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When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities May Explode In Violence
Western Rifle Shooters Association ^ | September 4, 2012 | Matt Bracken

Posted on 09/04/2012 5:37:03 AM PDT by Travis McGee

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To: Travis McGee

Embedded systems are harder to penetrate if not impossible, so the devices are not a worry. However, taking control of the systems would be my worry. Those control systems can command a relay to trip, etc.


241 posted on 09/04/2012 4:50:46 PM PDT by CodeToad (Be Prepared...They Are.)
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To: Travis McGee

That was extremely educational. Thank you.


242 posted on 09/04/2012 5:06:08 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: CodeToad

Maps of fiber are available to anyone who wants them.


243 posted on 09/04/2012 5:10:10 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Travis McGee; Lazamataz

Soviet Armor in WWII typically operated in company (~10 tanks) and later platoon (3-4 tanks) sized units due to a shortage of radios - only the command tanks had comms, and they used signal flags to communicate with the rest of the unit.

Optimal? Heck no.

Effective enough? Well, they managed to keep Moscow and Stalingrad from being overrun/cut off.

The point being, 1 person in 10 having working comms could be more than effective enough to command a mob, and more.


244 posted on 09/04/2012 5:24:26 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Marcella

ping


245 posted on 09/04/2012 5:44:44 PM PDT by Marcella (Conservatism is dead. PREPARE)
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To: Travis McGee

bttt


246 posted on 09/04/2012 5:45:54 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Travis McGee

bm


247 posted on 09/04/2012 5:48:00 PM PDT by Popman (In a place you only dream of Where your soul is always free)
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To: Kartographer; Travis McGee

FWIW:

This came in over the transome today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=lOTc91lHbbQ&NR=1


248 posted on 09/04/2012 6:03:46 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. EdmondBurke)
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To: Charles Martel

“It fall to us then, to make sure that the right eggs get broken.”

.....and to be eternally vigilant.


249 posted on 09/04/2012 6:19:10 PM PDT by ripley
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To: Travis McGee

After watching that, a big difference is the prevalence of armed citizens in other parts of the country, as compared to CA. Our two states, GA and FL, have about 5%-6% of the population with CCW licenses. That translates into *big* numbers of people carrying.

If I managed to be stupid enough to get hemmed in, and had guys with bricks running at me, I’d be shooting. I expect you would be, too. There are a lot like us. Plenty of people have been watching events of that nature over the last 20 years, even though they’ve been downplayed in the media. It’s part of the reason CCW numbers are so high.

I really think any events that got started would be short-lived in free states. Places like CA, NY, MA, IL? Well, that’s a very different thing.


250 posted on 09/04/2012 6:38:01 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: DuncanWaring

What you do not realize is that you are dead wrong. There are not millions of black people in this country who believe they are owed a living. There is a system carefully crafted by corrupt racist politicians who enforce their will on the black community and keep them in perpetual bondage. When those conditions end freedom and dignity will return to black citizens who now live as bonded serfs.


251 posted on 09/04/2012 7:22:01 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Better the devil we can destroy than the Judas we must tolerate.)
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To: Travis McGee

Great essay Matt!


252 posted on 09/04/2012 7:26:30 PM PDT by 2111USMC (aim small, miss small)
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To: Travis McGee

Cool your jets, book boy.

Obama the community organizer tried his best to enable the rabble, and the best he could do was the wimpy OWS shock troops.

Obama the communist wants a Marxist Revolution in America. Be rest assured that the CIA and FBI have made the US Military at the Pentagon aware of Obama’s every hair-brained scheme, as well as ALL of Obama’s advisors’ schemes.

Cool heads prevail in the US Military, ask anybody who has been in the US Military.

Write your next book on how the Social Security, TSA and other non-military Federal Agencies are stockpiling Ammo for the Final Fast and Furious Flaunting of the Feared Obama Rifles.


253 posted on 09/04/2012 7:30:04 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Graewoulf; Travis McGee

“Cool your jets, book boy”?

“Cool heads prevail in the US Military, ask anybody who has been in the US Military”?

You appear to be a long-time FReeper, and yet you are apparently clueless about who you are dealing with there.


254 posted on 09/04/2012 7:34:22 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Nebr FAL owner
...conflicts based on race/faith/ethnic/political conflicts....

Precisely. Conflicts based on conflicts are merely the perpetuation of hollow grievances. You are speaking out of sentiment, not intellect.

The potential conflict envisioned by the author has nothing to do with race, faith, ethnic or political concerns. He is positing a ridiculous position, namely, when the checks stop the slaves will revolt.

In the first place the checks stopped 15 years ago when welfare recipients were required to work. There was no revolt, only an increase in people moving from dependence to independence.

In the second place beggars do not revolt when people stop dropping coins in their cups. They get help in the form of a job or a better grift.

There will be no riots when the anointed one loses. There will be a sigh of relief from black citizens that the madman who has saddled them with his ugly image is gone.

255 posted on 09/04/2012 7:36:12 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Better the devil we can destroy than the Judas we must tolerate.)
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To: Graewoulf
Cool your jets, book boy.

Go f yourself, gray-haired b!tchdog.

256 posted on 09/04/2012 7:36:49 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee; Lazamataz
They have full cell coverage in Mogadishu in the middle of battles. And they have full coverage across Afghanistan.

The govt can shut down some exchanges, but it will be spotty at best.


I'm going to have to agree with Lazamataz on this one, but for different reasons. Electricity, natural gas and other utilities feed urban areas from a significant distance. Most power plants are in rural areas.

Right Of Way (ROW) vulnerabilities cut both ways. A couple of towers down and a city is brought to it's knees. In a couple of days the batteries will die for distributed communications. Water service will also come to a halt.

Just something to think about and add to the gaming. What if the outlying areas are controlled and the power is shut off to the city? What if urban MUYs have to then run the gauntlet? 72 hours is all they would have.
257 posted on 09/04/2012 7:52:42 PM PDT by PA Engineer (What if the rabbit hole is endless?)
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To: Travis McGee

My, my! You ARE a gifted, literate author!


258 posted on 09/04/2012 8:10:49 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Travis McGee

Just ignore them. Thanks for the work and post. The cube was just another level in the rabbit hole. It helped me immensely to think beyond conventional bias. BTTT.


259 posted on 09/04/2012 8:39:09 PM PDT by PA Engineer (What if the rabbit hole is endless?)
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To: Travis McGee; familyop
McGees' at it again. Good thread. Comments at Western Rifle Shooters are worth a look also:
When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities May Explode In Violence
260 posted on 09/04/2012 8:40:59 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
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