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Agriculture closes offices in 5 states after threats
Associated Press ^ | Aug 30, 2016 11:37 AM EDT | Mary Clare Jalonick

Posted on 08/30/2016 8:46:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The Agriculture Department has closed offices in five states after receiving anonymous threats.

USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick says in a statement on Tuesday that the department had received “several anonymous messages” that raised concerns about the safety of USDA personnel and facilities. He said six offices are closed until further notice. …

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Local News
KEYWORDS: anonymousthreats; terroristicthreats; usda
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1 posted on 08/30/2016 8:46:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

This is a start.


2 posted on 08/30/2016 8:47:49 AM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: Olog-hai

PETA kooks


3 posted on 08/30/2016 8:48:48 AM PDT by WENDLE (We will win together.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_atgCKxL0NA)
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To: Olog-hai
Going Postal. It isn't just for the Postal Service anymore!


4 posted on 08/30/2016 8:50:12 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: x1stcav

Could be!


5 posted on 08/30/2016 8:50:38 AM PDT by BobNative
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To: Olog-hai

And all the employees were terminated and no longer being supported by taxpayers, all the buildings they occupied up for sale and all the cell phones and computer systems shut down. /s/


6 posted on 08/30/2016 8:51:58 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Olog-hai

Somebody wants a six-day weekend.


7 posted on 08/30/2016 8:52:25 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Olog-hai

Lesbian pushback? See? Maybe da girls don’t want to
be farmers!


8 posted on 08/30/2016 8:52:57 AM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf.)
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To: Olog-hai

Wait a minute.

These guys have plenty of guns.

What are they afraid of?


9 posted on 08/30/2016 8:53:37 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Olog-hai

Too bad they aren’t all closed because the Ag Dept. has been defunded. Another thing to add to Pres. Trump’s “To Do List.” It is nothing but a food stamp factory, promoting more millions onto the dependency rolls.

LBJ was a clever cuss, hiding welfare in the Agriculture budget until it now far eclipses the amount farmers get in crop disaster payments, while pumping out crazy global warming regulations that drive the farmers off the land.


10 posted on 08/30/2016 8:55:26 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Olog-hai

Can’t find any details. Probably none of our business.
I like the 6 day weekend theory.


11 posted on 08/30/2016 8:55:34 AM PDT by nicepaco
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To: Vendome

Did their ammunition budget get cut?


12 posted on 08/30/2016 8:56:40 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

What’s up with that?

Pressure to get the meat monitors to forsake pork?


13 posted on 08/30/2016 8:58:01 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Olog-hai

How embarrassing that they would fold up like a cheap chair just like that...

...I wonder do we really need employees/managers like this?


15 posted on 08/30/2016 9:14:59 AM PDT by exPBRrat
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To: smokingfrog

Seven day weekend. Monday is labor day


16 posted on 08/30/2016 9:22:58 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Paulie

More likely distracting the meat monitors so something bad can be added to the ground beef.


17 posted on 08/30/2016 9:52:39 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Olog-hai

Reminiscent of all the “bomb threats” at Wall Street brokerage firms in the early 70s.


18 posted on 08/30/2016 10:05:16 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
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To: Olog-hai

Let me guess: blame the Russians.


19 posted on 08/30/2016 10:16:41 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Roccus

I suppose all growing of food has ground to a halt since the Department of Agriculture is closed.


20 posted on 08/30/2016 11:14:46 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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