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How a telescope forum feud ended with prison time
The Verge ^ | Dec 10, 2018, 9:56am EST | By Adi Robertson

Posted on 04/23/2019 4:47:28 AM PDT by vannrox

Edited on 04/23/2019 8:30:59 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

When the FBI appeared at David Goodyear

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; blog; chat; chatnotnews; forum; science; spam; troll
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1 posted on 04/23/2019 4:47:28 AM PDT by vannrox
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Wow. At first the FBI and police guys just kind of chuckled at the whole thing and he showed them his 100k telescope collection.

A year later he’s banging out 2 years.

I could NEVER imagine being angry enough on any website to attack it with porn or anything else.

If I ever get mad enough on FR, I MIGHT post a picture of me in a speedo. :)

And there won’t be enough psychiatrists alive to help with all the trauma cases :)


2 posted on 04/23/2019 4:55:10 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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If you can’t do the time, then don’t do the crime.

He is guilty he deserves to rot.


3 posted on 04/23/2019 4:57:58 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: vannrox

Interesting story.


4 posted on 04/23/2019 4:59:11 AM PDT by caver
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To: dp0622

What did that comedian say about Speedos?

Oh yeah…it looks like your smuggling olives.


5 posted on 04/23/2019 5:00:36 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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LOL


6 posted on 04/23/2019 5:01:22 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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Maybe mods without humor will take to calling the FIB when pictures of Helen Thomas are posted...


7 posted on 04/23/2019 5:02:02 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Vaquero

“Oh yeah…it looks like your smuggling olives.”

LOL!


8 posted on 04/23/2019 5:04:40 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Vaquero

Similarly, “when she walked, it was like little animals.”


9 posted on 04/23/2019 5:06:04 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: vannrox

Odd name for a telescope forum.


10 posted on 04/23/2019 5:07:18 AM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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They can make this dumb bass serve two years.

That's two years more than any of those who attempted the anti-Trump coup will ever see.

11 posted on 04/23/2019 5:09:09 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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One of the reasons for punishment is to make an example to discourage others. This story indicates that the sentence may have some benefit in that regard.


12 posted on 04/23/2019 5:11:42 AM PDT by PAR35
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It’s a cruelty beyond measure to post pictures of her.

Though it does work well as an appetite suppressant.

In fact, putting her picture, maxine water’s picture, RBG’s picture and hillary’s picture on one web page could eliminate obesity in America. :)

There’s been some other horrific looking creatures posted on here but i can’t think of their names right now.


13 posted on 04/23/2019 5:14:08 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: bgill
Odd name for a telescope forum.

Makes sense. Clear night they'll be outside looking at the stars. Cloudy nights they'll be inside on the computer.

14 posted on 04/23/2019 5:14:14 AM PDT by PAR35
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Not really related to this story, but I bought a telescope about 5 years ago and signed up on that site (Cloudy Nights) to learn about all aspects of astronomy. I lasted about 1 week before I gave up. I have never been on any site that was infested by so many pompous, condescending jerks.


15 posted on 04/23/2019 5:18:59 AM PDT by ratzoe
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He should have taken a lesson from Hillary and merely emailed TS//SCI and TS//SAP/SAR classified info to people not cleared to have it. Then, unlike in the case of asking someone to hack it, “no reasonable prosecutor would have brought a case”. Right, Comey?


16 posted on 04/23/2019 5:19:30 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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Did he have a Hillary or Obama sticker on one of those telescopes?


17 posted on 04/23/2019 5:19:41 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: dp0622

what benign FBI mirth looks like.

18 posted on 04/23/2019 5:20:12 AM PDT by Theophilus (Make America Grateful Again)
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To: dp0622

Dowdy Doody


19 posted on 04/23/2019 5:20:40 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Theophilus

GAHHHH!


20 posted on 04/23/2019 5:20:59 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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