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It would be interesting to start a political thread where everyone is actually required to write in a well-mannered and respectful way.

Lemme ask you folks something...
Does it give you any pause at all that the man we are basically dependent upon to keep us out of a nuclear conflict is so impulsive that he absolutely must answer any slight - real or imagined - immediately? What is your level of confidence in the judgement of this man?

Don't confuse other people's indifference to you as fear of your 'truth'.

I have no confidence in Trump, he's an unprincipled fabulist.

FBI: Eco-Terrorism Remains No. 1 Domestic Terror Threat

'It remains what we would probably consider the No. 1 domestic terrorism threat, because they have successfully continued to conduct different types of attacks in and around the country," said FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko.

The FBI defines eco-terrorism "as the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally oriented, subnational group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature."

For years, officials have battled against members of shadowy groups such as the Earth Liberation Front and its brother-in-arms, the Animal Liberation Front. Law enforcement has made strides prosecuting cells, but it's been unable to end the arsons that have plagued developments encroaching on rural lands in the West.

FBI estimates place damages from these attacks at well over $100 million.

The FBI currently has 180 ongoing eco-terror investigations and over the last several years has tied them to some 1,800 criminal acts, Kolko said.

"Every time a fire breaks out and somebody takes a spray can and writes 'ELF' or 'ALF' on there, then everybody gets all excited that 'Oh this movement has started back up,'" said Bob Holland, a retired arson investigator. "The movement never really left."

FBI: Eco-Terrorism Remains No. 1 Domestic Terror Threat

Do you really believe this? What is your favorite source for news?

March 2, 2006: The FBI said that 1,100 criminal acts have been committed since 1976 by the Animal Rights Movement and that "animal rights and eco-extremists" are "the FBI's No. 1 domestic terrorism priority.

March 2, 2006: The FBI said that 1,100 criminal acts have been committed since 1976 by the Animal Rights Movement and that "animal rights and eco-extremists"

"the FBI's No. 1 domestic terrorism priority.

1,100 criminal acts

The FBI currently has 180 ongoing eco-terror investigations and over the last several years has tied them to some 1,800 criminal acts, Kolko said.

Things are escalating, eh? PETA is out of the #1 spot.

Greenpeace under fire; Nations around the world reject its eco-terrorism tactics

"Governments and courts around the world are finally cracking down on the eco-terrorist organization Greenpeace. The crackdown, which is long overdue, couldn’t happen to a more misguided bunch of people."

I asked ecologist Patrick Moore, a co-founder of Greenpeace and the former leader of Greenpeace Canada for 15 years, what he thought of Greenpeace.

“Greenpeace has placed fundraising ahead of the truth, and they should be made to pay for the damage they have done,” Mr. Moore said. “They are the only company in North America to stand up to the lies, blackmail, and extortion tactics employed by Greenpeace. I wish more companies had the backbone to stand up to Greenpeace’s extortion tactics.