Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Support


Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!


Contact
Ace:
aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
CBD:
cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com


Recent Entries
Absent Friends
Captain Whitebread 2026
Jon Ekdahl 2026
Jay Guevara 2025
Jim Sunk New Dawn 2025
Jewells45 2025
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024
Captain Hate 2023
moon_over_vermont 2023
westminsterdogshow 2023
Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022
Dave In Texas 2022
Jesse in D.C. 2022
OregonMuse 2022
redc1c4 2021
Tami 2021
Chavez the Hugo 2020
Ibguy 2020
Rickl 2019
Joffen 2014
AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published. Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me
Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups





















« RatherBiased.Com Now Blogging at Rathergate.com | Main | Philip Shenon, Charged With Tipping Off Muslim "Charity" Before FBI Raid, Defended and Praised Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9-11 »
September 29, 2004

Charge: New York Times Reporter Tipped Off Islamic "Charity" Just Before FBI Raid

Not anti-war, just on the other side?:

The Justice Department has charged that a veteran New York Times foreign correspondent warned an alleged terror-funding Islamic charity that the FBI was about to raid its office — potentially endangering the lives of federal agents.

The stunning accusation was disclosed yesterday in legal papers related to a lawsuit the Times filed in Manhattan federal court.

The suit seeks to block subpoenas from the Justice Department for phone records of two of its Middle Eastern reporters — Philip Shenon and Judith Miller — as part of a probe to track down the leak.

Hold off-- it's not Judith Miller, as the article makes clear, shortly.

The Times last night flatly denied the allegation.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago charged in court papers that Shenon blew the cover on the Dec. 14, 2001, raid of the Global Relief Foundation — the first charges of their kind under broad new investigatory powers given to the feds under the Patriot Act.

"It has been conclusively established that Global Relief Foundation learned of the search from reporter Philip Shenon of The New York Times," Fitzgerald said in an Aug. 7, 2002, letter to the Times' legal department.

...

"I would posit that the circumstances here — the decision by the reporter to provide a tip to the subject of a terrorist fund-raising inquiry which seriously compromised the integrity of the investigation and potentially endangered the safety of federal law-enforcement personnel — warrant such cooperation in full," Fitzgerald said.

The Times, and Shenon's lawyer, deny the charge.

And yet they're none to willing to disclose the evidence that might exculpate him.

Can I ask a question?

What the hell does the press think it's doing?

Update: Mark from Rational Explications points out that TimesWatch has a nice digest of Philip Shenon's oevure. ("Oevure" is French for "partisan hatchet-jobs.")

Sweet Irony Update: I don't understand how this is all connected, but the prosecutor here seems to be the same man working on the Valerie Plame case.

Of course, the New York Times, which wants Fitzgerald to dig like there's no tomorrow on the Plame matter, seeks special special protections for itself in court.

That last link thanks to Michelle Malkin.


posted by Ace at 03:02 PM
Comments



TimesWatch is all over this scumbag:

http://www.timeswatch.org/topicindex/S/shenon_philip/welcome.asp

Posted by: Mark on September 29, 2004 03:17 PM

Ace-

Was that wrong? Should Shenon not have done that? If anyone had told him when he started working here at the NYT that that kind of thing was frowned upon...

Cheers,
Dave

Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge on September 29, 2004 03:27 PM

Ace,

More irony.

The NY Times (Shenon) is being represented by...

Judge Kenneth W. Starr (via The Corner)

Is this a great country, or what?

Posted by: MeTooThen on September 29, 2004 05:08 PM

Your attempted assault on the Times forgets the old fashioned notion that a paper and/or reportrer does not reveal his sources to satisfy your blog

Posted by: freddie poo on September 29, 2004 05:44 PM

The question isn't Shenon's "sources." We don't care about who told him what; we want to know what he told to a long-suspected terrorist-funding front organization.

I don't know of any right of the press to obstruct justice and tip off terrorist fronts.

Do you?

Posted by: ace on September 29, 2004 05:51 PM

freddie poo

..."A call from Mr. Shenon to the charity on the evening of Dec. 13, 2001, the day before the planned raid, "resulted in the destruction and removal of information," according to a letter from James B. Comey, the deputy attorney general, to lawyers for The Times on Thursday."

Query: And what does this have to do with a reporter revealing his sources?

Answer: Nothing.

In another report (can't find the link at the moment), it is alleged that not only did the tip-off result in destruction and removal of information, but also jeapordized the safety of federal agents.

Mr. Shenon's phone records have been asked for but he so has refused to comply. The federal government has now sought to obtain those records from a "third source" (I suspect this is the phone company). It is at this point the NY Times stepped in on behalf of their employee and his, as well as their phone records.

Judge Starr is a superb legal mind. The NYT knew who to go to when the shit hit the fan.

Posted by: MeTooThen on September 29, 2004 06:46 PM

This reporter can't be that stupid, can he?

Posted by: LB on September 29, 2004 08:20 PM

LB: why assume stupidity? The question should be, "this reporter can't be that evil, can he?"

Personally I hope he gets ten years.

Posted by: David Gillies on September 29, 2004 08:34 PM

I think it's more stupidity/lack of care for security than truly nefarious motives. You'll see what I mean when I post.

Posted by: ace on September 29, 2004 09:05 PM

Did you catch that? Ace, a "must read"!! And from Michelle no less!

Well, we all knew that already, y'all.

Posted by: kobekko on September 29, 2004 11:27 PM

When I read "It has been conclusively established that Global Relief Foundation learned of the search from reporter Philip Shenon...," I immediately think - wiretap.

The search of his (and Miller's) phone records would indicate that Fitzgerald is pursuing the leaker. It's hard to see how this relates to the Plame leak. Are these two separate cases, or one?

Posted by: lyle on September 30, 2004 07:56 AM

i have no sympathy for anyone that supports terrorist

Posted by: grumpyone61952 on October 1, 2004 01:31 AM

So how exactly did Shenon get the info. to give to the Global Relief Foundation? Are we to assume that someone from the FBI leaked it? Isn't that an incredibly important question?

Posted by: Alice on October 1, 2004 12:47 PM

I guess some commenters here think it's no big deal if someone in the FBI leaks this kind of information? I expect a NY Times reporter to behave like an ass and to have no interest in protecting me. I was living under the illusion that I could expect more than that from an FBI employee and that tracking down that scum is equally important.

Posted by: Alice on October 1, 2004 12:54 PM

Oh, and let him go to jail for refusing to reveal his source. I think the 'defending one's source' argument ceases to hold water when one uses the information to interfere with an FBI raid.

Posted by: Alice on October 1, 2004 12:57 PM

Has Kerry been excommunicated by the Vatican? Catholic World News seems to think he might have been.
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=32830

Posted by: Al Johnson on October 19, 2004 02:48 PM

buy stock newsletter
from our secure server! get next day delivery free! and save over 70% on all of our popular brand name medications. Delete if you dont like it.

Posted by: order stock newsletter on January 26, 2005 06:18 PM

buy merchant account
from our secure server! get next day delivery free! and save over 70% on all of our popular brand name medications. Delete if you dont like it.

Posted by: order merchant account on January 26, 2005 06:19 PM

buy pharmacy
from our secure server! get next day delivery free! and save over 70% on all of our popular brand name medications. Delete if you dont like it.

Posted by: order pharmacy on January 26, 2005 06:20 PM

Are you looking to purchase PHENTERMINE
ONLINE. Well, here is a little tip for you to buy PHENTERMINE, it goes something
like this: phentermine,phentermine,>>>>phentermine<<<<<,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,@@@@@phentermine@@@@@,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,#####phentermine
######
,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,

phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phentermine,phent

Posted by: Phentermine Lady on May 28, 2005 11:40 AM
Posted by: Personal Banker on May 31, 2005 10:39 AM
Post a comment
Name:


Email Address:


URL:


Comments:


Remember info?








Now Available!
The Deplorable Gourmet
A Horde-sourced Cookbook
[All profits go to charity]
Top Headlines
Peter Cullen, voice actor for Optimus Prime (among many others) dies at home surrounded by family at age 85
RIP and Roll Out!
CJN podcast 1400 copy.jpg
Podcast: Dolly Parton...an American classic, Michigan's El Sayed is part of our future destruction, More Global Warming nonsense, mail-in balloting restrictions, Darline Graham? Get rid of family dynasties...and more!
Breaking news: Dolly Parton had a real pair of 38s
Or at least one. She carried it everywhere for protection.
This joke brought to you by Benny Hill. And speaking of the British: The Buckingham Palace guard tributed her yesterday
1977 interview shows that Barbara Walters has always been a seaward and Dolly Parton always had "country class"
Walters actually asks Dolly Parton if she knows that people think she's a joke. This because Walters can't get over the fact that a show-woman has 1, big breasts, and 2, dresses a bit outrageously because, get this, she's an entertainer. A stage performer. You know, someone people pay money to see live and expect them to put on a show.
She never would attack Liberace for wearing glitter-tuxedos. But she's mad that Dolly Parton makes Barbara Walters look bad through association (by being a woman). Babs, you wish people associated the two of you. Believe me, we can tell the difference.
This Senator Fought Wildfires From Planes. Now He's Fighting Activists and Bureaucrats "senator tim sheehy on the 'unholy alliance' of environmental rules and activism that's preventing firefighters from doing their jobs..." [Hat Tip: Pete Bog] [CBD]
Dude trolls a city council meeting about permitting yet another mosque by promising the mosque will destroy the Constitution
"All women who are overweight or obese will have to wear burka. 10,000 steps per day, low carb."
CJN podcast 1400 copy.jpg
Podcast: Will Cuba fall without a fight? More Iran confusion, gun rights for felons isn't a crazy idea, wetbacks are voting! And are data centers of the devil? Nope!
Months ago, I reported that the final Zodiac cypher had been cracked and the name of the killer revealed. And the name of the killer turned out to be someone suspected in the unsolved Black Dahlia murder. The general tone of my mention of this was "serious you guys, this is real."
Well, it's not real. It's total bullshit.
Sorry about that. I did two things: 1, I bought into something, a conspiracy theory really, because it was new and exciting. And 2, I allowed a self-declared "expert" to snow me over with his "expert" claims about solving ciphers, an alleged expertise I could not challenge because I know practically nothing about codebreaking. I remember being similarly swindled by self-declared "experts" babbling about "chromatic aberrations." (Although I didn't really buy into that, but I found it "interesting" and I wasn't strongly skeptical about it. Hey they said they're "experts," they must know that they're talking about, right?)
I screwed up. It won't be the last time, I'm sure.
CJN podcast 1400 copy.jpg
Podcast: In Wisconsin, the Dems steal an election from themselves, abortion is cheered in Massachusetts, Spain gets what it voted for, the economy is humming, and more!
Recent Comments
Miklos presages: "What one might perceive as a dis- or asymmetry, mi ..."

496: "Phrasing... Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2 ..."

mikeski: "[i]And now for something completely different Or ..."

Puddleglum at work: "Trent Reznor is from Mercer, PA. A small town that ..."

496: "I checked out a couple oldies I haven't heard in y ..."

She Hobbit: "Chris Cornell does Dolly Posted by: BruceWayne ..."

Miklos presages: "Or perhaps the same, but different in many signifi ..."

BruceWayne: "Chris Cornell does Dolly https://tinyurl.com/4h ..."

Miklos presages: "And now for something completely different Or m ..."

Just Some Guy: "I think Earle Hagen also did a bunch of the music ..."

polynikes: "Reznor is one lefty a hole I cant overlook just l ..."

Kindltot: "But that is grim. Here is the Noori sisters wit ..."

Bloggers in Arms
Some Humorous Asides
Archives