Assassin Guns Down the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in the Middle of the Street in Alvin Bragg's Sanctuary City for Killers, NYC

Sean Davis
@seanmdav
Targeted assassinations are happening in the middle of New York City, so obviously the city prosecutor is focused on imprisoning a Good Samaritan who had the audacity to protect a train full of people from a nutjob.

This looks like a professional job, though this could be an antifa hit.

The New York City Police Department asked for the public's help in apprehending the unidentified gunman who allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning, decrying what investigators deemed a "premeditated, pre-planned attack."
The Hilton Hotel was hosting the UnitedHealthcare annual investors meeting, and police said Thompson had been in town from Minnesota since Monday and was staying across the street.
"It appears the suspect was lying in wait for several minutes, and as the victim was walking to the conference hotel, the suspect approached from behind and fired several rounds, striking the victim at least once in the back and at least once in the right calf," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference. "Many people passed the suspect, but he appeared to wait for his intended target. The suspect fled first on foot, then on an e-bike, and was last seen in Central Park on Center Drive."
The shooting came as tourists flock to the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting, which will take place just blocks away from the scene later Wednesday night.
A manhunt is underway as the suspect remains at-large.
"I want to be clear at this time, every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre-planned and targeted attack," Tisch said. "Millions of people will be enjoying the tree lighting tonight, among other holiday events, and the NYPD will be out there with them, keeping them safe."

Here's why I think this might be a leftwing/antifa hit:

Reached by NBC News, Thompson's wife confirmed there had been threats against her husband but said she did not know specifics.

"There had been some threats," Paulette Thompson told NBC News via a phone call. "Basically, I don't know, a lack of coverage? I don't know details. I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him."
Police were in the process of conducting a search on Thompson's hotel room to investigate further, Kenny said.

People are saying this looks "professional," but I don't know. He is calm enough, but he shot the guy right in front of witnesses. (Yes I know that a Mafia killer might shoot someone in front of witnesses -- I saw The Godfather.)

Executing a health care CEO feels like an antifa thing to me. But Chris Wray says that organization doesn't exist, so I must be wrong.

He fled the assassination on a bicycle, which is a good way to get away in NYC. You don't want to be stopped in traffic. Get on a bike and ride it to your getaway car parked a mile away.

Just wait till the assassin finds out silencers are illegal in NYC 😏pic.twitter.com/Y8gEdmGuD0
— Nugs (@Nugjokes) December 4, 2024

BREAKING: NYPD releases new image of suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination https://t.co/JiyhEPa8zt pic.twitter.com/4DByRdkthE
— Michael Ruiz (@mikerreports) December 4, 2024

John Ekdahl
@JohnEkdahl
He looks like a Taylor Lorenz disciple.

Normalizing the wearing of masks in public is a great victory for antifa and other serial criminals.

Judging by the way he was twisting/racking the pistol every shot it seems to me that the assassin used a B&T Station Six. Based on the infamous WW2 welrod, these puppies cost over 2k brand new. https://t.co/6nrsKt74OS pic.twitter.com/16PVX3Q1vl
— Brad (@bradtherambler) December 4, 2024

I'm not sure why he used a silencer, given that he shot the guy in the middle of the sidewalk with witnesses around him. Maybe NYC has that "Shot Spot" system and a gunshot would alert police faster? I dunno. Just doesn't seem like a stealth killing at all. But maybe he was stalking him, hoping for a quiet shot, but never got the chance to kill him quietly.

This guy claims -- and I don't vouch for this at all -- that he can "scrape" Citibike user information. He says the bike is one of those Citibikes you rent from docking stations.

pic.twitter.com/wAeEZoYNOM
— Riley (@rtwlz) December 4, 2024

Meanwhile, the jury is deliberating in the Daniel Penny case. Glad we got that killer in the dock, huh?

Posted by: Ace at 04:23 PM

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Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 04, 2024 04:23 PM (2wadn)

2 White assassin -- da mob!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 04:24 PM (hovnC)

3 I summoned them.
But they're really into their fake vagina discussion, so it may take a moment.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 04, 2024 04:25 PM (2wadn)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 04, 2024 04:25 PM (Zz0t1)

5
The wife.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 04, 2024 04:25 PM (+oR7L)

6 I was reading some ZH comments on this story (yeah, I know I know) and one common complaint from people was "I paid all this money to my healthcare insurance and they barely covered anything...I did not get my money's worth!

And this is the stupidity of "health insurance". Insurance should not pay for regular doctor visits, pills, etc. That's not what insurance is. Insurance is supposed to be for major negative events like a car crash or your house burning down.

Our "health insurance" then is really some sort of collective health care pool. And any time you have someone getting say AIDS meds or "gender affirming surgery" they are going to use a ton of money out of that pool that all the other people are going to have to pay for.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2024 04:26 PM (oZhjI)

7 Ok. Antifa. Why?

Healthcare guys went pretty far over to the left during covid, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 04:26 PM (bss/y)

8 Aggressively assisted suicide?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2024 04:26 PM (Hkcdp)

9 This is way weird. I've been binge-watching Elementary and it's a lot like that, only NYC has no Holmes and Watson, so I fear it will go unsolved. At least wifey has that $15 million he made from the insider trading. She will grieve in style.

Posted by: Peaches at December 04, 2024 04:26 PM (14URa)

10 Not sure I agree with Antifa. My gut is someone who's loved one/family member was denied coverage for a terminal disease and/or chronic condition and blames the CEO directly for the person's death.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 04, 2024 04:26 PM (NgqoH)

11 He escaped on an electric Citibike

Going green!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 04, 2024 04:26 PM (JKjtK)

12 I am very surprised this guy was just walking alone.
He's the CEO of a company that brings in almost $400 billion a year. These people are subject to all kind of threats, including kidnapping due to their wealth.

Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2024 04:26 PM (i7Q7S)

13 Live in a Hell Hole , die in a Hell Hole
Bet he voted for it

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (fwDg9)

14 Ian "Gun Jesus" McCollum is pretty adamant that the gun used was not a Welrod.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (DTX3h)

15 Millions of people will be enjoying the tree lighting tonight, among other holiday events, and

the NYPD will be out there with them, keeping them safe."

Their track record sucks.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (nbhjE)

16 Executing a health care CEO feels like an antifa thing to me.

How so, Ace?

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (v6JzV)

17 Oh, and before anyone else says so: suppressor, not silencer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (bss/y)

18 assassin --> murderer
assassination --> murder

The victim was not a political figure, and was presumably at least not murdered toward a political end.

People use "assassin" and "assassination" as an intensifier for "murderer" and "murder."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (YqDXo)

19 What’s the difference between “pre-planned” and “planned?”

The ‘pre’ seems redundant…

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (Hkcdp)

20
Mrs. Peacock, in the library, with the Candlestick

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (+oR7L)

21 >>>This is way weird. I've been binge-watching Elementary

I saw that was on Amazon or one of the free channels, I might re-watch it, or at least some of the better episodes. It got weak after the first three seasons.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (KRtlO)

22 I still think the wife. Infidelity, life insurance..

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (DJ7uY)

23 I am immediately suspect of anyone wearing a hoodie and a mask.

Why yes, I do profile. Why do you ask?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (WXNFJ)

24 "Judging by the way he was twisting/racking the pistol"

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Was wondering about this watching the video.

Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (i7Q7S)

25 I was reading some ZH comments on this story (yeah, I know I know) and one common complaint from people was "I paid all this money to my healthcare insurance and they barely covered anything...I did not get my money's worth!

And this is the stupidity of "health insurance". Insurance should not pay for regular doctor visits, pills, etc. That's not what insurance is. Insurance is supposed to be for major negative events like a car crash or your house burning down.

Our "health insurance" then is really some sort of collective health care pool. And any time you have someone getting say AIDS meds or "gender affirming surgery" they are going to use a ton of money out of that pool that all the other people are going to have to pay for.

The bottom line is what is the health care organization's profit margin? If you want more for your money, stop demanding that very expensive pre-existing stuff get covered. What did you think would happen?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (xCA6C)

26 Suppressor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (Zz0t1)

27 Normalizing the wearing of masks in public is a great victory for antifa and other serial criminals.
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Our sales are skyrocketing!!!

Posted by: Keffiyehs R Us at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (hovnC)

28 >>>10 Not sure I agree with Antifa. My gut is someone who's loved one/family member was denied coverage for a terminal disease and/or chronic condition and blames the CEO directly for the person's death.

this is why I say "antifa." Some kind of anger over the company not covering something. Like transgender operations. Though I think Obama mandated they all cover that essential procedure.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (KRtlO)

29 Daily Mail is reporting the CEO was under investigation by the DOJ for insider trading.

Just throwing that out there.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (4tmpE)

30 Could be the guy was diddling someone's kid. I dunno.

Only way to confirm that would be to look up how much he's donated to the DNC.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (y/ZMQ)

31 Healthcare guys went to the Left but not so far to the Left that they're managing "single payer" aka the Public Option aka Medicare-For-All. Leftists often hit generic liberals.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (gKWVE)

32 Executing a health care CEO feels like an antifa thing to me.
_______________

Execution: a legal, judicially-sanctioned killing

This was just a straight-up murder.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (YqDXo)

33 >>>How so, Ace?

"They won't cover my shemale boyfriend's hormone therapy."

something like that.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (KRtlO)

34 19 What’s the difference between “pre-planned” and “planned?”

The ‘pre’ seems redundant…
Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (Hkcdp)

People like to sound smart while being stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (bss/y)

35
29 Daily Mail is reporting the CEO was under investigation by the DOJ for insider trading.

Just throwing that out there.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM

-----

Nancy Pelosi.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (+oR7L)

36 10 Not sure I agree with Antifa. My gut is someone who's loved one/family member was denied coverage for a terminal disease and/or chronic condition and blames the CEO directly for the person's death.

I suspect that was most people's initial thought.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (xCA6C)

37 This looks like a professional job, though this could be an antifa hit.

the suspect approached from behind and fired several rounds, striking the victim at least once in the back and at least once in the right calf

Watching that video, that doesn't look very "professional". Hitting the calf? At that range? Jamming with every shot because of poor ammo selection/recoil spring choice/lack of practice? No, a low-level Antifa nobody seems much more likely. Maybe a member of the John Brown soyciety gun club or some such.

Posted by: Military Moron at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (ycI94)

38 What’s the difference between “pre-planned” and “planned?”

The ‘pre’ seems redundant…

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (Hkcdp)
_______________

It is.

See also "previous experience."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (YqDXo)

39 It was only ONE victim.

Posted by: Martha Realditz at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (krQz2)

40 I saw that was on Amazon or one of the free channels, I might re-watch it, or at least some of the better episodes. It got weak after the first three seasons.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (KRtlO)

I'm on Season 4 (Prime) and still enjoying it nightly. Of course, you most assuredly have a more interesting life than I do. xxx

Posted by: Peaches at December 04, 2024 04:30 PM (14URa)

41 You're walking down the street and see a guy almost point blank shoot the dude who just passed you.

Wtf does the rest of your day look like knowing that guy could've smoked you and didn't even bother to look in your direction?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 04, 2024 04:30 PM (KbCG3)

42 Obviously, Thompson had evidence which would lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 04, 2024 04:30 PM (tT6L1)

43
"They won't cover my shemale boyfriend's hormone therapy."

something like that.
Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (KRtlO)

First world problems.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 04, 2024 04:30 PM (Zz0t1)

44 Wasn't that another feature of late-stage Roman Republic, public assassinations of prominent figures?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 04, 2024 04:31 PM (/MJlQ)

45 Knew it was a white guy.

The gun being pointed correctly was a dead giveaway.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 04, 2024 04:31 PM (KbCG3)

46 Obviously, Thompson had evidence which would lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 04, 2024 04:30 PM (tT6L1)

And amazingly enough, they caught the whole suicide on camera!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 04, 2024 04:31 PM (Zz0t1)

47 Definitely not antifa, i would assume.

Target is actually dead, and the shooter didn't fuck about in the street afterwards with a bunch of fag flags and yelling dumb shit about the middle east with twenty of his jerkoff buddies.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:31 PM (y/ZMQ)

48 Just throwing that out there.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (4tmpE)
---
Whoa!

Posted by: Guy Who Almost Tripped Over That at December 04, 2024 04:31 PM (krQz2)

49 in french "assassin" just means killer.

It's another example of English borrowing a foreign word for which we already have a word, but then giving it a sharper, narrower definition so that it isn't just an extra word.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:31 PM (KRtlO)

50 HEADHUNTER
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=lPpUFBVSyWs

Posted by: FRONT 242 at December 04, 2024 04:31 PM (vGiQ3)

51 Watching that video, that doesn't look very "professional". Hitting the calf? At that range? Jamming with every shot because of poor ammo selection/recoil spring choice/lack of practice? No, a low-level Antifa nobody seems much more likely. Maybe a member of the John Brown soyciety gun club or some such.
Posted by: Military Moron at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (ycI94)

Shot placement maybe, but if it is the B&T thing, it does function like that.

Lemme see if I can find the video...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 04:31 PM (bss/y)

52 the unidentified gunman who allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

"Allegedly?" FFS, Thompson was actually, not "allegedly" killed. It's only when they arrest someone that that person will become the "alleged" assassin.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (v6JzV)

53 And this is the stupidity of "health insurance". Insurance should not pay for regular doctor visits, pills, etc. That's not what insurance is. Insurance is supposed to be for unforeseeable major negative events like a car crash or your house burning down.
_______________

Insurance is laying off the risk of an unlikely and unforeseeable catastrophic loss by accepting a certain small loss.

You don't get insurance to pay for gas for your car. Totally likely, foreseeable, and not catastrophic.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (YqDXo)

54 I saw that was on Amazon or one of the free channels, I might re-watch it, or at least some of the better episodes. It got weak after the first three seasons.

All of Archer is now on Netflix, so I've been binging it. The first four years were very good, but as I recall, the later years were much less amusing, as is typical.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (xCA6C)

55 What’s the difference between “pre-planned” and “planned?”

The ‘pre’ seems redundant…
Posted by: Lizzy

Irregardless. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (WXNFJ)

56 Insider trading?

So maybe someone who lost a bundle in stock.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (Hkcdp)

57 I wondered if it was Covid related.

Posted by: Max Power at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (q177U)

58 Guy had obviously practiced enough with the firearm to understand what he needed to do to keep shooting.

I won't say the guy was up to competition standards, but, he'd obviously used the weapon a bit.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (tT6L1)

59 39 It was only ONE victim.
Posted by: Martha Realditz at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (krQz2)

He probably had insurance.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (y/ZMQ)

60 The B&T Station Six theory on why he chambered every shot is interesting, but that's not a common weapon, and he fumbled with it once or twice. I think it's much more likely a more common semi-auto that just wasn't cycling properly due to the suppressor, but I guess we'll see if they ever catch the guy.

Posted by: Military Moron at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (ycI94)

61 I saw that was on Amazon or one of the free channels, I might re-watch it, or at least some of the better episodes. It got weak after the first three seasons.
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I got out before the tranny Mrs Hudson back in the UK episode/s. Season 2 maybe?? So probably due to P.C. early-Woke even though I had enjoyed the series' start.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (hovnC)

62 Forgotten Weapons episode on the B&T:

https://tinyurl.com/yf64px48

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (bss/y)

63 You're walking down the street and see a guy almost point blank shoot the dude who just passed you.

Wtf does the rest of your day look like knowing that guy could've smoked you and didn't even bother to look in your direction?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

That's why you use a.45.
So there's less chance of over-penetration. You weren't hired to cap randos on the street.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (nbhjE)

64 A Daniel Penny for your thoughts.

Posted by: Zombie Brian Thompson at December 04, 2024 04:32 PM (LaNzR)

65 And this is the stupidity of "health insurance". Insurance should not pay for regular doctor visits, pills, etc. That's not what insurance is. Insurance is supposed to be for major negative events like a car crash or your house burning down.

Posted by: 18-1
_________

Exactly. Insurance is supposed to be against risks that the policyholder has an incentive to avoid. Death, fire, auto collisions...

For the same reason, health insurance should be limited to catastrophic coverage where the policyholder has no incentive to bring about the conditions leading to payment.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 04, 2024 04:33 PM (Dm8we)

66 I have no idea wat a B&T Station Six is, but another guy thought the shooter was experienced, because he cleared two or three malfunctions quickly.

"Shooter is a pro using a suppressed weapon. Effortlessly cleared three malfunctions (most likely due to subsonic ammo not cycling the slide) and put three rounds into the victim."

@johncardillo

Posted by: illiniwek at December 04, 2024 04:33 PM (Cus5s)

67 It definitely looks as if the gun jammed after the last shot.

Also kind of crazy the killer went in the same direction to get away as the guy he shot. Seems that instinct would make you go the other way.

Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2024 04:33 PM (i7Q7S)

68 I agree with the guy saying it was a B&T Station 6. A YouTube vid shows a guy at an outdoor range with one, the 9 mm., a can on the front.

What will the gungrabbers say about a manually cycled handgun?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 04, 2024 04:33 PM (KiBMU)

69 They guy may even have done some pre-planning of his pre-plan.

You never know.

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 04:33 PM (krQz2)

70 lol, I had a boss who said “it regardless”. - and with a heavy Boston accent - irregaaaaahdless!!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2024 04:34 PM (Hkcdp)

71 Some witness on TV said the guy was waiting for hours.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2024 04:34 PM (63Dwl)

72 >>You're walking down the street and see a guy almost point blank shoot the dude who just passed you.

I was in Seattle, sitting on a boat moored beneath the Magnolia Bridge.
Guy climbed up there and jumped to his death. No more than 40 yards off the bow.

We went to a nice little Bistro and had Lunch.

Weird thing. It was the first nice day on like 2 weeks. Dude just had enough I guess?

Posted by: FRONT 242 at December 04, 2024 04:34 PM (vGiQ3)

73 Tomorrow on The View, "how this was Trump's fault."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 04, 2024 04:34 PM (/MJlQ)

74 Can’t forget the post preplanning!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2024 04:34 PM (Hkcdp)

75 242SockOFF

Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2024 04:34 PM (vGiQ3)

76 Jamming with every shot because of poor ammo selection/recoil spring choice/lack of practice?

Actually that would indicate he did know what he was doing since subsonic ammunition in combination with a suppressor can be very quiet but will not direct enough compression to cycle the weapon. Which means cycling by hand each time. Which he did rather smoothly and without hesitation, which indicates he wasn't surprised by the need to manually cycle the gun. So I think this conclusion is incorrect.

Posted by: I think he knew what he was doing at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (dMtzC)

77 >I suspect that was most people's initial thought.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (xCA6C)

I have some experience in this space. Denial rates are at an all time high and many payers flat out refuse to reimburse providers/hospitals per contractual agreements which gets passed on to the patient. I could see someone getting angry enough to target the CEO.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (NgqoH)

78 I was in an airport once in the tropics, and saw what clearly looked to be some illicit handoff, possibly drugs, between a pretty young woman and this sketchy dude. Their behavior was really odd. But my internal alarm bells told me to not get involved, stay out of it and just board my plane.

I admire the Daniel Pennys of the world, who will step up and actually do something, unlike me. NYC is trying to destroy that instinct, while leaving signals that no one is ever going to be safe there ever again.

Posted by: LizLem at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (Eng1Z)

79 A pretty good picture of him

Posted by: It's me donna at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (IyPmt)

80 You mean my car insurance isn't supposed to pay for oil changes?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (63Dwl)

81 They guy may even have done some pre-planning of his pre-plan.

You never know.
Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 04:33 PM (krQz2)

That doesn't include the pre-meeting before the meeting with the payer, and the pre-meeting before the meeting to get the gun.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (VNX3d)

82 I wonder if the guy didn't plan on being able to escape and had to sort of make it up on the fly?

Suicide mission sort of scenario. Planned up to a certain point, figuring if he got that far he's was good and there was no point to think beyond the assassination.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (tT6L1)

83 >>>73 Tomorrow on The View, "how this was Trump's fault."

the suspect used an automatic assault pistol capable of firing almost 30 shots per minute!!!

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (KRtlO)

84 They guy may even have done some pre-planning of his pre-plan.
___________

And before that he did some pre-pre-planning of his pre-pre-plan.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (YqDXo)

85 If you start planning for your pre-plan....

Where does it ~~end~~start?

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (krQz2)

86 Dude seems pretty calm, cool and collected. Blows a dude away and just wanders off like it's no big deal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

87 Looks white and kind of skinny and faggy looking.
I could go with Antifa too.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (jbnUc)

88 Suppressors on semi auto pistols can be finicky. You have to match the ammo to the pistol and can to make it work correctly.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (Rcnd3)

89 Some witness on TV said the guy was waiting for hours.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2024 04:34 PM (63Dwl)
________________

He shot the guy at 0645, and he'd been waiting for hours??

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (YqDXo)

90 in french "assassin" just means killer.

It's another example of English borrowing a foreign word for which we already have a word, but then giving it a sharper, narrower definition so that it isn't just an extra word.
Posted by: ace

In Russian, "killer" (borrowed from English, of course) has the narrower meaning of "hit man."

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (v6JzV)

91 Tomorrow on The View, "how this was Trump's fault."
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Well Trump was telling people to kill Fauci.

Or words to that effect...

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (krQz2)

92 >>>86 Dude seems pretty calm, cool and collected. Blows a dude away and just wanders off like it's no big deal.

that's what Clemenza told Michael to do.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (KRtlO)

93
the suspect used an automatic assault pistol capable of firing almost 30 shots per minute!!!
Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:35 PM (KRtlO)

"If you look close enough, you can see the chainsaw bayonet in his backpack."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

94 68 I agree with the guy saying it was a B&T Station 6. A YouTube vid shows a guy at an outdoor range with one, the 9 mm., a can on the front.

What will the gungrabbers say about a manually cycled handgun?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 04, 2024 04:33 PM (KiBMU)

BAN ALL THE GUNS!

Posted by: Previous pre-planned Kamala Harris at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (aBgBM)

95 So I read the Jury asked for the explanation of some of the lesser charges against Penny like negligent homicide... Looks like they want to find him guilty of something but I could be wrong of course

Posted by: It's me donna at December 04, 2024 04:37 PM (IyPmt)

96 Note that the guy grabbed each piece of brass from the gun as it was ejected. More than being calm, that shows me this guy was a professional - leave no trace.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at December 04, 2024 04:37 PM (zSyrn)

97 >>>In Russian, "killer" (borrowed from English, of course) has the narrower meaning of "hit man."

aha! So they do the same thing.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:37 PM (KRtlO)

98 Wearing a mask in public was once prohibited by the Penal Code in California. How do you FEEL now?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 04, 2024 04:37 PM (QSrLX)

99 Pretty damned cool, calm and collected while committing murder. Pro or psycho? Possibly both.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 04, 2024 04:37 PM (2NHgQ)

100 in french "assassin" just means killer.
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Nah. It comes from a fanatic cult of people who kill for hashish. Hashishan.

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 04:37 PM (krQz2)

101 86 Dude seems pretty calm, cool and collected. Blows a dude away and just wanders off like it's no big deal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Well, he murdered a guy in New York City, so he's only looking at a few hours community service if he's caught. No reason to worry.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 04, 2024 04:37 PM (ycI94)

102 >>Some witness on TV said the guy was waiting for hours.

Please tell me it happened at a Chinese Buffet?

Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2024 04:37 PM (vGiQ3)

103 I think it's much more likely a more common semi-auto that just wasn't cycling properly due to the suppressor, but I guess we'll see if they ever catch the guy.
Posted by: Military Moron

Larry Correia said it might be because he was catching the brass. Which would mean he knew what he was doing. But the whole public hit on camera doesn't square with that.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (IG4Id)

104 He does have that antifa look

Posted by: It's me donna at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (IyPmt)

105 53 And this is the stupidity of "health insurance". Insurance should not pay for regular doctor visits, pills, etc. That's not what insurance is. Insurance is supposed to be for unforeseeable major negative events like a car crash or your house burning down.

When 404-care came to be, they illegalized all the "major medical" policies, which is what you're describing. I'm on Medicare (cause I'm old) and I pay out of pocket over 6 grand a year in premiums and it damn well better cover every last penny (which it does).

Posted by: Peaches at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (14URa)

106 Well, he murdered a guy in New York City, so he's only looking at a few hours community service if he's caught. No reason to worry.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 04, 2024 04:37 PM (ycI94)

Wrong race for that.

Posted by: Oops...said the quiet part out loud at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (dMtzC)

107 UnitedHealthcare was also the owner of the service provider that got hacked back in February and therefore permitted the stealing of medical, financial, and personal data for 40% of the United States. Their subsidiary served as a processor for claims for a ton of insurance companies, not just theirs.

It could easily be someone upset about something like that, too.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (a/dOO)

108 Assassinating him in public does send a message, or he's stupid.

Posted by: Dr Spank at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (SgTMz)

109 Place your bets now....

The killer was some flavor of trannie and fucked up on hormones.

Probably got denied for their colon vag or arm dick.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (N9UsH)

110 Professional? Medicated? Sociopath? All the above?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (QSrLX)

111 92 >>>86 Dude seems pretty calm, cool and collected. Blows a dude away and just wanders off like it's no big deal.

that's what Clemenza told Michael to do.
Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (KRtlO)

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This a reference to some kind of picture show?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

112 Having to rerack after every shot seems like a bad choice of weapon, but what do I know?

Posted by: eleven at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (fV+MH)

113 The slide not moving also makes the gun quieter. May have done that on purpose if he really is some sort of pro.

Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2024 04:39 PM (i7Q7S)

114 Why are we acting like this is a big deal?
People get assassinated all the time.
In 1948, Hunter deButts was assassinated by Phillip McCrevice.
/s/ Anna "smart" Navarro

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 04, 2024 04:39 PM (/MJlQ)

115 One tip for would-be assassins: wheel gun.

Posted by: Peaches at December 04, 2024 04:39 PM (14URa)

116
This a reference to some kind of picture show?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew reference, I think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (Zz0t1)

117 Disgruntled customer?

An, insane, leftist, up-to-his-eyeballs in debt, policy holder?
Or maybe they denied some treatment to his dying mother?

Why would a professional do it on a busy sidewalk with a witness?
Couldn't he have just waited for the guy to walk down a less busy street or into a courtyard or something?

Lots of questions on this weird murder.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (6ydKt)

118 Why are we acting like this is a big deal?
People get assassinated all the time.
In 1948, Hunter deButts was assassinated by Phillip McCrevice.
/s/ Anna "smart" Navarro
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 04, 2024 04:39 PM (/MJlQ)
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Republicans POUNCE on street violence.

... for some reason ... *rolls eyes*

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (krQz2)

119 116
This a reference to some kind of picture show?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew reference, I think.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (Zz0t1)

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Their cross over radio programme?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

120 What role, if any did United Health Care (UHC) play in the covid op? I'm not seeing a major roll, unless there was some sort of inter-office memo about it.

Like treating some patients because they're "of the party" vs. others.

They're like a HMO, right? Not a Pharma biz.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (Q4IgG)

121 Ask the Patriot Act where he was, where he is, what his name is.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (QSrLX)

122 >>Larry Correia said it might be because he was catching the brass.

why bother? If you're worried about fingerprints, just make sure your clean the bullets before you load them.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (KRtlO)

123 Larry Correia said it might be because he was catching the brass. Which would mean he knew what he was doing. But the whole public hit on camera doesn't square with that.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 04, 2024 04:38 PM (IG4Id)
________________

I thought the cops found his brass.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 04:41 PM (YqDXo)

124 Aren't we all

...antifa assassins?

Posted by: Keith Olberman at December 04, 2024 04:41 PM (WzmCL)

125
Their cross over radio programme?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

The Shadow knows.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 04, 2024 04:41 PM (Zz0t1)

126 This guy was not the CEO of UnitedHealth, which is one of the largest companies in the US based on revenue. He was an Executive VP of UnitedHealth and the "CEO" of its Insurance division. This may be relevant to motive, and possibly make it less political than personal.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 04, 2024 04:41 PM (Gqoy+)

127 Actually that would indicate he did know what he was doing since subsonic ammunition in combination with a suppressor can be very quiet but will not direct enough compression to cycle the weapon. Which means cycling by hand each time. Which he did rather smoothly and without hesitation, which indicates he wasn't surprised by the need to manually cycle the gun. So I think this conclusion is incorrect.
Posted by: I think he knew what he was doing

This. Clearing 3 jams without losing his shit? He knew what he was doing and/or expected it.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 04, 2024 04:41 PM (nbhjE)

128 At least he used an electric bicycle.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2024 04:41 PM (63Dwl)

129 Did the killer's gun have the thing that goes up? I've heard that those are especially lethal.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 04:42 PM (v6JzV)

130 Maybe NYC has that "Shot Spot" system and a gunshot would alert police faster?

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I've been assured that those are racist.

[h/t Shitcago]

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 04, 2024 04:42 PM (7nRFT)

131 Less than a week. They'll have this guy in less than a week. Partial facial recognition after a clean up of the CCTV. Cross referencing with every social media outlet (which is very intrusive on all posted photographs, videos etc.) Even some entities abuse your privacy directly through your web cam.

They won't get a match that stands up in court, but it will identify the individual.

Posted by: Orson at December 04, 2024 04:42 PM (dIske)

132 >>> that's what Clemenza told Michael to do.
Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:36 PM (KRtlO)

I rewatched those films not long ago. Maybe the fall of France will look a little like the fall of Cuba in Part II.

Posted by: LizLem at December 04, 2024 04:42 PM (Eng1Z)

133 >>why bother? If you're worried about fingerprints, just make sure your clean the bullets before you load them.

Waste not, want not.

Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2024 04:42 PM (vGiQ3)

134 This. Clearing 3 jams without losing his shit? He knew what he was doing and/or expected it.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 04, 2024 04:41 PM (nbhjE)
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It's the Blob.

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 04:42 PM (krQz2)

135 You working again, John?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2024 04:42 PM (LkLld)

136 Afternoon.

So...motive. Why kill this guy?

Posted by: Robert at December 04, 2024 04:42 PM (1Yy3c)

137 Just because you're out to murder a guy in cold blood doesn't mean you don't police your brass. We're trying to have a civilization here.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:43 PM (y/ZMQ)

138 I assume the NYCFD took the victim to the closest ER Department.

Betcha his claim will be denied.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 04:43 PM (WXNFJ)

139 It’s a tax

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 04, 2024 04:43 PM (QSrLX)

140 I got out before the tranny Mrs Hudson back in the UK episode

Sherlock Holmes' landlady/housekeeper?

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 04:44 PM (v6JzV)

141 NYT almost made the description of the assassin into a fashion review

The assassin sported a pair of cole haan zero grand wingtips, stone island cargo trousers, and a Harrington jacket. A roderer award backpack completed the look.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 04, 2024 04:44 PM (7fVdQ)

142 why bother? If you're worried about fingerprints, just make sure your clean the bullets before you load them.
Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (KRtlO)

Sometimes brass can be matched to a gun or model

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 04, 2024 04:44 PM (NtVYv)

143
why bother? If you're worried about fingerprints, just make sure your clean the bullets before you load them.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:40 PM (KRtlO)

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Well if you're gonna blow some dude away on a sidewalk you never can be too careful, I guess?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 04, 2024 04:44 PM (6ydKt)

144 13 Live in a Hell Hole , die in a Hell Hole
Bet he voted for it

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (fwDg9)
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He lived in another hellhole, Minnesota.

Posted by: Ciampino - see, we're hard at it at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (i0xsb)

145 Jack Bauer could clear it up with AOL.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (QSrLX)

146 Hey corporations bring your business to NY. We have high taxes, ridiculous environmental rules , pay to play corruption, crime out the wazoo. Now as a special feature you need to get rid of that troublesome CEO, we can handle it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (FxDm7)

147 There was a movie a few years back that had the assassin who's specialty was making the hits look like accidents.

Was pretty good.

Like say, the boyfriend of the daughter of a major state official dying in a car "accident" right as decision whether to investigate massive vote fraud was about to be made.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (/MJlQ)

148 All these corporations donate to Dems, let them ride the whirlwind.

Posted by: Dr Spank at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (SgTMz)

149 138 I assume the NYCFD took the victim to the closest ER Department.

Betcha his claim will be denied.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 04:43 PM (WXNFJ)

savage

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (DJ7uY)

150 It is essentially a bolt action pistol, with a quarter-turn lock. The shooter looks like he has practiced the action, doing the turn and pull-push more quickly than the guys you see demonstrating the gun on ranges.

Not being a semiauto, the gun with its can is far more quiet than a typical slideback auto, since all the boom is going out the barrel into the can.

He is either so practiced that he captures the brass, or he just lets it go because who cares. That gun's been disappeared.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (KiBMU)

151 That guy looked like he had practiced that many times.

Not sure why one shot hit him in the calf

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (NtVYv)

152 At least he used an electric bicycle.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Is that like a scooter?

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (v6JzV)

153 The guy looked awfully calm to me while killing him.

He was either a pro, or very OK with committing that murder.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (wtvvX)

154 Live in a Hell Hole , die in a Hell Hole
Bet he voted for it

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 04:27 PM (fwDg9)
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He lived in another hellhole, Minnesota.
Posted by: Ciampino - see, we're hard at it at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (i0xsb)
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*sniff* *sniff*

Is that burning tires I smell?

Posted by: Ms. Walz at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (krQz2)

155 It's strange the CEO was alone. At that level they usually have a driver/bodyguard plus a gaggle of execs and flunkies to do some last minute discussions before an Investors Meeting.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (wBaIH)

156 >> People are saying this looks "professional," but I don't know.

Rehearsed doesn’t make you a pro. This was targeted and I agree it has the tell tale signs of antifa.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (OlayN)

157 128 At least he used an electric bicycle.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2024 04:41 PM (63Dwl)

Sustainable assassinations are now the thing.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (Y1sOo)

158 I remember back in the 90s a Southern Company executive and his wife were executed professional style in their big home in sleepy Graceville, Florida.

AFAIK the killer was never caught and no motive even put forth for the murders.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (OV4GJ)

159 Not sure why one shot hit him in the calf
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (NtVYv)

Immobilization?

Screw up?

Some kind of symbolism for the killer?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (y/ZMQ)

160 Oh, a gun thread now. Yay!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 04, 2024 04:47 PM (QSrLX)

161 33
‘They won't cover my shemale boyfriend's hormone therapy."

something like that.’

Isn’t that why Al Pacino robs the bank in Dog Day Afternoon?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 04, 2024 04:47 PM (jbnUc)

162 Maybe this will become the new "thing" for the Antifags to do as a side hustle.

Like a "CEO Of The Month Club" but deader.

That is, if the Antifags really existed.

Posted by: Christopher Wray, FBI Director and Twink at December 04, 2024 04:47 PM (Y5VD5)

163 138 I assume the NYCFD took the victim to the closest ER Department.

Betcha his claim will be denied.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 04:43 PM (WXNFJ)

____

He was shot out of network.

Posted by: Scarymary at December 04, 2024 04:47 PM (sPtu7)

164 why bother? If you're worried about fingerprints, just make sure your clean the bullets before you load them.
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But didn't we just have a guilty verdict on a murder case where the expert testified that un-spent rounds were the same as the spent casings?

Something like that, that makes no sense?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 04, 2024 04:47 PM (/MJlQ)

165 Immobilization?

Screw up?

Some kind of symbolism for the killer?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (y/ZMQ)

Bad shot most likely

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 04, 2024 04:47 PM (NtVYv)

166 113 The slide not moving also makes the gun quieter. May have done that on purpose if he really is some sort of pro.
Posted by: Jay

Depending on the gun, even suppressed, subsonic rounds might make more noise than the gun's action. More importantly, I might buy that explanation if he shot the dude in his hotel room, but in the middle of the street in broad daylight? The sound of the slide racking is of minimal concern at that point.

Posted by: Military Moron at December 04, 2024 04:47 PM (ycI94)

167 Some kind of symbolism for the killer?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (y/ZMQ)
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"This bullet in the calf is for your worshipping at the Golden Calf of excessive profits! Hahahahaha!!!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 04, 2024 04:48 PM (z0QHk)

168 Wow. NY isn’t an NFA state. I bet Tish James and Hochul will really go after him for using a silencer.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 04, 2024 04:48 PM (OlayN)

169 This felt like an ANTIFA vibe to me as well. I was trying to find out if the victim had made relatively clear procapitalist or pro conservative statements. It sure feels like retaliation as many Business Leaders have quickly dumped the Democrats and lined up behind Trump.

Posted by: Roberto at December 04, 2024 04:48 PM (QUC63)

170 why bother? If you're worried about fingerprints, just make sure your clean the bullets before you load them.
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But didn't we just have a guilty verdict on a murder case where the expert testified that un-spent rounds were the same as the spent casings?

Something like that, that makes no sense?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

That's why you melt the barrel with an oxy acetylene torch.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 04, 2024 04:48 PM (nbhjE)

171 This kind of scene is what the left crazies want for Trump, and they want it on video.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 04, 2024 04:48 PM (KiBMU)

172 I remember back in the 90s a Southern Company executive and his wife were executed professional style in their big home in sleepy Graceville, Florida.
_____________

Zombie Albert Pierrepoint?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (YqDXo)

173 "a Southern Company executive and his wife were executed professional style in their big home in sleepy Graceville, Florida."

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Crossing "be CEO" off my life goals list now...

Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (i7Q7S)

174 3 I summoned them.
But they're really into their fake vagina discussion, so it may take a moment.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Everyone's welcome to my fake vagina, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (ycI94)

175 Mollie
@MZHemingway

Trump agrees to interview this Sunday with Democrat activist Kristen Welker of NBC News. Welker distinguished herself even in a sea of media activists in 2024 with her fact-resilient push of pro-abortion narratives and other Democrat talking points.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (TGPs7)

176 Killer looks like Marshall Mathers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (XV/Pl)

177 Oh it would be ***awesome*** if this was a politically motivated Leftist killer.

This douchebag and his company hurl buckets of cash at the Democrats. Gobs of it. Millions and millions in lobbying and direct funding every year.

If one of their wealthy, powerful cronies got merc'd by their street paramilitary... I mean... That's comedy gold, Jerry.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (7oYYI)

178 What? Nobody jumped him? Oh, that’s right Daniel Penny caught a case for that.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (QSrLX)

179 Sherlock Holmes' landlady/housekeeper?
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Yes.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (hovnC)

180 Wow. NY isn’t an NFA state. I bet Tish James and Hochul will really go after him for using a silencer.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 04, 2024 04:48 PM (OlayN)

The shooter is white, so they might.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (VNX3d)

181 >Jack Bauer could clear it up with AOL.

Chloe, get me the schematics of every building in a 6-bock radius of that hotel. I'll find him.

Sure Jack, that will take me about seven seconds. Stand by...

Posted by: one hour sober at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (Y1sOo)

182 Normalizing the wearing of masks in public is a great victory for antifa and other serial criminals.

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But if it saves Taylor Lorenz a microsecond of anxiety it would have been worth it.

Posted by: Decaf at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (unUNN)

183 Our "health insurance" then is really some sort of collective health care pool. And any time you have someone getting say AIDS meds or "gender affirming surgery" they are going to use a ton of money out of that pool that all the other people are going to have to pay for.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2024 04:26 PM (oZhjI)
==
We have pre-paid health care - not health insurance. Once something is paid for by third party payers, prices go up. Unless the government lowballs it, then the service just slowly disappears.

Posted by: Black JEM at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (GZYu7)

184 I remember back in the 90s a Southern Company executive and his wife were executed professional style in their big home in sleepy Graceville, Florida.

AFAIK the killer was never caught and no motive even put forth for the murders.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

After the 2008 crash, a finance guy was found dead in his garage with drill holes in his head, IIRC. It was determined to be suicide.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (IG4Id)

185 180 The shooter is white, so they might.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 04, 2024 04:49 PM (VNX3d)

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White, and attacked one of the elite.

He might as well be a black man in Mississippi in the 30s talking up a white woman.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (GBKbO)

186 159 Not sure why one shot hit him in the calf
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 04, 2024 04:45 PM (NtVYv)

Immobilization?

Screw up?

Some kind of symbolism for the killer?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (y/ZMQ)
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When I got my concealed license, the guy next to me missed the entire paper target from 3 yards away. More than once. Adrenaline, slight movements, it doesn't take much to push a shot off your target, sometimes WAY off. I am not an expert in professional killer training, but my guess is that this guy was not one.

Posted by: joe at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (xtKM4)

187 The shot in the calf pretty much rules out a pro.

As does the lack of a follow up headshot.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (N9UsH)

188 Your silence may be violence, but my silencer is violencer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (y/ZMQ)

189 Note that the FBI found just about every person who was near the Capitol on J6 dressed like this guy.

Which means he will probably get away.

Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (i7Q7S)

190 Meanwhile, the jury is deliberating in the Daniel Penny case. Glad we got that killer in the dock, huh?

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A nerd in the can is worth zoo in the bush ... or something.

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (7nRFT)

191 "Assassin" as a word is derived from Ḥashshāshīyīn an ancient Shia Muslim sect who at the time of the Crusades were sent out on suicide mission to murder prominent enemies. They smoked a boatload of hashish first.

ISYN

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 04, 2024 04:51 PM (Gqoy+)

192 Saving his brass?

Clearly, a reloader.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 04:51 PM (hovnC)

193 I remember back in the 90s a Southern Company executive and his wife were executed professional style in their big home in sleepy Graceville, Florida.

AFAIK the killer was never caught and no motive even put forth for the murders.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 04, 2024 04:46 PM (OV4GJ)
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Where I used to live, former chief of the high school police was killed by what was suspected to be a professional hit. He was out on his motorcycle with his wife and got hit by someone in a vehicle. Witness said he saw the guy get out of the vehicle to check the victims then calmly drove away.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 04, 2024 04:51 PM (tT6L1)

194 141 NYT almost made the description of the assassin into a fashion review

The assassin sported a pair of cole haan zero grand wingtips, stone island cargo trousers, and a Harrington jacket. A roderer award backpack completed the look.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 04, 2024 04:44 PM (7fVdQ)

Trousers, huh? In hoity-toity NYC, are men's below-waist clothing articles called pants only if they extend to the ankle and have creases? Where's David Brooks when we need pants vs trousers definitions?

Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2024 04:51 PM (aBgBM)

195 Isn’t that why Al Pacino robs the bank in Dog Day Afternoon?
Posted by: Dr. Claw

"ADDADICK!! ADDADICK!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 04:51 PM (WXNFJ)

196 FBI didn't catch the guy who left the pipe bomb in front of the DNC.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 04, 2024 04:51 PM (gKWVE)

197 "More importantly, I might buy that explanation if he shot the dude in his hotel room, but in the middle of the street in broad daylight?"

==========

Good point. Will be interesting to see if he's ever caught and if we know what the firearm is.

Posted by: Jay in PA at December 04, 2024 04:52 PM (i7Q7S)

198 The bottom line is what is the health care organization's profit margin? If you want more for your money, stop demanding that very expensive pre-existing stuff get covered. What did you think would happen?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 04, 2024 04:28 PM (xCA6C)
==
They have relatively low margins on huge numbers.

Posted by: Black JEM at December 04, 2024 04:52 PM (GZYu7)

199 When I was òn liberty in Naples, Italy drinking a beer at a sidewalk Cafe I watched a guy down the street get off the back of a motorcycle and machine gun the driver of a car ...then he sped away on the back of the motorcycle. Mid 1980's.

Posted by: torabora at December 04, 2024 04:52 PM (0Gnoc)

200 The type of gun used is a little confusing. Seems more like something the assassin would find in his dad's unlocked gun cabinet. The really effective semi autos are always in the locked one...if you get my drift.

Posted by: Roberto at December 04, 2024 04:52 PM (QUC63)

201 Not sure why one shot hit him in the calf
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway

Immobilization?
Screw up?
Some kind of symbolism for the killer?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
===
He was looking for the man who had shot his paw.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 04:52 PM (hovnC)

202 Next question, was the shooter an illegal?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 04, 2024 04:53 PM (jFCkp)

203 How very scary must it be to get death threats and then your husband goes off to conference where he gets shot to death. And if they have kids too-how devastating.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 04:53 PM (MQJVv)

204 Seems like a weird choice of gun. That’s like some one googled “What’s the best hand gun for assassins?”, or some shit.

Can’t be many of those in circulation.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 04, 2024 04:53 PM (/Rs4X)

205 He was looking for the man who had shot his paw.
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Snort.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 04, 2024 04:53 PM (jFCkp)

206 "ADDADICK!! ADDADICK!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 04:51 PM (WXNFJ)
---
Sorry, sir. Our bags are packed to the top.

Posted by: Cashier at Dick's Bag-O-Dicks at December 04, 2024 04:53 PM (krQz2)

207 TheQuartering
@TheQuartering

The person behind the assassination of the United Health Care CEO is the wife.

Stamp it.

Calling it now. (just a prediction)

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 04:54 PM (TGPs7)

208 162 Maybe this will become the new "thing" for the Antifags to do as a side hustle.

-- --
One of the best predictions on that Westworld show was the App that the criminals used. All anonymous, all encrypted.

Like Uber for criminals & gangs.

I wouldn't be surprised to see something like that one day.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 04, 2024 04:54 PM (6ydKt)

209 I wondered if it was Covid related.
Posted by: Max Power

Well, I bet he was vaxxed, so it could have been a lot worse, you know?

Was he killed "in network"? Otherwise, the copays are gonna be lit!

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at December 04, 2024 04:54 PM (vcOmj)

210 "Chloe, get me the schematics of every building in a 6-bock radius of that hotel. I'll find him.

Sure Jack, that will take me about seven seconds. Stand by...
Posted by: one hour sober "

Yeah...the Matrix did that nonsense too.

Posted by: eleven at December 04, 2024 04:54 PM (fV+MH)

211 The only northbound Citibike to leave within 10 minutes of the shooting from any dock near the hotel went to Madison Ave & E 82nd St.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art! Of course!

Look for an albino from Opus Dei.

Posted by: Professor Robert Langdon at December 04, 2024 04:54 PM (WzmCL)

212 Actually, the shot in the calf might have been intentional to down the vic. You note he fired an "insurance shot" after the target fell.

"Insurance shot?" Did you see that? Oh, I am witty!

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at December 04, 2024 04:55 PM (zSyrn)

213 Not a pro.

A pro would have tapped him in the head as he walked by. He only got one shot into the guy from the back. His flight instincts kicked in and he started walking after the second shot which missed his COM and only shot again as he walked by. Subdued panic at that point, the drill was over.

Also if he had stalked the guy for 10 more seconds there would be no witness and the one witness who saw him saw him full face.

He also (to me) has a distinctive walk. Slightly flat footed and trudging. Photo of him standing makes him as young.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 04, 2024 04:55 PM (QB+5g)

214 Hitting the calf? At that range?
Posted by: Military Moron at December 04, 2024 04:29 PM (ycI94)

Bet he was limp-wristing it. Which speaks to gender "affirmation" maybe.

Posted by: GWB at December 04, 2024 04:55 PM (GR9H0)

215 What has the greatest effect on a health insurers bottom line?

Covid vaccines.

Posted by: Max Power at December 04, 2024 04:55 PM (q177U)

216 And this is the stupidity of "health insurance". Insurance should not pay for regular doctor visits, pills, etc. That's not what insurance is. Insurance is supposed to be for unforeseeable major negative events like a car crash or your house burning down.

Perhaps. But it does. And if you pay the retail price on routine medical care, most people are not going to be able to afford it. Which in part is due to the effect of de facto rate setting by fedgov and large insurers.

Posted by: Going to the doctor can easily break you financially at December 04, 2024 04:55 PM (dMtzC)

217 Cherchez la femme !

Posted by: runner at December 04, 2024 04:55 PM (QTCRF)

218 FBI didn't catch the guy who left the pipe bomb in front of the DNC.
Posted by: gKWVE

We may never know the real reason that happened!

Posted by: Kamala Harris, now on her way to becoming a nobody at December 04, 2024 04:55 PM (vcOmj)

219 OT: San Diego's Filipino fruit mayor in January announced a big effort "to address homelessness," and set a goal of raising $370 million to do all sorts of wonderful things ("robust" prevention efforts, building "affordable" housing, etc.)

So far - in nigh unto a year - they've raised only $1.3 million, and so far has only ... purchased t-shirts for volunteers in a cleanup event. Total expenditure: $2400. Number of advisory board meetings held: 0.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 04:55 PM (YqDXo)

220 The really effective semi autos are always ~~in the locked one~~ lost in a tragic canoe accident...if you get my drift.
Posted by: Roberto

Recommended edit for better accuracy.

Posted by: Fake AoS editor at December 04, 2024 04:56 PM (ycI94)

221 "TheQuartering
@TheQuartering

The person behind the assassination of the United Health Care CEO is the wife.

Stamp it.

Calling it now. (just a prediction)
Posted by: Mister Ghost"

Seems definitely plausible. Let's just say Columbo would be just one more thinging this lady.

Posted by: eleven at December 04, 2024 04:56 PM (fV+MH)

222 "@johncardillo
I seriously doubt the shooter used a $2200 weapon with an integrated suppressor that is purposefully designed to not be semi auto.

They found three live rounds at the scene which indicates cleared malfunctions.

Not the way the gun was intended to operate."

Posted by: illiniwek at December 04, 2024 04:56 PM (Cus5s)

223 After the 2008 crash, a finance guy was found dead in his garage with drill holes in his head, IIRC. It was determined to be suicide.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (IG4Id)

I'm going straight to hell for laughing so hard at that.

Posted by: Peaches at December 04, 2024 04:56 PM (14URa)

224 _________

Exactly. Insurance is supposed to be against risks that the policyholder has an incentive to avoid. Death, fire, auto collisions...

For the same reason, health insurance should be limited to catastrophic coverage where the policyholder has no incentive to bring about the conditions leading to payment.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 04, 2024 04:33 PM (Dm8we)

———

Except that insurance companies have a financial stake in you being healthy so they essentially subsidize doctor visits and medications to help
you avoid future catastrophic needs.

Pretty much all of it is bunk because something like 10% of people utilize 90% of healthcare spending almost all geared towards the older age brackets.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 04, 2024 04:56 PM (OV4GJ)

225 "Assassin" as a word is derived from Ḥashshāshīyīn an ancient Shia Muslim sect who at the time of the Crusades were sent out on suicide mission to murder prominent enemies. They smoked a boatload of hashish first.

They were founded and ruled by some guy called the Old Man of the Mountains.

They were finally wiped out by the Mongols.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 04:57 PM (v6JzV)

226 Missing stuff.

Get the info. on the SUV that was sitting there with lights on immediately adjacent (left of) to the shooting. Couldn't see from the videoclip but did it just pull in? If it were there more than momentarily, did anyone disembark or get inside? Odd, and perhaps not a legal parking spot?

The assailant not only began shooting in the glow of the vehicle's lights, he walked right across the front of it.

Also, United Healthcare does one hell of a business with the feds.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 04, 2024 04:57 PM (NFX2v)

227 >>>TheQuartering
@TheQuartering
The person behind the assassination of the United Health Care CEO is the wife.
Stamp it.
Calling it now. (just a prediction)

Does anyone still watch that fat idiot?

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 04:57 PM (KRtlO)

228 While I highly doubt it started with them, klantifa knows to carry backpacks with a change of clothes.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2024 04:57 PM (KcwUg)

229 Bet he was limp-wristing it. Which speaks to gender "affirmation" maybe.
Posted by: GWB

That subsonic .22 kicks like a mule!!!

Posted by: Antifa Tranny Assassin at December 04, 2024 04:57 PM (ycI94)

230 Crazy long odds bet:

Something to do with Ukraine.

No idea how or why. But that's because i suck at betting on things.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 04:57 PM (y/ZMQ)

231 127
‘ This. Clearing 3 jams without losing his shit? He knew what he was doing and/or expected it.’

I don’t know. Maybe I’m overthinking this but I would want a gun that I know won’t jam 3x when I murder someone.
Because I’m going to be in a hurry.

Hell’s bells. Test fire it. That’s my kind of pre-planning.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 04, 2024 04:57 PM (jbnUc)

232 223 After the 2008 crash, a finance guy was found dead in his garage with drill holes in his head, IIRC. It was determined to be suicide.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (IG4Id)

I'm going straight to hell for laughing so hard at that.
Posted by: Peaches at December 04, 2024 04:56 PM (14URa)
__________________________________

On a windy day he sounded just like a harmonica.

Posted by: Orson at December 04, 2024 04:57 PM (dIske)

233 "Assassin" as a word is derived from Ḥashshāshīyīn an ancient Shia Muslim sect who at the time of the Crusades were sent out on suicide mission to murder prominent enemies. They smoked a boatload of hashish first.

ISYN
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 04, 2024 04:51 PM (Gqoy+)

I learned that in, of all places, a Louis L'Amour novel, The Walking Drum, or something like that. I remember liking that book a lot.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Manosphere, the Pimp-slapping Hands of Fate at December 04, 2024 04:58 PM (Ad8y9)

234 I assume the NYCFD took the victim to the closest ER Department.

Betcha his claim will be denied.
Posted by: Tonypete
......

He died while waiting in line behind 20 illegal immigrants.

Posted by: wth at December 04, 2024 04:58 PM (v0R5T)

235 Maybe a younger person who had been turned down by insurance, a family member who was screwed by insurance, the list is endless with insurance complaints.

Posted by: Megthered at December 04, 2024 04:58 PM (Mtips)

236 UnitedHealthCare and AARP are as thick as thieves.

Posted by: Ciampino - trying to get away at December 04, 2024 04:59 PM (i0xsb)

237 It’s a bolt action pistol. I doubt he was clearing jams.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 04, 2024 04:59 PM (/Rs4X)

238 I think "pre-planning" term was started by the mortuary business.

Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at December 04, 2024 04:59 PM (nS6qG)

239 227@TheQuartering
The person behind the assassination of the United Health Care CEO is the wife.
Stamp it.
Calling it now. (just a prediction)

Does anyone still watch that fat idiot?
Posted by: ace

He bailed Styxhexenhammer666 out of jail a few months ago, so he has to at least pretend to.

Posted by: Antifa Tranny Assassin at December 04, 2024 04:59 PM (ycI94)

240 >>> 216 And this is the stupidity of "health insurance". Insurance should not pay for regular doctor visits, pills, etc. That's not what insurance is. Insurance is supposed to be for unforeseeable major negative events like a car crash or your house burning down.

Perhaps. But it does. And if you pay the retail price on routine medical care, most people are not going to be able to afford it. Which in part is due to the effect of de facto rate setting by fedgov and large insurers.
Posted by: Going to the doctor can easily break you financially at December 04, 2024 04:55 PM (dMtzC)

Not to mention paying for 3 welfare cases and several dozen "immigrants" including but not limited to 45 Mexicans, 8 Guatemalans, 12 Afghans, 9 Somalians...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2024 04:59 PM (KcwUg)

241 Given this assassin was too professional this shooting strikes me as personal. Maybe this guy or a loved one got screwed by United Healthcare and he wanted payback

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 04, 2024 04:59 PM (FxDm7)

242 Maybe a younger person who had been turned down by insurance, a family member who was screwed by insurance, the list is endless with insurance complaints.
Posted by: Megthered

Yep. Who doesn't hate insurance companies?

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 05:00 PM (v6JzV)

243 The Secret Service had to guard Trump for his stupid trials in NYC in the same sidewalk crowd scenes.

It was obvious they were inviting assassination.

Meanwhile the judge and prosecutor got to enter and leave the courthouse via private auto entry.

Posted by: torabora at December 04, 2024 05:00 PM (0Gnoc)

244 The person behind the assassination of the United Health Care CEO is his ~~wife~~ campaign manager.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 04, 2024 05:00 PM (YqDXo)

245

i can't really watch any of the nerdcasts any more.

Posted by: ace at December 04, 2024 05:00 PM (KRtlO)

246 Honestly, I thought a judge would be targeted for assassination by now, what with them letting criminal off constantly.

I certainly didn't have "Alliance Health Care Honcho" on my assassination bingo card.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 04, 2024 05:00 PM (tT6L1)

247 If as reported there were live rounds found at the scene, he was clearing jams. He was familiar enough with the handgun to know exactly what to do. That’s why I said he was practiced, not professional.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 04, 2024 05:01 PM (OlayN)

248
I dunno, the first thing I'd investigate is if this guy was a philanderer.

Maybe the killer was a disgruntled husband/boyfriend?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2024 05:01 PM (byDs2)

249 230. Something to do with Ukraine.
No idea how or why. But that's because i suck at betting on things.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Ya never know. Maybe the assailant.

"Humanitarian parole" program.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 04, 2024 05:01 PM (NFX2v)

250 I'm sure Barton Keyes is on the case as we speak.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 05:01 PM (v6JzV)

251 We need to get Detective Danny Reagan on the case.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Manosphere, the Pimp-slapping Hands of Fate at December 04, 2024 05:01 PM (Ad8y9)

252 I'll throw my Normalize Assassination theory out there one more time, since it dovetails with ace's Antifa suggestion.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 04, 2024 05:01 PM (wBaIH)

253 >>On a windy day he sounded just like a harmonica.

I could make that skull sing!

Posted by: Gheorghe Zamfir at December 04, 2024 05:02 PM (Y1sOo)

254
Does anyone still watch that fat idiot?
Posted by: ace

I haven't seen much of him but why is the quartering guy a fat idiot? Genuinely curious.

Posted by: Sensing some dislike there at December 04, 2024 05:02 PM (dMtzC)

255 *Looks at stack of mail and sees United Healthcare letterheads.*

I didn't do it!

Posted by: torabora at December 04, 2024 05:02 PM (0Gnoc)

256
227@TheQuartering
The person behind the assassination of the United Health Care CEO is the wife.
Stamp it.
Calling it now. (just a prediction)

Does anyone still watch that fat idiot?
Posted by: ace

I hate that fat phony grifting shit, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2024 05:02 PM (byDs2)

257 I'm still going with COVID, the vaccine, or Ukraine. His betters are trying to tie up loose ends before Trump takes office and the investigations begin.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - have you figured out why women weren't allowed to vote for so long? at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (NPq+L)

258 Newsom's campaign manager has got a few reasons.

Posted by: torabora at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (0Gnoc)

259 I know a sure-fire way to stop the killing of health care CEOs - Socialized medicine!

Posted by: AOC at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (BZ2+1)

260 John Lennon is still dead.

Posted by: Mark David Chapman at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (vcOmj)

261 It was also cold during the attack which with all the other factors could have lead to the excessive cycling. If indeed it was a vanity weapon I would think the shooter was vain with some delusions. Could be his first kill so it's a grudge.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (QB+5g)

262 I think it’s more likely this guy was killed for personal reasons rather than any role as CEO.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (VcClH)

263 Pre-planning>>>>Trepanning

Posted by: Hole In One at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (nS6qG)

264 3 jambs?
Why not go with a flint lock dueling pistol?

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (fwDg9)

265 I am going with Martha finally got fed up with picking a Medicare plan each year. Annual open enrollment ends on Dec. 7. Coincidence?

https://youtu.be/cVpXxBp6EIk

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 05:05 PM (vO42M)

266 237 It’s a bolt action pistol. I doubt he was clearing jams.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Watching again more closely, I have to agree, although it makes things even MORE weird. Speed is key, so a non-semi-auto pistol is 1- very rare and easier to trace and 2- a poor choice in general. The guy IMMEDIATELY started manually cycling after the first shot...if it was a jam/failure to cycle due to subsonic ammo or something, I'd expect to see him try to shoot again, then check for a jam and clear it. He didn't do that...so either had a bolt action gun, or had practiced a lot with a semi-auto and knew he'd have to manually cycle every shot.

Posted by: Military Moron at December 04, 2024 05:05 PM (ycI94)

267 >>Posted by: Mark David Chapman at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (vcOmj)

I never had a chance to formally thank you for all that you have done.

Really. You saved us ALL.

Thank you.

Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2024 05:05 PM (vGiQ3)

268 They say the person last to see the victim alive is usually the killer!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 05:05 PM (hovnC)

269 Trump transition signs agreement for FBI background checks Republicans in the Senate had been pushing for FBI vetting.

Chump.

Groundhog day all over again.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 04, 2024 05:06 PM (/U5Yz)

270 assassin
n noun
1 a person who murders someone for political or religious reasons.
2 (Assassin) a member of the fanatical Nizari branch of Ismaili Muslims dominant at the time of the Crusades.

WORD HISTORY (from hashashin)
In the literal sense an assassin was a person who used cannabis. The root of the word, which entered English in the 16th century from either French or medieval Latin, is the Arabic hasisi 'hashish eater', and it was first used in reference to the Nizari branch of Ismaili Muslims who ruled part of northern Persia in the 12th and 13th centuries, during the time of the Crusades. Renowned as militant fanatics, they were reputed to use hashish before being sent to murder the Christian leaders.

Posted by: Ciampino - just some hash at December 04, 2024 05:06 PM (i0xsb)

271 The United States does not recognize health care as a basic human right. However, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 improved access to health care for many low-income Americans.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 04, 2024 05:06 PM (NFX2v)

272 Posted by: Mark David Chapman at December 04, 2024 05:04 PM (vcOmj)

I never had a chance to formally thank you for all that you have done.

Really. You saved us ALL.

Thank you.
Posted by: garrett

Well, he really would've saved us if he'd taken Yoko out, too. But noooooo.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 05:07 PM (v6JzV)

273 Suppressor are already a pain in the butt to get. The ATF has not proven their opposition to tinnitus and hearing loss.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 04, 2024 05:07 PM (lhenN)

274 In New York, what are the actual odds they will catch you? He was probably going for the sneaky kill then said, fuck it, this is New York baby! Blam Blam!

It looks like his gun jammed, which is why silencers are not all they are cracked up to be - they have to be cleaned a lot more. My guess, not a professional. Likely an amateur who watched too many movies, bought the gun, then went to the pistol range one too many times practicing.

The only people they catch are good Samaritans who turn themselves in to the police.

Posted by: El Mariachi at December 04, 2024 05:07 PM (nLFEI)

275 Did anyone think to hit the enhance button on that surveillance footage?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 04, 2024 05:07 PM (KbCG3)

276 Why not go with a flint lock dueling pistol?
------
A duck's foot!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 05:07 PM (hovnC)

277 Assassin should have used a revolver. No cycling issues and more importantly, no brass.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 04, 2024 05:07 PM (/U5Yz)

278 Geez, hope this is not true! Daily Wire rumor is going around that they've fired Brett Cooper. She has great Gen Z takes on culture, she's a rising star in the DW stable, and she's supposed to star as Snow White in the new DW film serving as an alternative to the Disney live action movie.

On Twitter, she posted a sad poem, then this tweet:
@imbrettcooper
Tuesday night and my husband has me watching motivational Dragon Ball Z hopecore videos. I love being married LOL.

What dos she need a Hopecore DBZ vid for? Hope things are ok for her. She'll land well, wherever she lands.

Posted by: LizLem at December 04, 2024 05:08 PM (Eng1Z)

279 >>Assassin should have used a revolver. No cycling issues and more importantly, no brass.

Same can be said of a hatchet.

Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2024 05:08 PM (vGiQ3)

280 assassin
n noun

-

Want to have some fun?

It's connected to hooligan. Hint - Ghengis Khan, I think grandson

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - have you figured out why women weren't allowed to vote for so long? at December 04, 2024 05:08 PM (NPq+L)

281 270 The Assassins also went after Muslim leaders that they had a beef with, not just Christians.

They were equal-opportunity killers.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 05:08 PM (v6JzV)

282 Assassin looks like the guy who planted pipe bombs for January 6. So, FBI?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 04, 2024 05:09 PM (wBaIH)

283 Apparently not for profit hospitals are required to provide a certain amount of indigent care. The wildly expensive prices that no one actually pays helps them meet that threshold. The person who can’t pay is the only one charged full price.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 04, 2024 05:09 PM (ogTiX)

284 I mean really - UHC backs up the Brinks truck for the Dems. $20m this cycle, $5m in direct contributions (mostly to Dems at large, but House districts are fairly even), and close to $800k to Kamala Harris alone in just the last few months.

These motherfuckers make it rain.

If one of their street kids capped his ass, his gauleiter is gonna have hell to pay for this. You don't do this to the money men.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2024 05:09 PM (7oYYI)

285 Just watched the video of the hit. Seemed like he took forever to chamber each round, though he did seem to have a lot of practice with it.

As other folks have pointed out, it seems strange to use an unusual weapon like that for a hit. Especially on a public street where you *know* someone is watching.

The devil is in the details.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 04, 2024 05:09 PM (7fElN)

286 They guy may even have done some pre-planning of his pre-plan.

You never know.
Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 04:33 PM (krQz2)

You think you're funny, but you're not:
https://shorter.me/xyisu

Posted by: GWB at December 04, 2024 05:09 PM (GR9H0)

287
Raheem.
@RaheemKassam

Spotted in Palm Beach today, Trump deputy AG pick Todd Blanche lunching with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins 👀

https://tinyurl.com/533sar5e

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 05:10 PM (TGPs7)

288 That was a woman. Watch the walk, the sitting...

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 04, 2024 05:10 PM (NFX2v)

289 Maybe he made the weapon. Long time stewing and planning, a true grudge. Made a bolt action pistol, made the rounds. That would be great.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - have you figured out why women weren't allowed to vote for so long? at December 04, 2024 05:10 PM (NPq+L)

290 i can't really watch any of the nerdcasts any more.
Posted by: ace

Sadly, there aren't many conservative podcasts/youtubers that really catch me, but I do listen to short clips from Salty Cracker and Mark Dice in the morning on my way to work.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 04, 2024 05:11 PM (ycI94)

291 Modern day Ted Kaczynski, maybe.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 04, 2024 05:11 PM (QB+5g)

292 UnitedHealthCare and AARP are as thick as thieves.
Posted by: Ciampino

AARP helped get Obama Care Passed.
AARP gets a cut from UnitedHealthCare for every person that signs up through AARP. AARP does nothing for RP except get rich off them.
(Yeah, I don't like AARP, how did you guess?)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 04, 2024 05:11 PM (5J1RI)

293 A professional would never pick a fancy or expensive gun to do his work. Better to use a simple non-tracible common firearm than something unique. If you're going to pop him on the street, a Glock.

Using that gun suggests to me a guy who saw one to many spy movies.

Posted by: El Mariachi at December 04, 2024 05:12 PM (nLFEI)

294 If it really is a B&T Station Six then it is a bolt action pistol with an integrated wiped suppressor. It’s based on a pistol used in WWII by Brit special forces ops. Very quiet but you only get a few shots before the wipers are ruined.

More of a novelty for history buffs then something a real hitman would use.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 04, 2024 05:12 PM (/Rs4X)

295 Kublai Khan

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 04, 2024 05:12 PM (NFX2v)

296 Anyone meeting with anyone form the Communist News Network would get dumped immediately to me.

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 05:13 PM (fwDg9)

297
Query:

Can President Trump pardon Daniel Penney, if convicted, or commute his sentence, or do anything for him?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2024 05:13 PM (byDs2)

298 >>> 169 This felt like an ANTIFA vibe to me as well. I was trying to find out if the victim had made relatively clear procapitalist or pro conservative statements. It sure feels like retaliation as many Business Leaders have quickly dumped the Democrats and lined up behind Trump.
Posted by: Roberto at December 04, 2024 04:48 PM (QUC63)

The Daily Mail article has a picture of this guy with Timmeh Walz.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2024 05:13 PM (KcwUg)

299 "That was a woman. Watch the walk, the sitting..."

...the "Professor Amy Bishop" ID

Posted by: Wally at December 04, 2024 05:13 PM (BZ2+1)

300 >>Raheem.
@RaheemKassam

Spotted in Palm Beach today, Trump deputy AG pick Todd Blanche lunching with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins 👀

https://tinyurl.com/533sar5e
Posted by: Mister Ghost

See my comment above referring to groundhog day.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 04, 2024 05:13 PM (/U5Yz)

301 Look I'm no marksman or professional shooter, but this does not strike me as the work of a world class assassin:
"the suspect approached from behind and fired several rounds, striking the victim at least once in the back and at least once in the right calf."

It reminds me of the shooting in Get Shorty Dennis Farina's character makes Gene Hackman pull the trigger.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 04, 2024 05:14 PM (RsS92)

302 >>"That was a woman. Watch the walk, the sitting..."

But. What IS a woman?

Posted by: Ketenji Brown Jackson at December 04, 2024 05:14 PM (vGiQ3)

303 Can President Trump pardon Daniel Penney, if convicted, or commute his sentence, or do anything for him?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2024 05:13 PM (byDs2)

No.. It's not Federal

Posted by: It's me donna at December 04, 2024 05:14 PM (IyPmt)

304 Just taking a quick look...UnitedHealthcare has A LOT of layoffs over the last year. And, they aren't done. If you aren't happy about an experience with your healthcare coverage, you are going to focus on the individual(s) you deal with directly.

Employees, on the other hand, who got the old heave ho....they focus on the decision making parties (IE The CEO or CFO).

That's my guess. Disgruntled former employee.

Posted by: Orson at December 04, 2024 05:14 PM (dIske)

305 Kublai Khan
Posted by: L - Rooster

In Xanadu, a stately pleasure dome decreed.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 05:14 PM (v6JzV)

306 I like to think that I'm somewhat cognizant of guns and spend quite a bit of time on curio weapons sites and I never heard of such a model. I would venture to guess that the market for a $2K$ manually operated suppressed pistol is a pretty damn small niche market. And since it's sold suppressed, that means every buyer has fingerprints on file. Assuming that the shooter didn't purchase it, the odds of one of these being stolen would be seem to be vanishingly small.

The shooter seems to be doing way too many malfunction clearings to be a B&T. This really seems like a generic semi-auto malfunctioing.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at December 04, 2024 05:15 PM (SAnV7)

307 Looked like a .22 autoloader to me. Fired once, again, then it failed to cycle. Hand worked the slide. Amateur with a filthy dirty pistol that was so gunked up it wouldn't cycle.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 04, 2024 05:15 PM (pohLc)

308 >>> He bailed Styxhexenhammer666 out of jail a few months ago, so he has to at least pretend to.

I'm clearly behind on my Rumble gossip; why did Styx get jailed? Jeremy/Quartering isn't great on his own, but he snagged good co-hosts so I sometimes watch. Love Melonie and Styx.

Jeremy picked up Hannah Claire as part of his team, after Tim Poole went nuts about his staff and he cut ties with Hannah.

Posted by: LizLem at December 04, 2024 05:16 PM (Eng1Z)

309 Tuesday night and my husband has me watching motivational Dragon Ball Z hopecore videos. I love being married LOL.

Dragon Ball is one really odd cartoon - especially the seasons before Z...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2024 05:16 PM (oZhjI)

310 A professional would never pick a fancy or expensive gun to do his work. Better to use a simple non-tracible common firearm than something unique. If you're going to pop him on the street, a Glock.

Using that gun suggests to me a guy who saw one to many spy movies.
Posted by: El Mariachi at December 04, 2024 05:12 PM (nLFEI)
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A true professional was never even there...

Posted by: Agent 47 at December 04, 2024 05:16 PM (7fElN)

311 >>> He fled the assassination on a bicycle, which is a good way to get away in NYC. You don't want to be stopped in traffic. Get on a bike and ride it to your getaway car parked a mile away.

A pro would have used a Vespa.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 04, 2024 05:16 PM (/lPRQ)

312 Out: NYC may smell like piss, but you can get great Thai food at 3 AM and its pretty safe for a big city

In: NYC may smell like piss, but you can get great Thai food at 3 AM

Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2024 05:17 PM (oZhjI)

313 A pro would have used a Vespa.

Cloak and dagger too. Maybe even a dirk.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 04, 2024 05:17 PM (/lPRQ)

314 No, he is not catching each piece of brass as it exits the gun.

He is also not twisting his hand or the gun in the manner required for a Welrod/B&T. He IS turning the gun so he can get his hand on the slide, but he's not twisting it after he grabs the slide and pulls back.

He actually fails to clear the last jam immediately and whacks the pistol like he'd really like to get one more shot off, then gives up on it and walks away (to the bike).

Posted by: GWB at December 04, 2024 05:17 PM (GR9H0)

315 Why use a gun when a couple of aspirin would of done the job?

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 04, 2024 05:18 PM (ig8VZ)

316 311 >>> He fled the assassination on a bicycle, which is a good way to get away in NYC. You don't want to be stopped in traffic. Get on a bike and ride it to your getaway car parked a mile away.

A pro would have used a Vespa.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

A real pro would have used a unicycle.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 04, 2024 05:18 PM (/U5Yz)

317 Man, this guy is so on!
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https://x.com/DisrespectedThe/status/1863967404675526839

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 05:18 PM (krQz2)

318 FBI didn't catch the guy who left the pipe bomb in front of the DNC.
Posted by: gKWVE

We may never know the real reason that happened!
Posted by: Kamala Harris, now on her way to becoming a nobody at December 04, 2024
****
That was a fake real pipe bomb. It used a wind up kitchen one hour timer that did nothing but the pipe had some shotgun shell powder . All show.

And without the tapes we're not going to find out if more are out there in the wild.

Kate Steinle's illegal alien killer claimed he found the gun he fired. It was a Federal agent's stolen gun.

Point: those 'bombs' could have gone anywhere.

Posted by: torabora at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (0Gnoc)

319 The shooter seems to be doing way too many malfunction clearings to be a B&T. This really seems like a generic semi-auto malfunctioing.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at December 04, 2024 05:15 PM (SAnV7)

Plus I read somewhere that they found three live rounds on the ground.

Posted by: javems at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (8I4hW)

320 The wife would have known where he was staying. His PA would as well and might be the only person who knew precisely when he would be walking back to the meeting site.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (ogTiX)

321 It's funny that the response to that young lady in Georgia being murdered by the illegal was received and discussed so differently.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - have you figured out why women weren't allowed to vote for so long? at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (NPq+L)

322 1. A pro would have gotten closer to shoot.
2. I think 5 out of 10 people could be calm enough before, during, and after so his demeanor does not mean he was a pro.
3. I think he got good at cycling just from experience at the range. Again, not an indicator he was a pro.

Posted by: Teddy Roosevelt at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (FiGhK)

323 The plan was to profit by shorting the stock and then killing the CEO of HealthCare using money entrusted to Le Chiffre by the Lord's Resistance Army terrorists in Africa.

Unfortunately, Le Chiffre's plan backfired when the stock price actually rose after the CEO was taken out. It appears the CEO was not held in high regard by investors.

Your mission, Bond, is to defeat Le Chiffre at a poker tournament at the Casino Royale in Montenegro.

And don't cock it up, Bond. If you lose, Her Majesty's Government will be financing terrorism.

Posted by: M at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (WzmCL)

324 A pro uses a crossbow. Maybe a longbow at range.

Posted by: brak at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (BM6W3)

325 Off into the world of Doordash with backpack on bike. I'd say he blended just fine.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (NFX2v)

326 A pro would have used a Vespa.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

A real pro would have used a unicycle.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 04, 2024 05:18
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This is why I love this place.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 04, 2024 05:20 PM (hoCmQ)

327 A pro uses a crossbow. Maybe a longbow at range.
Posted by: brak at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (BM6W3)

A polonium pellet from a sleeve-mounted air gun.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 04, 2024 05:21 PM (VNX3d)

328
Your mission, Bond, is to defeat Le Chiffre at a poker tournament at the Casino Royale in Montenegro.

And don't cock it up, Bond. If you lose, Her Majesty's Government will be financing terrorism.

When you say don't cock it up...I can still play a little gay BDSM with the villain right? And uh, you don't literally mean no cock right?

Posted by: Daniel Craig's Bond at December 04, 2024 05:21 PM (oZhjI)

329 They say the person last to see the victim alive is usually the killer!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 05:05 PM

That's how it always was in Scooby-Doo

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 05:21 PM (fwDg9)

330 >>A pro uses a crossbow. Maybe a longbow at range.

A guy with a compound bow and a treestand could tag out in no time in NYC.

Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2024 05:21 PM (vGiQ3)

331 In: NYC may smell like piss, but you can get great Thai food at 3 AM
Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2024 05:17 PM (oZhjI)

And also piss. It flows like wine in NYC. Hobo wine.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 04, 2024 05:22 PM (/Rs4X)

332 French government going down?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:22 PM (bss/y)

333 Guy is running a semi auto striker fired pistol. Obviously with a can. He had multiple failure to extract and a failure to feed. As for catching his brass, very hard to believe. Just fired brass with no gloves, going to to leave a mark…

Posted by: Nevada Dave at December 04, 2024 05:22 PM (e61sa)

334 A pro uses a crossbow. Maybe a longbow at range.
Posted by: brak at December 04, 2024 05:19 PM (BM6W3)

A polonium pellet from a sleeve-mounted air gun.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 04, 2024 05:21 PM (VNX3d)

Antifa might have tried using Tide Pods first.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 04, 2024 05:22 PM (VNX3d)

335 A pro would have used a Vespa.
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And non-traceable Crocs -- there are a million of them out there in NYC alone!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 05:22 PM (hovnC)

336 The fake pipe bombs were in case the riots didn't take.

Pelosi needed to have the House in an emergency session (no discussion or motions outside of certifying the election allowed) at a very specific time, and the pretend pipe bombs were the backup plan.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - have you figured out why women weren't allowed to vote for so long? at December 04, 2024 05:22 PM (NPq+L)

337 French government going down?

Like Macron at a Gallic Hobo convention

Posted by: 18-1 at December 04, 2024 05:22 PM (oZhjI)

338 Trump needs to sic the DOJ on Bragg for violating some kind of Penny's rights. Tie that motherfucker up in endless prosecution and make his life a living nightmare.
Also start digging through every one of his cases to pile on the charges. Would be a great warning shot for all the other Soros DA's out there also.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at December 04, 2024 05:23 PM (SAnV7)

339 I wonder if the dumbass was using a suppressor without a piston.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 04, 2024 05:23 PM (/Rs4X)

340 Man, this guy is so on!
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https://x.com/DisrespectedThe/status/1863967404675526839

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 05:18 PM (krQz2)

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Heh.

DogEater fundamentally transformed half the nation into a narcissistic coalition in -- and reflection of -- his own image (SWIDT?).

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 04, 2024 05:23 PM (eZcq8)

341 It was a conference, yes? And so the girlfriend's husband (or whatever) might have known he'd walked there at that time but then, how much time would there have been to plan a hit?

Just don't call some phone number, I'm assuming.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 04, 2024 05:23 PM (NFX2v)

342 Given how expensive the gun is, I’m thinking some rich kid who fashions himself as the next Che Guevara. Probably learned his assassin techniques from Hollywood and video games. So yeah, Antifa. I suspect he’ll be caught in the next day or 2. Probably rented that bike with the same credit card he used to buy the gun.

Posted by: Carnivorous Herbavore at December 04, 2024 05:23 PM (wXFOk)

343 For you gun weirdo's, PSA has the AR-15 days of Christmas sales going on right now.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 04, 2024 05:24 PM (/U5Yz)

344 4. What is in the backpack? Looks weird. Maybe traceable.

Posted by: Teddy Roosevelt at December 04, 2024 05:24 PM (FiGhK)

345 A real pro would have used a unicycle.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 04, 2024 05:18

One of those six-footers. A guy I work with has a u-toob vidya showing him, in his younger years, climbing up on one without any kind of step, wall, or ladder. Kind of impressive.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Manosphere, the Pimp-slapping Hands of Fate at December 04, 2024 05:24 PM (Ad8y9)

346 >>> i can't really watch any of the nerdcasts any more.
Posted by: ace

I pick up and put down the nerdcasts as needed. Nerdrotic and Drinker are the two I'll pretty much watch regularly. There's a couple I really liked, until the grift vibe turned me off, or their chosen content no longer matched the content I originally watched them for.

I'm doing a lot of gamertube playthroughs with one of my stepkids. He is very into TABS (totally accurate battle simulator) so we watch the goofy fight simulations other gamers set up.

Posted by: LizLem at December 04, 2024 05:24 PM (Eng1Z)

347 292 UnitedHealthCare and AARP are as thick as thieves.
Posted by: Ciampino

AARP helped get Obama Care Passed.
AARP gets a cut from UnitedHealthCare for every person that signs up through AARP. AARP does nothing for RP except get rich off them.
(Yeah, I don't like AARP, how did you guess?)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 04, 2024 05:11 PM (5J1RI)
Word.

Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2024 05:24 PM (LHPAg)

348 Antifa reasoning seems kinda thin.

Revenge for coerced or mandated vaxx death in the family?

Sounds just as likely. Also it seems like a nut job type hit would be accompanied by a note, or more likely, manifesto.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 04, 2024 05:25 PM (8XYYe)

349 As a terribly vague and obvious observation, you don't whack a guy like this just to kill him. You do it so that everyone *knows* he was whacked.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 05:25 PM (y/ZMQ)

350 OK, I'm late to the discussion, but does anyone suspect the wife of paying someone to kill him? Yes,? I have watched a lot of crime tv, why do you ask?

Anyway, she claims there have been threats against him, but can't say anything about the nature of the threats? Seems suspect to me.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 04, 2024 05:25 PM (OX9vb)

351 Their will be a long list of suspects of family members who's health care treatment was denied by United Health.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at December 04, 2024 05:26 PM (0UTKN)

352 If we're taking bets, I'd go with the husband of the secretary he's banging. But antifa did murder a guy in Portland a few years back so who knows. Also kind of fits with Reabois theory.

Posted by: Jack Burton Jr at December 04, 2024 05:26 PM (PH1Ed)

353 Suppressor and subsonic ammunition. The subsonic ammunition was the reason for racking the weapon each time-- not enough pressure to automatically rack the weapon.

Posted by: Archer at December 04, 2024 05:27 PM (IDphi)

354 333 Guy is running a semi auto striker fired pistol. Obviously with a can. He had multiple failure to extract and a failure to feed. As for catching his brass, very hard to believe. Just fired brass with no gloves, going to to leave a mark…
Posted by: Nevada Dave

I would agree with this analysis. The dope probably didn't change the spring in his 19.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 04, 2024 05:27 PM (/U5Yz)

355 In Xanadu, a stately pleasure dome decreed.
Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 05:14 PM (v6JzV)

Suddenly I want Honeydew.
And some milk.

Posted by: Reforger at December 04, 2024 05:27 PM (xcIvR)

356 My, how we have fallen as a society.

In the old West, shooting an unarmed man in the back no less was lower than snaggle-fanged rattle snake.

Posted by: Cheri at December 04, 2024 05:27 PM (oiNtH)

357 Pros don't do hits with unreliable weapons. That asshole was a complete DEI type. And dumb as a bag of turds.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 04, 2024 05:27 PM (pohLc)

358 I'm going to disagree with the Station Six identification. Chambering a new round on the Station Six would require a different grip in the support hand (more of a pinch of the knurled knob on the end). The shooter is gripping overhand and racking the top of the slide like any normal semiautomatic pistol.

My guess is that it was a typical semiauto pistol with a homemade suppressor without the booster. The extra weight of the suppressor keeps the action from cycling normally, due to it interfering with the barrel tilting up during the cycle.

Posted by: Semper Why at December 04, 2024 05:27 PM (nKug+)

359 A pro uses a trebuchet > A pro uses a crossbow.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at December 04, 2024 05:27 PM (zSyrn)

360 342 Given how expensive the gun is, I’m thinking some rich kid who fashions himself as the next Che Guevara. Probably learned his assassin techniques from Hollywood and video games. So yeah, Antifa. I suspect he’ll be caught in the next day or 2. Probably rented that bike with the same credit card he used to buy the gun.

Posted by: Carnivorous Herbavore at December 04, 2024 05:23 PM (wXFOk)

Shouldn't be too difficult to find out who has purchased those suppressed weapons. Shouldn't have been too many of them sold. I expect every one purchased has been lost in canoe accidents, though.

Posted by: Gref at December 04, 2024 05:28 PM (aBgBM)

361 >>> Man, this guy is so on!
https://x.com/DisrespectedThe/status/1863967404675526839
Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 05:18 PM (krQz2)

Love that! He's spot on.

Posted by: LizLem at December 04, 2024 05:28 PM (Eng1Z)

362 Ooooh, I like the vaxxx death revenge idea

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - have you figured out why women weren't allowed to vote for so long? at December 04, 2024 05:28 PM (NPq+L)

363 332 French government going down?
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Yes; first successful nonconfidence vote since 1962, according to a news chyron here.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 04, 2024 05:29 PM (hovnC)

364 And lest we forget, a real pro uses a subcontractor and a burner phone.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 05:29 PM (y/ZMQ)

365 United is hooked up with AARP it’s about the most liberal insurance co around.

Posted by: Braenard - some best friends are more important than others at December 04, 2024 05:29 PM (J5DyF)

366 In Xanadu, a stately pleasure dome decreed.
Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2024 05:14 PM (v6JzV)

Time to look for the video with Olivia Newton-John.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 04, 2024 05:29 PM (VNX3d)

367 My guess is that it was a typical semiauto pistol with a homemade suppressor without the booster. The extra weight of the suppressor keeps the action from cycling normally, due to it interfering with the barrel tilting up during the cycle.

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That's where I'm leaning. He got it working well enough and had the opportunity.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - have you figured out why women weren't allowed to vote for so long? at December 04, 2024 05:30 PM (NPq+L)

368 Funny, I couldn't see the price tag on the weapon. Where was it?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 04, 2024 05:30 PM (pohLc)

369 In the old West, shooting an unarmed man in the back no less was lower than snaggle-fanged rattle snake.
Posted by: Cheri at December 04, 2024 05:27 PM (oiNtH)
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A bushwhackin', sidewindin', hornswogglin' cracker croaker!

Posted by: Gabby Johnson at December 04, 2024 05:30 PM (z0QHk)

370 "I wonder if the dumbass was using a suppressor without a piston."

Well that would make sense if it was a DIY suppressor (and a DIY makes a lot of sense if you're planning to kill someone). You ain't gonna make a DIY piston (at least not easily)

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at December 04, 2024 05:31 PM (SAnV7)

371 "I would agree with this analysis. The dope probably didn't change the spring in his 19."

I would say this is much more likely than using a vanity gun.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 04, 2024 05:31 PM (QB+5g)

372 The fake pipe bombs were in case the riots didn't take.

Pelosi needed to have the House in an emergency session (no discussion or motions outside of certifying the election allowed) at a very specific time, and the pretend pipe bombs were the backup plan.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - have you figured out why women weren't allowed to vote for so long? at December 04, 2024 05:22 PM (NPq+L)

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Possible that the fake pipe bombs were Plan A -- and they didn't need it after Plan B (Fedsurrection) worked more effectively than expected.

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 04, 2024 05:31 PM (MGHNz)

373
Was this murder on video so Steve Inman can provide the play-by-play commentary for us?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2024 05:31 PM (byDs2)

374 NOOD

Hunter

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2024 05:32 PM (KcwUg)

375
NOOOOOOOOD

noooooooD

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2024 05:32 PM (byDs2)

376 I think Weasel should have a period of comment about the gun and skill of the pointer and striker in his weekend Gun Thread.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 04, 2024 05:32 PM (NFX2v)

377 Man, this guy is so on!
https://x.com/DisrespectedThe/status/1863967404675526839
Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2024 05:18 PM (krQz2)

DANG! he nails it!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Manosphere, the Pimp-slapping Hands of Fate at December 04, 2024 05:33 PM (Ad8y9)

378 OK, I'm late to the discussion, but does anyone suspect the wife of paying someone to kill him? Yes,? I have watched a lot of crime tv, why do you ask?

Yes, I mentioned that to my coworker this a.m. It is shocking how much spousal murder is taking place, nobody wants their assets divided and they want the life insurance $$$

Or my other thought was since he is subject of DOJ investigation, someone is afraid of being exposed.

Posted by: kallisto at December 04, 2024 05:33 PM (WQbU6)

379 349 As a terribly vague and obvious observation, you don't whack a guy like this just to kill him. You do it so that everyone *knows* he was whacked.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 05:25 PM (y/ZMQ)
You won't see that guy no more.

Posted by: Eromero at December 04, 2024 05:33 PM (LHPAg)

380 Southwest Airlines pilot forgets to shut his mic off... Hard to believe this would happen on a Southwest Airlines flight.

https://tinyurl.com/4srkcjtw

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 05:33 PM (TGPs7)

381 Did anyone think to hit the enhance button on that surveillance footage?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 04, 2024 05:07 PM (KbCG3)

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Where is the NCIS or CSI Lab from TV when you need it?

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 04, 2024 05:34 PM (MGHNz)

382 Was he using a non semi auto weapon and grabbing his brass each time he worked the slide?

Doesn't seem like it but just spitballing.

Posted by: TexasDan at December 04, 2024 05:35 PM (rAsBA)

383 Suppressor and subsonic ammunition. The subsonic ammunition was the reason for racking the weapon each time-- not enough pressure to automatically rack the weapon.

Posted by: Archer at December 04, 2024 05:27 PM (IDphi)

If it's 9 mm, 147s are available, are subsonic in standard fare, and cycle reliable 9s reliably.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 04, 2024 05:35 PM (i24o9)

384 XipeTotec it wasn't Minnie Pearl doing the hit

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 05:36 PM (fwDg9)

385 My, how we have fallen as a society.

In the old West, shooting an unarmed man in the back no less was lower than snaggle-fanged rattle snake.
Posted by: Cher

That is romanticized Hollywood. Read real stories of old West gun fights. Most of them were like wild. Bill Hickcock guy walks up and just shoots him in the head. Or Billy, the kid or Jesse James.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 04, 2024 05:36 PM (nbhjE)

386 A bushwhackin', sidewindin', hornswogglin' cracker croaker!
Posted by: Gabby Johnson

“I’m the hootinst, tootinist, shootinist bobtail wildcat in the west!”– Yosemite Sam

Posted by: Cheri at December 04, 2024 05:36 PM (oiNtH)

387 Ooooh, I like the vaxxx death revenge idea
Posted by: Boron Cobbie

Gee, I hope there are not a bunch of copycats out there.
Anyway...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 04, 2024 05:37 PM (/lPRQ)

388 Ooooh, I like the vaxxx death revenge idea
Posted by: Boron Cobbie

That was my first inclination.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 04, 2024 05:38 PM (i24o9)

389 That is romanticized Hollywood. Read real stories of old West gun fights. Most of them were like wild. Bill Hickcock guy walks up and just shoots him in the head. Or Billy, the kid or Jesse James.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

Very true! I just like the romanticized version better. Sigh.

Posted by: Cheri at December 04, 2024 05:38 PM (oiNtH)

390 " Pros don't do hits with unreliable weapons. That asshole was a complete DEI type. And dumb as a bag of turds."

And there are thousands of these guys out there right now.

Dude is probably a hero that people are toasting to in Portland right now.

Meet the new theat. No more pussy footing around with public protesting. Make it personal. Young stupid guy who probably cannot keep his moth shut. A big reward would probably get this guy arrested.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 04, 2024 05:38 PM (QB+5g)

391 Chloe, get me the schematics of every building in a 6-bock radius of that hotel. I'll find him.

Sure Jack, that will take me about seven seconds. Stand by...
Posted by: one hour sober at December 04, 2024 04:50 PM (Y1sOo

Also, set up a perimeter so the terrorist can escape.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 04, 2024 05:40 PM (WuJwx)

392 Southwest Airlines pilot forgets to shut his mic off... Hard to believe this would happen on a Southwest Airlines flight.

https://tinyurl.com/4srkcjtw
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Talk about an oh shit moment once he realized. I bet the other pilots that overheard were laughing their asses off.

Posted by: Cheri at December 04, 2024 05:43 PM (oiNtH)

393 Can disgruntled employees be re-gruntled? Does this imply a general state of being “gruntled” is the normal state of affairs. I think it is akin to something being “out of whack”, this supposes that being “In whack” means a state of readiness or functionality exists.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2024 05:53 PM (17WQZ)

394 Since he didn't put one in the brain at the end I am thinking not a professional killer.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 04, 2024 05:56 PM (aD39U)

395 “Hot Mic”

Whoops. I heard some good ‘uns in the military. During Apollo, John Young called some folks on the ground “asshoes” when they kind of screwed up. He didn’t have a hot mic, he was just pissed off.

When he was warned about “hot mic” he played all innocent. “Really? What’d I say, Houston!?”

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2024 05:57 PM (17WQZ)

396 I don't what he's shooting, but it ain't what people are saying. It looks like someone who half-assed a suppressor on a regular semi-auto pistol that is completely failing to cycle so he now has what is effectively a straight pull bolt action pistol. There's a good possibility someone hand built and fixed it to a gun not equipped to take a suppressor. But it worked well enough for the task at hand and he just went with it. He also probably practiced with it beforehand because he seemed he was already accustomed to it malfing every shot by the fact he just reaches up and hand cycles the slide with determination as opposed to what you more often see when the malfunctions are unexpected where they look at firearm, panicking and fumbling until they either clear it, or just foul it up even more before running off.

Posted by: Thorsthimble at December 04, 2024 05:58 PM (tZXns)

397 Note to Trump: while the pardon might prevent you with charging Hunter and Joe with crimes, it doesn't prevent you from investigating and publicizing your findings.

Posted by: El Mariachi at December 04, 2024 06:02 PM (nLFEI)

398 That's not a blend in sort of back pack.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at December 04, 2024 06:04 PM (jPdyB)

399 Detective: Look, we need a list of everyone who thinks they got screwed by this guy or company.
Clerk: All 40 million of them?

Posted by: MkY at December 04, 2024 06:22 PM (cPGH3)

400 It's actually a nice and helpful piece of information. I'm satisfied that you just shared this useful information with
us. Please keep us up to date like this. Thank you for
sharing.

Posted by: Continue Reading at December 04, 2024 06:34 PM (an4g7)

401 Ah, the beloved Tree-Lighting ceremony. Wasn't that a cluster a year (or 2?) ago, with Terrorist sympathizers and flag burners galore?

Posted by: TxMarko at December 04, 2024 07:12 PM (7flhA)

402 "If we're taking bets, I'd go with the husband of the secretary he's banging."

I am wondering if the shooter had to train a low salary replacement guy from India (in order to get a severance check with the pink slip)...and then escorted out the building with his personal effects in a cardboard box.

Posted by: Ju at December 04, 2024 08:05 PM (aTmM/)

403 "If it's 9 mm, 147s are available, are subsonic in standard fare, and cycle reliable 9s reliably."

I'm working up a couple of loads for 9mm right now. The lightest load for 9mm using 115, 124 and 147 grain projectiles are all subsonic according to Speer's reloading manual. Kind of surprised me, honestly.

Posted by: Semper Why at December 04, 2024 08:23 PM (nKug+)

404 I've seen a couple people state that he's catching brass. I don't think so. The movement is wrong. I've tried to capture brass with that movement and it doesn't work. You end up with the brass falling back into the chamber and you get a stove pipe malfunction. You'll note that he's not putting the brass in his pockets between shots. With his grip open down while he's working the slide, he's going to drop any case in his hand on the 2nd or 3rd shot.

So... NYPD probably has spent shell casings to work with. Which will most likely do jack squat to solve this murder and might add a little extra evidence to a murder conviction way down the line.

Posted by: Semper Why at December 04, 2024 08:28 PM (nKug+)

405 You're walking down the street and see a guy almost point blank shoot the dude who just passed you.

Wtf does the rest of your day look like knowing that guy could've smoked you and didn't even bother to look in your direction?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 04, 2024 04:30 PM (KbCG3)

Pretty damn good, to tell the truth.
It's all gravy after that.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 04, 2024 09:24 PM (FCbAQ)

406 398 That's not a blend in sort of back pack.
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Where's my JetPack?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 04, 2024 09:59 PM (I8nLU)

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