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2022-07-08 -Obits-
former PM Shinzo Abe is showing no vital signs following the gun attack on him
[NPR and Many]
Two shots with a homemade shotgun while he was giving a speech. Killer was 41 and suspected mob connections
See also here.

Then China jumps up and calls for the death of anybody who doesn't support reunification of Taiwan and China saying this should be an example for those people.


Posted by 3dc 2022-07-08 00:46|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top

#1 Japanese media announced his death.
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2022-07-08 02:16||   2022-07-08 02:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually Thai media so salt is needed…
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2022-07-08 02:33||   2022-07-08 02:33|| Front Page Top

#3 48 hour rule. Thus far they’re still fighting to keep him alive, according to the Daily Mail at the other link.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-08 04:22||   2022-07-08 04:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Could it be related to his stance on Taiwan? A sign of something else to come soon?

Killer is one Yamagami, ex japo navy. Says he hated him for his 'policies'. What policies? Abe was a nice enough guy.
Posted by Dron66046 2022-07-08 05:10||   2022-07-08 05:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated during campaign speech, hospital officials confirm
Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-08 06:09||   2022-07-08 06:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Homemade shotgun, AKA "ghost gun." Boy, laws really stopped that from happening.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 06:46||   2022-07-08 06:46|| Front Page Top

#7 So "Japanese neo-militarism" will be China's "Nazis"?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-07-08 07:38||   2022-07-08 07:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Homemade single shot 12ga
Because of OBAMA/Holder, a lot of people learned to make their own .

Lowes & Home Depot both sell all the parts to make a Homemade single shot 12ga in about 1 hr. for under $20.

NOTE: I would strongly suggest, purchasing the added adhesive thick foam Pipe Insulation avoid some serious hand stinging. ☺


Posted by NN2N1 2022-07-08 07:45||   2022-07-08 07:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Single use, you don't have to get fancy. Re-usable, you need to be a bit more elaborate. The one in the video from Japan went off like an elephant gun. I'm guessing it was a hand-load.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 07:49||   2022-07-08 07:49|| Front Page Top

#10 As of a few minutes ago, the President of the United States has yet to say a single goddamned word about this.

I, however, have a word. 'Disgraceful'.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-07-08 08:20||   2022-07-08 08:20|| Front Page Top

#11 I can't imagine sending Harris to a State funeral.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-08 08:21||   2022-07-08 08:21|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ The prexident doesn't even get up for his pudding cup until 10 am...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 08:22||   2022-07-08 08:22|| Front Page Top

#13 "...and suspected mob connections."

Shooter and victim known to each other?
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-07-08 08:24||   2022-07-08 08:24|| Front Page Top

#14 Yes. There's this notion Japan is antiseptic. It's not like that at all...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 08:28||   2022-07-08 08:28|| Front Page Top

#15 3D printed parts, some tape and slapdash machined barrels. Double barrels came off in the melee. Gun could be assembled and disassembled for easy access. All I got.
Posted by Dron66046 2022-07-08 08:44||   2022-07-08 08:44|| Front Page Top

#16 Doesn't require 3d printing -- some basic plumbing parts and a spring is all. Shotguns are extremely simple.

Despite mob ties, I wouldn't leave China out of the investigation.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-07-08 09:20||   2022-07-08 09:20|| Front Page Top

#17 I can't imagine sending Harris to a State funeral.

Except her own of course.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-08 09:29||   2022-07-08 09:29|| Front Page Top

#18 From Skidmark’s article:

Yamagami had been working for the Maritime Self-Defense Force for three years until around 2005.

The other posted article now has close-up photos of gun: two plumbing pipes thoroughly duct-taped to a length of 1x4” wood, attached to what I believe is a one-point sling. The pipes appear capped at the back end.

Donald Trump tweeted about the shooting shortly after midnight, apparently. Ditto Mike Pence, who added prayers and a nice photo of him speaking with Shinzo Abe.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-08 10:16||   2022-07-08 10:16|| Front Page Top

#19 china didn't fare too well in their last confrontation with japan.
Posted by irish rage boy  2022-07-08 10:37||   2022-07-08 10:37|| Front Page Top

#20 Whole different ballgame now.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-07-08 10:49||   2022-07-08 10:49|| Front Page Top

#21 Abe retired a few years ago. Why shoot him now?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-07-08 11:31||   2022-07-08 11:31|| Front Page Top

#22 Abe Shinzo Spent His Last Days Advocating for Defending Taiwan from a Belligerent China

Breitbart Headline. He was campaigning for Taiwan Defense and Military Buildup - the reach of the CCP cannot be overstated, althought often unseen or through cut-outs.

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2022/07/08/abe-shinzo-spent-his-last-days-advocating-defending-taiwan-belligerent-china/
Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-07-08 13:01||   2022-07-08 13:01|| Front Page Top

#23 Nothing is impossible. But a pro-china japanese is very unlikely...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 13:02||   2022-07-08 13:02|| Front Page Top

#24 ^^^
False flags and cut outs my friend. I recall a case of the recruitment of an American to unknowingly spy for the Soviet Union by an initial recruitment meeting staged in the cafeteria of the CIA back when access to the building was less controlled.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-07-08 13:25||   2022-07-08 13:25|| Front Page Top

#25 #10 I heard Biden asked how Mrs Lincoln was doing
Posted by Beavis 2022-07-08 13:27||   2022-07-08 13:27|| Front Page Top

#26 
#17 I can't imagine sending Harris to a State funeral.

Except her own of course.

What make you think she would get one?
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-07-08 15:24||   2022-07-08 15:24|| Front Page Top

#27 My respect to Shinzo Abe. May he enjoy his new Isekai life!
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-07-08 17:11||   2022-07-08 17:11|| Front Page Top

#28 Any life is better than the one Klaus Schwab wants for us...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 17:17||   2022-07-08 17:17|| Front Page Top

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