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Workers clear out of Russian consulate in San Francisco
The Los Angeles Times ^ | September 2, 2017 | Garance Burke, Eric Risberg

Posted on 09/02/2017 2:32:44 PM PDT by BlackAdderess

Acrid, black smoke was seen pouring from a chimney at the Russian consulate in San Francisco and workers began hauling boxes out of the stately building in a historic area of the city Friday, a day after the Trump administration ordered its closure amid escalating tensions between the United States and Russia.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: antifa; losangeles; violence
So, the black smoke pouring from the chimney on one of the hottest days.

Is there any Russian involvement in Southern California basically turning into America's very own Chechnya? Is the divisiveness entirely organic, or do you suppose that it may have been helped along by Putin?

1 posted on 09/02/2017 2:32:44 PM PDT by BlackAdderess
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To: BlackAdderess

pluz

you been drinking too much neo-con koolaid. the cold war ended 25 years ago.

and no chicken little - Russia isn’t a threat to America. the sky isn’t falling.


2 posted on 09/02/2017 2:41:19 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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Sorry but Putin is an oddly sputtering guy who periodically blames the whole world for allegedly “looking down on Russia.” Kumbaya this guy is not. I have friends from that part of the world but haven’t heard a lot of fanboying going on over Putin from that quarter either.


3 posted on 09/02/2017 3:22:06 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Pray for our brave men and women in law enforcement)
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4 posted on 09/02/2017 3:33:47 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: BlackAdderess

GDPs:

Canada > Russia > Mexico


5 posted on 09/02/2017 3:34:39 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: vooch

Does Putin know this?


6 posted on 09/02/2017 3:55:51 PM PDT by null and void (I don't expect to live in a safe world. I expect to live in a free country. Respect the Constitution)
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To: vooch

Concurring bump...delusional cold warriors do not age well.


7 posted on 09/02/2017 3:56:27 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: vooch

Concurring bump...delusional cold warriors do not age well.


8 posted on 09/02/2017 3:56:28 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck

Hey; I am a delusional cold war warrior, but even I can recognize a FULDA F#CKTARD.


9 posted on 09/02/2017 5:23:07 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: BlackAdderess
I heard they were smoking all the weed they could dig up before they shut down.

10 posted on 09/02/2017 5:39:46 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL, NPR, antifa, SPLC)
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To: BlackAdderess

your paranoia is likely treatable


11 posted on 09/02/2017 6:50:25 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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That location should have been shuttered DECADES AGO. Look at the picture, they had about the highest ground in the entire area. Compare that to the US embassy in Moscow, which is in a river valley.


12 posted on 09/02/2017 7:18:43 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: vooch

...as are your ad hominem attacks and other forms of fallacious reasoning!


13 posted on 09/03/2017 7:01:24 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (Pray for our brave men and women in law enforcement)
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To: BobL

That is an excellent point. I can’t imagine what that location would cost on the open market!


14 posted on 09/03/2017 7:02:59 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (Pray for our brave men and women in law enforcement)
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