From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
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ReplyDeleteJeeeezus...
ReplyDelete"There are 59,000 people listening."
ReplyDelete"They're listening to hear us get killed!"
"No they're not..."
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6:22 p.m. Nevada State Assemblywoman Michele Fiore called in to the militants from the Portland airport. She said she would be willing to travel to Burns to help negotiate an end to the standoff.
ReplyDeleteBraveheart reference.
ReplyDeletethese people are certifiably insane.
ReplyDeletei cannot stop listening to the derp.
ReplyDeleteI guffawed at calling William Wallace "Braveheart."
ReplyDeleteSo many prayers.
ReplyDeleteAt first I was mocking her but now it seems like she's the only one keeping them from all commuting suicide by cop.
ReplyDelete"this is a message of peace"..... BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ReplyDeleteand finally the gun conspiracies come out.
ReplyDeleteNow it's Fox News talking points. And complaining about video games.
ReplyDeleteAnd common core...
ReplyDeleteSnacks.
ReplyDeleteTBH, granola bars are an overrated snack option.
ReplyDeleteLegions of angels!
ReplyDeleteScary shit. The woman getting her martyr vibe on and saying turning herself in and "giving herself into the hands of the enemy", sounding like the prelude to a "Won't get us alive" speech and the guy trying to convince her with bible crap.
ReplyDeletethis is who gavin steim is.
ReplyDeletehttp://crooksandliars.com/2015/01/washington-liberty-speaker-arrested
"We're not surrendering, we're just turning ourselves in."
ReplyDeletereading off the definitions of patriot and militant was pretty choice.
ReplyDeleteI think the whole thing is sad, these people have bought into the rightist propaganda machine so hard that they really believe this stuff. I empathize because I can see where some might think of the government as a lumbering corrupt behemoth. Don't get me started on shady BLM practices over the years.
ReplyDeleteThey should have started talking first rather than taking. Using guns like this can only make a bad situation worse.