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Category: General Whackos

  • Kokesh jumps shark

    Well, actually, Adam Kokesh, former IVAW member and guest of the DC prosecutor’s office last year, jumped the shark when he publicized his loaded shotgun on the streets of DC. But if this doesn’t drive a nail in his coffin, I don’t know what will; apparently, he’s defending the Las Vegas shooters, whatever their names were;

    “Think of how many lives might have been saved by this incident. How many people would these cops have killed had they not been killed?” he asked. “We can only hope that some of the officers in America are listening — if you care about your own safety — to understand that you are hurting people, and you can only push them so far before they hit a breaking point.”

    Kokesh argued that blaming [what’s-his-name] and [what’s-her-name] was “kind of like blaming the victim,” adding that they could have been thinking about the time his home was raided after he posted the video of himself loading a shotgun in downtown D.C.

    After a 15 minute rant about the SPLC, Kokesh concluded that the civil rights group may have confused his time as a “violent psychopath” working for the U.S. Marines with his current anti-government beliefs.

    “And they want to say that I’m the guy that has some responsibility for this, that they need to associate me with the Millers. And there is an association, there is. Yeah. There is certainly something to be learned from this connection,” Kokesh said. “Violence begets violence. Turning to the institution of government to deal with these problems, an institution that is based on violence is guaranteed to make the problem worse.”

    In the end, Kokesh called the killing “not necessarily unjustified violence,” even if it was “crazy and stupid.”

    Yeah, he kind of veered off from being mildly amusing to bat-shit-crazy. I hope he enjoys being on the no-fly list.

  • Gunman kills 7 wounds seven more in CA

    Fox News reports that a gunman killed seven people and wounded seven others in Santa Barbara last night. The gunman’s lifeless body is in that count. A lawyer for a Hollywood director claims that he thinks the perp was that director’s son, although police haven’t named him yet.

    Police say a gunman driving a BMW near the university campus carried out the rampage. Authorities described the tragedy as “obviously the work of a mad man.”

    […]

    The gunman got into two gun battles before crashing into a parked car. Deputies found the lone suspect dead, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether he was killed by gunfire or if he committed suicide, Brown said.

    Especially important is this;

    [Lawyer Alan Shifman, attorney for director Peter Rodger] says the director’s family called police several weeks ago after being alarmed by YouTube videos “regarding suicide and the killing of people.”

    The lawyer said police conducted an investigation and interviewed the young man. Shifman said police did not find a history of guns, but did say the man had trouble making friends.

    “This was a premeditated mass murder, “ Brown said. He called the killer “severely mentally disturbed.”

    So, there you go. It couldn’t have been Elliot Rodger, as the lawyer claimed, he’d already been investigated by the police and they found him to be harmless. What the Hell does “a history of guns” mean?

    I wonder how long it will take them to announce that he’d talked with a military recruiter in recent days, or maybe he bought one of the most deadly guns a person can own from a gun show. The YouTube videos are plastered around the internet, but I’m not posting them. you’ll have to find them yourselves.

    Good thing they passed those new gun laws in California last year. feel safer?

    ADDED: Perhaps more shocking than a shooting in California, three are dead and 1 wounded in Brussels Belgium at a holocaust museum, according to the Washington Post:

    The three dead were two women and a man, and they were hit by bullets in the throat and face, said Ine Van Wymersch, spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office. No further details were given.

    Van Wymersch said one suspect was detained after he drove away from the museum around the time of the attack. A second person suspected of being implicated apparently walked away from the scene.

    Milquet said anti-terror measures were immediately heightened. “We decided to apply to a maximum level of protection to Jewish sites,” she said.

    A quick perusal of Belgium’s gun laws tell me that gun ownership is not a right and tightly restricted by the state – so how could this happen?

  • Navy Yard Shooter Had Classifed Access Suspended Six Weeks Before Shootings

    I’m sure all TAH regular readers remember the Washington Navy Yard shooting a couple of months ago.  Well, as Alice in Wonderland might have said – the more we learn, the more this one gets “curioser and curioser”.

    The shooter was a man named Aaron Alexis.  He apparently had a long history of questionable behavior, including multiple indications that his “headspace and timing” (e.g., mental stability) was a bit . . . off.

    Well, now it seems as if the shooter’s company had reason to doubt his suitability for access to classified information – and his sanity.  The Army Times is reporting that the month prior to the shooting Alexis’ employer suspended his access to classified information because of concerns about his mental health and/or conduct.

    Alexis’ employer – a firm called “The Experts”, based in Fort Lauderdale, FL – apparently suspended his access for two days in August 2013 after receiving word of an altercation between Alexis and police in Rhode Island.  They reinstated his access to classified material two days later.  The firm apparently never notified the Navy of the incident.

    Less than six weeks later, Alexis went “off the rails” crazy and gunned down 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard.  The shooting spree was ended when he was killed by police.

    “Curioser and curioser” is right.  IMO someone has some serious ‘splainin’ to do here.

  • You’re wrong and you should know better

    There is nothing I hate more than anyone disrespecting flag of the United States of America, or the uniform of it’s armed services.  From the hipster that wears the OD fatigues with patches as an “ironic” way of showing their disdain for the military to the idiots that act the fool while in uniform nothing makes my blood boil faster.  I can accept open disagreements with how the military should be employed, I can even accept ignorance of what the military actually does, but I simply can not accept any disrespect.  I can not accept any politician using the troops as a prop for political gain, nor can I accept any troops using their uniform, rank or position to affect the political climate with anything not directly affecting the business of their service.

    We’ve seen it happen before.  Maybe it started with Jon Kerry tossing his medals, then going before congress and lying about the “testimony” he got from “veterans” during the Winter soldier fiasco.  Maybe it was exacerbated by Danny Choi, who constantly uses his uniform to play dress up and get attention.  Maybe that douchebag Marine Sergeant that kept posting anti-Obama stuff all over Facebook (despite lawful and direct orders not to) has a hand in the continuing climate too.  I know for a fact that the narcissistic valor thieves can’t wait to get their slice of the action.

    So with all that said I think it’s pretty clear I loathe such people.  Imagine how I felt when I came across this little gem.

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    Not to be outdone some other joker posing in Marine dress blues had to out do him.

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    Before I get into the fact that both an E-5 and an E-8 should KNOW better, or the possibility that these are valor thieves, let’s stop a second and point out that these men are cowards.  They put on the uniform with all their attendant medals, and make a political statement about what they didn’t join the military to do, but hide their face.  If you do something like that at least have the courage to show your face.  More than that don’t wear the uniform while saying it.  If you’re on your own time and feel butt hurt that you might be deployed to Syria, by all means you can talk about it in private.  You can shout and scream about it for hours to anyone you please, but when the time comes you put on your uniform and go where they tell you because that’s your duty.

    You think someone who joined the Air Force in say 1959, wanted to end up in Vietnam?  How about they guys that joined in the late 90’s and ended up in Iraq.  It sucks, and you can never tell where you’ll end up.  That’s part of the job.  You probably didn’t join for “area beautification” or getting stuck on a Sergeant Major’s detail when your LT sends your platoon into an ambush in the field.  I didn’t join to put tubes in men’s urethra’s.  There’s a whole lot of fine print when you join.  One thing that should be abundantly clear is that you swore to “Obey the orders of the President and the officers appointed over me according to the uniform code of military justice.”  Until the President gives an illegal order (say “I want you to kill all first born sons”) you are legally, orally and ethically bound to FOLLOW THOSE ORDERS. Regardless of how we feel about the missions we’re handed down, we’ve got to suck it up and do them.  When you raise your right hand you lose your “rights” as an American Citizen and fall under a whole new set of rights and privileges.  One of those regulations states very clearly that you may not use that uniform for any political speech.

    The troops are not and can not be a part of the political process.  The military has untold power at its fingertips.  and if unchecked could run rampant.  If a General were to get the idea that he could be a Caesar, and that the Mississippi was the Rubicon, what’s to stop him?  Only the solemn knowledge that his troops would never follow his orders, and most would actually put him in the brig if he tried to march on Washington (Rome).  There is a very fine, and dangerous line that separates us from every two bit banana republic, or half assed Junta.  The fact that our military is completely subservient to the Will of the People through their duly elected Representatives is really the ONLY check against some crackpot general from just kicking in the doors of the White House and “fixing” Washington.  The populace might actually cheer such a thing, but it would be totally wrong in every way imaginable.

    I think Iraq was a mistake.  A costly one.  But when I got the call I did my damnedest to ensure that my small piece of that mission was successful. I think Syria is a mistake.  I think we shouldn’t get involved, but if we do the Soldiers Sailors Airmen and Marines had better be Johnny on the spot or they’re going to get their buddies killed.  These two clowns are beneath my contempt.  It doesn’t matter if I happen to agree with what they’re saying they are absolutely wrong, and they should be found busted down in rank and perhaps even drummed out.  But then, I take disrespecting the uniform more seriously than some people do.

    UPDATE:

    I wasn’t even finished writing this post when this ass clown popped up on my facebook feed.

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    I swear these idiots are coming out of the woodwork.  Maybe Obama’s forthcoming purge of the military might actually be a good thing. . .
    [Editor’s note: Doc was joking, of course he doesn’t want the military purged, I’m guessing]

    Update 2: I hadn’t even finished that update when this clown shows up.

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    I give up.  I’m sure at least one of these clowns is a valor thief but I’m willing to bet not all are.  Good thing I’m not still in.  I would most certainly like to bring back wall-to-wall counseling with these idiots.

     

    Update 3: Sooo. . . apparently some on the OTHER side of this issue have gotten in on the act.

     

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    Can’t see the rank on this guy, but judging from the tats and the KIA bracelet as well as the wording of the sign I would say this guy is legit (as opposed to the somewhat questionable clowns above).  So. . . this is probably about to go full retard PDQ.

  • Bruce W. Browne; a man for all phonies

    Chip sends us a link to the story about Bruce W. Browne in Old Lyme, Connecticut, who just had himself a gay old time recently, when he strapped on all of his gear, including a vest emblazoned with “Police”, a TSA badge, and a Coast Guard t-shirt, 12 fully loaded magazines then went and commandeered a citizen’s boat and started inspecting boats and their owners;

    Browne was arrested and charged with impersonating a police officer, breach of peace, interfering with a police officer and possession of a dangerous weapon in a motor vehicle. He was released on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear Aug. 22 in Superior Court in New London.

    Browne was also seen driving a “police type vehicle” in the neighborhood. State police said the vehicle had antennas mounted on the trunk and was equipped with “hide-a-way” lights.

    […]

    Troopers learned that Browne had commandeered a boat earlier in the day by posing as a police and Coast Guard official. He stopped three vessels off the Point O’ Woods shore to inspect the boaters’ registration and boater safety certificates, police said.

    I can’t think of a better way to spend a day released from the lunatic bin.

  • Detention hearing for Adam Danger (Updated)

    A DC judge has decided that our buddy, Adam Kokesh, is a danger to the community and he’s been confined for three days awaiting a detention hearing, according to CNN;

    District of Columbia Magistrate Judge Lori Parker said Kokesh “poses a danger” and went “out of his way” to violate the district’s laws.
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    Kokesh’s attorney, Peter Cooper, said after the appearance in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia that his client is making a “political statement,” but argued the government is doing the same thing.

    “Their allegation about danger, I believe, is unwarranted,” Cooper said.

    It’s been my experience that if a person doesn’t want to be treated like a nut, they shouldn’t act nutty.

    From the Washington Post;

    The judge said he found “probable cause” that Kokesh did violate the District’s gun laws. ”I consider your client a very dangerous man,” Sullivan said. “You don’t make a political statement with a gun.”

    The hearing often became contentious as Cooper and Sullivan argued. At one point, one of Kokesh’s friends sitting in the audience was ordered out of the courtroom.

    Yep, that’s how you get a sympathetic hearing for your client – argue with the judge, that always end well.

    UPDATE: Chip sends us a link to the DCist which reports that Kokesh was denied bail today.

    A D.C. judge called Adam Kokesh a “very dangerous person” in denying bond to the gun rights activist on a charge stemming from a video Kokesh posted in which he appears to load a shotgun while standing on Freedom Plaza.

    I’m sure your lawyer can get in another argument with the judge and get you thrown in the hole, Adam. He’s due back in court on August 13th. Remember to sleep on your back, Adam, otherwise, it’s just an invitation.

  • Bush & Cheney knew 9-11 was coming for months

    Veterans Today and Russia TV, is there a more unimpeachable source?

    Their source, Susan P. Lindauer, claims that she knows that the Bush Administration knew about the 9-11 attacks in August. She says she was a CIA asset “back channel” to the Iraqi government, the government says that she was a spy. They couldn’t convict her of spying because the judge said that there weren’t enough drugs to make her competent enough to take to trial, says the New York Times;

    The judge, Michael Mukasey of Federal District Court in Manhattan, said he was not convinced that even if she took the medication, the defendant, Susan P. Lindauer, 43, would improve enough to be capable of standing trial.

    […]

    At least a half dozen doctors for both the defense and the prosecution have found that Ms. Lindauer suffers from delusions of grandeur and paranoia, which makes her incompetent to stand trial, the judge said. But she refuses to accept the diagnosis or to take medication, he said. One doctor found that Ms. Lindauer had a history of psychotic episodes going back to her childhood, possibly at the age of 7, the judge said. These include her contention that she had gifts of prophecy that allowed her to report 11 bombings before they happened, that she spoke with divine inspiration and that she was an angel.

    Among her paranoid delusions, doctors said, were the notion that she was being watched by hidden cameras in her apartment, that the Egyptian government had tried to assassinate her and that men next door had videotaped her under instructions from President Bill Clinton.

    Yet, there she is as a source for Veterans Today and Russia TV to prove that Bush and Darth Cheney knew about, if they didn’t actually plan, the attack on US soil that launched us into the global war against terror. Yeah, I’m convinced. Funny how the RT interviewer didn’t mention the angel thing.

    Thanks to TSO for the links.

  • Paul Wickre: The internet is changing

    Brought from this discussion.

    Apparently, Mr. Wickre has a lot of time on his hands since he’s out of a job and he’s made it his life’s work to earn for Phillip Monkress his phony SEAL Trident. In fact, Wickre is “all in” in this endeavor. He’s been doing his homework and reading the incessant blather from Dallas Wittgenfeld, another internet bully who thought he could beat us and ended up losing everything that he cherished as well as his sanity. I think Paul is near that point, too;

    All,

    The Internet is changing from the the past five years when you tried to build your Alexa rank from nothing to under 250,000. You may have had a bump up but you still only get a few thousand subscribers, that buy into your hate and vitriol, as to your issues.

    What I have found as you saw with HoneyComb in MN, is that the ISPs, carriers or hosting community, really do not like controversy. This controversy is generally known as hate speech, pornographic/mature, libel/ defamation, threats, incite to violence, conspiracy, spamming, altering page rank data, manipulation of third party content, abuse, threats, intimidation and so on.

    What governs the industry, now is pretty much universal terms of use or terms of service. Your content is offensive as to any sensibility. Thus wherever you land or try and spew your diatribes against the Military Vets, or me a contractor, or the people whom you have singled out, my lawyers and myself have developed a template, well recognized as to your speech. Your speech, from your content is violent, sexual, threatening and just over the top.

    Therefore we will continue to file complaints, as to your filthy content and let the ISP or hosting company be the judge as to whether or not your promoted content deserves to be in public.

    We have reached out to multiple companies and your back up cloud hosting in particular. Maybe you win, maybe I win, but in every case I get you kicked off, it goes into a ‘Blacklist Industry” file.

    I am pretty sure, that I will win the argument, and over time, regardless of any opposition you make say as to my family,, or the VA Community, the DOD, DHS, the fact that you are kicked off for your mean speech and tactics, will pretty much win the day. Anyway, I am a sporting man, and the bet is, that your vitriol over Stolen Valor, is judged the smaller Sin, vs. your language, speech and tactics.

    OK Pardners?

    Lets let the court of public opinion decide if your issue on Stolen Valor, trumps the numerous abominations as to Speech, Speech, Speech. Lets give it a year, and see who wins.

    Remember this is about legal means and Court venue. Lets play there and see who trumps. I think if you were realistic, you would stop about the “threats” as your 3000 entries have been catalogued into really heinous things, like murder, rape, maiming, torture, S&M, accusations into every deviancy, you espoused. That “black” speech really has nothing to do with the issues at all, as to how you perceive an email, a phone call or a VPN address, as crying “foul” or a threat from me. You are just wrong here. I have 600 entries of the worst visual imagery ever known to the common discourse, from you. That is the issue.

    Ok Lets see how you do, vs. what I think is right.

    Best Regards,

    —
    Paul Wickre
    VP DHS Business Development

    FirstTech, Inc.

    Yeah, the email contained some of Wittgenfeld’s famous collages of me & TSO. What Mr. WIckre is admitting is that TAH is too strong-willed for him to defeat, so he’s going to bully someone else. He has no legal case, Monkress’ lawyer admits as much, so he resorts to childish bullying. He impersonates government officials regularly in his bullying. Someone tried to hack in into my Google Ads account yesterday, I guess to hijack that big $100/month those ads generate, but Google stopped him. And, oh, Wickre’s sister works for Google, by the way.

    As TSO told us the other day, Wickre’s wife is his biggest enabler. Do you want to see the invitation to his “getting out of jail” party she sent to everyone?

    I know Wickre is just a distraction from the big issue here, though; Phillip Dale Monkress is still a phony SEAL. Now that Monkress has been exposed as a phony, he is trying to scrub the internet from his false claims. He’s scrubbed the All-Points Logistics website and that leaves TAH and somehow that justifies harassing my wife and daughter and their friends. People who have nothing to do with this. I’m not ruining Monkress’ life, Monkress did that himself with his lies. And the original discussion about Monkress had been closed for six months before Wickre and Monkress renewed interest in it.

    Well, anyway, I’m taking my only Maryland-legal rifle to the range today so, you guys have fun today.