BelchSpeak » Twitter http://www.belch.com/blog I can't believe that came from your mouth! Wed, 23 May 2012 04:43:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Everyone Draw Muhammad Day http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/20/pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-everyone-draw-muhammad-day/ http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/20/pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-everyone-draw-muhammad-day/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 22:45:39 +0000 Dr. Jones http://www.belch.com/blog/?p=11831 Oh those freedom-loving Pakis! Today, May 20, is the third annual “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.” In order to prevent all of Pakistan’s future terrorists from self-detonating all at once, Pakistan blocked Twitter for the entire country. I predict that the Taliban will take over their crappy excuse for a government any time now.

Everyone Draw Muhammad

From the NYTimes here:

The Pakistani government blocked access to the social networking service Twitter for much of Sunday, after publicly holding Twitter responsible for promoting what it described as a blasphemous cartoon contest taking place on Facebook, officials said.

The restoration of Twitter service late in the evening was as sudden as its suspension earlier in the day.

The shutdowns began around midday Sunday, in a rolling ban that almost immediately brought a huge public outcry on other social media.

The government had been in talks with Twitter to remove “objectionable” material but that there had been no results. Facebook had agreed to allay the concerns of the Pakistani government.

It remained unclear — and unlikely — that Twitter had agreed to the demands of the Pakistani government before access was restored, at roughly 10 p.m. Sunday.

This is the Draw Muhammad Twitter Search link. This is the Facebook page. Go take a peek and see what freedom looks like.


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]]> http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/20/pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-everyone-draw-muhammad-day/feed/ 0 The Byron Sonne Goat Screw http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/15/the-byron-sonne-goat-screw/ http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/15/the-byron-sonne-goat-screw/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:21:07 +0000 Dr. Jones http://www.belch.com/blog/?p=11779 Byron Sonne’s trial ended today. Verdict? Not guilty on all counts. Bullet dodged. The entire prosecution turned out to be a giant goat screw. The Crown chose the worst prosecutor and the teams of detectives who collected evidence appeared to have little to no training or understanding in chemistry, social media or computer forensics. And since Byron Sonne spent a year in jail for what turned out to be a mishandled case, you could almost feel sorry for Sonne- but he brought it on himself.

Also, don’t forget that Byron set all of the events in motion leading up to his arrest and jail, and he did so deliberately to provoke a reaction from the police. Given that his marriage fell apart and he terrified his former neighborhood with a cache of buried explosive materials that had to be removed by a bomb squad, no one could argue that his actions were worth it.

To anyone looking to share a neighborhood with Sonne, just remember, he vented chlorine gas into the air manufacturing all of the perchlorate he buried in his garden. Might wanna get some homeowners’ association rules in place for operating basement laboratories.


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]]> http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/15/the-byron-sonne-goat-screw/feed/ 0 Toughest Opponent in New Diablo 3 is the Login Screen http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/15/toughest-opponent-in-new-diablo-3-is-the-login-screen/ http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/15/toughest-opponent-in-new-diablo-3-is-the-login-screen/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 10:00:57 +0000 Dr. Jones http://www.belch.com/blog/?p=11777 I was having a fitful night of sleep so I got up and checked Twitter. Like you wouldn’t. Forget warm milk, I’d rather stare at an iPhone screen. Anyways, I saw that the hashtag #error37 was trending on Twitter.

Turns out that Blizzard’s Battlenet servers melted down on launch night of Diablo 3, a sequel 12 years in the making. And as usual, unhappy customers are using Twitter as the unofficial complaint department.

And even if you somehow manage to defeat #error37 there are new perils:

I still plan on getting Diablo 3. I hope they get their server problems sorted out. I’m actually replaying Diablo 2 now just for old times’ sake. When I mentioned this to my pal Jeff, he replied, “Oh, so how does Y2k feel nowadays?”


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]]> http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/15/toughest-opponent-in-new-diablo-3-is-the-login-screen/feed/ 0 Byron Sonne Sends Email http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/09/byron-sonne-sends-email/ http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/09/byron-sonne-sends-email/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 05:43:54 +0000 Dr. Jones http://www.belch.com/blog/?p=11725 I got the following email via a Linked-in email message today. I will addresses each of the points below publicly and I hope Byron’s friends will kindly “make him aware” of this open letter. Emphasis mine.

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 12:49:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: Byron Sonne
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Subject: Modus Vivendi
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Greetings Mr. Belcher,

Friends have take(sic) the liberty of showing me what’s been going on lately. I don’t think it’s good for either one of us, and I’d like to see it taken down a notch, or several.

Can we not reach a modus vivendi? By no means do I expect you to agree to stop trading insults or cuelties(sic), but I think it behooves us to set some kind of ground rules. I speak for myself and myself only, but I do have influence in some matters that could help.

We both want a promising future and quality employment opportunities. I’m not even mad at you for having my CISSP yanked, because you’re right – ethics or at least the appearance of propriety is important when it comes to security designations.

I was surprise(sic) not too long ago when I logged in that we share a substantial connection pool. I’d like to see both our names come out the better for this. At the risk of sounding maudlin, the best way to defeat an enemy is to turn them into a friend. Could we not, perhaps, pursue this route instead?

Best Regards,
Byron Sonne

Thanks for writing into Belch.Com Byron! Its my first celebrity failed anarcho-terrorist, and I must say I’m surprised! Please allow me to address your points.

First of all, you seem to have abused your privileges of your LinkedIn account to email your primary detractor in contradiction to your bail restrictions. Congratulations! I have forwarded your email to the Toronto PD because your friends have boldly bragged on Twitter that you have yet to be audited for your bail privileges.

I don’t toss around defunct language terms in order to sound smart. Is “modus vivendi” a term for building bombs in the basement? Is that a term for distilling chlorine gas and venting it into your neighborhood? If so, no thank you, I want no part of that.

I agree that ground rules are necessary. You stop cooking bomb making materials and venting toxic chlorine gas into Ontario neighborhoods, and I’ll stop pointing out the fact that testimony in your trial proves that you did exactly that.

Unlike you, I have an extremely bright employment future. Should you be convicted of any part of your crime, that will haunt you for every job interview in your future. I’m at a loss as to how you would dare compare our employment opportunities to one another. For instance, I’ve never, in a fit of anarcho-terroristic rage, decided to cook the chemical components of explosives in my basement and vent the toxic gas outdoors for my neighbors to deal with. You have, however. I haven’t spent a year in jail for suspicion for terrorist activities and been out of the workforce. You have, however. I have never taken an oath of ethics and violated it by trying to bring destruction to critical infrastructure. You have, however.

If you think I was the only or first person to call for your CISSP suspension, you are mistaken. But should you be convicted, I will file the affidavit to request that the revocation of your ISC2 Credential be permanent. Your actions of course brought it on, so you can’t fault me.

You don’t have to worry about my name coming out poorly in anything dealing with you. I don’t have the reputation for being a jailbird, venting poison gas into the neighborhood, nor building explosive devices to protest government policies. If you think you can influence our mutual CyberSecurity connections otherwise via LinkedIn or any other method, good luck, Byron. It won’t happen. My reputation is spotless, and my depth of experience is much more profound than yours.

Sorry, I won’t be accepting your friend connection any time soon. If you consider me an enemy it is only because I am in the mainstream of society. But please do stay in touch.


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Is this retribution for the recent tweets by Dr. Jones mocking James Arlen for becoming unemployed and having trouble getting a new job, now that he is associated with anarcho-terrorist G20 bomber Byron Sonne?

Here is when James Arlen complains about the loss of a job and begs twitter to help him find another:

Odd that the @deadbelcher account appeared just after I pointed out Arlen’s support of Byron Sonne, and his support of Occupy Wallstreet, and his disdain for corporations. Coincidence?

Also, Arlen may have been behind a lame attempt to blow a dog whistle to attract Anonymous attackers against Belcher as well on the Full Disclosure infosec list:

The email account is faked, and the post was an obvious attempt to “Joe Job” Belcher as someone who was working against the Anonymous organization. As noted previously, Arlen has threatened Belcher with lolsuits and complaints against his certification in an attempt to silence him against speaking out online against Byron Sonne’s documented attempts to cook explosives in his basement during the run-up to the G20 in Toronto. When these tactics were pointed out on this blog previously, Arlen may have well shifted to an anonymous campaign in an attempt to silence Belcher on these issues.

Making death threats against people online is a crime, and Arlen seems to be willing to participate in this. Is it any wonder that he finds difficulty in finding employment?

I do want to point out that Madison Kelley, a friend and supporter of Byron Sonne, was so shocked by the death threat that she urged legal action against the @deadbelcher account:

I thank Madison for her support of free speech, however, if this was indeed James Arlen, her tweet rings hollow as Arlen’s profile picture on his twitter account shows him proudly wearing a FreeByron Tshirt. So no one in the FreeByron movement is behind this? Sorry, but sadly, someone certainly is.

UPDATE: Arlen issues denial:

And again uses threats of libel-


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]]> http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/05/02/james-arlen-anonymously-sends-death-threats/feed/ 0 Shocker! Drunk Stumbles on 3rd Rail While Pissing http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/23/shocker-drunk-stumbles-on-3rd-rail-while-pissing/ http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/23/shocker-drunk-stumbles-on-3rd-rail-while-pissing/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:40:49 +0000 Dr. Jones http://www.belch.com/blog/?p=11578 After a night of drinking, Zachary McKee jumped down into the railway tracks of the Chicago “L” Railway to take a leak and fell over and fried his dumb ass on the electrified 3rd rail. Those 600 Volts of direct current probably cooked his internal organs instantly.

From CBS here:

An Indiana man died overnight, after coming into contact with the electrified third rail as he urinated on the Purple Line ‘L’ tracks in Evanston.

The man was at the South Boulevard Purple Line stop around 11 p.m. Sunday with two other people when he came into contact with the third rail.

The man, Zachary McKee, 27, of Ossian, Ind., was pronounced dead at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston at 11:52 p.m.

McKee had climbed down to the tracks to urinate when he fell onto the third rail.

The program “Mythbusters” has concluded that urinating directly onto the third rail is unlikely to cause death in itself. In fact, some purported cases of such deaths are actually believed to have involved direct bodily contact with the rail, as appears to be the case in the Sunday night incident.

Hey, how ’bout that shout out to the MythBusters for the death of this dude?

DailyMail proves he was drunky drunk-drunk.

According to McKee’s Twitter page, he had travelled to Evanston to watch a Chicago Cubs baseball game at Wrigley Field.

He was staying with friends in Chinatown and was enjoying a weekend of heavy drinking.


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]]> http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/23/shocker-drunk-stumbles-on-3rd-rail-while-pissing/feed/ 0 BrendleWhat’s Hitler Ain’t No Genius http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/20/brendlewhats-hitler-aint-no-genius/ http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/20/brendlewhats-hitler-aint-no-genius/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:45:59 +0000 Dr. Jones http://www.belch.com/blog/?p=11556 Again, I’m amazed at BrendleWhat’s ability to mine twitter for evil and idiocy. Today on Hitler’s birfday, there are loads of young fools that think Hitler was a genius.

Truly sickening what these fools believe. And BrendleWhat has a response for them all:


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]]> http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/17/obama-ate-a-dog/feed/ 0 Hilary Rosen is Going to Jack it in San Diego http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/12/hilary-rosen-is-going-to-jack-it-in-san-diego/ http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/12/hilary-rosen-is-going-to-jack-it-in-san-diego/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:47:54 +0000 Dr. Jones http://www.belch.com/blog/?p=11480 If you caught the last episode of South Park, you will recall that the episode was about bullying people. Well Hilary Rosen, a lesbian Obama Campaign associate and media adviser, went on CNN to say that Ann Romney, as a stay-at-home mother, never worked a day in her life. She tried to bully Mrs. Romney to get her to silence her opinions about Obama’s failed jobs plans for modern women. That statement blew up in the Democrats’ faces, especially after their bogus White House orchestrated “war on women.” So the only thing Hilary Rosen can do now is fly to San Diego and “jack it” just like Kony 2012′s video creator Jason Russell.


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]]> http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/12/hilary-rosen-is-going-to-jack-it-in-san-diego/feed/ 0 Eric Cantor Wants His Chick-Fil-A http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/10/eric-cantor-wants-his-chick-fil-a/ http://www.belch.com/blog/2012/04/10/eric-cantor-wants-his-chick-fil-a/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:31:47 +0000 Dr. Jones http://www.belch.com/blog/?p=11455 The Northern Va and DC areas are quickly becoming huge fans of food trucks. Even Virginia’s Representative Eric Cantor (his press office, actually) is wondering where his favorite food truck is?

And the Chick-Fil-A Food Truck does look pretty awesome, but there won’t be any wafflefries.

From NBC Washington here:

There’s some disappointing news on the food front, too: The truck will have no waffle fries, no sweet tea and no lemonade. However, it will be serving sandwiches, nuggets, brownies and soda. Oh, and salads. (Meh. We mean… oh! That’s great!)

And they have a Food Truck Twitter feed here.


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