A Government Big Enough To Give You Everything You Want, Is A Government Big Enough To Take Away Everything That You Have

Including your life.

The shift from a relatively benign government to one that is actively hostile to the typical citizen is accelerating. And "typical" means tax-paying and normal. The shock troops of the left are very carefully protected by the agents of government, and the proof of that is the conspicuous lack of prosecutions for the multi-billion dollar riots of a few years ago. Antifa and BLM and the other counter-culture thugs that the left wields can riot and burn and beat and probably kill without fear of government action.

On the other side of the spectrum, the January 6th demonstration, made up almost entirely of those tax-paying normals (except for the agents provocateurs of the government!) have been hounded by the agents of the federal government, hunted with every technology available to them, and charged with obscene and ridiculous crimes. The act of walking through a government building whose doors were opened by government agents will get you several years in ~~Lubyanka~~ Washington D.C. jail.

Or dead, as Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland discovered.

And it's getting worse. The Biden/Obama regime has weaponized every department of government, and has given them an obvious mandate to shoot first and not bother with any questions.

No Charges in Deadly ATF Arkansas Home Raid

Mr. Malinowski was executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock until that morning, when a convoy of 10 law enforcement vehicles rolled into his upscale neighborhood and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), holding automatic rifles in the ready position, placed tape on his video doorbell, announced their presence, and in less than one minute, broke into the home while he was sleeping. Mr. Malinowski, a gun collector, woke up, grabbed his gun, exchanged gunfire with the ATF, and Mr. Malinowski was shot dead in front of his wife.

Is there any tactical reason to cover a doorbell camera? No. They covered it so that Mr. Malinowski couldn't confirm that they were police, and he would be far less willing to be peaceful. They didn't want him in custody...they wanted him dead.

The ATF had obtained a warrant to search his home for guns and evidence. The agency believed Mr. Malinowski was selling guns without a $200 Federal Firearms License (FFL) and without asking buyers for the proper information. According to an affidavit of probable cause, some of the guns he had sold were recovered during the commission of a crime, although the crimes did not involve the direct use of guns.

Here's a novel idea...knock on his door at 9:00am with a couple of cops, serve the warrant, search his house, and afford him the basic rights for which Americans have fought and died for 250 years.

It is unclear why the ATF did not contact Mr. Malinowski at his workplace or during normal waking hours.

It's perfectly clear. They didn't want Mr. Malinowski to get a lawyer. They didn't want him to exercise his natural, God-given rights...they wanted him to serve as a message to all of the other gun owners who sell a weapon or two to finance the next purchase. In the eyes of the jack-booted thugs of our government; they are the real criminals. Not the gang-bangers shooting up the ghettos; not the illegal aliens in our midst causing havoc; not the armed carjackers killing innocent Americans.

Luckily, the current Supreme Court seems to be interpreting the crystal-clear 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution in a rational way. But until the unelected bureaucrats are reined in...hard...we will continue to suffer a profound degradation of our rights as free men.

The way to fight back is murky. As tempting as violence may be to some (many?) of us, there are ways short of widespread armed attacks on government. Simple jury nullification will go a long way. Personally? I would have a hard time voting to convict anyone charged with a federal firearms crime. And I would have a hard time voting to acquit any agent of the state who was charged with a crime.

And of course grand juries are notoriously malleable, but that isn't necessarily immutable. Any freedom-loving American on a grand jury should politic his fellow jury members for the maximum charges against any agent of the state. And as conflicted as most of us are, it is time to assume that all of those agents are actively pursuing our demise...whether that is financial (through confiscatory fines), criminal (through outrageous prison terms), or worst of all, existential (via extrajudicial killing).

Yes...there is an additional answer. Vote. Yup...that's a dirty word, because we have failed to vote ourselves out of this mess, and we have been voting for years. But ceding the political process to our enemies can never be a successful strategy. We need to fight on multiple...ALL...fronts. That's what the left has been doing it for 100+ years, and it has worked fabulously for them.

But the real issue is as old as American Exceptionalism.

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom - go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!

-- Samuel Adams

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

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1 That's what they want

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2024 12:02 PM (fwDg9)

2 They have made the masses depend on government so they are right in their hand.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2024 12:04 PM (fwDg9)

3 Speaking of, I would strongly recommend everyone take in Tucker's conversation with Vincent Everett Ellison.

Ok, now on to the content...

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:04 PM (BG33+)

4 The ATF needs to be disbanded. All they ever do is provoke violent confrontations.
I have no trouble believing CBD's assertion that is the goal.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:07 PM (roH4R)

5 Yes...there is an additional answer. Vote. Yup...that's a dirty word, because we have failed to vote ourselves out of this mess, and we have been voting for years. But ceding the political process to our enemies can never be a successful strategy. We need to fight on multiple...ALL...fronts. That's what the left has been doing it for 100+ years, and it has worked fabulously for them.

Just to get in ahead of the Eeyores, here's an article the describes some of the current steps being taken to ensure (or at least improve) electoral integrity. It's not enough, but it's something, and there is more to come.

Election integrity advocates score wins in majority of lawsuits ahead of November

https://tinyurl.com/mr3dudr9

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2024 12:07 PM (xCA6C)

6 No. They covered it so that Mr. Malinowski couldn't confirm that they were police, and he would be far less willing to be peaceful. They didn't want him in custody...they wanted him dead.
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When people figure out that surrendering to "the authorities" isn't a viable option, then other options have to be considered. This same example also shows that waiting at home and hoping they don't get around to you isn't a viable strategy, either.

Posted by: Methos at June 16, 2024 12:07 PM (Dnobf)

7 Has anyone seen JT around?

And if I got a bang on the door at 4am and people broke down my door and entered, you better damn well be sure there will be an exchange of gunfire.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 16, 2024 12:08 PM (hcgGK)

8 Who ever gave the order for the ATF to do this, whoever convinced a judge to approve the warrant, has some s'plainin to do.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 16, 2024 12:08 PM (W/lyH)

9

The Banalit of Evil explains much.

Posted by: Kerry is so Very at June 16, 2024 12:11 PM (2aHZs)

10 That ATF raid in Arkansas was murder, plain and simple. The ATF murdered that guy…. It’s outrageous that a man is dead and no one faces consequences. That little detail that they taped over his ring camera seems especially damning…. If he’d known it was the ATF he would’ve sure immediately of that I have no doubt. I think that the FBI and ATF are now attracting those kinds of people who want to do these kinds of things… psychopaths

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 16, 2024 12:11 PM (SlNuN)

11 8
'has some s'plainin to do.'

That's what should happen. But since they're all democrats and they've decided they aren't accountable anymore, we moved on to 'What do we do about it?'

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:11 PM (roH4R)

12 Yes...there is an additional answer. Vote. Yup...that's a dirty word, because we have failed to vote ourselves out of this mess, and we have been voting for years.
-

20+ minutes of Demoncraps stating that voting is corrupted:

https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/
status/1801993346648613024

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 16, 2024 12:11 PM (6Xyqy)

13
well yes but I'm a traditional 'conservative' sometimes independent voter. We can not have the popular candidate voted in by the unwashed and he said Macaca..

Posted by: Im Gumby Damn It!/George Carlins Pencil at June 16, 2024 12:13 PM (7keno)

14 I oppose the idea that the Presidency has become so imperious, so all-powerful that the country is forced to lurch from one policy direction to another with a turnover in this one office.

This is not how any of this is meant to work.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 16, 2024 12:14 PM (RIvkX)

15 This is one reason I don't accept the argument that Hunter's conviction was a good thing. They were bullshit charges, not quite as bullshit as Trump's trumped up charges, but there should BE no form on which a person must declare themselves a "drug addict," and for it to be a crime not to.

It shouldn't exist.

I'm quickly reaching the point of saying there should be NO federal crimes. None. Everything that you can supposedly do that would violate the law, argue it in your state capitols, in your district courts.

Close the federal prisons. All of them. If you have foreign actors committing crimes? Deport them! I don't care, put a tracking device in them, so we know if they try to come back, and if they do? Shoot them on sight.

Protect the borders. Otherwise, leave law "enforcement" to the individual states/communities in which the people live.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:14 PM (y29sO)

16 Spot the brain freeze:

https://x.com/chrissgardner/
status/1802239454314410096

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 16, 2024 12:14 PM (6Xyqy)

17 Surrendered immediately (not “sured” immediately). Reason 1,023 to hate autocorrect

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 16, 2024 12:14 PM (SlNuN)

18 I believe I will go exercise my god-given rights as a human being, as recognized by the 2d Amendment, later this afternoon.
Then I will grill a steak.

Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 12:15 PM (HDGM5)

19 But hell yeah John McCain was 'The Maverick' He and Lindsey Graham teamed up and held the line on fiscal responsibility in the Senate. He was a man of integrity .

Posted by: Im Gumby Damn It!/George Carlins Pencil at June 16, 2024 12:15 PM (7keno)

20 How did Mr. Malinowski get on the ATF's radar in the first place? Some asshole complain because he undersold them somewhere? Or he didn't come off a price for a particular item? Some FFL got all butt hurt and decided to cry like a bitch to the feds since Mr. Malinowski was not an FFL and you just can't have someone buying and selling in private without some federal asshole getting involved.

Lots of questions, lots of no answers given.

Abolish The ATF.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2024 12:15 PM (R/m4+)

21 8 Who ever gave the order for the ATF to do this, whoever convinced a judge to approve the warrant, has some s'plainin to do.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 16, 2024 12:08 PM (W/lyH)

The predicates for warrants should not be questioned. It's really inconvenient.

Posted by: The EFFBI at June 16, 2024 12:16 PM (pIfcn)

22 The ATF needs to be disbanded. All they ever do is provoke violent confrontations.
I have no trouble believing CBD's assertion that is the goal.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:07 PM (roH4R)

Yeah, it seems at first too dark, even for me, but you know what? Maybe. Probably.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:16 PM (y29sO)

23 Just to get in ahead of the Eeyores, here's an article the describes some of the current steps being taken to ensure (or at least improve) electoral integrity. It's not enough, but it's something, and there is more to come.
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Okay, but so what? Let's assume perfect election integrity with Florida like swings in outcomes as a result.

Are any candidates running on the total destruction of the intelligences community and other parts of the federal government that have been corrupted into falsehood (like the ATF)? They're all bad actors incompatible with America's goals as a country. At a barest minimum, the careerists all need to be driven out of the land to someplace that better suits them, Australia maybe.

But all we have candidate-wise are folks who think they can run the whole mess 'better.' And of course nothing can be changed legislatively without 70% of both houses of congress and the SC. At least nothing in our favor.

Posted by: Methos at June 16, 2024 12:17 PM (Dnobf)

24 Haven't seen JT in a few days. Curious as to his/her whereabouts myself. Not to mention quite a few birds in need of a bath.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 16, 2024 12:17 PM (dg+HA)

25 Why aren't more federal and state employees brought up on charges?

There are just as many scumbag criminals in these institutions as there are in prison.

Vetting within the government is like dating in the trailer park.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 16, 2024 12:17 PM (dmXQN)

26 tl;dr version:

What's the point of election integrity when the alternative to the government party is Republicans?

Posted by: Methos at June 16, 2024 12:18 PM (Dnobf)

27 I mean a career government employee is entitled to boost their net with by hundreds of million dollars while in office. Besides I'm too busy to do anything about it.

Posted by: Im Gumby Damn It!/George Carlins Pencil at June 16, 2024 12:18 PM (7keno)

28 everybody remembers how the ATF touched off the carnage in Waco TX with the Branch Davidians

sometimes I think these gung-ho government SWAT teams are like a self-fulfilling prophecy: 'hey, we have all these guns and kevlar and legal immunity- let's go show these assholes who's in charge'

sometimes I wonder if I'm going to die of some health crisis, and sometimes I think I'll die in a gun battle with federal agents

Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:19 PM (/7KEl)

29 Spot the brain freeze:

From Obama to Biden, as he directs him off the stage:
"I own your white ass, you bumbling idiot. Try not to soil yourself, and do as you're told".

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2024 12:19 PM (xCA6C)

30 That ATF raid in Arkansas was murder, plain and simple. The ATF murdered that guy…. It’s outrageous that a man is dead and no one faces consequences. That little detail that they taped over his ring camera seems especially damning…. If he’d known it was the ATF he would’ve sure immediately of that I have no doubt. I think that the FBI and ATF are now attracting those kinds of people who want to do these kinds of things… psychopaths
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 16, 2024 12:11 PM (SlNuN)

It's interesting he was basically accused of the same things the Branch Davidians were.

David Koresch was raping women and children. He should have been charged and convicted of that, but gun charges?

Bullshit.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:20 PM (y29sO)

31 Wasn’t it the ATF that shot Randy Weaver’s infant child while being held by his wife? Waco was an ATF and FBI operation that resulted in how many dead including women and children. When they could’ve easily picked up David Koresh with no issue on one of his regular trips into town…. Anyone else see a pattern. I agree with BurtTC above: no federal crimes

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 16, 2024 12:20 PM (SlNuN)

32 Just to get in ahead of the Eeyores, here's an article the describes some of the current steps being taken to ensure (or at least improve) electoral integrity. It's not enough, but it's something, and there is more to come.
-
Okay, but so what? Let's assume perfect election integrity with Florida like swings in outcomes as a result.

So what is you take what you can get now, and once you've regained power, you come back for more.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 16, 2024 12:20 PM (xCA6C)

33 22
'Maybe. Probably.'

There is no innocent explanation for taping the ring camera.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:20 PM (roH4R)

34 dating in the trailer pGaye.

You can do that?

A lot of my cousins are cute...

Posted by: Kerry is so Very at June 16, 2024 12:21 PM (2aHZs)

35 Then I will grill a steak.
Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 12:15 PM (HDGM5)

Globall Warmening!!

CRIMINAL!!!!

-- They said... probably

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:22 PM (y29sO)

36 16 Spot the brain freeze:

https://x.com/chrissgardner/status/1802239454314410096

Posted by: Biden's Dog

Imagine if someone would have had to do that for Bush 41.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 16, 2024 12:22 PM (dg+HA)

37 The "lone ranger" is a myth. That's why I was trying to illustrate, by way of absurdity, suburbia is not defensible. I doubt it was ever intended to be.

That's what "affordable housing" was. GI loans on smallish lots, and postwar boom construction. But imagine if you will, trying to make up a roster of 50 family mixed residential/apartment housing.

Guard duty rosters. Because that's what happens when there are no "authorities". Everything you learned in the Army about low crawling to chow. I can assure you that both A. Nobody is ready for that, and B. It happens overnight sometimes. Sarajevo hosted the Olympics one year right? And then the next year or two, it was a siege for everybody that lived there. Artillery rounds barrelling down the main drag. All the ornamental or landscaping trees and things were burned for firewood, to keep warm.

It's difficult to wrap one's head around the fact that so much of our infrastructure has been completely sidelined or neutered or rendered counterproductive.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 16, 2024 12:22 PM (9vhhG)

38 Here's a novel idea...knock on his door at 9:00am with a couple of cops, serve the warrant, search his house, and afford him the basic rights for which Americans have fought and died for 250 years.

Judges need to stop signing off on these raids. IIRC, he had no violent history. There's was no reason for the raid.

The left was all hot and bothered about removing qualified immunity a few years ago. We should remove it from judges and prosecutors as a test and give the left the full measure of their proposal.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 16, 2024 12:23 PM (IG4Id)

39 Rat face Garland authorized this hit on behalf of Der Fuhrer, Heil Biden!

Posted by: Beaver Cleaver at June 16, 2024 12:23 PM (Lz/a7)

40 They rather easily got around jury nullification in New York. When they politically control and weaponize the jurisdiction, no problem.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 16, 2024 12:23 PM (GFoyL)

41 30
'David Koresch was raping women and children. '
Did we ever have anything besides Janet Reno's say so on that. Regardless, arrest Koresh outside the compound. You only storm with guns blazing if that's your last resort.

31
That was FBI that shot the woman and baby.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:24 PM (roH4R)

42 If an agent of the federal government asked me what time it is I would keep my mouth shut and walk away.

Posted by: ballistic at June 16, 2024 12:24 PM (oqH4h)

43 Wasn’t it the ATF that shot Randy Weaver’s infant child while being held by his wife?

The shooter, Lon Horiuchi, was an FBI agent. I don't know whether the original entrapment on a gun charge was orchestrated by ATF or FBI.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 16, 2024 12:24 PM (/y8xj)

44 Lots of questions, lots of no answers given.

Abolish The ATF.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2024 12:15 PM (R/m4+)

Yeah, most gun sellers understand federal "law" better than anyone else, and make sure they have all their forms filled out, and their fees paid.

Why didn't he? Who knows. As it stands, I suppose he should have been fined for not paying his fee on time, but a home invasion, in the middle of the night?

That's police state shit.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:25 PM (y29sO)

45 Speaking of stupidly idiotic and idioticly stupid...

@MilitaryTimes 51m
The U.S. military-built Gaza pier faces UN aid delivery decisions and will be detached again due to rough seas.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 16, 2024 12:25 PM (IG4Id)

46 >>> Is there any tactical reason to cover a doorbell camera? No. They covered it so that Mr. Malinowski couldn't confirm that they were police, and he would be far less willing to be peaceful. They didn't want him in custody...they wanted him dead.

Some time ago a lengthy comment went in detail how soviet bloc countries when execute dissidents by similar methods and difusion of responsibility... the arrest team would be warned targets are presumed armed and dangerous, sent in in a manner to 'ensure the teams safety [surprise attack], and kill the targets...
Like the Junta tried at MAL.
At least at MAL the assault team surely knew the target so senior 'leadership' did not get the results they had hoped for.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2024 12:25 PM (cOq4q)

47 Abolish The ATF.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 16, 2024 12:15 PM (R/m4+)

I'm afraid Trump is too wedded to his "good men and women in the rank and file" to ever take that step. But absolutely -- they need to wiped out, Javier Milie-style.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 16, 2024 12:27 PM (GFoyL)

48 and why does the IRS need guns?

Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:29 PM (/7KEl)

49 37
'It's difficult to wrap one's head around the fact that so much of our infrastructure has been completely sidelined or neutered or rendered counterproductive.'

Some of the infrastructure should be legal infrastructure, i.e. the states should stop accepting and cooperating with ATF and FBI actions occurring in their states.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:30 PM (roH4R)

50
It's the new normal, subjects.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2024 12:31 PM (MoZTd)

51 There is no innocent explanation for taping the ring camera.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:20 PM (roH4R)

I'll leave this for the legal beagles, but there seems to be a pattern of cops in various situations insisting people turn off their phones, dashcams, and I suppose covering ring cameras.

Where does that fit, legally? Hell if I know, but yeah, it sure doesn't sound innocent. I think it's regular practice though.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:31 PM (e6/Nr)

52 he way to fight back is murky. As tempting as violence may be to some (many?) of us, there are ways short of widespread armed attacks on government. Simple jury nullification will go a long way.

Jury nullification does little to stop sanctioned murder by Gov't agents. Jury nullification does little to convict Gov't agents who do wrong.

Now, strip protections (and not by the whims of the same agency that sent those agents in the first place), and that would help, assuming you don't get a Judge Merchan or Judge Emmet Sulivan or a trial takes place in a Blue "Safe zone".

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:32 PM (ynpvh)

53 https://tinyurl.com/3j8t8t7u

Posted by: Ash is a damn robot! at June 16, 2024 12:32 PM (p2DNF)

54 Yeah, most gun sellers understand federal "law" better than anyone else, and make sure they have all their forms filled out, and their fees paid.

Why didn't he? Who knows.

So far, we only have the DOJ's assertion that he was "engaged in the business" as the phrase was interpreted at the time. It is entirely possible that he was not or sincerely believed he was not.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 16, 2024 12:32 PM (/y8xj)

55
and why does the IRS need guns?
Posted by: Don Black

__________

Some of those LLCs and CDOs are armed and dangerous! We want all those auditors to go home at the end of the day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2024 12:33 PM (MoZTd)

56 54
'It is entirely possible that he was not or sincerely believed he was not.'

We should just ask him.

Ohhh, yeah. That's right.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:34 PM (roH4R)

57 'David Koresch was raping women and children. '

----
Did we ever have anything besides Janet Reno's say so on that. Regardless, arrest Koresh outside the compound. You only storm with guns blazing if that's your last resort.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:24 PM (roH4R)

As much as we can "know" things like this, it appears to have been true. There's video evidence of him claiming his role as primogenitor, and plenty of survivors who say he was doing it.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:34 PM (e6/Nr)

58 The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a "benign" branch of justice.

The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a death squad sanctioned by the Treasury, Justice, and Congress to kill citizens.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 16, 2024 12:34 PM (dmXQN)

59 54 Yeah, most gun sellers understand federal "law" better than anyone else, and make sure they have all their forms filled out, and their fees paid.

Why didn't he? Who knows.

So far, we only have the DOJ's assertion that he was "engaged in the business" as the phrase was interpreted at the time. It is entirely possible that he was not or sincerely believed he was not.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 16, 2024 12:32 PM (/y8xj)

Just like those that entered Congress, with doors open and capital police inviting them in, are insurrectionists. I have no faith in a single bit of truth to any Gov't allegation made, simply because I have no faith in anything that comes from the Gov't. After all, some of the most frightening words in the English language are,"I'm from the Gov't, and I'm here to help"... ( h/t Ronald Reagan )

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:35 PM (ynpvh)

60 When you give a police force MRAPs, automatic weapons, and tactical gear to fight terrorists, they are going to use their MRAPs, automatic weapons and tactical gear

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 16, 2024 12:35 PM (rsqyi)

61 Law enforcement, across the board, from animal-control-enforcement to federal marshal, has been detrimentally affected by the lowering of standards for affirmative action, DEI, disparate impact, etc., etc.
There have always been corrupt/bad cops, but it seems it used to be that most would have a modicum of common sense and duty to community. Nowadays, it's mostly ego-trippers, bullies, and psychopaths.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 16, 2024 12:35 PM (XMwZJ)

62 so even if the guy did break some gun-selling laws, seems to me that would be a non-violent crime-

why send the equivalent of an infantry platoon at dawn

Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:35 PM (/7KEl)

63 48 and why does the IRS need guns?

Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:29 PM (/7KEl)

The better to shake you down, comrade.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:35 PM (ynpvh)

64 I think that the FBI and ATF are now attracting those kinds of people who want to do these kinds of things… psychopaths

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 16, 2024 12:11 PM (SlNuN)

The banality of evil explains most of it. And I am confident that the procedures within the ATF and the FBI carefully and methodically teach their agents to dehumanize us. That way it's like shooting a rabid dog.

Sort of like what the Nazis did.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 16, 2024 12:36 PM (d9fT1)

65 51 There is no innocent explanation for taping the ring camera.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:20 PM (roH4R)

I'll leave this for the legal beagles, but there seems to be a pattern of cops in various situations insisting people turn off their phones, dashcams, and I suppose covering ring cameras.

Where does that fit, legally? Hell if I know, but yeah, it sure doesn't sound innocent. I think it's regular practice though.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:31 PM (e6/Nr)

"The fear was, he's see us in full tactical gear and open the door firing!"--Gov't

Well, then why weren't you plainsclothed, like for the MAL raid?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:37 PM (ynpvh)

66 58 The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a "benign" branch of justice.

The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a death squad sanctioned by the Treasury, Justice, and Congress to kill citizens.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 16, 2024 12:34 PM (dmXQN)

Neither are benign; both are cancerous.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:38 PM (ynpvh)

67 So far, we only have the DOJ's assertion that he was "engaged in the business" as the phrase was interpreted at the time. It is entirely possible that he was not or sincerely believed he was not.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 16, 2024 12:32 PM (/y8xj)

Not unlike drug laws, I suppose. You were convicted on a distribution charge? How do they know? Usually by the amount you have in your possession.

Roughly the equivalent of having a house party, and buying more beer than you might be able to drink in one day without killing yourself.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:38 PM (e6/Nr)

68 I wouldn't put it past DOJ/ Feds to want a big event like this magnified a few times before November

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2024 12:39 PM (fwDg9)

69 I suspect the tape is a common cop tactic, since get home safely > protect and serve.

I was at an apartment party in college decades ago. Noise complaint brought the local cops, and they put a thumb over the peephole as they rang the doorbell.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 16, 2024 12:39 PM (ls/OZ)

70 We should just ask him.

Ohhh, yeah. That's right.

A big part of the problem is that agencies are allowed to intentionally write rules so as to prevent an ordinary individual to know whether or not they are in violation. Watch some of the recent congressional hearings where Dettlebach is asked about the ATF's new interpretation of "engaged in the business" and see how many times he uses the phrase "totality of the circumstances." Which means that you can't know if you are "in the business" until the ATF decides you are.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 16, 2024 12:40 PM (/y8xj)

71 68 I wouldn't put it past DOJ/ Feds to want a big event like this magnified a few times before November

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2024 12:39 PM (fwDg9)

"Place a MAGA had on the body. Good! Now put pro-Trump material around the house. Excellent!"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:40 PM (ynpvh)

72 >The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a "benign" branch of justice.
----

STRONGLY DISAGREE

Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:40 PM (/7KEl)

73 But this instance reads like 100% setup aimed at guaranteeing escalation.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 16, 2024 12:40 PM (ls/OZ)

74 69 I suspect the tape is a common cop tactic, since get home safely > protect and serve.

I was at an apartment party in college decades ago. Noise complaint brought the local cops, and they put a thumb over the peephole as they rang the doorbell.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 16, 2024 12:39 PM (ls/OZ)

So what happens when you refuse to open the door?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:40 PM (ynpvh)

75
There have always been corrupt/bad cops, but it seems it used to be that most would have a modicum of common sense and duty to community. Nowadays, it's mostly ego-trippers, bullies, and psychopaths.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 16, 2024 12:35 PM (XMwZJ)

____________

Corrupt and bad cops were at least a local phenomenon. You can get angry at your town or city. It's easier to hold the city's leadership accountable for bad law enforcement. But the Federales are unaccountable to anyone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2024 12:41 PM (MoZTd)

76 70 We should just ask him.

Ohhh, yeah. That's right.

A big part of the problem is that agencies are allowed to intentionally write rules so as to prevent an ordinary individual to know whether or not they are in violation. Watch some of the recent congressional hearings where Dettlebach is asked about the ATF's new interpretation of "engaged in the business" and see how many times he uses the phrase "totality of the circumstances." Which means that you can't know if you are "in the business" until the ATF decides you are.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 16, 2024 12:40 PM (/y8xj)

http://tiny.cc/kvrmyz

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:41 PM (ynpvh)

77 well the 'federales' as discussed here are all executive branch employees, and in theory they all work for the President

in actuality, they are dug in tighter than ticks

Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:44 PM (/7KEl)

78 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 16, 2024 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)

79 -- Samuel Adams

Doesn't he make beer?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 16, 2024 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)

80 I suspect the tape is a common cop tactic, since get home safely > protect and serve.
------------------
I was at an apartment party in college decades ago. Noise complaint brought the local cops, and they put a thumb over the peephole as they rang the doorbell.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 16, 2024 12:39 PM (ls/OZ)

I think that's basically it. When there's no line of sight for the cops, they don't want to allow you an advantage. Whereas, if they are pulling you over, there are windows for them to see in, so the tactical advantage is for them to show overwhelming force.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:44 PM (e6/Nr)

81 If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom - go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!

-- Samuel Adams

The Gov't HATES that. They want us licking their asses and giving obeisance.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:45 PM (ynpvh)

82 77 well the 'federales' as discussed here are all executive branch employees, and in theory they all work for the President

in actuality, they are dug in tighter than ticks

Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:44 PM (/7KEl)

Leeches. Tapeworms.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:45 PM (ynpvh)

83 As tempting as violence may be to some (many?) of us, there are ways short of widespread armed attacks on government.

You ain't got F-15's, Jack.....

- - - FJB

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 16, 2024 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

84 "And I am confident that the procedures within the ATF and the FBI carefully and methodically teach their agents to dehumanize us. That way it's like shooting a rabid dog."

And all MAGA are now "terrorists" to much of "law enforcement". Gives them a whole new bag of dirty tricks to "protect our precious democracy". Hillary just said "irredeemable deplorables" ... but now legally protesting an election, or mounting a legal defense ... are racketeering and treason (for Republicans only).

The DeepState is well into its use of Force and Fear to gain compliance (to their criminal cabal, not to the law).

Posted by: illiniwek at June 16, 2024 12:46 PM (Cus5s)

85 80 I suspect the tape is a common cop tactic, since get home safely > protect and serve.
------------------
I was at an apartment party in college decades ago. Noise complaint brought the local cops, and they put a thumb over the peephole as they rang the doorbell.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 16, 2024 12:39 PM (ls/OZ)

I think that's basically it. When there's no line of sight for the cops, they don't want to allow you an advantage. Whereas, if they are pulling you over, there are windows for them to see in, so the tactical advantage is for them to show overwhelming force.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:44 PM (e6/Nr)

"Am I being detained officer?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:46 PM (ynpvh)

86 77

'in actuality, they are dug in tighter than ticks'

Then they should be introduced to some gasoline.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 12:46 PM (roH4R)

87 well the 'federales' as discussed here are all executive branch employees, and in theory they all work for the President

in actuality, they are dug in tighter than ticks
Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:44 PM (/7KEl)

It's been said many times, you can say it all you want "I'm a voter, I'm a citizen, I pay your salary, so you work for me!"

Sure. See how that works when he's showing up at your door at 4AM, or dragging you out of your car because you didn't roll the window down far enough.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:46 PM (e6/Nr)

88 Sunday sponge?

*puts on bra*
*brushes hair*

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 16, 2024 12:47 PM (pmFfT)

89 83 As tempting as violence may be to some (many?) of us, there are ways short of widespread armed attacks on government.

You ain't got F-15's, Jack.....

- - - FJB

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 16, 2024 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

So why the worry over semi-automatics?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:47 PM (ynpvh)

90 Oh, and nice rant, Dildo.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 16, 2024 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)

91
*puts on bra*
*brushes hair*
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 16, 2024 12:47 PM (pmFfT)

One, necessary. One, not necessary.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 16, 2024 12:48 PM (Zz0t1)

92 Would George Washington or Thomas Jefferson have put up with an FBI or ATF? The question answers itself…. The founders would look at our fed govt today and think it a bigger abomination than the British government they rebelled against

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 16, 2024 12:48 PM (xT8gx)

93 Ruby Ridge and Waco all over again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2024 12:48 PM (wSa8b)

94 Article somewhere today how the Eff Bee Eye has become the blanket to smother any investigation on Leftists crimes.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2024 12:49 PM (fwDg9)

95 And I'm just here to extol the father's of the blog on Father's Day. Dad's go largely unappreciated in society, so.....

My day will start shortly, so I'll be absent, as usual.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 16, 2024 12:49 PM (Zz0t1)

96 Julie Kelly-
Today please remember all the fathers this DOJ and federal courts in Washington have tried to destroy.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 16, 2024 12:49 PM (NpAcC)

97 87 well the 'federales' as discussed here are all executive branch employees, and in theory they all work for the President

in actuality, they are dug in tighter than ticks
Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:44 PM (/7KEl)

It's been said many times, you can say it all you want "I'm a voter, I'm a citizen, I pay your salary, so you work for me!"

Sure. See how that works when he's showing up at your door at 4AM, or dragging you out of your car because you didn't roll the window down far enough.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 12:46 PM (e6/Nr)

Record the incident. In states like Kali, you have to be careful to make sure he knows he's being recorded. Know your rights. Ask him to have his body cam turned on to record the interaction. Be polite, be courteous, obey all LAWFUL orders. Remember, they have no right to search your car without probable cause, and probable is NOT saying "No" to a search of your car...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:50 PM (ynpvh)

98 >>> And all MAGA are now "terrorists" to much of "law enforcement". Gives them a whole new bag of dirty tricks to "protect our precious democracy". Hillary just said "irredeemable deplorables" ... but now legally protesting an election, or mounting a legal defense ... are racketeering and treason (for Republicans only).

"deplorables" caught fire. It was funny.

"irredeemable" did not get enough play and is not funny.
Not even 're-education' camps can redeem they, they must be liquidated.
If you want real hate speach - that was it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2024 12:50 PM (cOq4q)

99 Ernst Rohm has entered the Chat, "mein herren no one is safe."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2024 12:50 PM (wSa8b)

100 Sunday sponge?

*puts on bra*

DAMN it, Sponge!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 16, 2024 12:50 PM (Mwmx0)

101 88 Sunday sponge?

*puts on bra*
*brushes hair*

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 16, 2024 12:47 PM (pmFfT)

I'm waiting for someone to say, "That's HOT!"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:51 PM (ynpvh)

102 "Mr. Malinowski was executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock - "

Off topic, but wait a minute here.

It's Arkansas. I understand why they would honor Bill, as he was their governor and President. But Hillary? She was the carpetbagging Senator from the great state of New York (she couldn't get out of AR fast enough), and she did sweet FA as Secretary of State. How does she rate a privilege that no other Secretary of State ever had?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 16, 2024 12:52 PM (csFI8)

103 Would George Washington or Thomas Jefferson have put up with an FBI or ATF? The question answers itself…. The founders would look at our fed govt today and think it a bigger abomination than the British government they rebelled against
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
=========

They were overtly against a standing army domestically.
They would not have seen a distinction between a domestic army and just 'law enforcement' as they are the same.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2024 12:52 PM (cOq4q)

104 Dammit, Nurse. We were having a good Gub related thread and now you got us on bewbs.
Oh, well.
BTW: That’s hot.

Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 12:53 PM (HDGM5)

105 104 Former CDC director warns of bird flu pandemic.

25-50% mortality rate.

Posted by: It's happening at June 16, 2024 12:52 PM (Hkqr

Send dead chickens to: IRS, BATFE, FIB, ...
/sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:53 PM (ynpvh)

106 The shock troops of the left are very carefully protected by the agents of government, and the proof of that is the conspicuous lack of prosecutions for the ~~multi-billion dollar riots of a few years ago~~ fill in the blank, there are plenty of examples.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 16, 2024 12:54 PM (llON8)

107 Sponge worthy?

https://youtu.be/8qt70xMsvdM

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at June 16, 2024 12:54 PM (dg+HA)

108 101 88 Sunday sponge?
*puts on bra*
*brushes hair*
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 16, 2024 12:47 PM (pmFfT)

I'm waiting for someone to say, "That's HOT!"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:51 PM (ynpvh)

105 Dammit, Nurse. We were having a good Gub related thread and now you got us on bewbs.
Oh, well.
BTW: That’s hot.
Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 12:53 PM (HDGM5)

LOL. ::: fistbump :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:54 PM (ynpvh)

109 and I'd like to once more make the point that all of this comes back to a biased media-

if you have the press on your side, you can get away with ANYTHING in this country, including but not limited to police raids that kill innocent people

to quote INSP Callahan, 'as long as the right people get shot'

Posted by: Don Black at June 16, 2024 12:55 PM (/7KEl)

110 Former CDC director warns of bird flu pandemic.

25-50% mortality rate.
Posted by: It's happening

COULD

Last I heard they had two people catch on opposite ends of the country. Some would see that as evidence it is literally trivial.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2024 12:55 PM (cOq4q)

111 Low hanging fruit, Jim!

Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 12:55 PM (HDGM5)

112 110 Former CDC director warns of bird flu pandemic.

25-50% mortality rate.
Posted by: It's happening

COULD

Last I heard they had two people catch on opposite ends of the country. Some would see that as evidence it is literally trivial.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2024 12:55 PM (cOq4q)

Might be an excuse for Gov't agents to raid homes that have chickens...
::: half-joking :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:56 PM (ynpvh)

113 111 Low hanging fruit, Jim!

Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 12:55 PM (HDGM5)

::: types, deletes :::
Don't want to be killed here.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:57 PM (ynpvh)

114 Questions of federal force should be heavily reviewed and limited when federal forces and resources are called into the states.

These motherfuckers think they can roll in, kick ass, and roll out, - back into their comfy beds 1200 miles away. Death squads are what third world countries utilize to assassinate rivals.

I have always said it: "Fuck the Feds!"

Bring in the sheriff if you want my cooperation and support.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 16, 2024 12:57 PM (dmXQN)

115 Part of their plan to disrupt the food supply. Make sure we aren't able to feed ourselves.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 16, 2024 12:57 PM (Mwmx0)

116 and I'd like to once more make the point that all of this comes back to a biased media-

if you have the press on your side, you can get away with ANYTHING in this country, including but not limited to police raids that kill innocent people

to quote INSP Callahan, 'as long as the right people get shot'
Posted by: Don Black

First Rule of the Coup - Take control of the national media.
/Junta checks box

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2024 12:57 PM (cOq4q)

117 And I guarantee I know what you were typing!

Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 12:57 PM (HDGM5)

118 117 And I guarantee I know what you were typing!

Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 12:57 PM (HDGM5)

RI Red, Psychic extraordinaire. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:58 PM (ynpvh)

119 117 And I guarantee I know what you were typing!

Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 12:57 PM (HDGM5)

Why yes, I was just picking blackberries this morn...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:00 PM (ynpvh)

120 Well forget Greece, second American tourist has vanished on an island. Dude was a sheriff's deputy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2024 01:01 PM (wSa8b)

121 116 and I'd like to once more make the point that all of this comes back to a biased media-

if you have the press on your side, you can get away with ANYTHING in this country, including but not limited to police raids that kill innocent people

to quote INSP Callahan, 'as long as the right people get shot'
Posted by: Don Black

First Rule of the Coup - Take control of the national media.
/Junta checks box

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2024 12:57 PM (cOq4q)

First rule of the Coop: take away all their chickens as a means of food self-sufficiency...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:01 PM (ynpvh)

122 So what happens when you refuse to open the door?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:40 PM (ynpvh)

My policy is to get a double barrel shotgun and shoot through the door.

Posted by: Joe Biden - self defense instructor at June 16, 2024 01:01 PM (iODuv)

123 It's Arkansas. I understand why they would honor Bill, as he was their governor and President. But Hillary? She was the carpetbagging Senator from the great state of New York (she couldn't get out of AR fast enough), and she did sweet FA as Secretary of State. How does she rate a privilege that no other Secretary of State ever had?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 16, 2024 12:52 PM (csFI

Somehow they can rename every military installation named after a Confederate, but I'm sure there's some law somewhere that says you can't change the name of an airport without a supermajority of the Congress.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:02 PM (69sd5)

124 Your word as a Biden? No malarky?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2024 01:03 PM (wSa8b)

125 120 Well forget Greece, second American tourist has vanished on an island. Dude was a sheriff's deputy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2024 01:01 PM (wSa8b)

I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot his deputy.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Marley at June 16, 2024 01:03 PM (ynpvh)

126 123 It's Arkansas. I understand why they would honor Bill, as he was their governor and President. But Hillary? She was the carpetbagging Senator from the great state of New York (she couldn't get out of AR fast enough), and she did sweet FA as Secretary of State. How does she rate a privilege that no other Secretary of State ever had?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 16, 2024 12:52 PM (csFI

Somehow they can rename every military installation named after a Confederate, but I'm sure there's some law somewhere that says you can't change the name of an airport without a supermajority of the Congress.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:02 PM (69sd5)

"The Bill Clinton Airport & Massage Parlor" (homage to Rush Limbaugh)

Posted by: Zombie Bob Marley at June 16, 2024 01:04 PM (ynpvh)

127 Off zombie sock.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:04 PM (ynpvh)

128 CBD

I never saw that Samuel Adams quote before. He was VERY good! That's Thomas Paine quality pamphleteering.

I would've guessed Paine wrote that.

Posted by: mnw at June 16, 2024 01:05 PM (NLIak)

129 Tell it all, brother!

Posted by: Eromero at June 16, 2024 01:05 PM (3O81o)

130 "The Bill Clinton Airport & Massage Parlor" (homage to Rush Limbaugh)
Posted by: Zombie Bob Marley at June 16, 2024 01:04 PM (ynpvh)

Do you have their address?

Yeah! Oh Yeah!

Posted by: Bob Kraft, Rub N Tug Aficionado at June 16, 2024 01:05 PM (R/m4+)

131 I shot the deputy.

Posted by: Dr. Clapton at June 16, 2024 01:05 PM (dmXQN)

132 Gonna take a break. See all y’all later round about 7 pm.

Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 01:06 PM (HDGM5)

133 131 I shot the deputy.

Posted by: Dr. Clapton at June 16, 2024 01:05 PM (dmXQN)

did you give him the clap? a ton of it?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:06 PM (ynpvh)

134 Read Psalm 125. Talks about evil rulers

Posted by: Eromero at June 16, 2024 01:07 PM (3O81o)

135 132 Gonna take a break. See all y’all later round about 7 pm.

Posted by: RI Red at June 16, 2024 01:06 PM (HDGM5)

Have a good one, RI.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:07 PM (ynpvh)

136 COULD

Last I heard they had two people catch on opposite ends of the country. Some would see that as evidence it is literally trivial.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2024 12:55 PM (cOq4q)

Looks like that comment got disappeared somehow. Either off-topic or an account that has a banned IP.

Either way... somewhere on your bingo card for 2024, should be the Plandemic To End All Plandemics.

Will it happen? Who knows! That's what makes 2024 so exciting!

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:07 PM (69sd5)

137 134 Read Psalm 125. Talks about evil rulers

Posted by: Eromero at June 16, 2024 01:07 PM (3O81o)

I found a fashion ruler. It looks evil.
http://tiny.cc/kvrmyz

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:10 PM (ynpvh)

138 >>> 136
==
Either way... somewhere on your bingo card for 2024, should be the Plandemic To End All Plandemics.

Will it happen? Who knows! That's what makes 2024 so exciting!
Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:07 PM (69sd5)

Stupid WHO. This was supposed to be *our* year!

Posted by: aliens at June 16, 2024 01:11 PM (llON8)

139 Either way... somewhere on your bingo card for 2024, should be the Plandemic To End All Plandemics.

Will it happen? Who knows! That's what makes 2024 so exciting!
Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:07 PM (69sd5
There is iron in the words of Burt

Posted by: Eromero at June 16, 2024 01:11 PM (3O81o)

140 I would've guessed Paine wrote that.

Posted by: mnw at June 16, 2024 01:05 PM (NLIak)

Sam Adams was a firebrand! By the way, I think the quotation is from a speech.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 16, 2024 01:12 PM (d9fT1)

141 137 134 Read Psalm 125. Talks about evil rulers

Posted by: Eromero at June 16, 2024 01:07 PM (3O81o)

I found a fashion ruler. It looks evil.
http://tiny.cc/kvrmyz

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:10 PM (ynpvh)

Copy/Paste issue...

Trying again. https://shorturl.at/A1OdW

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:12 PM (ynpvh)

142 Might be an excuse for Gov't agents to raid homes that have chickens...
::: half-joking :::
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:56 PM (ynpvh)

The USDA will do a thorough review, and determine... *checks clipboard*... why look here, the only farms that don't have bird flu are Bill Gates' and Chi Nah's.

So sayeth your new head of USDA... Debbie Birx.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:13 PM (G0Oxn)

143 ""irredeemable" did not get enough play and is not funny.
Not even 're-education' camps can redeem they, they must be liquidated.
If you want real hate speach - that was it." Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

yeah, imo there was already that move toward "conservative Christians must be liquidated". Being pro-Christian is not "hate" for the "other. The whole point of redemption is salvation from our flawed human condition.

But there are still Gold Standards, like saying "No to Sodomy" or to trannies, or no to Muslim terrorists (and their whole ideology of the Islamic attitude of conversion by force). Hillary/Biden's "gold standards" are the same as Islam ... conform/convert or die (or DEI).

Posted by: illiniwek at June 16, 2024 01:14 PM (Cus5s)

144 142 Might be an excuse for Gov't agents to raid homes that have chickens...
::: half-joking :::
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 12:56 PM (ynpvh)

The USDA will do a thorough review, and determine... *checks clipboard*... why look here, the only farms that don't have bird flu are Bill Gates' and Chi Nah's.

So sayeth your new head of USDA... Debbie Birx.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:13 PM (G0Oxn)

https://youtu.be/5TEvacFETvM&t=12s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

145 Stupid WHO. This was supposed to be *our* year!
Posted by: aliens at June 16, 2024 01:11 PM (llON

Nothing says it can't be both.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:14 PM (G0Oxn)

146 125
'I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot his deputy.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Marley'

I always hated you.

Posted by: Sheriff John Stone at June 16, 2024 01:15 PM (roH4R)

147 "Or dead, as Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland discovered."

yes, that cop disobeyed all the "rules" for shooting someone and got rewarded and praised, not even an investigation. The Saint George cops obeyed all the regs, and are doing long hard time. I think all four of them got harsh sentences, but the kneeler got life, in essence.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 16, 2024 01:16 PM (Cus5s)

148 So whatever happened to the report about the bank records that was going to be released by the Republicans, the one that would show the Biden family receiving millions from the Chinese?

Door #1: the Dems came up with some dirt on one or more key Republicans, or...,

Door #2. The Republicans decided to hold off to let Joe continue to argue that he can win, and then nail him after he's nominated.

I'll take door #1. Door #2 would require cunning and discipline, traits not usually found in the leaders of the Stupid Party.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 16, 2024 01:18 PM (fvaUq)

149 Any government that does not at least try to administer justice is illegitimate.

Did Mr. Malinowski at least kill one of the intruders?

Is it time to think about booby trapping our doors?

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 16, 2024 01:18 PM (VuZH8)

150 147 "Or dead, as Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland discovered."

yes, that cop disobeyed all the "rules" for shooting someone and got rewarded and praised, not even an investigation. The Saint George cops obeyed all the regs, and are doing long hard time. I think all four of them got harsh sentences, but the kneeler got life, in essence.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 16, 2024 01:16 PM (Cus5s)

So many flaws in both cases. In the latter, threatening the coroner to add to his report, not moving the trial from a hostile venue for the defendants...so much wrong.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:18 PM (ynpvh)

151 I could use a nap

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2024 01:19 PM (fwDg9)

152 149 Any government that does not at least try to administer justice is illegitimate.

Did Mr. Malinowski at least kill one of the intruders?

Is it time to think about booby trapping our doors?

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 16, 2024 01:18 PM (VuZH

What good will trapping blue-footed boobies do?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:19 PM (ynpvh)

153 Door #3: They are all sucking the Chinese dick/teat.

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 16, 2024 01:19 PM (VuZH8)

154 Yea Baby....... Bidenomics at it's best !!!! Best Economy in a Trillion Years ..........

The incident at Taste of Heaven Espresso was caught on camera at 3 p.m. June 11 and shared in a now-viral social media video.

What transpired on video was the culmination of a 15-minute exchange over the price of a 32-ounce coffee and 24-ounce water, Lee said. The price tag was $22.

Posted by: Buster Hymandd at June 16, 2024 01:19 PM (1t11C)

155 "And it's getting worse. The Biden/Obama regime has weaponized every department of government, and has given them an obvious mandate to shoot first and not bother with any questions."

It will continue to get worse, unfortunately, and the quest for power and control will mean that many people will die, as usual. It's what humans do.

Posted by: javems at June 16, 2024 01:20 PM (8I4hW)

156 Should be illegal for cops to tamper with a homeowners camera.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 16, 2024 01:23 PM (rsqyi)

157 I still think tje shooting of Ashlii while not pre-planning was to set off a real riot, it didn't but fell right into the Insurrection saga

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2024 01:24 PM (fwDg9)

158 It will continue to get worse, unfortunately, and the quest for power and control will mean that many people will die, as usual. It's what humans do.
Posted by: javems at June 16, 2024 01:20 PM (8I4hW)
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Movie trailer:

https://x.com/kingmakerseries/
status/1797408838246682927

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 16, 2024 01:25 PM (6Xyqy)

159 (psst) motion sensors.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 16, 2024 01:26 PM (VuZH8)

160 159 (psst) motion sensors.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 16, 2024 01:26 PM (VuZH

Multiple cameras. Hidden ones. Watching outside.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:27 PM (ynpvh)

161 156
' Should be illegal for cops to tamper with a homeowners camera.'

It will certainly effect the quantity and location of any cameras I put up.

Posted by: Sheriff John Stone at June 16, 2024 01:27 PM (roH4R)

162 yes, that cop disobeyed all the "rules" for shooting someone and got rewarded and praised, not even an investigation. The Saint George cops obeyed all the regs, and are doing long hard time. I think all four of them got harsh sentences, but the kneeler got life, in essence.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 16, 2024 01:16 PM (Cus5s)

At the time there was some argument as to whether Chauvin had performed a regulated and approved maneuver.

Some here even argued he had not, and provided the Minnesota regulations as "proof."

What was not noted however, was that the Minnesota police regs were changed... AFTER the St. George event. Before the change, Chauvin's actions were textbook. Literally.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:27 PM (wvpq/)

163 Off. Character from reggae song sock.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 16, 2024 01:28 PM (roH4R)

164 162 yes, that cop disobeyed all the "rules" for shooting someone and got rewarded and praised, not even an investigation. The Saint George cops obeyed all the regs, and are doing long hard time. I think all four of them got harsh sentences, but the kneeler got life, in essence.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 16, 2024 01:16 PM (Cus5s)

At the time there was some argument as to whether Chauvin had performed a regulated and approved maneuver.

Some here even argued he had not, and provided the Minnesota regulations as "proof."

What was not noted however, was that the Minnesota police regs were changed... AFTER the St. George event. Before the change, Chauvin's actions were textbook. Literally.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:27 PM (wvpq/)

There was no compression to St. George's neck or throat. None was found in autopsy. The coronor was THREATENED to put that into the final report; he said so. Did anything happen to the guy that threatened the coronor? I doubt it, unless it was accolades.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:30 PM (ynpvh)

165 Republican Senator John Cornyn amongst other Republican's don't think you should be allowed to own or carry a firearm so, we have that going for us.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 16, 2024 01:31 PM (aFNOf)

166 165 Republican Senator John Cornyn amongst other Republican's don't think you should be allowed to own or carry a firearm so, we have that going for us.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 16, 2024 01:31 PM (aFNOf)

He should go around without armed protection. Every asshole that feels that way in Gov't should.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:31 PM (ynpvh)

167 It will certainly effect the quantity and location of any cameras I put up.
Posted by: Sheriff John Stone at June 16, 2024 01:27 PM (roH4R)

I'm still in a rental, and never realized how much I've come to rely on cameras. I don't have any here, and it's very disconcerting.

It probably matters greatly which company one uses for their camera set up, and I'm going to need to research that when the time comes. ADT sux, so does Vivint. That much I know.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:32 PM (wvpq/)

168
The founders would look at our fed govt today and think it a bigger abomination than the British government they rebelled against
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

"Government" is just the things we do together.

/s

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2024 01:34 PM (63Dwl)

169 There was no compression to St. George's neck or throat. None was found in autopsy. The coronor was THREATENED to put that into the final report; he said so. Did anything happen to the guy that threatened the coronor? I doubt it, unless it was accolades.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:30 PM (ynpvh)

The cops were convicted because Minnesota is a third world shithole. Everything about the case, you can find evidence of injustice, but justice only exists in free societies.

Not in places like Minnesota.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:34 PM (wvpq/)

170 IIRC the *biden admin made every federal agency, bureau and department have a role in election integrity. So, if true, there's a "mission statement" out there that implies every federal employee has a task assigned to them that relates to voting / elections.

What do you suppose that "mission" is?

Is it really about integrity? Or is it more about preserving the bureaucracy? It's no wonder literally every government entity has a militarized wing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 16, 2024 01:35 PM (Q4IgG)

171 And then there's the McMichael case. Georgia had open carry/citizen's arrest laws on the books, and the guys who confronted Aubrey whatshisname acted within the law.

Didn't matter. They're all doing life without parole now, because he was black and they were white, and the first prosecutor who refused to charge them made an oopsie by citing the law in doing so.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:36 PM (wvpq/)

172 You all focus on their armed forces (ATF, FBI, etc.)
Their bank, recruit depot, and Ministry of Truth broadcast station (the State-monopoly school system) is well within range of your massed forces: parents and voters.

Subsidized escape options would cripple the NEA/FT/AFSCME cartel. It's a winning issue with minority voters, too.
If public sector unions dominate your legislature, homeschool.

Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at June 16, 2024 01:37 PM (f2mYy)

173 171 And then there's the McMichael case. Georgia had open carry/citizen's arrest laws on the books, and the guys who confronted Aubrey whatshisname acted within the law.

Didn't matter. They're all doing life without parole now, because he was black and they were white, and the first prosecutor who refused to charge them made an oopsie by citing the law in doing so.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 16, 2024 01:36 PM (wvpq/)

We are a Nation of ~~LAWS~~ Whims!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:38 PM (ynpvh)

174 A Government Big Enough To Give You Everything You Want, Is A Government Big Enough To Take Away Everything That You Have

And they are doing so with increasing frequency.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 16, 2024 01:44 PM (W/lyH)

175 Some humor...
https://youtu.be/OiEFqVSgLQ8

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:45 PM (ynpvh)

176 I had a weird dream about Franco Harris starring in Hallmark movies. And talking about how the grueling pace of a HoF running back prepared him for the intensity of this Hallmark job.

I can't usually remember dreams, but when I do, it's usually some crazy shit like that, and I'm glad for the times I don't.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2024 01:46 PM (0FoWg)

177 176 I had a weird dream about Franco Harris starring in Hallmark movies. And talking about how the grueling pace of a HoF running back prepared him for the intensity of this Hallmark job.

I can't usually remember dreams, but when I do, it's usually some crazy shit like that, and I'm glad for the times I don't.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2024 01:46 PM (0FoWg)

Fell asleep in the car while my wife was driving, playing songs in Spanish. Had a dream about the singer singing a song about his toe.
"My Toe, I lost it ten years ago"
"My Toe..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:48 PM (ynpvh)

178 "They didn't want him in custody...they wanted him dead."

--------
So many of us has been saying that since day 1. Thank you for reiterating it.

Posted by: Crazy at June 16, 2024 01:48 PM (EES2L)

179 A Government Big Enough To Give You Everything You Want, Is A Government Big Enough To Take Away Everything That You Have

This is really great. We should smack this on bumper sticker over every Biden one, co exist one, socialism whatever one. I mean, we shouldn’t really because that is vandalism. But it’s a message worth hearing over and over again.

Posted by: Piper at June 16, 2024 01:48 PM (/sySz)

180
A Government Big Enough To Give You Everything You Want, Is 34 Trillion dollars in debt.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2024 01:49 PM (63Dwl)

181 177 Fell asleep in the car while my wife was driving, playing songs in Spanish. Had a dream about the singer singing a song about his toe.
"My Toe, I lost it ten years ago"
"My Toe..."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2024 01:48 PM (ynpvh)

——-
Did I lose it in the snow?

I am glad you are having a positive memory this Sunday. It makes my heart happy.

Posted by: Piper at June 16, 2024 01:51 PM (/sySz)

182 One word: Fougasse.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2024 01:53 PM (M38dt)

183 I had a weird dream about Franco Harris starring in Hallmark movies. And talking about how the grueling pace of a HoF running back prepared him for the intensity of this Hallmark job.

I can't usually remember dreams, but when I do, it's usually some crazy shit like that, and I'm glad for the times I don't.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2024 01:46 PM (0FoWg)
***

You grow your own mushrooms for pizza don't ya?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 16, 2024 01:54 PM (W/lyH)

184 A government big enough to give you one tenth of what you want will never exist, but a government big enough to take whatever you have is as small as the heart of your nastiest neighbor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2024 01:54 PM (0FoWg)

185 Is there any tactical reason to cover a doorbell camera? No. They covered it so that Mr. Malinowski couldn't confirm that they were police, and he would be far less willing to be peaceful. They didn't want him in custody...they wanted him dead.

————

I mentioned the other day they straight up executed him and not one gun owner who owns a gun to protect us from a tyrannical government decided to exact some retribution.

Certainly the regional director of the ATF for that area is accountable for that tyrannical action and should be held to account.

It’s time to realize all the 2A arguments are just fantasyland.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 16, 2024 01:56 PM (Jmuy7)

186 Nap time over, better get to work
1ST WP NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2024 02:01 PM (fwDg9)

187 185 It’s time to realize all the 2A arguments are just fantasyland.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 16, 2024

It’s not fantastic at all. No one should want violence, because if it comes to that, it’s going to be ugly all the way around. There is nothing at all wrong with people who want to avoid this almost at all costs. If we are pushed there, it won’t be our side starting it, which is what they want. And I mean really doing it overtly.

If you don’t think they have concerns, we wouldn’t be threatened with F15s.

Posted by: Piper at June 16, 2024 02:02 PM (/sySz)

188 A bigger budget for the ATF is the entire reason why the David Koresh debacle at Waco occurred.

"OK fellas, appropriations are coming up, we need a big bust! Something splashy, that will make headlines. Who's got something?"

Just my $.02 worth.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 16, 2024 02:02 PM (MeG8a)

189 176 I had a weird dream about Franco Harris starring in Hallmark movies. And talking about how the grueling pace of a HoF running back prepared him for the intensity of this Hallmark job.

I can't usually remember dreams, but when I do, it's usually some crazy shit like that, and I'm glad for the times I don't.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2024 01:46 PM (0FoWg)

Not a dream but for some reason this sticks in my memory…. Late 70s and Franco Harris was close to breaking Jim Brown’s career rushing yardage record (this was before Walter Payton and then years later Emmitt Smith). This really ticked off Jim Brown who was not a fan of Harris’ running style (he ran out of bounds rather than stiff arm or big collision). So Brown challenged him to a 60 or 100 yard dash. Said he could still beat the “soft” Harris even though he was retired and much older. It became a bit of a big deal… the race ended up on Wide World of Sports or a show like that. In the end, Franco smoked Brown, who pulled up with a hamstring halfway into the race. Even as a kid I thought to myself: Now that’s karma…. Old Jim Brown running his mouth and made an ass of himself….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 16, 2024 02:03 PM (xT8gx)

190 It’s time to realize all the 2A arguments are just fantasyland.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

The result of all this no knock escalation by the commie cocksuckers running the show is to make sure the 2A stays on paper. The nails that stick up invite the heaviest hammers...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 16, 2024 02:09 PM (ucn7O)

191 I still think tje shooting of Ashlii while not pre-planning was to set off a real riot, it didn't but fell right into the Insurrection saga
Posted by: Skip
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One odd thingv - the two cops who were right behind her didn"t get enough attention. If she a real threat, like crossing the 'red line' like some installations have clearly deliminated, you'd think they would have yoinked her back.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2024 02:11 PM (cOq4q)

192 Malinowski's obituary indicated that he belonged to Christ the King Catholic Church.

"They" HATE Christians, especially Catholics.

Posted by: Marooned at June 16, 2024 02:28 PM (kt8QE)

193 Sorry, but you’re dead wrong about there not being a “tactical advantage” to covering the doorbell.

Posted by: Shivv at June 16, 2024 02:46 PM (F/PC8)

194 Someone probably already mentioned this but the ATF gestapo also turned off all of their body cams before they staged the hit.

Posted by: Beverly at June 16, 2024 04:36 PM (Epeb0)

195 Is there any tactical reason to cover a doorbell camera? No. They covered it so that Mr. Malinowski couldn't confirm that they were police, and he would be far less willing to be peaceful. They didn't want him in custody... they wanted him dead.

Here's a novel idea... knock on his door at 9:00am with a couple of cops, serve the warrant, search his house, and afford him the basic rights for which Americans have fought and died for 250 years.

Ruby Ridge - August 1992
Waco - February-April 1993
Arkansas - March 2024

Ruby Ridge and Waco led to Oklahoma City in April 1995.

Looks like we are 30 years removed from ATF and FBI corruption at Ruby Ridge and Waco and the same things are still happening. And same lack of accountability or consequences of government agencies.

Waco police knew David Koresh and Branch Davidians well. FBI and ATF could have used the Waco police to talk to Koresh. Like Arkansas, they refused to do so, because their goal was not to talk.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at June 16, 2024 04:37 PM (P5BPp)

196 "Mr. Malinowski was executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock until that morning"

So one might assume he felt safely ensconced in the State Democrat regime. He's one of the Dem-O-Progg "good guys". So lemme go out on a limb here: He becomes aware of "something" that
isn't quite kosher. He's been asking around, "has
anybody-else noticed this... odd happenstance?"
He's an old-fashioned Democrat, a True American. Nobody is above the law, and he's gonna get the ball rolling on reporting this thing to The Proper Authorities.

But... what if it turns out The Proper Authorities don't WANT This Odd Happenstance
investigated and stopped? What if, oh as a f'rinstance, huge quantities of very-profitable illicit substances are being trafficked thru the
airport? What if some certain high-rank-persons in Three-Letter-Agencies are making big big profits off-the-books, and they need any whispers
quashed right-damn-now? People know he likes
guns, sells a couple personal guns on occasion.
Suddenly he's the target of a Federal Investigation, and suddenly the guy is dead.
Aww how sad for the family. Confusion when serving
a warrant, you know.

Posted by: Doo-Dah, Doo-Dah at June 16, 2024 06:05 PM (mrUPl)

197
It’s not fantastic at all. No one should want violence, because if it comes to that, it’s going to be ugly all the way around. There is nothing at all wrong with people who want to avoid this almost at all costs. If we are pushed there, it won’t be our side starting it, which is what they want. And I mean really doing it overtly.

If you don’t think they have concerns, we wouldn’t be threatened with F15s.
Posted by: Piper at June 16, 2024 02:02 PM (/sySz)

————-

Thats the 2A argument right up until the government starts the mass shootings.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 16, 2024 06:17 PM (kypKT)

198 ZpibxWQnhRVsot

Posted by: iUrdsJpeNaxCz at June 16, 2024 09:01 PM (vp861)

199 But it turned out that Southern Democrats liked one thing more than wealth; they liked owning people above else. They never got over being forced to give up their slaves, and started the KKK to keep the last vestiges of slavery that they could. They wrote Jim Crow laws to keep Blacks psychologically enchained and used the government to terrorize them.
So, you can bet there were more than a few shady things going on in that airport, things that he knew about Bill and Hillary Clinton that nobody else knew-or nobody alive.
No, this was more personal.

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