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Don't Piss Off The Super Bowl's Weaponized "Eye In The Sky"

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There are some things that today's multi-dimensional, always-on, super-eagle-eye 4k HD televisual extravanganza will not show. High above the crowds roaring in satisfaction at $2,600 per ticket show, SWAT teams and snipers will be attending Super Bowl XLVIII. The Super Bowl, simply put, is a level one national security event. So, behave yourself; do not chant 'hawks' too loud; don't boo the 'Omahas' too much; but most of all don't worry, since the FBI is watching you - If you have an active shooter or you have anyone who may have a bomb. Snipers have a better angle then anyone who is on the ground to actually hit that target... you have individuals who are at high altitudes inside the arena and then you have individuals that are on the ground moving in and around the crowd."

From My9 New Jersey:

 Along with excited and eager fans, SWAT teams and Snipers will be attending Super Bowl XLVIII. The reason for such high precautions is because the Super Bowl is a level one national security event.

 

Former FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam explains how snipers work in coordination with SWAT teams to give the fans and players ultimate safety. “If you have an active shooter or you have anyone who may have a bomb. Snipers have a better angle then anyone who is on the ground to actually hit that target. It’s an entire team that communicates. You have individuals who are at high altitudes inside the arena and then you have individuals that are on the ground moving in and around the crowd,” he explained.

 

Gilliam discussed an exclusive video of a sniper- Initiated hostage rescue exercise. The video showed how snipers maneuver once shots are heard. Snipers are always hidden and are not visual. These same procedures will be taken if need be during the game.

 

Just because sniper and SWAT teams will be present at the game, doesn’t mean there is anything for game-goers to worry about. This is a typical assurance taken for an event like the Super Bowl, and the same protocol is always followed every year. The snipers will just be doing their job so fans can have an enjoyably safe experience.

... unless you piss off the sniper that is.

 

My9 New Jersey

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: The Daily Mail

 

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Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:02 | 4393751 Zopper
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thats not MetLife stadium

these pictures are years old

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:05 | 4393755 bigdumbnugly
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could peyton audible up there to clear out a few DB's?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:08 | 4393761 bigdumbnugly
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hmmm, if so i think i'll lay the points and take the broncos...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:12 | 4393771 CH1
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USA = Fear Factory.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:34 | 4393826 Headbanger
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All somebody has to do is pop a paper bag and that whole arena will freak out cause of this kind of shit

Anybody recognize the rifle?  It reminds me of a Mossberg MVP Flex or Varmint on a very custom stock.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:39 | 4393852 mjcOH1
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"All somebody has to do is pop a paper bag and that whole arena will freak out cause of this kind of shit"

Oh but the stories you could tell your grand-entitlements:

"I was at Superbowl XLVIII....and the snipers popped 5 Broncos fans before the buzz from my first 3 $10 Bud Lights kicked in,....but then it was all good."

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:16 | 4393924 Xibalba
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Was Phil Hoffman was workin on a cia movie.....?  RIP

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:24 | 4393969 NoDebt
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Hide behind Chris Christie for cover.  Just make sure he doesn't fall on you.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:55 | 4394023 Pure Evil
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If they still shoot Christie the gas bag could explode enveloping you in a cloud of toxic flatulence that could leave you immobilized for life or at the worst, dead.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:13 | 4394331 jbvtme
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i pray the guy in the bird's nest is not betting the over under...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 22:11 | 4394617 greased up deaf guy
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zopper, both of your statements are correct and the video explains the same protocol was used at the superbowl in indy a couple of years ago (the time and place of those photos). notice the roman numerals on the big window and the giants logo painted in the end zone (the giants played in that sb). the photos weren't meant to be misleading.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:56 | 4394027 SafelyGraze
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the arena would be more secure if every section of seating had its own blimp

ever better, if every attendee had a personal blimp to ensure their security

maybe, for your security, if you could go ahead at this time and install this special security collar and bracelet on yourself before you enter the stadium

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:23 | 4393964 max2205
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I don't feel safer....oh wait I am at home....oh wait...damn it

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:54 | 4393979 Metric
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The whole thing is incredibly symbolic.  The ultimate in entertainment culture is to be directly under the rifle of a US government sniper, after being thouroughly searched and disarmed of every last pointy object, and loving every last minute of it.  And even more to the point -- being filmed and broadcasted enjoying every last minute of it.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:17 | 4394219 SAT 800
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What a lovely country. Absolutely charming. There's nothing quite like living in a military-industrial empire. I wonder when they'll bring back the Hitler salute? it was so effective for mass mental mobilization..

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:24 | 4394347 kchrisc
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You're just jealous that we are the "land of the free, home of the brave."    /sarc

 

"Thrive in FEMA V"

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 20:25 | 4394438 Race Car Driver
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> I wonder when they'll bring back the Hitler salute?

Don't wait for someone else to lead. It starts now, with you.

And, while this will go over well with the cashier at the D0llar store, it will go over even better with 'authority' types like TSA and your local cops. They may even salute you back? It's sure to be a conversation starter and may even win you some new friends!

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:25 | 4394235 Antifaschistische
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The whole thing is symbolic of how cozy the relationship is between big business and government.  While the players (millionaires) owners (billionares) fans (politicians) and elite fans are enjoying their $2,600 per/ticket game.  The reality, is that they aren't coming close to covering the cost of these events which are actually hosted on the back of taxpayers at every level.

If rich people want to hire sniper cover go ahead.  I just resent tax money being siphoned out of my pocket to subsidize the wealthy.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:34 | 4394361 kchrisc
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I hate to bust your bubble, but if they weren't pissing away loot stolen from you on snipers, they'd be pissing it away on something else.

 

"Don't hate, guillotine."

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:28 | 4394353 nmewn
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I was a little put off by him having his index finger INSIDE the trigger guard in pic one.

Very professional, all's well folks ;-)

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:47 | 4393871 Headbanger
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Silly me... That's probably a militarized Remington 700 sniper rifle or M24 chambered in 300 Win Mag.

And talk about "over penetration" !!  Sheeesh!

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:55 | 4393900 mjcOH1
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Should be all clear until two 20 yr old Bostonian children from a broken marriage decide they don't like the Broncos.  

Then.... no so much.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:35 | 4393986 The Gooch
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ahhhh. Mythology!

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:59 | 4393910 EscapingProgress
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Does anyone actually believe that these gov't employees wouldn't hit any bystanders in an active shooter situation? There is no insentive to take great care not to. If they hit a bystander they won't go to prison and the damages will be paid with stolen money (taxes). Thanks big brother.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:05 | 4393922 mjcOH1
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"Does anyone actually believe that these gov't employees wouldn't hit any bystanders in an active shooter situation?"

No.   Next?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:58 | 4394034 Pure Evil
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What I don't understand is why they're using high powered sniper rifles when sissors, as recommended by DHS, should be the tool of choice in an active shooter scenario.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:22 | 4394090 BeansMcGreens
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Would be a bad day to wear "I'm with Mohammed" and the arrow T-shirt.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 22:54 | 4394723 InjectTheVenom
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Funniest thing I've seen all day ! +1000 !

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:51 | 4394151 Oldwood
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Because the government is the only entity qualified to sell...er,ah...provide "protection". We used to be able to get that kind of service from the private sector. Organized crime worked the protection rackets for years until they became "nationalized".

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:59 | 4394307 kchrisc
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What you are saying is so true and disconcerting.

As things stand now, one could do more in chaos and probably damage just by doing something to set off the thugs and Gestapo. Say a flash-bang or even a smoke grenade, etc. The thugs would go ape-shit and probably kill some innocent person or two in the process.

I am not advocating this, but I am sure that people with less scruples have noticed as well.

 

"Lexington and Concord are coming again."

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:35 | 4394365 MisterMousePotato
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Hopefully, they're New York City cops so they won't hit any innocent bystanders.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:57 | 4394395 kchrisc
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'Stop! Or I'll shoot three people behind you."

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:28 | 4393828 NickVegas
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Not only will you get to experience the excitement of the big game, but the tension of not knowing when a bullet will pierce your skull, will add greatly to the overall experience. I feel nothing but gratitude to these people. Thank you for your service.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:17 | 4394076 midtowng
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It makes me feel so much safer that someone has a gun pointed at me.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:00 | 4394309 kchrisc
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"Sniper Macht Frei"

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:11 | 4393774 remain calm
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Does anyone know if Obama is going, (insert sinister laugh).

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:18 | 4393794 remain calm
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His chair has a cup holder. I wonder what he is drinking?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:24 | 4393813 sixsigma cygnus...
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If they're watching the circus, who's watching the bread?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:28 | 4393827 Skateboarder
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It's been safely secured in the FRBNY bread vaults.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:22 | 4394062 grunk
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Complementary Coors Lights,

the Silver Bullet.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:35 | 4393846 RafterManFMJ
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Shoot High, Aim Low

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:07 | 4393929 KickIce
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No that's for Obama to give the thumbs up/down sign for a play he doesn't like.  (You know he wants to)

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:02 | 4394046 Pure Evil
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His tools of choice are weaponized drones. So, everyone make sure they stand at attention for the singing of the National Anthem or you could find a heat seeking missile penetrating your undisclosed location.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:06 | 4394315 kchrisc
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And you better look enthusiastic during the "land of the free, home of the brave" part. Otherwise they might know that you have realized that 2 + 2 is not 5.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:20 | 4394337 KickIce
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You're not keeping up wiith the money printing; 2 + 2 has to equal at least 200 by now.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:13 | 4393776 B-rock
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Good thing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers aren't eligible.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:32 | 4393840 Diablo
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SHHHH!!! This is Zerohedge, it doesnt matter if its true or not (most likely isnt) as long as the conspiracy gloomer nutjobs get to join in on the circlejerk with Tyler.  Just blame Obama, Bernanke or JPMorgan, tell them to buy some gold or silver, and they'll eat all this shit up.

 

 

 

 

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:38 | 4393851 Skateboarder
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Happy Stuporbowl Day to you too.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:49 | 4393860 Renewable Life
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Enjoy your police state dip shit, if you like it, you can keep it motherfucker! Just leave the rest of us alone, who still believe in personal freedom and responsibility.........oh ya that's not gonna happen in your urban utopia, is it????

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:22 | 4393961 Dr. Engali
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Do not feed the trolls, no matter how hungry and retarded they are.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:14 | 4394334 kchrisc
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"Utopia" is just another word for "work camp."

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:31 | 4393953 The Gooch
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What's the over/under on bodies falling or jumping off of a balcony?

What's the over/under of them getting shot before they land?

"The balcony bomber".

Funny thing about all of those "conspiracies" exposed as fact in recent months.

Also, Fuck you, Bernanke, Obama and JP morgue!

Stack on.

 

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:32 | 4393841 Boondocker
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was it the 46 in the first picture?

 

and who down voted that?

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:15 | 4393876 frankthomaswhite59
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one pix from superbowl XLVI

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:49 | 4393884 frankthomaswhite59
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@zopper...

and who gives a fvck,

you and the six green arrows?

go write your own blog.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:56 | 4393935 frankthomaswhite59
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Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:11 | 4393933 rubiconsolutions
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Why the hell would anyone go to a stadium that has snipers deployed? If the people putting on the game think there's enough potential to deploy snipers, not A sniper but multiple snipers then maybe they should just play the game in an empty stadium and advise people to stay home and watch it on high def? Blackhawk helicopters, jets ready to scramble, a no fly zone, militarized police, snipers....for a stupid football game. This country is doomed. I think I'll spend some time with my family instead.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:55 | 4394024 El Vaquero
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Yup.  I'm not going to watch the game and don't even know who is playing.  I've been moving a wood pile on and off today, then I'm going to level the area a bit, put 2"-4" of compost as an amendment, and my spot for blackberries will be ready.  I'd rather be out there or on here than watching football. 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:58 | 4394035 akak
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+10,000 future juicy and delicious blackberries!

I just wish I could grow them in my climate, but sadly it is impossible.  I have to settle for gooseberries and crabapples here.

As for my knowledge or interest in the StuporBowl --- that's football, right?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:42 | 4394274 Overfed
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In my neck of FEMA region X, it's almost impossible to get rid of blackberry vines. Even the wonderful products from the fine folks at Monsanto only keep them at bay for a short time.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:13 | 4394330 akak
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We have an analogous and equally insidious plant here in Alaska called devil's club (aka "Alaska cactus"), but it doesn't even have the benefit of providing anything tasty or even edible.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:46 | 4394373 El Vaquero
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We have several varieties of cactus that are like that.  We also have prickley pear cacti that do provide fruit that tastes OK.  You have to put fire to the fruit before you eat it though to burn off all the small but painful needles. 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 20:12 | 4394417 Miffed Microbio...
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I had experienced the worst pain in my life for weeks after being thrown by a horse and landing on a large prickly pear cactus. It's is like being skewered with unseen fine needles. You can't see them to pull them out but believe me you know they are there. Anything I bushed against would activate their hellish stinging. After that no amount of coercing could get me to try the fruit of such a vicious plant though I had several friends tell me they taste very good. I guess they are my personal Demonic Durians.

Miffed;-)

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 20:34 | 4394450 akak
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I have many times eaten and enjoyed prickly pears, but NOT the wild-harvested fruits, only those purchased and already (more or less) cleaned of their spines.  I say "more or less" because they never get ALL of them, as there are innumerable, extremely fine spines thinner than hairs growing out of the "eyes" on the fruit, and as minute (almost invisible) as they are, you WILL most definitely feel them when they get into your skin!

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:11 | 4394205 Oldwood
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To have insurance is to imply there is no risk. Actually it only ensures we will die broke after paying for all that insurance. There is nothing outside the realm of thought when it comes to our safety. Like they are looking at putting remote kill switches on cars so police can disable them in case someone is breaking the law or trying to get away. How long before they do the same to us? Its always their beloved efficiency that is the excuse for the methodology they choose. They want to be sure they get us the best deal on the loss of our freedoms so what would bee better than a kill switch implanted in our head, so they could save the bullet, not to mention collateral damage. Its a big WIN, right? And the best part is that we would never know if it was they who took us out or "natural causes".

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:15 | 4393950 patb
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in the video the sniper pics are cited as being the LUKOIL stadium INdianpolis 2012 Superbowl.

 

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:05 | 4393756 Seize Mars
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Good God. Why would I support this garbage?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:39 | 4393790 akak
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If one truly wanted to see the pinnacle and epitome of sheeplike, lemminglike herd behavior (and the collectivistic mindset that feeds it) at its very best (or worst), one could do no better than attend any stadium sporting event.

It is no coincidence whatsoever that such events invariably begin with a mass, socially-enforced display of homage to the state, i.e. the singing of the national anthem.  I challenge anyone to remain seated during such a display --- doing so will reveal, through the outrage and curses of one's neighboring spectators, the full depth of the insecurity and intolerance inherent in the collectivistic mindset.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:11 | 4393942 Miffed Microbio...
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"I challenge anyone to remain seated during such a display "

I believe those people are the ones the snipers have been instructed to shoot. Dissidents will be "freed" from the collective.

Miffed;-)

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:16 | 4393947 akak
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It would almost be worth the time and money just to go to the StuporBowl and make the experiment.

;-)

But since I do not attend sporting events of any kind, I am never trapped in that loathsome situation.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:57 | 4394028 El Vaquero
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I'd attend shooting matches if ammo wasn't tough to get.  That's a sporting event, but I'd be participating. 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:29 | 4394242 Miffed Microbio...
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Akak and EV, it is such a great privilege to know there are men out there who have not been enticed by the sportsmania rampant in our society today. Where I sit this is so rare. I'm not really, in principle, against sports. It just appears to me they have been exalted to the point they are on par with a cocaine addiction.

Several families in our children's school pressured their children to succeed in sports in the hopes of getting college scholarships. One boy who was pushed into pitching so much he now has extreme damage to his arm and is facing several operations at 19. So much for that scholarship and this injury will probably follow him for the rest of his life. Why are parents doing this to their children especially under the guise of a " better life"?

We have lost balance in our lives. Everything is extreme. Massive ingestion of garbage food. Consumerism on par with locust swarms in biblical proportions. Entertainments to be indulged incessantly to ward off a moment of solitude and stillness that may cause reality to be faced. Until this frenzied desperation is addressed, we as a society cannot face our problems that are worsening by the day.

Miffed;-)

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:19 | 4394341 akak
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Miffed, I exaggerate not in the least when I tell you that I have lost friends and alienated relatives over my refusal to bow to the religion and obsession of professional sports.  It was and is a tough row to hoe, especially growing up in the Midwest --- and in a Big Ten (did I say that right?) university town no less! --- where the mania for spectator sports goes hand-in-hand with the shallow and mindless consumerism and the empty, soul-sucking conformity.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:54 | 4394386 Miffed Microbio...
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Akak,
I can truly appreciate what you must have gone through. Mr and I have absolutely no interest in sports and because we both went to a tiny private school in WA ( our senior class had 23 students) sport activity was never thrust upon us.

Our kids went to a small Lutheran school but had lots of pressure to play sports so the school could join a league. My eldest told them to fuck off but she's my strong willed rugged individual kid. My youngest desperately wanted to fit in and begged us to allow her to participate. We had no problem with this until we found out we, as parents, were expected to donate our lives to the cause. We refused and wow did the shit hit the fan and my poor daughter got slammed being in the middle of it. Parents getting in our face for not helping out and her teammates complaining to her about us not helping. I'm sure my describing the ugliness and nastiness that ensued would not be surprising to to you.

She eventually quit on her own after she couldn't take the vileness any longer and, ultimately, it taught her a sad lesson. What happens when you desperately wish to fit in to a group means you must at some point sacrifice yourself to the demands of the group or suffer ostracization. I am happy she learned that lesson at 17 whereas many sitting at the Super Bowl now, many people more than twice her age, have been inculcated to this Mania beyond hope of escape.

Miffed;-)

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 23:23 | 4394787 Freddie
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My eldest told them to fuck off but she's my strong willed rugged individual kid.

LOL!  Great kid.  I feel bad for the younger one.  Yes parents are expected to sacrifice their lives going all over the place for games and practices plus forking out endless money.  Sheer idiocy. 

Anyone who would pay money to go see a major sprts event with snipers up near the ceiling has to be an idiot.  I don't watch Hollywood's crap or TV either.

 

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 01:35 | 4394992 El Vaquero
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I actually would recommend watching it sometimes.  You get to see what the sheep are influenced by.  NCIS, for example, where civil liberties are violated by people who's hearts are in the right place and they only do so to get the bad guy and protect innocent people.  It even has a few token bad government agencies.  It can almost make you forget the Orwellian shit going on in the real world.  Same with most other cop shows for that matter.  That line of work gets misrepresented and sensationalized in a big way.  Underwear models getting into shootouts with machine gun wielding criminals, and they somehow come out on top with their pistols; that is sensationalism.  Same with some of the spy agency shit that gets put on TV.  Yes, it may be shit, but it is sometimes influential shit.  You'll watch it and go "WTF!?  Shit doesn't work like that in real life!"  But many who watch it are either stupid, or are so sucked into the matrix that they cannot see the bytes for the bits.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 20:29 | 4394444 El Vaquero
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I'm not against sports either.  I used to occasionally enjoy playing a softball or baseball game with a bunch of non pros.  It was good fun, and so long as you aren't so driven that you are likely to sustain a lifelong injury, I'd say that the exercise is good for people. 

 

What I don't get is the complete devotion to watching other people play.  Sitting on your ass eating nachos while bleating about somebody else's achievements just seems useless to me.  It's a pointless waste in my mind, yet people are fanatical about this. Would the world end if football disappeared?  According to some people yes, and in fact, I'd say that there would be a good chance of riots and civil unrest if the Super Bowl were to be canceled.  I guess I just don't get defining yourself by the sport that you play or by the sport that you watch.  The mentality behind it all is aggravating. 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 20:39 | 4394456 akak
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I could not agree with you more EV.

The REAL insanity of it all to me, though, is how passionately all these sports fans identity with and root for "their" team, when virtually NONE of them have the least meaningful or real connection to that team.  And even IF they did have some personal connection to that team, so what?

Sports mania is simply mass insanity as far as I'm concerned.  It is a pervasive societal sickness and just another sign of the moral and intellectual rot of our modern so-called "culture".

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 20:59 | 4394479 El Vaquero
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It's no worse than the people who committed suicide because Michael Jackson died.  It may seem cruel to some, but my attitude towards that is if your life is so much worse because a person you never met died that you must take your own life, good riddance.  It is something about the celebrity status, and it goes beyond just organized sports.  I'm not sure if that status makes others feel like they're bigger than they really are because they watch the game or listen to the songs and they feel "connected" or what.  I guess wanting to feel some of the glamor is understandable for those who are becoming poorer, aren't famous, etc..., but this is full retard. 

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 01:03 | 4394959 effendi
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Some peoples obsession with sport is summed up in the expression "Football, it's not a matter of life and death, it's more important than that".

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:08 | 4394198 centerline
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Nor do I. Can't stand the idea of directly feeding the monster. Shame.  Stupid human race in general is ass backwards here.  At the same time, some of these ball players are killing themselves now to be in the game.  Getting closer and closer to being gladiators.  Suppose we are approaching peak bread and circuses.

Last time I did go to a game I had free tickets and took my son.  The food alone nearly bankrupted me - lol.  Would rather go to a concert and support local musicians.  But, I'm wired that way in terms of entertainment.  For sports, I would rather play instead of watch (problem is that my mind refuses to accept my age - ha ha).

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:14 | 4393949 rubiconsolutions
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"I challenge anyone to remain seated during such a display --- doing so will reveal, through the outrage and curses of one's neighboring spectators, the full depth of the insecurity and intolerance inherent in the collectivistic mindset."

I did exactly that last year at a baseball game and you would have thought I'd pissed on the american flag. Same thing happens when asked to "stand for the pledge of allegiance" and I sit there. The super bowl will be a grand spectacle of genuflection to the military, I'll be doing something else.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:15 | 4394214 Oldwood
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But without such public displays of patriotism, how could they ever expect us to make the sacrifices needed to save our country? You know, sacrificing our wealth and freedoms to save them?

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 03:46 | 4395108 Otrader
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Prior to getting married, I used to sit in front of the tube with friends and relatives all season long.  Chow down food and drink for 2 hours.   After i got married and kids, not so much.  Tonight, grilled some chicken/veggies and had a quiet dinner with the family.   I didn't miss a thing.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:24 | 4393955 Lore
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Re: "It is no coincidence whatsoever that such events invariably begin with a mass, socially-enforced display of homage to the state..."

Precisely. The tone is set with "Rocket's Red Glare." At least the singer this year is a professional, not trailer trash:

Introduction to Renee Fleming c/o YouTube

Lest we forget: this is entertainment INDUSTRY. At no time is it simply a friendly game. And the security on display is very profitable for those involved.  A cynic might wonder if incidents are ever "cooked up" to rationalise the expenditure, but only a cynic, not me.  For example, only a cynic would suggest that the lockdown of the City of Boston by thirty thousand personnel was not completely spontaneous. 

$2,600 is a bargain TO KEEP YOU SAFE...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:10 | 4394012 Urban Redneck
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TPTB are perfectly free to remain seated for the national anthem, it's the serfs who are coerced into collectivism, unless there is a camera crew roaming in their particular executive box. It's been probably a decade since I've been to a sporting event in the US, but I have certainly seen it happen, as well the difference (double standard) in screening procedures- back then one could smuggle their own sniper rifle into the sweet seats if they so desired...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 19:57 | 4394393 akak
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I must admit that I am shocked if not actually dumbfounded (but pleasantly so) that I could make such an inflammatory anti-sports post  (#4393790) and receive 50 uparrows for it, even here on ZH, and more than that, not a single downarrow (so far).

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:06 | 4393758 fonzannoon
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This would be the perfect event to stage an incident where the F.B.I working on a tip from the NSA uses it to stop an attack before it happens. 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:11 | 4393773 palmereldritch
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And if the the Predator drone circling overhead ever gets the al Qaeda database and NFL stats jumbled it could make for some spectacular end-zone rushes

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:19 | 4393796 Tinky
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not to mention the follow-ups at various funerals.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:15 | 4393944 Rusty Shorts
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...and the 9 BlackHawk Helo's patrolling overhead...no shit 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1yBoIfoQ2k

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:25 | 4394231 Whoa Dammit
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Waiting for the vid were they all run into each other and crash through the dome -- this year's half time equipment snafu.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:19 | 4393798 thunderchief
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And then blames on its country of choice to start a war of distraction and convenience.

Everyone knows they need one real soon. Some time before the comex defaults for sure.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:26 | 4393820 grunk
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So some terrorist gets past the military helicopters, the F-16's, the pat-downs and body searches at the gate, gets into a stadium that has been locked down and searched a dozen times before even the pre-screened and searched stadium staff get in, and commits a terrorist event? That's why we need snipers?

Nah, this is an intentional national display of the Police State.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:10 | 4393937 Kirk2NCC1701
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This police state is learning from (taught by) IDF and Israeli police. That's a fact, Jack.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:33 | 4393983 john39
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does silverstein own a stake in the stadium?  double insured?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:44 | 4394002 The Gooch
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Remember the U.S.S. Liberty.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:58 | 4394033 Winston Smith 2009
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"So some terrorist gets past the military helicopters, the F-16's, the pat-downs and body searches at the gate, gets into a stadium that has been locked down and searched a dozen times before even the pre-screened and searched stadium staff get in, and commits a terrorist event? That's why we need snipers?"

From the quoted text in the above article:

"Former FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam explains how snipers work in coordination with SWAT teams to give the fans and players ultimate safety. 'If you have an active shooter or you have anyone who may have a bomb.'"

Some nut claims to have a bomb but actually doesn't and holds up the NFL's very expensive show on national TV. Bang! "Oh, he didn't actually have anything? How were we supposed to know?"

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:44 | 4394276 logically possible
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Did you mean "the pussystate"

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:28 | 4393832 NickVegas
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You didn't hear about the white powder, fox was blasting it out yesterday. Thank you for your service, keeping me and my loved ones safe while I enjoy the big game.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:42 | 4393865 RafterManFMJ
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Sure! The NSA heroically notifies the FBI but not before the white, middle age male in a Tea Party T-shirt detonates his bombs, which are gunpowder packed into 30 round magazines with gold and silver eagles for shrapnel; the heroic snipers then drill him and a copy of Ron Paul's 'End the Fed' tumbles from his pocket.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:11 | 4394065 Pure Evil
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And, not to mention a copy of the Turner Diaries is found in the trunk of his car in the parking lot.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:13 | 4393759 Yes We Can. But...
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It is Watertown, televised and publicized, to further prep the masses for submission

Today's presentation of US Police State Live! brought to you by PapaJohn's.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:13 | 4393760 Smegley Wanxalot
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And for a few bucks, these guys might accidentally take out a player or two you don't like.

In all seriousness, this is fucking creepy.  You're far better off watching the game from inside your hovel where they can only shoot you dead if the trigger-happy operator of their armed infrared heat-detecting drones thinks you are misbehaving or might pose a future threat to the benevolent dictatorship.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:30 | 4393837 akak
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Anyone watching the SuperBlow at home is already brain-dead, so the difference between attending and home viewing is effectively minimal.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:44 | 4393870 TBT or not TBT
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But, but, the ads. Those Super Bowl ads!

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:59 | 4393911 IridiumRebel
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and Beer!...and cheetohs!...and Circus! 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:58 | 4394029 Jlasoon
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And job security at the hospital for both my wife and I. The Emergency room should fill up quite a bit tonight which means overtime tomorrow. 

Keep eating those wings "landwhales".

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:01 | 4393914 Winston Churchill
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Its Superbowl today ?

Watching overpaid, overpadded wusses,for the masses with the possibility of

getting shot by a sniper,for a mere couple of thou.

Idiotcracy is here.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:50 | 4394011 Winston Smith 2009
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In a stadium paid for by taxpayers who believed the myth that stadiums pay off as investments for the taxpayer.  That's how Dubya' finally made some money after his other failures, promoting the building of a sports stadium. 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:22 | 4394225 lotsoffun
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the boy has a start.  he is at least smart enough not to expose himself to trigger happy snipers, only hoping to become famous for preventing 'terror'.

got to start somewhere.

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:20 | 4394221 lotsoffun
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you are far better off doing anything than watching t.v. - especially the super bowl.  post your address, i will send you books written hundreds or thousands (no - not the bible, it just isn't good literature, although very inspiring, of course) of year ago that educated people (nope, not lebron james) have been reading ever since.  these are called 'classics'.  much like this super bowl, will next year be called a 'classic'.

they glorify violence and stupidity and have usurped learning and education.  but - you are about 1/2 way there, because at least you are smart enough not to want to be there 'live'.

take the next step.  turn off the tube.

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:08 | 4393763 lolmao500
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Those snipers are no better than the SS. Fuck em. BUT BUT BUT WE'RE PROTECTING THE MOTHERLAND AGAINST THE TURRURISTS!!!!!!! Jews back then, today, muslims and tea partiers...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:10 | 4393765 Panem et Circus
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Old news, those pics are from XLVI not XLVII.

Today it's probably stationary drone snipers.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:12 | 4393781 CH1
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"Old" is irrelevant - what matters is that it IS.

When will people stop obeying these monsters?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:16 | 4393788 Smegley Wanxalot
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Those cable operated "cameras" flying over the field are really just drones ready to kill anyone they want, with only a secondary benefit of getting great angles on the game, whose outcome is pre-determined (so TPTB can make coin off the losers who bet on the blind whim of fandom).

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:39 | 4393993 Winston Smith 2009
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The 1977 film Black Sunday was fairly good, if I recall correctly. Haven't seen it in a long time. Perhaps it's that I just recall the cool scene where they tested the large Claymore mine device they made which projected flechettes which punched thousands of holes in the barn they tested it in, sunlight streaming through the holes and dust afterwards. They planned to put it in the Goodyear Blimp:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075765/

"An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl."

To be more in line with the probable sequence of events prior to 9/11, any remake should be changed to:

"An Israeli anti-terrorist agent follows a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl but intentionally doesn't tell US intelligence agencies about it."

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:11 | 4393766 giggler321
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When the bombers start using pulse rate triggers, suddenly taking out a guy in one crowd of people isn't going to be any better then letting him blow up another crowd.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:11 | 4393772 I am Jobe
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SuperBowl is getting too boring. Who the fuck cares. Where are the hookers and Single Moms ?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:12 | 4393780 Sufiy
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This would make the great commercial:


"Who's Got The Money?" - Bernanke's True Legacy "Helicopter Ben" - Elaine Diane Taylor

 Brilliant video and song - share it with your friends. You can guess: "Who's Got The Money".

http://sufiy.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/whos-got-money-bernankes-true-legacy...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:17 | 4393791 Itch
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If you are a muslim, i would strongly advise against putting your hand in your pocket, or bending over, or taking a bag, or reaching for anything, or looking at anything, or moving a muscle. You may as well just sit there shitting yourself with your hands up. 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:40 | 4393821 TBT or not TBT
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Particularly if the sniper cleans his weapon with that pig fat gun oil. Allah has a thing about that. No perma-virgins in paradise if you get any amongst your scattered remains.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:49 | 4393861 Headbanger
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Hmmm..  Could pig fat gun oil be better than Frog Lube???  

Could sell it for $12 / 4oz and get rich!

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:20 | 4393795 AG BCN
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And these dumbo's will turn up and pay good money for this treatment. They must have no dignity or self respect. Additionally, If I I may mention it, the ball appears to be the wrong shape (sarc on the last bit)

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:18 | 4393797 grunk
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I don't like to go to events where snipers line me (or the person sitting next to me) up in their crosshairs,

but that's just me.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:18 | 4393800 LawyerScum
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Failure to exhibit sufficient mind numbing jubilation at the circus will result in correction with extreme prejudice. You have been warned. Enjoy the game.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:49 | 4393879 RafterManFMJ
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I hope my team wins, because when my team wins, I do too! I'll wear this shirt with another man's name on it, just like a high school girl! - Boobus Amerikanus

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:48 | 4393987 Lore
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You must race out and buy the overpriced Jersey made in China, because after all, you want to wear "Your" colours and show support for "Your" team!

The most offensive sight is when sheeple in the crowd are seen praying to God.  One wonders how the Lord feels about being invoked to influence the outcome of a sporting event.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:47 | 4394135 css1971
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I'm sure he just subcontracts that out to some sports sub god.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:20 | 4393802 akak
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Panem et circenses.

The more things change ...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:20 | 4393804 post turtle saver
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that's Lucas Oil stadium in Indy, not MetLife... sheesh... besides, NFL has been making these arrangements for a loooong time, nothing to see here that's a surprise...

btw... http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/how-the-us-hoped-the-super...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 18:54 | 4394286 Disenchanted
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Yes it is, that game is in the past. You think they're going to show where the sniper's nests are for tonight's game?

The NJ Channel 9 link is a current link, in which they used pics from last year's Super Bowl.

 

Get it?

 

Super Bowl Snipers

Posted: Jan 29, 2014 11:45 AM  

Updated: Jan 29, 2014 11:45 AM

http://www.my9nj.com/story/24574587/super-bowl-snipers

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:25 | 4393822 ziggy59
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Who watches the watchers?

A panic of untold craziness would ensue, and a stampede, if someone had to be removed...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:29 | 4393834 jonjon831983
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So what kinda ammo and penetration...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:00 | 4394044 JohnG
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I'd guess 300 win mag.  Penetration -- definitely.

http://www.remington.com/en/products/firearms/centerfire/model-700/model...

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:33 | 4393839 Tim_
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Why do they blur the little piggy's face? What does it have to fear?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:46 | 4393875 booboo
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Right, heard a story from a father who's daughter age 12 was pulled into the principles office for calling a donut pussy "popo" and told that she was showing disrespect and that the fine SS storm trooper was butt hurt and made to apologize.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:40 | 4393842 Dewey Cheatum Howe
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They have them at Metlife during the regular games minus the FBI.

I'd like to see someone in the stadium shine one of those laser pointers into the scope where they see it in their eyeball through the scope. It will show off just how undisciplined and itchy of a trigger finger these guys really have when they get spooked in a manner they can't hide. If you want to undermine the police state you challenge it in the public and force it to react where they can't hide it. All that training ain't worth shit if you can't keep your cool when the gun is pointed directly at you. This isn't some foreign battlefield, the rules of engagement have to be different because if they aren't.... That is what seperates the men from the boys not the toys or uniforms. Doesn't matter how good of a shot your are when you have element of surprise. Take away a sniper's element of surprise and it is whole different ballgame.

The public don't like trigger happy cowboys because when you are selling the police state to keep you safe well when they are shooting the people you are supposed to keep safe, you can finish that thought.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:41 | 4394000 Uncle Remus
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And you consistently get how many cold-bore 10 or X hits @ 100 yds or more?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:18 | 4394084 Dewey Cheatum Howe
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It is about being able to maintain trigger discipline and not panicking and rushing a shot.  If you panic then it is all about luck not discipline if you don't know when to shoot and when to duck that is also lack of discipline especially at an event like this where all the sight lines are already known and accounted for with more than one sniper able to target any single point in the stadium at the same time. Let me put it another way if the powers that be really trusted these people to maintain discipline why do they not allow them have bullets in their machine guns and only in their handguns except and high profile events like these? Is that really to keep us safe?

I am not the one up there so it is not about my accuracy in the facing down having to meet my maker...

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:37 | 4393853 zebra
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Thats smart.

Watch superbowl for free while taxpayers cover your overtime salary with a great Anti terrorism excuse.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:39 | 4393857 Chandos
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And let me guess...security at the stadium was outsourced to an Israeli company six months ago and some guy named Silverstein is on its board of directors...Yes, this will end well..;)

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:41 | 4393862 Bobportlandor
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If I had known I would be selling Tee's with DON'T SHOOT ME BRO!

 

 

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:47 | 4394007 Uncle Remus
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"This is not the terrorist you are looking for."

or

"Obama Voter"

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 17:20 | 4394086 Pure Evil
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Preferably,

 

      Hillary 2016

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:44 | 4393863 grunk
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There are snipers at the Puppy Bowl and the Kitten Bowl also.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:44 | 4393868 Seasmoke
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And Russell Wilson throws a bomb to Percy Harvin..........oops !!!

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:44 | 4393869 besnook
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well you have wacko anarchists from washington versus the wacko chrstian neocons of colorado playing a game in a town full of wacko israelis. i hope all of them munch on imported brownies their enlightened sane citizens knew they needed to protect us all.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 15:55 | 4393903 booboo
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"well you have wacko anarchists from washington versus the wacko chrstian (sic) neocons of colorado"

do tell?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 16:59 | 4394037 awakeRewe
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Don't travel much do you.

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