Good to know about ATP. I don’t use it much (I can’t even create an account).
LogicallyMinded
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But what definitive evidence do we have here? Based on the testimonies it's difficult to believe that the shooter acted without the support of part of the chain of command within the Secret Service, so already a conspiracy is a likely scenario. Then, come the question of which definitive proofs do we have that the shooter aimed at Trump? We only have a photo published by a mockingbird media. It's quite weak. On top of this, we now have some elements pointing out that the alignment of Trump, the shooter and the victim are inconsistent with the hypothesis that the victim would have been killed as a result of a lost bullet. IMO, this is the canary in the coal mine that needs further investigation.
I'm not an expert in image forensic so I will refrain to conclude anything based on this image which could have either been modified or presenting a misleading perspective (the bullet could be farther from Trump than we assume) or even taken on a different day in a secured environment. It certainly wouldn't be the most difficult element to fake in order to mislead the public. And keep in mind it was published by the mockingbird New York Times paper. Can you definitively trust this source for not tampering with a photo? I don't think so. That said I agree that it's not an element that we should discount, I just don't have the expertise to interpret it and considering the multiple ways it could be tampered with, I don't think this element could change the conclusions one way or the other.
Here is the best breakdown on FIT21 that I've read so far: https://www.davispolk.com/insights/client-update/crypto-market-structure-bill-draws-closer-floor-vote-house
I'm still looking for an in-depth analysis of this bill (which still has to go through the Senate) but in the meantime here is my cynical take on it:
Thanks man. I've been lurking the forum for a while.
More info on this photo:
Did you know that the photo of the bullet in the air behind Trump was taken by Doug Mills, the same photographer who took the photo of Bush in a classroom when being notified that the 9/11 attacks just happened? It seems that this renowned journalist is often at the right time in random places just before major historical events unfold. He’s a lucky one.
I don’t know if this photo is real or had been modified or even taken at an earlier day in a controlled environnement but it’s an interesting coincidence.
Also, it’s unclear to me if the trajectory of the bullet which seems mostly parallel to the ground is a realistic trajectory for a shoot fired from an elevated vantage point.
Also, we still haven’t seen a detailed animation showing the trajectory of the bullets based on the shooter’s position and Trump. How likely it is that those would have been lost bullet killing and injuring spectators?
Hard to tell without a precise animation but intuitively I would think that lost bullets would have been more likely to hit the ground around Trump than the crowd by the simple fact that the shooter was at an elevated position in comparison to Trump.