feel I enter a parallel reality when I click on this site, with many people stuck in time loops where they just say the same thing over and over despite the fact it does neither them nor anyone else any good. 

Another school of thought: the veil between the worlds is a thin as its been for centuries. The opportunity for personal 'growth', however you interpret that, may never have been so good. I respectfully submit that a number of regular posters on here might want to take a step back and actually think 'am I really contributing anything meaningful here' or am I just responding unconsciously to unexamined triggers in my consciousness, my central nervous system etc. 

I'm sure deep down you're all good people, really. You have good intentions, I know. Even the ones who post low level, uninformed, ignorant comments about the current world situation. The word 'ignorance' carries such a weighted, insulting tone nowadays (is pejorative the correct word?). In reality it just means 'an absence of knowledge'. Many of you exhibit that 'absence of knowledge' on a daily basis here. It's alright, it's not completely your fault. I'm no practising Christian, but I do know forgiveness and understanding are not just platitudes but actual dynamic forces that help to foster a more harmonious future for mankind.

Speaking of which, did everybody know DJT's father's middle name was 'Christ'!? 

[quintessentone]

Last time I swung by these parts there was a memo going round that political arguing back and forth was off the table. I lost the only thread I was interested in as a result, despite the fact all the schoolkids remained conspicuously absent from it.

These current times are a blast on several different levels. For instance, there's a school of thought we are at a junction of a number of different time lines. I certainly feel I enter a parallel reality when I click on this site, with many people stuck in time loops where they just say the same thing over and over despite the fact it does neither them nor anyone else any good. 

Another school of thought: the veil between the worlds is a thin as its been for centuries. The opportunity for personal 'growth', however you interpret that, may never have been so good. I respectfully submit that a number of regular posters on here might want to take a step back and actually think 'am I really contributing anything meaningful here' or am I just responding unconsciously to unexamined triggers in my consciousness, my central nervous system etc. 

I'm sure deep down you're all good people, really. You have good intentions, I know. Even the ones who post low level, uninformed, ignorant comments about the current world situation. The word 'ignorance' carries such a weighted, insulting tone nowadays (is pejorative the correct word?). In reality it just means 'an absence of knowledge'. Many of you exhibit that 'absence of knowledge' on a daily basis here. It's alright, it's not completely your fault. I'm no practising Christian, but I do know forgiveness and understanding are not just platitudes but actual dynamic forces that help to foster a more harmonious future for mankind.

Speaking of which, did everybody know DJT's father's middle name was 'Christ'!? 

DJT's father did not give himself that middle name his parents did perhaps to help remind him to stay on the right side of Jesus' teachings, but he did not, he trafficked women into prostitution in his hotel/brothel and that is how the family made enough money to kickstart their tainted legacy - off the backs of vulnerable girls/women and perhaps boys/men.

It appears this one thread is the catch all now for all things political, but it's all part and parcel of current political world events, to me. Some here are somewhat ill informed at this point in time because main stream news media is bought and paid for by those who would have them believe their specific narrative, while others go to independent news media where bias may also be an issue. Hashing it out can serve the purpose of hopefully bringing out the truths because lies/false flags cannot stand up to scrutiny, in depth questioning, and common sense.

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Did this shooter shoot his gun or not? Now they are saying there were six shots heard and perhaps all those shots were from the security detail (?) Was that security officer shot with friendly fire?

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28...g-00896492

[cherokeetroy]

am I just responding unconsciously to unexamined triggers in my consciousness, my central nervous system etc. 

Maybe read that line back to yourself 

A couple of times

[David64]

And you've never once wanted to discuss how collective bargaining destroyed US based production, led to the rust belt, and why its now better for everyone when 13 year old Cambodians stich our clothes together. 

We shot ourselves in the foot on that one. It's amazing that we can grow cotton, ship it overseas to be made into fabric, the fabric is then made into t shirts and then shipped back to us cheaper than we can make them ourselves.

Outsourcing our manufacturing killed far too much of our industry,

[andy06shake]

We shot ourselves in the foot on that one. It's amazing that we can grow cotton, ship it overseas to be made into fabric, the fabric is then made into t shirts and then shipped back to us cheaper than we can make them ourselves.

Outsourcing our manufacturing killed far too much of our industry,

 
Outsourcing didn't just "kill" the industry.

You traded manufacturing jobs for cheaper goods, higher corporate profits, and growth in services...

But it was also about global supply chains and scale.

Countries like China and Bangladesh specialise in cheap labor.

The American people simply are not willing to work for those sorts of sheckles.

And nor should they...

[quintessentone]

 
Outsourcing didn't just "kill" the industry.

You traded manufacturing jobs for cheaper goods, higher corporate profits, and growth in services...

But it was also about global supply chains and scale.

Countries like China and Bangladesh specialise in cheap labor.

The American people simply are not willing to work for those sorts of sheckles.

And nor should they...

It is a Catch-22 situation because corporate entities do not want to pay living wages and therefore collective bargaining is needed to force some fairness.

[andy06shake]

It is a Catch-22 situation because corporate entities do not want to pay living wages and therefore collective bargaining is needed to force some fairness.

A living wage!
 
Now wouldn't that be a sight to behold?
 
All "they" do is shift the problems to places willing to do the donkey work.

Because from their perspective, way up there in the clouds, it makes a modicum of sense.
 
For them, all the same, and not for the poor sods willing to work for a mere pittance.
 
Slogging away in the sweatshops, breaking their backs, so we can get cheap plastic stuff we simply cannot live without.
 
And that has to be replaced within a few years because it's designed to fail.

It's a shit show, buddy, but for the vast majority, as opposed to the people at the top…

[ElitePlebeian]

 
Outsourcing didn't just "kill" the industry.

You traded manufacturing jobs for cheaper goods, higher corporate profits, and growth in services...

But it was also about global supply chains and scale.

Countries like China and Bangladesh specialise in cheap labor.

The American people simply are not willing to work for those sorts of sheckles.

And nor should they...

That some products should be made overseas doesnt mean that decision was right for all of them however.

[andy06shake]

That some products should be made overseas doesnt mean that decision was right for all of them however.

Right for who, you, me....or "them?"

And not all products are made overseas.

Just a lot of the desirable sorts.

Which, if they were made in our own nations.

Would cost 10 times as much...

Again, it's a fecking shit show unless you are seated at the top table.

But i suppose we are drifting off topic, my bad also...