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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLeafblowers at protests are historic and astounding.
Manzi Rae #BLM #ACAB @Manzinat0r Jul 24Man this is so incredible. Hong Kong taught us the leafblower & umbrella shields tactic and now we're successfully employing that against the feds in Portland. This rules so hard.
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stormtroopers covered in smoke and teargas, protesters mostly untouched...
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Stormtroopers get their own leafblower...
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Stargleamer
(1,992 posts)that leafblowing could--at least once--be a force of good in this world.
underpants
(182,989 posts)Now its like half the damn work. Yeah there are grass clippings, they just cut the grass. Deal with it.
Total noise pollution and waste of burning gas.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)If you throw back one of those war crime canisters, be sure to wash your hands very thoroughly before you use the toilet. Like, twice as long as you feel is necessary. Use water as hot as you can stand it and get a good soapy lather. Trust me on this one.
underpants
(182,989 posts)Thanks for the tip.
Ive been gassed twice -once BEFORE the Army at a party - and its no fun.
These Portland people have some serious gear I have to say.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and these days I don't think anyone should assume it won't become useful.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)jaxexpat
(6,868 posts)I'm thinkin' a combine with a 36' soy bean head could thrash 50 acres of gestapo in like 4 hours. With a 'fronton' that size, the city could be taken with few casualties.
EX500rider
(10,885 posts)Actually not illegal to use on civilians.
The Chemical Weapons Convention went into effect in 1997. But notably, the agreement included an exception allowing law enforcement to use riot control agents for "domestic riot control purpose
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/us/military-tear-gas-protesters-trnd/index.html
Ferrets are Cool
(21,112 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,232 posts)and not rioting, then anti-RIOT measures such as tear gas, rubber bullets and other violent measures are ILLEGAL!
MagickMuffin
(15,976 posts)I think that would work out very well!
lastlib
(23,356 posts)I'm thinking those things stay hot for a while; not sure oven mitts could take it for long enough.
Brother Buzz
(36,490 posts)Lars39
(26,117 posts)Throck
(2,520 posts)Landscaper standard. My high school job.
Kali
(55,027 posts)son who has done landscaping inherited a weedeater that is badass, he prefers it to his gas one
druidity33
(6,450 posts)the make and model of that beast. I have had 2 pitiful excuses for chargeable weedwhackers...
40V mas lithium trimmer catalog number LST136
he gets 15-20 minutes out of a charge and charges pretty fast, he won't get a second battery because he likes taking a break while it charges
he chopped a bunch of hard dried mustard weed that was about 2.5 feet tall recently
it is a string trimmer so he goes through a lot of that
druidity33
(6,450 posts)I'll see if it's available locally...
Cheers!
localroger
(3,634 posts)...and I use it to mow my lawn. (It's very irregular and hard to maneuver a lawnmower.) I get about an hour out of a 6AH aftermarket battery at full throttle and as a bonus I use a lot less string than I did with the gas powerhead. Just about any of the new 40V or 56V systems should deliver performance that will surprise you. It's not quite as powerful as gasoline but good enough for weed-wacking and much quieter and more convenient.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)BittyJenkins
(413 posts)Because they are so loud. My husband has one that can blow bricks away.
This is absolutely beautiful. I wish we lived closer.
I leaf blowers! The best use ever.
TheBlackAdder
(28,242 posts)Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)An industrial drying fan, set up in a wagon with a car battery rigged to power it.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)They assemble in phalanxes with shields, use the umbrellas as sort of anti-archery/projectile shields - tight formations, small groups make raids in formation. It's really remarkable to watch.
Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)bigtree
(86,013 posts)chowder66
(9,098 posts)Gore1FL
(21,164 posts)What amazes me is that, even knowing their tactics were, at best, ineffective and appeared to be more detrimental to themselves, Trump's untrained secret police kept right on launching teargas only to have it thrown or blown back upon them.
The bullies seem confused.
Chainfire
(17,715 posts)Before a Brown Shirt feels his life is being threatened by a leaf blower and opens fire.
AllyCat
(16,259 posts)Family here quite inspired by these.
Demovictory9
(32,489 posts)Requiring id to buy..
jeffreyi
(1,945 posts)Hey, why not.
Salviati
(6,009 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)are really taking it to Trump's fascist storm-troopers. Necessity is truly the mother of invention.
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)Slurpy sentiment, I know, but I just gotta say it!!! They are all so fantastic in my book. To be out there and to stay calm in all of this and enact passive resistance! Lets hear it for the good guys for once!!!
RobinA
(9,903 posts)I think they should just stop it so the Feds can go home. This is just a pissing contest at this point.
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)I dont know that I think the Feds would automatically go home if the demonstrators stopped,
and I feel like if the Portland demonstrators give in, the Feds will increase their tactics in other cities hoping for the same result.
Peaceful protest is a right.
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)and no major incidents of anything besides a little graffiti, right?
The Feds escalated the situation, its on them to leave, not the protesters.
Hip2bSquare
(291 posts)I'm miles away from Oregon. I don't use Twitter, so DU is the only place that keeps me up to date with that is going on in Oregon. What an incredible scene!!
tRump, this disgraceful administration and it's supporters are going to learn the hard way.
Keep fighting Portland...we are all behind you and the world is watching!
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)These Blackwater goons are using chemical weapons against American citizens.
OnlinePoker
(5,729 posts)They put traffic cones on top of the canister and then poured water through the top to douse the heat and stop the reaction. I have a feeling that's why we saw the cops busting up the piles of bottled water we saw earlier this spring. I'm wondering if you got metal office garbage cans and just put them over these gas canisters, would that work to stop the spread of the gas?
Danascot
(4,699 posts)Only outlaws will have leafblowers.
erronis
(15,429 posts)niyad
(113,776 posts)jeffreyi
(1,945 posts)It uses two rechargeable 18v batteries, and it's blue-green. The batteries work with gobs of other tools. Highly recommend.
Zambero
(8,978 posts)Who would have ever dreamed that guitars and leafblowers had so much in common?!?
SmartVoter22
(639 posts)Wind power.
Foolacious
(497 posts)The Battle Hymn of the First Leafblower Brigade
Oh, mine eyes would see the glory of our stalwarts in their masks,
if mine eyes were not a-burning with the pepper- and tear-gas
of the Nazi-Federales sent by King Donald the Ass --
but lo! Who yonder comes...?
Glory, glory, the Leafblowers,
vanquishing the tear-gas throwers!
They throw their gas grenades -- we'll blow it right back in their face,
'cos we ain't gonna take no more!
Skulking there in camouflage with no ID or plan,
the bully-boys are terrified and they don't understand
they can't gas people in the street; we ain't in Trumpistan.
And we ain't gonna take no more!
Glory, glory, the Leafblowers,
vanquishing the tear-gas throwers!
They throw their gas grenades -- we'll blow it right back in their face,
'cos we ain't gonna take no more!
Gothmog
(145,794 posts)crickets
(25,989 posts)Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)They will be getting their "policing science" people working on countermeasures. Police departments will be needing some more funding for the new gear.
GoCubsGo
(32,099 posts)If so, those could come in pretty handy here, too.