Statue Of lenin...

[SteyrAUG]

Should have been left where it was reportedly found... scrapyard in Slovakia with a homeless man living inside it.

Probably the only person who was ever helped, even if indirectly, by Lenin.

[Diamondback]

I’ll never forget the WTO Riots of ‘99 when they bought pizza for the rioters and we (LE) had to fend for ourselves. I sent guys out to look for food and when one pair didn’t return it was a good sign. One hotel downtown fed us for free, even had linen tablecloths (even though this would have been an ethics violation any other time). Some said they were only feeding us because they wanted our protection. I’m not that cynical, we were paid to protect downtown Seattle and I will never forget their kindness.

IMO those who provided material support including food to the rioters should've been charged as accessories. I'm not LE, but when I was in college 20 years ago some friends in blue who were there mentioned having strong suspicions that there was a certain "core cadre" that did this crap professionally, traveling the country from opportunity to opportunity to foment chaos and unrest. And if we look at the timings between that and 2020, it's about the right spacing for handing the torch off to the next generation...

[Diamondback]

So capitalistic dollars erected it... That's kind of funny.

There's a reason we call Leftists who made piles in Big Tech "Dot-Communists." Maria Cantvotewell made her fortune at Real Networks before the dot-com bubble burst, for one example.