Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

He really is that stupid.

A tremendous foreign policy asset… to all of our adversaries.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Republicans in disarray!

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  4. 4.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Someone also noted they have a karaoke mic. (Edit: heh, I guess that was geg6.)

    I enjoyed reading the food items listed in the article you linked downstairs:

    It included a cardboard box of apples and oranges, a few dozen pots of instant ramen, 24 cans of chicken noodle soup, a similar number of cans of sweetcorn, peas, beans and chili, and 20 boxes of macaroni and cheese.

    There were also three sacks of potatoes, one bag of flour, another of rolled oats, boxes of raisins, a single bag of pretzels and one granola bar.

    It’s almost a “Twelve Days of Christmas” parody song.

  6. 6.

    cat

    I am going to have agree with the statement those weights were already there. Those rubber mats shown weigh around 50lbs each and are difficult to move around.

  7. 7.

    jl

    @Mike J:

    Of course they’re freedom weights. Did you expect them to bring government weights?

    The free weights are useful in special tacops hand to hand combat, when fighting for freedom. Everyone knows that. And Cole makes fun? And he claims he was in the army? Huh…

  8. 8.

    kindness

    I say we take up a collection and send them the biggest bag of Salted Dicks Costco sells.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    @geg6:
    To torture the federal agents into giving up, of course. I wonder what karaoke CDs they brought with them.

  12. 12.

    goblue72

    You’re missing the best part of the inventory. They brought a case of beer – Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale.

    Not Bud, Coors, Miller, etc. Nope – when taking over a wildlife sanctuary with your militia friends, that apparently calls for hoppy craft beer.

  22. 22.

    Keith G

    While I wish that they were so demonstrably uber-crazed to bring the weights, I bet the the mats, bench, squat racks, free weights, fan and boombox came with the place. But were is the mirrored wall, the steam room and the service counter selling poppers and Elbow Grease?

  27. 27.

    Chip Daniels

    A few questions I haven’t seen answered elsewhere:

    Do we know for a fact this is a pic from inside the compound?

    Are they connected to the Web from inside there? If so, how? I think that if this place is so remote, cell towers wouldn’t likely be nearby. Or is there a broadband landline connection or something?

  28. 28.

    benw

    25 packs of instant Ramen: $5
    1 box apples and oranges: $10
    One bag of pretzels: $3.49

    Getting way in over your head in an armed standoff with the federal govenment while your supplies dwindle: priceless

  31. 31.

    retiredeng

    The distinct lack of preparation for a long siege puts the exclamation point on “they’re friggin idiots!”

  32. 32.

    jon

    My teenage son has a better mancave than that. PS4 and an electric guitar.

    This crew would make him a field marshal if he brought along a pair of underpants. Girls underpants.

  33. 33.

    different-church-lady

    @jon: I can’t imagine the fights that would break out over those.

    Then again, it might turn into the joke that ends with, “It’s your turn in the barrel.”

  34. 34.

    blueskies

    @goblue72: Actually, I did see a 12 pack of Coors Light in one of the TV news reports.

    So, at least they were smart enough to bring some water.

  36. 36.

    Bill Murray

    They brought free weights to an armed standoff.

    All Boy Scouts like these guys no, you have to be prepared.

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    for prison

  38. 38.

    schrodinger's cat

    @jon: Please, most girls and women put more thought and planning when they set out of the house for their daily chores/work/school etc. If you don’t believe me check out the handbag/s of the women in your life.

  42. 42.

    CarolDuhart2

    I suspect most of it was taken from the center supply room. Things can get rough up there-snow and all of that, so there may be stuff stashed in case someone ends up having to stay overnight until the truck comes. Also, there doesn’t seem to be any restaurants or cafeterias nearby, so the workers may have a refrigerator or two to store lunch and dinner. But nothing that would help a siege-in fact I’ve had grocery runs where I brought in more food.

    BTW, that bring snacks thing? Complete Fail. No postal worker is going to bring anything to them, and I doubt many people are going to risk their necks bringing them anything. We all know the part in the movie where the unsuspecting helper gets turned into a hostage. Those snacks-assuming they even are getting anything-will go right to the Postal Service break room as soon as they are deemed harmless by inspectors.

    Of course, in these days of Homeland Security, they may just be thrown out as a “safety risk”.

  44. 44.

    gelfling545

    Maybe they plan to live off the land. In a bird sanctuary. In that case they won’t have to worry about the Feds. The Audubon Society will hunt them down & destroy them.

  49. 49.

    Ken

    @beltane:

    Wow, it’s like the siege of Stalingrad.

    You mean the part where people peeled off the wallpaper and boiled it into gruel?

  51. 51.

    dmsilev

    @gelfling545:

    The Audubon Society will hunt them down & destroy them.

    “You still don’t get it, do you? They’ll find him! That’s what they do! That’s ALL they do! You can’t stop them! They’ll wade through you, reach down his throat and pull his fuckin’ heart out!”

  55. 55.

    Death Panel Truck

    I’d share my snacks with them, but I just ran out of Cheetos and Old Milwaukee.

  58. 58.

    Mai.naem.mobile

    I think we should get a collection going and send in a pizza with a hidden mike. I want to eavesdrop in the conversations between Cletus Doofus and Minimus. I am guessing they have the Village People for one of their karaoke tapes…..Y-M-C-A its.fun to stay at the.Y-M-C-A……

  60. 60.

    CarolDuhart2

    @Mai.naem.mobile: Which is what I think the Feds will do. Shows how much they even have common sense. Asking the general public to send supplies is basically asking for at least a hidden mike in whatever is sent. And what about the people who might actually bring things with them? You think they might not be agents on a mission? My god, even Maxwell Smart had better intel craft than that.

  63. 63.

    AnotherBruce

    @WereBear: They have powerful scopes. they see everything, you can run but you can’t hide. They will surround you and beat you to death with their Peterson Western Birding guides, the full fury of 500 species will rain down on you like fire from a cauldron. God it gets ugly.

  64. 64.

    Prescott Cactus

    @beltane:

    These clowns must be unfamiliar with Costco.

    .gov can look into Costco’s computer to see what you’ve been buying so they don’t go there. They make it easier and let the local media take a picture so .gov knows what they have. Cut out the middle man.

  65. 65.

    maya

    Obviously, their plan for a sufficient food supply is dependent upon one of them cleaning his unloaded rifle -OOPS!
    14 can live for a week on that.

  66. 66.

    Ken

    @maya:
    For a month we’d neither wittles nor drink,
    Till a-hungry we did feel,
    So we drawed a lot, and accordin’ shot
    The captain for our meal.

    W.S. Gilbert (yes, that one), The Yarn of the Nancy Bell

  67. 67.

    Ella in New Mexico

    OMG this is not a highway rest stop, folks.

    These kinds of facilities are often staffed 24 hrs during certain times of the year. So don’t let it surprise you when you see things like weights brought in by staff or refrigerators or cooking appliances. These fricking freeloaders are using stuff that’s not theirs OR the government’s. Its the property of the people who work there.

    These types of sites are also “home” to researchers who work for the Feds, and for other non-profits and universities. These field biologists will live in these areas, sometimes camping out and sometimes renting out “cabins” for weeks to months. Summer interns may also live there year round. The stuff there makes life livable for people making a $750 dollar a month stipend to do wildlife surveys.

    And for all you or I know, some of that work is being interrupted right now, and those people are not being paid. Again, they’re not rich people, just your average Wildlife Biology majors trying to get some experience and cash to pay the bills until they can afford grad school or finally get a–woo hoo!!–government job with the BLM or the USFWS or the NSF.

    Like I’ve said elsewhere, I think this aspect of their squatting pisses me off more than anything else right now. Those could be MY son’s Goddamn barbells.

  68. 68.

    different-church-lady

    @AnotherBruce: I’m a big fan of Peterson’s, but when it comes to doubling as a cudgel, a hard-bound Sibley’s is the right tool for the job.

  69. 69.

    I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet

    @CarolDuhart2: Yup.

    If that is all of their supplies, they’re going to be hurting soon if they can’t get more. And the USPS isn’t going to be bringing it to them…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  72. 72.

    PurpleGirl

    Gotta put this here…

    If they’re Mormons I’m surprised they don’t seem to know about Wise Foods. Prepared and packaged that you just add water too. Supposed to last 25 years. Even Marie Osmond once made a commercial for them. (Haven’t seen it in a long time, maybe conflicts with her contract with Nutrisystem.)

  74. 74.

    Ella in New Mexico

    FWIW a lot of other militias are not happy with these guys.

    http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/i-wish-to-hell-he-hadnt-done-this-us-militia-groups-slam-anti-government-oregon-occupiers/

    Interesting link to the New Mexico Militia site’s “10 Rules” page. “1: We are not here to overthrow the government. 2. We will not tolerate any talk of illegal activities.”

    http://newmexicomilitia.tripod.com/10rules.htm

    Even so, the guy who runs the NM Militia is a looney tune who’s been around for years

    http://sfreporter.com/santafe/blog-2101-tea-party-on-with-bob-wright-of-the-new-mexico-milita-sorry-if-i-seem-somewhat-hostile.html

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