Former Olympian among those charged with vandalizing Reflecting Pool

Servus said:

And the lawn. Even though we know that was a result of subpar landscaping.

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I hear this guy got into landscaping (despite the obvious).


Maybe he can fix it for them.

rambot said:

I hear this guy got into landscaping (despite the obvious).
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Maybe he can fix it for them.

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Actually Trump ordered the CIA to fake Paul Bearer's death so that he could come back as John Cafaro.



Also a photo of the pool vandals being arrested was just leaked:

Servus said:

And the lawn. Even though we know that was a result of subpar landscaping.

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Swamp water is rich in nutrients, si.

I love this thread. For obvious reasons...

I swear, if it dies the death because...well, you know, because of extremely important things, I will bump it. For the duration of his term.

MarcusGregor said:

I have!

Vandals drove right over the paint before it was even dry!

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Where his car once rode, algae don't grow again.

Grass never grows again where my horse has once trodden.

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Landon Caeli said:

Nobody said putting his hand in the water was vandalism.

...I even took the time to copy and paste text from the article in the OP. navigating forums shouldn't be a difficult task, especially for posters with over 1000 posts.

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Hans Blaster said:

For my response to Mr. Trump's claim see post #15, with which agree.

I find the Olympian more credible than the president.

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Friday night/Saturday morning I was looking at this story and (from what I recall) Fox News had video of Hearn touching the pool. Basically, he did it in front of a right leaning news organization that was filming a story about the pool. It shows the Olympian, with an empty hand, reach into the pool. He has is hand in the pool for maybe 10 seconds, it shows no signs of him "pulling" or making other odd movements, and his hand comes out of the water with nothing in it.

Searching for that same video this morning, I can't find it anywhere. My best guess is that the news organization that filmed it has removed it, for whatever reason. Instead, a video seems to have replaced it, taken from a cell phone from, I believe, the same reporter that was doing the news report, that only shows Hearn being arrested.

Servus said:

There are multiple photos from several sources showing vandalism to the lawn that's part of the reflecting pool plaza. The argument is basically if a house sustains damage and a cross was burned on the lawn, there's absolutely no way whatsoever the two could possibly be related.

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I think this is the issue. There were pictures of the vandalism to the lawn, even if most of them showed the damaged lawn after the 8647 had been removed. There have been zero photos offered of the "250 foot gash" or even the "170 foot gash" other right wing reporters have claimed. Yes, there have been photos, largely along the edge, of "cuts" in the lining but those look as if they could easily be the paint cracking and not vandalism. And, as others have pointed out, since the peroxide was added from the sides, it is highly possible those edges of the pool were subject to high concentrations of peroxide that would have caused those "cuts" to occur. And a small "cut" of no more than a few inches is nowhere close to 170 or 250 feet and provides zero evidence of it.

I'll also note, there is video of people yanking on the paint after it had come loose and was floating on the pool. I even mentioned that they were technically guilty of vandalism, though most were doing it somewhat innocently and the paint was already clearly falling off (more curious about it and maybe wanted a piece, which is still vandalism). Again, though, that is well after the damage to the paint has been done and, from the rough edges on the end that was already floating, it does not appear to have been caused by vandalism.

Bradskii said:

I love this thread. For obvious reasons...

I swear, if it dies the death because...well, you know, because of extremely important things, I will bump it. For the duration of his term.

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It is indeed a doozy.

SimplyMe said:

for whatever reason

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Hmmm. A right-wing propaganda "news" station? Gosh. Yeah, what could be the reason? 'tis a mystery.

rambot said:

Lol!
I haven't ever watched a single program from any of those listed people.

Have you?

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Hmm, let's see...


The last thing of hers I saw was about baseball.


I did watch his show last night, but it was about the primaries going on.


The last time I watched him was on SportsCenter


I only watched his show that one time after Trump tried (and failed) to cancel him.


I was a fairly regular viewer of the Late Show for the last decade.


Never seen it even once.

rambot said:

I guess the Colbert Report waaaaay back in the day.

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Only saw "The Report" a few times. I didn't find that shtick particularly funny. I'd watched the real Bill O'Riely a bit and he was already tiresome before Colbert's parody started.

Servus said:

And the lawn. Even though we know that was a result of subpar landscaping.

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Tossing in something that is obviously vandalism and not part of the pool will not change the lack of evidence about the algae/pool liner situation.

Hans Blaster said:

Tossing in something that is obviously vandalism and not part of the pool will not change the lack of evidence about the algae/pool liner situation.

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You dont' get it.

Because these two things happenned at...SOMEWHERE around the same time and kind of in the same location, the ONLY possible explanation as that they BOTH occurred for the same reason.

Servus said:

You don't know everything the US National Park Police know and other authorities know.

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Or maybe we do, at least as far as vandalism goes. If there was no vandalism, then we do know what they know.

Servus said:

That's the main complaint in this thread, that they haven't shared everything they know and have in the way of evidence with the general public yet.

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Well, it's odd that the alleged vandals were arrested on the spot but without any corrosive chemicals, algae spores or box cutters on them, long after the effects of the alleged vandalism were noticed. The time lapse between the effects and the people being in the area is problematic.

Servus said:

Some in this thread remind me of someone waiting on a red light having a tantrum because it's been 10 seconds and the light hasn't turned green yet.

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Insults. Always a winning tactic.

Hans Blaster said:

Tossing in something that is obviously vandalism and not part of the pool will not change the lack of evidence about the algae/pool liner situation.

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I wonder who did it and how they pulled it off. This lawn graffiti appeared in late May. We haven't been told whether it was Round-up, salt or what. That's a large area and the lettering was neat, precise and symmetrical. Seems difficult for a single actor to have pulled off. No one and no group has claimed responsibility yet. The grass has already been replaced, but it would've grown back anyway, but the trouble and expense were incurred.

Servus said:

That's very imaginative. And of course when evidence of vandalism is produced you'll claim it's all fake.

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Actually, the algae was happening for a while.Then paint started coming up. I believe Trump is making excuses. Because he hired someone, that didn't know what they were doing. The original estimate was exceeded 100 million dollars.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN said:

Actually, the algae was happening for a while.

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It's almost like Donald doesn't know how nature works.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN said:

Then paint started coming up. I believe Trump is making excuses.

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All sound and fury - then the blind retribution begins.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN said:

Because he hired someone, that didn't know what they were doing.

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I don't know if they didn't know what they were doing so much as they were rushed by the artificial deadline of Donald's birthday. People had noticed pinholes and bubbles in the "paint" at the time it was put down but we were not told whether that had been ignored or addressed.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN said:

The original estimate was exceeded 100 million dollars.

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Maybe, but that included redoing the pipes and filtration station (still scheduled for this coming fall).

Hans Blaster said:

Tossing in something that is obviously vandalism and not part of the pool will not change the lack of evidence about the algae/pool liner situation.

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How about if I also toss in a set of steak knives?

Servus said:

How about if I also toss in a set of steak knives?

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I don't know how a set of steak knives would do as much damage to the epoxy coating as an improperly prepared surface.

Hans Blaster said:

I don't know how a set of steak knives would do as much damage to the epoxy coating as an improperly prepared surface.

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It's an old joke.

Landon Caeli said:

Multiple people have been arrested this weekend after allegedly vandalizing the newly refurbished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, prompting a strong response from President Donald Trump and an increase in security at the site.

In a statement on Truth Social Saturday night, Trump announced "many additional people" have been arrested after suspects "took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250-foot-long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete."

The president also alleged suspects "poured corrosive and destructive chemicals" into the basin.

Former Olympian among those charged with vandalizing Reflecting Pool, Trump vows immediate repairs: report

Multiple people were allegedly arrested for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, prompting President Donald Trump to warn of serious jail time.

www.foxnews.com

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The pool started peeling 2 days before this post.

Reflecting Pool liner cut with sharp knife or blade, National Park Service says​

Frank Lands, the agency’s deputy director of operations, said the June 9 incident was reported to U.S. Park Police. He detailed the damage in a court filing late Wednesday in a lawsuit brought by a nonprofit group seeking to halt the Trump administration’s work on the project.

According to the police report, the damage included cuts to caulk over the foam sealant and destruction of delaminating surface material. Lands said about 70 fence post tops also were thrown into the pool.

The filing marks the first time the administration has offered specifics about when and how the Reflecting Pool may have been damaged after major work on the project was completed.

Bradskii said:

I love this thread. For obvious reasons...

I swear, if it dies the death because...well, you know, because of extremely important things, I will bump it. For the duration of his term.

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