Category: Dumbass Bullshit

According to the Oregonian, one of the occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon was shot by police when they resisted arrest during a traffic stop last night. Details aren’t clear at this point, except that Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, 55, one of the spokesmen of the Bundy Bunch was killed and Ryan Bundy was wounded.

Also arrested during the stop were his brother, Ammon Bundy, 40, of Emmett, Idaho, Ryan W. Payne, 32, of Anaconda, Mont., Brian Cavalier, 44, of Bunkerville, Nevada, and Shawna J. Cox, 59, of Kanab, Utah. They were charged with conspiracy to impede federal officers, a felony.

A little more clarity from the New York Times;

The F.B.I. and the Oregon State Police said that Mr. Bundy, his brother and three other people, including Shawna Cox, 59, of Kanab, Utah, and Ryan Waylen Payne, 32, of Anaconda, Mont., were arrested on a state highway, but they provided no further details. Ms. Cox and Mr. Payne were prominent in speaking for the refuge. Also arrested on the highway was Brian Cavalier, 44, of Bunkerville, Nev.

The authorities said only that shots were fired during the course of the arrest. Two other people: Peter Santilli, 50, of Cincinnati, and Joseph Donald O’Shaughnessy, 45, of Cottonwood, Ariz., were arrested later in Burns, and John Eric Ritzheimer, 32, turned himself in to the police in Peoria, Ariz., the authorities said. All of the defendants face a federal felony charge of conspiracy to impede officers of the United States from discharging their official duties through the use of force, intimidation or threats.

The folks who are still in the refuge buildings, of course, see this as a reason to escalate the violence;

At the refuge, a spokesman said they would wait out the night. Jason Patrick, an occupier, said that several people were still inside and that the mood was “prepared but calm.”

“They said ‘peaceful resolution,’ but now there is a dead cowboy,” he said, adding that he believes the F.B.I. was “hellbent on war.”

Mr. Patrick would not say whether the occupiers would stay at the refuge in the long term.

Well, they wanted a martyr and now they have one.

KALU reports that this fellow Joseph A. Stetson is claiming to be an Army “Green Beret” Colonel whose records were sealed by Ronald Reagan. He was confronted by Oregon State Troopers. He claimed that he was going to the wildlife refuge near Burns to be a Bundy body guard.

They smelled alcohol on his breath so they started to arrest him (at about 5 minutes into the video). before that he told them how he respects “authority” and that he had some Nyquil earlier. While the officers are cuffing and stuffing him for driving under the influence, he tells them that he’s going to kill them when he gets out. If you don’t believe him, he’ll tell you all day that he’s a Green Beret colonel and how his records are sealed. If the Green Beret thing doesn’t scare, he’s also Irish. here’s the officer’s body cam video;

I’d file for a FOIA of his military records, but since Ronald Reagan sealed them, what’s the point?

He’s a rebel because he’s on Google+;

my name is Joseph Arthur Stetson i am runnig for president of the united states of america 2016 if you are smart you will put a cowboy in the white house that will do good for this great country of ours instead of a crooket politicion that just lies to the american people and lines his packets with gold when i am president i will go only 100 persent by the constitution the VA, Immigration, social security, k to 12, healthcare can be fixed in six months or les with the us constitution and the american citizens so please vote for Joseph Arthur Stetson for president 2016 of the united states of america.have a good day americans.?

When I am president the way that I will fix k to 12 and higher egurcation I will only let teachers Instead of croocet polition from that state run the schools there is a noff tax payers dollars to go around

No mention of a military career;

I was married For 35 years to a beautiful women a good father a grandfather and a great person I worked as CDL truck driver for 20 years,volunteer brush fire fighter, general construction, landscaping,brick and stone mason,i am fishermen and Hunter, cowboy, famer I take care of animals and nature, I am a good citizens and I love GOD our Creator and Jesus Christ my Savior and the great Holy Spirit and I honor the Virgin Mary mother of Jesus And I love my country the united state of america and I am from New York .?

Damn those sealed records.

On tonight’s episode of Cops;

Andy11M Sends us a link to an odd story about Derek Saxton, a Chicago police officer despite the fact that he’d been arrested eight years ago for impersonating a police officer. Well, now he is a cop, for four years now, but, apparently, he’s equipped his personal vehicle with all of the bells and whistles of a police car and Skokie, Illinois police arrested him for impersonating a police officer.

Interim Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante launched an investigation last week to determine whether the 35-year-old officer violated state law and department policy by driving the car. The superintendent put him on desk duty on Friday and is considering stripping Saxton of his police powers during the investigation, said Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the police department.

“This is a very serious allegation, a very serious investigation and we have many questions for the individuals involved,” Guglielmi said.

Saxton didn’t return a call seeking comment.

It seems to me that Chicago has bigger fish to fry.

A couple of folks have sent links to this story from Washington State in regards to one State Senator there, Graham Hunt. He is an Air Force National Guard veteran who lived in Arizona during his period of service. he was deployed to the Middle East. According to the Seattle Times, his bio on his website has changed a couple of times.

Hunt has described himself as having been “wounded in combat” but grows vague when asked for details. He said he was knocked down by explosions but cannot remember where. He also says he cannot remember the names of units he deployed with to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Late last month, after being interviewed by The Seattle Times, Hunt altered several details about his military service on his online biographies.

He deleted references to the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal — awards a military personnel office says do not appear on his service record.

Also removed was a reference to Hunt being a “combat veteran” of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Here’s the way that it reads now;

Graham Hunt served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force for nearly 10 years, serving tours of duty in several countries, including multiple tours to the Middle East. He also graduated from the U.S. Air Force Law Enforcement Academy and the U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, High-Yield Explosive School. He has been awarded several military honors, including the Air Force Achievement Medal.

Here’s the picture that began the controversy. It was posted on his Facebook page;

Several months later it was removed when Hunt admitted that neither of the men in the photo were him. Here’s the original AP Stock photo from which the campaign photo was created;

Actually, that’s pretty common among phonies – using a photo to prove their creds, a photo that isn’t of the phony. Tim Poe did it, too and TMZ swallowed his story until we proved him in error. Hunt also did another thing common for phonies – he blamed a staffer for posting that story.

Military records show Hunt served in the Air National Guard from 1998 to 2005, assigned to Sky Harbor Air National Guard Base in Phoenix, according to Lt. Col. Belinda Petersen, a spokeswoman with the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Colorado. After 2005, Hunt was a nonparticipating reservist until 2010, when he separated from the military.

Hunt achieved the rank of staff sergeant and earned several awards. They include a small-arms marksmanship ribbon, the Air Force Expeditionary Medal and the Air Force Achievement Medal, according to the personnel center.

The achievement medal was earned while Hunt was at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in late 2002 and early 2003 as part of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing, according to a copy of the medal citation supplied by Hunt.

Hunt’s response;

Rep. Graham Hunt, R-Orting, released the following statement in response to the January 23 article in The Seattle Times entitled, ‘Combat veteran’? Records fail to back state lawmaker’s claims.

“I have been completely transparent with Mr. Brunner about my military service. I am a combat veteran, and served my country overseas in multiple deployments to the Middle East, including to Iraq and Afghanistan. Records with the Air Reserve Personnel Center were not automated in 2001 and 2003 as they are now, so I do not have a complete copy of all my records. I do, however, have records of the following medals I received:

Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Medal
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Air Reserve Force Meritorious Service Medal, 2 Devices
Armed Forces Reserve Medal

“I am proud to have served this country honorably in the armed forces, and will continue to do so in my service as a state representative.”

It’s obvious to me that the Seattle Times doesn’t like Mr Graham for some reason that they don’t mention, otherwise why would a journalist spend so much time investigating his military career. There’s usually politics behind such circumstances. By the same token, Mr Graham should have been more forthright in his campaign bios. I have no sympathy for him. He goes on to blame clerks for not keeping his records up to date. Well, that’s not the clerks’ fault. I can show you, in about 5 minutes, every award that I’ve ever claimed on this blog. Things I can’t document, I don’t claim. It’s really that simple.

Last week we talked about this Brian Cavalier fellow who calls himself “Fluffy Unicorn” and “Raging Unicorn” and “King Booda”. He bragged to the Daily Mail that he was a Marine veteran, but the Marine Corps said “Who?” Soon after that interview was published by the Daily Mail, Booda or whatever, left the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon and holed up in a hotel room with a bottle of vodka.

According to the New York Times Fluffy Doofus turned up at a traffic stop in Arizona this weekend;

Brian Cavalier, who identified himself as “Fluffy Unicorn,” and as a bodyguard of the militant group’s leader, Ammon Bundy, was arrested earlier in the week in Buckeye, Ariz., on a criminal warrant during the investigation of a suspicious vehicle.

Brilliant. Being a wanted a criminal he does an interview with the international media while he’s occupying government property illegally. What else ya got?

Residents of Burns, Oregon have begun making reports to police about some of these creepers, according to the Oregonian. Given what we know about them, I don’t blame the residents.

According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Air Force Colonel Eugene Marcus Caughey is facing charges of rape, assault and adultery, as well as taking nasty selfies. Caughey was the vice commander of the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base and the charges date back to events that occurred years ago.

A 23-year Air Force veteran, Caughey was an up-and-coming space officer whose responsibilities had included running a 22-nation missile defense wargame in 2014 for U.S. Strategic Command. At Schriever, he was the No. 2 officer in the wing, which oversees the military’s constellation of navigation and communication satellites.

He was also a survivor of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon….

Need an Army colonel’s career? Well, there’s Colonel Christopher Vanek, the former commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment. The Army Times reports that there was a bunch of sordid stuff that went on at officers’ functions that some wives didn’t like;

An impromptu round of “The Newlywed Game,” a Hollywood-themed party, at least two overpriced hotel room bills, and a tandem skydiving jump with a civilian were among the allegations of misconduct levied against the former commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment.

The allegations against Col. Christopher Vanek were outlined in an Army Regulation 15-6 investigation. Army Times obtained the report via the Freedom of Information Act.

Vanek was reprimanded as a result of the investigation. An Army official who spoke on background to Army Times said Vanek received a general officer letter of reprimand, which can often be a career killer.

Vanek relinquished command of the 75th Ranger Regiment, the Army’s elite raid force, in June. He is now the assistant chief of staff for U.S. Africa Command.

There’s a more in depth description of the behavior that got Colonel Vanek fired at the link. By all accounts, he was a very good combat leader, evidenced by that assignment.

Thanks to Bobo for the links.

I think manbuns were listed in Revelations as one of the sure signs of the beginning of the Apocalypse. I detest men who think that tying their hair into a little ball of greasy, unwashed hair on the back of their empty noggins is fashionable. I think this David Fry fellow uses a manbun when he thinks that he can get away with it. He’s currently running the website, defendyourbase.net, for the National Stolen Valor Convention and Circle Jerk at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge.

Fry says that he drove through a blinding snow storm to get to Oregon, you know, that’s as heroic as he can get.

Fry is using Bureau of Land Management computers to moderate his website. Apparently, if you read his Google+ account, he’s not a real fan of Jews or Israel. When the media pointed that out, he deleted his #Hitlerwasright and his pro-ISIS hashtags according to Oregon Public Broadcasting;

Fry’s Google+ account shows the Ohio man regularly posts anti-Semitic, homophobic, and pro-Nazi propaganda on social media.

Fry also posts in support of ISIS.

“ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS FOR ISIS TO NUKE ISRAELHELL!” he wrote on the site Nov. 30.

When asked to explain his feelings about Israel and ISIS, Fry spoke at length of government conspiracies, plots against multiple countries, Sept. 11, court records, computer viruses on Japanese computers, Fukushima and a Jewish conspiracy against the free world that involves causing nuclear meltdowns.

I was at his Google page briefly and apparently he’s not a fan of chem-trails, either. He also uses Google+ instead of Facebook to post his manbun thoughts because Facebook is an Israeli conspiracy against something or other.

I’ll add that I have no evidence that he wears a manbun – he just looks like the type.

I hear that it was actually one of our number who sent a bag of dicks in our name to the folks at the refuge, and I endorse that message.