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marble falls

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19. And by that time about 7,000 Nat Guard from PA, VA, MA, DC and a few other states ...

Reply to trc (Reply #18)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 05:42 PM

Jan 2021

... will be there to give you the welcome you'd deserve.

Fences this height are all over DC temporarily and permanently, and they've worked well up to this point. They'll work well on Jan 20 when we get back on-line as a nation.

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Army Sec. Says A 'Non-Scalable' 7-Foot Fence Is Going Up Around U.S. Capitol [View all] Dennis Donovan Jan 2021 OP

24 hrs too late. Arne Jan 2021 #1

Ain't that the truth! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2021 #4

The Army has never heard of 8-foot ladders? Weird... n/t TygrBright Jan 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #3

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Day 1 vs Day 1448. See the second picture: very dramatic and disgusting. Worst president ever Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #5

American Carnage SoonerPride Jan 2021 #7

+1000 dewsgirl Jan 2021 #16

A 7 foot fence is, by definition, scalable. Squinch Jan 2021 #6

A day late and a dollar short. Arkansas Granny Jan 2021 #8

uhhhh trc Jan 2021 #9

But can you jump over it. The fencing doesn't have purchase for gripping or climbing. marble falls Jan 2021 #14

Thus the mob comment trc Jan 2021 #18

And by that time about 7,000 Nat Guard from PA, VA, MA, DC and a few other states ... marble falls Jan 2021 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Kittycow Jan 2021 #10

Now everything looks like coup to me Bobstandard Jan 2021 #11

If the military isn't loyal sarisataka Jan 2021 #17

It would have gone up anyway for the Inauguration. Possibly nothing to do with yesterday? n/t FSogol Jan 2021 #12

I was struck by the fact that mobsters were using the barricades as ladders. Arne Jan 2021 #15