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Published: Saturday, 31 October 2020 02:29

This is #1 item to avoid conflict. And the news is good.

That is all.

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Published: Thursday, 29 October 2020 12:28

Some quick, unedited thoughts. Much going on here so making this fast:

You may have noticed the latest Flat Screen Riots in Philadelphia, New York, on the West Coast, and Here-and-There.

Messages coming to me from media, "Are you in Philly yet?" No. I am a serious war correspondent and analyst, not an adrenaline photographer. My credentials do not hang on walls but in historical notes. Proven year-by-year with accurate assessments. Results of hard work and calling the ball no matter where it lands. There is little value in wasting time at Flat Screen Riots. Our economy is a thousand times more important than FSRs.

Read more: Dispatch 32: Flat Screen Riots, The Virus -- the ECONOMY

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Published: Thursday, 29 October 2020 12:23

https://twitter.com/mrandyngo/status/1320974179009654784

America may soon face images of a police force scattered. Routed. Overrun. Black Hawk Down.

General uprising shatters illusion of control. Organization crumbles.

Police abandon units. Gear. Stations. Towns. Jails. These cascades happen in a matter of hours.

Read more: Dispatch 31: Street Battles Philadelphia -- prepare for November and beyond

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Published: Friday, 23 October 2020 18:12

Pro-democracy protesters give the three-finger salute outside a station in Bangkok as rallies continued [Lillian Suwanrumpha/ AFP]

Unedited morning thoughts:

Recently, I was an expert witness on arbitration for a situation involving Hong Kong. During proceedings, someone asked the difference between insurrection and insurgency. Answer: depends on who is answering. Same with "terrorism." Ten people, ten answers.

Of course, someone will fall back and say, "But this dictionary says..."

Today, dictionaries are rewritten in real time. "The dictionary" -- of which there are many -- is not a final arbiter on anything. Dictionary publishers are like police sketch-artists trying to describe a subject based on a thousand separate witness statements, and then pretending the sketch describing the subject is the new truth.

Read more: Dispatch 30: Thai and US Insurrection, and Insurgency

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Published: Friday, 23 October 2020 14:00

Six local people gathered today the four corners of Marvin Road and College. The peacefully waved support banners for two hours from 1500-1700. I went with my friend who is a 79 year-old retired Soldier.

Over the two hours were stood there, hundreds of people beeped horns, shouted support, or gave supportive smiles or hand gestures. Of the hundreds who made some sort of overt acknowledgment, no more than 5% were anti-Trump, including one guy hanging out the door over the rooftop with his pants sagging gangster-style.

Read more: Dispatch 29: Lacey, Washington -- corner support, and Presidential Debates

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Published: Thursday, 22 October 2020 15:47

Lacey, Washington

I'm out here sensing the ground and working on the network. Will soon make a serious fundraiser for a mobile communications/media vehicle that I will use to cover this around America. One generous soul already committed to matching the first $25,000 with an additional 25,000. The entire system will be not more than $240,000. More on that, later.

Read more: Dispatch 27: Pandemic Update

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Published: Monday, 19 October 2020 19:03

America sure has changed since last time I was home. Marijuana stores all over the place. Loads of communists, and people who imagine Nazis spreading by cough and sneeze.

ANTIFA at this time is preparing to possibly attack the ICE building. I got the word by message while sitting with top four Proud Boy leaders in Portland. ANTIFA are out there right now. Proud Boys leaders were drinking beer with me. Though I haven't had a beer in years, so I was having water.

Read more: Dispatch 19: Portland Now -- ANTIFA may attack ICE tonight, and I've been talking with Proud Boys...

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Published: Monday, 19 October 2020 18:59

There were maybe 15-20 arrest. I am unclear and in a rush today. Two arrests were for drone operation.

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Published: Monday, 19 October 2020 18:55

Click through and also make sure to read the short narrative. Also, PLEASE DONATE! I need serious dollars to do this as safely as possible and travel around America to take inventory.

Read more: Dispatch 10: Portland: Video I made with BLM/ANTIFA last night and this morning

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Published: Monday, 19 October 2020 18:49

If this is their A-Team, am thinking their movement will lose support as time unfolds.

Read more: Dispatch 9: Return to America— Portland BLM and ANTIFA out Beyond Midnight

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Published: Monday, 19 October 2020 18:40

Pay attention to graffiti. Stop to read it. Absorb. The form. Messages. Everything about it. Including time and place. Venue often is as important as the messaging.

Read more: Dispatch 14: Portland vs. Thailand vs. Hong Kong: Primitive Messaging Around Portland

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Published: Monday, 19 October 2020 16:15

Lacey, Washington

After many years overseas, I've now been home to America for a full month. Mostly, so far, in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. Now in Lacey.

Yesterday, I spent 13 hours with a couple of veteran friends. The senior of our group did about 30 years of service and joined in 1960.

Something that strikes me is something that is common among Americans, but not of many other folks I see around the world.

Read more: Dispatch 26: America is Pretty Cool, and THE TWILIGHT ZONE

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Published: Monday, 19 October 2020 13:36

Do you want to know what bad governance brings? See this video. This could be downtown Portland. Once a jewel city, the sort of place everyone wants to see. Today, Portland is the place that I, as a war correspondent, came for work.

Read more: Dispatch 25: This video sums up Portland: must see

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Published: Sunday, 18 October 2020 11:06

Today, a long day. Out with an Army vet friend who did two EOD tours in Iraq. Name is Al Johnson. Al and I have been fighting China together around Asia since 2014. We've done more than our share to CCP and are plotting more.

Today we were out with Proud Boys. Checking them out in Salem, Oregon. The Proud Boys are not a concern. The ones we met are fine. They like to drink a lot of beer but they were not up to any trouble. One even had moonshine.

Read more: Dispatch 24: Return to America: Drugs, Drugs, Homeless, Drugs

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Published: Saturday, 17 October 2020 14:55

I am American living in Thailand. Currently in Portland, Oregon, embarking on a journey around America to check our situation in United States. We got problems. So does Thailand. And Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan. All of which are on my mind seven days per week.

Many folks know that during a break from the Iraq/Afghanistan wars, I covered serious fighting with many casualties in Bangkok. Taking a slight ricochet myself. No damage to me other than a good sting, but many others were killed or wounded. Many people -- even foreigners who were in Thailand at the time -- have no idea how sharp some of the fighting was because it was so localized. (Web search on the casualties.)

Read more: Dispatch 23: Thailand Uprising -- Danger on the Streets

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Published: Saturday, 17 October 2020 14:40

Just finished interview with my friend Sargis Sangari who is running for US Congress. Very important that Americans like Sargis gain seats and work to turn this berg around.

Note: you may have heard me say for years that telecommunications in the United States is pathetic compared to most countries I travel in over the past twenty years. I constantly have telecommunications problems when communicating with Americans both when I am in America, and when overseas.

Read more: Dispatch 22: Telecommunications in United States is Terrible

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Published: Friday, 16 October 2020 23:44

At least three times this year, law enforcement officers have been in danger of being overrun by hostile attackers in Portland. You probably did not hear this in the news. I do not know if this has hit the news.

Read more: Dispatch 21: Danger in Portland, and Portland in Danger

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Published: Friday, 16 October 2020 17:07

For the past several weeks, I've been going back and forth between Portland, Oregon, and next door Vancouver, Washington.

Downtown Portland and Vancouver may as well be a thousand miles apart. Downtown Portland is filled with homeless people. Many if not nearly all seem mentally ill or severely addicted.

Read more: Dispatch 20: Return to America -- Portland falling. Continue to prepare for 2021

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Published: Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:13

Source: AP Photo/Jeff Swinger

Folks who have followed my work for years know that first thing I do in new conflicts is to create my intel network. Specifically a HUMINT network. Human intelligence.

What was my secret to getting Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts right so quickly? There are many, but number one indicator on mood is HUMINT sources and flows.

Read more: Dispatch 18: Pressurized HUMINT Network in Portland: firehose with valve stuck open

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Published: Saturday, 10 October 2020 00:50

Please see the short flight track video. This is chase plane track after escape boat launched from Hong Kong to Taiwan.

Read more: Dispatch 17 — Hong Kong: Dangerous Escape leads to capture