Is that you, hardspunned?
Posted on 06/10/2026 8:52:11 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
As an Oregon man is set to be arraigned on domestic terrorism charges, KATU has learned more about the alleged motive behind the fires.
Ethan Noble Burlingame emailed a "declaration of war" against the U.S. and expressed an intent to "cause suffering, destruction and terror" and "burn down the empire," according to prosecutors.
According to the arrest warrant filed by Wheeler County District Attorney Gretchen Ladd, Burlingame emailed his intent to a Florida resident under the username Rottenheart in the early morning hours of June 1.
Later that morning, a fire destroyed an unoccupied building in Fossil, near Burlingame's home in Wheeler County.
Two hours later, a power pole was set on fire, causing $25,000 in damage and knocking out power.
A third fire was started later that evening, and Burlingame personally contacted the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office with his manifesto, writing, "Cool drone btw."
Burlingame's family contacted law enforcement to report they entered his home and found a gas can and a publication about guerrilla warfare.
Burlingame again contacted the sheriff, saying he was joining the wars in Cuba, Palestine and Iran and had a gun and would shoot combatants who were on the wrong side.
On June 2, according to court documents, seven different fires were set, including one that burned within 300 yards of an occupied home.
Prosecutors also said that on June 3, a fire truck was damaged when nails punctured its tires and that Burlingame is a suspect in the vandalism.
Burlingame eventually surrendered and is charged with several crimes, including two counts of domestic terrorism and arson.
KATU has confirmed through court records that he served a year in jail after pleading guilty to third-degree rape in Klickitat County in 2018.
Burlingame is due to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. in Wheeler County, according to court records.
Is that you, hardspunned?
He does have the correct buffalo plaid shirt a rural Oregonian is required to wear.
King of the incels.
CC
In case there is any question as to his politics, I found this:
ETHAN BURLINGAME (FOSSIL REPAIR LLC/MECHANIC), (Zip code: 97830) $250 to ACTBLUE on 09/27/2019
Read more: https://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-FOSSIL-OR.html
Fry him.
Too bad this isn’t winter. We’d see that hat with the flaps.
Good catch
That's a Minnesota thing don'tcha know?
This may be somebody who is sick and understood that he was sick. Paranoid Schizophrenia? Seems like he left all manner of clues on the destruction he planned to do and how to find him, but after two weeks and feeling the compulsion to burn even more targets, but at a faster pace, he chose on his own to break cover and surrender to the police.
These are the details in life that are fundamental.
Is that pajama boy? He’s wearing the same shirt.
I can tell you when actually standing on a freezing cold highway like that those hats do keep you warm
Hey
I have a hat with flaps
They are the best
Why do you conflate evil anger with mental illness.
There are a fair number of people who are angry and hate and many who want their way at any cost.
That is why we need to eliminate them.
Every teen needs to read THE EARTH ABIDES
North Dakota in that pic.
Answering your 1st question:
I have known a few people who act somewhat like this man.
Not nearly as catastrophic, but capable of visualizing, planning and doing destructive acts. Those I’m speaking of tend to go in and out of various degrees of mania.
They usually peak, plateau, then settle down on their own, if they haven’t gotten into trouble by then. These people know they have mental illness, but prefer not to take medication for it, b/c they don’t like the way those meds make them feel.
I don’t know if this is what’s going on here or not.
Haha!
Actually, looking at them I was thinking they are a good idea in those temps and winds.
I still havent started on my manifesto.
I thot he was from Canadaistan. That is a nice shirt.
I know what you are talking about. However evil walks. people who are taken up with evil often look manic. I do not discriminate here. For manics can be a full blown manic who paints murals, or bakes bread, or feeds pigeons... look at the choices.
But when the Mania plots deaths or destruction, kidnapping or Assassinations... well details of the why matter not... the evil is intrinsic and must be addressed forcefully and without mercy. There is no innocent by reason of insanity in my book. Only guilty and insane.
Sociopaths and psychopaths are both on the evil end of things. They are dangerous and destructive.
Knew of a woman who drowned her three small children. Remanded to a psych facility for about 10 years. Innocent by reason of insanity.
Cured and freed. Went to a different place. Married and 3 more children. She again drowned them. It is the intrinsic choice. I have worked with many full blown manics and schizophrenic. Their disease does not make them killers. Their intrinsic moral nature does.
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