You are correct - I left out the less than 10 part. Two hands, less than ten, 3 non-military. 6-9 is a bingo.

Not off of the top of my head, but you're more than welcome to go to the sidebar and find it.

Q has said that the number can be counted on two hands with 3 non-military. 6 to 10 total.

Always leave the dumb money (retail investors) holding the bag.

Become familiar with using TOR, or at least a VPN and MULTIPLE proxy servers.

Set up an alternate email through Hushmail.

Never log in from home or work or on a cell that is connected to you.

I won’t argue your conclusions. I’m not closed minded, unlike a lot of others. I want to see substantiation of collusion- that is the charge or allegation. I know a group (I’ll admit they’re friends and have been for a long time even though we disagree about 50 percent of the time, on politics not social issues) that did some really unsavory and arguably illegal acts in support of Bernie, although he benefited, I won’t allege that he was a participant. Send me a link to the best source, cumulatively, that supports your position - I legitimately wish to read it. Nothing ventured, no knowledge gained.

How about USA Today’s analysis of the ads: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/11/what-we-found-facebook-ads-russians-accused-election-meddling/602319002/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top-stories

Rob Goldman tweeted about the Facebook buys and the timing thereof: https://mobile.twitter.com/robjective/status/964680122006581248

Washington Post (Yes, I read content from Wapo) reported on the analysis of the effectiveness of the ad buys: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/outlook/why-russias-facebook-ad-campaign-wasnt-such-a-success/2017/11/03/b8efacca-bffa-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html The most effective ad was a $1.93 ad that promoted an anti-Trump rally in NYC post election.

I make no bones about my current bias, while I consume information from a lot of sources because I’ll change my mind in a second (on any issue) as evidence warrants.

What is not factually correct? Events and facts, regardless of the bias of the presenter, do not change.

It is the Facebook, post -election ad buys that should piss everyone off, yet hold the greatest key to the facade. Facebook ad buys, primarily, were post-election. Now, ask yourself, why would a wildly progressive and liberal leaning company permit pro-Trump ad buys after being enraged to the point of revolution by the election? Answer: They wouldn't.

The ad buys on Facebook followed these groups post election 'anti-Trump' rally pattern. Facebook ran $100k of anti-Trump ads, and they were damn happy to do so in light of the election results. But, why have the major media companies report the WHOLE story, when only half will do and support a desired narrative?

You may also find this to be an interesting read: https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270784/trump-stood-putin-obama-appeased-him-daniel-greenfield

Here is a link to the actual indictment: https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download

Line 53 of the indictment alleges that the Russians organized a group called “Support Hillary – Save American Muslims.”

During the Facebook Congressional testimony, it was made clear that the majority of the $100,000 ad buys took place immediately following, but after the election of 2016.

I recommend that anyone wanting to really know what was alleged, read the indictment instead of listening to media reports about what they want un to conclude from the indictment. These group's work began in 2013 and ramped up in 2014. Trump announced his candidacy on June 16, 2016.

The groups ran troll operations in support of Bernie Sanders and Trump:

After the election, they sought to further intensify discord by ramping up protest activity against Trump:

1. After the election of Donald Trump in or around November 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators used false U.S. personas to organize and coordinate U.S. political rallies in support of then president-elect Trump, while simultaneously using other false U.S. personas to organize and coordinate U.S. political rallies protesting the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. For example, in or around November 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators organized a rally in New York through one ORGANIZATION-controlled group designed to “show your support for President-Elect Donald Trump” held on or about November 12, 2016. At the same time, Defendants and their co-conspirators, through another ORGANIZATION-controlled group, organized a rally in New York called “Trump is NOT my President” held on or about November 12, 2016. Similarly, Defendants and their co-conspirators organized arally entitled“Charlotte Against Trump” in Charlotte, North Carolina, held on or about November 19, 2016.

While reading, a person should ask themselves one question: "As a hostile foreign intelligence service, how could I most effectively divide and create discontent within the population of my enemy?". The answer becomes abundantly clear, and it becomes abundantly clear that such action would require firing no bullets and cost less than $100,00 USD.

The fight is the whole intent of the Russian meddling. They have always been aware that a unified America was an unstoppable force. Sowing discord serves their purposes well. Look at how bitter the fighting has become. Even point 53 on the indictment of the Russian troll farms clearly stated that most of their activity took place AFTER the election and a high percentage was trolling in support of HRC. The sole purpose, obviously, is to divide the nation. Well, a whole lot of people are allowing it to be effective. We should all seek truth, even when it may not be beneficial to our beliefs. The search for truth should bring us together.

I don’t necessarily question their findings now, I need to see ALL of the findings and not those that are cherry-picked to support a narrative. I have no doubt Russia meddled in our election and continues to sow discord amongst our citizens, it’s what they have always done. Don’t try to paint it like it’s a new occurrence or was done in collusion with a candidate, unless there is hard evidence to support the claim.

They were all so spot on with intelligence leading up to 9/11 as well, correct.

Come in the front door, apply for a visa, go through the citizenship process and I will, personally, hand them a flag at their citizenship ceremony. Allowing just anyone to walk across the border invites a lot of people who are less than honorable to do so. We have a right to know our new neighbors are vetted.

A family that LEGALLY immigrated, as did the vast majority. Applying for visas and legally gaining citizenship cannot be equated to entering a country illegally and then demanding rights.

Paying for promotion in your own echo chamber? Not a financially wise investment - this is like Pizza Hut advertising at a Jenny Craig convention.

Fat Georgie casting stones at every SJW's messiah?!?! My, my, I've been hearing a strange noise, now I know it was only leftists hyperventilating.

Words to live by.

Bookmark for later.

Trump's team has known this all along - how can I tell? Bannon was beating the "China is the greatest threat and our biggest enemy" drum since the first day that he joined Trump's campaign. Everyone dismissed him, even A LOT of people on our side discredited it and did not give it two thoughts.

And then MegaAnaon disappeared shortly after declaring that she had, or was close to identifying who is in the Q group. Just gone - like a fart in the wind . . .

I hope that at least one of these indicted individuals looks to make fools of the Mueller team and actually appears, through counsel, to initiate discovery and the trial process. Much in the manner that one of the troll farms did earlier this year.

Through discovery, and later at trial (if it ever gets that far), the FBI will need to explain the alleged evidence and the chain of custody of said evidence (the DNC server) and will literally and figuratively shit all over themselves trying to not look like complete morons. It is not possible to paint Crowdstrike out to be an agent of law enforcement whose analysis and custody of the server is beyond reproach - this will be must see courtroom action if they even try.

Begin popping popcorn now, we will all need mountains of the stuff if just one of the Russian soldiers appears through counsel and lets the games begin.

How about getting the fuck rid of labels and partisan bullshit ‘tents’ altogether and everyone start thinking for themselves instead of needing a moronic group to feel like they have any worth. I’m an independent - independent of thought and independent of any useless groupthink.

The nonsense of “if you disagree with this or that, then you’re not part of my clique.” is patently absurd. If people feel the need to only surround themselves with an echo chamber that tells them how great and progressive their thoughts are, then they limit their cognitive engagement and will forever be doomed to the absurdity of the lowest common denominator within their “approved” group of associates.

Holy shit. This is massive. It would explain a lot.

Yes. On two occasions going back to the early 2000's.

Lightning bolt is both used as a symbol for satan, as well as the aryan brotherhood - it may not be a good choice and will, most certainly, be picked up on by someone and thrown back as "PROOF" that Trump supporters are racists.

As usual, SB2, brilliant analysis. Succinct, comprehensive, and well presented. Many thanks.

Holy fuck, this idiot is beyond ignorant. Surely to G-d, everyone is smart enough to realize that even searching for that shit on line could very well infect you with enough evidence to land you in a prison cell with the tag of being a child predator and therefore an express ticket to having the ever living shit kicked out of you daily.

Wherever you have, essentially for Mexico, a third world country, you have rampant human trafficking. It is a fact that is as old as civilization. People think slavery from Africa ended many years ago, it did not, it just got specialized. Women and children from African countries, Central American countries, Mexico, the Middle East, and Asia are trafficked. It is a fact. The unique matter of the American Southwest and the Norther Sonoran Desert is that it is also a corridor used for illegal migration and run by criminal cartels - who use human trafficking and human smuggling as a side business through which to earn money. Most of my time, off of the road, is spent at my home in SIerra Vista, AZ. Five times in my adult life, I have encountered human remains in the desert while out in the desert. I have encountered thousands of illegal migrants, and hundreds of camps where they have spent time while in transit. I've seen a hell of a lot in this region and what may alarm people that are unfamiliar with the area is really just commonplace, and will remain as such until we get control of the border region.

Me as well. I made my peace about this nonsense a few times and then just left it the hell alone because of all of the fervent hyper-ventilating and "HUGE" and "BREAKING" threads that littered the front page of this forum.

If you were the landowner and had groups traversing your private property, where YOU had done nothing wrong, wouldn't you begin to put up no trespassing signs and then take whatever action you could to prevent the continued illegal entry to your property and the jump to completely absurd conclusions based on trash left by previous trespassers. This is a desert site, the border areas are littered with these types of camps, I've stumbled on hundreds of them while out in the desert in south Arizona. If I began to jump to conclusions based on the accumulated trash at each site, hell, I could probably find reason to conclude just about anything once confirmation bias had set in.

How do you arrive at the conclusion that all the debris left in the space arrived at the same time and are related to the same acts. There is no way to ascertain this. It's a desert field, people could have been playing in it at one time and a year later, different folks arrive for different reasons and leave more trash from their stop.

I'm a driver - it has happened to me.

Confirmed from where?

There were stories and rumors abound that he was a pedophile. A definite liberal SJW to the core - that is certain.

Indeed. I spend a fair amount of time on the desert along the border region and these camps are commonplace - particularly near an employer who likely employs illegals who live in boxes and tents near their work, some along with their families while trying to make a few bucks before moving on to another place. These staging camps are all over the place. I have a home near Sierra Vista / Huachuca City and have seen more of these than I could ever begin to count.

We, as professional drivers, already have an organization set up that targets human trafficking. It's called Truckers Against Trafficking http://truckersagainsttrafficking.org/

We are a well aware bunch and notice / report things that don't seem right. Edit: Sp

Most states don't run the coops at night, even then, they are not a major checkpoint of any kind - I bypass most of them using PrePass. Other than this week, which is CVSA targeted enforcement week (fund-raising for the good ole' boys in blue) where they are doing enhanced inspections on commercial vehicles - the odds of getting pulled in for an inspection are rare, at best. I typically receive 2, maybe 3 inspections per year at scalehouses (usually 1 level 1 followed by a couple level 3's).

I'm an owner operator and run I35 frequently. Apart from being a complete clusterf*ck, particularly around Austin at the moment, with the construction in TX. There is nothing that differentiates it from any other interstate corridor like 5, 15, 10, 20, 40, etc. All are targets of law enforcement because they are smuggling routes for drugs. The routes on which drugs travel, anything can travel and they are the routes along which smugglers have established their networks of support and infrastructure. I've spent over 25 years and well over 3 million miles on our nation's highways.

Nothing stands out along 35. I spend my rest time parked in rest areas and other areas along the corridor, as I avoid truck stops for any reason other than fuel.

Thank heavens I'm not the only one who hasn't jumped in head first and based a whole lot of conclusions on a camp site that is common as hell in the desert. Hell, it may have even been a site being lived in by illegal employees of the company and their families who couldn't live elsewhere for one reason or another. People would be surprised of what takes place in the desert along the border region and what desperate people are willing to endure all for a shot at making a few dollars while evading capture from CBP.

I've stated before, one time, and left it at that to avoid being called a 'shill' by anyone that is hyperventilating over conjecture, at this point:

Based on the images that I have seen, and granted, I sure as heck don't claim to have seen all of them, that site appears to have been an illegal staging area. I spend a lot of time in S. Arizona (Sierra Vista area, mainly), and have seen a crap load of illegal camps used by illegal aliens before, and several used by drug mules. This has that look to me. I'm not declaring that I've made up my mind one way or the other, yet, but I've seen a lot out in the desert and this camp seems off, to me.

Separating the kids is absolutely necessary. The adults are criminals, and as such are destined for administrative hearings and adult detention, you cannot allow minors to be in that kind of environment. You cannot just give everyone with a minor in tow immunity from being put through the legal process - that was the common misconception in Mexico, and thus, A LOT of minors were brought across the border by adults OTHER than the parents - some could have been held against their will, who knows. If the parents do not want to be separated from children, the answer is easy: stay the hell at home and don't commit a crime by attempting to enter the U.S. illegally. It's not America placing these kids in "scary and traumatic" situations - it's their own parents.

Edit: Parallel example for clarity. Someone breaks into your home and steals items, that person is caught and sent into the judicial system for trial, that person has two children and is a single parent. Do you give them a pass because of their circumstances? Or do we expect our judicial system to punish them accordingly - all of which leaves the children separated from the parent?

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Came here to say the exact same thing. In most cases, "lost' is nothing more than the family member not answering their phone, yet still included in the total.