It's been a busy Tuesday here, but there has
been too much going on in Scamworld (and Scumworld) to let slide,
so I'm just going to serve up a few snippets today.
Ex-GIN "whistleblower" still has a crush on
Kevin Trudeau after all
In the years that I've been blogging about serial scammer Kevin Trudeau,
aka KT, aka Katie (who, as I reported here on January 6,
was recently released to home confinement in the Chicago area,
presumably to serve out the remainder of his prison sentence), I've also
mentioned a few other bit players in the saga of Trudeau and his
mega-scam, the Global Information Network,
aka GIN. One such is Abe Husein, a former GIN
member who, beginning in early 2012, realized the
should-have-been-obvious-from-the beginning truth that GIN's
multi-level marketing scheme was in fact a scam, and began
broadcasting his concerns on Facebook.
By his own admission later on to various news reporters (e.g., Ryan Kath at an NBC affiliate
and various at ABC News), Abe had joined GIN
with the hopes of getting mega-rich from the club's MLM. He also
had hopes of getting to hobnob with the global elites on the nonexistent "GIN Council." But when Abe realized that he had in fact been screwed
out of some big-bucks "bonuses" that (again, by his own
admission) he had been screwing other people, and
cheating the system, in order to earn, he cried foul and made a
new mini-career of being a whistleblower.
Abe made a series of videos and posted numerous
"updates" on Facebook about what a scam GIN was, and
what a contemptible crook Trudeau was, and how Trudeau was going
to end up in prison and GIN was going to go away. (Trudeau did
end up in prison, of course, but GIN is still going strong, and still very much allied with Trudeau, for that matter).
As a result of Abe's anti-KT/anti-GIN campaign he was hailed as a hero by those
who didn't really know any better, as well as by some who did,
but were aligning themselves with him in order to advance their
own agendas. He even became a "consultant" on a
fictionalized movie based in part upon his GIN experience, The Platinum Bonus,
which seems to have been stalled indefinitely, not that it's any
big loss. (I have mentioned that project several times on this
blog, including a post I wrote when the project was first
announced back in 2014 or so, but Google is not being
accommodating for some reason, so you'll just have to search
through the Whirled archives yourself if you are so inclined.)
The point is that Abe made a very, very big deal
out of having been screwed by Trudeau, and his schadenfreude was
quite blatant every time Trudeau lost another battle in court, or
more damning evidence against Trudeau was introduced, or there
were other indicators that Trudeau was prison-bound. Despite this, it was
always pretty apparent that Abe himself was a scammer wannabe,
and he didn't let any grass grow under his feet post-GIN. He
moved on to other projects, including a failed attempt to form an
affiliate/MLM-like rival to Uber...a matchmaking service for
"sugar babies" and "sugar daddies" (which he
publicized on Facebook, and which apparently got him banned,
though he came back under a new name)... and various schemes
involving cryptocurrency.
So despite his hero-whistleblower shtick vis-à-vis
Kevin Trudeau and GIN, it's not surprising that Abe would also
have an abiding admiration for the scammer extraordinaire who took him to the cleaners. That came out today on Facebook, where Abe is currently
masquerading as "Mike Smith," but not otherwise attempting to conceal his identity.
Apparently the news of Trudeau's pre-release has just now drifted
into Abe's awareness. Abe writes, "I know a lot of people
think that I hate the man but I have mad respect for him... I
wish him well and much success in life. The past is the
past..."
Abe would also love to have dinner and drinks with Katie, and
"catch up on life."
In a subsequent comment, explaining that he thinks
Kevin "has to stay in a half way house now," Abe adds,
"I feel sorry for him at this point." Hey, no need to
feel sorry for Kevin, Abe, and no need to "wish him well and
much success in life." That ship has sailed, and is still
sailing (and may literally be sailing someday, if Kevin has his
way). The thing is, Abe, that even with his criminal conviction,
prison sentence, and "half way house" situation, Kevin
Trudeau is a far more successful scammer than you'll ever be. And
he would probably love a chance to scam you out of some more
money when and if the opportunity arises. "Fool me once..."
In context, then, Abe's seeming turnaround is totally not surprising. But I wonder
what his evil buddy (or former buddy?), Not-Doctor Leonard Coldwell, another former KT admirer turned
"whistleblower" -- who has actually taken credit for Trudeau's imprisonment -- would think about all of that "mad
respect" that Abe has for Trudeau.
All of that whining and begging, and still no
pardon?!?
Speaking of Kevin Trudeau, it's too bad he was left
out of #NeverWasMyPresident Donald John Trump's last pardon orgy. On a public
Facebook group called The Global Information Network (not an
official page of GIN), someone mentioned this.
As you most likely know if you've followed this blog, I've been writing for years about the continual efforts by Trudeau and his fans and followers to get Trump's attention and persuade him to commute Kevin's sentence and pardon him. They wrote countless letters to the White House and to various members of Trump's family and the Trump administration, and they wrote blog posts and social media entreaties, but all to no avail. Apparently Trump had other things on his mind, especially in those final daze.
QAnuts and Softheaded Citizens await the Orange King's restoration
On the other hand, maybe those last-minute pardons weren't Trump's final clemency orgy after all, and perhaps Katie has another chance of being pardoned by Trump -- that is, if one is to believe a growing number of uninformed, misinformed, willfully blind, or just plain dim folk who believe that Trump only pretended to leave office and will be ascending the throne again in a new, "real" America on March 4, 2021.
I have mentioned these points in a few of my recent Facebook threads, but David Gilbert at Vice.com published a report that gives more detail about the current favored conspiranoid narrative that’s the product of the unholy marriage between QAnon and the Sovereign Citizen movement. Gilbert writes:
In the wake of Biden’s inauguration, QAnon followers initially appeared despondent, lashing out that QAnon was a sham. But within days, and at the urging of the movement’s biggest influencers, QAnon followers started to come around, and begin to believe in “the plan” once again.
Here's that link.
You have to wonder what the nutcakes are going to do when March 4
comes and goes and their Cheeto Jesus fails to rise from the
dead, politically speaking. No doubt they'll find a way to
rationalize, just like the "Christian" End-Timers do
when specified dates come and go without their
"prophecies" coming true.
Pickup artists get picked up by cops and thrown in
jail for part in Capitol riots
Finally, there's some news on the
Scamworld-meets-politix front... or in this case,
Scumworld-meets-politix, because the PUA (pickup artist) sector
of Scamworld truly is just about the scummiest of the scum.
Consider, for example, one Philip Stedman, a Philly-area
PUA scummer and ardent Trumpanzee, who was arrested for his part
in the violent insurrection at the Capitol in D.C. on January 6,
2021. From The Philidelphia Inquirer, January 21, 2021:
A self-described Haddonfield sex and “relationship strategist” who hosts a social media show he calls “COVID/CABAL” was arrested Thursday in connection with the Capitol riot investigation.
Prosecutors say Patrick A. Stedman, 32, who bills himself as an expert in “female psychology,” chronicled his storming of the building with videos he posted to his nearly 26,000 Twitter followers in real time.
But even as he crowed online about being “among the first wave” of President Donald Trump’s supporters who “broke down the doors and climbed up the back part of the Capitol building,” he was also telling his followers that antifa was to blame for the incursion.
And a little later in the article....
His daily “sex and female psychology” newsletter promises to answer once and for all the question of what women “really” want from men. (Answer: “They want a man who makes them feel comfort and desire.”)
Last year, Stedman warned about a “Deep State cabal” and “satanic rituals” in an appearance on the “Masculine By Design Mancast” and more recently he warned his adherents on Twitter that “by now, you should all be prepared for what’s coming.”
In fact, FBI agents said in court documents Thursday, Stedman viewed Trump’s Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally as a history-making event. In the days leading up to it, he encouraged followers to join him in Washington, insisting the date would be commemorated for years to come as a national holiday, “like the 4th of July.”
“You will want to tell your grandchildren you were there,” he wrote.
A worthy member of the Trump Army, in other
words.
Then there's Samuel Fisher of NYC, aka
"Brad Holiday," allegedly arrested with "an
arsenal of ammunition, two machetes, and an American flag."
From The Daily Beast, January 20, 2021:
The day after the attack on the Capitol, Fisher, who operates “LuxLife Dating Coach,” went on Facebook to brag about his role in the insurrection. After being asked if he went on the “frontlines” of the riot, he answered, “It was awesome. It was dangerous and violent. People died...but it was fucking great if you ask me….i got tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed.”
“Seeing cops literally run ... was the coolest thing ive ever seen in my life,” Fisher added. “Cant divulge too much here...but fuck the DC police. In all seriousness and get ready.”
Federal investigators were eventually tipped off to Fisher’s identity by an informant. The informant sent a photo of Fisher in front of a flag that reads, “Don’t Tread on Trump, Keep America Great.” The photo is captioned, “Can’t wait to bring a liberal back to this freedom palace.”
And scrolling down in the Beast piece...
On the now-defunct social media platform Parler, he signal-boosted baseless conspiracy theories about vote fraud and 2020 election theft.
But on his personal website BradHoliday.com, things take a far darker turn: In November 2020, he posted the notorious “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion,” the infamous forgery used to justify pogroms and genocide against Jewish people.
“The following is a playbook written a long time ago about how the Cabal (Kaballah Subscribers) will gain their goal of ultimate power and control over the human race,” Fisher wrote in a brief preface. “Their father is Leucifer [sic] and they are the sons of Cain.”...
...As late as Jan. 9, three days after the riots, he wrote a post with the title “[President] Joe Biden (and his family) Are Degenerate Criminal Pedophiles.”
Yet another sterling patriot, not to mention a
misogynist and a conspiranoid. Trump should be so very, very
proud.
That's it for now; I'll be back soon with, I hope, more than
snippets.
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