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An Unusual Dwarf
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Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
Brett Kimberlin routinely filled his court filings with extraneous material, possibly because doing so allowed them to say things he imagined made his enemies look bad in a privileged environment. The TKPOTD for seven years ago today was about one such silly claim he made.
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One of the reasons that The Dread Pro-Se Kimberlin’s second amended complaint in the Kimberlin v. The Universe, et al. RICO Madness ran way over the 50-page limit established by the Court’s Local Rule is that he include a lot of extraneous material that doesn’t support his case. Consider this:
TDPK never explains how anything Team Themis might have done is in anyway connected with any defendant in the RICO Madness. If he could prove that any tortuous conduct occurred, he should sue Team Themis, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, and the FBI. Not us.
However, since he brings up the subject, take a look at the list of “targets.” Brett Kimberlin and Brad Friedman are the co-founders of Velvet Revolution US, and Friedman is one of its directors. Justice Through Music and Velvet Revolution are the two not-for-profits that provide Kimberlin his day-to-day employment. Stop the Chamber is a fund raising activity operating under the wing of Velvet Revolution.
Hmmmm
Meanwhile, the timer is ticking down on TDPK’s omnibus opposition to the motions to dismiss the RICO Madness. It’s due two weeks from tomorrow.
The contest to spot TDPK’s truly magnificent error in his motion for a new trial in the Kimberlin v. Walker, et al. case is still running. There have been some great entries, but no one has found what Aaron Walker noticed. Yet.
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As I type this post, I’m drinking Irish coffee out a the mug that no one won in that contest.
None of the Gentle Readers picked up on the fatal flaw in Kimberlin’s case.
It’s really quite simple. In order for a statement to be defamatory, it must be false. Although Kimberlin kept saying that it was defamatory to call him a pedophile, he never once said that he was not a pedophile.
Was he afraid of perjury trap?
Quote of the Day
It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty and intelligence.
—Theodore Roosevelt
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but would mind reading be a superpower if the Marvel character’s illiterate?
Andromeda in IR
This infrared view of the Andromeda galaxy from the Herschel Space Observatory show relatively cool lanes of gas where new stars are forming.
Image Credit: ESA
Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
The TKPOTD for eight years ago today dealt with a recurring theme in the false narrative Brett Kimberlin is still trying to spin in support of his present case in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals trying to overturn some of his Speedway Bombing convictions.
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Mark Singer spent four years researching Brett Kimberlin while writing Citizen K. One of his conclusions was that Kimberlin exploited the tiniest perceived crack in the details of a story in order to spin things his way. On page 323, Singer reviews Kimberlin’s defense during his third bombing trial.
[I]t was those flaws that empowered Brett Kimberlin to obscure the truth. He did his cleverest work in the interstices, and I spent months wandering through his disclaimers and prevarications before deciding, finally, that this was a case of homework, along with truth, being eaten by the dog, pissed on by the cat, and buried in the backyard. In Kimberlin’s case, the scenario was: I didn’t do the bombings; my brother Scott did, or else his friend Scott, or maybe my brother’s friend Joe. Besides, it wasn’t really bombings that put me in prison, but a right-wing political conspiracy. The government is corrupt, and I’ve always been a prisoner of war. If the eyewitness, Lynn Coleman, lied, then everybody else is a perjurer. If hypnosis witnesses were impeachable, the entire case is a dishonest confection.
When Kimberlin delivered a similarly sanctimonious oration at his sentencing hearing, he apparently believed in his innocence. At the end of the day, I decidedly did not.
Mark Singer isn’t the only person who sees Brett Kimberlin as someone estranged from the truth. TDPK is suing four codefendants and me in a Maryland state court for a million bucks because we have written truthful things about him. He’s also suing 20+ codefendants and me in federal court alleging that we formed a racketeering enterprise to defame him. You can help us fight back against this attack on our First Amendment rights. Go to BomberSues Bloggers [expired link. Thank you to everyone who support my codefendants and me!] to find out how.
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Watch is space for coverage of Kimberlin’s appeal.
Quote of the Day
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
—Bertolt Brecht
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but is there a viable market for stereo 78s?
Suggested Reading
Any of the Gentle Readers who don’t understand the importance of the Rittenhouse acquittal would do well to read this novel by A. E. van Vogt. Click here to download the Kindle version from Amazon.
Elysium Mons
This image shows a cross section of Elysium Mons, including the entire summit caldera of the Martian volcano. It’s taller than Mt. Everest, standing about 12.6 km (41,000 ft) above its base and about 14.1 km (46,000 ft) above the Martian datum. It’s only the third tallest Martian mountain in terms of relief and the fourth highest in elevation.
Image Credit: NASA
Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
Even after being told that there was no “journalism” exception to the Maryland peace order statute, Bill Schmalfeldt continued to contact me. He then tried to claim his use of Twitter wasn’t a form of contact. This Prevarication Du Jour from eight years ago today dealt with one of his attempts to spin The Narrative in his own favor.
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Bill Schmalfeldt thinks he’s found perjury in the Applications for Statement of Charges that I have filed.
He must not have looked very hard. The second tweet listed in the first Application appears to be his part of this exchange taken from the @LobotomyRadio timeline.
That’s pretty good evidence that the Cabin Boy sent his tweet by clicking the Reply button at the bottom of @LNSmithee’s. Here is Twitter’s definition of a @reply:
Thus, we see that my allegation that Bill Schmalfeldt was using both @mentions and @replies is supported by evidence.
UPDATE—Yes, indeed, Gentle Reader, the Cabin Boy wants us to believe that he didn’t use the reply button on this tweet to generate his tweet addressed to the accounts in the Reply to line shown here. 
Do you believe that it’s just a coincidence that the addresses on the Cabin Boy’s tweet are exactly the same accounts in exactly the same order with exactly the same capitalization as would have resulted from hitting the Reply button on the tweet he was commenting upon?
Neither do I.
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Schmalfeldt managed to pick up a dozen restraining orders in five states before he decided to give it a rest.
Quote of the Day
Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.
—Robert Frost
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but if we take the books out of the main entrance of the Public Library, the feds might claim grounds to intervene because we’d be going past stately lions.
The Other Podcast
Stacy McCain, Dianna Deeley, and I will be at our mics at 7 pm ET for the next episode of the The Other Podcast Live. Join us on Podbean.
Likely topics include Gasoline, Gaslighting, and Crazy People Are Dangerous™.
66: Gasoline, Gaslighting, and Crazy People Are Dangerous™ – The Other Podcast
Stacy McCain, John Hoge, and Dianna Deeley discuss the week's news.
A Guide to a Favorite Sight
One of my favor sights in the winter sky is the Pleiades, Here’s a map of that part of the sky.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and AURA/Caltech
Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
The TKPOTD for this date last year was about an article posted back in 2017 at protectourelections dot org. Here’s a screenshot of the article.
Although a large number of posts have been taken down from the website, this one is still up. I suppose this could either mean that The Dread Deadbeat Protector Kimberlin is seriously concerned about election hacking by foreigners (Dominion Voting Systems is a Canadian company).
Hmmmm.
Quote of the Day
Sono tanto semplici gli uomini, e tanto ubbidiscono alle necessità presenti, che colui che inganna, troverà sempre chi si lascerà ingannare. Men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived.
—Niccolò Machiavelli
Acting President Harris
Kamala Harris served as acting President while Joe Xiden was under general anesthesia for a colonoscopy.
Her term will likely be west remembered for the Rittenhouse verdict.
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but why am I always the one in the Before picture?
The Outer Planets
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Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
Here’s a status report on some of the members of Team Kimberlin.
The Dread Deadbeat Pirate/Pro-Se/Publisher/Performer/Perjurer/Etc. Kimberlin is keeping a low profile on the Interwebz. Almost all of this web domains haver disappeared. With a couple of exceptions, what little remains hasn’t been well maintains for years. He’s been in court over the past few years in a frivolous attempt to overturn some of his Speedway Bombing convictions and has a couple appeals going in the Seventh Circuit.
First Mate Neal Rauhauser missed his million-dollar payday in Texas and is still hiding.
Cabin Boy Bill Schmalfeldt has finally managed to hold a job past the probationary period and is working as the morning DJ at a small town AM station that is not authorized to operate with as much transmitter power as my ham radio station.
57F Matt Osborne has managed to get himself permanently banned from Twitter.
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
—The Hollow Men, T. S. Eliot
Quote of the Day
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
—T. S. Eliot
Journalism or Jury Tampering?
Yesterday, a person who claimed to be a producer for NBC News working under the supervision of someone with MSNBC in New York was caught tailing the bus taking the Rittenhouse jury from the courthouse to their secret parking area. Today, Judge Schroeder banned anyone associated with MSNBC from entering the courthouse for the remainder of the trial. The judge also said—
This is a very serious matter and I don’t know what the ultimate truth of it is, but absolutely it would go without much thinking that someone who is following the jury bus–that is an extremely serious matter and will be referred to the proper authorities for further action.
Certainly, the threat of doxing jurors could be considered a form of jury tampering. However, the prosecutor who would normally handle the case is the prosecutor trying to convict Kyle Rittenhouse and who has a potential interest in an unfair verdict. It will be interesting to see to whom the judge refers the matter.
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but do we have enough diesel fuel for the generator to charge the Tesla?
UFOs
Does Mars have its own Area 51?