No citation yet but apparently MSNBC are reporting an IED has been found.
MQ-9 time at this point...
U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
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#332How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?
Evolution. We each run a VR inside our minds. When they are synchronized by an external force, the media, very interesting things can happen.
If you would like more of this, continue to ignore non-virtual reality.
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#333I don't understand how the same people who said we should defund the police are forcefully suggesting that we need a strong police response here? I'm not going to take any sides. All sides are so rife with hypocrisy that I just don't know what to say.
> But all sides are so rife with hypocrisy that I just don't know what to say. You apparently know how to both-sides insurgents invading the capitol so you’ve got that going for you. But here’s a hint: “defund” and “abolish” are different words with different meanings, and using one rather than the other is purposeful.
There's a longstanding prison abolition movement that insists that that's what it means, and from what I've read, this whole line of thinking originated with that movement, so the distinction you're drawing is not so clear cut.
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#334How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?
People mistaking reality for what they want it to be, false sense of morality, opposed to the basic survival interest of the other group.
Done. You tell me which is which.
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#335Guns has been drawn inside the barricaded senate chamber. https://missouriindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/g...
A woman has been shot inside the capitol building by Capitol Police. Not going to post links, but there is video on Twitter.
Trump wanted this. He did it on purpose. When the smoke clears, he should be in jail.
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#336I don't understand how the same people who said we should defund the police are forcefully suggesting that we need a strong police response here? I'm not going to take any sides. All sides are so rife with hypocrisy that I just don't know what to say.
Also the Mayor of the city who refused to allow Nat Guard to stay in DC hotels, is the person who requested the Nat Guard come to "protect" DC. A big part of the discussion here shows how few people look beyond their own opinion for facts. I'm fortunate enough to have access to most news networks thru-out the day. I watch Fox; I watch CNN, MSN, etc. All are lying to some extent. All are shaping the "news" they feed y…
If the fire department came to my house right this moment, broke down the front door, and started spraying water everywhere I would be pretty upset!
If they did it when my house was on fire and I called them, I would be pretty grateful!
That's not hypocrisy, it is understanding there is a time and a place for things.
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#338This is partly a result of the left steadfastly opposing measures to protect the integrity of US elections, including strong voter ID laws (which are common throughout the developed world) out of fear that such measures will somehow disenfranchise people who apparently can't even spare an hour at the DMV every few years and can't afford to pay the small processing fee ($9-13, in NY[1]) to get an id. As a non-voter, s…
Poor american left. When the right storms several capitol buildings, y'all're still the ones to bear the blame.
The people storming those buildings think an election was stolen from them, and no amount of 'fact check' thinkpieces in the NYTimes is going to convince them otherwise. Unless strong measures are put into place so both sides can have confidence in the outcomes of future elections, I expect more of this to occur.
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#339I am shocked and horrified that it is taking so long to clear those who have breached the Capitol. There is more police efficiency and aggression in a run of the mill BLM protest. Edit: for example: https://twitter.com/RedR1dngHood/status/1346908557560537091
BLM took over an entire section of Seattle for weeks.
And during that time they surrounded a federal courthouse... where people were free to come and go and court remained in session...
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#340I don't understand how the same people who said we should defund the police are forcefully suggesting that we need a strong police response here? I'm not going to take any sides. All sides are so rife with hypocrisy that I just don't know what to say.
Also the Mayor of the city who refused to allow Nat Guard to stay in DC hotels, is the person who requested the Nat Guard come to "protect" DC. A big part of the discussion here shows how few people look beyond their own opinion for facts. I'm fortunate enough to have access to most news networks thru-out the day. I watch Fox; I watch CNN, MSN, etc. All are lying to some extent. All are shaping the "news" they feed y…
That was out of DC guard not the DC units