You can always spot a would-be tyrant, of any stripe. They consider themselves invaluable and everybody else expendable.
Tampon Timmie is a case in point.
Knowing what we now do, it’s frightening how close Nikita Jr. came to being one heartbeat away from the Oval Office.
With the consequences of first the Clintons, then The One, and then Slow Joe culminating with Kacklin’ Kammie, we were that close to being in a real-life version of Come Nineveh, Come Tyre by Allen Drury.
There were at least five guys wrestling with him. At some point it looks like one of them managed to get the gun and turn away from the scrum, but Pretti kept fighting and may not have known his pistol was gone.
In that case he may have either reached for his holster or tried to take an agent’s gun, causing another agent who did not know he had been disarmed to draw and fire.
It is never good to draw conclusions from confusions until all the facts are known.
But your analysis, Chris, does describe the anti-Ice and TDS mindset perfectly.
It’s my understanding from a statement made by the president of the CBP union that the primary shooter (there were 2 that fired) is not only a firearms instructor for CBP, but a use of force instructor as well. If anyone knew when to use lethal force and when not to, he did. Don’t let the lame stream media’s chants of untrained LEOs go unchallenged.
They’re going to try to expend some more, but the idiocy is usefully installed and should keep the fools coming back for more (and to become fewer) for a while.
Instead of declaring he was a licensed CC to law enforcement at the beginning of ANY encounter with them, he chose to keep the knowledge hidden and declare himself a protester by using his camera. Me personally, I empty the mag before I quit pulling the trigger.
I think Pretti was a good guy who made a really bad choice (to be in a place where schitz gonna happen), and was a victim of the situation. I think the shot that started the whole thing was his own pistol in someone else’s hands. (Just a guess)
Easiest way to avoid being shot: Don’t be in a place where chaos happens (situational awareness) or leave promptly when you see it about to start.
The best gunfight is the one that doesn’t happen. I’m certain the officer involved believes that, well 99% sure.
Exercising a right involves risk, and requires responsibility. If he had not been carrying a firearm, he has every right to, would this have happened? Who did he think was going to be a lethal threat?
THEY say the truth “We expected this to happen.” every time, and THEY are hoping for it.
In that case, I believe leaders should lead; they need to step up And lead by example…
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 am
Oldarmourer
Trump could rename the agency to National Immigration and Customs Enforcement…then watch the media have to refer to them as the NICE Agents 🙂
As for untrained LEO’s…what kind of training did all those IRS agents have for the huge quantiies of weapons and ammunition they apparently ‘needed’ to collect taxes ?
They need to conduct daily briefings on the kind of criminals they have apprehended. Names, mugshots, records, all the gory details plastered across all the media! Show the public the kind of THINGS the Auto-Pen allowed to overrun the country.
Great idea !!! except for the part where the media will refer to the criminals as ‘loving fathers torn from their families by Trump’s ‘thugs’ while sitting peacefully at home’…any ‘journalist’ that spews that crap out willingly shoud be cited for ‘being an asshole in a no asshole zone’ aka ‘jeapordizing safety and security’ that was our go-to charge until we found the number of a better one.:) in the military it was 118/119 “conduct to theprejudice of good order and discipline” anything from needing a haircut to murder, that one was always thrown in too and was never questoned.
One of the major tenets of the Democratic Party is that the public has a short memory, so Lie, Lie, Lie is the key to obtaining and holding power.
They are “goal oriented” for a reason. Their minions can always be distracted by the Next Big Thing so actual performance in office is not just secondary, it’s tertiary. In fact, for them, actually solving problems is an impediment to reelection.
Traditionally, and now again, republicans (and I use that small r deliberately) are systems oriented for just that reason. They actually have a memory and know about the flaws of human nature that make failure to perform so pervasive.
I want to hink that this time it’s going to be different and the lack of overt action, or rather the lack of reporting on same in the media, is the calm before the storm and when all of the pieces are ready to go together…one swell foop for everyone swindling the public with everything all tied together in a nice, neat package no jury could refuse to convict on…and when you get one dead to rights with no way out, then the domino effect starts, killary can’t Arkencide them all.
Epador: ” why have we stopped talking about the complete corruption of multiple State governments including MN?”
Because the whole point of the anti-ICE thrash is to shift the news focus away from that, onto Trump’s evil fascist storm troopers. In which they’ve been magnificently successful.
Plus, there are other recent articles detailing how sophisticated the Left’s efforts are here. This is a coordinated, well thought out Color Revolution.
The Parents of Alex Pretti Reveal Their Son Quit His Hospital Job Months Ago and Exhibited “Unusual Behavior” Recently – “He Seemed to Have Joined Some Kind of Group”
Snippets from the article, the last line being the only smidgen of the conversation that’s been reported in the mainstream news: “Michael Pretti, speaking to reporters from his home in Wisconsin, described how Alex had quietly left his position at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center several months earlier, a move that surprised his family and colleagues who knew him as a dedicated caregiver for veterans.
“He seemed to have joined some kind of group,” Michael Pretti told reporters, his voice heavy with grief and concern. “We warned him two weeks ago—protest if you want, but don’t engage, don’t do anything stupid. He said he understood.” The father emphasized that while Alex had always been passionate about helping others, his recent behavior had shifted in ways that worried them. “He was pulling away from his routine, talking more about ‘standing up’ and ‘making a difference’ in ways that felt different. We thought it was just stress, but now… we don’t know.”
“Michael Pretti’s interview underscores a family torn between love for their son and horror at how events unfolded. “We warned him,” he repeated. “He said he understood, but something pulled him in deeper. Whatever group he was part of, it changed him. We just want the full truth now—for Alex, for us, for everyone.”
Bottom line: His TDS allowed him to be sucked into a suicidal whirlpool where he was finally a martyr for the left and the mainstream media are more than willing to promote it.
Seems some time, maybe after he quit his job, he aquired an approximately $1500 firearm. Useful idiots is right. The commies are going to keep sending in wind-up NPRs until the commie fake news propaganda machine can convince us to let them win.
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You can always spot a would-be tyrant, of any stripe. They consider themselves invaluable and everybody else expendable.
Tampon Timmie is a case in point.
Knowing what we now do, it’s frightening how close Nikita Jr. came to being one heartbeat away from the Oval Office.
With the consequences of first the Clintons, then The One, and then Slow Joe culminating with Kacklin’ Kammie, we were that close to being in a real-life version of Come Nineveh, Come Tyre by Allen Drury.
clear ether
eon
now I’ll have to search for that book
https://oceanofpdf.com/?s=Allen+Drury
cheers
eon
There were at least five guys wrestling with him. At some point it looks like one of them managed to get the gun and turn away from the scrum, but Pretti kept fighting and may not have known his pistol was gone.
In that case he may have either reached for his holster or tried to take an agent’s gun, causing another agent who did not know he had been disarmed to draw and fire.
It is never good to draw conclusions from confusions until all the facts are known.
But your analysis, Chris, does describe the anti-Ice and TDS mindset perfectly.
It’s my understanding from a statement made by the president of the CBP union that the primary shooter (there were 2 that fired) is not only a firearms instructor for CBP, but a use of force instructor as well. If anyone knew when to use lethal force and when not to, he did. Don’t let the lame stream media’s chants of untrained LEOs go unchallenged.
Those ‘expendables’ were called “useful idiots” by Lenin for a good reason. It still holds true.
They’re going to try to expend some more, but the idiocy is usefully installed and should keep the fools coming back for more (and to become fewer) for a while.
Instead of declaring he was a licensed CC to law enforcement at the beginning of ANY encounter with them, he chose to keep the knowledge hidden and declare himself a protester by using his camera. Me personally, I empty the mag before I quit pulling the trigger.
I think Pretti was a good guy who made a really bad choice (to be in a place where schitz gonna happen), and was a victim of the situation. I think the shot that started the whole thing was his own pistol in someone else’s hands. (Just a guess)
Easiest way to avoid being shot: Don’t be in a place where chaos happens (situational awareness) or leave promptly when you see it about to start.
The best gunfight is the one that doesn’t happen. I’m certain the officer involved believes that, well 99% sure.
Exercising a right involves risk, and requires responsibility. If he had not been carrying a firearm, he has every right to, would this have happened? Who did he think was going to be a lethal threat?
THEY say the truth “We expected this to happen.” every time, and THEY are hoping for it.
“They” (the money people) WANTED someone killed and didn’t care who. Jihad’s need martyrs.
In that case, I believe leaders should lead; they need to step up And lead by example…
Trump could rename the agency to National Immigration and Customs Enforcement…then watch the media have to refer to them as the NICE Agents 🙂
As for untrained LEO’s…what kind of training did all those IRS agents have for the huge quantiies of weapons and ammunition they apparently ‘needed’ to collect taxes ?
They need to conduct daily briefings on the kind of criminals they have apprehended. Names, mugshots, records, all the gory details plastered across all the media! Show the public the kind of THINGS the Auto-Pen allowed to overrun the country.
Zar Belk!
Great idea !!! except for the part where the media will refer to the criminals as ‘loving fathers torn from their families by Trump’s ‘thugs’ while sitting peacefully at home’…any ‘journalist’ that spews that crap out willingly shoud be cited for ‘being an asshole in a no asshole zone’ aka ‘jeapordizing safety and security’ that was our go-to charge until we found the number of a better one.:) in the military it was 118/119 “conduct to theprejudice of good order and discipline” anything from needing a haircut to murder, that one was always thrown in too and was never questoned.
Gee, why have we stopped talking about the complete corruption of multiple State governments including MN?
One of the major tenets of the Democratic Party is that the public has a short memory, so Lie, Lie, Lie is the key to obtaining and holding power.
They are “goal oriented” for a reason. Their minions can always be distracted by the Next Big Thing so actual performance in office is not just secondary, it’s tertiary. In fact, for them, actually solving problems is an impediment to reelection.
Traditionally, and now again, republicans (and I use that small r deliberately) are systems oriented for just that reason. They actually have a memory and know about the flaws of human nature that make failure to perform so pervasive.
I want to hink that this time it’s going to be different and the lack of overt action, or rather the lack of reporting on same in the media, is the calm before the storm and when all of the pieces are ready to go together…one swell foop for everyone swindling the public with everything all tied together in a nice, neat package no jury could refuse to convict on…and when you get one dead to rights with no way out, then the domino effect starts, killary can’t Arkencide them all.
Epador: ” why have we stopped talking about the complete corruption of multiple State governments including MN?”
Because the whole point of the anti-ICE thrash is to shift the news focus away from that, onto Trump’s evil fascist storm troopers. In which they’ve been magnificently successful.
Plus, there are other recent articles detailing how sophisticated the Left’s efforts are here. This is a coordinated, well thought out Color Revolution.
Paraphrasing David Lee Roth:
“I don’t feel expendable!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0
The Parents of Alex Pretti Reveal Their Son Quit His Hospital Job Months Ago and Exhibited “Unusual Behavior” Recently – “He Seemed to Have Joined Some Kind of Group”
https://buzzreport247.com/ngocanhbtv/aw-%f0%9f%9a%a8-shock-the-parents-of-alex-pretti-reveal-their-son-quit-his-hospital-job-months-ago-and-exhibited-unusual-behavior-recently-he-seemed-to-have-joined-s/
Snippets from the article, the last line being the only smidgen of the conversation that’s been reported in the mainstream news: “Michael Pretti, speaking to reporters from his home in Wisconsin, described how Alex had quietly left his position at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center several months earlier, a move that surprised his family and colleagues who knew him as a dedicated caregiver for veterans.
“He seemed to have joined some kind of group,” Michael Pretti told reporters, his voice heavy with grief and concern. “We warned him two weeks ago—protest if you want, but don’t engage, don’t do anything stupid. He said he understood.” The father emphasized that while Alex had always been passionate about helping others, his recent behavior had shifted in ways that worried them. “He was pulling away from his routine, talking more about ‘standing up’ and ‘making a difference’ in ways that felt different. We thought it was just stress, but now… we don’t know.”
“Michael Pretti’s interview underscores a family torn between love for their son and horror at how events unfolded. “We warned him,” he repeated. “He said he understood, but something pulled him in deeper. Whatever group he was part of, it changed him. We just want the full truth now—for Alex, for us, for everyone.”
Bottom line: His TDS allowed him to be sucked into a suicidal whirlpool where he was finally a martyr for the left and the mainstream media are more than willing to promote it.
How many of the Somali immigrants being arrested were members of Muhammad Aidid’s
army and Somalia?
My thoughts:
This is obviously organized resistance to lawful government action. That is the definition of an insurrection.
When you bring arms to an insurrection, you become a revolutionary.
Geneva convention states un-uniformed combatants can be summarily executed. They have no POW rights.
So the very definition of FAFO.
Seems some time, maybe after he quit his job, he aquired an approximately $1500 firearm. Useful idiots is right. The commies are going to keep sending in wind-up NPRs until the commie fake news propaganda machine can convince us to let them win.
Pundits are saying Tampon Tim has capitulated and is cooperating with ICE.
Cops are arresting protesters who interfere with ICE officers. Illegals in jail are going to be detained and turned over to ICE.