Komodo Rodeo

“Hey, rural conservative voters. Here’s what his track record is, and here’s what he’s *actually * admitted he’ll do. The policies will harm you and your families. Voting Republican would be like shooting yourself in the foot.”

 *rural voters blast off entire foot with 12 ga. shotgun*

I can’t be the only one wondering at how no one in a closed-doors meeting was able to both contemplate the status of their own security clearance, or how it might be negatively affected by disclosing sensitive (albeit apparently not classified, secret, or top secret) information in the presence of someone who was not legally entitled to hear/see it? According to the source, there were foreign military officers there as well? How the fuck did not one of them stand up and demand that she get the fuck out of the fucking room?

How is it possible for the Secretary of Defense to be so nose-blind to this level of bullshit, as though he thought that it was acceptable to bring his spouse along as some kind of adult “bring your kid to work day”? This isn’t “odd” or “strange”, it represents possible degradation and compromise of national security. Wait in the fucking lounge, Jennifer, Jesus Christ.

It’s relatively new, in terms of weapons. They’ve apparently been adopted on some domestic U.S. military bases as a means to repel attacks, but I haven’t seen any news reports of people rushing the gates. It’s extremely effective for “area denial”, and its potential use against demonstrators (peaceful, not rioting) will inevitably cause fatalities - I guarantee that it won’t be long before it’s used in a situation that doesn’t merit the use of force. Someone will die, hearings will be held, nothing will happen, and it will continue to be used to abuse and assault participants of marches, sit-ins, etc. during scenarios where there was no hazard to Police.

see: truncheons, fire hoses, tear gas, rubber bullets…

Hope springs eternal, and all that.

Now we’re talking.

Why the inquisitive tone? I understand that the AP is aiming to be non-partisan, but FFS it was clearly an LRAD. Video and victim accounts line up with previous available material about the weapons. Add to that the photographs of LRADs deployed to the area at the time of the incident - this isn’t some Sherlock Holmes mystery, if there’s another entirely different weapon which can spur widespread, instant crowd panic without making a sound then I’m all ears, because I’ve never heard of it. Re-linking footage of the attack from URL used in other comment. Watch the crowd of hundreds reacting to nothing observable at the 0:07 mark

“When presented with photos of the device mounted on an off-road vehicle and deployed at the rally of hundreds of thousands of protesters, officials admitted possessing a sonic weapon, but insisted it was not used against the protesters.”

Liars.

Presumably, another candidate is elected to office. If not, it’s a coup, and he continues as “President For Life” like other dictators.

Jesus Christ, they’re just so fucking stupid. This is the kind of thing that would see employees of a major corporation fired in an instant, but I just know that these careless chucklefucks are going to be in my news feed for a while yet, possibly another four years so long as they keep currying the favour of Trump. This shit is pathetic, the rest of the world is embarrassed on behalf of American citizens for having to deal with this incompetence.

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“Preliminary reports today indicate that the White House is moving to declare Mexico a terrorist narco-state, with threats to invade and restore democracy.”

The type of man who doesn’t regret using his waistband as a holster even after blowing one of his nuts off. Unbelievable.