You know ah...some might call this Stage 2, Denial.
It's not just a river in Egypt!
If Bane was alive he would have blogged somewhere, he would have creeped someone out, somewhere, he would have scared the crap out of someone, somewhere, and they would have alerted the rest of the blogosphere.
There's no way that old man could avoid the net this long.
So! Soon, Nate, mate, I'll tell you to let it all out and we can do the Matt Damon/Robin Williams hug scene from Good Will Hunting.
Yay!
You sir... will fall for anything.
So what.
I never bought into wrestling is real as a kid.
There. So it's not EVERYTHING.
All I'm sayin' Jamie.. is there are some aspects of this that just don't match up.
Nah your point was valid, I've been known to swallow a fair bit of shit, even gargle it, before I realise it's shit. But this one, I reckon he's dead.
Why don't you pull a Ferris Bueller scene on his family then?
Go play Principal Ed Rooney at his blog:
"Uh, yeah, sure, no I'd be happy to pay my respects, yeah you just produce a corpse, and uh, I'll do that. I wanna see this dead guy first hand. Yeah, that's right, just roll his old bones on over here, and I'll dig up my eulogy. You know that's blog policy."
Jamie,
I'm not recalling the scene in Ferris that you are referring to (there is a bit in Faulty Towers that is reminicent of this.)
In any case, Ed Rooney was a jerk, but he was also right.
I have my doubts as well. Do they really freeze Paypal accounts upon death? Not sure because I haven't kept up with how thing is run anymore.
So.....
You actually went looking for death records? You were sweet on him after all.
They *totally* were the Kerry/Edwards of the Extremely Scary Right Wing.
Come on out old man! You're wasting your time! I know you're still out there... and I know where.
Where then?
Jamsco: "I'm not recalling the scene in Ferris that you are referring to "
It was the scam they pulled to get Ferris' girlfriend out of school by saying her grandmother passed away:
Ed Rooney: Ed Rooney.
Cameron: [disguising voice as George Peterson] Ed. This is George Peterson.
Ed Rooney: How are you today, sir?
Cameron: [voice disguised] Well, we've had a bit of bad luck this morning as you may have heard.
Ed Rooney: Yeah I heard, and man, I'm all broken up, boy, what a blow.
Cameron: [disguised] Yeah. Yeah. Well, uh, it's been a tough morning and we got a lot of family business to take care of, so if you wouldn't mind excusing Sloane, I'd appreciate it.
Ed Rooney: Uh, yeah, sure, no I'd be happy to, yeah you, uh, you you just produce a corpse, and uh, I'll release Sloane. I wanna see this dead grandmother first hand.
Grace: Ed?
Ed Rooney: It's alright, Grace, it's Ferris Bueller the little twerp. I'm gonna set a trap and let him fall right in it.
Grace: Ooh!
Cameron: [disguised] I'm sorry, Ed, did you say you wanted to see a body?
Ed Rooney: Yeah, that's right, just, uh, roll her old bones on over here, and I'll dig up your daughter. You know that's school policy.
For good or ill, he is dead. I can't see his friends accepting memorials if he wasn't. I believe that would be a prosecutable scam of some sort? Fraud maybe?
Wait... wait... You think pro wrestling isn't real?
Heh, off topic... other than dead things... did you catch this email that's going around;
Dear American:
I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.
I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you.
I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transaction is 100% safe.
This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.
Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds.
Yours Faithfully Minister of Treasury
Henry Paulson
I stand corrected.
Bane's blog is not longer accessible.
Yes it is JohnR
I was able to go there and see Nate chime in amongst everyone else. Strangely, would Bane have expected anything less?
When going through the archives I saw one stark difference, where Bane argued to keep the Republic together and Nate the right to secession. Basing an analogy on that, Bane would accept Nate being dead and while saying some nice things would still kick him in the balls and wash his hands of it after. Nate, being the paranoid Southron, would of course deny honest-intent and scream set-up by an undercover yankee agent.
I never read him letting on that Oakland was where he lived.
SB: How odd. I cannot access it through Firefox but I can through Opera.
Oh yikes...reading is hard for me today. Nevermind.
Bane, if you're looking down or lurking around, know that Bane's denial is deep. He must have felt something mighty special for you.
"where he was known to live"
known to live, or suspected to live?
oh, btw, the above anon is me..and the second "Bane" was supposed to be "nate"
kinda out of it today
He lived in Portland, Oregon. Just go back far enough in the archives and you'll find it.
Also, he talked about weather all the time as well. It was always pacific northwest weather.
Whether any of that was real is another thing entirely.
Considering that he faked his death once and was not above lying about certain things in order to protect his family or his privacy then I see no reason to completely trust his blog now.
With that said, the scenario I see as somewhat probable goes like this.
He knew he was not long for this world. At least the set up for making his readers buy into it was long and thorough. He was in a lot of pain and was running low on energy. He was beginning to lack the will to write as a consequence.
He may have planned his 'demise' to occur on his blog some days before his real death so he could check out the reaction it got. Why he might have done it that way may have as much to do with his family as with his own wishes.
He may have repeatedly said that he was a sociopath and didn't care what any other person thought of him or what he did or what he said. But certain things can be interpreted to contradict that. Namely the first time he faked his death. Though he may have done it to be entertained rather than to gauge what people thought of him.
Anyway, he will be missed.
Nate, just look up old comments on your site and get the IP. You can do a whois and find out where he lived easily. That is, as long as he didn't spoof the IP, which I doubt he did.
I lean towards Bane being dead.
The good ship Maudlin has just been run into the Straits of Doubt.(?)
For the record, I remain in agreement, for the reasons stated by Nate and a little more.
I hope you're right.
I'm gay.
Actually, no he did not live in Portland. No self-respecting person lives in Portland. He lived closer to Albany, which is between Salem and Eugene. He would go to the VA in Portland though. Said it was approx. 1-1/2 hours one way, if memory serves. I believe he was also around 52 years old if that helps narrow down the search.
Nate, did you check records for the whole state, or just one county in particular?
Nate, email me and I will give you my phone number. I will ask either his youngest Marine or his wife if it is ok to pass along their phone numbers so you can talk to them and verify with THEM that he is really dead. I heard the 3 volley salute, I saw the beautiful wooden box that his cremated remains sat in with a folded flag beside it. I watched his father and children cry.
You have my email.
Email me.
Oh, and by the way, I would never, EVER take money from someone who thought they were donating for one reason (to help his family pay for the funeral and medical costs) and it was just a big, haha joke. That is unethical and downright fucked up. So not my style.
Hmm, check this out;
http://www.koreus.com/video/guer...-4-
minutes.html
"I'm gay."
Don't worry. We all have our flaws.
LL, Nate also said at Vox's that if it were true, he would have felt it. It's solid denial, and so, I wouldn't take it badly.
Sorry, Nate. Just saying. The bastard got me feeling a bit sad there, too, over it. I'll miss the asshole's jabs.
I think Nate is doing exactly what Bane was hoping he would. Pretty rich, if you ask me. And a fitting tribute in its own way.
I'm going with the notion that he really is dead, based on his participation at Bruce Bethke's site.
However, I think it very strange that Bruce's blog has been silent ever since. I seem to recall that Bruce would be around 52 right now, also...
Nah! I think I'll just stop thinking.
Ken Alexis died on 9/21/08. Age 59.
That's the closest to "Bane" I could find in the Corvallis, Oregon area.
Wrong date and too old anon. But Corvallis is likely where he died because they have a major hospital there that Albany and other close-by communities use.
Ken Alexis is way too gay a name for Bane. If that really was his name I realise now it wasn't cause he had to protect his identity from 'terrorists', he was protecting it from 'gay bashers'.
I seem to recall an earlier request for being discrete on another thread, and I think it might be a good idea to apply it here, as well.
Just sayin'.
I'm in a bit of a quandary over why the fella has to be such a mystery. Somebody knows his name. Ya' waitin' for the secret decoder ring pass phrase or what?!
Privacy of the family is easily maintained by shooting an email through the small percentage of trustworthy ilk.
As if Waterboy, get ya hand off it!
Bane would think we're turning into pansies. Read the man's blog!
Shoot just scroll down from the current batch of posts and you'll see him jumping up and down cause a bitch died. Bane would not think it normal for the ilk to watch their mouths when discussing anything Bane related. It's like going to the Pope's funeral and swearing, that would also be out of step with what the pope stood for.
The only discrete you use with Bane is that you DO NOT say ONE bad word about Ann Coulter. If you do, better call the Ghostbusters, I ain't helpin' ya.
I see this largely the way JAC does. If he's dead... fine... then tell us his story.
The old man had to be more than an internet persona.
So lets here it. Who was Bane?
Would an obituary satisfy that need?
It would certainly help.
Nate, quit being a pussy and email me so I can get you some information. I texted his youngest Marine last night and they didn't do an obituary. Are you SCARED to find out it's true?
LL... after digging up their battles, I chose some but many I left. And after that, in the world of bloggin' shitfights this was General Lee losing his right arm when Stonewall died.
Not to be overly dramatic or anything Nate. You know I'm an emotional bitch on the drink sometimes.
Yay.
Nate should know by now if he checks his email.
It's done.
And Nate, I'm very sorry. I know he was your friend.
Hey LL, there's reasons why I love conservatives like you and Bane as a leaning-libertarian even if I have my doubts on strategy and why I straddle a line between theory and reality, you guys hold it down and take the flack, we'll intellectually destruct the left.
I love my emotional bitchiness on the drink.
Whatcha got Jamie? A little Makers maybe?
Nah cheap shit tonight. Well here it is, South Australian wine is probably shitloads expensive overseas. Long weekend. White Shiraz, House Wine for me. Not my thang but I wanted to drink out of a champagne glass. I feel privileged.
Friday comes early down under!
It's not really cheap, for $10 more I can get a carton of local piss but since you can't drink beer out of a champagne glass. You know. I could. But.
I had this vision of cigars and champagne glasses as the congressional vote went through. I hate cigars and have never smoked one but.
I have a vision.
Cigars are awesome.
And Jamie... Modelo Especial actually won the bronze medal at a champagne contest.
So apparently there is at least 1 beer that you can drink out of a champagne glass.
Never heard of it. Will look it up, not tonight. Winerobe malfunction.
mexican beer.
Ah. I've always diverted to Corona's there.
Jamie R: "Bane would not think it normal for the ilk to watch their mouths when discussing anything Bane related."
I specifically meant his actual name. Obviously, his family prefers their privacy or they would have gone ahead and announced it themselves. When possible names started popping up, that's what I was referring to.
Go ahead and tell the man's story, as best you know it. But respect the family's wishes as regards anonymity.
JACIII: "Privacy of the family is easily maintained by shooting an email through the small percentage of trustworthy ilk."
Exactly. But keep it out of the open forum was all I was sayin'.
No information will be shared on this blog.
It will NOT happen.
Not in the comments. Not in the posts.
Okay Waterboy. Oi, go police the Serious Convention. Bye!
I'll vote you get Queen of their Prom.
Trust me everyone else I know shit all of shit all and I trust that shit is shit delivered, even for Nate.
Nate: " No information will be shared on this blog."
Too late. Fait accompli.
But then, we may have differing definitions of 'information'.
You people are driving me to drink. And him too, I suspect. I hope he has a stash handy or that the Heavenly Hosts have a fully stocked bar cuz seriously, you people are whacked out.
we're drunk. leave us the fuck alone... or...
DRINK!
A toast then.
To Bane.
I'm getting drunk now. Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss. I feel better. But you're all still whacked out.
Yes. THEY are.
You people are driving me to drink.
Hell yes!
It'd be really bad when you folks start driving ME to drink. So far, it hasn't happened.
Hmm, check this out;
http://www.koreus.com/video/guer...-4- minutes.html
Bill | 10.02.08 - 9:07 pm | #
Bill, that was one of the most depressing things I've ever seen. Thanks, bud.
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