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sarisataka

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42. Why else do we have those nukes?

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #27)

Sat Dec 28, 2019, 11:06 PM

Dec 2019

Russia would be the only possible explanation for outages.
If any power goes down let them birds fly

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Is everyone prepared for an election day where power grids go down...? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 OP

DU went down in 2016. Did we ever find out who did it? applegrove Dec 2019 #1

Good question. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #2

was on du when it went down. i was like huh? AllaN01Bear Dec 2019 #33

I think the discussionist had to be taken down as they cleaned up the DU. applegrove Dec 2019 #45

One more reason we need to go back to paper ballots tinrobot Dec 2019 #3

Hell yes! BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #5

wash state is all mail in so my paper pre stamped ballot will be mailed in early samnsara Dec 2019 #4

Same in Oregon marlakay Dec 2019 #18

Wait! summer_in_TX Dec 2019 #39

Ugh! If its not one fear its another marlakay Dec 2019 #43

my ballot got rejected once in CA cause signature AlexSFCA Dec 2019 #78

no doubt at all... pangaia Dec 2019 #6

Don't know if you remember it or was old enough, but that huge blackout of 1965..... George II Dec 2019 #12

In 1965 I was 22 living in Ithaca NY pangaia Dec 2019 #13

I've gotten high in Stewart Park a time or two. JDC Dec 2019 #20

Of course it does.... :) pangaia Dec 2019 #36

Even a movie about it - Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? Population Boom too Hestia Dec 2019 #26

Nope. The supposed birth boom nine months later is a myth. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2019 #51

I remember it. Scary times, luvtheGWN Dec 2019 #35

I'm a graduate of NU JustAnotherGen Dec 2019 #40

The actual lines don't have to be taken down csziggy Dec 2019 #69

I think taking the power grid down would be too obvious for Putin rzemanfl Dec 2019 #7

Bringing down the power grid would cut us off from each other. Buckeyeblue Dec 2019 #11

He doesn't have to take them all down, does he. Just like he cherry-picked, targeted Maru Kitteh Dec 2019 #30

And do it without firing a bullet, launching a bomb or killing anyone. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2019 #24

It would kill people who rely on electricity for life support, folks at intersections when rzemanfl Dec 2019 #28

Highly recommended book on this subject: Golden Raisin Dec 2019 #8

Thanks for the reference - I'll give it a read online if I can find it. erronis Dec 2019 #22

If doing that for a long period would not risk destroying their own economy... Lock him up. Dec 2019 #79

Oh boy. Tipperary Dec 2019 #9

If you think this is tinfoil... dchill Dec 2019 #31

Really? Because you think they haven't effed with our grid? Maru Kitteh Dec 2019 #38

Please provide a link! Nt USALiberal Dec 2019 #47

Pretty sure you coulda Googled that but Maru Kitteh Dec 2019 #48

Turnout mahina Dec 2019 #10

i fear nothing is too big to steal.... pangaia Dec 2019 #14

Fear is where you lose me. mahina Dec 2019 #16

Good links - thanks. (nt) klook Dec 2019 #58

You bet. mahina Dec 2019 #75

Thanks for posting this I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2019 #63

Definitely. You'll find lots of other good tools for a piece on the side where the anti-coup is list mahina Dec 2019 #76

Agree triron Dec 2019 #17

First registration mahina Dec 2019 #29

Digital calculations don't care about turnout humans do, what are we to do about the stolen uponit7771 Dec 2019 #55

agree nt Kurt V. Dec 2019 #15

I am actively involved in our local Democratic party and Democratic women's club mcar Dec 2019 #19

except the talk radio stations will have back-up - that is why democrats have to end their certainot Dec 2019 #21

The internet is much easier to control and much less obvious. Many won't even notice that their web erronis Dec 2019 #23

If I remember correctly I think there are only 11 states that do not have a paper back up of some Peacetrain Dec 2019 #25

If the power grid goes down, then bomb Russia. roamer65 Dec 2019 #27

Why else do we have those nukes? sarisataka Dec 2019 #42

Nah, wouldn't be that blatant. Plausible deniability is still a concern. Jedi Guy Dec 2019 #32

i vote by mail. id like all of us to go that way. i have had some rws try to tell me AllaN01Bear Dec 2019 #34

The only thing worse than Conspiracy Theories are lazy ones... brooklynite Dec 2019 #37

Really? sigh...I cant think of ONE thing that would work with power grids down. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #41

An unsupported theory about a conspiracy that MIGHT occur is called a..... brooklynite Dec 2019 #44

Wow! not_the_one Dec 2019 #46

It is a CT. greytdemocrat Dec 2019 #50

Yeah, no way Trump would do or allow something like that 🙄 uponit7771 Dec 2019 #57

For pete's sake, that is not an insult. Tipperary Dec 2019 #61

Only thing worse about being called lazy is being called lazy be a lazier thinker uponit7771 Dec 2019 #56

So counting paper ballots, which everyone here says is the gold standard for elections... brooklynite Dec 2019 #64

?!?! Distraction, paper ballots not the issue here Trump's willingness to do anything is uponit7771 Dec 2019 #68

Did Trump "do anything" to win the Election in 2018? brooklynite Dec 2019 #70

My county recently announced that it's sending mail-in ballots to everyone Retrograde Dec 2019 #49

Really? Do you have lots and lots of tinfoil available? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2019 #52

Thank you. Tipperary Dec 2019 #54

Right !! Trump would never try some bull shit like that uponit7771 Dec 2019 #59

So what now? My concern is what appears to be the lack of concern ecstatic Dec 2019 #53

In Northern VA nitpicker Dec 2019 #60

Bless your heart. You do enjoy being the voice of doom, don't you?n/t ms liberty Dec 2019 #62

Lol. cwydro Dec 2019 #65

Most here are probably not prepared for if the power grid goes down for weeks Kaleva Dec 2019 #66

Early Voting! lark Dec 2019 #67

not only that, in 16 there were outages in some city precincts. mopinko Dec 2019 #71

Steps are being taken Gothmog Dec 2019 #72

If not the power grid, then it will be the Karma13612 Dec 2019 #73

HERE IN MADISON - not only did DU go down (ie replaced by that hideous graphic of trump with a gun) Kashkakat v.2.0 Dec 2019 #74

This time Putin will be playing hard ball. Kablooie Dec 2019 #77

Why would he have let the Blue Wave that impeached his paid puppet... Lock him up. Dec 2019 #81

Report: US Cyber Command took Russian trolls offline during midterms Lock him up. Dec 2019 #80

Our county uses paper ballots marked with pen or pencil. Skidmore Dec 2019 #82