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What Happened to 'the Storm'?
American Thinker ^ | 23 Jan, 2021 | Brian C. Joondeph

Posted on 01/24/2021 5:13:35 PM PST by MtnClimber

Despite the hype and expectations for "a storm," Jan. 20 marked another relatively peaceful transition of power, from one presidential administration to the next. Yes, there were more law enforcement than spectators at this strange inauguration, reminiscent of a Soviet May Day parade, but it was anticlimactic, at least to the many expecting a long-awaited storm, unleashed by Trump supporters, supposedly on the deep state, during former (I hate to use that word) President Trump’s final days in office.

This past week, in any case, rumors swirled of something big and stormy happening. An unprecedented number of military and National Guard descended on Washington D.C. There were fences around the Capitol and adjacent buildings. The razor wire atop the fences was facing inwards, supposedly to keep those inside from escaping.

This, a conspiracy theory went, was a giant trap for the deep state, President Biden’s inauguration luring the deep state into the witch’s oven, ready to be arrested by thousands of National Guard members recently deputized as U.S. Marshals, yet all secretly disloyal. In this soup of nuttiness we also heard that major Democrat players were already arrested, awaiting trial or execution.

This would make for a great Robert Ludlum or Tom Clancy novel but was nothing more than fanciful delusion for Trump supporters disillusioned at the president's loss.

The only storm on inauguration day was in the Oval Office as Biden signed 17 (a poke at Q followers?) executive orders or actions, promptly reversing much of what Trump accomplished during his presidency.

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


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism; insurrection; q; qanon; qplancomplete; seekhelpnow; storm; stormfizzled; trustoperation
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1 posted on 01/24/2021 5:13:35 PM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The storm is the debt storm we are about to see piled on top of the already huge mountain of debt.


2 posted on 01/24/2021 5:13:52 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

It was a psyop campaign done by intelligence agencies to lull people into inaction and it worked.


3 posted on 01/24/2021 5:16:54 PM PST by Shadow44
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To: MtnClimber

We underestimated Democrat evil and Republican cowardice.


4 posted on 01/24/2021 5:18:05 PM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: MtnClimber

What truly confuses me if that Trump must have had awareness of the Q phenomenon and the hopes and dreams that people placed on it. It would have been easy for him to make a speech on any topic at all and just casually add in: “By the way, I do want to let people know that I am not behind the Q thing. There’s nothing there. Focus on real things, not a hoax like Q.” But President Trump never said that. And the storm never hit. And at this point, I think the moment is well past. If there was ever anything there, there is nothing now.


5 posted on 01/24/2021 5:22:34 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I'm sorry the Q thing didn't work out. We were wrong about that.)
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To: Shadow44

What “lulled people into inaction” was the realization that the Deep State would use surveillance technology to easily identify them and then persecute them as “terrorists”.

Life is way too short for that garbage—especially when no specific tangible goal would be achieved.

Smart people weigh the pros and cons of every action, and act when they have a reasonable chance of achieving their goal.

“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. “

George Patton


6 posted on 01/24/2021 5:23:35 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: MtnClimber

Some of us knew Trump was just a speed bump, just a hopeful time to stave off the inevitable. I prayed hard maybe we had four more years to try and put out the flames of our tattered constitution.

The only storm was the relentless thunder and fire from the left while the conservatives tried over and over to stave off the floodwaters of maddening evil.

Trusting God, not any stupid plan. No time in the history of the world is like these days. We should be very sober, focused and must persevere encouraging one another.


7 posted on 01/24/2021 5:24:08 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: stinkerpot65

It’s Republican evil too. They weren’t being cowardly; they were showing us who they really are.


8 posted on 01/24/2021 5:24:35 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: MtnClimber

The best test for truth is the mainstream media.

Whatever they deny is true.

They went full throttle to deny Q.

Case closed.


9 posted on 01/24/2021 5:26:03 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: MtnClimber

POTUS was outflanked due to the bipartisan nature of the 4 year long coup and election steal.


10 posted on 01/24/2021 5:26:38 PM PST by lodi90
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To: MtnClimber

Did we tell the Germans we were invading Normandy, or that we were going to nuke 2 Japanese cities?


11 posted on 01/24/2021 5:26:55 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: cgbg
No it didn't, Qanon was a psyop that was ongoing for years. It successfully fooled enough people that a secret plan was happening and nobody had to do anything but "sit back and enjoy the show."

Nobody had to mobilize or engage in activism, everything would work out. The wall would be built, Hillary would go to prison, and Sessions would drain the swamp. Even people on Free Republic fell for this. I was told numerous times by people that "Trump knows more than you and he's playing 4D chess."

12 posted on 01/24/2021 5:28:17 PM PST by Shadow44
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To: MtnClimber

BS.


13 posted on 01/24/2021 5:28:39 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: reasonisfaith
The best test for truth is the mainstream media. Whatever they deny is true. They went full throttle to deny Q. Case closed.

They have also gone full throttle to deny the existence of reptilian aliens ruling the world. ;-)
14 posted on 01/24/2021 5:29:08 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: MtnClimber

According to the Plan, the Storm was postponed to sometime next month. Meanwhile, according to some mentally ill people, Trump never left the WH and can be heard, late at night, prowling the halls of the West Wing like the ghost of Jacob Marley.


15 posted on 01/24/2021 5:29:12 PM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Shadow44

It seems to have ‘lured’ some people into very destructive Action.


16 posted on 01/24/2021 5:29:27 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("Corn Pop was a bad dude. He ran a bunch of bad boys.")
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To: ClearCase_guy

From what I’ve seen of some Q people, they would have analyzed any statement he made until they convinced themselves he was playing 4d chess reverse psyops and he really was Q.


17 posted on 01/24/2021 5:30:44 PM PST by Spirit of Liberty (Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. ~ Plato)
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What Happened to 'the Storm'?

It turned into a sprinkle...

18 posted on 01/24/2021 5:30:52 PM PST by Magnatron
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To: Shadow44

Q fooled some people.

Suppose that is the reason a third of the people didn’t show up—they we still have to account for everybody else.

(Honestly, though, I have not heard of any real people who believed the Q stuff—at least in these parts...and we have a couple of very conservative churches here.)


19 posted on 01/24/2021 5:31:42 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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"Yes, there were more law enforcement than spectators at this strange inauguration..."

He must have missed the 30,000 Guardsmen, or does he equate them with law enforcement as the Democrats used them for the event.

20 posted on 01/24/2021 5:32:39 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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