Thread for obviously newsworthy stuff

[Broken_Erika]

Nigeria's army cites Trump to justify shooting Shia protesters

The Nigerian army has cited a video of US President Donald Trump, in which he says soldiers should respond with force to migrants throwing stones, to justify opening fire on a Shia group this week.

"When they throw rocks... consider it as a rifle," Mr Trump says in the clip.

Nigerian police have arrested 400 members of a Shia Muslim sect after days of deadly protests in the capital.

Amnesty International has criticised Nigeria's army for the killings, saying the Shia protesters were peaceful.

But a spokesman for the Nigerian army says their decision to fire live rounds at protesters in Abuja was justified because they were armed, telling the BBC "this is what [Mr] Trump was talking about".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46074719

[Uncle Sparky]

oops... only 3 dead and 4 or 5 wounded. Not a real American mass shooting. False News!

[Uncle Sparky]

Mass shooting in Florida, thought, prayer, need more guns, vote NRA...

[Dinner]

And he doesn't even mention with one word that at least one of the 2 Maniacs is a fan of him (and the other was, at least, inspired by Donnies own fearmongering regarding the "caravan of thugs and gangmembers")

They are clearly not thugs and gang members to any significant degree but they must certainly are economic migrants intent on breaking our laws and abusing our immigration and asylum systems with fraud. I have little to no sympathy for these people and neither should anyone else.

[Aeson]

Well anything short of a preemptive invasion is a win in my book.

[rah]

Probably provided the caravan with food and some health benefits.

[pchang]

That money would most probably have been spent on spare parts and maintenance.

[Proteus_MST]

There have been documents leaked from the Pentagon btw., that clearly show that the Pentagon disagrees with the fearmongering of Donnie regarding the caravan and the need to mobolize military forces to the border.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-migrant-caravan-border-troops-1196855

I wonder what useful things the USA could have done with the money that the mobilization/movement of the regiment incurs in costs

[Proteus_MST]

And he doesn't even mention with one word that at least one of the 2 Maniacs is a fan of him (and the other was, at least, inspired by Donnies own fearmongering regarding the "caravan of thugs and gangmembers")

[pchang]

He is detached from reality.

[Dinner]

He is fishing for excuses as to why Republicans are getting creamed.

[Broken_Erika]

Pittsburgh, pipe-bomber attacks halted mid-terms momentum says Trump
President Donald Trump has blamed two terror attacks against public figures and worshippers at a synagogue for slowing Republican political momentum.

Speaking at a rally in Missouri on Thursday, Mr Trump said "two maniacs" stopped a "tremendous momentum".

The president did note that taking care of people was more important.

Mr Trump's remarks, called callous by critics, come as the country prepares for mid-term elections next week that could shift power on Capitol Hill.

"We did have two maniacs stop a momentum that was incredible, because for seven days nobody talked about the elections," Mr Trump said during his closing remarks. "It stopped a tremendous momentum."

He added: "More importantly, we have to take care of our people, and we don't care about momentum when it comes to a disgrace like just happened to our country."

"But it did nevertheless stop a certain momentum, and now the momentum is picking up."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46074189

Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this “Bomb” stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows - news not talking politics. Very unfortunate, what is going on. Republicans, go out and vote!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1055826295337172993

[Aeson]

... this is making it easier to find and frack for hydrocarbons! On the other hand baby seals may become harder to find to club in the future.

[rah]

MAD. But even if we get close to 100% their arsenal could probably overwhelm such a system.

[Kidlicious]

Scaring the crap out of the Russians makes us more safe.

Exactly