Expect the police state in the US to be ramped up

[nbruno322]

Expect the police state in the US to be ramped up.

http://www.internationalman.com/articles/why-a-police-state

[fisharmor]

When was this written? Who is Jeff Thomas and why does he refer to the EU and US as "jurisdictions"?

This piece doesn't seem to take into account the events of 12 April 2014. To be sure, things are bad here and are only getting worse... but three weeks ago it was proved that they could be stopped bloodlessly.
I'm hanging on to that bit of hope.

[nbruno322]

When was this written? Who is Jeff Thomas and why does he refer to the EU and US as "jurisdictions"?

This piece doesn't seem to take into account the events of 12 April 2014. To be sure, things are bad here and are only getting worse... but three weeks ago it was proved that they could be stopped bloodlessly.
I'm hanging on to that bit of hope.

We'll see about that, especially when the 50% or so of Americans stop getting their welfare benefits... that is when things will really get interesting.

[tod evans]

We'll see about that, especially when the 50% or so of Americans stop getting their welfare benefits... that is when things will really get interesting.

Tomorrow'd be okay with me....

[Philhelm]

Nobody expects the Police State!

[tod evans]

Nobody expects the Police State!

Can't you just imagine the gangs of inter-city thugs loading up their MRAP's and donning their body armor to head to the hinterlands in search of food?

It's the welfare recipients in blue that are going to cause the most trouble..

[Zippyjuan]

Like it or not, the various theories do not hold up to scrutiny. Unless the DHS plans on conducting training exercises that are on a scale of a World War, they are preparing for a volume of literally tens of millions of people who would presumably take part in some form of domestic conflict.

How are you going to round up "tens of millions" of people and where are you going to put them? (three tens of millions would be one in ten people in the country). How many million employees do they have trained to round up that many people?

DHS has thousands of tanks? http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/ssabullets.asp


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd04SwR2eU8

[MRK]

How are you going to round up "tens of millions" of people and where are you going to put them? (three tens of millions would be one in ten people in the country). How many million employees do they have trained to round up that many people?

DHS has thousands of tanks? http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/ssabullets.asp



Billions of rounds of ammo don't necessarily require hundreds of millions of people to shoot them, right?

I'm not saying it's autonomous killing machines...

but it's autonomous killing machines. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge)

[pcosmar]

DHS has thousands of tanks?
Yes.
http://www.mrconservative.com/2013/03/5718-dhs-buys-2700-urban-tanks-for-high-risk-anti-civilian-use/
http://www.mrconservative.com/files/2013/03/DHS-Navistar-MRAP-vehicle.jpg

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2013/03/10/why-the-heck-is-dhs-buying-more-than-a-billion-bullets-plus-thousands-of-guns-and-mine-resistant-armored-vehicles/
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/03/obama-dhs-purchases-2700-light-armored-tanks-to-go-with-their-1-6-billion-bullet-stockpile/
Snopes has been proven to be a left wing organ. and is full of shit often.

[CPUd]

Yes.
http://www.mrconservative.com/2013/03/5718-dhs-buys-2700-urban-tanks-for-high-risk-anti-civilian-use/
http://www.mrconservative.com/files/2013/03/DHS-Navistar-MRAP-vehicle.jpg

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2013/03/10/why-the-heck-is-dhs-buying-more-than-a-billion-bullets-plus-thousands-of-guns-and-mine-resistant-armored-vehicles/
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/03/obama-dhs-purchases-2700-light-armored-tanks-to-go-with-their-1-6-billion-bullet-stockpile/
Snopes has been proven to be a left wing organ. and is full of shit often.

Snopes begs to differ:



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[pcosmar]

Snopes begs to differ:




I'm sure they do.

Barbara Mikkelson is a Canadian citizen and as such cannot vote in U.S. elections,

And that does not prove she is not a hardcore Socialist.
Most Canadians are.. (though there are a few liberty folks there)

They are fine for debunking internet scams and urban legends. But not much beyond that.