Category: Shitbags

  • Jim Carrey, America’s only Male Dixie Chick

    An infrequently funny but toothy and foul-mouthed Hollywood moron shot his career right between the eyes this week. Rubber-faced Jim Carrey administered a video coup de grás to his already lagging film future, with a last gasping breath, all to promote the Hollywood liberalism that has infected that culture for decades.

    Stupidly, Mr. Carrey chose to immolate image and career with a poorly-produced, amateurish, video venture to attack an icon of the American conservative movement, Charleton Heston. Mr. Heston, an actor of exceptional accomplishments that a third-rater like Carrey could only dream of, famously defended the constitutional right of Americans to keep and bear arms. Foolishly, Carrey chose to mock Heston’s impassioned defense and to completely alienate forever all those Americans who revere that speech. A bit of advice Jimbo:

    Don’t fool with Moses…

    As should be expected, when a third-rate talent savages a talent of the first order, the attacker’s puerile yappings come as those of some frustrated little lap-dog terrier beloved of an old, out of touch, Hollywood dowager, who has lost her vision of the nation that made her wealthy. That’s understandable because Carrey, an equally out of touch Hollywood liberal with a personal armed bodyguard, doesn’t see any need for you or me, or any of those tens of millions of live-alones, including all our old widows and grandmothers across America, to share the necessary protections he so comfortably and constantly pays for to insure his personal safety. He can lay out hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to secure his safety, but you, you peasant, and your grandma, can’t spend $400.00 on a pistol for self-protection?

    It’s the old limousine liberal double standard: lots of gun protection for me but not for thee.

    Carrey’s views will no doubt be popular with the unicorn contingent in Europe, where a career that was already flat lining in his home country, may be minimally resurrected. He might be able to star in porn movies but I somehow doubt he lacks the requisite equipment. But hey, Europeans loved Jerry Louis and his similar rubberized facial antics didn’t they? Enjoy your stay there, Jim, while you wonder for the rest of your life what colossal stupidity swept through your brain to allow you to declare yourself a hated enemy of the movie-viewing public in America. The only Hollywood producer who will touch you now has to be dumber than you are.

    Imagine the movie title: Dumb and Dumbest.

    Jim Carrey you have achieved a unique status: America’s only male Dixie Chick.

    Crossposted at American Thinker

  • Crime and Punishment

    Remember the old MasterCard commercials that started out by listing two items and their cost, followed by a third thing that was “priceless”?  Well, how about this one:

    • Engineering Doctorate:  about $60,000
    • Two Round Trip Tickets to China:  around $3,000
    • Unauthorized Disclosure of Defense Technical Information Without Authorization:  5 years

    That’s what Sixing Liu – a permanent legal resident of the US – found out the hard way.  Liu had obtained a doctorate in engineering and was working as a contractor for a division of L3 Corporation.  He was working on numerous military projects.

    In 2009 and 2010, he took technical data concerning his work with him to conferences in China.  At those conferences, he gave presentations regarding his current work assignments.

    Liu was working on defense-related weapons programs.  He did not have prior authorization to release the data in question. 

    Liu ‘s attorney claimed that Liu had made a “grave error”, but had never intended to pass secrets to the Chinese government. Yeah, right.  Did Liu really think no one at his presentation might be from the Chinese government or military?  Or that no one in Chinese industry would pass the information along to the Chinese government?  If so, he has to be the dumbest SOB on earth with a doctorate in engineering.

    Liu was arrested at his home in Deerfield, IL, in 2011.  He was found guilty last fall on six counts of exporting defense data without permission, as well as on charges of possessing stolen trade secrets and lying to authorities. 

    On Monday, 25 March 2013, Liu was sentenced to 5 years in prison plus a $15,000 fine.  The government has 90 days to determine whether it will ask the judge to order Liu to pay restitution for any economic damages caused by his crimes.

    I wish he’d have gotten more time.  But I can probably live with this.

  • A Court Gets One Right

    We often complain about US courts and their verdicts/decisions.  But on occasion, they get one right.

    Yesterday, Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, age 35, was sentenced to 18 years in Federal prison – plus 10 years of supervised release afterwards.

    Abdul-Latif had been convicted in Federal court of conspiring to attack the MEPS in south Seattle with automatic weapons and grenades.  The motive?  Revenge for “atrocities by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan”.

    The MEPS complex Abdul-Latif was plotting to attack contains a day-care facility.

    Abdul-Latif was arrested in June 2011 when he went to a Seattle-area warehouse to pick up the weapons and grenades to be used in the attack.  Turns out someone heard about the plan and tipped authorities.  Authorities then set up a “sting” buy at which Abdul-Latif was arrested.

    Enjoy your time in the crossbar hotel, Abu.

    Now, I wonder if this jackass is naturalized – and if so, if this might be grounds for stripping him of his naturalized citizenship?

  • Dan Choi still on trial

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    Chief Tango sends us a link to the news that Dan Choi, former lieutenant who once punched a platoon sergeant in the chest and couldn’t get promoted past 1st lieutenant after years in the Army and the Guard is still going through the process of being tried for handcuffing himself to the White House fence three times in 2010, while wearing his uniform after he was discharged. And of course, he says it’s not his fault, that it’s some grand scheme to keep him out of the military. From Scoop;

    Three years after Choi’s handcuffing protests, the US Federal Attorney’s Office refuses to dismiss the charges against him. The prosecution is being pursued by Assistant US Attorney, Angela S. George.

    Generally, White House protestors are arrested and required to pay $100 fine to a municipal court, the equivalent of a parking ticket in the District of Columbia. Instead, in this case, the US Attorney’s Office is invoking a seldom-used federal level criminal charge called “Failure to Obey”.

    Lt Choi retorts:

    “The charge is baseless. It assumes traffic was blocked, but there is no traffic to block on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The main reason for this charge is to prevent me from re-joining the military, to paint me as simply disobedient. It prevents my rejoining (the military) in a vindictive waste of resources. I stand trial to assert my rights and the rights of all to be treated equally under the law.”

    Yeah, well, anyone who has been at the White House knows that the Park Police keep folks moving, especially during protests and rallies. Handcuffing yourself to the fence kind of impedes “moving along” and he did it three times. Even when I was just at the White House to photograph the filthy hippies, I was told to keep moving…and I did.

    Of course, he’s a big drama queen, and wants people to think he’s being treated differently, but, ya know, it’s about time that these judges and prosecutors started punishing these protesters instead of letting them be criminals with no repercussions.

    ADDED: By the way, Choi refused a plea deal two years ago – I just remembered that.

  • A Hassan Update

    Well, it looks like Hassan ploy to avoid the needle by pleading is a NO-GO.  (Yeah, I know – he’s still technically a member of the military.  I don’t care.  I refuse to give that treacherous asshole the honor of using a military title with his name.)  The judge didn’t take the bait.

    Nidal Hassan, the Fort Hood shooter, recently offered to plead guilty to noncapital murder.   However, the military judge in the case, COL Tara Osborn, refused to accept his plea.  He’ll be tried for capital murder, with the death penalty in play.

    IMO, COL Olson made the correct decision.  The UCMJ prohibits pleading guilty to a capital crime.  While theoretically his trial on capital murder charges could have proceeded after a guilty plea to noncapital murder, that might possibly also have given Nidal an avenue for appeal.  In that scenario Hassan would have pleaded guilty to a lesser included crime, then later been convicted for the original crime for which he was charged.  You never know beforehand how the Court of Military Appeals or the SCOTUS might view such a situation.

    The possibility for the plea influencing one or more panel members was also likely a consideration. Death penalty sentences under the UCMJ must be unanimous.  The defense was obviously hoping that a guilty plea to lesser charges, if accepted, would be considered as “acceptance of responsibility” (yeah, right) during sentencing deliberations.

    COL Osborn is also weighing whether to allow the testimony of an terrorism expert.  Defense attorneys predictably oppose this, claiming it would be “prejudicial”.

    The wheels of justice indeed turn slowly.  But as I’m guessing Hassan is going to find out, they also grind exceedingly fine.

    Keep thinking about those “72 virgins”, Nidal.  Hopefully you’ll be seeing them soon.  And to help you better appreciate what’s in store for you, here’s your own personalized preview (WARNING:  image may be disturbing to full stomachs):

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  • USS Miami Arsonist Gets 17+ Years

    Regular TAH readers likely remember NHSparky’s previous articles on the USS Miami arson incident.  In that incident, a shipyard worker – Casey James Fury – intentionally set a fire on board the sub.  He later told authorities he set the fire because “he wanted to go home because he was suffering from an anxiety attack” and “never envisioned such extensive damage”.  The resulting fire did what is currently estimated at $450 million in damage to the sub – and injured seven.

    Fury was sentenced yesterday in Federal court to 205 months in prison – just over 17 years.  He was also ordered to pay $400 million in restitution.

    Yeah, right.  Good luck on getting $400 million from this doofus, Uncle Sam.

    Oh well.  At least Fury will do something approaching a reasonable amount of time for his crime.  And at least no one was killed during the fire.

    But I guess Fury now has bona fide reasons for his anxiety attacks.  I understand prison can be kinda scary.

  • Yet Another Scam Veteran’s Charity?

    Looks like we may have yet another scam masquerading as a charity that “helps veterans”.  And it appears this one was no small-time scam, either.

    Florida-based Allied Veterans of the World was founded in 1979.  It first ran “bingo games”.  It’s since moved up to internet video gambling.

    It claimed to be raising money primarily for charity.  Indeed, in some states (like Florida), that’s the only reason their operation was legal.  Some states allow what would otherwise be illegal gambling activities so long as more than half of the proceeds in fact go to charity.

    Allied Veterans was quite successful.  From 2007 to 2012, they apparently took in around $290 million.

    The problem is, when authorities looked at their books they could only find about $6 million in charitable donations for the same period.  That’s just over 2% of intake.  Meanwhile, the guy heading Allied Veterans – a former president of the Jacksonville Bar Association – allegedly also received $6 million.

    Authorities found nearly $65 million in various bank accounts; these accounts have been seized.  And they also found that the organization’s execs seemed to be living the proverbial “Life of Riley” – complete with boats, beachfront condos, and high-end sports cars (Porsches, Ferraris, and Maseratis).

    A total of 57 arrest and 54 search warrants were executed in six states in connection with the Allied Veterans investigation.  Charges to be filed next week are expected to include racketeering, conspiracy, money laundering, and possession of slot machines.  Additionally, the owner of what was apparently Allied Veterans’ partner – International Internet Technologies – and his spouse were also arrested and charged with racketeering and conspiracy.  International Internet Technologies supplied the software used in the internet gambling scheme.  According to IRS records they apparently made over $60 million dollars from the enterprise from 2007 to 2010.

    Florida’s current Lieutenant Governor has resigned due to the scandal.  It seems she’s appeared in at least one TV commercial (2011) lauding Allied Veterans and their work supporting vets.  Prior to being elected, her PR firm also worked for Allied Veterans.

    She resigned a day after being questioned in connection with the investigation.  She is not facing criminal charges.

    Investigation reportedly continues – focused on political donations and lobbying.  There may well be a second act to this little drama.

    Kudos to the State of Florida and their Attorney General’s office for putting these scammers out of business.

  • Michael Duye Campbell Pleads

    You all probably remember Jonn’s article about this tool from a couple of weeks ago.  Like “Punk” Lewis, Campbell’s an ex-military golfer who appears to have a problem telling the truth about his military service.

    Campbell is a phoney who used his former military status – plus a few lies – to con people into feeling sorry for him.  Some even spent mucho dinero to help him out.

    But unlike “Punk”, Campbell ran afoul of some folks who didn’t like his lies.  They particularly didn’t like the fact that he was using those lies to obtain things of value under false pretenses.  And they really didn’t like the fact that he was using the US Mail to further his schemes.

    Unfortunately for Campbell, the folks who didn’t like what he was doing were called “Federal prosecutors”.

    Michael Duye Campbell pleaded guilty to mail fraud in Federal court in Dallas, TX, on Wednesday, 6 March 2013.  He’s facing a maximum sentence of up to 20 years.

    Somehow I don’t think Campbell will be working much on his golf game for a while.