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Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:19 AM Aug 22

'Assault With A Deli Weapon'

"As armed, burly goons roam D.C.'s streets, besieged residents say 'it's the little things' that give them solace, which is why they've embraced as their new folk hero 'The Sandwich Guy,' the pissed-off, pink-shirted, possibly drunk veteran and DOJ attorney who one recent night lost it, got in a goon's face, yelled 'Fuck you! You Fucking Fascists!' and heaved his sub at him. He was arrested and fired, but a grateful city has joined in his valiant subrising, joyfully proclaiming, per Bowie, 'We can be gyros just for one day.' "

"These totalitarian days, the nation's capitol is thronged with 'an alphabet soup' of so many alleged law-enforcers - National Guard, Customs and Border, DHS, DEA, Capitol Police, US Marshals - many people feel 'they walking the streets like there's a war going on.' With ongoing risks to D.C.'s precarious local autonomy - a bogus DOJ probe into 'fake' crime data, a GOP push to end home rule, their purported leader's threat to take over and 'run it really, really properly' (God knows what that means) - the tensions were evident Wednesday with a massive show of force outside Union Station, where regime hacks Hegseth, Vance and Miller came to survey their armed carnage, swagger about and hand burgers to a pointlessly deployed National Guard. Predictably - polls show over 80% of residents oppose the seizure - they were met by boos, jeers, 'Free D.C!' and, for Vance, 'Go fuck a couch, J.D.' "

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https://www.commondreams.org/further/assault-with-a-deli-weapon

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'Assault With A Deli Weapon' (Original Post) sop Aug 22 OP
Some believe citizens can walk around with any sort of weaponry imaginable EYESORE 9001 Aug 22 #1
So shouldn't our new theme song be Jilly_in_VA Aug 22 #2

EYESORE 9001

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1. Some believe citizens can walk around with any sort of weaponry imaginable
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:39 AM
Aug 22

This is the sandwich equivalent of a shoulder-fired mortar on the streets of DC. Got some throw-weight to it.
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