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2022-10-28 Home Front: Politix
Paul Pelosi attacked in San Francisco home
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Posted by Frank G 2022-10-28 11:20|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top
 File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats 

#1 Two weeks before the mid-terms. Amazing timing. Sorry if I'm skeptical.

No doubt the demoncrats, who demand 'privacy' will be fundraising on this for awhile...
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-10-28 11:31||   2022-10-28 11:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder if the drunk driving payoff check bounced??
Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-10-28 11:36||   2022-10-28 11:36|| Front Page Top

#3 And throw in the "break-in" of the Dem office in Arizona, there has to be a few "hmmmm's" about now.
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-10-28 11:38||   2022-10-28 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 "Paul Pelosi is a wealthy investor".
No comment.

Another untold story is about their son. He's not exactly a Hunter Biden, but he's still shady from what it sounds like.
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-10-28 11:40||   2022-10-28 11:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Wait a minute. Blunt force trauma to the head from a hammer and he's expected to make a full recovery? Does he have a titanium skull or was the guy with the hammer so stoned he couldn't land a solid blow?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-10-28 12:18||   2022-10-28 12:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Should have flashed his State Trooper Membership Card at the attacker.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-28 12:23||   2022-10-28 12:23|| Front Page Top

#7 'Reaping the whirlwind' when you subsidize thugs like the Antifa?
Posted by magpie 2022-10-28 12:30||   2022-10-28 12:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Nancy Pelosi was with her protective detail in Washington at the time her husband was attacked.

Hmmmm...
Posted by Cletle Shinese1880 2022-10-28 12:40||   2022-10-28 12:40|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't like anybody, even Pelosi being attacked in their own home. If I would maintain mine is inviolable it must extend to theirs.

Still I couldn't help but notice that Gabrielle Giffords 'was shot', while Steve Scalise was severely injured when a gunman opened fire. Isn't that like being shot or something?
Posted by Cesare 2022-10-28 12:41||   2022-10-28 12:41|| Front Page Top

#10 I'll bet he's trying to frame someone with a 'bandaged head, bribed doctor' routine. You get severely beaten at 82 with a fuckin' hammer, you don't make a full recovery. Expect anything from these assholes, and give them zero credence.

Key paragraph: the attack raises questions about the safety of members of Congress ... as threats to lawmakers are at an all-time high almost two years after the deadly Capitol insurrection
Posted by Dron66046 2022-10-28 12:44||   2022-10-28 12:44|| Front Page Top

#11 Who's to say he's not Smolletting ya?
Posted by Dron66046 2022-10-28 12:45||   2022-10-28 12:45|| Front Page Top

#12 While the circumstances of the attack are unclear, the attack raises questions about the safety of members of Congress and their families as threats to lawmakers are at an all-time high almost two years after the deadly Capitol insurrection.

Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown San Francisco. The druggies and crazies you've allowed to take over are finally working their way up the food chain. And "deadly Capital insurrection"- the only person violently killed was one of the demonstrators.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-10-28 12:45||   2022-10-28 12:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Is that home where the 2nd in line for succession to the office of POTUS sometimes resides?
Posted by Gromble Dribble4342 2022-10-28 13:00||   2022-10-28 13:00|| Front Page Top

#14 Like when Harry Reid got his face punched up by an exercise band?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-28 13:02||   2022-10-28 13:02|| Front Page Top

#15 Think about it. Either the people who did it had no idea who he is or they didn't care.

Neither is a positive indicator for a blue run city.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-10-28 13:04||   2022-10-28 13:04|| Front Page Top

#16 "Where's that freezer fulla ice cream??"
Posted by Frank G 2022-10-28 13:10||   2022-10-28 13:10|| Front Page Top

#17 A law enforcement source told The Times that Paul Pelosi, 82, was attacked with a hammer and sustained numerous upper-body blows. The house appears to have been intentionally targeted, sources added.

šŸŽ¼ Oh, if I had a hammer šŸŽ¼
Iā€™d hammer ā€¦ a grifter
Posted by Cletch Clunk7954 2022-10-28 13:10||   2022-10-28 13:10|| Front Page Top

#18 POLICE BLOTTER 10/28: Paul Pelosi, 82, of San Francisco found hammered.
Again.
Posted by Cletch Clunk7954 2022-10-28 13:12||   2022-10-28 13:12|| Front Page Top

#19 But was he masked?
Posted by Cletch Clunk7954 2022-10-28 13:13||   2022-10-28 13:13|| Front Page Top

#20 "One does not simply walk into Palosi's House."
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-28 13:26||   2022-10-28 13:26|| Front Page Top

#21 Pelosi originally had hammer - was disarmed by intruder and then attacked. Police were already onsite when this happend. Attacker new it was Pelosi residence asking "Where's Nancy?".
Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-10-28 13:49||   2022-10-28 13:49|| Front Page Top

#22 "Where's the money Lebowski?"
Posted by BrerRabbiy 2022-10-28 13:51||   2022-10-28 13:51|| Front Page Top

#23 ....Okay, from Fox:

The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul, was assaulted with a hammer early Friday inside his San Francisco home by an attacker identified by police as David Depape, who a law enforcement source tells Fox News was shouting "Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?"

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said Depape, 42, is now facing charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, burglary and several several other additional felonies stemming from the incident after 2 a.m.

Scott said police responded to a wellbeing check and found Depape and Paul Pelosi, 82, struggling over a hammer. He said officers then witnessed Depape pull the hammer away from Pelosi and "violently assaulted" him.

Officers then immediately tackled Depape, disarmed him and took him into custody, while requesting emergency backup and rendering medical aid at the scene. The motive for the attack remains under investigation.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-10-28 14:04||   2022-10-28 14:04|| Front Page Top

#24 ...And yet more, from heavy.com:

David Depape was identified as the suspect accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of Nancy Pelosi, with a hammer in the coupleā€™s home.The name was first reported by Demian Bulwa, news director for the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. Police have now confirmed the suspectā€™s name. David Depape is a Berkeley resident. Heavy will add a suspect photo to this story when one is obtained. What is Depapeā€™s politics and was he on social media? On a blog and website, he was fixated on censorship and made anti-Semitic comments. Online records give Depapeā€™s age as 42.

Joe Eskenazi, of Mission Local, tweeted, ā€œMy sources also name the suspect in this morningā€™s hammer attack on Paul Pelosi as David DePape, born 1980, of Berkeley. He would appear to be a former Castro nudist protester. Things appear set to be bizarre for a while.ā€

A 2013 article in the San Francisco Chronicle mentions Depape, although his name is spelled wrong. It describes him as a ā€œhemp jewelry maker.ā€ That article reported that Depape was the best man at the naked wedding of Gypsy Taub.



And the guy had some pretty grim anti-Semitic material up online.


Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-10-28 14:21||   2022-10-28 14:21|| Front Page Top

#25  " police responded to a wellbeing check "
Posted by crazyhorse 2022-10-28 14:25||   2022-10-28 14:25|| Front Page Top

#26 Confused client's drunken husband attacks GIGOLO with HAMMER [Weekly Pique]
Posted by Lumpy Hapsburg5861 2022-10-28 14:40||   2022-10-28 14:40|| Front Page Top

#27 CNN has already spun it as this DePape fellow being an 'election denier' and Capitol 'insurrection' nut.

He suddenly has a trail of disjointed conspiracy posts about rigged elections, democrat corruption etc.

(CNN)The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he seemed "out of touch with reality."

I say again, this is a Smollettian exercise by the Dems for the election. There was a staged attack, no one got hurt and the cops and doctors are all in on it. Chances are this DePape patsy is a druggie and so whacko he doesn't even know what he's agreed to.

But, if members of Congress are really in mortal danger by fringe actors... well ...[whistles]
Posted by Dron66046 2022-10-28 14:49||   2022-10-28 14:49|| Front Page Top

#28 Or, [skim skim skim] as the story unravels...

GAVELED! Mr. Nancy in midnight brawl with Berkeley nudist NAZI over bounced check for $51.50 [Yearly Peer]
Posted by Lumpy Hapsburg5861 2022-10-28 14:55||   2022-10-28 14:55|| Front Page Top

#29 Both those are more credible than the police narrative, Lumpy. šŸ™ƒ
Posted by Dron66046 2022-10-28 14:56||   2022-10-28 14:56|| Front Page Top

#30 Snicker
Posted by DarthVader 2022-10-28 15:17||   2022-10-28 15:17|| Front Page Top

#31 Leaked audio from war room:
"Hey Google, what rhymes with [redacted]?"
"Berkeley Harvey [redacted]."
Posted by Crans Dribble3929 2022-10-28 15:31||   2022-10-28 15:31|| Front Page Top

#32 I love it when commenters wet themselves over a "writer" or "expert" that tells them what they want to hear.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-10-28 15:35||   2022-10-28 15:35|| Front Page Top

#33 The giant tell "His CV proves he must be right..."

Ow...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-10-28 15:35||   2022-10-28 15:35|| Front Page Top

#34 (holding up a hammer)
"What the fuck is this?"

"You're obviously not a golfer."
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-28 16:20||   2022-10-28 16:20|| Front Page Top

#35 $100 says it was a ghey hookup gone bad
Posted by Crinenter Grinetle7467 2022-10-28 17:24||   2022-10-28 17:24|| Front Page Top

#36 Probably not far off.

I'll put a chip on the table:

Paul has had a day, maybe his Pfizer check cleared, has a couple drinks. About 11 he's like, "Know what would set this day and this buzz off...couple lines." Calls up one of his sources, DePape takes the call, shows up. Being etiquette and having a day, Paul lines them both up. Couple hours, couple more drinks and lines into it, Paul does something uncomfortable, maybe makes a move or suggestion, and sets off DePape. Cops get notified, panic button or something, make the 'wellness check' and break it all up.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-28 17:51||   2022-10-28 17:51|| Front Page Top

#37 The "attacker" looks like one of Pelosi's Antifa types.
Posted by Vinegar Noodleman7136 2022-10-28 18:09||   2022-10-28 18:09|| Front Page Top

#38 Something doesnt smell right with this story. There's a good chance they try to gaslight this into being something of a MAGA inspired act, something that makes the right look evil.

Was it a random welfare check on the Pelosi household at 2:35am? That would be odd.

#35 was saying gay hook up. I was looking at various articles and didnt see break and entering listed among the charges. IDK. But I was curious if Pelosi's husband might be Bi. Then we have reports this afternoon that the intruder was in his underwear. Ha. I was wondering too, if drugs might have been involved.
Posted by mossomo 2022-10-28 18:50||   2022-10-28 18:50|| Front Page Top

#39 For an 82 year old, he sure has an active after-midnight lifestyle.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-28 18:57||   2022-10-28 18:57|| Front Page Top

#40 Sounds a lot like the life of the former Cravath law partner, David Schwartz, in the 1990s, who was murdered in one of his sleazy ghey hookups in a cheap motel off the interstate in Connecticut.

The great journalist James B. Stewart wrote about the secret life of Schwartz in the New Yorker:

ā€œWhen the funeral service was over," wrote Stewart, "most Cravath partners appeared to be relieved that it had ended without further embarrassment to the firm." Here's why, wrote Stewart:

ā€œFor the unspeakable facts were these: David Schwartz was murdered. He was killed in a sleazy Bronx motel. He was stabbed by a black eighteen-year-old male. He appears to have been leading a secret double life of clandestine and often dangerous sexual encounters. So far as can be determined, no one at Cravath and no one in his family had known.ā€
Posted by Crinenter Grinetle7467 2022-10-28 19:00||   2022-10-28 19:00|| Front Page Top

#41 * murdered in a a cheap motel off the interstate in on his way to his home in Connecticut.
Posted by Crinenter Grinetle7467 2022-10-28 19:02||   2022-10-28 19:02|| Front Page Top

#42 #22 - The Lebowski ref really tickled me, thank you
Posted by Frank G 2022-10-28 20:43||   2022-10-28 20:43|| Front Page Top

#43 Andrew Gillum in his 70's
Posted by Frank G 2022-10-28 20:49||   2022-10-28 20:49|| Front Page Top

#44 The latest on the attacker has him as an illegal who has a long rap sheet including felonies.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-10-28 20:58||   2022-10-28 20:58|| Front Page Top

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