{"id":920,"date":"2012-05-25T21:35:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T03:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2012-05-25T21:39:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T03:39:28","slug":"may-the-twenty-fifth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=920","title":{"rendered":"May the twenty-fifth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of things to note about this day. Some are significant; some aren&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>As much as I enjoyed reading Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy and watching the TV series, the fact that it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/towelday.org\">Towel Day<\/a> isn&#8217;t that important to me.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the fact that it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/116284\/Star-Wars-35th-Anniversary-the-music-edition\">35 years ago<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/116283\/star-wars-as-youve-never-heard-it-before\">Star Wars<\/a> was released is interesting, but not important.<\/p>\n<p>What <em>is<\/em> important is the <a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2012\/05\/23\/free-speech-show-solidarity-for-targeted-conservative-bloggers\/\">Brett Kimberlin blogburst<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who is Brett Kimberlin? He&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/2012\/05\/the_left_and_con_men.html\">con man<\/a> and convicted domestic terrorist who&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2012\/05\/17\/convicted-terrorist-brett-kimberlin-received-70000-from-tides-foundation-10000-from-streisand-20000-from-kerrys-wife\/\">currently being funded by various individuals and foundations on the left side of the political divide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s he doing? He&#8217;s trying to suppress anyone <a href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/329494.php\">telling the truth about him<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2012\/05\/17\/is-democrat-operative-neal-rauhauser-an-associate-of-convicted-terrorist-brett-kimberlin-and-why-the-answer-matters\/\">his connections<\/a>. He&#8217;s using lawfare, perjury, and threats to harass anyone involved in such efforts. For the most part, such people are conservative bloggers, but <a href=\"http:\/\/patterico.com\/2012\/05\/23\/michelle-malkin-on-brett-kimberlin-crews-harassment-of-bloggers\/\">there are some liberals who&#8217;ve gotten on his bad side<\/a>, also.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2012\/05\/22\/brett-kimberlin-saga-a-bizarre-turn-forcing-me-to-leave-maryland\/\">Stacy McCain has taken his family into hiding because of what happened after he started reporting on Kimberlin.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/allergic2bull.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/how-brett-kimberlin-tried-to-frame-me_17.html\">Kimberlin tried to frame Aaron Walker for a felony,<\/a> and both Aaron and his wife lost their jobs because their bosses and coworkers felt threatened.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Frey, who blogs under the name &#8220;Patterico,&#8221; has <a href=\"http:\/\/patterico.com\/2012\/05\/25\/convicted-bomber-brett-kimberlin-neal-rauhauser-ron-brynaert-and-their-campaign-of-political-terrorism\/\">a very detailed, chilling tale to tell that <em>starts<\/em> with how someone impersonated him in order to get a SWAT team sent to his house thinking that he was a dangerous killer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brett Kimberlin is a scary individual who associates with scary individuals. They&#8217;re trying to chill discourse, and I don&#8217;t want to be someone who stands by and lets them get away with it without notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of things to note about this day. Some are significant; some aren&#8217;t. 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