Posted on 01/10/2021 4:39:34 PM PST by blam
It’s not been often, in the five years OffG has existed, that we’ve had to cop to missing something important within 24 hours of publishing an article – but this is one of those times.
In my article yesterday – “The Storming of the Capitol”: America’s Reichstag Fire? – I said this [my emphasis]:
“ Although there is not yet any talk of legislation [in response to the Capitol Hill riots], it’s certainly true there are whispers of purges and other measures to “protect the constitution”.
That quote did not age well, indeed it was wrong from the moment it went to print. Because, as it turns out, there has actually been “talk of legislation” for weeks – even months. Soon-to-be-President Joe Biden promised a new “domestic terrorism bill” back in November, according to the Wall Street Journal.
That is why you’re seeing so much usage of the phrase “domestic terrorism” in the last couple of days. It’s the meme-phrase. The primary talking point for this whole exercise. It was underlined in all the memos sent out to all the media outlets.
That’s why Joe Biden went to such lengths to distinguish “domestic terrorists” from “protesters” in his speech following the riots.
That’s why the Council on Foreign Relations had an interview with a “counter-terrorism and national security expert” published within 24 hours of the incident, in which he spends 4 paragraphs arguing that the people who “stormed the capitol” were domestic terrorists.
That’s why the Washington Post has got an article dedicated to “lawmakers and experts” arguing that the Capitol Hill protest was an act of “domestic terrorism”. And so have Vox. And Mother Jones.
That’s why ABC had an article about how “domestic terrorism and hate crimes” were a growing problem in America…a week before the riot took place.
And that’s why #TrumpisaDomesticTerrorist is trending on Twitter.
Georgetown University, a well-known spook college, published a paper in September 2020 titled the “The Need for a Specific Law Against Domestic Terrorism”, and op-ed pieces bemoaning the lack of such a law have been dotted through the press going back to last summer and even late 2019.
There was one published yesterday, in which a “senior FBI official” says “more could have been done” if there had been a “specific law outlawing” domestic terrorism.
“Domestic Terrorism” is clearly where it’s at in early 2021, so we can expect a brand new law regarding it…probably by March, at the latest.
What will “Domestic Terrorism” mean in this law? The answer to that is pretty much always “whatever they want it to mean.”
Certainly, it will include “incitement” and “hate speech”, I would expect “denialism” to make an appearance, and be downright shocked if “spreading misinformation” doesn’t get a mention. Don’t be surprised if “questioning elections” or “bringing democracy into disrepute” is made an outright crime.
It will probably be tied into the Covid “pandemic” in some way, too. After all, what is discouraging people from taking vaccines if not the very definition of “terrorism”, right? It’s possible that even climate change will get a mention as well. They like to slide that into every issue these days.
Joe Biden has claimed multiple times to be the author of the original Patriot Act, saying it was based entirely on a bill he proposed in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995.
Well now he has a chance to work on the reboot too, and they are always so much better when you can get the original creative team back together.
Logan/Leslie Grimes lives in Grand Rapids. went to DC with a friend. these are the rest of the Michigan persons arrested. careful reading suggests all but Grimes were at the Capitol, tho it doesn’t spell that out:
7 Jan: Wood8 TV: Police records: 6 from Michigan arrested in DC
by WOODTV.com staff; News 8’s Heather Walker contributed to this report.
According to DC police arrest information listed online, the six are Micah Femia, Shawn Floyd, Logan Grimes, John Parker, Matthew Staley and Ryan Williams.
Femia, Floyd, Parker, Staley and Williams were all charged with curfew violations...
Parker was also charged with unlawful entry and the arrest record lists the location as the Capitol.
Grimes was charged with carrying a pistol without a license, possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device and possession of unregistered ammunition. He was arrested several blocks away from the White House and even further from the Capitol.
Most, if not all, of the six men had been released from jail and were back in Michigan as of Thursday afternoon.
Grimes, 25, lives in Grand Rapids, his stepfather in Wyoming, Michigan, told News 8. He said he knew Grimes was headed to the protest, but didn’t know he owned any weapons.
Online records show Femia, 36, says he is from Grand Rapids, though it doesn’t appear he still lives here. Family said Floyd, 44, is from Redford, near Detroit. Staley, 44, is believed to live in Garden City, near Dearborn. News 8 called him Thursday but he refused comment. Williams, 29, appears to now live in Richmond, Michigan, but he is from Detroit...
The FBI is seeking information about rioters. The Associated Press reports that U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider out of Detroit, who handles federal cases in Michigan’s Eastern District, is urging anyone who knows anything to submit their tips to investigators. He said the feds will be looking at video and other evidence.
https://www.woodtv.com/news/national/police-records-6-from-michigan-arrested-in-dc/
Micah Femia is said to have been Grand Rapids, so checked him out, but found nothing except for the following, which does have reference to Grand Rapids performance. anyway, am guessing this might be the guy in DC - cos he’s another “actor”:
Resume Actors Access: MICAH FEMIA
https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/one_page_resume.cfm?custom_link=micah
I don’t think that the world has ever changed very much at all, in its essential issues and the choices with which individuals are presented.
We may think that we achieve ‘progress’, here and there; but we often lose something equally important in the process of achieving each ‘thing’ that is considered ‘progress’.
I think the Universe just turns around, with the same sort of things happening almost every generation; and perhaps the goal is that we will evolve to meet the new/old challenges differently and more righteously, every go-around.
I think God set up a pretty good system. He set it in motion, according to certain laws, and left the rest all up to US.
There will be no more FISA court. That was just an inconvenient formality anyway, that was routinely either ignored or blatantly lied to. The FBI is now Amerika’s KGB.
If you oppose the fascist government, you are a terrorist. Simple.
“If you aren’t with us, you are against us.”
Really wish I could give Dumbya a kick in the nads now.
I haven’t been online much (family health. Issues,etc.)
Bottom line is I remember you and hope it’s mutual. I was cooking beans at my brother’s place - close - and we agreed to invite you, but you declined.
My problem: I hardly know many many posters today. Who to trust?. We have to build a team, old guard team, of trusted contributors who can be vetted. I have ideas but won’t contribute or expose my identity until I’m comfortable. Do you even want the challenge? (The beans were great and my brother/FReeper passed away.)
Joe Biden will soon be in the geriatric wing of Gitmo.
Bush Junior is the sort of Republican that Dems will permit to run and win, from time to time, to preserve the fiction of there being two parties. That is to say, a Dem, presenting as a Republican.
I don’t know why so many average, peaceful patriots decided to follow the provocateurs into the Capitol building.
But I think that some of us are guilty of the same stupidity of which we accuse liberals: we often emote more than we THINK.
Exactly true !
If stealing an election through fraud isn't domestic terrorism,
then I don't know what is domestic terrorism.
TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) is the very essence of terrorism,
as is the "Cancel Culture" of Parler and ignoring common citizen's voice.
IT is the very essence of "Un-American activity", and denies Free Speech in the Constitution.
Ah yes, the Patriot Act. Something both parties say they’re against, but both parties just keep on renewing.
Could you write that in English, instead of in teenage cellphone text talk?
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