Monthly Archives: July 2024

“GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH” DONALD TRUMP IS THE NEW PATRICK HENRY

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An unnamed photo editor at a major news outlet believes it is “dangerous” for the media to highlight the historic photo of former President Trump standing tall after the assignation attempt Saturday, calling it “free PR” for the Trump campaign, according to a report.
An Axios media trend assessment on Tuesday argued that the “overuse” of the iconic image can “pose risks,” citing unnamed photographers who reportedly told the outlet that promoting the viral photos could be a form of “photoganda” because the Trump campaign will use them to “further their agenda, despite the photographers’ intent of capturing a news event.”

Editor at ‘major news outlet’ tells media to bury iconic photo of Trump after assassination attempt: report

Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.

By the time Stark wrote this, Vivre Libre ou Mourir (“Live free or die”) was a popular motto of the French Revolution. A possible source of such mottoes is Patrick Henry‘s famed March 23, 1775, speech to the House of Burgesses (the legislative body of the Virginia colony), which contained the following phrase: “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

The motto was enacted at the same time as the New Hampshire state emblem, on which it appears.

 

GOD SAVED DONALD TRUMP FOR HIM TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY

A bandaged Trump walks into the Republican convention

Live Reporting

Edited by Brandon Livesay, at the convention

 

  1. The headline act who didn’t need to walk on stage

    Anthony Zurcher
    Reporting from the convention

    Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist as he arrives Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WisconsinREUTERS

    There were dozens of speakers here at the Republican convention on Monday – politicians, conservative activists and ordinary citizens. But the star of the evening never approached the stage or stood before a microphone.

    When Donald Trump walked into the arena during the evening’s proceedings, the building shook with cheers, applause and chants of support.

    It was the moment the assembled convention crowd was waiting for – a chance to give the leader of their party a hero’s welcome just two days after his brush with an assassin’s bullet.

    The evidence of that attack was immediately visible, as the former president’s right ear was heavily – but neatly – bandaged. For the next hour, he sat in the VIP section next to his newly chosen running mate, JD Vance, and surrounded by members of his immediate family.

    Every time the jumbo video screens showed the former president, the crowd reignited with applause.

    It will be three days until Trump formally accepts the nomination with an address to the delegates – and the nation. In the meantime, more Republicans will take the stage, including former rivals Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. Vance will deliver his own nomination acceptance speech on Wednesday.

    As this evening made clear, however, everyone else is just warm-up acts. Trump is the main event.

    We’re finishing our live coverage for the day. You can read a full recap of what happened here.

TRUE HERO TOOK A BULLET SHIELDING HIS TWO DAUGHTER

Hero Trump rally victim Corey Comperatore died shielding family and ‘would’ve done it again,’ friend says

Corey Comperatore dedicated his life to helping others — and he gave it saving his own family when a gunman attacked a Trump rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania

By Michael Ruiz Fox News

BETHEL PARK, Penn. – EXCLUSIVE: The volunteer firefighter who died shielding his family from a sniper’s bullets intended for former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania is being remembered as a selfless “girl dad” and churchgoing family man who put others before himself on a regular basis.

Corey Comperatore, 50, died Saturday night while shielding his wife and family from gunfire after a 20-year-old man snuck onto a roof and started shooting at Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“It’s just so typical of him, the way it all happened, with protecting his wife and his daughter and just throwing himself on top of them when they hear the shooting,” said Eileen Shamanski, whose children grew up playing soccer alongside Comperatore’s daughters.Comperatore and daughters holding a sign calling their dad their "first love"

Former Buffalo Township Fire Chief Corey Comperatore pictured with his daughters in an undated family photo. Authorities say Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, struck and killed Comperatore in the crossfire. Secret Service agents returned fire, killing Crooks. (Helen Comperatore/Facebook)

“He was an all around good guy that was always there to lend a hand and support not just his own children but all the other kids who were friends of their girls and on the team,” she told Fox News Digital. “He had a just give it your all attitude, [and] a lot of kids respected him for that, just always being there supporting, giving those pep talks to get them going. It’s going to be a big loss.”

Their families have been close for years due to their girls’ common interest in travel soccer, she said. And although Comperatore worked long hours and volunteered to battle flames in his downtime, he never missed a game or a practice, she said.

“We didn’t think it was true at first, when my daughters called me crying,” she said. “Then we saw his wife and daughter on the news, when they were tending to him – it was just a sad thing to see, so sad, but I know he would’ve done it again in a heartbeat if it came down to it.”

BLOOD ON HER HANDS

US NEWS

Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle facing mounting calls to resign after ‘total security breakdown’ at Trump rally

By

Social Links forDana Kennedy
Published July 14, 2024, 4:46 p.m. ET

Critics claim Cheatle dropped the ball on security measures at Saturday’s Trump rally — saying she has been too focused on woke “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” policies, such as making sure the department is 30 percent women by 2030, to take care of the agency’s more crucial business. They note she even allowed a YouTube influencer to train with agents last year.

Cheatle, 53, served 28 years in the Secret Service and was part of its protective detail guarding then-Vice President Dick Cheney before she left to become head of global security at PepsiCo. She returned to the agency when President Biden appointed her to its top post in 2022.Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is facing calls for her resignation after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is facing calls for her resignation after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images

At the time, Biden, 81, expressed confidence that Cheatle was “the best choice to lead the agency at a critical moment for the Secret Service.

“She has my complete trust, and I look forward to working with her,” the president said.

But two former high-ranking FBI officials told The Post after Saturday’s shooting that from what they can tell, the Secret Service under Cheatle completely blew it Friday.

“It was a total security breakdown from start to finish,” said former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker. “From the total security plan for the rally to the reaction once the shots rang out.

“Imagine if the shooter hadn’t been this kid but a well-trained cell? Our enemies are looking at us thinking we can take Trump or anyone out now without a problem,” the expert said.

Swecker was specifically critical of some of the protection detail around former President Trump after he was shot.

“What I was seeing was DEI,” Swecker said of the agents, who included three women. “And I am not anti-woman. I have three daughters and three granddaughters, and they’d make great Secret Service agents.Trump making a fist after he was shot in the ear.

FIRE THE BASTARD

US NEWS

Local cop confronted would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks on roof moments before he opened fire, but failed to stop him

By

Social Links forAlex Oliveira
Published July 14, 2024, 3:30 p.m. ET

After rallygoers spotted Crooks on the roof of a manufacturing plant just 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, police were notified and one officer climbed a ladder to investigate, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.

The officer – whose department had been enlisted by the Secret Service to help with security — encountered Crooks, who pointed his AR-style rifle at them.

Thomas Matthews Crooks
Thomas Matthew Crooks was reportedly stopped by a local cop prior to the shooting.Obtained by NY Post
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Former President Trump on stage as the shots rang out Saturday in Butler, Pa. Anadolu via Getty Images

The officer then backed down the ladder, and Crooks immediately took aim and loosed about eight shots at the former president – grazing him in the ear, killing one bystander in the rally crowd, and gravely wounding two others, the source said.

Follow The Post’s latest stories on the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump:

Keep up to date on updates with the Post’s live blog on the assassination attempt on Trump

SECRET SERVICE HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Secret Service has questions to answer for failing to stop Trump gunman

By Frank Gardner, security correspondent, and James FitzGerald, BBC News

The US Secret Service has one primary job – to protect current and former US presidents – and in that they failed spectacularly when an attempt was made on Donald Trump’s life on Saturday.

It has been 43 years since the last assassination attempt on a former or present US president, when Ronald Reagan was shot in the lung but survived.

Today, American politicians and the public want to know how a would-be assassin was able to crawl onto a rooftop vantage point, armed with a rifle, and let off four shots towards the podium – all in an area that was supposed to have been cleared.

Why were warnings from the public apparently ignored or not acted upon?

And why, when a highly charged presidential election is just four months away, did the Secret Service not do a better job of protecting the man many believe will be America’s next president?

The investigation that is already under way involves the FBI as well as the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security.

The Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, has been summoned to testify before a committee of the US House of Representatives on 22 July.

Those who attended the rally itself were asked to pass through metal detectors to ensure they were not bringing any weapons, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

But the gunman believed to have fired the shots could clearly be seen crawling around with a rifle on top of a nearby building for several minutes, one eyewitness told the BBC.

The witness, who called himself Greg, said warnings that he and others gave were not acted upon by police, who he suggested did not know “what was going on” and had poor visibility of the rooftop.

The suspected gunman – who has been named by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks – also appears to have been caught on camera lining up his shot, in footage obtained by TMZ.

One spectator was killed and two others critically injured before the gunman was himself shot dead. Trump was also injured in the ear. State police have said it is “too early” to determine exactly what happened.

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Trump’s life might have been saved by the fact he ducked after the first shots were fired, said David Dunn, a professor of international politics from the University of Birmingham.

In that respect, he “clearly had been well trained by the Secret Service”, Prof Dunn told BBC Radio 5 Live. Before being whisked away in a car by agents, Trump rose again to pump his fist before the crowd.

It was announced late on Saturday that the FBI had assumed the role of lead investigator into the incident, which it describes as an assassination attempt.

One of its special agents said at a news conference it was “surprising” that the gunman had been able to open fire before the Secret Service killed him.

But when asked if there was a failure of security, he said his team was “not gonna make that assessment” while the investigation continued.

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The Secret Service was not represented at the briefing. An earlier statement confirming the start of the investigation promised more information would be released when available.

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security said maintaining the security of presidential candidates was one of the departments “most vital priorities”.

It is not clear what the attack will mean for the former president’s future security arrangements, though an adviser to the Trump campaign said it was clear he needed more protection.

A Secret Service spokesman has denied an “untrue assertion” that it was asked by Trump’s team for extra resources, but rebuffed this request.

In any case, Trump was now likely to receive a security detail comparable to that of a sitting president, former Secret Service agent Joseph LaSorsa told the Reuters news agency.

“There will be an intensive review… there’s going to be a massive realignment,” he said. “This cannot happen.”

The Republican National Convention will go ahead as planned on Monday, with a speech from Trump on Thursday, as confirmed by a statement from the party.

During the event, Trump will be officially nominated as the Republican candidate for president ahead of November’s election.

LEFTIES CELEBRATE THE HIT TO TRUMP

US NEWS
New York Post (@newyorkpost) / Twitter

Lefties celebrate Trump shooting with tasteless social media posts about John Wilkes Booth: ‘Close to being the best day ever’

By

Social Links forOlivia Land
Published July 14, 2024, 10:03 a.m. ET
One TikTokker jokingly tried to summon Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth.
One TikTokker jokingly tried to summon Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth.X / @libsoftiktok via TikTok

“We were a second away, we were a centimeter away from half of the problem being gone and you missed!” the poster – who appeared to be driving while recording – cried into the camera.

“There was a white man attached to that trigger, I know it! We were a centimeter away!” they added.

The video was reposted by the right-wing account Libs of TikTok, which accused the individual of being “deranged” and an “unhinged leftist.”

BLACK SWAN EVENT OCCURS AT TRUMP RALLY – GOLD IS THE ONLY INSURANCE TO SAVE YOU

IN TIMES OF REVOLUTION GOLD IS YOUR ONLY FRIEND

There is no way out. The government clock is ticking away, the interest rate is rising in tandem, budget deficits are spiraling out of control, mirroring the United states as a whole.

https://www.usdebtclock.org/

 35.1 trillion dollars at last count, spiraling out of control. Printing presses operating 24/7 three hundred sixty five days a year, spraying ink on fiat paper that in terms of today’s dollars will never be paid back, no matter what the pols say.

Your only salvation is to turn those extra green- backs into gold, bury them somewhere, in a clandestine location so the government can’t get their hands on them, like they did in 1933. Remember, the hand of Big Govt is long and strong.

GOLD SHINES IN TIMES OF TROUBLE – A FLIGHT TO SAFETY – IS THE BLACK SWAN UPON US ONCE AGAIN?

MARCH 15 POST REPEATED BELOW

“REVOLUTION IS THE SOLUTION”Gold-digging bacterium makes precious particles | NatureGold prices have fallen. Should you buy more gold now?

The mini banking crisis (SVB biting the bullet, joined by )  this fortnight ago was a bump in the road. There was no problem here for the ordinary man; all of those who lost their money were Democrats. So Sorry! Funny thing though, the BOD consisted of liberal pundits who shoved millions into Democrat campaigns, only one breathing human was from the banking industry. Go figure?
And who will pay for the implosion? Everyone! Goes to show you that the liberal elite will always level the playing field by socializing the losses. Socialism to them as quoted by Karl Marx, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” 

Blog post  from one year ago

GOLD – ON ITS WAY TO $3000 – POSTED December 2022

GOLD – THE INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE AGES