Video: What’s Anonymous planning for the RNC?
posted at 5:31 pm on August 25, 2012 by Jazz Shaw
Even with the extensive security precautions being taken by authorities for the big convention in Tampa this week, tensions are still running high and everyone will need to be on their toes. There was a brief rumor making the rounds that aerial drones and armed, ground based robots would be in use. That story has since been shot down by the authorities, (no pun intended) but the story did highlight one area of concern which receiving a fair amount of scrutiny. (Emphasis mine.)
But police are expecting thousands of protesters to descend on the area for the convention, scheduled to kick off Sunday night with a party for media and delegates at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The first sessions are scheduled for Monday and protests are expected throughout the event, set to run through Aug. 30, weather permitting.
Thursday, a new YouTube video, purportedly from the hacking collective known as Anonymous, surfaced, calling on protesters to disable surveillance cameras, jam police radio systems and tear down barricades. That video comes on the heels of one posted on YouTube last week saying that peaceful protest is passé.
We normally think of Anonymous in terms of hacking the websites of agencies, disrupting e-commerce and generally fighting any sort of battle which can be managed from behind a keyboard. But this is something different. Here’s the first of two videos purportedly from the hacker group. (As a side note, I would observe that if the people producing these videos would apply their technical skills to something productive, such as marketing, they might make a pretty good living. The technical quality isn’t bad at all.)
Anonymous RNC Battle Objectives Preparedness Plan
Toward the end, after laying out plans to disrupt police communications, tear down barriers and disable security cameras, the speaker begins to “deal with” the subject of large corporate offices in Tampa.
All over the city of Tampa there are corrupt corporate buildings. A map of the locations where these corporate places can be found at [website redacted]. These corporate places should be dealt with, but the small businesses should be left alone. Unless, of course, there is a Mitt Romney sticker in their window. Ha ha.
I wasn’t aware that buildings were corrupt, but there you go. We’ll finish up with another video allegedly released by the perpetrators. This one, once again, demonstrates some really remarkable production quality and marketing skills along with the overarching theme of anarchy and violence, cloaked in a veneer of caring about the common man. The bits about the RNC come toward the very end.
Stay on your toes out there and I’ll try to keep my eyes open while I’m in town.
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Exactly! This will be controversial — nuthin’. I wonder if this will be interesting? — I guess not. Or funny! — tap, tap, tough room.
OMG I’M INVISIBLE
. . . start my own club . . .
*something incoherent ending with “pants”*
– About ten minutes left on the Scrumpy thing. I hit a glitch. About fifty glitches, actually. One little compile cycle, one little ftp session, and Turtle Moon makes a slightly smaller debut than it already had! (more people reading HA comments than Sketchbook, in other words) — but that doesn’t matter. :) It’s not the point. Turtle flashlights is the point.
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 10:12 PM
It’s funny. These firms think they are getting the next Einstein, when in reality, their golden goose has a third grade education and tuberculosis.
AllahsNippleHair on May 4, 2013 at 10:13 PM
I was just hoping it felt a little better today…healing. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:13 PM
Thanks. Like nobrain, HAL can’t help himself.
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 10:13 PM
I poked around plenty while I was there today. I like what you’ve done with the place. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:14 PM
..g i r l….
… oh! andHotLips…is a new one since you’ve been gone…needless to say…guard your middle and last name!
KOOLAID2 on May 4, 2013 at 10:14 PM
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 10:02 PM
Texas noobs?
annoyinglittletwerp on May 4, 2013 at 10:15 PM
For Dire,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6E98ZRaU1s
SparkPlug on May 4, 2013 at 10:15 PM
Excellent comment. Funny, interesting, on point, you really are on a roll!
/hope this helps.
Jackalope on May 4, 2013 at 10:15 PM
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 10:09 PM
OMG I’M INVISIBLE
‘Toon of the Day: I Only Have Eyes For You…
*ducks*
lol
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 10:15 PM
Allah
Your article paints a very dark future for our country
Writing off Hispanic voters means a Republican will never be elected
Whether we want to accept it Hispanic voters are growing rapidly
Texas will be blue soon if the Gop doesn’t try
Redford on May 4, 2013 at 10:16 PM
Darn it, another misspelled word.
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 10:17 PM
oh oh. If you go to that nyt linky..and look at the comments…well, Marco could find himself in the middle of the Big Squeeze. Lefties maybe don’t like this much either
yeah, let’s shut this down…we need a lot of new politicians is what we need….people that can’t be bought for chump change contributions to their campaign
r keller on May 4, 2013 at 10:18 PM
She puts bandaides on them.
SparkPlug on May 4, 2013 at 10:18 PM
Hot lips? A course of antibiotics might help that problem. That one must be as slutty as that Sandra girl.
AllahsNippleHair on May 4, 2013 at 10:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ojRQ15My7s
Cherokee Nation-Paul Revere and The Raiders
SparkPlug on May 4, 2013 at 10:20 PM
The Loner – Moore
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:20 PM
If they are hairy, uh, that could hurt!
No pasties. No band aids. And please don’t let anyone put clips on them hooked up to a battery!!!!!!
AllahsNippleHair on May 4, 2013 at 10:21 PM
I notice you didn’t mention latex…kinky.
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 10:22 PM
I thought axe was my cajun Bam man?
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:22 PM
You’re just as stupid as the new and improved amnesty loving GOP. Reading is your friend.
And yes, the future may be a different story since the multiply like randy roaches.
AllahsNippleHair on May 4, 2013 at 10:24 PM
Since Ken is gone..and Spark is frolicking with Pambi..
ANip..hows it goin? va va va voom?
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:25 PM
This thread makes no sense LOL! Another Saturday night on HA.
gophergirl on May 4, 2013 at 10:26 PM
Good evening, GG. I rummaged around and found some tunes I think you might enjoy. I’ll post them later.:)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:27 PM
…SpongeBobs!
KOOLAID2 on May 4, 2013 at 10:28 PM
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 10:17 PM
There were a couple of muzzies shopping in my department today.They were ‘true believers’. She had everything but her mouth/nose/eyes and hands covered,and she had a male shadowng her every move. Then there was me… with my Star of David that’s large enough to be seen from the space station. I made sure that they were looking at my back a lot.
At work at least-I really don’t feel like I have freedom of religion.
annoyinglittletwerp on May 4, 2013 at 10:29 PM
buddy
Fred
jrsrigmvr on May 4, 2013 at 10:30 PM
She puts bandaides on them.
SparkPlug on May 4, 2013 at 10:18 PM
…SpongeBobs!
KOOLAID2 on May 4, 2013 at 10:28 PM
Run. Both o’ youse. NOW.
annoyinglittletwerp on May 4, 2013 at 10:30 PM
Have another drink, it will.
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 10:30 PM
Fred! Good evening. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:31 PM
GG-when does it? lmao
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:34 PM
OT..
I am heading off to bed..
With my wife..
She’s a woman…
Not that I am against same sex marriage..
Just that it isn’t on my radar..
Chik-fa-lay..
Or however it is spelled..
:)
Electrongod on May 4, 2013 at 10:34 PM
:) — Growing it pass by pass. Thank you Jackie.
*ahem*
I present to you all, with much pride, in a new category that the poem founds, “Evening Weird,” a short and silly poem that has more honesty and courage in it than you will find in more storied works, more true emotion than you will find in . . . pretty much anything,
Turtle Moon. By Scrump.
If you like it, let her know. :) (feel free to bs the email address). I’m going to go grab something from the kitchen then ketchup.
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 10:35 PM
a tribute for buddy maybe?
Fred
jrsrigmvr on May 4, 2013 at 10:35 PM
But, who said I wasn’t?
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 10:36 PM
I am liking Coz more and more..
I may seek therapy.
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:36 PM
…*ducks*…(runs and hides in hole thatsafactjack…was standing next to0… at 9:35 PM)
KOOLAID2 on May 4, 2013 at 10:37 PM
Meh. I don’t really do Saturday nights. They are all kinda the same.
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 10:37 PM
But, who said I wasn’t?
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 10:36 PM
Twerp..Coz..something about TX noobs?
Thought you moved on me.
I picture you a certain way..was gonna be sad.
Take the cat.
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:37 PM
Careful, my wife said the same thing.
I cannot repeat what her girlfriend said.
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 10:37 PM
I think this whole immigration bill is a con. Obviously they are holding adequate border security fix and the visa entry-exit system hostage to essentially immediate legalization (the main problem).
If there were any real honesty with this gang of eight there would be the border & entry-exit system fix as a first & separate bill.
Chessplayer on May 4, 2013 at 10:38 PM
See? Handy. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:41 PM
I see what you did there.
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 10:41 PM
hi Jackie
Fred
jrsrigmvr on May 4, 2013 at 10:41 PM
Your Cajun? Cajun men own cats?
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Because you’re a Friday night kind of a guy. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:42 PM
You’re, not your.
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 10:42 PM
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 10:37 PM
HIPAA, I know. ;)
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:43 PM
:) How are you, Fred? Great tunes.
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:43 PM
Canjun dudes own cats!
pu$$y curled on your lap. ~~
free. Smart.
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:45 PM
too close
chapin
Fred
jrsrigmvr on May 4, 2013 at 10:45 PM
Yeah. :)
I know. :)
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 10:45 PM
Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:46 PM
I see several problems for one of our newest Senator Marco Rubio. One he listened to the wrong people and become one of the clueless gang of eight and two listened to McQueeg/Graham waaay too much.
Ironically, it may not matter in the long run. The bill will probably fail in the House.
After the way we have voiced our displeasure with all too good of reasons, its not likely any immigration bill will pass in the House. Especially, after we have had a terror attack by letting student terrorist in, the fiasco that is Benghazi and all the mess in Syria.Not to mention the “thanks for your vote speech” zero gave in mexicon city.
So all our whining here about Marco may well go for naught.The bill probably won’t pass the House.
rodguy911 on May 4, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Canjan..
lol
I get a pass..Sat nite.
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:46 PM
O_o
At least the Cajun doesn’t have to breastfeed the cats.
Allah makes me do that and it makes me so sore.
Sometimes cats bite.
AllahsNippleHair on May 4, 2013 at 10:48 PM
It’s THURSDAY night!
annoyinglittletwerp on May 4, 2013 at 10:48 PM
I like books.
SparkPlug on May 4, 2013 at 10:48 PM
When I mentioned your ‘share’, it was your share of all of the rum… not that you had to share. Pirate. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:48 PM
FU, Rubio, you treasonous little worm. Enforce the law – interior enforcement. Period. Your POS bill is nothing but an attempt to totally destroy the Rule of Law and the notion of sovereignty. You should have to stand trial for this offensive criminal proposal. No one with a brain thinks you are connected to conservativism in any way, at all, so stop with this asinine charade. It just exposes your limitless stupidity.
Dirtbag.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 4, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Actually, no . . . not exactly. I’m from Louisiana, but the north half of the state. I’m sort of . . . hm . . .
-_-
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 10:50 PM
*slaps Spark with book*
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Me, too. :) Good evening, Spark.
I’m going to lift the moratorium on Cher songs. I still think she’s a shrieking sea hag… but if you guys want to listen to her…go right ahead…you can keep your rum.
The pirate code says we stand together. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:51 PM
lol J-
I am a thief. I admit. For alceholz.
I wont break in anymore.
Except for SP..I own him. ;)
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:53 PM
Great premixed Pina’ Colada taste test update:
Parrot Bay, pretty dang good.
Now, to the Daily’s.
The tear open bag didn’t tear open. But that may be me.
Daily’s has Ice flakes instead of crushed ice like the parrot bay. More of a cream than a slurpee. Doesn’t go up the straw as well.
Maybe a touch sweeter than test subject #1. It also doesn’t have the kick, such as it was, as the first one.
I like the Parrot Bay more.
may not make it to the third one.
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 10:54 PM
So, you are really a Texan then.
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 10:54 PM
I like books with nakid cooks.
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 10:55 PM
@so RWM, is your voice like, highish, or mediumish, or lowish? You know, for a gurl. Dire’s is medium for a guy.
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 10:55 PM
Psst … haven’t been free to read all of y’all’s glorious QOTD’S contributions, BUT wanted to inject one thing, tonight ….
God is good…. all of the time.
Carry on. :-)
xoxo
pambi on May 4, 2013 at 10:55 PM
lol!:)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:56 PM
Woo WHoo, tail, guns, tats and
boatsships. What’s not to like?cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 10:57 PM
Pambi! Before you go… the salt water pool is ready. :) There’s a passage at the bottom that leads to the cove for your convenience. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:57 PM
Really nice.
gh on May 4, 2013 at 10:58 PM
Sounds great, though… I’m going to make myself a drink and join you… so to speak. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Oh, yeah, slutwear too!
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Sort of like Joe thinking he is going to win the Democratic nomination in 2016…
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 11:00 PM
I have read the first QOTD at least three times (I am drinking wine) and I’m still not sure about …
Lemme splain.
Is that to say the president has core requirements which include “provisions to crack down on companies who hire illegal immigrants, streamline legal immigration, and strengthen border security as well as to create the pathway.” ???
hawkdriver on May 4, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Thanks, gh. :) Good evening. Moore is one of my favorites and that tune is high on my list. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Hmmmmm.
KCB on May 4, 2013 at 11:01 PM
It’s not deep. Kind of like a purr, especially when I’m drinking. :-)
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Wait — How do you know that? :)
There’s an idea that NW La is Cowboy country, not New Orleans (South Louisiana). Dallas Cowboys, not New Orleans Saints. That kind of thing. Though it’s changed some. The local news stations, and Shreveport’s need to be New Orleans North and Hollywood East. They’d rather put neon on bridges than fix them. Meh . . .
Wait, do you know that, or just happened to hit it? :)
My dad wore a Stetson and boots skinned in python, if that helps.
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 11:01 PM
It’s not deep. Kind of like a purr, especially when I’m drinking. :-)
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 11:02 PM
lol, myinsult dictionary said that is reserved for when it is personal—-not just that he is a puto traidor.
arnold ziffel on May 4, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Yer welcome. Was going to make an early night but my wife had a pile of stuff parked on the bed and then the kids (20+23 in june) started criticizing my snack choice … and there was a new bottle of Screech … so. Still, won’t be around too long. Got work to do in the morning.
gh on May 4, 2013 at 11:03 PM
It’s good to see you. Any tunes for us this evening? :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Well, y’all will always have Billy the exterminator.
Whatever happened to Bubba and Beadrouxs? ‘Bout five miles south of Shreveport on that road that had the amusement park?
cozmo on May 4, 2013 at 11:05 PM
If you were smart, you will realize I was talking about the lib uppereastside. You dedicated a post months ago on your blog on how he hurt your feelings.
HotAirLib on May 4, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Um. And are you drinking? :) I need to imagine correctly. I’m a stickler.
Shut up Spark.
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 11:06 PM
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 10:57 PM
Merci beaucoup, m’chere.
The battle rages on, in other online realms, so the healing within the salt waters is most apealing.
:-)
pambi on May 4, 2013 at 11:06 PM
Brittni Paiva
gh on May 4, 2013 at 11:07 PM
Me too. And books as well.
arnold ziffel on May 4, 2013 at 11:07 PM
Most welcome… and most welcome in the Glade, Pambi. :) Very good to see you. :)
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 11:08 PM
I’ve spent a lot of time in Dallas. Heard they were thinking about annexing North Louisiana and then they found out that there was some Cajun that owned a cat and said ‘Forget it.’
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 11:09 PM
Playing Merle, a local boy’s song. Pretty impressive girl.
arnold ziffel on May 4, 2013 at 11:09 PM
Meeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh.
Meeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh.
. . . don’t misunderstand this as pride. It was. It isn’t now.
Axe on May 4, 2013 at 11:10 PM
LOL! UES never hurt my feelings. If that is what you got out of that post, then you’ve proved your stupidity once again.
Resist We Much on May 4, 2013 at 11:10 PM
The boy’s pretty good too ;-)
gh on May 4, 2013 at 11:10 PM
Hmmmmm.
KCB on May 4, 2013 at 11:01 PM
I was playing..
U think I would like Nip Hairs?
Please! hes cool and all..just playing till u arrived. *
bazil9 on May 4, 2013 at 11:12 PM
That’s great! I’ve never seen her before. Blues on a uke. :)
Spark’s going to love that ‘little guitar’, too! lol!
thatsafactjack on May 4, 2013 at 11:12 PM
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