The ultimate bullet point
Trump’s campaign whatever Katie Pierson announced on CNN that “We weren’t even in Afghanistan at this time, Barack Obama went into Afghanistan, creating another problem…” The host stared in consternation, and as soon as he could asked her if she meant to say that, and she looked a bit worried but said yes anyway.
A sharp-eyed commenter pointed out that she’s wearing a necklace of bullets.
Um.
Ladies, nothing accentuates your neckline like a necklace made out of bullets; try different calibers to find what works best for you. Although a .45-cal might look fetching on your friends, you may find that a ring of .32-20 Winchester cartridges flatters you better.
For the refined, elegant and understated look 17HMR works well.
5.45x39mm is more appropriate for professional attire.
BKiSA – I don’t know. AK47 rounds seem very… working class.
I really don’t care about her bullets necklace as much as the fact she doesn’t know who sent troops into Afghanistan.
Samantha, I can’t speak for any of the others, but I’m gently mocking several things here. Her decrying Obama for engaging in the use of force as a solution (when ‘all’ he did was continue it), while simultaneously fetishising bullets which are a symbol of force. Her complete ignorance of facts and even recent history and her automatic response to double down when questioned almost goes without saying. She works for the Trump campaign!
When she wore that bullet necklace to demonstrate her support for the NRA he response to criticism was to say she’d wear a necklace of fetuses next time, to bring “awareness to 50 million aborted people that will never [get] to be on Twitter.” Adding “the liberals freaking out about my accessories are sexist. They only approve of women in pantsuits and jackets. Oh, and tampon earrings.”
Did I mention she’s a Tea party activist?
Samantha – that’s an obnoxious thing to say. What’s your point, that people should be commenting on the Afghanistan bit instead of the necklace bit? Sorry but I go in for a lot of flippancy and grotesquery here, intermixed with the more serious stuff, and I don’t see any need to issue pious rebukes.
Can you not see the glaring problem staring you all right in the face here?
All those bullets are pointed the wrong way.
Ooops. What I mean is, the problem is right there, and it’s staring.
Also, no envy for the artisan who welded those bits together.
She wore the same necklace on TV months ago. And it was commented upon.
Apparently being anywhere near Trump destroys any teachabiity one might have had.
Heh, well as I’ve mentioned, I was paying less attention to Trump before the convention, simply because I didn’t want to pay attention to him. So I missed the bullet necklace back then.
@Rrr #8
They’re not welded, they’ve got holes drilled through them and have some sort of string/whatever threaded through the “beads” in between the casings.
Not fused, hopefully?
At great risk of derailing this further, there are two ways you could safely make a bullet necklace. The first is to start with live rounds and carefully pull the projectile out, then remove the fuel and primer. There is some risk doing that if you don’t know what you’re about and from an artistic point of view you might damage the surfaces. The second option is to start with a bag of projectiles and casings (used or new). These can be purchased separately because a lot of people like to hand load for various reasons. That means you can make something that looks like a bullet, but without the risks of handling explosives. The bullets above have clearly been plated and polished, so certainly not live rounds (unless someone has a serious death wish).
Why did I bother posting the above. Well, people were speculating how it was done and it’s a distraction from thinking about the sheer hideousness of so many people actually able to contemplating voting for a piece of shit like Trump. The scary thing being of course that the Republicans didn’t have anyone better. They had people who appeared more conventional, but each was unfit in their own way. That party will stagger on like the undead zombie it is and there is no way of knowing where it is going to drag your country.
It seems to me that in a sane world, the near complete illiteracy of Trump and his circle with regard to recent history would be more costly to them. But it’s like there’s something almost cultlike going on: the most naked evidence of incompetence is simply ignored if it’s a claim shoring up their paranoia, their hate. So this probably will remain Obama’s fault entirely in their minds never mind the actual facts. They’ve chosen their demons, and any and all charges against them are somehow deserved, whether true or not. The birth certificate and announcements mean nothing if they’ve already decided he’s a Kenyan Muslim; likewise, I expect Afghanistan must remain Obama’s personal disaster whatever his actual role in its long, tangled misery of a history. Going back to the Soviet invasion, somehow, at least, I shouldn’t wonder. When he was with the KGB, presumably.
@AJ Milne
Never underestimate the power of Obama’s Infernal Negro Time Machine.