Has Another "Spy Factory" Fake Been Exposed?

It's not kooky to say the spy factory has been all over the net. That's conspiracy fact. It probably picked up exponentially with Sept. 11th mayhem as the major catalyst.

There's this poster who goes by the name of fairleft. He has other aliases such as failreft, fairleast, fakeleft, and fakey. Can we add liberalla to the list?

Maybe I missed it, but I've never heard of the phrase fair left before coming across this strange right woos left blogger. His schtick is to portray himself as leftist. I'm not gonna go into all the examples that prove otherwise. The point of this mailed-in entry is to simply add to the whiteysphere what appears to be damning circumstantial evidence this person is a paid fake.

Let's get right to it. I googled fairleft and stumbled across these posts by liberalla.




She was offering that as a suggestion for the left wing version of Tea Party.

Ok, maybe that was a coincidence. Again, I'd like to know if there is any history to the phrase fair left. I don't think there is. If so, then fine. But for now I doubt it.

Let's move onto the second piece of circumstantial evidence which leads me to believe fairleft and liberalla are the same person.

Fairleft has this annoying habit of using underscores when none are called for. So what are the odds that liberalla also utilises that pitiful writing style? Next to none? I found two examples of that.





And think about the two usernames, fairleft and liberalla. Hmmm. Both have left and liberal contained within them. Another coincidence?

I conclude, imho, they are the same person. Now lookie here.





Hmmm, if Larry Johnson isn't internet cointelpro, then no one is. And there was fairleft, er I mean liberalla, tooting his fake arse. But that's ok. That puts him in company with such "prestigious" fake internet lefties such as Brad Friedman, Larisa Alexandrovna, and countless others.

Maybe fairleft was also in Project Vigilant with Neal Rauhauser and Chet Uber? Maybe he has run with the same crowd as Adrian Lamo? Haha! Fake is as fake does.

So let's see. From looking at fairleft's Amazon account, he appears to teach Japanese in Chicago. That's the ticket.

I've always thought he was a bloke. However, his apparent sockpuppet liberalla is a female from Tucson, Arizona with a tomato crush on Rachel Maddow.



On the surface, they seem to be different people, in regards to issues and whatnot. However, both push ideas that one could argue are attempts to flush out crazies and promote_right_woos_left_memes on left leaning boards.

One can only imagine how many usernames and "blognalities" fairleft is maintaining. One can only imagine which of the spy factory subdivisions pays for his drivel.

I admit the above evidence is circumstantial. But what are the friggen odds? My sincere conclusion is that fairleft is a paid fake.



Related Reading: Robert Pelton, Larry C. Johnson, and Limited Hangouts

Copycat Internet Bridge

Donkeytale: Dude, why don't you cease mailing in the rather boring, eesycheep meta punditificating and get back to where you once belonged (5.00 / 1)
Loretta?

Socratise something.

Your audience eegerly awaits the next wave of revelation into the postmodern American psyche of convolution.

Bonus points if its unrelated to Team Numbnutz, Team Breitbart or the usual band of morons at Pffugeecamp.

[projection alert]

I'm starting to miss Fairleft...it sucks having to google for examples of fake leftist internet memes when he delivers them so reliably to my inbox...

Here goes. Let's discuss the card game bridge.

Haha, had ye going there for a second.

I'm a big movie fan. However, I am very picky. If the shite's no good, I refuse to watch. Proof of that can be found at my youtube channel.

Just don't blame me, if you watch a dud from the Might Be Good Ones playlist. The operative word is might. It is a one word disclaimer. Otherwise, I dare anyone to find a bad selection anywhere else.

One film I recently viewed from the aforementioned playlist was The Bridge. I tend to be very openminded. I looked forward to it. I was unaware so many people were jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.


There is something called the hippocratic oath. Doctor's take it swearing that no matter what, they will attempt to do no harm.

I think we should all strive for that in our daily activities. I'm actually feeling a bit queasy writing this post. No way in hell am I gonna add this flick to my playlists. In no way whatsoever do I want to play a role in any suicide attempts. That film kinda sorta gives folks on the edge a do-it-yourself kit.

In a previous entry, DFQ2 proved in its own mind snuff movies are a hoax. While by definition, The Bridge is not a snuff film, one can witness a few people killing themselves. That kinda sorta makes it a relative of the Snuff Family. Shame on them! Kinda sorta.

Ok, if they had chucked in some expert analysis along with strong emphasis on helping anyone in such jeopardy, then fine. That would've probably worked. Instead what we have here is pure exploitation, imho.

We should be able to discuss painful topics such as suicide, racism, inequality, war, etc. without feeling we are walking on eggshells. It is definitely better to face reality than be simpleton sheep. That being blogged, we do have a responsibility to add compassion and empathy alongside facts rather than merely seek out lowest common denominator ratings.

In short, I recommend people avoid this movie. If interested, one should instead read the New Yorker article which inspired its creation. This review by Richard Brody actually sums up that point much better than any mailed in socratisation could.

Eric Steel’s documentary, about the allure of the Golden Gate Bridge to people who are considering suicide, was inspired by “Jumpers,” an article by Tad Friend that appeared in this magazine. Steel centers his film on shots of people jumping from the bridge and hitting the water with terrible force. These images of death are grotesquely, irresistibly fascinating; their poetic, vaguely unreal gracefulness contrasts poignantly with the despair they imply. But Steel does not have the courage of his aggressive voyeurism: the jumpers’ absolute confrontation with the void is mollified by the director’s long, banal interviews with their families, all of whom have touching but utterly unenlightening stories. The two noteworthy interviewees are survivors of suicide attempts, who give voice to thoughts and experiences of a singular dark mystery. But, over all, Steel’s sentimental approach betrays and trivializes what is awful, extraordinary, and profound in the subject.

Anyone contemplating suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. It's confidential. People do care.

Are you in crisis? Please call 1-800-273-TALK or Chat

Not everyone is an internet predator such as Neal Rauhauser who couldn't care less about inflicting emotional distress on others. It makes one wonder if he is trying to drive one or more of his victims to suicide.

Even if that isn't one's intention, cyber bullying has led to that occurring. Tyler Clementi jumped to his death after a roommate streamed his affair with another man.

"Suicide cyber bullying" in Google is currently returning 910,000 hits. What happened to Tyler was unfortunately not an isolated incident.

According to Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D. and Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D. (pdf),

(more at the link)

It's not just kids at risk due to internet cruelty. In recent years much proof has emerged that the spy factory is all over the net. Google Hal Turner who is only the tip of the iceberg. Just a few years back the espousal of the idea of internet fakery used to evoke guffaws of, "Listen to the kooky conspiracy theorist!" Yeah sure, kooky is as kooky does. However, some things eventually can be understood as conspiracy fact.

There used to be an FBI program called cointelpro. It would be the height of naivety to think that sort of thing isn't still going on with the net as one conduit.

Back in the day, the FBI apparently attempted to get Martin Luther King to kill himself. That's how vile the spy factory has been and probably still is. Is Neal Rauhauser on a spy factory payroll? It wouldn't surprise me.

Congress Wants Martin Luther King FBI Files Released




For anyone feeling pain due to such cretins or any other reason, take a deep breath, find your true friends, talk with family, seek counseling, and call that number above. Don't let the bastards wear you down. Keep your chin up. There are good people in this world. As a nobody blogger who's been through this sort of thing, I promise it will get better.

The Internet Sucks

I am not a right wing operative. I am not part of anything to do with Team Breitbart other than that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Some creep at Twitter appears to be trying to get me killed, hurt in some other way, or driven to suicide. I have nothing to do with Anonymous or Occupy Wall Street. I don't even know much about them.

I won't link to that creep who may or may not be internet predator Neal Rauhauser.

I find it hard to believe any serious player in either Anonymous or OWS would believe his obvious bunk. So I'm not too worried. Nonetheless, as an American I have an instilled aversion to injustice. We Yanks may seem obnoxious, insensitive, selfish, and indifferent to injustice, but that's simply not the truth.

As a leftier than thou, of course I am much more aware of social reality than the average bloke or blokette. The thing is, as soon as Americans become aware of greater truths, we tend to eventually do the right thing (hat tip Spike Lee).

What was the question?

Oh yes, even if Rauhauser's Breitbart Cell hoax is obviously some form of stupidity, could there be one nutjob out there who believes it? That is possible. And that's why the FBI needs to get off its ass and arrest him, to send a message that the net is not a wild, wild west; That those who attempt to extort and/or hurt individuals through vicious smear campaigns will be brought to justice.

There was this madman in Europe named Graham Young. He was a serial killer who used his chemistry knowledge to poison family and co-workers. In 1995, a movie based on his story came out. It was titled, The Young Poisoner's Handbook.

That was an unlikely scenario to ensue in copycat styled crime. Unfortunately, it was. A Japanese girl too young to be named was so deranged, she transformed Young into a hero. That part of the story can be learned through this Guardian article.

So while Rauhauser's schtick is obviously retarded, all it would take is one deranged person to buy into it and decide to unilaterally harm anyone alleged by that internet predator and con artist as being involved in some fictitious, criminal, Breitbart mob. Are those affiliated with Andrew Breitbart dogmatic wingnuts? Of course they are. But that doesn't mean they deserve to be put in the line of any potential danger because Neal Rauhauser is a psychopathic liar.

The Bridge, imho, actually presents a much more likely scenario for enabling bodily harm. People do get depressed and contemplate suicide. That movie gives folks way too much information on how to easily end their lives.

As to how the internet keeps reproducing idiocy, folks are encouraged to read donkeytale's current masterpiece in his own mind, Running with the Dogs of Counter-Revolution. Here's the money quote:

The "running dogs of counter-revolutionary Trotsky-fascism" cannot survive in real life and that's why this internet-incubated breed remains strictly an anonymous, online phenomenon.

Lacking in historical perspective, thoroughly reliant on a limited (and fast-shrinking) diet of googled sources which they believe (often wrongly) support their manichean viewpoints, the barking grows louder, but in reality, there is no bite forthcoming.

The internet has basically become nothing more than a vast cultural wasteland of mostly repeated idiocy.

That's how election fraud hoaxes were turned into big piles of donation loot. I saw that going on in real time and blogged on it. I tried doing so at the primary sources but was trolled on, deleted, and then banned for speaking truth to con artists and fake left brownshirts. Thus remaining in place were the yesmen and sockpuppet posts making the ridiculous seem as truth.

Thankfully, Rauhauser's cybercrimes are now seen for the "moon is made out cheese" nature they consist of. Thus, those of us who have been victimised by that sadistic predator are in less danger than we'd otherwise be in. However, when he first came out with his bullshite, he was getting overwhelming support from Daily Kos minions until finally being banned for being such a sadistic jackass.

Sincere people in Anonymous and Occupy Wall Street need to realise that Neal Rauhauser is their enemy. His quest is to use you for his own ends. Savvy folks in those groups are encouraged to help put a stop to Neal Rauhauser's wreaking of havoc. Hopefully soon he will be arrested for his criminal harassment of Mike Stack. I plan on making a second criminal complaint against Neal Rauhauser. The first one seems to have fallen on deaf ears at the FBI. He doesn't know when to stop. What is the FBI waiting for? They should find Neal Rauhauser and arrest him.

In my sincere opinion, Neal Rauhauser belongs in prison. Moving forward, I will do all I can to help see that happens. And this isn't just about Neal Rauhauser. Supertrolls are always pushing the envelope. When they see such a nasty person getting away with cybercrimes in broad daylight, they too get the idea that the net is a wild, wild west.

Rauhauser appears to be either insane, a part of internet cointelpro, or both. If he is an FBI informant, that would explain why he has yet to be apprehended. While patiently waiting for justice to finally take care of him, I'll let my good buddy Johnny Cash have the final word for internet predator Neal Rauhauser.

Brad Friedman of BradBlog Part 2

Brad Friedman wants Andrew Breitbart indicted.

VR co-founder and investigative journalist Brad Friedman... "They engage in crimes, create fake scandals and then accuse others of criminal activity. We have asked Maryland law enforcement officials to put a stop to this reprehensible and illegal conduct once and for all."

SOURCE VelvetRevolution.us

I don't care one bit for Mandy's ideological rants, but she did pen a couple entries folks should know exist. Right click for new windows.

Progressives Embrace Convicted Terrorist

As Hacked ChamberLeaks Emails Break, Left Scrambles to Hide Ties to Domestic Terrorist

Here's one example how BradBlog can come off as yellow journalism. Brad too often sounds like Brand Left's National Enquirer. He's not one to shy away from sensational titles. In this link, he implied there was some sort of conspiracy to take BradBlog offline.



He linked to a Think Progress page. The appearance is he's been targeted by the Chamber of Commerce through HBGary. Hmmm. Neal Rauhauser says we in Team Breitbart may have taken over for HBGary's Team Themis schtick.

Okaaaay. The problem with that is there's no Team Breitbart. Those associated with his right wing rag are not the ones spreading the kooky kookpocalypse and Weinergate hoaxes. Breitbart's a right wing buffoon somehow utilised by Brad Friedman for internet schtick promotion. This isn't rocket science.

Can someone please explain the following? What was up with a self-proclaimed, investigative journalist contributing to a smear on a sitting representative?

Exclusive: Cover Story on Edmonds 'Outs' Video-taped, 'Blackmailed' Dem Congresswoman; Alleges State Dept. Mole at NYTimes; MUCH MORE...

But first some backstory. Or an excuse to check out Sibel Edmonds. Hey now!

I was never sure if her story added up. Maybe so. What I am sure of is Sibel jumped the shark, when she went after Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois.

Edmonds says in the Giraldi interview that "in 2000 ... Turkish agents started gathering information on her, and they found out that she was bisexual." A female Turkish agent is said to have "struck up a relationship with her," and then, following the death of Schakowsky's mother, the woman is said to have attended the funeral "hoping to exploit her vulnerability."

"They later were intimate in Schakowsky's townhouse," Edmonds tells Giraldi, "which had been set up with recording devices and hidden cameras."

Who's Phil Giraldi? He's one of them super double secret, ex-intelligence dudes. Those are blokes who always seem to have inside scoops for intrepid, internet journalists such as Brad Friedman, Larisa Alexandrovna, and Jason Leopold. Larisa's best ex-CIA turned blogger buddy has been Larry Johnson.

According to Brad, Philip Giraldi's word means something!

CIA Vet: FBI Whistleblower Edmonds 'Very Credible'

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi, the author of American Conservative magazine's explosive cover story interview with FBI translator turned whistleblower Sibel Edmonds finds her to be "very credible," even though "as a former intelligence officer," he says, he's "normally suspicious of these kinds of stories."

Giraldi was a guest on the Thom Hartmann Program today, as guest hosted by Peter B. Collins. In the 13 minute segment, he discussed a number of aspects of Edmonds' disturbing allegations with Collins, including yesterday's confirmation by a long-time FBI veteran of a key element in her claims, which include bribery, blackmail, and the theft of nuclear secrets as aided and abetted by high-ranking U.S. officials.

Brad's on those shows a lot. He also fills in for some dude named Mike Malloy.

Neal's stuff is pure hoax garbage. Ron's schtick is a bit more difficult to figure out, because most of it is to be found through his non-sequitorish Twitter page. But make no mistake about it. Ron Brynaert has been consistently trying to catapult the idea that Brett Kimberlin has been menaced, and that I am the notorious, historic, supertroll cyberstalker. The only explanation I can think of for that is he's paid. It's a hunch. Otherwise he is making a fool out of himself for free.

As for Brad, he's completely ignoring the fireworks all around him.


Some comments from the past
the_last_name_left: interesting. we await Breitbart's piece - or a lawsuit? lol

this might all serve as some grand vindication of your work over the last few years? shame it takes breitbart to do it, eh?

good stuff. well done. can't wait to see what happens next :D

socrates: The article's out at Breitbart.com, in the "Big Journalism" section.

There are also a couple threads at Patterico.com, and Brett says he has sued me.

The Breitbart piece shows two donations totalling 1.35 million. It looks like those guys are truly rolling in the dough. Yet Brad continues to whine the coffers are empty, and he might not be able to continue as this great independent, aggressive, patriotic, muckraking media presence.

Brad's got a new item talking up Iran and China trying to hack into a trial run of a US internet voting system. What he left out is that everyone was invited to try to hack into it, from all corners of the world.

I've made some posts at Patterico.com. They are conservatives, but I avoid going into politics. I've been posting as Prepostericity.

It's good to see you post. We were worried about you. Donkeytale even asked if you are ok.

DUSTIN: You deserve tons of credit.

I first read some comment of yours and though it was written in a way that suggested a sound mind, the claims were pretty out there. For one thing: how come no outlet I read has covered such a major story? As I tried to piece it together, I found out that there is no good explanation for that, but your claims are apparently accurate.

Thanks for sticking with it. I'm still pretty surprised at how something this major and fairly easy to piece together took so long to erupt.

I think it needs much more publicity than it's yet received. Too many major institutions stand with Velvet Revolution.

BTW, I noticed you complained that a comment of yours (in the 10-10-10 post) went into moderation at Patterico's (and then you saw it came out). If you cuss (you said bullshite, which has shit in it), that blog filters. It's happened to me 1000 times. I don't want to come across as a shill, but that blog simply doesn't viewpoint censor.

Oh yeah, I'm Dustin. I don't deserve much thanks because I barely did anything but read your comment and ask a question or two.

socrates: Thanks, I was just the right person at the right time.

I saw you ponder at BradBlog that maybe Brad is at the beginning cycle where Mark Singer and others were. That he just doesn't have the information we do. Mark had a deadline and was working on a specific story not on Brett's proven criminal history. That's how he missed it. Brad's always on the run 24/7 being Captain Democracy. That's his excuse.

He's basically turning this new brouhaha into a stereotypical right versus left disagreement.

DUSTIN: Brad's been on notice about this for ages from your own comments, but obviously one doesn't enter partnerships like this without being basically aware of your partners.

Brad's just behaving odd, even for someone with something to hide. With this much solid information about his partner, and Brad's manner of addressing this (to filter out mention of his own organization) just can't work.

It's hard to take Brad seriously because of the way he dismisses serious problems while promoting so many fake problems. The way he threatens to delete 'knowing disinformation' reeks of fear he can't win a fair debate. And that just seems like a partisan kook's strategy.

I do wonder if Brad initially had good intentions, and got in over his head. Or maybe he thinks this is cutthroat politics to undermine election confidence, or maybe he's just a kook. The simplest explanation is that he's just trying to make some money selling BS stories.

Predictable that he'd pick a worthy and important cause to exploit.

socrates: On the Iran-China hacking into American email voting thread, one can see the formula in a number of ways.

Brad doesn't explain that people from all over the world were invited to hack. It was a trial run.

Schneier on Security; Hacking Trial Breaks D.C. Internet Voting System

(excerpt- originally written by a Washington Post writer.) Last week, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics opened a new Internet-based voting system for a weeklong test period, inviting computer experts from all corners to prod its vulnerabilities in the spirit of "give it your best shot." Well, the hackers gave it their best shot -- and midday Friday, the trial period was suspended, with the board citing "usability issues brought to our attention."

Brad's peanut gallery chimed in with how those asking about Kimberlin were probably paid to disrupt such a truth seeking endeavour.

But there's no other way to confront Brad with the Kimberlin story than to "hijack" a current thread.

One thing I've noticed is Brad is more willing to allow right wing critics post on his blog than disillusioned lefties.

This is why it seems progressives are sopping up whatever he delivers.

Thus he is able to say that such critics are either regurgitating Breitbart disinformation or it's me, your friendly, neighbourhood, psychotic stalker.

Being a lefty to Brad and Brett is part of a business model, imho. The people they seem to be targeting are naive liberals who tend to believe in conspiracy theory.

It is an American value to distrust government. That is seen on both sides of the political spectrum. I believe animosity between right and left is but a tangent to the big story.

I think Brad has responded predictably. He is saying the attacks on Kimberlin are coming from disinfo sources. His bloggers are saying such efforts are attempts by paid astroturf to cover up the truth of election fraud.

I agree with TLNL's analysis which concludes that Brad Friedman is the Alex Jones of the left.

TLNL: His bloggers are saying such efforts are attempts by paid astroturf to cover up the truth of election fraud.
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haha

Have you had a look at the Justice Through Music tax filing?

link

Donations for the 08/09 tax year are $500k

They sold $80k of non-inventory assets for $79k, making a loss of $1K.

Seems BK claims he worked 40 hour week, for compensation of $19500.

But look at the other expenses - $475,000 (!) including $180k on postage and printing (!)

Jesus - a cool half a million spent on.....the crap they churn out. Or don't churn out, more accurately.

2 f-ing posts on their facebook campaign page in a whole year! How does that cost $500k?

I suppose it does if you're staying in a swanky hotel on a stop-over to engage in supposed "charitable civil rights advocacy". Flights, hotel, food - all expenses, see. Cushty.

I don't believe it all for a second. I think he's having a laugh - and like everything else, the gag is in there only turned round on itself. The joke is that it's him living off charity - he's raking in 500k pa - just like he (as a convicted bomber) is advocating for an "anti-terror campaign".

The whole thing stinks. I think I will raise my concerns with whomsoever has any oversight responsibility for US charities. I can't see evidence of where BK is legitimately accruing expenses of $500k pa.

socrates: In the Breitbart article, there was a pdf allegedly showing a grant of $1.3 million. I couldn't verify that but assume it's true. My download just showed a number of pages with the phrase TIF. Maybe I need to update my comp.

The Tides Foundation gave them over 50 grand.

I had a feeling these guys were raking it in.

And who knows how much BradBlog has gotten, or whether some donations have been put into different named organisations, like those you pointed out somehow link back to Velvet Revolution's server.

By the way, the people at Patterico.com are looking for lefty bloggers. I remember you said you like to debate folks with opposite ideology. You might like it there then.

And man, it really looks like BradBlog is simply not getting much comments like they used to.

Agent 99 should return? [/saying we are not worthy through the TLNL question mark. If you've seen Wayne's World, you know what I mean. We are not worthy. We are not worthy. Replace Alice Cooper with TLNL.]

TLNL: :D

the $1.3m is over 4/5 years

approx 2 years of $400k, 1x$300k and 1x$200k IIRC - 4 years = $1.3m

Not bad.

That's a lot of postage?

Years ago I hit on the potential of running a charity as a personal enrichment vehicle - you cream-off all the donations as expenses doing bugger all. Easy. Of course I rejected the idea for myself, but I can't get away from that notion when looking at Brett Kimberlin's myriad 'campaigns', all of which seem to lack any substance. Yes, they're ever-so worthy, but that's the entire point for a sham scam.

Travel the world as a leading light of some 'electoral reform movement' - why not? Give a few talks, publish a few pages on facebook, buy a new internet domain every few months (for $10!!!) and link it all to one single host (!), promote a few desperate bands, take out a few adverts, Keerrrrching!!!

Stay alive in style and put it down as expenses. Who would know?

socrates: Thanks for explaining. That 1.3 figure is for Justice Through Music. I think I saw where contributions are advised to be sent through JTM rather than VR, so they will be tax deductible. But I'm not sure of anything to do with this money aspect. I wonder why there is no information for 2009.

Ah, ok, I see I am not too reliable figuring out the books. I had posted at Patterico the 1.3 million was a grant. Yikes, my bad.

VR's tax returns are linked to at Patterico's from 2006 to 2008. Where are 2005 and 2009?

I can't see those pdf's. I think my comp software is the problem and it needs to be updated.

I did see at Patterico people talking about increased housing costs and large figures being given to independent contractors. We can only speculate what that means. I was going to put a question mark after that last sentence, but then I'd sound like yourself. p:>

I see no info on Brad Friedman's BradBlog. When he whines that the coffers are empty, and he may have to quit blogging, he fails to mention VR and its income. You'd think VR would provide Brad with enough money to be able to continue with his schtick indefinitely.

He's making it seem if people don't start giving him more money, he is about to hang it up. He offers the Clint Curtis video he's in as a gift to go with donations. Maybe VR has paid for those. Like yourself and others, I'm finding it difficult to see where VR has that many costs. It's not like they have ever had to pay out even one of their whistleblower reward offers.

I've thought like yourself in a way, like let's put ourselves in the role of villian and see how we would have reacted. I think Brad's reaction to this recent brouhaha has been a big mistake. I think he did well at first when he characterised the Breitbart piece as being an example of someone knowing how to use google and that there was nothing new there.

But then he had to go with the angle that it's disinformation, deja vu to Larisa's vouching of Brett years ago.

Good people may commit thought crimes, but they never follow through on them. There's something called integrity. I don't think you sinned by thinking about a potential scam. Your integrity kicked in and prevented you ever going near it.

This reminds me of a movie I saw but forget the title. These older guys liked to talk out perfect murder plots, a la Alfred Hitchcock. It didn't mean they'd ever go near being criminals themselves. That's what I think about you pondering that other thing. It was just chewing gum for your own mind.

socrates: TLNL, I just thought of something. Know how at carnivals, one of the big draws are those dolls and other prizes?

Well, it seems BradBlog has the same setup to convert merchandise into cash.

He's whining of late saying he might have to quit blogging. He offers to send donors videotapes in return for money.

I imagine VR and Justice Through Music are covering the costs of those videotapes.

Ker-ching is correct, my friend.

TLNL: agree - that sort of scam doesn't stretch the imagination does it?

it's not impossible. fact. if I were in such a position I'd want to publish every detail, because, as I explained, I'd hit upon the idea of using a charity as a personal enrichment vehicle myself. It isn't rocket science, it's just unethical.

Limited requirements for reporting standards on accounts needn't necessarily apply - there is nothing saying charities mustn't publish the most detailed accounts.

Why would charities wish to hide such details? Why would (supposedly leftwing) charities make use of accountancy reporting regulations designed to protect capitalist enterprise?

OK - they might be revolutionary marxists......so they don't wanna say what they're doing.

But are Brad and Kimberlin giving out any revolutionary socialism? Hardly.

So why the angst over it? Why is it all such a secret?

For one thing - how can anyone tell VR and everything else around Kimberlin and Bradblog isn't directly funded by the CIA?

Bunch of tossers.

socrates: A bunch of tossers? I never heard that one before. You European lads have a funny way with the words.

Everything should be on the up and up and in the open. It should be explained how much has been earned, and what it's been spent on.

I know you were being sarcastic about the CIA. I think there's a possiblity of some kind of FBI involvement a la Hal Turner.

Brad likes to email with his bloggers and establish relationships. That's how he got my personal information. I wrongly trusted him.

No normal person would ever be associated with neonazi sympathisers and right woos left kooks such as Agent 99 and Big Dan.

Brad laughed things off just like Larisa did back when she got busted by me as Prepostericity.

According to Brad, I'm just making things up.

I think BradBlog and Velvet Revolution are officially dead for credibility. They did it to themselves. You can only spread so much tinfoil, before it backfires. Though on the other hand, it seems Alex Jones has a steady pool of believers. Maybe tinfoiling is a big market. I'm just unsure there are as many lefties into it, as it may appear on the surface. Most conspiracy bunk usually has a John Birch, right wing type flavour, imho.

Yeah, these guys are libertarian capitalists or something not lefties.

I think an itemized list of all income and expenditures should be provided, or there should be an investigation. If Brad has also been attempting to "flush out crazies" akin to Hal Turner, that may explain how an idea not stretching the imagination for the most part remains hidden.

Donkeytale has written up a little something about my recent adventures. The twits are saying this is a boring story. The blog owner implies I work for Karl Rove.