Pizza, paranoia and ‘psychological warfare’: A night inside the Oregon standoff

[struggle4progress]

REUTERS
07 JAN 2016 AT 01:13 ET

The doorknob rattled. Two of the men occupying a federal biologist’s office in a stand-off over land rights hopped from their chairs and swung rifles toward the locked door ...

As the two Reuters’ reporters arrived just after nightfall, the occupiers were moving into a state of high alert. The groups’ head of security, a man known as Buddha, had been out of touch since driving off-site hours earlier ...

“If they kill me, grab my phone,” Bundy said ...

Buddha never returned.

The doorknob rattle remained a mystery.

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/pizza-paranoia-and-psychological-warfare-a-night-inside-the-oregon-standoff/

[ffr]

1. I'm sure their lives began innocent enough.

Just somewhere along the way, when they should have turned left, they went the other way and it's been one unfortunate cuckoo-fest after another. RWNJs will always be RWNJs.

[Hortensis]

4. Wonder if for a moment in that biologist's office

one of them realized she knows many things he doesn't about that region, does many things he doesn't know of or why. Briefly, even, before RWNJ ideology swept the beginnings of thoughtfulness away?

From Raw Story, a possible description of "Buddha":

‘Sunshine Unicorns’(Possibly) Brian ‘Booda/Buddha’ Cavalier – Bodyguard

This man has consistently refused to give anything other than his alias, “Sunshine Unicorns”. He identifies himself as Ammon Bundy’s bodyguard. He is believed to be Brian “Buddha” Cavalier, 44, who has worked for the family some time, and was also present at the standoff at their ranch in 2014. It was Sunshine, a heavily built, tattooed bodyguard, who was the last man standing at the Bundy ranch, living in a nearby trailer and providing Cliven with protection when everyone else had departed. And, it seems, it was Sunshine who, armed with an assault rifle, prevented a Guardian from entering the site on Saturday, shortly after the militia had arrived to take over the facility, saying only that he was in charge of “operations”.

If accurate, it would seem unlikely he just decided to take a powder. So maybe the feds have him.

[flamingdem]

2. And now they're found desireable by

British chaps writing in the comments section of the Daily Mail, they wants to roger him, a new term for me. The lumberjack look, perfect beard. Notoriety, visibility pays.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Notoriety, visibility - just what terrorists want.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Here's are photos of a Bundy bodyguard there, with an article about him from the Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: Stolen valor: The militiaman bodyguard of ranchers Cliven and Ammon Bundy is falsely posing as a US Marine who served in Afghanistan and Iraq

Brian Cavalier, 44, the personal bodyguard of Cliven and Ammon Bundy, openly boasted that he is retired Marine

But US Marine Corps records prove the big-bellied braggart never served and is in fact a tattoo artist with a long rap sheet for DUI

Cavalier is a key figure in the armed militia takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon orchestrated by the Bundys

He wears military style garb including a shemagh scarf often worn by soldiers serving in the Middle East, and has the code name 'Fluffy Unicorn'

'That's unfortunate,' Cavalier said when Daily Mail Online confronted him over his Marine fabrication

By Ryan Parry West Coast Correspondent At Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Near Burns, Oregon For Dailymail.com

Published: 14:01 EST, 6 January 2016 | Updated: 16:47 EST, 6 January 2016

A key figure in the armed militia takeover of a federal building in Oregon has been posing as a retired US Marine to boost his 'combat' credentials, Daily Mail Online can reveal.

Brian Cavalier – the personal bodyguard of controversial ranchers Cliven and Ammon Bundy who lead the group – openly boasted to members of the press that he is a Marine who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.

But Daily Mail Online has learned that Cavalier, 44, has faked his military background to appear more credible as a militia henchman - a fact sure to anger some of the group's supporters.

According to US Marine Corp records Cavalier has never served as a Marine, whether it be as a recruit or a Marine Corps contractor.



. . .





More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3387117/Stolen-valor-Militiaman-bodyguard-ranchers-Cliven-Ammon-Bundy-posing-retired-Marine-served-Afghanistan-Iraq-boost-combat-credentials.html

(There's a lot to roger, there!)

[flamingdem]

7. Judy I think this man is not going to find many admirers

on the interwebs! Yuk! Great that he was discovered as a fake marine.

[JudyM]

9. That pic of him "sleeping" with the gun&rum is pathetic.

Almost have to feel sad for the poor shlub. That's his life, his identity?!

And he thought the pic was elevating his stature, no doubt.

[ffr]

6. Wears a watch on his right arm?

Not your traditional tough-guy look.

[LiberalElite]

8. left-handed? nt