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2022-04-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

US Capitol evacuated due to possible aircraft threat

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Posted by Beavis 2022-04-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 It has since been confirmed that the aircraft was part of the Army's Golden Knights parachute team set to perform at Wednesday’s Washington Nationals game.

I swear DC has nothing but fucking idiots in it

Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-21 07:49|| 2022-04-21 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The whole area is a case study for the Dunning-Kruger effect, Darth.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-04-21 08:06|| 2022-04-21 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Since J6 they have been very jumpy. I think the protest scared the crap out of them.

Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-04-21 08:11|| 2022-04-21 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 It didn't scare them enough

Posted by Chris 2022-04-21 08:58|| 2022-04-21 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5
Agree with #3 and #4

The DC Swampers must be edgy.
Given their coup and their nationwide voting fraud conspiracy will be exposed if they lose the Mid-Terms.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-04-21 09:09|| 2022-04-21 09:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Quite certain The Golden Knights have a whole countdown procedure, if you will, on who to contact before, during, and after a demonstration. Probably the size if a novel, down to who to contact if they need to shut down an electrical grid. Kind of what they do. So:

On purpose, to be scaremongers. Or, a Kamela hire didn't do the week and daily briefing.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-21 10:05|| 2022-04-21 10:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Silos, and Incompetence, the hallmark of DC. Surely if the USCP thought there was a threat to the Capitol complex, the USSS would also be monitoring the same threat. Since the USSS is a vast national agency connected to every resource in the US Defense establishment, the FAA and DHS, and the USCP is a security guard force for one site, wouldn't a competent USCP watch officer call to verify a threat? The two sites are about 1.7 miles apart.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-04-21 12:11|| 2022-04-21 12:11|| Front Page Top

#8 If DC believed in the need for heavy missile and AA defense there, they wound be awash in Patriot and THAAD gear. Maybe they are. I doubt it. Someone would blab.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-21 12:17|| 2022-04-21 12:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Army Recruiting Command says it filed all necessary paperwork prior to Capitol parachute fiasco

Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-21 18:31|| 2022-04-21 18:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Here's a different take:

Capital Police used the evacuation to search offices.

Dunno. Guess that is an indicator on the trust level at the least. Best check, if the cameras accidentally failed during the evac time.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-21 18:53|| 2022-04-21 18:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Capital Police used the evacuation to search offices.

When searching, one can either find things... or leave things to be found later.

Posted by SteveS 2022-04-21 19:03|| 2022-04-21 19:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Did AOC feel she was about to be a love doll again?

Posted by Slappy 2022-04-21 21:38|| 2022-04-21 21:38|| Front Page Top

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