Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Remember Russia shooting down a commercial airliner over part of the Ukraine they had gained control over?

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• Well, that was a heck of a Saturday.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• A great series of photos of the bullet flying by which nicked Trump. And the last photo actually shows the bullet piercing the air. Here's the New York Times article about it.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• They mystery of a 20 year old kid. 
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• I agree with everyone else: How in the world did he get in such a good position to shoot? Two good images:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Probably the most talked about video is this one which appears to show a Secret Service sniper looking in the direct of the shooter seconds before the shooting. Trump is the foreground to the right. 
  
  
  
• The guy in the crowd who died, and his final social media post. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Trump's been pretty lowkey since shooting which is understandable because that would certainly rock you.  But I'm really surprised he has tweeted out a picture of his ear. If it was hit --- he says it was and the photos taken seconds after the incident seem to show it -- I would think he'd be promoting it. 
  
  
  
• The New York Times had already prepared its big opinion piece on Saturday to reject Trump's bid to become president.  It ran as planned. And there's really no reason why the shooting should have changed that.
  
  
  
• Lot's of odd God posts in the wake of the shooting -- most of which make no theological sense. 
• So what about the guy in the audience who was killed?
  
  
  
• What about Uvalde? Were those kids condemned? 
  
  
  
  
• In other news, it's been quite the death spree over the last few days. Following on the heels of Shelley Duvall on Thursday, this weekend we lost Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Richard Simmons, and Shannon Doherty.
  
  
  
• The Alec Baldwin trial got buried in the news after Saturday's news. On Friday, we had the  shockingly abrupt end to the trial as the the judge dismissed the case with prejudice because the State withheld evidence. Once it became clear this was going to happen, one special prosecutor  - the one who gave the opening statement --  up and quit right after the lunch break! The other decided to took the stand to try to explain her actions (and implicitly throw the cops under the bus.) What a disastrous end to a a case which was never going to be won anyway.
  
  
  
• I'll say this, Trump being able to stop and play to the crowd just moments after seeing his life pass before his eyes is really something. I think 99.9% of us would been shell-shocked and let the Secret Service rush us to wherever they wanted to take us.