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From: jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman)
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Subject: Re: [OT] What is happening in/to the US ?
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:07 +0100 (BST)
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In article <0deacdee3af55f25007e4493e3d24d54e6b7a13f.camel@munted.eu>,
alex.buell@munted.eu (Single Stage to Orbit) wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-07-16 at 09:17 +0100, John Dallman wrote:
> > This has now been debunked: someone else of the same name, living 
> > in the same county, was the donor. The investigation is apparently
> > puzzled about the shooter's motive. 
> 
> The ony explanation and most likely is that he sacrificed himself to
> boost votes for Trump in November.

Trying to hit a person giving a speech, and thus moving a bit, in the ear
without doing significant harm is the act of a fool with a greatly
exaggerated idea of his own marksmanship. He was much more likely to kill
the target than get the result that eventuated. 

I'm really not convinced by the self-sacrifice idea. 

John