Freedumb Truck Nuts Ending DC Circle Jerk

The anti- government, Trumpist truck convoy is ending its largely ignored display of aggrieved ignorance circling the DC beltway and heading west!

The People’s Convoy encamped at Hagerstown Speedway for the past three weeks is leaving to return to California, at least temporarily, organizer Mike Landis announced Sunday night.

The group has used the speedway as a staging area for nearly daily trips by a parade of big rigs, cars and campers to the Washington, D.C., area to protest mandates meant to control COVID-19 and seek a repeal of the pandemic state of emergency.

During a livestream of its nightly rally Sunday, Landis read off a list of strict COVID-control measures that he said were pending in California.

“These 10 bills that I just read are up for a vote next week in California,” he said. “To me, they are the reason that we are here.

“I think stopping those is more important at this point in time than getting the emergency declaration repealed because that’s already in place and we need to stop stuff like these bills from getting in place,” Landis said, “otherwise, the rest of us that don’t live in California are going to end up subject to the same situation.”

So, not- a- public- health- professional Landis will be wasting more time and fuel in his crusade to keep measures to blunt a future pandemic from interfering with his and his fellow numbnuts' Freedumb!!

So, roll on, Freedumb fighters!  Hope you won't have to pee your pants in California or ever have to be admitted to an ICU in your quest to relieve humanity from the scourge of public health measures!

A Guide To Spotting Violent Extremists

Every two years since 2015, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center have published a guide for identifying U.S. -based domestic terrorists before they commit a heinous act.  Titled "U.S. Violent Extremist Mobilization Indicators," the booklet has been updated for the first time since the violent insurrection by a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021. Released yesterday, the 34-page 2021 update includes such fairly obvious but ignored indicators as:

• Expressing a hardened point of view or new sense of purpose associated with violent extremist causes, particularly after a catalyzing event,
• Posing with weapons and imagery associated with violent extremism in photos or videos, and
• Deleting, hiding or manipulating social media as part of an effort to conceal a plan for specific act of violence.

As the linked article notes, the Justice Department launched a domestic terrorism unit earlier this month to combat the doubling of suspected violent domestic terrorist actions currently under investigation. The "if you see something, say something" mantra that applies to seeing something unusual in public places applies just as well to someone exhibiting the kinds of behavior, opinions, and associations discussed in the booklet, now more than ever.

(photo: "Oath Keepers" extremists at the Capitol on January 6. Jim Bourg/Reuters)

Surprise! Denver Killer Had Alt-Right, Ammosexual Views

 

  

Consider us surprised not surprised:

THE gunman accused of killing five people pledged "he would never go unarmed" as he posted several chilling red flags before his deadly rampage.

Cops identified Lyndon McLeod, 47, as the suspect following the spate of deadly shootings that hit Denver and Lakewood, Colorado on Monday.  [snip]

He reportedly harbored extremist views and alt-right conspiracy theories online.

McLeod shared a Covid conspiracy meme on Twitter that appears to show Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates discussing an “injectable nanoworm”.

The conspiracy theory is completely baseless and studies have shown that the risk of severe illness from Covid-19 is reduced by 90 percent or more among people who are fully vaccinated.

Health officials have advised that the Omicron variant is more infectious and could lead to further breakthrough cases, yet the spread can be offset by all vaccinated Americans receiving a booster shot.

Last year, the suspected gunman ranted about emasculated men.

McLeod said: “Our entire society is made up of sh***y little f***s who insult badasses & get away with it because law enforcement & social norms protect the WEAK from the STRONG. I'm over it. The weak better buckle up... s**t is about to get real.”

At least three of the victims of this murderous "badass," avenger of "emasculated men," were women;  all of his victims were unarmed.  But, the moron used his penis compensator to end their lives... because they were "weak" and he was "strong."  That was his motivation;  no need to look further.

This is the same "mentality" exhibited by Trump's erstwhile Praetorian Guard, a.k.a., the incel- dominated, frightened collection of toxic masculinity misfits who call themselves Proud Boys.  It's the same "mentality" as the COVID conspiracy kooks, convinced there are "nanoworms" in vaccines.  There's enough overlap to see the common threads:  paranoia, grievance, gun culture, a willingness to break norms and act out.  Atomized, they're Lyndon McLeod, lone wolf killer;  in a mob, they're the "Stop the Steal" insurrectionists that stormed the Capitol, assaulting police and our democracy.

"S**t is about to get real," indeed.

(Photo: McLeod with his penis compensator-- the gun, not the cigar -- master of all he surveys/ Instagram)