Someone lit themselves on fire outside the Cheshire County Superior Court yesterday, in Keene, NH. On the police scanner, the KPD mentioned finding a car nearby that could have been his, registered to a Thomas Ball in Massachusetts. A Thomas Ball, from Massachusetts was involved in a court case around 2007: “Thomas Ball v Monadnock Family Services” A Thomas Ball from Mass. Also signed an online petition here: http://bit.ly/lykCr0, where he states:

The authorities are forcing parents to choice between the loyalty to their families and the loyalty to our government. The government will lose this type of contest.

It is likely that Thomas Ball lost this court case and felt it was an extreme injustice, especially if it involved his children and possibly loosing custody of them.

UPDATE: There is a facebook group scheduled to be archived that was created to provide “Help for men, and women, arrested for domestic violence. Shared parenting for divorced parents.” It is admin’d by a Thomas Ball, whose profile is here: Thomas Ball.

He also appears to have run a website: http://jimbrownprinciple.com which is the only reference to the case “Thomas Ball v. Monadnock Family Services” but is no longer online.

UPDATE 2: Thomas’ Ball’s story about Monadnock Family Services (PDF) (Google Cache Link)

UPDATE 3: Keene Sentinel Posts his suicide note: (PDF) (Keene Sentinel)

UPDATE 4: FreeKeene has copies of the motions, lawsuits etc. over here: Thomas James Ball Self-Immolated in Protest of the “Justice” System

I just looked at my tax receipt from the White House website. After my refund is taken into account, the amount taken from me was around $4,085. What things that I enjoy was the money used for?

Well, $3,100 was used to pay into a retirement fund I’ll never see or get to use. I don’t enjoy that at all. $725 was used for Medicare Hospital Insurance. I just went to the hospital a while ago. I am still paying that off because I don’t qualify for medicare. So, I paid a good chunk of cash to pay for someone else’s healthcare and can’t pay for my own. Definitely not for this at all yet.

I paid $68.00 for national defense. This includes a war I font want that has been fought less effectively than randomly killing people while hoping there is a bad guy there somewhere. Next in the list is Healthcare! Again! But this does not cover me either. $63.18.

Job and family Security plus Education and Job Training. I could use these services if I qualified. But, again, I don’t. $69.42 left my budget to pay for food for my family and into someone else’s pocket for their family. It’s a good thing I have a high interest credit card to help cover that missing one-weeks worth of groceries. It’s also the price of my dentist visit today.

I also paid $10.66 for garbage quality benefits for people who look down on me and demand I do things for free (Veterans Benefits). $5.46 for to be told I’m not allowed to used cheap light bulbs anymore, and have to now purchase $50 sets to avoid the flicker from the fluorescents (Natural Resources, Energy and Environment). There is $4.42 for pissing off other nations (International Affairs), $3.12 for a now non-existent space program.
Another $4.42 that went to kill a kids dad for drugs he didn’t use, throw hard workers out of the country, arrest Amish for drinking milk, kill people who self medicate and take political prisoners (Immigration, Law Enforcement and Administration of this joke called ‘Justice’). $2.08 funds agriculture and tells farmers what to grow. $1.30 for “Regional Development” and $1.04 for screwing up Katrina and setting fire to Texas, also known as “Response to Natural Disasters.” And finally, $6.24 to pay for the politicians limos, prostitutes, highways and the general throwing money down a drain.

Oh, wait, I forgot about the interest payments of $19.24, because the government is so nice about getting loans on my behalf and using it for junk I don’t want and then demanding I pay the interest.

So, what on earth do I use that I am paying for? Maybe the $6.24. And yet, when I complain about taxes, people tell me I shouldn’t because I am using the services. I’m not using any of these services! I can’t use most of these services, and I’d rather not use most of the others. What services in this list do you actually want to pay for?

Pedobear's got a job he can't get fired from.

Opt out of the naked body scanner and you and your kids might be chased by this new TSA agent.

Watch out! Pedobear’s got a TSA job. And its his goal to make himself happy with your kids!

The TSA’s got new rules that let them fondle you and your kids, and because of recent “news” of terrorist loading their breast with bombs, you can be certain they will take extra special care examining (aka fondling) your wife.  Don’t think it won’t happen; stuff like TSA agents twisting breasts is already happening (audio). You might want to rethink your travel plans if you care about your family at all.

George Donnelly has not said much since his arrest last week, but that has not stopped people from searching for documents and information related to his arrest. Based on information an article on CarlosMiller.com, he has quite a legal battle ahead. His current conditions are:

Bail in the amount of $50,000
Defendant shall submit to random drug testing as directed by pretrial services
Defendant shall undergo drug/alcohol treatment if necessary, as determined by pretrial services
Defendant shall submit to electronic monitoring
Defendant must obtain a land line
Defendant may drive to food store three times per week, and must submit receipts to pretrial services, with prior approval of pretrial services
Travel restricted to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Defendant shall surrender and/or refrain from obtaining or applying for a passport
Defendant shall surrender and/or refrain from obtaining any firearms
Defendant shall have no contact with co-defendants in this case, or individuals engaged in any criminal activity
Defendant may not publicize names, images or locations of officers or release information to anyone else

More information on Libertapedia.

Government employees don’t like to be recorded. Perhaps because it can cause society to start holding them accountable. I’ve been threatened with arrest for recording before, but usually the threats are not made good on, or I hide for a bit. Recording public events is becoming increasingly dangerous…

Via Fr33 Agents:

Fr33 Agent contributor, Voluntaryist activist and blogger George Donnelly was mugged and kidnapped by US Marshalls yesterday and is reportedly being held in theFederal Government’s Detention Center in Philadelphia. Please call 215-521-4000 to politely but firmly demand George Donnelly’s release and ask your social network to do the same. Anything you can do to raise awareness for George would be most appreciated.

Update: George Donnelly has been released.