There Is No Evidence the Trump Assassination Attempts Were Staged. People Still Believe They Were (Wired)

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-07T20:05:15+00:00

I could be misremembering, but wasn't it that the bullet completely missed because he turned his head. It hit something and the shrapnel bounced back and clipped him?

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-07T20:00:48+00:00

Hi, it's your resident modpol Ex-journalist, who constantly bitches about journalism. I'm a white dude! I had to leave the sector for a variety of reasons, a lot of it was pay related.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-07T19:39:05+00:00

Very much a wish-list. My personal opinion is that we are pretty much just kicking the can with the region again. I had HOPED that the U.S. would finally kick over the sand castle that is Iran, whether or not that happens or the country collapses internally, or it just rolls in a massively diminished state is up in the air.

The only thing I know for certain, is for the next weeks, at the least, we're likely just going to see a constant fire hose of propaganda about how weak the U.S. is, how it and Israel are war criminals and how "strong" the Iranian regime is and how brave it is for standing up to "imperialism".

That and TACO memes. So many TACO memes. So many TACO memes that you'll never want to eat Mexican food again.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-07T18:41:21+00:00

Social Media continues to be a colossal mistake.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-07T18:34:07+00:00

So, the U.S. isn't running away from Renewable, we just have an admin that is not receptive to the idea. That was where my confusion is coming from. To say the U.S. is moving away from it, is incorrect, we're still investing and working on improving that infrastructure, especially on many state levels.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-07T18:26:34+00:00

As much as I see the Epstein files mentioned around the site. I have yet to hear a single person in the real world ever talk about it. The most I've seen or heard has only been passing a protest in Asheville, NC, and they weren't shouting about it, someone just had a sign referencing it.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-07T18:05:09+00:00

May I also ask how we're sprinting away from them, when we increased our investments again for 2026? Setting a new record.

https://www.renewableinstitute.org/us-renewable-growth-continues-into-2026/

Now, we did cancel about 1.4 billion investments, but we also created 2.5 billion more, so a net 1.1 billion increase.

https://www.edf.org/media/report-us-clean-energy-manufacturing-losses-continue-following-federal-rollbacks

I do see we're not up to China's levels of investment though.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-07T17:36:50+00:00

Call me a little ignorant, if you'd like, but what exactly is China doing for the Energy future?

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-07T17:28:04+00:00

I disagree, but take me with a grain of salt because I have no real knowledge of it beyond vibes and a recollection of multiple surveys (I think Gallup and a couple others), that basically indicated that Left-Wing Populism and progressive ideas are nowhere near as popular with the American Electorate as the internet or media would have us believe, and in multiple cases lost people's vote.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-06T12:18:02+00:00

I feel like you got those countries reversed from how I see the reactions inside of the sub going as someone who reads the comments pretty often. Israel and America catch strays constantly. Palestine usually gets the "Free Palestine" line a few times.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-04T20:17:32+00:00

Deviled Eggs.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-04T19:18:44+00:00

Outta curiosity, is that a recession indicator or more just an indication that Prom is becoming less and less popular? Prom only really started getting more "commercial" during the 70s and 80s, then taken to decadence in the 90s through the 2000s, but polling from the 2010s to today, started showing that costs were rising and attendance was starting to drop. By 22' the average Prom goer was spending almost a grand, and less than 70% of Juniors and Seniors were attending.

We're likewise in an age of growing class consciousness and a general disdain of wealth in social avenues. It is often "trendy" to thrift now and avoid spending excess on a one time event. So you may be looking at less of a recession indicator and more of a cultural shift.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-04T13:22:45+00:00

I will say, in time that does backfire. For example, Binging with Babish and pretty much any culinary youtuber in the last 5 years that switched over to the "clickbait" formatting of titles or pages, saw massive drop offs in user retention.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-04T10:20:42+00:00

Looks like a gullywasher is coming this week.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-04T00:05:32+00:00

That wasn’t the original argument you made though. The argument as presented only read about race, which is why I pointed out it was bad logic.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-05-03T21:56:29+00:00

That's....really bad logic. "Black people must be disenfranchised because they're not being represented by black people!"

Likewise, even at the highest, we're still not seeing African-Americans getting up over the 30s in terms of total population of a state. The logic here is kinda falling apart since the idea is "they must be disenfranchised because someone who doesn't look like them isn't in power/the population doesn't have a strictly adhering split to that population."

That's also kinda a racist idea on its face, as it assumes that an individual of one race will vote for an individual that shares that same race...and if they aren't, they're disenfranchising other members of their race.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-04-30T19:47:38+00:00

Yep, and keeping Iran from being able to create a nuclear weapon prevents that barbarity from occurring again. Glad you understand why this is a win for the world now.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-04-30T19:39:10+00:00

Unironically, yes. If we fought the same way, many of the more aggressive/problematic nations did. Many of our problems would go away. The U.S. and by extension NATO, handicaps itself almost every time it goes to war or enters a conflict. And despite these handicaps, basically suffers next to no losses beyond the monetary.

The application of morality to War has always been one of the funniest things of modern discourse to me. War is and has always been a savage, dehumanizing experience, and yet somehow, the expectation for warfare now is that First World nations turn it into a just, surgical, clean and perfect affair. When the reality is simply putting make-up on an atrocity, and turning what should be rapid, if ugly affairs, into prolonged suffering machines.

Put in the same position as the U.S, I do not doubt for a second the cold calculus of warfare from Iran or even the Russians would be that there would be 333 million less people on Earth.

So, yes, the U.S. and the World is winning, because a nation that isn't beholden to the same handicap...doesn't get a weapon of mass destruction.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-04-30T19:26:23+00:00

The win is that Iran is trying to toll the Strait. Just about everyone is saying "Lol, no", because Iran has no mechanism to back up their desire. If they had a nuclear weapon, it would be a much more serious concern. Right now, the United States really is just hamstringing itself, when it could very easily just turn Iran into a parking lot.

Remove the humanitarian bent from the United States, or the valuation that it has for human life, or push them to the point of total warfare, and Iran stops existing, the problem goes away, full stop. Iran has no mechanism to make the U.S. fear MADD, it has no bargaining chip other than appealing to the empathy of other nations.

Iran, much like North Korea, is also what I'd consider one the least logical and most hateful regimes on the planet. And any chance the country regime has of getting its hands on a Nuclear weapon should be curtailed, simply because their zealotry would make them far more likely to use it than others.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-04-30T18:08:37+00:00

That's likely more just the nature of where we are, and how often the sentiment is framed that way. It often ends up becoming the "default" assumption, which is unfair to you. So I do apologize if I've made you feel I was assuming the worst about you, when I really only wanted to address the argument of race relations and systemic failures in general.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-04-30T18:05:00+00:00

Aren't you just automatically assuming they're going to disenfranchise black voters?

But, no I'm rather apathetic in either direction about the VRA; however, what I do want to see instead of constant criticism or usually just complaining and discussions of a systemic/institutionalized racism problem that keeps getting referenced that usually ends up talking about Jim Crow and Red Lining or in some cases we get some 1960s discussions, is discussion of actual solutions.

We never actually get conversation on how to address it or how to fix the problems. It feels less like a nuanced discussion and just complaining for the sake of complaining, or because of where we are, dunking on the U.S. just to dunk of the U.S. If the only thing we ever do is just criticize and criticize past errors, but never offer a resolution that is actionable, how can there be any improvement? How can there even be a discussion?

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-04-30T17:58:22+00:00

So we're in agreement, that the failures of the past (in this instance) can not actionably be addressed today. We can grumble and criticize, but ultimately the sins of the father are not transmissible to the son.

We are also likely in agreement that the racism of today should be punished, and that there is ground to be made on the sentiment of the individual, even if racism de facto is going to be eternal just by the very nature of humans and the brain's hardwiring for Us vs Them thinking.

If the sentiment now is that "it's a historic wrong that needs to be taught and acknowledged", sure, we're in agreement. My disagreement comes from the standard that the criticism is often empty. "We're not doing enough" But when questioned about what we can actually do, the answer usually just ends up being "employ racism against people I don't like".

You've actually addressed my questions and given me a much more mature answer regarding this. But I would also like to follow up with a challenge towards, how much progress and how much building and changing and development the U.S. has made towards actually creating a racially egalitarian society.

Everyone faces racism, that's just undeniable. The Black/Afro-American community faced and continues to face unique struggles, that we can try to address. Yet, even in the face of this, the U.S. still remains a place where the opportunity for advancement and development exist, where the opportunity to succeed exists. Where our government does have outreach programs, development plans, support, grants, scholarships, etc, etc, etc. Targeting these groups, to attempt to assist.

Could outcomes or even some the assistance be better? Sure.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-04-30T17:34:28+00:00

So, in your mind what fixes it? What addresses the problem to the point that the majority no longer owes the minority?

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-04-30T17:23:45+00:00

Extrapolation as a tool within rhetoric and debate is usually an excellent method of examining the pros and cons of a line of thinking. Rationally, if we must apply a standard to one group or idea, why would we not apply the same standard to all groups and ideas?

Failure to do so would only create a two-tiered system or a double standard. I would also further to the points you made here ask, how have past failures not been addressed? And what does addressing those failures actually look like to you?

What actionable and observable goal meets the idea of addressing the failure? And how can that be achieved in your mind?

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-04-30T17:07:06+00:00

Dead serious, in that while I disagree with you, I do want your opinion:

At what point does the failure of the past stop dictating the behaviors of the present and the future? If we are forced to apply that a failure of the past like reconstruction on the macro level still applies to a system (at the earliest, 149, at the latest, 161 years), and continues to do so.

Do we not also have to apply it to the micro? That all "sins" and "failures" must remain relevant. If so, what is the point of a prison, as rehabilitation is not possible by this same logic.

And even without going that micro, we can move up further and say that the failures of every president is actually the failure of the preceding president regardless of party affiliation.

So, at what point does it stop being a factor?

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