october 8 ack

It's not just that they're going to do a public execution. It's that they're going to do a public execution and livestream it. This is 100% real. If you want to read the full piece in the New York Times (gift link, you're welcome) go ahead, but here's the white meat: Pentagon officials said on Thursday that the Army officer convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting would be executed in public, a practice that ended in the United States nearly a century ago and is most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran, North Korea and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. Also: The Pentagon said in a statement that the military execution, scheduled for Dec. 3, would also be broadcast via livestream. Such a broadcast has little precedent, and releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State. Also: The Army has said the public execution of Major Hasan will be conducted by firing squad at Fort Hood, the site of…