Sometimes, you just have to fight back. This is a personal note that goes along with the recent news of the bullying of Dr. Susan Crockford and Dr. Judith Curry.
Thanks to the Chico Police Department and officer Jim Parrott, I learned today that we were able to shut down a person living in Windsor Ontario who has been serially harassing me and threatening me and my family for over a year. He was doing this because of my views on “climate change” and my website: https://wattsupwiththat.com
Officer Parrott reached out to the Windsor Police Department (Constable Strong in the WPD Major Crimes Unit) and provided him all the research I’d gathered (including setting up an Internet “honeypot” to trap him) and today we get word back that the suspect has been identified, and has had police officers show up at his front door.
This particularly malicious troll is one of the “Arctic sea ice zealots” that inhabit Jim Hunt’s “Great White Con” website on sea ice. Both Jim and this troll were long ago banned from WUWT for serially bad behavior breaking our commenting policy multiple times, but this one troll couldn’t let it go. He escalated, and continued to do so.
Of course, the troll embraced the crazy and patently wrong views promoted by Dr. Michael Mann and many others that I’m an “agent of the Koch brothers, and on the take to run WUWT”.
As I’ve said many times in the past, I’ve never taken a dime from the Koch’s; they don’t even know who I am. WUWT is entirely supported by advertising and donations.
My opinions published here and the opinions of guest authors is entirely our own, and not “for hire” as some weak-minded people assert. One of these days, Dr. Mann is going to find himself on the wrong end of a lawsuit for promoting these falsehoods that incite people like I’ve had to deal with for over a year. In fact, this particular troll claimed he had enlisted Dr. Mann as part of his plan to “expose me” (the troll’s words). He also said he’d enlisted Sou aka Miriam O’Brien of Hotwhopper in his cause against me. Of course, it turned out to be nothing but bluster, but wow, this guy had quite an imagination and hatred for me in his heart.
Thanks to the work of the Windsor Police Department and the Chico Police Department, this malicious Internet troll won’t be bothering me again.
Thanks also to a number of bloggers who helped me zoom in on this guy by sharing information. Thanks also to “Poptech” whose research was very helpful. Great thanks to our own “Charles the Moderator” who helped me stay calm and focused on the “long game” rather than let this toad get under my skin.
Its quite a feeling of satisfaction to [get some action on] this case, especially since this dirtbag had assumed multiple identities, used fake emails, and other techniques to hide his identity. Much like some of the other trolls we deal with here daily, but this one stepped over the line, time and time again.
For example here are excerpts from a long rambling email I received (along with Charles the Moderator who was helping me) Tuesday, November 07, 2017 4:28 PM
Great news perverted WOMEN HATERS;)
(Saul pulled it off and remained invisible, aren’t you impressed, my two little twinkies? Hehehe, just 11 followers)
NOVEMBER 12th 2017
This is just one of dozens of crazy emails with threats I received over the last year and a half. Some contained thinly veiled death threats, some like this one were irrational rants, some were incomprehensible references to things he “knew” but I had no idea what the hell he was talking about. The reference to November 12th in this email was a “drop dead date” for an extortion attempt (I was supposed to donate to the Canadian organization Medicine Sans Frontiers aka doctors without borders to avoid my exposure of “Koch dollars”). Of course, I’m not easily extorted, because I knew this jerk was just making things up out of his own Koch-fueled imagination.
My mistake was originally treating him with respect over a complaint he had about WUWT, and replying using my personal email. That was a dumb move of trust on my part that I won’t repeat again.
So, we nailed him. Despite his cowardice and shapeshifting, we prevailed, and we used his own stupidity against him to trap him in the “honeypot” so a positive ID could be made.
I won’t share the technique I devised, but it’s safe to say he had no idea what hit him when officers showed up at his door in Windsor. While it is very very tempting to share the file I have on him thanks to the police, I’ve learned long ago that “discretion is the greater part of valor“. I’ll just keep it handy, just in case I need to exercise my rights further.
Right Thomas? aka “Lawrence Martin”, aka “Reggie”, aka “Reginald Perrin” aka “Saul from Montreal”, aka “Solomon Gursky”, aka “Master of Space and Thyme” among others… here’s a partial photo of Thomas the troll from the file:
In the meantime, potential dirtbags that might be thinking of threatening me or my family or any other climate skeptic should think again. We won’t tolerate it. Climate skeptics are fed up with the threats and smears as we’ve seen against Dr. Curry and Dr. Crockford, and we aren’t going to take it anymore.
So, in closing…
Troll, troll, troll your boat gently down the stream…
Merrily, merrily, merrily merrily, anonymity is but a dream.
UPDATE:
BTW, I forgot to add this note. There’s precedence for arresting Internet trolls in Canada, such as this notorious one who got 16 counts and a psych evaluation:
https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2011/08/prolific-intern.html
That is fantastic news! It’s spooky to see a partial face to the coward… He does not know how lucky he is you do not have malice in your heart.
Well done Anthony (and Charles). So sorry you had to go through this emotional flack…the last thing you need in your life. I had never realised just how nutty some people reading this blog were/are. The lack of tolerence in society today is a real worry.
Keep up the good work nevertheless…we all get so much out of the interesting material you put up every day.
It seems to me there a re none so intolerant or closed minded as those who want you to be tolerant and open minded and they get very angrified (as Willis puts it) if you’re not willing to let reason go and think as they think.
Well that’s enough deep thought for today.
All the best and as the phrase goes “don’t let the b*ggers get you down”.
James Bull
Fully agree.
The Efforts of Anthony – and his team – are hugely appreciated.
I think that they are, just, starting to have an effect – the perseverance is gratefully acknowledged.
And now the horrid scum-smearing effects of a troll.
I hope that that ends well.
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Well done – well done indeed.
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Excellent work, Anthony. From reading just that one diatribe, the guy clearly has b-i-g problems; had there been no internet he would probably have been dispensing much the same unpleasantness to someone nearer home, with letters to the local newspaper or whatever. Good grief, if I hated somebody (or his website) that much, I’d just have nothing to do with him.
All respect for dealing with him coolly and calmly, and let’s hope the Mounties recommend him to a local MD before it’s too late.
No wonder there is still ice in the Arctic. Reggie has been too busy harassing and threatening you to go up there and use it. Let’s hope that he is now too busy with the Canadian authorities to use it. Surely he would not be nuts enough to come back and start his insanity with you and your blog again after this experience.
BTW I haven’t seen nor heard his buddy Jim Hunt on any of the Climate blogs for some time. If he shows up I’ll ask him how his good friend Thomas is doing.
He looks just like Jerry Sandusky!!!… just sayin’…
I was just looking at this again and was reminded of something from an essay I recently read, especially regarding the mindset of criminals:
http://www.aei.org/publication/bernie-madoff-steve-jobs-and-wall-street-greed/
A criminal psychologist was saying that people like Bernie Madoff would say that they are good people and sure enough, shortly after he made that point, Mr. Madoff was saying that he was a good person.
I can just see this troll, after dealing with the police, spending time rationalizing in his mind that he really is a good person. I wonder how long before he goes back to his evil ways …
The guy would appear to be as nutty as a fruitcake. Too much association with Mann et al?
He’s definitely exceedingly bad Mann-ered – Well done Anthony and Charles 🙂
Very sorry that you get crazies like this. I think that you’re owed a lot of apologies from warmist commentators for stirring up nutters like this. Most of them know that the oil funding is a myth but use it as an excuse for their own failure to persuade the multitudes. I’ve been reading your site since almost the start and I’ve never once doubted that you spoke from conviction and that you were a genuinely nice person. You’ve even got more personal experience with cutting CO2 than any warmist blogger I’ve read. I was really moved when you decided to drive to a meeting with the US weather bods rather than fly, so that you could audit weather stations on the way. That’s the behaviour of a very honest man.
It’s worth noting that if you get a problem in the UK, the country also takes internet harassment seriously.
Congratulations on getting this guy, and I hope he stays got.
Congrats, Anthony. Well-played.
Excellent news Anthony. Congratulations!
All the very best Anthony and Charles,
(Medals in the post )
Well done Anthony, Charles too. I don’t think there can be any doubt that threat or fear of being identified and subsequently prosecuted for a crime – any crime – is a very strong deterrent to future would-be law-breakers. Let us hope that by exposing this, it will serve to put some others off – although not all. There will always be those who think they are too clever to be caught. Such is life.
Congrats, Anthony. Well done.
The troll went over the top and you topped him.
Good shot, Sir! 🙂
Oops: nearly left Charles out. Congrats to you too, Charles.
The pair of you make a great team.
Congratulations, Anthony.
Glad to hear that your nightmare has ended. I hope he receives the justice he deserves.
Awesome!
Given WUWT is the most read blog, this word will be propagated around the usual suspects very quickly. And you are right Anthony, timing is everything.
Bravo! Bravo!
Excellent and rather amazing work Anthony! Thank you!
Well done on getting this certifiable basket case nailed. It just goes to show that AGW theory proponents are really not that much different from radical islamists.
From their theological based doomsday loaded language (“do you BELIEVE in climate change? If not you’re a DENIER!”) it’s a theory, not a deity. Right through to their unhinged, threatening and sometimes violent behaviour, when someone questions their beliefs.
The AGW theory proponents most likely don’t know a theory from their elbows. This shiite science never even rose to the level of a hypothesis, let alone a falsifiable hypothesis. It was a conjecture at best, and now, shown by the evidence, to be a failed conjecture.
Well done Anthony , those were the ravings of a lunatic and the threats were on the extreme end of intimidation and deserved to be dealt with by the law .
I know you can probably look after yourself and have learned to grow an extra skin but when the whackos threaten your family it gets personal and scary .
I used to use my real name on this site but now only on the Jo nova site but we should feel comfortable using our real names without the fear of attracting a nutjob .
Robert,
My correct name always used.
History of 3 threat episodes referred to police. One nutter let my car loose down our steep driveway? Another put a device that looked like a bomb on our outdoor BBQ table. Several other had death threats? The worst was one we never caught, who used to phone my wife when I was away an note that I was away. It became more creepy when our car was stolen then returned pronto by police who later were in local news for allegedly running a car stealing racket. All but the latter were plausibly related to my public stance against greenie madness, being on 4 Corners and so on. My logic is that I feel more positive and immune using real name, as in too much of a handful for nuisances to bother.
CTM & Anthony, well done & thank you both. Geoff.
Well done Anthony. A small victory
I hope he’ll have to face the music and the book they’ll throw at him hits hard.
When the enemy is on the run,
continue firing until he’s done.
Oh Bummer would have given this creep the Congressional Medal.
Well done, guys.
Keep at it and let us know the outcome. ITM, I’m sharing this on social media so that others may see what the protagonists of real climate science are up against.
That sure looks like James Comey!
Ha. One less troll to worry about. Well done.
One less
psychotroll to worry abouttrollbenben.IF you ever need help with something, I think /pol/ would be glad to help you out. They love investigative work, are good at it, and hate PC. They are the ones who found where a flag was located based solely on a live camera view of just the flag and sky (using intersecting jet contrails, stars, etc).