Pizza, rifles and tension: a night inside the Oregon protest

[demmiblue]

Source: Reuters

The doorknob rattled. Two of the men occupying a federal biologist's office in a stand-off over land rights hopped from their chairs and swung rifles toward the locked door.

There was no knock - the established procedure for gaining entry to the nerve center of the siege mounted by brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy at this eastern Oregon nature center.

The Bundys’ body guard stood in silent alert but heard no voices from the snowy darkness outside.

"Should we approach the door or not?" Ryan asked, creeping toward a window.

Ammon, armed with only a cell phone, remained seated and shook off the tension, saying dryly, "Oh, it's fun to live this way."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oregon-militia-refuge-insight-idUSKBN0UL0DW20160107

[gordianot]

1. I wonder about the media reaction if one of these jumpy ass holes shoot a reporter?

That is assuming they have live ammo in their magazines.

[underpants]

2. Letting the press in has been a complete disaster for them

or at least has ahead light on how bad a disaster they themselves are.

[underpants]

3. That's is some serious paranoia and self grandiose bullshit going on there

Great short read

[demmiblue]

4. I find it rather comical (not the situation, but the megalomania).

I think he is full of shite when he said he would not resist arrest.

I am still amazed that they allow people in and out of there.

[underpants]

6. Talk about an interesting biology study for "Carp lady"

Some time at the Bundy place has PhD honors all over it.

Those darned biologists!!!

[LannyDeVaney]

5. I can't imagine living in that much fear ...

but it's there own fault. They are insane and shouldn't be allowed to own guns.

[Lizzie Poppet]

8. Their days of legal gun ownership are numbered.

The FBI have assured Sheriff Ward that there will be arrests (after the situation has been defused and probably even after the seditionists have headed home), and I suspect one of the charges will be Seditious Conspiracy, a federal felony, and a conviction is extremely likely. Bye-bye Second Amendment rights...

[pinboy3niner]

7. The security head who disappeared was about to be exposed for lying about military and combat servic

He did not return, according to Raw Story:

Brian “Booda” Cavalier, an Arizona tattoo artist who served as a bodyguard for the Bundys during the previous standoff, has left the nature preserve after the Daily Mail reported he had been lying about serving as a U.S. Marine in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Some of the militants also suspect Cavalier might be working as a federal informant.

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/trump-campaign-official-arrives-at-oregon-standoff-to-help-militants-combat-psyops/

The Daily Mail story exposing him is at this GD thread:

Stolen valor: The militiaman bodyguard of ranchers Cliven and Ammon Bundy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7505101

[underpants]

9. Of course no one's ask Trump about this

From reading that and this Reuters article I get the sense that anyone who slights the Bundy's immediately because suspected of being a Fed agent.

Pizza more than 30 minutes? Aha!! He's a Fed!!
The waitress* who "tipped them off that Federal agents were in the area"? Busted!!! Don't trust her info anymore!!

Carp lady? Well that's a no-brainer.

The guy out there under the tarp? Who ya think HE'S really up to?


* speculation for the joke

[yellowcanine]

10. "Wind rattles door and scares Bundy Gang."

There, I fixed it.

Bring in a sound system and play scary sounds and these guys will poop their pants before surrendering.

[surrealAmerican]

11. Where are they getting their pizza from?

Does this mean members of their group are still coming and going freely?

[KamaAina]

12. Domino's. 30 militiamen or less.

[pinboy3niner]

13. *snort*