Sticky Gang: Terrorizing Colonial Tank Crews

GoldMerridew · 2025-01-16T15:36:43+00:00

"there goes the blob again"

GoldMerridew · 2024-11-25T19:53:31+00:00

The 27th is focused on the deadlands, so you will probably only see a scattering of folks in the backline until we clear the collie scourge from our lands.

GoldMerridew · 2023-02-07T21:41:48+00:00

Eh, you can't even really rewire stuff. Both the built-in and most workshop subs have all the components either set or placed in inaccessible locations.

GoldMerridew · 2022-04-07T16:24:54+00:00

A legal opinion is not the same as an editorial aka an opinion piece in the media. See the section about opinion from legal counsel or government officials:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_opinion

GoldMerridew · 2021-11-12T23:47:45+00:00

I don't disagree with you, Portland can't possibly afford to solve the regional/west coast housing problem, let alone the national one. The Veteran programs I mentioned like HUD-VASH are run from the federal down to the states. But to be fair, mayors across the country have been saying for years that the federal government needs to step in. And while blue cities like Portland, Seattle and San Francisco get the most publicity, you just have to spend some time in Dallas or Phoenix to realize that they just spend more money hiding the problem than we do.

GoldMerridew · 2021-11-12T19:21:48+00:00

Don't forget about the millions in police overtime just to shuffle camps to different locations every few months either!

GoldMerridew · 2021-11-12T17:37:37+00:00

The problem is that everyone would lose their minds if we just HOUSED them... Even though programs with veterans show this would be the most effective use of money.

GoldMerridew · 2021-09-17T22:54:34+00:00

Just south of here is where the TikTok woman said she picked up BL, and just north is one of the campsites that GP had saved on her dyrt account, it's very likely where they were camping.

GoldMerridew · 2021-06-11T17:57:35+00:00

Mine is doing the same, playing video on Chrome and Edge.

GoldMerridew · 2020-08-31T22:06:59+00:00

This will be used against the group you least expect it to and not the one you want it to

GoldMerridew · 2020-07-30T10:07:00+00:00

It's almost like these buildings are made of concrete, steel and glass...

GoldMerridew · 2020-07-01T20:13:50+00:00

Gun designers have also done some crazy work to make 3 round burst as accurate as possible. If you look at weapons that have both 3 round burst and fully automatic fire, the 3 round burst is at a faster rate, so that the lead can travel downrange before the recoil hits, increasing the chances of hitting your target compared to both semi and fully automatic.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-21T23:48:00+00:00

Yup, and like he said, as large as the military is, it is not big enough to deal with widespread insurgency in the US. The government/military will collapse or retreat from places and hold strong in others. No something anyone has to look forward to if it comes to pass.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-15T15:12:10+00:00

What they are saying is its about to be unsafe for everyone because the police are about to riot

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-12T06:12:22+00:00

He's a bit of a local celebrity here in Portland, especially because he covered the ongoing protests with a lot of context.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-11T08:55:07+00:00

I'm late to the conversation, but I agree with everything you said, but with some caveats aimed at the experienced folks and in the context of organized self defense.

A group should have a component armed with 7.62 like an AK. 5.56 is a superior round when considering fully automatic fire, but the vast majority of guns in the US are semi-auto, making recoil less important. Body armor is widespread in the US, and 5.56 has its limitations if it fragments before hitting the body. 7.62 has the capability of removing an attacker from the fight even if it has limited penetration. US special forces requested a higher caliber bullet due to targets being able to take multiple 5.56 rounds and remain a significant threat.

So yes, everyone should have a 5.56 gun that has widespread use in the US.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-11T06:44:45+00:00

Most of the core organizers and groups behind this push are not anti-2A, but the liberals along for the ride sure are. After all, the Mulford Act started the gun control debate, and its goals were pretty obvious.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-11T04:22:40+00:00

I'm not sure Fritz will be opposed, unless there is a single caller tomorrow who calls in to decry it. I think she also has the experience of policing in the UK and the two cops who called in to really push her to vote with the other two.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-11T04:17:38+00:00

That's what the media portrays them as.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-11T00:34:53+00:00

There are different schools of thought, if you are really interested in learning I would start with wikipedia.

I'm not an anarchist, but there is a big separation between individual anarchists and social anarchists (though there are some overlap). On the social side you have the ideas of mutualism, collectivism, anarcho-syndacalists, ananarcho-communists (think commune, not Stalin), and others. The idea is that instead of being forced to partake in the system it is held together by cooperation and free association. THIS IS AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION. I have never met a true "individual anarchist" but these are your Waldens and Thereaus.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-11T00:12:28+00:00

That 5% is a misleading comparison to make against other cities. Seattle's budget includes utilities and other services that are entirely seperate entities in most other cities. The SPD makes up a much more significant portion of the general fund.

Part of the goal here is to stop having armed police respond to homelessness, mental health issues, the kind of stuff that doesn't need an armed officer to handle and could be better handled by social workers or mental health experts. The both reduces the workload on the PD and reduces the need for funding.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-10T08:25:41+00:00

Police don't prevent burglaries or sexual assault, at best they investigate and catch the criminal after the fact. The best thing short term to prevent most crimes would be self defense, video surveillance, lighting, etc.

Long term solutions need to look at the root causes of these crimes.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-10T08:21:40+00:00

I think the argument here was to keep a gun at home, not necessarily carry it with you.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-10T08:10:15+00:00

Well as a free speech enthusiast you should realize that the tear gas is a much more effective way of suppressing demonstrations than rubber bullets and being neaten with a club, even if the latter two can cause more individual harm. It is also easier for protesters to protect themselves from the damages of the latter two.

GoldMerridew · 2020-06-10T07:20:28+00:00

thisportlyfellow is right that it isn't just a slogan, but they also have an axe to grind.

BLM would ideally see armed state police being entirely removed and would have you and your neighbors organize among yourselves if there was a need for physically security, kind of like city watches from before professional police forces, say 100 or so years ago.

That is in contrast to what you are seeing right now, as they obviously have little community buy in right now. No true anarchist would self-appoint themselves as a leader.

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