Looks like maybe someone tried to frame that Elvis impersonator.
You will be shocked to learn that the framer was once a GOP candidate for Congress.
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Looks like maybe someone tried to frame that Elvis impersonator.
You will be shocked to learn that the framer was once a GOP candidate for Congress.
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Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)
Does anyone have images of this guy impersonating Prince?
Ben Franklin
Har! That’s funny you see, cuz even though he’s been freed, he hasn’t been cleared of charges, but the liberals who convicted him in remote BJ court, say that don’t matter cuz, get this; He’s still guilty of being an Elvis impersonator
So, he’s got that going for him..
PsiFighter37
LA meetup in 2.5 weeks! I need to get my act together and reserve us a table, but if you are interested, please let me know
Date: Friday, May 10th
Location: Golden Road Brewery
Time: Whatever works best for people (I am thinking sometime in the 7-8 PM area to start, and go for a few hours after that)
ETA: Email me at [email protected] if interested. Got 5 takers so far
Morzer
@Ben Franklin:
Dude, you do humor even worse than you do conspiracy theories.
cckids
No, we won’t.
Keith G
He was caught in a trap.
LanceThruster
Well…*I* wouldn’t, but then I believe a whole lotta crazy shite.
PsiFighter37
God, that’s pathetic. Why are the weirdos and the freaks always on that side of the political spectrum?
NotMax
A Republican who lost to a Democrat in Mississippi in 2007. That’s not an easy feat to pull off.
In other news: Rasputin 2.0? The mysterious Misha‘s link with Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Gin & Tonic
I was also shocked — *shocked*, I say — to read that he’s also been accused of child molestation.
Ben Franklin
@NotMax:
It was not immediately clear whether the FBI has spoken to Misha or was attempting to.
Hoocuddanown?
NotMax
@Ben Franklin
Um, charges have been dropped for the time being, per the press conference today.
Keith G
I wonder if he is all shook up?
Ben Franklin
@NotMax:
Yeah, but *chuckle, snort* he’s an Elvis the Pelvisinator...
Eric U.
@Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS): better, there is a video of him impersonating Prince on youtube. Actually, worse, much worse. I think you better look it up yourself
ok, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_SRZuxWrVTc
scav
Did bf get banned from yahoo comments or is he just more than usually needy?
beltane
@NotMax: The TPM story also mentions that Tamurlan was a fan of Infowars.
Ben Franklin
@scav:
Hey I’m just the guy to take BJ peak bullshit to it’s tipping point.
NotMax
@Ben Franklin
So?
Not something I have given even passing mention to here at any time.
Never cared for the live Elvis, so impersonators are of zero interest to me one way or another.
kc
ALLEGED framer. Don’t go all John King on us . . .
Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)
@Eric U.: I will take your word for it. Photographic evidence would be more than enough tyvm.
Redshirt
BREAKING NEWS from CNN: Elvis whereabouts still currently unknown.
The Other Bob
Would anyone ever be interested in a BJ meetup in the Lansing, MI area?
EDIT: Oops, sorry, thought this was an open thread.
mai naem
@Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS): There’s a Youtube clip of him doing “kiss” at what looks like an office party. There’s a whole bunch of stuff on his Youtube channel.
So do you think he got anybody to Love Him Tender while he was in jail?
Omnes Omnibus
@Ben Franklin:
This is true. He is also a Prince impersonator and a Kid Rock impersonator. I stand by the mockery.
confusedponderer
Semi off-topic shameless Richie Havens plug. Passed away yesterday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZDvvWRwzU&feature=player_embedded
Good man.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Redshirt: But he has left the building. That we know.
scav
@Ben Franklin: needy it is dung-beetle. pet-pet.
pk
Poor Elvis impersonator. Leave him alone.
Ben Franklin
@Omnes Omnibus:
At least he’s no lawyer
Redshirt
@BillinGlendaleCA: Ah, hold on Bill, we’re getting reports that Elvis might still be in the building. I repeat, he might still be in the building. Back to you Wolf.
Omnes Omnibus
@Ben Franklin: Are the italics supposed to make the word especially insulting?
Schlemizel
@scav:
He is just getting the attention he craves. If you ignore him he will go away
BillinGlendaleCA
@PsiFighter37: I’m sure that I can leave my cave and walk the 5 blocks. I’ll be there. I’ll also follow up with EMail.
gbear
I’ll bet he winds up in jail again for assaulting someone who won’t stop requesting ‘Jailhouse Rock’.
That, or he goes all in and puts together a backup called The Purple Gang (which would also work for his Prince songs!)
Ben Franklin
@Omnes Omnibus:
I could have said judge, but that would be too personal.
Schlemizel
@scav:
He is just getting the attention he craves. If you ignore him he will go away
Schlemizel
@confusedponderer:
I brought it up in an open thread yesterday. Raven brought it up this afternoon. I think the FP crew is too young to know who he was
Svensker
@Eric U.:
Kind of Elvis does Prince. But I gotta give the guy credit for having guts.
gbear
I’ll bet he winds up in jail again for assaulting someone who won’t stop requesting ‘Jailhouse Rock’.
That, or he goes all in and puts together a backup called The Purple Gang (which would also work for his Prince songs!)
scav
Wave! Wave! Wave! Over Here! I need to go Live! The Canine Hounddogs are Barking!
Suffern ACE
@NotMax: oh Ben is just mocking a person who posted that this afternoon. I had also heard that the hearing was postponed and but the charges weren’t this afternoon when I walked by the TV in the lobby. I’m not certain if those reports were “right at the time” or if once again our press’ lack of understanding of our justice system showed itself when waiting for official information.
Glad if its not this guy. Because sending ricin with a return address is kind of stupid in terms of crime. The frame up makes it more interesting. The motive is probably political, but for all we know there’s some kind if shifty land deal or love affair going on. “I’ve got to get rid of the son. Then old widow Curtis will have to sign over her land.” Something like that.
Ben Franklin
@Omnes Omnibus:
Cudda said judge, but that would be too personal.
eemom
That is one of 3 Elvis songs I really like. The other 2 are In the Ghetto and Can’t Help Falling In Love.
The latter, even in my ancient and infinite cynicism, still melts my heart every time I hear it. Most romantic fucking song ever recorded, I say.
scav
Wave! Wave! Wave! Over Here! I need to go Live! Give me Cam-e-ra!. The Canine Hounddogs are Barking!
Suffern ACE
@NotMax: oh Ben is just mocking a person who posted that this afternoon. I had also heard that the hearing was postponed and but the charges weren’t this afternoon when I walked by the TV in the lobby. I’m not certain if those reports were “right at the time” or if once again our press’ lack of understanding of our justice system showed itself when waiting for official information.
Glad if its not this guy. Because sending ricin with a return address is kind of stupid in terms of crime. The frame up makes it more interesting. The motive is probably political, but for all we know there’s some kind if shifty land deal or love affair going on. “I’ve got to get rid of the son. Then old widow Curtis will have to sign over her land.” Something like that.
Schlemizel
@confusedponderer:
I brought it up in an open thread yesterday. Raven brought it up this afternoon. I think the FP crew is too young to know who he was
Schlemizel
@scav:
He is just getting the attention he craves. If you ignore him he will go away
Odie Hugh Manatee
OT: Since the Frosty Bitch, I mean Ann Coulter, thinks that a woman wearing a hijab should be imprisoned for doing so, I’m waiting for her to call for the imprisonment of male Jews who wear a yarmulke.
TenguPhule
The Onion is crying right now. How can they possibly top reality like this?
Ben Franklin
@Omnes Omnibus:
I was going to say judge, but that would be way too personal, and taking a cheap shot at a guy’s profession.
Just Some Fuckhead
I hope this doesn’t unfairly tarnish Elvis impersonator framers.
Trollhattan
@Redshirt:
“Wolf, Wolf…I’ve got Charlie Haj here with Elvis’ water and towel. Can you verify whether Elvis is or is not in the building? This water isn’t going to drink itself.”
“Wolf?”
Omnes Omnibus
@eemom: More romantic than the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York?” I don’t think so.
Calouste
Btw, the alleged framer was running for the Mississippi House of Representatives, not the DC one.
Roger Moore
FTFY. I’m still hoping for some more bizarre twists and turns. Ideally it will end up with the real perpetrator having his mask torn off to show it was none other than Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) who sent himself a ricin-tainted letter in a bizarre plot to depress real estate prices so he could buy up Tupelo for a song, and he would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling kids.
scav
@Schlemizel: That’s the theory. It has been tried, but every so often It’s like Potato Chips and I crumble. Speaking of which . . . . Lays might indeed be the better option, even with the empty calories.
David Koch
Doug, I can’t believe you blew the title. It should have obviously have been “Devil in Disguise”
Yutsano
I’m guessing this is open threadish.
I’ve been sitting on news all day. I just got an e-mail that my candidacy for the job I put in for is moving forward! It looks like they’re pushing me towards New Mexico but it’s still early on in the process yet. I might be just a WEE bit excited!
Ben Franklin
@scav:
Theories of conspiracy are not allowed at this blog. Y’all have ordained….
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: Cool.
beltane
@Roger Moore: Has Trent Lott been in the news recently? Do we have any conclusive evidence that exonerates Trent Lott?
Mike E
@Ben Franklin: I’m sending ass-cream for your butthurt, fence-sitting gotta hurt ol’ WATBen, amirite?
MattR
@Yutsano: Since congrats might be a little premature, let’s go with YIPPEEEE!!
Just saw your comment and decided I should check your employer’s website. Was excited to see my refund hit my bank today (and I filed on April 14). It’s a damn shame the government is so damn inefficient :)
the Conster
@Yutsano:
Santa Fe? My favorite place.
Ben Franklin
@Mike E:
Save it as lubricant for your own self.
eemom
@Omnes Omnibus:
Well, there are many, many runners up.
Hey DougJ — we can haz Most Romantic Fucking Songs EVAH thread sometime plz? It is, after all, springtime….young men’s fancies ‘n all that.
(On reflection, maybe that better be “fucking romantic” to avoid confusion with a related but distinct genre.)
danah gaz
He’s not only a GOP candidate. He’s a child molester, but I repeat myself.
Soonergrunt
@Yutsano: That’s wonderful news! Keep us informed!
Yutsano
@the Conster: Albuquerque. But I figure I’ll put a ton of mileage on the car going to Phoenix and Denver and such. Done El Paso though, no thanks. And no Mexico for me either.
Keith G
@Redshirt: I thought he was in the ghetto.
dewzke
B Frank…I don’t know you but you need to lighten up.
Trollhattan
@Yutsano:
Awesome, congrats! You can do some Walter White tours to get acquainted.
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
You must be new. BJ is liberal lite.
the Conster
@Yutsano:
If you end up there, take the Breaking Bad tour. I hear it’s great! Also, if you want to camp in Taos, I have 11 acres of land on the Rio Grande gorge on Hondo Mesa. Good luck!
Mike E
Ol’ Ben, nice guy that he was, invented the lightning rod but didn’t patent it. Now WATBen, get down from that fence before you get hurt :D
dewzke
Nope, not new. I come here for news and humor. You have neither tonight. Best wishes.
Baud
@Yutsano:
Ain’t nothing better in life than changing jobs. Congrats!
RobNYNY1957
@eemom:
“Can’t Help Falling in Love” is a French art song from the 1780’s and had been recorded dozens of times before Presley got around to it.
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
Onion has as much. cheers
NotMax
@Schlemizel
Brought it up as well early-ish last night, here, and response was nil.
Met him once when he played at an anti-war rally at my high school (that would have been pre-Woodstock). Nice fellow.
dewzke
Apples to oranges BF. Continue as you will…wait onions to…(fill in the blank)…
Morzer
@Ben Franklin:
Careful, little troll. Your non-native use of English is starting to show.
Roger Moore
@beltane:
The only other thing that I find intriguing is that this apparently took place in Tupelo. Is there any conclusive evidence about the location of Chesley Ruff of Tupelo, Mississippi during the proceedings? It seems very suspicious that one small town should be in the news that much if it’s not all the work of the douchebag, Chesley Ruff of Tupelo, Mississippi.
Mnemosyne
Dare we surmise that the power of Elvis preserved him?
NotMax
@Yutsano
Seattle to New Mexico?
Talk about climate change!
SteveTGrav
Hey, why is that Suspicious Minds clip flipped (as in reversed)?
Redshirt
@Yutsano: I spent a weird summer in the Q, or, The Land of Entrapment.
Weird, strange place, but I was dirt poor so only really saw the city from the barrio.
Good luck!
Schlemizel
@NotMax:
The time I bumped into him he was warm & wonderful. Had a great voice & sang with great emotion. A treat & I’m glad to live in a time when his voice will be preserved so I can enjoy it.
Mnemosyne
@Morzer:
I think it was Shortstop who dubbed him “Ben Malaprop” the other day after he mixed up “province” and “Provence.”
If the shoe fits …
ETA: Could be worse — could be a case of pronoun trouble. Those never end well.
Litlebritdifrnt
Any of the birders on the board recognise a bird song of “chewy chewy chewy” I have been searching the internet all night and no luck.
Jay in Oregon
Alex Jones, the asshole who tweeted minutes after the explosions at the Boston Marathon that it smelled like a “false flag” operation, is now trying to pretend that the bombers weren’t fans of his show and website.
Get this: it’s THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT who’s concocting conspiracy theories, not him!
Suffern ACE
@Litlebritdifrnt: we need some kind of location. What region do you live in and what kind of habitat do you hear it in. Do you hear it all day, or just at night?
Ben Franklin
@Mnemosyne:
Grammarians and teat-mongers troll the internets. Typos are fair game, but as a foundation of logic and perspective, remain the last refuge of argument for Bj trollops.
dewzke
One more feeding to BF….trollops? Last refuge? My dog you are angry at the wrong people.
GxB
@Omnes Omnibus:
Jeezus – now there’s gotta be a law against that. If nothing else it’s against natural law anyway, I’ll have to dig out some physics textbooks and see if this could cause a rift in the Higgs Field of Sucktitude or something.
ranchandsyrup
@Yutsano: Awesome.
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
I like your nym…
Mike E
WATBen sez cudlips :D
Mnemosyne
@Ben Franklin:
If it had been a typo, you would have gotten the hint after a couple of the nudges we gave you. What you have is gen-u-wine homonym trouble, Mr. Malaprop.
eemom
Jeezus Q.C. When did the blog officially become all Ben Franklin, all the time?
Ben Franklin
@Mnemosyne:
HTF would you know, Secretariat?
Mnemosyne
@dewzke:
I would be more insulted if I thought he knew what it meant.
CaseyL
@Yutsano: Mazel tov! New Mexico is gorgeous… and hot. Very hot.
dewzke
@Ben Franklin: How/why so?
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
It’s a fine descriptor.
ranchandsyrup
Choke someone by using the force or in the traditional manner? https://twitter.com/DeathStarPR/status/326847086966472704/photo/1
Mnemosyne
@Ben Franklin:
Dude, I’m barely 5 foot 2. More like Misty of Chincoteague.
maya
@Litlebritdifrnt: Try this e-nature site. You can go to “zip guides” and plug in your zip code. Gives list of critters and sounds.
Mike E
Allan Arbus, RIP.
JWL
Poor sad, beautiful Elvis. What a damn shame he succumbed to the drug abuse he falsely and recklessly accused the Beatles of promoting. If souls are tended to after the body dies, I sure hope he is resting in peace. He brought true joy to a lot of people with his wonderful singing, including me.
Ben Franklin
@Mnemosyne:
Shit comes in small pkgs.
dewzke
@Ben Franklin: What? No info provided in your response.
PurpleGirl
OT — Alan Arbus died today.
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
It’s implicit.
Omnes Omnibus
@Ben Franklin: In the words of the New Yorker*, “Christ, what an asshole.”
*Notintendedtobeafactualstatement
TooManyJens
@dewzke: This is as coherent as Ben gets. Enjoy!
Omnes Omnibus
@dewzke: With BF, you eventually get to goalpost moving, non sequiturs, or both.
PurpleGirl
@Redshirt: No, he’s left the building.
Mnemosyne
@Ben Franklin:
Ha! I win! You devolved to swearing first.
Ben Franklin
@Mnemosyne:
Because I called you Horseface?
Sorry.
Ben Franklin
@Omnes Omnibus:
And with Omnes, you get a jurist purist.
I chafe at the idea of appearing before your bench.
dewzke
What an obtuse thing you are. Won’t even respond with info on news, comedy or stupid riffs on a name. Ugh.
Suffern ACE
But if they dropped the charges, how can he be railroaded in a false flag operation? What if this is an actual criminal investigation?
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
Yet, here you are.
Omnes Omnibus
@Ben Franklin: There are cremes for that.
eemom
@Litlebritdifrnt:
@maya:
Thank you — I actually have a bird song question too…..this one guy in my yard is quite distinctive and I’ve been wondering who to ask.
Once again, springtime….
dewzke
I shall now fart in BF’s general direction for being such a fartworthy internet troll.
Ben Franklin
@Omnes Omnibus:
And you will be just the one to apply them. Doesn’t it piss you off that you can’t detain me for contempt of your court?
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
The odor precedes you.
Yutsano
@CaseyL: Heat won’t bother me too much, as I understand Albuquerque has a distinct winter season (with snow!) as well as a hot summer. It’s over 5000 feet above sea level though, so it should be livable. It will also be a temporary assignment, as I’ll be looking to come back to the Northwest after a year or two if possible. It’s a big leg up in the career department plus what I really want to do in the IRS. I’m a touch excited if you can’t tell!
@NotMax: I do still have the possibility of Honolulu, although talking it over with my boss today New Mexico is the stronger contender. I wouldn’t say no to Hawai’i though.
gbear
@JWL: IOKIYEP
Omnes Omnibus
@Ben Franklin: Not really, I can hold you in contempt from here.
Ben Franklin
@Omnes Omnibus:
I can hold you in contempt from here.
But without your vaunted power….surely it grates, but I’m not calling you shirley yet.
dewzke
@Omnes Omnibus: @Ben Franklin: Not bad for humor. Nice work. Ease up and enjoy what you can. I do stink. Just good stink. Relax, dude.
dewzke
Oops, not at O.O.
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
Not bad for humor
Well, you came for humor, and that’s the extent of the BJ Mission Statement.
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: That kind of a night huh?
Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)
trolololololol has had a long day today!
Mnemosyne
@Ben Franklin:
See, you went and spoiled your own joke by getting too literal. You always do that and ruin the fun.
Redshirt
@Ben Franklin: Good effort kid. Hit the showers – we’re gonna let Ted And Helen close up the game.
JWL
@gbear: Indeed. And I don’t doubt the Fabs eventually felt the same way. But it must have pissed them all off initially. Then again, the times were definitely different way back when.
Yutsano
@Mnemosyne: It’s just so totes adorbs!
dewzke
My dog! Have I been talking to a total moron? Yes I’m still here! So are you! What are even saying? I’m going to do every Balloon Juice commenter a favor now and ignore you. I’ve tried to be nice but you are out there. Please get help.
Ben Franklin
@Redshirt:
There’s two on base and I’m not tired. Two strikes and two balls on the batter with 2 out.
I’ll Stay.
Mike E
Betelgeuse!
Ben Franklin
@Mnemosyne:
I didn’t want to impugn your profession as I did Omnes, so go fish.
Not that I don’t respect secretaries, but they should know when they are out of their depth.
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
You’ll be missed (facepalm)
Redshirt
@Ben Franklin: No really, you’ve lost your stuff. Hit the showers.
dewzke
blub blub blub…drowning…BF is. Now I will try to go but it is an easy idiot.
Ben Franklin
@Redshirt:
coming from the Home dugout………
Yutsano
@Mike E: Two more times. I DARE YOU!!
dewzke
You know, I tried to talk to you but you are oblivious. WTF is wrong?
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
Now I will try to go
Good-bye doesn’t mean much to you, does it?
dewzke
Betelguese!
dewzke
Dude, I’m trying to understand your angle! What is the problem?
Redshirt
@Ben Franklin: Well, since you’re trolling till you can troll no more, please regale me with tales of your civil rights hero, Rand Paul, and his truly noble stand that sure, DRONEZ should be used to take out a dude robbing a liquor store, in – get this – AMERICA!
Another Halocene Human
@Roger Moore: Do we have any information on campaign contributions by Chesley Ruff of Tupelo, MS to a certain J. Everett
DoucheDutschke (c.m.)* for Miss. state house?* child molester
Ben Franklin
@dewzke:
What is the problem?
You’re still here.
Mike E
Ass Creme!
Ben Franklin
@Redshirt:
Rand Paul a hero? Talk about conspiracy nutz.
Now if you ask me about Obama…..Hero !
TooManyJens
@Redshirt: What could possibly go wrong with droning some dude you think maybe robbed a liquor store? As we learned last week, “running while brown” is pretty much the same as bombing a public event, after all.
trollhattan
Four-point-two millyun, bitchez!
Proposed settlement for the LAPD hosing the two women in their pickup with gunfire during the Dorner search. (How the hell did they survive?) Reason the thousandth I admire the BPD and Mass staties during the recent kerfuffle. We could use some of that approach out here.
Mike E
@trollhattan: They shoulda been in a white Bronco.
scav
This might go up as an OT rerun on a less polluted thread but Hey Birders! Esp UK ones!
Tweet of the Day: David Attenborough to present BBC Radio 4 birdsong series
Says it’ll be a permanent part of the website too, as well as a podcast. ahh, the beeb. chewy chewy chewy.
JCT
@Yutsano: Great news, I did the NE to SW move for a job last year. Enjoying it so far – and hey, don’t leave Tucson out of your wandering, prettier than Phoenix!
dewzke
Yes, you don’t like me and don’t like to answer questions? What’s new?
SiubhanDuinne
@The Other Bob:
Depends on when you have in mind. I’m going to be in Michigan around the second week of June and could probably work Lansing/East Lansing into the itinerary with very little trouble.
Heliopause
Alleged framer. You’d think that after all the serial misidentifications over the last week or so that a little caution might be called for.
Redshirt
@Ben Franklin: You told me several weeks ago that Rand Paul has a better record on Civil Rights than Obama.
I’m sure you’ll strongly defend that position now.
dewzke
@Redshirt: Is this true? What a turd BF is!
SiubhanDuinne
@Schlemizel:
Huh. I just asked my favourite bartender (29-year-old black guy) if he knew Richie Havens.
Sigh. He never hears of him.
Redshirt
@dewzke: Yes, but don’t be surprised. With this breed of Firebagger troll, they’ll agree with Hitler/Stalin/Satan as long as they perceive it a slight for Obama.
For Progressive Purity, of course!
SiubhanDuinne
@Calouste:
FWIW, I have known, for about 20 years, the Dem (Steve Holland) who prevailed.
Pro tip: “Dem” in Mississippi is not unlike “GOP” anywhere else. But Steve is a nice guy. I was in Tupelo over the weekend, tried to call him but had no success.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Ben Franklin:
It’s called being down wind.
Morzer
@Odie Hugh Manatee:
Man, our idiot troll is flailing badly tonight. He can’t even manage a semi-coherent conspiracy theory.
lojasmo
@Schlemizel:
No, he won’t. It’s the only place in the internet nobody can ever get banned.
lojasmo
@Ben Franklin:
A “typo” is a slip of the “fonger” which results in a letter being typed instead of an adjacent letter.
You blatantly misused a word because you are a Dumas.
confusedponderer
@NotMax:
He called me friend.
Sounded like sloppiness to a lot of ears, but he was actually a very tight player. It’s precisely how he wanted it to sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH2i1x9qqJY