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speak easy

(12,598 posts) Sun Oct 30, 2022, 07:29 PM Oct 2022

Lula: This photo gave me the creeps

Lula on his way to vote in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/30/world/brazil-presidential-election

RFK in CA, 1968, anyone? Everyone was worried about snipers.

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Lula: This photo gave me the creeps (Original Post) speak easy Oct 2022 OP

We did enough social engineering in Central/South America for the past 60 years.... OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #1

Sniper. If someone can take a photo from that position, they can take a shot. speak easy Oct 2022 #2

Well, hopefully now that he's won he will be better protected blogslug Oct 2022 #3

I hope so peppertree Oct 2022 #4

+1 speak easy Oct 2022 #5

OAITW r.2.0

(32,564 posts)

1. We did enough social engineering in Central/South America for the past 60 years....

Reply to speak easy (Original post)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 07:33 PM

Oct 2022

any wonder why people want to escape the hell-hole that Republican military policy has created?

speak easy

(12,598 posts)

2. Sniper. If someone can take a photo from that position, they can take a shot.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 07:38 PM

Oct 2022

That's what creeped me out. The vulnerability.

blogslug

(39,216 posts)

3. Well, hopefully now that he's won he will be better protected

Reply to speak easy (Original post)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 07:42 PM

Oct 2022

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=2022+Brazil+presidential+election+results

peppertree

(23,455 posts)

4. I hope so

Reply to blogslug (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 07:46 PM

Oct 2022

He's about to speak on São Paulo's Paulista Avenue. The thoroughfare is packed with supporters.

And with some of Bolso's people promising to "come out shooting" if they lose...

Fingers crossed that no one get hurt.

speak easy

(12,598 posts)

5. +1

Reply to peppertree (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:03 PM

Oct 2022

Absolutely. Fingers crossed.

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