NO EXIT
PLEASE TAKE A NUMBER AND BE SEATED
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1350235743852101635
Critics warn National Guard lacks exit strategy for presidential inauguration. “We have no metric for what success looks like,” said one high ranking officer.
https://www.duffelblog.com/p/critics-warn-national-guard-lacks
>Critics warn National Guard lacks exit strategy for presidential inauguration.
The ongoing military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq have left many questioning if this deployment to Washington has a defined objective or could be instead a so-called “Forever Civil War.”
Pentagon officials assured members of the public on Thursday the activation would be strictly limited to the events surrounding the presidential inauguration, but military watchdog groups are skeptical after observing a newly constructed Green Beans Coffee shop inside the Capitol visitors center. Green Beans Coffee is a popular cafe typically found in military bases located in forward-deployed bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa.
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Others reported seeing Guard soldiers taking selfies with celebrity Green Beans Coffee spokesperson Chef Robert Irvine.
“Everyone who has ever deployed knows what a Green Beans represents,” said Joey McDougall of the watchdog group Over Caffeinated Vets. “It means you’re probably a POG, but you’re a forward-deployed POG.”
(POG is Personnel other than grunts. POGs are an essential part of the fight. POGs make up the majority of the military and they perform every job that is not specifically reserved for infantry.)
Facebook blocks new events near key locations before U.S. inauguration
JANUARY 15, 2021 4:21 PM
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-facebook/facebook-blocks-new-events-near-key-locations-before-u-s-inauguration-idUSKBN29K2PC
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday it was blocking the creation of any new Facebook events in close proximity to places such as the White House and U.S. Capitol in Washington, as well as state capitol buildings, through Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.
In a blog post on Friday, the social media company also said it would conduct a review of all Facebook events related to the inauguration and take down events that violated its rules.
The move follows violence in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday when supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol following weeks of increased violent rhetoric and organizing on social media sites.
The FBI has warned of armed protests being planned for Washington and all 50 state capitals in the run-up to Jan. 20.
Facebook also said it was imposing some other restrictions, such as blocking certain accounts from creating live videos, creating events or being a page or group administrator, “based on signals such as repeat violations of our policies.”
Reporting by Elizabeth Culliford; Editing by Chris Reese and Sonya Hepinstall
Yup.
Clearing out spring GITMO schedule one by one…
Latest Guantanamo news: The Army judge presiding in the USS Cole bombing case just canceled his March 15-April 2 hearing because of "the worsening of the pandemic" and potential lack of vaccines for those who would go to Gitmo then. The case has been in recess since January 2020.
https://twitter.com/carolrosenberg/status/1350238719454949376
I think these are COMMS, not football scores, but I just can't figure them out.
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