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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1150 on: July 05, 2022, 03:51:40 pm »
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An EXCELLENT way to get the SF troops to desert. They became professional career soldiers to fight America's enemies,not Americans.

That is what the police are for. If the police are not doing it,it is the OBLIGATION of the voters to vote the current administration out of power and replace it with people who will fulfill their sworn duties.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1151 on: July 08, 2022, 01:25:32 pm »
Hey, Hey! Ho, Ho! Here's a Big Reason Why Portland's Antifa Seems to Have a Never-Ending Supply of Rioters
By Victoria Taft Jul 07, 2022 6:38 PM ET

Ever wonder why there seems to be a limitless supply of Antifa terrorists in Portland, Ore., year after year, riot after riot, conflagration after conflagration? Why there’s no shortage of purple-haired screamers willing to toss Molotov cocktails, tag buildings with old-timey revolutionary slogans, set GOP headquarters on fire, firebomb pregnancy clinics, punch people they don’t like, loot stores, and point lasers into the eyes of police officers? Wonder no more. The Antifa summer camp for kids is back this summer for the first time since their fellow travelers in communist China unleashed the COVID-19 virus on the world.

Once again, Portland Leftists will support another new crop of screamers, taggers, rioters, looters, and IWW dead-enders at the Antifa training camp for kids called the Budding Roses Summer Camp.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1152 on: July 17, 2022, 09:26:40 am »
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The homicide rate in the City of Portland is up 207% according to a new report released this morning by Mayor Wheeler's office.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1153 on: July 18, 2022, 02:00:02 pm »
July 18, 2022 12:13pm EDT
Portland, the site of massive George Floyd protests, has been ravaged by violent crime since
Recent crime study examines how Portland homicides and non-fatal shootings have increased over the last three years
By Emma Colton | Fox News

    Violent crime in Portland, Oregon, has drastically risen over the last three years, most precipitously in 2020, when the city saw near-nightly protests and riots over the death of George Floyd.

"This report confirms the unfortunate reality of what we already knew – that gun violence is on the rise in Portland and that it is being driven by a very small percentage of our population," Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said in a statement Saturday following the release of the crime data.

Researchers for the California Partnership for Safe Communities compiled crime data from the city, specifically examining homicides and non-fatal shootings from 2019 to 2021. The data found that there was a 144% increase in homicides from January 2019 to June 2021 while non-fatal shootings increase by 241% from January 2019 to December 2021.

The violent crimes began ticking up in 2019, with 36 homicides that year compared to 26 in 2018. The city had held a 20-year average of 28 homicides per year, with 2004 as the outlier at 29 homicides.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1154 on: July 20, 2022, 04:14:51 pm »
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BREAKING: #Antifa members in Portland & beyond are freaking out because @FBI has reportedly gotten warrants for emails/social media activity tied to Antifa persons of interest. Violent Antifa member Alissa Azar, who is facing a felony, tells comrades to move discussions in-person

2:43 PM · Jul 20, 2022·

More at https: //twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1549827229902856193 (take out the space)
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1155 on: July 20, 2022, 04:19:18 pm »
Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈
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BREAKING: #Antifa members in Portland & beyond are freaking out because @FBI has reportedly gotten warrants for emails/social media activity tied to Antifa persons of interest. Violent Antifa member Alissa Azar, who is facing a felony, tells comrades to move discussions in-person

2:43 PM · Jul 20, 2022·

More at https: //twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1549827229902856193 (take out the space)

Good to see them wee their pants.  They all need to be doxxed as well.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1156 on: July 20, 2022, 04:21:14 pm »
I tried to find a photo of this creature,but was surprised to discover there were so many people,both male AND female,who have that same name.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1157 on: July 25, 2022, 02:43:03 pm »
WATCH: Portland Residents Learn What Consequences Are as Democrat Policies Ravage Their City
By Bonchie | Jul 25, 2022 2:30 PM ET


Journalist Andy Ngo, who chronicles Antifa aggression across the country (but got his start in Portland), released the clip showcasing a series of people complaining about homeless encampments in the city. Worse, anytime contractors try to clean up and sanitize the areas in question, Antifa attack them with no reprisal from Portland officials.


https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1551037573719531521

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1158 on: July 25, 2022, 02:43:54 pm »
WATCH: Portland Residents Learn What Consequences Are as Democrat Policies Ravage Their City
By Bonchie | Jul 25, 2022 2:30 PM ET


Journalist Andy Ngo, who chronicles Antifa aggression across the country (but got his start in Portland), released the clip showcasing a series of people complaining about homeless encampments in the city. Worse, anytime contractors try to clean up and sanitize the areas in question, Antifa attack them with no reprisal from Portland officials.


https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1551037573719531521

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1159 on: July 25, 2022, 04:10:58 pm »
Skunks would be useful in this situation...

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1160 on: July 25, 2022, 04:14:43 pm »
... organic, heirloom, free-range skunks.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1161 on: July 26, 2022, 06:20:52 am »
Skunks would be useful in this situation...
Nah. THey'd just go looking for whoever has that weed...
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1162 on: July 27, 2022, 11:33:08 am »
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BREAKING: Portland restaurant comes up with innovative new idea to promote racial equity: Creating separate sections for black and white diners.
"We want to provide a safe space for our diners of color to ease the trauma of living in this racist society," the owner said.
8:57 AM · Jul 27, 2022·
I'm looking for something other than a tweet to confirm this story, but while they're at it, may as well add a couple of these:


UPDATE: Confirmed as satire. But, like good satire, just a bit too close to the truth!


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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1163 on: July 27, 2022, 12:05:29 pm »
I'm looking for something other than a tweet to confirm this story, but while they're at it, may as well add a couple of these:

That was then, with today's liberal hatred of Whites that needs to be updated with the signs reversed and an unpigmented person drinking at the crappy uncooled water fountain.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1164 on: July 27, 2022, 07:12:59 pm »
I suspect that part of the problem with Portland residents, and why they behave the awful ways they do, is exposure to leftist idiocy during their formative years.
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SCOOP: Portland Public Schools is now teaching elementary school students to subvert the sexuality of “white colonizers,” acknowledge that girls can have penises, and begin experimenting with “ze/zir” pronouns and exploring “the infinite gender spectrum.”

Here's the story. 🧵
4:31 PM · Jul 27, 2022

The new curriculum translates the principles of academic queer theory into K-12 pedagogy. The premise is simple: privileged heterosexual “white colonizers” have created an oppressive “gender binary” in order to exploit racial and sexual minorities.  ...
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1165 on: July 27, 2022, 08:20:50 pm »
I suspect that part of the problem with Portland residents, and why they behave the awful ways they do, is exposure to leftist idiocy during their formative years.Read entire twitter thread at

https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1552391305778860032

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Sumbodie needs to tell that goober that the only "girls that have a penis" are the ones in prison.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1166 on: July 31, 2022, 10:58:53 am »
Portlanders desperately try to sell off homes taken over by squatters

Jul 29, 2022 5:01 PM EST
Portlanders desperately try to sell off homes taken over by squatters

"Unfortunately there are squatters on the property and seller does not have resources to remove them and is willing to negotiate the price for a buyer to take the risk of closing."




American News Jul 29, 2022 5:01 PM EST
Portlanders desperately try to sell off homes taken over by squatters

"Unfortunately there are squatters on the property and seller does not have resources to remove them and is willing to negotiate the price for a buyer to take the risk of closing."
Portlanders desperately try to sell off homes taken over by squatters

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July 29, 2022 5:01 PM

A two bedroom, three bathroom single family home has been placed on the market in Portland’s Southeast neighborhood for $330,000.

There’s a catch though. The buyer that ultimately ends up purchasing the home will be tasked with removing squatters that have taken over the property.

The home, placed for sale on Realtor.com, features photos only of the outside of the house, which sits at 5256 SE Flavel St. These exterior photos show copious amounts of trash strewn around the backyard, as well as numerous broken cars in the driveway.



A two bedroom, three bathroom single family home has been placed on the market in Portland’s Southeast neighborhood for $330,000.

There’s a catch though. The buyer that ultimately ends up purchasing the home will be tasked with removing squatters that have taken over the property.



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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1167 on: July 31, 2022, 11:33:15 am »
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1168 on: July 31, 2022, 05:11:36 pm »
The "We buy houses" guys might be interested.
With a "buy" offer of, say, 30,000.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1169 on: July 31, 2022, 05:19:06 pm »
The "We buy houses" guys might be interested.
With a "buy" offer of, say, 30,000.

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IMNSHO,even that is high for a little house built in 1940. Especially when you consider that after/if you manage to boot all the trash out of the house,chances are it is going to have to be burned down or have a wrecking ball destroy it because the urine and feces smells,plus the other damage will make it cost more to repair than to build a new one.

AND.....,add the little factoid that this is Portland,and the riff-raff that are professional welfare recipients as well as drug dealers,whores,and thieves are a protected species,and you kill one who attacks you while trying to evict them,you WILL go to prison for life.

And,once again,because this is Portland,there is no way in HELL the police are going to evict them for you.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1170 on: August 28, 2022, 09:54:39 am »
On Saturday, Antifa carried out a coordinated attack and robbery on street preachers and a black livestreamer at the Saturday market in downtown Portland. Details by Andy Ngo on tw*tter.

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1563791178167980032
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1171 on: August 28, 2022, 04:32:58 pm »
I can only guess that the majority of the people in Portland are bat-shit crazy, or they would have already beaten the Biden out of these punks and ran them off.

There is no other possible explanation.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1172 on: August 28, 2022, 04:38:11 pm »
Hard to understand, @sneakypete
Our friend in Portland moved to Eugene to escape the crazy, but I suspect it's only marginally less crazy.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1173 on: August 28, 2022, 04:39:53 pm »
I can only guess that the majority of the people in Portland are bat-shit crazy, or they would have already beaten the Biden out of these punks and ran them off.

There is no other possible explanation.

@sneakypete

Nothing will change until they do - And that will bring their elected government directly to bear against those that do rise up... Which will be step two... If they do not rise up and throw those bastards out too, it will just revert to form.

Quite a dilemma for the sheeple. It's gonna take some stones.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1174 on: August 28, 2022, 04:40:16 pm »
SneakyPete wrote:
"I can only guess that the majority of the people in Portland are bat-shit crazy, or they would have already beaten the Biden out of these punks and ran them off.
There is no other possible explanation."


You get the government you vote for.
These people voted FOR that government.
They're getting what they voted for.
And... they LIKE it.

At some point, traditional-minded Americans in the red and purple states are going to have to realize that there is literally "no future" to be had in maintaining any "national" unity with places like Portland, Chicago, San Francisco and New York, and with the people who inhabit such places.

And -- like the Colonists of the 1770's -- they're going to have to make a choice:
Would we be better of with leftist America (and the existing government in DC that controls it)?
Or... would we be better off WITHOUT it...?

(I have, after some years of consideration, made such a choice...)

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1175 on: August 28, 2022, 05:15:57 pm »
@sneakypete

Nothing will change until they do - And that will bring their elected government directly to bear against those that do rise up... Which will be step two... If they do not rise up and throw those bastards out too, it will just revert to form.

Quite a dilemma for the sheeple. It's gonna take some stones.

@roamer_1

Like all good revolutions,IF it begins,it will begin with some lone man or woman who  is completely fed up with what they see going on,and revolt to the point where they physically attack one or more of these communist cretins.

This could go one or two ways. If everyone around him or her is a coward that craves "getting along by going along",chances are that lone revolunist will end up dead or beaten so severely they might as well be dead. If there is one thing we KNOW to be a fact about these leftist cretins is they are cowards who gain their strength from being a part of a mob.

On the other hand,IF just ONE bystander rushes to back up the person making the attack on the communists,chances are THAT will result in others joining in also,and we ALL know that once conservatives,who really are slow to turn to violence,DO turn to violence,they get serious about it REAL quickly.

As for me,I highly recommend public hangings for the "up until the right starts fighting back" nameless and faceless leftist "leaders" who tend to "lead" from at least a block away via a cell phone.

I can't speak for the rest of you,but *I* would buy a ticket to THAT social event.

Providing of course I wasn't so tired from denting leftist heads that I was too tired to go.

Related to absolutely nothing at all,an army entrenching tool is compact,easy to carry and swing,and will absolutely crack a motorcycle helmet if swung with vigor,or just break the neck wearing the helmet.

They are also cheap,easy to hide under a coat,and damn near impossible to break. Check your surplus stores near you or on-line.

Either way is a win-win.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1176 on: August 28, 2022, 06:25:06 pm »
@roamer_1

Like all good revolutions,IF it begins,it will begin with some lone man or woman who  is completely fed up

[...]

IF just ONE bystander rushes to back up the person making the attack on the communists,chances are THAT will result in others joining in also,and we ALL know that once conservatives,who really are slow to turn to violence,DO turn to violence,they get serious about it REAL quickly.


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That's right... though there is an intermediate time thereafter where actual organization must take place and squads or patrols are established to go after the commies when they dare poke their heads out. Kinda what the proud boys did to start with. That's the touchy part, where you have a good chance of becoming the same dang thing you are fighting against... that's the razor's edge. Easy to start something, and harder to quit, and put away the sword and pick up the plow.

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Related to absolutely nothing at all,an army entrenching tool is compact,easy to carry and swing,and will absolutely crack a motorcycle helmet if swung with vigor,or just break the neck wearing the helmet.

They are also cheap,easy to hide under a coat,and damn near impossible to break. Check your surplus stores near you or on-line.

Either way is a win-win.

I carry something similar... Check this out:

https://www.coldsteel.com/special-forces-shovel/

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1177 on: August 28, 2022, 07:23:46 pm »
BTW @sneakypete

I would about give my eyeteeth for a proper Nam era gvt issue shovel (with the hoe) - They are just about hen's teeth anymore... and the copies available in the aftermarket are all crap.

I wish Ames would make another run of em. I would buy a couple, for sure.

But that's what brought me to the cold steel Spetznaz one... Couldn't find an Ames in good condition. One nice thing about the Cold Steel - You can whittle a handle for it in a pinch. And I have.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1178 on: August 28, 2022, 08:23:20 pm »
@sneakypete

That's right... though there is an intermediate time thereafter where actual organization must take place and squads or patrols are established to go after the commies when they dare poke their heads out. Kinda what the proud boys did to start with. That's the touchy part, where you have a good chance of becoming the same dang thing you are fighting against... that's the razor's edge. Easy to start something, and harder to quit, and put away the sword and pick up the plow.

I carry something similar... Check this out:

https://www.coldsteel.com/special-forces-shovel/

@roamer_1

I spent right at 7 years in Special Forces,and never once saw a shovel that looked like that one.

The fact it,the army "entrenching tool" just can't be beaten by any shovel not attached to a backhoe. It folds to make it shorter and easier to pack/carry,and it even has a spike that allows you to bust up clay chunks while the shovel blade is folded out of the way. The shovel blade itself is designed to be sharpened and it holds a edge pretty good.

Yeah,it IS heavy. There ain't no getting around that. BUT,on the plus side,I have never seen,or even heard of one being broken unless it was ran over by something like a tank.

It is both a tool and a VERY effective weapon that folds up and fits inside it's own canvas carrying pouch.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1179 on: August 28, 2022, 08:37:55 pm »
@roamer_1

I spent right at 7 years in Special Forces,and never once saw a shovel that looked like that one.

The fact it,the army "entrenching tool" just can't be beaten by any shovel not attached to a backhoe. It folds to make it shorter and easier to pack/carry,and it even has a spike that allows you to bust up clay chunks while the shovel blade is folded out of the way. The shovel blade itself is designed to be sharpened and it holds a edge pretty good.

Yeah,it IS heavy. There ain't no getting around that. BUT,on the plus side,I have never seen,or even heard of one being broken unless it was ran over by something like a tank.

It is both a tool and a VERY effective weapon that folds up and fits inside it's own canvas carrying pouch.

That's right @sneakypete ... What you are referring to is the Nam era tool made by Ames. As I opined in my last post above this one, that tool is almost impossible to find anymore...

I would rather carry the early Ames tool (the straight wooden handle without the 'D' handle), as I have owned two in my entire career - Extremely effective, extremely reliable.

Next best is the Cold Steel one I have now... Less moving parts, and a sturdy wooden handle. Worst part about it is pack real estate - but I solved that with a sleeve on the left side of my pack that allows a through-way behind the pouches on that side, against the main pack... So it just slides in there and rides fine. I hardly even tie it down unless the bag is being shipped or I am crossing water.

It is a great shovel, though I would still prefer an Ames.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1180 on: August 29, 2022, 12:17:19 am »
That's right @sneakypete ... What you are referring to is the Nam era tool made by Ames. As I opined in my last post above this one, that tool is almost impossible to find anymore...

I would rather carry the early Ames tool (the straight wooden handle without the 'D' handle), as I have owned two in my entire career - Extremely effective, extremely reliable.

Next best is the Cold Steel one I have now... Less moving parts, and a sturdy wooden handle. Worst part about it is pack real estate - but I solved that with a sleeve on the left side of my pack that allows a through-way behind the pouches on that side, against the main pack... So it just slides in there and rides fine. I hardly even tie it down unless the bag is being shipped or I am crossing water.

It is a great shovel, though I would still prefer an Ames.
https://www.amazon.com/s?https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ames+army+entrenching+shovel&crid=20491ZQU99NBQ&sprefix=ames+army+entrenching+shovel%2Caps%2C717&ref=nb_sb_noss

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1181 on: August 29, 2022, 01:34:58 am »
https://www.amazon.com/s?https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ames+army+entrenching+shovel&crid=20491ZQU99NBQ&sprefix=ames+army+entrenching+shovel%2Caps%2C717&ref=nb_sb_noss

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=ames+army+entrenching+tool&_sacat=0

Thanks for that... but been there, done that... None of the stuff on Amazon is worthy - First off, anything with a D handle is undesirable - The simple connection where the d handle hits the shaft will fail quickly and always at an inopportune time... And that renders the tool entirely useless. Which is why I want the old style wooden handle. If that fails, you can whittle a new one and get by.

Actually the first entry on ebay is exactly what I want... Nam era with a wooden handle. The older WWII era stuff is not the same, and will not hold up as well. But I have bought four of them off of ebay since they went away at the local Army/Navy store, and all of them were just as wore out as the one I was trying to replace... Army/Navy had war surplus (new)... Buying used is a crapshoot that I have already lost at several times.

You can rebuild em some, but if the threaded collar has been used enough, the thing will not stay tight... You can even fix that up a bit with a brass thrust washer beneath the collar, but eventually it is too wore out to work.

So far that as been a bad experience, so I will stick with the new Cold Steel without sourcing a new surplus Ames.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1182 on: August 29, 2022, 09:13:48 am »
Thanks for that... but been there, done that... None of the stuff on Amazon is worthy - First off, anything with a D handle is undesirable - The simple connection where the d handle hits the shaft will fail quickly and always at an inopportune time... And that renders the tool entirely useless. Which is why I want the old style wooden handle. If that fails, you can whittle a new one and get by.

Actually the first entry on ebay is exactly what I want... Nam era with a wooden handle. The older WWII era stuff is not the same, and will not hold up as well. But I have bought four of them off of ebay since they went away at the local Army/Navy store, and all of them were just as wore out as the one I was trying to replace... Army/Navy had war surplus (new)... Buying used is a crapshoot that I have already lost at several times.

You can rebuild em some, but if the threaded collar has been used enough, the thing will not stay tight... You can even fix that up a bit with a brass thrust washer beneath the collar, but eventually it is too wore out to work.

So far that as been a bad experience, so I will stick with the new Cold Steel without sourcing a new surplus Ames.

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Yes, to ALL of that!  I want an actual early Vietnam era Army issue entrenching tool with a WOODEN handle.  IF you find out where I can get one of those, PLEASE be kind enough to pass that info on to me @roamer_1
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1183 on: August 29, 2022, 10:52:23 am »
Yes, to ALL of that!  I want an actual early Vietnam era Army issue entrenching tool with a WOODEN handle.  IF you find out where I can get one of those, PLEASE be kind enough to pass that info on to me @roamer_1

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1184 on: August 29, 2022, 05:18:36 pm »
Thanks for that... but been there, done that... None of the stuff on Amazon is worthy - First off, anything with a D handle is undesirable - The simple connection where the d handle hits the shaft will fail quickly and always at an inopportune time... And that renders the tool entirely useless. Which is why I want the old style wooden handle. If that fails, you can whittle a new one and get by.

Actually the first entry on ebay is exactly what I want... Nam era with a wooden handle. The older WWII era stuff is not the same, and will not hold up as well. But I have bought four of them off of ebay since they went away at the local Army/Navy store, and all of them were just as wore out as the one I was trying to replace... Army/Navy had war surplus (new)... Buying used is a crapshoot that I have already lost at several times.

You can rebuild em some, but if the threaded collar has been used enough, the thing will not stay tight... You can even fix that up a bit with a brass thrust washer beneath the collar, but eventually it is too wore out to work.

So far that as been a bad experience, so I will stick with the new Cold Steel without sourcing a new surplus Ames.

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Yup I miss the Army surplus stores, had a huge one nearby that went belly up late seventies and another that died just a few years back that was really cool, even had four surplus B-17 engines but life goes on.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1185 on: August 29, 2022, 05:47:11 pm »
Yup I miss the Army surplus stores, had a huge one nearby that went belly up late seventies and another that died just a few years back that was really cool, even had four surplus B-17 engines but life goes on.
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Yeah... Ours is still here... But very little of it is actual surplus. Mostly cheap knockoff chineseum. What surplus there is is ridiculously expensive - There was a complete US sleep system in good used condition... the inner bag, the intermediate bag, the outer bag, and the bivvy. Now, at the time, in good used condition, I could buy that for between 350 and 500 bucks most anywhere... They wanted $1300. That's just insult to injury. But I can buy a crappy chinese knockoff replica rain poncho there for 15 bucks. Go figger.

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1186 on: August 30, 2022, 06:11:22 pm »
Andy Ngo reports: Video of a street takeover near the Portland Expo Center on Aug. 28 shows an elderly driver in a van trying to flee. The rioters shot up his vehicle & shoot him (his condition is unknown). Bullets by the rioters hit 2 on their own side, killing 1. Police made no arrests.

Also on Aug. 28, rioters took over another part of Portland for a street car event. At the intersection of NE 72nd & Sandy, they used flamethrowers.  Police did not make arrests because of historic low staffing numbers following 2020 #Antifa riots.

Click on link for video and more:

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1187 on: August 30, 2022, 06:40:51 pm »
Effin' savages are so entrenched it's going to take USMC and Army troops proficient in urban combat to rid Portland of those ticks...IF Portland decides to ever get sane.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1188 on: August 30, 2022, 07:03:16 pm »
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ANDY NGO REPORTS: Portland street mob shoots at elderly driver, accidentally kills one of their own
In addition to the elderly man who appeared to be shot, two participants of the takeover were also injured by gunfire, leading to the death of 20-year-old Cameron Taylor.

... At one of the street racing takeovers on Sunday night near the Expo Center attended by hundreds, an elderly man in a van appeared to be caught in the road before being violently attacked by an armed mob. Video posted on social media shows that as he desperately attempted to reverse and drive away while being attacked, he backed into a car.

A man in the crowd then fires at least 18 rounds at his fleeing van. A follow-up video shows the crowd catching up with the elderly man who had stopped on a patch of grass. He appeared to be in shock and was bleeding heavily. ...

In addition to the elderly man who appeared to be shot, two participants of the takeover were also injured by gunfire, leading to the death of 20-year-old Cameron Taylor. A $20,000 GoFundMe campaign for his funeral says he was "struck by a stray bullet."  ...

"My boys (sic) lifelong friend was killed last night at the street takeover," said Portland Antifa account "@burn_itdown_161" in a post promoting a candlelight vigil and GoFundMe for Taylor on Monday. ...
You idiots are the ones who killed him. Now you're asking for donations?
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1189 on: August 30, 2022, 08:11:36 pm »
Effin' savages are so entrenched it's going to take USMC and Army troops proficient in urban combat to rid Portland of those ticks...IF Portland decides to ever get sane.
Eff em, evacuate any innocents, give the terrorists 2 hours(too much?) to surrender then drop a friggin FAE on the area, its crap anyway. Then go in and rebuild and next time the terrorist BLM or Antifa show up eliminate them with extreme prejudice and as Justin Wilson used to say ''I gha-rawn-tee! '' that those terrorists will think twice about stirring up shit again, maybe keep some snipers on duty as insurance.

And until that happens organize some Kersey Brigades, I mean lots of hunters in Oregon and Washington right?
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1190 on: September 05, 2022, 01:57:27 pm »
This seems to be a popular pasttime in PDX these days.

https://twitter.com/Wtfportland1/status/1566645688074915840
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1191 on: September 05, 2022, 02:06:07 pm »
This seems to be a popular pasttime in PDX these days.

https://twitter.com/Wtfportland1/status/1566645688074915840

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1192 on: September 05, 2022, 02:13:10 pm »
@mountaineer

Some people are just so dumb they are easily amused.

Just imagine the pride you can wallow in after being able to prove you know how to drive in circles!
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1193 on: September 06, 2022, 04:03:38 am »
It can only be a matter of time until they start squirting fire at each other.

Then things will get interesting...

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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1194 on: September 07, 2022, 06:35:20 pm »
A perfect place to bus ILLEGALS!

Portland residents flee as homeless fill neighborhood parks, crime surges: 'Infinite final straws'

Portland, Oregon, residents are outraged, blaming far-left politicians for the homeless crisis and crime surge fueling an exodus from the city.

Jeff Reynolds, who recently moved from the city, and The Fields Bar & Grill owner Jim Rice joined "Fox & Friends First" on Wednesday to discuss how the crises in the Democrat-run city have impacted the community and why politicians are to blame for the spiral.

"I think it really is a matter of not wanting to confront the problems," Reynolds told co-host Todd Piro. "I think the problems are so big, and they want to hold on to their woke ideologies to the point that they're sacrificing actual public safety. They think that they've got the answers, and anybody that has a different idea is dismissed."

Reynolds lived in the city for almost three decades, but was forced to flee over what he called the "unbearable" circumstances.

"I don't know if there's one final straw there were infinite final straws," Reynolds said. "I guess talking to my neighbor across the street and all of the times that she told me that she had to clean up after homeless people defecated in her yard, that was a big one."
Just on the other side of the Delta Plex soccer field and a local park in Portland, Oregon, this homeless camp exists. These photos were taken Oct. 22, 2019, off of North Denver Avenue, where fall foliage is beautiful.

"And there was a park down the block from my house half a block away, beautiful nature park," he continued.

"They rehabbed it … and it was just infested with homeless people drugs, needles, people having sex in the park, people defecating in the park, the whole thing. I mean, it just got unbearable."............

https://www.foxnews.com/media/portland-residents-flee-homeless-fill-parks-neighborhoods-infinite-final-straws

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Re: Battle Portland:
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1197 on: September 07, 2022, 10:23:39 pm »
I have zero sympathy. The Saint George Floyd riots were in full swing for 6 months when Portlandians voted to reelect the far left City Council. If 6 solid months of rioting and arson did not convince the fools, nothing will.
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1198 on: September 09, 2022, 10:22:42 am »
This is not a PDX crime story, per se, but most likely the consequence of the current lawlessness - and not just the Covid "pandemic" - in that city.
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Three Hotels Approaching Foreclosure in the Heart of Portland Offer a Warning to City Leaders
“The banks are trying to keep these properties off the foreclosure list, because why would you want to take something back that you know is a bloody mess? But eventually they have to.”
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September 07, 2022 at 5:30 am PDT

In an era when people can work from anywhere, few choose downtown Portland.

That’s clear from a July study by ECONorthwest, not yet finalized, which shows that on any given day, there are 55% fewer workers downtown than there were before the pandemic. In the same report, consultants estimated it would take until 2034 for office vacancy in downtown Portland to drop below 10%—the ideal range.

One consequence of a hollowed-out downtown: fewer bookings at the city’s top hotels. Last week, wweek.com reported that the swanky Benson Hotel in downtown Portland complained of losing a corporate client that booked 300 rooms a month.

Now WW has learned that three high-end hotels in the downtown core—including the city’s flagship Hilton—are in foreclosure proceedings with the banks that issued their mortgages.

Such proceedings are the first signal that the emptiness of downtown Portland has reached a critical stage. ...

Last week, WW reported that the Benson had lost two large clients due to downtown conditions, per an email written by a top Benson executive and obtained by WW. “Too many homeless and crazy people running around. Suffice to say, I’m furious!” the executive wrote. ...
Full story at Willamette Week
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Re: Battle Portland:
« Reply #1199 on: September 10, 2022, 05:27:52 am »
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes...
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