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2023-04-17 Down Under

50 climate activists charged after 'halt', shovelling of coal train in Australia

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Posted by Fred 2023-04-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [23 views ] Top

#1 Should have just opened the throttle.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-04-17 04:44|| 2023-04-17 04:44|| Front Page Top

#2
#1 Should have just opened the throttle.
Posted by: USN, Ret. 2023-04-17 04:44

...Many, many years ago a group of Screeching Muppets(TM) decided to lay on the railroad tracks leading into the US Navy's Trident base in Bremerton, WA. They knew that the train, carrying nuclear warheads (actually pretty easy to tell when one knows what one is looking for) would stop, and they could make their performative protest.

Except...since the train had weapons aboard, IT DIDN'T STOP. One of the Screeching Muppets lost his legs, and the lead engineer on the train sued him for pain and suffering.

Interestingly, that sort of thing does not seem to have happened again.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-04-17 12:21|| 2023-04-17 12:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks for the sweet memories, Mike.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-04-17 16:01|| 2023-04-17 16:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Just sweep the front with machine gun fire. No more Muppets.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-04-17 18:27|| 2023-04-17 18:27|| Front Page Top

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