The Wild, Wild East

Crazy winds blowing out of eastern Oregon. I am punting to Jazz Shaw of Hog Air on this one.

Comments

[Janet]

They should have taken over a State Capitol or blocked some highways or a road to an airport...that is acceptable.

Hopefully there will be some Congressional hearings about this before any action is taken.

[henry]

Yes, occupying a state Capitol rotunda is the way to get the MSM on your side... especially if you sing stupid songs all day.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Hog Air? Well done.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I have been through Malheur NWR on my way to look at a logging Cat for sale in Canada.

It's one of those "if an insurrection falls in the wilderness and no one hears it, did it make a sound" kind of places.

[Frau Trommelblitz]

Madison had drummers Can't make noise without drummers.

[Frau Trommelblitz]

Pischer College has classes in activist drumming, I believe. Snares all kinds of ninnies whose parents pay for it.

[Jeff Dobbs]

First the TCU comeback and now this?

Poor Oregon.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Two good summaries of the case from the place I first heard of it
here; pre-resentencing
and
here; post.
Valuable details in both.
An insane miscarriage of justice that has people across the West rightly incensed.
However, the taking of Malheur 1 [don't think there is a 2 or 3] doesn't seem likely to result in much unless Loretta Lynch decides to Waco and Ruby Ridge the place.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Jizz Shaw doesn't like what they did but doesn't specify what they should do. Too bad no political party doesn't go to bat for these individuals victimized by Stasi like judicial tyrannical quibbling.

Let's hear it from the GOP cheerleaders and pompom girls about how another opportunity to take a popular stand is squandered.

[lyle]

I wouldn't count out LoLynch to get all butched up and send heavily armed Feds in to show those white boys who's boss...

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

"Activist drumming"..."snares"...very good Frau.

[lyle]

Can't let that big fella, Janet Reno, get all the glory...

[Frau Trommelblitz]

Now, now, lyle. Janet always said she was just plain and liked to ride around in her pickup. Because of her height, however, she cried on Holder's shoulder and not Shalala's.

[Tip your waitress]

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?

Janet Reno is her father.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

This story provides the most plausible reason for what has happened to the Hammonds.
Steens Mountain is a really interesting massif in the middle of the high desert that the Feds and green weenies have long coveted. They bought most of the locals out through land swaps.
The Hammond family apparently is the lone holdout on Steens Mountain.
The civil settlement for $400,000 is as insane as the criminal overkill regarding extinguishing the fires, in that the Hammonds apparently put out the 139 acres fire themselves and the BLM only put out the one acre fire. That's about $400 not $400,000.
The BLM refusing to renew their grazing leases and obtaining right of first refusal if the Hammonds are forced to sell any of their land just reinforces that what is going on is government extortion not justice.
From experience I can tell you there are one or two or a hand full of zealous enviro nuts somewhere in the bowels of BLM working in concert with the sage brush huggers to create this mess. They're the ones who should be in jail.

[Marlene]

I'll be your go to source for the MSM for a few months. We have Verizon Fios at our rental house and the owner opted out of some channels,including Fox and MSNBC,so we've got CNN and the three networks. I watched Face the Nation this morning,the Trump interview was interesting,but the panel was NYT, The Atlantic and NRO.

[Gus]

Bureau of Land Management??? Who is their boss??

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

As someone at Hotair noted, Barry and Loretta's DOJ is working tirelessly to release vicious known terrorists from Gitmo so they can then kill Americans while it is simultaneously putting two American ranchers behind bars for five years under anti terrorism statutes for burning a little sage brush in the middle of nowhere.

[Gus]

Great segue Ig. (( Americans seek swap in U.S. reporter case, says Iranian official))
Maybe we could give them 5 top Taliban murderers.

[henry]

Gus, they might take 5 top Sunni's so they can get even for the beheaded Shiite Imam in Saudi.

[daddy]

Clarice,

Nice complements on your latest at the link over at Lucianne.com

If Clarice Feldman writes it, I read it...Absolutely brilliant, perceptive and always right on, as we used to say.

[Jim Eagle]

Hail to the Redskins
Hail victory
Braves on the warpath
Fight for old DC.

TD pass from Cousins to Grant 7-0 on the 'boys.

[Jim Eagle]

Frau,

I saw a guy yesterday at Fort Lauderdale Airport wearing a Pitzer tee shirt. I wanted to walk up to him and whisper, "Hey, buddy, you're embarrassing yourself".

[Art in Newport]

Cowboys can't really defend themselves now, can't score much ... looks like all Redskins today

[Rick Ballard]

"a hand full of zealous enviro nuts somewhere in the bowels of BLM"

They are undoubtedly working in concert with the "crucify them" EPA terrorists. They all believe they have untouchable sinecures with their civil service protection.

It's going to take IGs working in conjunction with new appointees to DoJ to pry them out and perjury and false statement prosecutions are going to be the tools necessary to do the job. There are 93 US Attorneys who better get pink slips on January 18, 2017 and about 500 Assistant US Attorneys who require reassignment to deportation facilitation or patent work if substantive change is to be achieved.

[Jim Eagle]

Haill to the Redskins
Hail Victory
Braves on the warpath
Fight for old DC

Cousins to Garçon 14-0 over Dallas.

[buccaneer morgan]

Araud is an idiot, that is all, re approval of the flMbee of the Saudi embassy.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Memorandum has actually linked Sundance's Breitbart piece on the Hammonds and the militia.
With the usual caveat that it is Sundance who is sometimes less than careful or somewhat selective in his presentation of facts, it is actually a good run down of what has occurred over the years. I only noted a few insignificant errors in areas I am familiar with, so it does seem to provide the best backstory with the most complete historical context of what has gone on.

[Man Tran]

Bringing over from the old thread:

Loved the sub thread under Pieces re Mena and the coke that presumably flew in there. Narc may be the goto source, but the idea that pappy Bush and Bent Willy had a connection back in the day would put a new glow to the unlikely palling around today.

[glasater]

Malheur NWR is a pilgrimage of sorts for bird photographers :-)

[buccaneer morgan]

Thats an odd rabbit hole to traverse man tran, this came from the left field opponents of razorback, but incorporating elements from the christic narrative, that lurch used as his spotlight to prominence,

[Jim Eagle]

Once again. Another HTTR refrain and another TD pass from Cousins to Crowder.

And this game means nothing. Wonder when they pull Cousins for RGIII?

[buccaneer morgan]

Recycled a decade later by Gary webb, and revived in the killing the messenger screenplay.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Bang spot on, Rick; and the new Prez better have the GFY response ready for the MFM's new found skepticism of executive actions, in this case 100% within the limits of the Constitution.

[Momto2]

I'm still catching up on previous threads so forgive me if you have discussed this. Has anyone else watched the Netflix series "Making a Murderer"? I would be interested in your thoughts. I'm probably going to need blood pressure medicine after binge watching it over the last few days.....

[Cecil Turner]

Calling some unmanned wildlife refuge remote facility "a federal building" seems to me to be accurate but misleading. And if it does lead to an armed standoff, there won't be just the one set of crazies.

(BTW, I also assumed from the lead-in we were talking football here.)

[buccaneer morgan]

Am I being too cryptic?

[Janet]

So these guys are breaking some laws that are supposed to be obeyed? Does that matter anymore?
"Activists" at UVA vandalized a private building & nobody cared. They were even quoted in a newspaper so we could understand their grievances.
It seems like some laws HAVE to be obeyed & some don't.
Juan from Guatemala doesn't have to obey laws...so why do these Americans have to?

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

JiB, it will surely be Cowgirl killer Colt. Playing Bobby Three Sticks might trigger a salary hit that the sober Scot won't abide.

[Miss Marple]

Momto2,

I didn't watch it because I was afraid it was one of those "this psycho might live next door to you" shows, which I don't care to watch.

I am more a Midsommer Murders or Miss Fischer's Murder Mysteries type.

[buccaneer morgan]

I was more skeptical about this stuff a decade ago, btw this is another allie the Medici doesn't want people to look into.

[buccaneer morgan]

Two decades ago, I meant.

[Man Tran]

Just had a humpie cruise by the front porch. His plume must shoot at least 50' in the air. Can still see it when he comes up at least 2 mi. down the channel.

[Momto2]

MM I enjoy Midsomer Murders and Miss Fischer's as well. This is a documentary that took over 10 years to make. It is real footage of the trial and all the people involved.

I tend to side with law enforcement 99% of the time. I know in ANY profession there are bad apples. But this story is disturbing on *so* many levels. I cannot stop thinking about it.

[Miss Marple]

Momto2,

Even worse if it's a documentary with abuses of the police and judicial system. I don't think I can deal with something like that.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Captain Kirk destroys HOF Jay Schroeder's single season passing yardage team record.

[Jim Eagle]

Hey! Iran wins world record for most executions per capita.

http://yalibnan.com/2016/01/02/iran-wins-world-record-for-most-executions-per-capita/?utm_content=buffer15fea&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Speculate it is driven by drugs.

[Jim Eagle]

So far 808 TD passes this year. New NFL record and the day is young.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Joel Kotkin; The New Autocrats.
Seems to me it's the same old autocrats but still a good read.

[new lurker]

Momto2 and MM, I suggest you try Person of Interest--intriguing, crazy at times and totally immersing.

[Momto2]

Thanks NL - I am already a fan of Person of Interest. I really like Jim Caviezel - he is one of the rare Hollywood stars who has a strong faith (Catholic), still married to same wife, adopted handicapped children, etc. etc.

MM - I am not recommending that anyone watch the Murder documentary - it's just so disturbing and I would like to come to terms with what happened.

[Momto2]

He is also in one of my all time favorite movies from 2000 - Frequency - have you seen it? I checked and it's not on Netflix but it is very good - I think it starred Dennis Quaid, too.

[new lurker]

I have seen Frequency and did not realize he was in it. I will have to check.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

He's pretty young in Frequency, a very enjoyable movie. Dennis Quaid served as a mentor subsequently.

[maryd]

Is POI still on the air? I loved it but thought it was on hiatus.

[buccaneer morgan]

Its on wgn and Netflix.

[new lurker]

Season 4 is on Netflix, and I think season 5 is on cable.

[maryd]

Thanks narc and New Lurker

[Jim Eagle]

CH,

Who has used the most QB's this year: Browns or Colts? I can't keep up. You were right about Colt McCoy replacing Cousins.

[Sandy Daze]

I remember the comments re PoI, here on JOM, narc and several others ; but not watching the series, I just passed on by. For some reason a few months back I caught a few episodes, focused for the first time.

Now I am hooked. With the DVR, I have recorded almost every show since WGN apparently had the rerun license. Over the last couple months I've been able to watch almost all of the episodes, now in the middle of season four.

Season five is being filmed, but the "buy" was only for 13 episodes rather than a full season (~23 episodes), and since POI is a studio series rather than a network series, apparently there is not a lot of love. Now it seems that season five, the 13 episodes, won't be shown until summer 2016.

There's also some speculation that PoI might move to another network for a possible (but by no means likely) season six.

What a great show.

[Momto2]

Do you remember Michael Emerson from "Lost"? He has certainly perfected the quirky, mysterious character hasn't he?

[clarice]

Thanks, daddy.

Man Tran, I couldn't find the article to which you refer on Mena.

[Momto2]

Sandy - maybe it will be like "Longmire" - cancelled by A&E but picked up by Netflix due to its popularity and fan requests.

[Jim Eagle]

New thread

[Sandy Daze]

M22, perhaps. I only watched the first year or so of Lost. Don't remember Harold (ME) on the show.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

I think they're both tied at 3, JiB. The entire AFC looks like a playoff turdfest with all top teams playing terribly, especially the J-E-T-S.