James O'Keefe, Master of "Deceipt." Plus: Who got to Keith?

Oh god, this is hilarious: James "Bond" O'Keefe tried one of his ratfucking ops against the Washington Post, selling a fake abuse story in which Roy Moore supposedly assaulted an underaged girl. But the WP quickly figured out that they were being scammed, thanks to the ludicrously poor tradecraft of the O'Keefe crew.

The scam collapsed for a number of reasons. His fake source provided a flimsy cover story with odd details — she claimed to have only spent a few summers in Alabama, but provided a cell phone with an Alabama area code. The supposed place of employment that she provided did not have any person by that name working there. A search of her name turned up a social-media post in which she explained that she was going to “work in the conservative media movement to combat the lies and deceipt [sic] of the liberal MSM.”

But there's another reason why the scam fell apart. Turns out the O'Keefians really believe in their own fantasies about the opposition:

Another reason O’Keefe’s plot collapsed again is because it is premised on a ludicrously false worldview. The Washington Post does not, in fact, publish unverified accusations just because they’re against Republicans. His various attempts to prove rampant voter fraud have failed in part because voter fraud is not rampant.

Nevertheless, Gateway Pundit is trying to pretend that O'Keefe is the offended party here. I kid you not. These sickos are sick, and nothing can heal their diseased brains. They really do believe that all events are masterminded by Evil Soros, who answers only to the discarnate spirit of Adam Weishaupt, evoked in a dark rite performed by the Witch of Endor at the Bohemian Grove.

Roy Moore's own statements yesterday indicate that he was aware of the O'Keefe sting. Moore may not have known the details, but I feel confident that someone gave him a hint.

In explaining why he has come under attack, Moore compared it to the Russia probe.

"This is extravagant," Moore said of the "false attacks" made against him - including not only the allegations from the women, he said, but also his family and his Foundation for Moral Law. "this is beyond being attacked for various things, having your family attacked. Politicians stop at nothing. They'll publish false polls - which they are doing today. In trying to distort this, they'll go to false attacks.

Imagine how much more potent those words would have been if O'Keefe and his crew had succeeded.

O'Keefe's latest operation proves, once again, my point about the "Believe Women" movement. Not too long ago, a horde of disguised conservative/nationalist ratfuckers invaded leftwing forums (such as Kos and DU). Wearing their feminist masquerade masks, they pushed the myth that Women Never Lie Because All Women Are Pure and Incorruptible.

Well, guess what? James O'Keefe has female co-conspirators. After Jaime Phillips tried to hoodwink the WP, how can you remain wedded to the absurd proposition that women never lie about sexual matters?

Keep Jaime in mind as you weigh the claims made against Franken -- and as you weigh the claims to come.

Update: Roy Moore is now well ahead -- again -- in the latest polling out of Alabama. In fact, Moore's lead is now wider than it was before the WP published it's first story on the sexual abuse allegations. I believe that the Franken op is a large part of the reason why Moore will win. Very soon, Roy Moore will be a senator and Al Franken will be forced out -- with aid from progressives (or from malefactors disguised as progressives).

Yes, I'm still confident that Franken will depart, despite this passionate argument from Joe Conason (which you should read).

Speaking of which: Keith Olbermann is out. He decided to declare victory over Trump (VERY prematurely) and to quit. He has not only retired his GQ comments, he says that he will no longer offer political commentary of any kind. He's even unfollowing political Twitter accounts. It all seems pretty extreme.

My guess: He'll be the next target of "abuse" accusations. Or maybe he cut a deal with whoever has kompromat on him: I'll go away if you don't air my dirty laundry. We all have secrets. I have no idea what Olbermann's secrets might be, but we now live in a country in which kompromat is king and all are vulnerable.

On November 22, Olbermann tweeted:

My God my phone case just melted from the volume of texts about three separate rumors of big name sexual harassment/misconduct around media. Pro tip: Nobody take Thanksgiving off.

I took this tweet seriously at the time, yet Thanksgiving came and went without the predicted three scandals. I wondered: Why would anyone send these warnings to Keith Olbermann and no-one else? How could these rumors remain a matter of text messages without bleeding out onto the more public parts of the internet?

At first, I thought that the targets must include someone on the air at MSNBC, since Olbermann got into a tiff with that organization. Now I'm thinking that Keith himself is one of the three. Maybe Olbermann received word from an informant that certain scandals were about to hit -- and maybe the informant did not name the target of those scandals. Finally, someone turned on the lights: It's you, Keith. You're the target.

Either that, or a family member was threatened.

No matter what Olbermann says in his final message, don't take this turn of events at face value. Olbermann was making money from his GQ pieces, which formed the basis of a book. Moreover, I seriously question the notion that Trump is finished, because I don't have absolute faith in Mueller. Perhaps Mueller is compromised, perhaps Mueller will be insufficiently brave, perhaps Mueller will be misled (in the way that O'Keefe tried to mislead the WP), perhaps Mueller will simply fail, perhaps Mueller is secretly working for the bad guys, perhaps Mueller be fired -- or perhaps Mueller will eat something that really doesn't agree with him. My prediction is that Trump will survive until 2020, and perhaps beyond. (That's one reason why Franken was removed from the field of play now.) Yet even if Trump stays in office, Olbermann will not return.

You should check out the Trumpist replies to Olbermann's (apparently final) message. Fascism is hard to define but easy to spot. Those tweets are fascism.

A modest proposal. The latest O'Keefe outrage reminded me of a thought that's been lurking in the back of my mind for a while now. Why not turn these tactics against the neofascist right?

We all saw how quickly Alex Jones starting whining and apologizing like a candy-ass snowflake bitch the moment Chobani yogurt and Comet Pizza made serious lawsuit noises. Those two (potential) litigants were simply businesses out to protect their interests. It's time for other types of litigants to take action.

It would be easy to mislead Infowars, Gateway Pundit, Drudge or Breitbart into publishing some shocking "scoop" that feeds into their preconceptions. Remember: These guys really believe in their insane conspiracy theories. That belief can be used against them.

I propose a left-wing variant of an O'Keefe sting. Feed the "pals of Pepe" some juicy information that fits right in with what they want to believe. The apparently-damning info can be about Hillary, about CNN, or about some other person or institution hated by the right. Take care to backstop the claims with seemingly-credible evidence.

In short: Bait little Alex or some similar target into publishing libel.

Then the libeled party (who should have no link to anyone involved with the sting operation) should sue those who have published the lies.

The libeled party must NOT accept any apologies or settlement offers. SUE TO KILL. SUE TO KILL. SUE TO KILL.

The purpose of the lawsuit should not be to embarrass or to make money or to make a point. The purpose must be to KILL KILL KILL.

Will Alex Jones and his compatriots fall for such a ploy? Of course. In the first place, Alex Jones is simply not a bright man. In the second place, he and his comrades are conspiracy theorists, a breed of cat I know well. Conspiracy theorists are drug addicts: They have an insatiable need for a new high. They will never be able to stop themselves from publishing anything that gives their readers the rush they crave.

It's a weakness. Exploit it.

I have some further advice for anyone who wants to conduct this proposed operation: Make sure that the personnel in the field have established suitable online legends. In other words, don't make the mistake recently made by James O'Keefe, Master of Deceipt. Always remember that even the walls have ears, and that Uncle Vlad has the longest ears of all. Don't trust sensitive information/instructions to text messages or emails; many things are best said mouth-to-ear, in whispers. At all times, strive to find the right balance between these two maxims: Fortune favors the bold and Paranoia is your friend.