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yellow dahlia

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12. I just saw an interview w/ a Repuke Congress Critter - he said he worked in the restaurant biz,

Reply to pat_k (Reply #11)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 02:07 PM

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and he claimed 86 = kill. Talk about ramping up the rhetoric.

NO! I grew up in the restaurant biz, and worked in the industry for approximately 17 years. 86 means we're out of something. 86 means remove, as in remove it from the menu or specials. It is also means remove an item from the "dish", as in I'll have the garden salad...86 the peppers. I do not intend for them to inflict harm on the peppers.

However, the link you shared showing Biden tied up is another story. Could that have been translated as a direct threat? Perhaps.

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Where are the indictments for the millions who have 8647 buttons, hats, shirts and stickers? [View all] pat_k Apr 28 OP

And what about the people who posted 8646? yellow dahlia Apr 28 #1

I didn't realize the 8646 merc was a little cottage industry pat_k Wednesday #11

I just saw an interview w/ a Repuke Congress Critter - he said he worked in the restaurant biz, yellow dahlia Wednesday #12

Certainly the image is an incitement to violence pat_k Wednesday #13

Don't forget the Hang Biden crap. multigraincracker Apr 28 #2

Incitement to hang is certainly more serious than a numerical reference to being kicked out of a bar!!! pat_k Apr 28 #4

Postcards EarthAbides Apr 28 #3

Sign em R. Files. multigraincracker Apr 28 #5

I say test it out: Send to https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ pat_k Apr 28 #6

It seems to me that if posting a picture of seashells spelling out "8447" is a crime... Morbius Apr 28 #7

OMG. I somehow missed that. Trump post Easter weekend 2024. pat_k Apr 28 #8

How about the RWers who used the very same platform (Xitter) to post "8646" ? RockRaven Apr 28 #9

"Transmitting in interstate commerce a communication (Instagram post) containing a threat to kill the President." pat_k Apr 28 #10