Would you believe >>> "relatively safe" ???
Well, what about maybe >>> "kind o' safe" ?????
OK, then, what if I told you that one 81 mm. mortar could effectively deliver about fifteen to twenty rounds with a ten pound high explosive fragmentation payload on a target three miles away in about a minute..... And what if I told you that mortars like that have been and still are often used by terrorists all around the world ???...???
Because of their high trajectory ballistics, mortars make an ideal weapon for indirect fire missions (not having eyes on the target) either using a forward observer/director or by simple ballistic calculation; also their firing positions can be easily concealed behind four walls or other barriers, as long as there is a sufficiently large opening skyward when the rounds are being launched.
The FBI has issued a high level warning about Washington and the Inauguration, but they haven't made clear the specific nature of the threat --- so far they have hinted at some of the WHOs that might be involved, but I haven't seen any of the WHATs that those WHOs might be going to try.
If I had to bet on things, I'd say the odds favor "relatively safe" --- unless the real intelligence by the security team has some more specific information as to what the WHOs might have in mind.....
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UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "WASHINTON ON 'HIGH ALERT' " EDITION
NEWS REPORTS ON CBS, NBC, MSMBC AND OTHER MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLETS ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT THE FBI HAS ISSUED A "HIGH ALERT" FOR MORE THAN A >>> WHOLE WEEK <<< AROUND THE INAUGURATION --- FROM ABOUT FOUR DAYS BEFORE UNTIL ABOUT FOUR DAYS AFTER.....
THE REPORTS INDICATE THAT BY INAUGURATION DAY, WASHINGTON, D.C., WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST MILITARY SECURITY PRESENCE SINCE THE CIVIL WAR --- ALL BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF HOME-GROWN RIGHT WING TERRORISTS
BY THE TIME OF THE INAUGURAITON, THE MEDIA IS REPORTING THAT OVER 20,000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS WILL BE IN THE U.S. CAPITAL, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS, WASHINGTON, D.C., METRO POLICE AND POLICE FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS
MAJOR INTERSECTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BLOCKED BY HEAVY MILITARY VEHICLES --- AND THE SECURITY HARD PERIMETER IS ALREADY 2 1/2 TO 3 1/2 BLOCKS AROUND AND AWAY FROM THE CAPITOL BUILDING --- AND THAT PERIMETER IS PROGRESSIVELY BEING EXPANDED
MAYOR MURIAL BOWSER HAS, THUS FAR, ONLY REQUESTED THAT THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON , D.C., STAY AWAY FROM THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY AND REMAIN AT HOME --- BY JANUARY 20TH, THAT "REQUEST" MIGHT BE SUPPLEMENTED BY A LOCKDOWN ORDER.....
THE REPORTS ALSO INDICATED A TREMENDOUS UPTICK IN INTERNET TRAFFIC BY EXTREMIST GROUPS WITH EXTREMELY PROVOCATIVE AND SPECIFICALLY THREATENING QUOTES BEING REPEATED IN THE TV AND OTHER MSM REPORTS
Not reported in these particular reports, is the extent of heightened security around the rest of the country; as well as an ongoing dragnet to apprehend last week's marauders that assaulted police and invaded the Capitol Building.
Whether all of this is just alarmism or reflects a legitimate security response to a real security threat, the "terrorists," or however one might choose to describe or characterize them, have already succeeded in one of their main goals..... THEY HAVE MADE US FEAR THEM !!!!!
Will Biden be attending?
He probably will attend, but will Biden know that he is attending his own inauguration as President of the United States?
Has anybody in the Brooklyn GOP come out in support of President Trump?
It looks like all the cowards ran for the hills when the going got tough.
INTERESTING UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "RIGHT WING INTERNET WORK-AROUND" EDITION
THE MSM IS REPORTING THAT EXTREME RIGHT WING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOW LARGELY SPREADING THEIR INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS VIA AN APP CALLED "TELEGRAM," BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN MOSTLY SHUT OUT OF THE LARGE SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS..... THAT'S INTERESTING BY ITSELF, BUT THIS MAKES IT EVEN MORE INTERESTING >>> "TELEGRAM" HAS VERY STRONG RUSSIAN CONNECTIONS, VERY STRONG INDEED
ALSO PART OF THE REPORT WAS THAT U.S. SECURITY AGENCIES ARE AWARE OF THIS CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION AND ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT PIECE OF THE INTERNET TRAFFIC
According to Google, "Telegram." the company and the app, were started in Russia in 2013 and later moved to Germany. "Telegram Messenger" states that its end goal is not to bring profit, but it is not currently structured as a non-profit organization. "Telegram" is registered as both an English LLP and an American LLC.
According to Wikipedia, "Telegram" provides end-to-end encrypted calls and optional end-to-end encrypted "secret" chats between two online users on smartphones, whereas cloud chats use client-server/server-client encryption. Users can send text and voice messages, animated stickers, make voice and video calls, and share an unlimited number of images, documents (2 GB per file), user locations, contacts, and music.
"Telegram" was the 8th most downloaded app worldwide in 2020; and in January 2021, Telegram surpassed 500 million monthly active users.
UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "CURRENT POLLING SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE JANUARY 6TH PROTESTORS' TAKEOVER OF THE CAPITOL" EDITION
IN WHAT IS LIKELY AN UNDERCOUNT BY MSM POLLSTERS, WELL OVER TWENTY-FIVE MILLION AMERICANS LIKED WHAT THEY SAW ON JANUARY 6TH IN WASHINGTON
A Washington Post-ABC poll conducted between January Tenth and Thirteenth indicated that eight percent (8%) of those surveyed indicated that they "support... the attack on the Capitol" [the poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points].
Simple math shows that about 26.2 million Americans support the actions of the protestors on Capitol Hill on January 6th [with the lowest possible estimate being 14.7 million, and the highest being 37.7 million]. Given the extremely controversial subject matter of the question, those numbers probably represent a substantial undercount of support for the attack on the Capitol on January 6th.
All of those estimates of "support" are big numbers of Americans.
Did anyone see the dark-colored SUV's parked outside the Sisto residence this morning? Was Liam rounded up by the F.B.I. ?
Liam McCabe does have a lot to answer for, but I doubt that he did anything that might interest the FBI or any other officials driving sinister 'dark colored SUV's parked outside the Sisto residence'.
Mr. McCabe does need to explain why these questions are so prominently UNANSWERED on his Facebook page: 'This is what happens when people spread dangerous lies - Has Brooklyn conservative leadership condemned the voter fraud conspiracies? Condemned Trump for his role in inciting a riot?'
What's up, Liam; the cat got your tongue?
Summer of 2017 is back !!!
Oh no, Mr. Bill, not that!
Are we sure old Liam isn't just a-waitin' to see which way the old weathered wind'll blow? After all, nobody's ever accused old Liam of bein' a leader....
UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "TRANSITION OF POWER BY FORCE OF ARMS" EDITION
WITH WORD THAT VIOLENT PROTESTS MIGHT OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE D.C. AREA, THE SECURITY FORCES ARE AUGMENTING THEIR MILITARY STRENGTH BY ANOTHER FIVE THOUSAND (5000) NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS --- BRINGING THE TOTAL OF ARMED SOLDIERS IN THE CAPITOL TO ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND (25,000)
SOME NEWS REPORTS HAVE INDICATED THAT THERE WILL BE SECURITY PERSONNEL ON TOP OF EVERY TALL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, ROVING PATROLS OF GUARDSMEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND SURVEILLANCE DRONES OVERHEAD [IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT AGENCY(IES) MIGHT BE OPERATING THOSE DRONES OR WHETHER THEY MIGHT BE ARMED IN ANY WAY]
THE UNITED STATES SURE IS STARTING TO LOOK AND FEEL MORE LIKE A "BANANA REPUBLIC" EVERY DAY --- FIRST AN ELECTION FIXED AND STOLEN IN PLAIN SIGHT --- THEN A TRANSITION OF POWER BY FORCE OF ARMS
It is now clear that, in spite of all the rhetoric about the U.S. tradition of the "peaceful transition of power," any Biden-Harris administration is really coming to power "by force of arms" led by generals.....
WHAT NEXT ? A REIGN OF TERROR AGAINST EVERYBODY IN THE OPPOSITION.....
They got Tim a/k/a Baked Alaska.
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