Divemedic

 Facebook Inc said on Saturday it will ban advertisements for weapon accessories and protective equipment in the United States. They claim to be doing this because of violence leading up to the inauguration, but then read further into the article:

Following the attack by supporters of President Donald Trump against the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the social media company said it will now prohibit ads for accessories such as gun safes, vests and gun holsters in the United States.

“We already prohibit ads for weapons, ammunition and weapon enhancements like silencers. But we will now also prohibit ads for accessories,” Facebook said in a blog post.

The left always claims to be in favor of safe storage laws. How am I supposed to store my guns safety without a gun safe? Furthermore, what does sales of gun safes have to do with the Capitol incursion? Nothing, that’s what. 

Just another way of trying to destroy the culture that they hate and punish those who are a part of it. 

 The “heavily armed” man who was arrested at a DC checkpoint? It turns out that he didn’t have “fake credentials” as originally reported. He had “unauthorized credentials.” He claims to be an unarmed security guard, employed in the DC area and wound up at the NG checkpoint because all of the roadblocks caused him to get lost and wind up in the wrong place. He forgot the pistol was in his truck. 

In other words, this was a big nothing burger. He made a mistake, and will likely have his life ruined over it. Not a terrorist- a man with a single Glock 17 is not “heavily armed.” 

The FBI in California has announced that an armored humvee was stolen from an NG armory in a suburb  of Los Angeles, California on Friday morning. Police still haven’t found it. Be on the lookout for a “terrorist attack” in California, because there are so many Trump supporters there.  

My hobby used to be getting into nonpermissive environments. That is, places were the carrying of weapons was discouraged. I got fairly good at it, because I got pretty good at figuring out when someone’s security was shit. With that in mind, I want you to take a look at this checkpoint and their procedures. 

Note that the checkpoint is staffed by 3 NG troops from the PA NG. All three of them are armed with only an M4 each. and their weapons are all unloaded. 

They ask the driver for his ID, and claim they are doing a 100% ID check. That is demonstrably false, as they don’t ask to see the ID for either vehicle that preceeded the checked vehicle, nor did they check the ID of the operator of the camera. Then, once the driver produced his ID, the guy barely looked at it. 

They aren’t checking for shit. This security checkpoint is bullshit- it is there for show. Are they all like this?

I had a friend in the guard, and he once told me that when they wanted the NG to appear armed, but didn’t actually want them armed, they would be issued their weapon, but the bolt carrier would not be in the weapon. I am wondering if that is the case here- are these guys all show?

 As I was working to list the units detailed to the Army of the Potomac, I realized that this was not a productive use of time. Instead of cataloging WHO was there, I should be trying to discern WHY they are there. I have come up with a couple of ideas. 

We know that the election was stolen. We also know that the Capitol incursion was a false flag job. Since the attack was planned and put into motion DAYS before the President’s speech, this was not impromptu. Since Pelosi, the Mayor of DC, the Director of the FBI, and others KNEW about it and not only failed to act, but took positive steps to prevent others from acting, this was done under the direction of the Democrat party and its leaders. 

It’s obvious why the Capitol attack happened: It allowed both the assembly of the Army of the Potomac and the elimination of any opposing speech from the right. Ok, but WHY are they assembling this army? 

There are three reasons that I can think of:

1 They needed a large, negative event to shock the nation into accepting Trump being impeached. 

I don’t think that an event this large, along with the callup of two divisions of troops was needed to impeach Trump again. Also, why put all 50 states on alert? The powers doing this have a MUCH larger agenda in mind, or else they would not have pressed so hard.  

2. They are trying to silence those who claim that the election was stolen, thus preventing the nation from focusing on his illegitimate presidency. 

For the same reasons as above, I just don’t see this large of an event being needed to cover for a stolen election. I have seen the theory that this is being done to prevent actions being taken against the methods that were used to steal the election. This seems rather extreme. 

3. There is something MUCH larger coming. 

The election was stolen. Not in a subtle manner. It was done in such a way as to be obvious, in such a way that they KNEW it would be caught. So they either don’t care that they will be caught, or they WANTED to be caught. 

Then they fired up their base. Even the troops on TV are saying that they are proud to be defending against a “white supremacist revolution.” For years, we have heard those on the right say that the Army and our police would never fire on fellow Americans because they are our neighbors. Now they are saying “If it wasn’t my job, I would have done it for free. It was my privilege to help stop a white nationalist insurrection.” 

This worries me. My wife keeps telling me that all of this is just talk. She says to stop worrying because all of the talk of enemies lists, reeducation camps, and making it illegal to protest a stolen election are just that- talk. My wife has told me that, “They will never be able to pass any of that.” Sometimes I wonder if I am letting all of this get to me, but I see what I see. 

Why would anyone go to so much trouble? Or am I just seeing a conspiracy where there isn’t one?

EDITED TO ADD: I honestly don’t think that #1 or #2 are it, but I have to concede the possibility. After all, I have been wrong about things before. – Thanks to Big Country for pointing out that my ideas may be off base…

 Now it appears that the Governor of North Carolina has announced 100 more NG troops will be sent to Washington, DC:

All 300 guard members — serving in military police, engineering and armored brigade units based in Asheville, Clinton and Raeford — should be in place by Monday,

Now the Armored Brigade in Clinton, NC is the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team. This is a heavy brigade with recent combat experience. So does this mean that they are bringing ARMOR? Or are they simply looking for warm bodies? The Clinton unit is the HHC, so I am not sure. 

The unit from Asheville is the 105th Military Police Battalion and the one from Raeford is the 105th Engineer Battalion.

Connecticut is sending 200 more. It looks to be a medical unit.

The deployments include “equipment and supplies” as well as personnel, including ambulances, the governor’s office said.

Pennsylvania is sending another 1,000 to join the 1,000 members of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team already there. No word on which unit this addition is from. 

As of 21:50, New York is adding another 250. I don’t even know how many there are any more. 

Closer to (my) home, Governor Desantis activated an unspecified number of National Guard troops for duty inside of the State of Florida.  

Another interesting thing was this bit on rules of engagement for those units deployed in Washington, DC:

I know for instance that there is a detail of National Guard Bureau personnel up at the United States Capitol. They are complying with, and will comport with, the United States Capitol police’s use of force model. 

I wouldn’t bet on that. Remember that almost none of these troops have ever deployed or seen combat.  What do panicked, inexperienced people armed with automatic weapons do when they are scared and getting overrun?