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http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2016/03/how-the-us-ends-up-in-a-civil-war.htmlThe US election could get worse. It could be a prelude to a civil war. How so? Here's a simple scenario. It's November 8th and the choice is between Trump and Hillary. Both candidates have negatives approaching 70% (Hillary is currently at 56% and Trump is at 60%). The campaign has been vicious. A rematch of Hitler vs. Stalin in US politics. For months, there has been violent protest in every US state. Protesters vs police vs. each other. Voters are edgy when they head to the booths on November 4th. Everyone is ready to put this campaign behind them. However, things are about to change for the worse. Early in the afternoon (EST) a small group of global guerrillas spring an N-1 trap (N-1 is a last moment action or betrayal) on the US: •A dozen faux bombs in suspicious packages are placed at heavily (Rep or Dem) polling locations resulting in evacuation and widespread concern. •Robocalls pour in to police departments and polling places in heavily (Rep or Dem) polling locations with bomb/terrorist threats. Widespread poll closures occur. Calls continue until late. •Election results are skewed. Electoral college swings to the candidate helped by the threats. One candidate declares victory. The other cries foul. Protests go national. Violence, looting and active engagement with police. Calls for calm ignored. Martial law is declared in different areas. Internet is turned off in different areas. Violence grows. The global economy collapses due to uncertainty over US economy (ill conceived financial derivatives ensure that virulent US contagion spreads to every nook and cranny of the global financial and economic system). The US, suddenly impoverished, extremely angry, and mortally betrayed stumbles into civil war. Have fun, John Robb PS: The most interesting thing about this scenario is that it can be pulled off with only five people.
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
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You forgot the part where obama refuses to step down after martial law is declared.
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Nice fantasy - but Hillary is not Stalin, and Trump is not Hitler....by any stretch. And although a vocal minority on either side would have you believe otherwise, the vast majority know better.
Lunatic fringe....we all know you're out there.
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Without very high gas prices and food prices I just don't see it.
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You need to buy a better brand of booze..
Speak softly and use a big bore...
Where's El Cid when we need him...
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Without very high gas prices and food prices I just don't see it. Go F uck yourself you piece of Euro trash!
Speak softly and use a big bore...
Where's El Cid when we need him...
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A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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choice is between Trump and Hillary BS, they're on the same team.
Son of a liberal: " What did you do in the War On Terror, Daddy?"
Liberal father: " I fought the Americans, along with all the other liberals."
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You need to buy a better brand of booze.. Contribute to my crowd-funding campaign to replenish my scotch pantry?? Just so I'm prepared for 'civil war'??? 
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
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The good stuff!! Blocks those pesky gamma rays from those black helicopters every time!!!
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
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In all seriousness, if we don't get this country turned around, it will eventually cease to function as a viable nation-state and "Balkanize" itself into nothingness, which will make us easy prey for the Barbarians at the gates...
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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In all seriousness, if we don't get this country turned around, it will eventually cease to function as a viable nation-state and "Balkanize" itself into nothingness, which will make us easy prey for the Barbarians at the gates... Some folks have been saying Balkanization is on the horizon for several years. It's coming, and perhaps it needs to.
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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In all seriousness, if we don't get this country turned around, it will eventually cease to function as a viable nation-state and "Balkanize" itself into nothingness, which will make us easy prey for the Barbarians at the gates... Some folks have been saying Balkanization is on the horizon for several years. It's coming, and perhaps it needs to. Chicago sounds like ground zero
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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And what for, turn us into a bunch of meaningless little nations? I'll pass. Personally I'm keen to a Seven Days In May scenario...
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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In all seriousness, if we don't get this country turned around, it will eventually cease to function as a viable nation-state and "Balkanize" itself into nothingness, which will make us easy prey for the Barbarians at the gates... Some folks have been saying Balkanization is on the horizon for several years. It's coming, and perhaps it needs to. Voting certain people in will not help you. There are many divisions among Americans and price of food plus gas is cheap, therefore, positive change can not take place. Only through untied passionate acts of desperation can things be changed. Remember the events of October 1917?
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In all seriousness, if we don't get this country turned around, it will eventually cease to function as a viable nation-state and "Balkanize" itself into nothingness, which will make us easy prey for the Barbarians at the gates... Some folks have been saying Balkanization is on the horizon for several years. It's coming, and perhaps it needs to. Voting certain people in will not help you. There are many divisions among Americans and price of food plus gas is cheap, therefore, positive change can not take place. Only through untied passionate desperation can things be changed. FOAD. Man, I miss the Hapsburgs...
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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What book did this come from? Sounds like it might have been a bad movie with Morgan Freeman in it. 
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Far fetched is putting it mildly..
Easier ways for it to get started.
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As America slides down the slope towards Third World status, I see no reason that we shouldn't expect Third World election antics.
I don't know if any of this happens this time, but I expect things to get pretty damned sporty with the BLM types when Trump is the nominee. Does it amp up from there or does it subside? I guess time will tell.
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And what for, turn us into a bunch of meaningless little nations? I'll pass. Personally I'm keen to a Seven Days In May scenario... We could give Florida to the cane-cutters, Haitians, and the Nation of Islam
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