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The following is being published today (Oct. 31) and will be a link to the Antifa post of Oct 23.  This arrangement is intentional; the posts are directly related.

Pre-note: Today (Oct. 24) the top headline in the Minneapolis StarTribune was “Boogaloo linked to [Minneapolis] 3rd Precinct [police station] assault”.  Gandhi Mahal restaurant was one very easy block from the 3rd precinct.  It perhaps may never be provable, but I continue to believe that Boogaloo or their partners in crime were involved in the mayhem after George Floyds murder on May 25.

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Oct. 9 I sent this note to those on my blog list:

“Yesterday’s reveal of a plot to kidnap the Michigan Governor reminds me of the article (click to enlarge): USNews 9-25-2000001.  I read in a laundromat on September 24, 2000, (two weeks after 9-11-01).  The magazine was published a year before 9-11.
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Yes the magazine was a year old when I saw it.  Yes, I was in a laundromat washing heavy rugs at the time and a headline on the cover caught my eye.
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Above is the link to the two page article.  Take the time.  Remember, this was written 20 years ago.”
Here are the responses received to the article.

from Barbara Oct 9: Thanks for sharing this 20 year old article.  Now they have had 20 more years to spread and organize their hate.   And stockpile “guns.”

from Maria Oct 9: Thank you Dick, I am donating to the Southern poverty Law Center since, probably, over thirty years. Since the day after President’s 2016 inauguration, one of my posters, in peaceful demonstrations, said on one side “NO ALT RIGHT” and on the other “ NO KKK “.

from Emmett Oct 9: A scary world that has not changed much in 20 years.  Hope you and all your family are doing well.

from Mike Oct 9:  Very scary next few months.  Hoping for a peaceful transition of power, but not at all confident it will happen.

from Molly Oct 9: Good Morning, Dick, and yes, this is chilling stuff–and the depth this has reached in this country is horrifying.  Indeed, that article [here] from the National Review that I sent a week or so ago about the decline in required classes in Civics or American Government nails, I think, a lot of the root cause of some of this garbage… Yes– that old saying  “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” seems evidenced here, too…As does a lot of the writing of George Orwell…

from Norm Oct 9:  Those folks are always out there as well as among us waiting for an opportunity to make a dramatic splash to be seen and to be hear and, in their eyes at least, to be feared and not ignored.

Unfortunately, Donnie has empowered them with his many words and actions as well as his too few words and actions to be bold and open about their intentions.

from Steve Oct 9: Really disturbing reading. A country as large as this one, with such freedom of mobility, and personal freedoms (a good thing, often taken advantage of, often misused or misunderstood) is vulnerable. Vigilance, personal responsibility, and a commitment from all of us to the purposes and aspirations of our government (of constitutional authority) is so important. We’ve often let trust and active discussion be clouded and assailed.

I hope we can weather this storm. The weather reports have been troubling.

from Fred Oct 9: Just read the article. It reminds me that the director of the FBI—name escapes at the moment—noted a couple of weeks ago that far right extremists and racists are currently the greatest danger we face. I see today that some of the men arrested were among those at the earlier protest at the state capitol. They were the guys carrying long guns.

There were informants operating inside the militia cell in question so that is encouraging. Commie (and constitution) Buster J. Edgar Hoover riddled the US Communist party with his agents and did the same with the KKK. One hopes that tradition is continuing with improved safe guards to prevent over-reach.
from Jermitt Oct 9: We will continue to be plagued with these individuals as long as trump is around, and beyond, I’m afraid.  Michigan as well as a few other states have been havens for these criminals………open carry laws have been an issue as well.
from Peter Oct 9: Locally, my community’s school is falling apart from the relentless assault on education. But people don’t experience it as that, they look to themselves or others for the causes of their distress.

I think organized society is in serious danger of collapse long before the bad weather knocks us down. The collective version of “fight or flight” is not well understood, but it is extremely powerful.

from DH Oct 9: I wish the names of those involved with the Russian Hoax would be released before Nov 3.  The documents of proof were recently unclassified so will be released soon.   You will notbelieve the names because they are all prominent Democrats.

from Chuck:  That article is amazing…in that nothing really changed…except for getting worse.  That old saying… the only thing we learn from history is that we don’t learn from history…needs to be edited. We don’t remember what we should have learned for our own survival.  One thing I question I want to ask white supremacist… “Do you know how monocultures work out?”

from Lillian Oct 10: [I] read this article on the militants.  It is scary especially in light of the recent near Kidnapping attempt of the Michigan Governor.  It seems so much of the news implies these hate groups are new or are here because of Trump.  As evidenced by this article, they’ve been around for a long time.  They are definitely bolder with Trump in the Whitehouse and probably adding to their numbers.

I am reading See No Stranger by Valarie Kaur.  It talks of how to change in these days.  For a quick listen, check out her speech at the National Moral Revival Watch Night.  So inspiring.  “What if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb but the darkness of the womb”

from David Oct 9: Thanks for sending this. In 1967, when I was in college (U of M., Duluth), Norman Lincoln Rockwell, then head of the American Nazi Party, was invited to speak at the student center. There was a bit of protest about providing such a person a forum. In the end, he was allowed to speak. He showed up in his full Nazi regalia. There were a few hundred in the audience, mostly students who treated him as a clown, hooting and laughing throughout his speech. I felt that anyone who saw and heard this guy would immediately see him as a joke. However, had I a better sense of history, I would have known that Rockwell, and people like him, need to be treated seriously. Whether he believed his own “shtik,” plenty of others did, and still do.

Unlike 1967, people like Rockwell no longer communicate their message to hundreds at a time but now are able to reach millions with the tap of a keyboard. Their importance is exaggerated, but not their danger. The recently foiled plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor is just the latest example. Our president winks and nods while others take up arms and “stand by.”
from Leila: Thank you for the article and providing food for thought.  It points to the fact all our troubles (racism, white supremacy, climate change, healthcare, etc and not to mention international contradictions) have been around longer than just the stress these past 4 years have created for the people .  With all the wealth and power concentrated here, America acts like a backward country .  I wonder when all this duality of setting high goals and then allowing it to be undermined began and why.