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John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, is to be released from a psychiatric hospital next month after 35 years.
Mr Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting outside a hotel in Washington in March 1981.
Mr Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sent for treatment to a Washington hospital.
Source: BBC News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinckley_Jr.
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/758283971092443136
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Would-Be Reagan Assassin John Hinckley to be Freed
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @12:53AM
Political debates are so emotionally driven always. So when I say this I hope you won't just dismiss me as a Trump supporter, because I assure you? I'm not.
I'm not saying I support Clinton either, because honestly? I don't support anyone in this election.
However, over the past couple months I have seen people scream I hate trump from practically every comment section and rooftop I'ver seen. It almost feels like everyone's fucking virtue signaling for hating the guy.
I'm a proponent of anonymous discussion, which tends to diminish identity politics. But honestly, I have to ask: do you have to make comments like this? Is it just so you can improve your standing on this website and feel good about yourself?
God damn it, people. Even on SN people are fucking doing this shit. I'm getting tired. I get, you don't like the guy. Keep it to yourself and keep discussion factual, shall we?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @01:03AM
Triggered, bro? [bbc.co.uk]
(Score: 4, Interesting) by SomeGuy on Thursday July 28 2016, @01:57AM
It really is a sad state of affairs when almost everyone hates BOTH of the presidential candidates. And this is turning in to quite a bit of frustration for people, so it probably can't be helped that it overflows in to places like this.
This election really has turned in to a Simpsons-esq "Kang Vs Kodos" decision. Perhaps people should literally write-in "Kodos" so they can honestly display a "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos" bumper sticker.
Agree or disagree with him, at least Obama was a more or less likable guy. So was Reagan, since that is the topic.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @02:24AM
Why do we need a likable guy? Why can't we have another quiet recluse like Calvin Coolidge?
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday July 28 2016, @03:11AM
What a clever comment! This brief biography explains it: http://millercenter.org/president/biography/coolidge-impact-and-legacy [millercenter.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @03:40AM
Dude bro, like, Calvin Cool was too Mellow for Murica.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @01:24PM
My take from that is he was "meh" not like the presidents who did great things.
Despite his personal integrity, he offered no sweeping vision or program of action that the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson had led the public to associate with presidential greatness.
In contrast nowadays you bunch and the rest of the world are just hoping your presidents wouldn't be too awful or even start a global nuclear war.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @03:17AM
That shows discriminating taste.
(It bothers me when people say "discrimination" when they mean "prejudice"; it confuses the meaning of the former.)
Cheating Donald [commondreams.org] is fundamentally a dishonest individual[1].
He has thousands of outstanding court cases where people have done work for him and he didn't pay them.
He takes pride in saying that he never settles a court case.
This means that a bunch of small businessmen will go out of businessmen while Trump drags out those cases.
[1] ...not to mention Trump's narcissistic personality disorder.
The fact that someone from The Working Class would think Trump is presidential material is astounding to me.
...then there's Hillary whose idea of supporting women is to take away more of their safety net without doing anything to make sure there are jobs for them.
...and putting more of their men ("superpredators") in prison so that those guys will lose their voting rights and any chance of a decent job after they get out--for the offense of doing the same things that college boys do all the time (carrying a joint in a pocket).
When the glass ceiling is broken (first female president), I'm still hoping it will be by someone who isn't a Neocon (even more of a chickenhawk than Obama; there are never too many cops) AND a Neoliberal (Wall Street's best friend; bailouts for failed Capitalists).
Obama was a more or less likable guy
...if you like guys who make bunches of promises they have no intention of keeping.
...and guys who have bombs dropped on wedding parties.
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Oh, and if you run into Hinckley, you shouldn't mention that Jody Foster is a lesbian.
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(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:51AM
It is my understanding that the US has more than two political parties.
If most everybody hates both candidates on offer, maybe it is time to research the smaller parties.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Thexalon on Thursday July 28 2016, @11:31AM
It's worth noting that the smaller parties are polling at somewhere around 15%, led by the Libertarians and the Greens in that order. That's much better than they've ever polled before. Whether either of those parties can translate their increasing support into actual political power somewhere remains to be seen - there are right now no Libertarian governors, state legislatures, or congressmen, for example.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @12:15PM
What we need is the ability to vote "NONE OF THE ABOVE".
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday July 28 2016, @04:41PM
I was going to say you can spoil your ballot, by you people use voting machines :P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @01:28PM
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday July 28 2016, @03:48PM
If I were the strategist for either Libertarian or Green Parties, I'd:
1. Pick a small state friendly to their party philosophy, e.g. Montana for the Libertarians or Vermont for the Greens.
2. Concentrate all their efforts in that one state, not just for president but for state legislature, governor, mayors, councilmen, etc. Win hearts and minds by doing the hard work of campaigning.
3. Take over a state and show that their philosophy works well on a state-level scale.
The Libertarians have already kinda started to do this with the Free State Project, but they'd be really catapulted onto the national scene if Johnson/Weld actually won electoral votes in New Hampshire.
My view on the least-bad outcome right now is: 1. Clinton wins the majority of electoral votes, so Trump is kept out of the presidency (I see him as a lot more dangerous than Clinton). 2. The Libertarians and/or Greens pick up enough popular votes and ideally some electoral votes so major media can't help but at least acknowledge that they exist, and the Democrats and Republicans both have to recognize and respond to the threat. In other words, move the minor parties from being ignored to at least being a punchline.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @08:19PM
we only do what the TV tells us to do. It hasn't told us to do that yet.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 28 2016, @03:44PM
It really is a sad state of affairs when almost everyone hates BOTH of the presidential candidates.
Almost everybody on the internet. We get a bit of a skewed perspective here on the tubes. The 16 million [realclearpolitics.com] Democrats that voted Clinton in the primaries (compared to Sanders' 12) clearly don't hate Clinton.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @11:20AM
As an AC, I have to confess, I hate Trump. And not with a normal hate, like hatred of Barney the Purple Dinosaur. No, this is a hate that burns white hot, in fact, almost supremely white hot. He is ethnically German. Grandfather ran a whorehouse in a goldrush town in Washington State. Made his money (if there is any actually) by borrowing from family. I know people like this. They are not to be trusted. In fact, they are to be hated.
So, delusional AC who "claims" to not be a Trump supporter, I now hate you as well, for even bringing the topic up. This makes things difficult, since I too am an AC. But I am not a Trump supporting AC, thank goodness to God, Kaine, and Pence, and Falwell. Oh, and Graham, Cracker Graham. So I hate Trump, but it is not an irrational hate. It has reasons, really good reasons, like Trump is from New York. Everyone in the rest of American hates New York, and so everyone hates Trump. Are you from New York, AC?
And so, we should have some relevance to the topic of the thread: No one should kill anyone, Billionaire Lives Matter, even ones with really small hands. This is where America has gone wrong what with it's "kill this person" program, sometimes called the "War on Error". It should not be in the power of any government to intentionally kill any person (including capitol punishment), and so it cannot be in the power of any citizen of such a government to take a life, no matter how much they think it may be necessary, or even if Jodie Foster is watching. I mean, that is just crazy talk.
We are watching you, AC. Careful.
(Score: 2) by weeds on Thursday July 28 2016, @11:44AM
I don't think so...
I'm a proponent of anonymous discussion...
There's a reason that the anonymous is called Anonymous Coward. AC invites flames trolls and true non-sense in a discussion.
Keep it to yourself and keep discussion factual...
This isn't the news, this is the comments section. The whole idea is to get opinions. If you don't like them, too bad. Feel free to respond. But you must be kidding when you say "keep it to yourself."
Get money out of politics! [mayday.us]
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 28 2016, @03:38PM
However, over the past couple months I have seen people scream I hate trump from practically every comment section and rooftop I'ver seen. It almost feels like everyone's fucking virtue signaling for hating the guy.
Now, this may be a radical notion, but, have you considered that maybe people just don't actually like the guy?
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