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[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Also there's a statistically noticeable chance that a hurricane will strike the convention. Does this mean that God has shifted his hate off of gay-loving New Orleans and onto the Republican Party where it belongs?

"Wide stance", V3x.

They're DOOMED. 

[Cain]

I've heard similar things too Roger.

In fact, it's all very interesting, and just a bit suspect.  Bill Warner, a private investigator in Florida, has claimed the "Occupy Wall Street Black Bloc" group will stage a series of attacks and disruptions in Florida.

Note: the existence of said group has yet to be verified.

Warner also claims that the Aurora Colarado/Dark Knight shooter fits the profile of a member of this supposed group.

Warner isn't typically a crank, despite his links with FOX News and John Loftus, and he worked as a researcher for the latter on the subject of Nazi war criminals and Project Paperclip.  He's done some serious investigative work, at the very least.

Is an "August Surprise" planned?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

There were supposed to be mass casualties and possibly a dirty bomb at the Olympics yet, and I'm pretty sure there weren't. Granted, it may have happened and NBC just hasn't gotten to it yet because of the time delay.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Also there's a statistically noticeable chance that a hurricane will strike the convention. Does this mean that God has shifted his hate off of gay-loving New Orleans and onto the Republican Party where it belongs?

No, it means God is an anarchist.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I've heard similar things too Roger.

In fact, it's all very interesting, and just a bit suspect.  Bill Warner, a private investigator in Florida, has claimed the "Occupy Wall Street Black Bloc" group will stage a series of attacks and disruptions in Florida.

Note: the existence of said group has yet to be verified.

Warner also claims that the Aurora Colarado/Dark Knight shooter fits the profile of a member of this supposed group.

Warner isn't typically a crank, despite his links with FOX News and John Loftus, and he worked as a researcher for the latter on the subject of Nazi war criminals and Project Paperclip.  He's done some serious investigative work, at the very least.

Is an "August Surprise" planned?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

It's either Fox & CNN trying to crank the ratings, or it's something really ugly that has nothing to do with some stupid bastard in a checkered kerchief and a red shirt.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

I think they're safe. They always play up the risk of violence/attacks and nothing ever happens. In this case, we have the following facts supporting this assessment:

1. We all know the government isn't in the inside job business.
2. Tampa, FL. Terrorists don't even know about that town, and if they did, they'd never go there.
3. It's a GOP convention. The candidates, delegates, security guards, and public attendees will be armed.
4. "Occupy Wall Street is going to blow something up." Read that again for maximum effect.

[Cain]

Please stop making false equivalencies.

I'm not saying any of this is ever going to happen.  In fact, the safest assumption with any terrorist threat is that it's not going to take place.

But the circumstances around this should raise suspicion, because it means someone (not necessarily but possibly Warner) has tried to link the Aurora shootings with future violence in Tampa.  That the group itself is unlikely is what makes me suspicious that someone has fed Warner an especially eloquent line of bullshit.

It could just be the threat alone is the aim of this "someone", to create a vague sense of unease linked with the Occupy movement and thus the Democrats.  Or it could be somewhat more serious.  Anarchist groups with a violent bent are almost entirely infiltrated by undercover officers.  Every major protest of the last two decades seems to prove this point, again and again.  Most American police agencies tend to have...cosy relationships with high-earning industries, as illustrated by the Wall Street "pay for an off-duty cop" scheme.  Given Tampa's own history of political and police corruption under Mayor Greco, who was only ousted two years ago, I would be surprised if a more informal arrangement was not in place.  In particular, real estate and banking are big business in Tampa.

There is a full out effort by some of the nuttiest Republicans in a long time to get Romney installed as President, because the financial services industry is feeling butthurt about Obama's lukewarm attempts at regulating them.  I'm sure I don't need to mention Sheldon Adelson, but I will do anyway.  His influence in Israel, where Bibi is considering an attack against Iran during the next couple of months, cannot be underestimated.  Indeed, his HaYom newspaper is one of the staunchest defenders of Netanyahu personally and Likud generally.  Then there is Harold Simmons, who funded Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, to the tune of several million.  Bob Perry also dropped $4.5 million on that little venture and - surprise! - he's backing Romney with a cool $4 million, that saved Romney's Florida campaign entirely. 

Sure, I can't stand Obama, and he also has significant backing from certain investment banks (Goldman Sachs) and financial services providers (Blackstone Group).  But on the few areas where Obama actually diverges from the Republicans is where he causes the most significant outrage.  Obama's opposition to overt war with Iran angers many Israeli supporters, both in America and in Israel, and his more general attitude to Israel demands, in their eyes, punishment.  Biden is equally loathed, and there are efforts underway to try and remove him from the Vice-Presidency even if Obama wins, and replace him with a more pro-Israeli VP (namely Hillary Clinton).  Obama's few moves to regulating the financial services industry have convinced lots of people with tons of money and a brattish, entitled attitude, that he is some kind of socialist dictator, regardless of the truth.  That's two powerful constituencies with a casual attitude towards the law right there.

All I'm saying is that there are some very powerful people who want Obama gone, ASAP, lots of money floating around, geopolitical implications of an Obama defeat this year, and then someone comes out of the woodwork with a very specific terrorist warning which, if it were to occur, could be a game-changer for the election.  It's something that should probably have an eye kept on it, just in case.  Oh, and there is Florida itself, America's own banana republic.  Nothing good happens in Florida involving money or politics, ever.

[Luna]

Just before the GOP meets for the big wank-off in Florida...

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/08/25/charlie-crist-former-republican-governor-of-florida-endorses-president-obama/

Charlie Crist, former GOP Governor of the State of Florida, put a lengthy special editorial in the Sunday Tampa Bay Times.

I've studied, admired and gotten to know a lot of leaders in my life. Across Florida, in Washington and around the country, I've watched the failure of those who favor extreme rhetoric over sensible compromise, and I've seen how those who never lose sight of solutions sow the greatest successes.

As America prepares to pick our president for the next four years — and as Florida prepares once again to play a decisive role — I'm confident that President Barack Obama is the right leader for our state and the nation. I applaud and share his vision of a future built by a strong and confident middle class in an economy that gives us the opportunity to reap prosperity through hard work and personal responsibility. It is a vision of the future proven right by our history.

LOTS more at the link.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, Jezebel. Thank you for making fun of this more  than I ever could have: http://jezebel.com/5937092/mitt-romneys-wonder-dong-should-be-chieftan-of-america

[Cain]

Lies.  Mitt Romney is the alpha male war chieftan of your vagina and you know it.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Lies.  Mitt Romney is the alpha male war chieftan of your vagina and you know it.

Oh Mitt. Rule my bagsteak!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

What the gibbering fuck is going on here?

Republican platform to include a return to the gold standard.


They're trolling us, right? 


Right?

WUT

[Cain]

A true Randian platform would involve a return to gold coinage.

Which would be hilarious, given the current value of gold.  Currency debasement wouldn't be a strong enough term for what would happen...they'd have to invent a new term, like "currency debauchery", or "currency barbarization" or something.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

RYAN SAYS RAPE IS "A METHOD OF CONCEPTION"

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

http://www.eutimes.net/2012/05/fbi-agent-fleeing-massive-manhunt-warns-theyre-all-insane/

Sort of relating to the RNC thing. Im not sure about the quality of the source, but its another reason to keep an eye out.

A bizarre Foreign Ministry report circulating in the Kremlin today states that this Friday past (11 May) Russian Envoy Vladimir Vinokurov, the Consulate General of San Francisco, was approached near his hotel room during a visit to Los Angles by an agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identifying himself as Stephen Ivens [photo top right] who warned that he and a former FBI agent named Donald Sachtleben had uncovered evidence of an impending terror attack on US soil stating that those behind the attack were "all insane."

Before Ivens was able to finish his "message," this report says, the three American Diplomatic Security (DS) agents, who trail all Russian diplomats in the US, began to "surge" towards Ivens causing him to flee.

According to US news sources, Special Agent Ivens, after leaving downtown Los Angeles, returned to his home in Burbank whereupon he then fled into the rugged Verdugo Mountains after which a massive manhunt for him ensued involving 100 FBI agents, 40 sheriff's department rescuers and a dozen local police officers.

FBI officials stated to the local media that Ivens was "distraught" and "might be suicidal" adding that they believed he had in his possession his service weapon. At no time, however, did anyone ever state as to why Ivens would be in such a state.