On a more somber note...

[BushMasterBoy]

Better safe than sorry. Personally I'd rather be on a warm beach drinking cold beer with you guys fishing for me. Instead, I will be stacking firewood.

[buffalobo]

I have an RCBS single stage you can borrow. Start doing some neck exercises though.

Speaking of press hats/covers...

[TEAMRICO]

Now I gotta find one of those old school press hats.

This might work...

[brutal]

I just can't understand the build-up of men in DC. I'm reading now the the federal prison system will go on lockdown for the inauguration. What? Some reports are saying the prisons will go on lockdown to free up BOP personnel that can then be used for security in DC. Some say just as a precaution. Neither makes sense.

If there were enough angry Americans that were planning to storm DC on inauguration day that it justified a defending force of 30k+ men, it'd be obvious by now. Those angry American's would already be in route if they planned to riot in DC on inauguration day.

But they aren't.

Are they planning for trouble after inauguration day?

What amounts to a dug in force of tens of thousands of men, all roads blocked, bridges closed, fences, razor wire, plows blocking roads, 25K NG being "vetted" for this duty. All to maybe stop a few dumbasses wearing Hawaiian shirts?

This just doesn't smell right.

Someone is scared. Either they are wasting money because they think there is a bogyman coming to DC without actual evidence of that or there is more going on then they will tell us. What we know certainly doesn't justify this response.

EDIT: or is it just more fearmongering political theater? Even for political theater, it seems excessive.

25K troops with reportedly no ammo...

Who are they afraid of? The booger bois or the NG troops?

[hollohas]

25K troops with reportedly no ammo...

Who are they afraid of? The booger bois or the NG troops?

I hadn't heard that. Guns but no ammo, what a joke.

They're obviously afraid of both. Scared of the boogs enough to deploy the giant NG force but also scared of the NG enough to vet each and every one of them but still not trust them with ammo.

This whole thing is a fine example of how terribly incompetent our government is.

[hollohas]

This thing stinks of one giant psyop.


-The FBI tells every LE agency in the country to prepare for "Major armed protests in all 50 states" with zero evidence. The media RUNS with it, it's every major headline for days.
-DC goes on lockdown, roads, bridges closed. Barricades installed. Fences and razor wire erected. State capitals get fenced in, LE deployed. For crowds that don't exist.
-Tens of thousands of solders are deployed. Racks of weapons are pulled off of trucks for all the world to see. Still no obvious threat exists.
-As more doubt of any actual violence creeps into the population, we're told that even the national guard troops can't be trusted, that there is a threat "from the inside" and each and every one of them will be vetted. But not one report of a single soldier being questioned or exposed over misplaced loyalties. MSM admits it was probably overblown.
-Ignore your lying eyes. The threat is real. Now we need 750 chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive experts onsite in DC. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...ecurity-460203

Fear. Be scared. The domestic terrorists are trying to take over the gov, in all 50 states. We can't tell you who is threatening this major armed protest. The people can't be trusted. There are bad guys trying to overthrow the gov everywhere, even in the National Guard. Trust the gov. We will keep you safe. - Love, your fearless leaders.

[brutal]

This thing stinks of one giant psyop.


-The FBI tells every LE agency in the country to prepare for "Major armed protests in all 50 states" with zero evidence. The media RUNS with it, it's every major headline for days.
-DC goes on lockdown, roads, bridges closed. Barricades installed. Fences and razor wire erected. State capitals get fenced in, LE deployed. For crowds that don't exist.
-Tens of thousands of solders are deployed. Racks of weapons are pulled off of trucks for all the world to see. Still no obvious threat exists.
-As more doubt of any actual violence creeps into the population, we're told that even the national guard troops can't be trusted, that there is a threat "from the inside" and each and every one of them will be vetted. But not one report of a single soldier being questioned or exposed over misplaced loyalties. MSM admits it was probably overblown.
-Ignore your lying eyes. The threat is real. Now we need 750 chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive experts onsite in DC. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...ecurity-460203

Fear. Be scared. The domestic terrorists are trying to take over the gov, in all 50 states. We can't tell you who is threatening this major armed protest. The people can't be trusted. There are bad guys trying to overthrow the gov everywhere, even in the National Guard. Trust the gov. We will keep you safe. - Love, your fearless leaders.

Yep. Psyops prep for the gov stripping Americans of more rights ala post 911. It's for your safety citizen. Get in step.

[JoeRoss]

Didn't the FBI warn of plans for armed protests here at our capitol building last Saturday 1/16/2021?
That sure materialized. LOTS of media needed on that one. Got world wide coverage........didn't it?

For us, just another day.
We are as prepd as usual.
Although we did give away some food today to our son to take home.
Not for prep, just a new recipe I wanted his opinion on. LOL

[FoxtArt]

Maybe I'll get a fountain drink or a bag of chips. Might watch a TV show, do a little bit of work on the house, you know, same as every other day.

Either that or drive to DC with hundreds of loaded magazines to hand out to National Guard troops, one each. That would cause a media/political crisis. Other then that not much will happen in reality.

I'll probably just do the first thing, e.g. not giving shits. DC is a long drive

[clodhopper]

...
-The FBI tells every LE agency in the country to prepare for "Major armed protests in all 50 states" with zero evidence. The media RUNS with it, it's every major headline for days.
.......

What is more interesting, as I remember the news announcements as they came out, the first warning about "major armed protests in all 50 states" was credited to Twitter, supposedly reporting on the high degree of white supremacists and outright racist chatter on their system that erupted after the capitol riot. It was the next day that the FBI was parroting the same warning. ..... hmmmmmmm.

No, I dont have any special insider information and maybe the FBI has something more legit than it appears. Just sharing something that struck me odd. Take it as you like.