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Old 01-28-2011, 09:26 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Someone probably sneakernet'ed a flip cam to a facility that has a non-ISP setup (satellite). I'm sure they are available. There could also be military that are sympathetic and allowing citizens to piggyback communications.

Great news indeed! I'm sure comrade commissars in DC high command are looking with worry.
Yes I agree. I'm sure there are folks in DC following this very, very closely.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:28 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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And with NO guns...rocks and sticks..

Protesters chase police from main Cairo square - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110128/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_protest - broken link)
"Thousands of anti-government protesters wielding rocks, glass and sticks chased hundreds of riot police away from the main square in downtown Cairo and several of the policemen stripped off their uniforms and badges and joined the demonstrators."
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:29 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Yes I agree. I'm sure there are folks in DC following this very, very closely.
I'm sure they'll be arrogant enough to believe that it's different here and they will succeed where the Egyptian government failed. Their arrogance is probably the peoples' best asset.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:30 AM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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And with NO guns...rocks and sticks..

Protesters chase police from main Cairo square - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110128/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_protest - broken link)
"Thousands of anti-government protesters wielding rocks, glass and sticks chased hundreds of riot police away from the main square in downtown Cairo and several of the policemen stripped off their uniforms and badges and joined the demonstrators."
This is very interesting,it is good to see the some of the security forces joining the protests.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:30 AM
 
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Someone probably sneakernet'ed a flip cam to a facility that has a non-ISP setup (satellite). I'm sure they are available. There could also be military that are sympathetic and allowing citizens to piggyback communications.

Great news indeed! I'm sure comrade commissars in DC high command are looking with worry.
They are taking note on how to do it correctly.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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And with NO guns...rocks and sticks..

Protesters chase police from main Cairo square - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110128/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_protest - broken link)
"Thousands of anti-government protesters wielding rocks, glass and sticks chased hundreds of riot police away from the main square in downtown Cairo and several of the policemen stripped off their uniforms and badges and joined the demonstrators."
DC high command will be SHOCKED to see how many LEOs, NG, and even military will join the civilian ranks or become sympathetic enough to allow communications through their private networks, should lawmakers be stupid enough to try martial law here.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:36 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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DC high command will be SHOCKED to see how many LEOs, NG, and even military will join the civilian ranks or become sympathetic enough to allow communications through their private networks, should lawmakers be stupid enough to try this here.
Oh don't think they haven't thought of that.
Agreements already in place for other country's military to "train" here in the US. Promises of citizenship to serve in the military.
UN forces and foreign military are training here.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:36 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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They are taking note on how to do it correctly.
Since it's impossible to prepare for chaos, let's hope they're stupid and arrogant enough to feel like they've succeeded.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:36 AM
 
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DC high command will be SHOCKED to see how many LEOs, NG, and even military will join the civilian ranks or become sympathetic enough to allow communications through their private networks, should lawmakers be stupid enough to try martial law here.
Oboma has been looking at how to shut down the internet here in the US.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:37 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Oh don't think they haven't thought of that.
Agreements already in place for other country's military to "train" here in the US. Promises of citizenship to serve in the military.
UN forces and foreign military are training here.
Yes, but they'll require domestic forces as well. Those domestic forces will indeed be sympathetic and allow network traffic to flow, at least in some capacity. People may not be able to blog freely anymore, but videos WILL make their way online.
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