Yes, Virginia... There is Still a TCS!

Yes, Virginia, there is still

The Crystal Ship on Shortwave!

November 2, 2015

October 27, 2015

October 12, 2015

September 16, 2015

September 14, 2015

September 11, 2015

September 7, 2015

September 4, 2015

(and a bunch of more recent dates we are too lazy to add to this,  just now)

 

 

 

 

 

There is just No Cigar.

We will make no further public comment

on any recent matters of very little importance

citing people who really could not care less,

other than to say that we shall continue to

FIGHT For FREE RADIO

in the present, and in the future,

just as we have done since 1982,

because there is NO alternative to

Freedom Of The Airwaves!

 

Happy Holidays!

TCS Whack-A-Mole, Or, "It Ain't Me, Babe!"

FCC Enforcement Chief Envisions World with "no pirates on the airwaves".  (Sounds pretty damned boring there, Travis!)

“We need to think about when we take action that [the pirate] is actually off the air and things to prevent pirates ever getting on the air. We want to get to a world where there are no pirates on the airwaves,” said  FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Travis LeBlanc.

He likened fighting pirates to playing whack-a-mole, where the agency gets a pirate off the air and then he pops up again six months later.
http://www.radioworld.com/article/leblancs-goal-is-no-pirates/275622



We Think Your Plans Are A Tad Too Ambitious....

Let's face it:  You guys SUCK at this!  Perhaps this would be more your speed:

Mattel Whack-A-Mole Arcade

 

 

 

We'd Like To Dedicate This Song to Travis LeBlanc,

James Bridgewater, and the rest of you FCC Fascists!

 

 

 

* * * * * *

 

How About A New Plan?

 

Quit wasting time and money chasing radio pirates, and EMBRACE FREEDOM!

 

 

Pirate Fines Are Often Tough to Collect, Or, "Askin' ain't Gettin' "

While the following article initially appeared several years ago in 'Radio World', an organ of the licensed broadcast industry, it is still a very good source of information for pirate radio station operators who are concerned with the possible vs. likely consequences of being caught running a pirate radio station by the FCC.

It should be noted that standard operating procedure for the F.C.C. currently is to issue a warning to the offending operator on a first offense, usually a "Notice of Unlicensed Operation" warning the operator to "cease and desist" operating the unlicensed station  (such as was received by The Crystal Ship back in 2011).   It is usually only after the op has been caught in continued unlicensed operations after at least one warning, that the FCC will  attempt issuing a fine to the offending station, called a "Notice of Apparant Liability".

As the following article will explain, these fine notices against pirate radio operators often aren't worth the paper they are printed on... (thus, "Askin' ain't Gettin' " ~ John Poet)

Pirate Fines Are Often Tough to Collect  
by Randy J. Stine
on 11.17.2011

WASHINGTON — While the FCC Enforcement Bureau tally of fines against “pirate” operators has grown steadily this year, it is hard to know how many of those fines will ever be collected.

In fact, broadcast industry people familiar with commission practices believe the FCC likely fails to collect a majority of pirate fines.

Once the commission starts to go after an alleged illegal operator, things get complicated. It’s not easy to collect money from what often turn out to be fly-by-night operations. And in tight economic times, when federal agencies face budget constraints, authorities must decide how far to go to collect a relative pittance.

One problem lies in the fact that the FCC needs an outside agency help to get an enforcement action to stick, observers said. The commission can assess fines on an unlicensed broadcaster, but it must engage the services of the United States Department of Justice to file a civil claim for the judgment rendered, according to the Communications Act of 1934.

Read More Here:
http://www.radioworld.com/article/pirate-fines-are-often-tough-to-collect/24837

TCS Shortwave Relay Stations Rock Listeners from Newfoundland to Hawaii in Saturday Night TCS Marathon!

'In the Court of the Crimson King' Album cover

By John Poet

In an unprecedented night of  back-to-back relays of multiple TCS shows, listeners from Newfoundland to Hawaii and uncounted points between were pummeled with Rock 'n Roll in two different programs from The Crystal Ship, broadcasted on the TCS Shortwave Relay Network.  The shows went on for over three hours.

It began around 0115 UTC on March 10th (local Saturday night), on 6930 kHz USB, with an unidentified relay station keying up with Judas Priest's "Breakin the law", after which began the airing of  "The Crystal Ship's Rock 'n Roll Art Show", ( here and here).  This show was heard over wide areas with fairly strong signals.  Among listeners' comments on the signal quality were "S9, but a really fat S9 - really sounding great" and "Killer signal in MO. seriously ...a really great sounding signal".

Cover art from 'Yes'

The Week Before The Congressional Christmas...................... And The Day After Mine

 

 

Congressional “Twas The Night Before Christmas”

"Twas the week before Christmas and those sly little elves,
Our congressmen, labored to better themselves.
They cared not a whit what the public might think
"Let them eat cake," some said with a wink.

And putting their thumbs to the tip of their nose,
they waved as they shouted "Anything goes!"
They scoffed at the thought that we might object,
to a tax cut for the wealthy of a posh percent.

They've got prerequisites-franking, per diem, and more --
bargain-priced haircuts and gyms (three or four!)
Paid speaking engagements and meals on the cuff,
celebrity status -- (they've sure got it tough!),

Yet they claim they're in touch with the man on the street,
as John Q. Public struggles to make both ends meet.
If all workers decided what they were due,
they'd be getting those fat paychecks too!

But while we take cutbacks or raises quite small,
and one out of 20 has no job at all,
our millionaire Congress decides on the budget
land trimming Medicare and Medicaid will do it, they say.

In this season for giving, our Congress is taking.
We've had it with them and our backs are breaking.
With hard times, disasters, and layoffs on our dockets,
we bit the bullet and they fill their pockets!

Oh jobless, oh homeless, oh desperate and needy -
dare anyone say our Congress is greedy?
If in this feeling I'm not alone,
take up your pen or pick up your phone.

As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly,
let the road of your anger mount to the sky.
Indignant, outraged, appalled and beset
let your congressman know that you won't forget!
When election times comes -- and certain it will --
you're voting him out for passing that bill.

More rapid than eagles, their elections assured
they toasted each other and laughed at the herd.
And I heard them exclaim with adjournment at hand,
"Merry Christmas to us, and the public be damned!

Tax The Rich... an animated fairy tale; and the Ghost of Reagan Joins Forces with Obama!

 

 

(Narrated by Ed Asner)


Dr. Seuss lied.  The Grinch's heart is actually getting smaller all the time.

Even President Ronald Reagan thought that the rich shouldn't get away with paying lower tax rates than blue-collar workers...

If he were President today and said that, my guess is he'd get primaried by the TeaBaggers...

(Yeah, I know what I just called them)

TCS Shortwave Relay Network Halts Romney's Momentum, Spurs Millions to Polls, Saves Obama's Bacon and Changes Course of History With Their 'Stop Romney Express'!

(We also caught the winning touch-down for Notre Dame, but I didn't have room for that in the headline...)

Late October 2012:  It seemed as if the Romney-Ryan ticket was headed for victory in the 2012 Presidential election.  Numerous national polls had them out front.  Democrats were demoralized.  Republicans were energized.  Right-wing AM Talk-Radio hosts were salivating.

And at that moment, The Left's Super-Secret Weapon was unleashed:

The Crystal Ship's 'Stop Romney Express' program on the TCS Shortwave Relay Network!

Through our vast network of North American pirate radio relay stations, The Crystal Ship's "Stop Romney Express" program was aired several times from late October through early November, being logged by nearly a dozen listeners from coast-to-coast.  Content of the program variously  parodied, lampooned, ridiculed and kicked the crap out of the billionaire plutocrat, Republican Presidential Nominee Willard Mitt Romney.

And then, President Obama's fortunes changed, and he cruised to a convincing re-election victory!

Could the conclusion be any more obvious?

Through the heroic pirate broadcasters comprising the TCS Shortwave Relay Network, 
The Poet and the Radical turned the tide of the election! 

( You're Welcome, America! )

Now, we are not claiming that it was by virtue of a dozen listeners hearing our program that the course of history was changed.  Oh, no!

What we are proclaiming is,  by virtue of the programming carried on our  coast-to-coast RF signals, coursing through the bodies of millions of Democratic voters who otherwise would not have shown up at the polls, and unbeknownst to them (since RF is invisible), the great power of our RF signals imprinted the submliminal message on the subconscious of millions:

"No matter what else happens, I must get myself to the polls on election day, and vote for the re-election of President Obama!"

And so they did.

(Really, you don't need to thank us, America--
Saving our future is just a 'thing we like to do' !)

Special-Edition eQSL for reception reports
on the 'Stop Romney Express' show

Shortwave Listeners report reception of TCS Shortwave Relay Network from coast-to-coast in North America, and from Europe

By John Poet

Since the transformation of the pirate radio station 'The Crystal Ship', into a program broadcast by other widespread pirate radio operators known as the 'TCS Shortwave Relay Network', our coverage of the North American continent has greatly increased.  Listeners in the western United States and western Canada are now able to receive TCS Shortwave at much better signals than we were ever able to achieve when we were broadcasting from Michigan.  Part of that is due to the wide use of SSB transmissions, which are able to provide a better signal-to-noise ratio than AM.

We received many reception reports for our recent show "That Awful Seventies Station", received on a wide range of frequencies from 6.925 up to 18 mHz, and from listeners located from New York to Oregon to Italy. (I was surprised at the number of listeners able to hear the 18 mHz transmission.)  We replied with our TCS Shortwave Relay Network eQSL, in use since late 2011, shown below:

Following are a few of the reception reports recently received.  Names have been omitted:

'Pat Murphy' Linked By I.P. Address To "BobSmith" Snitch Emails Sent To Canadian Radio Authorites and Yellowknife Ham Radio Club! Email Screenshots. JTA Joins "Proven Liars" Club

"I was one of the last people to agree

 that Richard Nixon was a crook."

~John T. Arthur on the Free Radio Cafe, 8/02/2011

Pirate Radio News & Commentary
By John Poet

 Most of our readers are probably familiar with the narrative published by Radio Paranoia of how 'Commander Bunny' aka Pat Murphy, posing as "Bob Smith",  purportedly filed a complaint with Canadian radio authorities, as well as an amateur radio club, the Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society (YARS), in his attempt to get Doc John of Radio Yellowknife/Northern Relay Service, busted-- thus eliminating the only other active pirate radio relay service back in early 2011:
"House of Games: "Bob Smith" con's piracy"
(See also "How Commander Bunny & His Gang of FRN Sock-Puppets Started the Pirate Radio War of 2011: With Covert Attacks Against Radio Yellowknife, Then FRN Flaming and Mass-Emailed Lies & Propoganda Against the Northern Relay Service")


After 'C.Bunny' made yet another of his numerous blog attacks against sundry pirate radio personalities purporting to "out" their personal information, this time Doc John's (in a post he soon deleted as he often does), an enterprising pirate DXer made a renewed attempt to obtain a copy of that Email which was sent to the Yellowknife Club a year-and-a-half ago.  This time he succeeded, "karma" having taken a hand in it, and the details have been duly reported on the Radio Paranoia blog:
Fink Noise: Connection Confirmed Between Pat Murphy and Snitching on "Rival" Pirate Radio Operator      and     Fink Noise Part 2: The "Bob Smith" email

((BTW-  Has anyone else noticed the eery similarity between the  text of the "BobSmith" emails to Canadian authorities, and the fake emails attempting to frame Artie Bigley for TCS bust  posted by CB last year?))

As one might imagine, there has been much thrashing and nashing of teeth from The Bunny Camp... with JTA aka John T. Arthur, operator of the Belfast mail drop, taking the lead in launching various counterattacks aimed at me which seemed to be more in the character of C.Bunny/Pat Murphy than the JTA we used to know, and inevitably making the FRN website and the Belfast, New York maildrop appear to be even more unsafe for non-Bunny-allied pirate radio operators or just plain DXers than one may have previously thought (if that were possible):
 JTA Puts Final Nail in FRN Coffin

JTA, along with the Bunny, seem to believe that I am responsible for writing the Radio Paranoia blog which has deviled them so.  All I can say is, I can only wish that I was half as clever, or half as effective as the writer behind it, in putting the Bunny and his Mafia in their proper place-- but thank you so much for that unintended compliment!

Pirate Radio "Pope Poet" Issues Edict!

From His Holiness,

"The Infallible Pope Poet of Pirate Radio"

In a recent blog rant obviously typed sometime after he went off his meds again, the whining, finger-pointing blogger most well-known as "Commander Bunny" (but also known as

"Pat Murphy", "Bill O. Rights", "Mike Graves", "Jerry Michael Graves", "Peckerwood Pat",

"Beans", "Mosby", "Thumper", "Lovemyradios", "Winston", "Bouncer", "Radio Bob".... uh, where was I?) 

Oh yeah, well, he was kind enough to declare me the new "Pope of Pirate Radio" (click to enlarge),  called me "infallible", and said I "could never be wrong". (I guess that includes when I said I suspected him of turning me in to the FCC).  Freudian slip there, "Commander"? I think so!

So anyway, I am happy to assume the mantle if only for the opportunity to take one action which would certainly prove most beneficial to the pirate radio community-at-large.Therefore as such, on the behalf of all members of The Church of Pirate Radio, and as the duly-selected Infallible Pope Poet of Pirate Radio, I am issuing this edict:

"I've Got A Rotating ISP# So It Never Shows Up The Same," Says Commander Bunny In His Sock-Puppeting Apology!

"Oh NO!  I've drowned 'Mosby'!"

"The apology thing is just part of the cycle. He'll calm down for awhile and then it starts over again. I really think he's got a screw loose." 

~from a Bunny insider

Pirate Radio News & Commentary
By John Poet

In our previous article about the 'pirate radio war of 2011', we told you how Commander Bunny had actually started the war with his anonymous/sock-puppet attacks on Radio Yellowknife, how he reported Doc John of Radio Yellowknife to a radio club and Canadian authorities in an attempt to get them busted; and how he later switched to public attacks against Doc after he started his new station, the Northern Relay Service.  That article also explained how 'Commander Bunny', aka 'Pat Murphy', whose real name is Jerry Michael Graves, became more and more obvious in his use of sock-puppets  on the FRN 'Free Radio Network' forum, using them to make, augment and orchestrate his attacks. Among the most-often used sock-puppets were 'Beans', 'Mosby' and 'Thumper'.

When 'Commander Bunny' stated in his "Why Can't We All Just Get Along?" FRN post that he was 'all done talking about NRS,' he continued to use the sock-puppets to continue his attacks on NRS, and, what I personally found to be even more disturbing, used his sock-puppets to bully FRN members who had posted loggings of NRS.  All of this led directly to my break with 'Commander Bunny', and I decided I wasn't going to ignore or play dumb about all this sock-puppeting any longer, but call them out publicly if he insisted on continuing this game... and, he insisted on continuing.


Poet "Outs" The Puppets;  FRN Gets Really Quiet

'Beans' was first to show up again, on April 10th, 2011.  In a rather amusing post, Ragnar had complained about an anonymous pirate operator having played the song "I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie World" over and over on the air, until it got stuck in his head... and then 'Beans' had to speak up and blame it on NRS, "or one of his many sock puppets"  (!)  ((Oh, give me a break... what nerve! ~ JP))

I gave him a warning, again, but I guess he just didn't get it, and chose to tell me to "go f00k yourself".  So, I let him have it.  
((Thanks to the anonymous poster on Radio Paranoia who recently used the imgur.com site to post copies of threads-- I like how these work a lot better than that Google thing... ~JP))

That scene seemed to throw the FRN into a deathly silence, until Ragnar posted the "monkey sniper" picture on April 15th, trying to lighten the mood.... I chose to comment on it, "Monkeyboy don't miss when he aims his gun".  This brought 'Thumper' onto the scene.  I disposed of him summarily, without hinting around any more about my meaning.  (The link "for what they are" pointed to the Wikipedia "Sock-Puppets" entry.)

No Feeding the Sock-Puppets!

This seemed to deepen the silence on the FRN even further.... but my Email box started going wild.  I began reading all these narratives, about the abuse of FRN posters by Commander's sock-puppets, and how FRN accounts got deleted when anyone else had tried to speak up about them, etc etc etc.  Most of this was news to me; from what I read, the disappearing accounts seemed to happen to posters who were newer, or had a lot fewer connections with others in the hobby than I have.  Besides, in some previous off-board altercations with 'Pat Murphy', I had made it quite clear that I would not hesitate to use my large Email list to broadcast whatever I felt needed saying-- in the event that anything ever happened to my FRN account-- so I guess "Commander" realized that I couldn't be silenced by deleting my posts or my account, as he had done to others with smaller footprints...

(If you're on the front page, click "Read More" for the rest of this story, including the never-before-published Email exchange between CB and Poet, and CB's "Sock-puppeting Apology"!)

"I'm Not Your Pirate Radio Jesus," Says Poet to an Anonymous Detractor Who Ignores Poet's Rights of Self-Defense

Pirate Radio News & Commentary
by John Poet

(An anonymous commenter in a previous thread made an argument we'll probably be forced to suffer through more and more as time goes on:  that if I publish information on 'Commander Bunny' similar to that which he has repeatedly published about me, then I am "no better than he is".  I initially posted a lengthy response to that in comments... but think it appropriate to raise the whole exchange to the post-level here, since it probably isn't the last time we'll hear this, and I prefer my response to that argument to be more prominent than at the comment-level.)


"Anonymous said...

"Okay something is very wrong here... I had just read your article re: Commander Bunny and NRS, and it I can say, yes it is 100% correct. I didn't want to believe that CB was a snitch, but now all doubt is gone. CB is #1 snitch. Unfortunately that puts you at #2, as you have revealed CB's indentity, and put other's in jepordy. You revealing CB's identity in reaction to his actions doesn't make it right. It pretty much means, you're no better than he is.

"I am in hopes that both sides of this "pirate war" continue, and that is ends up that you both wipe yourselves from existance."



John Poet Replies...
@Anonymous 1:03 am:


I am "no better than he is"? Nonsense!

If Abraham Lincoln had been able to shoot back at John Wilkes Booth, would you then say that Lincoln was "no better than he is"? Would you then refer to Lincoln as "Assassin #2" ?

I think not... but that is the essence of the argument you are making, here. It completely ignores the facts about who fired first, and who is only reacting in self-defense. Furthermore, it conveniently ignores the fact that it was Commander Bunny who repeatedly posted approximations of my address, before publishing the real address-- something that I have not, as yet, done to him in return-- so even by the standard of 'who has published what, who cares in what order',  your statement is still demonstrably false at this juncture.

However,  I believe I have the moral right to publish that information, if and when I should choose to do so. Firing back is essentially an act of self-defense, and everyone has the moral right to self-defense. In fact, it may be a moral imperitive for me to republish pertinent information about him (it isn't as if any of this is 'new information' or 'secret', it is publicly available)-- because if he is allowed to do all these things without consequences, it makes it more likely that he will do the same again to someone else. Making his information available to other potential victims will serve as a deterrent to he who has always preferred to "drop dox" and publish his slanders under the anonymity of secondary false identities or sock-puppets.

You wrote, "You revealing CB's identity in reaction to his actions doesn't make it right." It is still an act of self-defense, and there is nothing morally wrong about acting in self-defense employing a similar level of 'force'. The facts are, I have published less about him than he has about me, and much less often. Unlike him, I have reacted with a good deal of restraint.

You seem to want me to be your 'pirate radio Jesus', to love my enemies and 'turn the other cheek' to 'Commander Bunny' after he repeatedly publishes my real name, real address, what he claims to believe are facts about my living arrangements and employment status-- and even sinks to the level of making sordid comments about my dead mother. When those facts are fairly taken into account, your statement that I am "no better than he is" holds no water whatsoever. However, it is true that I am more like a pirate radio Moses than a Jesus: 'an eye for an eye' is good enough for me, when it comes to this business of publishing personal information.  I won't go so far as to create slanderous lies about him, but I certainly will not allow some demonstrably false moral double-standard to prevent me from revealing similar facts about him as he has done to me. I am not the one who started this "dropping dox" and publishing names and addresses.

If this means that there will be a few, like yourself, who will claim to believe that I am "no better than he is" (even though, deep down, you know better), well, that is a price which I am willing to pay-- and, when weighing the validity of such opinions, I am certain that objective observers will also take the 'likely sources' into consideration. 
~  John Poet

'Commander Bunny's alter-ego 'Bill O. Rights' makes interesting comments
about the supposed frequency of complaints 'phoned in' to the FCC...

HO, HO, HO! It Looks A Little Bit Like Christmas on the FRN!

One more on the flip-

How Commander Bunny & His Gang of FRN Sock-Puppets Started the Pirate Radio War of 2011: With Covert Attacks Against Radio Yellowknife, Then FRN Flaming and Mass-Emailed Lies & Propoganda Against the Northern Relay Service

"What I, and everyone else, is dying to see is the original declaration of war by the NRS. The bun claims that the NRS started the fight by posting slanderous accusations demeaning the Bun and WBNY. Funny thing is, NO ONE (other than the Bun) has seen this post. There is no evidence whatsoever. The bun just felt threatened at the presence of the NRS and went ballistic." ~anonymous emailer, April 2011

Pirate Radio News & Commentary
by John Poet

Despite the recent obfuscations spewing out of the Bunny camp/blog before it became a private 'cult' (his word for it,  not mine), the multiple-party feud that has become known as the 'Pirate Radio War of 2011' did not begin with me.  I was just another bystander when it began, and believed that 'Commander Bunny' and I were friends. This friendship was ruptured as a direct result of CB's vendetta against 'Northern Relay Service', his smear campaign of lies and distortions against them, and his rampant and increasingly obvious use of sockpuppets on the FRN pirate radio forum to reinforce his smears and to bully and intimidate other FRN posters into silence.

The 'pirate radio war of 2011' was started by 'Commander Bunny' aka 'Pat Murphy', who launched covert attacks against Doc John's 'Radio Yellowknife'.

THAT is where ALL OF THIS started...

Using his sockpuppet email alias "BobSmith6955@yahoo.com", CB sent complaints claiming RF interference from the station to a Yellowknife area radio club, as well as to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. When a CBC reporter contacted Radio Yellowknife via Email requesting an interview, Yellowknife shut down and reappeared a short time later as the 'Northern Relay Service'.

(If you're on the front page, click "Read More" for the rest of this story!)

'Commander Bunny' Offers 'Peace Treaty' in 'Pirate Radio War'?



'Commander  Bunny' Delivers his 'Peace Treaty' Proposal
(Note:  CB blocked access to the original post, but luckily we made this copy first!)


Pirate Radio News & Commentary
By John Poet

More like UNILATERAL SURRENDER and WEBSITE SCRUBBING for those who have stood against him,  than a serious peace offer.  Among his demands are, that all the material about him on this blog and other websites be removed-- and all the material on my "friends sites" be erased-- which I obviously could not make happen, even if I wanted to, and I don't... (and one may notice that he never states he will do the same...)  Sorry, Commander, we won't be cooperating in any more of your repetitive attempts to rewrite history.

And all this, while spouting out sundry names and addresses over and over of possible pirate radio operators, former pirate radio operators, bloggers and suspected bloggers...

Commander, have you so quickly forgotten the recently posted words of your "good friend", 'Bill O. Rights'?

"My contention is, that anyone who takes the fun out of Pirate Radio, is more interested in being the center of attention, and could care less about Pirate Radio. If they are spreading gossip, starting rumors, making accusations and revealing pirate locations or identities, then they really don't care about Pirate Radio..."

Or, perhaps you're forgetting what you yourself posted last summer:

So what about now, 'Commander'?

Despite his lies to the contrary, the only characters posting addresses have been Commander Bunny and Kracker.  Kracker had the good sense to remove it afterwards.  Commander Bunny, on the other hand, repeats the same act in a new post, adding others for good measure.  And he has the gall to offer "peace" within the same post?  Sorry, but that can hardly be taken seriously, even if I was interested.  The fact is, I am not interested.  Not at this time...

And his timing is certainly opportunistic, coming so soon after my 'Dogs of War' post, but before I have published any of the material that has been promised.  (My problem is, I am much too long-winded, and try to document things in too detailed a fashion--- rather than just calling names, posting ad hominins and making up lies, the way he does--- I imagine it's a lot quicker to make up lies, than to document what actually is happening-- or at least, it certainly is quicker for Commander Bunny!)

Well, I am not to be deterred-- and I am certainly not up to make a "unilateral surrender" to him BEFORE I'VE HAD MY COMPLETE SAY--- and that is all his "peace proposal" really is-- an attempt to shut me up, before I cover all the information I alluded to here, particularly much material which has never before been published.  Perhaps he's worried about what's to come-- I suppose he should be-- and wants to cut me off.  Sorry, Commander, ain't happening-- your false peace offers notwithstanding.

Or, perhaps all this throwing addresses about is an attempt to provoke me into publishing his real address--- something he falsely implies I have already done, but no one on this side of the question has been posting addresses.  Well, Commander, there may come a time for that.  If it happens, it may be because the particular address is a crucial piece of evidence in a puzzle we mean to complete--- not because of some knee-jerk tit-for-tat reaction on my part.

Oh, and BTW-- the F.C.C. has NEVER posted any address information about me, other than that I live in Lansing Michigan-- regardless of the counterfeit graphic Commander created in an earlier post.  That's just another outright LIE he's now manufactured, to try to justify his publishing of addresses.  You'd think he'd have learned a lesson about creating counterfeit evidence to support his claims, but apparantly not.

I have been delayed in posting the first of the expected stories, due to researching documentation that has taken me further and further back along the timeline-- and it now seems necessary to split the article I was writing into two, so things will take a little longer yet-- but that brings us to the question,

Where did the 'Pirate War of 2011' actually begin?

Not where he claims it did-- it did not begin with me. 

It publicly began with his attacks on Doc John of the Northern Relay Service, and his prounoncements that they were "attacking him" and "sending harassing emails" etc etc, (emails which he "offered" to produce for me, several times, until I finally said "so let's see them" and suddenly they could not be had-- because, as I later found out,  they were actually emails between Doc John and CB's email sockpuppet 'BobSmith'!)  OOPS!

((UPDATE:  Well, actually it began with CB's covert attacks on Radio Yellowknife-- the predecesser to the 'Northern Relay Service'... when he tried to get them busted by Canadian authorities.  We cover that and the whole CB/NRS feud, and how it began the 'pirate radio war of 2011', here. ))

And then, of course, he had his sock-puppets join in, trying to whip the masses into line, attacking DXers who posted logs of NRS on the FRN, and then posting falsified logs of their own--- and THIS was when I began to sit up and take notice, and finally realize that all was 'not kosher in Denmark', that sock-puppeting by Commander Bunny was rampant on the FRN, and that he was using those puppets to publish false claims, and even repeat false claims after they had been disproven (a practice he continues to this day with his stubborn refusal to let go of the Artie Bigley matter, even long after its been proven that the story was a complete fraud)-- these are the things that led to my break with Commander Bunny, and they were actions initiated by him, not me-- I was just a non-attentive bystander for too long....

Commander Bunny Started the 'Pirate War of 2011'--  back in February '11-- Against Northern Relay Service!

I only joined the 'pirate war', which was already in progress, when I realized that almost everything CB said about Doc John and the Northern Relay Service was nothing but a pack of lies--- and THIS is where I intend to recommence the narrative, in our next post-- since it is what brought me into this whole mess, and led me to discover for myself, CB's rampant and abusive sock-puppetry. 

 In the meantime, readers should review the RP post about Doc and 'BobSmith's email exchange-- since this seems to have been mostly what set CB off on this whole 'war'-- but his motivation for contacting Doc in the first place seems to have been the fact that some of his relayed programs wished to also appear on NRS-- and the bunny didn't want to share the attention with another relay service, and 'forbid' some of them to share the shows with NRS.

BTW, Commander Bunny-- as for your counterfeit offer of peace?

Happy Thanksgiving! ~ The DOGS Are HUNGRY!

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,

That I am meek and gentle with  these butchers!

Thou art the ruins of the noblest man

That ever lived in the tide of times.

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!

Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--

Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,

To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--

A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;

Domestic fury and fierce civil strife

Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;

Blood and destruction shall be so in use

And dreadful objects so familiar

That mothers shall but smile when they behold

Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;

All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:

And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,

With Ate by his side come hot from hell,

Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice

Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;

That this foul deed shall smell above the earth

With carrion men, groaning for burial.

from 'Julius Caesar' ~ William Shakespeare

OUCH! THAT'll leave a mark! ~ (So what is your name, again?)

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Have It Your Way, Commander 'Pat-the-Bunny' Murphy! ~~ And other open letters to Jerry the Mad Rabbit

"Pat!!-- Stop 'holding the pickles' !"

Pirate Radio News & Commentary
By John Poet

Well, Commander "Pat the Bunny" Murphy has been blogging it up in a rabid keyboard-pounding frenzy of late; outing the identities of current or former pirate radio operators and their locations repeatedly, in case we missed it the fifth or ninth or twenty-ninth time; making accusations of pseudonymity  (look it up, Pat-- I know that's a big word for you) against multiple DXers in his frantic attempts to discover the real identity of 'Guise Faux' of the Radio Paranoia blog; and now busy with his online stalking of yet another female DXer.  "Way to go, Patty-cakes!"  That seems like an excellent method of enticing more women into the hobby, you romantic charmer, you! 

About all I was able to decipher out of one of his recent incoherent, malevolent mouth-foaming tirades, is that he now has a new job at the Newport News Burger King!  "Have it your way, Pat!"  I guess the public contact is useful to him, as he can now easily distribute large numbers of unsolicited WBNY QSL packages without driving all the way to Lansing, Michigan to post them.  

Congratulations on your new job, Pat! It's certainly a step forward in honesty, as opposed to that phony radio consulting business you used to claim to run.  I guess "Sugar-Mama" demanded that you go out and get a real job, instead of constantly sponging money off of her?  You do look pretty spiffy in that nice, clean 'monkey-suit'!  

I recommend grilling the rabbit, folks--- as the sign says, "it's not too tough".



THANK YOU, Pat, for your incessant 'invocations' to my mother

Dear Pat,

Thank you for your repeated 'invocations' to my mother on your WBNY blog.

It was a very painful and difficult time, but she was fortunate to have loving family nearby at the time of her passing.  I'm glad I was able to be there at her side when she died.

I hope that, when your time comes, you are fortunate enough to have loving family at your side.

Sincerely,
John Poet


P.S. It may quite possibly induce 'bad karma' upon the poster in question to "worry the dead" by repetitively speaking of the deceased, (not to mention being incredibly tasteless),  particularly in the disrespectful manner in which you have been doing for quite some time regarding my mother. As you've mentioned your belief in 'karma' numerous times, I am sure you'll want to avoid inducing bad karma upon yourself in the future. So, now that you know her status, I suggest that from now on, it might be wise for you to keep your filthy mouth off of her, lest you provoke the Great Karma Master Upstairs to drop a house on you.... or toss a lightning bolt into the 'ole Grenade! 


 
Offers of Employment Unnecessary, But Thanks Anyway, Pat!
 
I would also like to thank "Pat the Bunny" for his repeated statements of 'concern' for my employment status.  Commander Murphy, your concern is unnecessary.  Just because you have been unable to find any references to my employment on the internet, or because your 'online detective services' and 'background reports' which you have pulled on me have not been able to provide you with this information, does not mean that I lack gainful employment--   
 
What it means is, I have been quite careful regarding with whom I share this priviledged information-- so that it would not fall into the hands of an internet stalker such as yourself, or anyone else who might seek to misuse this information to further their own evil, twisted or capitalistic ends. (I'm sure the same applies to other people who seem to have taken the same sort of precautions... such as 'Corq'...) 
 
So, I do understand your frustration,  at being unable to buy the information that you want on me at any price, but you needn't worry further furry about me (and I'm quite sure the fact that I've never been arrested was a MAJOR disappointment for you!) 
 
I won't be joining you at Burger King any time soon, but thanks anyway!
 
Take it easy on those fat-burgers, and stop holding the 'pickles'-- if you know what I mean!
 
Here's some more free advice for you:
 

 
Still coming soon:  Commander Pat's Sockpuppet Confessions and MUCH more!
 
(I apologize to our readers that my blogging energies cannot seem to match the tireless keyboard-pounding efforts of the Bunny... but I'm not actually the one who is "desperate for web hits"!)
 
Cheers.

Is Commander Bunny Stalking Me? Or Does He Want To Marry Me? Two Out of his Three Listeners Say, 'Yes!'

Pirate Radio News & Commentary
by John Poet

He sure seems to want everyone to know how infatuated he is with me. I'm truly touched by
all the wonderful cards, letters and automobile decals he's printed up to
shout out to the world,

  'Commander Bunny & Kracker Love
    Poet and The Crystal Ship!'

They've spent more money trying to court me than they've spent on their own psychotherapists!

So, seems that the recent package of Commander Murphy rabbit-droppings which was sent out
to various people was post-marked in Lansing, Michigan, where we all now surely know that I am...

(BTW, Commander: "Real pirates" as you call them, actually FILL OUT the data on their
"real" QSL cards-- they don't just send out BLANK QSLs without the reception data filled
in...
   ---Unless, of course, you are sending them out blank because they are unsolicited,
because no one bothers to send reception reports to station ops who turn into stalkers and FCC snitches, anymore?  Tell, tell!)


As reported on the FRN:
Packages of Bunny Swill postmarked in Lansing, Michigan

Some listeners seem befuddled as to why the packages from 'Major Sockpuppet' should be
post-marked in Lansing. Well, let me clear up that mystery for you!



(Now, I wouldn't be telling you all this, if CB hadn't raised the subject by hauling those
packages along with him to be postmarked HERE--- expressly for MY benefit--- but since I am
now in a postion to answer your questions about that, answer I will DO!

I wouldn't want anyone to think that Commander or friends wasted all that gas just to get that 'Lansing, MI' postmark!   Thanks for bringing the subject up, Corporal Furrball!)

See, I guess I am supposed to find out about that, and somehow feel 'threatened'. Or
'loved', perhaps.  'Desired' ?  'Adored'?  I don't know. It does certainly prove that 'Jerry Rabbit' is doing all he can to try to get my attention. But sorry, no deal, Private Buttsteak!  Not enough!

Maybe,  you should buy me....   a new car!

It's possible that I might have felt threatened (if it's possible to feel threatened by a grown
man who wears bunnyfeet pajamas and adult diapers to bed), if I didn't already know all the
things that I already know:


1) that Capitan Murphy Lepus passes through Lansing, Michigan periodically,

2)  that he has been doing this since at least as early as 2007,

3)  where he is going to when he does pass through here, and

4)  why.



Don't worry, my sweet little 'Hassenpfeffer', I'm not going to tell everyone ALL the details. Not today, anyway.
If you're a good bunny and do like I say.

Here's some friendly advice, Pattycakes:

I wouldn't be setting up that Grenade up here any more  anywhere--
not even near large bodies of water, not even just south of Muskegon!

Not even north of it!
Or east of it!

(West might be a good possibility...)


See, the word is, the FCC has been active up here, looking for pirates! Perhaps you've not
heard. Besides... and now I'm being honest here, k sweetie? 

I want you to STAY THE F00K OUT of MY territory, capiche? 

You have 47 other continental states you can use for your broadcast roadtrips, and besides that, you smell bad when your diapers leak!

OK, ok, I know that "Sugar-Mama" probably doesn't own property or have relatives in all
those states-- but you'll just have to make other arrangements.

Maybe you should try Florida. I hear the weather is better there, and the Orlando hotels
have a special deal where you can use their wireless IPs for your sock-puppeting activities, all at no extra charge!  Then you can submit 'nasty' comments to peoples' blogs, OR try out your NEW SOCKPUPPETS on the FRN without people finding out its really YOU!

(Or you could just go to Harpers Ferry, I guess--- shorter drive and all--- but you've already done that once this month... right, 'Winston'?)

Sound good?  I Thought you'd like that!


COMING UP:  Commander Bunny's Apology for FRN Sock-Puppeting,
and how he claimed to get away with it

( Or--- HEAR IT on the TCS Shortwave Relay Network!  
NOW PLAYING on a Relay Station Near You! )

What, no funny pictures this time?  Well, here's one!

'Malicious Website Blocked'. Is Norton on to Pat Murphy?

"This is a known malicious web site.  It is recommended that you do NOT visit this site..."

Yeah, this really happened when I tried to visit the PM page a while back.  (I now have no idea why, I can't recall the reason they gave)

But, the irony there was just so darned thick, I had to screencap it!

Now I have given the matter some thought, and have come to this conclusion:


It appears that the Norton people must know Pat personally...



(Yes, our publishing backlog is getting high.  MUCH More is coming, but a little humor is all we have time for today...)