Well this is going to get interesting

[svnmag]

I don't want want an armed confrontation. There does come a time to stop caring about what they want. There are a few martyrs every day in Islam every day and not all at the hand of western forces.

 

[MathewsZman]

An armed confrontation is exactly what these clowns want. They would revel in the history of this protest if the area was declared a battle field. Even if it was only recognized as one by them.

Then they better be careful what they wish for as it's time to stop this shit !

 

[svnmag]

I watched a vid detailing the inauguration protest prep. One commie was bragging he spent to months at Standing Rock and was very pleased with himself.

 

[tikkalover]

Here's who benefits from Keystone, Dakota pipelines

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that construction would move forward on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, both of which had stalled under the Obama administration. The decision was a blow to environmental activists and supporters of tribal sovereignty, but was touted by the White House as a great boost to the American economy.
As for who could benefit from the completion of both pipelines, the potential winners are many and varied. Here’s what diverse constituencies stand to gain -- or lose -- once the projects go forward.
Workers
President Trump on Tuesday predicted the revived projects would create 28,000 jobs in the U.S. But job claims for Keystone XL, the larger of the two, have been all over the map. TransCanada, the owner of the pipeline, said in 2011 that it would create 20,000 direct jobs in the U.S. and support an additional 118,000. The State Department, in a review that ultimately denied the project permit, noted that a total of 42,000 jobs would be created directly and indirectly during the pipeline’s construction, which is estimated to take a year.

© Provided by CBS Interactive Inc. keystone.jpg Of those 42,000 predicted jobs, just 3,900 would be full-time construction jobs for one year. However, fact-checking outfits that include the Washington Post have cast doubt that so many jobs would be created -- the news organization put the actual figure closer to 16,000 indirect jobs, and concluded that even if the figure were 42,000, it would not have a significant impact.
For comparison, last year the economy created an average of just under 180,000 new jobs every month.
Job estimates for the Dakota Access pipeline are harder to come by. Most of the project is already constructed; all that remains is a piece that would pass under Lake Oahe, a source of drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which has opposed the pipeline for that reason.
Watch: Reporter questions if Trump to benefit from Keystone, Dakota pipelines
Once the pipeline is operating, maintaining it would support 160 jobs in the region, according to an economic report prepared for the Dakota pipeline owners, Energy Transfer Partners. As for Keystone XL, it would need a mere 50 people to maintain it -- 35 employees and 15 contractors -- according to TransCanada.
Small towns in the Plains
During construction, towns along the pipeline’s path are likely to see local booms in business, as workers spend money on lodging, food and entertainment. This has already happened along the Dakota Access corridor. However, like the construction jobs that fuel it, the boom is temporary.
The projects would also increase local tax revenue. Once the Dakota Access pipeline is operational, it will generate about $55 million in property taxes, split across four states, according to estimates. Construction of Keystone XL would cause a short-term tax revenue increase (primarily from sales and use taxes) of $66 million. Once the pipeline is operating, 27 counties will collect an additional $56 million in taxes. The pipeline won’t affect property values, according to the government.
U.S. steel industry
Mr. Trump has directed that companies working on the pipelines use pipes made from U.S. steel. “It’s going to put a lot of workers, a lot of steelworkers back to work,” he said. The industry has lost about 16,000 jobs in the last two years, mostly due to competition from China.
Canada
TransCanada -- as its name indicates-- is a Canadian company, which is why the State Department was tasked with reviewing the project to begin with. Company shares rose nearly 4 percent upon Mr. Trump’s executive order. (Shares of Dallas-based ETP rose a similar amount Tuesday.)
The environment
Economic-impact statements surrounding oil projects are usually created with the assumption that they will never break, burst or spill. It’s an assumption that is often proven false -- and costly. Cleaning up oil spills costs on average $16 per gallon, according to Resources for the Future, a nonprofit that focuses on environmental issues, but the range of costs is enormous -- from $630 a gallon to $7 a gallon -- based on where the cleanup occurs, such as land or water, urban or rural areas.
The five-year cleanup of BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, starting in 2010, cost the company $62 billion. That doesn’t include the cost of decreased tourism, diminished wildlife and land that becomes unusable. It also doesn’t account for potential long-term health effects.
Mr. Trump himself?
Until last year, Donald Trump was an investor in Energy Transfer Partners -- but he sold all of his stock holdings in June, his transition team told reporters last month. His share in Energy Transfer Partners was valued in May 2016 at between $15,001 and $50,000, down from a value range of $500,000 to $1 million a year earlier.
Mr. Trump is not required to file another disclosure form until later this year. So far, he has not provided documentation of the divestment.
Asked Tuesday to reassure the American public there was no conflict of interest given the president’s former business ties, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer first seemed to suggest that such a small investment was of no consequence for a man who is said to be worth billions.
“Thousands of dollars for a guy who’s a multi-billionaire, isn’t, I don’t think that’s at the top,” he said, before being interrupted. He then said, “by law, he can’t have conflicts.”

 

[dean nelson]

They can't really clame job creation very much for dakota access at this point since it's pretty much done. Few jobs at the pad and for finishing up grading the top soil back in place and testing the line and that's about it. Well unless he counts law enforcement then there will be some job growth for a bit.

 

[Allen]

Maybe she's taken one too many to the head?

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/m/17c73a1d-77e8-3db0-b1c2-3b967711c0ac/ss_ronda-rousey-arrives-at.html

[h=1]Standing Rock protest: UFC’s Ronda Rousey arrives to fight pipeline Donald Trump just revived[/h]0 New, 82 comments

[h=2]The former champ is taking her fight from the cage to North Dakota in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.[/h] by Ryan Harkness Jan 24, 2017, 9:00pm EST

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Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images We haven't seen Ronda Rousey much at all since her disappointing loss at the hands of Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. And while we still don't know if she plans to fight in the cage again, it looks like she's still fighting in other ways for causes she believes in. Earlier tonight, a picture showed up on a Standing Rock protester's Twitter account showing Rousey on site.

Standing Rock is where the Sioux tribe and other “water protectors” have set up to protest the planned building of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline. The pipeline crosses the Missouri River just above the Standing Rock reservation, and the Sioux are concerned their drinking water will become contaminated.
After a tense standoff that saw militarized police shooting rubber bullets and water cannons at civilians, the United States Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the pipeline to cross the river until environmental impact research was done. But, just this morning, President Donald Trump signed an executive order overturning that decision, and water protectors are already rushing back onto the site to stop the project from moving forward.
And now “Rowdy” is one of them.
This isn't the first time Rousey has clashed with Trump. During his campaign, he claimed she supported him as a candidate, something the brash Rousey quickly called bull on. From there the two sparred from time to time in the press, with The Donald celebrating Rousey’s loss to Holly Holm on his Twitter account, saying, “She's not a nice person!”


But, while she may have gained a reputation for being mean and stand-offish with the press, it’s important to remember she’s done a lot for various charities over the years from the Didi Hirsch Foundation to the Free Rice Campaign and beyond. Now, she’s stepping back into the spotlight to fight for Standing Rock. Here’s hoping it’s the first step in an eventual decision to fight in the Octagon again.

 

[eyexer]

Self promotion has been a lot of the crap in all of this

 

[deleted]

Paper cutout of Amanda Nunes in the police line??

 

[Bullsnake]

main camp is now and will continued to be cleaned up leftovers are headed to dumber and dumbers camp

So everyone has this January 30th deadline that they would like them all out of there, which sounds nice. But what if these "Lice Infested Zipperheads" don't leave. Just go in with payloaders and start grabbing all of the vacated vehicles down there and start hauling them to higher ground? Then start walking shanty to shanty and making sure everyone is out, propane tanks off/removed and start knocking them over? Of course I'm talking about equipment from the Feds, like Army payloaders/backhoes/trucks.

I am a little nervous that Iron Eyes are not thinking straight and might consider themselves martyr's in some weird fashion. So I would definitely think they go in well armed, just in case these "terrorist" do something stupid and we have another law enforcement funeral.

 

[dean nelson]

I still find it interesting that we get these huge protest up here complaining about how it will foul the water supply to the reservation even though the water intake is 72 miles of very slow moving water away. Yet no one seems to point out its half as close at places like Williston, Huron, Des Moines and Quincy Illinois at its other river crossings and many of them the flow of the river will bring the oil down stream much faster then in lake oahe yet very few (mainly white people) complain about it being there vs what we see on the rez.

 

[eyexer]

It's because it's never really been about water

 

[PrairieGhost]

It's because it's never really been about water

They throw a tantrum and the gov throws money at them. It has worked so many times before that they have become conditioned to complain about everything. We have paid them for every treaty ever made regardless of who brakes them.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Does anyone know for sure once they start boring the river bed how long it will take? Also how far is the bore?

 

[eyexer]

three miles and will take about two weeks to bore across I believe. About a month total to complete it totally. that's what I recall anyway. won't take long.

 

[gonefshn]

What do you do for an encore after you've gotten your ass whooped twice on national tv? Become another out of state loser who uses a bunch of gas and jet fuel to go protest DAPL in hopes of getting some tv press and feeling important again.

 

[Paddledogger]

Does anyone know for sure once they start boring the river bed how long it will take? Also how far is the bore?

It is my understanding that once they start to bore they will have the pipe in and area reclaimed in 2 months.

 

[eyexer]

I've heard it's three miles or so. Anybody from down there is that about right?

 

[db-2]

What happen to the one that blew her arm up or the one that shot her pistol?

 

[svnmag]

What happen to the one that blew her arm up or the one that shot her pistol?

It was still under Obammy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwzaxUF0k18

 

[dean nelson]

Does anyone know for sure once they start boring the river bed how long it will take? Also how far is the bore?

It's 1.3 miles across from pad to pad.