It's not the first VBIED unfortunately. My company had to tow one a month or so ago after the bomb squad disarmed it. We had to store it at the indoor lit for a bit until PPB had room at theirs. Fun times...
National Protest and 'disband the cops' discussion (please review page 1)
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My professional opinion: "Well, goddamn. Can't say I'm surprised, except that they're smart enough not to blow themselves up in the process. That surprises me."
Like but also hate. Can we get a button for that? Like, a “This makes me murderously angry but also good point” button or nah. Someone get a useless ass red tag on this.
Oh. It me. Yeeet.
Oh trust me we were all surprised too.
For those of you not in on the "joke": Every. Single. Day we were briefed about a VBIED threat from....?
A white Toyota Corolla.
No lie, I am dead serious, every DAY there was a VBIED threat from Intel about a white Toyota Corolla.
Ponder how stupid that sounds. It happened. Every. DAY. Bagram? Kabul? Kandahar? Jalalabad? Boondocks in N2K? MeS? Name the location, the city, the mud hut, the wadi, the mountain, terrain feature, b-hut...hell, anything and a white Toyota Corolla was a VBIED threat.
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
A white Toyota Corolla.
No lie, I am dead serious, every DAY there was a VBIED threat from Intel about a white Toyota Corolla.
Ponder how stupid that sounds. It happened. Every. DAY. Bagram? Kabul? Kandahar? Jalalabad? Boondocks in N2K? MeS? Name the location, the city, the mud hut, the wadi, the mountain, terrain feature, b-hut...hell, anything and a white Toyota Corolla was a VBIED threat.
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
While some of the things discussed here have not happened yet, where's the line where one should see it as a legitimate threat?
Ya'll are talking about vbied threats now.
Ya'll are talking about vbied threats now.
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ThunderHorse
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After 88 days of violence in Portland, there was a "proud boys" demonstration in Portland that was of course immediately "counter protested" by BLM/Black Bloc. Of course the Proud boys came "strapped" with industrial pepper spray dispensers and so did the Black Bloc. So you have two fringe groups "demonstrating" against each other.
The Blue checks on twitter of course only going after the "proud boys".
My guess is that the "proud boys" are actually Oregonians from outlaying counties that are done with this invasion and wanted to demonstrate peaceably. Of course they came with stuff to protect themselves after learning from the Black Bloc's tactics.
However, of course at night the "Proud Boys" left and the Black Bloc burned various things. So earlier if you go through this, Antifa put a teddy bear in the guillotine, and here they put two American flags in the Guillotine and then set the flags on fire.
The Blue checks on twitter of course only going after the "proud boys".
My guess is that the "proud boys" are actually Oregonians from outlaying counties that are done with this invasion and wanted to demonstrate peaceably. Of course they came with stuff to protect themselves after learning from the Black Bloc's tactics.
However, of course at night the "Proud Boys" left and the Black Bloc burned various things. So earlier if you go through this, Antifa put a teddy bear in the guillotine, and here they put two American flags in the Guillotine and then set the flags on fire.
^this is exactly what happens when the government fails to enforce its own laws and protect its own citizens.
One of the fundamental aspects of "sovereignty" and governmental legitimacy is a monopoly on violence. When the government creates a "violence vacuum," someone is ALWAYS going to fill it. As we saw in Iraq, if the government doesn't keep people from carrying out violence against each other, and if it doesn't protect the rights of its citizens against violent attack ("counter-protest" in this case being akin to "political violence to keep other citizens from exercising their rights), the people under attack are going to turn to people and organizations who will fill those roles.
That is VERY dangerous for a society and a government.
One of the fundamental aspects of "sovereignty" and governmental legitimacy is a monopoly on violence. When the government creates a "violence vacuum," someone is ALWAYS going to fill it. As we saw in Iraq, if the government doesn't keep people from carrying out violence against each other, and if it doesn't protect the rights of its citizens against violent attack ("counter-protest" in this case being akin to "political violence to keep other citizens from exercising their rights), the people under attack are going to turn to people and organizations who will fill those roles.
That is VERY dangerous for a society and a government.
This shit started 4 years ago when people at Trump rally's were attacked and democrat mayors told the cops to stand down.
It won't stop with a Biden win, and will worsen with a Trump win.
It won't stop with a Biden win, and will worsen with a Trump win.
Multinomah county's dumb
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Yep, she’s a SAP.
Kid doesn't realize said vehicle has things called firing ports.
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Brandishing and pointing a rifle at an armored vehicle like that is pretty dumb. Are we now at the point where the Black Bloc is going to assemble armed and going toe to toe? For the most part, when deadly force could have been used during this period of unrest, no LEA has employed deadly force. Wonder why Law Enforcement have armored vehicles?
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Was that long-haired tool the one cracking off shots towards the end of the video?! At the armored vehicle? With his comrades in the immediate vicinity of said vehicle? Ricochet anyone?
wtf man
I don't know. That wasn't Portland, it was Wisconsin.
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