I thought about adding this to my last post, but I was afraid someone might miss it. This is the Bundy militia’s “supply” room.
Supply room at the #Bundymilitia Malheur refuge takeover. pic.twitter.com/hnJW1sqqbY
— Amanda Peacher (@amandapeacher) January 3, 2016
Free weights. They brought free weights to an armed standoff.
Roger Moore
Maybe those are ranger quarters and the free weights were there already.
Mike J
Of course they’re free weights. Did you expect them to bring government weights?
geg6
And a karaoke machine.
That just fucking kills me.
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’s almost a “Twelve Days of Christmas” parody song.
Butch
@geg6: I thought it was a boom box. Karaoke machine is even worse.
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.
jl
@Mike J:
Of course theyāre 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…
kindness
I say we take up a collection and send them the biggest bag of Salted Dicks Costco sells.
RSA
Dibs on the granola bar.
Roger Moore
@Mike J:
Where would you like your internets delivered?
Amir Khalid
@geg6:
To torture the federal agents into giving up, of course. I wonder what karaoke CDs they brought with them.
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.
SatanicPanic
@Amir Khalid: are there words to Dueling Banjos?
Amir Khalid
@SiubhanDuinne:
And this was supposed to last 15 guys — what, years?
schrodinger's cat
@Amir Khalid: That doesn’t seem like much of a supply for 2 people forget 15.
WereBear
Sealed room… lots of peas, beans, and chili… this may be a problem which solves itself.
AnotherBruce
@goblue72: Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale. The favored craft beer of anti government insurgents everywhere!
SiubhanDuinne
@WereBear:
Good catch!
beltane
Wow, it’s like the siege of Stalingrad.
schrodinger's cat
@AnotherBruce: Shouldn’t they be making their own hooch?
AnotherBruce
@schrodinger’s cat: Well, at least they’re drinking locally. (And thinking yokelly)
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?
schrodinger's cat
@beltane: More like Failingrad.
different-church-lady
@schrodinger’s cat: Out of what, their own piss?
Ben Cisco
@kindness: And the salt must be Himalayan!
schrodinger's cat
@different-church-lady: Eeww. Aren’t Mormons teetotalers?
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?
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
mmeep
@AnotherBruce:
Good one! Two-in-one.
WereBear
@benw: Pure carbs with no protein or fat. I suspect they will be gazing at each other something like the Monty Python lifeboat skit pretty soon now.
retiredeng
The distinct lack of preparation for a long siege puts the exclamation point on “they’re friggin idiots!”
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.
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.”
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.
Bokonon
At least it isn’t a crate of condoms.
Bill Murray
All Boy Scouts like these guys no, you have to be prepared.
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for prison
blueskies
@AnotherBruce: A fellow imbiber of the fine selections from New Glarus Brewing?
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.
RandomMonster
@schrodinger’s cat: It’s life on The Oregon Fail.
Origuy
@Chip Daniels: The tweeter, Amanda Peacher, is a reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting, based in Bend. Here’s her report on Sunday from the refuge.
ETA Her twitter feed is full of pictures
opiejeanne
@schrodinger’s cat: I’m willing to bet the craft beer was already there too.
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”.
SoupCatcher
@goblue72: Well, that brewery is only about 150 miles to the west.
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.
beltane
These clowns must be unfamiliar with Costco.
different-church-lady
@Origuy:
schrodinger's cat
@opiejeanne: I think you are right. The photo we see is probably of the emergency supplies left there by park officials in case they are stranded there due to bad weather.
AnotherBruce
@blueskies: I’ve had some of their brews so yes, but I don’t live there.
Ken
@beltane:
You mean the part where people peeled off the wallpaper and boiled it into gruel?
beltane
@Ken: The poor dears don’t even have wallpaper. What will they do? Does Dominos deliver there?
dmsilev
@gelfling545:
“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!”
WereBear
@schrodinger’s cat: Which means they hardly brought anything? Way to fight on all fronts, there.
WereBear
@dmsilev: They won’t even be able to run, because birders are expert spotters and can hear a twig quiver at fifty yards.
Keith P
I call them “Liberty Mass”.
Death Panel Truck
I’d share my snacks with them, but I just ran out of Cheetos and Old Milwaukee.
mclaren
G.I. Joe has got to bulk himself up to take on COBRA, y’know.
Gin & Tonic
Moderated twice? I wonder why.
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……
different-church-lady
@Mai.naem.mobile: We’d need a translator who can speak Derp.
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.
Woodrowfan
@CarolDuhart2: Hell, Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp had better skills than these guys!!
justawriter
Let’s get together to send them some chocolate ExLax cake and ipecac cupcakes.
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.
Prescott Cactus
@beltane:
.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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
kc
Two LE sources tell reporter there are no known plans to cut power to the site.
AnotherBruce
@different-church-lady: I would not mess with you, church lady! (Shudder)
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.)
Roger Moore
@different-church-lady:
Oh, stewardess! I speak
jivederp.Ella in New Mexico
FWIW a lot of other militias are not happy with these guys.
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.”
Even so, the guy who runs the NM Militia is a looney tune who’s been around for years
Paul in KY
@Mike J: He just set you up on that one, didn’t he?
Ol'Froth
Is that a 50 pound bag of dog food under the window?
Ella in New Mexico
@Ol’Froth: No, some kind of “Bob’s Redmill” flour product.
They’re gonna make pancakes on the intern’s George Foreman