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[Suliso]

Of course he does and they can BUT... I wonder if he lasts another 3 1/2 years. He certainly won't improve.

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2 dead, 17 injured (numbers could go up) after shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, MS.

The deaths were children ages 8 and 10. Suspect also died from self-inflicted gunshot wound.

American flags on public buildings have been ordered to fly at half-staff until Sunday sunset.

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ryan fae
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I believe it is of journalistic and public interest to analyze the contents of the probable manifesto of Robin M Westman, the Annunciation Catholic School shooter.

this is a live-thread as I work!

didn't think i'd spend this afternoon transcribing a manifesto written in cyrillic script but here i am

first, to establish a timeline: at 13:27 UTC, Jeff Day of the Star Tribune hears shooting and calls 911, per a Tribune report. Westman's identity is first divulged to the media, as far as I can tell, around 16:30 UTC.

three videos were posted to a YouTube channel with the username "robinw1312" and display name "Robin W" 2 hours prior to that first divulgence.

an archive of the channel on the 18th (web.archive.org/web/20250718...) shows that the name and username were not changed.


‪ryan fae‬
‪@ryan.staticnoi.se‬
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because of this timeline, I (and an increasing amount of non-tabloid media sources) consider the video to very likely be legitimate.

the three videos are entitled "Robin Westman ehehe," "Robin Westman," and "08.27.2025 RMW." they appear to be intended to come up from a YouTube search.

the videos' names and relative times are archived on the Wayback Machine:
web.archive.org/web/20250718...
web.archive.org/web/20250827...

now: what do they show?

the longest video, the 20-minute "Robin Westman," shows two journals, both with entries written in Cyrillic script approximating English. (as I transcribe, I'll be verifying this.)

the first journal spans the dates May 23 to July 19, and the second spans the dates July 19 to August 21, 2025.

the shortest video, the 2-minute "08.27.2025 RMW," shows the second journal again, but the entries continue until today, August 27.

the third 11-minute video "Robin Westman ehehe" shows a Latin-script manifesto, plus an assortment of munitions.

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[Owendonovan]

There's no peace in that today for them, they're likely questioning their faith.

[ponchi101]

The kind of religious based comment that makes me hope there will be a hell for this kind of people.

[Owendonovan]

Giuliani Is Hurt in Car Crash in New Hampshire
Mr. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and lawyer for President Trump, suffered a fractured vertebra, his head of security said.

Rudolph W. Giuliani was injured in a car accident in New Hampshire on Saturday evening and taken to a hospital with a fractured vertebra, according to the head of security for Mr. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and lawyer for President Trump.

Mr. Giuliani, 81, is expected to recover, the security chief, Michael Ragusa, said.

The narrative of how the accident unfolded, based on accounts from Mr. Ragusa and the New Hampshire State Police, is a little unclear.

Mr. Giuliani was in a Ford Bronco being driven by his adviser Theodore Goodman on Interstate 93 near Manchester, N.H., at around 10 p.m., the police said in a statement. Mr. Ragusa said their car was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of domestic violence and they stopped to help. The police noted the domestic violence incident but did not address whether Mr. Giuliani was assisting the victim.

Mr. Giuliani called 911 and waited until help arrived, then departed, Mr. Ragusa said.

The police said Mr. Giuliani’s vehicle was northbound on the highway, on the opposite side of the road from where the domestic violence incident was reported, when it was rear-ended by a Honda HR-V driven by Lauren Kemp, 19, of Concord, N.H. Both vehicles hit the median and were heavily damaged, the police said. Mr. Ragusa said the car that hit Mr. Giuliani’s was traveling at high speed.


I'm not buying the domestic violence part of this story. It reeks of PR.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/p ... shire.html

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[Owendonovan]

As long as Steve Wynn is losing money, I say keep it up!

[ponchi101]

But the fact is that, uhm, no, you don't love them. You love their money, and your country really, really does not want anybody from outside.
So, sorry. There's a whole bunch of places in the Caribbean where you can have a better time.