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dude from TN. (obv).

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Roger Stone is an agitator. He won't actually do anything, just gladly pay people who will. This cretin reminds me of the evil guy with the pointed head in every MAD magazine I used to read.

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A rioter named "Albuquerque Head" could have invested in a name change instead of rioting.

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This makes more sense than walking into that shit show. This seems possible workable. And also terrifying.

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How come every protester ever on the left, from flag-burners to flower-wavers, knew that there would be violence and it was an op and no one in LE knew?

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I had read multiple things about the DC jail before this. People do get treated unfairly. I wish the people whining had shown some concern before ...

Protective custody I believe means solitary confinement.

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I'll tell you what my training said. It's not Hollywood -- a real bullet comes out and it will hit something and may ricochet. Dangerous, and deprives you of a cartridge you might really need later.That said, I heard from a police officer who had planned how he would fire a warning shot. He figured that since the city has to pay for anything he shoots it might as well be something they already own, so he would fire into his patrol car. He didn't point out this part, but under street rules, Crazy Wins. Anyway, you were talking about leveling the weapons and creating a clear threat, not advocating warning shots. Just wanted to elaborate.

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Remember what Hitler did with the brownshirts after he'd used them.

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Excellent point.

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One idea that's made the papers is that the military stayed away for fear that if they were on the scene Trump would give them illegal orders to join the coup. That conflicts with all the last-minute personnel changes installing Trumpists in command of DC security, which makes it look deliberate.

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I hear stock in "Truth" Social is going at bargain rates, like ten lousy bucks a share. So are That Fucking Guy's con-art cards. </what-a-fucking-joke>

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Good to be back home. 2/3 of a century since my peephole opened.

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Your pad is goin' to pot, man.

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Ernst Rohm was useful(ish) for a while...and then the Night of the Long Knives...

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"but the idea that a few thousand dipshits were going to take on the might of the federal government was always idiotic."Impossibly idiotic. Delusional. Crackpot. Hair-brained.

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The real money has already been laundered

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