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Man sets himself on fire near White House
CNBC ^ | May 29 2019 | Dan Mangan, Kevin Breuninger

Posted on 05/29/2019 5:08:37 PM PDT by jonascord

A man sets himself on fire Wednesday on the Ellipse in downtown Washington, across from the White House, the Secret Service said.
A spokesman for the Washington Fire Department tells CNBC, “I can confirm that we’ve transported one patient with burns from the Ellipse and we’re now on the scene assisting law enforcement,” referring to Park Police and U.S. Secret Service officers.
Alina Berzins says she was visiting the National Mall with two of her cousins from Bolivia when “we saw this man” on the Ellipse and “he starts running, and then we saw him covered in flames.”

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To: jonascord

He’s black now and he will claim racism.


61 posted on 05/29/2019 7:01:34 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Aut Pax Aut Bellum

Flaming Liberal.
________________________

Burnie


62 posted on 05/29/2019 7:03:44 PM PDT by o-n-money
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To: jonascord

Billy Joel “We didn’t start the fire” https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g
Bruce Springsteen “I’m on fire” https://youtu.be/xzQvGz6_fvA


63 posted on 05/29/2019 7:04:38 PM PDT by Jarhead9297
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To: jonascord

Was he listening to The Crazy World of Arthur Brown?


64 posted on 05/29/2019 7:09:32 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (God Bless America. Thank you, Kate Smith!)
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To: dp0622

There were reports that Duc was drugged. But who knows for sure.


65 posted on 05/29/2019 7:35:16 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: jonascord
Arthur Brown comments
66 posted on 05/29/2019 7:36:34 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: MrsEmmaPeel

That would be a target rich environment.


67 posted on 05/29/2019 7:38:13 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trump 2020 - Re-Elect the M*****F***er!)
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To: lurk

I guess this is the new ice bucket challenge.


68 posted on 05/29/2019 8:48:41 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Jarhead9297
Whitehorse - "I'm On Fire" -- my favorite cover. One of those times that the new cover beats the original by a mile!
69 posted on 05/29/2019 9:40:13 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: jonascord

What’s weird is of all the random things I could have read about last night, it was this

“Tibet’s Man on Fire
The story of 27-year-old Jamphel Yeshi, a Tibetan who burned himself in protest against Chinese policies in March 2012.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/news/2013/13/130426-tibet-burning-protest-china-world


70 posted on 05/29/2019 11:18:03 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Aut Pax Aut Bellum

Good one.


71 posted on 05/29/2019 11:51:43 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable DeplorablE)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yeah. Dems are typically huge cowards.

That’s why they’re so hostile toward the military.


72 posted on 05/29/2019 11:53:14 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable DeplorablE)
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To: jonascord

Marshmallows?


73 posted on 05/30/2019 2:19:19 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: jonascord; All

He’s dead Jim.


74 posted on 05/30/2019 7:27:33 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Morpheus2009

Don’t know yet but If he has kids it’s only an honorable mention.


75 posted on 05/30/2019 8:52:20 AM PDT by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: LibWhacker

He was wearing a sweatshirt that said “USA” and had a flag on it. Since his family quickly reported him missing he was likely known not to be well in the head. His name was Arnav Gupta and he was from Bethesda, Maryland.


76 posted on 05/30/2019 1:16:48 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: piasa

He from C. S. Lewis and Animal House...His background is Indian. H attended a private school called Landon, his last post on his website Arnimania was “FEEL THE BURN”...he left an odd work of art that accompanies an April 2019 political writing that brings up a weak Obama , the Iran deal, the deep state, Brexit, the pope, and a number of current topics. It is almost like an opus from an irked guy leaving FR.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/05/arnav-gupta/

He wrote a strange poem that begins …

Memoirs of a Shadow President
By Arnav Gupta
Copyright 2019 Arnav Gupta
Smashwords Edition

How an inside joke between a group of Landon School Alumni
blossomed into the underpinnings of Elections 2016. From Ghostwriter himself. A CIA draftee reveals the background for some major elements in world history. This is the story of how just a few words and the exploitation of your data can forever change the trajectory of your life....

****

Funny but he seems to imply he, the author is a CIA draftee or recruit...or else is just writing from what he imagines is the perspective of one.


77 posted on 05/30/2019 1:59:05 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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...Old boys at the Harvard Club complacently enroll
On the front lines we were expected to play a different role
Legacy admissions overshadowing meritocratic toll
Their jaws dropping on election night roll call...

78 posted on 05/30/2019 2:07:13 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: piasa
...Silicon Valley's fait accompli
Thanks to Snowden the world knows its complicity
Whistleblowers vilified for their unprepossessing simplicity
...
79 posted on 05/30/2019 2:11:18 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: jonascord

Looks like he was listening to way too much late night sasquatch radio


80 posted on 05/30/2019 2:15:58 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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