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Black woman sets herself on fire in fake hate crime; blames mythical "KKK members"Category: Blacks, Hate Crimes, The Media
The CofCC said it best when they wrote that this is another one of those stories that was an obvious hoax since the beginning. However, the media desperately wanted it to be true.
The black woman in Shreveport was not set on fire by "KKK members." She set herself on fire and invented the attackers. Investigators say the wounds are all self-inflicted.
Police in Winnsboro are announcing at a news conference that they believe Sharmeka Moffitt fabricated a story about being attacked and burned Sunday night at Civitan Park in Winnsboro by three men who wrote "KKK" on the hood of her car.
Moffitt, 20, told police she was walking on a park trail when she was attacked and set afire by three men wearing white T-shirt hoodies. She remains at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport in critical condition.
Police now believe it was Moffitt who wrote "KKK" and "nigger" on the hood of her Buick LaCross with toothpaste and then set fire to herself. She told police she couldn't identify the race of those she claimed had attacked her. She called 911 from the park.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that knows instances like this are virtually always hoaxes, swallowed the original story hook, line, and sinker. They later issued a retraction, with egg squarely on face.
Update: Late Tuesday afternoon, authorities in Louisiana said Sharmeka Moffitt, a 20-year-old African-American woman, set herself on fire in a park in Winnsboro, La., Sunday night and faked what appeared to be a brutal, racially motivated hate crime. The alleged attack rattled the small city of 5,000 residents, dredging up memories of the state's racially violent past. Moffitt had told police three men doused her with a flammable liquid and set her ablaze. "It's been a very disturbing case for everyone involved,'' the Franklin News quoted Winnsboro Police Chief Lester Thomas as saying at a news conference Tuesday. The authorities said that Moffitt's fingerprints were on the cigarette lighter and the lighter fluid recovered near the crime scene, adding that a racial slur and the letters KKK that were written in toothpaste on Moffitt's car were linked to female DNA. "I'm speechless,'' Winnsboro City Council member Betty Johnson told Hatewatch after hearing the attack was a lie. "You know we will continue to pray for her. She needs a lot of help.''
Undaunted, the local NAACP chapter says "racism" still lurks under every rock and behind every corner in Louisiana.
Otis Chisley, the president of the local branch of the NAACP, said he had been in touch with Moffitt's distraught family. He said he was waiting for more facts to come to light before drawing any conclusions about what happened and that "everyone wants to move with caution."
Regardless of the investigation's outcome, though, Chisley said, racism and KKK activity remain a fact of life in the state.
"It's prevalent throughout Louisiana," he said. "It's hidden but it exists."
How can you argue with that?
Here's the original news footage.
Tags: fake hate crime, hate crime hoax, Louisiana, Sharmeka Moffitt
18 Responses to "Black woman sets herself on fire in fake hate crime; blames mythical "KKK members""
Had enough yet? Says:
October 25th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
I think the KKK ought to sue her for defemation.
Eric Says:
October 25th, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Fake hate crimes are hate crimes and should be prosecuted as such.
Eric Says:
October 25th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Sharmeka? The name says it all.
more of the same Says:
October 25th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
The KKK could probably hold its national convention in the backseat of a Volkswagen Bug and still have room to spare.
The anti-Whites always love trot out their favorite red herrings in order to discredit and vilify legitimate White interests.
They say they are anti-racist but what they are is anti-White.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White.
White Dream Chaser Says:
October 25th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
As far as white things are concerned, you're more likely to be attacked by a ghost then a KKK member. Hoaxes like these make me wonder what percentage of lynchings were hoaxes. I suppose you could argue that when a crowd of whites is around, the lynching was legit. But what about the cases when blacks were hung from a tree with no one around and the n-word plastered on the tree? How do we know that wasn't either a suicide or, worse yet, the actions of members of the tribe? (Yes, I'm making this accusation).
ScoopStanton Says:
October 26th, 2012 at 12:29 am
Remember when filing a false police report was a crime?
liberalssuck Says:
October 26th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
For every fake crime about white on black violence, there are probably 100 real acts of black on white violence. Ever heard the story called The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
liberalssuck Says:
October 26th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
100% agree with you! Blacks and other who lie about being the victims of white violence should spend time in jail for that, the same way anyone would be if they called 911 when it was not an emergency.
FransSusan Says:
October 26th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
And now taxpayers are having to pay the hospital bill for this useless excuse for human. Sharmeka, nuff said!
JaMarkus Mooncricket Says:
October 26th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
There were only 4,000 lynchings in the U.S. Many of them were hoaxes.
Many of the lynchings came as a result of sexual assault and rape on white victims.
There are 8,500 black-on-white homicides in the U.S. alone.
When will the collective public acknowledge it's obvious negro problem?
Ricardo Rodriquez Says:
October 27th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
In an all White country things like this can't happen. Don't hate, S-E-P-A-R-A-T-E!
Eric Says:
October 27th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
"In an all White country things like this can't happen. Don't hate, S-E-P-A-R-A-T-E!"
Homogeneous environments while not heaven on earth will always be a better environment for ALL races. For some reason God made seperate races and ORIGINALLY at least they're were seperated by miles of land or ocean. However, IF we can ever convince not only the White race, but ALL races that we are better off by seperating the races and we do attain an all White nation, you can rest assure some White libtard will get a wild hair up their arse and start the whole multicult thing all over again.
Eric Says:
October 27th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Didn't those animals who killed Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom burn their bodies too? Hmmm, so I guess it's not hate when blacks burn white bodies? My guess is this Sharmeka character was freebasing ala Richard Pryor and sheet happens. Then Ms. Sharmeka and her pimp Lorenzo saw $$$$$$ign$ all over the place thinking the Zionist controlled anti-white media would be salivating over this like Pavlovian's dog over a T-bone steak. Thank goodness the truth was found out. Can you imagine if some unlucky innocent white man would have been sent to a majority black populated Louisiana State Penitentiary for a high profile racial hate crime he never committed. And I'm sure Ms. Sharmeka wouldn't have lost a wink of sleep over it either. Prosecute this lying sack of sheet to the fullest extent of the law.
more of the same Says:
October 28th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
It could have been a plot to hit the ghetto lottery but got out of hand. Nevertheless, I'll bet she'll get herself a good YKW lawyer and go sue some debil "racist" who made her do it.
Anti-White "hate crime" hoaxes should be treated as hate crimes against Whites. Of course we all know "hate crime laws" weren't instigated to benefit Whites.
KenH Says:
October 28th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
As usual lamestream media outlets and the anti-white NAACP insinuate that even though this was a fake, the KKK is alive and deadlier than ever. I think half of the few remaining klansmen are FBI informers.
And filing a false police report is never a crime if the complainant is black reporting an imaginary white hate crime. Just ask Crystal Mangum of the Duke rape case hoax.
Markon Says:
October 29th, 2012 at 11:31 am
The KKK are alive and well. The are Demokkkrats.
mordechai rodriguez Says:
October 29th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Truth is sharmeka was very upset because she was turned down for the role of pussy galore in the upcoming black 007 movie.


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Easy Thai prawn curry
Cooking timePrep: 5 mins Cook: 15 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 4
Perfect Friday night food, a warming low fat prawn curry ready in just 20 minutes
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- 180
- protein
- 20g
- carbs
- 6g
- fat
- 9g
- saturates
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- fibre
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- sugar
- 5g
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- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan. Tip in the onion and ginger, then cook for a few mins until softened. Stir in the curry paste, then cook for 1 min more. Pour over the chopped tomatoes and coconut cream. Bring to the boil, then leave to simmer for 5 mins, adding a little boiling water if the mixture gets too thick.
- Tip in the prawns, then cook for 5-10 mins more, depending on how large they are. Serve alongside some plain rice and sprinkle with a little chopped coriander, if you like.
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Comments, questions and tips
Lovely - let it simmer for quite a while to thicken it up nicely, though my attempts to follow the suggestions above for more red paste got out of hand and I think I overdid it a bit (think I did 3tbsp in the end), but it was a really great taste and full of flavour. Used coconut milk instead of cream as find cream really hard to get hold of, but the reducing time helped there. Followed @doreen's suggestion of the garlic, and I think that helped. Unfortunately forgot to try @kear's fish sauce etc, which I will do next time!
Yum. I made this last night. I changed it slightly having had a good look through all the previous comments which helped.
Used 2 cloves of garlic with the ginger and onion and added some red pepper.
3 very heaped tsps of the curry paste.
chilli flakes (didn't have a red chilli)
1/2 tin of tomatoes and 1/2 tin of coconut milk.
Gorgeous, will definitely make this again.
I tried this recipe a while back and loved it. I've made it a few times since and I'm making it for my parents sometime.
I made a variation of it when I had vegetarian friends visiting. Its a perfect storecupboard meal as I already had ginger, red thai paste, creamed coconut sachets and timmed tomatoes, so I just replaced the prawns with vegetables. Delicious still. I have made many attempts at vegetarian curries and that was the best yet.
This was really easy to make..
I bought green paste by accident and still tasted great!
Also my sauce was quite thick but when I added the frozen prawns the water from the prawns thinned it out.. As if I had added water to the sauce, it would of been very watery.
My first attemp at a Thai curry and me and my boyfriend were very impressed! Will make again!
Made this for the first time and it was absolutely lovely. I made with chicken, half can coconut milk, mushrooms & red pepper. I used 1.5 tbsp of green thai paste and served with boiled rice, which I then fried with chopped spring onions. I then scrambled egg on one side of wok and mixed in. My kids also left clean plates ;-)
Tasty. Put it with an Indian spinach and chickpea receipe as a vegetable compliment. Perfect Friday night food.One thing couldnt find coconut cream so bought a block of solidified coconut, cut a bit off and threw it in.( also means you can keep the block in the cupboard and use again another time.No waste)
Really really nice, so quick and easy. We were really hungry and needed something quick and this was just perfect. I also put in some sugarsnap peas that I wanted to use up, and some lime leaves, and I didn't have any fresh coriander but had half a bag in the freezer. Will definitely try to get some fresh coriander as it adds so much flavour for next time I make it, as I will definitely make it again soon!


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Winds gusting up to 30mph greeted the competitors in the first round of the 118th Amateur Championship at Royal Cinque Ports and Prince's today.
Only four players in the 288-strong field broke par with Charlie Bull, from Lake Nona, Richard O'Donovan, from Lucan, and Dane Mads Soegaard, sharing the lead after two under par rounds of 70 at Prince's. Norwegian Kristoffer Ventura carded a one under par round of 70 at Royal Cinque Ports.
A clutch of players were on level par including Neil Raymond, who won the St Andrews Links Trophy earlier this month, Nathan Kimsey, who finished in a tie for second at the same event, Cormac Sharvin, who won the Irish Close Amateur Championship last week, and Scotsmen Grant Forrest and Graeme Robertson.
Early rain eased but the wind speed remained high throughout the day with gusting cross-winds making conditions difficult for the field.
Kimsey, the 20-year-old from Woodhall Spa, teed off in the first group of the day at Prince's and posted a level par 72. The England Squad player and Walker Cup hopeful said, "I'm pretty pleased with my round today. There were a couple of dropped shots with a few bad swings and a few missed putts but that's going to happen around these courses with this wind to contend with."
Kimsey's compatriot, Charlie Bull, from Lake Nona, did not let the conditions affect him as he produced some excellent golf to notch up birdies on the 13th and 18th holes at Prince's on his way to a two under par 70. "With the wind blowing like this it was always going to be tough to keep it out of the rough," said the 21-year-old. "I kept it out of the rough nicely and that gave me some nice steady shots to the green. I didn't get greedy. I tried to make par on every hole and play to the flat areas of the greens. I did that pretty well and made a couple of putts on top of that.
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Jon Lovitz is set to star as the judge in a new unscripted series for NBC called Bad Judge. The series will use the same format of real people trying to solve real grievances that made shows like The People's Court and Judge Judy so popular, but Lovitz will act more as comic relief, and his decisions will have little or no bearing on the actual law. The new series was conceived by Josh Lieb, who has written scripts for NewsRadio and The Simpsons, as well as the upcoming Big Stan with Rob Schneider. I think this new series could actually be really funny, since it's allowing Lovitz to improv in his own way, which I think always results in his best stuff.


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What does gamification mean for customer relationships?
Playing games is in our DNA; we cannot help but like it. As children, it's how we learn and practice engagement with our peers and adults. And as grown-ups, the corporate world is full of game-play techniques as we war-game and role-play our way through work. Airline pilots spend much of their time playing multi-million dollar flight simulator games. A word we are seeing more and more is gamification. What does this mean for the customer relationship?
So What Is It?
Gamification is the use and adoption of game techniques and mechanics in non-game applications to engage users and solve problems. While it has broad application in a number of fields, for example, education, brand building, and science, we are seeing some of the most rapid adoption and development in the management of the customer relationship, CRM, or customer loyalty.
There are elements of games that we are all probably familiar with. These include:
Potentially all of these have a role to play in the management, development, and delivery of the customer relationship.
Is This New?
Possibly not. It can be argued that much of customer loyalty is one big game, particularly the recognition programs offered by airlines and hotels, where customers earn coveted status and benefits from flying more and sleeping more. Check out any of the popular travel forums and you will find members displaying their elite status as proudly as any Foursquare mayor.
But programs also understand that they need to learn and do more. One of the most ubiquitous elements of games is to unlock new levels as the player progresses and achieves performance goals. This approach is starting to be lifted into customer loyalty programs where benefits and rewards can be "unlocked" as the customer reaches spend or performance goals. This provide a new, intelligent, and more dynamic mechanism for the customer to work that little bit harder. And with the widespread adoption of games and apps, the customer is fully familiar with the concept and is fast to adopt.
What About Rewards?
Traditionally, reward programs have offered their customers more tangible rewards, for example, free flights, electrical gadgets, and cash vouchers. These are great, but they cost money and sometimes take the customer too long to save up for. This can lead to disengagement. We are starting to see the appearance of games themselves as being used as rewards for points collection programs.
AeroMexico offers a game platform as part of its reward proposition including allowing members to wager their miles for additional rewards.
Gambling is not for every culture or jurisdiction, but there is no denying its appeal to consumers or for the reward program with the obvious economic benefits of burning off that point liability for as little as the cost of a server and a bit of electricity.
Just Rewarding Sales?
The introduction of virtual rewards, typically used in multi-player game environments, opens up the opportunity to reward non-purchase customer behavior and low-margin spend. Allowing new brands and verticals to move into consumer rewards, where cost, tracking, or margin has traditionally excluded them, for example, FMCG and media. Ifeelgoods is one example of a number of emerging platforms that look to offer digital rewards to a brand's customers.
An interesting convergence where loyalty, education, and gamification come together is from educational publisher Primary Mandarin. Their Mandarin Matrix, an online classroom that helps children to learn Mandarin, using games and loyalty techniques to motivate, reward, and encourage progress.
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Birmingham--It's a chilly afternoon at Oak Mountain State Park, but the cold isn't keeping the kids inside. To watch them ride their bikes and play tag, you'd have no idea what these kids have been through. Until you look up to where they live. This is Camper Park B, home to FEMA trailers that house more than 100 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. The campers are small, and the children who live here spill out onto the dirt paths that make up their makeshift neighborhood. Parents, like Douglas Rhodes and Kristy - she doesn't want to use her last name - watch on. They say the adjustment to life in Alabama has been tough.
(Rhodes) "Yeah, all the little kids, like instead of being at home where you have a set schedule and structure and everything, but now you're living in a state park, in a camper, you can't stay inside all the time because the campers are so small and the kids are just going to go stir-crazy so they go out and play all day and they think it's a vacation."
(Kristy) "Evan, being four, he work up the other morning crying. He wanted to go home, I mean we left his parakeet back and his rabbit back. He wanted to go home and get his things. First, you cry. And then you just try to make the best out of it. You know, I tell him that's god's taking care of his animals... and it's hard."
All children cope with trauma differently, but the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says young kids like Evan can often regress - asking to be fed or dressed and wetting their beds. Older school-aged kids may cope with anxiety and fear by "acting out"... abandoning regular chores and school work, competing for attention or becoming withdrawn.
After a disaster, school is often a welcomed diversion. More than reading, math and recess - it's a source of stability... and emotional anchor. The parents and grandparents at Oak Mountain say the Shelby County School system has been welcoming to their kids.... maybe too welcoming, says one grandmother. Katherine Manasses says the students and teachers at her 11 year-old granddaughter Brittany's school have tried so hard to be sensitive to what are, no doubt, painful memories for Brittany - that no one has asked her what she went through back in St. Bernard Parrish or how she's feeling about it today. That's exactly what young hurricane victims needs, says Red Cross volunteer Lisa Taylor - a chance to sort through the devastation of the last few months and make sense of it all.
"I do think that it is a major adjustment for the school children in terms of your peer and your social support... your social network when you're in school are all your friends and these kids have been uprooted in that way too."
(Kristy) "I know some of the kids have made fun of the children because they live in campers.
Kristy - we heard from her earlier - has two kids in addition to four-year-old Evan. Her oldest is having a particularly hard time.
"We've went through that ordeal where they've been made fun of. Some kids handle it differently. Like my fourteen year old and Mason, which is a little boy here, when he's told 'you live in a camper, you don't have a house', cruel things like that, you know, when you're going to school and you know, we lost everything, you know... Mason doesn't do well with people making fund of him, telling him he's homeless."
"The National Alliance on Mental Illness cautions that often time parents miss the signs that a child needs help. Getting new jobs, new homes and new lives settled can be all-consuming, particularly when parents are dealing with their own trauma, as Kristy is. When her four-year-old Evan had a cold a month or so back, she tracked down her old family doctor from New Orleans for a phone consult. He reassured her that Evan would be fine and comforted her. Just recently, though, she found out that the man who'd been her family's doctor for 20 years had hung himself.
"I was in the store with my mom and my girlfriend called me and she says Kristy, you're never going to believe this, Dr. Trebway hung his self. He couldn't handle it. He couldn't handle the pressure of losing all his patients and nobody was coming back. I'm in Hobby Lobby and I'm crying my eyes out!"
Kristy wipes her eyes, steels herself and looks back to her son Evan, who's busy rough housing with the little boys in the park. For now, Kristy and other parents like her will have to continue leaning on the schools and other support groups for their children. The state's mental health office is working with UAB to put together special programming to reach out to evacuees enrolled in Alabama's public schools. Their success will depend in part on whether they get the grants necessary to fund the outreach.
-- Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, January 31, 2006
Editor's note: This is the latest story in a year-long commitment to covering mental health issues in Alabama. You can learn more about our "Making Sense of Mental Health" project and find local mental health resources -- as our commitment continues throughout the year -- inside this website.


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A quite productive couple of weeks filled with bug-busting and experimentation.
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Very productive couple of weeks due to various days off school and stuff like that.
I filled out the world quite a lot and fixed multiple bugs (minus a day/night one that I am having a buddy investigate) but the big thing was I turned the berries and plants into actors instead so I could mess with them easier. Judging by a bug I have though (where things are multiple things at once) it might not work but I hope it will!
The other big thing was work on the NPCs in towns and the work in dungeons, which is still going but slowly. There's quite a few ways to interact with them, and some of these may or may not change but for now you can kill them, simply beat them up, pick-pocket them, trade with them, bribe them, persuade them (which might disappear!) and talk to them and hear what they know about the town, which will take a while as I try and make the dialogue as least generic as possible.
That's all I have to say really… lots of work done, can be summed up quickly. Also, I should really get back to making games!
P.S. After some experimentation I am starting to figure out how to make ride-able horses which may feature in my next game!
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Posted on April 3, 2012 by LisaScherr in Articles
Last week thousands of people descended upon the small town of Sanford, FL with marches and rallies and outcries. People came from all over to express their outrage at the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Streets were closed, parking lots were over capacity and there were people everywhere.
Today I walked the streets of Sanford. The parking lot that was over capacity last week was virtually empty, as were the businesses and sidewalks. Very few people walked the streets, shops were empty. Even the 3 hairdressers and 2 nail shops were empty, no customers at all. The library, which is usually brimming with people and students afterschool was eerily quiet. Store owners are saying that business is down. People have been scared away from Sanford. Sharpton, with his septic racism comes in, creates havoc and in this case leaves a wasteland, all in a days work.
Today most of the people who were patronizing the shops in downtown Sanford are those that live in Sanford and there were very few of them. Many of those who do not live in Sanford are choosing to stay away. I spoke with a group of women who were deciding where to eat lunch. One of them suggested a restaurant in Sanford, the others quickly dismissed the idea because they were fearful of going to Sanford. "I'm not going down there, it's not safe" said one of the women and the others agreed. A shop owner told me that one of his customers called and cancelled an order because he wouldn't be able to pick it up and he wasn't going to send his wife or secretary to Sanford. He said Sharpton was making things dangerous and that he wouldn't be back to do business until Sharpton was gone for good.
Hollerbach's Willow Tree Café has become the focus of a channel 13 news story:
Sanford customers canceling reservations to avoid chaos
Owner Theo Hollerbach took to the café's Facebook page in an attempt to reassure his customers that it is indeed safe for people to patronize his business and also to express dismay at the actions of Sharpton and his call for economic sanctions and escalation of civil disobedience:
Sharpton has taken his circus traveling. If his fight is solely with Sanford, why take the show on the road? What does he hope to gain? More importantly, why is he not scheduled to come back, especially in the light of recent events? Last night a 17 year old was shot and an occupied car was riddled with bullets. A white or silver vehicle was seen leaving the area. Where is the reward for the capture of those who shot that boy? Certainly people with knowledge would be more willing to come forward with information for a 10K reward.
What is the difference between this case and the Trayvon Martin case? A 17 year old was shot, the Sanford police department is investigating and the shooter(s) have not been arrested. Why is there no outrage that the police, the same ones who are being criticized by the Sharpton/Jackson camp, have not made an arrest. Not a word has been uttered from the Sharpton or Jackson or any of those who have spoken in outrage at the shooting of Trayvon Martin by a Hispanic, who was first thought to be white and therefore is now being called a "white Hispanic" so as not to make those who mistakenly called him white look bad. Could it be that it is not known at this time what the race of the boy who was shot is or the race of his attackers? Does it make a difference? It does if you are in the Sharpton/Jackson camp and looking to promote your racist agenda. Trayvon Martin, especially the picture of him as a child, makes the perfect poster boy for their cause and "white" (oops) Hispanic the (almost) perfect scapegoat. Unknown 17 year old and unknown shooter(s) won't work. They can't be used to promote their racism war.
Sharpton, Jackson and the like are promoting themselves as victims to gain power. it's the poor pitiful me syndrome that even the non-black left is buying into because of presumed inequality and everyone has to be exactly equal at all times even if the inequality is fabricated. They will say what they need to say to spread their hate and gain support. Sharpton himself contradicted himself at the NAACP rally on Saturday, in one sentence saying that the police arrested Zimmerman and did not charge him and if they don't charge him soon the time will run out when they can charge him and a short time later stated that Zimmerman was never arrested and that he should be arrested now. It's as if he's making things up as he goes along, to say what he thinks will sway the audience even if it doesn't make sense or is contradictory.
While the shooting of both Trayvon Martin and the unknown young man are both sad, one was deemed more useful and therefore exploited as an means to an end. The real tragedy is that people like Sharpton and Jackson continue to use the grief of a family and play upon the sympathies of people for their own selfish reasons. If it was solely about a boy being shot, then Sharpton would be right back in Sanford claiming outrage at the shooting of the 17 year old boy last night. The story is really about Sharpton, Jackson and the like and their racist agenda. As did Hitler did, using the Jews as scapegoats for Germany's defeat in WWI, Sharpton, Jackson, NAACP and the New Black Panthers are using the scapegoat George Zimmerman to unite the masses against a common enemy, the whites. They make it about the Zimmerman who is "white" Hispanic and the white police who aren't doing anything and all the white politicians and the white laws and they are using the face of a dead young man to do it. These are hate-filled people care only for themselves and their racist agenda. The whole thing stinks. Meanwhile, Sanford remains a no-man's land, a victim of Sharpton's septic racism.
Ayers and Dohrn – America's First Couple of Domestic Terrorism Visits with Occupy
Posted on April 2, 2012 by FoolishReporter in Articles
Like any good generals, it appears that domestic terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn are making the rounds to various Occupy camps, trying to lift flagging spirits, and re-ignite the spark in the dwindling Occupy camps around the country. On March 30, the Ward and June Cleaver of the Hardcore Left found their way to Union Square in New York City, to give a lovely little chat with the kids there.
With the look of a middle aged woman high on hormones and drugs, Dorhn started off doing a little recruitment for a protest aimed at a NATO summit to be held in Chicago in May.
"So we want to come here, and we want you to come there, but at least to tell them that NATO has to dissolve, and is really a threat to the planet," Dorhn said.
Dohrn launched off into a lovely little tirade against NATO, calling it the "military force of the global one percent", created only to help the "very rich and plunder the resources of the world."
Ayers also hinted at the planned demonstration against NATO in May, saying it's something that people who are organizing with them have trepidation over, considering Chicago's history with mass demonstrations.
"Bernadine has been talking about, we're organizing this NATO demonstration in Chicago. One of the things they're saying is 'It's too dangerous. Don't come."…All of that is weakness speaking, we have to be clear about that," Ayers said.
Outside of their shadowy references to their planned NATO demonstration in May, Ayers and Dohrn also touched on a polarizing figure from the recent past, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Wright was President Barack Obama's pastor in his South Side Chicago church, and came to light when it was discovered the mostly anti-American message Wright preaches from the pulpit.
According to Ayers and Dohrn, a man who screams "GOD DAMN AMERICA" from the pulpit is really a lovely individual, who was simply the target of a (presumably evil) "Texas billionaire".
"Just take Reverend Jeremiah Wright," Dohrn said. "An incredible guy."
"A lovely man," Ayers chipped in.
"He's self-educated, has a PhD, written a book, he's literary, traveled the world, he took his congregation to South Africa to fight apartheid and fight racism at home," Dohrn continued. "And what happens to him? He has this young couple come to his church, and they get involved in his church…He's had this absolutely exemplary life. He's demonized in a nano-second. Boom! Like that. He belonged to a very big community, and he's a deep and fabulous guy."
"So invite him to speak," Dohrn added.
Frighteningly enough, their captive audience lapped all of this up. Ayers took the spotlight for a short time as well, saying that Occupy and the Far Left truly represent the "American Majority".
"I'm convinced, and have been for a lot of years, and a lot of people, including Bernadine, think I'm delusional. But I've always believed we're in the majority. I've always believed that. I think two-thirds of Americans want out of Iraq today, but what are the power ful doing? Talking about bombing Iran. Two-thirds of Americans want us out of Afghanistan, and yet permanent talk of war is everywhere," he said.
Apparently, the Far Left worldview encompasses every American, according to Ayers.
"We are the majority on the issue of war. On gun violence. We are the majority on queer rights, women's rights and human rights. We're in the majority," he said.
Dohrn chimed in on Ayers point, saying as the Left always does, education (see: indoctrination) is the key.
"I think part of the talking is education. Education lights up the truth, and what Occupy has done, by educating in it's non-violent, beautiful, imaginative way, is to teach by by shifting the frame, really, by re-imagining what's possible."
Whatever she's on, I want some. Because for anyone who's followed Occupy closely, "non-violent, beautiful and imaginative" are certainly not terms that come to mind. This footage from January 28th from Occupy Oakland shows those lovely kids advancing with a homemade barricade towards an unflinching police line. And, as always, it was somehow the police's fault in that instance.
Or the photo below, of one of the "beautiful and imaginative" Occupiers taking a dump on a police car.
Outside of that bit of delusional perspective, Ayers also exhorted some of the young women who were in attendance to rise to the level of Dohrn, who J. Edgar Hoover once considered the most dangerous woman in the country.
"Which one of you young people will be called the most dangerous woman in America? I hope it's you!," he said to the delight of the crowd.
For the sake of brevity, just a few more points on these two and their insanity. At one point, Dohrn touched on the uprisings in Cairo, Egypt, and the focal point of those uprisings, Tahrir Square.
"Your generation has never seen a country with that much power and force, not go down, but at least the head got decapitated, right? A lot of the head got decapitated. That's by popular power, literally by millions of people (claiming) a public space. And there's still endless struggle to be had in Egypt, but nonetheless, that was popular power revealing the tremendous rot in the system, and that's what we have here too."
Pssst! Bernadine! Ask the Coptic Christians how they've liked Egypt since the monster got "beheaded". Ask the regular citizens how it's treated them, as even a year later, violence and disruption occurs in that country on a daily basis.
And much like the CrimethInc Anarchists recently argued, Ayers says the key to Occupiers truly being an effective force is essentially expanding their horizons.
"The question is, 'What's the best way?' No answer. We'll see what works, but we have to keep trying. The arts opens up the imagination. We have to imagine a world without war, without prisons, without borders. And that's a hard thing for people to imagine. People have often said we can imagine the end of the world because we've seen it on TV and in the movies, but we can't imagine the end of capitalism. What the fuck would that look like? But, actually, I can imagine. And I want you to imagine it."
Thanks Papa Ayers and Mama Bernadine, but no thanks. You failed the last time around, and you'll fail this time around too. But, keep trying, assholes.
We'll see you there.
Communist Occupiers Make Pretty Posters!
Posted on March 29, 2012 by FoolishReporter in Articles
Ah, the irony. In case you were unaware, Occupiers are planning a May 1st general strike as some sort of action against The Man. You know…May 1st. May Day, or International Workers Day as the communists of old used to call it. Described as a "a focal point for demonstrations by various socialist, communist and anarchist groups", the irony seems lost when you tell Occupiers and their friends that they're communists or socialists, even though it's absolutely apparent that is what their movement's ultimate aim is.
Regardless, as their 99% Spring approaches, it appears our communist friends over at Occupy have been making some totally rad posters for their Commie Day Celebration on May 1. Here are some of the more fun ones they've cooked up so far:
Some lovely wording there! "Destroy what destroys you. A injury to the exploiters is a victory for all." Oh, and "Shut down the city. Revolt for a life worth living!" Such shiny, happy thoughts from our "non-violent" friends, the Occupiers.
A totally awesome "SOCIALIST FIST!" dominates this poster, from an artist in Oakland:
I like this one, because they still insist on thinking they represent the 99 Percent. You just passed your sixth-month anniversary, jackasses, and the masses STILL haven't risen up. But, whatevs. Keep at it I suppose.
Now we get to some fun Leftist academia times! Awhile back there was a pretty concerted effort by various factions within many of the Occupy camps to drop the name "Occupy" and switch to "De-colonize", a favored term of the radical left, especially when it comes to Latino/Hispanic studies and whatnot.
Nice blood imagery there. Because, y'know, it's only white Europeans that have ever exploited and killed other peoples for resources and land.
Finally, we have this VERY communist looking poster from Jakarta, India. Instead of a SOCIALIST FIST!, it's a SOCIALIST FINGER!
Our STERN FINGERS will bring about the revolution! Just you watch!
Oh, Occupiers. People might actually be interested in you just a little bit more if you were honest about what you are, which is some weird blend of anarchist-communist-socialists. Keep up the good work though, I'm sure the masses will FINALLY join up on May 1.
CrimethInc: Anarchist "Ex-Worker" Collective Makes Case for Violence
Posted on March 28, 2012 by FoolishReporter in Articles
As the weather warms, and the Occupy movement prepares to re-group for their new offensive, the "99 Percent Spring", the anarchist collective known as CrimethInc posted an article on March 27 arguing that the Occupy movement in the U.S. needs to be willing to expand it's horizons, if you will, in how it should go about attempting to bring change to the United States. Titled "The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy", the post uses the high-minded wordiness typical of anarchists to explain, and then justify, the use of violence in protest movements within the United States.
The unnamed author explains how every relationship of power within American society is "violent":
This is further complicated by the ways our society is based on and permeated by harm or threat that violates consent. In this sense, isn't it violent to live on colonized territory, destroying ecosystems through our daily consumption and benefitting from economic relations that are forced on others at gunpoint? Isn't it violent for armed guards to keep food and land, once a commons shared by all, from those who need them? Is it more violent to resist the police who evict people from their homes, or to stand aside while people are made homeless? Is it more violent to throw tear gas canisters back at police, or to denounce those who throw them back as "violent," giving police a free hand to do worse?
In this state of affairs, there is no such thing as nonviolence—the closest we can hope to come is to negate the harm or threat posed by the proponents of top-down violence.
Those crazy kids at CrimethInc go on to complain about how the Black Bloc anarchists that made their way into various Occupy camps were made outcasts after a time, thanks to two writers who apparently have some influence within the various activist communities. The one shining light, the unknown author argues, was Occupy Oakland, which embraced a "diversity of tactics", (that beloved catchphrase of the hardcore Left):
But it often happens that the preconditions for a movement become limitations that it must transcend: Occupy Oakland remained vibrant after other occupations died down because it embraced a diversity of tactics, not despite this. Likewise, if we really want to transform our society, we can't remain forever within the narrow boundaries of what the authorities deem legitimate: we have to extend the range of what people feel entitled to do.
So what's the answer for the collectivist anarchists of CrimethInc? Well, it's not a happy one, even though they use vague terms to describe what they feel needs to happen:
Making nonviolence the central tenet of our movement makes good sense if our long-term goal is not to challenge the fundamental structure of our society…But if we really want to transform our society, we have to transform the discourse of legitimacy, not just position ourselves well within it as it currently exists.
In essence, those whacky anarchists over at CrimethInc are arguing that non-violence only works if one seeks to maintain the current structure and flow of power within our society. If that's not your goal, if the goal is to tear it all down and build something new, then actions that might be considered violent need to be legitimized, and the only way to make those possibly violent actions legitimate is to change what ARE legitimate forms of resistance within people's minds. The reason this is important, the unnamed author argues, is "that's the the point of affirming a diversity of tactics: to build a movement that has space for all of us, yet leaves no space for domination and silencing—a "people power" that can both expand and intensify."
As the Church Lady from Saturday Night Live used to say, "Well isn't that special?".
The Death of a Boy Makes Opportunistic Vultures Drool
Posted on March 28, 2012 by LisaScherr in Articles
The case of Trayvon Martin, a black boy, has made the opportunistic vultures drool. These are the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who never miss an opportunity to take advantage of any situation that may advance their racist cause. To them everything is about race even when it's not. As soon as they heard about the case of a black boy being killed by a white man (he's not, he's Hispanic, but let's ignore that fact), they descended like vultures.
The family of Trayvon Martin, with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton moved the location of their news conference from the church in Sanford, FL to a church in Eatonville, FL. All previous meetings and conferences were held at the Allen Chapel AME Church in Sanford or in locations nearby. Why, all of a sudden when Jesse Jackson comes to town does everything move to the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Eatonville? They moved it because location is important. Moving the location of the press conferences from racially diverse Sanford, to majority black Eatonville, one of the first all-black towns to be formed after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, allows them to join together in solidarity as black people. To present a united front as black people and in essence make this about race which was more difficult to do in more diverse Sanford. The plan is simple, rile up the locals, go to Eatonville, get the support of the black community locally and nationally and then bring the race hate back to Sanford. It makes it so much easier to play the race card with the support of the black community. There is no better place to garner support of the black community that than in mostly black Eatonville.
They descended upon the family and dragged them in to the race baiting and into their devious politics because the face of a little black boy is great publicity. Look at how they've used it to get the community and the country caught up in their whirlwind. There was not all this rallying and hoopla before Al Sharpton got here. There were no national news outlets, with their big shiny trucks blocking the roads before the vultures came to town.
Hundreds of people lined up in Sanford outside the civic center in the hopes of going inside to speak their minds to the council. There have been other council meetings held prior to the vultures, why now do hundreds wait in line? While hundreds waited in line for the council meeting, hundreds more took to the streets of Sanford with their signs and chants of "No Justice, No Peace" and "We want justice, we want it now" marching in a parade to the rallying point in Ft. Mellon park. Most of the marchers were calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, with some even calling for his death or injury. Many supported the theory that it was a race related murder. Something must be compelling them to do this.
Of course, the media was there to nibble up every bit of the brouhaha. What makes better news than the martyrdom of a boy? Outside in Ft. Mellon Park, the people gathered and the news crews national, local and independent were mulling around interviewing people. Cameras were everywhere. Many of the national news organizations such as CNN and MSNBC were broadcasting, not from amidst the people, but from a sectioned off area set up just for them. Some of them were even barricaded off from everyone else. They've seen it before, send the photographers and videographers in to get some shots and sound bites, but not need to go out and actually talk to people, they already know the story they will present. The only news people out and about among the crowd were local and independent news and citizen journalists. This is why I generally recommend getting your news from local news, they tend to be less agenda oriented.
In racially diverse Sanford, the crowd was primarily black. Though I never felt uncomfortable, I was well aware that I was a small white woman in a big black sea. There were other white people there. Many of the journalists were white, and some of those rallying were white, but the crowd was mostly black. The black community was rallying. Busloads of people from other black communities showed up.
The New Black Panthers were in Sanford too, and they were cordial and respectful when addressed. When we mentioned, "It's hot out there today," their leader said, "Issues are hot, police and government are not doing their jobs." They weren't nasty or threatening, they did not say anything about "lynching" George Zimmerman. Their words were in contrast to the odd way the Black Panther members stood around their leader in a protective ring. Surely, the negative public sentiment about the Panthers has them on their guard. Even though the Panthers' verbal statements weren't threatening, there were chilling elements of the rally due to their actions. As reported at other local Trayvon Martin rallies, the Black Panthers were handing out shocking fliers (below) calling for George Zimmerman to be delivered to them "Dead or Alive" for the "murder-execution" of Trayvon Martin. It was very disheartening to see a modern display of lynch mob mentality, even if the Black Panther lynching threat was limited to a flier.
Here's the New Black Panther leader I met being interviewed by CNNs Anderson Cooper:
"Bounty Put on Trayvon Martin Shooter"
The rally took on a strange, almost a carnival/party atmosphere. Many of people held colorful signs with pictures and sayings, each one trying to be more creative than the rest. There were skittles galore. There were even a few people in costume. There were large screens which showed the council meeting and later provided everyone a view of the speakers.
I ran in to this gentleman, dressed as a jester, who did not agree with the Black Panther reward. He felt that George Zimmerman should be arrested and go to trial.
It seems a bit odd that the one person who seemed to have a somewhat level head about the whole thing is the one wearing the jester's hat. Most of the people were buying in to what Jackson and Sharpton were selling. As good little followers should, they were appalled that the police would report information that would make Trayvon look bad, even if it's true. Jackson and Sharpton worked feverishly to denounce the reports. It is not helpful to their cause for the information that was reported in the Orlando Sentinel which the police released, that says witness statements say that George Zimmerman was heading back to his SUV and that Trayvon attacked him from behind, punching him in the face and breaking his nose, he continued beating on George Zimmerman and had him pinned to the ground. Sharpton, Jackson and the family are upset that reports are coming out that show Trayvon in a negative light. Yet, for days, they complained that the police had no proof that George Zimmerman had acted in self-defense. When the police then reveal the information that they had, Zimmerman's statement backed up by statements from eye-witnesses, they complain because this information can squash their case. They lose ground in the race baiting they are doing. They don't even acknowledge that Zimmerman is Hispanic. He is a "white-Hispanic," whatever that is.
We don't know if any of the information coming out is true or not, because we were not there. This is why a thorough investigation is necessary and if warranted, a trial – and only if someone is found guilty, punishment. Our society can't skip ahead to punishment. This is what the 5th Amendment is all about, presumed innocence and due process, gathering the facts before passing judgment. Yet there are those who have already, such as the New Black Panthers, found George Zimmerman guilty of murder without an investigation and without a trial.
#TeamDueProcess Seeks the Truth and Justice For All
Posted on March 26, 2012 by LisaScherr in Articles
Last night a new hashtag appeared on twitter thanks to @brooksbayne. The hashtag #TeamDueProcess is used to identify those who are seeking vigilante justice and forgoing due process as stated in the 5th amendment.
#TeamDueProcess seeks the truth and justice for all under the law and will not pre-judge either George Zimmerman or Trayvon Martin as so many people have been doing. To do so is un-American and goes against the 5th Amendment which calls for due process.
The same lies/misrepresentations have been seen almost word for word in news reports, blogs and social networking sites (twitter, Facebook). I will not pass judgment on either George Zimmerman or Trayvon Martin until all the investigations are complete and (if there is one) the outcome of a trial.
Fact or fiction, here's the truth as I know it so far.
Fiction: Zimmerman was told by a 911 dispatcher to not follow Trayvon Martin, but he continued to pursue the young man.
Fact: The 911 dispatcher DID NOT tell George Zimmerman not to follow Trayvon:
Dispatcher: Are you following him
Zimmerman: Yeah
Dispatcher: We don't need you to do that.
Dispatcher never told him not to follow Trayvon.
Being told that they don't need him to follow Trayvon is not the same as telling him not to do it.
Fiction: The Sanford Police department told Trayvon's parents that George Zimmerman did not have a criminal record.
Fact: Police did not tell Trayvon's parents he didn't have a criminal record, they told him Zimmerman described himself as "squeaky clean." Police admitted Zimmerman had a record.
Fact twisted to mean something more than what it is: Trayvon Martin's body tested for drugs and alcohol after his death and George Zimmerman was not?
More Important Fact: Trayvon had an autopsy, as is required when someone is shot; drug and alcohol screen is a part of every autopsy. They did not autopsy Zimmerman.
Fact twisted to mean something more than what it is: The police didn't do a ballistics test on Zimmerman's hands and weapon.
Clarifying fact: You don't do ballistics tests on hands, you do gunshot residue. Gunshot residue test shows someone fired a gun and isn't necessary to do if someone admits to firing a gun. The police know he has gunshot residue on his hands. Zimmerman also admitted to shooting Trayvon, why would ballistics test be necessary? Also, police seized and are in possession of the gun.
Fact twisted to mean something more than what it is: Zimmerman made more than 40 911 calls over the past year and should have been looked at as a red flag. The man was obviously a vigilante just waiting for the right victim.
Clarifying fact: George Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch leader, of course he would make 911 calls if, as he made his rounds, he found something suspicious. It also means the area that Zimmerman patrols as part of his neighborhood watch is crime ridden.
Fiction: Investigators failed to look into cellphone records by Martin and Zimmerman, which would have shown them that the shooter's version of events, etc. were not accurate.
Fact: They did look into the cell phone records. Trayvon's girlfriend refused to talk to police. Also, they have an eyewitness to the events and others who also heard what was going on.
Unknown by public and used to incite anger: The police department refused to return the Martin family's phone calls in the three days following their son's death.
Who said they didn't? It's hearsay.
Fiction: The police did not follow protocol.
Fact: The police did follow protocol. The police reacted based on what the witness saw and corroborating physical evidence and 911 calls. This led the police to believe it was self-defense.
A witness stated that he saw Zimmerman on the ground being beaten by a much larger Martin. The witness heard Zimmerman crying for help, but could not help him. Zimmerman had scratches on the back of his head, grass stains on his back and a broken nose. The 911 calls that other's called in you can hear Zimmerman yelling out for help and Martin's father admitted that the voice wasn't Trayvon's to the police, he has changed his story now. Friends of Zimmerman say the voice on the 911 tape is clearly Zimmerman. The police, having evidence to support self-defense could not arrest Zimmerman because of FL statute 776. The police followed their protocol and forwarded the case to the state attorney's office who is now investigating the case.
These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another
~ Zechariah 8:16
Al Sharpton and the like are trying to promote their own agenda as well as stir up trouble. This advances their agenda. The New Black Panther's took it a step even further and called for vigilante justice. Their $10K reward for hunting down and capturing George Zimmerman. Leader Mikhail Muhammad's statement when asked if he was inciting violence: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." can only mean they support capturing him dead and not alive. This has sparked rage and hatred.
Searching "George Zimmerman" or simply "Zimmerman" on twitter and you will be faced with the most vile, hateful, repulsive statements calling for the hunting and lynching, read dead, of Zimmerman bypassing all due process.
Here are just a few examples (it was not easy finding some that were not too vulgar or loaded with expletives to post here):
And those were the nicer of the ones I found.
The truth will come out, lets pray there is no further violence, brought on by racist hatemongers clamoring to advance their own agendas, before then.
Therefore, having put away falsehood let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor.
~ Ephesians 4:25
George Zimmerman Is An Hispanic Democrat? Does Spike Lee Know? #TeamDueProcess Does And We Don't Care
Posted on March 25, 2012 by Brooks Bayne in Articles
Please tell Spike Lee, a black Democrat, and the other leftists who've been trying to paint George Zimmerman as a racist white Republican, that Zimmerman's an Hispanic Democrat. Spike Lee is the irresponsible celeb who shared Zimmerman's address on Twitter, twice. Inciting lynch mob violence, Shelton (Shelton is Spike's real name, btw)?
The news shares Zimmerman's political affiliation:
Here's a couple screenshots of the bigotry and tyranny being sent Zimmerman's way (for more that we tagged and retweeted see this, or search the #TeamDueProcess hashtag on Twitter):
We federalists and conservatives will continue to defend George Zimmerman's right to Due Process. The irony here is that my political brethren are defending one minority's constitutional rights from another minority's lynch mob mentality. The latter of which, the GOP freed from slavery 150 years ago! An interesting, but telling aside, is that zero democrats voted for the 14th Amendment back then. Today, there's no major outcry of support for Zimmerman's constitutional rights from the left. Let that fully sink in. It's as if things haven't changed at all in 150 years within the Democrats' ranks. Please don't lynch that Hispanic, Democrats!
Here's what's most important: my side are so passionate about American liberty, that we'll staunchly defend the constitutional rights of those who don't share our political ideology. We believe that Due Process is greater than tyranny and lynch mobs. Not much has changed for us in the last 150 years either.
For more on #TeamDueProcess, read this, and this. #TeamDueProcess > #TeamLynchMob
OWS "PR Firm" Started By Convicted Felon Andy Stepanian Threatens And Covers Up Crime
Posted on March 20, 2012 by FoolishReporter in Articles
With Occupy Wall Street celebrating their sixth month "anniversary" during the weekend of Mar. 16-18, New York City's occupiers got especially rowdy. Once more, they mostly made asses out of themselves, and ended up being surprised (once again) by the response of the NYPD. Revolution is a rough game, kids, and you really are lucky you're trying to play here, in this country, than many other places on Earth where you'd all be riddled with bullets by now.
But I digress.
During the chaos that OWS managed to incite on Saturday night, one protestor was supposedly roughed up by the NYPD and subjected to all sorts of awful horrors. Unfortunately, for those who do a little digging, Cecily McMillan's story doesn't hold up to close scrutiny. However, for once, at least some part of the Occupy team realized the control and flow of information might be an important thing.
Sparrow Media Project (@SparrowMedia) labels itself as "Publicity, PR, and creative direction for grassroots activists. We amplify marginalized voices", on it's Twitter profile. Over the weekend, those silly kids at Sparrow realized trying to push McMillan's story (at least the way they wanted it pushed), would require a fine control of the information being sent out by the hundreds of protestors and thousands of Internet users following the action.
First off, Sparrow suggests the "correct" angle of McMillan's altercation, and also suggests any non-approved footage be removed immediately:
After that, Sparrow then scolds fellow uploaders about the importance of "security culture" (a favored term of the Anarchist left):
An interesting conversation captured there at the bottom, as well.
Sparrow's intervention here shows that OWS is certainly hardening up to be a movement of the hardcore political Left. Andy Stepanian, a member of the Sparrow team, is relatively well-known to both the professional activist Left, and to the law as a convicted felon. Being the featured speaker at an event titled "Subverting Capitalism, Activism and the Media", along with being a member of yet another Leftist, "unjustly accused" and imprisoned "number" group (the SHAC 7), Stepanian's lefty credentials are legitimate. And now, it appears he looks to be taking on the role of Spin Doctor for OWS as their spring "campaign" ramps up.
Let this be of note. They realize that those who disagree with them in every manner possible monitor them relentlessly. Stepanian seemingly knows, at least, that the flow of information has to be closely guarded and filtered in order to create the proper narrative for the flagging movement, the correct sense of victimization and feigned righteous indignation to keep them moving forward. Andy's even threaten to "dox" Brooks Bayne (screenshot below), the founder/editor of The Graph, and he even hints at potential violence. The term dox is typically used to describe criminal means to obtain and post personally identifiable information (PII) about people on the Internet. This would include things like a person's home address, work address, credit card information, phone number, etc. However, dox information can also be "exploited by criminals to stalk or steal the identity of a person, or to plan a person's murder or robbery, among other crimes."
They're getting more savvy. But…that's alright. Even with an increased awareness of their image, the six months they've spent damaging it in fits of pique and rage means most people are already turned off to their message. But, as we've seen before and saw again this weekend, that disconnect with the people they're trying to influence has never seemingly mattered, a strange phenomena within the group as a whole.
Regardless, we will need to keep a closer eye on them than ever before, to make sure that the most complete picture of this "American Spring" is captured and shared with the world at large.
Good luck with that PR business, Andy. Looks like you'll need a lot of it!
Leftist Matt Yglesias Wants More Tax Cuts… Not Really, But Girls Obviously Dislike Him
Posted on March 18, 2012 by Brooks Bayne in Articles
Just a couple weeks after Slate hack Matt Yglesias wrote, "Obama really has hurt the oil industry by declining to approve the Keystone XL pipeline…" (albeit, ruining his statement by following it with the idea that we need higher gas taxes), he started talking about general tax cuts, and zero interest rates today:
My theory is that if we'd acted more forcefully with tax cuts and aid to state and local governments while holding interest rates at zero, households and governments would have bought more stuff and firms would have invested more (buying more delivery trucks, for example) in order to fulfill that increased volume of orders.
Your theory? Sir James Steuart came up with that theory back in 1767, in his famous (well, famous to people who really read about this stuff) essay, "An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy [sic]". He wrote, in part: "…new demand will cease as soon as it is made, for want of a supply". I believe James articulated this theory a couple hundred years before you, Matt. Not sorry to burst your sweat bubble, hope it doesn't get infected.
And Matty's notion of selective tax cuts and increases has all the logic of taking X dollars from one bank ATM, driving to another ATM, and depositing X dollars.
These leftist haters of women get paid to write this nonsense. That's a subsidy we should all work to end. These poor beta males…
Sandra Fluke's Boyfriend, Adam "Cutie Pants" Mutterperl, And His Radical Socialist Family
Posted on March 13, 2012 by Brooks Bayne in Articles
(Filed under: "Never mind, media, we'll do your damned job, losers.")
Updated: Added link to the Jewish Encyclopedia for an explanation of "traditional Jewish socialism", amongst those who've chosen the socialist/marxist ideology. It's in the first paragraph about Adam's parents. I assumed the readers could Google something if they had questions, but I was wrong.
Update #2: Finally, The Washington Times is now asking the right questions. Like, "Hey, Anita Dunn, what role did the White House play in having Sandra Fluke appear before congress?" This is looking bad for SKDKnickerbocker, Anita's PR firm.
Recently, it was reported that Sandra Fluke is connected to none other than 1%'er, William (Bill) Mutterperl, through her boyfriend. However, it wasn't reported who her boyfriend is. Everyone, meet Sandra's boyfriend, wannabe producer, and amateur stand-up comic, Adam "Cutie Pants" Mutterperl, in this video audition he submitted to a "reality" show:
Cutie pants? This guy the epitome of what everyone thought Sandra Fluke's boyfriend would be. Maybe Adam could produce a biopic titled, "Beta Males and the Progressive Chicks Who Dig Them".
Anyway, here are some pictures of Sandra and Adam frolicking in typical ghetto places like Spain and Italy:
The caption that Adam added to one of the Barcelona pics, "Pretty drunk". Is this the part where I'm supposed to pay for your condoms, Adam? You know, because traveling between L.A., D.C., and New York, and vacationing in Barcelona, Italy, etc., is pretty darned expensive. I get it. Did you piss off your uber-wealthy parents to get cut off from your trust fund? You and Sandra must need some government subsidies. Idea: mock hearing. Brilliant!
Awesome that Adam is so happy about Sandra making "the big time" (h/t to SooperMexican for this particular screenshot).
Anyway, on to Adam's "typical Democrat family". The term BIll O'Reilly used to describe Bill Mutterperl is "Democratic stalwart". However, as soon as I heard his name in a story about Sandra Fluke, I almost choked, due to my sudden epiphany. Why? Because anyone familiar with Boston and New York political history knows about the wealthy Mutterperl family's long tradition of supporting the traditional Jewish variant of socialism. Bill Mutterperl's family are much more than Democratic stalwarts.
I'll let Woody Allen give you the basic overview (if Woody introduces left-wing, Jewish socialism, it's not anti-Semitic, AMIRIGHT?!):
(Transcript of the video clip: "What's your name… Allison… You're like New York Jewish, left-wing, intellectual, Central Park West, Brandeis University, socialist summer camps and the father with the Ben Shahn drawings, really strike-oriented. Stop me before I make a complete imbecile of myself… No, that was wonderful! I love being reduced to a cultural stereotype.")
Allen's description probably describes Adam's childhood, right down to the Ben Shahn drawings. I wonder if Adam has ever been to a kibbutz.
The Mutterperl family, via Adam's great grandfather Sol's handbag fortune, established the "Mutterperl Scholarship Endowment Fund" in 1951 for Brandeis University. This school, as some people call it, is named for Louis Brandeis, a secular Jew, Zionist, and United States Supreme Court Justice appointed by Woodrow Wilson. Brandeis was a self-proclaimed socialist. Herbert Marcuse, the famous Frankfurt School Marxist, came to Brandeis in 1954, three years after the Mutterperl fund was created. Brandeis University is one of the nation's leading petri dishes for anti-American and neo-Marxist thought. Here's the statement from the Brandeis bulletin about the Mutterperl fund:
Traditions of charity inculcated in their children by a New York couple, who recently celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary, are being perpetuated in their honor by the children who have established a Sol and Susanne Mutterperl Scholarship Endowment Fund at Brandeis University.
Honoring the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Mutterperl, the endowment fund has been established by means of a substantial initial grant which will be augmented from time to time.
The initial grant was made by the children through the Mutterperl Foundation, Inc., which was organized in December, 1951, by Raphael Mutterperl: his brother, Martin Mutterperl, and their sister's husband, Ludwig S. Buckhardt. for the purpose of fostering the philanthropic ideals of their parents.
President of the Foundation is Raphael Mutterperl, prominent New Bedford (Mass.) manufacturer.
Since Sol is credited with creating the women's handbag market, and was a wealthy manufacturer and proprietor of those goods, he and his wife, Susanne, lived at 22 Central Park West in Manhattan for a time, and then at 350 Central Park West. Not too shabby, Mutterperl! Sol was also supportive of unions and was the Director of the United Jewish Appeal (now The Jewish Federations of North America) a Jewish "social" organization. From the JFNA website:
The Federation movement, collectively among the top 10 charities on the continent, protects and enhances the well-being of Jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and Torah (Jewish learning).
There's that "social justice" code word again. Jewish Socialism is linked to a very progressive concept of the above tikkun olam. New Bedford, MA, where Raphael Mutterperl ran the family's manufacturing arm, was a hotbed of Marxist trade-unionism in early 20th century America. Why? It was easy to "sell" radical trade-unionism to a whole people group who were brought up in the lap of Weimar Marxian ideology, because New Bedford had many new eastern-European Jewish immigrants living there at the time, including, of course, the Mutterperl family.
For some added historical context, two popular Marxists, Samuel Gompers and Daniel De Leon, agitated in New Bedford, and were instrumental in fomenting strikes amongst the workers of the textile mills there. As I wrote before, Gompers was the founder of what is now the largest Marxist union organization in America, the AFL-CIO.
In addition to the Mutterperl's extensive history within the Jewish socialist activist/political world, and their generational wealth, they're still doing what they can to help the 99%. An excerpt from Bill's current Reed Smith LLP (one of the 15 largest law firms in the world) bio:
Bill is a partner in Reed Smith's Financial Industry Group. He specializes in providing high level counseling to CEO's, General Counsel, Boards of Directors and members of senior management of major financial institutions.
As the former Vice Chairman of The PNC Financial Services Group, he held management responsibilities for certain PNC staff functions, including legal, compliance, legislative affairs and media relations, and he was responsible for implementing best practices for corporate governance. He served on several senior management committees, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Re-Engineering and Consumer affairs, and also served as management liaison to a special ad hoc committee of the Board of Directors dealing with regulatory affairs and corporate governance. He also served as a PNC representative on the Board of Directors of BlackRock Investment Management, one of the largest investment management firms in the world.
Bill also had a distinguished 25-year career at FleetBoston Financial Corp. where he served as its Executive Vice President and General Counsel world-wide, responsible for all legal affairs of the company.
In addition, Bill served as Executive Director of the Independent Oversight Board for Arthur Andersen, headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. The other members of the Independent Oversight Board included current and former CEO's of major U.S. companies. Bill advised the Board on proposed best corporate governance practices to be adopted by Andresen in the wake of governmental investigations and criticisms of that firm.
In private practice, Bill was a partner in the business law division of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels in Boston, specializing in corporate governance issues. He began his legal career at the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
You'll recall that Paul Volcker, mentioned in Bill's bio, was Obama's bank bailout architect, advisor, and appointee. I know! Random, right?
Bill has also made nearly $90,000 in personal donations to Dems and their allies in the past 10 years, according to OpenSecrets.org. Check out the awesome Daddy Warbucks screenshots:
Adam's mother is Nancy Mutterperl. According to the California Secretary of State, she's involved with a company operating in Beverly Hills, CA as Charlotte Lu, LLC. They specialize in jewelry that runs from $300, to nearly $4000. Their website has a brief bio of Nancy, listing her role as "Business Development and Display":
Raised in West Haven, Connecticut, Nancy Mutterperl enjoyed studying art history in college, but it was her love of jewelry that led to her earning certificates from the Gemological Institute of America. While she was a stay-at-home mom, Nancy began creating her own jewelry pieces that were sold in retail stores and catalogs. Nancy's experience with gemstones gives her the edge for selecting beautiful stones for Charlotte Lu. Nancy is married, has two sons and resides in both Manhattan and Beverly Hills.
Stay-at-home mom, indeed. You know, typical, bi-coastal, "stalwarty" kind of stuff in the Mutterperl family. I wonder if Adam lives with mom here in Beverly Hills. From the looks of Adam's audition video above, it's safe to assume that mom imparted some of the "art history" stuff that she enjoyed in college, unto her son.
In summary (with bold for emphatic inflection): Sandra Fluke is a 30 year old leftist activist, attending Georgetown University, whom the Dems tried to inject, via non-sequitur, into Issa's hearing about Obamacare's encroachment upon religious freedoms, protected by the Establishment Clause in the 1st Amendment. Her boyfriend, Adam Mutterperl, is the son of one of the most well-connected leftist Jewish families on the East Coast (add the West Coast to that, apparently), with ties to neo-Marxist Brandeis University as decades old donors… and whose father, Bill Mutterperl, worked directly for Paul Volcker, one of Obama's pals, advisors, and Keynesian "stimulus" bill architects. Yet, we're supposed to believe that this just boils down to a poor girl needing us to "subsidize" her birth control. RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
We're talking Sgt. Schultz levels of ignorance and avoidance if you buy that load of schmutz.
Some have claimed that Sandra's reps (Anita Dunn's PR firm – Anita's the Mao lover, and former Obama Communications Director) are lying about the Mutterperl "boyfriend". I've posted the Facebook photos, above, of them, that are dated, and go back a few years – but you never see them kiss in their photos. To me, it's obvious that she's in bed with him, literally, or figuratively. Either way, Sandra's connection to this particular Jewish-American socialist dynasty is a "little" secret that they don't want you to know. Which begs the question… if you're so connected to the Mutterperl family, Sandra, why not go to Brandeis, a school much more aligned with your worldview, instead of Georgetown University, a Catholic Jesuit school? Are you admitting that a Christian school is better than a neo-Marxist school, or is there some other agenda? Now *that's* funny when you think about it.
Based on all this random connectedness, I'd love it if Miss Fluke would sue Georgetown for "subsidized" birth control. The Georgetown lawyers would have a field day with discovery. Do it, Sandra. I dare you.
Oh, as a complete aside, check out Adam's grandpappy, Martin Mutterperl, hanging out with Cass Sunstein's, (another Obama appointee, Regulatory Czarina, and overall radical leftist) great-uncle, Alexander Cass Sunstein, and Samuel "Subway Sam" Rosoff, the guy who killed one of his detractors over a labor union spat, in Palm Beach back in 1965, at the Ambassador Hotel (see: photo below). Purely coincidence, I'm sure, since they're all associated with Marxists, socialists, and trade-unionists of Eastern-European, Jewish, descent. There are some other interesting names in this list. Can you spot them?! Just kidding. Move along. Nothing to see here, hobbits.


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