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The other Erik's avatar

I was also at UCLA then (81-86) and lived in nearby Brentwood. The protests at the Federal Building in those days were just as you say - rather small and quite peaceful. I remember an anti-nuke "die-in" where all of the protesters lay on the ground for several hours, and then got up melted away into the warm evening. Good times.

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The Anti-Gnostic's avatar

That's a pretty good idea. Build a xeriscape and post informative signage saying it's feeding grounds for the rare and endangered Sagebrush Caterpillar to keep the protesters away.

By the way the first-generation I.C.E agents arresting NYC comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander look like they're having a good time doing it.

ICE Agents Arrest NYC Official and Democratic Mayoral Candidate Outside Immigration Court - Democracy Docket https://share.google/n84EVSs4ETdmOxZxY

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Steve Campbell's avatar

Looks great Steve. Troops are looking strac and prepared but because of that I doubt that the mostly peaceful protests will target that Federal Building.

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Kathleen Lowrey's avatar

If all the French soldiers look like that…. Well golly. It is not like Paris needed more charm!

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Oaf's avatar

I've secured one passport in my life as an American citizen. That Fed bldg on Wilshire is where it came from. It's in a box around here someplace. Never used it even once. Most distant place beyond U.S. borders I've visited is Ensenada Mexico in 1972, Cinco de Mayo. It was wild, but civilized, sort of. Like Brian Wilson says, "I couldn''t wait to get back to the States..." Books and well-made film is travel enough for me these days. If I'd been alive back in the days of Mark Twain's "The Innocents Abroad" I'd have been more receptive to global travel. Bomb the CIA.

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JMcG's avatar

I’ve traveled a good deal. It’s overrated.

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Boulevardier's avatar

Sort of like piping classical music outside (and sometimes inside) of groceries and other urban retail to keep ‘youth’ away.

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Derek Leaberry's avatar

Yes, that's a genius move. Force Chopin on the little savages.

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Steve Sailer's avatar

When I was leaving about 5 pm this afternoon, the first demonstrators were showing up with their red, white, and green flags, but I couldn't tell if they were Iranian or Mexican flags, and whether they were the old or new Iranian flag.

One guy was carrying a poster of King Reza Pahlavi. I couldn't tell if it was the old Shah or the Pretender.

This going outside, looking around, and reporting back thing is harder than it sounds.

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Frau Katze's avatar

Probably Iranian. I read that Iran has replaced Gaza for the protesters.

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barnabus's avatar

Emotion- and political attachement-wise, it's the same thing. Hamas, Hezbollah, Ansar Allah (Houthis), IRGC, velayat al faqih - you name it. The public relations arm is funded by the Qataris and PRC.

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Frau Katze's avatar

True, but the flag is different.

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Erik's avatar

I don't understand why anyone ever goes anywhere.

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Derek Leaberry's avatar

We had about 100 fruit-loops in Romney, WV for "No Kings Day." That's virtually every Democrat in our county. But I will warn that the left plans on using Medicare and Medicaid cuts in their 2026 political campaigns. That's the plan, however dishonest it might be regarding Medicare.

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Sixth Finger's avatar

Let's have a reunion... I was in grad school at UCLA from 1978-1983. I probably ran into you at Stan's donuts or at the Falafel King at some point. And I still recall the "out of focus" federal building there on Wilshire. Them there were the days!

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