tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post77263100658086439..comments2024-03-28T11:07:52.205-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: There was a piece a couple of days ago about how nasty it could beFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-33320528011906943612017-02-10T14:21:25.252-08:002017-02-10T14:21:25.252-08:00Toast, most of them, no; some of the dedicated soc...Toast, most of them, no; some of the dedicated socialist types, well, they're the type that provided the commissars in the Soviet Union who killed factory managers and workers for not meeting the current(and not possible)5-Year Plan. But realistically, I tend to think you're right, not many of them.<br /><br />Anonymous, I think I read that once before but I'd forgotten it, thanks for the reminder.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-67318013432270778822017-02-10T12:00:05.074-08:002017-02-10T12:00:05.074-08:00Recently, I found http://macyoungsmusings.blogspot...Recently, I found http://macyoungsmusings.blogspot.com/2016/08/why-civilian-unrest-scares-me.html and it answered a few questions I didn't know I had.<br />One of a few money quotes: "What was not widely reported is on the other side of the LA city limit lines, police from different municipalities were geared up and waiting. Mini-riots tried to break out in multiple cities in the LA area, but the local PDs -- literally -- smashed them on the spot. Meanwhile, inside LA city limits, it was the withdrawal of the LAPD that both kept the damage localized to Los Angeles and allowed it to escalate.<br /><br />This resulted in looters driving into LA from other cities to 'riot.'"<br /><br />Stay away from crowds<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-30305649532934856192017-02-09T20:21:03.722-08:002017-02-09T20:21:03.722-08:00Yeah, I read that bit from Mosby and was scratchin...Yeah, I read that bit from Mosby and was scratching my head. Those lowlifes in Berzerkely were not being opposed at all. You have to wonder how eager they'd be if they were getting shot at.<br /><br />Oh, I don't doubt there's a few hard souls in the antifa/black bloc ranks. But these guys, for the most part, look scary because they've got no opposition. I'd love to see what would happen if they butted up against, oh, a biker gang. One of the really tough ones, too. :)Toastridernoreply@blogger.com