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Chemical Vandalism at Trump-Kennedy Center Ice Rink Forces Cancellation
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Da Cap’n lemmy.dbzer0.com Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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ZiggyTheZygote lemmy.ca ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca
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Smells like another false flag.

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Ricky Rigatoni piefed.zip RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
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Yeah we all now it's been vandalized. Some fascist terrorist changed the name to add a pedophile to it.

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ClanOfTheOcho lemmy.world ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world
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Smells like another false flag.

All these sudden reasons for them to close it that don't involve the embarrassment of "nobody wants to buy tickets that support fascists taking over."

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dhork lemmy.world dhork@lemmy.world
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I bet Trump's diaper leaked

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Hylactor sopuli.xyz Hylactor@sopuli.xyz
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#6 · Quote Reply

Used oil, maybe?

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TrickDacy lemmy.world TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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It's almost like adding Trump's name to something is a curse in many ways

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socsa piefed.social socsa@piefed.social
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The what?

Do you mean the occupied Kennedy Center?

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Atelopus-zeteki fedia.io Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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Looks like a gallon jug of used motor oil. How could someone do this? I mean literally how, what steps? Of course I'm just asking for a friend, out of idle curiosity, in an attempt to understand The Criminal Mind, you know.

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meco03211 lemmy.world meco03211@lemmy.world
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Looks like a gallon jug of used motor oil. How could someone do this? I mean literally how, what steps? Of course I'm just asking for a friend, out of idle curiosity, in an attempt to understand The Criminal Mind, you know.

I've actually wondered about doing something like that with salt. Would wreck the ice still and likely much harder to catch.

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Atelopus-zeteki fedia.io Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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I've actually wondered about doing something like that with salt. Would wreck the ice still and likely much harder to catch.

I suppose there are lots of 'simple sabotage' measures one could imagine. Remember in Hogan's Heroes, they would distribute the dirt dug from the tunnels by slowly releasing it from a sack inside one's trousers while walking about the concentration camp.

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GuyFawkesV lemmy.world GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-19
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Anyone who calls it that instantly loses credibility.

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aramis87 fedia.io aramis87@fedia.io
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[some brain-damaged speaker for the Kennedy Center said] "The Democrats have been calling artists urging them to cancel and attacking the Center non-stop."

Uhh, no, we haven't.

[And also added] "Commonsense Democrats must speak up before this violence takes a life."

Someone needs to send them that analysis of where almost all the political violence in the US originates from.

first reported by Fox News

Of course it was ....

The USPP Major Crimes Unit is reviewing security footage and investigating

Does the Major Crimes Unit not have, y'know, some actual major crimes to investigate?

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lemmylump lemmy.world lemmylump@lemmy.world
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#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

I suppose there are lots of 'simple sabotage' measures one could imagine. Remember in Hogan's Heroes, they would distribute the dirt dug from the tunnels by slowly releasing it from a sack inside one's trousers while walking about the concentration camp.

Sabotage, huh? All I know is throwing bird seed on Tesla car lots and cop parking lots is good for the birds.

Also. You're thinking of The Great Escape.

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Atelopus-zeteki fedia.io Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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Sabotage, huh? All I know is throwing bird seed on Tesla car lots and cop parking lots is good for the birds. Also. You're thinking of The Great Escape.

birbs!

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lemmylump lemmy.world lemmylump@lemmy.world
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birbs!

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I_Has_A_Hat lemmy.world I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-24
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All these sudden reasons for them to close it that don't involve the embarrassment of "nobody wants to buy tickets that support fascists taking over."

As much as I would love if that narrative was true, it is typically the upper-middle to super-upper class that goes to events at the Kennedy Center. While their audience may lean slightly more left than your local country club members, they are still wealthy. I promise they are not having trouble filling seats as the wealthy do not give nearly as much of a shit about Trump as the rest of us.

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AngryRedHerring lemmy.world AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world
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As much as I would love if that narrative was true, it is typically the upper-middle to super-upper class that goes to events at the Kennedy Center. While their audience may lean slightly more left than your local country club members, they are still wealthy. I promise they are not having trouble filling seats as the wealthy do not give nearly as much of a shit about Trump as the rest of us.

The seats they're having trouble filling are in the dressing rooms.

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AngryRedHerring lemmy.world AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world
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Sabotage, huh? All I know is throwing bird seed on Tesla car lots and cop parking lots is good for the birds. Also. You're thinking of The Great Escape.

Also. You're thinking of Stalag 17. 😏

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Gates9 sh.itjust.works Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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“Left is Best!”

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Etterra discuss.online Etterra@discuss.online
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I've actually wondered about doing something like that with salt. Would wreck the ice still and likely much harder to catch.

A glycol-based antifreeze would do. Like the liquid that plow trucks spray along with the salt when it gets extra cold.

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Null User Object lemmy.world nulluser@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-08
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It’s a calculated campaign. And now they have mentally unstable people taking action

Projection, as usual.

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jumjummy lemmy.world jumjummy@lemmy.world
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The seats they're having trouble filling are in the dressing rooms.

Is it because Trump just keeps walking in?

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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Also. You're thinking of Stalag 17. 😏

It's in every prison escape movie.

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XeroxCool lemmy.world XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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A glycol-based antifreeze would do. Like the liquid that plow trucks spray along with the salt when it gets extra cold.

There are trucks that spray glycol on roads but I can't just dump my used coolant in the streets? So unfair.

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phutatorius lemmy.zip phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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What, did someone take a leak on the ice?

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mcv lemmy.zip mcv@lemmy.zip
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#27 · (edited) Quote Reply

[some brain-damaged speaker for the Kennedy Center said] "The Democrats have been calling artists urging them to cancel and attacking the Center non-stop." Uhh, no, we haven't. [And also added] "Commonsense Democrats must speak up before this violence takes a life." Someone needs to send them that analysis of where almost all the political violence in the US originates from. first reported by F...

Common sense Republicans need to speak up before ICE takes more lives.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#28 · (edited) Quote Reply

I suppose there are lots of 'simple sabotage' measures one could imagine. Remember in Hogan's Heroes, they would distribute the dirt dug from the tunnels by slowly releasing it from a sack inside one's trousers while walking about the concentration camp.

That may or may not have happened in Hogan's Heroes, but I'm pretty sure it's originally from the film The Great Escape, and may have been based on real events

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AngryRedHerring lemmy.world AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
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It's in every prison escape movie.

I challenge you to find one earlier than Stalag 17!

I don't know that there isn't one, I just challenge you.

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