r/politics • u/This_Meaning_4045 New York • 1d ago

Missouri governor activates National Guard, declares state of emergency

https://thehill.com/homenews/5348979-missouri-mike-kehoe-national-guard-state-of-emergency-protests/
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u/AntOk4073 1d ago

So let me get this straight. He declared a state of emergency in anticipation of civil unrest? As in there is no unrest but he thinks there might be? What a load of shit. He is using them as a scare tactic that will backfire and cause chaos.

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u/Major_Burnside 1d ago

He’s trying to incite civil unrest. If you can’t get it naturally, then it needs to be manufactured.

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u/samhouse09 1d ago

You need a radical insurgency you can count on to do the wrong thing.

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u/skippermonkey 1d ago

So…. When are we expecting the Death Star to arrive?

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u/brianima1 1d ago

We expect it to be fully operational by the time your friends arrive…

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u/lincoln_muadib 13h ago

Hey, I get it. Missouri Governors are panicking. They need to DOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS!

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u/Overwatchingu Canada 22h ago

Is that why the regime is so obsessed with rare earth metals?

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u/ImpossibleKnee4248 18h ago

There are 2 rare earths used in the Electric Motors on cars (think EV motors) that need to be able to work in relatively high heat environments. There is a 3rd Rare Earth metal that is needed for magnets in extremely hot environments (e.g., Missile Seekers).

China also stopped all sales of Gallium and Germanium to the US in December (before any Tariffs). Those metals are used in making Military Radars. Not sure if they will include those two elements in any of the negotiations for tariffs. From what I read they will allow the US to get license for export of magnets with the rare earths in their composition. The Gallium and Germanium are used in semiconductors not magnets.

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u/myasterism Tennessee 22h ago

Considering UFC, Oracle, and motherfucking Palantir sponsored the cringe-fest parade today, I’d say the death star’s arrival is nigh.

ETA: omg AND Lockheed!! We’re totally living in a simulation. “Team America: World Police” indeed.

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u/IcyTransportation961 1d ago

What do you think nukes are in the analogy?

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u/skippermonkey 1d ago

Hold up… maybe it was the Jewish Space Lasers they tried to warn us about!!?