Things just got WEIRD at the bird sanctuary-Lawrence O'Donnell

[nolabear]

So help me God, a reporter is standing there with a big blue tarp covering behind him, which he says is a man with a rifle on his lap, who would only acquiesce to being interviewed under those circumstances.

Uh-oh, Blue Tarp Man has poked his head out! We can SEE you, Blue Tarp Man!

Meanwhile they've hijacked a bunch of earth movers and say they're "for protection."

This is RICH.

[tishaLA]

1. Blue Tarp Man has made this all worthwhile

I liked it when he pulled up the tarp a bit and exposed his ample belly--but not his gun, which he has under the covers (?!?).

It was a miraculous little report

[nolabear]

2. I know! They gave his name, his state, and he showed his face!

Blue Tarp Man is my new anti-hero. The camera is trained on him as they continue the show.

[LiberalElite]

8. What's his state? eom

[Snarkoleptic]

13. His present state is confusion.

n/t

[LiberalElite]

16. well we knew that one eom

[Gods Slayer]

20. Is Confusion the 56th or 58th State?

Just asking

[Art_from_Ark]

45. And is it having a primary or a caucus?

[Freelancer]

72. Well, Evil Texas is 56, and Indifferent Texas is 57, so it could be 58, I guess -- nt

[Cirque du So-What]

18. Agitation?

Delirium? Paranoia?

Any of those could describe his 'state.'

[emulatorloo]

25. Arizona.

[nolabear]

40. Arizona. Mormon. Lotsa kids. They'll be fine when he's martyred.

Per the eventual interview.

[roguevalley]

46. half of eastern Oregon is owned by the Mormon church

Big farms

[MrMickeysMom]

34. He must be Vanilla ISIS's uncle...

I haven't a clue, cause it's painful to see humans behaving like this.

[opiate69]

23. First thing that came to mind....

"I'm afraid I just blue myself"

[jillan]

30. I wonder if he thinks he is hiding because he is under a tarp? lol.

[moondust]

3. LOL

Blue Tarp Man is coming out of hiding under his tarp to talk to the MSNBC reporter. Can't wait to hear what he says.

[nolabear]

4. He's out! He's out! Talk to us, Blue Tarp Man!

[Monk06]

28. Meanwhile Blue Porta Pottie Man is keepin it on the down low

[Half-Century Man]

32. Y'all quida tardis

Take you to the mystical realm where they make sense.

[MrMickeysMom]

35. The assholes are bigger on the inside!

[Freelancer]

73. Good one. LOL!

[SCantiGOP]

5. Our Revolution in 1776 started like this

No, No, actually it didn't. Nothing at all like this.

[nolabear]

7. He's the new Left Shark as far as I'm concerned.

Odes will be composed. Memes will be generated.

[tishaLA]

9. Please! All I could think of was "he's a living meme!"

OMG he's back! From AZ with 11 kids.

[nolabear]

10. They went to commercial and then to another story. Come BACK, Blue Tarp Man!

Come back...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

6. I've been waiting for Don Lemmon to do an update and missed this. Can't tell if Donnie...

...is even going to get around to it tonight with all the tRump coverage.

[tishaLA]

11. FFS his name is LAVOY!

and if the feds come with an arrest warrant, he hopes they go home. He's thought this through, obviously.

"I have been raised in this country all my life...I have no intention of spending any of my days in a concrete box...I will spend them taking care of my cows, riding my horses."

He doesn't like the hypotheticals. Don't point guns at people unless you plan to shoot, he says, as he is prepared to point a gun at federal agents.

[nolabear]

17. He loves to see the moon in the night.

He's so romantic.

[tishaLA]

19. I couldn't get all of his Keatsian soliloquy

about the sun and the moon and how much he loves fucking his sheep. That was a whole fistful of derp, there.

[jberryhill]

29. It's the lanolin

[onecaliberal]

37. I'm going to break the law but don't plan on going tO prison.

[emulatorloo]

51. Very writerly. You know I think this guy has a book on Amazon. Seriously.

His name is Lavoy Finicum. A Google turned up this;

Only by Blood and Suffering: Regaining Lost Freedom
http://www.amazon.com/Only-Blood-Suffering-Regaining-Freedom-ebook/dp/B014901Q8Q/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

Post-apocalyptic novel about survivalists. A couple reviewers say it is filled w political rants.

Check out his bio in the book description. Arizona Rancher, who loves God, Freedom, and Family.

Gotta be the same guy.

ON EDIT: I see starroute already figured this before I did!

[dixiegrrrrl]

84. And the very first Amazon review you see is this:

Exactly the kind of book you'd expect from a blue tarp. #tarpman (aka, Lavoy Finicum) is not only living out his fantasy of stealing federal lands, he wrote the book on it! If you need tips on how to survive in an Oregon parking lot, with nothing more than a sleeping bag, a rifle, and a tarp over your head, you need look no further than the self-published ramblings of #tarpman, himself. It's a gripping tale of a citizen who believes he is exempt from laws (and so are you, as long as you agree with him, and are white!), and can single-handedly bring about a brave new world, where the only people who have the right to preserved federal lands are those who want to destroy them for profit. With the handy tips in this book, you'll learn amazing facts, like:

Which absorbent adult undergarment is best for long-term sitting in sub-freezing temperatures.

How to ball up a sleeping bag around your feet for the most effective frostbite prevention.

The right brand of blue tarp for your overnight chair sitting needs.

Hell, I signed in to Amazon just to rec, that review!

[emulatorloo]

85. Ha ha, brilliant! Gonna log in and rec that one too!

[starroute]

49. LaVoy Finicum

And he's the sensation of the Internet.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lavoy+finicum&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

On edit: He's Cliven Bundy's neighbor.

Second edit: He's got a book! http://www.amazon.com/Only-Blood-Suffering-LAVOY-FINICUM/dp/193773594X

And he tweets! https://twitter.com/onecowboysstand

[emulatorloo]

52. that novel sounds really deadly. Post-apocalyptic + lots of political rants!

[dixiegrrrrl]

82. He loves the moon and sun, but is now hiding under a bright blue tarp?

Lavoy Finicum.......now there's a name.

[bullwinkle428]

12. He would rather be shot dead than put into a cell...

his exact words to the NBC reporter.

[wordpix]

53. Maybe he'll get his wish if he keeps threatening with that rifle

[nolabear]

14. That's a suspiciously new looking cowboy hat there.

I hope he's not one of those fake cowboys.

[tishaLA]

15. this asshole shows the dangers of home schooling.

and they have bullet proof vests. Good god.

[nolabear]

21. "I don't know what they were doing. I had the tarp over my head."

He's honest. He's freedom loving. He's...he's nuts.

[jillan]

26. I heard that too! Poor delusional man. eom

[glinda]

50. Free dumbs obviously are in abundance.

[babylonsister]

22. Government-owned earth movers!

The irony, so rich.

[exboyfil]

55. I looked up the state statute

It is a Class C felony. I wonder if the Feds make it even more serious.

[flamingdem]

24. Now I have to stay up late to catch Lawrence on

the second round, this sounds too good.

In fact I wish they were doing 24/7 of this, that just might finally bring and end to that media habit.

[emulatorloo]

27. Well worth your time, was quite the spectacle.

[flamingdem]

56. That was entirely worthwhile

Blue Tarp Man lives (or dies) the suspense is killin' me!

[KittyWampus]

33. I'm one of those people who force themselves NOT to look at train wrecks

Reading this thread is more than enough

[jberryhill]

41. It's a good one

The video of Finicum laying out his vague 2 point plan for freedom is an instant classic.

[flamingdem]

57. Kudos to Lawrence for wringing out every drop

and taking it all quite seriously.

[malaise]

75. This was seriously hilarious

[BlueJazz]

31. LEAVE BLUE TARP MAN ALONE!!

[Kali]

36. !

[nolabear]

39. I wonder if they're now Blue Tarp Man Group?

I wish there was a live feed. *sigh*

[flamingdem]

58. Something tells me we'll have on by tomorrow, the media can't

resist this one, tension is building!

[2naSalit]

64. !

[Gidney N Cloyd]

88. Now, with more blue tarp:

[Blue Owl]

38. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

n/t

[flamingdem]

59. Hard to ignore when he keeps popping his head out nt

[Arger68]

42. It's a tarp!!

[Rex]

44. You win a brand new TARP for meme of the week!

Well done!

[flamingdem]

60. Well done

[steve2470]

83. very well done! nt

[Rex]

43. Hiding behind a tarp is he!?

Well no doubt the feds will forget about it by tomorrow! Can we promote him to Major Tarp?

[me b zola]

48. How 'bout we call him Major Turd...and call it good/ n/t

[flamingdem]

61. He looks like a Blue Turd nt

[SwankyXomb]

47. OH no! Blue Tarp Man saw his shadow

and now we get six more weeks of idiocy.

[flamingdem]

62. The shadow was due to the media's lights

so it's going to be much, much longer.

[exboyfil]

54. Add Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle

A Class C felony in Oregon.

§ 164.135¹
Unauthorized use of a vehicle
(1) A person commits the crime of unauthorized use of a vehicle when:
(a) The person takes, operates, exercises control over, rides in or otherwise uses anothers vehicle, boat or aircraft without consent of the owner;

(2) Unauthorized use of a vehicle, boat or aircraft is a Class C felony.

Class C felony: up to five years imprisonment

[flamingdem]

63. But somewun left a pile o' keys n stuff nt

[2naSalit]

65. Ha!

I heard Lawrence scoff in disbelief over the keys being found... I worked a federal facility last year and all the keys are always somewhere on a board hanging up just like any business with a small fleet. They just happen to have a grader and a dozer at the shop.

This is a compound due to it's remote location and isolation from other federal facilities with equipment. And besides, most heavy equipment (at least this used to be the case when I operated those things) uses one standard Briggs and Stratton key for most units. they might have had one of their own, but I'm sure they could find the keys easily enough, they found their way into the buildings.

[flamingdem]

67. When they found the keys you know they said

"Ye haw!!" That's stuff of fantasy for these guys. I like the way the reporter found out that they mean to shoot from behind those things.

[2naSalit]

68. I watched most of

both clips but I got bored and went to something else, it was interesting to hear how they talk in circles about what they want and Blue Tarp Man was certainly playing the old cowboy being coy with his speech and implicit threats while trying to sound innocent with the standard ".. now I didn't say that, boy, I 'm just sayin'..." It's a common parlance in the culture.

[uppityperson]

66. Here's a photo. Video at the link

http://gawker.com/oregon-militia-gunman-hides-under-tarp-on-msnbc-1751284976

[suffragette]

69. So bizarre.

[tishaLA]

70. this thread is full of win

I couldn't stop laughing

[Freelancer]

71. That's not just a blue tarp -- it's the flag of the new rebel bird sactuary nation

Thirteen silver duck tape stripes on a 5' X 7' blue tarp, and you're good to go.

[Freelancer]

74. There needs to be a 24 hr camera on him -- like the Decorah Eagles nest

Maybe they could just stream the drone feed live to the internet. I'm sure there's one overhead somewhere. That, or a satellite.

[nolabear]

81. My thought exactly. Like the camera on that McDonald's meal.

He'll rot way faster.

[pinboy3niner]

76. Blue Tarp Man LaVoy Finicum: "I need to get home"

'I Need to Get Home': Oregon Occupiers Hint at Exit Plan'

by Corky Siemaszko
Jan 6 2016, 12:06 am ET

Four days into their occupation, the anti-government activists who took over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon hinted on Tuesday that their days there might be numbered.

Ringleader Ammon Bundy insisted they "have a plan" to help ranchers in Harney County avoid the fate of Dwight Hammond and his son Steven, who are now in federal prison for setting fires on their ranch that spread to government land.

"We are implementing this plan," Bundy said. "We see a time coming very soon where the community will begin to participate more in that and begin to take that over so they can claim their own rights."

Bundy did not divulge any details of their "plan." But he said that when the community is "strong enough to defend" their rights "then we will go home."

But LaVoy Finicum, one the gunmen who seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, made it clear he wanted to get back to his Nevada ranch.

"I need to get home," he said. "I got cows that are scattered and lost."

...


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-occupiers-hint-exit-plan-n490796

A sign seen in Burns, Ore., following protests. NBC News

[47of74]

79. Well he should've thought of that sooner.

[randome]

86. It's his wits that are 'scattered and lost'.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[Frustratedlady]

77. This is too funny. SNL is having its script written for them for this week's show.

Tarp Man probably feels pretty darned comfy under that tarp. Looks like he's spent quite a bit of time under the bedspread, what with 11 kids, unless he has a strong "batting average" - just sayin'.

When it comes right down to it, they can't carry out their threats of being killed rather than surrender. "I need to get home..." since his cows are out. Well, Buddy, looks to me like your brain's been out to lunch for quite a spell.

Wrote a book, eh? It could be a best seller by the end of the day. Should be easy to analyze that mind of his.

[hatrack]

78. It could only be better if he were reading invisible golden tablets behind the blue tarp . . .

Using the magic rocks hidden in his cowboy hat.

Blue Tarp Man - the first and greatest folk hero of 2016.

[eShirl]

80. The movie version will be a screwball comedy. n/t

[csziggy]

87. I keep thinking this is a sequel to "Canadian Bacon"