He says the use of the military funding mechanism is meant to disburse funds quickly, without the typical bidding war among contractors, which would typically create a period of public scrutiny. Using the Navy contract means that new projects can be created with “task orders,” which can be turned around almost immediately, when “specific dates and locations are identified” by DHS.

“It means the infrastructure is currently a ‘ghost’ network that can be materialized anywhere in the US the moment a site is picked,” Manríquez wrote.

The enemy is at the gates because they are manning them.

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    I see we’re already at the crematoria stage.

    Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economist, said the contract’s provision of materials meant to deal with medical needs and death was “extra chilling.” According to the report, “services extend to ‘Medical Waste Management,’ with specific protocols for biohazard incinerators.”

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      They’re really using Hitler as an instruction manual, aren’t they?

      Who reads about the holocaust and says “Hey, we could do that”?!?

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        A rather shocking amount of Americans. Nazis just learned to be quieter about it after George Lincoln Rockwell got got.

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          Nazis are getting too comfortable being loud about it. Every time one of them gets away with something atrocious, they all get a little bolder…

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    According to a source familiar with the project, “the goal is for the facilities to house as many as 10,000 people each, and are expected to be built in Louisiana, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Utah, and Kansas.”

    Those are for you. And me.

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    Anyone have a more efficient way of getting aluminum dust. Unrelated does anyone have a good way of collecting iron oxide dust?

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    So I read this as the navy doesn’t need $45B and can be cut back.

    Also of military is not supposed to be deployed domestically, shouldn’t this also be unconstitutional?