Remember the 3,000 killed as the twin towers “collapsed.” Or the 2,403 killed at Pearl Harbor during the “surprise attack.”
3,000 dead seems to be just the right amount of psychic trauma to a nation that major policy can be shifted.
I am very worried that my Virginia friends who support civilian gun ownership and who will attend the rally in Richmond will find themselves in the middle of an orchestrated mass trauma event. From agents provocateur to Maiden Protest Snipers to citizens boiling in rage and fear, to simple stampedes. We have a very diverse group of people who have been brought together over a common concern: civilian gun ownership.
Antifa, conservatives, soldiers, national guard, off duty LEO, Nazi’s, those who just don’t trust the government, those driven into severe poverty, Jeffersonian patriots, and a few who want a race war. They are all mixed in together.
Some are really really pissed. A few might be ready to start the civil war NOW.
I am worried that friends, who are not ready to shoot or be shot (yet) for the cause, will be standing in the killing fields as those who are ready to shoot, do so. And that it has all been designed to blow-up, giving the country the 3,000-dead-level-of-trauma needed to sweep through the new legislation.
I sure hope that I am wrong.
agitating prop-
I’ve seen meth kill people too. It grabs people and it just doesn’t let go. I didn’t connect it to work, but that does make sense.
I believe a critical contributing factor to falling wages in the industry is the wave of (20 million?) illegals who think $7/hour is just a fantastic wage. (Any idea how much an RN makes working Emergency in a southeast asia hospital? That would be $4.57/hour.)
You can bet the donor class of all Republicans (and now, most Democrats) support further waves of enthusiastic illegals to keep those corporate profits high, and the wages low, by increasing the supply of labor that is excited to work for $7/hour.
This deliberate act of policy drops working-class American salaries down to the levels of the third world.
“Border crossing no longer illegal! Sanctuary Cities! Lower wages for all working class Americans! Cheaper nannies and gardeners!” If you don’t like this policy, you’re just a racist.
Adam,
Looks like there are other “campers” there. Yikes! Makes you wonder about the possibilities of plague.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2DbTRl-YWc
BTW, the resolution on the sheriff helicopter’s IR was impressive.
First, did you listen to the 2 people the CNN video focused on ? They are there by choice, it is an easy life for them. This is also the case for the camps we have had in my area of CA. Because of teh court case mentioned, what our area did was make shelter space available, which 90% of the camp residents did not want nor take, so then it was legal to tear down the tent camp. The tent camps have a mix of people, some of which we should be taking care of, like mentally ill or veterans and other there by choice for a drug/bike theft life style.
Now, the car campers are a different set, some of them are overlaps with the tent encampments but many of them are working and do it as housing is unavailable. And, I also wonder, as a different poster mentioned, how much is due to property speculation, bought up and left empty by foreign investers, and also other properties converted into vacation rentals so also off the market for local working people to rent or buy.
But, I also know that top down state mandates on forced dense housing builds are ruining many areas and making them unliveable. I wonder why we are not allowed to say, for some landlocked, fully built up cities like the ones by me, this city is full, is it realy desireable to make small cities have high rise housing ?
For people who want it, in this county, we make simple, inexpensive living illegal. My guess is because the county wants the tax money.
Examples: It is illegal to build a small house to live in, there are minimum size requirements. It is illegal to live in a yurt or trailer on your own property. So, it is illegal for a person of modest means to provide for themselves in a simple, affordable manner, even if they have managed to scrape up the money to buy the acre of land out of town.
There is a young couple around the corner from me who are visible from the road, and realy flaunting it. Cross your fingers that they dont get called in. But, they bought the land, not a very desirable parcel which is why the only housing site is so close to the road. They put up a yurt on a wooden platform that they built. A well with a solar pump and very small raised tank. They are right by a stream and I do wish we could ensure that waste is taken care of, but… we are not sensible enough to only require and inspect for the only 3 that we should care about for community safety (1) clean drinking water (2) waste water/toileting dealt with appropriately ( like a septic system. They do not have this, I know)(3) safely connected and wired electric power, even if off grid because of fire danger
We also either made illegal or zoning coded out the kind of junky private camp grounds that used to serve some itenerant and lower income people. The one I am remembering that was in the county had bathrooms, clean tap water, safe electric hookups and trash service, and was not very much money each night, and less by the month. Seems to me that we dont need to reinstate this with government ownership, we realy just need to get out of the way to let the need get met. Obviously, we DO need long term mental health beds, drug rehab for those willing, etc… But, we could let some enterprising person run a cheap campground again, we just need to designate an area that could be used ! Obviously, many in the current tent encampments who are lifestyle residents, would not go there either, not to mention that there would be rules. But it would serve many who are the falling thru the cracks working and/or disabled that cannot afford other options and should be allowed to chose a place that has some ammenities rather than on the street or bike trail.
Once you start to peel off those we can help, and who will accept the help, in what ever ways we do it, we will still be left with some people, and in this county, at this point, this last group is now the majority of the tent encampment people. So you can house many, you can make shelters too, but there is this core group that is in it for the lifestyle. We have an awful lot of bike theft and bike chop shops, house break ins, etc… for the drugs they buy. ( Real cute that CNN labeled the bike guy as some kind of recycler !! ) At that point, we should be allowed, as a community, to say they have to leave town, not camp on the sidewalk, not shoot up in the bathroom by the kids playground at the park ! I guess we need to appeal to the supreme court the 9th circuit ruling ? Just hope this madness of that ruling doesnt come to your state !
Apologies for the previous reply (ad hominen remark removed) as I digressed into 2nd amendment subject. On the homeless “crisis” I strongly believe this is truly misleading as it really is more of a drug crisis. Being mentally ill and homeless are symptoms of drug and alcohol abuse. Call it what it is and it may stand a chance for change. Like this, it will continue to be incorrectly addressed. If you focus on shelter, the real issues go begging … literally.
Although it is a worrying stew - I think this gathering is just too obvious for the usual false flag. It seems “surprise” is part of the psychic trauma - and this looks like a bad riot with intermittent shootings in the worst case. Our blood soaked population needs something far worse if they want a knee-jerk, social changing event.
It’s a for profit LLC. I believe this is possible to create win-win situations with pure, (not crony or vulture) capitalism.In a nutshell, I go around the Southern Colorado area looking for bank-owned properties to rehab. (Been rehabbing properties for 20 years)
I partner with local food banks and homeless service agencies, as well as addiction rehab programs that actually work (Oxford House is the best) to handpick clients who show determination and promise in their desire for recovery and to be housed.
I cap my profits in this part of my portfolio at 5 percent. Clients pay a sliver under competitive rent ( no more than ten percent less) and usually first month’s rent and deposit is covered by local food bank or other homeless assistance programs, both public and private.
Six properties so far, and some very, very heartwarming success stories. Clients have a ‘runway’ to get up to speed, and are shortly paying near-normal rates. My small cadre of investors and I get our five percent, and the community gets productive members of society instead of desperate folks on the streets.
Let me know here if you want to pursue this. Anyone else is welcome to as well. 
agitating prop, I am guessing you made your comments without watching the video I linked.
Obviously more high density housing is the answer…
https://www.6sqft.com/nearly-250000-nyc-rental-apartments-sit-vacant/
Please define “business”, “swing”, and “thriving”.
Perhaps, politicians, bureaucratic agencies and the uneducated should not corrupt and pervert the natural laws of economics and the basic concept of sound money.
American cities are set up to provide housing to the well-off. Poor people are systematically excluded by law in most places. These laws include building codes (which typically require several hundred square feet person). Zoning regulations usually require that only certain types of housing be built, such as single family housing, and block the ability of people to split housing costs by moving in together. Simple things such as building a separate apartment in the basement of a house are usually illegal. Even in homes with a huge back yard, it’s usually illegal to put a tiny house back there. Parking requirements set aside huge amounts of land for parking that could be used for housing, thus pushing up housing prices.
Part of the reason for all this relates to inequality. Pretty much nobody wants to live near poor people. Developers usually prefer building a million-dollar house instead of building 50 houses for $20,000 each. It’s easier and cheaper for them to sell a big house to one family instead of small, cheap homes to 50 families. In my neighborhood things have gotten so bad that the local hospital is trying to build apartment buildings on its land, so that its lower-level employees can have some hope of finding a place to live.
If you have time,pick up a copy of Dignity by Chris Arnade.He spent 20 years trading bonds for Citibank.A few years after the financial crisis he walked away and began his journey trying to understand poverty in America.He lived in his car for years travelling the country.He does an excellent job explaining the back row to the front row.One of his more profound takeaways is even amid pain and poverty community can thrive…
Eh, not everywhere. I’m a developer in southern Colorado, and workforce housing is exactly what we’re doing. The town is very open to it, in fact they are rushing to accommodate what we are trying to do. Unfettered capitalism really does work, it’s all about the win/win.
I find the opposite in the town near here, due to pressure from the state, and developers ! The developers love being able to build denser housing, and use every square foot of the lots and skimp on parking ! More profits to townhouses, 5 or 6 townhouses vs one single family home. Never enough parking provided.
Also, it is quite legal to put in backyard buildings, they call them ADU Accessory Dwelling Units. ANd why not ? More fees to the county ! We have insane permit fees. Many programs are funded by the fees. Out of town, people are now building the second units without permits, there are many right in the few blocks around me. Why do it illegal when they are not just allowed but wanted ? Well, it costs as much or more for the permit fees than the unit itself ! I think around $20-25k for a simple studio second unit, for the permit fees.
Parking. Well, you can imagine the congestion in town that is resulting from all of this. Townhouses and apartments instead of single family homes. Single family homes changed or added to 2 or 3 units, legally or illegally. The curb side parking and the size of the roads hasnt changed at all. More people for the same area with no change in infrastructure has resulted in congested roads and not enough parking. So, maybe New York city doesnt need parking, or San Francisco, you dont need a car there. But, most existing cities and town of 50,000 with people who commute to other areas, yes they all have cars and pretending that they will all just go car free to put in another townhouse instead of enough parking doesnt change it.
Jefferson was quite the rebel spirit. Intensely averse to being dominated by authorities, he advocated for a number or remarkable ideals and an essential tool affecting the balance of power between the people and the government. The firearm.
- That all human beings were created equal and endowed by their creator basic rights.
- That a government's power would always reside in the hands of the governed.
- And that power would gathered into the hands of tyrants, and need to be pried free by force.
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind..... Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks. I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. --“Paine and Jefferson on Liberty”, (1988) p.89,The clash of citizens and tyrannical government was seen as inevitable.
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.At this point in history, we find ourselves in the end stages of the consolidation of power. The power is not just held by force, by by the skillful application of the technology of propaganda that exploits the vulnerabilities of the human psyche. Citizens no longer can know whether a building collapsed or was blown up, whether a president is or is not a puppet of a foreign power, whether a vote count is accurate, nor whether a war to eliminate WMDs is legitimate. The public/private oligarchy kills with impunity, lies casually to its people and harvests the labor and wealth of the common person for their own benefit. We have a relationship more like the farmer-to-his-flock. We are deep into tyranny. This is exactly what Jefferson was talking about.
A close friend, age 77, and shooting buddy from Charlottesville reports from the bus en route to Richmond, and then from the gun rally.
6:00 am
On the bus to Richmond. It's full.
More women than I expected. No one seems nervous. If they are they're not showing it. Party atmosphere like we're going to a ball game.
A police escort boarded the bus. Riding on in with us. Couple of friendly guys.
11:20 am
11:30Huge crowds. I only saw 3 young college kids with camo and face paint carrying ar15s. They looked scared and stuck close together. Unintentionally surrounded by a huge crowd, as was I. Between the huge crowd s and massive police presence, I don't think Antifa can cause much damage. A bystander commented that if they shoot a reporter or two it would look bad for us. But I don't think 3 white middle class college kids will risk being tried for murder. Let's hope not.
I feel safe and so glad I am here for this historic event. Will send pics later.
Nice work police officers!! A friendly police attitude may be the secret magic that keeps this event from going oppositional.Police very friendly to us.
…aren’t going to be the problem if this one is any indication:
https://twitter.com/MichaelCoudrey/status/1219283286888837120