Because Trump 2.0

[Stuart Galbraith]

Latest reports are he was shot in the neck, and the shooter is in custody.

[DKTanker]

On 9/9/2025 at 2:22 PM, rmgill said:

Those ball bearing plants in Schweinfurt weren't a threat to the US either were they? 

Your ability to find nuance would make Barry Obama pleased. 

Having a tough time answering the question?  If you're finding contradictions with your conclusions perhaps you should check your premises.
And yes, the ball bearing plants in Schweinfurt were a threat to the US, they were enabling a nation, that declared war upon and was conducting war upon, the United States to continue making war.
  
Next you'll be telling us that droning US civilian suspects, on US soil, should be the new normal.

What happened to the guy that took umbrage with TSA instituting full body searches 20 some years ago? 

[DKTanker]

2 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Latest reports are he was shot in the neck, and the shooter is in custody.

Old white liberal male is the assassin.  And yes, let's call it what it really is, an assassination attempt.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Well he shot him with a rifle, so there isn't much debate about that. Guy apparently in his 50s, so less of the old please!

I'm surprised. Kirk was in a marquee, so I'm surprised he wasn't closer. He must have come incredibly close to hitting bystanders.

 

[DKTanker]

3 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Well he shot him with a rifle, so there isn't much debate about that. Guy apparently in his 50s, so less of the old please!

I'm surprised. Kirk was in a marquee, so I'm surprised he wasn't closer. He must have come incredibly close to hitting bystanders.

 

Your use of RW political activist colors how you perceive Charlie Kirk.  Kirk was famous for going on university campuses across the United States, and some in Britain.  He set up shop just like in these videos and he invited the students to ask him questions and debate him.  To my knowledge he never insulted or berated those that stood before the microphone to converse with him, though he received all manner of vile speech, and now an assassin's bullet.  He was all about trying to have a peaceful discourse and believe it or not, many who tried to troubleshoot Kirk found they had to stop and reexamine their own notions and positions.

[Stuart Galbraith]

No, i just quoted how he was described. I'd never heard of him before, but he has 2 young kids and I'm sorry he was shot.

200 yard shot apparently.

[sunday]

Kirk just died.

[rmgill]

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

No, i just quoted how he was described. I'd never heard of him before, 

Then you should shut your pie hole. 

[R011]

17 hours ago, Josh said:

So the guy white a letter like that gets a pass. But if it was Biden…presumably you would have the same point of view? If Biden’s signature was on an Epstein birthday letter, I assume you would give him the benefit of the doubt as well?

Under the same circumstances, yes.  Many people from different political points of view were Epstein friends at that time.  It's the ones that stayed friends and took advantage of his hospitality that are worth scrutiny.

[X-Files]

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

No, i just quoted how he was described. I'd never heard of him before, but he has 2 young kids and I'm sorry he was shot.

200 yard shot apparently.

So once again, you don't know what you're talking about but you half-heard something so you had to make it a point to get your sticky little fingers on the keyboard and excrete something.

 

 

[sunday]

Lately, Stuart has improved recently in that area, but too many years of stuarting are difficult to leave behind.

[R011]

16 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

 

Id argue it has far more to do with the utter failure of your mental health services, which has contributed to everything from several mass shootings to several high level assassinations (Including the attempt on President Trump). Decades of failure. You spend more than anyone else in Europe on Healthcare, far more than on Defense, and you still keep getting results like this. And then you externalise the problem and blame the south Americans for the problem.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iryna-zarutska-decarlos-brown-jr-north-carolina-federal-charges/

'Brown has a long criminal history, including serving five years in prison for robbery with a dangerous weapon, and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to The Associated Press. Brown's mother told a local television station she recently sought an involuntary psychiatric commitment after he became violent at home, the AP reported.'

 

Yes, and compounded by a complete failure of your local judicial system to either put him in prison for life, or put him in a mental hospital, where he belonged years ago.

https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/who-is-decarlos-brown-jr-14-arrests-mental-illness-and-a-violent-pastwhy-was-he-free-before-killing-iryna-zarutska-669253.html

 

'Despite a violent history, Decarlos Brown was repeatedly released

Despite a long and violent criminal record, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. was repeatedly released back into the community. As reported by the New York Post, Brown assaulted his own sister just months after being released from prison.

Court records reveal a disturbing pattern, showing that Brown has spent much of his adult life in and out of jail since 2011. His extensive rap sheet includes serious charges such as felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and making criminal threats, raising serious concerns about how someone with such a history remained free despite the escalating severity of his offences.Why was Decarlos Brown Jr. released after being arrested for multiple murders?

According to the Daily Mail, Brown served five years behind bars for armed robbery and was arrested for assaulting his sister. As per the Axios report, Decarlos Brown Jr., has a diagnosis of schizophrenia and a history of violent crimes.

In January, Brown was released from jail without bond after being arrested for misusing the 911 system. At the time, he made bizarre claims that "man-made" material had been implanted in his body, controlling his basic functions like eating, walking, and speaking.

Then, in July, concerns were raised about his mental state when his public defender questioned whether he was mentally fit to stand trial. Although a judge ordered a forensic evaluation, it was never carried out, and Brown remained free, according to Queen City News.

 

But by all means, blame Venezuelans for the utter failure of your own public servants. Thats just the distraction your President needs to keep going on ignoring it.

I don't think it much matters what kind of institution he should have been committed to - jail, hospital, hospital inside jail - the point is that he and other violent habitual lawbreakers need to be isolated from society.  Meaningful bail policies and sentences would do that.  Not a panacea, but still helpful.

[Mr King]

The "failure" in our mental health system can be laid at the foot of the subversive ACLU and subversive lefty judges who sided with the ACLU that made it all but impossible to commit people to a mental ward long term. 

[Stuart Galbraith]

7 hours ago, rmgill said:

Then you should shut your pie hole. 

Only you could take exception to and expression of regret that someone had been shot. Much more in fact than you have ever given when our politicians are murdered.

As for describing him as a right wing political activist, you have a left and a right political wing, and no centre. He clearly wasnt a left wing activist, so the inverse must be true.

So grow the hell up, and stop being such a goddamned snowflake.

[Stuart Galbraith]

7 hours ago, X-Files said:

So once again, you don't know what you're talking about but you half-heard something so you had to make it a point to get your sticky little fingers on the keyboard and excrete something.

 

 

 

Go do a search of any online source, even Wikipedia, and he is described as a right wing activist. You want to get into a pissing contest about it, do a basic search first and say im wrong.

Im an old fart of 52, he is a young guy of 31 doing what I do every day, expressing my views, and im sorry he died for it. I didnt shoot him, so take your wisearse remarks and shove them.

[Stuart Galbraith]

6 hours ago, Mr King said:

The "failure" in our mental health system can be laid at the foot of the subversive ACLU and subversive lefty judges who sided with the ACLU that made it all but impossible to commit people to a mental ward long term. 

It looks to me as if the rot is far wider than that, because whomever gets in charge politically, it never seems to change.

Im not judging. We have precisely the same problem here of lunatics being released into the community where they murder innocent people in much the same fashion, and it never seems to get better here either.

[Stuart Galbraith]

6 hours ago, R011 said:

I don't think it much matters what kind of institution he should have been committed to - jail, hospital, hospital inside jail - the point is that he and other violent habitual lawbreakers need to be isolated from society.  Meaningful bail policies and sentences would do that.  Not a panacea, but still helpful.

In the 1970's we had huge Victorian era mental hospitals. They were not particularly good at fixing people, but they were good at keeping such people out of society that might lose harm innocent people. Then in the 1980's they all got sold off to be turned into flats. Old fashioned and expensive they said. We will rehabilitate people and release them into the community. We have been suffering from the mentally ill launching attacks on the public ever since.

Im sorry to say it, but some people need banging up for life, whether its in prison or in a well funded mental hospital.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-36670689

https://www.cps.gov.uk/east-midlands/news/man-sentenced-killing-three-people-and-attempted-murder-three-others-0

 

Lets face it, most European nations have exactly the same problem, because we are just unwilling or unable to ever give up on anyone till its too late.

[Stuart Galbraith]

7 hours ago, sunday said:

Lately, Stuart has improved recently in that area, but too many years of stuarting are difficult to leave behind.

Only for the terminally reactionary, like your good self.

[seahawk]

One of the problem is that we also got more mental illnesses. Today substance and abuse or alcohol abuse are seen as such, that was not the case in the 60's. 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Sedentary lifestyle, loneliness. Even microwaves. Thats why I never go out without wearing my tinfoil hat.

[X-Files]

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

 

Go do a search of any online source, even Wikipedia, and he is described as a right wing activist. You want to get into a pissing contest about it, do a basic search first and say im wrong.

You really are dim.  Of course he's going to be defined as a "right wing activist" by Progressive talking heads. 🙄

I'd suggest expanding your horizons, but after decades it's clear to everyone you're just an NPC.

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Im an old fart of 52, he is a young guy of 31 doing what I do every day, expressing my views, and im sorry he died for it. I didnt shoot him, so take your wisearse remarks and shove them.

There's a big difference between you and him, you self-absorbed shut-in.

Charlie was smart, articulate and well-read.

You're a muppet.

 

[urbanoid]

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

It looks to me as if the rot is far wider than that, because whomever gets in charge politically, it never seems to change.

Im not judging. We have precisely the same problem here of lunatics being released into the community where they murder innocent people in much the same fashion, and it never seems to get better here either.

Yes, because in that particular area there was effectively a uniparty, same for many other areas.

Depending on the source I've seen data that the US had 4-6 times as many people locked up in mental asylums 60-70 years ago, at ~half of the current population.

[Rick]

30 minutes ago, X-Files said:

You really are dim.  Of course he's going to be defined as a "right wing activist" by Progressive talking heads. 🙄

I'd suggest expanding your horizons, but after decades it's clear to everyone you're just an NPC.

There's a big difference between you and him, you self-absorbed shut-in.

Charlie was smart, articulate and well-read.

You're a muppet.

 

👍

[Ivanhoe]

55 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

Depending on the source I've seen data that the US had 4-6 times as many people locked up in mental asylums 60-70 years ago, at ~half of the current population.

If I understand things correctly, a lot (maybe half) of the folks in asylums were there for depression type mental illnesses.

OTOH, folks that we now abstain from prosecuting due to mental illness were simply tried, convicted, and thrown in the slammer. America used to slap 10-20 year sentences on violent criminals regardless of mental health. 

[Stuart Galbraith]

1 minute ago, urbanoid said:

Yes, because in that particular area there was effectively a uniparty, same for many other areas.

Depending on the source I've seen data that the US had 4-6 times as many people locked up in mental asylums 60-70 years ago, at ~half of the current population.

I wouldnt be surprised if we were similar, particularly after the Great War.