Must Read: Barrett Brown’s Take-Down of Wacko Blogger R.S. McCain

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I’m working on the code to “promote” LGF Pages to the front page, at which point I guess LGF would officially become a sort of group blog.

That code isn’t ready yet, but here’s a great Page that would definitely be promoted if it were — Barrett Brown’s hilarious deconstruction of right wing wacko Robert Stacy McCain’s latest sleazy smear job: LGF Pages - R.S. McCain accuses me of planning violent attacks.

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1 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:08:10pm

Is this Zombie McCain? He doesn’t look well ;-)

2 Political Atheist  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:12:34pm

I did read that earlier in the featured pages. Great wry writing styling. Nothing like substance with style to make your point. Well done.

3 Obdicut  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:12:56pm

Favorite thing Brown has written.

4 brookly red  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:13:05pm

Lately I have been taking courses with Flash & Dreamweaver and the coding part gives me a new appreciation of just home much work goes into making this site work properly. Wow.

5 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:16:28pm

re: #4 brookly red

Dreamweaver positively rulz.

6 Killgore Trout  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:16:30pm
Incidentally, that and other details about McCain’s unethical practices and white nationalist history will be revealed in my upcoming book, which includes an entire chapter on him, and which he has seen because I sent him the manuscript a few months ago in case he wanted to dispute anything I said about him. For some reason, McCain forgot to mention thi


Nice.

7 Killgore Trout  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:18:45pm

I see RSM is also linking to the stalkers’ blackmail threat. Lovely.

8 brookly red  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:18:58pm

re: #5 Sergey Romanov

Dreamweaver positively rulz.

I must say I am impressed with it myself.

9 Kragar  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:20:45pm

re: #5 Sergey Romanov

Dreamweaver positively rulz.

I believe it can get me through the night.

10 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:21:52pm

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

OK, had to google that. :-)

11 darthstar  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:21:54pm

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I believe it can get me through the night.

Wright you are.

12 darthstar  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:22:50pm

re: #10 Sergey Romanov

OK, had to google that. :-)

It’s a classic.

Youtube Video
13 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:24:14pm

re: #12 darthstar

Yeah, I found it. Never heard of Wright before.

14 darthstar  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:24:42pm

re: #13 Sergey Romanov

Yeah, I found it. Never heard of Wright before.

Good fashion tips if you like wearing satin too.

15 wrenchwench  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:26:28pm

This way I get to ding it up twice!

The illustration is also a nice addition. Good work, Jaunte!

16 engineer cat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:28:28pm

it’s really fun to read brown toying leisurely with the poor idiot racist asshole who brings no better weapons to the fight than “oh yeah? well you’re a poo-poo head”

17 Shiplord Kirel  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:34:43pm

re: #7 Killgore Trout

I see RSM is also linking to the stalkers’ blackmail threat. Lovely.


OH NOES!
I GIVE UP!
I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! THE HEAT IS TOO MUCH! LUDWIG’S REAL NAME IS RICK PERRY AND HE LIVES IN AUSTIN! HE WORKS FOR THE STATE OR MAYBE SOME OIL COMPANIES, I’M NOT SURE WHICH!

(Forgive my weakness, O lizardoid masters!)

18 wrenchwench  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:35:51pm

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

OH NOES!
I GIVE UP!
I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! THE HEAT IS TOO MUCH! LUDWIG’S REAL NAME IS RICK PERRY AND HE LIVES IN AUSTIN! HE WORKS FOR THE STATE OR MAYBE SOME OIL COMPANIES, I’M NOT SURE WHICH!

(Forgive my weakness, O lizardoid masters!)

I hear his hair is fabulous.

19 Kragar  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:37:04pm

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

OH NOES!
I GIVE UP!
I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! THE HEAT IS TOO MUCH! LUDWIG’S REAL NAME IS RICK PERRY AND HE LIVES IN AUSTIN! HE WORKS FOR THE STATE OR MAYBE SOME OIL COMPANIES, I’M NOT SURE WHICH!

(Forgive my weakness, O lizardoid masters!)

NO! YOU MUST NOT NAME HIM!

20 Gus  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:37:42pm

Hey. There’s something wrong with that illustration of RS McCain. The teeth are too white.

//

21 Decatur Deb  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:38:02pm

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

OH NOES!
I GIVE UP!
I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! THE HEAT IS TOO MUCH! LUDWIG’S REAL NAME IS RICK PERRY AND HE LIVES IN AUSTIN! HE WORKS FOR THE STATE OR MAYBE SOME OIL COMPANIES, I’M NOT SURE WHICH!

(Forgive my weakness, O lizardoid masters!)

Wow!! Is he related to Katy Perry? Can he get an autograph?

22 theheat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:52:16pm

re: #5 Sergey Romanov

Dreamweaver positively rulz.

Nah, go old school. By hand. The way the prophets wrote their code.
//

23 brookly red  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:55:25pm

So? Whats for dinner?

24 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:55:56pm

re: #22 theheat

Nah, go old school. By hand. The way the prophets wrote their code.
//

If Notepad was good enough for Jesus…
/

25 Gus  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:56:13pm

re: #23 brookly red

So? Whats for dinner?

What else? Pineapple pizza and a blush wine.

26 theheat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:57:31pm

re: #24 Sergey Romanov

DreamWeaver is for unbelievers.
//

27 theheat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:58:27pm

re: #15 wrenchwench

Yes, the illustration is awesome.

28 brookly red  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:58:38pm

re: #25 Gus 802

What else? Pineapple pizza and a blush wine.

/I figured you to be the blush wine type ;)

29 Decatur Deb  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:59:15pm

re: #28 brookly red

/I figured you to be the blush wine type ;)

Is this an FNDT or am I becoming a lonely old wino?

30 jaunte  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 3:59:32pm

re: #15 wrenchwench

Thanks!

31 Gus  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:00:31pm

re: #28 brookly red

/I figured you to be the blush wine type ;)

Blush wine. I don’t know which is worse, that or Zima.

32 engineer cat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:01:23pm

re: #24 Sergey Romanov

If Notepad was good enough for Jesus…
/

heretic! jesus used vi

34 theheat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:01:58pm

re: #31 Gus 802

Blush wine. I don’t know which is worse, that or Zima.

Zima was repurposed and is now used as insecticide.
//

35 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:02:01pm

re: #26 theheat

DreamWeaver is for unbelievers.
//

Don’t go all “what kind of sorcery is this” on me!

///

36 goddamnedfrank  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:03:01pm

re: #22 theheat

Nah, go old school. By hand. The way the prophets wrote their code.
//

There is no language but html, and Lynx is its browser.

37 theheat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:04:25pm

re: #35 Sergey Romanov

“Why, I used to walk 5 miles to work in the snow, just to fire up a copy of Hot Dog Pro v.2.0. Back before code had all that air pollution stuff on it.”

38 Decatur Deb  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:04:43pm

re: #36 goddamnedfrank

There is no language but html, and Lynx is its browser.

“Computer Engineer Barbie” has been released. In a test version her laptop ran Linux.

39 engineer cat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:07:59pm

re: #36 goddamnedfrank

There is no language but html, and Lynx is its browser.

C is the ONLY real pgming language

40 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:08:57pm

re: #39 engineer dog

C is the ONLY real pgming language

Holy war! Holy war! (As Cartman would put it.)

41 theheat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:09:26pm

re: #39 engineer dog

The three P’s: Python, Perl, PHP.

42 albusteve  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:11:57pm

is it Friday night?…the FNDT?

43 jamesfirecat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:12:16pm

re: #33 Killgore Trout

New Improved Fox News, now with anti_Israel propaganda.

///So GOP how’s that Liberals are enemies of the Jews thing working out for you?

44 Decatur Deb  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:12:43pm

re: #42 albusteve

is it Friday night?…the FNDT?

“Oh, I hope so”

45 engineer cat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:17:03pm

re: #40 Sergey Romanov

Holy war! Holy war! (As Cartman would put it.)

i hereby pronounce anethema on all heretics using assembler and issuing flaming No-Ops and JMPs to unreachable hex addresses hexed with a hexidecimal holy little endian holy name

46 Decatur Deb  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:18:33pm

re: #45 engineer dog

i hereby pronounce anethema on all heretics using assembler and issuing flaming No-Ops and JMPs to unreachable hex addresses hexed with a hexidecimal holy little endian holy name

Won’t affect the Amish sysops..they have hex signs on their cubicles.

47 brookly red  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:20:52pm

re: #45 engineer dog

i hereby pronounce anethema on all heretics using assembler and issuing flaming No-Ops and JMPs to unreachable hex addresses hexed with a hexidecimal holy little endian holy name

/I have no idea what that means but it sounds angry enough for me to support!

48 researchok  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:24:27pm

re: #25 Gus 802

What else? Pineapple pizza and a blush wine.

There are meds out there that might help.
/

49 goddamnedfrank  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:27:09pm

re: #39 engineer dog

C is the ONLY real pgming language

re: #45 engineer dog

i hereby pronounce anethema on all heretics using assembler and issuing flaming No-Ops and JMPs to unreachable hex addresses hexed with a hexidecimal holy little endian holy name

From /dev/null I stab at thee!

50 brookly red  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:28:57pm

re: #48 researchok

There are meds out there that might help.
/

No. It is high time we stop treating fruited pizza as a “condition” and start treating it as the crime that it is!

51 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:30:56pm

re: #49 goddamnedfrank

this.fart >> goddamnedfrank.direction(dirGeneral);

52 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:44:48pm

re: #22 theheat

Nah, go old school. By hand. The way the prophets wrote their code.
//

You laugh, but there is still a sizeable community of dedicated hand-coders out there. These aren’t people who can’t afford dreamweaver or something like that. These are purists of an odd sort.

I also know some serious computer nerds that eschew a GUI and do EVERYTHING from the CLI (console aka tty). Once again, this isn’t because they don’t have video cards or somethings, it’s just basically because they think using a mouse is for pussies. Some of them can do astounding things within a few seconds given a console window.

Then there is a third kind of purist hobbyist: People who like taking ancient computers and trying to cram modern operating systems on them. this group often overlaps with the CLI purist group. Bragging rights are earned by getting the linux kernel (or some hacked down version of it) to run on computers with the LOWEST possible stats. Getting Linux, complete with graphical desktop, up and running in 39mb of ram, makes you a God with this set.

Nerds are weird and wonderful creatures.

53 Usually refered to as anyways  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:49:40pm

re: #52 Fozzie Bear

Guilty, nix cli.
I do php, mysql and scripting, oh and mogrify for images.

54 Usually refered to as anyways  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:50:47pm

re: #53 ozbloke

I think you end up with a deeper understanding for when things go wrong.

55 theheat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:50:55pm

re: #52 Fozzie Bear

Actually, I do write code by hand, which kinda makes me a living fossil. I just don’t talk about such things in mixed company ;-)

56 theheat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:52:42pm

re: #54 ozbloke

I think you end up with a deeper understanding for when things go wrong.

Absolutely.

57 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:57:49pm

I like coding by hand, and still use vim for almost everything. But, I run vim in a terminal emulator, within gnome. I tend to prefer command-line utilities because i’m nuts about scripting everything, and scripts are just easier to write for things you already know how to use at the command line.

However, i’d be lost without my file manager, VLC, and a few other things that are just easier for me to do with a mouse. Using cat and piping to do word processing just isn’t for me lol. (I’ve seen it done)

58 Charles Johnson  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:14:34pm

re: #57 Fozzie Bear

I like coding by hand, and still use vim for almost everything. But, I run vim in a terminal emulator, within gnome. I tend to prefer command-line utilities because i’m nuts about scripting everything, and scripts are just easier to write for things you already know how to use at the command line.

However, i’d be lost without my file manager, VLC, and a few other things that are just easier for me to do with a mouse. Using cat and piping to do word processing just isn’t for me lol. (I’ve seen it done)

I just have one word for you: Emacs.

59 Charles Johnson  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:22:10pm

I never look at McCain’s crappy, verbose blog, so I didn’t notice that he recently posted another attack on me, too.

He just can’t get me out of his head. Barrett and I have a time-share in his medulla oblongata.

60 b_sharp  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:26:05pm

re: #58 Charles

I just have one word for you: Emacs.

I used emacs when I was programming Autocad in Lisp. Calling it a word processor is missing 90% of its capabilities.

61 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:33:53pm

re: #58 Charles

I just have one word for you: Emacs.

AMEN, Brother, I say AMEN!!!

vi exists only to edit the emacs make file…

(ducks behind wall and gets popcorn ;)

62 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:40:20pm

re: #58 Charles

I just have one word for you: Emacs.

I must admit, I learned with vi, then transitioned to vim, and have always been somewhat intimidated by emacs, so I stick with vim. The last time I looked at emacs was years ago, though, so I am installing emacs from a repository as we speak.

Maybe i’ll like it better now, or rather, have the patience not to get all irritated that it has different shortcuts from vim (which I am used to) and quit. That’s what happened last time.

63 b_sharp  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:42:12pm

re: #61 wlewisiii

AMEN, Brother, I say AMEN!!!

vi exists only to edit the emacs make file…

(ducks behind wall and gets popcorn ;)

Vi sucks.

64 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:42:40pm

re: #63 b_sharp

Vi sucks.

vim’s a lot better. it really is.

65 jamesfirecat  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:43:13pm

re: #59 Charles

I never look at McCain’s crappy, verbose blog, so I didn’t notice that he recently posted another attack on me, too.

He just can’t get me out of his head. Barrett and I have a time-share in his medulla oblongata.

///You have a time share with another man?


////GAAAAAAYYYY

66 b_sharp  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:45:20pm

re: #64 Fozzie Bear

vim’s a lot better. it really is.

Yes it is. I tend to use nano more than vi or vim. If I spent more time coding I’d probably use vim, if I remember correctly it is more compiler friendly.

67 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 5:49:26pm

re: #66 b_sharp

Yes it is. I tend to use nano more than vi or vim. If I spent more time coding I’d probably use vim, if I remember correctly it is more compiler friendly.

It highlights just about any code / scripts / config files / whatever you throw at it, which is very helpful.

68 Usually refered to as anyways  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 6:00:57pm

I left vi and moved into the 21 century and went with midnight commander.

69 Charles Johnson  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 6:10:50pm

And for local editing of text files, the One True Editor is BBEdit.

70 HistoryInAction  Fri, Dec 3, 2010 6:46:32pm

Oh god, back to the ‘Netscape blogging’ days… you opened up a vim/emacs fight, Charles? Well played, sir! Congrats on the soon-to-happen shift to group blog.

Also, you should check out Quora, time permitting. I think you’d like the Q&A community over there

71 Randall Gross  Sat, Dec 4, 2010 9:34:36am

/zzz
/qqq
urk!

Seriously, the best part of Jaunte’s RSM caricature is the Happyface Hitler tie tack.


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