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KimberlinFiles.org

Posted on | May 25, 2012 | 112 Comments


The National Bloggers Club has been a valuable ally in supporting and defending bloggers targeted by harassment and intimidation. Today is “Everybody Blog Brett Kimberlin Day.” I join with National Bloggers Club president Ali Akbar in sincerely requesting that readers concerned about defending First Amendment rights online visit the club’s special site, KimberlinFiles.org, and please give generously. Fellow bloggers can help by including the image and link in their coverage of the Kimberlin case.

— Robert Stacy McCain, Whereabouts Unknown

UPDATE: As of 2 p.m. today, the top eight threads on the Memorandum blog aggregation site were:

So I guess this whole “suppress the truth through intimidation” thing is working pretty good for Brett Kimberlin, eh?

UPDATE II: In response to queries from donors who would prefer to pay via PayPal rather than credit card, the National Bloggers Club has created THIS LINK HERE THAT YOU CAN CLICK to contribute that way.

Category: The Kimberlin Files

Obama’s ‘Real World’ Located In Whole Foods Parking Lot

Posted on | May 25, 2012 | 2 Comments

by Smitty

The Obamaturism of the Day quotes the Denver Post:

President Barack Obama, who has spent almost all of his career and adult life in academia, law firms, and government, begins his criticism of Mitt Romney by declaring, “those of us who have spent time in the real world . . .”

Via Gerard, the location of Obama’s ‘real world’ has been pinpointed to a Whole Foods parking lot:

Category: Barack Obama

The World’s Youngest Blogger In: Shoppin’ Broccoli

Posted on | May 25, 2012 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

Something about the grocery store fans the flames of my low humor.

On one of the frozen aisles, my long-suffering wife peered at the signs above the doors and inquired “What are ‘novelties’?”

I replied in my The Californians voice that outs me for an unabashed idiot: “That’s when you shred a book and run hot water through it. You know: novel teas?”

I was rewarded with one of her pained expressions.

On the frozen vegetable aisle, I suddenly got very specific about where to park the cart. Click for a larger view and the reference:
Dana Carvey forever!

Category: World's Youngest Blogger

Wake Up Meghan McCain, I Think I’ve Got Something To Say To You

Posted on | May 25, 2012 | 36 Comments

by Smitty

We’ll let the Rod Stewart reference die at the title, but really, Meghan:

The moderate Republicans, like you and the notorious Brooks, are precisely the reason that Constitutional conservativism has taken so long to re-assert itself. You see, Maggie, you can’t make peace with what is wrong in the name of ‘moderation’.  In medical terms, that’s like saying “Tumors are cells, too.”

While it is strictly true that cancers are made of cells, those cells are fundamentally wrong, and dangerous to survival.

So, if you lack the  judgement to discern the wise from the foolish maybe you should consider silence, Maggie.

More at Twitchy.

Category: Meghan McCain

Maybe The #BrettKimberlin ‘Justice Through Music Project’ Is Just A Leslie Nielsen Reference

Posted on | May 25, 2012 | 30 Comments

by Smitty

Stacy McCain, The World’s Most Interesting Blogger, is really where this blog gets all its journalistic heft. Which is where I come off with posts like the one last night. Dianna Deeley asks some interesting questions in the comments:

By the way — I finally realized how JTMP has been skating by. In their boiler plate “about us” section, in paragraph two, they write: “Nationally known entertainment attorney Jeff Cohen and other computer savvy activists”.
If the Jeff Cohen is the lawyer who signs as executive director, he’s not a nationally known entertainment lawyer.
There is, indeed, a very famous entertainment lawyer named Jeff Cohen, but it’s not the same guy. I’m wondering about this.

and

Oh, and has anyone — anyone at all — found a “famous musician” or “famous band” associated with this outfit? I haven’t.

Which leads one to The Naked Gun for an answer, as Frank Drebbin muses:

I’d known her for years. We used to go to all the police functions together. Ah, how I loved her, but she had her music. I think she had her music. She’d hang out with the Chicago Male Chorus and Symphony. I don’t recall her playing an instrument or being able to carry a tune. Yet she was on the road 300 days of the year. In fact, I bought her a harp for Christmas. She asked me what it was.

If you don’t have heft, go for ‘heh’, I always say, as of now.

For a more substantial summary of Brett Kimberlin, and what Lee Stranahan’s whole project for today is about, see

The cool kids are putting #BrettKimberlin in the title of blog posts, and having a plugin push the post to Twitter, around high noon, so poor wee Brett, so starved for attention, finds the notoriety he craves. It’s the least we can do to help this obnoxious jackwagon.

Update: no, I don’t mind Nathan J. Martin reposting the links at all. Also, shout outs to Obi’s Sister and American Freedom.

Update II: linked at Get Along Home, with a picture of her blessed progress.

Update III: Ah, The Crawdad Hole.

Category: The Kimberlin Files

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.25.12

Posted on | May 25, 2012 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
AWOL Muslim Soldier Found Guilty In Fort Hood Bomb Plot

PFC Naser Abdo

Could get life in prison for planned revenge bombing

Jury In John Edwards Trial Continues Deliberations Into Fifth Day
Reviewing the evidence



Egyptian Islamists Claim Lead Halfway Through Vote Count
Muslim Brotherhood claims 30.8% of the vote



POLITICS
GSA Parts Ways With Jeffrey Neely

Former GSA party animal Jeffrey Neely

Neely hosted $823,000 conference in Vegas; agency won’t say if he resigned or was fired

Filings Raise More Questions On Liz Warren’s Ethnicity

Obama Returns To Iowa To Stump For Votes

Student Loan Rate Freeze Stalls In Senate

Senate Race Shifts To Northern Virginia

Some Businesses Support Increase In NY Minimum Wage

NJ Muslims Angry Over NYPD Surveillance Findings



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Edges Up On PRC, Eurozone Economic Concerns; NYMEX $90.74, Brent $106.48
Greek Exit From Euro Could Plunge US Into Recession
Spanish Regulator Halts Trading In Bankia Shares
Buffett Bullish On Newspapers
NBC May Buy Out Microsoft’s Share Of MSNBC
Treasuries Head For First Weekly Loss Since March On Euro Optimism
New Orleans’ Times-Picayune Cuts Paper Editions To Three A Week
Facebook Launches Facebook Camera
WebOS Enyo Team Heading For Google
Apple Chief Tim Cook Forgoes $75 Million In Dividends
Android v. WinPhone: The Case For Conversion
Bump Technology: iOS, Android Catching Up With WebOS Again
It’s Official: Google Is Now A Hardware Company



SPORTS
Wade Scores 41 As Heat Defeat Pacers

Heat's Dwayne Wade shoots past the Pacers' George Hill

105-93, and back to Miami to face Boston or Philly

Angels’ Haren K’s 14 In Shutout Of Mariners

Rain, Padres Spoil Hefner’s Debut With Mets

Mesoraco’s Grand Slam Helps Reds Sweep Braves

Yankees Not For Sale, But Worth At Least $4 Billion

Players Association Accuses NFL Owners Of Collusion, Files Lawsuit


Danica Puts Indy 500 In Rear-View Mirror

It’s Not Just The Manager: The Rays Get Geeky

Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios Closes Its Doors



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
“American Idol” Winner Phillip Phillips Headed For Hospital

Phillip Phillips

To undergo surgery for kidney stones

Rihanna Rocks Dreads At “American Idol” Finale

Bill Clinton Poses With Porn Stars



Britney Denies Storming Out Of “X Factor” Auditions

Grant Bowler Gets Richard Burton Role Opposite Lohan’s Liz Taylor

Elton John Released From Hospital; Respiratory Infection Requires Concert Cancellations

Bradley Cooper Sets Up SEAL Pic “American Sniper” At Warner Brothers

Ray J Saved By Ingrown Hairs

Kelly Preston Walks Out On Travolta?



FOREIGNERS
Hollande Visits Afghanistan To See Troops, Karzai
Muslim Brotherhood’s Morsi To Face Former PM Shafik In Runoff Election
All Eyes Now On Moscow Talks
US Senate Votes To Cut Pak Aid By $33 Million For Jailing Helpful Doctor
Ukraine Parliament Brawls Over Language Bill
US To Vet Free Syrian Army, May Begin Arms Transfers



BLOGS & STUFF
Kyle Wingfield: About That Idea That Obama’s Spending Has Been Tame…
Jim Pethokoukis: The Stunning Chart That Shows Obama’s Spending Binge Really Happened
Power Line: Barack Obama, Fiscal Conservative!
Villainous Company: Malum In Se
Valley Of The Shadow: Brett Kimberlin, Brad Friedman, and KPFK
Liberalterroristpal.com: Who Is Brett Kimberlin?
An Ex-Con’s View: Apathy Or Courage?
American Power: Elizabeth Warren Stonewalls Questions About Cherokee Ancestry
Weasel Zippers: Obama Campaign Organizes Hecklers To Harass Romney In Philadelphia
Lonely Conservative: 1996 Ad Shows Obama Spoke At Socialist Gathering
Daily Pundit: Don’t Look at The Detroit Behind The Curtain
Michael Barone: Cocooned Liberals Unprepared For Political Debate
NewsBusters: Chris Matthews Is Tired Of People Talking About The Thrill Up His Leg
Legal Insurrection: Elizabeth Warren Blames Mom For Native American Ancestry Claim
Fire Andrea Mitchell: Obama’s National Co-Chair Is A Private Equity Manager, Just Like Romney at Bain Capital

Category: Live at Five

Sources: Fed Probe of ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Continues; ‘LulzSec’ Case Could Yield New Indictments in HBGary Case

Posted on | May 24, 2012 | 17 Comments

Federal officials pursuing a wide-ranging investigation of the so-called “Anonymous” hacking conspiracy are beginning to track connections in wake of their success in cracking the related international ring of computer pirates known as “LulzSec,” sources close to the probe have told me exclusively.

Less than two weeks ago, convicted hacker Jeremy Hammond, 27 – who previously served two years in prison for a scheme to steal credit card information of donors to the conservative group Protest Warrior – pleaded not guilty in a New York City court on charges related to the “LulzSec” ring. Hammond is one of five Americans charged in the case.

That alleged international criminal network began to be dismantled by investigators within months of Texas journalist Barrett Brown emerged as a public spokesman for “Anonymous.” Last month, Brown’s apartment was raided by the FBI.

Brown has not been charged with any crime, and many supporters of the “Anonymous” hacker network have expressed suspicion that Brown has been cooperating with law enforcement officials. Court documents in the “LulzSec” case indicate that prosecutors are relying on information obtained from unindicted co-conspirators.

The accused hackers were known by several online aliases, as Mathew J. Schwartz of Information Week reported May 15:

The federal indictment also charged four other men — Ryan Ackroyd (a.k.a. kayla, lol, lolspoon), Jake Davis (a.k.a. topiary, atopiary), Darren Martyn (a.k.a. pwnsauce, raepsauce, networkkitten), and Donncha O’Cearrbhail (a.k.a. Palladium) with having participated in hacking attacks against InfraGard Atlanta, the Fox Broadcasting Company’s X-Factor participant database, Sony Pictures Entertainment, HBGary Federal, and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), among other sites.

The HBGary element of the “Anonymous” probe may be yielding new indictments soon. One possible suspect in the case is said to have begun fearing that he is currently under FBI surveillance, a person familiar with the case told me Thursday.

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Category: Barrett Brown, Crime

Stacy McCain’s Name Is Not On An Award, But Smitty’s Is

Posted on | May 24, 2012 | 20 Comments

by Smitty

WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN–Fugitive award winning author Robert Stacy McCain’s location in Undisclosed, KY has apparently been compromised. It wasn’t clear from the conversation whether he meant Kentucky, or something else. Does he typically refer to the state as “Kay-Why”? He reports via phone that he’s tired of Dick Cheney’s gun collection, and headed for an Even Less Disclosed Location.

Now, while I am in fact United For Life with my wife of eight-ish years, I am not the Chris Smith receiving the Henry J. Hyde Defender of Life Award. But the utility of a name like ‘Chris Smith’ should be apparent to all.

Stacy, on the other hand, has be awarded with some ludicrous traffic here on the blog. Small comfort for all the stress of dealing with a significant threat to his family, but let’s thank some of our recent linkers:

Do not let my low-key style of writing this post distract from the fact that Brett Kimblerlin is both capable of pretty much anything and representative of the darker site of where the Left in this country has been for longer than we’re really aware.
 





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