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Washington, D.C.
I am currently in Washington, D.C. -- my thoughts are back on Portland, Oregon.
The decision to fly to DC for the final voting was not easy. Portland was my first stop on return to America due to the volatility and that Portland is a breeding ground for lethal extremism.
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Yesterday flew from Washington State, across America, landed at Dulles.
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Some of this is out. Some you are hearing here first time. My information coming from law enforcement and other in-the-know sources
Situation: Kevin Peterson, Jr. fired at police in Vancouver and was shot to death. This shooting happened just near a local safe house and my friends heard the firing. They did not see the fight. They did not approach the area.
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This is #1 item to avoid conflict. And the news is good.
That is all.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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There were maybe 15-20 arrest. I am unclear and in a rush today. Two arrests were for drone operation.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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