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Long story short, I don't work for others unless retained. Just because you have a friendly face, Barry, I will halve my normal hourly rate and research for you for only fifty bucks per hour. I do require a five hundred dollar retainer paid up front before I do any research. I may be slightly left-of-center, but at heart I am a capitalist.



You could've just said you were full of malarky instead of giving us your bona fides as a fake lawyer, CIA analyst, analrapist or other fake career you're launching here. Long story ending: You're making up your "facts". Plain and simple.

As to Seattle not being prepared to kick ass on rioters, I totally agree. They weren't expecting trouble, so when trouble came from one or two people that actually caused shit, they were caught sitting down. It happens. So they shot a beanbag into some clown's beanbag. So what? Stupid behaviour sometimes causes overreaction. Such is life.
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