The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Exhibit A: ‘Team Kimberlin’

Posted on | October 7, 2013 | 63 Comments

“Robert Stacy McCain never acknowledges errors or mistakes. For example, in May of 2012 he claimed to have left his home in Maryland for fear of Brett Kimberlin. But this week, Kimberlin’s process server found him at the same address where he lived last May.”
— “Xenophon,” BreitbartUnmasked.com, Sept. 20, 2013

As I explained yesterday, I didn’t blog much over the weekend because I was researching my defense against one of the accusations in the Kimberlin v. Walker, et al., lawsuit:

4. Defendants falsely wrote that other targets of theirs were part of “Team Kimberlin” and published that Plaintiff controlled, paid, and directed this vast network of “unsavory” operatives.

Proving the existence of Team Kimberlin will not be difficult, but fresh evidence is always welcome. A week ago, after I replied to a Twitter message from Ali Akbar, the “Breitbart Unmasked” Twitter account (clearly associated with Team Kimberlin) decided to taunt me, in an apparent show of support for fellow Team Kimberlin member Bill Schmalfeldt. Sunday, I noticed that “Breitbart Unmasked” hadn’t sent any further Twitter messages to Schmalfeldt. So I poked, and this morning “Breitbart Unmasked” responded:

So, Bill Schmalfeldt helpfully reveals, he has “regular phone conversations” with his fellow member of Team Kimberlin, which certainly would help to explain a situation I raised again Sunday:

Friday, I pointed out that Bill Schmalfeldt has claimed direct knowledge of Brett Kimberlin’s legal actions against myself and my co-defendants, joining his fellow Team Kimberlin members in premature celebration of their own imagined future vindication.
Bill Schmalfeldt claimed to know that Kimberlin served me with notice of his lawsuit in Maryland, but I don’t live in Maryland, and have not lived there since mid-2012. Therefore the question arises, who told Bill that I had been served at a Maryland address?

Ergo, the identity of “Breitbart Unmasked” (and likewise their fellow Team Kimberlin member “Xenophon”) is quite relevant to my defense in the case of Kimberlin v. Walker, et al., and Bill Schmalfeldt’s statement makes him a direct witness to these matters.

Quod erat demonstrandum.

Catch them telling the truth. Catch them telling a lie. Either way, so long as they refuse to exercise their right to remain silent, everything they say can and will be used against them in a court of law.

And their dishonesty is quite notorious.

 

Category: Bill Schmalfeldt, The Kimberlin Files

10 Ideas RE #OccupyResoluteDesk’s Activities In Lieu Of Job

Posted on | October 7, 2013 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

Category: Barack Obama, Democrats, humor

Did Terrorists Defeat Navy SEALs?

Posted on | October 7, 2013 | 25 Comments

That’s what an article in the Christian Science Monitor suggests:

A commando unit from the US Navy’s Seal Team Six launched an amphibious raid on a Somali town, but failed to confirm a capture or kill of their Al Shabab target, suspected to be linked to Nairobi’s Westgate mall terror attack.
The operation could have opposite its intended result of discouraging further attacks. Analysts warn that even earlier successful targeted strikes against Al Shabab, a Somalia-based Islamist militant group, failed to curb the group’s capacity to carry out international terror attacks, and that failed missions could in fact bolster its support and recruitment.

You can read the whole thing, but I’m not buying this argument. Unsuccessful operations are just part of the calculus of anti-terror strategy and, while commanders never plan for a mission to fail, no military force in history has ever been 100% successful. Even an unsuccessful mission can have strategic benefits, e.g.,  keeping the enemy off-balance, forcing them to take defensive measures for their own security.

If this failed Somalia raid should have the short-term result of aiding Al Shabab recruitment (which is merely possible, not certain), that just means more targets for our guys to kill. Go grab an AK-47, idiots, and see how that works out when we get the crosshairs on you.

Even while the SEALs were attacking in Somalia, meaning, in Tripoli “members of the elite U.S. Army Delta Force captured Abu Anas al Libi, an al Qaeda operative wanted for his role in the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.”

Delta Force? Best of the best. Fort Bragg, N.C.

Hooah.

 

 

Category: Libya, Military, Somalia, Terrorism

Is This a Hate Crime? White Soldier Stabbed to Death in Washington State

Posted on | October 7, 2013 | 23 Comments

Army Spec. Tevin Geike was about to finish his three-year hitch. Friends and family had gathered for a party Friday at a hotel in Lakewood, Washington, near Joint Base Lewis-McChord. About 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Geike and two of his Army buddies were walking along the highway “when a group of black men drove by and shouted a racial comment toward the soldiers”:

“One of the soldiers yelled back something about the suspects treating combat soldiers with disrespect,” Lt. Chris Lawler said.
The car turned around and the men confronted the soldiers, according to reports. As the verbal confrontation ensued, the driver of the vehicle realized the men were actually combat veterans and called his friends off. While the men headed back to their vehicle, one of the suspects appeared to have bumped into Geike, witnesses say.
The soldiers saw Geike fall to the ground as the car sped away. He was bleeding profusely from stab wounds and died at the scene. . . .
The initial remark that started the encounter seemed derogatory in nature, said Lakewood police Lt. Chris Lawler. He said it was too early to say that race was the motivating factor, but investigators were exploring whether the killing should be classified as a hate crime.
“We are certainly considering it, for sure,” Lawler said.
Police are searching for a midnight blue BMW-type sedan or VW Jetta-type car with four doors, tinted windows and stock rims, and low profile tires.
All five suspects are black men in their 20s, police say. The main suspect is believed to be in his early 20s, about 6’1″, medium build, and was wearing a blue zip-up hoodie. The driver was described as having short cropped hair, and wearing a blue and white horizontal striped shirt.

Whether or not a murder is prosecuted officially as a “hate crime” is irrelevant, of course. It’s murder, and the maximum penalty applies. Reports of such crimes have repeatedly made headlines since the George Zimmerman trial, provoking the thought that perhaps the media publicity to that case — and the racial demagoguery surrounding it — has led to worsening race relations. Should we blame Al Sharpton?

UPDATE: Police arrested five suspects Monday and said their investigation indicates this was not — not — a hate crime.

 

Category: Crime, Racism

Lee Stranahan: The Pigford II Settlement Is ‘The Atlas Shrugged Of Fraud’

Posted on | October 7, 2013 | 33 Comments

by Smitty

I don’t know if I’d go comparing Atlas Shrugged to Pigford, myself. Rand was far more restrained and delicate when it came to the sex scenes, in contrast to the ~50 trillion shades of green Obama has whipped up these last years.

More at Lee Stranahan’s site:
You just claim to farm, fill out some forms, and pocket some loot. Recalls the old Steven Wright gag:

I’ve been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think about it.

Only this joke isn’t funny. What will be interesting, going into the election next year, is how many donations are tied to addresses in the settlement list. We should fall short of wondering if the Democrats are using bogus settlements to fund parties. Of a political sort. The presence of questionable settlements and political parties are just dots. Far be it from me to connect them. That would best be done through investigative means.

Category: Corruption, Democrats

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.07.13

Posted on | October 7, 2013 | 13 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Libya Seeks Answers After US Raid Snatches Al-Qaeda Suspect

John “F” Kerry speaks to the media in Bali

Suspect was involved in embassy bombings


Debt Fight To Escalate Shutdown Showdown
Boehner attaches strings to debt limit


UN Says Destruction Of Syrian Chemical Weapons Has Begun
Work being done by Organization For The Prohibition Of Chemical Weapons



POLITICS
Speaker Boehner Says Not Enough Votes In House To Pass “Clean” Debt Limit Bill

Speaker of the House John Boehner

Says country is on path to default unless Obama negotiates

California Wildfire Forces Evacuation Of Camp Pendleton

Police Investigating Soldier’s Death As Possible Hate Crime

Supreme Court Term Begins With Contentious Topics

De Blasio: Candidate Of The Rich?

Most Air Force Civilians Being Recalled To Work

Planned Parenthood PAC Spending $1 Million On Anti-Cuccinelli Ads

McAuliffe Backs Obama’s Coal Regulations



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Falls From Friday’s Rise As Concern Over US Budget Standoff Increases: NYMEX $103.27, Brent $109.06
World Bank Cuts PRC, East Asia Growth Forecasts
Apollo, Cooper Disagree Over $2.5 Billion Deal Value As Wrinkles Emerge
Twitter’s Valuation Seen As Exceeding $20 Billion After IPO
Airbus Reportedly Close To Landmark Order With Japan Airlines
Facebook Partnership To Build 394 Palo Alto Apartments
BlackBerry Accused Of Inflating Shares With False Claims
Is Samsung Overly Reliant On Smartphones?
Microsoft Says Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 Nearly Sold Out
T-Mobile Readies “Uncarrier 3.0” Shakeup
Glass Theft Auto: Hack Beams “Grand Theft Auto” GPS Straight To Your Eye
Valve Details Specs For Linux-Based Steam Machine Gaming PCs



SPORTS
Crawford, Uribe Take Teheran Deep As Dodgers Rout Braves 13-6

Carl Crawford rounds the bases as Julio Teheran looks on

Dodgers now up 2-1, could close out series Monday night in Atlanta


Pirates Beat Cardinals 5-3, Take 2-1 Lead In NLDS

Scherzer Pitches Tigers Past A’s In Opener


Big Papi Bashes Twice, Red Sox Lead Rays Two Games To None

Broncos Win Again As Romo Throws It All Away For Cowboys

Tom Brady’s TD Streak Halted By Bengals; Patriots Fall 13-6

Panthers Come Up Dry In The Desert, Lose To Cardinals 22-6

Rams End Skid, Crush Jaguars (Who Allegedly Don’t Need Tebow) 34-20

Canucks Top Flames In OT 5-4

Are The Nationals We Saw In The Second Half The Real Nationals?



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
200 Episodes In, Is “Gray’s Anatomy” Still McDreamy?

Sandra Oh, Sara Ramirez, and Ellen Pompeo shed their scrubs

Celebrating a milestone

Patsy Kensit’s Double Cancer Scare

Madonna: She Never Went Away

Halle Berry & Olivier Martinez: It’s A Boy!


Carson Daly Engaged To GF Siri Pinter

Katy Perry Attends BF John Mayer’s Concert

Selena Gomez Pays Huge Bucks To End Stinky Perfume Lawsuit

Topher Grace, Sarah Silverman  Headline New HBO Comedy Pilot “People Of New Jersey”

Quentin Tarantino’s Top Ten Of 2013



FOREIGNERS
Egypt: 50 Dead In Clashes Between Rival Demonstrations
Typhoon Batters Southeast China As Smog Chokes The North
Mexico Monster Truck Crash Kills Eight
Truck Bomb Kills 13 Children At School Playground In Iraq
Pressure Mounts On Weakened Taiwan President For Talks With Chicoms
Pakistan’s Military Chief Announces Retirement, Praises Democracy
Egypt Releases Two Canadians Arrested During August Protests
Divers Recover 83 More Bodies From Sunken Migrant Ship



BLOGS & STUFF
Aewl’s Abode: Shutdown – Weekend Edition
First Street Journal: The Obama Corollary To The Bush Doctrine?
Dead Republican Party: Is Obama Worse?
American Power: Annie Lennox Slams “Overtly Sexualized” Women’s Pop “Pornography”
American Thinker: What Democrats Really Care About
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Government Shutdown Day Four – Con Los Pobres De La Tierra
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Dick Move, Bro
Don Surber: Weekend Scoreboard, October 4-6
Jammie Wearing Fools: Clueless Fool Obama Claims He Has No Idea How Many People Signed Up For ObamaCare
JustOneMinute: Auto-Collapse
Pat Dollard: The Fuehrer Inflicts More Pain And Suffering On The American People, Shuts Down Amber Alert Website
Protein Wisdom: The Progressive Endgame And How To Prevent It
Shot In The Dark: The Useful Conversation About Guns
The Jawa Report: M/SGT Nicholas Oresko, Oldest Living Medal Of Honor Recipient, Has Passed
The Lonely Conservative: Obama Voter – “I Was Laughing At Boehner Until The Mail Came”
Megan McArdle: Racism Continues To Hurt Historically Black Colleges


Category: Live at Five

Bill Schmalfeldt’s Latest Meltdown Continues, and Other Birthday Gifts

Posted on | October 6, 2013 | 29 Comments

Today was my birthday — I’m 54 years old — and other than reminding you of The Five Most Important Words in the English Language (“Hit the freaking tip jar“), I’d like to apologize for the paucity of posting this weekend. I’ve been engaged in deep research for my defense in the Kimberlin v. Walker et al. lawsuit, specifically this:

4. Defendants falsely wrote that other targets of theirs were part of “Team Kimberlin” and published that Plaintiff controlled, paid, and directed this vast network of “unsavory” operatives.

There are many accusations in Kimberlin v. Walker et al. and, while the burden of proof is on the convicted perjurer Brett Kimberlin, who is litigating pro se, a defense against his accusations — the liar has dared accused me of dishonesty — justifies an extraordinary defense. Counsel may choose to pursue a minimal response, based on narrow legal doctrines, and I would be bound by such legal advice. However, my childhood Boy Scout training requires me to “Be Prepared,”  i.e., to demonstrate conclusively that everything I have written about Brett Kimberlin is quite literally true. (Ken White at Popehat is soliciting volunteers to assist in defending “The Kimberlin Five.”)

So while many readers are weary of hearing about the deranged cyberstalker Bill Schmalfeldt, his role as a member of Team Kimberlin is quite relevant and, hey, it’s my birthday, OK? Indulge me.

Bill Schmalfeldt’s periodic meltdowns have become so frequent that they are blurring into one continuous fit of incoherent ravings. Friday, I pointed out that Bill Schmalfeldt has claimed direct knowledge of Brett Kimberlin’s legal actions against myself and my co-defendants, joining his fellow Team Kimberlin members in premature celebration of their own imagined future vindication.

Bill Schmalfeldt claimed to know that Kimberlin served me with notice of his lawsuit in Maryland, but I don’t live in Maryland, and have not lived there since mid-2012. Therefore the question arises, who told Bill that I had been served at a Maryland address?

Other questions arise from there, you see.

Bill Schmalfeldt can’t answer any of those questions, or at least he cannot answer them honestly without revealing the source of the false information, because that source must be a member of Team Kimberlin, as is Bill himself. Quod erat demonstrandum.

The Bill Schmalfeldt School of Journalism Ethics teaches many strange lessons, like harassing the wives of journalists who won’t stop telling the truth about convicted bomber Brett Kimberlin:


Notice that he was tweeting on Nov. 23 as “Liberal Grouch” and on Nov. 30 as “Lord of Satire”? He changes his Twitter handle so frequently because he keeps getting himself suspended from Twitter for his habitual cyberstalking and harassment.

Anyway, we know why Bill Schmalfeldt was “investigating” my wife, just as we know why Bill Schmalfeldt harassed Lee Stranahan.

As for the legality of such behavior, I am not a lawyer, and neither is Bill Schmalfeldt, but he occasionally dabbles in pro se litigation, and is representing himself in the Hoge v. Schmalfeldt case. There will be a hearing Oct. 16 on Schmalfeldt’s motion to modify Hoge’s peace order against him, and Schmalfeldt has been rather imaginative in the premature celebration of what he assumes will be his victory.


Alas, Bill’s pro se Perry Mason fantasies will likely be disappointed:

Since there has been a final judgment in the case, the legal doctrine of res judicata prevents either side from relitigating the court’s previous findings. Those findings must be taken as a given, so, no, neither side gets to tell the judge that he got the facts wrong. The court may permit either side to introduce new evidence that bears on whether or not the order should be changed because of new circumstances, but the initial findings of fact stand. The court may listen to oral argument about how the law bears on any new circumstances.

Hoge schools Schmalfeldt on the established facts:

  1. I did place Schmalfeldt on notice to stop communicating directly with me on 15 February, 2013.
  2. Schmalfeldt was aware of that notice as evidenced by his sending a tweet on 15 February referencing it.
  3. Schmalfeldt continued to contact me directly after being put on notice. Schmalfeldt’s description of how Twitter handled @mentions and @replies was found to be inconsistent with Twitter’s Rules and Best Practices.
  4. Schmalfeldt’s messages to me via Twitter were found to meet the elements harassment as defined by Md Criminal Law § 3-803.
  5. Schmalfeldt’s messages to me via Twitter were found to lack a legitimate political purpose and not to be for the purpose of providing information to others; thus, his messages were not covered by the First Amendment exceptions in the law.
  6. Because all the elements of the crime of harassment were proven, the court found that Schmalfeldt had harassed me during the period in question.
  7. Based on evidence presented concerning Schmalfeldt’s behavior up until the night before the trial, the court found that he was likely to continue to harass me.

Like a petulant child deprived of some hoped-for treat, Bill Schmalfeldt responds to disappointment with tantrums, lashing out wildly in every direction, enraged that his sense of self-pity is not shared by others. Here we see a typical victimhood gesture:

In June, when a Maryland Circuit Court judge granted Hoge’s peace order, Bill Schmalfeldt falsely claimed: “I’ve only used [Twitter] to respond to lies he tells about me on his blog. . . . Flame wars have just been deemed illegal.” Flame wars continue every day on the Internet, of course. Bill’s problem is that he has bought into the bizarre theory of “Troll Rights,” i.e., believing that other people are obligated to provide him access to their own Internet space.

Schmalfeldt can and does write on his own space. The problem is that almost nobody reads his blog, or follows him on Twitter.

He’s banned on Daily Kos. He’s banned at the Examiner. He gets angry about being ignored, and erupts in frothing rage. So then people pay Bill the only kind of attention he deserves — pointing out that he’s a brain-damaged troll — at which point he claims victimhood. Then the cycle begins again, and Bill makes new threats:

So, Happy Birthday to me. And here’s a nice parting thought:

“Neal Rauhauser, Brett Kimberlin, and
their pals are deeply dishonest.”

Glad I’m not the only one who knows that.




 

 

Category: Bill Schmalfeldt, Crime, The Kimberlin Files

Rule 5 Sunday: Birthday Week

Posted on | October 6, 2013 | 16 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

By some weird arrangement of fate and/or destiny, Stacy, Smitty and I all have birthdays that fall within four days of each other, and I mention this because I am utterly bereft of a musical intro for this week’s Rule 5 post. So I’ll just post this pic of Kate Upton and her cousins BJ and Justin, who play for the Team Formerly Known As The Boston Braves.

The Braves uniform has never looked better.

Insert the standard disclaimer here, and we’re off…

Yankee Phil would like to introduce you to Hilda, while the Laughing Conservative offers Rhian Sugden on a silver sofa and Valley of the Shadow enlists Mia Kirashner for the monthly tip-jar rattle. Randy’s Roundtable checks in with Sofia Zamolo, while Animal Magnetism changes it up with Rule 5 Obamacare Friday and Saturday Is A Grape Day. Reaganite Republican shows off Miss Norway 2013, 90 Miles From Tyranny offers Morning Mistress, Late Night Ladies, and Hot Pick of the Late Night, and since it’s hockey season, Fishersville Mike is seeing red. Blackmailers Don’t Shoot doubles up this week with Pretty Girls On A Friday: Shutdown Edition and Pretty Girls On A Saturday: Brazil Edition, while First Street Journal is all about the female swabbies.

American Power returns with Melissa Debling, Heidi Klum, Alyssa Miller, Candice Swanepoel, Lucy Pinder, and a Quick Rule 5 For Saturday.

Postaldog has Miley and more Miley, Pamela Anderson, and a review of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with gratuitous (but appreciated!) Eliza Dushku and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

EBL’s herd of Rule 5 heifers this week includes some “Glee”,  So Much To Think About, The Great Hungarian Underwear Protest, and a Goulash of Goodness.

Wine Women and Politics has Blonde Bombshells, Friday’s Fine Fillies, Friday Bonus, Thursday Bonus Babes, Hot Hot Hot, and Hump Day Hottie Day.

A View From The Beach posted about Sofia Vergara displaying her assets, If It Comes To Zombies We’re Screwed, Tea Time In Germany, Cute Archery Tricks With Geena Davis, Whole Lotta (Beth) Hart, What’s Under The Wookie’s Fur?, Skunks Invade New York, and Catwalk Princess Tweaks Topless Boob.

Soylent Siberia is host to Your Sunday Angel, Auburn Awesome Shaun Tia, Monday Motivationer Carly, The Most Alarming Alarmism, Overnighty Tasha, Tuesday Titillation Postponed By ObamaCare, Humpday Hawtness Ashlyn, Falconsword Fursday Patrycja, Fursday Evening Awesome, Friday Corset Crazins, T-GIF Friday DDoouble Trouble,  and Weekender Lydiya.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Meghan Markle, his vintage babe is Arlene Dahl, and Sex In Advertising this week is all about the beer. Dustbury returns from the Eurovision Song Contest with Zlata Ognevich and Emmelie de Forest, while at The Camp of the Saints it’s the Rule 5 News.

The DaleyGator’s DaleyBabes this week included Ela Pasion, Rafaella Modugno, Raven Athena, Melyssa Grace, Beckie Joon, Brandi Alexis Reed, Kali Hawk, Antoinette Kalaj, Topaz West, Nadine Ellis, and Edy Ganem. Also, Dangerous Curves and Sunday Beauty.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Submissions for next week’s Rule 5 post should be into the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox no later than Saturday, October 12.


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