I went over to freerepublic to nose around for the black T-shirt guy.

[grasswire]

Freerepublic, after all, is the place that tipped us off to Buckhead, and to Jeff Gannon (Talon News!) and other stealth operatives. Didn't find black T-shirt guy yet, but I did learn that FR has its own videographer covering protests. The FR user name is oceander. Another FR user is posting his/her videos. That FR user is a military mom, FR user name is mystery/ak.

Oceander, the FR videographer, has been taking film at NYC OWS; don't know yet if he/she went to D.C.

[Earth_First]

1. Making a few 'Protests for Dummies' videos for FR?

Take note, this is how it's done...

[grasswire]

2. here's an interesting post on FR by oceander

Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street Can Stay Indefinitely
Monday, October 10, 2011 1:01:51 PM · 61 of 63
Oceander to opentalk
The domain name occupywallstreet.com was registered through godaddy.com on July 20, 2011, and is currently under private registration (i.e., the information on the actual registrant is not public), according to the whois info on that domain name:

Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: OCCUPYWALLSTREET.COM
Created on: 20-Jul-11
Expires on: 20-Jul-13
Last Updated on: 20-Jul-11

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration [e-mail]
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[phone] Fax -- [phone]

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration [e-mail]
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[phone] Fax -- [phone]

Domain servers in listed order:
NS65.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS66.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

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What is more instructive is the whois information for the domain occupywallstreet.org, which was registered on July 9, 2011. That domain goes to a webpage that looks different from the webpage for the .com domain; however, the content refers to the same organization and activities, so it's a good bet that they're owned/run by a common organization.

Nonetheless, they do have different IP addresses and are run on different hosting companies (although they are both run on multiple hosting machines, which means that they are virtual hosts (if they're on Apache, which they almost certainly are). That, of course, suggests some interesting avenues of exploration.

That being said, the whois information for occupywallstreet.org - which the facts indicate is run by the same outfit running occupywallstreet.com - confirms that the domain name was registered by someone from Vancouver, Canada (clearly astroturfing and interference in the domestic affairs of another country if you ask me). That whois info, which is public, is as follows:

Domain ID:D162486232-LROR
Domain Name:OCCUPYWALLSTREET.ORG
Created On:09-Jun-2011 18:25:48 UTC
Last Updated On:09-Aug-2011 03:50:12 UTC
Expiration Date:09-Jun-2012 18:25:48 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, Inc. (R91-LROR)
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:CR85243141
Registrant Name:Kalle Lasn
Registrant Street1:1243 7th West
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Vancouver
Registrant State/Province:British Columbia
Registrant Postal Code:V6H 1B7
Registrant Country:CA
Registrant Phone:[phone]
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:[e-mail]
Admin ID:CR85243143
Admin Name:Kalle Lasn
Admin Street1:1243 7th West
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Vancouver
Admin State/Province:British Columbia
Admin Postal Code:V6H 1B7
Admin Country:CA
Admin Phone:[phone]
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:[e-mail]
Tech ID:CR85243142
Tech Name:Kalle Lasn
Tech Street1:1243 7th West
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Vancouver
Tech State/Province:British Columbia
Tech Postal Code:V6H 1B7
Tech Country:CA
Tech Phone:[phone]
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:[e-mail]
Name Server:NS2.RACKSPACE.COM
Name Server:NS.RACKSPACE.COM
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
DNSSEC:Unsigned

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Perhaps someone should give Kalle Lasn a ring and see if he is affiliated with the bunch of yobbos currently making a pigsty out of lower Manhattan? If that doesn't work, and if the contact address in that whois info isn't correct, there is only one Kalle lasn in the whitepages.com listings, so perhaps one could contact Kalle that way:

Kalle Lasn
[phone]
26718 60 Ave
Aldergrove, BC V4W 1V7


Kalle also has a less-than-inspiring blog page at adbusters.org (where he is apparently "on-staff" although, from other sources, he is a founder), which can be viewed here: http://www.adbusters.org/authors/kalle_lasn

Guess he spends too much time crossing the US-Canada border to foment trouble that he/she doesn't have the time to maintain the page. Too bad.

The homepage for adbusters.org - http://www.adbusters.org/ - gives a good idea of what this group wants to do to the US (they've given us a visual aid, even):

[Matariki]

3. someone thinks they're a supersleuth hacker because they can type 'whois'

:rofl:

[JuniperLea]

8. I don't give a flying rat's ass who they think they are...

I thank them for posting this... I don't have time to hang out in the InterTubes all day doing these things myself.

[Matariki]

11. Really?

You are thankful that some nitwit at Free Republic did a whois search showing that Occupy Wall Street originated with an idea from Ad Busters? That's a well known fact, but they seem to think they've cleverly uncovered something nefarious.

[Coexist]

4. Adbusters is Canadian.. They never hid that

[drm604]

5. That's pathetic

The leaps in logic are breathtaking.

From what I understand, there is an analogous movement in Canada. That's why there's a Vancouver connection. He's making it sound like they're trying to undermine the U.S. government or something. They're influenced by the U.S. movement, not the other way around.

And does he even understand what astroturf means? How is this "clearly astroturfing"? :eyes:

[NBachers]

10. Canadian Bacon II - This Time It's Personal!

[EdMaven]

12. ? Adbusters was one of the initiators of OWS.

http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/occupywallstreet.html

Everyone knows that.

I don't understand why you think you've found something surprising.

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. I went elsewhere and didn't see anything, especially not a complete quote from the Spectator.

"..to infiltrate and mock..."

[grasswire]

7. this freeper is posting a LOT of photos of protestors

Check both of the pages in this thread -- many many many photos of OWS attendees.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2788596/posts?q=1&;page=51

[MelungeonWoman]

9. Black t-shirt guy?

I missed the original story, can you fill me in or provide a link? Pic if possible.

Thanks.