From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/27/2026 8:33 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:02:48 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/27/2026 1:19 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:11:26 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 1/27/2026 10:55 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Even poor students of history can see what’s happening to the U.S.? ?   
   >>>>> ROBYN URBACK? G&M   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> In 1935, American author Sinclair Lewis published It Can’t Happen   
   >>>>> Here, a dystopian novel about the rise of a populist demagogue named   
   >>>>> Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip, who becomes the U.S. president after   
   >>>>> cultivating a cult following for his nationalism, anti-elitism, and   
   >>>>> quixotic promises. Windrip was fixated on restoring domestic   
   >>>>> production of material goods and hated the press.?He establishes a   
   >>>>> paramilitary force called the “Minute Men,” or “M.M.,” who are   
   >>>>> initially primarily made up of retired military personnel, but grow to   
   >>>>> include farmers, industrial workers and even former criminals, all of   
   >>>>> whom to appear to revel in the opportunity to wield control and power   
   >>>>> over their fellow citizens. M.M. officers spy for the state and   
   >>>>> violently break up protests, and as Windrip’s presidency metastasizes   
   >>>>> into authoritarianism, they arrest and execute perceived dissidents   
   >>>>> with complete impunity. The regime justifies these actions by claiming   
   >>>>> the M.M. only targets malicious agitators: “The way to stop crime is   
   >>>>> to stop it!” Windrip declares to great fanfare.?   
   >>>>> Mr. Lewis’s novel was of course informed by the real-life tyranny   
   >>>>> engulfing parts of Europe at that time, but his point was that America   
   >>>>> was not impervious to those same forces. “All dictators followed the   
   >>>>> same routine of torture, as if they had all read the same manual of   
   >>>>> sadistic etiquette,” he wrote. “And now, in the humorous, friendly,   
   >>>>> happy-go-lucky land of Mark Twain, [Americans] saw the homicidal   
   >>>>> maniacs having just as good a time as they had had in central   
   >>>>> Europe.”???   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> There is a video,   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Apparently, this guy at the Globe & Mail saw a video on social media and   
   >>>> has a made a summary judgement. The videos all could have altered using   
   AI.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Didn't we just go through this yesterday?   
   >>>   
   >>> True, the clapping might not be real.  It depends on how soon after   
   >>> the event the video appeared.  It takes a few days to put together a   
   >>> decent fake.   
   >>>   
   >> You may not be aware of live streaming with iPhone or Android Smart   
   >> phones cameras and coded Signal chats. Still have your two-way wrist radio?   
   >   
   > Live streaming, 2 days after the event?   
   >   
   Live streaming at the same time it happened. You're thinking the   
   protestors ran out of film?   
    >   
   >>>> Don't take a loaded gun and ammunition into town to a peaceful street   
   >>>> protest, even if you have the right to carry a concealed weapon. ICE   
   >>>> will not like that. That's my advice.   
   >>>   
   >>> The fact that you might get shot has nothing to do with whether ice   
   >>> can legally shoot you.   
   >>>   
   >> So, Nick made a good point. From the perspective of the Agents, thing's   
   >> might have looked very different. Apparently, you've not seen all the   
   >> angles from the ICE body cams.   
   >   
   > No, I don't care about days after the event.  Give me 10 minutes after   
   > the event.   
   >   
   Up next: the investigation.   
    >   
      
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