Armed Homeland Security Agents In ‘Community Outreach’ To “Let People Know They’re In The Area”

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    Armed Homeland Security agents are now conducting “community outreach” programs based around maintaining a visible presence in order to “let people know they’re in the area.”

    News channel WNCT 9 received calls from alarmed residents in response to reports of numerous DHS vehicles parked outside a bankruptcy court in Greenville, North Carolina. However, the “heavy presence” was not because of any specific threat associated with the building.

    DHS officials told the station that armed Homeland Security agents were out in full force “as part of their community outreach to let people know that they are in the area.”

    The feds were also present in order to remind people about the DHS’ “See Something, Say Something” domestic snitch program.

    The visible presence of armed federal agents for no other reason than to represent a show of force will only deepen concerns that the Department of Homeland Security is becoming America’s domestic standing army, a notion posited by the Rutherford Institute’s John Whitehead in a widely circulated article last month.

    “The menace of a national police force, aka a standing army, vested with so much power cannot be overstated, nor can its danger be ignored,” wrote Whitehead, before listing numerous examples of how the DHS is instrumental in pushing America’s decline into a militarized police state.

    Frustration also centers around the fact that federal police are keeping themselves busy watching the American people while the country’s borders remain in a state of near chaos.

    As we reported recently, armed DHS agents, backed up by a Black Hawk helicopter and two armored vehicles, also staged a show of force in the small Illinois town of Livingston, all to catch one individual who is accused of downloading indecent images.

    The armed agents in the report out of Greenville were from the Federal Protective Service, a subdivision of the DHS.

    As we reported last year, Federal Protective Service officers were hired to guard an IRS building in St. Louis during a Tea Party protest against the federal agency’s discrimination targeting conservative groups. The FPS has previously been used to spy on protesters. In 2011, the DHS asserted that it had every right to spy on peaceful protest groups and had been using Federal Protective Service (FPS) agents to do so since at least 2006.

    Last October, the Department of Homeland Security announced its intention to spend $80 million dollars on hiring a raft of armed guards under the auspices of the FPS to protect IRS and other government buildings in upstate New York during “public demonstrations” and “civil disturbances.”

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      1. Good! Thanks for the free intel, DHS. Remember, this property is under 24/7 video and audio surveillance. Your names and faces are now on record. Have a nice day!

        • Illegal now murdered girlfriend and kidnapped kids (link at Drudge). Came here from Honduras. Story at Breitbart.

          • They don’t have to let us know when they are
            in the area, we can smell skunks a mile away.

            • Obama has used bullying tactics from the beginning — while teaching classes in our schools on how NOT to bully, instead of worthwhile subjects, such as history, math…..

              They want to frighten us. They have big guns which they can use against us. They have cameras and microphones everywhere so they know which ones to use their big guns against. Snowden didn’t really do any harm to the administration; they WANT us to know they are watching.

              • The “Boiling Frog” Tactic. Get the public used to visual presence. More overlapping us useless Gun Toting Federal Agencies.

                • I say if they go on the offensive against the American people…it’s everyone’s duty to shoot them, burn their dead bodies in the street with gasoline and hang their charred bodies from a bridge.

                  Same for the UN

                  Same for the cartel enforcers….

                  SO far the risk of death, capture and punishment and a general respect for law and order has kept the American citizen / taxpayer in a self-contained mode. However….sooner or later the globalist-controlled Fed will move to seize weapons, round up “terror” suspects etc. and when this happens it’s time for everybody to be willing to fight on their feet or live on their knees.

                  • BUT, they’ll do that INDIVIDUALLY, labeling whomever they target as a “criminal”, “terrorist”, “mentally-disturbed”, “child-pornographer”, “domestic violence” “dope dealer”, etc.–the things of which THEY, the Government are guilty of committing in order to have to label the dissident enemies of their State. Americans have been inactive because they wait for everybody else to lead the way–like sheep munching away until and unless the HERD bolts! By then, the menace will have taken its prey. The Powers-that-be, however, will commit atrocities against their own and, especially, against the people and then blame it on “reactionaries” (the people)–so as to make the peoples’ individually-armored RESISTANCE to GOVERNMENT’S violence something they can label as “terrorism”, etc. SELF-ARMORED resistance to obvious attacks by those who intend to enforce something on someone else is the defensible option–NOT, necessarily ,eliminating the things on which the Powers-that-be depend to be able to be the Powers-that-be, and CERTAINLY NOT in inflicting anything on the people as will the Powers-that-be.

                • Many are now focused on the influx of illegal children from Central America, that were put on trains and SENT to the U.S.

                  Why is this happening? They were ENCOURAGED to come?

                  Many radio stations in Central America have been broadcasting the news of promises of amnesty due a (relatively unknown) 2008 law.

                  Hmmm… That law was written when there were hordes of illegals from Mexico flooding the southern border, but very, very few illegals coming from central America.

                  Remember, this law WRITTEN AND PASSED by a Democratically controlled Congress and Senate. Then, shelved…until the time it was needed.

                  Meanwhile…
                  DEMS PUSH AMNESTY: ‘This is America. Doors are OPEN’
                  Breitbart dot com

                  • MEXICO-GUATEMALA FAST-TRACK DELIVERY OF ILLEGALS TO USA…

                    “Mexico and Guatemala have reached an agreement that is intended to make it easier and safer for Central Americans, including unaccompanied minors, to enter the United States illegally.

                    Though largely unreported in the U.S. mainstream media, the two nations agreed on July 7, in a presidential-level meeting in Mexico, to make it legal and safe for Central American immigrants, including unaccompanied minors, to cross Mexico’s border with Guatemala and transit Mexico en route to the U.S. border at the Rio Grande.

                    The agreement apparently does not recognize that the result of such trips – entry into the United States – remains illegal.”

                    http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/mexico-guatemala-fast-track-delivery-of-illegals-to-u-s/

                  • ALERT…..Russian separatists shot down Malaysian airlineS passenger jet 295 dead.

                • Ever have to deal with any Federal Agencies? You call them, and an idiot answers the phone, does not know anything, but can transfer you another idiot that does not anything or is not there and have to leave a message. Of course they never call you back. So you call again and ask for their supervisor who doesn’t know anything, but can transfer you to another department, again who does know anything, and after an hour of phone calls and transfers they finally give you a phone number which you call, and end up back at the same original idiot you first called. And these people probably sit at these desk answering phones and transferring for a weekly paycheck and are do nothings and know nothings, and like the last guy I spoke with, did not even know how to transfer a call and he gave up and gave me the same phone number which I originally called. Wanna know another reason why our Government is bankrupting us? There you go!!

              • Let them expose their hand…show their cards. Fine by me. If they seek to intimidate by show of force, they only embolden the resolve of true Americans standing on the foundational principles of what made this country once great.

                “Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” –The Art of War, Sun Tzu

                • Their weakness, besides their arrogance, is their reliance on intimidation to quell resistance. Once a few of these bastards are killed, or one of their patrols ambushed and wiped out, their aura of invincibility will be destroyed and other patriots will be emboldened to target them.

                  They have no idea what real resistance looks like. We can take a page or two from the Iraqis, who went up against our troops who were more heavily armored and better led than this batch of assholes.

                  • To the government. American’s standing internal army ARE the people, the national militia. DHS works for the citizens of this country, the people are the BOSS. The Constitution is about the preservation of the 2nd Amendment to GUARANTEE that armed thugs don’t take over in the name of a tyrant. And don’t you forget that, those in the government that think you can Gestapo America.

                  • Beautifully said, Mistress…!! Let me re-quote, it was so cool!

                    “Their weakness, besides their arrogance, is their reliance on intimidation to quell resistance. Once a few of these bastards are killed, or one of their patrols ambushed and wiped out, their aura of invincibility will be destroyed and other patriots will be emboldened to target them”. 😉

                  • Moon..I think y ou are wrong or you are sowing disinformation.When they come they will be ready and well equipt.

                  • May I use that quote on my website?

                  • Moon, I agree. Even all fed, state, and local agencies combined would still be outnumbered by the resistance we can muster. If DHS wants to f#$% with me, I’ll give them “lead and brass nutrients.”

                  • @EH,

                    Of course you can use it on your website; I would encourage the largest possible distribution by others as long as the purpose is to embolden those whom might one day find the courage to challenge these bullies.

                    I have no doubt I am on many of their lists; if I am not then I am wasting my time with these posts. I am not concerned about it because my purpose is to help others find their courage.

                    To those NSA lapdogs recording this, and the BATF thugs making their lists – We are not afraid of you and our current lack of resistance does not mean that there will be none. Before this is over you will be afraid of us.

                  • Kill the FED. Death to the New World Order!!! 🙂

                  • We must always be good students. By that I mean, observant. Carefully examining pictures of their equipment and protective gear will pay big dividends when the time comes. You’ll know where the armor ISN’T.

                    My local PD has their Fed-funded MRAP out on the street at events where the yokels can ooh and ahh…EXCELLENT! Great way to get a close up look at the hydraulics, visibility from the interior, etc.

                    Tactics: Don’t just read about what they say and then do. Clarify your understanding of their playbook so that their juggernaut will have a very terminal case of predictability.

                    I do not believe in underestimating an enemy but I see entirely too many good folks with defeatist attitudes. Take a look at how PD SWAT teams do everything they can to delay their entry into areas where shooters are. They know something that is very, very scary to them: The shooters don’t care if they go home that night but the cops definitely do.

                    Get ready to be fanatically patriotic about what needs to be done. REAL AMERICA will prevail over the monstrous abomination that our government has become.

                  • And NEVER Give up your GUNS!!!

                    Pass the word on about Jury Nullification.

                  • Russia says US policies pushing Russia and China closer… (At Zero Hedge)…its coming– look for it around the 1st of August (sun in Virgo): war.

                  • the durango kidd says:

                    “Kill the FED. Death to the New World Order!!!”

                    LMAO!

                    The durango kidd is not opposed to the FED.

                    He supports Central Banking… aka, the FED!

                    The durango kidd is not opposed to the New World Order either… If he were, he would oppose Central Banking.

                    Conclusion: The durango kidd supports the NWO and it’s Central Bank.

                • Yes let the DHS Nazi’s march around on US soil for a while to drum up more domestic hatred. Like Obama’s Gun Salesman of the Year Award. Brilliant!!

              • I agree with you DaisK. Every word except for the first one—should be “O-hitler” Scary, but history seems to be repeating itself. These people (DHS) have to be insane to act the way they do, stupid, arrogant ass holes.

                • I just had to repost this:

                  Arriving at the Gates of Heaven, Barack meets a man with a beard. ‘Are you Mohammed?’ he asks. ‘No my son, I am Peter. Mohammed is higher up.’ Peter then points to a ladder that rises into the clouds.

                  Delighted that Mohammed should be higher than Peter, Obama climbs the ladder in great strides, climbs up through the clouds and comes into a room where he meets another bearded man.

                  He asks again, ‘Are you Mohammed? ‘Why no he answers, I am Moses. Mohammed is higher still.’

                  Exhausted, but with a heart full of joy he climbs the ladder yet again, he discovers a larger room where he meets an angelic looking man with a beard. Full of hope, he asks again, ‘Are you Mohammed? ‘No, I am Jesus… You will find Mohammed higher up.’ Mohammed higher than Jesus!

                  Man oh man! Obama can hardly contain his delight and climbs and climbs ever higher. Once again, he reaches an even larger room where he meets this truly magnificent looking man with asilver white beard and once again repeats his question:

                  ‘Are you Mohammed?’ he gasps as he is, by now, totally out of breath from all his climbing.

                  ‘No, my son…. I am Almighty God, the Alpha and Omega. But you look exhausted. Would you like a cup of coffee?’

                  ‘Yes! Please, my Lord’ as God looks behind him, he claps his hands and yells out:

                  ‘Hey Mohammed– two coffees!’

                  • Sixpack, you must’ve been hanging around Eppe. That was real good.

                  • Six, you know wars have been started for less….
                    Loved the joke…

                  • Sixpack,
                    Great story. I wonder if our government is in the middle of conjouring up another ambush of one of our embassies over this tale of disgrace to the Moslem faith.
                    The only thing that might have made me laugh more would be if God ordered a couple baskets of deep fried pork chops.
                    Take Care,
                    — Miss Dee Dee

              • They are just f— us, right and left!

                The people of North Carolina should have told the thugs that if they want to catch some terrorists, they should go to our borders where all sorts of people are crossing… no ID, some with TB and Lord knows what else they’re bringing with them!)

              • DaisyK

                Wonder if their side arms are loaded with all that hollow point ammo they purchased?

                possee

              • …Learned it from and is doing if for the Bullies-in-Chief, Cheney-Bush! It WON’T be any better when the bigots get one of their lily-white good-ol’-boys in the Presidency. But, THEN, the problem will be declared to have been “solved” by the right-wingers and then, business-as-usual will resume with no complaints from the fascists followers–like was so under Cheney-Bush. NO, I’m NOT a “liberal” (socialist). I’m an INDIVIDUAL libertarian (NOT the right-wing-hijacked Libertarian Party).

              • Hello all… this is MY home town, I have friends in Greenville.
                The word on the street is; WTF?

                The Dark man turns even the demonrats against him…
                The velvet glove is coming off, when it does, patriots, understand wtf is up. But now, he is creating more and more patriots with these bully tactics. Even the county mounties are asking wtf “They only have jurisdiction in Federal buildings.”

                Unh huh.
                “The SS have come to town…”, says a deputy friend…

                The III
                We are everywhere…

            • I thought I smelled something bad yesterday. The wind was blowing from that direction.

          • Heavy presence…..you better bring a heavy presence….especially in Arizona….
            Bring your proverbial lunch…. We are waiting for you………….””?.

          • Just committing the murders Americans won’t!

        • the old addage “IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU ARE IN RANGE”

          • Sign on the Door –
            Due to the Cost increase in Ammo,
            We will no longer give Warning Shots.

            • or, said another way, “all warning shots directed at center-mass”

        • I will respect the authority of a county sheriff as long as he follows the Constitution. I respect no other and will fight these fed unconstitutional scum to the death.

        • tell those pussys to come on down here I need their help

          snake

      2. In other news, two flights of military helicopters just passed over my house last evening headed north. Numerous Chinooks and Blackhawks in standard formation.

        • Nathan, I have lived in Wisconsin most of my life, Hubby is retired Army, and he used to work for our local Hospital and we are very familiar with the air traffic over our heads, like med flights, and some Helicopters from Fort McCoy bringing in someone to the Hospital, a week or so ago, late sleeper me, jumped out of bed to see what the commotion was, and verified with my Husband they were indeed Military jets, many of them, shaking our house as they flew over! First time ever!! Asked on a Wis Patriot page if they had heard of any reason why this would be and they said no! In the 30 yrs I have lived at this house I have never seen this before! ?????

          • @Wanda – WISCONSIN- Central WI – FEMA detention facility.
            Ft. McCoy – Rex 84 Program Emergency custodial facility in western WI, 30 miles east of Lacrosse, between the point where 90 and 94 intersect.

            Full List of all FEMA Concentration Camps Nation Wide –
            http://www.flyingsnail.com/Dahbud/femaconcentrationcamps.html

            Prepare if necessary to bury wire/bolt cutters on the fence line “today” if you need to escape on another day. Google overhead Terrain Maps should assist with this task. lol

            • They’ll be looking for that, then.

          • for Wanda Grubbs
            Just read an article about illegals being transported into Wisconsin. Hundreds going to Madison and Milwakee.
            Some of that article is this
            Madison Mayor Paul Soglin told Wisconsin Reporter Monday the city is working with several organizations, including Centro Hispano of Dane County, to find a facility of at least 90,000 square feet to shelter between 150 and 250 unaccompanied child immigrants.

            Soglin said the federal government is hoping to have a self-contained structure ready in the Madison area as soon as possible. But he said his office has not identified any public or private buildings that meet the criteria.

            The Federal Emergency Management Agency also contacted Catholic Charities in Milwaukee to find facilities that could handle several hundred undocumented minors, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported late last week.

            The Rev. David Bergner, director of the Milwaukee chapter of Catholic Charities, told Wisconsin Reporter Monday the federal government is seeking room for up to 300 children.

            “I was asked between 100 and 300, but I don’t think the 300 is going to happen,” Bergner said. “Basically, if we take 100 and do a good job, that’s better than taking too many and not doing a good job.”

            Catholic Charities has found three potential sites in the Milwaukee area, and now it’s up to FEMA to make the next decision, Bergner said.

          • “Asked on a Wis Patriot page if they had heard of any reason why this would be and they said no!”

            They are preparing for World War 3.

        • I usually don’t worry too much when people talk about military vehicles/aircraft, there’s usually a reasonable excuse… BUT… over the last 10 days I’ve had staggered flights of 5-7 heavy helicopters moving towards the southwest in Montgomery County Ohio. This is unusual for the area, Wright-Patt AFB and the Army depot do not have/use aircraft such as this on a regular basis and the ones that pass through a couple times a year are in pairs. Take this for what you will.

          • on 7/2 i saw what appeared to be a large military cargo plane take of from Rome AFB in upstate NY. Funny thing is, it was converted to an office park 15 yrs ago.

            • @Infidel – FEMA Concentration Camps in NY.
              NEW YORK
              Albany – FEMA detention facility.
              Buffalo – FEMA detention facility.
              Ft. Drum – upstate New York near St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, close to Canada. Probable location for eastern processing for prisoners. Both waterways may be used for transport.
              Watertown – FEMA detention facility.

          • @Marcus – Ohio FEMA Concentration Camps
            OHIO
            Cincinnati – FEMA detention facility.
            Cleveland – FEMA detention facility.
            Columbus – FEMA detention facility.
            Lima – FEMA detention facility.

            Full List of all FEMA Concentration Camps Nation Wide –
            http://www.flyingsnail.com/Dahbud/femaconcentrationcamps.html

            Prepare if necessary to bury wire/bolt cutters on the fence line “today” if you need to escape on another day. Google overhead Terrain Maps should assist with this task. lol

        • The odds of winning the Florida lottery are 1 in 22,957,480.

          The odds of winning the Powerball is 1 in 175,223,510.

          The odds of winning Mega Millions is 1 in 258,89 0,850.

          The odds of a disk drive failing in any given month are roughly one in 36. The odds of two different drives failing in the same month are roughly one in 36 squared, or 1 in about 1,300. The odds of three drives failing in the same month is 36 cubed or 1 in 46,656.

          The odds of seven different drives failing in the same month (like what happened at the IRS when they received a letter asking about emails targeting conservative and pro Israeli groups) is 37 to the 7th power = 1 in 78,664,164,096. (that’s over 78 Billion) In other words, the odds are greater that you will win the Florida Lottery 342 times than having those seven IRS hard drives crashing in the same month.
          think about it… JUST FOR A MINUTE!

          • The e-mails probably didn’t reside on the desktop’s local HD. They were probably on a server.

            • Re- “FEMA camps”. Have addresses? Or at least something better than referencing major metro areas taken off the old website? Not that I don’t buy the FEMA camp thing but there’s got to be better intel than THAT. My groups heard local rumors and reconned the sites but they generally turn out to be incorrect. Me personally, I say those FEMA folks are mobile enough to turn any handy open area into an instant “Welcome Center”

          • Anybody with a half a brain, knows the IRS destroyed emails were internal sabotage to cover up their crime. Somebody decided that sabotage was less worse, than the crime itself? I would put them all in prison until somebody comes forward. Somebody knows something. Let their peers sort out the Perp.

      3. Yeah, wow. Time to stop this, we are now well past the point of no longer having the consent of the governed. The social contract is breached by over-reaching government.

        How to stop it? SIMPLE! On a certain pre-arranged day we have a one day GENERAL STRIKE. Two weeks later it’s a TWO DAY general strike. Two weeks after that a THREE DAY general strike.

        What’s a general strike? Staing home, not going to work and not buying anything from anywhere, including on-line sources.

        OL

        • REf: Old Libertarian

          I am with you because if we were willing it would have an effect….and a worse effect when society gave/caved in ….but

          1) Do you know of anyone who is willing to put those damn phones down for a minute …must less days on end ?

          2) How many people would be willing to ” Not Go ” to Walmart for days ….hell most people feel like they need to go everyday !!!
          3) Who would be willing to stop riding around burning up gas in their big ole SUVs and trucks going places spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need ?
          4) How many people do you know that are prepared with the physical aspects of things to protect themselves and have you ever wondered …Are they ” Really ” willing to use them ???
          5) Who is willing to unplug the television ?

          On and On and On……

          Sadly…..I have varied doubts about what will truly happen when it all comes down…..

          Now back to your regularly scheduled program…sorry..I meant to say ” Agenda “.

          • Hiya 3rdDown,

            Im willing to put my phone down for a day or two or three or a week if need be (except in an emergency, of course) and I bet most who visit this site would too. I don’t know about the “sheople” who don’t and I never suggested my solution would be “easy” though it is SIMPLE (there is a big difference :).

            I never go to walmart (or asda as it’s known here in the UK), but I bet the same applies as stated in the above paragraph.

            Over the course of my life, I find most people are decent and once they are given to understand the “why” of something they tend to do what’s necessary, desire or perceived in their best interests. Our job then is to give the sheople enough “whys” so they WANT to follow the simple plan I suggest.

            If they have the “whys” then if they watch the tel(i)evision it should make no difference. The idea here is to do NOTHING PRODUCTIVE FOR THE STATE during the general strike; which basically is not working, not shopping, not spending so as to cut off funding and cooperation.

            I don’t have all the answers, no one person does, but I believe this method (increasingly long general strikes) is THE most viable one to attempt resolving the governments breach of the social contract (construct?) without violence. At least it ought to be attempted before there is a full on shooting war which sadly seems closer and closer to fruition every day.

            OL

          • People who hang out on sites like this will be disappointed when the average Joe Blow could care less as to whether they are enslaved or free as long as their shows come on and the mall is open. Only after all that is gone too will they wake up.

            • indeed.

        • Stop driving or flying for ever and see much of this Big Oil -supported and controlled rich man’s economy go flat. They’d start labeling bike riders as “terrorists” and make such civil disobedience a “crime” against “the (their)economy”…bringing the Powers-that-be out of the woodwork in open attack against the (better be self-armored) masses. …Good idea, Old Libertarian!

      4. Get ready. The “End Game” is close at hand!

        • SANDBAGS – Get them Now!!

        • DHS and other federal agencies are preparing to activate their “Continuity Of Government” plans. When the US Dollar collapses, it will likely happen quickly, perhaps overnight. Many believe that this is a “planned” collapse. It may involve a simultaneous, multiple incident false flag attack, possibly including the detonation of several low-yield thermonuclear devices in some of the larger metropolitan areas of the country.

          Such an event would possibly result in a total grid-down collapse of the entire North American continent.

          When that happens, the vast majority of the population will be completely unprepared. Given the moral and cultural decline of the USSA over the past 50 years, many of the survivors will likely resort to acts of extreme violence in an effort to stay alive.

          If DHS would like to be the front line troops against this zombie apocalypse, then they’re going to need all of the hollow-point ammunition that they can get their hands on.

          My only question would be to ask these federal agents where they plan on sheltering their families during such a catastrophic event.

          Perhaps these are the people whom the FEMA camps are intended to house?

          • …Or, are being held hostage in, to blackmail the agents into compliance against the people. SELF-reliance is the key to real survival. DUMP the modern world and its gadgets NOW and you’ll have a better handle on living in the post-modern, neo-medieval world without thinking you’d have to rob others BUT, with the ability to defend yourself against others who think they do.

      5. OOPS, forgot to add the bit about “and so on and on until they get it and change their ways” which should be placed after the three day general strike sentence. My bad. Sorry

        OL

        • THEY won’t change their ways. WE have to change OURS by dumping our dependence on theirs.

      6. We like oureach programs too. Most in our community are good reaching out to 200 yards.

        • Or a tad farther IF needed…and they probably will be needed.

        • if you need a .300 that will reach out past 3/4 a mile let me know , thats how a flat lander rolls

          • Today’s Prepping Tip: Ballistics- I will not get into the details of this subject here, just understand the Ballistics of sending a bullet down range from your rifle. There are plenty of charts out there reflecting bullet drop at longer ranges past 200 yards, 300 yrds, 400 etc. Know your weapon, and consider the twist of the barrel, length of the barrel, the caliber, bullet weight and co-efficient, wind and cross winds, MOA, the degrees of slope if shooting down hill or up hill. You can buy a Ballistic calculator for about $35 that will calculate all of this data together to give you the best shot performance to hit your target the first time. For a quick sighting in of a rifle and scope without taking a shot or wasting ammo, is to get “Barrel Laser Sight” that fits in the barrel chamber, shoots a beam out of your barrel, to an object or target say at 100 yrds away, and your can dial in your scope cross-hairs to the laser point. Take a couple of shots to verify accuracy of your scope. Of course plenty of practice and making sure your rifle and scope are sighted in adds to your productivity of “One Shot-One Kill.” Let er’ Rip!!

            • WWTI, You are dead on, one of my favorite quotes is “Know thy GUN”…

            • Keyboard Commando.

              • Ref: The Old Coach…

                I understand…..

                Gotta ask…..have you or do ever read any of these blogs and ask yourself…

                1) I wonder if that person served in the Military ?

                2) Has that person/s ever truly been in a “Fire Fight”

                3) Have any of these people “Ever” experience the pure “We may be in a World of Shit ” factor of several well trained squads of men advancing on them…..

                4) How many people do you think have been anywhere near a ” War” ? Ever sent anything down range that wasn’t meant for a paper target ?

                More so lately …as I look around and talk to people I catch myself asking these questions…over and over

                And think…..This shit ain’t gonna be nothing like most people think it is going to be……

                • The vast majority of people have never held or fired a weapon, have no clue as to the safe use of one and would just as soon see all guns in the hands of citizens be banned. The old days of most people including women having some shooting experience are long gone. Look at the average fat ass walking around and you can get an idea as to how long any resistance if any should even happen will last. Most of then could not run a hundred yards even if their life depended on it. Being in shape is one of the basics of staying alive.

                • That ESPECIALLY goes for those who think their highly-estoterically-produced guns and those guns’ dependence on equally estorically-made and deniable supply of ammunition, radios and gadgetry will be sustainable and not defeatable by their enemies even BEFORE “SHTF”, simply by expecting things to occur as imagined. Those ARE, however, the weaknesses of the enemy as well!

              • You could not be more correct coach. Morons like who’d athunkit and braveheart are total hot air bags who have never fired a shot in anger and will run screaming like little girls if anything ever does happen. They’re both full of shit along with a few others around here.

                • Or are cowards that hide behind a generic Anonymous name and make baseless accusations, which add zero to any conversation.

                  • Yeah, like your REAL name is whowuudathunkit right? It probably is considering YOUR lineage you full of shit nutbag.

            • Very true , 300 is mostly ineffective out passed 1000 yards
              But 1000 yards is the common run at a few government classes that run the 300
              If you could dot an eye at 1000 yds with a 300 win mag , I think pink mist is what you’d see

          • Thx VRF. Got it covered. Love to watch em sail out to 1K but that range is at a mil base and some of us wont go there nowadays.
            That said, aint nothin like a prairie dog hunt. Remember why theyre hunted.

            • wish I had that much yard to play in all the time, have to use it too conservatively here like 250 -300 yard ranges for now , and cost of ammo brings the festivities to an end way too soon for my liking

              • and this is why we reload

        • I would be building reinforced bunkers on the edge of town to keep an eye on all incoming traffic 24/7 or use stealth video live feed cameras for monitoring unwelcome visitors. LP-OPs and set your town up with an early warning system to alert the people. Like a church bell, air raid siren, horns, ham radio, etc.
          Folks this is just like going back to the Revolutionary war. The DHS is coming!! The DHS is coming!! Every minute in advance to muster is to your advantage. Make friends with people on the roads of the outskirts of your town to give you an early warning of Incoming. The more eyes on alert the better.

        • …True. And remember, THEIR range isn’t any better that yours! And where it is, you can armor against that to a great degree also.

      7. The best thing is to probably say nothing to them. Although I’d be tempted to yell at them that MS-13 and Terrorists aare crossing our border and why aren’t you there?

        • They aren’t there because those aren’t the people they are training to fight.

        • You should definitely let them know! They are so desperate to act like a great cop, tell them how to be the best they can be!

        • First, the ONLY authority those who serve within the federal government was given was to decide what it will take for LEGAL immigrants the STATES decide to let in to be come US citizens.

          US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4: “Clause 4 – To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;”

          That is the ONLY duty those who serve within the federal government was given concerning immigration.

          Section 9: “The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress…”

          Immigration is up to each STATE. When those who serve within the federal government try to force states they make themselves traitors and are attacking the state(s) involved.

          • And, “Treason against the United States, shall consist only ONLY) in levying War against them (THEM), or in adhering to their (THEIR) Enemies, giving them (THEIR enemies) Aid and Comfort.” The United States are referred to here (as in all of the U.S. Constitution) in the plural, severally, merely acting in Union–NOT as provinces of a “federal” State of America. The several United States are the real NATIONS of U.S. America. Their peoples are, however, INDIVIDUALLY sovereign unto themselves, necessarily recognizing the sovereignty and inviolability of everyone else in their FREE States.

        • How many terrorists have crossed the border on obammies watch? Anybody know?

          • Shit loads.

            How many terrorists live in Washington DC? Anyone know?

            • An easy question to answer that would be,
              how many dead people are there in the cemetery?

              • Easy answer — all of them.

        • The reason they are where they should not be is because of the old management directive to ” LOOK BUSY “. Now if your Homeland Security boss and his bosses ( B.O. and Holder) say not to secure our borders , What do you expect these drug induced morons are supposed to do ?
          — Miss Dee Dee

      8. Big deal, Customs and Border Protection (DHS) has a small international airport operation at the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, the main office is in Greer. There are also a few Natl. Guard and Military posts in the area (Columbia) for one.

        • WHERE IS OBAMA REALLY SHIPPING ILLEGAL KIDS?

          “They are saying they’re NOT going to give us that information.”

          “Eyewitnesses at dozens of points across the United States have begun working together to track down where the tens of thousands of illegal alien children from Central America are ending up, because the federal government won’t disclose many details of its handling of the immigration crisis.”

          “NumbersUSA Executive Director Roy Beck told WND it’s clear that the Obama administration’s dispersal of the children across the nation conflicts with its promise that many will be returned to their home countries.”
          “[They want to keep this] as secret as possible for as long as possible,”

          “…if the government INTENDED TO RETURN THEM, it “wouldn’t DISPERSE them them, because it’s HARDER to find them.”

          (Interactive map in link)

          WND dot com

          • They will not be going back and by the end of the year their families will also be here on welfare and enjoying more rights than the legally born here going back for generations Americans. Hope all those who voted for this get it shoved up their ass real hard and deep. Too late now nothing is going to stop it, in fact it will probably increase and most likely many areas of the country will soon have a majority foreign population. Our turn to be the Indians. make a plan to survive.

      9. Yeah I’ll “See something, Say something”, to my like minded friends. I just finished rereading “Unintended Consequences”. Kind of has a nice ring to it. Everyone, eyes open; stay frosty.

        • Inundate the snitch lines with earnest reports of odd looking turds in the RR at Wal Mart.

      10. Calgagus,
        brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “Varmint Hunting”

        Semper Fi 8541′

        • Does indeed Night Breaker.
          Remember to switch out the targets during practice drills.

      11. Attention DHS :
        We are here TOO ! And we will be watching everything you and everywhere you go…24/7 . So keep THAT in mind!

      12. study the history of Germany during the 30’s
        and the rise of the Brown Shirts and the Gestapo

        way too many similarities for my liking

        what we are developing in this country
        is an iron fist in a velvet glove

        but make no mistake about it
        we are headed towards a police state

        • We’re already there. It’s just that a velvet glove covers the fist at the moment, because a gauntlet would wake too many people up too soon.

        • “we are headed towards a police state”

          Too late , already there

          • If I had any sense I would flee/leave, this/my country, before the door closes and I’m trapped.

            Everyone on this site knows without a doubt that “they” are preparing for “something”. And they something is not good, at least from a person that loved this Constitution Republic that protected our GOD given rights. But that country is dead. They want it dead, so they can transition to world government. This is not conspiracy, we’ve all see their private statements. It’s been their intention to “move past” nation states for a long time.

            Remember, the Supreme Court justified the internment of Japanese Americans for years during the second world war and they are allowing the erection of a police state now.
            Why? Because they know what is coming and they are allowing the control system to be built.

            We all know that they will do anything to maintain control and God help anyone who gets in their way.

            Sorry about the rant, and I’m ashamed to admit, that I am afraid of what is happening to this once great nation.

            • Justice,

              I’ve been travelling all across the globe for the past 5 years on business. 4 months ago I finally rotated back home to the US permanently. I can say without a doubt that this is last nation where freedom has a foothold thanks to our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Patriots.

              That may sound incredulous in the face of the overt tyrannical behavior being observed in the government today, but it is far worse in other parts of the world.

              The U.S. government is still in the process of taking slow careful steps into the waters of tyranny so as not to raise alarms. When freedom is lost here in the U.S., the rest of the world will descend into a very dark abyss. There is no place to run, no place to hide. Preserving freedom here in the U.S. will be most righteous of all battles I can think of.

              It would appear that the die is already cast, and the lines are drawn. All that is needed now is the catalyst to set the event in motion.

              • and they sure are working hard at finding or making that event take place

                • VRF,

                  >>”and they sure are working hard at finding or making that event take place”<<

                  Yes they are. So far they have been checkmated at every attempt by folks who simply will not go along with the script. I suspect that with each failed attempt on the part of the government, they are growing increasingly more creative and desperate. At this point it is difficult for me to imagine what that catalyst event will look like, but it will probably make 9/11 look like a dress rehearsal.

                  • They will nuke a city or two and blame it on militia groups cooperating with muslim terrorists. Conveniently, one of the nukes will fail to go off, probably the one in DC, and from the evidence they produce they will be able to link it to the militias. In one blow they will have started the Mideast war they want so badly, and set the stage for martial law and targeting of the freedom movement, which the resulting overdue financial collapse will also be pinned upon.

              • @YH- All that is needed now is the catalyst to set the event in motion.
                For half of the US Population that SHTF catalyst will be when TV no longer works, or cellphones, or when they are out of toilet paper and none is left on the shelf to buy.

                • You ARE a REAL nutjob there whodoo.

            • Justice,

              This quote from Heraclitus always manages to provide me some inspiration when things are looking bleak.

              “For every one hundred men you send us, Ten should not even be here.

              Eighty are nothing but targets.

              Nine of them are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they the battle make.

              Ah, but the one. One of them is a Warrior, and he will bring the others back.”

              -Heraclitus 500 B.C.

              • @YH: The Warrior today is called the “Sheep-Dog”

            • where ya gonna run to ? if its a global government and you cant leave the globe then you may as well dig in and fight the fight right here where you can find like minded folk . this is a problem you cant run from . get over it

        • There is no constitutional authority given to any of our governments to create a governmental professional law enforcement agency. Actually it is forbidden. The ONLY constitutional law enforcement is sheriffs and each state’s Militia (the citizens of the state). It qualifies as terrorism against the USA and her people: “28 C.F.R. Section 0.85 Terrorism is defined as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives”.”

          2nd Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”

          “Well regulated” means “trained”.

          “We the People” are the Militia of the several states. We are the lawful Defenders of Liberty within our nation from both domestic and foreign enemies. We are the lawful enforcer of all laws that are in Pursuance thereof the US Constitution and follows each state’s Constitution. The “People” as the Militia of the several states ARE the LAWFUL defenders of ourselves, our families, property, counties, cities, states, and of our nation. So when a state’s Militia goes out to assist a family / city / county / state or the nation itself, the people as the “sovereigns” lawfully call themselves forth, as the ONLY governmental body that is LAWFULLY charged to carryout those duties.

          US Constitution, Article I, Section. 8, Clause 11: “To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water”.

          The congress has the duty to grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal when they are needed to enforce the US Constitution, the laws, or defend the people and the nation. This is using private citizens in their own privately owned crafts to defend the USA and her people, this is using the Militia.

          This clause is very straightforward also. The militia of each state is taxed with the defense of the USA and her people, not just with the defense of their state; and they are to be armed with weapons that can repel any invasions bearing modern weapons of war. Congress is required to provide those military grade weapons for each state’s Militia in Clause 16.

          Clause 16: “To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress”.

          Each state’s Militia is made up of “We the People” protecting our own interests, homes, states, nation, and enforcing our governments. The Militia has as its constitutionally assigned duties to:

          Enforce the US Constitution and each state’s Constitution,
          Enforce and keep the “Laws of the Union” (which is constitutional laws ONLY),
          Protect the country against all enemies both domestic and foreign, and
          “to suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions”.

          The US Constitution guarantees to each state its own “Republican form of government”. It is every state’s Militia that is the ONLY Constitutionally assigned force to “counter Invasions” and “Domestic Violence” within our nation.

          Richard Henry Lee: “A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves …”

          George Mason, Co-author of the Second Amendment: “I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.”

          Samuel Adams: “It is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among them, over which they have no control … The Militia is composed of free Citizens. There is therefore no danger of their making use of their Power to the destruction of their own Rights, or suffering others to invade them..”

          Patrick Henry: “If you have given up your militia, and Congress shall refuse to arm them, you have lost every thing. Your existence will be precarious, because you depend on others, whose interests are not affected by your infelicity.”

          Tench Cox: “… for THE POWERS OF THE SWORD ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE YEOMANRY OF AMERICA FROM SIXTEEN TO SIXTY. [82] The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the militia? are they not ourselves. Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American. What clause in the state or federal constitution hath given away that important right…. The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the foederal or state governments, but where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.”

          Joel Barlow: “… not only permitting every man to arm, but obliging him to arm.”

          Cockrum v. State: “The right of a citizen to bear arms, in lawful defense of himself or the State, is absolute. He does not derive it from the State government. It is one of the high powers delegated directly to the citizen, and is excepted out of the general powers of government. A law cannot be passed to infringe upon or impair it, because it is above the law, and independent of the lawmaking power”

          Bliss v. Commonwealth: “Arms restrictions – even concealed weapons bans – are unconstitutional, since arms bearing is an individual right and the legislature may not restrict any aspect of such a right.”

          Nunn vs. State:’The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.’ The right of the whole people, old and young, men, women and boys, and not militia only, to keep and bear arms of every description, and not such merely as are used by the milita, shall not be infringed, curtailed, or broken in upon, in the smallest degree; and all this for the important end to be attained: the rearing up and qualifying a well-regulated militia, so vitally necessary to the security of a free State. Our opinion is that any law, State or Federal, is repugnant to the Constitution, and void, which contravenes this right”.

        • Yeah, have you read Naomi Wolfe’s books? She pointed out amazing similarities– almost as if they read the playbook of Mousilini(sp?) and Hitler and did exactly as they did!

          • If I recall correctly, there are large swathes of the gun control acts of 1968 that were taken verbatim from the Nazi weapons bans. I believe I remember seeing a side-by-side comparison in translation and it, indeed, was an exact copy in large parts.

            I guess if you have the mindset of a Nazi there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel when it comes to tyranny.

          • Naomi Wolfe is a Marxist. Did you even pay attention when you read her trash? No wonder we keep losing with such as you on the team.

        • Yes Satori. We have a black (1/2 black) Hitler trying to disarm us while at the same time, arming any and every other country that hates us. I’m wondering where all of the ammo is that the government stock piled. You know what Hitler did to Poland to get the ball rolling. Our border is not quite a nightmare—yet. He keeps poking, poking, poking. What’s next ??? Not good.

          • Notice how many of the new child border jumpers are actually adults? many MS-13. They will be part of the new army. Expect no mercy.

        • Headed? We’re all ready a police state.
          Unlock yer piece and repel boarders. Keep yer finger on the trigger and none of the pc sheet.

      13. APOLOGIES IF THIS IS A REPOST – it seems my first attempt didn’t pass the censors…

        Yeah, wow. Time to stop this, we are now well past the point of no longer having the consent of the governed. The social contract is breached by over-reaching government.

        How to stop it? SIMPLE! On a certain pre-arranged day we have a one day GENERAL STRIKE. Two weeks later it’s a TWO DAY general strike. Two weeks after that a THREE DAY general strike, and so on until they get it and change their ways.

        What’s a general strike? Staing home, not going to work and not buying anything from anywhere, including on-line sources.

        OL

        • George H.W.Bush was the one who coined the NWO term. He is a one Worlder. Understand now why his son George W. never mad any attempt to control the border? Because to these elitist one Worlders there are no borders. Except of course around their stuff.

      14. See Something Say Something….

        We should flood that line with calls non stop about ILLEGALS crossing our border every single day.

      15. Ok folks…..will be headed to griswold CT on Saturday to stand wih those protesting the out of control situation at the southern border. Who from CT will join me? Link of protest sights on previous thread.

        • Im not from CT but I’ll try to make it to the Griswold one. According to numbersusa.org ‘s map, there’s already illegal aliens centers in Massachusetts, at least 3 of them. Time to say enough is enough. Lets show them Murrieta isn’t the only voice in town!

        • What’s in Griswold?

          • Protest of immigration policies run amok. On the previous thread there is a link to a list of protests this Friday Saturday in all states.

      16. Private Army, Goon Squad, Jack Booted Thugs, Brown Shirts in Blue, take your pick it’s a whole new world in America.

        Does anyone know if DHS Police take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution??

        My guess is these boys will be like New Orleans PD during Katrina, 30% will abandon they’re post. 30% will actually protect and serve and 40% will fire on or take arms from law abiding citizens. They are the National Police, any questions??

        • “Does anyone know if DHS Police take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution?”

          If they don’t then they do not have any lawful authority here – they would be just a gang attacking citizens.

          But when they break that Oath they commit a felony and no longer have any lawful power here under our legitimate government either.

          First, for those of us who still stand for the U.S. Constitution and all that is in Pursuance thereof it as our legitimate government and THE supreme law of this land, the only crimes assigned to the federal government in the Constitution under federal authority are Treason, Piracy, Counterfeiting, and International law violations. That’s it! All other law enforcement matters are under the authority of the individual states.

          Second – As Dr Edwin Vieira states in his book “Constitutional “Homeland Security” Volume 1: the Nation in Arms”: “That means “that NONE of those tasks are assigned to the Army, to a Navy, to a (constitutionally unknown) National Guard, or least of all to any unnamed professional police, security, or intelligence agencies of the General Government or of any state or locality. Rather, the Constitution’s explicit emphasis on the Militia as the preeminent forces by politicians of a garrison, “national-security”, or police state…
          So those bound by Oath who “knowingly, with willful blindness, or in reckless disregard of the consequences of his/her action” votes for an unconstitutional act, bill, etc; when a “President or state governor refuses to veto it and instead executes it; or when a Judge, either of the supreme and inferior courts of the general government, or of any state knowingly declares such a statute valid and enforceable – each and every one of them violates his oath of office….
          A remedy MUST exist for every individual harmed by each and every violation. That remedy MUST impose some personal liability on the violator – it being his own Oath or Affirmation he himself forswore. And that personal liability cannot be evaded by his or his cronies’ assertion of some ersatz official immunity”. (End quote by Dr Edwin Vieira)

          Remember that the US Constitution allows for ONLY one official immunity (ONE!). Using an “”implied power to create “official immunities” for themselves would allow them to negate the express requirement that “they shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution”… “for any public official to create or assert a purported “official immunity’ for himself or any other official” is itself a violation of his Oath or Affirmation”. Dr. Edwin Vieira.

          There is no statute of limitations on any act that breaks the Oath or Affirmation, or goes against the US Constitution, more importantly every unlawful deed that continues to remain on the books and is not destroyed by those reps who are later elected make them equally guilty of those crimes as long as harm continues to those who are having those crimes enforced against them.

          Also – There’s NO such thing as “emergency powers” that anyone serving or working within either of the state or federal governments in the USA that they can “evoke”, not lawfully. Those within the federal or state governments can claim “emergency powers” for anything they want and the ONLY thing they do is make criminals of those who are too ignorant or are domestic enemies of the USA and actually try to enforce these “pretend” “laws” when they should have immediately arrested those who wrote and gave those orders. They fooled the people who never bothered to learn what part they themselves play within our nation, what powers they actually were granted to use, and now the people are paying for it.

        • “Does anyone know if DHS Police take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution”

          negative.

        • Here is the Oath of CIS- Citizens of Immigration:
          The new Oath of Allegiance obtained by CIS reads as follows: Solemnly, freely, and without any mental reservation, I hereby renounce under oath all allegiance to any foreign state. My fidelity and allegiance from this day forward is to the United States of America. I pledge to support, honor, and be loyal to the United States, its Constitution and laws. Where and if lawfully required, I further commit myself to defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, either by military, noncombatant, or civilian service. This I do solemnly swear, so help me God.

          Kind of Contradictory that they entered the US in violation of Immigration Laws in the first place, then promise not to do it again. wink wink…

          • Federal Employee Oath of Office
            I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. Or Unless the President (self appointed King) invokes NDAA and all bets are off, so help me King.

          • Just a question…..

            We have duel citizens in our congress. They claim citizenship of both America and Israel. What ‘oath’ of allegiance do they owe to what country?

            Google dual citizens in congress and you will find those bastards are the ones supporting anti gun legislation, taking Christianity out of America, all the laws that most of us here on shtf are so up in arms over.

            Any idea why these dual citizen congressmen and women are supporting the destruction of America? Just for starters they are some of our ‘favorites’. Feinstein, Schumer, Boxer, etc.

            • These Zionists only have ONE TRUE OATH, and that is to Greed, Hate, Oppression and Global Control.

              Don’t forget Jewish Puppet Sen Leiberman, Who wants Israel to bomb Palestine more. Just think he almost was a Vice President. Yikes!!

              • Understand US History; and how the Jewish Cult infiltrates the Presidency. Did you know this: Eleanore Roosevelt had a Jewish Dyke Mistress?

                Eleanor Roosevelt had an affair with journalist Lorena Hickock. (jew) Who worked for the AP Associated Press.

                During World War II, Franklin and his mistress lived in one wing of the White House.

                Eleanor and her female (JEW DYKE) lover occupied the other.

                Lorena A. Hickok was a notable woman journalist of the early twentieth century whose career was greatly altered by her friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt. After reporting for several newspapers across the country, Hickok became one of the first women hired by the Associated Press wire service (AP) in 1928. She was assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt during Franklin Roosevelt’s first campaign for the presidency of the United States, at which time they became very good friends. Hickok later became the first reporter to conduct an on-the-record interview with a First Lady. However, when their friendship began to conflict with her loyalty to the AP, Hickok resigned from that organization in 1933. As an investigator for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Hickok’s reports from her fact-finding tours contained information on unemployment and relief, but also captured the human side of the bitterness and heroism of Americans caught in economic disaster. In the 1950s Hickok and Mrs. Roosevelt coauthored a book on women in politics, and in 1962 Hickok wrote a biography of Mrs. Roosevelt. Before her death in 1968, Hickok lamented the loss of her notable newspaper career, saying it was the only thing she had done really well. (HTH) Besides the infiltration in political circles all to influence American Policy favorably for Israel and the Jewish People through sexual favors.

                Guess who own’s the AP- Associated Press? ANSWER: Reuters and the Associated Press are owned by the Rothschild Family

            • Well Granny these people you named have on allegiance to anyone or country, only to self. Back in the 70’s there was no such thing. If you were caught with 2 passports form 2 different countries you were 1. a criminal or 2. a spy.

              Many a democratic supporter has duel citizenship so if caught for criminal acts they flee to Israel. I can’t think of a case where Israel has ever extradited a citizen. Others do it for a separate pension.

      17. This is an exercise in intimidation. Without their armoured vehicles, body armour, flash – bang gernades, they are nothing.

        • And with that stuff they are supplies.
          Body armor wont stop a head shot from cover and concealment!

          • Hey Kulafarmer – My Pineapples are beginning to ripen here in FL. Just had the first one of the season, and they are sweet and delicious as usual. I have about 120 plants in my yard, but only get about a dozen or 2 to produce fruit annually. These here don’t grow as big as they do out there, but still tasty. The size of them out in your area would make great targets for practice shots on, from your cover and concealment bunker. ha.

          • I like the term “mobile caches”.

          • They can be ambushed and killed with impunity with a little bit of planning. For example, a small group of a half dozen patriots could manufacture several hundred lbs of black powder from ingredients that can be purchased without suspicion at any Home Depot or Lowes. I will not give the recipe here; it is easily googled and sites for amateur fireworks have the best instructions. Once about 500lbs is manufactured, it can be planted inside a foreclosed house under the crawlspace. An anonymous call is made to these thugs claiming that militant groups have automatic weapons stashed there, and when they show up to do their SWAT type raid, the blackpowder is command detonated once the team inside. The entire squad would be wiped out, and if snipers placed at standoff distances were present, they would be able to take out the inevitable big bosses who would show up soon after to supervise the investigation.

            Several episodes like this, and they would be forced to change their SWAT team tactics and assume that every house to which they were sent is a trap, and that anonymous calls revealing weapons caches are attempts to set up more ambushes. In one fell swoop, two tools of the police state have been neutralized. No more SWAT raids or informers.

            A little bit of thinking should reveal many other ways in which these assholes can be effectively fought by groups of patriots. They are not invulnerable and their leaders know it. We can fight these bullies and win if we use our brains to overcome their material advantages.

            • 75% potassium nitrate/15% charcoal/10% sulphar,science teacher taught us that in high school!A good binder nice,you make/shoot black powder just be careful especially storage,they had powder houses for a reason!

            • In todays technology age,dedicated hackers could wipe all their bank accounts ect. without a shot fired.

          • Just a friendly tip: Don’t forget that where armor isn’t is where you want to be. You don’t have to kill someone if their trigger arm has just be eviscerated at the elbow. I wouldn’t waste ammo on the plated parts hoping to get lucky. Under the arm, at the joints, neck line…all fine targets for a 12 gauge with specialty ammo.

      18. Let’s not jump to conclusions. Maybe it was someone’s Birthday and they were on a “scavenger hunt” ?

        Or they need directions to Mayberry to visit Aunt Bea?

        Or they were looking for a really good recipe for “Shrimp and Grits”?

        It could happen! (sarcasm x 1000)

        • Maybe the DHS celebrates Halloween on July 16th?

          Or they are looking for some of those sinister “Tea Party Terrorist Cells? You know, the kind made up of white 60 year old bald guys, in golf shirts and plaid shorts.

          Maybe they are selling the new Obama Vacuum Cleaner, door to door, “He Sucks, real good” is the products motto.

          • Hey Educated Sinner, good stuff!

            If I couldn’t laugh, I’m sure I would cry.

          • ES ,
            May be its an off the books exercise to evac away from command with equipment.
            Nothing scares the higher ups than a less han obedient unit , we will report when called but it doesn’t necessarily mean we will engage our own citizens . Illegal orders WILL not be Followed.

            I can tell you one thing it’s not going to happen as TPTB planned , there is a lot of dissent and contempt for the higher political appointees in leadership ( oxymoron) in DHS , Big Trouble on the horizon.

            Right now at my assignement in my state we are preparing for a conflict with the Bloods street gang that has vowed to wage war against law enforcement , hence by previous post I advised Sargent Dale to check his Leo bulletins yesterday morning. We are on major High alert and a heads up to everyone out there . Things could get rough in the near future , remember we are not all on the side of the Regime and that terrifies them.

            RESIST

            Semper Fi 8541

        • If they wanted shrimp and grits, they should have gone a few miles south to the Chelsea Restaurant in New Bern, corner of Broad and Middle. I only got to eat there when someone else was buying.

      19. How about these donkeys go and do their job!
        Show of force and presence, PFFFT””””‘

      20. off topic; Yesterday I was writing out a check to my auto insurance company when I noticed a $40.00 increase for the 6 month payment cycle. I haven’t had any accidents or tickets. So I called them and asked why it had increased, I was asked my zip code which I told the representative. He told me that there had been an increase of accidents in my zip code so they had to raise the bi-annual amount. I told him, I didn’t have any claims or tickets. He said it doesn’t matter, it’s an industry practice. I then laid into him and said “Why am I responsible for the accidents of others?” It’s not right that I have to “help” foot the bill for other’s behavior. Just because we are forced to have to buy insurance, what gives them the right to raise the rates? Because they can. Since they increase
        the rate little by little most people don’t catch it. Next time you get your bill, check it out. Bastards.

        • @Confederate

          Had a similar thing happen with my homeowners insurance. We got a $150 increase over last year. When I called and asked why they said that because we live in MinneSoros, (Land of 10,000 Libs) and the minimum wage was raised this year in MN, it will cost them more to fix/replace out house. Thus the increase.

          • Wow, Educated Sinner. The minimum wage laws truly are insidious.

            What’s $150 X every homeower in that state?

            That’s a Big Chink of change going into somebodies pocket courtesy of the gunvernment.

            • Food Inflation. Just a week ago I picked up 6 Lbs of coffee beans (3x 2 Lbs bags) at Sams Club. Just went over there today and the cost per bag just went up 17% in a few weeks. Its getting Crazy people. I like to pre-grind the coffee beans while we still have electricity, then vacuum pack the grinded coffee in canning jars. This works great to keep it fresh a long time. So get out there now and stock up on all the foods you like. As Real SHTF has not even hit yet, but this is a clear sign somethings coming. And it Ain’t good.

        • like your state mandated auto insurance? then you’ll love your federalized health care!

        • They did the same to me, Confederate, and I complained and complained and threatened to go to another company. Finally, I simply STOPPED paying them! Mandatory car insurance, IMO, should be against the law. Anyhow, we have a right to come and go as we wish and according to the Constitution, that is our right! Just more BS heaped on us. I opted out. Didn’t ask. Just stopped.

          (I was told previously to this that I had a near perfect driving record!)

        • There’s this guy who works at our local Co-op who also doesn’t pay car insurance. He said he has a bike and a car. He walks sometimes, sometimes rides his bike, and when he has to drive, he uses the car. (But no insurance).

          But you can actually get papers opting out– look it up–It’s called Freeman laws or something.

          • So when you run in to someone and injure them and destroy their property you leave them high and dry to take the loss. Just like one of those inner city idiots you clowns complain about all the time. Pretty sure you do not have the wealth to cover the loss out of pocket.

      21. The sole purpose of this act is to get the lemmings used to seeing armed thugs roaming the streets….

        DON’T GET USED TO IT…….!!!!!

      22. Most in DHS have low moral because of the crappy way they are being treated by govt. The best way to influence people is with mocking humor. Lead by example. We the people need to ridicule DHS with signs, bumper stickers, and in every other way. Others will join you when they see someone saying what they are feeling. DHS employees will either leave or stiffen their backs against govt abuse Either one works for me.

        • Won’t happen.. They like the woodie they get from terrorizing the people..all about power, and these “little” people get off on doing just that..
          Only good DHS scum is DEAD DHS scum..

        • Dear Mr.Burt Gummer,

          Please be advised that I do not, nor have I ever had, the intention of breaking into your basement. Thanks

      23. There is not one single solitary reason for a physical presence as described. If the purpose truly was to encourage people to report suspicious activity, then a media campaign by TV and radio with the 24/7 phone number to call would be more than sufficient.

        This is far more reminiscent of totalitarian troops or an occupation army conditioning the populace to accept them on the streets as if it were a part of normal daily life.

        This is NOT normal. This is NOT acceptable.

        The federal government needs to knock this crap off immediately. Return the “troops” to their barracks.

        And how much do you want to bet that the real reason is to forestall any violence against the illegals being shoved down our throats?

      24. Once and for all, we can yell it loudly and honestly. “It’s George Bush’s Fault”!

        And this time, it truly is. Thanks a bunch ya louse.

        • Ha! Mr. Blutarsky. If Only it were the fault of any one single puppet.

        • Well, Blutarsky, it started with the Bush administration– Obummer just expanded on it… greatly!!(They were both obviously bought and paid for by the Elites).

          • Gotta remember to give credit where credit is due, every last one in the house and senate who ever voted FOR this crap needs a hemp necktie

          • Many people warned that someday a real tyrant would then have the power the act gave. The whole Patriot Act is a crime all by itself.

        • Bush had a master plan to give all the Illegals in the US amnesty. Then 9-11 Hit and then that plan was shelved, and it all became Shhhhhhhhh. Look that up, its true.

          • You’re a fucking nutcase whodoo. EVERYTHING is a conspiracy to you. You are in dire need of professional mental health treatment….

            • @Anon. Jesus you are a nutjob. Ok dipstick here is your proof.
              Source: The New American, January 12, 2004

              The Bush administration’s plan to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens would prove to be an even bigger disaster than previous amnesties.

              Get ready for a battle royale to save our borders. The Bush administration and pro-immigration invasion Democrats and Republicans in Congress are planning a big move this year to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens now residing in the United States. **{{President Bush and his counterpart in Mexico, President Vicente Fox, were forced to put this scheme on hold in 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.}}** Now the plan is back, along with a multitude of connected initiatives to deluge the U.S. with waves of legal immigrants, “refugees,” “temporary workers” and your standard variety of illegal alien border jumpers.

              Oh yeah, I am making up this big conspiracy. Study History Anon. and you too can make true statements.

              • No, you’re not capable of making it up, that would require MORE intelligence that you’re capable of. You simply parrot EVERYTHING you read on these nutcase conspiracy websites. I reiterate, you need serious professional help.

      25. You can say that again, Confederate.

        “Bastards.”

        It ain’t Capitalism, rather it’s, crony-Oligarchy-capitalism. Huge difference.

        … And, you can expect every one of those so-called, “patriotic cops” to make sure you’re obeying by paying. Same as all the rest. The Moon is Down.

      26. Soon all the Pieces will be in place. They’ll be coming after the guns next..Then they’ll use the Constitution for fire starter..drip..drip..drip..

        • @PA farmer,

          You don’t know that, haven’t you ever heard of the DHS selling cookies like the Girl Scouts? They do it here in MinneSoros all the time! (sarcasm)

          Yup, guns will be the issue that starts the next Civil War.

          • Guns will also be the mechanism that ends the next Civil War

            • Also true

              • Nope. It’ll be money.

                • Let me rephrase that:

                  Nope. It’ll be money. The lack thereof, and the lack of buying power it has.

                  That, and the disappearance of the willingness of the average person to go along with their scheming schemes of conquest and domination.

                  How-freaking-ever;… It may take awhile.

                  They have many enticing cheerleaders. …And, good drugs, like fluoride, Prozac, Zyla-whatever … etc… Ad nauseium.

                • FREE Obama phones will be a close 2nd

          • Start thinking out of the box on retaliation,
            Stolen semis and construction equipment come to mind,
            The new kamikaze! Brought to you by CAT, Peterbuilt, and Chevron Oil!

            • Kula, thats what ob doing like a kid putting his hand by our face saying , I’m not touching, I’m not touching you. he wants this to start so bad, so do I at this point..
              Backhoe on stand-by, I’m mean standing-by..

              • Reminds of the guy in Northern NH or maybe it was Northern VT a couple of years ago that flattened half a dozen or more of the towns cruisers with very large farm tractor. He was eventually caught because the tractor crapped out from all of the abuse. He”s now doing 10-25 years in the state pen.

      27. This is all part of the ‘plan’. By inserting units all over and getting people used to seeing them, they intend to further dumb down an already stupid populace….if that’s possible. Everyone needs to take note of locations, numbers and any visible equipment. That will need to be re-appropriated soon. Good to know what’s out there and where it all is.

        Also posting this again as I posted late in last article, but it still raises a lot of questions:

        …you do know that Monsanto Corp bought Blackwater Mercenary group, right? They then changed the name to ACADEMI and now back to Blackwater.

        Now that the Monsanto Protection Act was signed by Obunghole, the are absolved of any wrongdoing or lawsuits. Ask yourself- What does the world’s worst Corp and enemy of humanity at large need to own the world’s largest and deadly merc group for?

        Bueller?
        Bueller?
        Anyone?

        • Socrates ,
          Did you. Know who supplies most of the Contractors to DHS?
          ACADEMI / Blackwater

          Most of us are ex-mil , some are physco’s ( they get sent OCONUS or made into supervisors LOL)

          The ones who are ex-mil will keep our oath and that scares that crap out of them.
          Rest assured when the rubber hits the road TPTB are in for a HUGE surprise.
          There is a major level of dissent in the ranks .moral is low , when they started the insider threat program to rat out fellow employees the did not get the amount of tips they wanted it seemed all the supervisors kept showing up in the tips bin.

          RESIST

          Semper Fi 8541

      28. Off topic

        There is a video floating around that shows a bus load of Illegals going into a Walmart with their new EBT cards. @##&^%$#@@!!!!!!!

        Also, Brownells has 30 round PMAGS for sale at $12.99 ea or $125 for 10. (In stock)

        • Ed Sinner, Did you see any kids? Me either. Only grown men.

          That bus got them from China Grove in NC, on the eastern coastal area.

          • China Grove is in western NC in Rowan County.

            • Thans for the correction Archivist. Got it mixed up w/ the other report of illegals invading a diff town in NC.

        • Today I tested a friends American made AK47. It is a Centurian C39. Almost too pretty to be an AK, but it is. Shoots great, too. He paid $700 for it. Forged receiver and a new style flash suppressor. Magpul makes mags for AK’s now and they work real good. Steel Bulgarian mags can be found at CDNN, on the internet. Cabellas has the Magpul AK mags. Load up on everything, now.

        • Educated,magpul gen 2’s for under 10 bucks a piece shipped,check out slick gun site,great mag.

      29. not all cops are bad !

        Detroit police chief gives credit to armed citizens for drop in crime

        http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140716/METRO01/307160034#ixzz37eGIOMkc

        ““Criminals are getting the message that good Detroiters are armed and will use that weapon,” said Craig, who has repeatedly said he believes armed citizens deter crime. “I don’t want to take away from the good work our investigators are doing, but I think part of the drop in crime, and robberies in particular, is because criminals are thinking twice that citizens could be armed.”

      30. Lest we forget. On this date in 1979, 2 Americans were killed in action, side by side, fighting communists in Rhodesia. They were Steve Dwyer, from Boston, and Hugh McCall, hometown unknown. Steve had served in the USMC and Hugh had served with 173rd Airborne Division (the Herd) in Viet Nam. Both men were American volunteers in the Rhodesian Light Infantry. As a side note, it should noted by all of you that the US Government backed the communists in that war. Actually, the US government backed the communists all over Africa. Any wonder? The US government refused to let their remains back into the US for burial because of sanctions. This is what we are up against, in case you had any doubts.

        • I didn’t know that, Poon Tang.

          Just yet another example of how fighting the empire head-on achieves nothing?

          RE: “As a side note, it should noted by all of you that the US Government backed the communists in that war. Actually, the US government backed the communists all over Africa.”

          The united state government backing communist, That does not surprise me. Kinda makes all those poor souls who lost their lives in Vietnam seem rather… pointless?

          Maybe your comment will give someone an ‘Ah-ha!” moment?

        • Sorry for the red thumb.should have been green.fat fingers.

        • Sort like Obozo arming al-CIAda in Syria, through Benghazi, last year after fighting them in Afghanistan and Iraq and droning them in Pakistan for the last12-13 years. Of course the Syria thing was all about a nat. gas pipeline that Saudi, Qatar and Oman wanted to build to supply nat. gas to Europe, cutting into Russia’s Gazprom market, thus its hard currency revenues. That strategy worked out real well for Obozo didn’t it?

      31. they are doing their job. maybe the paranoid people need to think before they start talking and writing.

        • Seems their “job” is to harass citizens,maybe telling em to fuck off and get a real “job” is in order,you wanna pay for this bullshit(welfare) do it on your dime,not the taxpayers.

          • Warchild, let any of them come to harass braveheart and there will be trouble.

        • So were the butchers in the concentration camps. Just doin’ their jobs. Maybe it is time for them to find a new fuckin’ job, huh?

          I suppose there are not too many jobs available for professional bullies outside of government and law enforcement though…

          • Tocoma….Moon perhaps you should learn the proper use of words such as FUCKIN,Foul mouth punk.

        • Everybody on trial at Nuremburg was ‘just doing their job’.

      32. These clowns are worthless. They raided a local chain of smoke shops ,(along with ICE and local police), and the only thing they found was one mislabeled product in the store. They threatened the store clerks with 32 years in the federal pen if they did not co-operate. This had nothing to do with terrorism or any threat to the country. Fire the agents and disband DHS. There is enough real crime to police. Start with welfare fraud.

        9

        • Swinging Richard, if I’d been an employee in one of those stores and any thugs come in to threaten me there would have been a fight. Braveheart never bows down to any thugs.

          • BH Are you really that bad? Just sayin, there are some nasty mo’fos are not there. You are putting yourself in a situation where you will not be able to live to fight another day. A lot of those bad boys are not dhs.

            • You must be new to this board. Everybody knows braveboy is a bullshitter of the FIRST order and has never fired a shot in anger and never will. He’ll run screaming like the little girl she is…

          • They charged the stores with full body armor and AR-15’s. The store clerk’s offered to co operate but the DHS army would not allow it. They seized money ,merchandise, and the store tape recording the raid. They then placed all employee’s on the ground at gunpoint, searched their cars and badgered the employee’s for the location of stashed money. They took them from Asheville NC to Charlotte NC and locked them up for 36 hrs. They then offered them a deal to rat out fellow employee’s or face 32 years for drug dealing. They then confiscated the owner’s assets of 7 million dollars. They then sent confiscated products to the lab for testing and found 1 product contained an ingredient that was not listed on the label. The DHS agents did not go after the manufacturer, or the distributor they went after the store clerks. Under the zero tolerance policy of Ronald Reagan the assets are seized and DHS keeps a percentage.

      33. Write a letter to your representative and complain about DHS in your neighborhoods. They don’t need to be out there. The border is the place for these “National Police”

      34. If you see something, say something. Especially if you see anything happening outside a Federal Building.

        That last 10 seconds of the video. Why is a Federal Building worth more surveillance than any other.
        If they didn’t keep fucking with us they would not need to worry. There are Terrorists. WE ARE NOT THE TERRORIST!

      35. You screen my post but let the nuts post filth? So much for free speech on here.. like I said on the post you screened out they are doing the job we pay them for. So to all the paranoid dummy think before you act.

        • American, looks like you’ve discovered free speech is NOT one of mac slavo’s priorities here, unless you like to parrot mindless doom porn…..

      36. They are “just” practicing. Wait until they come in earnest, busting down your door just because they know they can without impunity (for the low-information voter that means nobody will jail and prosecute them).

        We need to insert some adjustments in their practicing/training with some strategically placed firepower, and lots and lots of cameras (they hate cameras). If nothing else, it will give them something to think about….

      37. I just have to ask: Does anyone STILL believe that airplanes HIT the Twin Towers, and the Pentagon. And if there was a plane crashed into that Pennsylvania field. Where is the WRECkAGE?????

        • Must Watch Video – Congressman Thomas Massie Calls for Release of Secret 9/11 Documents Upon Reading Them

          http://www.blacklistednews.com/_Must…38/38/Y/M.html

          ““I was absolutely shocked by what I read,” Jones told International Business Times. “What was so surprising was that those whom we thought we could trust really disappointed me. I cannot go into it any more than that. I had to sign an oath that what I read had to remain confidential. But the information I read disappointed me greatly.”

          The 9/11 Consensus Points

          http://www.consensus911.org/the-911-consensus-points/

          There’s Something About Omar:
          Truth, Lies, and The Legend of 9/11

          http://globalresearch.ca/articles/KUP310A.html

          we may not know the truth about 9-11
          but we damn sure know it’s not the official government version

        • Yes, because a family member was there and saw it all first hand.

          • We are family!
            I’ve got all my sisters with me!

        • @ David ~ Jesse Ventura has a whole show devoted to 9-11, and what happened to the wreckage. Some was shipped to China. Some is located in a building in NYC. It was a well done show on ‘Conspiracy Theory.’

      38. DURANGO KID, paging Durango kid….

        Please put the following article into plain English for me. In one part they say the dollar will be strong, at the end they say “The BRICS, the mini-BRICS and much of global finance have taken out a colossal short position on the US dollar. Mrs Yellen has just issued the first margin call.”

        What does this really mean for gold and the dollar?

        • The link…

          //www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/10972348/Fed-kicks-off-global-dollar-squeeze-as-Janet-Yellen-turns-hawkish.html

      39. Usually when I see these vehicles, I pull up, make eye contact, then give them the bird.

      40. stare them down. no smile, no frown, eye to eye contact.

        we do not need a national police force and yes home land security is meddling in police matters

      41. I see WE are the real threat, NOT Al-Qaida, ISIS, NOT Muslim radicals no no no – It’s us Christians, Military, ex-military, average American’s, the 10 year old kid on a bicycle peddling down the street HE’s the terrorist now. Better call in a drone strike on his ass. BOOOOMMM …… “TOUCHDOWN” …….
        That will teach him…
        You people are pathetic why don’t you grow up and fight some of America’s REAL enemy’s? Like Obummer and his storm stupers or some REAL radical Muslim’s and leave us God fearing American’s alone, ALL WE REALLY WANT IS PEACE, AND TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN BELIEVING IN GOD. IS THAT SO VERY WRONG?
        WE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMY

        • Amen, we want what the founders intended for Americans, never thought I would see the day that God fearing Patriots who aspire to the principles the country was founded on would be considered a threat by assholes like hillary clinton harry reid eric holder and some of these other ass wipes that we have trying to fuck with us now,
          NOMI
          who is John Galt!

      42. oh dear God
        you have to be kidding me

        FDA Statement On Additional 300 Vials Discovered At NIH Campus Lab

        http://afludiary.blogspot.ca/2014/07/fda-statement-on-additional-300-vials.html

        “Just hours after the House subcommittee hearing on lapses at the CDC labs involving anthrax and avian H5N1 influenza, the FDA has announced details on roughly 300 vials of improperly stored pathogens that were recovered from the same cold storage room on the NIH campus where 6 vials of smallpox were discovered a couple of weeks ago”

        but not to worry
        they were “carefully packaged”

        and what
        in a shoe box in someone’s freakin’ closet ???

        the GROSS NEGLIGENCE is absolutely mind boggling

        I really don’t what to know what is going on in these labs
        it can’t be good

        • If its that easy to loose the stuff, imagine how easy it is to walk out the door with it!

      43. I posted this info on another thread
        but I’m posting it again
        people NEED to be aware

        Did the Other Shoe Just Drop? Black Rock and PIMCO Sue Banks for $250 Billion

        http://www.blacklistednews.com/Did_the_Other_Shoe_Just_Drop%3F_Black_Rock_and_PIMCO_Sue_Banks_for_%24250_Billion/36669/0/38/38/Y/M.html

        but this may be bad news if you are a bank customer

        will bail ins be used to pay these judgments ???

        Cyprus style ???

        They’re Coming for Your Accounts

        http://www.freemansperspective.com/theyre-coming-for-your-accounts/

        And, of course, they’ve already had a trial run, when they stole funds directly from individual bank accounts in Cyprus, just last year. Here’s how that went down:
        March 16, 2013: Cyprus announces a bank holiday and sets the terms of a “bail-in” to save the banks: 6.75% of all bank balances under €100,000 and 9.9% of balances larger than €100,000 will be confiscated. In honest language, the word for that is “theft.”
        People screamed, and the government hemmed and hawed for a number of days.
        March 24, 2013: People are permitted to withdraw €100 at a time from their bank accounts.
        March 25, 2013: A bail-in deal is announced. Accounts with over €100,000 lose either 40% of their money (Bank of Cyprus) or 60% of their money (Laiki bank).

        And, as it happened, a number of very rich people and companies were permitted to withdraw their money in full, regardless of the “bail-in.”

      44. If Hoser’s in the area, be advised, I carry concealed. How’s that for a show of force? I think it’s time we all start Open Carrying to let the FED’s know we’ll shoot back if need be!!!!!!!!!!!!

        • Start open carrying?? We’ve been doing that for years. There’s only 7 states that don’t allow open carry. And one of them is Texas!! What’s up with that?
          molon labe

        • I wish I could!

      45. I would say they come to home,get the no trespassing sign you keep at ready inside and put on lwn,look at em and say”This means you,get the fuck off of my property!”,of course while audio and video running,with millions of homes to visit,not sure all will need sign but cheap enuff and a posting stake easy.

      46. Hmmm….,seems russia has a fps service also,was formly kgb types,went thru a litany of changes until fps,interesting coincidence.

      47. Try Obama’s brown shirts. That is who homeland security is and was meant to be. Gestapo boys! Obama is follwoing in the footsteps of Hitler.

        • You mean WROL?- If there are no laws, then Let er’ Rip!!!

      48. Heavy FPS presence in Asheville, NC.

      49. U.S. MILITARY CREATES A ACTIVE RAPE CULTURE

        do you have a daughter?

        do you have a sister?

        do you have a grand daughter?

        do you have a step-daughter?

        do you have a niece?

        do you have a son?

        Then Read and Understand this Quote:

        “In 2012, a U.S. Federal Judge in a U.S. Military Veteran (Active Duty Rape Victim) driven Class Action Lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense…”

        Ruled: “RAPE IS A “OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD” OF MILITARY SERVICE!”

        And “threw out of federal court” the Class Action Lawsuit against the D.O.D.!

        a “OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD!” … W.T.F.?

        Last year 30,000 active duty military members were sexually assaulted, RAPED, they don’t even list the 1000’s of military dependent children being victimized, who live on the military bases around the world.

        AND IT’S THESE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW BEING RECRUITED BY THE DHS, NOW GUARDING YOUR STREETS as federal agents of the DHS!!!

        THINK!

        puffff

        • The Invisible War – Full Movie (2012)

          * protect your daughters and sons from the u.s. military predator culture.

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

      50. Looks like it’s starting here in Australia now. In today’s news:

        ” Australia’s top spy is stepping up his push for controversial new surveillance laws which would see phone and internet companies keep details of their customers’ communications for up to two years.”

        And a few days ago we had the ‘be afraid, be very afraid’ speech:

        A BALI-STYLE terror attack on Australian soil is inevitable, a senior member of a parliamentary security committee has warned.

        There goes our liberties…

        • You likely have been “logged” for many years .

          Oz is one of the “Five Eyes”.

        • As my father used to say, some day there’s going to be a hell of a washing to done.

      51. ***OFF TOPIC***

        But worth knowing, anyways. Saw this alert out on Steve Quayles site. I know people stationed in the springs area and I will try to get verification myself. Something fishy going on with this…

        WHATS GOING ON IN COLORADO SPRINGS? ALL RENTAL CARS TAKEN BY THE MILITARY…

        Hi Steve, I had read your Q Alert re all the planes flying into Colo. Springs. At 9:30 tonight, my friend’s son called from Colo. Springs. airport, just having arrived from Atlanta. The son had reserved a rental pickup truck days in advance. When he flew in tonight, he was told that the military had needed all the rental vehicles so there were none available and he would be put up in a hotel tonight. There were about 10 other people getting the same story from the rental car reps. They were told that all of the different rental companies are saying the same thing. Something must be up for sure – traveling around in rental cars and pickups would not be noticed by general public.

        You and your family stay safe and under the Lord’s watchful protection, Lee in CO——-UPDATE 8:12 AM ——Steve,
        I just read the last Q Alert regarding the rental cars in Colorado Springs
        being sold out. Honestly, for once I wanted to verify if this was actually the case or bluster, so I went on Hertz’s website to try to rent a car today and everything came up “Sold Out”! I for one believe very strongly that we are approaching the time and hour when we are going to have to endure to the end!

        Viva Cristo Rey! ROBERT

          • Seems that shortage was odd, but not un-explainable.
            My on base contact gave the following information-

            A few factors all added up to create an instant shortage:

            1. Many GM cars recently recalled/pulled from inventory
            2. Recent hailstorms (had quite a few actually)
            3. Military also gets priority when reserving.

            Call back the bombers on this one- nothing to see here. Good to be vigilant all the same.
            😉

        • Oops. Forgot the most important one of all:

          Ready to be OUTRAGED?

          Outrage Follows Report Government To Spend $50 Million On Resort For “Young Illegal Immigrants”
          (from ZeroHedge site)

          While we understand that there are many nuances in the ongoing illegal immigrant debate, and there are certainly two sides to every story, we can’t help but wonder if the US government granting a $50 million award to BCFS Health and Human Services to house “young illegal immigrants at the site of the current Palm Aire Hotel and Suites” in Weslaco, Texas is the best use of government funding. As KRGV reported, ” A center for unaccompanied minors set to open in Weslaco later this year will be the first of its kind in the nation, officials with a network of non-profits said.

          A center for unaccompanied minors set to open in Weslaco later this year will be the first of its kind in the nation, officials with a network of non-profits said… Representatives with BCFS said the Palm Aire will undergo a multi-million dollar transformation.”

          • At moment the project is shelved,perhaps moved to a non disclosed location,time will tell.

      52. See something, Say something?

        Are you clowns serious??

        Really?

        And what do I SEE????

        I see very clearly ONE thing: the ENEMY of the State IS the DAMN STATE itself, not its hardworking, taxpaying, law-abiding people who get SCAPEGOATED every damn instance!

        And what do I SAY????

        I say that NOBODY likes a bully, except ANOTHER damn bully.

        Which is why they hang around each other– in school.

        And NOW in government: under the guise of “homeland” security.

        Really?

        Funny how you don’t protect us from the drug dealers, do you?

        Oh wait, I forgot, the government SEEDS the city with drugs, as per Gary Webb in his book, “Dark Alliance”, and therefore IS the “OG”! [original gangster].

        Yeah, that’s right boys and girls, Mr. Webb mysteriously was murdered months after he got lots of awards for exposing the TRUTH!

        Oh, I almost forgot: do you like feeling us up at airports?

        Does that make you get your rocks off?

        REALLY?

        Who you all protecting us from, you idiots!

        You STILL taking your orders from Satan? Like the CFR, the Trilateral Commission, and the Biderberg people do? That’s what Christ told John Leary.

        And one little teeeny weeeny itsy bitsy look at all the geopolitical evil they do CONVINCES me it’s TRUE!

        And you all in so-called “Homeland Security” as well as you people in the NSA, you ultimately take your orders from Satan and his minions as they work to DESTROY this great country. You’re PEEPING TOMS in the computers and living rooms and chat rooms and cable boxes of liberty loving, law abiding people! And when they dare PROTEST the orders you were given, orders that DEFY both the Constitution AND the Bill of Rights, you CLASSIFY them as “the enemy”.

        Really?

        Dissent IS Patriotic, you fools!

        Hell is for ETERNITY, you people. Eichmann’s defense that he was “just following orders” didn’t work on earth.

        And guess what? IT WON’T WORK WHEN YOU MEET ALMIGHTY GOD!

        Don’t believe me? Then check out Mary Kay Baxter’s videos on YouTube. Because those are true horror movies you won’t EVER forget!.

        As Dr. Peck wrote in “People of the Lie”, bullies and others who are evil (destructive) DEEP DOWN, are TERRIFIED! They are terrified of the LIGHT, that is, the TRUTH that exposes them for WHO and WHAT they are!

        And in the end, bullies get their ASS kicked. By a higher authority.

        By whom, you say?

        By whom Justice Felix Frankfurter said are the people who hold the HIGHEST OFFICE in this country: its CITIZENS!!!!!

        AKA the big brothers, big sisters, and FRIENDS of the VICTIMIZED!

        And last time I looked, WE the PEOPLE have been and CONTINUE to be the VICTIMIZED!

        Matter of fact, though, last I counted WE outnumber YOU THUGS!

        In fact, you are so scared by that fact that you have around 800,000 to 1,300,000 foreign troops, mostly Russians, training in our own country.

        Did you think we didn’t “notice”?

        Really?

        Of course, the SUPREME Higher Authority is God Almighty HIMSELF!

        You didn’t think that once you tried to reduce the 7.5 billion of us down to 500 million through false flags and HAARP that you were gonna be able to then overcome the Power of the Almighty, did you?

        You don’t think our DIVINE PARENT doesn’t see what some of His children have been doing to kill His OTHER children, do you?

        Like the 53 millions aborted babies.

        Like our young service people who DIED abroad for weapons of mass destruction THAT DID NOT EXIST! When the President of THE UNITED STATES tells a LIE, a LIE that costs HUMAN LIVES, why isn’t HE in jail?

        What the FREAK is WRONG with people? Are we ALL drugged up on 221 Cable Channels a NIGHT that we can’t SEE reality??? Are the ONLY reality people those who come to this site?

        Divine Chastisements ARE coming. They will be UNMISTAKABLE and UNSTOPPABLE!

        And for starters, they will make the man-made HAARP-CREATED storm known as Hurricane Sandy look like a mild drizzle!

        Well, what the hell would YOU do to YOUR kids if YOU found out they were trafficking in drugs, sex-trafficking children, selling weapons of war to both sides and getting rich from that, killing babies through abortion, and had the AUDACITY to RIP UP your pictures and REMOVE your NAME from their living rooms and classrooms and STOPPED showing up on Sundays???

        You’d DO something to WAKE THEM THE HELL UP!

        THAT is what YOU WOULD DO!

        And if ANY of us die BEFORE we repent, we might be VERY surprised at where we end up.

        So yes, I agree that you WILL live to TALK about it– in the fiery furnaces of HELL, for all time!

        Get out NOW, while you CAN. Tell them you got CANCER. Because all this evil doing IS a cancer on your eternal SOUL!

        Convert to Almighty God NOW, while you CAN! Talk to a Rabbi, a Minister, a Priest, talk to SOMEONE!

        Because YOUR bosses ultimately will kill YOU! The people YOU work for will leave behind NO witnesses!

        Get out now, while you can.

        And THAT is both what I SEE, and, what I SAY!

        – the Lone Ranger

        “You wanna get out now? Get scanned for that chip you took [got injected with] which is the size of grain of rice. Then take a knife and CUT IT OUT so it STOPS controlling your mind and your actions. Your salvation DEPENDS on that!”

        “Violence is that which violates, force is that which protects.” -Rev. Edward J. Brady, S.J.

        “If you cannot be truly nonviolent, best you be violent than cowards, for there is no hope for the cowardly.” – Gandhi

        “We hang the petty thief, and elect the BIGGER ones to public office.” – Aesop

      53. see something say something? How about calling saying you see a bunch of DHS officers running around the area making you nervous because they have guns. Target don’t like you to carry because it makes the customers nervous. same scenario.. If everyone calls then they know they can’t move an inch without somebody saying or videoing something they do… just a thought.

      54. Leave it to the anti-gunners to kill off comic strip hero Archie to shovel down everyone’s throat their little sick agenda and show just how much these suckers want gun free zones in every town and city.

        http://www.cbsnews.com/news/archies-death-is-not-a-sales-gimmick-says-publisher/

        It is not a sales gimmick, it is a blantant attack on the 2nd Amendment to demonize firearms to everyone that has read and reads comics. How about doing a comic strip that a hero is saved because of owning and knowing how to use a firearm that takes down the serial criminal?

        • How about Archies kid,come on,by now he and Veronica have “done it!” gets burned in crib by a botched swat raid/perhaps Veronica joins the service and finds out according to a judge”rape is a occupational hazard”,how about Archie get tuberculosis from the amount of unchecked illegals waltzing across the border,perhaps jughead gets run over by a mrap driven by some steroid crazed cop playing with a new toy,the list is endless in what direction we can take the adventures of Archie and company!

      55. Many countries have a national police force as well as local forces. It is not sinister or fascist. Canada has a national police force and so do Germany and France.

        Let’s be frank: America is a very violent place with armed drug gangs and a woeful record for single shooters murdering multiple people. The more of the blue on the street the better to keep an eye on things.

        • In response to your thought frank,we could as the chief of detroit police said arm the citizens and let em defend themselves from crime,and,it seems to be working!.We could also end the useless war on drugs which as whatever support it had is waning thus ending the police/court/prison/drug cartels,and able to keep violent predators in jail unless a citizen has gotten offender first caught in heinous act.So,now,onto the war on terror,the new bogey man for the country,how about protect our country and stop fucking around the world over and folks will find a new people to hate,just a few of Warchild’s thoughts.

      56. agreed

      57. i’ve a secret…

        i discovered it after sitting back analyzing the entire global news network reports for the last few weeks.

        it all gelled and i had a epiphany.

        wanna hear it?

        the Zog FedGov financed Southern Border 300,000 Illegal Alien Invasion is all just a … FAINT!

        a perfectly times zog fedgov executed misdirection

        “IT’S SOLE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO DISTRACT ENTERTAIN “BREAD AND CIRCUS” ZOG AMERIKA GROWING ANGRY AND ANGRIER CITIZENS FROM WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE UKRAINE , IRAQ AND GAZA PALESTINE.

        OF WHICH ALL ARE KNOWN ZIO-JEW MOSSAD TERRORIST OPERATIONS CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN PROGRESS TO FURTHER ZIO-JEWISH INFLUENCE AND RESOURCE CONTROL GLOBALLY!”

        It introduces to the Zombie Amerikans La’Raza M.S. 13 GANG Mexcican invasion of Amerika.

        Taking citizens focus off the Zio-jews and transferring it to the Illegal Aliens AND LA’ RAZA M.S. 13 LAWLESS GANGS invading by Zog FedGov planned design.

        it’s all just a game of distractions from whats really happening on a global chess board AND YOU ALL ARE THE SACRIFICED tax debt slave PAWNS.

        puff

      58. A line from the movie Twister; “It’s not coming, it’s already HERE”!

        River Rat at the ready!!! NOMI///MOLON LABE!

      59. This should make everyone feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

      60. “intention to spend $80 million dollars ”
        this really is the crux of it. With no control over spending, they are blowing our future. Money is being (“printed” into computer databases and) loaned to government and spent on waste. I think a HUGE reason of the waste is the THEFT which occurs. People paying their buddies to do useless crap as a way just to steal from the taxpayer. Having a para-military organization patrol the streets of average town USA is nothing more than WASTE. This money should come from the pockets of all Federal elected officials, Directors, and other anyone else in executive roles. Let them waste their own money – not the worker’s money and not our children’s money.

      61. Many of you often advise, rightly, that we should join local groups. Oath Keepers, Militias and Patriot groups always get named. My concern is: what group is NOT going to be suspicious of any new members? And the flip side of that, what new member is not going to be suspicious of their new group? With all the spying, surveillance and tracking how would someone KNOW that a new group was not a trap to identify and locate list-worthy people? I know it sounds paranoid, but “they” are most certainly watching and just clicking on a militia’s website seems dangerous, let alone attending a meeting or attempting to join. I believe strongly that like-minded, trained and armed groups, call them militias if you’d like, will be what saves us in the long run. But how does someone identify “safe” groups, and then also how does one present themselves as “safe” without jeopardizing their own op-sec?

        • quite a quagmire isnt it?
          and this type of apprehension is exactly what they are banking on keeping the patriot numbers low, it also is proving that their propaganda and scare tactics (domestic revolutionary cold war is where we are at this moment)

          There’s nothing wrong with joining .. just be sure to keep your personal opsec in tune , dont be verbal , watch and listen , maybe enter only with people you know are in and can be trusted in your own circles , if that cant be done lay back and see where it goes and be ready to muster when the time comes, maybe by than you will know who to trust by how they have acted in the past (because you were paying attention) and what actions, if any they are taking

          No “easy button” on this one
          keep us posted as to what you learn

      62. Obama going on vacation to Martha’s Vineyard.

        Nothing happening, move along.

        On Drudge.

        • Sling,me mum lives next to the “infamous bridge”,we actually have old timbers from when bridge rebuilt in the 90’s on the property,the best is a carving that says”High Ted”.I doubt the obama entourage at tax payers expense will be visiting the “bridge”!

      63. On a side note,though pocket change could open a flood gate as article says of litigation.As opposed as I am to suing tis the last non violent act to right wrongs,when no more courts,times will get interesting,as usual,put space between http to avoid “wait time”. ht tp://humansarefree.com/2012/03/monsanto-will-pay-93-million-to-victims.html

      64. A day will come that the “community outreach” will come to reach out for your guns. Keep your guns safe and protected and by all means don’t store all of your guns and ammo in one place.

        • Nick-

          Many have them equally distributed among neighbors and friends so when they try to ‘reach out and touch someone’ they will be surrounded and in a crossfire.

          Just like the NATO motto- “An attack on ONE is an attack on ALL.”

      65. I sure am glad the economy is on the mind
        Microsoft is hiring 18,000

        no wait

        they are laying off 18,000

        my bad

        • Eh,screw micro and windows and their push by not maintaining older OS’s and trying to force you into their new one,thank you linux and all who volunteer to keep a decent open source operating system going.

      66. today is gonna be a busy news day
        and not in a good way

        Globalist Mouthpiece Calls For The Entire Planet To Adopt The ‘National Identification System’ One European Country Has Established

        http://www.prisonplanet.com/globalist-mouthpiece-calls-for-the-entire-planet-to-adopt-the-national-identification-system-one-european-country-has-established.html

        The UK Ministry of Defence Says Life in 2045 Will Be Unequal and Violent

        http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-uk-ministry-of-defence-says-life-in-2045-will-be-unequal-and-violent

        If This Keeps Up, They Will Have To Start Putting Armed Guards On Food Trucks

        http://www.thedailysheeple.com/if-this-keeps-up-they-will-have-to-start-putting-armed-guards-on-food-trucks_072014

        “According to the latest data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, year-over-year gains in some food products at the producer level have been truly spectacular.

        Eggs for fresh use are up 33.9%.

        Pork is up 28%.

        Processed turkeys are up 20.4%.

        Dairy products are up 10.7%.

        Fresh and dry vegetables are up 8.4%.

        Fresh fruits and melons are up 7.5% “

      67. A Reader Asks: How to Find Shelter from the Coming Storms?

        http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjuly14/shelter-storm7-14.html

        Finding Shelter from the Storm Part 2

        http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/07/finding-shelter-storm-part-2.html

        take this advice to heart

        “The essence of neofeudalism is dependence on the state and those who own the debt and a concurrent loss of individual initiative and control. The Status Quo encourages our sense of powerlessness; once people surrender their autonomy and initiative, they’re easy to exploit.”

      68. here is what billions in tax dollars have bought

        HERE’S YOUR SECURE BORDER

        http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/07/17/heres-your-secure-border/

        but hey
        if this douche says it
        it must be so ?

        Reid: Southern border is secure

        http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/212328-reid-southern-border-is-secure

        free coupon for lunch at McDonald’s to all SHTF Plan readers

        McDonald’s Launches New Obama Value Meal

        http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/07/17/mcdonalds-launches-new-obama-value-meal/

      69. What the “HELL” are they doing there?
        They should be on the border “Damn It”!!

        Outreach my ass, they were just there telling the local LEO’s that they were there and if they step out of line they would be watching!

        Local LEO’s watch how you deal with these folks! Remember that they are the Federal Police! What you say and do will be used against you when the SHTF!!!!
        A.S.M.S.
        Sgt.

      70. Ruh-Roh. More Malaysian planes down. This time in Ukraine. Ironically (or not) it was a Boeing 777-200 model similar to the aircraft that vanished without a trace. Hmmm…

        A Malaysian Airlines passenger plane has reportedly been shot down on the Russian-Ukraine border, apparently killing all 295 people on board.

        Flight MH17, which was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew, was flying between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpar after taking off leaving at lunchtime today.

        The Interfax news agency reported that the aircraft went missing near Donetsk, where pro-Russian rebels have been fighting Ukrainian government forces for several weeks.

        • Ivan the missile launcher guy had his beer glasses on.

        • Theres that 7 number again. Three times. Three downed planes. Number 7.

      71. h t tp://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2014/07/17/the-un-plot-to-confiscate-american-guns/

      72. threats to the grid

        The Electrical Grid May Well Be The Next War’s Battlefield

        http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/86200/electrical-grid-may-well-next-wars-battlefield

        “U.S. Risks National Blackout From Small-Scale Attack

        The U.S. could suffer a coast-to-coast blackout if saboteurs knocked out just nine of the country’s 55,000 electric-transmission substations on a scorching summer day, according to a previously unreported federal analysis.

        The study by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concluded that coordinated attacks in each of the nation’s three separate electric systems could cause the entire power network to collapse, people familiar with the research said.

        A small number of the country’s substations play an outsize role in keeping power flowing across large regions. The FERC analysis indicates that knocking out nine of those key substations could plunge the country into darkness for weeks, if not months.

        A memo prepared at FERC in late June for Mr. Wellinghoff before he briefed senior officials made several urgent points. “Destroy nine interconnection substations and a transformer manufacturer and the entire United States grid would be down for at least 18 months, probably longer,” said the memo, which was reviewed by the Journal. That lengthy outage is possible for several reasons, including that only a handful of U.S. factoriesbuild transformers.”

      73. Looks like the Bolsheviks are arming their DHS with bio-weapons now. “Several unlabeled vials were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing and the remaining 279 samples were shipped to the Department of Homeland Security for safekeeping.” Thanks to the Neocon Bolsheviks, and their Cheney/ Bush Lite puppet regime, for the gift of the Jewish Cheka to Amerika, the DHS. 60 million Russians was just a warm up to what they will try to do here.

        http://news.yahoo.com/300-vials-labeled-influenza-dengue-found-lab-203823561.html

      74. h tt p://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Miami-Police-Officer–Lieutenant-Scuffle-During-Traffic-Stop-Caught-on-Camera-267065901.html

      75. A poem by Robert Burns that was Scotland’s stirring National Anthem– until British Government appeasers foisted another, less meaningful song of compliance on them–about a supposed battlefield speech by Robert the Bruce, King of Scots who extolled the valiance of Sir William Wallace, champion of Scots liberty, to his troops before the Battle of Bannockburn (which the Scots won!) in which Edward II, King of England sought to enforce his “authority” over the Scots seems to be timely now for Americans’ plight with those who would usurp what’s left of Americans’ individual liberty:

        “Scots, who have with Wallace bled,
        Scots, whom Bruce has often led,
        Welcome to your gory bed
        Or,,, to VICTORY!

        Now’s the day, and now’s the hour:
        See the front of battle lower,
        See approach proud Edward’s power –
        Chains and slavery.

        Who will be a traitor knave?
        Who will fill a coward’s grave?
        Who’s so base as be a slave? –
        Let him turn, and flee.

        Who for Scotland’s King and Law
        Freedom’s sword will strongly draw,
        Freeman stand or freeman fall,
        Let him follow me.

        By Oppression’s woes and pains,
        By your sons in servile chains!
        We will drain our dearest veins,
        But they shall be free.

        Lay the proud usurpers low,
        Tyrants fall in every foe,
        Liberty’s in every blow,
        Let us do or die!”

      76. When they take your guns,home,belongings,money family and everything be a true Christian and turn to the Bible for guidance not in terms of forgiveness that we can leave up to Jesus but more like the guidance of Moses and pick up a rock and bash in their skull and then flee to the wilderness to fight another day

      77. Our island has been illegally invaded by Border Patrol and DHS agents.

        San Juan Island in located on the border between Bellingham, WA and British Columbia, Canada.
        It has been a strategic stronghold for military forces during war time, as it guards the entrance to the entire Puget Sound region.
        Our county seat is Friday Harbor; a tiny town that triples in population during the summer months due to tourism.

        Three years ago, the island I live on in the Pacific NW began to undergo frightening changes. These changes have continued to snowball to this day. In the beginning it seemed that these changes were reasonable—even necessary—in the light of 9-11. Airport runway expansions: hardening of the ferry landing with cages, massive metal gates, and cattle-like caged walkways; the installation of elaborate surveillance systems; and a marked increase in DOD, DHS, CBP, IRS and FBI personnel in our community. Then, last year, the DHS illegally leased the largest available office space in town, and began transforming it into a DHS stronghold, a virtual garrison smack-dab in the middle of our tiny town’s commercial center. We are talking metal walls, bulletproof glass, and detention cells.

        Our town charter requires that government agencies desiring to build new facilities must follow due process, hold public meetings in-advance, get permit approvals, etc.
        CBP and DHS did none of the above. The made back room deals, lied repeatedly to our faces, and then began doing what they planned to do all along, regardless of the fears or complaints of the locals.

        There were two public meetings. CBP and DHS personnel, and Port directors from our region gathered together to answer questions from the community. Our questions were answered with denial, misdirection, lies and more lies. When I stood up and expressed my fears of the likelihood of “mission creep,” a justifiable concern where Canadian Border Patrol (CBP) would share facilities and personnel with other government agencies. One of the Port Directors explained that all government agencies are required to offer logistic support, and facility-sharing to one another during “crisis.”

        In the next meeting, I once again voiced my concerns about mission-creep, and was told by yet another Port Director that these would be no increase in local federal personnel—period. There would be no facility sharing, No mission-creep, ever.
        This was not true. He lied to my face.

        Several days later, new DHS agents shook-down an entire ferry, and demanding IDs from everyone on the boat. This was not an international ferry and no ID check had ever been required on-board.
        When confronted by angry islanders saying “you have no right” to harass us like this. The agent replied: “We can do whatever we want after 9-11, as we maintain security over all U.S. transportation systems.”
        When asked if islanders “could expect more of this sort of thing?, an agent replied: “This will be S.O.P. (standard operating procedure). We have a dozen DHS and ICE agents moving to, and being deployed into your community.”

        This was the exact opposite of what we were told in the public meetings, that there “would be no increase in border personnel.” Now… the situation has gone from bad to worse. Two days ago a DHS Blackhawk helicopter began freaking-out islanders and home-owners: ignoring proscribed flight paths, buzzing shoreline homes, flying just above the ground, etc.

        When the Blackhawk landed at the local airport, I went there immediately, guessing correctly that the pilots would be looking for a place to have lunch. I introduced myself to the pilots and an ICE agent at Ernie’s Cafe, and learned that the DSH attack helicopter was doing “community outreach.” I translate this to mean: “We are traveling to small border towns around the country to terrify Americans with scary military hardware. This is to illustrate how useless it is to resist us.”

        If you want to know what to expect in mainland America in the coming months and years, just look at what is being done to small communities, like ours, within the 60-mile constitutional-exclusion zone that now surrounds our country.
        Wake up America!

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